Taos On The Cheap

Ticket prices are already a bargain for quality local Metta Theatre shows, but if you’re stumped for cash you’re not turned away from the door – pay what you can.  This month, take your pick of drama or jazz…
Drama Double Bill by McIntosh and Mamet
Double bill of Real Estate by Bruce McIntosh with Sonia Rodriguez [...]

Ticket prices for the summer 2010  Santa Fe Opera season are offered at 2009 prices if you buy them before the end of February. Prices go up on March 1. 
So, opera buffs, if you plan on seeing a performance this summer at the beautiful Santa Fe Opera house – the season includes Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Puccini’s Madame [...]

Feel like a trip to Albuquerque this weekend? We’ve got exclusive discounts on tickets to The Second City comedy show at KiMo Theatre on February 20, and to Jungle Jack Hanna at Popejoy Hall on February 21.
I’m now reporting deals and steals at Albuquerque on the Cheap too, and we’re nabbing some great EXCLUSIVE offers for our readers, including [...]

The month-long Taos Big Read book party kicks off this weekend in celebration of New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya’s jewel of a novel: Bless Me, Ultima. At the launch on Saturday Nov 7 at Taos Public Library, you can pick up a free copy of Bless Me, Ultima in either English and Spanish, and enjoy [...]

The free 7th Annual Folk Life Festival at the Millicent Rogers Museum is from noon to 4:00 pm on May 16, 2009, featuring tri-cultural music and dance, artist demonstrations, art activities, and face painting (The face painting is presumably for the kids, but hey, it’s Taos. Whatever takes your fancy.)

Santa Fe Opera’s annual Spring Opera Tour presents a free concert at the Taos Community Auditorium, 6:00 – 8:00 pm on April 19, 2009. Performers are soprano Ashley Logan, tenor Jon-Michael Ball, baritone Michael Nyby, and pianist/music director Kirt Pavitt. The  free TCA concert includes an adaptation of The Elixir of Love, plus popular arias [...]

Book before 15 April, for stays through to the end of May at Inn on La Loma Plaza, and get a 10% discount off regular rates on a 2 night stay, 15% on 3 nights, 20% on 4 nights, 25% on 5 nights, and a whopping 30% off 6 nights or more. Heck, you might [...]

Sabroso’s end of ski season Pig Roast party is on Monday April 6, 6:30 – 9:30pm.  I dunno about you, but a $15 cover including buffet, tax, and tip, plus music by the always pumping Jimmy Stadler, sounds like a hog-in-mud deal to me. Sabroso Restaurant and Bar is at 470 State Highway 150, on [...]

* Performance and Improv workshop for children 12 years plus, with actor Bruce Mcintosh. Sat March 28, 10:00 – 11:30 at the Harwood Museum. Free
* At the magical Twirl toystore and playspace: Fabulous Flowers Creative Adventures with Angela, Thurs March 26, 3:00 – 5:00pm. Sun Prints at Twirl Explorers with Angela, Sat March 28, 11am - 1pm. Both Free [...]