Mark Asmus, a Taos oil painter, is showing a full scope of his work: serious, light-hearted and in between. Paintings of tinker toy constructions, Police Blotter paintings, miniature and larger landscapes and allegories fill two walls of the Edelweiss' bar/restaurant at the base of the Taos Ski Valley. The Community Against Violence receives 25% of all proceeds. Call and ask about a tax deduction.

Mark Asmus, oil painter, is showing winter scenes and Police Blotter paintings featuring life in Taos. The Community Against Violence receives 25% of the proceeds. Ask about a tax deduction.

Working Class Theatre Presents:

Dead Man’s Cell Phone
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Dancer Dearing

When a man at a café table suddenly dies and his cell phone rings, the woman at the next table answers it, dropping her into the labyrinth of his life in this “beguiling new comedy,” (The New York Times). As she forges new relationships on his behalf with his bereft family members, she discovers his life was a mystery even to those closest to him.
“Ms. Ruhl is the rare young writer with a truly theatrical imagination. She goes her own way, discovering surprising beauty and offbeat humor in unlikely places.”
–The New York Times
Previews, March 11
Opening Night, March 12
Runs March 13, 18, 19 & 20
8:00 PM
Backstage at the TCA
Tickets at the door or call 613-2069    $15

Produced by Jim Pollard
Production Design Ron Usherwood
Starring:
Susan Nuss, Damon Klassen, Marilyn Newman, Noel Simmons and Julie Dougherty
with Karla Eoff, David Garver and Jim Pollard

Create art glass. Learn to imbed a sculpted image into a block of glass to create a negative impression, a ghosted, shadow casting within the glass. This technique can be used to realize either a simple or complex array of imaging in glass. Each box casting can become stand alone works of art or utilized with other castings, combined in a final work of art. The entire process from concept and sculpting to mold preparation, firing schedules, and casting is explored and realized by the student. Level: beginning to intermediate. Class is $320 + $110 materials fee.  

In celebration of the Town of Taos’ 2010 theme, RETURN TO SACRED PLACES Wilder Nightingale Fine Art presents “Photographers of Nightingale” March 13 through April 13. An artist reception will be held on Saturday, March 13 from 5-7. A discussion with the artist’s will be held on Sunday, March 14th at 2:00pm The artists, Robbie Steinbach, Cris Pulos, Pattie Traynor, Doug Yeager and Steve Immel, all have different viewpoints on what is sacred to them and this show reflects that.

Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday, March 15 & 16 at 7:30 PM
Country: France / Belgium / Germany, Language: French / German with English Subtitles,
Runtime: 125 min., Not Rated

Director Martin Provost builds his story around the relationship between the avant-garde art dealer and the visionary cleaning lady, forging a testament to the mysteries of creativity and the resilience of one woman’s spirit. A sleeper hit in France, SÉRAPHINE went on to a surprise win of the Best Picture and Best Actress for Yolande Moreau along with five other awards at the 2009 Cesars, the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.
“One of the loveliest and most sombre fables of a lonely artist’s ecstasy. “
-- David Denby, The New Yorker

Taos Community Auditorium, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening.
575-758-2052

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:

First Community Bank, KKIT/KVOT,
KTAO, LUNA and Five Magazine,
El Monte Sagrado, The Historic Taos Inn,
Indian Hills Inn,
Business Brokers of Taos, The Taos News, William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS,
Sleep Sanctuary, Toto Home,
Taos Physical Therapy, Cid’s Food Market,
John Dunn Shops, Peoples Bank,
5 Star Burgers, Webb Design, Taos Net,
The UPS Store, Taos Horse Fly

“For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism”   with filmmaker Gerald Perry in person. This is the first documentary to dramatize the rich saga of American movie reviewing. Directed by The Boston Phoenix critic, Gerald Peary, “For the Love of Movies” offers an insider’s view of the critics’ profession, with commentary from America’s best-regarded reviewers, Roger Ebert (The Chicago Sun-Times), A.O. Scott (The New York Times), Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly), Kenneth Turan (The Los Angeles Times)

We also hear from young, articulate, Internet voices, including Harry Knowles (ainitcoolnews.com) and Karina Longworth (spout.com). Their stories are entertaining, humorous, and personal. Those who hear them may gain new respect for the film critic profession, knowing the faces and voices, and also the history. From the raw beginnings of criticism before The Birth of a Nation to the incendiary Pauline Kael-Andrew Sarris debates of the 1960s and 70s to the battle today between youthful on-liners and the print establishment, this documentary tells all. With narration by Patricia Clarkson.

Taos Community Auditorium, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening.
575-758-2052

Have fun with glass in this basic introduction to glass jewelry. Back to TIGA by popular demand, artist Diane Harris will teach the basics of cutting glass, color design, and fusing in this exciting workshop while making your own wearable art. The value of the work you will make is easily greater than the cost of the workshop. If you took this workshop before, you know you will come out ahead by taking it again. So bring your friends to this fun and informative workshop party and leave with some very impressive jewelry of your own making. Level: Beginning - Intermediate $95 + $15 materials fee

Equinox
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:30 pm

In celebration of spring TCMG joins forces with choreographer Amber Vasquez for a program of dance and music that includes Beethoven’s String Trio in C minor, Breton composer Guy Ropartz’s Prelude, Marine et Chanson for flute, harp and strings, Equinox for alto flute and cello by Nancy Laupheimer, and Mozart’s Concerto for flute and harp.
Amber Vasquez, choreographer | Nancy Laupheimer, flute | Gabriel Gordon, violin | Elena Sopoci, viola | Dana Winograd, cello | Rosalind Simpson, harp

Beyond the Fringe 2010 is happening March 25 - April 1, 2010 at the Stables Gallery in Taos. In conjunction with this fine fiber art show will be fiber classes taught by several artists in different media. Go to http://manosweavingschool.com/page05.html to view the class schedule. Also, check out the artists profiles and related show information at www.craftingchaos.com Hope you can join us! thanks, Merce Mitchell

THE TAOS CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS
SWING INTO SPRING
with
Swing Fever
Big Band Era Dinner & Dance Concert (read more)
Clever, fun, romantic, moody, witty—here is wonderful  music presented in its full emotional range.

Friday, April 2, 2010
Cocktails 6:30; Dinner 7:00; Dance 8:00
Taos Country Club
Tickets $75
Dance concert only $25
Cash Bar

For tickets call 575.758.2052
Dress for 1940s Swing Era Costume Contest! Prizes! Silent Auction

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Weekend lodging packages available at:

Casa de las Chimeneas B&B,
Dreamcatcher B&B
Hacienda del Sol B&B,
Hotel La Fonda de Taos
and Ojo Caliente Resort & Spa.

Sunday, April 18 at 7:30 PM the Taos Center for the Arts and Fan Man Productions presents Michelle Shocked and her band.
TIckets:$25, and $22 for TCA members
Call 758-2052 to charge by phone or visit FX18 Gifs And Jewelry on Bent St. in Taos
http://www.michelleshocked.com/
 

I’m the most sophisticated hillbilly you’ll ever meet.”-- Michelle Shocked
When Michelle Shocked says this about herself, it’s hard not to crack up. ‘Hillbilly,’ after all, is no compliment. And frankly, it’s tough to reconcile that reflex image of a backwoods, overalls-and-a-smile hillbilly with this focused, erudite singer-songwriter. If such a creature exists, however, Shocked is its picture, sans Billy-Bob teeth. Come to think of it, she was born in or at least near the backwoods of East Texas — and get this —after being conceived, if memory serves, “in the backseat of my Uncle Huby’s Chevy at the high school prom.” Her upbringing was more well-rounded. In her early childhood, Shocked logged thousands of miles as a military brat, living in Massachusetts, Germany and Maryland, before returning to Texas. She lived there until her early twenties, experiencing the stark contrast — and copious benefits — of being raised by a fundamentalist Mormon mother and Army lifer stepfather, and having a hippie teacher-slash-“ultimate autodidact” father. Eager to further expand her horizons, Shocked eventually decamped for San Francisco, assumed the peripatetic life of a community activist and, eventually, a touring musician.

On tour for the first time in Taos, the largest environmental film festival in the US. Western Environmental Law Center is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival on Saturday May 1, 2010. The Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival works with environmental groups across the country to bring together diverse audiences through film with the goal to inspire environmental action. The Festival will be hosted in almost 100 locations across the United States this year. Western Environmental Law Center is honored to have been selected to host this year’s Festival in Taos, where our Southwest office is located. We will be hosting a one-night festival, featuring a selection of about 15 environmental films. There will also be raffle prizes, concessions, and informational booths hosted by our sponsors. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $5 for children under 12. All ticket prices include one entry for the raffle to be held the evening of the event. It is sure to be an exciting evening! Please join us!

This dynamic program features David Lang's post-minimalist Sweet Air - accompanied by a film by Jake Magee - and Michael Torke's jazz- and pop-inflected Telephone Book, both for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. A world premiere by Edie Hill composed for TCMG will reflect the sense of the sacred that is so powerful in New Mexico. In addition the interplay between the written word and music informs Paul Moravec’s Tempest Fantasy for violin, clarinet, cello and piano (based on the Shakespeare play) as well as Hill’s This Floating World for solo flute (based on Haiku poems). Edie Hill, composer-in-residence; Jake Magee, filmmaker; Nancy Laupheimer, flute; James Shields, clarinet; David Felberg, violin; Sally Guenther, cello; Teddy Robie, piano; Angela Gabriel, percussion Tickets - $17 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 for children under 16

Mark Asmus will feature oil paintings celebrating the Native American and Hispanic cultures of Taos. Scenes and individual dancers from the pueblo feast days, Powwow activities and everyday life in the pueblo are captured with Asmus' palette knife. Mudding buildings, farm landscapes, moradas and animals dominate Taos' Hispanic culture.

Sponsored by the University of New Mexico Registration opens December 1, 2009. Most evening events during the Conference, including the keynote reading and faculty readings, are free and open to the public.

Enjoy this special performance by world class Festival artists Anne-Marie McDermott, Ida Kavafian and Paul Neubauer, followed by a wine and hors d'oeuvre reception at the elegant El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa™ This event is a special pre-Season benefit for the Festival AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED! THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Cash Bar 5:30 pm Performance 6:00 pm Meet and Greet Reception 7:00 pm

Join Music from Angel Fire Chamber Music Festival for this Taos performance. Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 27th Season August 20 - September 5, 2010. World-class chamber music is performed in the beautiful New Mexico mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas by more than 35 international artists including pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian, cellist Peter Wiley and The Miami String Quartet. Festival Tickets $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit www.musicfromangelfire.org.

Join Music from Angel Fire Chamber Music Festival for this Taos performance. Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 27th Season August 20 - September 5, 2010. World-class chamber music is performed in the beautiful New Mexico mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas by more than 35 international artists including pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian, cellist Peter Wiley and The Miami String Quartet. Festival Tickets $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit www.musicfromangelfire.org.

This complimentary educational and entertaining event is designed for Taos area children. Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 27th Season August 20 - September 5, 2010. World-class chamber music is performed in the beautiful New Mexico mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas by more than 35 international artists including pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian, cellist Peter Wiley and The Miami String Quartet. Festival Tickets $20 - $35 - this particular event is free. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit www.musicfromangelfire.org.

Join Music from Angel Fire Chamber Music Festival for this Taos performance. Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 27th Season August 20 - September 5, 2010. World-class chamber music is performed in the beautiful New Mexico mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas by more than 35 international artists including pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian, cellist Peter Wiley and The Miami String Quartet. Festival Tickets $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit www.musicfromangelfire.org.

Join Music from Angel Fire Chamber Music Festival for this Taos performance. Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 27th Season August 20 - September 5, 2010. World-class chamber music is performed in the beautiful New Mexico mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas by more than 35 international artists including pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian, cellist Peter Wiley and The Miami String Quartet. Festival Tickets $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit www.musicfromangelfire.org.