November 1-10 | 11-17 | 18-24 | 25-30 | December
Saturday 25
Silver City/Grant County
16th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade—A joyous holiday event and an annual tradition for 15 years. Civic, school and community groups dress floats and participants in holiday costumes and trim their parade entries in garlands of lights. 7 p.m. Downtown Silver City. Silver City MainStreet Project, 534-1700, MainStreet@gilanet.com, www.silvercitymainstreet.com.
Joe Lara—8 p.m., Isaac's, Bullard and Broadway, 313-1700.
Live Music—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
Melodrama Theatre—8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House, 388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Animal Encounters—4 p.m. Museum of Natural History, 700 S. Telshor Blvd., 522-3120.
Las Cruces Farmers and Crafts Market—Holiday Handicrafts. Local and in-state growers sell produce in season as well as honey, herbs, baked goods, spices, salsa, chile ristras and landscape plants. Crafters from Dona Ana County sell a variety of handcrafted items including jewelry, woodwork, candles, pottery, fine art, needlework, furniture, leather works, clothing, birdhouses, knives, photography and gourds. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Downtown mall. 541-2288/541-2554, ohennessey@las-cruces.org, fcmarket@las-cruces.org.
Milagro Beanfield War—Written by New Mexico author John Nichols and filmed entirely in northern New Mexico, this film follows the adventures of Joe Mondragon (Chick Vennera) as he dares to take on a land developer by planting a small field of beans on land earmarked for a golf course. With gentle touches of comedy, fantasy and drama, an Academy Award-winning soundtrack and a cast that includes Sonia Braga, Christopher Walken and Ruben Blades, a gentle parable about community and folklore. $3, free for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8278, www.fountaintheatre.org.
Recycled Art Weavings—Works by John Garrett using weaving and crochet techniques to work with recycled and discarded materials. Reception 1-4 p.m., Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 2000 S. Solano, 522-7281.
St. Genevieve's Holiday Antique and Craft Show and Sale—Through Nov. 26. $1.50. Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. St. Genevieve's Parish Hall, 1025 E. Las Cruces Ave., 526-8624.
Deming
8th Street Marketplace—Farmer's market and craft fair. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Historic Baker House, 8th and Spruce St., 544-0548/544- 9029/546-7686.
George Burns Returns—Impersonator Dean Hinmon brings George and Gracie back with his live show. $6. 2 p.m., Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine St.
White Sands
Lake Lucero Tour—A three-hour trip to the dry lake that is the source of the white sands. Drive 18 miles and hike 3/4 mile to Lake Lucero. Explore the geology and biology of this unique area. $3, children $1.50. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. White Sands National Monument, 679-2599/479-6124, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Sunday 26
Silver City/Grant County
The Pink Bike Drawing—A drawing to benefit the Silver City Museum. Prizes include a pink Diamondback bicycle, artwork and gift certificates. 2 p.m., Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, 538-5921, info@silvercitymuseum.org, www.silcercitymuseum.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
St. Genevieve's Holiday Antique and Craft Show and Sale—10 a.m.-4 p.m. St. Genevieve's Parish Hall, 1025 E. Las Cruces Ave., 526-8624.
Truth or Consequences
Straight Gulch Hike—The Sierra Club will have an outing and easy hike to Straight Gulch, off the Beaverhead Road in the Black Range. Meet at the US Forest Service parking lot in Truth or Consequences at 8:30 a.m.; bring lunch and water. Free. Non-members welcome. 744-5860.
Monday 27
Silver City/Grant County
Annual Members-Only Sale—Join at the door and receive a 20 percent discount on all purchases in the museum store. 5-8 p.m., Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, 538-5921, info@silvercitymuseum.org, www.silcercitymuseum.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Learning to Love without Pain—Mondays through Dec. 11. See Nov. 6. $8, 7-8:30 p.m., 116 W. Las Cruces Ave., 292-5293, www.meditationnewmexico.org.
Tuesday 28
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Walk Dona Ana Walk—Neighborhood walk. 5:30 p.m., Sagecrest Park, 601 N. Roadrunner, 541-3581.
Alamogordo
Professor Bruce Noll as Walt Whitman—A Chautauqua Literary Series event. 7:30 p.m., Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, 1110 New York Ave., 437-2202.
Wednesday 29
Las Cruces/Mesilla
NMSU Aggies Women's Basketball vs. UTEP—7:05 p.m., NMSU Pan American Center, University Ave., 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Thursday 30
Silver City/Grant County
Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective—Opening for exhibit continuing into January. Reception 5-6:30 p.m. Mimbres Region Arts Council Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Building, 538-2505, www.mimbresarts.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
November Portrait Classes—Taught by Alice Dressler. $2, 9-11:30 a.m., Las Cruces Fine Arts Museum, 382-7876.
Science Cafe—A monthly roundtable discussion about science. 5:30 p.m., Museum of Natural History, 700 S. Telshor Blvd., 522-3120.
DECEMBER
Friday 01
Silver City/Grant County
Steve Smith and Hard Road—Bluegrass, gospel and modern folk, blending in original instrumental and vocal works to create modern/retro sounds. $15 members, $20 non-members. 7:30 p.m., Pinos Altos Opera House. Mimbres Region Arts Council, 538-2505, www.mimbresarts.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas—Through Dec. 3. Friday and Saturday 7 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. St. Paul's, 255 W.Griggs Ave., 526-6689.
Annual Holiday Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony—5:30 p.m., Albert N. Johnson Park, corner of Main Street and Picacho Ave., 541-2200.
Annual Old-Fashioned Holiday La Casa Christmas Bazaar—Through Dec. 3. Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dickerson's Event Center, 3920 W. Picacho Ave., 526-2819/524-1222/523-4286, khancock@lacasainc.org.
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol—Through Dec. 17. The real story behind Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"—Jacob Marley's heroic behind-the-scenes efforts to save old Scrooge's soul and in the process, save his own. Aided by a Bogle, a malicious little hell-sprite with an agenda of his own, their hilarious journey takes them from the Jaws of Death to the Mouth of Hell and beyond! Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. $8, $7 students, $5 children under 6. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 North Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org.
Lady Vengeance—Almost Midnight Film Series. Free admission. 9:45 p.m. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8278, www.fountaintheatre.org.
Las Cruces Symphony—Through Dec. 3. Corey Cerovsek on violin, Lonnie Klein conducting. Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. NMSU Music Center Recital Hall, 646-2421, www.nmsu.edu/~music/.
NMSU Aggies Men's Basketball Lou Henson Classic—NMSU Pan American Center, University Ave., 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles—Through Dec. 7. Ken Takakura stars as Gou-ichi Takata, a taciturn resident of a remote fishing village. On learning that his estranged son, Ken-ichi (Kiichi Nakai), is dying of cancer, he boards a bullet train for Tokyo, only to be rebuffed at the hospital room. Given a videotape by his distraught daughter-in-law, Takata discovers his son's passion for the folk opera of rural China and sets off on an odyssey of reconciliation. He arrives at a village in Yunnan Province to search out Li Jiamin, the star of the masked opera that gives the film its name, whom Ken-ichi wished to film before illness sent him home. Li has since been jailed for his participation in a drunken brawl, but with the help of a sweet-natured guide, Takata charms the local bureaucracy into allowing him access to the prisoner. Nightly 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinee 2:30 p.m. $6, members $4, students and seniors $5, matinees $5, Wednesdays $4. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8278, www.fountainteatre.org.
November 1-10 | 11-17 | 18-24 | 25-30 | December