All Week Long
Santa Fe has too many events this week to focus on just one
SFR staffers of a certain age might not have believed you if you’d told them legendary indie band Built to Spill is scheduled to come to our little city rather than Albuquerque, but the writing’s on the wall from the promoters at nonprofit Lensic 360, and we’re reaping all the benefits come Thursday, Oct. 2. The long-running project of titan Doug Martsch has influenced no shortage of bands since its 1992 inception, and anyone who had two ears and a heart when Keep it Like a Secret dropped in 1999 kind of never got over it. This is a limited capacity show, which means you can totally bring chairs if you wish and the venue will even have special space for folks with disabilities. We wanna see (
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yeah) when you find out when Martsch and Built to Spill are all about. Sorry for that clunky joke. Oh, and kids under 12 are free. The Magnetics open, and the show was shockingly not sold out as of this writing.
On Friday, Oct. 3, local nonprofit Vital Spaces presents its new group show Synthesis, featuring past and present artists involved with the org. If you somehow hadn’t heard, Vital Spaces offers cheap studio space to artists, plus lots of events, a community art supplies closet and more. In short, there’s no telling how much new art you’ll see, but work that comes ouf of knowing you have an affordable space in which to make it sounds cool to us.
Come Sunday, Oct. 5, Midtown boutique hotel The Mystic helps ring in some of the last nice weather days this season with Summer Sundaze, a lazy (for attendees) concert kind of thing featuring craft beer and cocktails, plus a cover band working its way through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Expect food trucks and lawn games, too, and remember that it’ll be much colder before you know it.
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, we’d recommend catching a guided tour of the Allan Houser Sculpture Garden and Gallery just outside town. As the unofficial theme of this week’s SFR Picks page is “soon we’ll be too cold to go outside,” this could be your last chance this season to see works from Houser’s legendary career with people who know and love the stuff more than anyone. (Alex De Vore)
Built to Spill: 7 pm Thursday, Oct. 2. $40. The Bridge @Santa Fe Brewing Co., 37 Fire Place, lensic360.org
Vital Spaces: Synthesis: 6-8 pm Friday, Oct. 3. Free. Vital Spaces Southwest Annex, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, vitalspaces.org
Allan Houser Sculpture Garden Tour: 10 am Tuesday, Oct. 7. $35. Allan Houser Sculpture Garden and Gallery, 25 Hazous Road, (505) 982-4705
Do the Heritage
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People all over Santa Fe are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (which interestingly runs Sept. 15-Oct. 15), and Santa Fe Community College is getting in on the action. This year, civil rights pioneer Yolanda Nava comes to SFCC for a special lecture dubbed Hispanic Heritage: Looking Back to the Future, a talk which will speak to the heart of Hispanic heritage through education and community. Nava has worn many hats throughout her storied life: Emmy-winning reporter, women’s activist, author and national speaker, among others. Following her lecture, Nava will be available for a Q&A with participants. (Callie Elkins)
Hispanic Heritage: Looking Back to the Future: 10:30 am Wednesday, Oct 1. Free. Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave., sfcc.edu/events
A Home Beneath Our Feet
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Opening this week at El Zaguán, Earth, Form & Memory: A Dialogue Across Cultures is an immersive adobe-themed exhibit and collaboration between the foundation’s preservation manager/artist Jacob Sisneros and Syrian architect and preservationist Mulham Alkharboutli. The two have developed a large-scale installation featuring wooden formworks used to cast adobe bricks and designed by the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy from his work at Dar al Islam in Abiquiú. The installation is paired with handmade formworks by Sinsero and Alkharboutli themselves and explores traditions across cultures, with a focus on Egypt and New Mexico. (Adam Ferguson)
Earth, Form & Memory: A Dialogue Across Cultures Opening: 5 pm Friday, Oct. 3. Free. El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road, (505) 983-2567
Nighttime is the Right Time
October is a month of many things, be it harvest and the general autumnal splendor or, indeed, all things macabre. The month of spirits and shadow is upon us, and with that comes a special celebration when As Above, So Below Distillery hosts its trademark monthly Nightshade Goth Party on the first Saturday of October—this time with a certain seasonal twist of darkness. Hosted by DJ Luz Skylarker, Nightshade is slated to include Santa Fe DJs Ken and Moonside, along with visuals and projections from NM Video Lab. If you’re looking to explore the sonic chasm of darkwave, goth, post-punk and synth, you’ve foudn it. (CE)
Nightshade Goth Party: 8 pm Saturday, Oct 4. Free As Above, So Below Distillery, 545 Camino de la Familia aasbdistillery.com/events/list/
