2:00 p.m.
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven’s Fifth
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Maestro Guillermo Figueroa is joined by three other soloists from the Figueroa family for this Triple Concerto.
February 2
Ongoing
New Mexico WEAVES
Open Space Visitor Center
6500 Coors NW
Artists from New Mexico’s weaving community will showcase their work at the Open Space Visitor Center. The show continues through February and features the work of Pat Dozier and Donna Loraine. The work will showcase tapestries and weavings that use both modern and traditional techniques.
February 6
5:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Artscrawl First Friday
Visit the many galleries open late Fridays just for your browsing pleasure. From the Weems and Hanging Tree galleries in Old Town, to the Harwood Art Center and Dreamscapes downtown, there are paintings, seriegrapshs, sculptures, jewelry and more to browse and purchase.
February 7
9:00 p.m.
The One Night Stanleys
Box Performance Space
1025 Lomas NW
The Box has become the place to go for live comedy. The Stanleys perform there regularly and pack the house, having rapidly become the number one Albuquerque improv quartet. Check out their quirky, daft comedy.
February 7 – 8
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Friends
Join the NMSO for a Pops at Popejoy concert featuring the show stopping tunes of Andrew Lloyd Webber. If you weren’t able to make it to Broadway to hear Phantom of the Opera tunes, or didn’t catch the latest showing of Cats or Les Miserables, then this show is for you.
February 8 – 15
New Mexico Italian Film Festival
505-856-2988
For eight days, the Italian Film Fest offers Italian films along with food and drink, all to benefit the UNM Children’s Hospital. The film festival has events at different locations, such as the South Broadway Cultural Center and the Lobo Theater. This is the festival’s third year. Watch for opening galas that feature the likes of the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra.
Advance tickets can be purchased at all Borders stores, Ecco Gelato, and at the festival website.
February 10
7:00 p.m.
Dr. Larry Crumpler of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science will present a lecture on the work he has done as part of the Mars exploration team. Dr. Crumpler works as a scientist on the Spirit rover team, and as part of the HiRISE mission with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Spirit still traverses the Martian terrain, sending data back to Earth, and the HiRISE mission is hot on the trail of mapping the planet's surface. Learn how field geology happens on other worlds.
February 13 - 15
Popejoy
Ain't Misbehavin'
The songs of Fats Waller are brought to life in this musical revue, which stars Ruben Stoddard, Frenchie Davis and Trenyce Cobbins.
February 13 - 15
Auxilliary Dog Theatre
Private Eyes is a relationship thriller with a comedic bent on the universal themes of love, lust and deception.
February 13 through 22
10:00 p.m.
Love! A Valentine’s Sketch Comedy Show
Box Performance Space
1025 Lomas NW
Touted as the finest of love tortured sketch comedies.
February 14
10:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Rio Grande Zoo and Albuquerque Aquarium
Join the Rio Grande Zoo and the Albuquerque Aquarium for a special Valentine’s Day event. Stop by a Discovery station at either location. See how the zoo acts as a dating service for endangered gorillas and wolves. Learn how male seahorses get pregnant at the Aquarium, or why some fish can be both male or female.
February 14
9:00 a.m.
Sweetheart Run
At the Bosque School
4000 Learning NW
505-263-0222
Run with your sweetheart as a couple, or run in a team, but run for fun and your health in this annual classic. In its sixth year, the run can be done as a 10k or 5k run/walk. Kids are welcome. Sponsored by the Athlete’s Edge.
February 15
Time TBA
505-898-6388
The Aldo Leopold Centennial Celebration and Aldo Leopold Forest Dedication
Open Space Visitor Center
6500 Coors NW
Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Valley State Park will dedicate the Aldo Leopold Forest today at a new site dedicated to the man many consider to be the father of wildlife ecology. Aldo Leopold spent many years in New Mexico, and loved the cottonwoods. The Rio Grande State Park already has a loop trail named after the famous ecologist, and now an area north of the trail will carry his name as well. Use the Pueblo Montano Picnic Area at Montano and Coors to park. The ceremony site will be a short walk over the river to the ceremony site. Contact Dara Johnson at djohn@bosqueschool.org for information.
February 21
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Winter Wool Festival
Rio Grande Botanic Garden
505-764-6245
If you ever wondered how wool becomes yarn, how the yarn turns a certain color, or how it all becomes a coat, join the folks at the Heritage Farm to find out. Navajo Churro sheep will be on hand as you explore the steps that go from sheep to sweater.
February 20
8:00 p.m.
Third Annual Burlesque Show
KiMo Theater
Burlesque performers from throughout the southwest converge for an evening of exotic dance and acrobatics. The showcase has garnered rave reviews in the past for its supreme sense of fun.
February 21
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
The Pops at Popejoy sounds continue with Byron Stripling’s trumpet virtuoso performances. Stripling is artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and has played with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie. A perfect night out if you like jazz, blues, or the elegant sounds of energetic brass.
February 21
8:00 p.m.
Dervish
KiMo Theater
The traditional Irish music band comes to the Duke City just before St. Patrick’s Day. May it whet your appetite for more.
February 22
7:30 p.m.
Joan Baez in Concert
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Join the legendary Ms. Baez for her 50th anniversary tour. From her first stage concert at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959 until today, Baez has taken us down her unique path as an evolving musical artist, emblematic of an age.
