Albuquerque, NM

Lait — Open Mic Blues Jam hosted by Blue Genes (7-9 p.m.) · FREE
Caravan East, Socorro — Miguel Antonio · $5
Club 7 — Club Flesh with DJ Leo Matthew · Dance hits (10 p.m.) · $10 for 18+, free for 21+
Cowboys — DJ Frank · FREE
Doubletree Hotel, Bistro Bar — Nosotros (8:30-11:30 p.m.) · FREE
Hunab Hookah Lounge — Open mic hosted by Issa Malluf · 7 to 9 pm · Open jam with Danny “The Harp” Garcia (9 p.m.-1 a.m.) · FREE · 18+
Laffs Comedy Club — Guitar Hero “Concert” (9 p.m.) · $5
Launchpad — Frostbite · The Ground Beneath · My Freudian Slip · Killing Gracy (8 p.m.)
Marcello’s Chophouse — Larry Freedman · Piano (7-10 p.m.) · FREE
Martini Grille — Vanilla Pop · Vegas meets ’80s (9:30 p.m.) · $3
Matador, Santa Fe — Brian Hardgroove · Rocque Ranaldi · Indie (8-10 p.m.)
Mediterranean Café, Placitas — Saudade
Molly’s Tavern, Tijeras — Sugar Daddy (5:30-9 p.m.)
Mykonos Café and Taverna — Sid Fendley · Jazz (6:30-9:30 p.m.)
O’Niell’s Pub — Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz (9-11 p.m.) · FREE
Pars Cuisine — Abel Lemus · Romantic/classic guitar (6-8:30 p.m.)
Q Bar, Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town — Contemporary jazz with Kari Simmons and Todd Lowry (6-9 p.m.)
St. Clair Winery and Bistro — No Exit
Wild Pony, Los Lunas — Rhythm · Country (7-11 p.m.)
Wiley’s — Jam Night with Memphis P-Tails (9 p.m.) · FREE
Wednesday February 13, 2008
[LUCKY 7] Xtreme Triple Cage Match — World Extreme Cagefighting presents three title fights in one gruesome and only vaguely homoerotic night! Albuquerque ’s Carlos “Natural Born Killer” Condit will maul or be mauled by Carlo Prater while defending his WEC Welterweight title. Second up, Rob “Razor” McCullough will destroy or be destroyed by Jamie Varner in protecting his WEC Lightweight crown. Finally, the Bantamweight division’s Chase Beeb will have crumpets and tea with Miguel Torres … extreme death crumpetz and excruciating pain tea, that is! It’s all going down tonight at the Santa Ana Star Center. Tickets are $43 to $196 through Gettix.net, www.wec.tv, (866) 442-8849, the Santa Ana Star Center box office and select Ace Hardware locations. Extreme! (LM)

Wednesday February 13, 2008
PERFORMANCES
Mystery Café, Sheraton Uptown — Murder on the Spanish Main by Mel MacKaron. Visit abqmystery.com for more info.

BOOK SIGNINGS AND EVENTS
Barnes and Noble, Coronado — A book talk and signing with Obert Skye, author of Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want, at 7 pm. 883-8200.
Page One — A book talk and signing with Dr. Carol Cassell, author of Put Passion First: Why Sexual Chemistry is the Key to Finding and Keeping a Lasting Love, at 7 pm. 294-2026.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Choreographers — Keshet Dance Company’s Choreographer’s Showcase is open to all choreographers: young, old, beginners, professionals. Submissions are due by 2/23. For more information, visit keshetdance.orgÊor stop byÊKeshet Dance Company at 214 Coal SW.
Call to Artists — Morning Sun Art (919 San Pedro SE) is accepting applications for its March show Women’s History. All media and perspectives welcome. Deadline for submission is 2/25. Call 266-0496 for more info.

GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
Albuquerque International Balloon Museum — All About Ballooning Permanent. Also, Around the World with Jules Verne Runs thru 4/8. 880-0500.
Albuquerque Museum — Common Ground: Art in New Mexico Permanent. 243-7255. Also, Five Decades of Albuquerque History the Milner Studio Collection of photography. 243-7255. Also, Human Volcano and Other Amazing Wonders circus sideshow banners. Runs thru 4/20. 243-7255.
Bataan Memorial Building, Atrium Gallery, Santa Fe — Touching Beauty works by Michael Naranjo. (4-6 p.m.)
Corrales Bosque Gallery — Anything to do with Fish works by Judith Young. Runs thru 2/17. 898-7203.
Elinor Oldham’s Art and Bead Gallery — Multi-media work by Karina Graham, oil landscapes by Mary Julyan, pottery by Walt Weinberg and New Mexico scenes by Dirk Schneider. Runs thru 2/15. 884-8511.
First Unitarian Church — Tres Amigas works by Kay Richards, Carol Bryant and Nina Adkins. Runs thru 2/23. 884-1801.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe — The Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail by Leon Loughridge. Runs thru 2/16. (505) 954-5700.
Improper Perspective — Works by Denise Barrette. Permanent. (505) 438-9779.
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center — Timeless Beauty: Pueblo Women Artists of the 20th Century Runs thru 6/14.
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, UNM Campus — Ancestors Permanent. 277-5963. Also, People of the Southwest 277-5963.
Morning Sun Art — Works by Billy Joe Miller, Aimee Watters and Barbara King. Permanent. 266-0496.
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe — Here, Now and Always Permanent. (505) 476-1250. , Santa Fe Also, Spider Woman’s Gift: Navajo Weaving Traditions (505) 476-1250. Also, The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery Permanent. (505) 476-1250.
Museum of International Folk Art — Familia y Fe (505) 476-1200. Also, Multiple Visions: A Common Bond Permanent. (505) 476-1200.
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe — Futures for Children photographs by Debbie Fleming Caffery and Kim Ashley. (505) 476-5072. Also, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Legacy in New Mexico Permanent. (505) 476-5072. Also, Gustave Baumann: A Santa Fe Legend (505) 476-5072. Also, How the West is One: The Art of New Mexico (505) 476-5072.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History — Ride Around the World playing at the DynaTheater every day at 10 am, noon, 2 and 4 pm. Also, Greece: Secrets of the Past, playing at 11 am, 1, 3 and 5 pm. $7 adults, $6 seniors and $4 children ages 3-12. 841-2802. Also, Startup: Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution 841-2802. Also, T. Rex Attack 841-2802.
Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe — Another Mexico: Spanish Life on the Upper Rio Grande Permanent. (505) 476-5100. Also, Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C. to 1400 A.D (505) 476-5100. Also, Period Rooms a composite of items from Santa Fe, circa 1820-1880. (505) 476-5100. Also, Pre-Colombian Antiquities Permanent. (505) 476-5100. Also, Segesser Hide Paintings (505) 476-5100.
Paragon Gallery — New Mexico oil landscapes by Barbara Coleman. Permanent. 242-6828.
Stove — f3 Runs thru 2/29. 232-0640.
Telephone Museum of New Mexico — View the architecture, literature, equipment and audio displays of the history of the telephone in New Mexico. Open from 10 am-2 pm every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 842-2937.
The Planetarium, Natural History Museum — Enchanted Skies 11 am and 3 pm every day. $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $4 for children. 841-2802. Also, It’s About Time 1 pm. 841-2802. Also, Night of the Titanic experience what it was like to stand on the deck of the doomed ocean liner the night she sank. Noon and 2 pm.
Tinkertown Museum, Sandia Park — An extraordinary folk art environment. 281-5233.
Zimmerman Library, UNM Campus — Indigenous Dress and Sacred Text: The Art of Carlos Merida Runs thru 5/16. 277-6451

So this is an overview of a few things you can do, plus there are a lot of DJ sponsored events, which means at least you could dance. Also it might be a good noght just to stay at home and read. Read is a novel idea eh? Or start a blog? Tell the world about your great ideas. I visited a friend and watched I RObot tonight and so am rather tired. Let’s get some misc music. Blogsville: www.about-sanjoseca.com

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Maybe just a good night with your favorite tunes would be fine.