Albuquerque Business First’s 40 Under Forty event honors young professionals who are climbing the charts in their industries and making an impact on the New Mexican Community.

The event will be held Friday, June 28 at Sandia Resort and Casino from 6 pm to 9 pm.

“Groundbreaking artists. Wickedly successful entrepreneurs. Advocates winning fights against injustice. Really successful people, all of them — and those are just the ones we had to decline this year,” said Rachel Sams, “Picking our honorees for the annual 40 under Forty awards is always difficult, and 2013 was no exception, as we received over 400 nominations.”

Join the Albuquerque’s Business First 10th Annual elegant evening affair where 40 under forty and Under 30 Honorees will begin the night networking with martinis and complete the night with a posh awards dinner honoring New Mexico’s future successors.

Albuquerque’s Summerfest has returned with a new scene in the Northeast Heights and a lineup sure to entertain. Summerfest opens tonight Saturday, June 15 from 5 pm to 10:30 pm when Big Bad Voodoo Daddy performs its last note.

The event is open to the public and free of charge. Located on Wyoming just north of Paseo del Norte, the event will feature lots of music, shopping in area stores, an Art Market, delicious food, a Microbrew Garden with local breweries La Cumbre, Broken Bottle and Bosque Brewing offering a wide variety of beers and other beverages, and, of course, lots of fun activities for the children.

More than 220 students from throughout the area who have passed the General Educational Development (GED) exam over the past year will wear caps and gowns on Saturday, June 15, and participate in the 26th annual CNM (Central New Mexico Community College) sponsored GED graduation ceremony. The event will be held at 10 a.m. at the Kiva Auditorium in the Albuquerque Convention Center.

“This is a proud day for these graduates. Many have faced difficult times and issues in their lives. They made the hard decision to study for and take the Official GED examination. By passing the GED exam, it has opened more doors for them,” said Stephen Sanchez, Director of CNM’s School of Adult & General Education (SAGE) Student Transitional Programs.