A filmmaker ventures into the archives of her photographer mother to construct a personal story of love, loss, and finding someone in the work they leave behind.

The border isn’t a black line on a map that divides us. It is an incredible landscape that unites two countries and our wildlife. A landscape of opportunity for binational conservation efforts, where both countries can take pride in stewarding a shared ecosystem roamed by an animal so powerful and sacred that for thousands of years it has been revered as a god. Our sincerest hope is for these images to inspire people on both sides of the border, to see what can be gained by further conserving the Sky Islands, protecting the remaining travel corridors, and rewilding the borderlands.” — Ben Masters and Austin Alvarado

Maria Angeles, a 79 year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to get her home and her belongings back and, unexpectedly, rediscovers love and sensuality.

An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature Audience Award.

Thursdays, 4:30-6:30p May 14,21, 28, June 5 Cost: $250 (For all four classes) Location: CCA Conference Room This spring, poet Elizabeth Jacobson is offering a new session of her popular workshop series Intimate Immersion. During this four-week in-person intensive, the focus is on generating new poems, critiquing each participant’s work, revising poems, and looking at elements of craft. Each meeting, participants are invited to bring a new poem (with copies for everyone) for workshop discussion. Since this is the first look, the process creates a deep, concentrated attention different from preparing critique notes ahead of time. Additionally, contemporary poems are provided as a catalyst for the following week’s writing prompt. This is an intimate, focused immersion to reinforce the writing practice and foster the evolution of new poems. No class fees can be refunded after two weeks prior to start date. About Elizabeth Jacobson: Elizabeth Jacobson was the fifth Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her third collection of poems, "There Are as Many Songs in the World as Branches of Coral" is just out from Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press. Her previous book, "Not into the Blossoms and Not into the Air," won the New Measure Poetry Prize (FVE/Parlor Press, 2019) and the 2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for both New Mexico Poetry and Best New Mexico Book. She is the reviews editor for the online literary journal Terrain.org. This program is supported by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry

Set after the war in Japan, when the country experienced rapid economic growth, Kikuo is born into a yakuza family. His strange fate leads him to be eventually taken in by a kabuki theater actor. He experiences turbulent times, but his talent as a kabuki actor blossoms.

A long table, a single microphone, and a community excited to listen – this is La Mesa, a new type of storytelling event! Six voices share true, 5–7 minute lived-experience stories, followed by short responses from table-mates, concluding in a conversation with the audience. La Mesa emphasizes listening, reflection, and connection across cultures, ages, and experiences. La Mesa is produced by Joe Lambert, storyteller, community artist, educator, and founder of the internationally renowned Storycenter. Partners for this event include the Center for Contemporary Arts Poetry Program and the Santa Fe Public Library, with support from the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry.

A visionary neuroscientist explores the limits of consciousness through isolation tanks, communication with dolphins, and psychedelic experiments, transforming himself from researcher to mystical explorer.

Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeologists work as residents live anxiously, haunted by Pompeii's fate while emergency services strain.

This Renesan Presentation is 1 Session. Birds of Santa Fe: Their Natural History and Where to Find Them Renesan Presentation Information: "Although many of us are familiar with a dozen or so birds that frequent our birdbaths and feeders, birders have sighted almost 200 species of birds at the Audubon Center in Santa Fe and even more in the state. Naturalist and birder Janie Chodosh returns to Renesan with her popular presentation about common birds of New Mexico, what we know about them, and where to find them. Enthusiasts can register separately for a bird walk." About The Presenter: Janie Chodosh is a naturalist, birder, writer, and educator. She currently teaches ecology and environmental science at Santa Fe Community College. She has four published books all related to science, conservation, and the natural world. Her new book about the Rufous Hummingbird will be published in spring of 2027.

This Renesan Presentation is 1 Session and takes place at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Cultivated Connections: A Guided Garden Experience Renesan Presentation Information: "Join Christie Collins, Director of Education and Interpretation at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, for a leisurely walk through the Garden that weaves together history, plant stories, and behind-the-scenes projects. Along the way, you’ll discover how the Garden has grown and changed, learn about plants that thrive in our landscape, and uncover fascinating environmental connections. This relaxed, visual, and story-rich tour is designed for curiosity, conversation, and enjoying the Garden at an easy pace." About The Presenter: Christie Collins is the Director of Education and Interpretation at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden with a background in biology and marketing. She develops interpretive exhibits and public programs focused on pollinators, native plants, and invertebrates, emphasizing science-based, place-based environmental education.

This Renesan Presentation is 3 Sessions. This ticket covers all 3 sessions. Faust: The Devil Is in the Details Renesan Presentation Information: The story of Faust--who sells his soul to the devil--is one of the most popular themes in literature, art, music, and cinema. The combination of the magician-philosopher, God, Satan, and a beautiful woman, and the potential for damnation or salvation, makes the story infinitely adaptable in numerous religious, philosophical, and dramatic treatments. We will discuss the historical figure of Faust (c. 1480-1540) and two of the most important and influential literary works on the Faust legend, Marlowe's Dr. Faustus and Goethe's Faust. About The Presenter: Robert Glick holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University and has taught many classes on English, French, German, and Russian literature for Renesan.

This Renesan Presentation is 1 Session. Listening to Rivers: Large-Scale Global Art and Ecology Projects Renesan Presentation Information: "Artist, activist, and author Basia Irland will present an illustrated talk about her large-scale international projects, including “Gathering of Waters,” which fosters dialogue and connects communities along the length of rivers, in addition to our Río Grande; “Contemplation Stations” such as the three along the Santa Fe River; and hand-carved ephemeral “Ice Book” sculptures embedded with native seeds that are floated down streams to aid riparian restoration, most recently created for SITE Santa Fe. " About The Presenter: Fulbright Scholar Basia Irland creates global projects, featured in her books Water Library, Reading the River, and What Rivers Know and a monograph, Repositories. She is Professor Emerita, University of New Mexico, where she founded the Art and Ecology Program. Her projects are featured in more than seventy international publications.

This Renesan Course is 1 Session. Machiavelli: How Machiavellian Was He? Renesan Course Information: "In The Prince, Machiavelli can both discern the nature of princes and understand the nature of the people. Using this double vision, he simultaneously warns the Medici of the dangers to their rule while informing the people as to the weakness of their regime. Contrary to most opinions that Machiavelli wrote The Prince in order to gain employment with the Medici, or to provide amoral, if not immoral, reality-based advice to princes, his actual purpose was to warn the Medici not to become tyrants and to instruct the people as to just what tyranny looked like, with, most probably, the goal of undermining the Medici." About The Presenter: Jo Ann Moran Cruz is Professor of History emerita, Georgetown University, and author of five books and more than thirty articles, including a recent article on Machiavelli’s The Prince in The Journal of Political Thought. She has presented previously for Renesan on medieval women and the Black Death.

This Renesan Presentation is 1 Session. It meets offsite at the Randall Davey Audubon Center and Sanctuary Santa Fe Bird Walk with Janie Chodosh Renesan Presentation Information: "Naturalist and birder Janie Chodosh will lead a small group (maximum of 10) on a bird walk through the Randall Davey Audubon Center and Sanctuary--timed to coincide with the arrival of migratory birds that will join our resident species. The tour is designed for easy walking. A guideline is that participants should be able to walk a mile on flat terrain. Parking is free but limited, and carpooling is encouraged." About The Presenter: Janie Chodosh is a naturalist, birder, writer, and educator. She currently teaches ecology and environmental science at Santa Fe Community College. She has four published books all related to science, conservation, and the natural world. Her new book about the Rufous Hummingbird will be published in spring of 2027.

This Renesan Course is 1 Session. Star Axis: The Land Art Project in New Mexico Created by Charles Ross Renesan Course Information: The light artist Charles Ross conceived of Star Axis in 1971 and started construction on this land art project in eastern New Mexico in 1976. All of Star Axis’s shapes and angles are determined by earth-to-star alignments. They are built into the sculpture so that we can experience them in human scale. Star Axis offers an intimate experience of how the earth's environment extends into the space of the stars. Charles Ross will complete the project in 2026. About The Instructor: Jamie Clements is the former President/CEO of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. He is currently working with Charles Ross and his wife and fellow artist Jill O'Bryan on a fundraising campaign to open Star Axis to the public.

Location: St John’s Methodist Church Sanctuary, 1200 Old Pecos Trail Steinway Artist Jacquelyn Helin has performed in many of the music world’s most-renowned venues and is especially well known for championing the piano works of American composers. Her Virgil Thomson recordings have garnered critical acclaim, and she was a featured artist in the PBS documentary Virgil Thomson at 90.

Explores achievements of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft, paving the way for the next generation of female space explorers.

Based on a true story, TOW follows Amanda Ogle (Byrne), a woman living in her aging Toyota Camry on the streets of Seattle. When her car — her only lifeline — is stolen and impounded, Amanda is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system. What begins as a fight to reclaim her car evolves into a deeply human story of resilience, dignity, and the power of one woman’s voice in the face of systemic failure.

Based on a true story, TOW follows Amanda Ogle (Byrne), a woman living in her aging Toyota Camry on the streets of Seattle. When her car — her only lifeline — is stolen and impounded, Amanda is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system. What begins as a fight to reclaim her car evolves into a deeply human story of resilience, dignity, and the power of one woman’s voice in the face of systemic failure.

The latest film from the great Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (My Joy) is a scalpel-precise tale of the horrors of totalitarian bureaucracy. Adapting a novel by Soviet writer and political prisoner Georgy Demidov, set in the Soviet Union in 1937, Loznitsa follows the attempts of an idealistic government-appointed prosecutor (Alexander Kuznetsov) to expose the mistreatment of a dissident Bolshevik writer who has been jailed and tortured without evidence of wrongdoing. As he gradually comes to realize, the lack of cause for the man’s imprisonment is hardly unique under Stalin’s regime, and the neophyte lawyer may be putting himself in danger by exposing his own moral righteousness. Loznitsa constructs his story with a patient yet unmistakable sense of mounting dread, focusing on the devastating minutiae that allows fascism to function in our world.

A young poet drops his girlfriend off at her parents’ house and is amazed by its size. He bumps into her father, meets her mother and sister, and they all end up spending a long day together; fueled by conversation, food and libations.