Community Calendar

This year’s Albuquerque Day of Caring focuses on food insecurity in New Mexico, where 1 in 5 children and 1 in 8 residents face hunger. Join us for a community food drive on Saturday, October 11, from 9 AM to 1 PM at Winrock Town Park. Bring non-perishable food items to support grassroots pantries across our five-county region. Contributions also help fund UWNCNM’s grantmaking efforts, directly benefiting local families.

The event will also include a resource fair with community partners, an ALICE Simulation to better understand the challenges of living paycheck to paycheck, and a conversation with local pantry leaders about how we can work together to fight hunger.

100 Years of Collecting|100 Years of Connecting is on view through December 13, 2025 at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, located at 750 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit nmheritagearts.org.

The exhibition marks the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's centennial by telling its century-long story of creating and caring for an extraordinary trove of nearly 4,000 objects representing the distinctive Hispano heritage of New Mexico. This provides a unique lens on the Society’s legacy of connecting to a community of artists and supporters of Hispano arts in New Mexico and beyond.

Join us for the Friends of the Public Library’s monthly book sale! This sale boasts more than 25,000 items for sale, all at 70–90% of list price. Paperbacks start at just 25 cents each! You’ll also find bargain prices on used DVDs, CDs, and records. Entry is free for Friends members and $2 for non-members before noon.

This month, we'll be observing Banned Books Week with a special feature on banned and frequently challenged books! Banned books are defined by the American Library Association as materials that have been removed from curriculum or library collections based on the objections of a person or group, thereby restricting the access of others. Learn more at bannedbooksweek.org.

The Friends of the Library use funds from the Bookshop and Book Sales to support the Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County programs, such as the Summer Reading Program, El Día de los Niños, staff development, community outreach, and many other offerings.

The Friends rely on the generous donations of books and other media from the community. Small donations can be dropped off at the local library branches and larger donations at the Main Library. For more information about the Book Sales, Bookshop, donation guidelines, and how to become a member, please visit www.friendsofthepubliclibrary.org.

Cats & Tats – Dogs & Disco
Presents the 3rd Annual Pet Adoption Event 🐶🐈 We’ve teamed up with Nine Lives Rescue & Ex Novo Brewing Co.
�Join us for 🐾 Beer, beats & furry friends! 🐾 at Ex Novo in Corrales. Sip craft beer, meet adoptable pets, win prizes, and support local rescues — There will be plenty of adoptable cats and dogs looking for their forever homes. You might just meet your new best friend.
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📅 Saturday, October 11th
🕛 12–4 PM
4895 Corrales Rd
Corrales, NM 87048
United States
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Not ready to adopt? No problem! There are so many ways to be part of the fun:
• 🎟️ Donate to earn a ticket for a chance to win prizes from amazing local businesses.
• 🎶 Dance to DJ Desert Disco while sipping a pint.
• ✨ Get a flash tattoo by Patrick and wear your support for rescue pets proudly.
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🐾 All donations go directly to animal adoption rescues 🐾
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Prizes include:
* 3 $20 Gift Cards - Ex Novo
* Original Gold leaf Painting - Rob Mesa
* 2 $50 Gift Card - Gimani Slice Bar
* Professional Makeup service + Beauty Mystery Box - Kata Baron
* Silver Necklace - Platoro Jewelry
* Curated Goods Box -New Nuevo
* $25 Gift Card - Luna & Luz

Join Ranger Lily and Instructional Coordinator Rebekha for a guided tour of the permanent exhibition, "Bosque Redondo…A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival." Participants will also experience a tour outdoors, visiting the site’s flock of Navajo Churro sheep and exploring the exterior grounds at Fort Sumner Historic Site. These tours teach people about the experiences of the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache) who were forced to live at Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation in the 1860s, as well as stories of their resilience and hope through time. The tour is included with general admission of $7/adult and free for children 16 and younger and Native/Tribal Affiliations

The Sangre de Cristo Chorale will open its 48th season on October 11 and 12 in Santa Fe. This concert celebrates the changing seasons with music by Jonathan Dove, Aaron Copland, Z. Randall Stroope, Craig Hella Johnson, and more. Dove’s The Passing of the Year weaves poetry by Blake, Dickinson, Tennyson, and others into a dramatic telling of the joyful and poignant passing of a year. The 52-member Chorale is led by Music Director George Case.

Movies at the Market: Free Outdoor Movie Series
📅 Saturdays in October 2025 | 4 PM – 8 PM (Movie at Dusk)
📍 Rail Yards Market, 777 1st St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

🎬 Spend your Saturday nights under the stars at the historic Rail Yards! The Rail Yards Market, in partnership with Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque, presents a free family-friendly outdoor movie series every Saturday in October.

🛍️ Shop local vendors, enjoy food trucks, and explore handmade goods starting at 4 PM.
🎞️ Movies begin at dusk on the big screen. Bring a chair or blanket and settle in for community, culture, and cinema.

Movie Schedule:

October 4: Barbie (2023)

October 11: The Goonies (1985)

October 18: Hocus Pocus (1993)

October 25: Coco (2017)

💵 FREE admission & parking
👛 EBT/SNAP/WIC accepted and doubled
♿ ADA accessible

More info: www.railyardsmarket.org

Every Sunday May-Oct 10am to 2pm. The Rail Yards Market is focused on building a resilient, sustainable local economy that we all love to work and play in. Through food, art, and music, we hope to bring our community together in an atmosphere of fun, learning, and creativity. Rail Yards Market is a community organization and a certified 501(c)(3)

The Rail Yards Market of Albuquerque operates on Sundays from 10am-2pm during the months of May-October. A non-profit run growers' market, originally established in 2014 by volunteers and neighborhood residents, celebrating all things local and at the heart of New Mexican culture. We are much more than your typical farmer's or grower's market; every Sunday you can peruse 100's of New Mexico's finest food, farm, artisan, and healing vendors, hear live musicians, and come away enriched from our educational and demonstration zones for kids and adults! Every Sunday is a different theme with different activities and vendors you wont want to miss. All located at The Rail Yards in the historic Barelas neighborhood in the heart of our City!

NM Folk Music and Dance Society (NM FolkMADS) hosts a Second Sunday English Country Dance.
On October 12th, 2-5pm, at the Albuquerque Square Dance Center, come learn something new and celebrate the season with all things pumpkin!

Sunday October 12th Second Sunday English Country Dance
2-5pm, Albuquerque Square Dance Center
Band: Jamie Harrison and Juli Palladino
Caller: Kit French
Pumpkin Everything! Wear your fall colors and bring a pumpkin baked good to share!