SFR Picks: November 11, 2026

At the Library (That’s a Green Day Reference) Santa Fe’s libraries actually have insanely stacked events calendars—here’s a little taste

We know that most folks tend to want to party all the time and rock and roll all day and every night and all that, but we’re forever in awe of just how many free events pop off at Santa Fe’s three public libraries—and pretty much everything we’ve seen is free. Presented here for your approval (said Rod Serling-ly), a number of library events that look pretty sweet to SFR staffers.

From 4:30-5:30 pm on Thursday, November 12, the downtown Main Branch (145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-6781) hosts Paws and Pages for kids and tweens. The concept is simple yet adorable: Young folks can practice reading aloud to a therapy dog from the Santa Fe Animal Shelter’s Pet Outreach Program. We’d probably go just to pet the dogs, but the reading part certainly tracks with what we know of libraries.

From 2:30 to 4:30 on Friday, November 13, the Make Dot Art workshop hits the Southside branch of the library (6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2580) to provide kids and not-quite-teens with a chance to make art completely with dots. Scoff if you must, art snobs, but if pointillism was good enough for Seurat, we figure it’ll work well for kids just learning to be creative in various ways. Boom—you’ve just been Seurat-ed!

Saturday, November 14 heralds an appearance from bilingual author Miguel Briones, who reads from and signs copies of his new bilingual book, Macho No Machismo . If you’re not bilingual, the translation is basically Helpful and Nice , and the award-winning Briones delves into kindness and helpfulness with his book from 11 am-2 pm at the La Farge branch of the library (1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4862).

And that’s really only a few things in the span of one little ol’ week. You’ll find so much more to do on the santafelibrary.org website events calendar it’s kind of wild. Since the library is about the only place to exist for free anymore, we’re here for that. (Alex De Vore)

We Are Begging You to See Wildwood

So you say you’re sick of franchises, reboots, remakes and re-treads. You’ve popped online to bemoan your superhero fatigue and asked aloud how many friggin’ Scream sequels we need. Yet you still haven’t seen Wildwood from acclaimed stop motion animation studio Laika? Pshshsht. Get real, bro. Sixteen years in the making, Wildwood is a real banger about a young woman thrust into insane circumstances (think Narnia meets Spirited Away , sorta-kinda) after a murderous murder of crows kidnaps her baby brother and takes him to a magical land beyond where humans can usually never go. Once there, our heroine meets an embarrassment of bitches out to do evil, but she also meets heroic bandits, walking/talking magic animals and so much more, and the whole thing is so gorgeously animated and put together you’ll likely be driven to happy tears. Yeah, it’s that good. (ADV)

Wildwood: Various times and locations through the week. Various prices. Check your local theaters for info

Three-zies

Santa Fe has often used its collective wallets to vote yes for singer-songwriter types with acoustic guitars who follow in the grand traditions of folk and country and Americana and such, and we can think of no better event this week to showcase champions who do that stuff than Songwriters in the Round with Jono Manson, Jules Hoffman and Martin Gilmore. While Manson and Hoffman enjoy a bit of celebrity in the wider music world for their various takes on songwriting, they still call Santa Fe home and kick out memorable jams so often it’s crazy. Gilmore, meanwhile, pops down from Colorado to blend folk history with storytelling acumen. The thought of these three folks exchanging music in a nontraditional format is exciting stuff. To put it bluntly, y’all will probably love this. Hats off to the Queen Bee Music Association for putting this together. (ADV)

Songwriters in the Round: 7:30 pm Friday, Nov. 13. $20. Marigold Room, 740 N St. Francis Drive, (505) 992-5800

Screamin’

Though it might sound silly to say Colorado band Banshee Tree conjures images of Sean Connery fighting screaming ghosts on some rolling Irish hill in this writer’s mind, there’s actually something real to that in the sound. Sure, we could easily say the band leans into a pysch-ish brand of country tunes and folky storytelling-style lyricism, but if one were to close their eyes and evaluate the sound alone, there’s a certain wistfulness that has served its members well. Moments on songs like “Look High Over the Mountain” almost elicit late-stage David Bowie jamz, but there’s also a new-ness to the band’s pop-meets-traditional style that could work for fans of Cage the Elephant if that band had bigger feelings (and a bit more guitar shredding). Honestly, it’s hard to pin this one down, but we’ve yet to hear something that doesn’t slap. (ADV)

Banshee Tree: 8 pm Saturday, Nov. 14. $15-$20. Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 303-3808

SFR Picks: November 11, 2026

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