43RD WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP IN PORTALES, NM Event takes place at Eastern NM University in Portales, NM.  Special Guest is Alex Rivera, a digital media artist and filmmaker who tells new, urgent and visually adventurous Latino stories.  He is joined by Mistress of Ceremonies Connie Willis of Colorado. Also expected to attend are Courtney Willis, Cordelia Willis, Darynda Jones, Emily Mah, Joan S. Saberhagen, Lauren C. Teffeau, Sarena Ulibarri, Walter Jon Williams, … Continue reading 43rd Williamson Lectureship →

New MexiCon 2019!  Games, Food & Friends April 5-7! New MexiCon, the only indie roleplaying game convention in the state, offers three days of gaming in a welcoming, friendly space!  Limited Pre-registration for Kickstarter backers, and an on-site mustering system to get you into a variety of games you will enjoy! There will be dedicated spaces for mustering, LARPs, and snacks.  And, as always, private rooms for every single game. … Continue reading New MexiCon 2019 – Gaming →

New MexiCon 2019!  Games, Food & Friends April 5-7! New MexiCon, the only indie roleplaying game convention in the state, offers three days of gaming in a welcoming, friendly space!  Limited Pre-registration for Kickstarter backers, and an on-site mustering system to get you into a variety of games you will enjoy! There will be dedicated spaces for mustering, LARPs, and snacks.  And, as always, private rooms for every single game. … Continue reading New Mexicon 2019 – Gaming →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, April 6, 2019, at 2:00 pm Location is Lomas-Tramway Public Library, 908 Eastridge Dr NE (just off the southwest corner of Lomas & Tramway), Albuquerque, NM The April 2019 graphic novel for discussion is The Abaddon by Koren Shadmi (author/artist) [Z2 Comics 2015]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic novel discussion. Contact Information: Send the club wrangler an email. … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

Miracles, Magic & Monsters: Myths and Mysteries of New Mexico A Talk with Music Wednesday, April 10… Benjamin Radford talks April 10 at the Boxing Bear Brewing Co, 10200 Corrales Rd NW 87107. Folklorist/researcher Benjamin Radford will describe his first-hand investigations into some of New Mexico’s most famous and fascinating mysteries, from ABQ’s famous KiMo Theater ghost to Santa Fe’s miraculous staircase. How much of these stories is fact, and … Continue reading Radford on NM Myths/Mysteries →

Jean Cocteau Cinema Presents Marlon James on April 10! SANTA FE, N.M. — Join us at the Jean Cocteau for this special Author Event.  Author Marlon James, 2015 Man Booker Prize winner, will be discussing his latest book Black Leopard, Red Wolf with George RR Martin (moderated by Andrea L. Mays, PhD). This event includes an audience Q&A, followed by a book signing in the lobby. In James’ latest novel, “Tracker is … Continue reading Marlon James in Santa Fe! →

Programming – A Visit from a Santa Fe Author! Rebecca Roanhorse, award-winning author from Santa Fe, will talk to us about her second novel, Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World Book 2), how she got into writing, what’s next, and such.  Roanhorse won both the Hugo Award & Nebula Award for short story last year, plus was named the John W. Campbell Best New Writer in 2018.  Her first novel, … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Author Visit →

Triple Threat at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, April 12-13 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Jesse V. Johnson – 2019 – 96m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! Door Prizes from Bubonicon 51 on Friday, April 12! This breakneck thriller teams over half a dozen of the world’s biggest action stars for the martial arts film event of the year. When a hit contract is taken out on a … Continue reading “Triple Threat” @ Guild Cinema →

Triple Threat at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, April 12-13 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Jesse V. Johnson – 2019 – 96m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! Door Prizes from Bubonicon 51 on Friday, April 12! This breakneck thriller teams over half a dozen of the world’s biggest action stars for the martial arts film event of the year. When a hit contract is taken out on a … Continue reading “Triple Threat” @ Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, April 15, 2019, at 7:30 pm Location is Jason’s Deli, 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (northwest corner of Louisiana & America’s Parkway – across from Bubonicon’s hotel), Albuquerque, NM The April 2019 book for discussion is Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (we’re using the 2018 trade paperback from Saga Press). While places at which we’ve met stay open later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

RiffTrax Live presents Octaman A Sci-Fi Epic Celebration for Spring! Thursday, April 18 – 7:00 pm only at the Century Rio, Regal Winrock & Regal Cottonwood. Encore presentation 7:30 pm Wednesday, April 24. Deep in the Mexican jungle, a legendary creature lurks in a radioactive swamp. Is it a man? Is it an octopus? No, it’s OCTAMAN! Okay, it’s a man in an octopus suit, but he’s really angry and … Continue reading RiffTrax Live: Octaman! →

RiffTrax Live presents Octaman A Sci-Fi Epic Celebration for Spring! Encore presentation 7:30 pm Wednesday, April 24, at the Century Rio, Regal Cottonwood, and Regal Winrock. Deep in the Mexican jungle, a legendary creature lurks in a radioactive swamp. Is it a man? Is it an octopus? No, it’s OCTAMAN! Okay, it’s a man in an octopus suit, but he’s really angry and decides to go on a light killing … Continue reading RiffTrax Live: Octaman (Encore) →

Battle Royale at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, April 26-27 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Kinji Fukasaku – 2000 – 122m – In Japanese with English subtitles.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 51! Before HUNGER GAMES … In 2000, director Kinji Fukasaku unleashed Battle Royale, his violently poetic epic about an innocent group of Junior High students forced by the government to hunt and kill … Continue reading Battle Royale @ Guild →

Huzzah! The 7th Annual Albuquerque Renaissance Faire takes place 10:00 am-5:00 pm Saturday, April 27, at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon Museum NE (just off Alameda west of I-25).  It’s a Rain or Shine event… A day of medieval activities is planned, including Music, dancing, magic, and more.  From armored combat exhibitions and a Renaissance Village reenacting medieval life to Living History Demonstrations, there is entertainment for … Continue reading 7th ABQ Renaissance Faire →

Battle Royale at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, April 26-27 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Kinji Fukasaku – 2000 – 122m – In Japanese with English subtitles.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 51! Before HUNGER GAMES … In 2000, director Kinji Fukasaku unleashed Battle Royale, his violently poetic epic about an innocent group of Junior High students forced by the government to hunt and kill … Continue reading Battle Royale @ Guild →

Sci-Fi/Fantasy author Stephen R. Donaldson will be celebrating the release of the second book in his new fantasy series, The War Within: The Great God’s War Book 2 with a chat and signing Sunday, April 28! In Donaldson’s new novel, “It has been twenty years since Prince Bifalt of Belleger discovered the Last Repository and the sorcerous knowledge hidden there. At the behest of the repository’s magisters, and in return … Continue reading Stephen R. Donaldson signing →

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with Invincible Czars live score at the Guild Cinema Friday, May 3 – 7:00 pm only! Directed by Carl Laemmle – 1925 – 90m.  All Seats are $10.00 for this special live/touring event! Nearly a century later, an eclectic musical and film experience breathes life into seminal classics for this Halloween season. The most adventurous band from Austin, Texas — The Invincible Czars —are bringing … Continue reading 1925 Phantom of the Opera @ Guild (Live Music) →

It’s a Big Comic Book Celebration! Yes, Saturday, May 4, sees a celebration of the annual fannish event, Free Comic Book Day. Several stores throughout Albuquerque will be handing out free comic books and/or offering discounts on various comics, graphic novels, action figures and other materials. For instance, we know that Astro-Zombies (Central Ave SE) starts their festivities at 10:00 am, including Sales on the Sidewalk and Inside.  In 2014, A-Z gave out approximately … Continue reading Free Comic Book Day 2019 (and “May the Fourth” Be With You) →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 2:00 pm Location is Lomas-Tramway Public Library, 908 Eastridge Dr NE (just off the southwest corner of Lomas & Tramway), Albuquerque, NM The May 2019 graphic novel for discussion is Mandela and the General by John Carlin, art by Oriol Malet [Plough Publishing 2018]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic novel discussion. Contact Information: Send the … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

Programming – A Visit from local film reviewer Devin O’Leary. Weekly Alibi film reviewer Devin O’Leary returns once again to talk about and give predictions for upcoming genre films for late spring/summer and early autumn, and to show video clips in a presentation entitled “SF Trailer Park Theater 7.”  [Special thanks to Jessica Coyle & Mike McCommas for technical help in presentation of film clips.] Remember, no outside food is … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Film Trailer Park →

Repo! The Genetic Opera at the Guild Cinema Friday, May 10 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman – 2008 – 98m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 51! A Rocky Horror meets Bladerunner rock opera / movie musical, its cult status keeps growing like an insane mash-up of Andrew Lloyd Webber meets Saw!!  In the year 2056 – the not-so distant future – an epidemic of organ failures … Continue reading “Repo! Genetic Opera” @ Guild →

GUILD CINEMA DCP EQUIPMENT FUND DRIVE GUILD CINEMA DCP EQUIPMENT FUND DRIVE takes place Saturday-Sunday, May 11 & 12, at the theater, 3405 Central Ave NE.  Cost is $15-$25 per event, or $100 all day or $200 both days. Keif Henley, owner of the Guild Cinema writes, “Since 1966, the Guild Cinema has been a gathering place for the exchange of ideas & culture through independent, international and alternative film.  … Continue reading Guild Cinema DCP Fund Drive →

Ghosbusters (the original 1984 comedy) at the Guild Cinema Sunday, May 12 – 1:00 pm only Directed by Ivan Reitman – 1984 -105m.  A New Mexico Entertainment special presentation!  All seats $8.00.  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 51!  Who ya gonna call? A NM ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE BY CLICKING HERE,  JUST SCROLL DOWN TO THE EVENT! Beware of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man! Join New Mexico Entertainment Magazine … Continue reading “Ghostbusters” (1984) @ Guild Cinema →

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, May 17-20 – 4:30 & 7:00 pm daily Directed by Terry Gilliam – 2019 – 135m Terry Gilliam’s epic tale, decades in the making, finally sees the light of day!  Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver star in the film that audience have been waiting on for years! Toby (Adam Driver), a cynical advertising director, finds himself trapped in the outrageous … Continue reading Gilliam’s “Don Quixote” @ Guild →

¡Three Amigos! at the Guild Cinema Friday, May 17 – 10:30 pm only Directed by John Landis – 1986 – 104m.  A New Mexico Entertainment special presentation!  All seats $8.00. A NM ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE BY CLICKING HERE AND SCROLLING DOWN TO THE EVENT! New Mexico Entertainment magazine presents this month’s late night movie at The Guild Cinema, The Three Amigos. Three cowboy movie stars from the silent era — … Continue reading “Three Amigos” @ Guild Cinema →