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Balloons and Tunes Festival Takes Flight in Artesia

Your browser does not support the audio element. Friday morning Artesia’s skies had a colorful look as hot air balloons took off from local schools. Pilots Steve Wilson from Pagosa Springs, Colorado and Steve Mezzancello from Albuquerque were joined by family and community volunteers for set up and initial flights for Balloons and Tunes from Park Junior High School.

Artesia, NM · 3d

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This Massive New Mexico Used-Book Store Is A Dream Come True For Book Lovers

A bookstore with a dollar shelf and a free box sounds like a trap for anyone with weak willpower. I have a thing for places that make cheap books this easy to grab, and this New Mexico shop leans all the way in. The building is big, and the aisles...

Albuquerque, NM · 4d

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Lillie Kolich advances to live shows on ‘The Voice’ with unique performance

Lillie Kolich won a live-show spot on “The Voice” after her cut week performance of “Friday I’m in Love.”

Albuquerque, NM · 2d

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New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science celebrates 40th anniversary with community

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science celebrated a big milestone with the community Saturday. The museum’s 40th anniversary happened back in January while undergoing renovations and staff decided they still wanted to celebrate and give back to the community that made this possible. “The founding of this museum was […]

Albuquerque, NM · 1d

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Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company opens new home in Albuquerque

After 20 years of moving around the metro, the Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company has a new home on the northeast side of Albuquerque.

Albuquerque, NM · 1d

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First-ever Sage and Ink Book Festival features all New Mexico authors

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Readers and writers alike were at the Block in Rio Rancho Saturday for the first-ever Sage and Ink Book Festival. The festival featured 70 authors, poets and publishers, giving attendees the chance to not only meet the authors but discover new books. All of the writers at this event were New […]

Rio Rancho, NM · 1d

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Melzer’s new book, “A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects”

It’s a hefty chunk of a book, a little more than an inch thick and topping out at 100 chapters and 489 pages. Don’t let the stats about “A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects” scare you though — the latest book by local historian and author Richard Melzer offers readers two ways to explore the state’s history.

New Mexico · 4d

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Albuquerque Museum to Open Traveling Jim Crow Exhibition

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque Museum will open a new traveling exhibition this week examining the history and lasting impact of the Jim Crow era in the United States. The exhibition, Overcoming Hateful Things: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery, comes from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery at Ferris State University and will be on display from Nov. 7, 2026, through April 11, 2027.

Albuquerque, NM · 4d

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Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company is opening a new building

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company is inviting the community to join them in the celebration of opening their new building on November 7 at 11 a.m. The Cardboard Playhouse was able to raise $100,000 in 24 hours during their Stream-a-thon in April, which helped them reach the goal of opening a […]

Albuquerque, NM · 3d

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A waterfall hidden in the Sandias; Enchanted Trails

On this episode of Enchanted Trails, Grant Tosterud heads into the Sandia Mountains in search of a hidden waterfall. The hike branches off the Piedra Lisa Trail and follows a spring-fed drainage toward several small waterfalls tucked into the mountains. Getting there requires some scrambling, route-finding, and even a little bushwhacking, making this short hike […]

Albuquerque, NM · 6d

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UNM Students Unearth New Mexico Ruins That Rewrite Pueblo History

She almost missed it. The brush was moving on its usual rhythm — short strokes, careful angle, eyes down — when the soil gave up something that had no business surviving centuries of freeze and thaw and the slow crush of collapsing adobe: a rosary, intact, its beads still strung, resting inside a wall that hadn’t seen daylight since long before anyone alive could remember.

New Mexico · 5d

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Albuquerque’s Cardboard Playhouse finds place to call home

By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – After more than two decades of bringing youth theater productions to stages across Albuquerque, Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company finally has a place to call its own. The nonprofit organization will celebrate its first permanent home with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 7, inviting the community to explore the new facility.

Albuquerque, NM · 5d

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Bernalillo County Seeks Artists for $200K Memorial Honoring Medal of Honor Hero

Bernalillo County is on the hunt for a New Mexico artist to design a new monumental sculpture honoring Chief Warrant Officer Richard Rocco, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who grew up in Albuquerque's South Valley. The county arts board is now accepting submissions for what officials are calling the Richard Rocco Memorial Public Art Project, with a budget that includes everything from artist design to fabrication, transportation, and installation.

Bernalillo County, NM · 6d

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Albuquerque Flamenco Troupe Revives 2009 Hit With New Twists This Weekend

Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts — Venue for Albuquerque Performances. Albuquerque’s flamenco scene is bringing back a show that packed the house nearly two decades ago, with a few new tricks up its sleeve. Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company is reviving its 2009 production, now billed as “The Spanish Room NOW,” with performances set for this weekend at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Albuquerque, NM · 6d

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Bugarium reopens at Albuquerque BioPark

The Albuquerque BioPark’s Bugarium has reopened after a major renovation project funded by voters a decade ago.

Albuquerque, NM · 5d

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National Institute of Flamenco to host performances of ‘The Spanish Room NOW’

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The National Institute of Flamenco is inviting people to The Spanish Room NOW. The institute’s repertory company, Yjastros, will bring back the 2009 performance to mix the next generation of dancers with the dancers of back then. This time there is also a theatre director that will transform the stage into […]

Albuquerque, NM · 6d

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