D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
September 2009
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday 1
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Harvest Cooking Class — $35. 2-4 p.m. Chef Carol Koenig will prepare recipes that include figs and/or plums, green chile and fall herbs. Pre-registration required. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100.
Silver City/Grant County
Bayard Farmers' Market — Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m. Fresh produce, eggs, plants, cacti, worms for composting, crafts and jewelry. Across from the Post Office.
Democratic Party Meeting — 6-8 p.m. Steel Workers Union Hall, 302 Tom Foy Blvd., Bayard.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Sky Safari — 8:30 p.m. View the night sky at La Llorona Park, with high-powered telescopes and expert guidance provided by the NMSU Astronomy Department. 522-3120.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Big Band Dance Club — Thursdays Through Sept. 24. $6 members, $7 guests. 8-10 p.m. Ballroom, swing and Latin style dancing to live music. Singles and couples welcome. Free cha-cha lessons. 21 or older. Dress code. Country Club, 2700 N. Main St. 524-0500, 523-4322, www.bigbanddanceclub.org
Health Group — $10 members, $15 non-members. 6-7 p.m. Join this new group of like-minded people to help enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Moderated by Mary Marsh, PhD in Natural Health. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, Ste. M. (320) 224-2263, mary@marymarsh.com
Wealth Group — $10 members, $15 non-members. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Join this new group of like-minded people to get the support you need to reach your financial dreams. Moderated by Mary Marsh. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, Ste. M. (320) 224-2263, mary@marymarsh.com
Live Music — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Silver City/Grant County
Senior Softball Tournament — Through Sept. 6. Leagues from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Benny Altamirano Park and Bataan Park.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Cheri — Through Sept. 10. $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 cougar chasing a teen twink: That's a crass precis for the elegant, witty pleasures that Pfeiffer, director Stephen Frears and writer Christopher Hampton carve out of this tale by the French novelist Colette. Set in Paris in the early 1900s, the film begins as retired courtesan Lea (Pfeiffer) enters into a six-year affair with Cheri (Rupert Friend), 19, the son of her colleague Charlotte (a wickedly frisky Kathy Bates). Lea and Cheri will pretend there is no such thing as love, and ultimately be scarred by it. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
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
Look Homeward, Angel — Through Sept. 6. Adults $8, students/seniors/military $7, children 6 and under $5. Friday and Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. Written by Ketti Frings, from the novel by Thomas Wolfe. An authentic American classic, this play captures the sardonic humor and the grief, both private and universal, of Wolfe's novel about a youth coming of age. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
Monday Studio Group — 5 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit. Rio Grande Theatre. 523-6403.
White Sands
Full Moon Nights — $3, 15 and under free. 8:30 p.m. Special programs presented by park rangers or guest speakers. White Sands National Monument, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Silver City/Grant County
17th Annual Labors of Love Art Show — Through Sept. 6. San Vicente Artists. Silco Theater. 534-4269, silvercityartists.org
26th Annual Gem and Mineral Show — Through Sept. 7. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Grant County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society. Silver City Recreation Center, 11th and Gold. 538-3216, show09@stockmanfamily.net, rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com
Crisis — $4 cover. 9 p.m. Heavy metal. Drifter Lounge.
Gymkhana — 8 a.m. Team championships. Southwest Horseman's Arena. 574-7738.
Melanie Zipin — 6:30 p.m. doors open, 7:30 p.m. concert. $7.50 advance, $10 at the door. CD Release Concert. With Jeff LeBlanc on guitar and Joe Victor on bass, Kevin Zoernig on keys, David Waldrop on drums. Tickets at Mimbres Region Arts Council and Leyba & Ingalls. 534-1072, melanie@melaniezipin.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.
Senior Softball Tournament — Through Sept. 6. See Sept. 4. Benny Altamirano Park and Bataan Park.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Erica May Randolph, singer, songwriter and flutist, performs. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park and San Vicente Creek.
Tyrone Mercantile — Every Saturday and Sunday. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Buy, sell and trade, indoor and outdoor sales. Lunch by Chef Phillip, knife sharpening available. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
WNMU Mustangs Football vs. Sul Ross State University — 1 p.m. Ben Altamirano Stadium. www.wnmumustangs.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
2009 Harvest Wine Festival — Through Sept. 7. 12-6 p.m. $13, includes wine glass. Award-winning New Mexico wines, food, live music, arts and crafts vendors, speakers, hourly grape stomping contests. Musicians include Guitar Slim and Captain Radio (Saturday), Nosotros and John Arthur Martinez (Sunday), Billy Townes and Poppy & The Usual Suspects (Monday). Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 11 miles west of Las Cruces on I-10. 522-1232, www.wineharvestfestival.com
Alister M — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Bound for Glory — $4, $1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. Pampa, Texas. 1936. Hard times during the Depression. Woody Guthrie (David Carradine), his wife Mary (Melinda Dillion), and their two small children hardly have enough money to get by. Woody's one marketable skill is sign painting, but he enjoys music more. Occasionally, he plays dance halls and bars. Confident that better things are to be found out West, Woody leaves a note saying, "Gone to California — will send for you all," and hits the open road. Following his journey, this colorful film pays homage to its folksinger's social conscience but does not cover up his flaws. CineMatinee. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org
Cinderella Rock — $15, $10. 8 p.m. 60 local kids combine with a cast of traveling actors to put a new twist on an old tale. Show features 13 original songs, a live band and over 20 professional New York actors. Rio Grande Theatre, www.RioGrandeTheatre.com
Franciscan Festival of the Arts — Through Sept. 6. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Over 45 artists exhibiting, works for sale. Food booths, door prizes, silent auction, live music. Holy Cross Retreat. 524-3688, www.holycrossretreat.org
Look Homeward, Angel — Through Sept. 6. Adults $8, students/seniors/military $7, children 6 and under $5. 8 p.m. See Sept. 4. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
NMSU Aggies Football vs. Idaho — 6 p.m. Aggies Memorial Stadium. 646-1420/532-2060/915-544-8444.
Sierra Club Trip — Free. Strenuous 12-mile day hike in the Black Range from Railroad Canyon to the crest and return. Non-members welcome. 744-5860.
Hatch
Hatch Chile Festival — Through Sept. 6. Saturday 10 a.m.-12:30 a.m., Sunday 12-5 p.m. A weekend of chile toss, chile eating, watermelon eating contests, chile quilt and pillow raffle, horseshoe tournament, chile foods demonstrations, ristra tying demonstrations, vendors, beer garden and fresh roasted Hatch green chile. 267-5050, 267-5483, 267-4010, www.hatchchilefest.com
Hillsboro
Bounty and Beauty — Harvest and art festival. Percha Creek Gallery.
Lordsburg
Tejano Festival — Through Sept. 7. Top Tejano performers, classic automobile show. 542-8149.
Silver City/Grant County
17th Annual Labors of Love Art Show — Silco Theater. 534-4269, silvercityartists.org
26th Annual Gem and Mineral Show — Through Sept. 7. See Sept. 5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Silver City Recreation Center, 11th and Gold. 538-3216.
Senior Softball Tournament — See Sept. 4. Benny Altamirano Park and Bataan Park.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
2009 Harvest Wine Festival — Through Sept. 7. 12-6 p.m. $13, includes wine glass. See Sept. 5. Music by Nosotros and John Arthur Martinez. Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 11 miles west of Las Cruces on I-10. 522-1232, www.wineharvestfestival.com
Franciscan Festival of the Arts — See Sept. 5. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Holy Cross Retreat. 524-3688, www.holycrossretreat.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.
Look Homeward, Angel — Adults $8, students/seniors/military $7, children 6 and under $5. 2 p.m. See Sept. 4. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
Hatch
Hatch Chile Festival — See Sept. 5. 12-5 p.m. 267-5050, 267-5483, 267-4010, www.hatchchilefest.com
Hillsboro
Santa Cruz River Band — $5 donation. Michael J. Ronstadt, Ted Ramrez and Petie Ronstadt perform. Hillsboro Community Center.
Lordsburg
Tejano Festival — Through Sept. 7. 542-814
Silver City/Grant County
26th Annual Gem and Mineral Show — Free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Grant County Rolling Stones. Silver City Recreation Center, 11th and Gold. 538-3216.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
2009 Harvest Wine Festival — 12-6 p.m. $13, includes wine glass; $3 discount for active-duty military personnel with current military ID. See Sept. 5. Music by Billy Townes and Poppy & The Usual Suspects. Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 11 miles west of Las Cruces on I-10. 522-1232, www.wineharvestfestival.com
Friends of the Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park — 6:30 p.m. Park fee waived for those attending the meeting. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, 5000 Calle del Norte. 523-8009.
Lordsburg
Tejano Festival — Information, 542-8149.
Tuesday 8
Silver City/Grant County
Belly Dance — Ongoing Tuesdays. 6 classes $50, $0 drop in. Work out, learn choreography and to improvise. For men and women. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas St., 388-3910.
Co-op Community Forum — 5:30-6:30 p.m. Also Sept. 10. "Membership Benefits and Responsibilities" presented by SCFC Board directors. Light refreshments provided. Everyone welcome but space is limited; RSVP to reserve a seat. Silver City Food Co-op Community Room, 6th St. behind the storefront. 388-2343.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Book Review — 1:30 p.m. Charla Strosser, assistant English professor at El Paso Community College, leads discussion on Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad: the Myth of Penelope and Odysseus. Refreshments. Branigan Library, 2nd floor Terrace Gallery, 200 E. Picacho Ave.
Brand New Day — Free. 5:30 p.m. Songs and humor. Rio Grande Theatre. www.RioGrandeTheatre.com
Wednesday 9
Silver City/Grant County
Bayard Farmers' Market — 3-6 p.m. Across from the Post Office.
Welcome Coffee — 1 p.m. Newcomer's Club welcomes new arrivals to Grant County within past year. Women's Club. RSVP 388-8806.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Helping Your Allergies, Naturally — With Genevieve Chavez, ND. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Silver City/Grant County
Co-op Community Forum — 12-1 p.m. See Sept. 8. Silver City Food Co-op Community Room, 6th St. behind the storefront. 388-2343.
WILL Sign-Up Social — Western Institute for Lifelong Learning meeting 5-5:30 p.m., sign-up with refreshments 5:30-6:30 p.m. WNMU Global Resource Center. 538-6835, www.will-learning.com, info@will-learning.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Big Band Dance Club — See Sept. 3. $6 members, $7 guests. 8-10 p.m. Country Club, 2700 N. Main St. 524-0500, 523-4322, www.bigbanddanceclub.org
Bracero Memories — $5, $3, $2 admission. Opening reception for exhibit on the Bracero Program, a temporary contract labor program between the United States and Mexico initiated in 1942. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100.
Falling For Food — 10 a.m. Opening for fruit and vegetable works by Ten O'clock artists. Big Chair Cafe & Thierry's Pastry, 2701 Picacho.
Tony Movsesian — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Silver City/Grant County
Pickamania — Through Sept. 13. Free. Bluegrass, folk, Americana, roots and singer/songwriter festival. Food vendors and artisans. Headliners: Pine Leaf Boys, Mollie O'Brien. Gough Park and other venues. Friday: 6-9:30 p.m. Street Dance with Bayou Seco, The Silver City String Beans and The Dusty Buskers featuring a "Basic Cajun Two-step and Waltz" workshop with the Happy Trails Cajun Dance teachers. Corner of 12th & Pope streets (Pope Street to be closed). Mimbres Region Arts Council, 538-2505, www.mimbresarts.org
Introduction to Animal Communication — $25. 6:30 p.m. With Gaye Rock. Preparation for workshop Sept. 12-13. Communicate with live animals, animals in spirit, and photographs. Learn the secrets to open your mind and hear what they're saying. Meet your animal totem. National Guard Armory, Santa Clara. 956-5200, www.gayerock.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
DAAC Annual ArtsHop/T.I.M.E. Exhibit — $25, $20, $15. 4-8 p.m. 16th annual art gallery tour and fundraiser for CAP (Career Art Path) program. 14 galleries participating with new exhibits, artists present, refreshments. Special exhibits of Temporary Installations Made for the Elements (T.I.M.E.) environmental art. 523-6403, www.Las-Cruces-Arts.org
Guided Tree Tour — Park entrance fee. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park tour, hosted by ranger Ken Abalos. 523-4398, www.emnrd.state.nm.us, kabalos@state.nm.us
Michael Naranjo — 5-6:30 p.m. Opening reception for blind sculptor. Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St. 541-2137, museums.las-cruces.org
O'Horten — Through Sept. 17. $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 gentle comedy about a timid soul who discovers the necessity of embracing life in all its absurdity and unlooked-for joy. Horten is a bachelor train engineer with a regular run, his routine a straightjacket. Just days away from mandatory retirement, his fellow engineers present him with the coveted Silver Locomotive. After the ceremony, his brother engineers persuade him to take in a party. Horten's decision to attend leads to an escalating series of disruptions that get wonderfully strange. Horten encounters a child who has trouble falling asleep at night, a group of airport security men who are perplexed to find him in their midst and a bemused old man who collects primitive weapons but believes "weapons are all primitive, after all." Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
Of Water and the River: Meditations on the Rio Grande — 5 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of photographs, maps, artist's books and drawings by San Diego artist Joyce Cutler-Shaw. NMSU Art Gallery, 646-2545, www.nmsu.edu/artgal
Phil Yost and Kurt Van Wagner — 4-8 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of watercolors, photographs. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery. 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933.
Elephant Butte
Bass Fishing Tournament — Park entrance fee. Through Sept. 13. Elephant Butte Lake State Park's Marina Del Sur, 101 Hwy. 195. 744-5923, salvador.gonzalez1@state.nm.us
Silver City/Grant County
Pickamania — Through Sept. 13. Free. Saturday: 10 a.m. "Singing in Harmony from the Heart" workshop with Anne and Pete Sibley, inside Wells Fargo Bank, 1201 Pope St. Noon-12:45 p.m. The Dusty Buskers, Americana/Irish. 1-2 p.m. Boris McCutcheon & the Salt Licks, Americana. 2:15-3:15 p.m. Band Scramble (local participants must sign up at the MRAC booth by 1 p.m.) 3:30-4:45 p.m. Anne & Pete Sibley, bluegrass, folk. 5-6:30 p.m. Pine Leaf Boys, Cajun, Creole and Zydeco. 6:30-10 p.m. Pickin' in the Park, all pickers welcome. Gough Park. Mimbres Region Arts Council, 538-2505, www.mimbresarts.org
Red Hot Children's Fiesta — Free. 10 a.m. Games, crafts and good times for families. Community Built Park. 388-1198 ext. 10.
Beginning Animal Communication — Through Sept. 13. $200. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. With Gaye Rock. Communicate with live animals, animals in spirit, and photographs. Learn the secrets to open your mind and hear what they're saying. Meet your animal totem. Rock Center in Burro Mountains, 20 miles west of Silver City. 956-5200, www.gayerock.com
Dia Del Mariachi — 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nelson Martinez & Mariachi Tapatio in concert. The members of the group have over 20 years of musical and educational experience combined. Martinez is a former news anchor for KOB-TV and KOAT-TV and an accomplished singer of mariachi music with six albums. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. 590-4841
Japanese Bookbinding — $26 SWFAC, $30 non-members. $5 materials fee. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Learn four Japanese bookbinding techniques and choose one to make a book of your own. Instructor Karen Lauseng will also discuss the history of bookbinding and various glues and adhesives. To register: SWFAC, 538-5733, or The Common Thread. Thundercreek/Western Stationers, 703 N. Bullard St.
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Red Barn, Hwy. 180. Reservations and information: 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. Chanting, live music. No experience or partners needed. St. Mary's Retreat Center, Alabama St. 534-1441.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Brandon Perrault performs. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. 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. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Wally Lawder and The Flying Coyotes — 8 p.m. Isaac's Bar & Grill. Broadway and Bullard St. 388-4090.
WNMU Mustangs Football vs. Colorado School of Mines — 12 p.m. Ben Altamirano Stadium. www.wnmumustangs.com
WNMU Mustangs Volleyball vs. Mesa State College — 7 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Automotive Swap Meet — Free to shop, $10 to sell. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Parking lot, Mayfield High School, 1955 N. Valley Dr. 649-9945.
Universal Signs — $4, $1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. First film ever to have dialogue completely in American Sign Language. English subtitles. Andrew's journey is told through the perspective of a deaf man. The only time Andrew apparently can hear sound is within his own dreams; aside from that the only collinear tonality comes from the harmonies of Joe Renzetti's constant score. As a supervisor at work, Andrew's no-nonsense demands of work-now/talk-later usually draw him scorn and mocking with hidden lips. This particular morning, a missing wallet has hardly brightened his mood but he soon gets into a friendly tech support exchange by e-mail with the college's new librarian, Mary, who is fairly fluent in Sign. An early rocky encounter aside, romance ensues. CineMatinee. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org
Back by Noon Hike — $5. Join State Park Ranger/Naturalist Kevin Hansen in an exploration of the new Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. Hats, water and sunscreen recommended. 523-4398.
Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta and Parade — Through Sept. 13. Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday 12-7 p.m. Mesilla commemorates Mexican Independence Day. Saturday 11 a.m. parade. Entertainment, vendors. Old Mesilla Plaza. 524-3262 ext. 116, kmedina_tom@comcast.net
Iris Society Sale — Also Sept. 13. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mesilla Valley Iris Society 2009 Fall Sale. Wide variety of rhizomes for sale. South end of Mesilla Valley Mall, Telshor and Lohman.
Doll Club Show & Sale — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dolls, teddy bears, miniatures and toys. Days Inn & Suites, 901 Avenida de Mesilla. 523-1413, 523-8012, gsanders@zianet.com .
EMDR — Free. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Lecture on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a method of healing from trauma. With Adrienne Wilson. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo.
Everett How & the Walrus Bros. — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
NMSU Aggies Football vs. Prairie View A&M — 6 p.m. Are You Tough Enough To Wear Pink? Aggies Memorial Stadium. 646-1420/532-2060/(915) 544-8444.
Nosotros — $15. 7 p.m. Rio Grande Theatre. www.RioGrandeTheatre.com
The Burning Plain — $20 MVFS members, $25 non-members. 8 p.m. Special advance screening, part of anniversary festivities. Film stars Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger, and was shot, in part, in Las Cruces. Special guest: Academy Award-nominated director, Guillermo Arriaga; this is his first directorial effort, and Arriaga was nominated for a Golden Lion Award at the prestigious 2008 Venice (Italy) Film Festival for this work. MVFS members will have the first option at tickets. 90 tickets only, no reserves. Reception follows film, 10-12 p.m. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, 522 0286, www.fountaintheatre.org
Write Now! — Through Sept. 13. $5 Day 1, $46 Day 2, $85 both days. Workshop with Anne Aylor, published novelist and Las Cruces native living in London. Day 1: Writing new work. Day 2: The craft of writing. Good Samaritan Social Center, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. www.anneaylor.co.uk/CreativeWritingInNewMexico.htm, 532-1241.
Deming
Reliquary Box — $65. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Construct a small keepsake box with attached book. Limited enrollment, materials included. 544-4881, 694-4955.
St. Anne's Fiesta — Deming Courthouse.
Pietown
29th Annual Pie Town Festival — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Pie baking contest, pie eating contest, fun and games. Dance to Billy Hansen Band starting at 8 p.m. Free dry camping at town campground. 772-2525, www.pietownfestival.com
Radium Springs
21st Annual Frontier Days — Through Sept. 13. Fort Selden State Monument, I-25 exit 19. Call for schedule. 526-8911, (800) 429-9488, www.nmmounments.org
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
Hispanic Heritage Celebration Day — 11 a.m.-4 p.m. A day of activities celebrating Hispanic heritage. Author Nancy C. Benson booksigning and reading, New Mexico Colcha Club: Spanish Embroidery and the Women Who Saved It. El Camino Real International Heritage Center, exit 115 between Socorro and T or C. 476-1152, elcaminoreal.org
White Sands
White Sands Star Party — $3. 7:30 p.m. White Sands National Monument, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Silver City/Grant County
Pickamania — Free. Sunday: 9:30-10:30 a.m. "Cajun Instrumental Style for Fiddle, Mandolin and Guitar" workshop with Bayou Seco, inside Wells Fargo Bank. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Irish fiddle workshop with Eileen Sullivan, inside Wells Fargo Bank. 11:30-12:15 p.m. Melanie Zipin, folk/contemporary. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Adobe Brothers, international bluegrass. 1:45-2:45 p.m. Fishtank Ensemble, Gypsy, roots. 3:15-4:30 p.m. Finders and Youngberg, bluegrass, country, folk. 4:35 p.m. Guitar raffle drawing. 4:45-6:15 p.m. Mollie O'Brien, American roots. Gough Park. Mimbres Region Arts Council, 538-2505, www.mimbresarts.org
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta — See Sept. 12. 12-7 p.m. Old Mesilla Plaza. 524-3262 ext. 116, kmedina_tom@comcast.net
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Watercolor Society — 2 p.m. Catherine Brenner on "Art Fusion 575" public TV show. Good Sam's, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. 647-1193.
Write Now! — See Sept. 12. Good Samaritan Social Center, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. 532-1241.
Iris Society Sale — See Sept. 12. 12-5 p.m. South end of Mesilla Valley Mall, Telshor and Lohman.
Deming
Arts Reception — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Reception for exhibit, Sept. 3-29, of watercolors by Marie Siegrist, woodcuts by Tony LaZorko, and works by the Las Cruces Bead Society. Deming Arts Council, 100 S. Gold St., 546-3663.
Radium Springs
21st Annual Frontier Days — Fort Selden State Monument. 526-8911, (800) 429-9488, www.nmmounments.org
Silver City/Grant County
Widowed Persons Service — $10 for lunch and program. 11 a.m. Alicia Enegren talks about theater. WNMU cafeteria. 388-1072.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Wisdom of Loving — 7-8:30 p.m. $10. "Learning to Accept Others" with Kadampa Buddhist Nun Gen Kelsang Gomlam. Alegre Health Haven, Alamada and Picacho. 312-9391.
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Silver City/Grant County
Bayard Farmers' Market — 3-6 p.m. Across from the Post Office.
Deming
Garden Care — 8 a.m. Rockhound State Park.
Silver City/Grant County
5th Annual Gila River Festival — Through Sept. 20. Wide variety of workshops, presentations, kids' activities, birding trips, hikes and outdoor adventures at various locations to celebrate the centennial of Aldo Leopold's legacy in the Southwest. Tim Evans as Aldo Leopold. Living history performance. 7 p.m. Silco Theater. 538-8078. info@gilaconservation.org www.gilaconservation.org/5thannualgrf.shtml
Newcomer's Club Luncheon — $10, lunch and program. Doors open 10:30 a.m., brief business meeting, presentation by Katherine Elms on Azumi Japanese embroidery, lunch 12 p.m. Women's Club. RSVP 388-3742.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Big Band Dance Club — See Sept. 3. $6 members, $7 guests. 8-10 p.m. Country Club, 2700 N. Main St. 524-0500, 523-4322, www.bigbanddanceclub.org
Smackover Arkansas — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Silver City/Grant County
5th Annual Gila River Festival — Through Sept. 20. Birding field trip to The Nature Conservancy's Iron Bridge Tract on the Gila River. 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; "Thinking Like A Mountain: The Wolf and Aldo Leopold." Author and conservationist MichaelRobinson leads a field trip to the area of Aldo Leopold's epiphany on the ecological role of top predators. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; "Reflections on the Wild Gila River: From Aldo Leopold's Wilderness Preservation to the Future of the Conservation Movement." Keynote address by author, environmental historian and conservation leader Dave Foreman. 7 p.m. Silco Theater.538-8078. info@gilaconservation.org, www.gilaconservation.org/5thannualgrf.shtml
Fort Bayard Days — Through Sept. 19. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. More than 25 living history exhibits. 6:30 p.m. Dinner ($12.50) followed by Chautauqua guest speaker, Tumacacori National Monument Ranger, Don Garate as "Juan Bautista de Anza: Spanish Explorer and Governor of New Mexico." Historic Fort Bayard. 956-3294.
Gila Native Plant Society — Free. 7 p.m. Land reclamation project for Axel Canyon Ranch in the Burros, with George Farmer. Refreshments. Open to pubic. WNMU Harlan Hall.
WNMU Mustangs Volleyball vs. Colorado State University-Pueblo — 7 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Sin Nombre — Through Sept. 24. $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. This film by director Cary Joji Fukunaga is an elegant, heartbreaking fable, equal parts Shakespearean tragedy, neo-Western and mob movie. It deftly weaves two stories of desperation. The first centers on Willy, an introspective Mexican teenager beginning to chafe against the murderous strictures of his gang. The second follows Sayra, a Honduran girl stowing away on a train through Mexico in the hopes of sneaking across the Texas border. As their fates collide and diverge, the film tenderly considers the rubs of a life lived on the verge of something — on the verge of death, of hope, of honor and dishonor, damnation and redemption. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org
Silver City/Grant County
5th Annual Gila River Festival — Through Sept. 20. Fishing trip with Dutch Salmon (see "Redneck River Lover," June 2009) and New Mexico Wildlife Federation. All-day interpretive hike/fishing trip to Gila Wilderness sites discussed in Leopold's field notes. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Hike with Al Koss, Gila National Forest Wilderness District Ranger. 10 a.m. Meet at the Gila Cliff Dwellings Contact Station at 9:45 am.; Kayak trip down the Gila River with Far-Flung Adventures. (See "Confessions of a Kayak Virgin," November 2007.) 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Gallery Tours: Wilderness-inspired artworks, downtown Silver City galleries. 2-7 p.m.; Natural History Hike at the Gila River: biologists Manda Jost and Bill Norris lead an easy hike. 4-8 p.m.; Aldo Leopold Film Festival: Two documentaries about Leopold. 7-9 p.m. Silco Theater. 538-8078. info@gilaconservation.org, www.gilaconservation.org/5thannualgrf.shtml
Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer — 4-7 p.m. Exhibit of new works, in conjunction with Gila River Festival. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas St., 534-867.
Fort Bayard Days — 9 a.m. Flag ceremony. Breakfast available for sale by Copper Creek Ranch. 9:15 a.m. Tours of Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark: Meet and greet its heroes and heroines. 12 p.m. Lunch available for sale by Copper Creek Ranch. 12:30 p.m. Walking tour of Commanding Officer's Home. Lecture Series in the New Deal Theater: 10 a.m. Visit with an 1866 Army Surgeon: Dr. Mallin from Albuquerque; 10:30 a.m. "Apache Scouts" by author Toby Giese, Kansas City; 11 a.m. " Military Letters from Fort Bayard" by Dale Giese; 1 p.m. "Tuberculosis Sanitariums in Southwest New Mexico" by Nancy Owen Lewis of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe; 2 p.m. The Future of Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark moderated by the Fort Bayard Steering Committee; 3 p.m. A Time for Healing and Sharing: "Chihene NDE Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, the Buffalo Soldiers and their Officers." 7-10 p.m. Buckles and Bustles: Military Ball, $5 couple, $2.50 single; all ages and period costumes welcome. Fort Bayard. 956-3294.
Grand Opening — 2-5 p.m. Moonstruck Gallery celebrates its move to 106 W. Yankie. 956-5346.
Health Fair — Free. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. BP and glucose screenings by EMS personnel at Tyrone Mercantile. Refreshments. Indoor-outdoor market event with food, vendors, knife sharpening runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Buy, sell and trade. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Live Music — 9 p.m. Drifter Lounge.
Lois Duffy Gallery Opening Reception — 5-7 p.m. Featuring the original painting for the Gila River Festival brochure cover, along with works by Aldo Leopold High School students. 211-C N Texas St., 313-9631, www.loisduffy.com
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Red Barn, Hwy. 180. Reservations and information: 388-3848.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Scott Van Linge, one man band, performs starting at 9 a.m. Gila Conservation Education will be on hand with a trunk show. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park and San Vicente Creek.
WNMU Mustangs Volleyball vs. Adams State College — 7 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Chamber Music Concert — Free. 3 p.m. Good Samaritan Auditorium, 3025 Terrace Dr. 523-7714, www.lascrucesfriendsofchambermusic.org
Dan Lambert — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Dreams, Your Source of Truth — 11 a.m.-noon. Eckankar discussion. Ramada Palms Hotel, 201 E. University Ave. 524-2580, www.eckankar-nm.org
Ernie Watts — 7:30 p.m. Two-time Grammy Award-winning saxophone players. Tickets through Ticketmaster.com Rio Grande Theatre.
NMSU Aggies Football vs. UTEP — 6 p.m. Aggies Memorial Stadium. 646-1420/532-2060/(915) 544-8444.
Paper Hearts and Becoming Eduardo — $4, $1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Double feature and fundraiser for Alma d'Arte Charter School. Two films by Hillsboro resident and special guest Rod McCall. Paper Hearts is a alice-of-life melodrama about a woman in a mid-life crisis who struggles to preserve her home and family. Jenny must deal with a serious problem involving her errant husband Henry as she prepares for the wedding of her youngest daughter. Becoming Eduardo follows Eddie Corazon, a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent and secret reader, who attends an alternative high school in rural New Mexico. A long-time "gangster" buddy pushes Eddie to deal drugs, but an unorthodox teacher gets him to enroll in a ballroom dance class, where Eddie meets college-bound beauty, Lupe Garcia, and is struck down by love. CineMatinee. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org
Department of Peace Meeting — 12 p.m. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, Ste. M.
Columbus
Diana LeMarbe Studio Sale — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See August Arts Exposure. 716 Slocum St.: west off Hwy. 11 on north Broadway, north on Slocum; follow the flags. 531-2741.
Deming
Mariachi and Ballet Folkloric — 6-8 p.m. Rockhound State Park.
White Sands
Hot Air Balloon Invitational — Through Sept. 20. $3 entrance fee. Liftoff 7 a.m. Colorful balloons fill the air over the white gypsum dunes of White Sands National Monument. 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, (800) 826-0294, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Silver City/Grant County
5th Annual Gila River Festival — Mystery Trail Tour with Carrie Tomlinson of the Gila Conservation Education Center. 9-11 a.m. Meet at the Silver City Visitors Center at 8:45 a.m.; Kayak trip. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Birding Field Trip to the San Francisco River. Led by Mike Neal, research biologist with HawkWatch International. Potluck picnic at the river. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; "Aldo Leopold's Place in the Pantheon of 20th Century Conservationists." Lecture by author Stephen Fox. 538-8078. info@gilaconservation.org, www.gilaconservation.org/5thannualgrf.shtml
Easy Virtue — 4 p.m. To his ancestral seat, a fresh young man named John brings his great love Larita to meet his hostile mother, his shambling father and his unfortunate sisters Marion and Hilda, one snobbish, the other fawning. Perhaps the innocent John never realized how toxic his mother and elder sister were until Larita arrived to attract their poison. Larita is an auto racer, the recent winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. It's worth remembering that in the 1920s, racing drivers and pilots were admired almost like astronauts are today, and females were goddesses. Yet Larita, an American unschooled in the labyrinth of the British upper crust, earnestly hopes to make her alliance with John a success. She does everything that an American girl is taught to do, even supervising the preparation of what may be the first edible meal ever served in the stately home (recall that all-purpose 1920s Brit recipe: "Cook until dead"). WNMU-Silver City International Film Society. Real West Cinema II, Hwy. 180. www.silverfilm.org
Gila Wilderness Landscapes — 3-6 p.m. Opening reception for works by Thomas Edwin Holt. Live music, refreshments. JW Art Gallery, 99 Cortez Ave., Hurley. 537-0300, jwartgallery.com
Native Plant Society Hike — 8 a.m. Moderate hike to Sheep Corral. Deep woods, riparian. Carpool from WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater. Bring water, lunch, hat, sunscreen, good hiking shoes, possibly rain gear. Locale subject to change. 388-5192.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Annual Author's Luncheon — $20. 12:30 p.m. Selected winning author from Dona Ana County honored. Guest speaker Daniel Zolinsky, photographer. Picacho Hills Country Club. 521-8746.
Diane McGregor — Free. 1 p.m. Artist Dialogue series. Preston Contemporary Art Center. 1755 Avenida de Mercado. 523-8713, www.prestoncontemporaryart.com
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Las Cruces Art Association — 1:30 p.m. Mari Blacker, sculptor and educator, on "Las Cruces: Sights and Insights." Good Samaritan Arts Room, 3011 Bueno Vida Circle. 532-6293
Hillsboro
Tia McGraff — $5 donation. Hillsboro Community Center.
White Sands
Hot Air Balloon Invitational — $3 entrance fee. Liftoff 7 a.m. 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, (800) 826-0294, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Truth or Consequences
Force of Nature — 6-9 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of works by Susan A. Christie. RioBravo Fine Art, 110 Broadway, 894-0572, riobravofa@gmail.com, www.riobravofineart.net
Silver City/Grant County
24th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibit — 6 p.m. Opening reception, winners announced. Pinos Altos Church Gallery. 538-8216.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Yolanda Martinez — Free. 5:30 p.m. Native American drums. Rio Grande Theatre. www.RioGrandeTheatre.com
Silver City/Grant County
WNMU/WILL Economic Summit — Free. 5:30-7:30 p.m. First of five-part series. WNMU School of Business and Economics faculty members John Little, George Muncrief, Kooros Maskooki and others: "Gone with the Wind: The 2008-9 Meltdown of Global Wealth Part 1 — What went wrong?" Showing part I of the television documentary "House of Cards," on the financial collapse precipitated by the housing market collapse. Followed by a panel discussion. Global Resource Center Auditorium Center. 538-6835.
Mezze Madness — $65. 6 p.m. Romantic five-course dinner of Middle Eastern foods and wines. Reservations required. Banquet seating. Shevek & Co., 602 N. Bullard St., 534-9168, www.silver-eats.com
Bayard Farmers' Market — 3-6 p.m. Across from the Post Office.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Big Band Dance Club — See Sept. 3. $6 members, $7 guests. 8-10 p.m. Country Club, 2700 N. Main St. 524-0500, 523-4322, www.bigbanddanceclub.org
Reel Rock Tour — $10. 7 p.m. Rio Grande Theatre. 646-4746, www.ReelRockTour.com
The Deming Fuseliers — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
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Silver City/Grant County
Aldo Leopold Film Festival — Also Sept. 26. Friday, 7 p.m.: One-hour sneak preview of Ken Burns' new six-part documentary series, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea." Saturday, 7 p.m.: "Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators," a documentary about predators that features Aldo Leopold (see August issue) and a preview of the new film The Green Fire. WNMU Global Resource Center Auditorium. 536-2250, 536-9461.
24th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibit — Through Sept. 27, also Oct. 2-4. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Over 60 paintings from artists around the state. Pinos Altos Church Gallery. 538-8216.
Contemplative Aromatherapy — Donation. Through Sept. 27. Friday 6-9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.Workshop with David Crow of Floracopeia on how to enhance meditation with essential oils. WNMU Student Memorial Center, 3rd floor. 388-4673.
Luna Tart Died of a Broken Heart — Donation $10. Laura Freeman portrays Luna Tart, chanteuse and silver screen legend-in-her-own-mind. Heather Jarry and her band of Old World Marionettes. The Wherehouse, corner of Texas and San Vicente Streets.
The Jaguar's Shadow — 7 p.m. Illustrated talk and booksigning with Richard Mahler. See story in this issue. Proceeds from book sales benefit The Nature Conservancy. Bear Mountain Lodge. 534-4841.
Archeology Tour of the Mimbres Valley — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $75. With guest guide Marilyn Markel. Steel Horse Adventure Tours. 313-4383, www.steelhorse.biz.
The Phoney War of Memories — 7 p.m. $5. Encore screening of "Best in Show" at the Silver City Film Festival, by Simon Baele. The StudioSpace, 109 N. Bullard St., 534-9291.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Le Chat Lunatique — $10. 7:30 p.m. Rio Grande Theatre. www.RioGrandeTheatre.com
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. $10, $9 students and seniors. Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 2:30 p.m., Thursdays 7 p.m. A complex web of deceit and compassion. A child disappears and the detective investigating the disappearance, childless herself, assumes the father is guilty. The father, bereft at having looked away from his child for a moment, is willing to take the blame — guilty or not. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Whatever Works — Through Oct. 1. $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. This Woody Allen film's title refers to tangled farcical trysts that develop among its characters — primarily Boris Yelnitkov (Larry David), a genius physicist with a mean mouth and a suicidal streak, and a young Mississippi belle (Evan Rachel Wood) with more spunk than intellect. He fills up her bubble brain with string theory and pessimism. She cooks, cleans and exudes sunshine. He lets her in on the secrets of the universe. She gives him a reason to enjoy life. Soon their world extends to her repressed mother, a hunky Australian actor and a few other random figures. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org.
Silver City/Grant County
4th Annual Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Music, storytelling, good food, crafts, kids activities, as well as a farmers' market and agricultural workshops. Bayou Seco 3-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Elementary School. 536-9681, mimbresharvestfest.com
Aldo Leopold Film Festival — 7 p.m.: "Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators," a documentary about predators that features Aldo Leopold (see August issue) and a preview of the new film The Green Fire. WNMU Global Resource Center Auditorium. 536-2250, 536-9461.
Contemplative Aromatherapy — Donation. Through Sept. 27. See Sept. 25. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. WNMU Student Memorial Center, 3rd floor. 388-4673.
Dream Workshop — Sliding scale $30-$45. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Led by Pamela Morgan. Pre-register. Khankah Jamila Nur, 2106 Juniper St., 534-1395.
Live Music — 9 p.m. Drifter Lounge.
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Red Barn, Hwy. 180. Reservations and information: 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. Chanting, live music. No experience or partners needed. St, Mary's Retreat Center, Alabama St.,534-1441.
Silver City Farmers' Market — Every Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Andrew Dahl Bredine, singer-songwriter, performs. Vege Creature Art Show: Create a creature using vegetables, fruits, flowers and other plant matter. Prizes. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Main Street Plaza, 7th St. and Main, next to the Big Ditch Park and San Vicente Creek.
Tapestry of Talent Fashion Show — 2-5 p.m. "Wearable art fashion show" benefits Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective. Handmade items by collective members for sale, and quilts will be featured along with an "Artful Bra Contest" to support breast-cancer awareness. Light refreshments by Curious Kumquat and Shevek & Co. Advance tickets available at The Common Thread. Bayard Community Center. 538-5733.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Multimedia show: Travel to Brazil but never leave Tyrone. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
WNMU Mustangs Football vs. Western State College of Colorado — 1 p.m. Ben Altamirano Stadium. www.wnmumustangs.com
Live Western Auction — Also Sept. 27. 10 a.m. Southwestern art, kachinas, jewelry, pottery, antiques. Desert West, Mimbres, 536-9353, www.desertwestauction.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Animal Encounters — 4 p.m. Museum of Natural History. 522-3120.
Bayou Seco — 8 p.m. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.
Geronimo: An American Legend — $4, $1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. Walter Hill's historically inaccurate take on the American cavalry's campaign to capture the Chiricahua Apache warrior both celebrates and critiques myths of the American West. Despite its title, the film is really about the American cavalry officers who undertake the responsibility of recapturing the warrior, in particular the young narrator Lt. Charles Gatewood, who respects the great Geronimo and brokers a treaty with the Chiricahua, only to see it collapse when the army kills the tribal medicine man. New Mexico resident Gene Hackman plays Gen. George Crook, the proud but sympathetic officer charged with bringing in the renegades who take to hills after the killing. Matt Damon co-stars as a young lieutenant who finds himself battling his assumptions of the Apache people. CineMatinee. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org
Marina V — $15. 7:30 p.m. Rio Grande Theatre. www.RioGrandeTheatre.com
Mesilla Valley Corn Maze — Weekends through October. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $8, $6. Maze, U-pick garden. 3855 W. Picacho, 526-1919, www.mesillavalleymaze.com
On the River, For the River — $50 advance, $55 after Sept. 23. 5-10:30 p.m. Southwest Environmental Center gala fundraiser. Tours of the park, music, dancing, gourmet dinner. Dance under the stars to the music of Rawdogs and Beans and Crackers. Be greeted by the sounds of Mariachi Diamante de Las Cruces High School followed by Allister M. Silent auction, including a whitewater raft trip on the Rio Chama, jewelry, artwork, meals, scuba lessons. Tickets: SWEC, Mountain View Market, Malooly's Flooring Company, Andele, Las Cosas, Milagro Coffee. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, along the Rio Grande near Mesilla. 522-5552.
Rattlesnake Myths And Facts — $5. 8-9 a.m. Join Ranger Ken Abalos in an introduction to rattlesnakes. Indoor presentation. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, 523-4398, www.emnrd.state.nm.us, kabalos@state.nm.us
Sierra Club Trip — Free. Easy day hike to Monticello Box northwest of T or C. Outstanding riparian area; club has concerns about a proposed mine. Non-members welcome. 744-5860.
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Columbus
4th Annual Pancho's Car Show and Burnout Contest — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. Entry fee $10 per vehicle advance, $15 day of. Trophies in various categories, $100 "Best in Show." Pancho Villa State Park, 531-2711.
Deming
Fall Native Plant Sale — 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Rockhound State Park.
Silver City/Grant County
Contemplative Aromatherapy — Donation. See Sept. 25. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. WNMU Student Memorial Center, 3rd floor. 388-4673.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Multimedia show: Travel to Brazil but never leave Tyrone. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Co-Op General Membership Meeting — 6-8 p.m. Annual Silver City Food Co-op meeting, announce election results for new board directors (ballots counted 5-6 pm). Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard St. 388-2343.
Live Western Auction — See Sept. 26. 10 a.m. Desert West, Mimbres, 536-9353, www.desertwestauction.com
Gully Rehabilitation Workshop — Free. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nature of erosion and mitigation strategies, hands-on learning experience. Limited to 20. 388-1416.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Ciclovia Health Event — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Have fun getting healthy with bike riding, walking, jogging, dancing, aerobics, gymnastics, skates. Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada Ave. 522-0289, june@snmdo.org
Growers Market — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo at Idaho, 523-0436.
Mesilla Valley Corn Maze — 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $8, $6. 3855 W. Picacho, 526-1919, www.mesillavalleymaze.com
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 2:30 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. White Sands National Monument, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236.
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Silver City/Grant County
Bring on the Boys — Opening reception for exhibit of Jean Chandanais Bohlender's works featuring local ranchers and cowboys. Western Bank, Hwy 180W.
Silver City/Grant County
Astrology Classes — $88. Eight Wednesday evenings. 7 p.m. With Esther Melvin. 538-5268.
Bayard Farmers' Market — 3-6 p.m. Across from the Post Office.
Grant County Fair — Through Oct. 4. Cliff fairgrounds. 388-4223, 313-5825.
WNMU/WILL Economic Summit — 5:30-7:30 p.m. See Sept. 23. Showing part 2 of "House of Cards." Global Resource Center Auditorium Center. 538-6835.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Smith & Adams — $20. 7:30 p.m. Rio Grande Theatre. 521-4051.
Deming
Friends of Rockhound State Park Meeting — 10 a.m. Rockhound State Park.
OCTOBER
Silver City/Grant County
Grant County Fair — Through Oct. 4. Cliff fairgrounds. 388-4223, 313-5825.
Silver City/Grant County
24th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibit — Through Oct. 4. See Sept. 25. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Over 60 paintings from artists around the state. Pinos Altos Church Gallery. 538-8216.
Grant County Fair — Through Oct. 4. Cliff fairgrounds. 388-4223, 313-5825.
Oklahoma! — Through Oct. 11. $10, under 12 $5. Performances Oct. 2 and 3, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 4, 2 p.m.; Oct. 9 and 10, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 11, 2 p.m. The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Tickets at Alotta Gelato and Curious Kumquat. Theatre Group New Mexico. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. www.theatregroupnm.org
Las Cruces/Mesilla
2nd Annual What's Art? Convention — Through Oct. 3. With street festival. Exploring the area's creative and green economy. Workshops, ice sculpture, book signing, food and entertainment. Alma d'arte Charter High School, 404 W. Court Ave. 646-2391, talkingstick.info.
Dia de los Muertos — Through Nov. 7. Juried exhibit focusing on Day of the Dead traditions and celebrations. Branigan Cultural Center, 541-2155, www.las-cruces.org/museums
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
The Odd Couple — Through Oct. 18. $8, students/seniors $7, 6 and under $5. Friday and Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. This classic Neil Simon comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it's no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. Since he is very fastidious and tense, they fear he might commit suicide and so go about locking all the windows. As the action unfolds, the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Elephant Butte
Annual Celebration — Free. Through Oct. 4. Event celebrates Elephant Butte's anniversary as a city. Car, boat, motorcycle and 4x4 off-road vehicle shows, parade, golf tourney, music, costume contests, pumpkin carving, fishing derby. 744-4892, cityofelephantbutte.com
Silver City/Grant County
Taste of Downtown — $15. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tour downtown restaurants, coffeehouses, and dessert shops, tasting fare at participating locations. Live music, "Non-Profit Fair," Farmer's Market, other events going on. Silver City Mainstreet. 534-9005.
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 and San Vicente Creek.
Grant County Fair — Through Oct. 4. Cliff fairgrounds. 388-4223, 313-5825.
Oklahoma! — Through Oct. 11. $10, under 12 $5. 7:30 p.m. See Oct. 2. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. www.theatregroupnm.org
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Every Saturday. Pinos Altos Melodrama Touring Company. Red Barn Family Steak House, Hwy. 180. Reservations and information: 388-3848.
October Fiesta — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community event to benefit Pinos Altos Volunteer Fire Rescue. Gila Rangers Wild West Reenactment, German lunch at Pinos Altos Ice Cream Parlor, children's games, vendors. Bayou Seco 12:30-1:30 p.m. Main St. in Pinos Altos. 574-8394.
The Good Kind — $4 cover. 9 p.m. Live reggae/folk. Drifter Lounge.
Tyrone Mercantile — Every Saturday and Sunday. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Buy, sell and trade, indoor and outdoor sales. Lunch by Chef Phillip, knife sharpening available. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
2nd Annual What's Art? Convention — See Oct. 4. Alma d'arte Charter High School, 404 W. Court Ave. 646-2391, talkingstick.info.
Mesilla Valley Corn Maze — Weekends through October. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $8, $6. Maze, U-pick garden. 3855 W. Picacho, 526-1919, www.mesillavalleymaze.com
The Odd Couple — Through Oct. 18. See Oct. 2. $8, students/seniors $7, 6 and under $5. 8 p.m. Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Deming
Autumn Art & Wine Festival — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Art on exhibit, artists on hand, wine tastings and food. Luna Rosso Winery.
Elephant Butte
Annual Celebration — Through Oct. 4. See Oct. 2. Free. 744-4892, cityofelephantbutte.com
Silver City/Grant County
Grant County Fair — Cliff fairgrounds. 388-4223, 313-5825.
Tyrone Mercantile — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Oklahoma! — Through Oct. 11. $10, under 12 $5. 2 p.m. See Oct. 2. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. www.theatregroupnm.org
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.
Mesilla Valley Corn Maze — 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $8, $6. 3855 W. Picacho, 526-1919, www.mesillavalleymaze.com
The Odd Couple — Through Oct. 18. See Oct. 2. $8, students/seniors $7, 6 and under $5. 2 p.m. Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Elephant Butte
Annual Celebration — See Oct. 2. Free. 744-4892, cityofelephantbutte.com
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Silver City/Grant County
Bayard Farmers' Market — Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m. Across from the Post Office.
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Las Cruces/Mesilla
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $7. 7 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Friday 09
Silver City/Grant County
Weekend at the Galleries — Through Oct. 12. Columbus Day Weekend gallery event with exhibition openings, music. See complete guide in next issue. Mimbres Region Arts Council, www.mimbresarts.org
WNMU Mustangs Volleyball vs. Chadron State College — 7 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com
Oklahoma! — Through Oct. 11. $10, under 12 $5. 7:30 p.m. See Oct. 2. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. www.theatregroupnm.org
Las Cruces/Mesilla
27th Annual Cowboy for Cancer Research Dinner/Dance — Through Oct. 11. Two-day team roping event, dinner, dance. Various locations. 526-6028, gwcalhoun@msn.com
Jack Ward Invitational Choral Festival — Also Oct. 10. Friday 7:30 p.m. Saturday 3 p.m. $12, $15, $5. Youth from area middle schools participate, along with NMSU men's choir, Crimson Chord Company. Boy and girl choir clinics. NMSU Atkinson Recital Hall. 646-1420, 646-2067, music.nmsu.edu/ensembles/choirs
Luca Ciarla — $20. 7:30 p.m. Italian virtuoso violinist and composer. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, www.las-cruces-arts.org
The Odd Couple — Through Oct. 18. See Oct. 2. $8, students/seniors $7, 6 and under $5. 8 p.m. Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Truth or Consequences
Sierra County Fair — Through Oct. 11. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Arts, crafts, livestock, food vendors, community groups. Sierra County Fairgrounds. 894-2375.
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Silver City/Grant County
Oklahoma! — Through Oct. 11. $10, under 12 $5. 7:30 p.m. See Oct. 2. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. www.theatregroupnm.org
Victoria Chick — 3-6 p.m. Opening reception for exhibition of new works by Victoria Chick (see "Landing on Her Feet," July 2006). Live music, refreshments. JW Art Gallery, 99 Cortez Ave., Hurley. 537-0300, jwartgallery.com
Diversity in Continuity — 4-7 p.m. Opening reception for works by the Howard family. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas St., 534-8671.
Melodrama Theatre — 8 p.m. Red Barn, Hwy. 180. Reservations and information: 388-3848.
Silver City Farmers' Market — 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Enjoy fresh produce from local growers. Bayou Seco performs 9-11:30 a.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. Tyrone Town Plaza, Hwy. 90. 534-3911.
Silver City/Grant County
Weekend at the Galleries — Through Oct. 12. See complete guide in next issue. Mimbres Region Arts Council, www.mimbresarts.org
WNMU Mustangs Volleyball vs. Chadron State College — 1 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com
WNMU Mustangs Volleyball vs. University of Nebraska at Kearney — 7 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com
Las Cruces/Mesilla
2nd Annual New Mexico Pumpkin Fest — Through Oct. 11. 11 a.m.-7 pm. Mesilla Valley Corn Maze, 3855 W. Picacho Ave., 522-1232.
27th Annual Cowboy for Cancer Research Dinner/Dance — Through Oct. 11. See Oct. 9. 526-6028, gwcalhoun@msn.com
Jack Ward Invitational Choral Festival — See Oct. 9. $12, $15, $5. 3 p.m. NMSU Atkinson Recital Hall. 646-1420, 646-2067, music.nmsu.edu/ensembles/choirs
NMSU Aggies Football vs. Utah State — 6 p.m. Aggies Memorial Stadium. 646-1420 / 532-2060 / (915) 544-8444.
NMSU Aggies Women's Equestrian vs. Oklahoma State — 6 p.m. Equestrian Campus, corner of Stewart and Union. 646-1211, www.newmexicostatesports.com
The Odd Couple — Through Oct. 18. See Oct. 2. $8, students/seniors $7, 6 and under $5. 8 p.m. Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org
The Same Life Over — Through Oct. 11. See Sept. 25. $10 regular, $9 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org
Los Leones de Mesilla Car Show — 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Old Mesilla Plaza, south on Highway 28. 644-3747, www.oldmesilla.org
Truth or Consequences
Sierra County Fair — Through Oct. 11. See Oct. 9. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Sierra County Fairgrounds. 894-2375.