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bff moving to albuquerque ...
she would love to know about the art and music scene from folks who are there ...
also, would take any recommendations about neighborhoods to live in, etc. she is used to big cities, late 30's, single chick.
TIA
Re: bff moving to albuquerque ...
Welcome in advance to your bff.
I tell people Albuquerque is an acquired taste - you either love it or hate it. There doesn't seem to be a lot of in between. It also can take a while to grow on you. My DH moved here form Atlanta and hated it for a few years. And then he woke up in love with the city. I moved here from Boston and it was love at first sight.
I think if ABQ as more of a collection of different neighborhoods. They're all distint and varied. You have rural in the North Valley/Los Ranchos and South Valley; urban in Downtown, East Downtown (Huning Highland, Martineztown/Santa Barabara), Wells Park, Sycamore, Spruce Park, Nob Hill; suburbia on the west side or northeast heights. Lots of areas are in-between - Ridgecrest, North UNM, etc. As for what neighborhoods, it really depends on what you like. We aren't high density out here so the city sprawls, like all western cities. If you want a more urban feel I would say look between Nob Hill and Downtown/OldTown and all the neighborhoods in between. There are lots of lofts, condo and townhouse in that corrider. (I personally live in the Sycamore Neighborhood just west of the University of New Mexico. I love it because I'm 2 blocks from Central/Rt 66 and can walk downtoen, to the train station, Nob Hill, the uni, etc.) Depending on where she works, she may want to live near where she works.
ABQ has vibrant art scene. While Santa Fe gets most of teh big press because of all the galleries and markets, ABQ's scene is much more contemporary and varied. And due to cost of living, we have a lot more artists and affordable galleries here. We're one of the top metal working markets in the US, right behind Providence, RI. We have a great First Friday Artscrawl every month - http://www.artscrawlabq.org/ . Plus lots of fun galleries like Mariposa, Weems, Blue Cow (it just opened so I may have the name wrong), Art is OK, etc. A great overview of teh arts scene can be found at ABQ Arts - http://www.abqarts.com/ . We also have a lot of art guilds and groups - Enchanted Lens Photography Club, Fiber Arts Fiesta, Quilters Quild, Watercolor Society, etc.
I'm more of a theater person than a music person. our theater scene is awesome. We have Tricklock, Fusion/The Cell, Adobe, Vortex, Teatro de Nuevo Mexico, UNM and other groups that put on lots of plays. And teh National Hispanic Cultural Center has an amazing calendar of performing artists, art exhibits, dance classes, etc. And North Fourth and Haywood are awesome venues, too. The music scene is smaller, but Atomic Cantina, El Rey, Sunshine, Blackbird Buvette have great music.
I would suggest she go read Duke City Fix - http://www.dukecityfix.com/ . It's a local blog/social network site all about ABQ. Also, Local IQ - http://www.local-iq.com/ - and Alibi - http://www.alibi.com/ - are two local weeklies that focus on arts, culture, events and local non-traditional reporting.
Hope this helps!