First Christmas show kicks off season with prizes and crafts
Oct 4 features a free 1 pm raffle with two giant Christmas packages, vendor specials on art crafts services and products, roasted green chile and last sweet corn. Music by David McCulloch with Geo's Mobile Bistro on site for both days plus seasonal events and a spring 2016 plant sale at Albuquerque Garden Center. Local stand up acts Darryl Rhoades Blair Thompson Genevieve Mueller perform at The Stage with doors 6:30 pm and show 7:30 pm. Book signings and bucket list talks accompany the events with Rio Grande Books and local authors.
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Geo’s
Oery
Darryl Rhoades
Blair Thompson
Genevieve Mueller
Rhoades
Hahavishnu Orchestra
Thompson
Motown & Miracles concert returns to Albuquerque stage
Eddie Watkins Jr returns to Albuquerque for a 7 to 8 30 p m Motown and Miracles concert at the High Desert Center for Spiritual Living with an inspirational message at 10 a m Sunday. Advance tickets are 10 and 15 at the door. Santa Ana Star Casino hosts Miss Joy resident DJ at The Stage for Vegas Nights with a 5 10 cover and Facebook check in perks.
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Eddie Watkins Jr
Albuquerque
High Desert
Watkins
Motor City
Stevie Wonder
Gladys Knight and
the Pips
the Supremes
The
Temptations
Marvin Gaye
Quincy Jones
James Brown
Santana
Cher
Diana Ross
Herbie Hancock
Pattie LaBelle
the Pointer Sisters
Peter Frampton
High Desert Center
Santa Ana Star Casino
Miss Joy
Mandalay Bay
Joy Ngaosivath
U.S
Laos
Seattle
Las Vegas
Vegas
Sin City
Mgm Grand
Hakkasan
Wynn
Facebook
Tempest at the PAC by Nainay High drama students
Nainay High School theater students present William Shakespeare's The Tempest four times Thursday to Saturday October 15 to 17. All-ages performances start at evening times with a 1 pm Saturday matinee. Ticket prices run 8 for students and seniors, 10 for adults, and RRHS staff and students enter free. All matinee seats are 5. Tickets available online via showtix4u and by phone at 962 QS.
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Nainay High School
RRHS
Don Strel Photo Show at Placitas Library
Placitas Community Library presents a Don Strel photo exhibition from Oct 2 to Oct 30 in the Collin Meeting Room Gallery. A free public reception honors the former Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe director on Friday Oct 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. Details at placitaslibrary.com or 867-3353. Located at 453 NM 165, 5 miles east of I 25.
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Racitas Community Library
Don Strel
Museum of Fine Arts
Santa Fe
Collin
Placitaslibrary.com
Placitas Community Library
Placitaslibrary
New Mexico UFO Conference Set With Noted Speakers
The New Mexico Chapter of MUFON will host the 2015 New Mexico UFO Conference on Saturday October 17 from 130 to 630 PM at Cleveland High Concert Hall. John Alexander Nick Pope and Nick Redfern headline with the theme What Does the Government Really Know. Mayor Gregg Hull proclaims UFO Research Day. Proceeds fund MUFON NM investigations and education. Pre registration advised with early bird 10 to 20 dollars until October 13.
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New Mexico
Mutual Ufo Network
MLFON
Cleveland High
John Alexander
Nick Pope
Nick Redfern
Gregg Hull
New- Mexicoufos.com
New Mexico Philatelic Exhibition at Meadowlark for 10th year
The Rio Rancho Stamp Club and the Albuquerque Philatelic Society sponsor the NewMexPex stamp show at Meadowlark Senior Center. Regional clubs and dealers display world stamps with sales and door prizes. Admission and parking are free. hours are Oct 17 9 5 and Oct 18 9 4.
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Meadowlark Senior Center
New Mexico
Placitas Star Party at Placitas Community Library
The Placitas Community Library hosts its annual Star Party on Saturday October 17 starting at dusk with sunset at 6 29 p m and continuing into the night. Co sponsored by Albuquerque Astronomical Society Rio Rancho Astronomical Society Las Placitas Association and the Placitas Community Library. More than 20 telescopes will guide guests through the night sky. Open to the public with no entrance fee or pre registration. Guests are urged to arrive early for parking and to observe telescope set up. Dress warmly and use red flashlights to protect night vision. Location directions: NM 165 head east about five miles to the library on the north side before the fire station. For more information visit taas org or placitaslibrary com.
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Placitas Community Library
Placitas
Albuquerque Astronomical Society
Rio Rancho Astronomical Society
Las Placitas Association
NM 165
Taas.org
Placitaslibrary.com
Placitas History Project
Wayne Sandoval
Rebecca Shartwood
Las Huertas Grant
San Antonio de Las Huertas Land Grant
San Antonio de Las Huertas
Las Huertas
Rio Grande
History talk on Las Huertas Land Grant at Placitas Library
Placitas Community Library and Placitas History Project present Wayne Sandoval and Rebecca Shartwood of the Las Huertas Grant for a talk on The History of the San Antonio de las Huertas Land Grant. The event is Saturday Oct 17 at 2 pm, free and open to the public.
Art and book events and stamp exhibition in Rio Rancho
Serenity now Annette Kingman hosts a Saturday art and meditation session on Oct 17 at 10 am at Esther Bone Library with all supplies provided and registration required. Kathy Barco and Valerie Nye discuss intellectual freedom at 1 pm the same day at Esther Bone Memorial Library, free with no registration. NewMexPex stamp exhibition runs Oct 17–18 at Meadowlark Senior Center, 9 am–5 pm Sat and 9 am–4 pm Sun, free admission with on site post office and dealers offering stamps and collectibles.
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Annette Kingman
Rio Rancho Art Association
Sethe
Esther Bone
Atrorandiolibraries.org
Kathy Barco
Valerie Nye
United States
New Mexico
Bookworks hosts Josh Suchon for Murder in Pleasanton talk
Josh Suchon the Albuquerque Isotopes play by play announcer discusses his new true crime book Murder in Pleasanton at Bookworks on Rio Grande NW at 7 p.m. Tuesday Oct 20. He explains how a minor league baseball announcer wrote the story and how DNA solved a 27 year old murder, followed by a Q&A.
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Josh Suchon
Albuquerque Isotopes
Bookworks
Rio Grande NW
Pleasanton
Suchon
New Mexico Library Association Conference Welcomes 70 Authors
Over 70 New Mexico and Arizona authors will sign books and meet librarians at the New Mexico Library Association Annual Conference October 22 24 at the Marriott Pyramid Albuquerque. Authors will sign sell and meet librarians via the New Mexico Book Co op booths with guest appearances and story times in libraries. LPD Press Rio Grande Books booth features Loretta Hall Nasario Garcia Ross Van Dusen Slim Randles Sabra Brown Steinsick and Barbe Awallt. Conference vending area is free and open to the public with other local publishers exhibiting.
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New Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico Library Association
Marriott
Ross van Dusen
Slim Randles
Sabra Brown Steinsick
Barbe Awallt
New
International film screening at Loma Colorado Main Library
An Italian language film with English subtitles screens Saturday Oct 24 at 2 pm at Loma Colorado Main Library. The story follows a cyclist being run off the road as the Bernaschi and Ossola families intersect amid themes of privilege, fate, and unexpected consequences. Refreshments funded by the Friends of the Rio Rancho Library.
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Loma Colorado
Bernaschi
Ossolas
Friends of the
Rio Rancho
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