Events

Don't miss Melissa Etheridge at the Lensic this October! Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Etheridge has remained one of America's favorite female singers for more than two decades.

Minds Interrupted: Stories of Lives Affected by Mental Illness" is a dynamic evening of monologues written and presented on stage by individuals living with mental illness and by family members who have a loved one with a mental illness. Through heartfelt stories, people share the pain, confusion, wisdom, resilience, and humor of living with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and other chronic mental health challenges.

In this unique expression of thirteen years of friendship and collaboration, Robert Mirabal (Grammy Award-winning master musician, actor, artist, and story-teller, and elder of the Taos Pueblo) and ETHEL (Grammy Award-winning, genre-defying, New York-based string quartet) come together to reimagine the concert experience.

D’RIVERA Three Pieces
PIAZZOLLA Suite del Ángel
GERSHWIN Lullaby
RAVEL Quartet in F Major

Blackberry Smoke's signature Southern rock sound is infused with the soulful essence of Georgia's backroads. With whiskey-soaked vocals and blistering guitar solos, their music pays homage to the legends of American rock 'n' roll while carving out their distinct path.

There is no such thing as general intelligence — artificial or natural — argues Alison Gopnik. Instead, there are multiple intelligences, each with its own trade-offs. Three different types of cognitive capacities mark human development, and our life histories accommodate intrinsic trade-offs between the three.

Sugar Skull! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure is a bilingual/bicultural musical for young audiences and families that uses traditional regional music and dance from Mexico to tell the story of twelve-year-old Vita Flores.

Wise, insightful, and wickedly funny, “Liberal Redneck” Trae Crowder has been called a "sensation" by the Chicago Tribune. Crowder is known for his hilarious “porch rant” videos, his sold-out comedy tours, and his best-selling The Liberal Redneck Manifesto.

Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues created by 21st-century warmaking: the ethical conflicts created by the use of modern military technology and the psychological and emotional toll supposedly safe remote technology takes on our servicepersons.

Maestro Guillermo Figueroa conducts The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra for a memorable afternoon of spellbinding music by two of the biggest names in classical music history.

Fronted by singer/songwriter Sammy Rae and honed through years of touring, the group is capable of flourishing in any spotlight thanks to its signature blend of palpable chemistry, deft virtuosity, and vocal fireworks.

The always funny Leslie Jones is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee for her on Saturday Night Live and one of Time Magzine's 100 Most Influential People.