May 09 Friday
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by American playwright Richard Alfieri written in It is a play with only two characters: Lily Harrison, the formidable widow of a Baptist minister, and Michael Minetti, a gay and acerbic dance instructor hired to give her dancing lessons. It premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles (with Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce) before moving to Broadway. It has been performed in 24 countries and has been translated into 14 languages. The 2014 movie starred Gena Rowlands. Here, in Albuquerque, audiences will be treated to enchanting performances by Georgia Athearn and Jason Godin.
Director Terri Klein chose Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks “because I love plays with interesting characters, witty dialogue, and a story that tugs at my heart. This play has all of those elements, plus beautiful music and dancing. I also chose this play because it has only two characters, which allows us to see Michael Minetti and Lily Harrison in all their dimensions, to get the full back story on each of them, and to enjoy the growth and flowering of their relationship without distractionâ€.
Join us under the stars (and the stage lights) as we launch a celestial celebration of the one and only Zia Sandia—a radiant supernova of burlesque brilliance! For one night only, the ABQ Press Club becomes your mothership of tease, talent, and tantalizing surprises.
May 10 Saturday
Celebrating 29 years, the Downtown Growers' Market is Albuquerque's longest running farmers' market. Join us at historic Robinson Park in the heart of Albuquerque for the largest selection of local farmers providing fresh produce, eggs, honey, and meats. Browse local goods from Albuquerque's micro-business community including bakeries, packaged foods and beverages, hot prepared foods on site, and hand-made art, crafts and body care products. Every Saturday from April – mid November enjoy live music from a local band starting at 10am, donation-based yoga at 8am and a variety of other community minded programming, informational booths, services and events. The Downtown Growers' Market brings the farm to the city while connecting locals and visitors alike.
Art Through Struggle Gallery in We Are of This Place: The Pueblo Story – the next indoor mural project is by NSRGNTS, two Indigenous artists based in Albuquerque. NSRGNTS is Leah Povi Marie Lewis (Laguna, Taos, Zuni Pueblos/Hopi/Diné) and Votan Henriquez (Maya/Nahua). Leah and Votan are becoming well known for their unique anime-inspired style of mural painting in vivid colors. Their artwork for IPCC will focus on Pueblo empowerment of past, present, and future. The mural will place emphasis on Po’pay as a Pueblo role model and a figure of strength. The space will invite storytelling and teaching for all ages, through the mural’s approachable style that will be accessible even for our youngest audiences and community members. The reception is scheduled for the evening of Friday, June 28, from 5-7pm. The exhibition will be on view from June 28, 2024 through June 1, 2025.
Curated by the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute at The University of New Mexico, “Restorying Our HeartPlaces: Contemporary Pueblo Architecture†showcases a near-present history of the architectural sovereignty that emerged after the 1975 Indian Self-Determination Act. This exhibition focuses on the work of Pueblo architects while representing design concepts from regional ancestral sites that continue to influence 20th and 21st century Pueblo architecture. It will be on view in the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s South Gallery from March 25 through December 7, 2025
Free for museum members, or with admission.
“Sage Mountainflower: House of Fashion†showcases the artist’s contemporary clothing designs inspired by visual patterns and textures of her home and her experiences in the fashion world from the Pueblos to Paris. Mountainflower (Ohkay Owingeh/Taos Pueblo/Diné) brings together layered narratives of community and cultural landscapes in her wearable art forms that share stories of the land with audiences. The exhibit will be on view in the Artists Circle Gallery from March 15 through July 13, 2025.
100 Years of Collecting|100 Years of Connecting is on view through December 13, 2025 at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, located at 750 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit nmheritagearts.org.
The exhibition marks the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's centennial by telling its century-long story of creating and caring for an extraordinary trove of nearly 4,000 objects representing the distinctive Hispano heritage of New Mexico. This provides a unique lens on the Society’s legacy of connecting to a community of artists and supporters of Hispano arts in New Mexico and beyond.
Celebrate Mother's Day at the Holiday Mercado! ✨🌸 Join us for a festive community event filled with local vendors, handmade gifts, and family-friendly fun! With over 30 vendors, you’ll find the perfect, heartfelt gift for Mom while supporting small businesses in Santa Fe.
ðŸŽFree admission & fun for the whole family! Plus enjoy a free photobooth to snap pictures with your mom 📸 and a felt flower station where kids can craft a special Mother’s Day gift!
Don’t miss this celebration of culture, creativity, and community! See you there!
Bike ABQ invites avid cyclists and bike-curious alike to its Bike & Babble event at Tiguex Park from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, May 10. The event will lead into a group ride along the proposed Rail Trail.
Bike & Babble is a gathering of bike clubs in the Albuquerque metro area that host group rides and other bike-related events. The clubs consist of people who ride leisurely or who are training for bigger rides and races. Bike & Babble takes place on May 10th at Tiguex Park. The event showcases the diversity of the cycling world, allowing participants to find their people.This event is for people who are interested in riding bikes, finding community, or just seeing what the bike world in Albuquerque has to offer. From 10am-12pm, participants can meet the different bike clubs and learn about what form of riding they do. From 12pm-1pm, participants will be joined by Rail Trail employees who will lead a ride from Tiguex Park through the proposed Rail Trail route.
For further information, please contact info@bikeabq.org
The Placitas Studio Tour, traditionally held over Mother’s Day Weekend has now become a three-day event, beginning Friday, May 9 and continuing through Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, due to the tour’s overwhelming success. Sixty-one studios featuring seventy-eight Placitas artists will open their doors to the public from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. on all three days. The Studio Tour is free, self-guided and self-driven
The Studio Tour offers a once-a-year- behind-the-scenes opportunity to visit artists’ studios where inspiration and creativity merge into amazing art. Here is where you will find fabulous paintings, steel, pottery, glass, fiber, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, wood, photography, mixed media and more making this one. It is no wonder the Placitas Studio Tour is one of the most highly anticipated art events in New Mexico, the only one exclusively focused on artists living or having full-time studios in Placitas.
The public is invited to the free Studio Tour’s Preview Exhibit at the Placitas Community Library which offers a month-long exhibition featuring work by all seventy-eight participating artists. The exhibit will be open to the public from April 15th to May 11th, in the Gracie Lee Community Room and Ross Reading Room at the Library, 453 NM Hwy 165. Visit the library’s website at: https://placitaslibrary.com for hours of operation.
Visit the Tour’s website at www.placitasstudiotour.org to explore this year’s beautiful brochure, visit the artists’ pages and download the 2025 tour map. Brochures are also available at the La Puerta Real Estate, Homestead Village and all studio locations.
Placitas is nestled at the base of the northern Sandia Mountains off I-25 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. From I-25, take Exit- #242 and turn east on Highway 165 to Placitas. Follow the colorful tour signs to each studio.