1 Come to dinner.
Santa Fe’s Form & Concept gallery opens its newest exhibition, A Feast to Remember, with an artist reception Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. The installation piece by Santa Fe artist Jenny Day features a banquet table overrun with fanciful mixed-media animal creations, such as turtles and polar bears, that invite us to consider our place in the climate crisis and its impact on Earth’s creatures.
Spencer Linford, Form & Concept communications director, likens the immersive artwork to Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party and the California Bay Art’s Funk Movement. “With colorful critters climbing chandeliers and Pop Art polar bears storming a hot-pink dining table, one can’t help but consider how fragile humankind’s highly constructed domestic sphere is,” he says.
The exhibition, which also includes prints by artists such as Louise Nevelson and Nusra Qureshi, is on view through April 26.
2 Celebrate girl power.
Enjoy a local craft beer with a side of empowerment at the second annual Women’s Festival at Rio Bravo Brewing on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Speakers, artists, and performers take the stage to highlight the talent and strength of women everywhere.
3 Count the reinvention.
Blue Rain Gallery features the contemporary ledger art of Chicago artist Chris Pappan (Kaw/Osage/Cheyenne River Sioux) in The Motion of Breathing, opening with a reception Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Pappan’s works include vibrant colors, repeating mirror images, women’s bodies with heads of deer or buffalo, and other Indigenous figures rendered on repurposed ledger paper.
4 Honor country music hitmakers.
Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, and Loretta Lynn redefined the country music genre with their voices and lyrics, breaking into a style of music that had been male-dominated for too long. Up-and-coming country stars Miko Marks and Kristina Train pay tribute to these stars with Trailblazing Women of Country at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
5 Celebrate Easter.
Bunny Run & Easter Egg Hunt, Ruidoso
Don your Easter best or themed costume, and head to Ruidoso’s Cedar Creek Recreation Area for the annual Bunny Run & Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. The 5K race starts at 6:30 a.m., followed by the egg hunt at 10 a.m. The Easter Bunny and Smokey Bear will both be there for all the fun.
Clovis Easter Egg Hunt, Clovis
Grab your basket and arrive promptly at 9 a.m. to hunt for eggs at Clovis’s Guy Leeder Softball Complex on Saturday. There are four fields, each with specific age groups, making the hunt fun and accessible for all ages.
Easter Egg Hunt at Caballo Lake State Park, Caballo
For over 25 years, Caballo Lake State Park has hosted an epic egg hunt. Hop on over to the Riverside Campground on Sunday at 10 a.m. for 4,000 colorful eggs, pics with the Easter Bunny, candy, and prizes for the lucky hunters who find the four golden eggs.
Elephant Butte Lake Easter Egg Hunt, Elephant Butte
Attend the 13th annual Easter Egg Hunt at Elephant Butte Lake State Park Saturday at 10 a.m. Four age groups, starting with kids ages 1 to 2 years old, search for thousands of colorful eggs hidden along Lions Beach.
Elks Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Los Alamos
Jump in a bouncy house, see the Easter Bunny, hunt for eggs, participate in a bike rodeo, and learn about fire safety at Los Alamos’s Ashley Pond on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The egg hunt starts at 11 a.m.
Santa Fe Botanical Garden Easter Egg Hunt, Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Botanical Garden throws an Easter bash on Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with timed egg hunts happening every half hour. (Sign up for a time slot, and make sure to arrive on time.) Plus, there will be Easter-themed crafts and a lecture on native New Mexican rabbits and their habits by Director of Education Christie Collins.
Vineyard Egg Hunt, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
The Easter Bunny hid eggs throughout Casa Rondeña Winery in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, which kids ages 2 to 12 can hunt find on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Call the winery to register.
United Easter Egg Hunt, Albuquerque
Celebrate Easter with New Mexico United at the Nob Hill team shop on Friday at 4 p.m. Fans can search for eggs among the soccer team’s merch, get a free sticker, and say hi to the Easter Bunny.
Read more: For more things to do, check out our online calendar of events.