D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
June
2009
Monday 1
Silver City/Grant County
Summer Driver's Education Classes — Through June 12. 1-5 p.m. weekdays. Limited space. Pro Force Academy, 4008 Hwy. 90 S., 388-8186, 388-0775, www.proforcetrain.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Everlasting Moments — Through June 4. $7 regular, $6 matinee, $5 Wednesdays, seniors, students with ID and Mesilla Valley Film Society Members. 7:30 p.m. nightly, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. In Sweden in 1911, Maria Larsson lives with her husband, Sigrid, a loving and jovial man when sober, but violent when he is drunk. Once, when newly married, Maria won a camera in a lottery. Now she finds it and takes it to a photo shop to pawn it and buy food. There she meets Sebastian Pedersen, who develops a forgotten plate still in the camera, then says he will buy the camera, but Maria must continue to take pictures. Maria is not sophisticated but an instinctively gifted photographer. The film is not about how she leaves her drunken husband and becomes a famous photographer; it is about how her inner life is transformed by discovering that she has an artistic talent. She continues to be committed to Sigrid by a bond deeper than marriage or obligation. But she tentatively takes steps toward personal independence that were rare in that time. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park Friends — 6:30 p.m. Meeting for MVBSP Friends and those who are interested in supporting the park. Park fee waived for those attending meeting. 523-8009.
Tuesday 2
Silver City/Grant County
Making a Hat — Also June 4, 9 and 11. $25 members, $30 non-. 5:30-7 p.m. Beginning crochet. Learn how to make a winter hat with rolled rim using basic crochet stitches. Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, 107 Broadway, 538-5733, www.fiberartscollective.org
Texas Hold-Em Tournament — $30 buy-in. 5:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit Cobre High School FCCLA to help support upcoming Nashville trip to FCCLA national conference and competition. Grand and last table prizes. RSVP, capped at 100 players. Bayard Community Center. (774) 218-3818.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Celestial Sounds — Free. 5:30 p.m. Community women's singing group performs classical, contemporary and popular music. Rio Grande Auditorium. 524 0930.
Wednesday 3
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Thursday 4
Silver City/Grant County
Wheelhouse — Through June 6. $10 adults, $5 students. Thursdays and Sundays pay what you can, by availability. 7:30 p.m. Live, original theater by Virus Theater. Limited seating. Wherehouse, corner of Texas and San Vicente. 313-6707, virustheater.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Drew Reid — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Friday 5
Silver City/Grant County
Everything Including the Kitchen Sink — 5 p.m. Opening reception. Mimbres Region Arts Council Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Building, 1201 Pope St., 538-2505, www.MimbresArts.org
Animal Communicator Lecture and Workshop — Lecture by donation, workshops $110. Through June 7. With animal communicator and author, Anita Curtis. How animals interpret and understand human words and behavior, and how people and animals can improve their relationships by understanding each other's thoughts and feelings through telepathic communications. Friday lecture, Isaac's Bar & Grill. Saturday and Sunday workshops at WNMU, Student Memorial Center, 3rd floor. Reservation required for workshops. 534-0267, 313-9997.
Wheelhouse — Through June 6. See June 4. $10 adults, $5 students. 7:30 p.m. Virus Theater. Wherehouse, corner of Texas and San Vicente. 313-6707, virustheater.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Downtown Ramble — 5-7 p.m. Galleries, shops, businesses and restaurants, art openings, exhibits, music, entertainment, open mic opportunities, shopping, refreshments. 527-5018, www.downtownlascrucespartnership.org
Fiber Fest — 5-7 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit by Mesilla Valley Weavers, featuring painted silks, basketry, rugs, clothing, accessories, linens and wall hangings. Over 20 artists. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Las Cruces Collects — 5-7 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of works by local art collectors. Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., Downtown Mall, 541-2137, museums.las-cruces.org
Medicine for Melancholy — Through June 11. $7 regular, $6 matinee, $5 Wednesdays, seniors, students with ID and Mesilla Valley Film Society Members. 7:30 p.m. nightly, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Two African-American lovers, Micah and Joanne, divided by class and urban geography. She's gorgeous, well-off, and supported by her white boyfriend in an expensive and sparely designed apartment in a ritzy neighborhood. An aquarium installer, he lives downtown in a tiny joint just big enough for his bed and a large fish-tank. Through the day and into the evening they traverse through a stunningly photographed, mostly black-and-white San Francisco, all the while musing on, and arguing over, racial identity, gentrification and the changes in housing laws that are altering the character of the city. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
Member Appreciation Day — Discounts for members. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Up Close and More — 5-7 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of photographic works by Les Boyse. thetheatregallery, Black Box Theatre, Downtown Mall, 523-1223.
Deming
Kool Tunes — St. Clair Winery.
Saturday 6
Silver City/Grant County
OP Art Opportunity — Through June 30. Exhibit of optical illusion pen and ink drawings by Jim Andrews. JW Art Gallery, in the Old Hurley Store, 99 Cortez Ave., Hurley, 537-0300, www.thetown.com
Animal Communicator Lecture and Workshop — Through June 7. See June 5. WNMU, Student Memorial Center, 3rd floor. 534-0267, 313-9997.
First Annual Aldo Leopold Kids Fishing Derby and Festival — 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free fishing day, awards, activities, free lunch for kids. Lake Roberts. 536-2250.
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Every Saturday. Pinos Altos Melodrama Touring Company. Red Barn Family Steak House, Hwy. 180. Reservations and information: 388-3848.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Yada Yada Yarn Handspinners. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park.
Rhythm Mystic — 8 p.m. Isaac's, Bullard and Broadway.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Every Saturday and Sunday. Buy, sell, trade or barter. Arts and crafts, antiques, baskets, candles, ceramics, dolls, flower arrangements, furnishings, glass, gourds, jewelry, kitchen cutlery, knives, knife sharpening, manufactured items, metal art, oils, produce, wooden items, yard decor and more. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 4 miles south of Silver City. 534-3911.
Wheelhouse — See June 4. Virus Theater. $10 adults, $5 students. 7:30 p.m. Wherehouse, corner of Texas and San Vicente. 313-6707, virustheater.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Box Turtles — $7.50, free to members. 2 p.m. Learn how to successfully tend box turtles in your garden. Habitat, food preferences and habits. Apply to adopt a turtle. Reservations requested. Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886, gardens@zianet.com, nmenchantedgardens.com
Chamber Music Concert — Free. 3 p.m. Featuring Max Bruch and Kurt Weill, whose works were banned in Nazi Germany. With soprano Irene Brink and Barbara Toth at the piano. Limited space; doors open 2:30 p.m. Branigan Cultural Center, 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Guided Bird Tour — $5 entrance fee. 7:15-8:45 a.m. Bring water, sunblock, binoculars, good hiking shoes. Meet at exhibit hall. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. 523-4398, kabalos@state.nm.us
Randy Granger — $20 suggested donation. 7-10 p.m. House concert with singer-songwriter, to benefit Southern New Mexico Pride. Prizes and beverages. BYO folding chair or blanket. Info and directions: jffrystevens@yahoo.com
The Cowboy Way — $4, $1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. A fun movie with two New Mexico cowboys tearing up New York City. Woody Harrelson is charming, brash "Pepper," the comic half of the duo. Kiefer Sutherland plays "Sonny," the deadpan half of the pair. Their adventures in New York, searching for a lost friend and attempting to rescue a kidnapped daughter from slavery, take a few detours along the way. The pair quarrel, separate, and Pepper meets some interesting New Yorkers while Sonny gets in serious trouble, but they reunite just in time to kick some bad-guy butt with the help of some of New York's finest. Not an Oscar winner, and not trying to be. CineMatinee. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287.
Tony Movsesian Trio — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Deming
Yoga for Depression — $35. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Workshop. 534-8900, www.developserenity.com
Elephant Butte
Bass Fishing Tournament — Through June 7. 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Team tournament. Weigh in at or near the main boat ramp. Elephant Butte Lake State Parks Marina Del Sur. 744-5923, salvador.gonzalez1@state.nm.us
Winston
26th Annual Fiesta — Free admission, $5 for dance. Parade, BBQ dinner, Cow Chip Poker, theme raffle with prizes, fun and games for kids of all ages, craft fair/flea market, live music on the patio during the day and again at 8 p.m. for western dance. WCC&D Community Center grounds. 35 miles west of Truth or Consequences via Hwy. 52. 743-0190, 743-2586, montecristogallery@windstream.net
Sunday 7
Silver City/Grant County
24 Club 3rd Annual Builders' Series Home Tour — 12-4 p.m. $15. Includes stops at all homes on the tour as well as refreshments at Seedboat Gallery, 1-4 p.m. 388-9506, 590-4282.
Animal Communicator Lecture and Workshop — See June 5. WNMU, Student Memorial Center, 3rd floor. 534-0267, 313-9997.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Every Sunday. Local produce and eggs, children's activities, music, meet your local growers. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Harvest Cooking Class — $30. 2-4 p.m. Chef Carol Koenig will prepare dishes using cucumbers, green beans and cherries. Pre-registration required. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
Music in the Park — Free. 7 p.m. Tequila Nights. Mariachi Real de Chihuahua. BYO lawn chair and non-alcoholic refreshments. Klein Park, 155 N. Mesquite St. 541-2216, 541-2200, rcaldwell@ls-cruces.org
Quilts for All Reasons — 12-2 p.m. Through July 3. Opening for exhibition of works by Las Colcheras Quilt Guild. Tombaugh Gallery, 2000 S. Solano, 522-7281.
Short Film Special Screening — $2. 11 a.m. Seven new short films from students at NMSU's Creative Media Institute. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
Elephant Butte
Bass Fishing Tournament — See June 6. 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Elephant Butte Lake State Park Marina Del Sur. 744-5923, salvador.gonzalez1@state.nm.us
White Sands
Full Moon Nights — $3, 15 and under free. 8:30 p.m. Special programs presented by park rangers or guest speakers. Experience the beauty of the full moon on the white sands. Park entrance closes at 10 p.m., exit by 11 p.m. White Sands National Monument, Hwy. 70. 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, www.nps.gov/whsa, john_mangimeli@nps.gov
Monday 8
Silver City/Grant County
Ahead to the Past — 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Historic Fort Bayard Summit focusing on the future of the Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark. Followed by a BBQ lunch and walking tour of Fort Bayard. For lunch and tour, RSVP: 388-1509. Sponsored by Grant County Health Council. WNMU Global Resource Center.
Widowed Persons Service — $10 for lunch and program. 11 a.m. Tai Chi demonstration. WNMU cafeteria. 388-1072.
Tuesday 9
Silver City/Grant County
Historic Mining District Tour — $5. 10 a.m. Come learn about the underground mining history near Bayard. No walking required. Meet in front of Bayard City Hall, 800 Central Ave. 537-3327.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Trails and Travelers Before the Railroad — 12 p.m. Brown-bag lecture presented by frequent Desert Exposure contributor Jay Sharp (see "The Desert's in the Details" in this section) on prehistoric and historic trails of the Southwest, from the early Pueblo peoples to Spanish explorers to more recent Anglos. Light refreshments. RSVP: 647-4480. Railroad Museum, 351 N. Mesilla St.
A Mercy — 1:30 p.m. Review of Toni Morrison's book. Terrace Gallery, Branigan Library. 200 E. Picacho Ave.
Corn Husk Crafts — $10, includes materials. Also June 11. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Summer craft workshop highlighting traditional crafts. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Wednesday 10
Silver City/Grant County
Auction — 6-8 p.m. Wil Hanson artwork and estate items. Elks Club, Market & Texas St. For information call Diana Ingalls Leyba, 388-5725.
Thursday 11
Silver City/Grant County
4th Annual Meditation for Peace — Through June 13. 6:30-7 a.m. Half-hour of silent meditation. Non-denominational, no service, all welcome including children and pets. Some cushions and benches provided. Stay after for breakfast and fellowship on Saturday. Gough Park. 534-1495.
Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society — 6 p.m. Potluck dinner, presentation, monthly meeting. In addition to food and beverage, BYO plate, utensils and cup. Club historian Virginia Wilkinson will present "A History of the Rolling Stones." Senior Center. 534-9202, tim@tamu.edu, rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Corn Husk Crafts — $10, includes materials. See June 9. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Life & Death (Mostly Death) in New Mexico 100 Years Ago — $2 suggested donation. 7 p.m. Jake Spidle compares mortality in the rough circumstances of pioneer New Mexico with that of some of the more well-established and stable parts of the country, with surprising results. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
Steve Smith — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Friday 12
Silver City/Grant County
4th Annual Meditation for Peace — Through June 13. See June 11. 6:30-7 a.m. Gough Park. 534-1495.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Crazy for You — Through June 14. $9, $8 seniors, $6 ages 6 and under. Friday and Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. Play tells the story of stage-struck Bobby Child, who wants to dance with the Zangler Follies but instead is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on the local theatre. Naturally, he falls in love with the owner's daughter, and the fun begins. This Gershwin musical premiered in 1992 and is crammed with favorites. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
Ojo de Dios — $10, includes materials. Also June 23. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Summer craft workshop highlighting traditional crafts. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
The Secret of the Grain — Through June 18. $7 regular, $6 matinee, $5 Wednesdays, seniors, students with ID and Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 7:30 p.m. nightly, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The tale of how one man's circle tries to cope with stresses that are at once personal, cultural and political. The head of the family is 61-year-old Slimane, sacked by the boatyard he's worked at for 35 years. His ex-wife, who counts on his salary, presides over a midday Sunday meal that is one of the centerpieces of the film and a delight to her family. Slimane doesn't partake of these meals. He lives on his own, in a declining hotel owned by his current lover. Because eating is so central to this culture and this family, Slimane gets the idea of rehabbing a derelict fishing boat and turning it into a floating restaurant that would feature his ex's legendary fish couscous. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. $10, $9 students and seniors. Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 2:30 p.m., Thursdays 7 p.m. The story of Warren and Dennis, two privileged 19-year-olds living on the Upper West Side of New York, who are caught up in the excesses of the "Me Generation," while actively rejecting the elitist world in which they've grown up. The boys discover what it means to be men, leaving youth behind, while learning life-changing lessons about the complexities of human relationships, constancy and betrayal. Play contains adult language and drug use. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Deming
You Can't Take It With You — Through June 21. $8, 2 for $15. Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m. Tim McAndrews directs a troupe of 20 in the classic by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Theatre For Today. Deming Depot, 220 N. Country Club Road. 544-4195.
Kool Tunes! — Music at St. Clair Winery.
Saturday 13
Silver City/Grant County
4th Annual Meditation for Peace — See June 11. 6:30-7 a.m. Gough Park. 534-1495.
Concealed Carry Class — Through June 14. Register and pay by June 10. Pro Force Academy, 4008 Hwy. 90 S., 388-8186, 388-0775, www.proforcetrain.com
Dyeing Cotton Fabrics — $21 members, $26 non-. Materials fee: $14. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dye three yards, 12 "fat quarters," of fabric. Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, 107 Broadway, 538-5733, www.fiberartscollective.org
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Pinos Altos Melodrama Touring Company. Red Barn, Hwy. 180. 388-3848.
Mystical Dance Evening/Dances of Universal Peace — $5-$10 donation. 7 p.m. Circle dances that celebrate the unity of all spiritual traditions. Live music. No experience or partners needed. 1st Church of Harmony, 7th and Arizona St. 534-1441.
Second Saturday Book Sale — 9-10 a.m. members only; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. general public. Silver City Friends of the Library. 1510 Market St.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park.
Star-n-Parks — $3 each, $5 couple suggested donation. Entrance fee. Exploration of night sky. City of Rocks State Park. 527-8386, 536-2800.
The Illusion Band — 8 p.m. Isaac's, Bullard and Broadway.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
12th Annual Raft the Rio Grande — Raft race and festival. Prizes awarded for: best use of recycled materials, most creative, first to finish, least likely to finish (must be floating at the starting line), spirit of the river. Southwest Environmental Center. Rio Grande at West Picacho Ave. 522-5552, www.wildmesquite.org, swec@zianet.com
Best in Show — $4, $1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. Christopher Guest turns his attention to dog shows in this sparklingly funny mockumentary. One of the many things that make this such a great comedy is that you can tell that writer/director Guest, much more Alexander Pope than Jonathan Swift in his satirical attacks, is still One of Us. Most obviously, this film is a sharp-witted attack on the self-absorbed, obsessive hobbyists who inhabit the dog-show world. Sharp at times, yet hilarious. CineMatinee. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287.
Broadway Tunes Concert — $10. 7 p.m. New Desert Harmony Singers perform a high-energy concert with songs from well-loved musicals, Rodgers and Hammerstein medley. Songs accompanied by dance moves and costume. Tickets in advance at Hubbard's Music, 108 Wyatt Dr., or at the door. Onate High School PAC. 650-4417, newdesertharmonysingers.blogspot.com
Crazy for You — Through June 14. See June 12. $9, $8 seniors, $6 ages 6 and under. 8 p.m. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
Creating Garden Decor from Found Objects — $7.50, free to members. 10 a.m. Recycle or reuse found materials to create containers and garden decor. Reservations requested. Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886, gardens@zianet.com, nmenchantedgardens.com
Fashion on the Edge — $20. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fashion show to benefit La Casa Domestic Violence Shelter. Contemporary fashions for young professionals. Clothing and jewelry from area retailers. Preston Contemporary Art Center, 1755 Avenida de Mercado, 523-8713.
Feral Root — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Juneteenth Celebration — 10 a.m. Picnic and celebration. Apodaca Park, 801 E. Madrid St. 524-0333.
Serra Club Antique and Collectible Show and Sale — Through June 14. $1.50 for both days. Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oldest antique show in the area. Supports the Serra Club, named after Franciscan padre who founded the missions in California. Free appraisals. St. Genevieve's Parish Hall, 1025 E. Las Cruces Ave. 526-8624.
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Deming
You Can't Take it With You — Through June 21. See June 12. $8, 2 for $15. 8 p.m. Deming Depot, 220 N. Country Club Road. 544-4195.
Elephant Butte
Chili Challenge Cook-Off — $2 to taste. Park entrance fee. 11 a.m. Contest. Ice cream and hamburgers also for sale. Desert Cove Campground, Elephant Butte Lake State Park. 894-3264, 744-5292.
Glenwood
Bucky's Birthday Bash and Cowboy Dinner Dance — Joe Delk Band, Dee Ford, and other musicians, food and family fun. Glenwood Community Park.
Truth or Consequences
Art Hop — 6-9 p.m. Many downtown galleries, studios, stores and restaurants stay open late. New fine art exhibits, live music. Information and walking maps online. torcgalleries@gmail.com, www.torcart.com
Bat Caves at Armendaris Ranch — $150. 1 p.m. Tour reaches bat caves at dusk. Sweeping views of the Rio Grande Valley en route. Possible to see bighorn sheep, antelope, oryx and bison. Sightings of miscellaneous small animals and a variety of birds are guaranteed. Meal, soft drinks and plenty of water included. 4WD/high clearance vehicles are needed. Carpooling. Trip limited to six vehicles. Depart from Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 Main. 894-6600, www.geronimospringsmuseum.com
Sunday 14 FLAG DAY
Silver City/Grant County
Waltz With Bashir — 4 p.m. Israeli writer-director Folman sets himself a near-impossible task: How to make an animated documentary focused largely about yourself without falling into a morass of self-indulgence? Structured as a series of interviews, each leading back to another murky piece of Folman's past, the film begins with Folman's friend, Boaz, relaying a recurring nightmare to the filmmaker. This is the basis for this thoughtfully made, artfully done film. WNMU-Silver City International Film Society. Real West Cinema II, Hwy. 180. www.silverfilm.org
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Antique Treasures Day — $5 adults, $3 senior citizens, $2 ages 5-17. 12-4 p.m. Once-a-year opportunity to see thousands of artifacts inside the museum's Collections Storage Room. Special guided tours. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
Crazy for You — See June 12. $9, $8 seniors, $6 ages 6 and under. 8 p.m. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Every Sunday. Local produce and eggs, children's activities, music, meet your local growers. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Music in the Park — Free. 7 p.m. Juntos Unidos. Variety and Espuelas De Plata. Mariachi. BYO lawn chair and non-alcoholic refreshments. Klein Park, 155 N. Mesquite St. 541-2216, 541-2200, rcaldwell@ls-cruces.org
Serra Club Antique and Collectible Show and Sale — See June 13. $1.50 for both days. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. St. Genevieve's Parish Hall, 1025 E. Las Cruces Ave. 526-8624.
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Watercolor Society — 2 p.m. Meeting and presentation. Jim Turrentine talks about giclee and its use for watercolorists. Arts and Crafts Room, Good Samaritan Society-Las Cruces Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. 647-1193.
Deming
You Can't Take it With You — Through June 21. See June 12. $8, 2 for $15. 3 p.m. Deming Depot, 220 N. Country Club Road. 544-4195.
Monday 15
Silver City/Grant County
Summer Driver's Education Classes — Through June 26. 1-5 p.m. weekdays. Limited space. Pro Force Academy, 4008 Hwy. 90 S., 388-8186, 388-0775, www.proforcetrain.com
Tuesday 16
Silver City/Grant County
Rolling Stones Field Trip — 9:30 a.m. Trip to Brushy Mountain Amethyst (Mule Creek) for quartz crystals. Canyon filled with beautiful scenery. Bring GPS if possible. Meet at Hwy. 180 and Hwy. 78 where it turns to Mule Creek. Bring water, lunch, dress in layers. Must be a member or guest of a member to come along; may join the day of the trip and sign liability waiver. 538-5706, kyyote@msn.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Pine Needle Baskets — $10, includes materials. Also June 18. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Summer craft workshop highlighting traditional crafts. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Toy and Games — $10. 9-11:30 a.m. Children learn about and enjoy some of the popular games and toys used by pioneer children of the 1800s. Grades 3-6. Pre-registration required. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
Papermaking 101 — $15. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Children learn about papermaking, experiment with glitter, feathers and confetti to make creative designs. Origami basics and other historical paper crafts and arts. Dress in clothing that can get wet. Bring bag lunch. Grades K-3. Pre-registration required. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
Deming
Garden Care — 8 a.m. Friends of Rockhound State Park.
Wednesday 17
No events listed for this date.
Thursday 18
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Papermaking 101 — $20. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Children learn about papermaking, design stationary, learn bookbinding to create journal. Dress in clothing that can get wet. Bring bag lunch. Grades 4-8. Pre-registration required. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
Pine Needle Baskets — $10, includes materials. See June 16. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Southpaw Sam — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $7. 7 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Friday 19
Silver City/Grant County
3rd Vets Bike Run — Through June 21. $15 each, $20 couple. Bikes, music, food vendors, prizes, Hi Hand-Lo Hand, softball tourney, beer garden and more. Bataan Park, Bayard. 313-2929, 574-8349, 313-5116, 537-3194.
Broadway Night — $15. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Food, fun, music, raffles, beer tastings. Grand prize of night in a Tucson B&B, tickets to opening of Legally Blonde, the Musical. Theatre Group New Mexico. Old Elks Lodge, 315 N. Texas. larry@musiclvr.com, www.theatregroupnewmexico.org
Natural Dyes — Also June 20. $90 members, $95 non-. Materials fee: $10, plus yarn. Friday 4-6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-5 pm. Dye three skeins of wool and/or silk yarn using cochineal (pink), madder root (orange) and kota (rust). Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, 107 Broadway, 538-5733, www.fiberartscollective.org
Steel Horse Adventure Tour — $50. Star party with Gary Emerson on a ridge above Gila with telescopes and star stories. See "dark skies" story in this issue. 313-4383, gilawolfman@hotmail.com, www.steelhorse.biz.
The Figure Quick Sketch in Oil with Chris Alvarez — $250 plus $25 model fee. Through June 21. 8-11:30 a.m., 12:30-4 p.m. each day. Learn draftsmanship, composition, values, temperature and more through the discipline of life drawing with oil paint. Drawing and painting experience helpful but not required; open to artists of all levels. Call for supplies list. Elemental Arts. 590-7554, elementalarts@gourdweb.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
For the HeART of Animals — $55. 5:30-11 p.m. Fundraiser for Humane Society of Southern New Mexico. Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, carving station, celebrity auction, dessert, drinks, dancing. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road. 636-2274, www.hssnm.org
The Great Buck Howard — Through June 25. $7 regular, $6 matinee, $5 Wednesdays, seniors, students with ID and Mesilla Valley Film Society Members. 7:30 p.m. nightly, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Is there anyone better than John Malkovich at barely containing his temper? He gravitates toward characters who do not suffer fools lightly, and that would include the Great Buck Howard, who once was Johnny Carson's favorite guest. Buck was dropped from Johnny's guest list and now takes his magic act from small stages to smaller ones, but he still has his dignity. The film is funny and perceptive in the way it shows the humiliations for a man with Buck's tender vanity — being bumped off the news by Jerry Springer, being bumped off Jay Leno for Tom Arnold. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Deming
You Can't Take it With You — Through June 21. See June 12. $8, 2 for $15. 8 p.m. Deming Depot, 220 N. Country Club Road. 544-4195.
Kool Tunes! — Music at St. Clair Winery.
Tortugas
21st Annual Turtle Fiesta — Through June 21. Friday, all day, open golf tournament. Saturday, 8 p.m., San Juan Fiesta Tardeada. Sunday, 3 p.m., Turtle Races. Shrine and Parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe , 3600 Paroquia St., Tortugas. 526-8171, OJCIECDON@msn.com, davidfierro@comcast.net
Saturday 20
Silver City/Grant County
3rd Vets Bike Run — Through June 21. See June 19. $15 each, $20 couple. Bataan Park, Bayard. 313-2929, 574-8349, 313-5116, 537-3194.
Americorps Golf Tournament — $65 registration. Proceeds benefit Americorps program serving local counties. Silver City Golf Course. 313-6780.
Brandon Perrault & Friends — 8 p.m. Isaac's, Bullard and Broadway.
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Pinos Altos Melodrama Touring Company. Red Barn, Hwy. 180. 388-3848.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Brandon Perrault. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park.
Street Dance — Yankie at Texas. 534-9005.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
11th Annual Kiwanis Kars for Kids — Free. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Antique, classic and custom cars and motorcycles. Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada St. 644-7758, 532-1751.
B.B.R. Band — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Chinese Kenpo Karate — Presented by Monsivaiz Kickboxing. Grappling tournament during the day, boxing and kickboxing show at night. NMSU Activity Center, 1600 Stewart St. 527-4028.
MVFS 20th Anniversary Celebration — $4, $1 MVFS members. 10:30 a.m. A day of food and film celebrating Mesilla Valley Film Society's 20th anniversary. Double feature: 10:30 a.m. Mostly Martha: This gentle comedy-drama is about how a child's presence can change the lives of the most shy and career-minded of adults. 1:30 p.m. Babette's Feast: a 19th century Parisian political refugee seeks shelter in a rough Danish coastal town. One of the all-time great movies about food. Door prizes. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
Dessert, Wine and Film Event — $12, $10 MVFS members. 6 p.m. Dessert and wine at Vintage Wines, 7 p.m. magic show, followed by movie, The Great Buck Howard. 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
Sierra Club Trip — Free. Moderate, shady day-hike to Sawyer's Peak in the Black Range. Non-members welcome. Confirm details: 744-5860.
Summer Flowers — $7.50, free to members. 10 a.m. Tools and skills needed to keep perennial flowers blooming with proper pruning and clipping. Reservations requested. Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886, gardens@zianet.com, nmenchantedgardens.com
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
How Do You Find God? — 11 a.m.-noon. Eckankar discussion. Ramada Palms Hotel, 201 E. University Ave. 524-2580, www.eckankar-nm.
Deming
Music in the Park — 6-8 p.m. Rockhound State Park.
You Can't Take it With You — Through June 21. See June 12. $8, 2 for $15. 8 p.m. Deming Depot, 220 N. Country Club Road. 544-4195.
Tortugas
21st Annual Turtle Fiesta — Through June 21. See June 19. 8 p.m., San Juan Fiesta Tardeada. Shrine and Parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe, 3600 Paroquia St., Tortugas. 526-8171, OJCIECDON@msn.com, davidfierro@comcast.net
Sunday 21 FATHERS DAY
Silver City/Grant County
3rd Vets Bike Run — See June 19. $15 each, $20 couple. Bataan Park, Bayard. 313-2929, 574-8349, 313-5116, 537-3194.
Native Plant Society Hike — Free. 8 a.m. Myers Canyon, north of old Georgetown site. Meet at south parking lot of WNMU Fine Arts Theater to arrange carpooling and sign release forms. Bring water, lunch, hat, sunscreen, good hiking shoes. 388-5192.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Every Sunday. Local produce and eggs, children's activities, music, meet your local growers. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Music in the Park — Free. 7 p.m. Big Sam's Funky Nation. Jazz, funk, soul, R&B. BYO lawn chair and non-alcoholic refreshments. Klein Park, 155 N. Mesquite St. 541-2216, 541-2200, rcaldwell@ls-cruces.org
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Torch Run 5K/1-Mile Fitness Walk — $15 registration. 8:30 a.m. NMSU Police Department. 646-4533. police@nmsu.edu
Deming
You Can't Take it With You — See June 12. $8, 2 for $15. 3 p.m. Deming Depot, 220 N. Country Club Road. 544-4195.
Tortugas
21st Annual Turtle Fiesta — See June 19. 3 p.m., Turtle Races. Shrine and Parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe, 3600 Paroquia St., Tortugas. 526-8171, OJCIECDON@msn.com, davidfierro@comcast.net
Monday 22
Silver City/Grant County
Cement Dreams — Through June 26. Workshop with Cece Stanford. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas St., 534-8671, www.bluedomegallery.com
Mural Camp — Through July 3. Ages 9-12. Mural featuring the history of Chihuahua Hill, painted at Manzanita Ridge. Mimbres Region Arts Council, 388-5725, 538-2505, www.MimbresArts.org
Let's Dance Workshop — Through June 26. 1:30-5 p.m. $80. An intense yet fun-filled week of dance. Classes in ballet, tap, jazz, musical theatre, choreography, auditioning skills and more. Ages 8-16. Conservatory of Dance, 2020 Cottage San Road, 538-5865, 534-4324, ConvsDance@aol.com
Tuesday 23
Silver City/Grant County
Fantasy Dance Workshop — Through June 25. 10:30 a.m.-noon. $35. Introducing dance to young students. Ages 4-7 who can dance independently without parental supervision. Conservatory of Dance, 2020 Cottage San Road, 538-5865, 534-4324, ConvsDance@aol.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Ojo de Dios — $10, includes materials. See June 12. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Chile Cheeseburger in Paradise — $65. Casino, silent auction, margarita and gourmet burger bars, activity booths, best "Islandwear" contest. Hosted by Aggie Athletics Fund. Must be 21 years of age. New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road. 646-5151, 522-4100.
Wednesday 24
Silver City/Grant County
KRWG Community Coffee — 9-11 a.m. Visit with KRWG staff members and management, express your programming interests, check in on the HDTV switchover, and enjoy a cup of java. Curious Kumquat, College Ave. at Bullard
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Fabulous Felt Camp — $40. Through June 25. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Children explore the many crafty uses of wool and cotton felt during two-day camp. Make felt pouches and other crafts, usable and wearable crafts with store-bought felt. Dress in clothing that can get wet, wear tennis shoes, bring lunch. Grade, 3-7. Pre-registration required. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
Thursday 25
Silver City/Grant County
Basic Needle Felting — Cost and materials fees TBA. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. How to use a special needle to felt one fiber to a base material so that it looks like a decorated material. Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, 107 Broadway, 538-5733, www.fiberartscollective.org
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Deming Fusiliers — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Fabulous Felt Camp — $40. See June 24. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $7. 7 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Friday 26
Silver City/Grant County
Cool Stuff Revisited — Exhibit of works by gallery artists and invited artist Steve Palestine. Part of "Recycled Art" shows and openings. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas St., 534-8671, www.bluedomegallery.com
Nurses' Day — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Morning burial of Ruth Ann Johnson Foster, last head nurse at Fort Bayard, followed by visiting, touring Old Nurses' Quarters. Story and photo sharing encouraged. Finger foods and beverages. Fort Bayard New Deal Theater. 956-3294, (307) 640-3012.
Steel Horse Adventure Tour — $60. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mimbres Valley archeology tour with Marilyn Markel. Multiple Mimbres sites, including an active archeological dig site. Some short hiking. 313-4383, gilawolfman@hotmail.com, www.steelhorse.biz.
Viva Verde Expo — Through June 28. Various events and presentations. Connect with "Green Goods" information, resources and services. Sustainable solutions for green building, natural gardening, green jobs and stimulus, local food, permaculture, clean power, alternative transportation and more. Special guests, presenting experts. WNMU Global Resource Center, Silco Theatre. 538-8078, info@vivaverdenm.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Hunger — Through July 2. $7 regular, $6 matinee, $5 Wednesdays, seniors, students with ID and Mesilla Valley Film Society Members. 7:30 p.m. nightly, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. A film that asks the viewer to enter Northern Ireland's Maze prison, 1981, and watch IRA prisoner Bobby Sands lead a hunger strike that will leave him dead at the age of 27. Sands' intent is to have IRA inmates recognized as political prisoners entitled to rights under the rules of war. The movie begins with a prison guard leaving home after washing his bruised, bleeding knuckles. The guard heads off to the H blocks, where he'll pick up more scars during the strip-searches and beatings. We see prisoners naked or in blankets, refusing to wear uniforms. They use their own excrement to smear walls, letting urine flow under the doors of cells. The movie is a sensory wallop, director Steve McQueen's way of showing the body itself as an arsenal, arguably the last weapon any of us have to fight back. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Deming
Kool Tunes! — Music at St. Clair Winery.
Saturday 27
Silver City/Grant County
Viva Verde Expo — Through June 28. See June 26. WNMU Global Resource Center, Silco Theatre. 538-8078, info@vivaverdenm.com
Desert West Auction — Also June 28. 10 a.m. Online and live auction. Come out and be part of the live auction or participate via Internet. 3870 N. Hwy. 35, Mimbres, 536-9357, www.desertwestauction.com
Concealed Carry Class — Through June 28. Register and pay by June 24. Pro Force Academy, 4008 Hwy. 90 S., 388-8186, 388-0775, www.proforcetrain.com
Eco Film Expo — 7 p.m. Part of Viva Verde Expo. Silco Theater. 534-9005.
Look What We Found! — 3-7 p.m. Opening reception for artists Renee Whipple, Bill Blakemore and Pat Bouchard, featuring works of collage and assemblage. Part of "Recycled Art" shows and openings. Moonstruck Art Gallery,. 110 W. Yankie St., 956-5346, www.moonstruckart.com
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Pinos Altos Melodrama Touring Company. Red Barn, Hwy. 180. 388-3848.
Mystical Dance Evening/Dances of Universal Peace — $5-$10 donation. 7 p.m. Circle dances that celebrate the unity of all spiritual traditions. Live music. No experience or partners needed. 1st Church of Harmony, 7th and Arizona St. 534-1441.
Opening Reception — Exhibit of large works by Ro Begay and "Recycled Parts" by gallery artists and invited guests. Leyba & Ingalls Arts. 315 N. Bullard, 388-5725, www.LeybaIngallsARTS.com
Recycled Art Walk — Downtown galleries; part of Viva Verde Expo.
Rhythm Mystic — 8 p.m. Isaac's, Bullard and Broadway.
Sidewalk Sale and Art Walk — Downtown Silver City and Silco Theater. 534-9005.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Lee McCune demonstrates recycled art, Scott Van Linge performs. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
THEM! — $4, $1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. Join special guest host, Jay Duncan, one of the region's premiere experts on science fiction films of the 1950s, for a special 65th anniversary screening of this exciting and fun film.\ about a nest of giant radioactive ants (the result of an atomic test in the New Mexico desert). It retains a good part of its power today. All the prime ingredients of the total mobilization movie are here: Massed darkened troops move through the eerie storm drains of Los Angeles; biblical prophecy is intermixed with gloomy speculation about the effect of radioactivity. Almost semi-documentary in approach, the formula is handled with more subtlety than usual, and the special effects are frequently superb. CineMatinee. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287.
Sons of the Revolution Meeting — $14 includes meal. 12 p.m. Men with ancestry extending back to the Revolutionary War are invited to join this lineal organization. La Posta de Mesilla Restaurant, 2410 Calle de San Albino. RSVP: 521-3143, Biles@1956.usna.com
Dan Lambert — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Hunger — Before the 7.30 p.m. screening of Hunger, a representative from the Irish Freedom Committee, Chuck McLaughlin, will present a brief overview of the current political situation in that country. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
This Is Our Youth — Through June 28. See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
White Sands
Lake Lucero Tour — $3 entry fee. A ranger-guided trip to Lake Lucero, the source of the white sands. Reservations required. All vehicles should have a spare tire and sufficient gasoline for the 34-mile round trip to the Lake Lucero trailhead. Each person should have sufficient drinking water, a snack if desired, sunglasses, sunscreen, stout walking shoes, and suitable dress for the weather. Cameras may not be used while passing through the missile range, but encouraged for use at the monument lake area. White Sands National Monument, Hwy. 70, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236.
Sunday 28
Silver City/Grant County
Desert West Auction — See June 27. 10 a.m. Online and live auction. 3870 N. Hwy. 35, Mimbres, 536-9357, www.desertwestauction.com
Viva Verde Expo — See June 26. WNMU Global Resource Center, Silco Theatre. 538-8078, info@vivaverdenm.com
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Every Sunday. Local produce and eggs, children's activities, music, meet your local growers. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Ciclovia Health Event — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Have fun getting healthy with bike riding, walking, jogging, dancing, aerobics, gymnastics, skates and more. Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada Ave. 522-0289, june@snmdo.org
This Is Our Youth — See June 12. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Music in the Park — Free. 7 p.m. Cowboy music and Western swing with Kenny Arroyos, Eddie Harrison, Glenn Moreland & Washtub Herry. BYO lawn chair and non-alcoholic refreshments. Klein Park, 155 N. Mesquite St. 541-2216, 541-2200, rcaldwell@ls-cruces.org
Monday 29
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Tuesday 30
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Making the Past Come Alive: 1776 in New Mexico — Through July 2. $50. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Students learn the basics of living history and improvisational performance, developing and portraying an historical character from the Spanish Colonial era. Historically accurate costumes, outdoor time travel performance. Grades 5-8. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org
JULY
Thursday 2
Catron County
Shaman Path Workshop in the Gila — Through July 5. Three-day shamanic workshop in an ancient "place of power," on a restored riverside wildlife refuge in the Mogollon Mountains of the Gila. Awakening deeper levels of awareness and response, understanding totems and the medicine wheel, plant helpers, the call to heal, trance drumming. Camping and dinners included, by donation. See story in Body, Mind & Spirit section. Register: mail@animacenter.org
Friday 3
Las Cruces/Mesilla
4th of July Electric Light Parade — 9 p.m. Apodaca Park to Hadley Complex. 541-2000, www.las-cruces.org
Downtown Ramble — 5-7 p.m. Galleries, shops, businesses and restaurants, art openings, exhibits, music, entertainment, open mic opportunities, shopping, refreshments and more. 527-5018, www.downtownlascrucespartnership.org
Deming
Kool Tunes! — Music at St. Clair Winery.
Saturday 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY
Silver City/Grant County
Independence Day Parade — 10 a.m. "Saluting Grant County Pioneers: Past, Present and Future." Through historic downtown to Gough Park. 538-3785, www.silvercity.org
Independence Day Festival — Music, arts and crafts booths and more. Cowboy breakfast, barbecue lunch. Gough Park. 538-3785, www.silvercity.org
Fourth of July Ice Cream Social — 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Ice cream cones and floats. Homemade ice cream at the Antique Tractor Show and the ever-popular Cakewalk. Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, 538-5921, www.silvercitymuseum.org
Body Beautiful — Through July 5. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Annual art show by San Vicente Artists group. Silco Theater. 388-2079, luannebrooten@gmail.com
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Every Saturday. Pinos Altos Melodrama Touring Company. Red Barn Family Steak House, Hwy. 180. Reservations and information: 388-3848.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park and San Vicente Creek.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Every Saturday and Sunday. Buy, sell, trade or barter. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 4 miles south of Silver City. 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
4th of July Celebration & Fireworks Display — Vendors and live entertainment. Hadley Complex,1801 E. Hadley Ave.
Elephant Butte
4th of July Fireworks — 6-9 p.m. The largest fireworks display in the state, reflecting off the largest lake in New Mexico. 744-5923, 744-5421.
Sunday 5
Silver City/Grant County
Body Beautiful — See July 4. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Silco Theater. 388-2079, luannebrooten@gmail.com
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Town Plaza, Hwy. 90, 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Every Sunday. Local produce and eggs, children's activities, music, meet your local growers. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Monday 6
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Nosferatu — $10, $9 seniors and students. 7 p.m. Classic silent vampire movie with live musical accompaniment. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Tuesday 7
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Retablos — Also July 9. Workshop. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
White Sands
Full Moon Nights — $3, children 15 years and under free. 8:30 p.m. Special programs presented by park rangers or guest speakers. Experience the beauty of the full moon on the white sands. Park entrance closes at 10 p.m., exit by 11 p.m. White Sands National Monument, Hwy. 70, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, www.nps.gov/whsa, john_mangimeli@nps.gov
Wednesday 8
No events listed for this date.
Thursday 9
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Retablos — Workshop. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., downtown mall. 541-2154, www.las-cruces.org/museums
Friday 10
Deming
Kool Tunes! — Music at St. Clair Winery.