Rialto Theater

Ottmar Liebert’s global success can be attributed to a myriad of things – his creative vision, his determination, and a strong sense of melody. Born in Cologne, Germany, he began playing guitar at 11. Before the age of 19, Liebert had intended to stay in Germany and pursue a career as a designer and photographer. However, while journeying extensively through Asia and playing with other travelers and local musicians, he realized that he could not escape a life of music. After pursuing his dreams of playing rock music in Boston, he settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe was a fresh start for Liebert in many ways and in addition to returning to the acoustic guitar, he remained open to letting the place define the music he made. It was this openness to the local landscape that defined what was to become his musical style, a mix of Spanish, Mexican and World elements, strong melodies tinged with a shade of melancholy, balanced with upbeat rhythms.

Liebert founded the first incarnation of his band, Luna Negra, in 1989. His debut album began as a self-produced release called Marita: Shadows and Storms, copies of which local Native American artist, Frank Howell, distributed in his art galleries. After the record made its way to radio stations, it began generating a buzz among programmers and received unprecedented response among listeners. Higher Octave Music picked it up and released a fully remastered version, Nouveau Flamenco. Recorded for less than $3,000 on an old analog machine in a shack beside a gravel pit, this CD became an international sensation, establishing Liebert’s unique border-style flamenco, and becoming the best-selling instrumental acoustic guitar album of all time: 2 x Platinum – USA; 14 x Platinum – USA/Latin; Platinum – Australia; Platinum – New Zealand; Gold – Canada; Gold – Mexico

Visual art has always been essential to Ottmar Liebert’s world-view and even today he is an avid photographer. “My music is visual,” Liebert says. “Santa Fe has great light, that special thing you get in the high desert. Some days you can see for 100 miles, and think you can reach into the sky or walk off a ridge and keep flying. That’s how I felt when I recorded Nouveau Flamenco.”

Liebert has since become one of the most successful instrumental artists of the past decades, entertaining audiences around the world and releasing a catalog of 33 classic albums including live recordings, an orchestral album for Sony Classical, a binaural surround sound recording, remix albums, a lullaby and a flamenco-reggae album. During his career, he has played more than two thousand concerts worldwide. Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra have played two concerts with the New Mexico Philharmonic featuring Liebert’s music arranged by bassist, Jon Gagan. These two concerts, to date, have broken attendance records for the New Mexico Philharmonic. Ottmar Liebert has been nominated for five Grammy awards.

Garrison Keillor Tonight is an evening of stand-up, storytelling, audience song, and poetry. One man, one microphone. There are sung sonnets, limericks and
musical jokes, and the thread that runs through it is the beauty of growing old. Despite the inconvenience, old age brings the contentment of LESS IS MORE.
Your mistakes and big ambitions are behind you, nothing left to prove, and small things give you great pleasure because that’s what’s left. (“I was unhappy in
college because it was a requirement for an intellectual, but then I went into show business and discovered that people won’t pay to be made unhappy, their kids will
do it for free.”)

There is the News from Lake Wobegon, a town booming with new entrepreneurs, makers of artisanal firewood and gourmet meatloaf, breeders of composting
worms, and dogs trained to do childcare. But some things endure, such as the formation of the Living Flag on Main Street, citizens in tight formation wearing
red, white or blue caps, and Mr. Keillor among them, standing close to old neighbors, Myrtle Krebsbach (“Truckstop”) and Julie Christensen (“Bruno, The
Fishing Dog”) and Clint Bunsen. And an a cappella sing-along with the audience singing from memory an odd medley of patriotic songs, pop standards, hymns, and ending with the national anthem.

The MARGARITA BROTHERS add that tropical rock spark that you will not soon forget with music of Jimmy Buffet, Beach Boys, Ventures, along with an array of nautical themed tunes. 

Tickets: $20 general admission; $17 groups of 10 or more (ticket prices include ticketing fee)









GENERAL ADMISSION

MacKinnon Dance’s 2024 Winter/Spring Season, entitled “Ascend”, will include the stunning pieces that explore the nature of life’s triumphs over adversity through dance choreography that will thrill audiences young and young at heart.  This recital performance will also include award winning pieces from dancers returning home from the competition season.

With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in
the country, finding success as an actor, host, and author, in film, TV, radio and podcasts as well
as on the live stage.

The comedian has had 5 highly rated stand-up specials on Netflix including his most recent
Netflix special, What A Day!. The special was taped at the iconic Wilbur Theatre in Boston. His
other critically acclaimed specials include Human Mule, Freaked Out and Tom Papa Live in New
York City, two of which were directed by Rob Zombie.

In 2023, Tom released his highly anticipated third book, We’re All In This Together…So Make
Some Room. The book compiles comedic essays that aim to unite us through our
stupidity. Every mistake has already been made, and this should bring us great comfort as we
join together in our fight for survival, or at least in our attempt to get through the day. Whether
we like it or not, we're all in this together.

In 2020, he released his second book, You’re Doing Great! - And Other Reasons To Stay Alive,
which was the follow-up to Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas both released
by St Martin’s Press, making “Summer Must Read” lists from Parade Magazine to The New York
Post. Tom is also a contributing writer to the New Yorker Magazine.

Tom is the host of the weekly podcast, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa, which features Tom and
his guest eating, drinking, and celebrating the true meaning of breaking bread with insightful,
revealing and always funny conversations. He also hosts the popular daily Netflix radio
show, What A Joke With Papa And Fortune on Sirius XM Channel 93 and the monthly show,
Come To Papa Live on Channel 94.

On the film and TV front, Tom has starred in many fan-favorites including Paper
Spiders opposite Lily Taylor, The Informant opposite Matt Damon, Analyze That opposite Robert
DeNiro, and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto opposite Paul Giamatti where Tom played
the voice of El Superbeasto. He can also be seen alongside Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in
the HBO film, Behind the Candelabra, which was directed by Steven Soderbergh and won 11
Emmys. He hosted the NBC series, The Marriage Ref, which ran for two seasons and had a
recurring role opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the CBS series, The New Adventures of Old
Christine.

Tom is currently on his Tom Papa: Good Stuff Tour tour and when he’s not on the road,
Tom lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two daughters, a cat and dog where he spends most of
his time writing and baking bread. For more info on Tom go to: www.tompapa.com

Join us for a night of laughter as we explore everything from motherhood, midlife crisis, marriage, divorce, online dating, and other things that irritate us. Men are welcome to the show, too.
Performing: Andrea Vahl, Lisa Lane, Stacy Pederson, and headliner Zoe Rogers.