Events on Central

Two improvisers (or a full ensemble, depending on the night) build scenes from nothing in real time at one of the corridor's few dedicated performance spaces. The Box is a...

Three local acts share the Launchpad stage on a Friday night, with Shauna Dean Cokeland headlining above No Manners and Junkyard Butterfly. Launchpad's sound system punches harder than the room's...

Mr. AfterHours Presents brings WHF 360° to Effex with Haylee Wood headlining and XBLYSSID in the special guest slot, which typically means the room doesn't find its footing until well...

Long-form improv from the Improv Theatre company at The Box, starting well after midnight on a Saturday, which tells you exactly what kind of crowd you'll find. The Box is...

The instructors at Rock 101 Music Academy step out from behind the lesson plans and play a full night of live music at Rio Bravo Brewing. These are working musicians who teach because they love it, not because they couldn't hack it, so expect a higher floor than your average local showcase. Tickets are through...

A seated dinner show built around traditional flamenco, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing in the intimate tablao format that puts you close enough to feel the stomping in your chest. Hotel Albuquerque's room for this is properly theatrical without being a tourist trap, and the Old Town adjacency means the pre-show walk...

Three bailaores, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform live flamenco in the tablao format, which means close quarters and no amplification between you and the footwork. Hotel Albuquerque's dedicated flamenco space is one of the few rooms in the Southwest built for this kind of performance, so the sightlines and acoustics are actually thought through....

The Box is one of the few rooms on Central where improv comedy actually has a home, and this co-presentation with Improv Theatre suggests a more structured, rehearsed ensemble rather than a loose open-mike free-for-all. The space is small and the sightlines are good from almost every seat, which means there is nowhere to hide,...

In The Box Annex takes improv comedy somewhere extraterrestrial with A51*, a short-form set built around an alien or Area 51 conceit. The Box is a genuine black-box theater, which means sightlines are good from every seat and the room stays intimate enough that the performers can actually play off the audience. The 10:15 p.m....