August 16 Every Wednesday at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is Family Fun Night from 6:30-8:30pm. Free Doughnut-Dipping, Face Painting and Balloon Animals.
August 17 NM Breathes Asthma and Allergy Support and Education Session at the Taylor Ranch Community Center from 6:30-8pm. Free and open to families and all ages. Includes dinner so please RSVP to Gerri at 259-6277 or email asthmaallies@comcast.net
August 18 The New Mexico Jazz Workshop presents Jazz and Salsa Under the Stars in the Museum Amphitheater.
http://www.cabq.gov/museum/events.htmlThe Albuquerque Museum.2000 Mountain Road NW. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Concert runs from 7 - 10 p.m.All shows occur rain or shine. The Cooperage Restaurant provides food and full bar service.Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors (60+) and students with ID, $7 New Mexico Jazz Workshop and Albuquerque Museum Foundation members.
Children under 12 are free. Salsa Under the Stars presents Encanto
August 19 Around the World in 80 Days. 1-4pm. Food sampling, music, dance performances, activities, guest speakers, museum tours and more. Anderson Abruzzo Abq International Balloon Museum. 9201 Balloon Museum Drive. 768-3556
August 19 Michaels Kids Club 10am-noon $2.00
http://www.michaels.comAugust 19 Water Fiesta. Abq. Tricentennial event. Tours of Water Utility Authority's pilot plant. Water-focused educational evetns for kids of all ages. Rio Grande Open Space. 884-5600
August 19 Chili Festival 9am-4pm. Shepard of the Valley Church - 1801 Montano Rd. NW 344-9798
August 19 - What's the "Beehive" in the sky? Saturday Family Astronomy runs from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Cost: LodeStar Family Astronomy is free with a paid admission to the LodeStar planetarium or virtual simulator. For more information, call (505) 841-5954.
http://www.lodestar.unm.edu/events.htmlAugust 19 The Albuquerque Museum. Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in Family Art Workshops every Saturday from 1:00- 2:30 p.m. All supplies are provided and the workshops are free with museum admission. For more information call the Museum at 505-243-7255.
http://www.cabq.gov/museum/Saturday, August 19 - 10:00am - 12:00pm Dragon Tales - Parent Tales
South Valley TV-I Campus - 5816 Isleta Blvd. NE
This workshop is designed to look at the everyday challenges and pleasures of parenting. By looking at different behaviors and learning how to understand our children, parents and caregivers will be able to interact with each other and give each other ideas on many underlying issues parents face. Free and open to the public. Call KNME at 277-4087 to register.
August 19 Los Ranchos Growers' Market. Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.City Hall in the Tennis Court Parking Lot 6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
http://www.abqgrowersmkts.org/August 19 – Albuquerque Worldwind Quintet – Eclectic Woodwind Quintet Music. Open Space Visitor Center Concert Series – 7:00pm 6500 Coors NW The Open Space Division will also be hosting spring/summer performances, educational and enrichment programs at the new Open Space Visitor Center on Albuquerque's west side. Call 768-5308 for information and directions.
http://www.cabq.gov/openspace/SummerSeries2006.htmlAugust 19 Stargazing in the Manzanos, sunset. Hosted by Sandia Ranger District and Abq. Astronomical Society. Big teleschopes and dark skies. Families welcome. Free, Oak Flat Picnic area.
http://www.taas.orgAugust 19-20 at 8:30am Bird Walk in the Bosque with volunteer naturalists. non-members pay $3 parking. Rio Grande Nature Center, 2901 Candelaria NW 344-7240
August 19 - 20 Albuquerque Tricentennial Celebration -Globalquerque! 2006
New Mexico’s 2nd annual world music and culture celebration. This festival will showcase 13 acts, 5 continents, 3 stages over the course of one evening. The world comes to Albuquerque. Daytime children’s activities, educational workshops, foreign film series and music programs. Relax in the Spanish parlor salon, enjoy the concert setting of the 600-seat Journal Theater or dance to groove heavy world music on the plaza’s outdoor festival stage. The National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW. 246-2261 or 260-4885. a href="http://www.abqmusic.com/globalquerque">
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August 20 Every Sunday Free Admission from 9am-1pm at The Albuquerque Museum.
http://www.cabq.gov/museum/August 20 at 10am Nature Walk in the Bosque with volunteer naturalists. non-members pay $3 parking. Rio Grande Nature Center, 2901 Candelaria NW 344-7240
August 20 Corrales Growers' Market.Corrales Recreation Center 500 Jones Rd. Next to New Post Office. from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.
http://www.abqgrowersmkts.org/August 20 Art in the Park. Outdoor exhibition of fine arts and crafts presented by the Corrales Society of Artists and the Village of Corrales. View displays of paintings, sculptures, jewelry pottery and more. 10 am-4 pm. Free. La Entrada Park, Corrales. 897-6466.
http://www.corralesartists.orgAugust 21 "Board Game Bash" Every Monday Night at Chick-fil-A. Come play Game of Life, Operation, Jenga, Boggle, Candy Land, Let's Go Fishing, Scrambled States of America, Scrabble, Rook, UNO, Buzz Word, Chutes and Ladders, and Sorry! 3801 Ellison NW 898-8988
August 22 Family Night Every Tuesday Night at Chick-fil-A from 6-8pm Come and enjoy crafts, face painting, music, story-telling and more. Every week is different. Pick up a schedule at 3801 Ellison NW or call 898-8988
August 22, Bosque Moonlight Hike, 7-8:30pm. Tour begins at the Tingley Beach train station. Pre-registration suggested, $6 adults, $4 youth/seniors. 848-7180
August 23 Every Wednesday at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is Family Fun Night from 6:30-8:30pm. Free Doughnut-Dipping, Face Painting and Balloon Animals.
August 25 The New Mexico Jazz Workshop presents Jazz and Salsa Under the Stars in the Museum Amphitheater.
http://www.cabq.gov/museum/events.htmlThe Albuquerque Museum.2000 Mountain Road NW. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Concert runs from 7 - 10 p.m.All shows occur rain or shine. The Cooperage Restaurant provides food and full bar service.Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors (60+) and students with ID, $7 New Mexico Jazz Workshop and Albuquerque Museum Foundation members.
Children under 12 are free. Salsa Under the Stars presents Son Como Son
August 26 The Albuquerque Museum. Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in Family Art Workshops every Saturday from 1:00- 2:30 p.m. All supplies are provided and the workshops are free with museum admission. For more information call the Museum at 505-243-7255.
http://www.cabq.gov/museum/August 26 Around the World in 80 Days. 1-4pm. Food sampling, music, dance performances, activities, guest speakers, museum tours and more. Anderson Abruzzo Abq International Balloon Museum. 9201 Balloon Museum Drive. 768-3556
August 26 Michaels Kids Club 10am-noon $2.00
http://www.michaels.comSaturday, August 26 - 10:00am - 12:00pm Parenting Counts! - Exploration
Presbyterian Hospital - 1100 Central Ave. SE - Heritage Room
This workshop is open to parents, caregivers, educators of children ages birth to five. The session explores specific parenting practices that contribute to early childhood learning. Participants learn the core concepts of children's need to touch and explore and how these early interactions lay the foundation for learning language. Free and open to the public. Call KNME at 277-4087 to register.
August 26 Los Ranchos Growers' Market. Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.City Hall in the Tennis Court Parking Lot 6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
http://www.abqgrowersmkts.org/August 26 Folk Music, Storytelling and Dance – An evening of ancient tales and original music on guitar, fiddle and flute - Johanna and Scott Darsee at 7pm. Join the City of Albuquerque’s Open Space Division for a summer of family fun during our 2006 Open Space Summer Series. All programs are free with a $2.00 parking fee. The Elena Gallegos Picnic Area is located at the end of Simms Park Road, off of Tramway Boulevard, just north of Academy. For more information, call Bonnie Schmader at 768-5308.
http://www.cabq.gov/openspace/SummerSeries2006.html The Saturday Sunset Series will feature talks, demonstrations and concerts by some of Albuquerque's best speakers, teachers and performers at the Elena Gallegos Picnic Area Amphitheater on Saturdays at 7:00pm
August 26 Susi Wolf, Professional Storyteller sill delight us again this year with traditional stories from around the world. This program is for children of all ages. 6:30-7:30 pm Fun for the whole family. at the Las Imagenes Visitor Center 4735 Unser B.vd. NW at Western Trail. Call 899-0205 for more information.
http://www.nps.gov/petr August 26 Family Fun Fiesta and Duck Pluck. Fund-raising event for Explora scholarships, All Faiths Receiving Home, The Storehouse and Abq Rotary Foundation. Games, entertainment and booth activitites for the family at the Abq. Bio Park. Call Rotary Club of Abq for info 242-2651
August 26-27 from 10 am - 4 pm Food, Art & Adobe: Uniquely New Mexico
Enjoy an unforgettable experience of food, history and tradition. Learn to make adobe bricks, paint a retablo of your favorite saint, participate in a tin workshop. Sample foods prepared from traditional recipes.
http://www.golondrinas.org/augevents.htm El Rancho de Las Golondrinas is located at 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507 Phone: (505) 471-2261
August 26 & 27 at 8:30am Bird Walk in the Bosque with volunteer naturalists. non-members pay $3 parking. Rio Grande Nature Center, 2901 Candelaria NW 344-7240
August 27 at 10am Nature Walk in the Bosque with volunteer naturalists. non-members pay $3 parking. Rio Grande Nature Center, 2901 Candelaria NW 344-7240
August 27 Every Sunday Free Admission from 9am-1pm at The Albuquerque Museum.
http://www.cabq.gov/museum/August 27 Corrales Growers' Market.Corrales Recreation Center 500 Jones Rd. Next to New Post Office. from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.
http://www.abqgrowersmkts.org/August 28 "Board Game Bash" Every Monday Night at Chick-fil-A. Come play Game of Life, Operation, Jenga, Boggle, Candy Land, Let's Go Fishing, Scrambled States of America, Scrabble, Rook, UNO, Buzz Word, Chutes and Ladders, and Sorry! 3801 Ellison NW 898-8988
August 28 Abq. Coin Club monthly meeting at 7pm. Kids and adults interested in coin collecting are invited. Free. Elegante Hotel,
http://www.albuquerquecoinclub.org August 29 Family Night Every Tuesday Night at Chick-fil-A from 6-8pm Come and enjoy crafts, face painting, music, story-telling and more. Every week is different. Pick up a schedule at 3801 Ellison NW or call 898-8988
August 29 Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum, 7-8pm at Babies R Us. Free. Learn about a safe, simple and natural healing system. 463-1694
August 30 Every Wednesday at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is Family Fun Night from 6:30-8:30pm. Free Doughnut-Dipping, Face Painting and Balloon Animals.
