Parks & Recreation Upcoming Events
View upcoming events from the Parks and Recreation Department.
Learn to Track Wildlife at the OSVC!
Apr 11, 2026 from 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM
— Open Space Visitor Center
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The tracking workshop will be a hands-on, in-the-field experience open to all ages and skill levels. The session will last approximately 2–3 hours and cover 1.5 to 2 miles. Participants will learn how to identify tracks and signs left by a variety of bosque wildlife.
Pop Up Repair Clinic - South Valley Library
Apr 15, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 02:00 PM
— South Valley Library
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Esperanza Bicycle Safety Education Center provides hands-on bicycle safety education.
Discovery Day: Powerful Pollinators (ages 0-6)
Apr 15, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
— East Mountain Public Library
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Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
Discovery Day: Powerful Pollinators (ages 0-6)
Apr 18, 2026 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
— Taylor Ranch Public Library
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Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
Intertwined Detritus Workshop with Jane Cornish Smith, artist!
Apr 18, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM
— Open Space Visitor Center
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Jane will provide a demo and workshop to the Albuquerque community detailing how the pieces for the show Intertwined Detritus were made, as well as a hands-on art project creating abstracted water and landscapes, using recycled papers, wax, silt, and charcoal on mineral paper. Join us for this free workshop!
Foothills Wild Guided Hike
Apr 19, 2026 from 08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
— Elena Gallegos | Cottonwood Spring Trailhead
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Come learn about the local flora and fauna in the Sandia Mountains.
Discovery Day: Powerful Pollinators (ages 0-6)
Apr 22, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
— San Pedro Public Library
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Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
Discovery Day: Powerful Pollinators (ages 0-6)
Apr 23, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
— Cherry Hills Public Library
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Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
City Nature Challenge: Piedras Marcadas Canyon Trail
Apr 24, 2026 from 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
— Piedras Marcadas Canyon Trail
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City Nature Challenge is an international effort to find and document plants and wildlife in cities around the world.
National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) Walks 2026
Apr 25, 2026 from 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM
— Open Space Visitor Center
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Join NAMI Walks at the Open Space Visitor Center as they embark into the Bosque. Step forward. Feel supported. Walk together.