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Creating a World Premiere at The Santa Fe Opera: A ¡COLORES! Special

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Santa Fe Opera world premiere, The Lord of Cries. Includes interviews with composer John Corigliano, librettist Mark Adamo, counter-tenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, and other creative forces.

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Stories and experiences from within Ukraine and support found close to home.

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Chicana artist Delilah Montoya poses questions about borders, justice, and identity. The pathways between Cuba and Tampa tell a 500-year-old story about those who shaped the island’s history. Traditional Japanese drumming group Taiko Tsurunokai brings people together to feel the beat. Jake Fernandez reimagines the beauty of Florida’s Myakka wilderness with his abstract paintings.

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Transforming creative ideas into reality… M. But

Transforming creative ideas into reality… M. Butterfly‘s librettist David Henry Hwang, composer Huang Ruo, and conductor Carolyn Kuan reveal their inspiration and creative process, showing how they bring this new opera to life at the @SantaFeOpera. Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

Check out the @NMPBS crew with the @santafeopera b

Check out the @NMPBS crew with the @santafeopera behind the scenes of M. Butterfly. Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday to see how it all comes together and stream on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

Celebrate the opening night of the Santa Fe Opera’s 17th world premiere, The Lord of Cries. Rehearsals, tailgating, and performance footage take center stage along with composer John Corigliano, Librettist Mark Adamo and maestro Johannes Debus who share how they work to bring this new opera to life. Watch ¡Colores! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. @santafeopera

The final episode of the ¡Colores! From Page-To-S

The final episode of the ¡Colores! From Page-To-Stage series celebrates a return to the stage with the opening night of the Santa Fe Opera’s 17th world premiere, The Lord of Cries. Rehearsals, tailgating, and performance footage take center stage along with composer John Corigliano, Librettist Mark Adamo and maestro Johannes Debus who share how they work to bring this new opera to life. Watch ¡Colores! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

This week on ¡COLORES! with each photo she takes,

This week on ¡COLORES! with each photo she takes, Chicana artist Delilah Montoya poses questions about borders, justice, and identity. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. #NewMexico #photography

What do #trains and #BigBird have in common? Climb

What do #trains and #BigBird have in common? Climb aboard for an adventure this weekend on ¡COLORES! Built in 1944, the 2926 locomotive ran a million miles before retiring in 1953. Lovingly restored by the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society, her whistle now blows again. Ride along Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App 🚂

This weekend on ¡COLORES! Historian Richard Flint

This weekend on ¡COLORES! Historian Richard Flint shares how Albuquerque’s, expansive, now abandoned locomotive repair shops were once a driving force in the city’s economy and crucial in developing a middle class. Climb aboard Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. 🚂 .
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This weekend on ¡COLORES! built in 1944, the 2926

This weekend on ¡COLORES! built in 1944, the 2926 locomotive ran a million miles before retiring in 1953. Lovingly restored by the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society, her whistle now blows again.⠀
Get on board Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App 🚂

This week on ¡COLORES! the river connects us all.

This week on ¡COLORES! the river connects us all. With paint, pencil, and photo, Marie M. Hughes Elementary students bring to life their one-year study of the Rio Grande. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. @ABQschools

Andy Young makes his triumphant return to the NMPB

Andy Young makes his triumphant return to the NMPBS studio after reciting his original poem on the program “Sound Go Round” when he was 9 years old.
These days Andy is still inspiring creativity in Albuquerque. This week on ¡COLORES! Andy shares “The River Connects Us All” and the creative culminations from APS students that spent a year studying the Rio Grande, the Bosque and the animals, plants and people that depend on it. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. @ABQSchools

Ecologist by degree and naturalist by heart, photo

Ecologist by degree and naturalist by heart, photographer Christina M. Selby captures the beauty of New Mexico’s wildflowers. Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App Link in bio. #NewMexico #Wildflowers @christinamselbyphoto

This week on ¡COLORES! Ecologist by degree and na

This week on ¡COLORES! Ecologist by degree and naturalist by heart, photographer Christina Selby captures the beauty of New Mexico’s wildflowers. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. #NewMexico #Wildflowers @christinamselbyphoto

Ecologist by degree and naturalist by heart, photo

Ecologist by degree and naturalist by heart, photographer Christina M. Selby captures the beauty of New Mexico’s wildflowers. Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App Link in bio. #NewMexico #Wildflowers

This week on ¡COLORES! Santa Clara Pueblo Scholar

This week on ¡COLORES! Santa Clara Pueblo Scholar Dmitri Brown shares an understanding of the Manhattan Project from a Tewa perspective. Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. #NewMexico #Indigenous

Saturday on ¡COLORES! tracing the history of earl

Saturday on ¡COLORES! tracing the history of early women photographers, Albuquerque Museum’s Jillian Hartke shares insights from creating the exhibition “We Lead, Others Follow.” Watch at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

This week on ¡COLORES! tracing the history of ear

This week on ¡COLORES! tracing the history of early women photographers, @ABQMuseum’s Jillian Hartke shares insights from creating the exhibition “We Lead, Others Follow.” #NewMexico #Photography Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App.

Documenting Albuquerque for over 35 years, photogr

Documenting Albuquerque for over 35 years, photographer Alabama Milner created a remarkable portrait of Albuquerque in the early 20th Century. Learn more on ¡COLORES! today at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. #Albuquerque #Photography

This week on ¡COLORES! from Page-To-Stage goes be

This week on ¡COLORES! from Page-To-Stage goes behind the scenes with the @santafeopera's Director of Production Chelsea Antrim Dennis. She shares what it takes to transform creative ideas into reality for the world premiere opera “The Lord of Cries.” Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream om the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

Photojournalist Tony Louderbough focused his lens

Photojournalist Tony Louderbough focused his lens on #Albuquerque’s social unrest between 1968 and 1973. He documents civil rights, Native justice protests and more with his body of work, “In The Eye of the Storm.” Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

This week on ¡COLORES! Reverend Margaret McFadden

This week on ¡COLORES! Reverend Margaret McFadden shares her hope for the future from the first African American church in New Mexico, Grant Chapel founded in 1882. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. #NewMexico #BlackHistory

This week on ¡COLORES! the first African American

This week on ¡COLORES! the first African American church in New Mexico, Grant Chapel was founded in 1882. Reverend Margaret McFadden shares her hope for the future. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. #NewMexico #BlackHistory

This week on ¡COLORES! learn how Navajo weaver Ve

This week on ¡COLORES! learn how Navajo weaver Venancio Aragon builds upon ancestral knowledge. Here he shares insights into his weavings. Watch the full episode today at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. This ¡COLORES! story is produced by Associate Producer Maliaq Kairaiuak, UNM Intern for Spring 2022. Maliaq is Yupik & Athabaskan and a student in UNM’s Film and Digital Media Arts department working towards a BFA. .
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With beautiful bright colors and bold geometric de

With beautiful bright colors and bold geometric designs Navajo weaver Venancio Aragon builds upon ancestral knowledge. Watch the full episode Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio. This ¡COLORES! story is produced by Associate Producer Maliaq Kairaiuak, UNM Intern for Spring 2022. Maliaq is Yupik & Athabaskan and a student in UNM’s Film and Digital Media Arts department working towards a BFA.

This ¡COLORES! story is produced by Associate Pro

This ¡COLORES! story is produced by Associate Producer Maliaq Kairaiuak, UNM Intern for Spring 2022. Maliaq is Yupik & Athabaskan and a student in UNM’s Film and Digital Media Arts department working towards a BFA. With beautiful bright colors and bold geometric designs Navajo weaver Venancio Aragon builds upon ancestral knowledge. Watch the full episode Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

This week on ¡COLORES! learn how Navajo weaver Ve

This week on ¡COLORES! learn how Navajo weaver Venancio Aragon builds upon ancestral knowledge. Here he shares one of the tools he uses and give us a demonstration. Watch the full episode Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. This ¡COLORES! story is produced by Associate Producer Maliaq Kairaiuak, UNM Intern for Spring 2022. Maliaq is Yupik & Athabaskan and a student in UNM’s Film and Digital Media Arts department working towards a BFA. .
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This week on ¡COLORES! Ukraine’s Les Kurbas the

This week on ¡COLORES! Ukraine’s Les Kurbas theater becomes a hub for refugee artists and an audience shares their deep respect for soldiers on the front line. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. For more on KURBASY and Ukraine visit the link in our bio.

Saturday on ¡COLORES! Rita Powdrell and Brenda Da

Saturday on ¡COLORES! Rita Powdrell and Brenda Dabney carry the torch forward sharing the purpose and meaning of African American homesteading in #NewMexico. The exhibit is currently showing at @ABQMuseum. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. See the link in our bio. #BlackHistory

This week on ¡COLORES! art historian David Witt s

This week on ¡COLORES! art historian David Witt shares how one of America’s greatest printmakers Gene Kloss told stories through Etching and Brush. Watch today at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

This week on ¡COLORES! performing in the very fir

This week on ¡COLORES! performing in the very first opera, working with Igor Stravinsky and John Crosby – Regina Sarfaty-Rickless shares a remarkable story of her early days at The @SantaFeOpera. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

Through music and story, refugees in Ukraine’s L

Through music and story, refugees in Ukraine’s Les Kurbas Theatre share poignant accounts of escaping war.
For more on KURBASY and Ukraine visit the link in our bio. .
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The first native woman to lead the Smithsonian’s

The first native woman to lead the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is from San Felipe Pueblo. Meet Cynthia Chavez Lamar on ¡COLORES! this week. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

From San Felipe Pueblo, Cynthia Chavez Lamar is th

From San Felipe Pueblo, Cynthia Chavez Lamar is the first native woman to lead the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. @smithsoniannmai Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in Bio.

Bold, stunning… the groundbreaking exhibition “Clearly Indigenous” is featured on this week's ¡COLORES! with curator Letitia Chambers. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

Native artists are reinterpreting cultural narrati

Native artists are reinterpreting cultural narratives in the groundbreaking exhibition “Clearly Indigenous.” Watch ¡COLORES! to learn more with curator Letitia Chambers. Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

This week on ¡COLORES! curator Letitia Chambers s

This week on ¡COLORES! curator Letitia Chambers shares how native artists are reinterpreting cultural narratives in the groundbreaking exhibition “Clearly Indigenous.” Watch Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. Link in bio.

Through music and story, refugees in Ukraine’s L

Through music and story, refugees in Ukraine’s Les Kurbas Theatre share poignant accounts of escaping war. Watch ¡COLORES! Friday at 8pm on WORLD Channel 5.4 and stream anytime on the PBS Video App. For more on KURBASY and Ukraine visit the link in our bio.

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