Pasa Plus: Local events for Sept. 13-15

Free event featuring 3-minute talks by local artists, curators and historians on contemporary art and culture; 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Spectrum

Tesuque Casino, 7 Tesuque Road, 800-462-2635

Washington D.C-based Motown and R&B vocal quartet; 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Sunday; $20.

'!Viva México!'

Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, 505-424-1601

Singers, musicians and dancers from Teatro Paraguas, Ballet Folklórico Xóchitl and Los Niños de Santa Fe; 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday; $25, discounts available; teatroparaguasnm.org.

Saturday

Santa Fe Studio Tour preview gallery

Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail, 505-983-9455

On view 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through Sunday; sfestudiotoart.com.

Market Music

Thaw Visual Arts Gallery at New Mexico School for the Arts, 500 Montezuma Ave., 505-216-7888

Early music ensemble Severall Friends performs music of Bach and Biber; noon-1 p.m.; no charge.

Sunset Concert Series

Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, 505-471-9103

Latin dance band Nosotros; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; $8 and $20; santafebotanicalgarden.org.

Contra Dance

Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Road

Music by folk dance band Roaring Jelly; beginners lesson 7 p.m.; dance 7:30 p.m.; $10, students $5; 505-930-1149, folkmads.org.

Sunday

Patterns in the Garden Tour

Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, 505-471-9103

Mathematician Ivars Peterson offers a unique way to appreciate the gardens; 11 a.m.-noon; $13, ages 4-17 $8; visitsfbg.org/events.

Opera in the Park

Railyard Park, 740 Cerrillos Road

Santa Fe Opera’s Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love; seating 4 p.m., screening 4:30 p.m.; picnicking encouraged; no charge.