Brian Sandford

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford

A powerful message is set to be delivered in a powerful venue. Kim Gryphon’s play Stargazers has a two-night run at the historic Peñasco Theatre, about 50 miles northeast of Santa Fe. It’s described as a circus play and a love letter to trans youth, a story of a trans/nonbinary writer and a girl caught up in their worlds and challenges.

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford

At some point during Ironweed Productions’ presentation of Grace: Stories, co-star Rylie Philpot will stride onto the stage at the Crows’ Nest as an adult, showcasing acting skills she honed on that very stage as a longtime member of Upstart Crows of Santa Fe. It’s an unusual dynamic, given that the vast majority of the Santa Fe area’s directors and actors either are trained elsewhere and move to The City Different well into adulthood or matriculate from youth troupes such as Upstart Crows...

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford

A Prayer for Rain, a 48-by-36-inch tin and serape fabric created in 2024, is part of an exhibition of Esteban Ismael Durán’s work. A reception is at 5 p.m. Friday, May 30, followed by a conversation with the Albuquerque artist at 2 p.m. June 7 and a tin workshop at 2 p.m. June 21. Through June 21, Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road, 505-983-2567; historicsantafe.org/el-zaguan

2 weeks ago | santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford

In a previous column, I asked readers to let Pasatiempo know if they or their organizations are affected by cuts mandated by unelected businessman Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — which, ironically, had a $40 million budget as of February. I received quite a response, and several readers shared letters their organizations or others have received regarding revoked National Endowment for the Arts funds they’d previously been promised.

2 weeks ago | santafenewmexican.com | Carolyn Graham |Ania Hull |Brian Sandford |Mark Tiarks

Worried you might get bored this summer in Santa Fe? Then you haven’t yet perused the classical, pop, Americana, operatic, and international music lineups that start to roll out next month and hit a fever pitch about the time you begin yearning for cooler northern New Mexico weather in fall.