Saved by the dog!
Assistance dogs have changed the lives of innumerable people with disabilities. We talk to filmmakerHeddy Honigmann about her film Buddy, and to Jill Felice of Assistance Dogs of the West.
The twisted past behind a crime: Salvatore Scibona on his book, The Volunteer
Salvatore Scibona‘s novel, The Volunteer, is an exquisitely observed and crafted novel that tells the stories of the people and events leading up to a crime in which a little boy is left alone in an airport, speaking a language that nobody understands.
Love and poetry: the Valentines Day show
We listen to six Santa Fe poets talk about poetry, love, and writing, and they each share some of their poems with us.
The Film Industry in New Mexico: What’s working and …
… what could use improvement? Eric Witt, director of the Santa Fe Film Office, leads us through the intricacies of what makes a film incentive program work for a state, and how New Mexico’s economic development could be optimized in the film and media space.
A new book and a new space for writers
We talk to Ana Pacheco about her new book, Pueblos of New Mexico, and to three local writers about a new literary space called The Living Room.
The Desert Chorale Summer, from Inka to Bernstein
In its fourth decade, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale is composed of some of the finest singers in the US. They’re doing three programs in Santa Fe this summer, which we discuss with artistic director, Josh Haberman
Opera director Peter Sellars on Dr. Atomic
World-renowned director wrote the libretto for Dr. Atomic over a decade ago. But this year is the first time it’s being performed in New Mexico, at the Santa Fe Opera — in plain sight of Los Alamos, where the nuclear bomb was invented.
Independent movie theaters and non-commercial arts in Santa Fe
Stuart Ashman and Jason Silverman of the Center for Contemporary Arts talk about saving The Screen movie theater and the power of the arts for people of all ages.
Desiree Mays on the 2018 Santa Fe Opera Season
Opera expert Desiree Mays talks about nuclear weapons, broadway musicals, strong women, love and betrayal — all in the context of the five operas of the upcoming season of the Santa Fe Opera.
Bloomsday in Santa Fe
Who was James Joyce, why is his 1922 novel Ulysses still so influential today, and why do Joyce’s fans celebrate June 16 every year as “Bloomsday”? Find out all that and so much more, as we talk to three local hard core Joyce geeks.