Tues. 6/12 10a: On June 14, 15 and 16, Congregation Nahalat Shalom in Albuquerque celebrates the Spanish Jewish presence in New Mexico. The third annual Festival features panel discussions, demonstrations, lectures and performances looking at the Sephardic/Crypto-Jewish culture of the Southwest. Spencer Beckwith talks with one of the organizers of the Festival Djudeo Espanyol, Maria Apodaca.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.