Lensic Online
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Lensic Online brings the best of The Lensic to you, wherever you are. Check this page often to watch clips of past Lensic Presents performances, learn more about your favorite Lensic artists, access arts resources especially for kids, and more. We’ll be adding new content regularly.
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Ghost Light Sessions at The Lensic
Support local artists, keep the music alive in Santa Fe! Each Ghost Light Session is recorded on stage, with only one or two crew members present and face masks worn by all off-camera. The series is named for the single bulb that’s left burning when the theater is dark. You’ll see it on stage in these sessions.
Nacha Mendez
Nacha Mendez is a Santa Fe favorite and a multitalented New Mexico original. A New Mexico Platinum Music Awards Lifetime Achievement winner, here the eclectic pan-Latin singer-songwriter plays with Carla Kountoupes on violin and Melanie Monsour on piano. Learn more about Nacha Mendez and her music at nachamendez.com
Jono Manson
Another local treasure: Award-winning singer-songwriter-producer Jono Manson has roots in New York City, but Santa Fe’s been his home since the early ’90s. Jono’s 2020 album, Silver Moon, includes collaborations with a few of his pals ( Joan Osborne, Terry Allen, Eliza Gilkyson . . . ). Learn more more, hear more at jonomanson.com.
David Berkeley
Award-winning singer-songwriter David Berkeley has been praised for his “lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake” (New York Times). Based in Santa Fe, he’s toured with musicians from Dido and Ben Folds to Billy Bragg and Ray Lamontagne. Learn more at http://davidberkeley.com/.
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Student Showcase
Student Showcase:Santa Fe's Talented Young Artists
School shows at The Lensic were canceled this year, but we still want to give young people a chance to perform on The Lensic stage. Working with the schools, we’ve invited local students to bring their talent to The Lensic in a safe, socially distanced recording sessions.
Find more Student Showcase performances here.
Listen! Lensic Playlists
Music You'll Love, on Spotify
The Lensic’s Joel Aalberts creates a new Spotify playlist each week to keep you dancing, soothe your soul, and bring joy to your ears. Click the links each week to listen! Free Spotify registration required.
Great Conversations
Shakespeare in a Divided America
Shakespeare in a Divided America, a fascinating new book by author James Shapiro, looks at how The Bard’s 400-year-old tragedies and comedies have helped shape our understanding of issues throughout America’s history. Our friend John Andrews—Santa Fean and head of the Shakespeare Guild—talked to the author in a recent digital presentation for the National Arts Club in New York.
Just for Kids
Hocus Focus
Illusionist Kevin Spencer, who was scheduled to perform at The Lensic this spring, offers free magic-lesson videos for kids of all abilities at his Hocus Focus Magic Club website. Kids may recognize Kevin from the Lensic-sponsored workshops he led in Santa Fe special education classrooms in 2018 and 2019. These online lessons bring Kevin’s delightful energy to your home.
Justin Roberts
Justin Roberts, the Chicago-based kids-music musician and indie rocker you heard at Lensic Family Fun Day last March, offers music, make-your-own-instrument projects, and other great at-home activities for the younger set at JustinRobertsMusic.com. Make and play your own kazoo, designer your own concert posters, learn to play some of Justin’s songs, and more.