Marlon Magdalena

Lesley Poling-Kempes speaks on “Ladies of the Canyons: Remarkable Women of the Southwest,” part of the 2015 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors. Poling-Kempes, an Abiquiu resident, has written numerous books about the Southwest, including Bone Horses, Ghost Ranch, and The […]

Join Los Alamos astrophysicist Ed Fenimore as he explores the theme of “time” at this month’s CreativeMornings event. Do a little creative networking and enjoy pastries and coffee from the Santa Fe Baking Co. Fenimore helps demystify the science of the cosmos while injecting it with his trademark passion and humor. Appointed a LANL fellow […]

Santa Fe’s beloved Christmas at the Palace brings the community together for an evening of hot cider, cookies, live music, piñatas, craft-making activities, a chance to operate an antique printing press and the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Claus -- all in the legendary magic of the Palace of the Governors. Performers include Schola Cantorum, […]

Begin collecting art, jewelry, pottery and more from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople at the Young Native Artists Winter Show. Children and grandchildren of artists associated with the Palace of the Governors’ Portal Program will demonstrate and sell their own arts and crafts in the Meem Community Room from 9 am […]

The annual candle-lit procession of Las Posadas travels around the Santa Fe Plaza and concludes in the Palace Courtyard. This version of an old Hispanic tradition recreates Mary and Joseph’s search for a place to give birth to the Baby Jesus—and throws in a few devils for good measure. Stay for carols, cookies and hot cider in […]

The New Mexico History Museum is closed on Christmas Day. Please join us from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, December 26.

Join us the third Sunday of each month for a Family Fun Day. On January 17, from 1:30–3:30 pm, you can learn about the history of hide paintings in New Mexico and see stellar examples, like the legendary Segesser Hides. Then come to the classroom to make your own take-home hide painting. Free with admission. Sundays free […]

In 1987, while building his home in Pecos, Kip Siler discovered human remains. A study soon revealed a mass grave of Civil War Confederate soldiers. Join archeologist Matthew Barbour in a presentation of the excavations and stories that the remains tell about the decisive 1862 battle. Siler will show some of the artifacts in his […]

To commemorate both Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary and its own 60th, the Santa Fe Opera commissioned a new work from composer Joseph Illick, with a libretto by Andrea Fellows Walters. Mixing Shakespeare and sci-fi, UnShakeable travels 25 years into the future after a pandemic called “Erasure” has corroded people’s memories. Will Shakespearean actors and former lovers […]

See First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare on display at the New Mexico Museum of Art (just next door). Then come to the History Museum to see The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare from Stage to Page and practice your own calligraphy with a real crow-quill pen. Free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents; […]