The free event opens with live music at 5 p.m. on Wyoming Boulevard just north of Paseo del Norte.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy headlines the show wrapping up the entertainment through 10:30 p.m.

In addition to music and kids’ activities there will be an art market, food, a microbrew garden featuring local brewers and shopping.

Park is available at the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center at Wyoming and Carmel.  Most stores at the venue will remain open with access from side streets.

Three more Summerfest events are scheduled on Route 66, downtown and on the West Side.

The ceremony will begin with patriotic music from the Albuquerque Concert Band, an all-volunteer ensemble that has been performing band music in the area for over forty years.  The Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard will present the colors, as vocalist Kim Kent sings the National Anthem.  The City of Albuquerque’s Veterans Affairs Office will then present special, commemorative coins to ABQ RIDE employees who served in the military.  The Albuquerque Concert Band will then play more music until 1:30 p.m.

The fiesta board received more than 250 entries for a theme for the big event, but only five ideas were chosen.

They are:

• Pushing the Envelope
• Where Dreams Take Flight
• The Sky’s the Limit
• Spirit of the Winds
• Love at First Flight

You can vote for your favorite theme on the Balloon Fiesta’s Facebook page.

Whoever submits the winning theme will get a prize pack which includes a hot air balloon ride for two.

Congressman Steve Pearce  is having a town hall meeting at the American Legion Post 13 in Albuquerque Monday from 10 to noon.

He and the director of the local VA Medical Center will be talking about PTSD and traumatic brain injuries and will to talk with vets to start to get them help if they need it.

The meeting and help is free and open to the public.

The event organized by the city of Albuquerque is free and runs from 1-4 p.m.

“I am proud of the New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial Park,” Mayor Richard J. Berry said in a statement released by his office.  “It is a beautiful place in our city that honors the many men and women who have made sacrifices for our freedom.

“This event will encourage families to visit the memorial park for the first time or give them a reason to visit the park again.”

Additional parking will be available at Kirtland Federal Credit Union, 6400 Gibson Blvd., with a shuttle service to the park.

The event represents creative achievement in film, music, arts and entertainment in the state.

And there are some big-time actors here for the event including Robert Redford.

The event includes films and documentaries including four world premiers and ends on Sunday.

Additional information is available on the AFME website.

PNM and Silver Horizons are having a senior fair Thursday morning.

The fair is from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center.

Residents who are 60 and older will be able to apply for help with their light bills and will be able to get financial and health advice and more.

Albuquerque business first reports Molina Healthcare of New Mexico is looking to add 400 people over the next seven-months to its staff.

The company is expanding to handle the state’s Medicaid expansion and the federal health care act.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield is hiring 300 people for the same reason.

A shuttle will be provided to take the pets at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at the Pecos rodeo grounds.

They ask residents to provide food for their pet.

The kennel will also shuttle your pets back to Pecos if need be.

The trail up a narrow canyon in the Gila National Forest near Glenwood is closed from about 0.25 miles from the parking lot to its end, Glenwood District Ranger Pat Morrison said.  The includes the catwalk–the portion of the trail suspected from the cliff walls.

The related Whitewater Picnic Area remains open,  Morrison said.

Citing the “serious hazard to visitors,” Morrison said the trail will remain closed while the extent of the trouble is evaluated and a contract let to stabilize the rock face above the trail.

The rockfall was reported on Monday.

Rockfall damage on the Catwalk trail. U.S. Forest Service photo.