SELECTED SANTA FE AND NEW MEXICO EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

Mozart y Mariachi Concert

Santa Fe Youth Symphony

Friday, December 10 at 6:30. St. Francis Auditorium of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Free admission.

Light Among the Ruins: Christmas Celebration

The ruins of San Jose de los Jemez Mission Church and Gisewa Pueblo will be decorated with traditional farolitos.         Featuring Jemez Pueblo dancers, traditional Native American flute music and refreshments. Free & open to the public. For information call 575-829-3530.

Saturday December 11 from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jemez State Monument, Jemez Springs

Santa Fe Aspen Ballet: The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 11 at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday December 12 at 1 and 5 p.m. at the Lensic.

Las Posadas on the Plaza

A Santa Fe Christmas tradition: a candle-lit procession of Las Posadas around the Santa Fe Plaza.

Saturday, December 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Santa Fe Symphony & Chorus

Christmas concert, Steven Smith conducting, Sunday, December 19, 4 p.m. at the Lensic.

Santa Fe Desert Chorale Winter Festival 2010

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, December 17, 8pm

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, December 19, 4pm

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, December 20, 8pm

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, December 21, 8pm

New Mexico Museum of Art Annual Holiday Open House:

Starring the Gustave Baumann Marionettes in Freckles and Warts are Back!

Annual Gustave Baumann Marionette performance, free admission.

Sunday, December 19, 2010, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. For information, call 505-476-5072.

New Mexico History Museum

El Hilo de la Memoria/The Threads of Memory

The General Archive of the Early Indies in Seville, Spain, has selected Santa Fe for the American debut of this exhibit of rare documents, illustrations and maps detailing Spain's early presence in North America. More than 140 historical documents are displayed. Through January 9, 2011.  505-476-5200.

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art

Threads of Devotion: The Wardrobe of La Conquistadora

Through December 31, 2010. For information, call 505-982-2226.

Taos Art Museum

Landscapes of New Mexico

This exhibit showcases a variety of dramatic landscapes representing artists from different periods.                  Through February 20, 2011. For information, call 575-758-2690.

The Lensic Performing Arts Center telephone: 505-988-1234