New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Category: Community Event

  • Broken Boxes Community Event ftg. Sterlin Harjo

    Broken Boxes Community Event ftg. Sterlin Harjo

    Join Mario Ybarra, Jr., Sterlin Harjo, and Cannupa Hanska Luger for a community celebration and conversation!

     

    1-2:30 pm: FAMILY ART WORKSHOP – Shoebox Parade Float

    All ages are invited to make a mini parade float to present during the DJ party with Mario Ybarra Jr. afterward.

    2-4 pm: COMMUNITY GATHERING – Mario Ybarra Jr.: Nuevo Complexican

    Shake off the week with a Día de los Muertos celebration featuring Mario Ybarra Jr., an acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist and culture worker. Dance to old-school R&B records and enjoy local food trucks, music, community art making, and more!

    5-8 pm: CONVERSATION & FILM – Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger 

    Award-winning 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellow Seminole/Muscogee filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs) will introduce a screening of his Indigenous artist-focused documentary film, Love and Fury. Then there will be a live audience recording of the Broken Boxes podcast series Long Con, an ongoing conversation between Harjo and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.

  • CiQlovia Open Streets Festival

    CiQlovia Open Streets Festival

    CiQlovia is ABQ’s version of ciclovia – open streets. The 2024 CiQlovia route spans Kathryn Ave from Louisiana to San Pedro and will feature all kinds of activities, info, art, pop-up parks and playgrounds, a health hub – and a climbing wall!

  • CiQlovia Build Week

    CiQlovia Build Week

    Sign up HERE to prepare the International District for CiQlovia! Design and build temporary amenities to get the neighborhood looking its best for the event. Check schedule below for project details.

  • Old Town Holiday Stroll

    Old Town Holiday Stroll

    Kick off the holiday season with this Albuquerque tradition. Enjoy performers in Plaza Don Luis and the gazebo, shopping, and of course – the tree lighting ceremony!

  • Twinkle Light Parade

    Twinkle Light Parade

    Cheer on your favorite businesses, school groups, non-profits, and neighbors, all dressed up in their twinkly best! This Albuquerque favorite features a parade of all kinds of vehicles festooned in little lights, plus food vendors, shopping kiosks, and tons of fun for the whole family.

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration

    Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Tiguex Park with Native food trucks, a food sovereignty market, live music, youth activities, door prizes, and more!

  • Ask a Public Defender!

    Ask a Public Defender!

    Legal questions? Talk to a public defender at the International District Library – for free! Public defense attorneys and social workers will be available to answer questions and help with legal issues in this program, with no charge to the public.

  • Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration of Life

    Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration of Life

    Celebrate the cycle of life and death with a community ofrenda (Day of the Dead Altar), a pet blessing, sugar skull workshop, live music, and 40+ vendors and food trucks at this FREE event! Bring the family and your pets!

    Pet blessing at 11:00, sugar skull workshop form noon to 4:00.

    More info at https://www.shoplaparada.com/dia-de-los-muertos-community-celebration/

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