Community Calendar

Invisible is a journey across cultural borders that features mixed media paintings, watercolor on paper, and ceramics adorned with found objects by New Mexico-based artist Bunny Tobias. This exhibition presents landscapes, collaged improvisations, and unpredictable associations informed by Tobias's study of Eastern literati such as Matsuo Bashō, Kobayashi Issa, and Laozi; Western literary figures, such as Jack Kerouac, Fernando Pessoa, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf; as well as her experience as a pioneer of San Francisco’s psychedelic surrealist movement (1960s–70s).

AMERICAN MOOR
by Keith Hamilton Cobb
directed by Zoe Burke
Saturday, January 17 @ 2:00 pm
Saturday, January 24 @ 7:30 pm

A searing examination of the complex, empowering, and infuriating experience of a black actor auditioning for the part of Othello. Who is allowed to love and play Shakespeare?

“A witty, passionate, furious, and movingly intimate record of an African-American actor’s often unrequited love for Shakespeare.” New York Review of Books

“Slashes so precisely that you may not see Shakespeare—and a lot of roles played by black performers—quite the same way for a while.” Washington Post

This reading is a part of ISC Santa Fe's:
RELUME: The OTHELLO Impact Festival
Featuring four stellar plays with four different directors over two weekends in January, join us for illuminations of one of Shakespeare most controversial and difficult tragedies.

American Moor is presented in arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. www.dramatists.com

RED VELVET
by Lolita Chakrabarti
directed by Alex Avila
Friday, January 16 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 24 @ 2:00 pm

London, 1833. The trail-blazing black American actor Ira Aldridge has an offer to take over the role of Othello in the Covent Garden production.

“Chakrabarti has crafted a rich psychological study that’s also a shrewd portrait of the theatre as an institution — its vanities and strange conventions, its politics and sense of community, the opportunities it presents for both progress and blinkered traditionalism.” Evening Standard

This reading is a part of ISC Santa Fe's:
RELUME: The OTHELLO Impact Festival
Featuring four stellar plays with four different directors over two weekends in January, join us for illuminations of one of Shakespeare most controversial and difficult tragedies.

Red Velvet is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Two casts of young actors perform Shakespeare's tragedy/comedy/romance, The Winter's Tale

Two casts of young actors perform Shakespeare's tragedy/comedy/romance, The Winter's Tale

“Sounds in Place” is a master class of storytelling and a truly soulful and enriching experience. Through musical melodies, archival materials, and autobiographical features, Delbert Anderson intertwines the personal narratives of Native band leaders and jazz artists with the history of the Navajo people, demonstrating how, generation after generation, art has been born out of relationships with the land and community. The entire experience is a crescendo, building to a culminating performance that blew me away but also made me feel the history and heritage beneath my feet.” – Rose Eason, gallupARTS Executive Director

Sounds in Place consists of trumpeter Delbert Anderson and keyboard player Robert Muller (keys). Anderson, a Diné jazz trumpet artist, composer, and educator, stands at the forefront of a vibrant Native American jazz scene. His work, deeply rooted in his Diné heritage, seamlessly integrates Navajo “spinning songs” of love, healing, and courtship with jazz, funk and hip-hop. His compositions are inspired by Navajo Nation landscapes, historical events, and the desire to preserve and educate about Diné history. Anderson’s notable projects include “The Long Walk: 1,674 Days,” a poignant composition reflecting on a critical period in Navajo history, and “Manitou,” which fuses ancient Native American melodies with jazz and funk. The Delbert Anderson Trio (DAT) showcases DAT jazz standards and original tunes, capturing the essence of his musical beginnings. His commitment to community and education is evident through his “Build A Band” educational program, which teaches jazz improvisation to young students through a Diné and family curriculum, wellness programs, and community outreach initiatives aimed at evoking change for the well-being of all humans. Anderson’s achievements have garnered awards from Chamber Music America, the Cultural Capital Fellowship from the First Peoples Fund, and the Jazz Road Program at South Arts. His contributions to music and culture have been featured in prominent outlets like The New York Times, JazzTimes, Grammy.com, and NPR.

AMERICAN MOOR
by Keith Hamilton Cobb
directed by Zoe Burke
Saturday, January 17 @ 2:00 pm
Saturday, January 24 @ 7:30 pm

A searing examination of the complex, empowering, and infuriating experience of a black actor auditioning for the part of Othello. Who is allowed to love and play Shakespeare?

“A witty, passionate, furious, and movingly intimate record of an African-American actor’s often unrequited love for Shakespeare.” New York Review of Books

“Slashes so precisely that you may not see Shakespeare—and a lot of roles played by black performers—quite the same way for a while.” Washington Post

This reading is a part of ISC Santa Fe's:
RELUME: The OTHELLO Impact Festival
Featuring four stellar plays with four different directors over two weekends in January, join us for illuminations of one of Shakespeare most controversial and difficult tragedies.

American Moor is presented in arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. www.dramatists.com

DESDEMONA
by Toni Morrison
directed by Kim Delfina Gleason
Saturday, January 17 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 25 @ 2:00 pm

A beautiful and poetic examination of Desdemona, Othello, and the women in their lives set in the afterlife.

“This is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work.” Guardian

This reading is a part of ISC Santa Fe's:
RELUME: The OTHELLO Impact Festival
Featuring four stellar plays with four different directors over two weekends in January, join us for illuminations of one of Shakespeare most controversial and difficult tragedies.

Desdemona is presented in arrangement with the Estate of Chloe A. Morrison.

During December and January The Eldorado Fiber Artists will display handmade gift items for you and yours including hat/glove/scarf sets, tree ornaments, baby booties, shawls, décor items, and more. Possible special pop-up sale on Dec. 6 from 1-3 pm--Check the library website and calendar for updated information.

As always, 20% of sales during the exhibits benefits the library. We thank our community – artists and patrons – for continued support of VGPL.

John Ninnemann’s photography, “Archaeoastronomy: Sky Watchers of the Ancient Southwest,” provides a window into the sophisticated culture of the Ancestral Puebloans who once lived on the Colorado Plateau. It’s clear that the people tracked time, creating calendars based on sunrise/moonrise movement of the sun and moon in relation to both natural and human-caused features on the landscape. This knowledge was essential for agriculture as well as for guiding architectural orientation and ceremony. The exhibit documents sky-watching locations in Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Culture NHP, Chimney Rock, and Yucca House National Monuments.

Samples of Ninnemann’s work are available his website.