Time for a Mardi party

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The Friends of Folk Art are throwing a duo of 21+ Mardi Gras-themed events in support of the Museum of International Folk

Art.

From 5:50-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, don festival gear for the Masquerade Ball. Then, from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. boogie the night away at the

Dance Party.

Tickets to the Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball are $175, plus fees, and tickets to Post Masquerade Dance Party are $50, plus fees, at internationalfolkart. org. Both events are at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 463 Paseo De Peralta in Santa Fe.

2 Mount Mardi

Grab your krewe and head to Red River for Mardi Gras in the Mountains. The six-day event, Feb.16-21, features music, balls, a parade and more. Visit mardigras inthemountains redriver.com for the full schedule of events.

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Pas de deux with a vampire Festival Ballet Albuquerque is bringing “Dracula, A Love Story” to the National Hispanic Cultural Center stage. At 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, and Saturday, Feb. 18, Bram Stoker’s classic gets a ballet twist. Tickets run $12$49, plus fees, at nhccnm.org. The NHCC is located at 1701 Fourth St. SW.

4 Pretty fly

New Mexico Trout is hosting a duo of events this weekend at the

UNM Continuing Education Building, 1634 University Blvd. NE.

From noon-4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, Devin Olsen will lead a fly-tying workshop. On Saturday, Feb. 18, Olsen and Noah Parker will be guest speakers at the conclave event, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tickets for each day are $30 or $50 for both days. Children under 13 are free with paying adult. Tickets are available at newmexicotrout. org or Los Pinos Fly Shop, 4360 Cutler Ave. NE.

5 They’re a little bit country …

Country rock band Sawyer Brown is coming to Buffalo Thunder Resort Casino, 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe. The “Some Girls Do” hit-makers will take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17.

Tickets run $39-$69, plus fees, at holdmyticket.com.

6 Music and poetry

You’re invited to Santa Fe’s Strata Gallery, 418 Cerrillos Road, for “Discovering the Music of Poetry.” The event, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, features an interactive, musical exploration of the poetry of Joan Logghe.

Tickets are $25, plus fees, at holdmyticket. com.

7 See how they run

Albuquerque is playing host to the 2023 USATF Indoor Championships through Saturday, Feb. 18.

Tickets to the event at the Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 Second St. NW, start at $15, plus fees, at usatf.org/ tickets.