Creative Albuquerque

UNM Report: State needs to "seize the moment" on creative economy.
"the arts and culture industry employs 43,031 people and accounts for 1 in 18 jobs in the state. That’s about the same number of jobs as the state’s construction industry offers and 50 percent more than the manufacturing industry has."

UNM report: State needs to ‘seize the moment’ on creative economy A new report by The University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research recommends that the state do more to foster the growth of the creative economy to help power New Mexico out of the recession.

Here we go!

516 ARTS Downtown block party is full of great vendors, food trucks and performers !
(Tonight until 9 -Digital Latin goes ABQ)

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what will YOU be doing this weekend?

The downtown growers market reopens in Robinson Park. An arts and crafts fair at Expo NM and more! Plan your holiday weekend here:
http://www.abqtodo.com

Things to Do in Albuquerque - Arts, Sports & Entertainment | ABQToDo.com ABQtodo.com is the leading online resource for Arts and Cultural information in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area. Get times and locations for theater, music, dance, visual arts & museums, film & videos, poetry & literature, kid & family events, comedy, special & free events, local guides and more.

Looking for something cool tonight? How about supporting a local poet and local bookstore at the same time?

Carlos Contreras @ Bookworks Albuquerque

Carlos Contreras, Time Served | Bookworks This provocative debut from National Poetry Slam Champion Carlos Contreras is in two parts: one, a monologue-style musing on working in a correction facility told from an insider/outsider perspective; and two, an homage to veterans of other kinds of war who must learn to live inside and outside the…