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128895 Bright Spring

It is named after Bright Spring, an astronomy-themed essay written by a second-grade student from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1989 Virginia Slims of Albuquerque

The 1989 Virginia Slims of Albuquerque was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States that was part of Tier V of the 1989 WTA Tour.

Albuquerque Isotopes

In the NBC series The Voice, music producer Adam Blackstone wore an Albuquerque Isotopes hat during Season One Battle Rounds preparations.

Albuquerque Lady Asylum

The team played its home games in the stadium on the grounds of Menaul School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Albuquerque Little Theatre

During Thomas's years as director, he brought many popular comedies, and a fair assortment of dramas as well, and he exposed Albuquerque audiences to some unusual fare as well, including the world premiere of David Madden's Cassandra Singing.

Alda Lara

Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara (9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola - 30 January 1962, Cambambe, Angola) was a Portuguese language Angolan poet.

Antonio M. Fernández

He died after he had been reelected to the 85th congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 7, 1956 and was buried in Rosario Catholic Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Atrisco Heritage Academy High School

Atrisco Heritage High School (AHAHS) or better known simply as Atrisco Heritage, is a public senior high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, located the city's West Mesa.

Bernalillo, New Mexico

Bernalillo is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Bruce Papitto

It is installed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at a park near the Rio Grande (at the corner of Rio Grande Boulevard and Alameda Boulevard).

Chris Aguila

He batted .351 with 7 home runs and 25 RBI in 35 games with Albuquerque, and he was promoted back to the Major Leagues on July 7, when the Marlins placed Josh Willingham on the disabled list.

CLA Building

Designed by Albuquerque, New Mexico-based architect Antoine Predock in the Futurist style and completed in 1993, it has come to be the defining image of the university.

Danny Romero

Albuquerque police announced previous to the fight, that they were prepared for any gang related violence to take place on the streets of Albuquerque during fight night, but the only incident happened 33,000 feet over the ground, as two individuals of the conflicting sides coincided in a Southwest Airlines flight to Las Vegas, where the fight was held at.

Emerson Sheik

Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born 6 September 1978 in Nova Iguaçu, Brazil), also known as Emerson, is a Brazilian-Qatari football striker, who plays for Corinthians Paulista.

Eric Patrick

Originally from Port Arthur, Texas, he played in a band throughout the southern United States before he studied art and film at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Foley's

In 1993, May Department Stores consolidated May D&F into Foley's, which brought Foley's to the Denver-Aurora, Colorado Springs, Boulder and Fort Collins-Loveland markets and re-introduced Foley's to the Albuquerque market.

Francisco Guevara

In 2007 & 2008 the project Guevara curated Campo Expandido VIII with Raymundo Sesma was awarded the AIA New Mexico Honor Award and the AIA Albuquerque Honor Award.

Homer Scott

News items from December 1913 indicate Scott was filming with Buck Connors at Fort Bliss, Texas for the newly formed Albuquerque Film Co.

Interstate 40 in New Mexico

The route departs the Laguna Pueblo, briefly transits the Tohajiilee Indian Reservation (a chapter of the Navajo Nation), crosses the Rio Puerco and begins a steep climb to the top of a mesa marked by several small cinder cones overlooking the Rio Grande rift and Albuquerque.

James Talley

After five years in Richland, Washington, and realizing the hazards his father’s employment presented, the family relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

José Albuquerque

José Anastácio de Albuquerque (born December 7, 1975 in Senador José Porfírio, Pará) is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country in the flyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Joseph Projectus Machebeuf

He served as pastor at Albuquerque (1853–1858) and at Santa Fe (1858–1860) before being transferred to Colorado, where he was thrown from his carriage while descending a spur of the Rocky Mountains and lamed for life.

JurusDiction

Remixing tracks from, Diana Ross, Rob Roy, and others paved the way for his branching out to cities outside Albuquerque, including El Paso, Denver, and Phoenix.

KKJY

KRKE, a radio station (1550 AM) licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, which held the call sign KKJY from February 2000 to July 2008

KTZO

KDRF 103.3 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico was KTZO from 2001-2004.

Lawrence S. Trimble

In 1879, Trimble moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he continued the practice of law and again entered politics.

Maddon's Bright Eyes

Maddon's Bright Eyes was foaled on May 12, 1946 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Magnetized target fusion

To complete the system, the FRX-L injector was to be placed above the focus of the existing Shiva Star "can crusher" at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Lab at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM.

Matt Labash

Before joining the magazine in 1995, Labash worked for the Albuquerque Monthly, Washingtonian magazine, and The American Spectator.

Mountainair, New Mexico

It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Music On A Long Thin Wire

2011, Tom Duff was duplicating the 1979 performance from Albuquerque on sfSoundRadio, an internet radio station from the San Francisco bay area, again broadcasting uninterrupted for five days (April 8–12).

New Mexico Lobos baseball

New Mexico Lobos baseball is a college baseball program of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970

The first joint operating agreement was between Albuquerque Tribune (then the New Mexico State Tribune) and the Albuquerque Journal in Albuquerque, New Mexico, signed on February 20, 1933.

Patrick D. Gallagher

Gallagher was raised in Albuquerque, where his father, John, worked at Sandia National Laboratories.

Pedro Toledo

As part of the FBI, he was assigned as an agent to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he worked until November 1969.

Robert L. Coffey

He was elected as a Democrat to the 81st Congress in 1948, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Harve Tibbott, and served from January 3, 1949, until his death in an airplane accident at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sandia Hairstreak

Many hairstreaks make their appearance early, then are seen no more...Goldy-green with a white stripe below, it blends perfectly with its larval host...I found the plant, and the butterfly, in its type locality (= place of original collection and description) — the Sandia Mountains, outside Albuquerque.

Seth Horan

During this period, he widened the scope of his college circuit endeavors still further, including performances at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Lewis & Clark College, Wayne State University, the University of Dallas, and Antioch College.

Seville, California

In March 2011, Catarina de Albuquerque of the United Nations visited Seville to evaluate the community's water system.

Simmons Media Group

In 1995 and 1996, the company acquired a group of 5 FM and 2 AM stations in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in 1997 and 1998 acquired 2 additional FM stations in the Salt Lake area.

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office

The Albuquerque Extension (SNPO-A) provided liaison with LASL, which was developing the KIWI and Phoebus reactor research programs.

St. Paul's Church, Malacca

The chapel was deeded to the Society of Jesus in 1548 by the Bishop of Goa, João Afonso de Albuquerque, with the title deeds received by St. Francis Xavier.

Tiguex

The location of the Tiguex War, area of 12 to 20 now vanished Pueblos in the vicinity of Albuquerque and Bernalillo, New Mexico in the Rio Grande valley, described by the Coronado expedition of 1540-1542 as where they were headquartered for 14 months.

Tiziana Scandaletti

Recent activities include tours in Europe, Asia, Australia and America, performing at Gasteig in Munich, Unerhoerte Musik in Berlin, Xinghai Concert Hall in Canton, Liaoning Grand Theatre in Shenyang, Opera Theater in Ulan Bator, 37th International Composers' Symposium of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Artlink Festival in Belgrade and SoundaXis Festival in Toronto.

U.S. Route 85

What is now US 85 from El Paso, Texas to then-U.S. Route 66 (now SR 6) in Los Lunas, New Mexico (south of Albuquerque) was shown as U.S. Route 466 in an early 1925 plan for the U.S. Highway System.

University of Albuquerque

Fictitiously, the University of Albuquerque was still open and housed a renowned basketball program in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008), specifically High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

Walter Albuquerque Mello

Walter Albuquerque Mello (Salvador, Bahia"?title=Bahia">Bahia, Brazil, 5 November 1928) is a Brazilian archivist.

Witkin

Joel-Peter Witkin (born 1939), American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico


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Walter Ratliff

He began his broadcasting career at KLYT-FM in Albuquerque, NM, and his journalism career at KOAT-TV.