Artist Reception Friday August 30th 5 to 6:30PM

“The Abby & Dean Show” is a husband and wife exhibition, not unheard of, but not a frequent occurrence. Abby and Dean individually are recognized in their field for outstanding cutting edge work. Their work includes wooden sculptures, mixed media, ceramics and prints, all of which nourishes the soul and is a feast for the eye. Their work is complementary yet reflects their personal aesthetic.

Abby’s work whether it is her ceramics, prints, or mixed media has a touch of whimsy that makes one smile. Through the use of color, texture, and design Abby tells stories with her art. The content and context of her work comes from an interest in contained environments that display moments in time where life forms and disparate objects interact and come into view; creating snapshots of scenes and parts of storylines filled with emotion, mood and atmosphere. She is a master of technique, design and composition. Her ceramics are both functional and non-functional with her functional ware gracing tables around the country. Her new non-functional works combine ceramics and printmaking. She begins the process in a controlled and systematic manner then lets the inking and printing be spontaneous and intuitive, resulting in images that vary greatly from the initial concept. She enjoys balancing the elements of control and surprise. Abby has shown in museums including the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, and the Albuquerque Museum of Art, galleries across the country and has sold at retail exhibitions such as the American Craft Council and the Rosen shows.

Dean is an artist, designer and a craftsman. Working in wood he creates artful furniture, cabinetry, freestanding sculptures and wall sculptures. Carving wood in silence lets him be one with his medium, to investigate, feel and discover. His designs vary from light and airy to solid and robust with a contemporary flair that is influenced by primitive African art, modern sculpture and painting, and Asian furniture. Dean’s work is layered with references to nature, culture, creativity, life and living. He likes to seduce the viewer by opposing and balancing form, texture and content. He likes to have people physically interact with his work, which is directly achieved with his furniture and cabinetry that live in homes across the country including the Bershires, Boston and New York. Dean has taught workshops at The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in ME, Anderson Ranch Arts Center in CO, and Penland School of Craft in NC, as well as showing in museums, galleries and exhibitions throughout the country including New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco. He has been published in many books and catalogues and has gained international recognition for his one of a kind sculptural chairs.

Abby and Dean continue living their dream doing what they love most… making art. For the past 15 years in Taos they have nourished our community with their art.

There will be a public reception on August 30th from 5 to 6:30 pm at Caffe Renato. The exhibit will be shown through January 7th.
 

Fifth Annual Taos Self Portraits
A Juried Exhibition
Encore Gallery, Taos Community Auditorium
November 22nd, 2013 through January 12th, 2014

Artist Reception Friday, November 22nd from 5PM to 7PM

The Taos Center for the Arts features its fifth annual Self Portraits Exhibition in the Encore Gallery of the Taos Community Auditorium. The exhibition illustrates the many faces of Taos Artists through various media including photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, and mixed media. Their portraits reflect personality, life stories, and feelings. Some speak with humor, while others with a more serious bent. They make us smile; they make us ponder; they make us imagine; they make us feel a wide range of emotion. Each artist has chosen to depict himself or herself in an objective or subjective manner within a chosen style. A few of the styles to be seen in the show will include abstract, expressionism and representational. It is an exhibition that speaks personally to each artist, but also elicits the “who am I” in all of us.

This year’s self portrait exhibition was juried by Margery Reading, Petro Hul and Jane M. Farmer. Margery Reading is a local artist and a former member of the Taos Portrait Society. Petro Hul is a local sculptor who also teaches stone carving at Southwest Stoneworks in Rinconada as well as the Marble/marble Symposium in Colorado. Jane M Farmer is a retired curator formerly at the Smithsonian and a free-lance curator/producer of international exhibitions and artist exchanges.

This year the jury was looking for interesting and well-executed interpretations of the self-portrait both within a traditional and non-traditional format. The jury reviewed over fifty-five well-qualified submissions and twenty-six artists were selected including: Nora Anthony, Hank Brusselback, Andeana Carlyle, Catherine Carter, Dan Cassidy, Peter Chinni, Carol De Marinis, Donna Dufresene, Isaiah Giron, Alex Giron, Sara Jean Gray, Ron Hagg, Kim Henkel, H.W. Kelly, Nancy Lay, Jennifer Lindsley, David Mapes, Carol Mel, Jonell Mills, Carol Morgan-Eagle, Susan Pasquarelli, Scott Randolf, Jean Stevens, Lina Thewlis, Patti Traynor, and David Vedoe.

During the Opening Reception on November 22nd at the Encore Gallery, those in attendance will have the opportunity to vote for “People’s Choice” and winners will receive dining certificates from Mosaic, Doc Martin’s, and Caffe Renato.

Photo:  Scott Randolph, "Me and My Big Hands", metal sculpture
 

Book of the Month Debut

The first edition of the Book of the Month will debut November 22 at the TCA Encore Gallery in conjunction with the 5th annual Self Portrait juried exhibition.

It may not be what you think as the book to be displayed is not an ordinary book but an artist-created book by Maggi Younger a member of the Taos Book Arts Group.

The Taos Book Arts Group, in existence since 2006, gathers on the third Tuesday of each month in the Alcalde Room at the Harwood Museum to share their work, learn new techniques from one another and exhibit their work.

Maggi Younger, the first Book of the Month exhibitor, has studied widely with prominent book artists and in turn has taught classes in Northern New Mexico, sharing what she has learned and discovered about the craft.

Members of the Group have a wide-range of artistic interests, including printmaking, drawing, photography, fiber arts, poetry and sculpture. There are no dues, few rules and meetings offer a nurturing and supportive environment to anyone who would like to join or just attend a meeting.

For further information contact:
Sara Jean Gray
575-76-3000
grayink@q.com
 

The TCA’s Taos Artists Self Portraits exhibition is open to anyone residing in or represented by a gallery in Taos County. All types of media, drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography are represented.

This year’s self portrait exhibition is juried by Margery Reading, Petro Hul and Jane M Farmer. Margery Reading is a local artist and a former member of the Taos Portrait Society. Petro Hul is a local sculptor who also teaches stone carving at Southwest Stoneworks in Rinconada as well as the Marble/marble Symposium in Colorado. Jane M Farmer is a retired curator formerly at the Smithsonian and a free-lance curator/producer of international exhibitions and artist exchanges.

Working Class Theatre and The Taos Center for the Arts present: "Little Shop of Horrors" Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith produced with the permission of Music Theatre International December 5, 6, at 7 pm December 7 at 2 pm and 7 pm December 8, 11,12 13 & 14 at 7 pm at the Taos Community Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the TCA starting November 11 call: 575-758-2052 $15, $13 TCA Members and $10 18 and under Directed by Ron Usherwood Music Direction by Rita O’Connell The Cast: (in no particular order) Travis Webb, Rita O’Connell, Richard Greywolf, Kristian Moore, David Garver, Katy Palmier, Michelle Moore, Roe Ziccarello, Helen Rynaski, William Hall, Martha Grossman, Ryan Maestas, Kate Martin, Jim Pollard and Michael Dean.

Working Class Theatre and The Taos Center for the Arts present: "Little Shop of Horrors" Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith produced with the permission of Music Theatre International December 5, 6, at 7 pm December 7 at 2 pm and 7 pm December 8, 11,12 13 & 14 at 7 pm at the Taos Community Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the TCA starting November 11 call: 575-758-2052 $15, $13 TCA Members and $10 18 and under Directed by Ron Usherwood Music Direction by Rita O’Connell The Cast: (in no particular order) Travis Webb, Rita O’Connell, Richard Greywolf, Kristian Moore, David Garver, Katy Palmier, Michelle Moore, Roe Ziccarello, Helen Rynaski, William Hall, Martha Grossman, Ryan Maestas, Kate Martin, Jim Pollard and Michael Dean.

“A Touch of Sin”
The Taos Film Society will be hosting a discussion of the film immediately
following the Sunday matinee in the TCA lobby.
Sun., Dec. 8 at 2 PM, Mon. & Tues., Dec. 9 & 10 at 7:30 PM

Director: Zhangke Jia, Country: China, Japan, Language: Chinese, Runtime: 2 hr. 5 min., Unrated, Drama, 2013

A “brilliant exploration of violence and corruption in contemporary China” (Jon Frosch, The Atlantic), A Touch of Sin was inspired by four shocking (and true) events that forced the world’s fastest growing economy into a period of self-examination. Written and directed by master filmmaker Zhangke Jia (The World, Still Life), “one of the best and most important directors in the world” (Richard Brody, The New Yorker), this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist, who dates a married man and works at a local sauna, is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. And a young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading circumstances.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

Working Class Theatre and The Taos Center for the Arts present: "Little Shop of Horrors" Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith produced with the permission of Music Theatre International December 5, 6, at 7 pm December 7 at 2 pm and 7 pm December 8, 11,12 13 & 14 at 7 pm at the Taos Community Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the TCA starting November 11 call: 575-758-2052 $15, $13 TCA Members and $10 18 and under Directed by Ron Usherwood Music Direction by Rita O’Connell The Cast: (in no particular order) Travis Webb, Rita O’Connell, Richard Greywolf, Kristian Moore, David Garver, Katy Palmier, Michelle Moore, Roe Ziccarello, Helen Rynaski, William Hall, Martha Grossman, Ryan Maestas, Kate Martin, Jim Pollard and Michael Dean.

“A Touch of Sin”
The Taos Film Society will be hosting a discussion of the film immediately
following the Sunday matinee in the TCA lobby.
Sun., Dec. 8 at 2 PM, Mon. & Tues., Dec. 9 & 10 at 7:30 PM

Director: Zhangke Jia, Country: China, Japan, Language: Chinese, Runtime: 2 hr. 5 min., Unrated, Drama, 2013

A “brilliant exploration of violence and corruption in contemporary China” (Jon Frosch, The Atlantic), A Touch of Sin was inspired by four shocking (and true) events that forced the world’s fastest growing economy into a period of self-examination. Written and directed by master filmmaker Zhangke Jia (The World, Still Life), “one of the best and most important directors in the world” (Richard Brody, The New Yorker), this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist, who dates a married man and works at a local sauna, is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. And a young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading circumstances.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

“A Touch of Sin”
The Taos Film Society will be hosting a discussion of the film immediately
following the Sunday matinee in the TCA lobby.
Sun., Dec. 8 at 2 PM, Mon. & Tues., Dec. 9 & 10 at 7:30 PM

Director: Zhangke Jia, Country: China, Japan, Language: Chinese, Runtime: 2 hr. 5 min., Unrated, Drama, 2013

A “brilliant exploration of violence and corruption in contemporary China” (Jon Frosch, The Atlantic), A Touch of Sin was inspired by four shocking (and true) events that forced the world’s fastest growing economy into a period of self-examination. Written and directed by master filmmaker Zhangke Jia (The World, Still Life), “one of the best and most important directors in the world” (Richard Brody, The New Yorker), this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist, who dates a married man and works at a local sauna, is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. And a young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading circumstances.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

Working Class Theatre and The Taos Center for the Arts present: "Little Shop of Horrors" Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith produced with the permission of Music Theatre International December 5, 6, at 7 pm December 7 at 2 pm and 7 pm December 8, 11,12 13 & 14 at 7 pm at the Taos Community Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the TCA starting November 11 call: 575-758-2052 $15, $13 TCA Members and $10 18 and under Directed by Ron Usherwood Music Direction by Rita O’Connell The Cast: (in no particular order) Travis Webb, Rita O’Connell, Richard Greywolf, Kristian Moore, David Garver, Katy Palmier, Michelle Moore, Roe Ziccarello, Helen Rynaski, William Hall, Martha Grossman, Ryan Maestas, Kate Martin, Jim Pollard and Michael Dean.

Working Class Theatre and The Taos Center for the Arts present: "Little Shop of Horrors" Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith produced with the permission of Music Theatre International December 5, 6, at 7 pm December 7 at 2 pm and 7 pm December 8, 11,12 13 & 14 at 7 pm at the Taos Community Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the TCA starting November 11 call: 575-758-2052 $15, $13 TCA Members and $10 18 and under Directed by Ron Usherwood Music Direction by Rita O’Connell The Cast: (in no particular order) Travis Webb, Rita O’Connell, Richard Greywolf, Kristian Moore, David Garver, Katy Palmier, Michelle Moore, Roe Ziccarello, Helen Rynaski, William Hall, Martha Grossman, Ryan Maestas, Kate Martin, Jim Pollard and Michael Dean.

Working Class Theatre and The Taos Center for the Arts present: "Little Shop of Horrors" Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith produced with the permission of Music Theatre International December 5, 6, at 7 pm December 7 at 2 pm and 7 pm December 8, 11,12 13 & 14 at 7 pm at the Taos Community Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the TCA starting November 11 call: 575-758-2052 $15, $13 TCA Members and $10 18 and under Directed by Ron Usherwood Music Direction by Rita O’Connell The Cast: (in no particular order) Travis Webb, Rita O’Connell, Richard Greywolf, Kristian Moore, David Garver, Katy Palmier, Michelle Moore, Roe Ziccarello, Helen Rynaski, William Hall, Martha Grossman, Ryan Maestas, Kate Martin, Jim Pollard and Michael Dean.

Verdi's Falstaff

Approximate running time: 3:20

An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century. Ambrogio Maestri (last season’s Dulcamara in the Opening Night production of L’Elisir d’Amore) sings the title role of the brilliant and blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous ensemble that includes Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Lisette Oropesa, and Franco Vassallo.
 

Tickets are $18 for TCA Members and $23 for General Admission.
Call the TCA at 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
 

Working Class Theatre and The Taos Center for the Arts present: "Little Shop of Horrors" Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith produced with the permission of Music Theatre International December 5, 6, at 7 pm December 7 at 2 pm and 7 pm December 8, 11,12 13 & 14 at 7 pm at the Taos Community Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the TCA starting November 11 call: 575-758-2052 $15, $13 TCA Members and $10 18 and under Directed by Ron Usherwood Music Direction by Rita O’Connell The Cast: (in no particular order) Travis Webb, Rita O’Connell, Richard Greywolf, Kristian Moore, David Garver, Katy Palmier, Michelle Moore, Roe Ziccarello, Helen Rynaski, William Hall, Martha Grossman, Ryan Maestas, Kate Martin, Jim Pollard and Michael Dean.

“Enough Said ”
Sun., Dec. 15 at 2 PM, Mon. & Tues., Dec. 16 & 17 at 7:30 PM

Director: Nicole Holofcener, Country: USA, Runtime: 1 hr. 33 min., PG13, Comedy 2013

A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Catherine Keener), her new massage client. Marianne is a beautiful poet who seems “almost perfect” except for one prominent quality: she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Suddenly, Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne’s Ex. Enough Said is a sharp, insightful comedy that humorously explores the mess that often comes with getting involved again.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

“Enough Said ”
Sun., Dec. 15 at 2 PM, Mon. & Tues., Dec. 16 & 17 at 7:30 PM

Director: Nicole Holofcener, Country: USA, Runtime: 1 hr. 33 min., PG13, Comedy 2013

A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Catherine Keener), her new massage client. Marianne is a beautiful poet who seems “almost perfect” except for one prominent quality: she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Suddenly, Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne’s Ex. Enough Said is a sharp, insightful comedy that humorously explores the mess that often comes with getting involved again.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

“Enough Said ”
Sun., Dec. 15 at 2 PM, Mon. & Tues., Dec. 16 & 17 at 7:30 PM

Director: Nicole Holofcener, Country: USA, Runtime: 1 hr. 33 min., PG13, Comedy 2013

A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Catherine Keener), her new massage client. Marianne is a beautiful poet who seems “almost perfect” except for one prominent quality: she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Suddenly, Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne’s Ex. Enough Said is a sharp, insightful comedy that humorously explores the mess that often comes with getting involved again.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

New Mexico State Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced today the winners of the 2013 New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase which took place October 25 – 27, 2013 at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque. The following winners were announced in nine (9) categories:

Best Webisode: Canyon Road pilot “The Fire,” directed by Christopher Wright
TRT 30 minutes. Canyon Road will be a series containing the episodes that highlight the varied cultural and eclectic characters who inhabit Canyon Road.

Best Music Video: Red Dog written and directed by Tyler Green and Dustin Deen
TRT 3 minutes. A wheelchair bound man awakens in an alley with a thirst for Red Dog beer.

Best Experimental: Weird written and directed by Miguel Arambula
TRT 17 minutes. An exploration of the haunting aspects of life. While finding your fate.

Best Documentary: The Chile Film directed by Kelly Urig
TRT 26 minutes. In New Mexico, nothing is as precious as our red and green chile.

Best Drama: Matanza written by Morse Bicknell
TRT 22 minutes. A weekend camping trip starts out happily enough for a group of college kids, but a dark shadow is cast across the idyllic setting when two outsiders are invited at the last minute.

Best Comedy: Zombiewood directed by Lauren Petzke
TRT 14 minutes. A zombie named Harry thinks the answer to his “undead” life is to get a SAG card! While the world has little use for zombies, there is one industry where they fit in very well – Hollywood.

Best Animation: Snowdysseus written and directed by Evan Curtis
TRT 6 minutes. Snowdysseus explores the vulnerability in feeling nostalgia for one’s home.

Best Sci-Fi: A Figment of My Imagination written and directed by Eric Smigiel
TRT 18 minutes. This human story chronicles the conflict between an Android and its creator.

Best Wild Card: Quirky View directed and written by Anne Stirling
TRT 22 minutes. Quirky View is a new TV series that reveals the true passions of regular folks with fascinating hobbies, unusual callings and those that have taken the road less traveled. It celebrates anything but the typical.

“We commend the local filmmakers who worked hard on these projects and look forward to traveling the winning films across the state,” said Nick Maniatis, Director of the New Mexico State Film Office. “This is one way we can do our part to bring local, independent films to a wider audience. We encourage everyone to attend.”

The film screenings are free to the public.
 

Robert Mirabal & the Jemez Pueblo Dancers
"Blue Corn, The Journey"

Two-time Grammy winning flutist Robert Mirabal is joined by the Jemez Pueblo dancers for an evening of flute, song, and traditional dance.

Tickets are $22 and may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or in person at the TCA office, Mon. - Fri., 10am - 5pm.
 

“Camille Claudel 1915”
Sun., Dec. 22 at 2 PM, Mon., Dec. 23 at 7:30 PM

Director: Bruno Dumont , Country: France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min., Unrated, Drama, 2013

Juliette Binoche gives a mesmerizing performance as the brilliant sculptress, protégé of Auguste Rodin (and later his mistress), and sister of the Christian/mystic poet Paul Claudel - who, by 1915, was confined to a remote, church-run asylum for the mentally ill near Avignon. Bruno Dumont’s rigorous, hypnotic portrait suggests that Camille’s intense creativity and bohemian mores were on an inevitable, tragic collision course with her conventional Christian family and the expectations of early 20th century French society. Camille’s paranoia (she believes Rodin is plotting against her) and occasional violent outbursts complicate her situation. Dumont peoples his film with real asylum patients, giving the film a disturbingly realistic dimension that adds to its poignancy.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

“Camille Claudel 1915”
Sun., Dec. 22 at 2 PM, Mon., Dec. 23 at 7:30 PM

Director: Bruno Dumont , Country: France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min., Unrated, Drama, 2013

Juliette Binoche gives a mesmerizing performance as the brilliant sculptress, protégé of Auguste Rodin (and later his mistress), and sister of the Christian/mystic poet Paul Claudel - who, by 1915, was confined to a remote, church-run asylum for the mentally ill near Avignon. Bruno Dumont’s rigorous, hypnotic portrait suggests that Camille’s intense creativity and bohemian mores were on an inevitable, tragic collision course with her conventional Christian family and the expectations of early 20th century French society. Camille’s paranoia (she believes Rodin is plotting against her) and occasional violent outbursts complicate her situation. Dumont peoples his film with real asylum patients, giving the film a disturbingly realistic dimension that adds to its poignancy.

Thank you to our sponsors of Movies at the TCA: Wolfgang Spa Works, High Country Real Estate, Taos Lifestyle, Bent Street Café and Deli, Creative Framing and Crating, Northside Health and Fitness, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Knight Financial Ltd., Metric Motors, Taos Dental Group, Siriusware, Webb Design/taoswebb.com, Peoples Bank, Casa Gallina, Taos Net, Leshem Diamonds, Vapour Organic Beauty/Substance, James Day DDS, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, US Bank Foundation, Private Label Select, KTAO, KKIT/KVOT and Dimond Mortgage.
 

Songs & Stories II, A new winter musical tradition!
Join Shawn Mullins, Max Gomez and Michael Hearne for an intimate evening of Songs and Stories.

Saturday, December 28 8pm

Tickets are $25 and are available at the TCA office, M-F, 10am-5pm or by calling the office at 575-758-2052.
 

Dvo?ák's Rusalka

Approximate running time: 4:00

The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.

Tickets are $18 for TCA Members and $23 for General Admission.
Call the TCA at 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
 

Borodin's Prince Igor

Approximate running time: 4:30

Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop. Star bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title role, with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.
 

Tickets are $18 for TCA Members and $23 for General Admission.
Call the TCA at 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.

Massenet's Werther

Approximate running time: 3:15

Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of Massenet's sublime adaptation of Goethe's revolutionary and tragic romance, opposite Sophie Koch as Charlotte. The new production is directed and designed by Richard Eyre and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met's recent hit staging of Carmen. Rising young maestro Alain Altinoglu conducts.

Tickets are $18 for TCA Members and $23 for General Admission.
Call the TCA at 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
 

Our 7th annual Film Festival will feature over 90 short films from around the globe, free panel discussions and incredible networking parties. Filmmakers from around the world will be invited to mix and mingle with our community in a whirlwind 4 day celebration of the cinematic arts. Come join us! Website will be updated with festival information in mid January, so check back The Taos Shortz Film Fest continues to bring global world class cinema to the community and to provide filmmakers with a venue to showcase their work, participate in workshops, panels, and network with fellow filmmakers, media companies, producers and distributors.

Puccini's La Bohème
April 5, 2014, 12:55 pm ET
Approximate running time: 3:25

Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo.
 

Tickets are $18 for TCA Members and $23 for General Admission.
Call the TCA at 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
 

Mozart's Così fan tutte
April 26, 2014, 12:55 pm ET
Approximate running time: 4:05

Music Director James Levine conducts Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina.

Tickets are $18 for TCA Members and $23 for General Admission.
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Rossini's La Cenerentola

Approximate running time 3:40

A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces in La Cenerentola—a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the high-flying tenor Juan Diego Flórez, as her Prince Charming. Alessandro Corbelli and Luca Pisaroni complete the cast, with Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leading the effervescent score.
 

Tickets are $18 for TCA Members and $23 for General Admission.
Call the TCA at 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.