Welcome to The Zipper ABQ : : .

Have the time of your life, Albuquerque, and please, please be safe. You have transit options.

1. Rapid Ride is extending it’s service to 2am on Central Ave, with late night hours on the 766 Red Line. Stops are identified on The Zipper ABQ map, and you are free to hop from Old Town to Downtown to Edo to UNM to Nob Hill all night long. Rapid Ride is so much fun!

2. The Downtown Action Team is partnered with the Department of Transportation offering service on the JIT, with FREE direct rides from Central and 4th to any location in the City limits.

Safe and happy is the Key.

Numbers to remember:
• 311 for information about anything in the City, including transit schedules and stop locations.

• 242 RIDE Starts running at 5pm from one location, and reservations are necessary 4 hours in advance. They will take your group to a bar or party, and when you are ready to leave, the bartender or host must call for your return ride. This is sponsored by the State.

Have fun, and be safe! Happy New Year!

Tonight at Lotus. 10pm.
¡Olé!

211 Gold SW
Downtown

It all starts Downtown. Catch the New Mexico Rail Runner Express from the Downtown Alvarado Transportation Center at Central and 1st in Albuquerque, and exit Santa Fe, where you can catch a shuttle to famed Taos, NM for epic snow and hills. Details here. The mountain awaits you. Have fun!

The Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in Old Town presents Dawn of the Space Age at 1pm today. Interesting stuff.

In honor of National AIDS Awareness Month, we encourage you to stop into New Mexico AIDS Services located in The Zipper ABQ area to get an HIV status test. They are free, painless, bloodless, anonymous, and confidential.

You don’t want the unknown hanging over your head.

NMAS
625 Truman NE
938-7100

Friday, December 26th
Atomic Cantina
315 Gold SW
Downtown
starts at 10pm

In Old Town Albuquerque, thousands and thousands of farolitos, candles set in brown paper bags filled with sand, more commonly referred to as luminarias, line the path of strollers, carolers, and general do-gooders. It’s a traditional symbol of the spirit of the season in New Mexico, and the glow from these festive dirt bags is powerfully nurturing, and an awe-inspiring visual feast. Quite magical.

If you are reading this from afar, and want to light your fire in the new year, visit ABQ next Christmas. You’ll love it.

TIP: Book your ABQ Ride Luminaria Tour early, as it sells out swiftly.

Be a little luminaria today, and shine brightness to each you encounter. Merry, merry Christmas!

Go home. Go. And open yourself like a present to the present, sharing peace and love this season. Merry Christmas to all!

If you’re in the biz, or wish to be, Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town might be your ticket. In addition to a film and fashion networking gig at Q-Bar on Wednesday night, there’s a casting for 12 fashion models.

Q-Bar
800 Rio Grande NW
Wednesday, December 23rd
6 to 11:30pm

Intermediate and advanced Middle Eastern Dance class with Nadia Yousef at Maple Street Dance tonight.