Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico Wine Festival in Bernalillo
A favorite Labor Day event is the original wine festival. The New Mexico Wine Festival at Bernalillo wraps up the summer with the premier wine festival of the southwest! Just north of Albuquerque, the historic town of Bernalillo is host to the biggest wine festival in the state. Most of all the New Mexico wineries will be there, giving their customers a rare opportunity to taste and purchase New Mexico wines at their best. Lots of great music, arts and crafts, and those summer foods we all love make a perfect backdrop for wine, wine, wine! Our favorite band, Le Chat Lunatique performs Monday, 3:15pm. The rail runner will provide service to Bernalillo over the holiday weekend with shuttle service to the wine festival. Check out events and buy tickets on line.
Special event Sat-Mon, Aug. 20-31 & Sept. 1, 12- 7pm
New Mexico Fine Festival
Town of Bernalillo
newme xicowinefestival.com

8th Annual Labor Day Tango Festival
Events include tangow orkshops and milongas Thursday through Monday with a free tango party at National Hispanic Cultural Center on Sunday.
Special event Thursday-Sunday, August 28-Sept. 1
Albuquerque Hilton
1901 University NE
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth St. SW
(505) 884-2500
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Cultural Conference Kickoff Poetry Reading
Linda Hogan, Simon Ortiz, Demetria Martinez, Levi Romero, Margaret Randall and Luci Tapahonso kick off three-day cultural conference.
Reception & reading Friday, Aug. 29, 6- 10pm
South Broadway Cultural Center
1025 Broadway SE
(505) 217-3654

Thursday showcase of Albuquerque’s Diverse Cultures
This Cultural Sunset” series offers live entertainment showcasing our area’s diversity - singers, dancers and more entertain you in native costume and style. Learn about the many cultures that make NM a most interesting place to live. Thursday, Sept. 4 features Mana Tahiti Polynesian Dance Company who perform the aparima, the ote’a and the ote’a accomplanied by li’s. Each form represents a different part of the rich traditions of Tahiti.
Performance Thursday, Sept. 5, 6:30- 8:30pm
Old Town Plaza
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Thread of Life continues at Explora
The play examines the life of Rosalind Franklin and the discovery of the structure of DNA. James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins later won the Nobel Prize for their double-helix model of DNA. Some believe that to say Watson, Crick and Wilkins were influenced by Franklin is an understatement. Continues through Sept. 1 with some daytime performances
Opening performance Friday, August 22, 7pm Explora Albuquerque
1701 Mountain Road NW
(505) 224-8323
explora.us

Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals

Thirsty Ear Festival this weekend
Labor Day weekend brings a huge music event to Eaves Movie Ranch near Santa Fe. Join Junior Brown, Shemekia Copeland, Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin and band, Buckwheat Zydeco and dozens more. For a daily breakdown, directions and everything else you need to know, go to their website. Friday is the annual food drive - admission is only $2 and 2 cans of food.
Special event, Fri-Sun, August 29-31
Tickets available at the Lensic Box Office or 988- 1234
ThirstyEarFe stival.com

Tim Finn comes to the Lobo Theater
It’s been 30 years since Tim Finn’s first bank took his native New Zealand and Australia by storm. Since then he has recorded several acclaimed solo albums including his most recent, Imaginary Kingdom, which has been called an atmospheric and joyous collection of beautifully written songs, collaborated with his brother Neil. Albuquerque’s own Kimo will also perform, providing a raw and energetic opening set.
Performance Saturday, Sept. 6, 8pm
Lobo Theater
3013 Central NE
Tickets available on line or through Brown Paper Tickets or by phone at 800-838-3006 abqmusic.com

Globalquerque is coming - Sept. 19-20
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. Tickets now on sale at the NHCC box office and Ticketmaster.
(505) 232-9868
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Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry

The Art in Film Series will present Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World in September. This groundbreaking documentary on internationally renowned painter, was shot over a period of four years from 1998 through 2002, Martin’s 90th year. Interviews are intercut with shots of her at work in her studio in Taos and with images of her work from over five decades. It is a venue for Martin to speak about her work, her methods, her life as an artist, and her views about the creative process. She also discusses her film, Gabriel, and reads from her poetry and lectures. In keeping with Martin’s chosen life of solitude, she alone appears in the documentary.
Screening Sat-Sun, Sept. 6-7, 2pm
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com

Indigenous Filmmakers of the Americas
Women in Film International is accepting short film submissions for its upcoming event, A Night to Celebrate: Short Films by Indigenous People of the Americas, to be held at Barnsdall Gallery Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 25th. For more information and an application please email NativeShortLA@yahoo.com or call 908-310-7141 attention Tessa Bell.
Deadline September 12,2008

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

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