Cline's Corner

Zeitgeist Dance Theatre's Artistic Director Francisco Gella talks about the company's fifth season, featuring a concert premiere at The Lensic Performing Arts Center and exciting events for the public to experience. 

Santa Fe Desert Chorale's Artistic Director Joshua Habermann talks about the exceptional ensemble's new album, "Roots and Rivers," and upcoming Summer Festival.

JoJo Sena de Tarnoff talks about directing the musical comedy "Cuentos" as the inaugural production of The Teatro Paraguas Teen Ensemble, and about the joys of her longtime work with children's theater.

Santa Fe artist Clayton Bass talks about his new exhibition, "Dreamscapes," a joyful series of acrylic-on-canvas paintings that merge the beauty of the landscape and rich cultures of New Mexico with his vibrant imagination and dreams.

KSFR's Eric Davis talks about the importance of public radio and why your support matters now more than ever. He also shares some stories from his career in radio and how he made his way to Santa Fe.

Keri Schroeder talks about the new exhibit, "Printed at the Palace," which showcases broadsides, pamphlets, handbills and other works created at the Palace Press on historic printing 19th- and early 20th-century equipment. She also talks about demo printing, guest lectures and other events at the Palace Press, which was established in the early 1970s. 

Laura Addison, curator of North American and European Collections at the Museum of International Folk Art, talks about co-editing the pioneering new book, "Alexander Girard's Imagined Worlds," which is centered on the museum's "Multiple Voices: A Common Bond" exhibition, Girard's work as a designer, and his life in Santa Fe.

Linda Raney previews the Santa Fe Women's Ensemble Spring Concerts, "Music Above and Beyond." The program includes "Homecoming," a world premiere of a new commission by renowned New Mexican composer Z. Randall Stroope, set to poetry by an unknown early 20th-century New Mexico poet.

Andrew Lovato talks about his new book, "Successful Public Speaking Handbook," which is available for free online at pressbooks.com.

Sarah Haghi Alpers talks about Santa Fe Story Lab, which showcases six speakers sharing personal stories with a spellbound audience, fostering connection and community.

Visual artist Sarah Bush talks about ways we can use our creativity to change and resist what's going on in the world. Author of the Substack newsletter, The Pink Teacup, she also runs the online community, Creative Change Makers.

Mark Dodge, Curator of Southwest Memories, talks about the museum's new exhibit, "Americana at 250: Eagles, Flags, and Uncle Sam." 

Kevin Crawford, one of Ireland's greatest flute/whistle players, talks about Lúnasa, the world's beloved Irish acoustic band, which will return to Santa Fe to perform at The Lensic on March 15.

Garrett Peck talks about his new book, "The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop," the wide range of tours he leads including the Willa Cather's Santa Fe Tour, and his books on fascinating topic inAmerican history.

Award-winning filmmaker John Grabowsky talks about his films about New Mexico, National Parks, Alaska, and other places of wilderness. They have aired on PBS and at film festivals around the world. Visit his webpage at johngrabowska.com

Dan Kitrell talks about his Assassins, Spies & the Manhattan Project Walking Tour a two-hour, one-mile tour through the fascinating little-known history of Santa Fe's role in the race to create the atomic bomb.

Sarah Noss, executive director of the Santa Fe Conservation Trust, talks about the nonprofit's new home, the Dovetail trails in the Galisteo Basin Preserve, the upcoming Banff Mountain Film Festival, and more. 

Meg Meltz of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Santa Fe Lodge #2 talks about the history of the Odd Fellows, the busy calendar of dance events at Odd Fellows Hall and the joys of dancing on the "best dance floor in Santa Fe."

Barry Pearce talks about his poignant new book, "The Plan of Chicago: A City in Stories," a collection of nine linked stories set in nine Chicago neighborhoods. He'll launch his book tour in Santa Fe with a reading and a conversation with local author Rob Wilder on Saturday, January 31 at 4:30 pm.

Michael Ettema talks about the 2026 New Mexico History & Heritage Lectures presented by Friends of History, the nonprofit group of volunteers who support the New Mexico History Museum with the lecture series as well as historic walking tours and special events. The group also sponsors museum exhibitions and public programs.  

Jamie Figueroa, award-winning author of "Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer" and "Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico," talks about her work as an author and a teacher. She is one of three authors participating in the Santa Fe Community College's Library and Creative Writing Program's free online Writing Generation Series, which starts Feb. 18. 

Susan Anders talks about the Zia Singers' upcoming "Voices of Life, Voices of Light" concerts that feature work by female composers, including the world premier of Anders' piece, "A Wave That Rocks Me." 

Caryl Farkas, founder and artistic director of Upstart Crows of Santa Fe, joins Isaac Mariner, who began performing with Upstart Crows at age 12. They talk about the upcoming costumed dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," an annual holiday tradition since 2017. 

Santa Fe Story Lab founder Sarah Haghi Alpers and storyteller R. Melinda Hoffman Santa Fe Story Lab founder talks about the third live storytelling series at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse on December 11. The event will bring together six storytellers focused on a holiday theme. Melinda Hoffman shares a story she told at a previous Santa Fe Story Lab and we learn about the important r...

Shane Weigand talks about his upcoming lecture, "From Mines to Main Street: The Enduring Legacy of New Mexico's Burros," held online December 3, noon to 1 p.m., and presented as the First Wednesday Lecture by the Friends of History of the New Mexico History Museum.