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SUMMARY:Annual Pollinator Day Celebration at the Open Space Visitor Center
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun\, family-friendly day dedicated to bees\, butterflies\, birds\, bats\, and other pollinators that help our ecosystems thrive. Enjoy hands-on activities\, educational booths\, garden tours\, and interactive demonstrations that highlight how pollinators support our food systems and natural landscapes. Learn simple ways you can help protect pollinators at home while connecting with local experts and community partners. \nWhether you’re a seasoned gardener\, a nature lover\, or just curious\, Pollinator Day offers something for everyone! \nCome celebrate\, learn\, and help us support the small creatures that make a big difference!
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/annual-pollinator-day-celebration-at-the-open-space-visitor-center/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs,free!,outdoor activity
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SUMMARY:Family Nature Club: Powerful Pollinators
DESCRIPTION:Join one of the first activities of the Pollinator’s Celebration at the Open Space Visitor Center! Get a closer look at local pollinators with both sweep nets and two-way viewers during a 1-mile roundtrip hike in the bosque. Discover the wonder of pollinators through these hands-on investigations and stay for more fun at the public event afterwards.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/family-nature-club-powerful-pollinators/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:free!,outdoor activity
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SUMMARY:Open Space Visitor Center Annual Juneteenth Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Open Space Visitor Center for our Annual Juneteenth Celebration\, honoring freedom\, history\, and community! This FREE family-friendly event highlights the rich cultural heritage and contributions of African Americans through art\, music\, storytelling\, and hands-on activities. \n\nCome celebrate with us and enjoy: \n\n\nLive music and cultural performances \n\n\nLocal art and craft demonstrations \n\n\nEducational activities and storytelling for all ages \n\n\nDelicious food and refreshments \n\n\nBring your family\, friends\, and a spirit of celebration as we come together to honor the past\, celebrate the present\, and inspire the future. \n\nFree and open to the public\n Fun and educational for all ages\n A joyful community gathering in the beautiful Open Space surroundings\n\nCelebrate freedom\, culture\, and community at the OSVC!
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/open-space-visitor-center-annual-juneteenth-celebration/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs,free!,Juneteenth
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SUMMARY:BIPOC Solidarity Healing Space *FREE*
DESCRIPTION:Join Saff’s Sanctuary for a special healing space for BIPOC folks\, and others in solidarity and allyship. Experience mindfulness and somatic practices in a healing-focused community space. \nThis FREE event is sponsored by the Open Space Visitor Center at 6500 Coors Blvd. Register HERE!
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/bipoc-solidarity-healing-space-free/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:class/seminar,free!
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SUMMARY:Esteban and Esteban Jr. Nature Collective
DESCRIPTION:Join the Office of African American Affairs at the Open Space Visitor Center for a guided hike experience. \n\nMonthly guided hikes and workshops in one of ABQ’s many open spaces/trails. Gives opportunity for African American residents and families to reconnect with the natural sciences and outdoorsmanship. Hiking gives participants experience and knowledge of ecosystems\, conservation\, navigation\, safety\, physical fitness\, nutrition\, and social emotional learning. Open Space has various sites with guides and facilitators.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/esteban-and-esteban-jr-nature-collective/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:family fun,free!,Hike,outdoor activity
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SUMMARY:Bosque Adventure Hike
DESCRIPTION:Join Open Space Guides on a water-themed 1.5- to 2-hour adventure into the Rio Grande Bosque. Topics include the history and evolution of the river; the importance of water to the ecosystem; how to protect and conserve our precious water; the health of the Bosque and the Cottonwood trees and much more. Hear a story about the Cottonwood trees; and enjoy a contest with a prize for the winner.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/bosque-adventure-hike-2/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:outdoor activity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260502T090000
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SUMMARY:The OSVC Annual Poet's Picnic!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the power of words and the beauty of nature at the OSVC Annual Poet’s Picnic! Bring your favorite poems\, share your own work\, or simply relax and listen as local poets take the stage in our scenic outdoor setting. \n\n2026 Poets’ Picnic Featured Poets \n\nWayne Lee (wayneleepoet.com) is a Santa Fe\, NM\, writer\, editor and teacher. Lee’s poems have appeared in Tupelo Press\, Slipstream\, The New Guard\, Writer’s Digest and other journals and anthologies. He was awarded the 2012 Fischer Prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and four Best of the Net Awards. His collection The Underside of Light was a finalist for the 2014 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award; his collection Dining on Salt: Four Seasons of Septets was published by Cornerstone Press in April 2025; and his collection The Beautiful Foolishness is forthcoming from Casa Urraca Press in 2026. Lee is the host of the online Tuesday Poetry Practice community.\n\nRene Mullen’s work can be found in Santa Fe Literary Review\, Blue Collar Review\, Poets.org\, and is the winner of the 2023 Charles and Fanny Fay Wood Poetry Prize. He has been on multiple poetry slam teams\, on regional stages\, and holds a Political Science MA from UW-Milwaukee and a Creative Writing MFA from Randolph College. Born and raised in the village of Rogers\, Connecticut\, he calls the Southwest home.\n\nSharon Niederman is an award-winning Southwestern author and photographer living in the North Valley. She specializes in documenting cuisine\, travel\, women’s stories and history in words and images. She recently returned to Albuquerque after 15 years living in northern NM. Her collection\, Ungentrified: Poems of the North Valley and Beyond is her first published poetry collection.\n\nPoet\, photographer\, translator\, and social activist Margaret Randall was born in New York City and grew up in New Mexico. Out of Mexico City in the 1960s\, she co-founded and edited a bilingual poetry journal\, El Corno Emplumado\, that published the best work of the decade. Taking active part in the Mexican student movement of 1968 and then living in Cuba for eleven years and Nicaragua for four\, Randall returned to the United States in 1984\, only to face deportation when the government declared her writings “against the good order and happiness of the United States.” With the support of many\, she won her case in 1989. Randall is the author of more than two hundred books\, most recently I Never Left Home: Poet\, Feminist\, Revolutionary; Artists in My Life; Wild Card (poems); and Letters from the Edge: Outrider Conversations and More Letters from the Edge (based on correspondence from longtime friends). Most recently\, out in spring 2026\, are: The Calendar’s Whim (poems)\, Pages Lost and New (essays)\, and Letters that Breathe Fire (letters published in El Corno Emplumado).\n\n2026 Poets’ Picnic Musician\n\nWriter and musician Tom Andes is the author of the detective novel Wait There Till You Hear from Me (Crescent City Books 2025) and Guess This is Kaput: Stories (forthcoming\, Cowboy Jamboree Press). His stories have appeared in Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2025 and received the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. He lives in Albuquerque\, where he is a working musician. His latest musical release is The Ones That Brought You Home (Southern Crescent Recording Co. 2025). His first full-length record\, Wonderful Days\, will be released in 2026. He can be found at tomandes.com.\n\nPoets’ Picnic Organizers\nDale Harris lives in Albuquerque’s Sawmill Neighborhood and helps coordinate the annual Poets Picnic at the Open Space Visitor Center. She is the author of five books of poetry and her poems have been widely anthologized. Dale was the editor and emcee for Central Avenue\, a monthly poetry chapbook and reading series in Nob Hill 2002 – 2008\, and an associate editor for the Malpais Review Poetry Quarterly. She currently works as an editor for Hummingbird Hollow Press\, an independent publishing service.\nWidely published in journals and anthologies—many in poetic form—\n\nScott Wiggerman is the author of four books of poetry\, Leaf and Beak: Sonnets\, Presence\, and Vegetables and Other Relationships; his fourth collection\, Beginning and Ending with Emily: Ghazals & Golden Shovels\, will appear in 2026 (Casa Urraca Press). In addition\, he is the editor or co-editor of nearly two dozen poetry publications\, including the best-selling craft books Wingbeats I & II: Exercises & Practice in Poetry.  A member of the Texas Institute of Letters\, Wiggerman\, along with writer and husband David Meischen\, has been running Dos Gatos Press for twenty years.\nJoin us for a day of poetry\, nature\, and connection—it’s a picnic for the soul!
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/the-osvc-annual-poets-picnic/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs,free!,outdoor activity,performance
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SUMMARY:Habitat Farms Presents: Goat Grazing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this unique Goat Grazing Workshop! \n\nGoat grazing at the Open Space Visitor Center\, in partnership with Habitat Farms\, is a sustainable land management practice that uses goats to naturally control invasive plants\, reduce overgrowth\, and support the restoration of healthy ecosystems. This collaborative effort not only improves the health of the landscape but also provides an opportunity for the community to observe an environmentally friendly approach to land stewardship in action.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/habitat-farms-presents-goat-grazing-workshop/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:class/seminar
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Connections and Hoop Dancing
DESCRIPTION:Come experience culture\, movement\, and tradition with Benjamin Shendo\, a proud member of the Jemez and Cochiti Pueblo communities and founder of Indigenous Connection 1696\, LLC\, based in Jemez Springs\, New Mexico. \n\nThrough dynamic classes and workshops\, Benjamin creates opportunities to reconnect with Indigenous traditions using movement\, storytelling\, and hands-on expression. His offerings include hoop dancing\, capoeira\, lacrosse\, leather crafts\, and more—each rooted in cultural knowledge and community connection. \nWith a vision to reach schools and programs across New Mexico\, Benjamin welcomes participants of all ages to learn\, grow\, and engage with traditions in meaningful and accessible ways. \nJoin us for an inspiring experience that celebrates culture\, creativity\, and connection.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/indigenous-connections-and-hoop-dancing/2026-04-25/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:community event,free!,performance
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SUMMARY:Free Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk at the Open Space Visitor Center
DESCRIPTION:Join Dara Saville of Albuquerque Herbalism for a relaxed and informative walk through the Open Space Visitor Center grounds. \n\nParticipants will explore a variety of local edible and medicinal plants while learning about plant identification\, traditional uses\, ethical harvesting practices\, and cultivation techniques. This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your connection to the land and learn practical\, time-honored plant knowledge. \nThis free community event is generously sponsored by the Open Space Alliance.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/free-edible-medicinal-plant-walk-at-the-open-space-visitor-center/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Earth Day,free!,horticulture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260425T093000
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SUMMARY:World Tai Chi Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join a global movement of health\, harmony\, and healing! Be part of this worldwide celebration of peace\, wellness\, and community. Experience the gentle power of Tai Chi and Qigong while connecting with others in a shared moment of global unity on the back patio of the Open Space Visitor Center. \n\nThe demonstration will be led by Master Dug Corpolongo of Sifu Dug’s Internal Martial Arts. \n Sifu Dug Corpolongo began studying Taijiquan\, Xingyi & Bagua in 1979 and has been teaching since 1990. He is a Senior Student of Grandmaster Henry Look. Sifu Dug was inducted into the Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors in 2012 and in 2022. He retired in 2010 from the National Executive Board of the United States Amateur Athletic Union/Chinese Martial Arts Division after serving for more than 10 years as National Head Coach and National Chair. He currently serves on the United States Kuoshu Federation as a head judge of Internal Martial Arts styles. \nAll are welcome. No experience necessary.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/world-tai-chi-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:athletics,class/seminar,community event
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SUMMARY:National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) Walks 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is where we begin. \nA commitment to NAMIWalks is a step toward strength\, taken with courage\, compassion\, and community. It’s walking forward with your head held high and your arms open—ready to embrace the life-changing support that NAMI and the NAMI community make possible. \nDiscover the power of unity at NAMIWalks.Experience what it truly means to show up—for others and for yourself. \nEvery step you take directly supports mental health in our community\, strengthening NAMI’s vital programs\, services\, guidance\, and advocacy. By sharing your journey\, you help build hope—and you receive it in return. \nNo one finishes a NAMIWalks alone. \nTogether\, we are NAMIWalks—standing side by side\, like the beams of a strong home. Built on care. Held by connection. Stronger because we move forward together.
URL:https://staging.abqmom.com/event/national-alliance-on-mental-health-nami-walks-2026/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:athletics,community event
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