Not a New York Yankees fan? This play just may be the right thing for you to see this weekend. Damn Yankees: The Home-Run Broadway Musical is a classical musical comedy that follows a salesman who sells his soul to the devil to help his favorite team beat the Yankees. This musical is the winner of nine Tony Awards and features songs such as Whatever Lola Wants, Heart and Two Lost Souls. The next performance date is tonight, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. at Popejoy Hall.

Are you a fan of Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller? His play, The Price, is this weekend at the Aux Dog Theatre in Nob Hill. Tonight the play starts at 8 pm. It features two brothers who meet after many years to dispose of their late father’s property. For reservations, call 254-7716, email info@auxdog.com or go to auxdog.com.

Here’s one for animal lovers: The Maddie’s Adoption Guarantee Coalition is joining together to host an adoption event. Adopt a new furry friend this Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 am until 2 pm at the PETCO located on Old Airport Rd. To find out more information, call 255-5523.

For all you sewing and crafting fans, learn all about the process of turning wool into warm clothing at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden’s Winter Wool Festival. This Saturday, Feb. 25 starting at 10 am, watch local artisans spin wool and learn about natural dyes. The admission to the festival is included with BioPark admission. To find out more, call 848-7180 or visit cabq.gov/biopark.

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Have you ever wondered when you would get the chance to watch Sumo wrestling? Kelly Gneiting, three-time U.S. Sumo wrestling champion, and Trent Sabo, nine-time lightweight champion, are competing and giving demonstrations Feb. 20 at the Tae Kwon Do center. The center is located at 5617 Paradise Blvd. NW. Bring the family and children will have the opportunity to wrestle the Sumo Wrestlers. Entertainment will be available by the Sunshine Generation Children’s performing group and donations of $10 per family or $5 per person are accepted.

All dance lovers take note: the National Hispanic Cultural Center is featuring the Carnaval celebrations of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil and New Orleans on stage this Friday and Saturday night. Staring at 8 p.m. at the Albuquerque Journal Theatre, the NHCC hosts their annual celebration with a festive night of music and dance. The band PANdemonium and the Odara Dance Ensemble will perform as well. To find out more information and how to purchase your tickets, visit www.nhccnm.org.

Here’s an event for all you photography lovers: the National Hispanic Cultural Center is also hosting a centennial history exhibit of the historic Barelas neighborhood. Visitors are also welcome to donate their own photos of the historic community and are also welcome to help identify those in photos they already have. The Centennial Exhibition: Barelas A Traves De Los Anos is open on Saturday, Feb. 18, starting at 2 p.m. in the History and Literary Arts Building. To find out more information, call 505-246-2261 or visit www.nhccnm.org.

If The Temptations, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross & Supremes were a few of your favorite bands, stop by Popejoy this Saturday at 8 p.m. Masters of Motown are set to perform tributes to your favorite tunes that come from Detroit. Tickets start at $29 and are still available. To find out more information about the event and how to purchase your tickets visit, popejoypresents.com.

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For all you arts and crafts lovers, Local Love Bazaar is a Valentine’s themed show that features handcrafted gifts such as paper-mache turtles, birds, crabs, fish, mobiles and more. There will be gifts crafted from Paper Turtle along with RPotter Studio, Live Clay, NikkiZabicki: Urban Fashion & Décor, Chocolate Cartel, Meltdown Studio, and a lot more. Bring your shopping bags Sunday, Feb. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. It will take place at 5321 Acoma Road SE (off San Mateo between Central and Zuni). To find out more information, email keiandmolly@gmail.com.

Page One Bookstore is hosting an Adobe Walls Open Mic Night & Poetry Reading Tuesday, February 14 at 6:45 p.m. New Mexico poets will take the stage and the poet of the evening is Yasmeen Najmi. Poets reading on any topic can also sign up beginning at 6:45 p.m. for a chance to read. This event is free and open to the public.

The New Mexico Arts presents At What Price art show at the Aux Dog Theater tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. The art show is based on the production The Price by Aurthur Miller. To find out more information about the art show, call 254-7716 or visit auxdog.com.

Forget the regular dinner, movie and flowers and visit the Challenger Learning Center for a simulated space adventure this Valentine’s Day. Starting at 6 p.m., the Sweetheart Space Mission is where you can be a love-stricken astronaut in search of a wayward comet. There will be snacks and wine provided in a zero gravity environment. The admission cost for a couple is $40 and is restricted to ages 21-and-up. Make sure to register in advance at 248-1776, ext. 732 or visit challengernm.org.

The New Mexico Philharmonic is hosting the Paranoid Cheese Cinema Project, which is the first A/V installment of the Pulse Series. This series is meant to form a bridge between old and new music, or more specifically between classical and electronic music. This Sunday starting at 4 p.m., art shorts by French filmmaker Francois Pain and music by American composer Marc Mellits will be featured. Advance tickets can be purchased at kimotickets.com or by calling 886-1251.

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Award-winning director Julie Taymor will soon bring to life the animals that we have known and loved growing up, The Lion King. This beloved play is coming to Popejoy with performances starting Tuesday, Oct. 2 and running until Oct. 28. So make sure you reserve your ticket and stop by the lobby at Popejoy Hall this Saturday, Feb. 4, starting at 7 a.m. This is the first morning tickets go on sale and the first 100 people in line will receive The Lion King soundtrack and others will receive The Lion King winter hat.

It’s Black History Month in New Mexico and this weekend is Arts and Culture Weekend. With $20 general admission, $15 for students, Rainbow Studio Theater’s Roots Revival will educate and entertain audiences. Four +1 is a first class visual art exhibition put together by well-known African American artists. All art events will take place at the VSA North Fourth Art Center. For more information, call 407-6784.

The first Sunday of each month means the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center gives New Mexico residents free admission. From 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., this Sunday, Feb. 5, residents can enjoy all things prehistoric for free. There is a brand new Dinosaur Century exhibition, which chronicles 100 years of discovering fossils in New Mexico. Residents can also stop by the Sandia Center at 10 a.m. to listen to a lecture on dinosaurs that lived in this area.

University of New Mexico Continuing Education is hosting a Memoir Workshop this Saturday, Feb. 4, from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Attendees will learn the difference between fiction and memoir and the decisions to write one. This is a one-day event, so be sure to come prepared and reserve your seat. Tuition is $65. To find out more information about the class, call Marie McGhee at 277-6320.

Are you curious about the connection between Obama, Spanish Literature and New Mexico? The National Hispanic Cultural Center is hosting a workshop this Saturday starting at 10:30 a.m. The workshop will be held at the Pete Domenici Educaiton Building in rooms 122-124.

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Hip Hop With A Reason is an event starring One Be Lo (Of Binary Star). The concert will take place Saturday, January 28 at Warehouse 508 and doors will open at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $15 in advance or $20 at the door. It is open to all ages and all proceeds made will go to Joy Junction. To find out more information, visit www.albuquerquehiphop.com.

The Inaugural ABQ Sprout Dinner is a public dinner that funds micro-grants for the local creative projects that contribute to the Albuquerque community. The dinner will be on Saturday, January 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the South Valley Multipurpose Center. A full vegetarian menu will be created based on what food is available locally. Tom Docherty of Café Lush is scheduled to be the chef of the dinner and Valle Encantado is donating locally grown vegetables and greens. To find out more about the organization and the dinner, visit abqsprout.org.

Grupo Fantasma with Mexican Dubwiser is an Austin-based Latin funk jam band that has a reputation for putting on high-energy live shows. Their concert is tonight, January 27 at 8 p.m. at 620 Central Ave. NW. To find out more about the show and how to purchase your ticket, visit www.ampconcerts.org/index.php.

Aromatherapy is known as the practice of using plant materials and oils to improve your mind, body and overall health. Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm is hosting a winter aromatherapy class this Sunday, January 27, from noon until 2 p.m. The class costs $10 or it is free to any guests of the inn. To find out more information and to register, visit lospoblanos.com.

The three week long Revolutions International Theatre Festival is hosting its last weekend of performances. Revolutions emphasize the heritage of the performers as a crossroad of global exchange and artistic innovation. Aside from the main performances, audience members can enjoy contests and special events. The concerts last until Sunday and take place downtown, midtown/university and in Nob Hill. To find out more information, visit tricklock.com/revolutions.

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Grab your lucky charms and rabbits’ feet. It’s Friday the 13th. If you believe in all that superstition mumbo jumbo, today’s your lucky day (Or is Friday the 13th an unlucky day? I forget.). Avoid walking under ladders or breaking any mirrors, and everything should be just fine. I’ll probably spend my evening on the sofa with a big bowl of popcorn, watching old horror flicks on AMC. But if blood and guts aren’t your style, here are a few suggestions for tonight (and the rest of the weekend) to make it one to remember.

Comics lovers, watch out! The must-see event of the year is here: Albuquerque Comic Con 2012 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino today through Sunday. Bust out your spandex superhero costumes and let your inner nerds run free! This year, the event celebrates the 70th anniversary of Wonder Woman and women in comics with guest stars like Dean Stockwell (of Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica fame) and True Blood stars Kristen Bauer and Sam Trammel. With vendors, panels and discussions, there’s so much to see and do! Day passes start at $15. For info, call Tall Tale Comics at 296-6178.

Here’s one for you television junkies: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, from the hit Discovery Channel show MythBusters, are in town tonight for their MythBusters: Behind the Myths stage show at 8 p.m. at Popejoy Hall. Meet the co-hosts of the award-winning show, which is now in its ninth season, and learn something science-y, too. Tickets start at $37.50. For info, call 925-5858.

Also opening this weekend at the Adobe Theater is the acclaimed play A Moon for the Misbegotten by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill. Autobiographical and often considered the sequel to Long Day’s Journey into Night, the play chronicles the debauchery of James Tyrone—with his sidekick and landlord, Phil Hogan—who threatens to kick Hogan off his land after one too many brews. A drunken bout and hilarity ensues in this quick-witted, yet cynical play, which is set in a rundown Connecticut farmhouse during the Great Depression. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $13 for students and seniors. For info, call 898-9222.

Nature enthusiasts take note: on Saturday, January 14, there’s a Winter Fire Colors Flower Show at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Gardens. Warm up with flowers in hot colors from Mediterranean climates as these fiery hues provide welcome relief from winter’s chill. Tickets are included with admission to the BioPark. For info, call 768-2000.

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¡Vamos al Museo! is a fun-filled family event that is hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center on January 7 from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. This engaging family-led program offers a 30-minute tour of the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Art Museum and Messy Classroom. Families will not only get to enjoy a tour of the museum, but they will also have the opportunity to create their own artwork in the Pete V. Domenici Education Building Messy Classroom. For more information, visit their website at http://www.nhccnm.org or call 246-2261.

The Valles Caldera National Preserve is opening the Coyote Trail and surrounding area to visitors who want to ski through the snow-covered trails. Between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on January 8, the trails will open for free. Take advantage of the outdoor recreation activities and enjoy the scenery. To find out more information, visit their website at vallescaldera.gov.

Another art opportunity is available with the Albuquerque Art Business Association’s ARTScrawl, which gives visitors the chance to mingle and see new works.  This event only happens on the first Friday of every month, so don’t miss the chance to see an opening showcase with legendary enemies at Mariposa and 100 miniature paintings at Johns’ Western Gallery. To find out more information about this event, visit artscrawlabq.org.

The First Annual New Mexico Traditional Chile Summit is happing this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Oñate Monument & Visitor Center in Alcalde, New Mexico. National speakers, a local panel of members, and a chile cook-off will take place. RSVP at the “1^st Annual New Mexico Traditional Chile Summit” page on Facebook.

Also opening this weekend is the controversial and stimulating play, “A Shot Away,” at the Aux Dog Theatre, which chronicles the life of Tina Priest, a soldier who died in Iraq after being sexually assaulted by a fellow serviceman. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m, and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. through January 29. Tickets are $16, or $12 for seniors, students and military. For reservations, call 254-7716 or e-mail info@auxdog.com.

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Today, Dec. 30, marks the end of the traditional light show River of Lights. From 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., enjoy the final day of the displays’ fun shapes for the entire family to see. Admission is only $8 for adults, $4 for children and kids under the age of three are free. Tickets can be purchased at any BioPark cashier from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

Start off the New Year by going to the Peking Acrobats show at Popejoy Hall. This is the third consecutive year the group has caught audiences’ attention with their acrobatics. Gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers are scheduled to take the stage. Tickets run start at $29. To find out more, call 925-5858 or visit www.popejoypresents.com.

Fulfill those resolutions with yoga classes at Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga. On Monday, Jan. 2, from 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m., students and beginners are welcome to attend the session. Classes are taught in a one-on-one environment and students learn a sequence of asanas everyday with the guidance of an instructor. To get more info or to make an appointment, call 265-9289.

Vernon’s Black Diamond Lounge is kicking into gear for 2012 with a performance by Los Radiators. On Sunday, Jan. 1, this live band will provide modern and traditional blues and Motown with unique vocal interpretations and rhythm. Enjoy their music from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  For info, call 341-0831.

Stay fit during the New Year with Zumba, Yoga, Cardio KickBoxing, or General Fitness classes at C.Y.L. Fitness LLC. Classes cost only $6 or $25 for five classes. For more info call 948-4943.

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The countdown to Christmas continues. T-minus nine days and counting. In between last-minute shopping and holiday office parties this weekend, here are just a few other events to get you in the festive spirit.

Here’s an event to ensure that your holiday is out-of-this-world! Join the Challenger NM simulation space shuttle on its fun and festive holiday mission launching on Saturday, December 17 at 9 a.m. in search of comets and other celestial objects in the winter sky. Pre-registration is required, ages 10 and up. For info, call 938-3352.

Looking for a way to help out the less fortunate? ABQ Nightvision is putting on Hoodies 4 The Holidays event on Friday, December 16 at 9 p.m. at Imbibe. Attendees are encouraged to wear hoodies and bring an extra hoodie to donate to the PTA Clothing bank, benefiting more than 2,500 students a year in the Albuquerque area, or pay a $10 admission. For info, call 255-4200.

Don’t miss An Irish Homecoming at Popejoy Hall on Sunday, December 18 at 3 p.m.  For nearly two decades, the name of a traditional Irish jig has become equally well known as the name of one of the most engaging ensembles in Irish Music: Cherish the Ladies. The group has won recognition as the first and only all-woman traditional Irish band, but soon established themselves as an Irish music sensation. Maureen O’Connell joins Cherish the Ladies along with an all-star dance ensemble featuring champion dancers of Riverdance. Tickets start at $29. For info, call 277-8010.

Lastly, if you haven’t already, this weekend is the perfect time to visit the ABQ BioPark’s annual River of Lights celebration. Tonight, enjoy guest caroling at the Botanical Garden and rides on the railroad from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Also, enjoy a special Supper with Santa at the Shark Reef Café inside the Aquarium to meet Santa. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children. For info, call 764-6280.

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Here’s a truly homegrown holiday tradition: Albuquerque’s own Bugg Light Christmas Display. Norman and Joyce Bugg started this tradition at their home in the Northeast Heights back in 1970, but the popularity got to be too much for the neighborhood. Now housed at the Menaul School (301 Menaul Blvd. NE), join the line of cars and pedestrians to catch a glimpse of this spectacular display, which includes more than 2,000 lights and dozens of handcrafted characters, debuting tonight, December 9, at 5 p.m.

Stomping feet, thrilling horns, swirling dresses and lively violins fill the air as Mariachi Christmas, now in its 13th year, returns to Popejoy Hall on Sunday, December 11, at 3 p.m., to ring in the holiday season. This year, Mariachi Aztlan joins Ballet Folklorico Paseo del Norte in the celebration. Tickets start at $19. For info, call 925-5858.

Another holiday tradition? Why it has to be The Nutcracker at the KiMo Theatre, of course! Catch the holiday classic, performed by the Ballet Repertory Theatre, a family favorite since 1996. Show times this weekend include Saturday, December 10, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 11, at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $15. For info, call 768-3544.

Don’t forget about Christmas Joy 2011, a fun and festive event at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, which opens this weekend. Come celebrate the spirit of Christmas as more than 60 classically trained dancers dazzle audiences with jazz and ballet performances choreographed to traditional and contemporary Christmas music. Tickets start at $18. For info, call 298-5551.

As any good Albuquerean knows, it’s Christmas year-round here when choosing between our beloved red or green chile. Thanks to this week’s opening of Chipotle Restaurant (located at 6801 Menaul Blvd. NE, near Uptown) you won’t have to choose. Grab a crave-worthy Burrito Bowl for your next meal.

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