Houston Texans' running back Arian Foster was born and raised in Albuquerque. His father, Carl, is a former wide receiver for the University of New Mexico, and his mother, Bernadette, works for UNM. Foster played for two years at Valley High School before moving to San Diego before his junior year. This weekend, the running back, known for his signature "Namaste bow" at the end zone, returns to his hometown to conduct a free Arian Foster ProCamp at University Stadium (yes, the big one). The free, open-to-the-public event is put on by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico, and is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 14. Participants will take part in daily games and skill competitions, learn techniques of the pros, and will all receive a Procamp T-Shirt and autographed team photo. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis, and spots will fill up fast. Call 881-0777 for more information on the camp and how to register. University of New Mexico Stadium • Sat & Sun Apr 27-28 • 3-6:30 pm • FREE • View on Alibi calendar
Injunuity’s 5th annual show is tomorrow night. From 8 p.m. to midnight, artist Josh Jones and friends (Eroi Bitter, Xavier Quintero, Trystan Martinez, Peter Ramirez, Stephanie Galloway, Paul Jameson, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Peanut, Vanessa Ramirez and more to be announced!) will be set up at the Nativo Lodge with plentiful activities for all. Native arts are changing. They are becoming more urbane and more worldly. Injunuity will be a showcase for emerging Native talent that will be hard to forget. Live art will enact in the form of onsite painting. A fashion show hosted by Trystan Martinez, BMG gear by the awesome Rick Lujan will be presented. Spoken word poetry will be offered by Sylvian and live music will be abundant (Nick Fury, Bandwidth No Name, Zack Freeman, Government Cheese, Lindy Vision and more). Also, live body art, two floors, two bars! This event can’t be missed. Nativo Lodge • Fri Apr 26 • 8 pm • FREE • 21+ • View on Alibi calendar
I say it's a good thing that Earth Day is in the spring. Nothing gets you in the mood to reduce, reuse, recycle and grow more than crawling out of the three-month bleak-fest of winter and awakening to the sound of birdies and the smell of crab apple blossoms. UNM is the perfect place to celebrate this quintessential spring day, what with those rows and rows of beautifully-blossomed trees (but, what's up with the white ones that smell like fish?). Celebrate Earth Day (or rather, the day after) tomorrow at the 5th Annual Sustainability Expo and Lobo Growers' Market at the Cornell Mall, just east of the SUB. This spring-fever inducing day is filled with activities and information, including an alternative transportation fair with a bike auction. Local vendors will be set up to sell produce, baked goods, jams, seedlings, crafts and more. And Knowaste will be on hand to make sure this is a no-waste event. For more information, visit abqstew.wordpress.com. Cornell Mall on the UNM Main Campus (East of SUB) • Tue Apr 23 • 10 am-2 pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! • View on Alibi calendar
Sonic shaman Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa project is trance-punk or “trans-utopian world music for a world that exists in fever dreams and hallucinations.” This ambitious, heady project combines bass clarinet, guitars, percussion and de Dionyso's distinctive throat singing; while he typically emotes in Indonesian, his latest album, Open the Crown, explores lyricism in English. Learn more about its sound by scoping Derek Caterwaul's micro review. Malaikat dan Singa headlines the so-called 4/20 Wyrd Musik Festo at Synchro Studio (512-B Yale SE) tomorrow, along with local acts Fando, The Happiness of Lovemaking, Uranium Worker and DJ Muffins the Magician. Experimental, rock, punk, free jazz and industrial fans of all ages can experience far-out sound starting at 8:30 p.m., and $7 gets you in. Synchro Studios • Sat Apr 20 • 8:30 pm • $7 • ALL-AGES! • View on Alibi calendar
Fans of avant-garde and anarcho jazz-punk will thrill to Thollem Electric at The Kosmos (1715 Fifth Street NW) tonight. Part-time Nuevo Mexicano pianist and vocalist Thollem McDonas tickles those Fender Rhodes ivories pink—nay, fuchsia—and his lyrics, vox and analog sound manipulation may induce frisson. McDonas is touring solo in support of international avant-punk outfit Tsigoti's new release, Read Between the Lines … Think Outside Them, and In the Valley of the Cloudbuilder, the debut full-length of Bad News from Houston, his revelatory collaboration with Deerhoof's John Dieterich. Consort Un-Caged opens the gig with percussion, flute and effects-centric art-rock and Tuia Cherici's Manucinema films screen as real-time avant wallpaper. This all-ages concert starts at 8 p.m., and 10 bucks gets you in. The Kosmos • Fri Apr 12 • 8 pm • $10 • View on Alibi calendar
We have Swans' leader and Young God Records founder Michael Gira to thank for bringing the psych-tinged, harmony-laden, folk-inflected experimental rock of akron/family to the mainstream. The group's new album, Sub Verses, is slated for an April 29 release on Dead Oceans, and it's a thoroughly engaging release. akron/family will undoubtedly grace their Duke City audience with glimpses of this homespun yet futuristic full-length tonight at Low Spirits (2823 Second Street NW). East Los Angeles-based M. Geddes Gengras explores electro-acoustic phenomena, process-based sound design and digital/analog concrète music and has collaborated with the likes of The Congos and Sun Araw. Gengras opens what promises to be a concert of rarefied beauty and depth. The 21-and-over recital starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $12. Low Spirits • Tue Apr 9 • 9 pm • $12 • View on Alibi calendar
Whether you're an advocate for environmental protection, or a fan of art in general, the Blue Trees Project at Tingley Beach will certainly satisfy your craving to save the planet and see something beautiful at the same time. The project is an installation that promotes energy conservation and celebrates Earth Day. In an effort to raise awareness, Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos will hold lectures from April 7 to 12. However, the installation will be up and running tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Taking part in the event is Tree New Mexico and Albuquerque's Public Art Program, bringing the love of art and nature back to a city that prides itself on being both naturally and aesthetically beautiful. The event is free and open to the public. Tingley Beach • Fri Apr 12 • 10 am-5 pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! • View on Alibi calendar
If it’s April, there is probably a good chance that someone somewhere is publicly reading a poem to a rapt audience. After all, April is National Poetry Month, and Albuquerque celebrates it with a gusto usually reserved for hot-air balloons and green chile. So as the inaugural Book Talks Series kicks off at the Kimo Theater, it only seems fitting that some of the best poets in town will appear live for this celebration. Tonight, there will be a no-holds barred conversation between poetry legend Jimmy Santiago Baca (whose books include A Place to Stand, Healing Earthquakes, Black Mesa Poems, Martin and Meditations on the South Valley and others) and local poet extraordinaire, Jessica Helen Lopez (author of Always Messing with them Boys). Tickets are only $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for students, and can be purchased at the Kimo Box Office, online or by phone at 886-1251. KiMo Theatre • Fri Apr 12 • 8 pm • $10 • View on Alibi calendar
Cobra//group first materialized in the high desert in 2004. Nine years later, what may be the Southwest's largest “non-classical nor mariachi” band continues conjuring an unorthodox, radical sound. In 2010, three massive tracks were recorded by 18 members under their new nom de guerre, Death Convention Singers. To create this latest, self-titled work, 10 bass guitars, two drum kits, a banjo, a clarinet, a turntable toy and a violin were all jacked into an enormous mixer and deejayed using the board’s mute function. I dug this album, but Brujasis my all-time favorite entry in their catalog; listen to it in the dark, and you'll see what I mean: bit.ly/dcsbrujas. Naming all the members takes up too much dead tree space, but at least 15 of them are slated to perform. This concert takes the vs. format to a whole new level with simultaneous improv performances by DCS-adjacent projects: Alchemical Burn, Bigawatt, Fando, (H)Ohm, I CUM DRUMS, Ipytor Gavyen Machislav, Lionhead Bunny and TAHNZzz. Out-of-this-world opener Space Station Gusher meshes Gusher, Uranium Worker, Heyisayfuckyou and more. This 21-and-over gig cranks up at 9 p.m. on Friday, March 29, and admission is only five bucks. Launchpad • Fri Mar 29 • 9 pm • $5 • 21+ • View on Alibi calendar
Borne of cinder blocks and sweating creatives, new micro-venue the Tannex (1415/17 Fourth Street SW) hosts Annah Anti-Palindrome during its grand unveiling weekend. Based in the Bay Area, Anti-Palindrome is a writer, queer-femme antagonist and nontraditional sound artist. In performance, she uses her own body and items like a looping system, kitchen utensils, a blood pressure cuff, gas masks, raw eggs and so on. Solo “dream/witch house/soul” project Lady Uranium and trickster act The Jeebies rep New Mexican weirdness. Experience a triad of experimentalists at Burque's newest art, music and film venue, the Tannex, tomorrow. This all-ages concert kicks off at 8 p.m., and the cover is $5. While you're there, check out the growing zine library and a wicked bathroom mural by co-founder ¡Brapola! (Samantha Anne Carrillo) The Tannex • Sat Mar 23 • 8 pm • $5 • View on Alibi calendar
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