The St. James Tearoom is proud to offer special events for our visitors. Past  events have included music, storytelling, literary teas, lectures, and more.

Please call 505-242-3752 for availability and payment information. Please do not simply send us a check without calling. Special event reservations are complete when we have your name and have received payment.
April
May
Wednesday, April 23
6:30-8:30 pm
6th Annual Cigar Tea

Our annual fall Cigar Tea has become such a favorite with our guests that we have decided to add a second one in the spring each year, making this our 6th Annual Cigar Tea!  Spring is a lovely time to gather on the patio as the sun sets, offering a chance for cigar enthusiasts to enjoy an evening complete with a full three-course tea for dinner, fine cigars, a sampling of fortified wines such as Sherry, Port, and Madeira, and of course, great conversation.  Due to limited space available, call for your reservation soon!

$47 per person, tax and gratuity included (this includes Cigars and Wine Sampling)
June
Etiquette Teas
"Daddy and Me" Promise Tea
Remember to call the tearoom to put your name on our list for the next Etiquette Tea. We are keeping the list of those who are interested in either children's etiquette lessons or adult classes in the art of tea and etiquette. We are planning a more extensive seminar this fall for adults in all aspects of etiquette. Sign up for adult and child etiquette teas - list is ongoing.
Are you, Daddy, your daughter's Knight in Shining Armor? Would you like to be? Will you be her strong protector and gentle guide until she finds her own Prince Charming? Every little girl needs just such a daddy, but where does one start?

The Promise Tea is offered for daddies who desire an active role in protecting, watching over, and nurturing their little girls. We provide the time and the place, two hours to talk together and sign a covenant to each other. When you make reservations, we will send you the covenant and a list of "talking points" for you to be thinking about to help you in your discussion. Daddies have never been little girls, so this may help you in your conversation.

Please join us, daddies, for this simple ceremony that could set the tone for a vibrant relationship with your daughter in the coming years. The influence you have is mighty. You may download our Promise Tea Talking Points and our Daddy and Me Covenant here on our website.
Special Events

"Life Is Sweet" Pink Tea
The St. James Tearoom of Albuquerque is proud to announce the new "Pink Tea," a special individual presentation of tea designed to inspire, reward, and encourage breast cancer patients and survivors. The tea, made by reservation, is the same cost as the regular full British tea that the St. James is so famous for, but with some extras. The first pot of tea poured out will actually be a pink tea, and the table will be specially decorated in a pink theme, with an inspirational scroll as a take home favor to the honoree.

Reservations will start in January of 2008, and will be available throughout the year. It has been suggested by friends of cancer survivors that sometimes a gift card given by another to the survivor would be especially helpful and thoughtful, so we are offering those for sale at our Cherriwyn China Shop.
Tuesday, June 10
6:30-8:30 pm
An Evening with Jane Austen

"Good opinion once lost, is lost forever."  --Pride and Prejudice

Come and share your passion for the writings of Miss Austen in true Regency form...over afternoon tea!  Maggie Reysen and Diana Dorland, from the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA), New Mexico Region, will provide an amusing evening filled with Jane Austen's wit and wisdom.  Jane Austen is considered one of the foremost writers of the early 19th century, and her popularity is at its zenith.  Ms. Reysen will help us ponder the question of why Austen's work still appeals almost 200 years after she wrote such classics as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.  Among the evening's activities will be an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of Austen's famous characters and perhaps try your hand at a dramatic or comic reading.  Guests are encouraged (though not required) to dress in Regency style.

$38 per person, tax and gratuity included
An Evening with Jane Austen

"Good opinion once lost, is lost forever."  --Pride and Prejudice

Come and share your passion for the writings of Miss Austen in true Regency form...over afternoon tea!  Maggie Reysen and Diana Dorland, from the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA), New Mexico Region, will provide an amusing evening filled with Jane Austen's wit and wisdom.  Jane Austen is considered one of the foremost writers of the early 19th century, and her popularity is at its zenith.  Ms. Reysen will help us ponder the question of why Austen's work still appeals almost 200 years after she wrote such classics as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.  Among the evening's activities will be an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of Austen's famous characters and perhaps try your hand at a dramatic or comic reading.  Guests are encouraged (though not required) to dress in Regency style.

$38 per person, tax and gratuity included
Tuesday, May 13
6:30-8:30 pm