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Reify is a live collision between movement and technology, with dancers and sound artists working alongside coders and designers in real time rather than performing finished work. The Arts Lab format tends to blur the line between audience and participant, so expect something messier and more interesting than a conventional showcase. Check the Eventbrite listing...
Four local acts share the Insideout stage for a night that reads like a who's-who of the current Burque underground rap scene. Insideout runs small and loud, so expect the kind of room where the bass hits you before you find a spot to stand. Admission isn't listed yet, so check the 505 Live link...
Leftover Soul has been holding down Friday nights longer than most of the bars that have opened and closed around it, and the vinyl-only rule isn't a gimmick, it's the whole point. Sister Bar's layout puts you close enough to the booth to actually feel the room shift when a good record drops. Tickets are...
Improv Theatre takes the stage at The Box for an hour of unscripted comedy on a Saturday night in July. The Box is a small, close-contact room where the audience is never far from the action, which either delights you or makes you nervous about eye contact with performers. Admission details weren't listed at press...
Fit To Burn is throwing a proper CD release party at Launchpad, backed by five other local acts and a DJ set from Gamma Ray to keep the room moving...
This is a comedy debate show where being wrong is apparently the whole point, staged in The Box Annex, the smaller sibling space to one of Downtown's more reliably weird venues. The format rewards the crowd as much as the performers, so sitting close and being willing to participate will get you more out of...
Late-night long-form improv from the Improv Theatre troupe, running about 45 minutes in one of the more intimate black-box rooms on Central. The Box keeps sight lines honest from every seat, so there's nowhere for a weak scene to hide, which tends to sharpen the performers. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab them...
This is a live collision of choreography, interactive tech, and sound design built around the idea that movement can be computed, captured, and fed back into itself. The Arts Lab draws from UNM's interdisciplinary programs, so expect work that is genuinely in-progress and genuinely weird, which is a compliment. Tickets are on Eventbrite but the...
Three local acts share a bill at The Hall, with Violet Rising headlining a night that also features manhigh and DUNES. The 1 a.m. UTC start puts this well into Saturday night territory, so this is a late show by any measure. Check the ticket link for door time before you plan your evening around...
Happening on the Odd Months brings its monthly comedy open mic to The Box Annex, the smaller attached room next to The Box Performance Space on Central. Open mics are by nature uneven, but this one has enough of a regular crowd that the room actually responds, which makes the difference between a comedian dying...