Let's Talk New Mexico 8/16 8a: Did you know that you can check out , and from ? You can skip expensive gym bills and work out for free鈥攍ift weights, get on a cardio machine鈥攁t some . What do you know about that's free? What free resources do you find useful? What do you wish was offered for free? Email LetsTalk@kunm.org, tweet with #LetsTalkNM or call in live during the show.
Watch films, like "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Hidden Figures," outdoors without having to pay for a high-priced movie ticket.
Pick up that will get you into historic sites and state museums for free at any public library in the state.
We're devoting the show this week to free stuff鈥攔esources and events that cost $0 all around New Mexico.
GUESTS
- Diana Delgado, community outreach coordinator, Albuquerque鈥檚
- Linda Davis, asssistant director,
- Charlotte Jusinski, calendars editor,
- Sylvia Ulloa, reporter,
- Shelley Thompson, director of marketing and outreach,
Here are all the free things we talked about:
- in specialty shapes and sizes
- and jam sessions at the Rudolfo Anaya, Juan Tabo and Erna Fergusson branches.
- can be checked out for three weeks
- tutorial and how-to videos for almost anything (web development, design, business, photography, etc.)
- Audio books, music and other
- Sick by master gardeners
- with gifts, punch, and midwife groups and hospitals from around town
- , free to take at libraries, includes listings of politicians and their contact info, public meeting schedules
Albuquerque / Bernalillo County
- : Chamber music and extended museum hours
- : Every first Wednesday, every third Thursday during extended after-work hours, and every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- : First Sunday of every month, free to residents
- , including three rings, speed bags, heavy bags at
- Lots of have gyms with cardio machines and weights. Call the one near you to find out what鈥檚 available.
- (through Sept. 28)
- : 92 full-scale replicas from Spanish National Museum of Art. On Aug. 21, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Albuquerque artists of all types will choose a piece and respond to it.
- : Bike repair tools and parts, classes on repair, classes on biking around the city
- at Bachechi with : Every Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., families can check out backpacks and use microscopes, grape harvesting on Sunday, Aug. 20
- offers coding clubs to girls who are in middle and high school in Albuquerque. Registration open now. They start meeting next week.
- has open studio hours. It鈥檚 for everyone. Materials provided. They also do skill-building groups, an exhibit space, workshops on art-based businesses.
- Low-Writing Workshops first and third Tuesdays
- UNM 鈥擵iew the cosmos on Friday nights during the semesters. Open to everyone.
- offers clothes for kids鈥攊ncluding uniform necessities. They also take donations
- : Free groceries No one is turned away. Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. At Rio Grande Presbyterian Church (600 Coors Blvd., 87121)
- popup markets for seniors, with no signup required. Seniors pick out groceries, pet food, toiletries.
- Free spay and neuter for cats, plus shots. Call 311.
Around The State
- for as many as six people to available for checkout at public and tribal libraries
- State residents with ID can get into any Albuquerque and Santa Fe state-run museum on the first Sunday of every month
- Every Wednesday, admission is free at state museums and historic sites for N.M. senior citizens
- Animal Humane runs a in New Mexico, for pet owners who can鈥檛 afford to feed their pets one month. Part of an effort to help families avoid surrendering their pets to a shelter.
- Veterans with VA medical cards can ride the for free
- Business consultations for entrepreneurs at the
- WESST helps New Mexicans get their businesses off the ground. They鈥檝e also got a whole bunch of , so that鈥檚 business plans, marketing worksheets, pricing plans and more.
- has offices in every county in the state, and they offer expert answers to everyday questions. They鈥檝e got experts on plants, consumer information, economics, animals, nutrition, food safety, social media literacy, chronic disease management鈥攖he list goes on.
- offers free child seat fitting stations all over the state
- offers free tickets to people ages 6-18
- 贰蝉辫补帽辞濒补:
- Las Cruces:
- Santa Fe: at (first Monday of every month); (Wednesdays); open mic (Thursdays);
- (sometimes with dinner!)
- Madrid: Mineshaft Tavern open mic (first Thursday of every month)
