For Albuquerque creatives Daniel Lucero and Yazmean La Patrona, storytelling is more than entertainment. It is community, culture, healing, and reflection. Their debut short film, Tryst, represents all of those things while tackling a subject that deeply affects New Mexico communities: addiction.

For almost twenty years, Ryedell Largo has brought more than choreography to the stage. Each performance by the Navajo and Mescalero Dance Group shares family history, cultural stories, healing traditions, and the duty to keep Indigenous heritage alive.

Some roles stay with an actor long after the curtain closes. For Jessica Osborne, Shirley Valentine is one of those roles. Now, ten years after first performing it for what would become the inception piece of West End Productions, Osborne is rediscovering the character through a completely different lens—one shaped by age, experience, confidence, and the realities of life that only time can bring.

Finding your purpose doesn’t always happen on the first try. Sometimes it takes time, experience, and knowing when to change directions when the right opportunity appears. For Carissa Mitchell, that moment didn’t come until later in life—but when it did, it changed everything.

Some theaters show movies. Others create moments that stay with you long after the credits roll. The Guild Cinema has always been the latter—a place where film isn’t just watched, but experienced collectively, intimately, and often unexpectedly.

For more than five decades, Pilobolus Dance Company has redefined what dance can be - blending athleticism, illusion, and collaboration into performances that are as visually stunning as they are emotionally engaging. As the company returns to Popejoy Hall on April 11, audiences in Albuquerque have another opportunity to experience a company that has not only endured, but evolved.

Growth rarely arrives all at once. More often, it unfolds quietly — in late-night writing sessions, in unfinished songs tucked away for years, in moments of clarity that only make sense in hindsight. For Albuquerque musician Gregorio, that evolution has culminated in his debut solo album, An Absence of Meaning, a project that reflects both personal introspection and artistic expansion.

Armed with a newspaper listing open mic nights around Los Angeles, he began the grind familiar to every stand-up hopeful: writing jokes, performing for small crowds, refining material, and returning night after night. Nearly four decades later, the passion remains intact.