Event Calendar

6:00 PM - New Mexico History Museum presents Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 10 at 10am.

Join us for a delicious evening of Fred Harvey-inspired cuisine by Santa Fe's boldest chefs! A benefit for the New Mexico History Museum's exhibitions and public programming.

Ticket price: $150

 

3:00 PM - Santa Fe Pro Musica presents A Scottish Adventure

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor
Ariel Horowitz, violin

MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, “Fingal’s Cave”
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, “Scottish”

Guest conductor Ruth Reinhardt leads the Pro Musica Orchestra, featuring enchanting violinist Ariel Horowitz in a concert inspired by the Scottish countryside.

Artist Dinner with Ruth Reinhardt and Ariel Horowitz
La Casa Sena | Sunday, November 4 at 5:30pm | $95 per person

Meet the Music: Join us for pre-concert talks by Thomas O’Connor one hour prior to Lensic concerts.

 

7:30 PM - Performance Santa Fe presents Veronica Swift

 

11:00 AM - The Lensic and The Santa Fe Opera present The Met Live in HD: Marnie

A Metropolitan Opera premiere by special arrangement with Universal Pictures. It examines the cost of freedom, the limitations of forgiveness and the impossibility of escaping the past, in music that is direct and powerful.

A young woman makes her way through life by embezzling from her employers, before she moves on and changes her identity. When her current boss Mark Rutland catches her red-handed, he blackmails her into a loveless marriage. Marnie is left with no choice but to confront the hidden trauma from her past.

Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts. Approx. runtime: 3:17 [1 Intermission]

Tickets: $22-$28 | Students: $15

Thanks to The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation for its support.

 

6:00 PM - The Lensic and The Santa Fe Opera present The Met Live in HD: The Met Live in HD: Marnie

A Metropolitan Opera premiere by special arrangement with Universal Pictures. It examines the cost of freedom, the limitations of forgiveness and the impossibility of escaping the past, in music that is direct and powerful.

A young woman makes her way through life by embezzling from her employers, before she moves on and changes her identity. When her current boss Mark Rutland catches her red-handed, he blackmails her into a loveless marriage. Marnie is left with no choice but to confront the hidden trauma from her past.

Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts. Approx. runtime: 3:17 [1 Intermission]

Tickets: $22-$28 | Students: $15

Thanks to The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation for its support.

 

7:00 PM - Lensic Presents NT Live in HD: Allelujah!

‘Leaves you bobbing on a wave of happiness’ Independent

Alan Bennett’s sharp and hilarious new play is ‘just what the doctor ordered’ (Daily Telegraph). Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run, don’t miss this acclaimed production full of ‘singalongs and stinging wit’ (Guardian).

The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town in Yorkshire, is threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. A documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward, and the triumphs of the old people’s choir.

One of Britain’s most celebrated writers, Alan Bennett’s plays include The History Boys, The Lady in the Van and The Madness of George III, all of which were also seen on film. Allelujah! is his tenth collaboration with award-winning director Nicholas Hytner.

Letterpress graphic by Alan Kitching, art directed by Michael Mayhew.

Tickets: Lensic Members: $19 | Public: $22

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7:30 PM - Santa Fe Institute presents Community Lecture featuring Michelle Girvan

Tickets go on sale Thursday, October 24 at 10am.

In recent years, machine learning methods like "deep learning" have proven enormously successful for tasks including image classification and voice recognition. Despite their effectiveness for big-data classification problems, these methods have had limited success predicting "chaotic" systems like weather, solar activity, and brain dynamics.

For decades, scientists have understood that the "butterfly effect" makes long-term prediction impossible for these chaotic systems. In this SFI lecture, physicist Michelle Girvan discusses how a Reservoir Computer(RC)— a special kind of artificial neural network—can draw on its own internal chaotic dynamics in order to forecast chaotic systems far beyond the time horizon of other methods. The RC provides a knowledge-free approach because it builds forecasts purely from past measurements without any specific knowledge of the system dynamics. By building a new approach that combines the RC's knowledge-free prediction with a knowledge-based model, Girvan demonstrates dramatic improvement in forecasting chaotic systems.

Michelle Girvan is Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a member of the External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. Her research operates at the intersection of statistical physics, nonlinear dynamics, and computer science with applications to social, biological, and technological systems.

Tickets are free, general admission.

 

7:00 PM - Santa Fe Symphony presents Handel's Messiah

 

4:00 PM - Santa Fe Symphony presents Handel's Messiah

Feel the power and glory of Handel's Messiah! This acclaimed annual performance, under the baton of Principal Conductor Guillermo Figueroa, is our official start of the holiday season. Featuring the full Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, with choral direction by Carmen Flórez-Mansi, and guest soloists: soprano Hailey Clarke, mezzo-soprano Daryl Freedman, tenor John Tiranno, and bass-baritone Joseph Beutel, this frequently sold-out program is not to be missed. FREE preview talk one hour before the concert!

 

7:00 PM - Lensic Presents Wise Fool New Mexico's Circus Luminous

The Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues! Wise Fool New Mexico’s acrobats, aerialists, dancers, and musicians never fail to delight with daring yet graceful feats of wonder, visual splendor, and poignant humor. It’s a home-grown circus extravaganza for all ages!

Tickets: Adult: $20 | $25 | $35 | $45 – Youth: $12 | $20 | $25 | $27

Event Sponsor

The Lensic Presents 18/19 Season is generously sponsored by

Tickets go on sale to Lensic Members ($100+ Level and above) immediately following the season announcement on Thursday, June 7. Not a member? Join Today!

Nonmembers can purchase subscriptions beginning Friday, June 29 by phone: 505-988-1234 and in-person.

Nonmembers can purchase single event tickets beginning Friday, July 13.

 

2:00 PM - Lensic Presents Wise Fool New Mexico's Circus Luminous

The Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues! Wise Fool New Mexico’s acrobats, aerialists, dancers, and musicians never fail to delight with daring yet graceful feats of wonder, visual splendor, and poignant humor. It’s a home-grown circus extravaganza for all ages!

Tickets: Adult: $20 | $25 | $35 | $45 – Youth: $12 | $20 | $25 | $27

Event Sponsor

The Lensic Presents 18/19 Season is generously sponsored by

Tickets go on sale to Lensic Members ($100+ Level and above) immediately following the season announcement on Thursday, June 7. Not a member? Join Today!

Nonmembers can purchase subscriptions beginning Friday, June 29 by phone: 505-988-1234 and in-person.

Nonmembers can purchase single event tickets beginning Friday, July 13.

 

7:00 PM - Lensic Presents Wise Fool New Mexico's Circus Luminous

The Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues! Wise Fool New Mexico’s acrobats, aerialists, dancers, and musicians never fail to delight with daring yet graceful feats of wonder, visual splendor, and poignant humor. It’s a home-grown circus extravaganza for all ages!

Tickets: Adult: $20 | $25 | $35 | $45 – Youth: $12 | $20 | $25 | $27

Event Sponsor

The Lensic Presents 18/19 Season is generously sponsored by

Tickets go on sale to Lensic Members ($100+ Level and above) immediately following the season announcement on Thursday, June 7. Not a member? Join Today!

Nonmembers can purchase subscriptions beginning Friday, June 29 by phone: 505-988-1234 and in-person.

Nonmembers can purchase single event tickets beginning Friday, July 13.

 

4:00 PM - Lensic Presents Wise Fool New Mexico's Circus Luminous

The Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues! Wise Fool New Mexico’s acrobats, aerialists, dancers, and musicians never fail to delight with daring yet graceful feats of wonder, visual splendor, and poignant humor. It’s a home-grown circus extravaganza for all ages!

Tickets: Adult: $20 | $25 | $35 | $45 – Youth: $12 | $20 | $25 | $27

Event Sponsor

The Lensic Presents 18/19 Season is generously sponsored by

Tickets go on sale to Lensic Members ($100+ Level and above) immediately following the season announcement on Thursday, June 7. Not a member? Join Today!

Nonmembers can purchase subscriptions beginning Friday, June 29 by phone: 505-988-1234 and in-person.

Nonmembers can purchase single event tickets beginning Friday, July 13.

 

7:00 PM - Lensic Presents NT Live in HD: The Madness of George III

Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III will be broadcast live to cinemas, in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse.

Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991.

The cast of this new production includes Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall, NT Live Coriolanus) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance).

It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown and expose the fine line between a King and a man.

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7:30 PM - Performance Santa Fe presents Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble

Mark Morris has been hailed as the “the most successful and influential choreographer alive, and indisputably the most musical” (New York Times). In addition to creating over 150 works for the Mark Morris Dance Group, he conducts orchestras, directs opera, and choreographs for ballet companies worldwide. Morris’ work is acclaimed for its ingenuity, musicality, wit, and humanity. Named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1991, he has received eleven honorary doctorates to date and a multitude of awards, including the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society, the Benjamin Franklin Laureate Prize for Creativity, the Cal Performances Award of Distinction in the Performing Arts, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Gift of Music Award, and the 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award. In 2015, Morris was inducted into the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Formed in 1980, the internationally-renowned Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) has received “highest praise for their technical aplomb, their musicality, and their sheer human authenticity” (Bloomberg News). Live music and community engagement are vital components of the Dance Group. It has toured with its own musicians, the MMDG Music Ensemble, since 1996, and regularly collaborates with orchestras and opera companies around the world. MMDG’s film and television projects include Dido and Aeneas, The Hard Nut, Falling Down Stairs, the U.K.’s South Bank Show, and Live from Lincoln Center. In 2015 Morris’ signature work L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato premiered on PBS’ Great Performances.

PROGRAM:
DANCING HONEYMOON Music - Transcribed and arranged by Ethan Iverson, from historical recordings of Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
WORDS, Music Felix Mendelssohn
THREE PRELUDES, Music - George Gershwin
GRAND DUO, Music - Lou Harrison