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Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Santa Fe Film Festival
The Santa Fe Film Festival continues through Sunday. You can find all the details at santafefilmf estival.com
Horror in the Wind comes to the Guild
I’m a sucker for just about any movie made in New Mexico. This one sounds like a hoot, but it’s definitely not family fare. It is a comedy about two biogeneticists who invest an airborne formula that reverses the whole world’s sexual orientation. The entire cast and crew is from New Mexico so you might see a familiar face (or other body parts). It was shot in High Rolls, Tularosa and Alamogordo - set in the future when Pat Robertson and James Dobson are President and VP of the United States. Their campaign theme of The War on Sex backfires in hilarious ways. Cast and crew will be there in person for each of the screenings. Friday screenings are at 11pm; Saturday and Sunday at 1pm. Directed by Max Mitchell, 2008, 89m. View trailer here. Screening Fri-Sun, Dec. 12-14
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
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Lighting of Ledoux in Taos
Celebrate the beauty of Taos in a whole new way. Join the galleries, businesses and museums for Lighting Ledoux next Saturday. This free community event is a perfect time to explore along historic Ledoux Street in the heart of Taos. Experience luminarias lining the street and blazing Farolitos in the courtyards. Enjoy music both traditional and contemporary, sample home-made cookies, hot cider and more. The Harwood Museum plans a visit by Santa and a Taos Chamber Music Concert at 7:30. Find directions and a map on the museum’s web site.
Special event Saturday, Dec. 13
Taos, New Mexico
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Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls for artists as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter.
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ALbuquerque NM…HOT…if you read the ABQarts, you would think this is artists’ nivirna! Well not quite it is still hard to make a living, however, as the weather cools, you can dance, love art, and create a fever of inspiration among the mountains and dessert. If the art scene, the music scene, and live theater, or new films is not enough for you: well go eat some hot red chile! The moon will yank your chain, the ravens call your name, the sparlking lights remind you: Albuquerque NM can be electric and wild all year long. Check these events out:
Rosalie Sorrels returns to the Outpost
Grammy-nominated folk legend Rosalie Sorrels returns to the Outpost in a tribute performance to her late friend, Utah Phillips. Her latest CD, Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce Utah Phillips, is a celebration of Phillips’ timeless body of work. A lengendary singer, songwriter and storyteller, Sorrels has been described as having one of the most wonderful voices in American music. She began her career as a folklorist in the 1950s but at age 19 left Idaho, got married, had 5 kids, and became a housewife for 14 years. When her marriage ended, she decided to go on the road as a folksinger, taking her children with her. She has recorded over 20 albums, written 3 books, and is an outspoken hero for the folk counter-culture. Now 70+ and in semi- retirement, Sorrels lives in a cabin built by her father in the mountains outside of Boise, Idaho. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear one of the legends of folk music (and watch/listen to this video on you tube).
Performance Saturday, October 18, 7:30pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
(505) 268-0044 outpostspace.org Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
(505) 268-0044 outpostspace.org
Free Jamfest in Old Town Sunday
The 3rd Annual New Mexico Django Fest brings a free concert to the Old Town Gazebo Sunday. The festival actually occurs Thursday when the Outpost teams up with Django Fest 2008 to present the kickoff night of this popular multi-venue festival organized by Le Chat Lunatique’s John Sandlin. Django Fest was founded in 2006 to honor the timeless memory of the great Django Reinhart, and has featured The Hot Club of San Francisco, the Djangomatics (Seattle), Howard Alden, Mango fan Django (Colorado Springs), Hot Club of Phoenix, Hot Club of Santa Fe, and local act Felix y Los Gatos. Besides Le Chat Lunatique, performers for this year’s four day festival include headliner Stephane Wrembel, as well as Mango fan Django, Hot Club of Phoenix, Hot Club of Santa Fe, Zoltan Orkestar, and more! As an added bonus, the festival will be running in conjunction with The Albuquerque Lindy Exchange, a swing dance festival featuring workshops, lessons, performances and open dances. Le Chat Lunatique plays a combination of Gypsy Swing, Western Swing and anything else they please. One of Albuquerque’s most popular groups, their 2008 CD, Demonic Lovely, was nominated for SEVEN New Mexico Music Awards while they were voted “Best Band Over-All” and “Best Jazz Act” in the Weekly Alibi’s 2008 Best of Burque issue AND “Best Local Band” and “Best Jazz Act” in the Local iQ’s 2008 Smart List. They have opened for Asleep at the Wheel, The Hot Club of San Francisco, and The Djangomatics. They recently composed and performed the music for a new play called Flamingo/Winnebago which was premiered in Philadelphia. Le Chat is John Sandlin, guitar; Muni Kulasinghe, violin; Jared Putnam, bass; and Fernando Garavito, drums.
Performance Sunday, October 19, 1-4pm
Old Town Gazebo lechatlunatique .com
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Movie and Music Festival at the El Rey
Join Puccini Productions as they combine two things the El Rey is historically known for - movies and live music. This is the two-night inaugural kickoff of the Monthly Movie and Music Festival and every month they will have an exclusive screening of a music- related movie which will share the evening with performances by Albuquerque’s best local groups. Popcorn, beer and Bagel Joe’s sandwiches will be for sale. This is a 21+ event sponsored by Birdland and Sennheiser.
Friday: 2001 Sundance Audience award winner, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a film musical based on the stage musical of the same name about a fictional rock and roll band fronted by an East German transgender singer. After a botched sex- change operation, East German glam rocker Hansel becomes Hedwig and travels across the US with a stage show, following her ex-boyfriend and telling her life story. Immediately following the film enjoy local metal groups The Ground Beneath - Winterlock - Left Brain.
Saturday: Hop aboard the Festival Express with The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Sha-Na-Na and others as they live and party together for five days, stopping to perform concerts in Canadian cities along the way. This documentary, released in 2003, combines footage shot during the 1970 concerts as well as the train ride itself, interspersed with present-day interviews with tour participants sharing their often hilarious recollections of the time. Following the movie enjoy performances by local jam groups Liquid Gypsy - The Hammocks - Civitas.
Special event Fri-Sat, October 18-19, 8pm
El Rey Theater
620 Central SW
(505) 242-2343 elreytheater.com
Fuera de juego at NHCC
Juan is a poor, young Ecuadorian who dreams of emigrating to escape the oppressing situation in his home country. In search of money to make his dream a reality he gets involved in a life of crime. His own desperate personal situation mirrors the social, moral and economic collapse of his country. Free screening presented in Spanish with English subtitles by Vitor Arregul (Ecuador, 2003). This is part of the film series Film Series Cine en construcción (Cinema in Progress). The Instituto Cervantes has joined this collaboration in order to make these films available to a wider audience. Screening Thursday, October 23, 7pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts nhccnm.org
Free Screening of Iron Jawed Angels at the Guild
Rainbow Artists and the Guild Theater invite you to a free screening of the this powerful HBO movie ‘Iron Jawed Angels.’ It is a graphic depiction of the battle these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth and have my say. It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn’t make her crazy. The doctor admonished the men: ‘Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.’
Screening Saturday, October 25, 1pm
Guild Cinema
3405 Central SE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
Wild Film Festival at the KiMo
Rivers and Birds presenta an international festival of award-winning wildlife films, both feature length and short formats. For a complete schedule, visit their web site.
Film Festival Fri-Sat, October 24-25, 7pm
KiMo Theater
423 Central NW
(505) 768-3544 riversandbirds.or g
The Men who Stare at Goats to film in NM
Governor Bill Richardson today announced the action- comedy, The Men Who Stare at Goats, will film in New Mexico. The movie stars Academy Award winner George Clooney (Michael Clayton, Syriana), Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges (Iron Man, Seabiscuit), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge, Blackhawk Down), and two- time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey (American Beauty, The Usual Suspects). The film, currently in production in Puerto Rico, will begin filming in New Mexico in mid November. It will shoot in Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Roswell and Zia Pueblo, and plans to employ approximately 175 New Mexican crew members.
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter. www.abqarts.org
What is a week of blogging without a big list? So if you want to party, brings hundreds of friends to these events, and it will make a lot of prosperity! Every family that shows up will quickly brings hundreds. Ditto for registering voters, and getting friends to vote for OBAMA. MAry
Yes the State Fair is still happening…
Welcome to undergroundARTS, a weekly newsletter of happenings and opportunities in the arts in the Albuquerque area.
Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more…
Kathryne Cyman’s show at Weyrich worth seeing
Kathryne Cyman follows a 400-year old Japanese tradition to create translucent porcelain plates, cups and bowls - bringing to the process wonderful glazes made from materials she gathers in the Sandia Mountains and the volcanos on the west mesa. Cyman is being honored by AABA as a Local Treasure and I had the opportunity to visit with her before the opening of the Weyrich show. It is obvious that she is not only a master of the art, but that it is truly a labor of love. She has studied with porcelain masters in Arita, Japan where the process was created more than 400 years ago when a large porcelain clay deposit was discovered near the town of Arita. That clay is now only available to Japanese masters but a porcelain clay body with similar properties has been developed in the US, providing material for students and professionals using the Arita method. Cyman was selected by her professor, Jim Srubek, and Manji Inoue (a National Living Treasure from Japan) to continue Srubek’s Arita program at UNM. This is the only such program that exists in the US. The gallery is open Tue-Fri from 10:30 to 5:30 and Saturdays 11- 5:30. You can also call for an appointment.
Ongoing exhibit through October 10, 2008
Weyrich Gallery
2935-D Louisiana NE at Candelaria
(505) 883-7410
weyrichgallery.co m
Old Town Artscrawl this Friday
Albuquerque’s monthly gallery tour featuring exhibition openings, artist demonstrations, refreshments and more is in Old Town and along Mountain Road. Get the details on all nine gallery on the web site.
Receptions Friday, Sept. 19, 5-8:30pm
Old Town/Mountain Road Galleryes
artscrawlabq.org
Artist led Tour of Meso-Americhanics Exhibit at NHCC
Meet Jamex and Einar de la Torre as they walk and talk you through the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s new exhibit, Meso-Americhanics (Maneuvering Mestizaje).
Special Event Saturday, Sept. 20, 1:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St. SW
(505) 246-2261
nhccnm.org
Art, Politics and Public Works: New Mexico’s New Deal
The Special Collections Library celebrates the 75th anniversary of the New Deal with an exhibit of Public Works of Art presented to the library in 1934. These include serigraphs of Navajo rug designs by Louie Ewing and Ruth Connely, examples of Spanish Colonial design by E. Boyd, and more. A Chautauqua performance of Clyde Tingley’s New Deal takes place during the exhibit reception Saturday.
Reception Saturday, Sept. 20, 4pm
Special Collections Library
423 Central Ave. NE at Edith
(505) 848-1376
cabq.go v/library
Art Show with a Cause
Includes over 125 original works by 18 artists including Judy Chicago, Donald Woodman, Russell Hamilton, Frank McCulloch, Nancy Kozikowski, Wesley Pulkka, Santiago Perez, Page Coleman, Alan Paine Radebaugh and more. Curator’s walking tour at 3pm.
Reception Sunday, Sept. 21, 1:30-4:00pm
New Mexico Cancer Center Gallery
4901 Lang Ave. NE
(505) 842-8171
nmcancercent er.com
Reception for Local Treasures Artists
Help honor 12 local artists being recognized for their contributions to Albuquerque’s arts community.
Reception Sunday, Sept. 21, 2-4pm
Albuquerque Museum of Art
2000 Mountain Road NW
artscrawlabq.org
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …
Silent Auction for Whittlesey House Preservation
The historic Whittlesey House (home of the Albuquerque Press Club) needs you. An auction will benefit the foundation which was formed three years ago to protect and preserve this local landmark designed by architect Charles Whittlesey and built as his family residence in 1903 . The foundation is failing and the roof is in need of replacement. Dress to the nines (cocktail attire) and join them for a fun evening and great auction items including a Marvel Wine Refrigerator valued at $1,300. The auction follows a preview reception until 9pm.
Preview and cocktail hour Saturday, Sept. 20, 6- 7pm
Albuquerque Press Club
201 Highland Park Circle SE
(505) 610-9220
Frederico Garcia Lorca’s Bodas de Sangre at NHCC
Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) is a first in a trilogy of rural tragedies by Lorca who is widely regarded as Spain’s most distinguished 20th century writer. The current production is directed by NM native Marcos Martinez, performed by Teatro Nuevo Mexico, and set in rural New Mexico in the 1950s.
Performance Thursday, Sept. 25, 7pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St. SW (505) 246-2261
nhccnm.org
22nd Annual Taos Trade Fair
Enjoy foods of northern New Mexico and the mountain man encampment, watch local artisans demonstrate traditional crafts, and wander through the historic Martinez Hacienda this weekend. This year’s entertainment includes Fantasmas: Historical Ghosts of the Martinez Hacienda and Taos Valley, written and directed by local storyteller Roberta Meyers. Become part of history!
Special event Sat-Sun, Sept. 20-21, 9am- 5pm
Martinez Hacienda in Taos
(505) 758-0505
The Weir opens at Mother Road Theatre Company
Albuquerque’s new professional theatre company continues its 2008 season theme of The Open Road with Conor McPherson’s The Weir. Directed by Vic Browder, The Weir is set in a bar in a remote part of western Ireland. Three local lads, together with the landlord, are swapping spooky stories to impress an attractive young woman recently arrived from Dublin. What begins as a simple visit to the local pub turns out to be an evening of both funny and spell-binding stories until the final tale, told by Valerie herself, takes a strange and unexpected twist and changes the whole mood of the evening. The Weir cast includes veterans of Albuquerque theatre Bill Sterchi, Tom Schuch, Kate Schroeder, Alan Hudson, and Don Bicknell. Live Irish music following performances. Runs through october 12 with Thursday-Saturday curtains at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm with special $10 Thursdays.
Opening Performance Friday, Sept. 19, 8pm
The Filling Station
1024 Fourth St. SW
(505) 243-0596
motherroad.org
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
Globalquerque is here - This weekend!
17 artists from 5 continents on 3 stages plus a FREE family fun day on Saturday, Sept. 20, workshops, dance classes, art, instrument making, and The Global Village of Craft, Culture and Cuisine. Two of New Mexico’s own will be there, Cuarenta y Cinco and Los Matachines de Bernalillo plus a world-class line- up topped by Mexican-American vocalist Lila Downs. The vision is to expose you to things you normally wouldn’t be exposed to - a singer from Greece or blues music from Mali, a group from China or one from our own backyard. Tickets now on sale at the NHCC box office and Ticketmaster.
Music Festival Friday, Sept. 19-Sat. Sept. 20
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St. SW
(505) 232-9868
globalquerque.c om
Fred Eaglesmith comes to the Cooperage
Fred returns to the Southwest with the kick off party right here in Albuquerque. A Fred Eaglesmith show features a mix of passionate, funny and moving music, comedy, tears and poignant observations. His commentary on affairs - current ones as well as those of the heart - is hararious and provocative. It takes a jaded soul to leave an Eaglesmith show unaffected. This is a 21 and over show produced by AMP music.
Performance Friday, Sept. 26, 8pm The Cooperage
7220 Lomas NE (just east of Louisiana)
Buy tickets on-line through Brown Paper Tickets Tickets also available (cash only plus $1 surcharge) at: Bookwords 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, 344-8139 Natural Sound, 3422 Central Ave. SE, 255-8295
abqmusic.com
Free Country Music Event
Be part of film history. The Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall movie Cracy heart is hosting a special event in conjunction with filming at the Santa Fe Opera this Saturday. There will be music and surprise special guests. Everyone in the audience will be on film for the concert scenes. Doors open at 3pm.
Special event Saturday, Sept. 20, 3-7pm
Santa Fe Opera
17063 US Hwy 84/285 north of Santa Fe
(505) 820-7955
onlocationcast ing.net
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Legal Hawks screens at the KiMo
Local production company A+ #1 Productions will be previewing their independent television pilot Legal Hawks on Sept. 21. The year is 1986 and a new television network called Fox is desperate for content. They approach the biggest hair band of the era, Von Holland, to do a weekly concert. Von Holland decides instead to do a legal drama and the series is born. Legal Hawks was written and directed by Josh Klein and stars local actors Isaac Kappy and Ross Kelly. Also appearing are Bill Sterchi, April Fox, Reuben Finkelstein, Shenoah Allen, Mark Chavez, David Kappy and Victor Izay. The pilot was shot by local cinematographer Corey Weintraub and was produced by Isaac Kappy. Students from CNM’s film training program worked alongside industry professionals during the making of the pilot. The screening at the KiMo is free of charge and open to the public, however, the filmmakers will be using the event as a fundraiser for a Farmington fireman whose family is grappling with financial duress after medical complications that led to the loss of their unborn child. Also showing at the screening will be the premiere of Hide, the latest short film from Trifecta Plus Entertainment, directed by Scott Milder, and Time Assassins, a short film directed by Reuben Finkelstein.
Screening Sunday, Sept. 21, 7pm
KiMo Theater
423 Central Ave NW
(505) 768-3522
Beautiful Losers next Art in Film offering
Beautiful Losers celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation. In the early 1990’s a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the “establishment” art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories. It speaks to themes of what happens when the outside becomes “in” as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today’s youth.
Screening Sat-Sun, Oct. 4-5, 2pm
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
2008 SW Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
This annual event kicks off on Sept. 26 and wraps on Oct. 2. Venues include the Guild Cinema, South Broadway Cultural Center and Winrock Theater in Albuquerque - in Santa Fe at the UA DeVargar. With more than 80 entries, the festival has become the largest film festival in Albuquerque .
Film Festival Fri. Sept. 26 through Thurs. Oct. 2
Various locations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe
(505) 243-170
closetcinema.org
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter. www.abqarts.org
Don’t worry, it is the weekend and I won’t get heavy on the philosphy of these matters. However as you wander through Albuquerque’s galleries, and listen to great concerts, by the way SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL will have several concerts in Albuquerque this year: at the KIMO theater, July 30th, and August 6 and 7th…save gas and get tickets near home!
Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more…
Maria Moya’s solo show at Mariposa Gallery
Maria Consuelo Moya has a solo show upstairs at Mariposa, opening First Friday as part of the First Friday Artscrawl events across the city. Moya is a prolific artist displaying collage, vessels, shrines, nests, bundled offerings and dolls for this beautiful installation. Her work can be intricate and delicate but always amazing. Downstairs will be the work of Kenyon Thomas and daughters Mary Thomas and Sarah Siltala, one of New Mexico’s most talented families.
Reception Friday, August 1, 5-8pm
Mariposa Gallery
3500 Central Ave. SE
(505) 268-6828 mariposa- gallery.com
Take Back at THE LAND/gallery
Take Back is the second manifestation of a proposal, submitted in the form of a poem, sent to THE LAND/an art site, by three women in Maine: Constant Albertson, Susan Camp and Andy Mauery. The work focuses on the translation from the work completed on-site at THE LAND to the gallery’s white walls and ceiling. THE LAND maintains both an in-town gallery space and a 40-acre outdoor site devoted exclusively to site- specific, environmentally low-impact, land-based art. Artists include installation artists, sculptors, painters, video and sound artists, musicians, dancers, architects and engineers, and writers.
Reception Friday, July 25, 5-8pm
THE LAND/gallery
419 Granite Ave. NW
(505) 242-1501 landartsite.org
Pottery Demonstration at Petroglyph Monument
Josephine Fragua makes pottery based on old traditions. She collects natural clay and white sand from the Jemez Mountains just as her mother and grandmother showed her years ago. She will talk about her pottery and demonstrate how it is made this Saturday and Sunday.
Demonstrations Sat-Sun, July 26-27, 10-4
Petroglyph National Monument
6001 Unser Blvd. NW
(505) 899-0205 nps.gov/petr
Remembering Barbara Pfaff
Exhibit 208 will host a show of work by Albuquerque artist Barbara Pfaff who passed away in 2006. Her friends and family have put together a collection of her work from 1980-2006.
Reception Friday, August 1, 5-8pm
Exhibit 208
208 Dartmouth Drive NE
(505) 266-4292 exhibit208.com
Hall-Strauss, Lohan and Redman at Coleman Gallery
Christina Hall-Strauss, Erica Lohan and Don Redman open at Coleman Gallery with acrylic paintings (Christina), acrylic and graphite works (Erica) and steel sculpture (Don). Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art is an Albuquerque favorite for art by New Mexico’s (mostly) abstract artists.
Reception Saturday, August 2, 3-5pm
Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art
4115 Silver SE
(505) 232-0224 colema ncontemporary.com
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …
Document This! a workshop
In conjunction with the Trappings exhibition, 516 Arts is hosting a two-part workshop series in documentary filmmaking and oral histories led by Sarah Wentzel- Fisher and Basement Films. Students will generate and synthesize oral histories into a finished collaborative video art piece, learning basic concepts of documentary filmmaking and digital editing. A culminating FREE public screening of the finished work will take place Saturday, August 2 at 9pm. The workshop is open to teens and adults (high school and up). Space is limited - advance registration required. $20 fee covers both sessions.
Video Art Workshop Sat. July 26 and Aug. 2, 10am- noon
516 Arts
516 Central SW Downtown
(505) 242-1445, Bryan Kaiser
516arts.org
The Madness of King Georgie Bush at N4th
An exploration of current events and a parody of the current administration set in the Elizabethan era and written in iambic pentameter. This play by Richard B. Edwards takes a unique look at contemporary politics. Directed by Lou Ann Graham. Runs through July 27. All tickets $10.
Performance Fri-Sat July 18-19 8pm, Sun July 20 2pm N4th Theater and Gallery
4901 Fourth St. NW
(505) 702-7692 or 344-4542 vsartsnm.org
The Ballet Pro Musica Festival at NHCC
Dancers from the Mexico-City based National Ballet of Mexico along with the Felbert Chamber Virtuosi led by violinist David Felbert will perform at National Hispanic Cultural Center next weekend. The performance will include Apollo (Mendelssohn/Balanchine), Miroirs (Ravel/Godden) and Concerto Grosso (Bach/Ossadnik). There is a special FREE children’s program Friday July 31. Check web site for other festival events.
Performances Fri-Sat, Aug.1-2 8pm, Sun, Aug.3 2pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St. SW
(505) 352-1281
balletpromusic a.org
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
Salsa Nuevo Mexicano Nosotros at the El Rey
Join the folks at the historic El Rey Theater for an evening of Salsa with local favorites Nosotros. A special treat will be dance lessons from Arthur Murray Studios. This is a 21+ event.
Performance Friday, July 25, 8pm
Historic El Rey Theater
624 Central Ave. SW Downtown
(505) 242-2353
elreytheater.com
Summer Fun and Music in Placitas
Join the folks at Rockin’R and enjoy The Bill Hearne Trio plus Auge Hays on steel guitar under cool Placitas skies on Sunday. Bring your own chairs, food and drinks.
Performance Sunday, July 27, 7pm
Rockin’ R Gallery in Placitas
north on I-25, right at exit 242 (Highway 165) go 2 miles. Just past Homestead Village on the left.
(505) 867-9595 for reservations and information
Third Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival
Performances at the Outpost Performance Space as well as other Albuquerque and Santa Fe venues continue through July 28 with the one and only Preservation Hall Jazz Band wrapping things up Monday at the Lensic in Santa Fe. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band gets its name from Preservaton Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter since 1961. The band has been referred to as a bridge across the ages, a link between the present day and the heyday of traditional New Orleans music. On this tour the band is Mark Braud (trumper and vocal), Clint Maegden (vocal), Elliott Stackman Callier (reeds), Frederick Lonzo (trombone), Rickie Monie (piano), Walter Payton (bass and vocal) and Joseph Lastie Jr. (drums). Check out dates, times, ticket information and details at the Outpost’s website.
Performances July 25-27
Santa Fe and Albuquerque locations
(505) 268-0044
outpostspace.org
2008 Women’s Voices Festival
An annual tribute to the outstanding women vocalists in New Mexico which began in 1993. On Friday enjoy Charmed, Dianna Hughe, Patti Littlefield, Kari Simmons and Hillary Smith. Saturday - The Buckarettes, Jenny Marlow, Busy McCarroll, Madi Sato and Susan Clark. Doors open at 6:30 and all concerts occur rain or shine. The Cooperage offers a fine selection of grilled entrees, salads, desserts and a full-service bar. A portion of the proceeds from their sales benefits the NM Jazz Workshop Institute of Music.
Performances Fri-Sat, July 25-26, 7-10pm
The Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater
2000 Mountain Road NW
(505) 255-9798 nmjazz.org
Fishtank Ensemble
A unique and truly wordly musical experience, this band evokes the spirit of a past age and the sounds of tomorrow. This lively and unusual group consists of extremely talented musicians mastering their respective instruments: violin, saw, accordion, shamisen, flamenco guitar, contrabass, percussion and voice. Romanian folk music forms the bulk of the material with a healthy helping of flamenco, Swedish folk music, klezmer, Gypsy jazz, other folk sources as well as original songs. An AMP production.
Performance Wednesday, July 30, 7:30pm
The Cooperage
7220 Lomas Blvd. NE
(505) 232-9868
Buy tickets on-line through Brown Paper Tickets or by phone: 1-800-838-3006 abqmusic.com
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
NM Short Film wins Best of Show in Utah
Things We Do For Love won the Best of Show Grand Jury prize as well as Audience Favorite awards at the 2008 Fear No Film Festival in Salt Lake City. The short film was written and directed by NM filmmaker Don Gray and was shot in conjunction with the NM Film Technician Training Program at Northern New Mexico Community College in El Rito. It is about how far one family is willing to go to show their love for one another. Set in a small town in Northern New Mexico - coffins, fresh graves and a parade of odd funerals provide the backdrop for the story. The film was shot over five days in El Rito, Ojo Caliente and Abiquiu.
Civic Cinema on Civic Plaza
Watch a classic film under the stars. Popcorn, beverages and more will be available. Some seating is available but blankets and chairs may be brought for your comfort. No alcoholic beverages or glass containers are allowed. Pets must be on leash. So bring the kids and Rover and have a great time sharing in the magic of movie classics. The season ends August 1 with the movie voted #1 by Albuquerque residents.
Friday, July 25 - Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) with Audrey Hepburn.
Friday, August 1 - Young Frankenstein (1974) with Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn.
The Art in Film Series will return August 2-3 with The Treasures of Long Gone John. This is a documentary about the eccentric art and musical obsessions of indie record producer Long Gone John. He compulsively amassed a vast collection of art and pop ephemera. Using interviews with artists, collectors, gallery owners and musicians, this is an exciting trip through the fascinating world of art, music and popular culture.
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter. www.abqarts.org
There’s more to this newsletter!!!! If you want details: www.abqarts.com
There are 5 good blogs before this. Take some time to peruse. Especially the ones on Sprouts For Change (sproutsforchange.com )
Sacred Power Dolls: A Workshop
Sumner and Dene Gallery presents a creativity workshop by artist Lynn Dewart. Call to register.
Workshop Saturday, June 7, 12:30-4:30pm
Sumner & Dene
517 Central NW
(505) 842-1400 sumnerdene.com Censorship and discrimination?
LAS CRUCES - Manuel Peña’s unique “coming of age” photo collage series helped him get into the master’s degree photography program at the prestigious Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology. But earlier this month, the same works were removed from the New Mexico State University Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Exhibition at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Peña said he went to the opening of his “The Swimming Hole” exhibit May 9 to find “six empty nails. No one told me it was coming down.” The removal has raised charges of censorship and even possible discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Read the entire article by S. Derrickson Moore in the Las Cruces Sun- News
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …
The Wisdom of Mahamudra
Venerable Trago Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist Lama, will give teachings entitled The Wisdom of Mahamudra at RigDzin Dharma Foundation in Albuquerque this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Call or visit the web site for more information.
Buddhist teaching event Fri-Sun, May 30-June 1
RigDzin Dharma Foundation
322 Washington SE in Nob Hill
(505) 401-7340 rigdzin.com
The Agency Slam
There will be 12 slots (lottery for 13th) so sign up early. Winner will be asked to host the next slam and will receive a special prize. This is an all age event. Featured performers - Mantis Fist. $7 admission/$5 students. Proceeds benefit ABQ slams.
Poetry Slam Saturday, May 31, 8pm
The Agency
111 Fourth St. SW Downtown
the- agency.org
UNM Free Summer Sunset Lectures
Perfect for a summer evening. Singer, educator, activist Buffy Sainte-Marie presents A Multimedia Life June 7th. Sponsored by University Libraries and the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
Lecture Saturday, June 7, 7pm
UNM Student Union Ballroom
Main Campus
(505) 277-4241 summersunset08pdf
River Raft Race on the Rio
Get busy building your raft, gathering your team and preparing to have a great time as the City revives the old tradition of the River Raft Race. At 8am kayaks and canoes will launch from the Alameda Bridge and at 10am rafts and homemade crafts launch from Tingley Beach. Both groups will cross the finish line at the South Diversion Channel south of the Rio Bravo Bridge. Winners will receive fabulous prizes and bragging rights. For rules and entry form, visit the web site below or call 311.
River Race Saturday, June 7
special events
Duende Poetry Series - Tribute to Keith Wilson
As part of the quarterly poetry readings in Placitas, June will be a tribute to Keith Wilson with readings by friends of Keith Wilson.
Poetry Reading Sunday, June 8, 3pm
Anasazi Fields Winery
Off NM 165 in Placitas
(505) 867-3062 anasazifiel dswinery.com
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
Utah Phillips passed away May 23
Utah Phillips died from complications of heart disease, survived by his wife, sons Duncan and Brendan, and daughter Morrigan. His wish was to be laid to rest in a plain, hand made wooden coffin to expedite his return to the earth, which was honored. Bruce “Utah” Duncan Phillips (May 14, 1935-May 23, 2008) was a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, and poet. He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action. His parents were labor organizers and Phillips was a card-carrying member of the IWW (the wobblies). As a teenager, he ran away from home, rode the rails, and wrote songs. He met folk singer Rosalie Sorrels in the early 50s and it was Sorrels who started playing the songs that Phillips wrote and, through her, his music began to spread. He was a keeper of the stories and songs that might otherwise have passed into obscurity and was also a member of the great Traveling Nation, a community of hobos and railroad bums that populated the midwest along the rail lines. He recently gained a whole new audience through his joint album with Ani DeFranco. Some of his classic songs are Moose Turd Pie, Rock Salt & Nails, Green Rolling Hills, Daddy, What’s a Train, and Goodnight-Loving Train. Phillips lived his last 21 years in Nevada City, California where he worked on the start-up of a homeless shelter and the Peace and Justice Center. Utah has caught the westbound train! Farewell.
Summer Concert Series
One of Albuquerque’s favorite summer music events kick off this weekend with Jazz and Blues Under the Stars at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater Saturdays beginning May 31 with a Big Band Extravaganza featuring The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra directed by Bobby Shew and featuring the vocals of Hillary Smith. Families are welcome. The Cooperage Restaurant offers grilled entrees, salads, desserts and a full-service bar. A portion of the proceeds from their sales benefits The New Mexico Jazz Workshop Institute of Music. Performance Saturday, May 31, 7-10pm rain or shine
Albuquerque Museum
2000 Mountain Road NW
Cowboy Junkies in Concert at the KiMo
Formed in Toronto in 1985, Cowboy Junkies is comprised of its four original members who still rock the house with the best of them. This Canadian country music and alternative rock band has played with the Boston Pops Orchestra and remains very popular in Canada. Check them out on YouTube. Presented by AMP Concerts.
Concert Tuesday, June 3, 7:30pm
KiMo Theatre
423 Central NW
(505) 768-3544
abqmusic.com
Congratulations to Le Chat Lunatique
Local band Le Chat Lunatique was honored at the New Music Awards for their Jazz Recording Miss Lady. For a complete list of the 2008 awards, go to the web site.
newmexicomusicawards
¡Globalquerque! Tickets now on sale
¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s 4th Annual Celebration of World Music & Culture has announced that EARLY BIRD Tickets for this year’s festival, which takes place on September 19 & 20, are now on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets (www. ticketmaster. com, 866- 448-7849 or 505-883-7800) including all Smith’s stores in New Mexico, select F.Y.E and Macy’s stores nationwide and at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Box Office. Early Bird prices are in effect until June 20, 2008. As in past years, ¡Globalquerque! 2008 will present a wide range of performers from around from 5 continents on 3 stages over 2 nights, including artists from New Mexico’s varied musical traditions
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Be sure to pick up the June issue of albuquerqueARTS magazine. June is the film issue and the first issue by new owner/publisher/editor Stephanie Hainsfurther. It is now on the stands on soon on line.
abqarts.com
The Art in Film Series will return mid- summer
The Guild, albuquerqueARTS magazine and Albuquerque Art Business Association (the Artscrawl folks) thank you for your support of the Art in Film series. We are regrouping to come up with an on- going offering of unique films about art. In the meantime, check out the Guild’s fine line up of art films such as CJ7 playing June 1 through June 5 (in Cantonese with English subtitles).
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter.
www.abqarts.org
John Donald Robb Composers’ Competition Call for Composers
What: Entries must be based on themes of Hispanic folk songs from the Robb Archives of the Center for Southwest Research in the UNM main library. Award: Winning composition received $3,500.
Entry Deadline: October 1, 2008 More Info: Call Doris Williams at 277-8967
Expecting a long mother’s day dialogue? Not today. I’m just getting over a bug, and have a short time to write, and have had what seems to be a long week. Didn’t get much done and have been fatigued a lot. Sometimes I wonder how Mothers’ do all that they do everyday! Here’s some news from ABQ arts about this week’s events. If you want to treat Mom right, you’ll have so many choices. Have fun and be creative. abqarts.org
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Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more…
Placitas Studio Tour this weekend
Over 50 artists and artisans open their studios to share their pottery, paintings, prints, mosaics, jewelry, fused glass, sculpture, batik, water prisms and more. Shown is one of Greg Reiche’s sculptures incorporating stone, glass and steel. You can find Greg at Studio #21.Take I-25 to the Placitas exit (242), then 2.2 miles east on Highway 165 to Homestead Village Shopping Center for maps and tour information. This has become a traditional Mother’s Day weekend activity.
Studio Tour Sat. May 10 and Sun, May 11, 10- 5
Throughout Placitas
(505) 771-1006 placitasstudi otour.com Fiber Arts Guild showing at Arts Alliance
In honor of Mother’s Day, the May opening at Arts Alliance Gallery will be on May 9th featuring the Fiber Arts Guild. This is a juried group show limited to members of current co-sponsors of the AFAC activities. Fiber art of all techniques displayed plus a special display of original Baby Bonnets in honor of Mother’s Day.
Reception Friday, May 9, 5-8:30pm
Arts Alliance Gallery
1100 San Mateo Blvd. NE, Suite 10
(505) 268-1920 abqarts.org
A Brush with Life
Beginning tonight and continuing Saturday and Sunday at Ironic Horse Studio is A Brush with Life, recent portraits and landscapes in oil and a collection of figure drawings and sketches by Leo Neufeld. There will also be a figure drawing demonstration and discussion with the artist.
Reception Friday, May 9, 6-9pm
Ironic Horse Studio
416 Iron Ave. SE (east of Broadway)
(505) 924-2161
ironic- horse.com
A Standard Debut opens at 105 Studios
Photography, paintings, sculpture and works on paper by 105 Studios artists Kip Malone, Janet Yagoda Shagam, Wes Naman, Benjamin Winters, Cay Garcia, Derick Montez, Yeshe Linda Helander, Gayle Van Horn, Margaret Evangeline and Stacy Hawkinson as well as work by invited artists Mike Certo, Augustine Romero, Gabe Jaureguiberry, Barry McCormick, Mary Carter, Aaron Bass, Nancy Wiedower and Diane Orchard. The opening reception will include music by guitarist and singer Seth Hoffman.
Reception Saturday, May 10, 5-8pm
105 Studios
105 Fourth St. SW
(505) 363-3868
8th Annual Legacy Art Fundraiser
This fundraising auction and dinner is presented by St. Pius X High School Foundation and J.B. and Amado Pena’s Art has Heart Foundation. Funds educational scholarships.
Special Event Saturday, May 10, 6-10pm
Sandia Resort and Casino
Tramway and I-25
(505) 263-7063
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …
Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls at N4th
Following the lives of friends and lovers, acquaintances and strangers, the play’s characters wander through Alaska, Hawaii, New York and Inner Borneo. Along the way, seemingly arbitrary encounters with an Incan mummy, Komodo Dragons, pinatas and other oddities, propel this bewildering but thought provoking story that has the lone common thread of an astrological occurrence known as Saturn’s Return. (Local IQ). Directed by Rebeca Mayorga and performed by In Strange Company. Runs through May 18th.
Performance Fri-Sat May 9-10 at 8pm, Sun May 11, 2pm
N4th Theater
4904 Fourth St. NW
(505) 344-4542 vsartsnm.org
Matachines at NHCC
The first ever gathering of Matachines dance groups from the southwest will take place at the NHCC, performing on both Friday and Saturday on the Plaza Mayor. There will also be workshops and panel discussions about the dance in the Wells Fargo Auditorium on both afternoons.
Special Event Friday, May 16, 11am-6pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St. SW
(505) 246-2261 nhccnm.org
Congratulations KUNM!
For the 7th year in a row KUNM has been named Station of the Year by the NM Associated Press. KUNM News also won an impressive 17 AP awards in a division that includes the largest and most competitive stations in the state.
Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festive & Highland Games
This is a celebration of Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Manx and Galician culture. Experience the food, dance, music (including a harp gathering), athletics, costume and history of the Celtic heritage. I may go just to find out what Celtic dog demonstrations are all about!
Saturday, May 17 9am-5pm
Balloon Festival Park
700 Alameda NW (east of I-25)
(505) 453-0696
Cowboys are my Weakness at UNM
This sensually wild ride adapted from the critically- acclaimed novel by Pam Houston is a collection of strong, shrewd and very funny stories that is getting great reviews. (What else would you expect from Ticklock?) Presented by Tricklock Company. Continuing through May 18
Rodey Theater, UNM Center for the Arts
(505) 254-8393 tricklock.com
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
Wilco at Popejoy
Based in Chicago, Wilco has released a slew of CDs, each of which stretches the boundaries of outlaw country and good, old fashioned Americana folk-rock. Wilco’s musicianship is among the best and tightest in their genre. Opening for Wilco is the Retribution Gospel Choir, featuring Alan Sparhawk and Matt Livingston from the band Low. An AMP production.
Performance Friday, May 9, 8pm
Popejoy Hall
UNM Center for the Arts
UNM’s Ticketing Service
Lo Maduro de La Cultura 15th Anniversary
One of Albuquerque’s cultural treasures, Lo Maduro is celebrating 15 years of bringing cultural entertainment to Albuquerque with a special performance by Los Reyes de Albuquerque at the Historic Kimo Theatre. For nearly half a century, Los Reyes de Albuquerque has brought audiences traditional Hispanic music. Co- founders Roberto Martinez, Sr. and Ray Flores created Los Reyes in 1962. In 2003 Roberto and his son, Lorenzo, received the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award. General admission tickets only $5.
Performance Saturday, May 10, 7-9pm
KiMo Theatre
423 Central NW
(505) 768-3544
Mother’s Day Band Concert in Old Town
Celebrate Mothers on their special day with a free concert at the Gazebo. The Ambush Brass Band, a trombone group, will perform ragtime, marches, classical, American ballads, jazz and oldies to entertain all generations.
Concert Sunday, May 11, 10am-4pm
Old Town Plaza
Call 311 for more information
Annual Mother’s Day Symphony Concert at the Zoo
One of the most popular Mother’s Day events in Albuquerque, the annual Symphony Concert on the lawn features the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roger Melone performing works by Mozart, Sousa, Borodin and more.Each year, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra invites the winner of the Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition to perform with them at the Mother’s Day Concert. The winner this year is 10-year-old Gregory Martin who lives in Farmington. The concert is included with regular zoo admission and there is no charge for children two and under. Lawn seating, so bring chairs. Food will be available for purchase; No alcoholic beverages. FREE Park & Ride will be operating. Call 311 for more detailed information.
Concert Sunday, May 11, 2-3pm
Rio Grande Zoo
903 Tenth Street SW
(505) 764-6200
Creative Soundspace 2008 at the Outpost Check out some fine jazz at the Outpost next weekend with Oluyemi Thomas & Henry Grimes Friday night and Chris Jonas and Nakatani/Weaver/Balistreri on Saturday night. Presented by Outpost Performance Space in partnership with High Mayhem.
Performances Fri-Sat, May 16-17, 7:30pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
(505) 268-0044 outpostspace.org
Enjoy Lunch and Live Music on Civic Plaza
What are those great sounds coming from Civic Plaza at Noon on Wednesdays? The City of Albuquerque’s Cultural Services Department is making lunchtime a lot more fun for area workers and visitors with with Lunchtime Concerts on the Plaza. The one-hour concerts offer anyone in the downtown area the opportunity to brown-bag or purchase food from any of the many nearby cafes and restaurants, then enjoy dining in the outdoors while listening to great music. The David Kurtz Band ends the season on May 14th with melodic pop rock sounds.
For more information, call 311
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Art on Film Series continues at the Guild
Albuquerque Art Business Association and albuquerqueARTS Magazine are co-sponsoring a series of Art on Film events at the Guild Theater. Next will be Alice Neel screening May 10-11 at 2pm. All seats are $5. Filmmaker Andrew Neel explores the life and art of his grandmother, celebrated American painter Alice Neel. A single mother whose defiance of convention fueled a dynamic creativity that helped her overcome the limitations imposed on her as a female artist, Alice Neel offers insight into the woman whose remarkable portraits still possess the power to move and inspire. View a trailer
May 10-11, 2pm
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
NM Filmmakers Showcase 2008
The 4th annual NM Filmmakers Showcase is a non- juried, non-competitive series of open screenings designed to expose and celebrate the work of New Mexico filmmakers. The four day event offers local directors, producers and screenwriters a chance to have their short or feature-length work shown publicly on the big screen. All screenings are free and there is no entry fee to submit a film. Narrative, documentary, animated and experimental films will be accepted. Favorite films will be selected by the audience and a panel of local filmmakers, to be shown in three NM cities in the summer of 2008. Guests will be able to meet the filmmakers at a gathering at Laru, 3413 Central NE (3 doors down from the Guild) from 6-7 on opening night, May 15. View the complete line up her e.
Screening May 15-18
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
Duke City Shootout accepting scripts for 2008 Duke City Shootout movie competition
Here’s your chance to be part of the world’s longest- running script-to-screen movie competition — The Duke City Shootout. Part script competition, part production festival and totally exhilarating, the ninth annual Shootout will take place July 25-Aug. 2, 2008 in Albuquerque. To become part of this challenge, submit your script of up to 12 pages and you’ll be eligible to be one of seven lucky filmmakers chosen to have their movie shot, edited and premiered in just one week — at our expense. As usual, we’ll be accepting scripts on-line via Withoutabox, or you can fill out forms from our website and submit directly. Visit our website and click on “Submit Your Script” for more information. Get a $5 per script discount if you submit by April 15, 2008. The deadline is May 15, 2008 and 10 finalists will be announced June 4, 2008. The seven winners will be announced a week later.
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter.
www.abqarts.org
Did you know that the Arts Alliance maintains the only Ethnic Events Calendar in the state? It’s on their web site. Check it out!
a bqarts.org/cultural/culturecal.htm
John Donald Robb Composers’ Competition Call for Composers
What: Entries must be based on themes of Hispanic folk songs from the Robb Archives of the Center for Southwest Research in the UNM main library. Award: Winning composition received $3,500.
Entry Deadline: October 1, 2008 More Info: Call Doris Williams at 277-8967
Springtime in Albuquerque Nm is wonderful. There’s lot of blooming gardens, the temps can go as hi as mid 70’s. Hope and high energy are abundant. People are out in the parks playing, college students fall in love at special cafes, and kids play baseball and socceer. Spring winds can do two things: clog the air with dust and blasts, and clear the air of smog.
Check the events out and hopefully the weather won’t deter your fun. For more ideas, check www.abqarts.org
Founders Day Celebration and Fiestas in Old Town
This year’s Founders Day celebration honors Millie Santillanes with music and dance, proclamations, processions and history. At 10am Saturday a wreath will be placed at the Cuervo y Valdez statue followed by opening remarks by members of the Founders Day Committee and a proclamation for Santillanes. Other activities will include a procession to the gazebo and a history of Founders Day. Performances by Matachines de Chochiti, National Flamenco Institute, La Rondalla de Albuquerque and the Territorial Brass Band and Los Garrpatas. Sunday the city will celebrate its 302nd birthday featuring an outdoor market, free music and dance and much more. This is a family affair!
Special events Sat. April 19 10-3, Sun. April 20, 2- 6 Old Town
cabq.gov
2008 Words Afire Festival
This festival of new works written by award winning writers in the Dramatic Writing Program at UNM began April 17 and continues through the 27th at Rodey Theatre and the Experimental Theatre. This year’s festival includes Greek Tragedies and Comedies told through a New Mexico lens, stories of a search for redemption, longing for connection in outer space, a struggle to fine justice in genocide, and a send up of the use of land grants and panic on Central Avenue.
Performances Thur, April 17 through Sun, April 27
UNM Center for the Arts
(505) 277-7331 wordsafire.unm.edu
Book Signing for Arizona War
albuquerqueARTS’ own Melody Groves has just released her newest book, Arizona War. In the rugged Southwest of 1881, the Colton Brothers face not only their enemies, but their own personal demons. This is their story. Join her for a booksigning this Saturday.
Book signing Saturday, April 19, 1-3pm
Treasure House Books
2012 South Plaza in Old Town
(505) 242-7204
Poetry and The Absurd
Check out this writing workshop with Erika Sanchez.
Workshop Saturday, April 19, 10am-noon
516 Arts
516 Central SW
(505) 242-1445 516arts.org
25th Gathering of Nations Powwow
The largest annual gathering of Native American people in the world will be held right here in Albuquerque on the fourth week of April. This year Southwest Stages will produce a live national broadcast of the Gathering hosted by Native America Calling’s Harlan McKosato and award-winning broadcast journalist Conroy Chino. Two days of coverage will capture all the sounds from the powwow floor including the MCs, drum and dance competition, special presentations, candid interviews and the crowning of Miss Indian World. See a list of participating radio stations in 11 states and Canada at southweststages.or g.
Powwow April 24-26
Broadcast Fri. April 25, 6pm-midnight, Sat. April 26, 5pm-11am UNM Arena (the PIT)
(505) 836-2810 gatheringof nations.com
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
Thee Fabulous Chekkers to perform in Old Town
The Old Town Spring/Summer music series heats up Friday with a performance by Thee Fabulous Chekkers, a 7-piece band originally formed in the mid 60s that has played with some of the biggest acts in the US. TFC had not played together since 1967 until 1992 when original leader Johnny J. Armijo reformed the group with some of the original members. If you like Classic Rock and Roll, you’ll love this performance.
Performance Friday, April 18, 7-9pm
Old Town
Call 311 or visit cabq.ov/cr s/newfun
Fruits of the Earth 2008
Enjoy music by Tim O’Rourke, LadyFingers, Sage, Stagefright Sam, Fonn Sona and Patterson & Blackman Duo as part of the weekend long celebration of spring in the historic village of Placitas. There will be art as well as tasting of the 2004 New Mexico Obscuro Seco (Merlot and blackberry). Picnic baskets welcome.
Special event Sat. April 19, Sun. April 20, noon- 6pm
Anasazi Fields Winery
Village of Placitas
(505) 867-3062 anasazifiel dswinery.com Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion at NHCC
This will be a dazzling display of drumming featuring virtuosi from India’s classical and folk traditions. Percussion legend Zakir Hussain is the world’s pre- eminent tabla maestro, a chief architect of the world music movement, and one of India’s most renowned cultural ambassadors.
Performance Monday, April 21, 7:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center Journal Theatre
1701 4th St. SW
(505) 268-0044 outpostspace.org Lisa Loeb to play at El Rey
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb will make a rare performance at Albuquerque’s historic El Rey Theater. Loeb is a charming, engaging, witty and spontaneous performer whose live shows often include audience requests. Check her out on the web.
Performance Thursday, April 24, 7pm
El Rey Theater
620 Central SW
(505) 242-2343 elreytheater.com
The appearance of Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 19th at the El Rey Theater. All tickets for the original date will be honored and tickets remain on sale.
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Art on Film Series continues at the Guild
Albuquerque Art Business Association and albuquerqueARTS Magazine are co-sponsoring a series of Art on Film events at the Guild Theater. Next in the series will be Bomb It on April 26-29 at 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30. A lively, engaging, documentary, Bomb It is about the worldwide phenomena of street art, graffiti, mural, and tagging that not only speaks and is spoken to by practitioners and fans of the form but also it’s vehement critics and haters. Some of the work is refined and subtle and some of it is outrageously direct and purposely crude. Working Classroom has joined us in sponsoring this controversial film.
April 26-29, 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848 guildcinema.com
Friends of Film, Video and Arts meeting at the Harwood
Friends of Film, Video and Arts will host a meeting for members who want to get involved in developing the upcoming Distribution and Administration Snafus episodes of Director’s Cut New Mexico. This is FoFVA’s annual educational production program and a great reason to join.
Meeting Sunday, April 20, 3:30-5:30pm
Harwood Art Center
1114 7th St. NW
(505) 897-2101 filmvideoarts.org
Sweetie Team plans Cannes Fundraiser
Trifecta+ Entertainment and the team behind the multiple award-winning short film Sweetie is planning a fundraising event to raise money to go to the lauded Cannes Festival in France where the film has been selected to screen. The screening at Cannes will be at 1pm May 20, 2008. The event will include a screening of the movie as well as food, drinks and live music by a DJ and popular Albuquerque band Grand Canyon. Trifecta+ is asking for donations of $50, $100, $500, $1000 as well as food, drink and material donations for the party and a silent auction.
Fundraiser Saturday, April 26, 8pm- midnight
Orpheum Theater and Arts Space
500 2nd St. SW
(505) 600-4941
scotty@trifectaplusentertainment.com
Duke City Shootout accepting scripts for 2008 Duke City Shootout movie competition
Here’s your chance to be part of the world’s longest- running script-to-screen movie competition — The Duke City Shootout. Part script competition, part production festival and totally exhilarating, the ninth annual Shootout will take place July 25-Aug. 2, 2008 in Albuquerque. To become part of this challenge, submit your script of up to 12 pages and you’ll be eligible to be one of seven lucky filmmakers chosen to have their movie shot, edited and premiered in just one week — at our expense. As usual, we’ll be accepting scripts on-line via Withoutabox, or you can fill out forms from our website and submit directly. Visit our website and click on “Submit Your Script” for more information. Get a $5 per script discount if you submit by April 15, 2008. The deadline is May 15, 2008 and 10 finalists will be announced June 4, 2008. The seven winners will be announced a week later.
I guess you can see that there is plenty to do in ALbuquerque NM this weekend! WOWO.
Woke up early, did some work, fed the cats, and now I’m ready for a nap: wierd.
Winter is making a re-run here, and it’s cold outside. Actually had to turn on the heat the second day in a row. This is not an atypical spring, but we were lulled into thinking the cold had regresssed. Sure glad for now that I am not living in the northern climates.
From ABQarts. www.abqarts.org These are just clips and there’s a lot more to catch your eye in both the full issue and online.
Abi Tapia and Beth Wood at Windchime
Two Austin singer/songwriters will perform in this intimate listening room environment. Tapia’s album One Foot Out The Door is a driving collection of songs about loving and leaving that is garnering rave reviews and comparisons to Austin’s best songwriters. Wood grew up in Lubbock, TX, where she was classically trained in piano, violin, harp and voice. While teaching herself guitar, she joined a band and became part of the Austin music scene. Listen to Abi and Beth on KUNM’s Afternoon Freeform with DJ Carol Boss on April 16th at 2:30.
Performance Wednesday, April 16, 7:30pm
Windchime Champagne Gallery
518 Central Ave. SW
(505) 232-9868 abqmusic.com
Stu MacAskie Trio at the Outpost
The Stu MacAskie Trio, with guest Glenn Kostur, will play an eclectic mix, all of which falls under the rubric of contemporary jazz. Pianist MacAskie emigrated to NM ten years ago. He has worked with a long list of jazz luminaries and the Trio has worked steadily at Scalos the last two years. Drummer Cal Haines recently returned to being a mainstay in the NM jazz circle. Bassist Michael Glynn was part of the Seattle jazz scene before his recent move here. Guest saxophonist Glenn Kostur is the former music director for Maynard Ferguson and current Director of Jazz Studies at UNM.
Performance Thursday, April 17, 7:30pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
(505) 268-0044
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas at SBCC
Alasdair’s dynamic fiddling, engaging stage presence and understanding of Scotland’s music have created a constant and international demand for his solo appearances and concerts. He will be performing with cellist Natalie Haas.
Performance Friday, April 18, 8pm
South Broadway Cultural Center
1025 Broadway SE
(505) 232-9868
abqmusic.com
The appearance of Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 19th at the El Rey Theater. All tickets for the original date will be honored and tickets remain on sale.
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Art on Film Series continues at the Guild
Albuquerque Art Business Association and albuquerqueARTS Magazine are co-sponsoring a series of Art on Film events at the Guild Theater. Next in the series will be Bomb It on April 26-29 at 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30. A lively, engaging, documentary, Bomb It is about the worldwide phenomena of street art, graffiti, mural, and tagging that not only speaks and is spoken to by practitioners and fans of the form but also it’s vehement critics and haters. Some of the work is refined and subtle and some of it is outrageously direct and purposely crude. Working Classroom has joined us in sponsoring this controversial film.
April 26-29, 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848 guildcinema.com
Call for Entry to NM Filmmakers
Governor Bill Richardson has announced a call for entries for the Governor’s Cup 20008 Short Animation Competition - a statewide competition encouraging New Mexico’s filmmakers to submit a treatment a short (less than 10 minutes) animated project. Two winners will have the opportunity to bring their idea to life with assistance from the All Roads Film Project, Pangea Pictures, IATSE480, the ARTSLab at UNM and the Creative Media Institute at NMSU. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the Film Office website.
Deadline April 16
(505) 476-5600 nmfilm.com
Duke City Shootout accepting scripts for 2008 Duke City Shootout movie competition
Here’s your chance to be part of the world’s longest- running script-to-screen movie competition — The Duke City Shootout. Part script competition, part production festival and totally exhilarating, the ninth annual Shootout will take place July 25-Aug. 2, 2008 in Albuquerque. To become part of this challenge, submit your script of up to 12 pages and you’ll be eligible to be one of seven lucky filmmakers chosen to have their movie shot, edited and premiered in just one week — at our expense. As usual, we’ll be accepting scripts on-line via Withoutabox, or you can fill out forms from our website and submit directly. Visit our website and click on “Submit Your Script” for more information. Get a $5 per script discount if you submit by April 15, 2008. The deadline is May 15, 2008 and 10 finalists will be announced June 4, 2008. The seven winners will be announced a week later.
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter. www.abqarts.org
Did you know that the Arts Alliance maintains the only Ethnic Events Calendar in the state? It’s on their web site. Check it out! a bqarts.org/cultural/culturecal.htm
Arts Alliance Announes the Bravos Awards
The awards banquet will be Saturday, April 26, 6pm at Embassy Suites Hotel. Winners in nine categories representing various arts disciplines will be honored. Event includes silent auction to benefit the Arts Alliance. Call 268-1920 for your tickets. The 2008 winners are:
Suzanne M. Johnston, Excellence in Dance
Max Evans, Excellence in Literary Arts
Michiko Masuda Pierce, Excellence in Music
Salome Martinez-Lutz, Excellence in Theater
Alan Paine Radebaugh, Excellence in Visual Arts
Barbara Lohbeck, Outstanding Arts Volunteer
Albuquerque Museum’s Docent Program, Excellence in Arts Education
SouthWest Writers, Outstanding Arts Organization
President’s Award, Ann Lerner
Read on…
Here’s hats off to ALbuquerque NM for constantly bringing great acts to New Mexico. You’ll also appreciate all the ways Albuqueruqe makes a great place for a home hub for the many diverse arts. Filmakers, habd in those scripts quickly. If you know any of the winner’s listed above send them an email or a card via snail mail, or call them up to give applause and appreciation.
Need some community groups to participate in? Go to the alibi
and go to the calendar and you will see an incredible variety of groups and events. Hang around me and you’ll never get bored. Amazing for a person who already yearns for a nap.
Well you’ve heard a lot about the very famous spots in NM. Some people have commented about how much there is to do. Well sometimes even us locals llike to get out of town and see another viewpoint. New Mexico is a big state, and we have a lot of mini-cultures and quite unique viewpoints and lifestyles. Steppin’ Out’, a bi monthly pubication gives us a quick update and lots of ideas about the rest of the state.
I had hear of the stories about artist moving to Truth or Consequences for that lovely remote small town feeling where it is easier to live and focus on your art. When you collect artists in a location they also build businesses. If people start flocking to see what the artists are up to then you need other businesses that cater to visitors and existing businesses get more and biz. Ditto other towns. www.SONewMEX.com
performs a great service by reminding us of exciting events. One could write a book about these adventourous communities and perhaps the truly New Mexican and friendly transplants that comprise these towns and cities. Fortunately, you don’t have to wait for me to write the book: others ae busy at the task of compiling data.
Steppin’ Out has 10 years of stories to tell and have been inviting wandering souls to many event for awhile now. Please visit there.
Heritage Music Festival
Hillsboro Heritage Day to Support Historic Preservation and Community Center
THE HAPPENINGS: The Second Annual Hillsboro Heritage Day will include the Hillsboro Historic Home & Garden Tour, the Heritage Music Festival and Silent Auction.
LOCATION: Hillsboro, New Mexico
DATE: Saturday, May 17, 2008
IT’S A FUNDRAISER: Proceeds from the 2008 Hillsboro Heritage Day will contribute to the purchase of the historic site of Hillsboro’s stately brick courthouse and stone jail, built in 1892, and to the all-volunteer-operated historic Hillsboro Community Center and Community Library.
THE HISTORIC HOME & GARDEN TOUR: will feature a guided tour of selected unique homes and gardens in the village of Hillsboro. The tour will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. more…
DONATION - Day Pass: $10 – Children under 12 are free. For more information, contact Patty Woodruff at 575-895-5385.
THE HERITAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL: will showcase regional bands that express a diversity of traditional musical styles, including folk, country and bluegrass. The Festival will take place Saturday afternoon and evening at the historic Hillsboro Community Center on Elenora Street, from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
THE PROGRAM: Bands will each play one 45-50 minute set, except headliners:
2 p.m. - Electric Campfire Orchestra (Acoustic eclectic swing oldies)
3 p.m. - The Deming Fusiliers (Appalachian string band)
4 p.m. - The Sabinal Sisters (Western tunes & folksy ballads)
5 p.m. - Holy Water & Whisky Band (Hamonious vocals, from folk to gospel to “whiskey” songs.)
6 p.m. - Mackie Redd (Local singer-songwriter with Nashville roots)
7 p.m. - Peter McLaughlin and Chris Brashear with The Ronstadt Cousins (Southwest ballads & bluegrass)
8 – 10 p.m. - The Adobe Brothers (High-energy danceable bluegrass)
DONATION - $5 Per Performance or $20 Day Pass – Children under 12 are free. For more information, contact Patty Woodruff at 575-895-5385.
FOR TICKETS CONTACT:
Percha Creek Traders - 575-895-5116
The Barbershop Café - 575-895-5283
Hillsboro General Store - 575-895-5306
All major credit cards accepted
The site is a bit of a maze and has lots of links elsewhere. I was looking for the article on Hondo Iris Farm, but I just found a website for her: www.aliceseely.com
As the clock is ticking and I still have more to write about…see you soon!
Welcome to undergroundARTS, a weekly newsletter of happenings and opportunities in the arts in the Albuquerque area.
Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more…
Old Town hosts Artscrawl Good Friday evening
The Hanging Tree Gallery will be showing two rare Romero de Romero paintings. When Esquipula Romero de Romero died in 1975, he was remembered for contributions to Albuquerque as a builder, gallery owner and artist. Born in Cabezon, NM in 1889, by the 1930s he had a reputation for landscapes, portraits and depictions of the Penitentes. He operated an art gallery at 1731 Central NW (now Manzano Day School), a building he designed and constructed. Like hundreds of artists, Romero worked under the WPA during the Great Depression. Hispanic artists of that era were often slighted and most were not even documented by the WPA. His work is now in demand and when you see it, you will understand why. To read more about New Mexico’s WPA artists go to wpasinnombre.o rg . Also featured will be works by contemporary artists Hector Morales and Anne Sandry. For information on all the galleries participating in the Artscrawl go to the Artscrawl website.
Artscrawl Reception Friday, March 21, 5- 8:30pm
Hanging Tree Gallery
416 Romero NW in Old Town
artscrawlabq.org
Gallery Talk at 516 ARTS Saturday
516 ARTS invites you to attend a gallery talk with guest artists Jane Abrams, Carol Flueckiger, Ana María Hernando and Naomi Natale who are part of the exhibition Giving Shelter, a sister exhibition to The Cradle Project. Jane Abrams has earned numerous awards, including two senior National Endowment for the Arts Grants. She is professor emeritus at UNM where she taught painting and drawing from 1971-93 Carol Flueckiger is a member of the faculty for the Art Department at Texas Tech University. Her work combines traditional methods of painting with alternative photographic processes. In 2001, Ana María Hernando began a collaboration with a group of cloistered nuns in Argentina and with women in the Andes of Peru whose embroidered patterns and weaving became the basis for her installation in this exhibition. Naomi Natale is a photographer and the founder of The Cradle Project, an exhibition to promote awareness and raise financial support to help feed, shelter and educate orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. Giving Shelter is on view at 516 ARTS through March 29.
Gallery Talk Saturday, March 22, 2pm
516 ARTS
516 Central SW
(505) 242-1445
516arts.org
All Things in the Garden
This celebration of awakening after a long winter’s sleep will open at OFFCenter Community Arts on the 28th. OFFCenter provides studio resources and exhibit space to the community including underserved populations of our city.
Reception Friday, March 28, 5-8pm
OFFCenter Community Arts Project
808 Park Ave. SW
(505) 247-1172
offcenterarts.org
14th Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition
UNM’s graduate students produce some of the most original and challenging work in New Mexico. This year these young artists are showcased in the UNM Art Museum rather than at Jonson Gallery. The exhibit is juried and curated by Suzanne Sbarge.
Reception Friday, March 28, 5-7pm
The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
2000 Mountain Road NW
(505) 243-7255
cabq.gov/museu m
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …
Out ch’YondA Closing Performances
As Out ch’YondA rolls toward its closing, they offer a little peace featuring performances and other things by Omnirootz, kiilkatz, sinasoul, organicoyorgasmico, catch a story, in strange company, chameleon and various unm theatre deviants. Be sure to make reservations. Don’t miss what will be one of the last theatre performances at Out ch’YondA. Performances are at 8:15pm Fridays and Saturdays, 3:15 on Sundays.
Performances March 21-30
Out ch’YondA Live Arts Studio
929 Fourth St. SW in Barelas
(505) 385-5634
King Lear at The Vortex Theatre
King Lear by William Shakespeare and directed by David Richard Jones will be presented at the Vortex March 28-April 27. King Lear has been viewed as Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy by creative and critical minds alike. This play, written in 1606, probes questions of madness, love, power and the decay of worlds. The part of King Lear has been performed by the greatest actors of the modern age including Sr. Laurence Olivier - and in this production by Albuquerque’s own Paul Ford. Performances are at 8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 6pm on Sundays.
Opening Performance Friday, March 28, 8pm
The Vortex Theatre
2004-1/2 Central SE
(505) 247-8600
thevortextheater. org
Witness for Justice book signing and lecture
Humanitarian activist and photographer Alan Albuquerque will be coming to Albuqurque to give a public lecture on his work and sign copies of a coffee table book retrospective of his career, Witness for Justice. The events are sponsored by Veterans for Peace, the Albuquerque Peace and Justice Coalition, The Peace Studies Program and Honors Program at UNM and the UNM campus chapter of Amnesty International.
March 26, 7pm - UNM Student Union
March 27, 7pm - Barnes & Noble at Coronado Mall
Global Dancefest 2008
The 8th Annual Global Dancefest continues its global adventure in dance with In Africa. Africa is a continent rich in history, natural resources and people - infused with a past both magnificent and tragic, a present full of hope and energy and a future that can be influenced by the intelligence and imagination of artists like those visiting Global DanceFest. The performances continue all month and are too numerous to list here, but you can get all the action on their website. Also, In Context - film, food and speakers is presented Free all month on Saturdays from 10am-2pm.
Performances and more, March 7-30
N4th Art Center and South Broadway Cultural Center
(505) 344-4542
vsartsnm.org
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
Great Organist Series at The Cathedral of St. John’s
The Cathedral Church of St. John and the Friends of Cathedral Music continue the Great Organists of the Cathedral series with a Holy Week organ meditation offered to the community by distinguished organist Maxine Thevenot. In honor of the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, the program for the evening will feature Les corpes glorieux: Sept visions breves de la vie des ressuscites, inspired by St. Paul’s essay on life after death. The concert will follow the 7pm Good Friday liturgy at the Church. All are welcome to attend, there is no admission charge.
Organ concert Friday, March 21, 8:45pm
The Cathedral Church of St. John’s
318 Silver SW
(505) 247-1581
maxinetheveno t.com
SFJAZZ Collective at NHCC
The New Mexico Jazz Festival, a collaborative project of the Outpost Performance Space, The Lensic, and the Santa Fe Jazz Foundation, presents the second in a series of three March events. The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today. Currently the cooperative ensemble features Joe Lovano (tenor sax), Dave Douglas (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Stefon Harris (vibraphone and marimba), Miguel Zenon (alto sax and flute), Renee Rosnes (piano), Matt Penman (bass) and Eric Harland (drums).
Performance Saturday, March 22, 7:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th St. SW
Ticketmaster (505) 833-7800 or Smith’s Food Stores outpostspace.org
The Doc Watson concert scheduled for Saturday, March 29, has been cancelled due to illness.
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Art on Film Series continues at the Guild
Albuquerque Art Business Association and albuquerqueARTS Magazine co-sponsored Rape of Europa, the first in a series of Art on Film events at the Guild Theater, March 14-21. By popular demand, the film will show again March 24-27 at 1pm. Next in the series will be Bomb It on April 26-29 at 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30. A lively, engaging, documentary, Bomb It is about the worldwide phenomena of street art, graffiti, mural, and tagging that not only speaks and is spoken to by practitioners and fans of the form but also it’s vehement critics and haters. Some of the work is refined and subtle and some of it is outrageously direct and purposely crude. Working Classroom has joined us in sponsoring this controversial film.
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
Casting Call for Descansos
Incredible Films LLC will produce a series of vignettes about love and loss. Written and directed by Chris Roybal (Our First Goodbye and La Dolce). Filming is scheduled to begin in April/May around Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. Each vignette will be shot over a different weekend with a commitment of one gathering for a pilgrimage shoot in Northern New Mexico. Descansos is an independent, grassroots, volunteer-only project excellent for film students needing intern hours and actors looking for challenging roles. Check the Albuquerque film office for specifics on talent needed. If possible, submit resumes and head shots to theincrediblefilms/gmail.com.
Auditions Monday, March 31, 4-8pm
4817 Central NE nmfilm.com/locals/bulletin- board/index.php
Call for Entry to NM Filmmakers
Governor Bill Richardson has announced a call for entries for the Governor’s Cup 20008 Short Animation Competition - a statewide competition encouraging New Mexico’s filmmakers to submit a treatment a short (less than 10 minutes) animated project. Two winners will have the opportunity to bring their idea to life with assistance from the All Roads Film Project, Pangea Pictures, IATSE480, the ARTSLab at UNM and the Creative Media Institute at NMSU. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the Film Office website.
Deadline April 16
(505) 476-5600
nmfilm.com Duke City Shootout accepting scripts for 2008
Duke City Shootout movie competition
Here’s your chance to be part of the world’s longest- running script-to-screen movie competition — The Duke City Shootout. Part script competition, part production festival and totally exhilarating, the ninth annual Shootout will take place July 25-Aug. 2, 2008 in Albuquerque. To become part of this challenge, submit your script of up to 12 pages and you’ll be eligible to be one of seven lucky filmmakers chosen to have their movie shot, edited and premiered in just one week — at our expense. As usual, we’ll be accepting scripts on-line via Withoutabox, or you can fill out forms from our website and submit directly. Visit our website and click on “Submit Your Script” for more information. Get a $5 per script discount if you submit by April 15, 2008. The deadline is May 15, 2008 and 10 finalists will be announced June 4, 2008. The seven winners will be announced a week later.
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter.
www.abqarts.org
Did you know that the Arts Alliance maintains the only Ethnic Events Calendar in the state? It’s on their web site. Check it out!
a bqarts.org/cultural/culturecal.htm
Arts Alliance Announes the Bravos Awards
The awards banquet will be Saturday, April 26, 6pm at Embassy Suites Hotel. Winners in nine categories representing various arts disciplines will be honored. Event includes silent auction to benefit the Arts Alliance. Call 268-1920 for your tickets. The 2008 winners are:
Suzanne M. Johnston, Excellence in Dance
Max Evans, Excellence in Literary Arts
Michiko Masuda Pierce, Excellence in Music
Salome Martinez-Lutz, Excellence in Theater
Alan Paine Radebaugh, Excellence in Visual Arts
Barbara Lohbeck, Outstanding Arts Volunteer
Albuquerque Museum’s Docent Program, Excellence in Arts Education
SouthWest Writers, Outstanding Arts Organization
President’s Award, Ann Lerner
If you are in the mood to know, and perhaps gather friends to share a weekend of fun read on…
Welcome to undergroundARTS, a weekly newsletter of happenings and opportunities in the arts in the Albuquerque area.
Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more…
Antoine Tempe: Dancers of Africa at N4th Gallery
This photography exhibit celebrates a unique look at these extraordinary artists called dancers and this talented photographer’s passions for dance and Africa. It is being presented in conjunction with the 8th Annual Global Dancefest.
Opening Reception Friday, March 14, 6-8pm
N4th Gallery/North Fourth Art Center
4904 4th St. NW
(505) 345-2782
vsartsnm.org
Gallery Talk at Matrix Gallery
If you haven’t been by Matrix to see last week’s featured exhibit, Illumination, stop in Saturday and get the chance to meet this very talented young artist Archer Dougherty. Her mixed-media sculptures are ambitious and very well crafted. We predict that this young lady is going places in the art world.
Gallery Talk Saturday, March 15, 1-2pm
Matrix Fine Art
3812 Central SE #100A
(505) 268-8952
matrixfineart.com
Pauline Eaton’s Watercolors at Corrales Bosque
Pauline is retiring from the gallery and this will be her last exhibit as a member there. It opens Sunday and continues through April 19. She has many friends and collectors who will want to attend this reception and honor her. The gallery also has an on-going exhibit of work by the other 20 artists entitled “Hand to Mouth” which continues through May 10. The gallery is open daily from 10am to 5pm.
Reception Sunday, March 16, 11am-2pm
Corrales Bosque Gallery
4685 Corrales Road in the heart of Corrales
(505) 898-7203 corrales bosquegallery.com
Susan Vreeland’s Luncheon of the Boating Party
This talk, book signing and slide presentation combine art, history and historical fiction to tell the story of Auguste Renoir as he plans and paints the 1880 masterpiece that gives the book its name.
Lecture/Demo Tuesday, March 18, 7pm
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
(505) 344-8139
bkwrks.com
Crosses by New Mexico Artists at Weems
Weems’ annual crosses show features Brian Webb, the Magener family, William Cabrera, Kellie Richards, Steve Maresco, Dennis York and Esta Bain. The crosses are in a variety of styles from rustic to sophisticated. We give the gallery an A+ for their display of these crosses - the small groupings reminded us of the clusters of roadside crosses called descantos one finds in northern New Mexico.
Artscrawl Reception Friday, March 21, 6-8:30pm
Weems Gallery Old Town
303 Romero NW #N113 in Plaza Don Luis
(505) 764-0302
weemsgallery.co m
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …
Firestorm: Women’s Poetry Open Mic and Slam
Firestorm is a poetry reading series featuring women poets, which was started in the early 1990s by Juliette Torres. Current organizer Maresa Thompson says “The world needs women’s voices. They remind us of who we are and where we came from. They speak of what it is to be a warrior, a mother, a wise woman, and look to who we are becoming. This event inspires participation because the poets know they will be heard and understood in a welcoming environment.” The winner of the slam will quality to compete to represent Albuquerque at the Women of the World National Poetry Slam. This is also a qualifying slam for the Albuquerque team for the National Poetry Slam. Sign up at 7:30; participation on a first come basis.
Poetry event Saturday, March 15, 8pm
516 ARTS
516 Central SW Downtown
(505) 242-1445 516arts.org
Beneath the Shadow of the Rainbow at NHCC
Queer women of color are often asked to choose a side, an identity - color versus sexuality. In this workshop, Cathy Arellano will lead participants through various writing exercises. Some topics will be birth, family, community, childhood/adolescence, coming out, living proud, creativity and spirituality. Participants will write their own poetry, fiction and/or creative non-fiction. Arellano is a native of San Pancho’s Mission neighborhood and liked to write poems, essays and stories about growing up brown, coming out queer, and living as true as the can (which is kind of crooked). Currently she is teaching at CNM and UNM. Bring a notebook and a pen or pencil and photos, personal mementos, etc. for inspiration. Fee $15 - preregistration required.
Workshop Sunday, March 16, 1-4pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th St. SW
(505) 246-2261 Ext. 167 nhccnm.org
Duende Poetry Series in Placitas
The quarterly poetry readings in Placitas features Simon Ortiz with special guests Rainy Ortiz and Sara Marie Ortiz this Sunday. Take I-25 north to exit 242, drive six miles east to the village and turn left at the sign just before the Presbyterian Church. Follow the signs to the winery.
Performance Sunday, March 16, 3pm
Anasazi Fields Winery
Village of Placitas
(505) 867-3062
anasazifiel dswinery.com
An Evening with Alan Arkin and Friends
Alan Arkin, Academy Award winner - live, on stage, one night only! In a rare public appearance, Arkin will be performing readings from his own works accompanied by actors Jonathan Richards of Santa Fe and Sean Kernan of NYC. Join Mr. Arkin in a benefit for Mother Road Theatre Company, Albuquerque’s newest professional theatre company. Appearing in over 80 films and numerous plays on Broadway and off, his illustrious 40-year career includes winning the 2007 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Little Miss Sunshine. He has the distinction of having been nominated for every major theatrical award in this country and Canada. This is the chance of a lifetime for fans of Arkin’s illustrious career.
Saturday, March 15, Reception 7pm, Curtain 8pm
Bigbee Auditorium, State Bar Assn. Building
5121 Masthead NE
(505) 873-4831
motherroad.org
The Vagina Monologues One Night Only
Las Meganenas and Friends presents a bilingual production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues at South Broadway on Thursday night. Featuring Juanita Woodward, Soledad Hindi, Lorraine Cordova, Guadalupe Campos, Maria Varela, Valerie Borrego, Roberta Rael, Rosalie Flores, Sylvia Sarmiento, Sabina Zuniga Varela, Micha Rinaldi, Alicia Lueras Maldonado, Andrea Quijada, Michelle Otero and Frances Varela with music by Vivian Fernandez. This performance will benefit Enlace Comunitario. Tickets available at SBCC or Enlace.
Performance Thursday, March 20, 7pm
South Broadway Cultural Center
1025 Broadway SE
(505) 848-1320 or 246-8972 enlacenm.org
Global Dancefest 2008
The 8th Annual Global Dancefest continues its global adventure in dance with In Africa. Africa is a continent rich in history, natural resources and people - infused with a past both magnificent and tragic, a present full of hope and energy and a future that can be influenced by the intelligence and imagination of artists like those visiting Global DanceFest. The performances continue all month and are too numerous to list here, but you can get all the action on their website. Also, In Context - film, food and speakers is presented Free all month on Saturdays from 10am-2pm.
Performances and more, March 7-30
N4th Art Center and South Broadway Cultural Center
(505) 344-4542
vsartsnm.org
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
The Historic KiMo Theatre is changing its business office and box office hours to be open on Saturdays to better accommodate you.
The English Beat at the Sunshine Theater
This all ages show hails from working-class Birmingham, England. When The English Beat came on the music scene in 1979, it was a time of social, political and musical upheaval. Into the storm they came, trying to calm the waters with their simple message of love and unity set to a great dance beat. The six-member band managed to fuse soul, reggae, pop and punk into a unique sound. Dave Wakeling continues to bring his message to the masses.
Performance Monday, March 17, 7:30pm
Sunshine Theater
120 Central SW
abqmusic.com
Chris Calloway with the Bert Dalton Trio
Chris Calloway is a singer, an actor, a television personality, a producer and a band-leader. She is the daughter of the famous Cotton Club bandleader and international icon Cab Calloway and is heir to his musical legacy. For 20 years, until his death in 1995, he performed with him and his Hi De Ho Orchestra. She will be accompanied by The Bert Dalton Trio, one of Santa Fe’s finest groups comprising pianist Bert Dalton, bassist Rob “Milo” Jaramillo, and drummer John Bartlit.
Performance Thursday, March 20, 7:30pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
(505) 268-0044 outpostspace.org
Duke Ellington Orchestra at Popejoy
Under the direction of Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., the Duke Ellington orchestra is a national treasure and continues to tour world wide.
Performance Thursday, March 20, 7:30pm
Popejoy Hall
UNM Campus - Central at Cornell NE
(505) 277-3824
popejoyprese nts.com
Some history….
SFJAZZ Collective at NHCC
The New Mexico Jazz Festival, a collaborative project of the Outpost Performance Space, The Lensic, and the Santa Fe Jazz Foundation, presents the second in a series of three March events. The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today. Currently the cooperative ensemble features Joe Lovano (tenor sax), Dave Douglas (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Stefon Harris (vibraphone and marimba), Miguel Zenon (alto sax and flute), Renee Rosnes (piano), Matt Penman (bass) and Eric Harland (drums).
Performance Saturday, March 22, 7:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th St. SW
Ticketmaster (505) 833-7800 or Smith’s Food Stores outpostspace.org
Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Art on Film Series premiers at the Guild tonight
Albuquerque Art Business Association (AABA) and albuquerqueARTS Magazine are co-sponsoring the first in a series of Art on Film events at the Guild Theater in Albuquerque. The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War. View the trailer.
Screenings March 14-21 at 2:15, 4:45 and 7:15
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com
Film Industry Meeting Sunday, March 16
Listen to a report from Lisa Strout on the recent legislative session and discuss ways a grassroots, citizens’ effort can help ensure the film industry’s continued success in NM. Tony Dellaflora will share lessons learned from helping organize the NM Film Directory and talk about a new Duke City Shootout magazine he’s organizing. There will also be a discussion about options for reviving publication of a film directory as a private-sector enterprise. Missy Penor and Wendy Aaker will talk about their new magazine and industry resource, Boom, set to launch in May. Please RSVP as space and parking are limited.
Meeting Sunday, March 16, 3pm
Harwood Art Center
Upstairs, 1114 7th St. NW
stuart@halflifedigital.com or soverbey@swcp.com
It time to vote!
Area residents can help select five classic films to be featured at this summer’s Civic Cinema events on Civic Plaza. Dates for this year’s Civic Cinema will be June 20 and 27, July 18 and 25, and August 1. Movies begin at twilight around 8:30 p.m. All screenings are free, refreshments are available, and seating will be available on a limited basis, so attendees are invited to bring their own, along with the family dog. Picnics and beverages are welcomed, but glass containers and alcoholic beverages are not allowed. Details at cabq.gov; choose the link “Cast Your Vote for Civic Cinema” under Highlights.
Call for Entry to NM Filmmakers
Governor Bill Richardson has announced a call for entries for the Governor’s Cup 20008 Short Animation Competition - a statewide competition encouraging New Mexico’s filmmakers to submit a treatment a short (less than 10 minutes) animated project. Two winners will have the opportunity to bring their idea to life with assistance from the All Roads Film Project, Pangea Pictures, IATSE480, the ARTSLab at UNM and the Creative Media Institute at NMSU. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the Film Office website.
Deadline April 16
(505) 476-5600
nmfilm.com Duke City Shootout accepting scripts for 2008
Duke City Shootout movie competition
Here’s your chance to be part of the world’s longest- running script-to-screen movie competition — The Duke City Shootout. Part script competition, part production festival and totally exhilarating, the ninth annual Shootout will take place July 25-Aug. 2, 2008 in Albuquerque. To become part of this challenge, submit your script of up to 12 pages and you’ll be eligible to be one of seven lucky filmmakers chosen to have their movie shot, edited and premiered in just one week — at our expense. As usual, we’ll be accepting scripts on-line via Withoutabox, or you can fill out forms from our website and submit directly. Visit our website and click on “Submit Your Script” for more information. Get a $5 per script discount if you submit by April 15, 2008. The deadline is May 15, 2008 and 10 finalists will be announced June 4, 2008. The seven winners will be announced a week later.
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter. www.abqarts.org
Did you know that the Arts Alliance maintains the only Ethnic Events Calendar
The weather keeps changing as do the voters…couldn’t vote in the Santa Fe Election since I live i the “County”…oops!
e for more about this go to www.thesun-news.com
editorial this past weekend, V.B. Price
summarized many of the water issues
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
(CCNS) is addressing. To quote Price:
“It’s entirely possible that Albuquerque
and Santa Fe will have to deal realistically
with the toxic aftermath of the Cold War,
with radioactive and chemical wastes
seeping into the water table and the Rio
Grande from Los Alamos National
Laboratory and into the aquifer under
Sandia National Laboratories in south
Albuquerque.”
“The two great obstacles to innovation
and discipline, which are basic to solve
problems — are denial and lack of
knowledge. The media in New Mexico, as
The Tribune’s motto has it, needs to throw
more light on these issues, so we can find
our way.” “Preserving our water is greatest
challenge the city, state faces” Editorial.
http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2008/
feb/23/vb-price-preserving-our-watergreatest-
challenge-c/
In that regard, CCNS thanks The Sun
News for the opportunity to provide
information about the many issues
surrounding contamination of our drinking
water through the inappropriate waste
management practices of the Department
of Energy (DOE) at Los Alamos National
Laboratory (LANL). For example, if you
were able to go to LANL and watch them
dispose of radioactive waste, you would
see them burying 55-gallon steel drums in
unlined pits, trenches and shafts dug into
volcanic tuff. Municipalities have been
required to use liners for years. LANL is
self-regulating and not required to comply
with those laws which apply to
municipalities.
Background. LANL is located on the
Pajarito Plateau in a complex geology of
mesa tops and canyon bottoms. The
canyons all flow to the west side of the
Rio Grande, which is a future source of
drinking water for Santa Fe, Albuquerque
and points south.
The City of Santa Fe pumps
approximately 40% of our water from the
Buckman wells located near the east side
of the Rio Grande. And approximately 60%
of the recharge for the Buckman wells
comes from the Pajarito Plateau.
In June 2006, DOE reported
radionuclides associated with nuclear
weapons manufacturing in the Buckman
wells. When questioned by CCNS, LANL
replied that the contaminants were no
longer there. Despite numerous requests,
LANL has not provided the actual data to
us.
Last May, the New Mexico Environment
Department (NMED) reported finding
plutonium in an old river channel near the
Buckman wells in soils 3 to 6 feet deep.
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/
doe_oversight/data/publications/
Distribution%20of%20Radionuclides
%20FINAL.pdf
Last June, the City of Santa Fe reported
plutonium in the Buckman well closest to
the Rio Grande in their 2006 Water Quality
Report.
At the same time, the City, County and
Las Campanas are planning to divert San
Juan-Chama and native Rio Grande water
from the Rio Grande at the Buckman area.
In response to the reports of
contamination, the board that oversees the
proposed diversion project wrote a strong
letter to LANL telling them to “stop [the]
migration of LANL contaminants to the Rio
Grande and to groundwater.”
In the late fall, the City, NMED and
LANL met to discuss how to determine
the extent of the plutonium contamination
and whether it is moving. There are also
concerns whether workers could be
exposed to the contaminants while digging
pipelines for the diversion project. It was
agreed that LANL would put together a
sampling plan. For a number of reasons,
the City rejected LANL’s plan. The City is
now moving forward with its own
sampling plan.
The fact that we are discussing
plutonium in and near our drinking water
is unacceptable. And when we shine the
spotlight on the drinking water standards
for plutonium and other radionuclides
associated with nuclear weapons
manufacturing in drinking water, we find
that they were created to protect a 154-
pound Caucasian male. The standards
were not designed to protect the most
vulnerable, such as pregnant women,
growing children, the elderly and those
with compromised immune systems.
The Institute for Energy and
Environmental Research (IEER) has
petitioned the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to lower the standards to
protect the most vulnerable. IEER has
launched two campaigns to address the
drinking water standards. The campaigns
are called “Bad to the Bone,” for lowering
the plutonium standards, and “Healthy
from the Start,” to address the tritium
(radioactive hydrogen) standards.
Colorado already lowered its drinking
water standard for plutonium by 100 times.
www.ieer.org
Current Events. DOE is proposing to
“transform” the nuclear weapons complex
and will hold public hearings about their
draft Complex Transformation
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in
New Mexico the week of March 10. http://
www.nnsa.doe.gov/
complextransformation.htm
After receiving more than 33,000
comments about what the scope of the
issues to be covered in the draft EIS, DOE
changed the name of their proposal from
“Complex 2030” to “Complex
Transformation.” Over 90% (29,700) of the
comments requested analysis of a nuclear
weapons complex where the U.S. complies
with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT). DOE rejected the public comments
outright and said, “[u]nless and until there
are significant changes in national security
policy, [DOE] is required to design,
produce, and maintain the nuclear
weapons stockpile pursuant to
requirements established by the President
and funded by Congress.” p. S-8. Now is
the time to change the requirements!
At LANL, DOE’s proposal means
expanding existing manufacturing and
building new facilities to produce more
plutonium pit “triggers” for nuclear
warheads. At the highest production level
of 200 pits per year (ppy), LANL would
exceed its current water rights by 10%. In
2005, LANL used 1,100 acre-feet per year
(AFY), pumped from the regional aquifer.
An acre-foot of water is approximately
326,000 gallons. If DOE proceeds with
production at the 200-ppy level, LANL
would use 2,500 AFY of water. This is in
addition to their 1,200 AFY of San Juan-
Chama water that they haven’t used.
In response, “A Community Event to
Protect Our Health, Children, and Water
from the Nuclear Weapons Complex” will
be held on Saturday, March 1 from 11 to 4
at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center
on Rodeo Road in Santa Fe. The event
will include presentations by local water,
air and weapons experts. The sponsors
include the City of Santa Fe, CCNS,
Faithful Security, the New Mexico
Conference of Churches and Nuclear
Watch New Mexico. If you miss the event,
links to the presentations will be available
at www.nuclearactive.org
and www.nukewatch.org
DOE Hearing Schedule
Monday, March 10 in Socorro at the
Macey Center at New Mexico Tech, from 6
to 10 pm.
SUN NEWS IS PRINTED WITH 100% SOY INK ON 40% RECYCLED & CHLORINE-FREE PAPER.
2008 MARCH 2 TO MARCH 15
1235 Siler Road, Santa Fe, NM
The City of Albuquerque will be
proclaiming March 8-9, 2008 World
Wellness Weekend in Albuquerque. The
all star event includes literary icons Deepak
Chopra, Marianne Williamson, and John
Gray as well as fitness guru, Bill Phillips,
founder of EAS and author of the world’s
bestselling fitness books, Body for Life
and Eating for Life. As a special gift, Bill
will be giving the two books away for free
to everyone who attends his presentation.
Adding another dimension to this health,
wellness and sustainable living festival is
the multi-faceted musician, activist and
filmmaker Michael Franti. Michael will be
performing in a special acoustic duo
concert Sat. evening following Marianne
Williamson. His powerful film, “I Know I’m
Not Alone”, made in Iraq, Israel and,
Palestine will be screened Sat. and Sun. as
part of the World Wellness Expo.
This unique event begins at 9:30 am
Saturday March 8 and runs through 8pm
March 9 at The Albuquerque Convention
Center. Other special guests include the
dynamic speaker, Niurka, Rob Riopel of
Peak Potentials Training, Brendon Burchard
presenting “Life’s Golden Ticket”, and
paradise’s new guardian, Ed Mercer, with
Costa Rica’s Best Property. In addition
there are over 80 other classes and
workshops, a Wellness Expo with over 120
exhibitors and vendors, an international
food court, and the opportunity to test drive
the new Toyota Hybrids at the Toyota
Mobile Hybrid Experience.
Registration begins at $15. You can get
complete program information and register
in advance online at www.worldwellness.org or by visiting
BookWorks in Albuquerque. Expo day
passes will be available at the door ($15).
Kids under 12 admitted free to the Expo with
an adult. It is encouraged to register in
advance for the Evening Programs Sat. with
Mariannne Williamson/Michael Franti and
Deepak Chopra’s Sunday keynote address
to insure seat availability. KUNM Public
Radio will be hosting a special benefit
reception Sunday afternoon with Deepak
Chopra and a premier all inclusive weekend
pass with front of house seating for the
Evening programs, Call KUNM at 505 277-
3968 for more information.
For more information visit
www.worldwellness.org or contact:
Beach Avenue Productions
beachavenue@jeffnet.org or 541-552-1730
By Sister Josephine Macias
A sense of service can be fostered at an
early age and the children of Santo Niño
Regional Catholic School off Richards
Avenue are well aware of the need to help
others in Santa Fe.
For the second year, a school-wide
Lenten project has been the focus of
students in Pre-Kindergarten through 6th
grade. The younger students decorate
lunch bags that the older ones fill with a
healthy lunch of a sandwich, fruit, chips,
cookies and a water bottle. These lunches
are then delivered to Bienvenidos Outreach
for distribution to the homeless.
Approximately 60-65 lunches are prepared
each Thursday morning.
The response from parents as well as
recipients has been very positive. The
following are examples of two comments.
There is a great list of a March and April Calendar. Go to the paper at the above link to read.
If the idea of getting a few chickens has by Anna Pittman
been on your mind, now is a good time for Read more at www.thesun-news.commaking preparations and starting on your back
yard poultry project. Keeping chickens is fun
and easy, and it is not against the law in many
urban areas. My not-so-thorough research
shows that Santa Fe zoning allows “unlimited
chickens”; and in Albuquerque, unlimited
poultry can populate one’s backyard, if kept at
least 20 feet away from a neighbor’s fence.
In many ways, keeping chickens in a city is
much easier than at a farm. There are far fewer
predators around, which is the main
consideration when erecting shelter and
fencing for your little flock. In the country side,
housing ends up being a major fortress, to keep
coyotes, raccoons, weasels, skunks and
neighbors’ dogs out. Locking up our chicken
flock at night, my husband often says:
“Everyone loves chicken meat” – but in the
urban situation all that is needed for protection
is typically limited to just a little house for hens
to sleep and lay eggs in; most of my friends
that keep poultry in Santa Fe don’t need to
lock up their flock at night. At our farm a door
to the coop left unlocked spells major problems
the following morning.
Two to three hens are all you need for a
family of three people. Depending on their
breed you will be getting anywhere from four
to six eggs per week from each chicken, for
about 8-10 months per year. There is no need
to have a rooster, although some chickenrights
activists point out that a rooster makes
for happier hens, and I find it hard to argue
about. Whether or not your neighbors will
embrace crowing at the onset of each new
fabulous day is something to explore before it
occurs! The sound is really rather wonderful
and great to wake up to, but this is a clear case
of the beauty that is in the eye of the beholder.
There are many breeds available through
the local feed stores, but I would caution you
about purchasing any of the so-called single
purpose breeds, such as chickens that are bred
to be layers only. If you go this route you will
end up with an over-bred hen, who is cranking
out low-quality eggs and the expense of her
own health! Most of these breeds are
developed for commercial use and as such they
will also require a very hefty diet of grain, be
less resistant to diseases and natural challenges
such as cold, wind or predators. They also don’t
make good moms and will never set their own
eggs; and they are not very smart – which will
mean more work for you, ultimately. Stick to the
good old heirloom breeds, also called as dualpurpose
or multi-purpose breeds. While you
may not be interested in your heirloom hens as
meat birds, dual-purpose breeds will grow at a
slower and more sustainable rate, eat less, be
more alert and exhibit by far a more pleasant
attitude and stronger health. They will lay fewer
eggs, but they taste better. Some good breeds
to consider are Americana (Araukana),
Dominique, Wyandotte and all kinds of bantam
chickens. Banties are small (size of a parrot), do
not require a lot of space and they lay slightly
smaller eggs with bright yolks; they are a great
choice for small backyards. Breeds to stay away
from are the Rhode Island Red and White.
These are too over-bred for their own good. A
good local source of baby chicks is Privett
Hatchery from Portales, NM. They sell many
heirloom and traditional breeds which can be
purchased by mail order. The only drawback is
that you have to buy a certain number of chicks,
and therefore it is best done by teaming up with
several friends, or else requesting that your local
Spring Chicken
These are just clips from a awfully GREAT ISSUE. Read it at your leisure…Mary
Read on and on and on. There’s a lot happening this weekend, so scroll down. Also if there’s too much for your computer, shut down one blog before heading to the next one.
More from abq arts:Benefit Saturday, March 1, 10am-5pm
Corrales Bosque Gallery
4685 Corrales Road in Corrales
(505) 898-7203
corrales bosquegallery.com
Bill Brandt: A Retrospective
Known for his high-contrast images of British society and his distorted nudes and landscapes, Bill Brandt is one of the best-known British photographers of the 20th Century. His early work documented the social contrasts of pre-WWII life in Britain from farmers and miners to landlords and industrial barons. Later, he shifted to a surreal, formal experimentation. Brandt’s search for ways to expand the medium continues to make his work fresh and timeless today. This exhibit is curated by John-Paul Kernot, Director of The Bill Brandt Archive in London. Opening day activities include a 1pm lecture by Nancy Sutor on Bill Brandt and his contemporaries and the opening reception from 1-2pm. Museum hours are 9-5 Tue-Sun with free admission on Sundays from 9-1 and all day the first Wednesday of the month.
Exhibit opening Sunday, March 2
The Albuquerque Museum
2000 Mountain Road NW
(505) 243-7255 - (800) 659-8331 Relay
New Mexico Santero Art
This biennial exhibition of New Mexico religious art features some of the most renowned santeros and santeras working in the Southwest today. Entry pieces include retablos, bultos, icons, silver and tin work as well as straw inlay. The opening reception is part of First Friday Artscrawl. For information on all the participating galleries, so to the Artscrawl website.
Reception Friday, March 7, 5-8pm
The Cathedral Church of St. John Gallery
318 Silver SW
(505) 247-1581
artscrawlabq.org
H. Jack Liebermann: Recent Photographs
This is an exhibit of photographs assembled from ”Hollywood Stills”, ”Handwork” and ”Mouthwork”, three series currently in progress.
Reception Friday, March 7, 5-8pm
Exhibit 208
208 Dartmouth Dr. NE
(505) 266-4292 www.exhibit208.com 20th Annual Spring Arts & Crafts Festival
This juried festival features the work of more than 225 fine artists and craftsmen from all over the nation.
Arts festival Friday, March 7-Sunday, March 9
Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival
Manuel Lujan Building at Expo New Mexico
State Fairgrounds
(505) 292-7457 riograndefes tivals.com Honoring Women’s History Month
The public celebration of women’s history in this country began in 1978 as “Women’s History Week” in Sonoma County, California. The week including March 8, International Women’s Day, was selected. In 1987, Congress expanded the celebration to a month, and March was declared Women’s History Month. There are art exhibitions, musical, dance, theatrical and film events going on all over town and we think it will be appropriate to highlight many of them. Be prepared for a mostly women’s issue of undergroundARTS next week!
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …
The Oldest Profession at Desert Rose Playhouse
As Ronald Regan enters the White House, five aging practitioners of the oldest profession are faced with a diminishing clientele, increased competition for their niche market, and aching joints. With wit, compassion and humor, they struggle to find and learn new tricks. Plays through March 16.
Opening Performance Friday, Feb. 29, 8pm Desert Rose Playhouse
6921-E Montgomery NE
(505) 881-0503 desertroseabq.or g Choreographer’s Showcase at Keshet
new and experienced choreographers showcase of finished works and works in progress. Past showcases have included belly dance, ballet, tap and modern.
Performance Saturday, March 1, 8pm
Keshet Dance Company
214 Coal Ave. SW
(505) 224-9808 keshetdance.org
Ramona King: Maternal Dreamer
Maternal Dreamer snakes together dreams, screams and ancestral memories. This story-theater performance presents women’s stories where the storyteller is ultimately transformed by all of them.
Performance Wednesday, March 5, 7:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth Street SW
(505) 246-2261 nhccnm.org
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
All 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in 97 minutes! Three hilariously talented actors create a rapid romp through Shakespeare’s plays. This (abridged) version of his works was London’s longest running comedy (10 years) at the Criterion Theatre. The Today Show says “If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll love this show”. By Adam Long, Daniel singer and Jess Winfield; directed by Jason Witter and Lee Francis. St. Clair’s Winery opens its doors for opening night patrons after the show for a delightful reception. Runs through March 30.
Opening night Friday, March 7, 8pm
Albuquerque Little Theatre
224 San Pasquale SW, just south of Old Town
(505) 242-4750 albuque rquelittletheatre.org
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
The historic Golden West Saloon burnt down this morning! It is a total loss. Damage to the adjacent El Rey Theater appears to be limited to smoke and water damage, but it will be closed for repairs. This is a huge blow to the family (it is family owned for three generations) and to the local music scene. The everybodyfields concert will now be held at One Up (formerly the Carom Club) at 301 Central NW, upstairs. We don’t have a list of other moves/cancellations at the Golden West, Launch Pad or El Rey - so if you have tickets for any of these locations, check it out.
David Munnelly Band at Windchime
Irish button accordion wizard appears with his band in the intimate listening room setting of Windchime Gallery. This is an AMP production.
Performance Tuesday, March 4, 7:30pm
Windchime Champagne Gallery
518 Central Ave. SW
(505) 232-9868 abqmusic.com
Peru Negro at NHCC
Peru Negro delivers an experience of Peru from its cultural roots - Afro-Peruvian song and dance. Don’t miss the live show the Boston Globe called as entertaining a show as World Music has to offer. This is an AMP production.
Performance Thursday, March 6, 7:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th St. SW
(505) 232-9868 abqmusic.com
An evening of music with Linda Myers
Dance, sing, listen, bring the whole family to this benefit concert with Linda Myers and special guests Susan Clark, Vance Bas and Celia Yapita. Sample Linda’s music at cdbaby.com. The performance and CD release party benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. A reception follows the performance.
Performance Saturday, March 8, 7-8:15pm
First Unitarian Church
3701 Carlisle Blvd. NE
(505) 898-9058 uuabq.org
The Arlo Guthrie Solo Reunion Tour
Don’t forget to reserve your seat at Arlo’s only appearance in New Mexico in 2008. He will be at the KiMo on Saturday, March 15. Advance tickets in person at the KiMo or through Ticketmaster.
So you may have not seen all the Friday events, hey I just woke up to the fact that MOnday is a holiday! Some of you may have a 3 day weekend!!! So get on over here and have some fun!!! Here’s an example from:ABQarts www.abqarts.com or abqarts.org
Welcome to undergroundARTS, a weekly newsletter of happenings and opportunities in the arts in the Albuquerque area.
Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more visual arts
Preview of Allan Rosenfield’s Both Ways
Both Ways, an exhibit of paintings by Allan Rosenfield opens at Artspace 116 Artscrawl evening. Painted on both sides of large sheets of untreated and unstretched canvas, the pieces are freehanging and loosely draped over rods in a manner that resembles kimonos or robes. His paintings are washes of color and the acrylic and mixed media pigment often bleeds from one side of the canvas to the other. The pieces may be draped in reverse to take on a totally different character, allowing the viewer to imagine the piece Both Ways. Rosenfield’s studies include the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received a Fulbright fellowship in the 80s to study at the Osaka University of the Arts in Japan. His work has been shown in Japan and across the US. He now lives in Albuquerque. I am familiar with Rosenfield’s work and was delighted to learn that these beautiful, large pieces would be on display in such an attractive space. The combination of talent and presentation is magnificent. If you haven’t seen his work - or haven’t visited Artspace 116, this is a must stop Artscrawl evening. I promise you won’t be disappointed. The exhibit will be on display through April 4. For information on the other galleries participating in the Downtown Artscrawl, visit the Artscrawl website.
Reception Friday, Feb. 15, 5-8:00pm
Artspace 116
116 Central Ave. SE, 2nd floor
(505) 245-4200
artspace116.org artscrawlabq.org Premier for fine art book publisher
You are invited to the exclusive Albuquerque launch of Radius Books, a fine art and photography book publisher based in Santa Fe with international distribution. Featuring new, signed books of previously unpublished work by Mark Klett, Johnnie Winona Ross, Judy Tuwaletstiwa, and Canadian artist Otto Donald Rogers, these books are available in standard as well as limited editions with original art and/or signed prints by the artists. Be among the first to view and purchase these stunning collectible pieces of art!
Reception Friday, Feb. 15, 5-9 pm
Our Summer House
1101 Forrester NW (2 blocks east of 12th & Mountain)
(505) 341-3641 oursummer house.com
The Artist Studio Annual Open House
The Artists Studio hosts an open house for the 13 artists who work and teach there. Artists include Bud Edmondson, Jae Drummond and Ann Jeffries, with work ranging from traditional to abstract.
Open House Sunday, Feb. 17, 1-5pm
The Artist Studio
8200 Menaul NE (Hoffmantown Shopping Center)
Caminos Distintos Exhibit at NHCC
Caminos Distintos celebrates the work of NM artists Patrocinio Barela, a Taos sculptor, and Edward Gonzales, an Albuquerque painter and printmaker. Each artist blazed trails, locally and nationally, and helped to dispel stereotypes of Hispanics and their art. The exhibit will also highlight the works of other important NM artists and writers inspired by Barela’s creative legacy. The opening is followed by a lecture and curator’s tour on Saturday. For more information go to the NHCC website.
Reception Friday, Feb. 22, 6pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth Street SW
(505) 246-2261 nhccnm.org
Jiminez’ Mustang finally installed at Denver Airport
The 32 foot high mustang sculpture that took Luis Jiminez’ life in 2006 is finally at home in Denver. To read the story, go to this link at the Rocky Mountain News.
Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more
Madagascar opens at The Cell
Three characters traverse the common territory of their lives as they peer down onto the Spanish Steps of Rome, a perspective ironically similar to the poet Keats’ last days on earth. While unwinding the mystery of their time together, the three characters (a mother, a daughter and a lover) discover who they really are and what it means to be uncompromisingly alive. Playing Thurs-Sat at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm through March 9.
Performance Friday, Feb. 15, 8pm
Fusion Theatre Company
The Cell Theater
700 First St. NW
(505) 766-9412 fusionabq.org
My Name is Rachel Corrie in Albuquerque this weekend
Denver-based political theatre collective, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Justice First!, announces the premier NM production of My Name is Rachel Corrie. This controversial play was created from the personal journal entries, emails and writings of young activist Rachel Corrie after her death in 2003 while trying to stop an Israeli bulldozer in a Palestinian residential area in Gaza. There will be only two performances in Albuquerque with post-show discussions to address the issues raised in the play.
Performances Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 16-17, 2pm
Out ch’YondA Art Space
929 Fourth St. SW
(505) 350-1276 RachelABQ.com
The Pajama Men (and friends) at Stove
Enjoy live improv, comedy and tunes at Stove. Call for reservations as the shows sell out.
Performance Saturday, Feb. 16, 8:30pm
Stove
114 Morningside Dr. NE
(505) 232-0640
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at Popejoy
Critically acclaimed for its exuberant, athletic and innovative repertoire, HSDC’s dancers display unparalleled versatility and virtuosity in performances that engage audiences worldwide.
Performance Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7:30pm
Popejoy Hall
UNM Campus - Central at Cornell NE
(505) 277-3824 popejoyprese nts.com A Hole in the Wall at N4th
George Bush, Dick Cheney and Condi Rice confront a band of determined immigrants led by Dorothy, Toto and the Not-So-Cowardly Lion. A family-friendly comedy about the futility of current immigrations policies, this play is presented by Working Classroom’s award-winning ensemble company. Written and directed by Robert Madrid.
Performance Friday, Feb. 22, 7pm
N4th Theater
4904 4th St. NW
(505) 242-9267 workingclass room.org
Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals
Caji & Salome at Windchime Gallery
Caji comes from the culturally rich city of Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil. Salome was born on the islands of Azores in Portugal and lived part of her life in the cosmopolitan and multi-cultural city of Montreal. Together they have combined their passion for acoustic music with their fascination for Brazilian sounds and grooves. Their repertoire includes Brazilian music and a mix of songs from Portugal, Cuba, South America, Cabo Verde and France.
Performance Friday, Feb. 15, 7:30pm
Windchime Champagne Gallery
518 Central Ave. SW
(505) 232-9868 abqmusic.com
Klezmerquerque 2008 this weekend
A fantastic weekend of concerts, dance parties, workshop and lectures celebrating secular Eastern European Jewish instrumental music and dance returns to Albuquerque this weekend. For details about individual events, prices, tickets and registration, visit Congregation Nahalat Shalom’s website. You can also read Peggy Herrington’s article in the February issue of albuquerqueA RTS.
Festival Fri-Sun, Feb. 15-17, various times
Congregation Nahalat Shalom
3606 Rio Grande NW
(505) 243-6276 nahalatshalom.o rg
The Chieftains return to Popejoy
This Irish quartet is comprises of Kevin Conneff (bodhran, vocals), Sean Keane (fiddle), Matt Molloy (flute) and Paddy Moloney (uillean pipes).
Performance Monday, Feb. 18, 7:30pm
Popejoy Hall
UNM Campus - Central at Cornell NE
(505) 277-3824 popejoyprese nts.com
Javier Colis and Perla Batalla at the Golden West
Javier Colis is one of the essential figures in avant- garde rock in Spain. He is in town as part of the Palabra de Rock Project and will also be performing at NHCC Saturday, Feb. 23. Grammy-nominated vocalist, composer and arranger Perla Batalla was born in L.A. where her father was a musician and owned a popular Spanish language record store. Critics call her singing sublime and her talent stunning. She is an Albuquerque favorite and if you have missed her previous performance, preview her music on her website. Perla will be chatting with Ricardo on KSFR (101.1 FM) in the 11:00 hour on Friday, Feb. 22.
Performance Friday, Feb. 22, 8pm
Puccini’s Golden West Saloon
620 Central SW
(505) 232-9868 abqmusic.com
Media Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry
Basement Films on 4th Street
Enjoy Experiments in Cinema on Friday night and The Personality of the Personnel followed by Fellah, Can You Amass? on Saturday night. For more information go to their website.
Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16, 7pm
N4th Theater
4904 4th NW basementfilms.o rg
NM Italian Film Festival 2008 opens Friday
The hugely popular NM Italian Film Festival, in its second year, benefits UNM Children’s Hospital. Screenings are at the Guild, the KiMo Theater and the Lobo Theater. Advance tickets available at Borders (ABQ Uptown, Coors By-Pass, Wyoming & Academy) and Whole Foods Market (Wyoming & Academy). Details available at the website.
Screenings Friday-Sunday, Feb. 15-17
Various locations italianfilmfest.org
Art in Film Series premiers at the Guild in March
Albuquerque Art Business Association (AABA) and albuquerqueARTS Magazine are co-sponsoring the first in a series of Art on Film events at the Guild Theater in Albuquerque. You are invited to view Rape of Europa which will screen . The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War. In a journey through seven countries, the film takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. The Rape of Europa begins and ends with the story of artist Gustav Klimt’s famed Gold Portrait, stolen from Viennese Jews in 1938 and now the most expensive painting ever sold. Today, more than sixty years later, the legacy of this tragic history continues to play out as families of looted collectors recover major works of art, conservators repair battle damage, and nations fight over the fate of ill-gotten spoils of war. View the trailer.
Screenings March 14-21 at 2:15, 4:45 and 7:15
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848 guildcinema.com
Duke City Shootout accepting scripts for 2008
The people at Digital Filmmaking Institute (DFI) have been called “pioneers of the marathon movie-making competition” (Moviemaker Magazine)”, the world’s strangest little film festival-where movies are made at their down-and-dirtiest” (Premiere Magazine), and the “real deal” (Ray Penton, President of the Film and Video Producers Association of Newfoundland). Here’s your chance to be part of the world’s longest- running script-to-screen movie competition — The Duke City Shootout. Part script competition, part production festival and totally exhilarating, the ninth annual Shootout will take place July 25-Aug. 2, 2008 in Albuquerque. To become part of this challenge, submit your script of up to 12 pages and you’ll be eligible to be one of seven lucky filmmakers chosen to have their movie shot, edited and premiered in just one week — at our expense. As usual, we’ll be accepting scripts on-line via Withoutabox, or you can fill out forms from our website and submit directly. Visit our website and click on “Submit Your Script” for more information. Get a $5 per script discount if you submit by April 15, 2008. The deadline is May 15, 2008 and 10 finalists will be announced June 4, 2008. The seven winners will be announced a week later.
Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter.
www.abqarts.org
Did you know that the Arts Alliance maintains the only Ethnic Events Calendar in the state? It’s on their web site. Check it out!
abqart s.org/cultural/culturecal.htm
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Now if you show up in time you can really find a lot to do for MASSIVE FUN!
Are you ready? Imagine all of these events in the middle of WINTER. Sure you could go skiing, or hiking, or shopping, or out to eat very fine food….normal stuff we take for granted, but I say look at these events. All ages can oarticipate and enjoy. Come to Albuquerque NM now, or Santa Fe or Taos, and party, dance, enjoy theatre, see films: review your options above and make this 3 day weekend
spectacular!
Albuquerque, NM: One of the most exciting cities in the Southwest. A fast growing city that promotes innovative environmentally friendly technology provides opportunity and a Great place to live in. Albuquerque has lots of diversity, fine neighborhoods, entertainment, and opportunities. The Duke City also is a terrific launch location for visitors. Enjoy the fine hotels, restaurants, and other attractions before you venture out to the rest of beautiful and exciting New Mexico. Albuquerque also hosts conventions, retreats and workshops that people attend every year. It truly is a hotspot for the southwest! Don't forget to try some of our chile: red or green?
In this site I will show you some of the "wonders" of Albuquerque and New Mexico. Occasionally I will take a few diversions about other topics or events that seem to be rattling in my mind. Come and enjoy and participate in this blog.
