Category: Community Event
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Don’t miss Albuquerque’s signature annual event – and don’t forget your camera, since it’s impossible to take a bad picture of the Balloon Fiesta!
For daily schedules, check out the official website at balloonfiesta.com.
Tickets are $15 per session for people over 12 years. Park & Ride tickets are $10 more, and must be purchased ahead of time! Get your tickets HERE.
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Join Americans for Indian Opportunity for an Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration! Everyone is welcome! Enjoy vendors, youth activities, a raffle, and voter registration, plus a Meet & Greet with TikTok creators Nicole Sam and Jeff Bryant, and live music by Sage Bond and Emmet Yepa.
This event is support by the City’s Office of Native American Affairs and Native Leadership Collective of Albuquerque.
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Anita Dolce Vita, DapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion
Join queer style writer Anita Dolce Vita for a release party for their book DapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion. They will be joined by a panel of LGBTQIA+ activists, artists, and performers – including Marshall Martinez, Executive Director of Equality NM, and drag model/performance artist Avery Martini – for what promises to be a lively panel discussion.
Anita Dolce Vita is editor-in-chief of leading queer style magazine dapperQ, which has provided a platform to transcend oppressive fashion rules and inspired people to rethink queer fashion and beauty. In their book, Vita demonstrates that, regardless of gender identity, race, body size, ability, age, or style, queer fashion is for everyone.
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NMBLA’s Raymond Hamilton Backyard Bash
Head down to NMBLA’s Raymond Hamilton Backyard Bash! Our traditional Poolside Brunch will be catered by Bobbi’s Homestyle Catering with dessert from Q’s Cakes.
Tickets are $50 each and support NMBLA’s charitable endeavors. Purchase by mailing a check made payable to “NMBLA” to P.O. Box 26431, Albuquerque, NM 87125. Or use the link below ($2.24 processing fee for each ticket). With each ticket purchase, you receive entry into a raffle for $500.
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Coco movie watch party
Celebrate Dia de los Muertos at the San Pedro Library! Watch Disney’s Coco and eat yummy snacks!
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Make Papel Picados and Marigolds
Come make colorful Mexican paper flags and marigolds with tissue paper for Dia de los Muertos or for the community ofrenda in the library. Tissue paper and supplies provided.
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Calavera (Sugar Skull) painting party
Paint your own calavera (sugar skull) for Dia de los Muertos or for the community ofrenda in the library. Paints and calaveras will be provided.
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Community Ofrenda for Dias de los Muertos
The San Pedro branch will host a community ofrenda all month long honoring the memory of our ancestors. Celebrate Dias de los Muertos by bringing photographs of lost loved ones for the ofrenda.
(Please no real food items; clay and plastic food items are okay.)
