By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ For the members of DARC, tabletop role-playing games are about more than rolling dice. They are about building community, sharing stories and creating opportunities for people to connect through a shared hobby. Founded in 2024, DARC is a community organization dedicated to tabletop role-playing games and collaborative storytelling in […]
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Create or die: Arts Hub teaches financial literacy to artists in weekend workshop
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper โ For many artists, pursuing a creative career can mean navigating an unpredictable income, balancing multiple jobs and figuring out financial planning without the benefit of traditional employment structures. A free upcoming workshop hosted by Arts Hub hopes to make that process a little easier. “Building Your Financial Future,” led […]
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Could NIMBY neighbors derail cityโs rail trail plans?
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ A small group of West Old Town residents is challenging the City of Albuquerque over a segment of the ABQ Rail Trail, a multimillion-dollar marquee project. Although the group wants to halt the planned extension through their neighborhood, the city owns the property, forcing residents to navigate municipal bureaucracy […]
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Albuquerqueโs Juneteenth Celebration Is Bigger Than Ever. Hereโs Whatโs Planned
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ Music, food vendors, art and community celebrations will soon fill the Duke City as Burqueรฑos and visitors from across New Mexico gather for what organizers expect to be the largest Juneteenth celebration the city has ever hosted. What started as a community gathering has grown into a citywide tradition. […]
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Festival Flamenco dances into Albuquerque for a 39th year
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ Festival Flamenco Albuquerque will return for its 39th year, bringing world-renowned artists, emerging talent and thousands of flamenco enthusiasts to New Mexico for what organizers call the largest flamenco festival outside of Spain. Presented by the National Institute of Flamenco in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the […]
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PNM, Blackstone commit $20 million to build New Mexico trades jobs needed for PNM renewables and statewide economic growth
Rosendo Najar stops at construction sites to check the tags on the trucks parked outside. Too often, he says, those trucks sport tags from Arizona or Texas, not New Mexico, and that means local developers are bringing in labor to do jobs trained New Mexican laborers can do. Najar, who is a leader with the […]
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(Un)bound to Boundless exhibit explores Juneteenth through photography, ceramics, printmaking and more
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ A new exhibition at Gallery One in City Hall is using art to explore freedom, resilience and the expansive possibilities of Black creative expression. (Un)bound to Boundless, the Juneteenth exhibition, brings together nine local and regional artists working across poetry, textiles, photography, ceramics, sculpture and printmaking. Curated by Angie […]
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The Peopleโs Juneteenth celebrates holiday by promoting community, education and collective action
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ As Juneteenth celebrations continue to grow across New Mexico, organizers behind The People’s Juneteenth say their event offers something more than a traditional festival: a space for community, political education and collective action. Hosted by Building Power for Black New Mexico alongside a coalition of local organizations, The People’s […]
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Denied again: Why the ABQ City Council killed the same sales tax hike twice
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ Burqueรฑo voters will have one fewer question on the November ballot after the City Council narrowly rejected a proposed $113 million gross receipts tax increase, marking the second defeat for a measure that had already been revived once. The City Council voted 5-4 Monday to kill Resolution R-26-43, a […]
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Here’s a preview of Albuquerque’s newest Westside open space with crazy views of the city
The City of Albuquerque is about to open its newest open space and residents are invited for a preview on Friday. The 23-acre site, formerly the Poole family estate, was purchased by the City and renamed the San Antonio Oxbow Bluffs (SAOB) Open Space. It has always been important wildlife habitat on the Westside, officials […]