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Apes, flamenco and music: 7 events this week
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I love a good theme, and an even better pun. The ABQ BioPark Zoo is celebrating its resident primates this month with Great Ape-ril. Or go bananas for one of these other options.
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Still rising
Singer-songwriter Dan Bern is playing two shows in New Mexico this week. First, he鈥檒l play at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, at Sage Valley Pottery, 4908 Corrales Road in Corrales. Then, Bern will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Engine70 Studios, 528 Jose St. in Santa Fe. Tickets are $27.73 for the Corrales show and $29.86 for the Santa Fe show at holdmyticket.com.
Remembering Jaune
The Tamarind Institute is hosting 鈥淛aune Quick-to-See Smith: All My Relations,鈥� an exhibit dedicated to works by the late artist and longtime Tamarind collaborator, paired with artists influenced by Smith. The show will run through April 10. The Tamarind Institute, 2500 Central Ave. SE, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
A global conversation
Guti茅rrez-Hubbell House is hosting a celebration in honor of its new exhibit 鈥淓arth, Architecture, and Community: A Global Conversation鈥� at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 4. The free event will feature music from Oti Ruiz and Chuy Martinez, an adobe foot mixing station, face painting and more. To register, visit ampconcert.org.
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At 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, a chancel choir, featuring soloists Nancy Maret, Anne Bradley, Nina Brown, Cheryl McCalla, Michael Roybal, Tim Willson and Travis Bregier, will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart鈥檚 鈥淩equiem.鈥� The concert is free and open to all. The First Prebysterian Church is located at 208 Grant Ave. in Santa Fe.
Flamenco flair
Teatro Paraguas is hosting Compania Chuscales y Mina Fajardo Spring Tablao Flamenco at 7 p.m. Friday, April 3, and April 17. The husband-and-wife duo will be accompanied by special guests and Teatro Paraguas Company Dancers. Tickets are $15-$25, plus fees, at teatroparaguasnm.org. Teatro Paraguas is located at 3205 Calle Marie Suite B in Santa Fe.
Great Ape-ril
It鈥檚 Great Ape-ril Discover Days at the ABQ BioPark Zoo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday of the month. Learn about chimpanzees on April 4, siamangs on April 11, orangutans on April 18, and gorillas on April 25. The event is included in the price of zoo admission, $1-$19.50, at artsandculture.cabq.gov. The ABQ BioPark Zoo is located at 903 Tenth St. SW.
Finding a connection
Benjamin Shendo (Jemez and Cochiti pueblos) is hosting 鈥淚ndigenous Connections and Hoop Dancing鈥� at 2-4 p.m. every Saturday in April. The events are free. The Open Space Visitor Center is located at 6500 Coors Blvd. NW.
