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COFFEEHOUSES

albuquerque Solid Grounds Coffeehouse, Roger Dale’s original music is a compelling and often humorous mixture of Americana and Christian folk.

7 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 4601 Juan Tabo NE, ssumc.com. Free.

CONCERTS

albuquerque Arlen Asher Birthday Celebration Concert, a true New Mexico jazz luminary, will be joined by longtime colleague, John Trentacosta, Jim Ahrend, and special guests. 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, 268-0044. $15-$20.

Casa Flamenca presents Mi Guitarra Granaina featuring Chuscales, a rare and special focus on music — specifically, the music of legendary flamenco guitarist Jose Valle Chuscales. 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, 268-0044. $25-$30.

Chatter Sunday, Modern American String Quartets, Caleb Burhans, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, David Felberg, Megan Holland,

Kim Fredenburgh, James Holland and Tina Carlson. 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Las Puertas, 1512 First NW, chatterabq.org. $5-$15.

Tonal Relativity Games & Experiments, this performance of composed, semicomposed and improvised works is the auditory component of conceptual/ sound artist Alyce Santoros’ exhibition of visual works at Central Features Contemporary Art. The program features works by Pauline Oliveros, LaMonte Young, Mario Lavista and Brian Harnetty, along with frameworks for improvisation developed especially for the Tonal Relativity project. 7 p.m. Saturday at ARTS Lab University of New Mexico, 2772253. Free.

Rhiannon Giddens with Amythyst Kiah, co-founder of the Grammy Awardwinning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, in which she also plays banjo and fiddle. Opening the show is Amythyst Kiah, a Southern gothic/ alt-country/blues singer/songwriter. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth SW, 246-2261, nhccnm.org. $27-$37.

Roust the House Teen Performance Night, featuring local teen bands and soloists, from punk rock to classical piano, to singer songwriters, hip hoppers, spoken word artists, and more. 7:30 tonight at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, 268-0044. $3.

Sage & Jared’s Happy Gland Band, Sage & Jared delight audiences with their story-songs and banter. Show opens with Kevin Herig. 7 p.m. Saturday at Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith SE, 948-8840. $5-$15.

Staged Play Reading Featuring Live Music, the story of Martina Visconti, a Jewish opera star who remains in Milan during World War II in hopes of protecting her impetuous younger sister, Giulia, who has joined the Resistance. Her fierce devotion sets in motion an unswerving, determined migration across the dangerous territory of wartime, toward the safety that lies just on the other side of night. Noon Sunday at The Cell Theater, 700 First NW, 448-5231. $15.

Triumphant Quartet Concert, gospel music, 6 p.m. Sunday at Covenant United Methodist Church, 8510 Wyoming NE, 822-8828, email covenantum c8510@ msn.com. Free, seating is limited.

X-40th Anniversary Tour @ The Complex, featuring all original members: Exene, John, Billy, and DJ. 8 p.m. Monday at the Historic El Rey Theatre, 622 Central SW, showclix.com, $23-$99.

santa fe Beethoven Piano Concertos, Part I, featuring pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra performing Beethovens celebrated Piano Concertos, Part I. This concert presents three of Beethoven’s five piano concertos, works of “grandiose dimensions, profound utterances, and highly willful rhetoric of unprecedented power” (Robert Levin). 4 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., santafe promusica. com. $20-$80.

socorro Leela Gilday Band, singer-songwriter Leela Gilday has a voice that comes straight from the heart. 7:30 tonight at Macey Center, 1 Olive Lane, NM Tech Campus, nmtpas.org. $8-$16.

DANCE

albuquerque Exhale: A Student Choreography Showcase, an evening of dance showcasing original choreography by the finest graduate and undergraduate student choreographers of the UNM dance program. Exhale features a diverse variety of choreographic works. 7:30 tonight and Saturday at Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance at Carlisle Gym, UNM Main Campus. Tickets at unmtickets. com. More information is available by calling 277-4332 or online at theatre.unm.edu. $8-$12.

Flying Monkeys in Space, ArtDance New Mexico Junior Company in an aerial dance sci-fi adventure, show features choreography on trapeze, aerial silks, aerial hammock, cube, and triple trapeze. 1:30 p.m. Saturday at AirDance ArtSpace, 3030 Isleta SW, airdance.org, 8429418. $5.

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Wise Fool’s CircAspire: The Ups and Downs: A Recipe for Stardust Soup, a truly multigenerational performance featuring aerial and acrobatic feats of wonder, clowning, stilt dancing, unicycling and song. 7 tonight, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday at Wise Fool New Mexico, 1131-B Siler Road, 505-992-2588. $5-$20.

THEATER

albuquerque “Evita,” tells the passionate and unforgettable true story of Eva Perón’s meteoric rise from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as first lady, and features some of theater’s most beautiful songs. 7:30 tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Musical Theatre Southwest Center for Theatre, 6320 Domingo NE, Suite B, 265-9119, musicaltheatresw.com. $20-$22.

“Field Dressing,” an experiment in what we hunt. Written and performed by Hannah Kauffmann with music by Kyle Wayne Ruggles, directed by Juli Hendren. The key to safe and efficient field dressing is a sharp and sturdy knife. 8 tonight and Saturday at the Tricklock Performance Laboratory, 110 Gold SW, tricklock.com. $15-$20.

“The Importance of Being Earnest,” Oscar Wilde’s classic is arguably the funniest play ever written in the English language. A celebration of life, love, wit and the theater itself. 7:30 tonight and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, 247-8600. $18-$22.

“The Mikado.” by Gilbert and Sullivan is set in a completely fictional Japan, imperial decrees have their effect on the people of the town of Titipu, where flirting is a a capital crime punishable by decapitation. The son and heir of the Mikado (emperor) has run away from court rather than marry an elderly but influential lady. 7:30 tonight, Saturday & Thursday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth NW, 898-9222, brownpapertickets. com. $19-$22.

“The Miracle Worker,” this classic production tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute, Helen Keller. 7:30 tonight, Saturday and Thursday and 2 p.m. Sunday. ASL Interpreted Performance, 2 p.m. Saturday. School time performance, 10 a.m. Tuesday. Albuquerque Little Theatre, 224 San Pasquale SW, 242-4750 ext. 2 or Albuquer quelittle theatre. org. $14-$23.

“Much Ado About Nothing,” tells the story of two couples and their ferociously comic rivalry, as well as a story of vicious revenge. Tickets can be purchased at auxdogtheatre.org or by calling 254-7716. 8 tonight and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aux Dog Theatre, Nob Hill, 3011 Monte Vista NE. $5-$15.

“The School for Scandal,” by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and directed by Kate Clarke, follows a rich guardian who secretly tests the character of his nephews (who vie for the love of the same woman) to determine which is the worthier heir. 7:30 tonight and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at The Experimental Theatre UNM, Center for the Arts. Tickets at unmtickets.com $10-$15.

“The Show,” using audience suggestions and any absurd ideas that cross their minds, improvisers create scenarios and songs that are hilarious and preposterous. 9 tonight and Saturday at the The Box Improv Theater, 100 Gold SW, #112B, 404-1578. $10.

The 2017 N4th Season by Equilibrium Theater and Buen Viaje Dance, presents Equilibrium Theater’s “Our City,” under the direction of Mark Hisler, is clever take on the classic play, “Our Town.” For reservations and information call 345-2872 or email info@vsartsnm.org. 7 tonight and Saturday, N4th Theater, 4904