May 01 Wednesday
Explore Santa Fe’s trails! Get some fresh air! Meet your community! The Santa Fe Conservation Trust offers 30 free walks and hikes in and around Santa Fe from May through October. Easy weekday walks are on paved city trails and last about one hour. Saturday hikes are on dirt trails that are easy to moderate in difficulty and last about 2 hours. For complete information on dates, times and locations of walks, visit https://sfct.org/vamonos/ and view the Vamonos! flyer and/or text SFWALKS to 833-243-6033 for walk reminders.
May 02 Thursday
"Tips by Text", a free innovative kindergarten readiness text message program for parents and caregivers of 4 -year-olds, is being launched throughout many New Mexico school districts this fall.
Caregivers who enroll in "Tips by Text" will not only receive a free $25 merchandise card, but they’ll be signed up to receive informative and fun text messages offering tips on how to support their child's development. Families are eligible to participate if their child was born on or before September 1, 2019, and has not yet started kindergarten. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the US Department of Education, this program serves families in over eighty-two New Mexico school districts including Dulce, Taos, Española and Pecos school districts.
Parents and caregivers may determine eligibility and sign up by visiting the website: tipsbytextnm.org or by calling Rebecca Kilburn at: 505-910-4862
Common Ground - Works on Paper: Paper is the connecting element in this fun and highly creative exhibit. New Mexico artists are invited to show prints, collage, watercolor, pastel and mixed media, all utilizing this wonderful surface for art making -- paper! The exhibit opens Thursday, April 18, and runs through Saturday, May 18, 2024. The artist reception is planned for Saturday, April 27 from 4 PM to 6 PM. Founded in 1929, the New Mexico Art League is an art school and gallery, and a non-profit 501(C)3 association. The gallery is open to the public from 10 AM to 4 PM Tuesday through Saturday, at 3409 Juan Tabo NE, behind the Juan Tabo Library in Albuquerque. Exhibits are also online 24/7. For information, call 505-293-5034 or visit our website at www.newmexicoartleague.org.
This interactive exhibition celebrates the central role that Pueblo Baseball has played and continues to play in many community members’ lives at the 19 Pueblos. It tells stories of Pueblo Baseball in looking at the past, present, and future through interviews, photographs, videos, and memorabilia. Critical skills in athletics, judgment, adaptation, and perception as pitchers, batters, runners, catchers, and umpires are passed down through the generations. Pueblo Baseball games carry on a legacy more than 100+ years old with male team members from 15-55 years old playing together at once.
In creating a space for Pueblo communities to be in dialogue with each other about this century-old tradition, the exhibition serves as an introduction to the ways that Pueblo Baseball shapes Pueblo identities and reflects Pueblo value systems to all audiences. A Community Scrapbook Board will facilitate a space where Pueblo community members can contribute their stories and photographs. During the run of the exhibition, the IPCC will be offering a Baseball Card making activity to school groups. The IPCC team will also be coordinating a panel discussion program with Pueblo Baseball players.
May 03 Friday
The Good ol’ Days Are Back!! Everyone enjoys great music and you won’t be disappointed! The New MexiChords barbershop chorus and quartets will bring back the good ol’ days in this year’s Spring show, “Sentimental Journey” . Take a trip back to when music was mellow, when you could understand the lyrics, and they brought tears to your eyes with the memories of your youth. The very best that four-part a cappella singing in the barbershop style can bring is what the New MexiChords are all about. Our chorus brings to its audiences a level of musical entertainment that is hard to beat. Joining the chorus will be our guests, Quartet of All Time, a youthful four-some who will entertain our audiences with wonderful barbershop harmonies that will set your toes a-tapping!
This annual show will be on Friday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday, May 4, at 2:00 p.m., at the St John's United Methodist Church, 2626 Arizona St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110.
Admission: $15 at the door. Kids age 6 and under are free. Cash, checks, VISA, AMEX, and Mastercard accepted.
A modern comedy influenced by the works of Anton Chekhov by playwright Christopher Durang. Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister Masha, swoops in with her new boytoy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house. Also on the scene are sassy maid Cassandra, who can predict the future, and a lovely young aspiring actress named Nina, whose prettiness somewhat worries the imperious Masha.
This play garnered Multiple Awards - 2013 Tony Award® for Best Play, 2013 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play.