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ARTS & CRAFTS

rio rancho 3rd Annual Visionary Arts & Crafts Guild

Spring Show, a variety of handcrafted items will be provided by the guild members for sale. Please join us for your spring and Easter holiday shopping. For more info, call 340-5846. 10 a.m. Saturday at the Pongal Event Center, 1101 Golf Course Road SE, Ste. 102, pongalevents.com. Free.

COFFEE HOUSES

albuquerque ABQ Megaband

Jam, is an open community band that provides an opportunity for musicians to get together and play acoustic string band music. 2 p.m. Sunday at Winning Coffee Co., 111 Harvard SE, winningcoffeeco.com. Free. Solid Grounds Coffeehouse, featuring Jana Pochop and Mandy Rowden. Pochop’s instinct for deep grooves and poignant lyrics are obvious in her musical offerings. Rowden is the proud creator of Girl Guitar, a teacher and music leader, and a contributing songwriter for Songs for the Soul. 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 4601 Juan Tabo NE, ststephensabq.org. Free.

CONCERTS

albuquerque Afropop, contemporary African music encompasses a wide range of styles that fuse traditional forms with popular western music. Join Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre from the NPR radio show Afropop Worldwide, as they take us on musical journey into contemporary African music. 2 p.m. Sunday at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain, cabq.gov. $1-$4.

Annual New Mexico Bach Society

Concert, this annual New Mexico Bach Society concert includes Cantata BWV 8 and excerpts from the St. John and St. Matthew Passions. The New Mexico Bach Chorale is an ensemble of vocal soloists of outstanding quality. The ensemble is led by Metropolitan Opera Conductor Emeritus Franz Vote. 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 601 Montano NW, allangels.com. $21-$34.

Double Delights: Mozart and the

Kerns, free preconcert lecture begins at 5 p.m. Brent Stevens, KHFM 95.5, hosts an interactive discussion with conductor, guest artists, and special guests. Followed by a Q&A with the audience. Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto in E-flat Major is ambitious, effervescent, and surprising, yet also tender, gentle, and harmonic. 6 p.m. Saturday at Popejoy Hall. 1 University of New Mexico, popejoypresents.com. $20-$75.

Handel’s Messiah

Sing-Along, featuring a full orchestra, soloists and audience choir that will be singing selections on Handel’s Messiah. Singing is encouraged but optional. Bring a score, borrow at the door, or just come to listen to our Easter celebration. 7 tonight at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 11750 San Victorio NE, lds.org. Free.

Live in Central Park [Revisited]: Simon

and Garfunkel, Lee Lessack and Johnny Rodgers recreate the set list from Simon and Garfunkel’s iconic 1981 Central Park reunion concert, including hits “The Sound of Silence,” “Scarborough Fair” and “Mrs. Robinson.” 3 p.m. Sunday at Popejoy Hall, University of New Mexico, popejoypresents.com. $20-$65. Roust the House Teen Performance Night, featuring local teen bands and soloists, from punk rock to classical piano, to singer songwriters, hiphoppers, spoken word artists, and more. 7:30 tonight at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE, 232-9868. $3. Thrascher featuring Glenn Kostur, featuring baritone saxophonist Kostur, soprano saxophonist Randy Hamm, alto saxophonist Tim Ishii and tenor saxophonist Ed Petersen. Thrascher performs original music, combining jazz and other contemporary styles, and incorporating improvised spoken word and even choreography. 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale, 2329868. $20-$25. placitas Placitas Artists Series Presents Quartets for Oboe and Strings, The Placitas Artists Series presents Willy Sucre and Friends, including oboist Robert Ingliss, violinist Krzysztof Zimowski and cellist Ian Jones, performing oboe quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Benjamin Britten, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Karl Stamitz. 3 p.m. Sunday at Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, 7 Paseo de San Antonio, placitasmdo.com. $15-$25. santa fe

Lensic Presents Arlo Guthrie: Re:Generation

Tour, Woody Guthrie dreamed of having enough kids to form a family band that would travel the country. Re:Generation Tour features Arlo and his kids, Abe and Sarah Lee. An American family presenting music of the Guthrie Generations. 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco, 988-7050. $27-$52.

New Mexico Peace Choir — We Are One

spring concert, The New Mexico Peace Choir has over 80 people singing inspiring songs about nature, social awareness, the human spirit and peace. Tickets available at NMPeaceChoir. org or at door. 3 p.m. Saturday at James A. Little Theater — New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Road, nmsd.k12. nm.us. $20.

THEATER

albuquerque “Art” by Yazmina Reza. One of Marc’s best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting, all white with white diagonal lines. To Marc, the painting is a joke, but Serge insists Marc doesn’t have the proper standard to judge the work. These old friends square off over the canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly batter each other over various failures. 7:30 tonight and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth NW, adobetheater.org, 8989222. $15-$20.

“The Effect,” Lucy Prebble’s brilliant, surreal and achingly moving play. Adult content, adult language, nudity, sexual situations. 7:30 tonight and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the VSA North Fourth Art Center, 4904 Fourth NW, vsartsnm.org, west end productions. org, 410-8524. $18-$25.

“In 3 Days” A Musical Stage Production. This Musical performance is based on the biblical accounts of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in a modern setting. This production is directed by playwright Linda Denise Clark. 6:30 tonight and Saturday at Metro Church, 4800 Lomas NE, metrocogicnm.com. $20.

Landmark Musicals Presents “Ragtime

the Musical,” this acclaimed musical is filled with pageantry, emotion and hope, bursting onto the stage like no other musical. Its relevance to our times is astonishing. 7:30 tonight and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Rodey Theatre, 203 Cornell NE, unmtickets. com, 925-5858. $22-$26.

“Sister Act,” Deloris Van Cartier is an aspiring singer in Philadelphia. When she decides to break up with her boyfriend, she accidentally sees him kill one of his cronies. The police place her in hiding at a convent until Curtis is brought to trial. Deloris feels as though it will be the worst thing in the world, but she finds that many of the nuns at the convent are not that different from her. 7:30 tonight and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Albuquerque Little Theatre 224 San Pasquale SW, albuquerque little theatre. org. $15-$25. santa fe

Lensic Presents Aquila Theatre:

“Hamlet,” a compelling tale of personal ambition, love and revenge. Hamlet has enthralled audiences for 400 years. This bold production from New York’s Aquila Theatre sheds new light on the tragic story, exploring the depths of rage, madness and love brought about by a culture of obsessive personal ambition. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco, lensic.org. $30-$49.