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Santa Fe’s premier year-round performing arts center: a state-of-the art venue for theater, music, dance, film, lectures, community events and family programming set in a historic theater in the heart of the City Different.

Every July and August since 1957, opera lovers have been drawn to the magnificent northern New Mexico mountains to enjoy productions by one of America's premier summer opera festivals. Here, The Santa Fe Opera's dramatic adobe theater blends harmoniously with the high desert landscape. It is this fusion of nature and art that leaves such an enduring impression on all who come. More than half the audience of 85,000 comes from outside New Mexico representing every state in the union as well as Canada and Europe.

Upayna Zen Center
The monastery is two miles from downtown Santa Fe in the quiet historic east valley, nestled in the Sangre de Cristo mountains. Upaya’s facilities may be rented for retreats, conferences, meetings, workshops, and wedding ceremonies.

Haciendas - A Parade of Homes is the largest Real Estate Event in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You're invited to take a self-guided tour of new and remodeled homes in every price, ranging from the affordable to the luxurious. Don't miss Santa Fe's best open house. This year, over 30 homes will be on tour.

Since it started in 1972, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has become one of the world's preeminent music festivals, guided by a visionary spirit and dedicated to artistic excellence and innovation. Contributing to its magic is the Festival's unique Santa Fe setting, nestled amid timeless splendors of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Visit above for a comprehensive listing of performing art events in the Sante Fe area.

Southwestern Association for Indian Arts - SWAIA, Inc.
Each year the Santa Fe Indian Market includes 1,200 artists from about 100 tribes who show their work in over 600 booths. The event attracts an estimated 100,000 visitors to Santa Fe from all over the world. Buyers, collectors and gallery owners come to Indian Market to take advantage of the opportunity to buy directly from the artists. For many visitors, this is a rare opportunity to meet the artists and learn about contemporary Indian arts and cultures. Quality is the hallmark of the Santa Fe Indian Market.

Let's EAT - a listing and description of restaurants for the area
One word defines New Mexican cuisine: chiles, which find their way into everything from hamburgers to eggs. There are two varieties, green and red, and choosing an allegiance is a bit like picking a favorite football team. (You can always ask for "Christmas"—meaning both.) Green is fresher and brighter tasting, while red is smokier and often hotter. The preponderance of chiles and the lack of cilantro separate New Mexican cuisine from Mexican. Quiet the heat with after-dinner sopapillas—doughy, fluffy fried-bread confections meant to be dribbled with honey.

If you picture the art scene in Santa Fe as only being splendid Southwestern landscape painting and fine traditional Native American crafts, you’re in for a surprise. Today Santa Fe offers connoisseurs of fine art a sophisticated art experience that honors its regional roots while opening to a limitless horizon of artistic imagination. At the intersection of an incomparable cultural mix, the fertile ground of natural beauty, historical Native American and Hispanic traditions, and the maverick spirit of early Twentieth Century artists have made Santa Fe a vibrant art center for more than a century. A unique outlook flourishes here that cherishes the past while inviting exploration and inventive creativity that has blossomed into an extraordinary diversity of genres, mediums, and artistic styles. Today, Santa Fe is one of the most important art centers in the United States, and 91 galleries that make up The Santa Fe Gallery Association feature artists of national and international renown.

New Mexico Fly Fishing, Hiking, Camping, Kayaking, Canoeing, Skiing, Hunting, and Outdoor Vacations

Ski Santa Fe is nestled high in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains just 16 miles from the heart of historic Santa Fe, New Mexico.  With a base area elevation of 10,350 feet, Ski Santa Fe is among the highest ski areas in the continental United States.  Our New Millennium Triple Chairlift will take snow sport enthusiasts to a new height of 12,075 feet and some of the southwest's finest skiing.  The vistas atop Ski Santa Fe are unsurpassed and act as the gateway for thrills including steep bump runs, powder filled chutes, gladed tree-skiing, and plenty of groomers