Tenor Madness Sonny Rollins jazz

10 a.m. Tuesday, October 6 and October 13 at Sky Midtown
The history of jazz can be understood by listening to how musicians have played their instruments over the years. Listeners can appreciate different jazz styles—swing, bop, hard bop, cool, and modal—by listening to the great tenor improvisers.

10 a.m. Wednesday, October 7 at Sky Midtown
The fall migration is underway, and our feathered friends are heading south for the winter. Why do they migrate and what can we do in our own backyards to help them? What birds might you see now and in the coming months in Santa Fe?

1960s Rock class santa fe

10 a.m. Thursday, October 8 at Sky Midtown

The “Guy in the Groove” Dick Rosemont takes us on a trip down memory lane as we review the evolution of 1960s rock music. We’ll see (and hear) how it evolved musically, culturally, and commercially from pre-Beatles pop to “acid rock” later in the decade.

Russian Literature Pushkin

2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail
Randy Perazzini leads a monthly discussion focusing on short fiction by one of the great writers from Russia’s Golden Age, setting the stage with a brief description of the historical and biographical contexts. Alexander Pushkin