PLEASE NOTE!
Due to the March 23, 2020 NM DOH Public Health Order, These Event Listings Are Not Accurate!

All non-essential businesses are closed, public gatherings are prohibited!

(One day some of these events will be rescheduled or will resume, but they are not happening now!)

Community events

Saturday April 8, 2017

Community

ABQ BioPark Zoo
1:15pmBioPark Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Australian Outback
Bataan Park
11:30amBataan-Corregidor Memorial Ceremony
Casa San Ysidro (Corrales)
1pmSecond Saturday: Outdoor Science
Cerrillos Hills State Park (Cerrillos)
11amPelts and Skulls
Such Modern, So Luxury
Sure, you've been on a Boeing 747 and maybe even an Airbus A380. But have you ever been on a Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-B? I doubt it, seeing as they were the height of civilian passenger aircraft circa 1928. If you'd like to check out this luxurious relic, drive out to Double Eagle II Airport between April 6-9 from 8am-5pm. You can check out the “Tin Goose” for free or cough up $50 (kids) to $75 (adults) to actually take a ride. There will also be presentations and book-signing by Robert F. Kirk, author of Flying the Lindbergh Line: Then and Now. That will have you flyin' high. (Renée Chavez)
Double Eagle II Airport
8amFlying in Style: EAA's Ford Tri-Motor
Hotel Albuquerque
5:30pmBlue Door Ball
La Mesa Presbyterian Church
4pmBlues and BBQ Benefit Concert
Old Town Plaza
NoonFiestas de Albuquerque
Petco
NoonEaster Pet Photos
Santa Fe Community College (Santa Fe)
8:30amTax Assistance
Science & Math Learning Center, UNM
6pmTAAS Astronomy 101
7pmTAAS General Meeting
Clean Start
via Wikicommons
Songkran—the Thai and Laotian New Year—is known as “the water splashing festival” because of the tradition of bathing idols of the Buddha as a purification ritual. Young celebrants also wash the hands of their elders as a sign of reverence and participate in water fights after a morning spent offering food and time to monks. You can celebrate Songkran this year by visiting Wat Buddhasothorn (the Buddhist Center of New Mexico) this Saturday and Sunday, April 8 and 9, starting at 10am. The festival is open to all ages and free to attend. (Joshua Lee)
Wat Buddhasothorn
10amSongkran Festival
Bleeding Hearts to the Rescue
D.H. Lawrence said, “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.” Which is where humans come in: We're the emotional creatures who start blubbering as soon as we hear the opening strains of “Arms of an Angel” all because of that damn ASPCA commercial full of sad puppies. Ugh, I'm tearing up already. Ahem, anyway, instead of sobbing over manipulative ads, indulge your sympathetic tendencies by going to Wildlife Rescue Training for volunteers at the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park on Saturdays, April 1 and 8. For $25, you can learn how to help and care for the more than 2,000 wild things that are taken in by the Wildlife Rescue Center. Volunteers must be 13+ or 11-12-year-old helpers must have a parent present. Now stop crying and go do something useful. (Renée Chavez)
Wildlife Rescue Center (Rio Grande Nature Center State Park)
9amWildlife Rescue Training for Volunteers