El Paso Scene March 2012

MAR.
Your monthl y gui de to communi ty

entertai nment, recreati on & cul ture
Taking
it outside
In March, the
entertainment
goes outdoors,
with Rockin Rolla,
Kidspalooza and
Franklin Mountains
Poppies Festival
on the lineup.
Pages 3, 5
Got your
ticket yet?
Complete list of
hottest concerts
coming up all
spring in the
Borderland
Pages 16-18
Over 800 things
to do, places to
go this issue!
MARCH
2012
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On the cover:
Stroll Through
Thunder
Canyon
by Ann
Mitchell

Historic preservation begins at home
Restoration of Magoffin Home, Fall Mansion
and other famed houses brightens the future
for El Pasos historic residences. Page 27
Page 2 El Paso Scene March 2012
Hueco Tanks Rock Rodeo The 19th
annual bouldering competition is Friday through
Sunday, March 2-4, at Hueco Tanks, with
more than $13,500 in cash and prizes offered.
The event also has adventure films, slide shows,
live music, paintball, a mechanical bull, vendor
village, pro athlete clinic, raffles and more. The
event runs 1 to 9 p.m. Friday; 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Registration: $60 (includes entrance fee to
park, goodie bag, slide show and film admis-
sion, Saturday and Sunday breakfast, Saturday
dinner and after party admission). Information:
huecorockrodeo.com.
Other events:
Photography Outdoor Media clinic with
Merrick Alres is 1 to 6 p.m. Friday. Cost: $50.
Pro Athlete climbing clinics are 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Sunday. Cost: $50 each.
The inaugural Youth Rock Rodeo is 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Sunday, for ages 16 and younger. Space
is limited. Registration: $40.
Massing of the Colors More than 80
veterans, school and civic organizations will
participate in the 37th annual event at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, at St. Raphael Church,
2301 Zanzibar, sponsored by the El Paso
Chapter of the Military Order of the World
Wars. Participating units are from Bliss, JROTC,
law enforcement and fire department, Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts and more. Admission is
free and the public is welcome. Information:
821-4423 or 755-4038.
Organizations wishing to participate may pre-
register at elpasomoww.org.
Home and Garden Expo The 13th
annual expo is March 9-11 at El Paso
Convention Center. Hours are 2 to 8 p.m.
Friday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. About 200 area compa-
nies display the latest products and services for
homeowners. Admission: $7; $4
military/seniors; free for ages 12 and younger.
Seniors and military admitted free on Friday.
Cash only. Information: (361) 882-2071 or elpa-
sohomeandgarden.com.
Other activities include educational seminars
from area experts for interior design and dcor
ideas, home energy saving tips and remodeling
ideas, Master Gardeners with spring planting
tips, and live cooking demonstrations.
Guests can register to win a $15,000 Extreme
Room Makeover Giveaway.
Celebre Segundo Barrio Day Celebre
Segundo Barrio hosts a health fair and family
day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at
the Lydia Patterson Institute Gym, 571
Florence, with games, door prizes, puppets,
food, historic neighborhood tour, health
screenings, neighborhood clean-up and more.
Admission is free; but canned goods donations
welcomed. Information: 533-8268, ext. 31.
The event is held in conjunction with the 2nd
annual Segundo Barrio 5K race/walk at 9 a.m.
benefiting area food pantries. Online preregis-
tration at celebrateSegundoBarrio.org.
Cesar Chavez Car Show and
Celebration Riverside Activist Youth will
host the celebration of the late United Farm
Workers of America founder 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 11, at Riverside High School
301 Midway. All makes of car welcome.
Proceeds benefit Centro de Trabajadores
Agricolas Fronterizos. Spectator admission is
free. Information: 474-4133 or
ogomez4@yisd.net.
Roll in for participants is 9 a.m. Vehicle regis-
tration is $15 in advance; $20 day of show.
Spring Wine Art Market Art and
Framing Mfg. and Sunland Winery, 1769 Victory
in Sunland Park, host a St. Patricks Day week-
end celebration 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16-17, with wine
tastings, painting, tasting and wine making class-
es, and a local arts market. Information: (575)
589-1214.
Rockin Rolla The Downtown Music &
Sports Fest begins at noon, Saturday, March
17, along Prospect, from Stewart to Corto Way
(Sunset Heights area just north of I-10).
Headliners are Livin On A Prayer Bon Jovi
tribute band and Never Stop Believing
Journey tribute band. Also performing are
Frontera Bugalu, Radio La Chusma, Brown
Betty, Fixed Idea, Exilio and the Joe Barron
may 2 000 March 2012
Please see Page 5
MARCH
INDEX
Roundup 3-12, 14-15. 21
Behind the Scene 4
Scene Spotlight 4
Viva Jurez 13
Heres the Ticket 16-18
Program Notes 19
Music, Comedy 20-21
Dance 22
El Paso FishNet 22
Becoming Bicultural 23
Sports 24-26
Feature:
Lived-In History 27-29
Nature 30-32
At the Museum 33-35
SW Art Scene 36-39
Gallery Talk 40-41
History Lessons 41
On Stage 43-44
Stage Talk 44
Keep on Bookin' 45
Film Scene 46-47
Racking up History 47
Liner Notes 48
April Preview 49
El Paso Scene Users Guide 40
Advertiser Index 50
Subscription Form 37
El Paso Scene Page 3 March 2012
I
n most other places, people look for-
ward to March as a time when the
snow melts and the ground thaws,
when the first leaves appear on barren
trees and flowers emerge from dormant
gardens.
In El Paso, however, March tends to
mean one thing weatherwise: wind.
As I write this column just two days
before March begins, the first major
windstorm of the season has blown in,
obscuring the mountains by late morning.
Unfortunately, this is just a sign of
things to come. The windy season in El
Paso typically peaks in March and April.
Its a time when wind advisory and
blowing dust become a regular part of
the weather forecast vocabulary.
The wind was here to greet me when I
first moved to El Paso in March 26 years
ago. As I was driving toward El Paso in
the afternoon, I could see a dark wall of
dust approaching from the west. It
reminded me of a scene in a movie about
the 1930s Dust Bowl.
The odd thing about spring in El Paso is
that there is relatively little rain. No April
showers to bring May flowers. Wind
without rain equals blowing dust.
We typically have to wait until the
windy season passes for the rainy season
to begin. Our greenest time of year in El
Paso isnt spring, its late summer after
the thunderstorms have reinvigorated the
desert plants.
Fortunately for event planners, El
Pasoans are a hardy breed and they will
typically show up at outdoor events
despite the wind, unless its a true
brown-out.
This March, there are two major out-
door festivals scheduled for the down-
town area: Rockin Rolla March 17, and
Kidspalooza a week later on March 24.
The Saturday after that, March 31, is the
annual Franklin Mountains Poppies
Festival in Northeast El Paso.
Oddly enough, the lack of spring rain
has nothing to do with the appearance of
poppies. Its the winter rain that matters,
and apparently we got just enough to
coax the Mexican Golden Poppies out of
the ground this year.
As an avid cyclist, Ive learned to make
my peace with wind. Although most of
my riding is in the morning, my cycling
friends and I usually try to ride one or
two evenings a week once Daylight
Savings begins. We get some good prac-
tice on what we call our echelon tech-
nique, riding in a group angled off each
other to get the maximum protection
from the crosswind.
For the past two years Ive organized a
late March or early April Ride with the
Wind bicycle event. We transport riders
and bicycles to Columbus, N.M., so they
can ride the 65 miles to El Paso with the
wind at their back. The first time we did
this, all of the riders made in back in
under three hours.
So my best advice to anyone new to the
El Paso Southwest is to learn to adapt to
the wind and work around it. I dont go
so far as to tell them to grin and bear it
they might get too much grit in their
teeth.
* * *
This months cover painting by Ann
Mitchell was one of the winners in last
November El Paso Scenes exhibit at
the Sunland Art Gallery. Titled A Stroll
in Thunder Canyon, it highlights a natu-
ral arroyo on the west side of the
Franklins that was saved from develop-
ment a few years ago through efforts of
local residents and the Frontera Land
Alliance.
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April issue is March 20
The April issue comes out March 28
San Elizario Art District Main Street
near the San Elizario Plaza on the Mission
Trail. The First Friday ArtWalk is March 2,
and Art Markets 4th Season begins March
18 with the unveiling of a life-size sculpture
of Billy The Kid at the Old Jail. Page 2.
Kidspalooza El Paso Symphony
Orchestra hosts the 5th annual family art and
music festival March 24 throughout
Downtown with an appearance by Cookie
Monster, Make & Take craft workshops,
tours, performances and exhibits. Page 52.
Crossland Gallery Showing March 2-
17: Annual Colors of Spring Art Show and
sale. Showing March 23-April 14: Mont
Saint Michel Transparent Watercolor
Association exhibit, works by Holly Cox and
Life in Mongolia, photos by Jean-Claude
Varga. Page 36.
La Tierra Caf Dinner Shows La Tierra
Cafs 2011-12 season of dinner concerts
continues through June. Page 18.
March 3 Hamsa-American Tribal Belly
Dance celebrating International Womens
Day.
April 21 Danzas Espanolas Baile
Clasico.
Yoga for Life Spring Session Classes for
all levels run March 4-May 24. Page 47.
El Paso Performing Arts and Convention
Center events Page 10.
Chicago (March 13); 100 Years of
Broadway (March 26); Mariachi Vargas de
Tecalitlan (March 31) and Straight, No
Chaser (April 5) at The Plaza Theatre.
Kevin Hart (March 31) at Abraham
Chavez Theatre.
Generation 2000 (March 31-April 1) at El
Paso Convention Center.
Spring Wine Art Market Art and
Framing Mfg. and Sunland Winery host a St.
Patricks Day weekend celebration March
16-17 with wine tastings, painting, tasting
and wine-making classes, and a local arts
market. Page 41.
Rockin Rolla Downtown The down-
town music festival is March 17 with the
Ultimate Bon Jovi and Journey Tribute bands,
local bands, Golden Gloves boxing. Page 25.
Pasion Flamenca Gallegos y Baile
Flamenco, one of the Southwests premiere
Flamenco troupes, performs traditional fla-
menco guitar, song, and dance March 17,
Chamizal National Memorial. Page 21.
Hal Marcus Gallery The Early El Paso
Art Collectors Organization (EEPACO)
meets March 22, at the gallery with speak-
ers Michael Tomor and L. B. Porter. Free
gallery tours are April 14-15 as part of the
El Paso Artists Studio Tour. Page 24.
LYNX Exhibits Through May 28: The
Science of SuperCroc, with the worlds
largest crocodile. A free parking lot fair is
March 24 as part of Kidspalooza. Page 43.
Sasahara Gallery Showing through
March 24 Dichotomy Squared show by
Mitzi Quirarte and Tina Yetter. Page 36.
Sunland Derby The 10th annual running
of the Sunland Derby is March 25 at
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Page 7.
Rubin Center Showing through March
31 at UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald Rubin
Center for the Visual Arts: 2012 Biennial
UTEP Faculty Art Exhibition. Page 19.
Spring Bash 2012 An evening of salsa,
bachata, cumbia, cha-cha, reggaetton, tech-
no, meringue and more is March 31 at
Partida Hall featuring DJ Orlando DJ Beetz
Garcia. Page 12.
Swan Lake El Paso Youth Ballet pres-
ents the classic ballet March 31-April 1 at
UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Page 3.
Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes Music
The Sesame Street Live annual Easter
week shows are April 5-8 at the Abraham
Chavez Theatre. Page 10 and 26.
Krystyna Robbins workshop The El
Paso artist hosts a Spring Gardens oils, pas-
tels and watercolor workshop April 10-12
at her studio and gardens. Page 29.
Tom Russell The internationally
renowned singer/songwriter performs April
21 at Scottish Rite Temple Theater. Page 9.
Sculpture Classes Pedro Francisco
teaches at Crossland Gallery. Page 21.
Country dance classes Shundo
Ballroom hosts country, western and two-
step dance classes on Tuesdays. Page 6.
Belly dance classes Internationally
trained instructor Nisreen teaches belly
dance classes for kids age 4 and older at
Mind Body Studio and adults age YWCA
(Northeast). Page 17.
Southern New Mexico
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
in Alamogordo, N.M.
Comic/magician Andy Gross March 2.
US Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors
March 7.
ArcAttack March 28.
Arlo Guthrie April 1
Squirm Burpee Vaudeville Nouveau circus
April 23.
Silver City MainStreet First Fridays
event March 2 celebrates Dr. Seusss
Birthday. Page 17.
Las Cruces Arts Fair Doa Ana Arts
Councils 2012 regional juried fine arts event
is March 17-18 in the Las Cruces
Convention Center, with a VIP Preview
Night Gala March 16. Page 13.
Cowboy Days The annual celebration of
Southwest pioneer heritage is March 17-18,
at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage
Museum. Page 8.
Las Cruces Museum of Art Showing
through April 12: New Mexico: 100 Years
of Art, works that focus on New Mexico
artists works. Page 43.
Scene Spotlight highlights events
advertised in this issue.
Band. Sports events include a Texas vs. New
Mexico Golden Gloves boxing battle.
Admission: $15 (ticketbully.com). Information:
rockinrollaep.com.
The event also will honor St. Patricks Day
with green beer sales, along with other food
and beverage vendors.
Kidspalooza El Paso Symphony
Orchestra hosts the 5th annual family art and
music festival 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
March 24, throughout Downtown. Area arts
organizations will present Make & Take craft
workshops, tours, performances and exhibits
to educate and expose young participants to
the many activities available in the El Paso area.
Activities are free. Sun Metro rides free.
Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Lynx Exhibits a free parking lot fair is
Saturday, March 24, during Kidspalooza, with
take-home crafts, activities, prizes and live ani-
mals, balloon animals, snacks, face painting and
more.. Admission to the SuperCroc exhibit is
$5 during the event.
The annual and Family 5K run/walk is 8:30
a.m. in Arts Festival Plaza. Kids 100-Yard dash
begins at 9:15 a.m. Registration: $20 5K; $5
kids dash (age 8 and younger only). Online reg-
istration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Super Kite Contest The 11th annual
kite flying contest, sponsored by Westside
Community Church, is noon to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 24, at Francisco Delgado Park
(Imperial Ridge behind Franklin High). The
event includes various prizes, jumping balloons
and face painting, as well as free kites (while
supplies last). Admission is free. Information:
877-8000 or westsidecommunity.org.
Cesar Chavez Celebration Sin
Fronteras and several community organizations
will celebrate the accomplishments of the late
United Farm Workers of America founder with
several events March 25-April 23.
Information: 532-0921 or 873-8933.
A Misa Campesina (Farm Worker Mass) to
remember Csar Chvez is 11 a.m. Sunday,
March 25, at St Pius X, 1050 N. Clark (at
Geronimo). Reception and farmworker exhibit
will be displayed 9 a.m. to noon in the churchs
Community Room.
The Annual Marcha Campesina, Farm
Worker March celebrating the Life of Csar
Chvez is 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31, begin-
ning and ending at the Farm Worker Center,
201 E. Ninth and travels to San Jacinto Plaza.
An indigenous blessing precedes the march at 9
a.m., and a reception follows noon to 3 p.m. at
the center. Admission is free.
Fashionistas Inspiring Girls Fashion
Show Latinitas will host a charity girl
empowerment fashion show 3 to 6 p.m.
Sunday, March 25, at the Forever and Always
Ballroom, 3333 N. Yarbrough, featuring cloth-
ing for girls, teens and women. Also features
live music, video screening, youth artwork
exhibit, dance performances and an inspira-
tional guest speaker. Tickets: $10; available at
laslatinitas.org. Information: 219-8554.
Cesar Chavez Celebration Centro de
Salud Familiar La Fe. 721 S. Ochoa, will cele-
brate the accomplishments of the late United
Farm Workers of America founder 3 to 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, with live entertainment,
food and a childrens area. Admission is free.
Information: 545-7190.
Coronado Bands Carnival and Car
Show Coronado High School Band Boosters
hosts its fundraising event 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday,
March 31, in the school parking lot, at the
Coronado High Schools Thunderbird Stadium
parking lot, 100 Champions Place, with games,
prizes, food and music. Admission is free.
Information: 474-0154 or
chsbandcarshow@gmail.com.
Entry fee for car show participants is $25 for
cars; $15 for motorcycles.
Franklin Mountain Poppies
Preservation Celebration The 6th
annual free family fun day is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain in Northeast
El Paso (west of U.S. 54). Admission is free.
Information: 755-4332, franklinmountains.org.
No parking available at the museum during
the fest; park free at the El Paso Community
College Transmountain Campus on Gateway
North between Diana and Transmountain with
free shuttle 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Outdoor activities at the Bandstand include
live entertainment by Tigua Youth Dancers and
Drummers, El Paso Youth Symphony, Ceiba
and Friends, United Intertribal Nations Dancing
and Drumming and Slackabilly.
Nature Tours are given hourly 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. Nature talks and personal appearances by
a Mexican wolf and Takota the Golden Eagle
are 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Other outdoor activities are a childrens area,
arts and crafts vendors, educational and infor-
mational displays, food vendors with buffalo
stew, Indian fry bread and more.
Museum exhibits will be open inside the
museum and Capstone Productions will pres-
ent films on local history 1 to 4 p.m.
Generation 2000 Clear Channel
Communications presents the 25th annual chil-
drens fair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, March 31-April 1, at the El Paso
Convention Center, consisting of several spe-
cialty booths, games and interactive displays
aimed at entertaining and educating children of
all ages. Tickets go on sale March 5 at Gatti
Town: 592-4100. Information: genera-
tion2000.net.
El Paso Sports and Health Expo
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee is the spe-
cial guest at KRODs annual family show 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 1, at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino. The expo features free
health screenings, consultations, live boxing,
sports card and collectors tables, and sports-
related retailers will exhibit and sell sporting
goods, apparel and more. Admission is free.
Information: 351-4592 or krod.com.
Southern New Mexico
Rag Rug Festival The annual festival cel-
ebrating the rag rug craft is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, March 3-4, at the New
Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum,
4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. The
New Mexico Womens Foundation-sponsored
event features rag rugs, hand-woven items,
jewelry, fashions, fabrics and handmade crafts.
Admission is free. Information: (505) 983-6155,
frieda@nmwf.org or nmwf.org.
Apollo 16 40th Anniversary The
moon missions 40th anniversary commemora-
tion is planned for Thursday through Saturday,
March 8-10, in Las Cruces and Alamogordo,
with guests including Gene Kranz and Charlie
Duke. Kranz was a director of the Apollo 11
Moon Landing and for the aborted Apollo 13
moon flight. Charlie Duke was the 10th human
to walk on the moon, Apollo 11 Capsule
Communications and Apollo 16 Lunar Module
March Roundup
Contd from Page 3
Please see Page 6
Pilot. All main events Friday are free.
Information: (575) 437-2840, 1-877-333-6589
or nmspacemuseum.org.
Thursday includes two showings of the Tom
Hanks movie Apollo 13 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. at
the Allen Theatres Cineport 10 Theater in Las
Cruces. Kranz and Duke will make a special
appearance after the first showing to discuss
the Apollo program with moderator Mike
Shinabery, Education Specialist with the New
Mexico Museum of Space History. All proceeds
go to Habitat for Humanity. Cost: $20; available
at apollo40.org.
The Apollo 16 40th Anniversary
Commemoration event begins at 9:30 a.m.
Friday at NMSUs Aggie Memorial Stadium East
Parking Lot and in the Pan American Center.
Activities include launch demonstrations of
scale replicas of some historic White Sands
Rockets as well as vehicles from the NASA
manned space program. Also featured is a cele-
bration of the 50th Anniversary of John Glenns
Friendship 7 flight, a launch honoring the Space
Shuttle Program, and a launch reenactment of
the Apollo 16 Saturn V moon rocket launched
from a working replica of Launch Complex 39.
Indoor activities Friday in the Pan Am Center
include hands-on and static displays from
Spaceport America, the Las Cruces Natural
History Museum, New Mexico Museum of
Space History, White Sands Test Facility, the
National Solar Observatory, and the Fellowship
of Las Cruces Area Rocketry Enthusiasts
(FLARE). Duke and Kranz will give presenta-
tions. Kranz also will make a guest appearance
Saturday at the New Mexico Museum of Space
History in Alamogordo.
Rockhound Roundup The 47th annual
roundup for rock and gem lovers is 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Thursday through Sunday, March 8-11, at
the Southwest New Mexico Fairgrounds in
Deming. The roundup, sponsored by the
Deming Gem & Mineral Society, includes mar-
ket vendors, jewelry, drawings and raffles, field
trips, silent auctions, Admission and parking is
free. Raffle tickets: $1 each (12 for $10).
Information: (575) 546-0056 or (575) 544-
0028. or dgms.bravehost.com.
From El Paso, take I-10 west to Exit 85.
A silent auction is 6:30 p.m. Friday and a live
auction is 7 p.m. Saturday, featuring slabs, geo-
des, crystals, jewelry and more.
Field trips depart at 8:30 a.m. from the
Fairgrounds Thursday through Saturday, to sites
with onyx, agate, geodes and other gem
stones. Participants should wear suitable cloth-
ing and bring lunch, water and tools.
Donations: $5 ($10 big diggins trip).
Camp Furlong Day and Cabalgata
Binacional The 9th annual event is 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Pancho Villa
State Park, off State Roads 11 and 9, Columbus,
N.M. The event features folklorico dancers,
music, food and parade led by more than 100
Mexican cabalgata horseback riders and more.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 531-2711
or nmparks.com for state park or (575) 494-
1535 or (575) 494-5815 for village.
Camp Furlong Day is a binational friendship
event commemorating the March 9, 1916
early-morning attack on the village of
Columbus by Pancho Villa and his men.
Guest speakers begin at 9 a.m. the parks
Exhibit Hall, including Pulitzer Prize winner
Eileen Welsome, author of The General and
the Jaguar about Pershings pursuit of Pancho
Villa into Mexico.
The 13th Annual Cabalgata Binacional will be
hosted by citizens of Columbus and will be held
in the village plaza. Cavalcade riders are
expected to arrive in Columbus at about 10
a.m. followed by events in the village plaza.
Las Cruces Home and Garden Show
The Las Cruces Home Builders
Associations 30th annual show is 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 10-11, at the Las Cruces Convention
Center, 680 E. University. The regional public
marketplace showcases about 100 businesses.
Admission: $5 (free for children 12 and
younger). Information: (575) 522-1232 or
lchba.com.
Councils 2012 regional juried fine arts event is
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Sunday, March 17-18, in the Las Cruces
Convention Center, 680 University, with more
than 80 artists from around the county, artists
demonstrations and childrens activities.
Admission; $5. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
las-cruces-arts.org/events/las-cruces-arts-fair.
A VIP Preview Night Gala is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, March 16, to view the fair before the
general public. Admission: $35.
The Arts Fair is for artists producing original
work in acrylics, pastels, pencil, pen and ink,
oils, watercolors, fabric, leather, weaving, glass,
jewelry, metals, mix media, photography,
porcelain, pottery, sculpture, and wood. Mass-
produced or factory-produced work in any cat-
egory is not permitted.
Cowboy Days The 13th annual celebra-
tion of Southwest pioneer heritage is 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18,
at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage
Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces.
Admission: $4. Information: (575) 522-1232 or
nmcowboydays.com. Museum information:
(575) 522-4100, nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
Scheduled events include a team roping con-
test, working dogs (Sunday only), stagecoach
rides, live music and dancing, horseback and
pony ride, 19th century fashion show, Mexican
rodeo demonstration, Become a Cowboy
childrens activities, Western Writers of
America, scavenger hunt and Time Travel to
1912: A New Mexico Statehood Celebration.
A plant and tree sale at the museums green-
house also is part of the weekend festivities.
Mountain Living Home & Garden
Show The 9th annual show is March 17-
18 at the Ruidoso Convention Center. More
than 200 experts and retailers from four states
present new products and ideas. Hours are 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday. Admission: $5 (under 12 free with
adult). Information: (575) 808-0655 or
nmmtnliving.com.
Southwest Senior Expo The expo for
area seniors is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, March 23-24 at the Las Cruces
Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave. in
Las Cruces. Admission: $3 per day; all admis-
sion proceeds benefit disabled American veter-
ans. Call for times. Information: (575) 642-8888
or southwestseniorexpo.com.
This years theme is the 1950s. Buddy Hollys
muse, Peggy Sue, will make an appearance as
well as the traveling Norman Petty Studios
exhibit from Clovis, N.M.
A Sock Hop is 6:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday with
live music by Oldies But Goodies.
Southwest New Mexico Dutch Oven
Cook-Off The 10th annual cook-off begins
at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 31, at Glenwood
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Community Park on CatWalk Road in
Glenwood, N.M. (one hour north of Silver
City). Tasting begins at 2 p.m. at the park pavil-
ion with awards at 2:30 p.m. Also featured are
musicians, and awards for winning cooks.
Proceeds benefit park upkeep. Taster plates for
spectators are $5 ($3 children under 12).
Information: Leah Jones, (575) 539-2800 or
gilaleahjones@gmail.com.
Information/registration: Gale Moore, (575)
388-4806 or gale@cybermesa.com.
Wheels of Dreams The Las Cruces
Rodrunners will host its annual show benefiting
the youth of Las Cruces 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, at the Field of Dreams
Stadium, 250 Tashiro, Las Cruces. The show
features classic cars and hot rods, as well a raf-
fles, family activities, live music, food vendors
and more. Cash prizes for participants. Food
vendors. Spectator admission is free. Entry fee
for participants: $30 in advance; $35 day of
event. No alcohol allowed. Information and
registration: (575) 649-9919.
First Fridays in Silver City Several of
historic Downtown Silver Citys restaurants,
shops and Red Dot galleries will stay open
late the first Friday of each month as part of
the monthly First Friday shopping event. Free
live music and other special events also planned
each month. Information: 1-800-548-9378 or
silvercitymainstreet.com.
Bazaars and fairs
Downtown Artist Market The City of
El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs
Department new market for area artists are
Saturdays on Anthony Street in the Union Plaza
area. Winter hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Space
for about 53 artists available each month.
Booth space costs $2, and artists will be
required to prove they produce their own
work. Artists must obtain a sales permit and
attend one of the monthly orientation sessions
offered 6 to 8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each
month in the City Hall third floor training
room. Information/guidelines online at elpaso-
texas.gov/mcad at Cultural/Heritage Tourism
& Initiatives.
Toy and card show A trading card and
toy show is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 4,
at the Ramada Palms, University at I-10 in Las
Cruces, hosted by J & M Sportscards.
Provost Gun Show The El Maida
Provost Guard gun, small antique and
Southwest art show is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March
10-11, at the El Maida Shrine Temple, 6331
Alabama. Admission: $5 ($4 active military and
accompanying dependents). Age 18 and
younger must be accompanied by a parent or
legal guardian. Information: 241-1761.
Sun Country Doll Folks The clubs
38th annual doll show and sale is 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Holiday Inn
Airport, Airway at I-10, exit 25. The event
showcases several tables of antique and mod-
ern dolls, accessories, clothing, miniatures,
books, bears and animals, Beanies and more.
Free doll appraisals offered and a doll hospital
on site. Admission: $3 ($1 children).
Information: 637-3438 or (575) 874-9182.
Founded in 1974, club members include many
avid doll collectors and doll makers, involved in
many charitable activities such as dressing dolls
for the Toys for Tots, Operation Santa Claus
Toy Drive, contributing to the UTEP
Scholarship fund, donating gifts and dolls to
needy families at Christmas and creating doll
displays.
El Paso Psychic Fair The fair is 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18,
at the Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway (at Boeing).
Admission: $5 for both days (private readings
not included with admission). Free admission
with active duty military I.D. Information: 345-
6245 or elpasopsychicfair.com.
The fair features aura photos, handmade New
Age crystal and gemstone jewelry, spirit writ-
ing, Feng Shui products, aromatherapy and
readings by 14 professional psychic readers and
mediums from across Texas and New Mexico.
Readings offered in English and Spanish.
German Spring Bazaar The German
Catholic Church of Fort Bliss hosts its annual
bazaar 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 17,
at the German Community Center
(Soldatenstube), Building 5095 at Fort Bliss.
Hobby craftspeople will display and sell their
various decorations, handmade greeting cards,
quilts to woodcraft products. German
bratwurst, waffles, beer, coffee, cakes, pastries
and cookies also available. Admission is free.
Information: 568-0259, 568-7522 or betreu-
unginelpaso.com.
All proceeds will benefit the following proj-
ects on both sides of the border: Centro
Communitario del Esperito Santo A.C, Centro
Santa Catalina and the colonia in Horizon City.
Mission Trail Art Market Area artisans
and craftspeople display their fine arts and
crafts during the monthly open-air market,
which begins its 4th season 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 18, in the historic Veterans
Memorial Plaza at the San Elizario Chapel,
1500 Main in San Elizario. Food and drink con-
cessions and entertainment. Pistoleros de San
Elizario will perform a Billy the Kid reenact-
ment at 1 and 3 p.m. at the old county jail.
Admission is free. Information: 594-8424 or
missiontrailartmarket.com.
For a good cause
An Evening at the Comic Strip El Paso
Jewish Academys 17th annual Comedy Night is
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at El Paso
Comic Strip, 1201 Airway. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. Reservations required. Tickets: $65 ($125
couples; $1,250 tables for 10); available in
advance by sending payment to the school at
805 Cherry Hill, 79912 or at the door.
Proceeds benefit EPJA. Information/tickets:
EPJA, 833-0808 or elpasojewishacademy.com.
Tablescapes El Paso Pro-Musica Guilds
15th annual luncheon features designer-deco-
rated tables March 1-2 at the El Paso Country
Club, 5000 Country Club Place. Each table is
individually decorated by El Pasos leading floral
designers, high-end furniture stores, party plan-
ners, specialty shops and more. Attendees vote
for their favorite table, with designs ranging
from whimsical to sophisticated. Proceeds ben-
efit El Paso Pro-Musica. Information: 833-9400
or eppm.org.
The Ladies Nite Out Preview Party is 5:30
p.m. Thursday. Cost: $25.
Luncheon and auction is noon Friday, with
browse time starting at 9 a.m. and following
meal 1 to 2:30 p.m. Cost: $40.
Cost for both preview and luncheon is $60.
Milagro Gala Actress America Ferrera is
featured guest speaker at El Paso Childrens
Hospitals 2012 benefit gala 6 to 10 p.m. Friday,
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March 2, at El Paso Convention Center.
Proceeds from the event benefit sick and
injured children at El Paso Childrens Hospital
Tickets: $150 ($1,500 table for 10).
Information/reservations: 521-7229, ext. 3083
Project MOVE UTEPs Center for Civic
Engagements annual Project MOVE (Miner
Opportunities for Volunteer Experiences) Day
is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 3.
Volunteers will experience the importance of
civic engagement, leadership, and service.
Information on projects: 747-5076 or project-
move.utep.edu.
Honoring Heroes with Heart gala
HEAL (Help End Abuse for Life) will host its
annual gala 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at
Mountain Annies, 2710 Sudderth in Ruidoso,
N.M. Ticket information: The Nest, (575) 378-
6378 or helpendabuseforlife.org.
STAR Gala The Alzheimers Association
STAR Chapter of El Paso will host its annual gift
basket fundraiser 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 23,
at El Paso Country Club, with silent auction of
gift baskets, dinner and dancing. The Laura Tate
Goldman Band performs A Tribute To Carole
King. Proceeds will benefit people with
Alzheimers disease; Alzheimers Association
President Harry Johns is special guest. Tickets:
$100; $1,000 table for 10 ($1,500 with recogni-
tion). Information: Susie, 544-1799 or
susie.gorman@alz.org.
Celebrity Waiter Spaghetti Dinner
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Centers
13th annual fundraiser is 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
March 24, at St. Pius X Parishs Msgr. Arturo
Banuelas Community Center, 1050 N. Clark, at
Geronimo. Local celebrities, candidates for
office and other politicians will serve as waiters
for a night working for tips. Proceeds benefit
work with immigrant children, battered immi-
grant women and asylees/refugees. Admission:
$45; available in advance at 544-5126.
Information: las-americas.org.
Desert View Women Basket Social
Gift baskets will be raffled at the 12th annual
Spring Fling basket social and charity raffle
noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Desert
View United Church of Christ, 11160
Montwood. This years theme is Luck O The
Irish. Refreshments will be served during inter-
mission. Admission: $5 (includes chance to win
up to 12 gift baskets). Extra tickets are $3.
Information: 593-1169 (Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).
El Paso Stroll for Epilepsy The inaugu-
ral walk to raise awareness of epilepsy is 9 a.m.
Saturday, March 24, at Ascarate Park, 6900
Delta. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Participants
are asked to raise or donate at least $25 for the
cause; walkers receive t-shirts. Information: 1-
888-548-9716 or pcjordan@swbell.net. Online
registration at strollforepilepsy.com.
The walk is in memory of PC Jordan Jr., who
at the age of 12, developed seizures. PC was a
member of the baseball team at Burges High
and active in various school organizations and
community service projects.
Sunland Derby Gala Sunland Park
Racetrack & Casinos 9th gala benefiting United
Blood Services is 6 p.m. Saturday, March 24.
Guest speaker is Pro Football Hall of Fame
quarterback Joe Montana. Proceeds from this
event used to assist United Blood Services in
recruiting, training and educating volunteer
blood donors and coordinators and to provide
area high school scholarships. Table sponsor
and individual ticket information: 544-5422, ext
164 or lwieland@bloodsystems.org.
The running of the 2011 Sunland Derby and
The Oaks (for fillies) is Sunday, March 25.
Womans Club benefit The Womans
Club of El Paso annual civic benefit luncheon,
Cabaret Tresor, is 11 a.m. Saturday, March
24, at El Paso Country Club, with dance per-
formance, silent auction and donation drawing.
This year event benefits Hospice El Paso.
Tickets: $50; reservations required. Tickets
available at the Womans Club of El Paso, 1400
N. Mesa. Information: 532-6131.
Athletic & Academic Achievement
Awards Cincinnati Bengals starting line-
backer and UTEP alumnus Thomas Howard is
the special guest for the inaugural honors ban-
quet 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at
Coronado Country Club, 1044 Broadmoor,
with food, UTEP memorabilia, networking and
more. Cost: $100. Information: (510) 484-
7022, bcoates@exposurebbc.com or
Mr53.com.
The event honors distinguished athletes locally
and nationally across a variety of sports. The
Thomas Howard Foundation is among the first
to recognize athletes, like Howard who
embraced a walk-on status at the college level
and furthered their careers to higher achieve-
ment.
Celebre La Buena Vida The fundrais-
er for Buena Vida Adult Day Center and Foster
in Texas is Thursday, March 29, at the Camino
Real Hotel, 101 S. El Paso. Dinner and cocktails
is 5:30 p.m. with auction at 6:30 p.m. of more
than 80 original wooden houses painted by
some of El Pasos premier artists. Tickets: $30
Reservations: 1-800-938-5777. Information:
598-5403.
Buena Vida Adult Day Centers are a ministry
of Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc.
Participating artists include Candy Mayer,
Charlie Mayer Bob Adams, Carmen Navar,
Corrine Abeyta, Alberto Escamilla, Lisa Matta,
Krystyna Robbins and others.
Art Auction 2012 KCOS-TV public tele-
visions annual fundraiser featuring works by
area artists April 12, April 14-15 and April
19-22. All mediums of art are represented, as
well as antiques, collectibles and celebrity
items. Information/donations: 590-1313 or
kcostv.org. Art work submissions being taken
through March. 9.
Something for everyone
SUN Conference The 7th annual confer-
ence on teaching and learning is 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday,
March 1-2, at various locations on the UTEP
campus. On-site registration: $70 for profes-
sionals; $25 for students. Information: 747-
8793 or cetalweb.utep.edu/sun.
Bassett Place The mall at 6101 Gateway
West celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Information: 772-7479 or bassettplacemall.com.
A classic car show is Friday through Sunday,
March 2-4, with cars of the 50s, 60s and 70s
inside the mall, as well as new cars from neigh-
boring care dealers. Customers may vote on
their favorite.
The Fox Juke Box Mikey Guerrero will
broadcast live from Bassett to celebrate it 50th
anniversary noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, March 4,
with appearance by the remaining members of
The Bobby Fuller Four.
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Licon Dairy Petting Zoo will be in the main
corridor Saturday and Sunday, March 10-11,
with 20 or more baby animals for children to
feed and pet. There will also be a Grandparents
sensitivity course, clowns, face painting,
asaderos from Licon Diary, pecan treats from
Ramirez Pecans, cake from Costco and more.
The Kids-N-Co Fair Tale Princesses and Pages
will also be in the mall to greet children.
Dallas Cowboys legends Bill Bates, Everson
Walls, Nate Newton and Mickey Spagnola will
be in the mall Saturday, March 17, and broad-
cast Cowboy Radio live from Bassett Place.
Guests can win a trip for two to any Dallas
Cowboy Game in 2012.
El Paso Department of Public Health will hold
a low-cost vaccine clinic 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, in front of Kohls.
Little Miss Bassett and Baby Bassett Pageant
is Saturday, March 31, with prizes and trophies
for winners.
Couture Challenge The El Paso Designs
Couture Challenge Fashion Show in anticipation
of El Paso Fashion Week is 8 p.m. to midnight
Friday, March 2, at NV Ultra Lounge, 200
Anthony, featuring fashions by local designers.
Tickets: $10; available at Hommework, 2603
N. Stanton. Information: 999-1781 or elpaso-
fashionweek.com.
Empower Yourself! Make It Happen
The third biennial Release Your Potential
El Paso Conference for Women is 6 p.m. Friday
and 7:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 2-3, at the
Centennial Club at Biggs Airfield in Fort Bliss,
hosted by El Paso First Lady Tram Cook and
Mayor John Cook. The event features, semi-
nars, trainings and forums for area women.
Cost: $50 (includes Friday banquet, meals and
conference). Student/military/senior tickets:
$30. Information: 566-4066 or elpasoconfer-
enceforwomen.com.
Keynote speaker for Friday evening is Marie
C. Wilson, founder of the White House project
to advance womens leadership and Take Your
Daughter to Work Day. Opening reception
begins at 5 p.m.
Saturdays events include turbo networking, a
luncheon and resource fair, afternoon breakout
sessions on wellness, business, youth issues,
self-esteem leadership and more.
Sessions close with a Zumba party 3:15 to
3:45 p.m. in the Main Ballroom.
Preschoolers, Private Parts and
Playmates Paso del Norte Association for
the Education of Young Children host a seminar
with Seattle parenting and sexual health expert
Amy Lang, The seminar will focus on whats
OK and when to worry concerning young chil-
dren and their bodies, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday,
March 2, at Paso Del Norte Child
Development Center, 1101 Schuster. Admission
is free, but $5 donation requested. Information:
Bea Vargas, 544-8484, ext. 173.
Childrens Disabilities Symposium
The CDIC Community Parent Resource
Centers 23rd annual symposium, Finding the
Missing Link: Genetic Screening to Enhance the
Education and Management of Children with
Disabilities, is 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 3, at Americas High School, 12101
Pellicano. Registration is 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. a.m.
Intended for adults only; no childcare available.
Cost: $50 social work ethics; $35 professionals;
$25 childcare providers; $15 students and par-
ents of children with disabilities.Information:
544-8484, ext. 192 or 217-2747.
Extension Service classes Texas Agrilife
Extension Service, 1380 A&M Circle, hosts two
public classes Saturday, March 3. Cost per
class: is $10 at the door. Registration/informa-
tion: 860-2515.
A Rainwater Harvesting Do It Yourself
class is 10 a.m. to noon. learn to collect and
store rainwater for later use, such as watering a
lawn or garden.
A Homeowner Maintenance of Septic
Systems course is 1 to 3 p.m. covering the
components of a conventional septic system
and drain field. Includes how activities within
the home can impact the operation of a septic
system.
Kay Bailey Hutchison honor El Paso
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, hosts a
luncheon honoring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison for her work in projects that have
benefited El Paso business noon to 1:30 p.m.
Monday, March 5, at Wyndham Hotel, 2027
Airway. Registration is 11:30 a.m. to noon.
Cost: $35. RSVP: 566-4066.
Projects include the Kay Bailey Hutchison
Desalination Plant, Fort Bliss build-up, pro-
small business legislation, NAFTA and more.
Hispanic chamber workshops El Paso
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 2401 E.
Missouri. Information: 566-4066 or ephcc.org.
Take Advantage of your disadvantage
10 to 11:30 a.,. Wednesday, March 7, at in the
chambers MBDA Business Center. Cost: $20.
Access to Capital Eastside Business Outreach
5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at
Golden Corral, 1460 Lee Trevino. Cost: $10.
StoryCorps The groundbreaking oral his-
tory organization will visit El Paso March 7-17
to help record the stories of local residents as
part of its cross-country MobileBooth tour.
StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization
dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing
the stories of Americans from all backgrounds
and beliefs
The MobileBooth Airstream trailer outfitted
with a recording studio will be parked at
Loretto Academy, 1300 Hardaway, in partner-
ship with The University of Texas at El Paso and
KRWG in Las Cruces.
Reservations for El Paso interviews are
accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Due
to the short duration of this stop, only a very
small number of interviews are available to the
public. Appointments are also available in near-
by Mesilla through March 4. Donation of $25
is requested. Information/reservations: 1-800-
850-4406 (24-hour line) or at storycorps.org.
Interviews are conducted between two peo-
ple who know and care about each other. A
trained StoryCorps facilitator guides partici-
pants through the interview process. At the
end of each 40-minute recording session, par-
ticipants receive a complimentary CD copy of
their interview. With participant permission, a
second copy is archived at the American
Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for
future generations to hear.
Catholic Charismatic Healing
Conference Open Arms Community
hosts the conference, Ask and You Will
Receive March 9-10 at Las Alas Center, 501
E. Paisano, with featured speakers Father
Christopher Crotty, CPM, and Father Richard
McLear, OMI, both of whom are known for
ministries of preaching and healing. Music pro-
vided by Zion Healing Prayer. Program is 7 to 9
p.m. Friday with testimonies by each speaker,
and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday with main talks.
Events end Saturday at 7 p.m. with a Eucharist
and Healing Service.
Registration: $20 (Saturday evening mass and
healing service are free); walk-ins welcome.
Clergy admitted free. Information/registration
(with credit card): 595-0589. Register by mail
(send name, address, phone number and fee)
to Conference, c/o Open Arms Community,
8210 North Loop, 79907.
Fashion Forward Sleepover Latinitas
host a an overnight fashion event for girls age
11-17 from 7 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday,
March 9-10, at Klothes Lime Boutique, 1803
Montana. Girls learn fashion writing, modeling,
photography, reviews, videos and will create
their own fashion magazine. They will also
experiment with totally unique, cutting-edge
clothing designs and create their own acces-
sories with friends. Cost: $15 (covers materials
and food). Pre-registration required.
Information: 219-8554,
latinitaselpaso@yahoo.com or LasLatinitas.org.
Latinitas The nonprofit dedicated to
empowering Latina youth offers regular cre-
ative expression workshops, exhibits and more.
Information: 219-8554,
latinitaselpaso@yahoo.com or latinitas-
magazine.org.
Fashion Sleepover for girls age 11-17 is 7
p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, March 9-10, at
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April 21, 2012 El Paso Scottish Rite Theater
with special guests Thad Beckman & Ian Atkins
Tickets: 915-533-4409
www.elpasoscottishrite.org/tickets.htm
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Klothes Lime Boutique, 1803 Montana. Girls
learn about the fashion world through photog-
raphy, modeling and fashion design to create
their own fashion magazine on. Pre-registration
required. Cost: $15.
Free Multimedia Art After-School Club for
girls grades 4 to 8 are 4 to 5:45 p.m. every
Friday after school at the Ysleta Public Library,
9321 Alameda, and Irving Schwartz Public
Library, 1865 Dean Martin.
Chicas Advancing in Media Project free
biweekly workshop for ages 13-18 is 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3 and 17, at
Latinitas Headquarters, 1359 Lomaland, #502,
for teen girls (13-18) to develop their photogra-
phy, writing and filmmaking skills.
Creative Girls Saturday Camp is 1 to 3 p.m.
the second Saturday of the month (March 10)
at Judge Marquez Public Library, 610 N.
Yarbrough, and 10 a.m. to noon the third
Saturday of the month (March 17) at Richard
Burges Public Library, 9600 Dyer. for girls in
grades 4-8 (age 9-14). Girls are encouraged to
learn creative ways to express themselves from
designing fashion to taking photos and making a
movie to creating art projects. Five sessions
planned. Cost: $5 material feel per workshop;
$15 for entire five sessions.
Latinitas hosts its a Spring Break Camps
Monday through Friday, March 12-16, at
Latinitas Headquarters. Mulitmedia Spring
Break Camp is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for girls in
grades 4-8 and Teen Media Academy is noon to
5 p.m. for girls Ages 13-18.
Latinitas charity girl empowerment fashion
show, Fashionistas Inspiring Girls, is 3 to 6
p.m. Sunday, March 25, at Forever and Always
Ballroom, 3333 Yarbrough, featuring clothing
for girls, teens and women. Also features live
music, video screening, youth artwork exhibit,
dance performances and an inspirational guest
speaker. Proceeds benefit Latinitas. Tickets:
$10; available online at laslatinitas.org.
Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary
Celebration Girl Scouts of the Desert
Southwest celebrates 100 years of Girl Scouts
building girls of courage, confidence, and char-
acter at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March
10, at New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage
Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road in Las
Cruces with Keynote Speaker Sylvia Acevedo
(Girl Scouts USA Board Member and CEO,
Communicard, LLC) along with live perform-
ances, games, prizes, booth activities, campfire
sing-a-longs, living history, and more.
Admission: $5 (free for ages four a younger).
Information: (915) 566-9433 Ext. 202 or
gsdsw.org.
Passport Day in the USA El Paso
Passport Agency, 303 N. Oregon (Mills Building,
7th floor), joins agencies around the country
event where the public can apply for a passport
without an appointment 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 10. Open to U.S. citizens
only. Cost: $135 first-time applicants for the
Passport Book and $55 for the Passport Card.
Fees and requirements for minors online at
travel.state.gov/passport/fees/fees_837.html.
Information: 1-877-487-2778 or
travel.state.gov.
Bring proof of U.S. Citizenship (expired or
unexpired U.S. Passport, U.S. birth certificate,
naturalization certificate (originals or certified
only); valid photo ID; passport-sized (2x2) color
photo taken within the last six months; check,
money order or credit card.
ALFC Spring Conference Abundant
Living Faith Centers annual convention,
Thrive, is March 13-18 at 1000 Valley Crest.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
and 4 p.m. Saturday. Spanish translation, nurs-
ery, preschool and childrens church provided
at all services. Information: 532-8543 or
alfc.com. Speakers:
March 13 Creflo Dollar
March 14 Casey Treat
March 15 Marcos Witt
March 17 Tim Storey
March 18 Tommy Barnett
The Australian Christian workshop band
Planetshakers performs Friday, March 16.
Oneeighty youth ministries will also feature
guest speakers in their What If I Can Be
event, including host youth pastor Alex
Arredondo, Earl McClellan, Propaganda and
Adam McCain.
Southwest Character Council The
councils monthly luncheon is 11:45 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at Great American
Land and Cattle Company, 701 S. Mesa Hills.
Cost: $10 (includes lunch, networking and
training). Cash or check only. Information/RSVP:
779-3551.
Ardovinos St. Patricks Day
Ardovinos Desert Crossings Sunset Hall, One
Ardovinos Drive in Sunland Park, will host its
annual St. Patricks Day event Saturday, March
17. The event usually includes special menu and
live entertainment. Details to be announced.
Information: (575) 589-0653.
Borderland IONS The Borderlands
IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) Community
Group meets 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 17,
at Doris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd.
Guest is Connie The Lightbody Tailor
Reuschlein, speaking on You Are a Lightbody
Having a Human Experience. Taking the con-
cept that humans are truly Beings of Light,
Reuschlein will attempt to make it real for the
audience by describing what she experiences
when she works on persons aura/light/ener-
gy body. Admission is free and open to the pub-
lic. Information: 526-6297 or noetic.org.
Dave Ramsey simulcast Christ The
King El Paso, 5446 N. Mesa, Suite F, hosts the
Total Money Makeover, Live! simulcast featur-
ing the financial expert 12:45 to 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 17. Lessons include creating a
game plan to get out of debt; saving and making
a plan for ones money, investing with confi-
dence and more. Admission: $39 (includes
workbook). Information: 491-7950 or ctkpcael-
paso@gmail.com.
Free Vision Screenings Focus on
America, sponsored by Davis Vision and
EyeMasters will host free vision screenings for
uninsured or underinsured children in the area
noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at Clardy
Fox Library, 5515 Robert Alva. Children who
require further vision care receive a voucher
for a free follow up eye exam and eyewear (if
deemed necessary) to be redeemed at El Paso
EyeMasters locations. Information: elpasoli-
brary.org.
Sprinkler System Efficiency workshop
El Paso Water Utilities will teach simple
techniques for checking sprinkler water effi-
ciency to save money, water and time 10:30
a.m. to noon Saturday, March 17, at TecH2O
Water Resources Learning Center, 10751
Montana. Admission is free. Information: 621-
2000 or tech2o.org/events.
Healthy Living Class The El Paso
Diabetes Associations healthy living cooking
class is 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March
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21, at National Restaurant Supply Co., 7125
Industrial, with Chef Sarah Ruiz. Learn healthy
diabetes-friendly recipes to share with family.
Early registration encouraged. Cost: $6 (free
for seniors 62 and older). Information/registra-
tion: 532-6280 or epdiabetes.org.
Suicide Prevention Summit El Paso
mental health providers, law enforcement and
public health agencies host a Suicide Prevention
Regional Summit 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21, at Ysleta Del Sur Tribal
Judicial Court, 9241 Socorro, with speakers
educating the participating agencies in identify-
ing the warning signs of those at high risk of
suicide. Continuing Education Units offered for
local Licensed Chemical Dependency
Counselors, Professional Counselors and Social
Workers. Information: 319-2075.
Architectural Design Lecture Series
City and other agencies present the community
series featuring some of the strongest campus
building designers to El Paso.
All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. in the auditori-
um at El Paso Museum of Art, One Arts
Festival Plaza, unless otherwise listed.
Admission is free and space is available on a
first come, first serve basis. Seating limited.
ElPasoArtMuseum.org.
Friday, March 23 Tatiana Bilbao
Thursday, April 5 Monica Ponce de Leon
El Paso Fashion Week El Pasos first
Fashion Week is planned for March 23-31 at
various venues. The El Paso Fashion Week is a
professional organization created to promote
fashion and innovative ideas for Border Region
Residents by providing quality service through
fashion shows, displays, designers, and vendors
in the community. Admission cost varies with
each event. Information: Robert Chavez, 412-
3440 or elpasofashionweek.com.
Friday, March 23:
White Party at Plum, 209 El Paso St., is
Friday, March 23.
Fashion shows throughout the day at Cielo
Vista and Sunland Park Malls, hosted by Lauras
Productions, are Sunday, March 25.
Other tentative events include a workshop
Tuesday, March 27; Designer competition
Wednesday, March 28; a Lijuro Night Friday,
March 30, and more.
The Fashion Weeks finale events begin at
noon Saturday, March 31, with a workshop
and fashion show at Dillards in the Cielo Vista
and Sunland Park Malls, and an after-party at
Plum with special guest to be announced.
Womens Hall of Fame The El Paso
Commission for Womens 23rd annual Hall of
Fame induction banquet and ceremonies begin
at 6 p.m. Friday, March 23, at the Wyndham
Airport Hotel, 2027 Airway. Ticket information:
Lily Limon, 593-1616 or elpasowomen.org.
As of 2011, 136 women who have made a sig-
nificant impact on the community of El Paso
have been inducted into the EPCW Hall of
Fame.
Community Scholars Community
Scholars, Inc. seeks community members to
interview their applicants for the 2012 Summer
Leadership Program Saturday, March 24, at
the Community Scholars office at 200 N.
Ochoa. The program is for high school sopho-
mores and juniors. Information: Sofia Larking,
533-6200 or sofia@communityscholars.org.
The program also is soliciting suggestions for
topics that can be researched and analyzed dur-
ing the 2012 Summer Leadership Program.
Suggestions can be turned in to the office 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. March 1-14 or to Program
Coordinator Jose Landeros, jose@communi-
tyscholars.org. Information: 533-6200.
Science Cafe Larry and Jaime Ceballos,
owners of Buzzbee Honey Co. in Fabens, will
discuss The Search for Water and Space
Exploration for the monthly casual science dis-
cussion event 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday,
March 24, at the TecH2O Water Resources
Learning Center; 10751 Montana, with Nate
Robinson of El Paso Center for Space
Exploration Technology Research. Admission is
free. RSVP needed as space is limited.
Information: 621-2008 or deperez@epwu.
Web: tech2o.org.
Southwest Energy Science and
Engineering Symposium The 2nd
annual UTEP Symposium on Energy Science
and Engineering is 8 a.m. Saturday, March 24,
at DoubleTree hotel in El Paso. Keynote speak-
er is Robert R. Romanosky Jr., Ph.D., technolo-
gy manager for Power Systems Advanced
Research at the National Energy Technology
Laboratory under the U.S. Department of
Energy. Registration: $15 professionals; $10 stu-
dents. Information: engineering.utep.edu/seses
Spaceport America Tour Si El Paso
Tours offers a motorcoach trip to Spaceport
America in southern New Mexico, departing at
9 a.m. Saturday, March 24 from Holiday Inn
Sunland Park and returning around 7 p.m.
Includes lunch at Turtleback Mountain Resort in
Elephant Butte followed by an exclusive three-
hour tour at 1 p.m. Cost: $98 (includes trans-
portation, lunch and tour guide). Information,
reservations: 541-1308.
International Autism Conference
The 13th annual conference is 7:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. Friday, March 30, at El Paso Water
Utilities TecH2O Center, 10751 Montana. This
years theme is Techniques for Systematic
Teaching and Reducing Behavior Challenges in
Students with ASD with keynote presenter Dr.
Jim Ball. Registration: $40-$90 by March 23;
registration increases by $10 after; CEU credit
available. Registration information: 772-9100 or
autism-society.org/ElPaso.
Some stipends available at a discounted rate
for parents who have children diagnosed with
autism.
Ball is head of JB Autism Consulting. He has
been in the field of autism for more than 25
years providing educational, residential and
employment services to children and adults
affected by autism. Ball is the author of the
award-winning book, Early Intervention and
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Autism: Real-life Questions, Real-life Answers.
Titanics Last Meal event Ardovinos
Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in
Sunland Park, Commemorates the 100th
Anniversary of The Titanics Last Meal at 6:30
p.m. Saturday, April 14. The evening features a
visual and culinary recreation of the 10-course
meal (with wine and spirits pairings) served to
first class passengers aboard the R.M.S. Titanic
on April 14, 1912. Period costume or evening
attire; reservations required. Cost: $150 in
advance. Information/reservations: (575) 589-
0653 ext. 3.
El Paso Pro Musica will provide live music fea-
turing standards of the era. Genuine artifacts
from the Titanic will be on display. Guests may
also participate in a diamond raffle sponsored
by Johnson Jewelers.
Bridge leagues - Duplicate bridge events
are hosted at Decker Bridge Center, Unit 159,
2216 East Yandell. Admission: $6. Information:
544-6565 or elpasobridge.com. Managers:
Peggy Craig, 581-0371 or Jack Neumann, 204-
8897.
Del Valle High School Retirees All
Del Valle High School retirees, former faculty
and staff are invited to no-host luncheons at
11:30 a.m. the second Saturday of each month.
Call for location: Marsha Labodda, 629-7063.
El Paso Night Shift Nights The weekly
car and motorcycle club showcase is 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, at Fox Plaza (back parking lot),
5559 Alameda. The family event food, live
music, jumping balloons and cars and motorcy-
cles of many types. No alcohol allowed.
Admission: $3 per person or car; free for ages
12 and younger. Information: 779-8424.
Spring break programs
Latinitas Spring Break Camps
Latinitas hosts multimedia spring break camps
for youth and teens Monday through Friday
March 12-16 at Latinitas Headquarters, 1359
Lomaland, #502. Pre-registration required for
both camps; limited number of scholarships
available. Information: 291-8554 or latinitasel-
paso@yahoo.com. Web: LasLatinitas.com.
Multimedia arts Spring Break Camp is 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. for girls in grades 4-8. Girls find their
creative expression outlet by producing original
media arts projects such as photography, writ-
ing, art, design, acting, radio production and
film-making.
Latinitas Teen Media Academy is noon to 5
p.m. for girls Ages 13-18, with intensive
instruction from regional multimedia produc-
ers, tours of local media stations and hands-on
multimedia training in photography, filmmaking,
writing and more. Teens will have an opportu-
nity to meet a magazine editor, newspaper
reporter, photojournalist, radio DJ, blogger,
web designer, graphic artist and TV news
anchor. They will also complete an article,
photo essay, graphic design, audio podcast, a
video broadcast and more.
Spring Break Theatre Camp Kids-N-
Cos spring break just-for-fun theater camp
for ages 8-14 March 12-16 at Kids-N-Co.
Education and Performance Center, 1301 Texas
Ave. Call for details: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org.
Spring Break Zoo Camp and
Workshops El Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano,
hosts its Spring Break camp 9 a.m. to noon
Monday through Friday, March 12-16, for ages
7 to 14. Each day is a different nature theme
with hands on activities and live animals.
Registration deadline is March 2. Cost: $100
per week or $20 per day per child. Information
521-1984. Online registration at elpasozoo.org.
Spring Break Wild Workshops are 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. daily, March 19-23. Interactive work-
shop themes include nature art, geocaching,
backyard wildlife, match the feces to the
species and animal adaptations. Registration is
24 hours in advance Cost: $5, plus regular zoo
admission.
El Paso Museum of Art Camp The
museums 2012 Spring Break art camp classes
are Tuesday through Friday March 13-16. Pre-
registration required. Classes are $75 ($60
museum members). Those attending full-day
should bring a brown-bag lunch; supervision
during lunch provided for additional cost.
Information/registration: 532-1707 or elpa-
soartmuseum.org.
Morning classes are 9:30 a.m. to noon and
include T-Shirt Art (age 9-12), Waterworks and
Beyond (age 6-8) and Animal Planet (age 6-8).
Afternoon classes are 1 to 3:30 p.m. and
include Monster Masks (age 6-8), Beaded
Jewelry (age 9-12) and Mexican Masters and
More (age 9-12).
Fort Bliss
Anyone entering Fort Bliss must have a valid
drivers license, car insurance and registration.
Check beforehand to see which gates are open
to the public. The Robert E. Lee Gate at
Airport and Airway is usually always open.
Catholic Womens retreat The Fort
Bliss Catholic Community and Military Council
of Catholic Women (MCCW) host the
womens retreat Christ Revealed Through
Us Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, at First
Armor Division Chapel on Biggs Street, Fort
Bliss East. Cost: $20 (includes all meals and
watchcare). Information: Holly Chavez 202-
1341 or hollychavez@hotmail.com.
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club Rifle and
pistol shooting competitions are held almost
every weekend at the Fort Bliss Rod & Gun
Club visitors can watch for free, food avail-
able at the clubhouse snack bar. To get there:
Take Railroad Drive to Deer; turn right.
Old Fort Bliss Building 5051, corner of
Pershing and Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. The
Old West days of the Soldiers of the Pass are
relived through replicas of the original adobe
fort buildings and military artifacts,
Magoffinsville Post 1854 to 1868. Admission:
free. Hours: Daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Club news
Woodworkers Club of El Paso The
clubs monthly meeting is 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday,
March 6, at 3228 Sacramento (back of build-
ing). This months meeting includes a video
presentation on woodcarving and a live demon-
stration by Jesse Mancillas. Admission is free.
Information: 760-6536 or 564-5915.
Germania Club The Germania Club of
El Pasos monthly luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Friday,
March 2, at the Soldatenstube (German Club),
Robert E. Lee Road, Building 5095, Fort Bliss.
Information: 595-1108 or 755-5471.
Italian-American Cultural Society of El
Paso The societys monthly luncheon is at
noon Saturday, March 3, at Roger Bacon
College, 2400 Marr. Italian lessons offered at
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All phone numbers listed are in Juarz.
Poliforo Juan Gabriel Av. Heroico
Colegio Militar across from the Benito Jurez
soccer stadium. Tickets available at donbole-
ton.com (6-13-4444).
The comic theater play Las Lavanderas is at
8 p.m. Thursday, March 1.
Los Tigres del Norte Tour 2012 is at 7 p.m.
Friday, March 9. Also performing are Los
Vagos de Juarez, El Cachorro y su Escala
Nortea. Tickets 220 to 1,100 pesos. VIP tick-
ets at Holiday Inn Express, 6 296000
Bridal and Quinceanera Expo 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at Le Cite,
Tecnologico Avenue in front of Galerias Tec.
Various promotions and displays.
Museo del Chamizal Chamizal Park,
Jurez (next to the Bridge of the Americas).
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Admission is free except as listed.
7 p.m. Thursday, March 8: Exhibit opening
of Womans Colective, featuring works by Edith
Manriquez, Eli Sahagun, Guadalupe Gomez,
Lucy Escobedo, Rosy Meneses, Silvia Rueda and
five others.
Friday through Sunday, March 16-18: 7th
annual Sun Festival, based on ancient traditions,
featuring various events and lectures. Art exhi-
bition opens at 7 p.m. Friday. Closing ceremo-
ny is at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Alianza Francesa de Cd. Jurez Calle
Tlaxcala #2644 Col. Margaritas (at Ignacio
Ramirez). Information: : 639 11 00/01 or ciu-
dadjuarez.af.org.mx. Admission is free.
7 p.m. Friday, March 9: Cine Club presents
La Cite des Enfants Perdus. Spanish subtitles.
1 p.m. Saturday, March 17: Cultural and gas-
tronomic show featuring several countries with
ties to France.
8 p.m. Wednesday, March 21: Slam
Francophonie. French Poetry Contest
7 p.m. Friday, March 23: Movie to be
announced.
Saturday, March 24: French music at Parque
Central. Time to be announced.
Auditorio Civico Municipal Benito
Jurez Calle Ignacio Ramirez and Vicente
Guerrero, across from Parque Borunda.
Monster Hill performs at 12:30, 3 and 5:30
p.m. Sunday, March 11. Tickets at Hotel
Lucerna (6 299900) or donboleton.com.
Centro Cultural Universitario
Plutarco Elias Calles and Av. Hermanos
Escobar, Jurez (5 minutes from Bridge of the
Americas).
7 p.m. Saturday, March 17. Jazz concert by
Le Petite Band from Juarez University.
Admission: 30 pesos.
6 p.m. Wednesday, March 28: London
Theatre presents The Comedy of Errors.
Estadio Carta Blanca Av. Reforma (at
Sanders, across from Comision Federal de
Electricidad). Banda El Recodo de Cruz
Lizarraga, Polo Urias, Cadetes de Linares and
Contraste Norteo perform at 7 p.m. Saturday,
March 17. Tickets at Sounds Music House and
donboleton.com. VIP tickets at Holiday Inn
Express (6 296000).
Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera
Zona Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave.
Jurez. The history museum in the Old
Customs House documents the Mexican
Revolution. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday. Information:
muref.org.
Guided tours offered at noon and 2 p.m.
Sundays. Puppet show at 1 p.m. Sundays.
Jurez correspondent Walter Schaefer
2 022988 (cobracollectionag@hotmail.com or
walteraleisterschaefer@gmail.com)
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11:30 a.m. followed by luncheon. Information:
593-0106 or italianclubs.com.
LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso The
group promotes French culture and offers fran-
cophiles the opportunity to use the French lan-
guage in a variety of activities. Information:
585-1789, 845-6535 or afofelpaso.com.
LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso has scheduled
numerous events in March as the month of the
Francophony:
A Grand Concours is Saturday, March 3.
Mardi Gras celebration is 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 3, at University Presbyterian Church,
244 Resler, with music, dance and crpes for
dessert. Reservation deadline is Feb. 29.
A visit to El Paso Zoo in French is 10 a.m.
Saturday, March 24; meet at the front
entrance. Information: 845-6535.
A wine tasting and dinner is 5 p.m. Saturday,
March 31, at St. Clair Winery and Bistro, 1800
Mesilla Ave. in Las Cruces. Call to carpool:
845-6535.
Opening reception of exhibits featuring
Alliance members and others is 5 to 8 p.m.
Friday, March 23, at the Crossland Gallery, at
500 N. Paisano. Information: 845-6535.
Transparent watercolor exhibit by artist
members of lAlliance Franaise and members
of the Mont Saint Michel Transparent
Watercolor Association.
French photographer Jean-Claude Varga will
exhibit his work about Life in Mongolia.
Norwegian Society of Texas The soci-
etys Sol Hjem Chapter in El Paso will cele-
brate its 36th Jubileum Sunday, March 4. Call
for time/location: Lila Grossinger, 449-6757.
The society hosts several Norwegian-orient-
ed programs throughout the year and is open
to anyone of Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or
Finnish descent or birth, are married to one of
the above, are interested in NST objectives, or
who make an annual donation. Annual dues are
$15 for individuals; $25 for a family (includes all
members age 16 and younger).
Westside Welcome Club The group is
open to both newcomers and long-time resi-
dents. Information: westsidewelcomeclub.com
The clubs free monthly newcomers coffee is
10 a.m. Friday, March 9, at 932 Singing Hills.
Information: 581-2314 or 760-4593.
The monthly luncheon is Wednesday, March
14, at Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One
Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park. El Paso
Community Foundation Executive Vice
President Eric Pearson will talk on the founda-
tions leadership projects. Cost: $19 (reserva-
tion deadline is March 9). Reservations: 740-
9725.
Discover El Paso The nonprofit group,
founded in 1973, is dedicated to promoting
things to do and see in and around El Paso.
The monthly luncheon is noon Tuesday,
March 27, at Wyndham Hotel, 2027 Airway.
Reservations required: 584-3126.
A field trip to see the Lynx Exhibits Super
Croc exhibit is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March
13. Cost (includes guided tour): $10 ($8 sen-
iors; $5 per person if more than 15 attend).
Information: 833-2650 or 833-9108.
Reservations for the UTEP Dinner Theatres
April 28 performance of Guys and Dolls are
being taken through March 5. Cost: $38.
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El Paso Paralegal Association The
associations general luncheon meeting is noon
to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at El Paso Club
18th Floor Chase Bank Building, 201 Main.
Rhonda Brashears, A.C.P. will talk on Ethical
Considerations in Paralegal Billing. Admission
is free and open to the public; lunch on ones
own ($16 buffet or $10.50 salad bar).
Information: 546-5267 or elppa.org.
Women Uplifting Women Luncheon
The Christian-based womens organizations
monthly luncheon is 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Friday, March 16, at El Paso Club, 201 E. Main
(top floor, Chase Building). Cost: $20.
Information: 329-6733 or thewomenuplifting-
women.com.
Doa Ana Camera Club Lon Shelton,
of Deming, New Mexico will discuss astropho-
tography at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the
monthly meeting of the camera club at the
Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N.
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Meetings are
free and open to all interested photographers.
Information: (575) 532-1919 or
dacameraclub.org. The club meets the third
Tuesday of each month.
Singles in the Son - The group develops
friendships among Christian singles ages 25 to
45. All denominations are welcome.
Membership is free. Information: Andy, 471-
1997 or SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com.
March events (subject to change)
Friday, March 2: Dinner and a movie
Saturday, March 10: Dinner and bowling
Saturday, March 17: Dinner and pool
Saturday, March 24: Dinner and a play
Saturday, March 31: Dinner and dancing.
El Paso Philatelic Society The stamp
club meets 7 to 9 p.m. the second Tuesday of
every month at St. Clements Episcopal
Church, 810 N. Campbell (at Montana).
Admission is free for first-time visitors.
epps.stamps@gmail.com.
International Coin Club El Pasos only
coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first
Monday of the month at Travelodge-La
Hacienda, 6400 Montana. Meetings include
educational presentations and an auction of
materials submitted by members. Visitors
always welcome, and admission free for first-
time visitors. Information: 533-6001 or 526-
3180.
Area attractions
Indian Cliffs Ranch The working cattle
ranch in Fabens offers a childrens zoo, buffalo,
longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets and
the Fort Apache playground. Its also home to
the famous Cattlemans Steakhouse.
Information: (915) 544-3200 or cattle-
manssteakhouse.com.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
The copper-domed casino offers slot machines,
and video-machine versions of poker, keno and
other games. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Sunday through Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Friday and Saturday. Lounge is open, with live
entertainment and dancing, until 2 a.m. week-
ends. Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. every-
day. General admission and parking are free.
Information: (575) 874-5200.
To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from
I-10, go south (left turn coming from
Downtown) and follow the signs.
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For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,
call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com.
The UTEP Ticket Center number is 747-5234.
Pan Am Center Box Office is (575) 646-1420.
Many clubs sell tickets through ticketbully.com.
Unless indicated, prices listed do not include
service charges.
Cathie Ryan One of the leading vocalists
of the decade performs is 8 p.m. Thursday,
March 1, at NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital
Hall. Part of NMSU Cultural Series. Tickets:
$10-$15. Information: (575) 646-1420 or
panam.nmsucom.edu.
Since her acclaimed seven year tenure as lead
singer of Cherish the Ladies, the Detroit born
Ryan has established herself as one of Celtic
Musics most popular and enduring singer-song-
writers. Ryan has released four critically
acclaimed CDs. She is featured on more than
forty compilations of Celtic Music.
Kim Lenz and The Jaguars The LA-
based rockabilly singer-songwriter and her band
performs 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, March 2, at
Badlands Billiards, 7792 Franklin. Opening
bands are El Pasos Raw Deal and Hot Rod
Boogie. Admission: $8. Information: 408-8494.
Willie Nelson The country legend per-
forms at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at The
Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $40-$75.
(Ticketmaster).
Nelson has recorded more than 200 albums,
appeared in several movies and has received
the prestigious Kennedy Center honor for pre-
eminent performing artists.
Starkillers featuring Dmitry KO
Teckno You Didnt presents an intimate evening
with the techno artist and dj 9.m. to 2 a.m.
Friday, March 9, at Passion Ultra Lounge, 201
E. University in Las Cruces. Dress code
enforced; dress to impress. Tickets: $20 in
advance; age 21 and older admitted. Limited
number of VIP tickets available. Information:
(575) 202-2678 or tecknoyoudidnt.com.
Starkillers recently held the top spot on
Beatport.com with his collaboration with Nadia
Ali on a track called Keep it Coming and had
one of the top tracks of the summer with
Nadia Ali called Pressure.
Dmitry KOs recent releases with Starkillers
include Do You Love and Dont Hold Back.
Tejano Legends The Tex-Mex music
style tour benefiting the Frontline Faith Project
is Saturday, March 10, at the Plaza Theatre.
Featured headliners are Sunny Ozuna and the
Sunliners and Ruben Ramos and the Mexican
Revolution, with opening band Chuy Flores and
Rhapsody. Tickets: $20-$65. (Ticketmaster).
Frontline Faith Project is committed to placing
MP3 players with prayers and testimonials for
military men and women in combat to our sol-
diers that are being deployed from Ft. Bliss to
the combat zones.
Ms. Krazie The Spanish language rappers
Hello Loca Tour is 6 p.m. Sunday, March 11,
at Frankies West, 5850 Onix, with special guest
Duente. All ages show. Tickets: $10 general
admission; $15 VIP. Information: 694-6067.
Chicago The classic rock band and El Paso
favorite returns at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March
13, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $46.50-
$76.50. (Ticketmaster).
Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as
the most successful American rock band of all
time, in terms of both albums and singles,
according to Billboard charts. They have been
performing to sold-out crowds for more than
30 years, with 20 Top Ten singles, 12 Top Ten
Albums (five of which reached No. 1), and
more than 120 record sales. Hits include Make
Me Smile, 25 or 6 to 4, Colour My World,
Saturday in the Park, Just You n Me, (Ive
Been) Searchin So Long, If You Leave Me
Now, Hard Habit to Break, Youre the
Inspiration and many more.
John Digweed SMG Events presents the
British DJ at 9 p.m. Friday, March 16, at Nova
Luna Ultra Bar, 2270 Joe Battle. Tickets: $26,
available at All That Music and Video, the
Headstand and groovetickets.com.
The Redvolution Tour Red headlines
the Christian Rock Tour is 6 p.m. Monday,
March 19, at Open Gate Church of the
Nazarene, 9821 McCombs, with Thousand
Foot Krutch, Manvest, Nine Lashes and Kiros.
All ages show. Tickets: $15. VIP packages are
$35 with meet and greet, autographs, sound-
check watching and more (ticketbully.com).
Information: 751-2403 or epopengate.org.
La Arrolladara Bando Limon The
Sinaloa group will headline a dance concert at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at El Paso
County Coliseum. Tickets: $32 (Ticketmaster).
100 Years of Broadway Broadway in
El Paso presents the tribute to a century of
musicals at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 26, at
the Plaza Theatre. Five performers join com-
poser Neil Berg in hits by Cole Porter, Andrew
Lloyd Weber and many more. Tickets: $30-
$47.50 (Ticketmaster).
Direct from New York, 100 Years of
Broadway recreates moments from the great-
est musicals of the century featuring five of the
actual stars from hit shows such as Jersey
Boys, Mamma Mia and Broadway classics
from composers like Jerome Kern, Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim,
and Andrew Lloyd Webber and more.
The Milk Carton Kids - The indie America
band performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 30,
at the Buckhorn Opera House in Pinos Altos,
N.M. as part of the Mimbres Region Arts
Councils Folk Series. The band has made their
first studio recording in Prologue available for
free download in its entirety. Tickets: $20 ($15
members). Information: (575) 538-2505 or
mimbresarts.org.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony The rap
group featuring Krazie and Wish performs at 6
p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Las Cruces Event
Center, 522 E. Idaho, with opening act
Dilemma and Las Cruces and El Paso acts to be
announced. Tickets: $25. (ticketbully.com).
Kevin Hart The comic behind the hit con-
cert movie Laugh at My Pain performs his
Let Me Explain Tour at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30
p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Tickets: $49.50 (Ticketmaster).
Harts Laugh at My Pain tour that inspired
the film was among the most successful come-
dy concerts in history with more than $15 mil-
lion in ticket sales.
Harts big break came when he landed the
lead role in the motion picture Soul Plane.
He has since been in roles in Scary Movie 4,
In the Mix and The 40-Year-Old Virgin,
Fools Gold and Meet Dave.
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan El
mejor mariachi del mundo returns at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, at the Plaza Theatre.
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, formed in 1898 in
the town of Tecalitlan by Gaspar Vargas and
others, has appeared in 200 movies, recorded
dozens of albums of pasodobles, valses, bail-
ables, polkas, and danzones. Tickets: $30-$100.
(Ticketmaster).
The Storytellers Junior League of El
Paso presents the multi-platinum singer/song-
writers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at
Scottish Rite Temple Theater, 301 W. Missouri.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $150 (on sale
March 1). Information: 584-3511 or jlep.org.
The show features three top country music
songwriters from Nashville who will share their
songs and the stories behind them:
Don Schlitz, whose first recorded song, The
Gambler, won a Grammy and the Country
Music Associations and the Academy of
Country Musics Song of the Year.
Scotty Emerick, who has written several of
Toby Keiths No. 1 hits, including Im Just
Talkin about Tonight, I Love this Bar, As
Good As I Once Was and the Willie
Nelson/Toby Keith duet, Beer for My Horses.
Allen Shamblin, writer of He Walked On
Water, a No. 1 hit for Randy Travis.
Proceeds from the show benefit the Junior
League of El Paso, Inc. Endowment Fund,
which sustains, expands and initiates communi-
ty projects.
Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes
Music The Sesame Street Live annual
Easter week shows are April 5-8 at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. Presented by VEE
Corporation. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursday, 2
and 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30, 2 and 5:30 p.m.
Saturday and 2 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:
$11, $15 and $20; limited number of VIP Gold
Circle seats for $28 and Sunny Seats (include
pre-show meet and greet with two characters)
for $50. All seats (except Gold Circle and
Sunny Seats) are $11 on opening night
(Ticketmaster). Information: 1-800-745-3000
or sesamestreetlive.com.
Jenny, an enthusiastic new music teacher,
arrives on Sesame Street only to discover that
her instruments are missing. Her new Muppet
friends quickly come to the rescue and discover
instruments they never knew existed: rubber
duckies, trash can lids and even cookie jars.
Straight No Chaser Broadway in El
Paso presents the 10-man a capella group at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the Plaza
Theatre. The groups version of 12 Days of
Christmas video went viral helping to gain
them widespread popularity. Tickets: $35 and
$45 (Ticketmaster). Information: 231-1111 or
theplazatheatre.org.
Mamma Mia Broadway in El Paso pres-
ents the hit musical based on the music of
ABBA at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday,
April 10-11, at the Plaza Theatre with hits like
Dancing Queen, S.O.S. Take A Chance of
Me and more. Tickets: $40-$70. Information:
231-1111 or theplazatheatre.org.
Guys and Dolls UTEP Dinner Theatre
presents the audience favorite April 13-May
16, directed by Jamie Barba. Showtime is 7
p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Dinner and
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non-dinner matinee performances on selected
Sundays to be announced. Tickets $28-$40 din-
ner shows; $14-$24 non-dinner matinee.
Alan Jackson The country superstar per-
forms at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at
NMSUs Pan American Center. Jacksons new
single is So You Dont Have To Love Me
Anymore from his forthcoming album. Tickets:
$34 and $61.50 (Ticketmaster). Information:
(575) 646-1420 or panamcenter.com.
Eddie Vedder The Pearl Jam frontman
performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at
The Plaza Theatre, as part of his solo tour, with
opening act is Academy Award winning Irish
vocalist/guitarist Glen Hansard of the movie
Once. Vedders latest album is Ukulele
Songs. Tickets: $75. (Ticketmaster).
Squirm Burpee The Handsome Little
Devils present the Vaudeville Circus at 7:30
p.m. Friday, April 21, at WNMU Fine Arts
Center Theatre. Presented by Mimbres Region
Arts Council. Squirm Burpee features classic
Vaudeville comedy, high-skill circus acts and a
plot rooted in American Melodrama. Tickets:
$20 ($15 members; $5 students/children).
Information: (575) 538-2505, 1-888-758-7289
or mimbresarts.org.
Tom Russell The internationally renowned
folksinger/songwriter performs at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, at the Scottish Rite Temple
Theatre, 301 W. Missouri. Tickets: $22 in
advance; $25 at the door. Advance tickets avail-
able at All That Music and Video, 594-9900, or
at the theatre.
Russell, who has lived in El Pasos Upper
Valley since 1997, frequently chooses
Southwest and Jurez themes for his songs,
including his most recent album, Mesabi. Yet
his local concerts are relatively rare, and this is
his first El Paso concert in a few years.
Surfin Safari Showtime El Paso pres-
ents the Beach Boys tribute at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22, at Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Ticket information (all seats general admission):
544-2022 or ShowtimeElPaso.com.
Sleeping Giant The Christian hardcore
band performs at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at
Open Gate Church of the Nazarene, 9821
McCombs, with First Blood, in the Midst of
Lions, Betrayal and Gideon. Tickets: $12; all
ages shows. Information: 751-2403 or epopen-
gate.org.
Man The Guadalajara-based rock band
performs at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at El Paso
County Coliseum, in support of their album
Drama y Luz. Man, winner of both Grammy
and Latin Grammy Awards, has a career span-
ning more than three decades. Tickets: $59-
$121.50 (Ticketmaster).
An Evening with Leo Kottke The
renowned acoustic guitarist performs at 8 p.m.
Friday, May 11, at Scottish Rite Theater, 301
West Missouri Theater, 594-9900 , . Tickets:
$25; available at ticketswest.com or 1-800-992-
8499. Information/reservations: All That Music
& Video, 594-9900.
Neon Desert Music Festival Moby,
Sparta, Ghostland Observatory and Belanova
are among the headliners coming to the 2nd
annual music festival benefiting Amor Por
Juarez, Creative Kids and El Paso Parks and
Recreation Saturday, May 26, in San Jacinto
Plaza and Cleveland Square Park.
Tickets: $55 (VIP tickets: $150); available at
Western Beverage locations, The Headstand, as
well as online at neondesertmusicfestival.com.
Discounted military tickets at all Fort Bliss
ticketing outlets for $48.
Venues & series
Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
- 122 S. Old Pueblo Road. Ages 18 and older
welcome. Call for ticket information; admission
is free at selected shows. Information: 860-
7777 or speakingrockentertainment.com.
Dokken The heavy metal band performs
Friday, March 2.
Dwight Yoakam performs Friday, March 9.
Gallagher The comic returns to the area
Thursday, March 15.
Ozomatli The Latin rock band performs at
9 p.m. Friday, March 23.
The Veer Union The alternative rock band
performs Saturday, March 24.
Saving Abel The rock band performs
Friday, March 30.
Godsmack The metal band performs
Friday, April 27; outdoor show.
War and Tower of Power horns Sunday,
May 13.
Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso. Doors open at
7 p.m.; showtime at 8 p.m. for most shows. All
shows are all-ages, unless listed otherwise.
Information: 351-9909. Tickets for most shows
available at All That Music, Bowie Feathers and
Marias Closet, and online at holdmyticket.com.
Agent Orange The punk legends perform
Thursday, March 8, with The Ironsides, Black
Coats, Rusty Bishops and RNA. Tickets: $10;
available at ticketbully.com.
The Dreaming Friday, March 9, with spe-
cial guests to be announced. Tickets: $15.
DJ Irene and DJ Micro Saturday, March
10. Tickets: $10 VIP tickets: $50 (age 21 and
older); available at ticketbully.com.
The Sick Tour The hardcore tour featuring
Chelsea Grin, Attilla, For the Fallen Dreams,
Chuck! No, Captain Chuck, The Crimson
Armada and Vanna is 7 p.m. Monday, March
12. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets: $15.
of Montreal The indie rock bands
Paralytic Stalks Tour is Sunday, March 18,
with guests Deerhoof and Kishi Bashi. Tickets:
$15 in advance; $17 day of show. Also available
at ticketbully.com.
TechN9ne Hostile Takeover Tour The
rappers tour also featuring Machine Gun Kelly
is Saturday, April 7, with Krizz Kalko, MayDay,
Prozak and Stevie Stone. Tickets: $25. VIP
packages: available.
El Buchanan The event center is at
11540 Pellicano. Tickets available at groovetick-
ets.com (ages 18 and older). Information: 633-
1117.
Laidback Luke The Dutch electronic musi-
cian performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 13.
Tickets to be announced.
Nero The electronic artist performs at 9
p.m. Friday, April 20. Tickets: $21.
House of Rock East 8838 Viscount.
Tickets: $10 ($20 age 18-20), unless otherwise
listed. Advance tickets available at
ticketbully.com.
Adema, Years of Cold, Voyeur, Alodex per-
form at 8 p.m. Friday, March 16.
Michael Schenker Group The German
rock guitarists Temple of Rock U.S. Tour is 8
p.m. Sunday, March 18. Tickets: $20 in
advance; $25 at the door (21 and older only).
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Testament The metal band performs at 9
p.m. Sunday, April 8, with Crowbar, Prong and
Witchburn. Tickets: $15.
Low Brow Palace 111 E. Robinson. Age
18 and older welcome ($3 ticket surcharge for
age 18-21), unless listed otherwise. Doors
open at 9 p.m. Tickets available online at tick-
etbully.com. Information: 356-0966 or low-
brow.elpaso@gmail.com.
Cults The indie pop band performs
Saturday, March 17. Tickets: $10 in advance;
$13 at the door ($3 extra for ages 18-20).
Drowning Men The California indie rock
band performs Tuesday, March 20, with guests
to be announced. Tickets: $8.
Whiskey Dicks 580 George Dieter. Early
arrival recommended. Shows begin at 10 p.m.
Tickets available at ticketbully.com.
The Turnpike Troubadours Wednesday,
April 4. Tickets: $10 ($20 ages 18-20).
Eli Young Band The band behind the No.
1 hit Crazy Girl performs Wednesday, April
11. Tickets: $20 ($30 ages 18-20).
Ms Lips Lounge 510 N. Stanton. Regular
showtime is 8 p.m. Information: 566-0376.
Shai Hulud The metalcore bands Hope
Within Hatred 2012 tour is Monday, March 5,
with A Plea for Purgery, Counterparts and
Dead Icons. Tickets: $10.
Caravan of Stars SXSW Kick Off Party begins
at 6 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday, March
10-11. Cover is $6. Saturday: Audacity, Lovely
Bad Things, Salsa Chips, Low Culture, Far
Corners and Boring Boyfriends. Sunday:
Cosmonauts, Feeding People, Sam Flaz,
Tomorrow Tulips and Acid Pie.
Hunx (Seth Bogart of Hunx and Punx) per-
forms 9 p.m. Thursday, April 19. $7.
Left Alone The California punk band per-
forms Thursday, April 26. Admission: $8.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo.
Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickinger-
center.com.
Andy Gross The stand up comic, magician
and ventriloquist performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
March 2. Tickets: $15, $22, $27 and $40.
David G. Jackson as Clyde Tingley Jackson
shares the story of the legendary New Mexico
governor and politician at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 6, as part of the NM Humanities
Council Chautauqua program.
Richard Melzer The New Mexico author
talks about his recent works at 7 p.m. Friday,
March 23.
ArcAttack The creators of the original
Singing Teslas Coils perform at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28. Two custom-engi-
neered Tesla Coils throw out electrical arcs up
to 12 feet long, each one acting as an instru-
ment with a sound reminiscent of an early syn-
thesizer. Tickets: $20 ($9 age 13 and younger).
Arlo Guthrie The folk legend performs at
2 p.m. Sunday, April 1 at Flickinger Center for
Performing Arts in Alamogordo. Guthries
career exploded in 1967 with the release of his
album Alices Restaurant, which also became
a movie starring Guthrie. Tickets: $28, $32,
$37 and $50.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat Alamogordo Music Theatre
presents the musical by Tim Rice and Andrew
Lloyd Webber April 13-21. Showtime is 7:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $10.
Squirm Burpee The Vaudeville Nouveau
circus is 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 23. Tickets:
$20 ($9 age 13 and younger).
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts
Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12
miles north of downtown Ruidoso). Free public
guided tours are 10 a.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays (except show dates). Information:
(575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra: Mozart in
the Mountains The orchestra performs at 7
p.m. Saturday, March 3. Tickets: $56 and $59.
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
The country-rockabilly star performs at 7
p.m. Friday, March 16. Barn-burning honky-
tonk and hillbilly rock is the hallmark sound of
Stuart, a four-time Grammy-winning star who
first made his mark on the charts in the 90s.
His 14th studio album is Ghost Train: (The
Studio B Sessions). Tickets: $76 and $79.
Country Royalty The tribute to legends
Hank Williams and Patsy Cline is 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 14. Jason Petty won a 2003
Obie for his show, Hank Williams: Lost
Highway. Grammy-nominated Martin portrays
Cline. Tickets: $66 and $69.
A pre-show short ribs buffet is $20.
The Spencers Theatre of Illusion - The
award-winning illusionists perform at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 21. Tickets: $56 and $59.
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
or spencertheater.com.
A $20 pre-show roast turkey buffet ticket
(5PM).
Copplia - Ruidoso Dance Ensemble pres-
ents the comic ballet at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday,
April 28. Tickets: $28.
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - The 1960s
chart-toppers perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, May
5. Tickets: $66 and $69.
A pre-show Angus burger buffet is $20.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and
Casino Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8
p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Prices listed
do not include service charge (Ticketmaster)
Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemoun-
taingods.com.
Leann Rimes The country star performs
Wednesday, March 28. Tickets: $25-$100.
REO Speedwagon The 80s rockers per-
form Saturday, March 31. Tickets: $30-$100.
Engelbert Humperdinck Thursday, April
19. Tickets: $25-$100.
NM Tech Performing Arts Series
Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico
Techs Macey Center, 801 Leroy Place, in
Socorro, N.M. All seats general admission.
Information: (575) 835-5688 or nmtpas.org.
Jazz Ambassadors of the US Army Field Band
Tuesday, March 6. Admission is free.
Presidential Chamber Music Series IV: Oboe
Quartets Monday, March 26. Willy Sucre,
viola, performs oboe quartets with Robert
Ingliss, oboe, James Holland, cello and
Krzysztof Zimowski, violin. Admission is free.
ArcAttack Science Fair Friday, March
30. Creator of the original Singing Tesla Coils,
ArcAttack uses their high tech wizardry to gen-
erate an electrifying performance. Tickets:
$16 ($14 seniors; $8 youth)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentices Friday, April
13. Rising star opera singers perform selections
from popular operas, musicals and a one-act
operetta. Admission is free.
Squirm Burpee Circus with the Handsome
Little Devils Friday, April 20. Classic vaude-
ville comedy, high-skill circus acts and a plot
rooted in American Melodrama. Tickets: $16
($14 seniors; $8 youth)
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UTEP Department of Music
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts
Recital Hall, except as noted. Tickets for most
performances are $5 ($3 seniors/military/non-
UTEP students; free for children/UTEP stu-
dents/faculty/staff), unless listed otherwise.
Ticket information: 747-5606 or
utep.edu/music.
Thursday, March 1 UTEPs Arabic music
ensemble Layali Al-Sham.
Monday, March 5 UTEP Jazz Ensembles
Tuesday, March 6 UTEP Concert Band
Thursday, March 8 University Choirs
Winter Concert
Wednesday, March 28 Symphony Band
Tuesday, April 3 UTEP Wind Symphony
LCSO with Eva Leon Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lonnie Klein,
welcomes violinist Eva Len in a program fea-
turing the music of W.A. Mozart at 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 4, at NMSUs Atkinson Music
Recital Hall. Len will perform Mozarts Violin
Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219. The
Chamber Orchestra also will perform the
Haffner Symphony by Mozart (Symphony
No. 35 in D major, K. 385) and Peter Warlocks
Six Italian Dances. Tickets: $15 open seating.
Information: (575) 646-3709 or lascrucessym-
phony.com.
A native of the Canary Islands, Len has won
major international violin competitions including
top prize at the Michaelangelo Abbado
International Violin Competition and Laureate
at the Maria Canals International Violin
Competition. In 2006, she won the 33rd Artists
International Annual Debut Prize in New York,
which led to her debut at Carnegie Hall.
The Good, The Bad and The
Musician El Paso Wind Symphony per-
forms at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, at UTEPs
Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets $12.50
($7.50 military, students and seniors).
Information: 760-5599 or elpasowindsympho-
ny.com.
Clarinetes del Sol Las Cruces Civic
Concert Association presents the Las Cruces-
based all-wind quartet at 3 p.m. Saturday,
March 10, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Main in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.
Tickets: $20. Information: (575) 521-4051.
The quartets various members come from
the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra, El Paso
Wind Symphony and Mesilla Valley Concert
Band. Their repertoire spans time and genre,
including popular works by such composers as
Samuel Barber, Frans Schubert, Claude
Debussy, Scott Joplin and George Bizet.
NMSU Department of Music
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at NMSUs
Atkinson (Music Center) Recital Hall, unless
listed otherwise. Ticket information: (575) 646-
2421 or nmsu.edu/~music/.
Lisa Van Winkle, flute Saturday, March 10
(Faculty Recital Series).
NMSU Symphonic Band Tuesday, March
13
Second Sundays at Grace United
Methodist Church Grace United
Methodist Church, 400 Carolina, hosts a free
community concert series. Donations accepted.
Information: 772-7481, 779-7826 or graceum-
celpaso@yahoo.com.
3-4:40 p.m. Sunday, March 11 Dr. Dena
Kay Jones present Imagines de Espania, a
recital of Spanish National Music of the late
19th ad early 20th centuries, accompanied by
photos, text and music from Spain. featured
composers will include Albeniz, Granados, de
Falla and Rodrigo.
3-4:40 p.m. Sunday, April 15 La Cella
Bella Cello Quartet.
The Marriage of Figaro El Paso
Opera presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts
saucy comic tale of love, marriage, infidelity and
the stupidity of aristocracy March 15, 17 and
18, at UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. The story,
which also includes a little incest mixed with
deception and misdirection, was initially banned
for ridiculing European nobility. Showtime is
7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $20-$90. Information: 581-
5534 or epopera.org.
The role of Figaro is performed by interna-
tional opera star Ricardo Herrera, bass-bari-
tone. He recently directed Cavallis La
Calisto at Krannert Center and sang the role
of El Porteo and directed Maria de Buenos
Aires for Obra Salesiana in El Paso and Juarez.
The Water Coolers - Grant County
Community Concert Association closes its sea-
son with the comedy musical group at 7:30
p.m. Friday, March 23, at WNMU Fine Arts
Center Theater in Silver City. Admission: $20.
Information: (575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.
Its your life but killer funny is how the
members of this award-winning troupe make
everybody laugh. With original music and paro-
dies of familiar songs, on-point material about
life and work, and superior comedy writing,
this cast of five NYC comics and singers cele-
brates the insanity of everyday life.
Chamber Music Consortium winds
Music Forum El Paso presents the Winds of the
Chamber Music Consortium of the Southwest
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at the El Paso
Museum of Art auditorium, One Art Festival
Plaza. The Consortium will perform the sel-
dom-performed 19th century
masterpieces Sinfonietta, op. 188 by Joseph
Joachim Raff and Serenade,
op. 102 by Wilhelm Berger. Admission is free.
Information: 755-0724 or musicforum-
elpaso.org.
Members of the Consortium, led by Stephen
Pugh, have cumulatively more than 250 years of
international chamber music experience and
include flutes Barbara Lambrecht and
Alexandra Diaz, oboes Carl Fels and Gordon
Pugh, clarinets David Ross and Bettina Ross,
bassoons Valentin Tuchev and Page Bartz and
horns Celeste Shearer, Greg Pugh, Richard
Lambrecht, and Jim Patterson.
EPSYO and EPSO Side-by-Side
Concert Performers from El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras and El Paso
Symphony Orchestra will combine forces to
perform Stravinskys Firebird Suite during the
5th annual Side-by-Side performance at 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 25, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $10-$32. Information: 525-8978 or
epsyos.org.
Cellist Phillip Munck, winner of the 2012
EPSYOs Concerto Competition, will also be
featured in a performance of Camille Saint-
Saens Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra.
Mesilla Valley Concert Band The 95-
piece band performs at 3 p.m. Sunday, March
25, at NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall, Las
Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)
646-2421.
Zuill Bailey Birthday Celebration - El
Paso Pro-Musica presents its season finale. By
Request celebrating the 10th Anniversary year
of cellist Zuill Bailey as its Artistic Director at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 at the El Paso
Museum of Art. Tickets: $100. Information:
833-9400 or eppm.org.
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Hanks Jazz Festival The 20th annual
festival runs all day March 1-3, in the Hanks
High School auditorium, 2100 Lee Trevino
Regional middle and high school students will
perform throughout the festival 4 to 10 p.m.
Thursday and Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday with final concert and awards at 7
p.m. featuring the Eklectic Jazz Ensemble con-
ducted by Dr. Willie Hill. Admission is free.
Information: 434-9700 or hanksband.com.
A pre-concert Italian dinner is served 5 to 7
p.m. Saturday, hosted by the Hanks Band
Boosters. Call for tickets.
Nights in Damascus The UTEP Arabic
Ensemble, Layali Al-Sham performs at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, March 1, at Fox Fine Arts
Recital Hall, featuring traditional folk and classi-
cal Arabic music, new arrangements, and origi-
nal compositions by Abbas Alshafai. The con-
cert includes tributes to the people of Arab
nations through poetry and song. Tickets: $5
($3 military, seniors, non-UTEP students and
ages 6 and younger; free for UTEP
students/faculty/staff). Information: alshaa-
heen@utep.edu.
Howling Coyote The open mic for musi-
cians, poets, writers, storytellers and perform-
ance artists is 7 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the
Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall,
in Las Cruces, as part of the monthly
Downtown Ramble. Performer sign-up is 6:30
p.m. Coffee and light snacks provided.
Admission is free, but donations welcome.
Information: Bob Burns, (575) 525-9333, (575)
523-6403 or (915) 799-5684.
Literary Open Mic is 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Rio
Grande Theatre auditorium.
Every Other Tuesday Doa Ana Arts
Council hosts a variety of musical performances
6:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at the historic
Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Las
Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)
523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
March 6 Alma de Arte choir, featuring
students under the direction of Megan
McQueen.
March 20 Big Band on the Rio Grande.
Las Cruces 18-piece big band will perform
works by several Big Bands popular in the
1960s and 1970s including Maynard Ferguson,
Count Basie, Don Ellis, Buddy Rich, and Stan
Kenton.
Big Band tea dance Bob Burns and the
Mike Caranda Orchestra featuring Judy Day
performs 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the
Court Youth Center, 402 W. Court, in Las
Cruces. Admission: $10 ($5 students with
school ID). Information: Bob Burns, (575) 525-
9333 or bobandmelody@sbcglobal.net.
Metalchi The worlds first heavy metal
mariachi band performs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
March 11, at Sunland Park Racetrack &
Casinos Franklin Lounge. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 874-5200.
The Dangerous Summer The alterna-
tive rock group performs at 7 p.m. Sunday,
March 11, at The Spot, 9068 Socorro Road,
with guests Divided by Friday, Ten Second Epic
and Avindale. Tickets: $10 in advance; $12 at
the door. Advance tickets at ticketbully.com.
Rockin Rolla The Downtown Music &
Sports Fest begins at noon, Saturday, March
17, along Prospect, from Stewart to Corto Way
(Sunset Heights area just north of I-10).
Headliners are Livin On A Prayer Bon Jovi
tribute band and Never Stop Believing
Journey tribute band. Also performing are
Frontera Bugalu, Radio La Chusma, Brown
Betty, Fixed Idea, Exilio and the Joe Barron
Band. Sports events include a Texas vs. New
Mexico Golden Gloves boxing battle.
Admission: $15 (ticketbully.com). Information:
rockinrollaep.com.
The event also will honor St. Patricks Day
with green beer sales, along with other food
and beverage vendors.
Gospel Extravaganza Houstons
Attractions inaugural gospel event is 6 to 10
p.m. Saturday, March 17, at El Buchanan,
11540 Pellicano. Area gospel groups compete
for cash prizes. Each group will perform three
songs. Tickets: $20; available at All That Music
and ticketbully.com.
St. Patricks music festival The Hoppy
Monk, 4141 N. Mesa, will host an all-day bash 1
p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, March 17.
Entertainment includes Hillside Gamblers,
Hypocrite Orchestra, Ribo Flavin, Biscuit Roller
and Bumpstreet Fonanza. Cover charge is $10.
Big Bang Jazz Festival Mesilla Valley
Jazz and Blues Society hosts the monthly spring
concert series through April at First Christian
Church, 1809 El Paseo (across from Las Cruces
High School). Concerts begin at 7 p.m. the
third Sunday of the Month following the soci-
etys monthly meeting. Cost: $8 ($5 members;
$1 for students with ID). Information: (575)
525-9333.
March 18 El Paso Youth Jazz Ensemble,
directed by Marty Olivas and Ricky Malichi
April 15 Jazz Unlimited Big Band led by
Cecil Douglas.
PT & The Cruisers The area variety
band performs at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 24,
at Scottish Rite Theater, 301 West Missouri.
Tickets: $15 ($10 students with valid ID).
Parking available next door at City Hall and
behind Insights Museum after 5 p.m.
Information/reservations: All That Music &
Video, 594-9900.
That Hip Hop Thing! The live hip hop
show proclaiming No Alcohol, No Drugs, No
Violence! is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at
the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces, with The Boy Drew, SoReal,
General B, D-Town, Danger, Yung, Ziggy
Lovahh, Y.N.F. and DJ Marky Marc. Tickets: $5
at the door. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
ThatInfo@Yahoo.com.
1249 Futurity Dr. (at and Sunland Park Drive),
Sunland Park, N.M.
Live music is offered 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays
and Saturdays and Mariachi 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Sundays in the Franklins Lounge. No cover.
Information: (575) 874-5200.
Disco with local DJs is 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Sundays (no DJs March 11 due to Metalachi
show). Karaoke offered with Rock The House
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Thursday. Weekly win-
ners receive gift bag with prizes.
New Noche Norteas are 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, featuring Nortea/Tejano bands.
Friday, March 2 The Starliners
Saturday, March 3 Destiny
Sunday, March 4 Mariachi Alegre
Wednesday, March 7 Alma Nortea
Friday, March 9 Los Dukes
Saturday, March 10 BJ Pando La Mezkla
Show Band
Sunday, March 11 Mariachi Tapatio
Wednesday, March 14 Corazones Rotos
with special Guest Sonya Palacios
Friday, March 16 Rhapsody
Saturday, March 17 Phat Soul
Sunday, March 18 Mariachi Los Galleros
Wednesday, March 21 Danos el Ritmo
Friday, March 23 Asi
Saturday, March 24 BJ Pando La Mezkla
Show Band
Sunday, March 25 Mariachi Los Toritos
Wednesday, March 28 Noches Norteas
with Sensacion
Friday, March 30 Tejas
Saturday, March 31 Inolvidable
Sunday, April 1 Mariachi Zacatecano.
Railroad Blues 504 W. Holland, Alpine,
Texas. Performances begin at 10 p.m.
railroadblues.com.
No Refund Band The Texas R&B band per-
forms Friday, March 2. Admission: $8.
Walt Wilkins and The Mystiqueros The
Americana singer/songwriter and his band per-
form Saturday, March 3. Admission; $10.
Radio La Chusma El Paso Latin rock/reg-
gae band performs Friday, March 9. $8.
Soul Track Mind The 7-piece soul/rock
band performs Friday, March 23. $10.
The Dice Man The garage rock n roll,
surf and rockabilly band performs Saturday,
March 24. Admission to be announced.
S.H.I.L.O. The indie blues/rock band per-
form Saturday, March 31. Admission: $6.
The Red Elvises The Russian rockabilly
band performs Wednesday, April 4. $10.
Padres Marfa 209 W. El Paso Street in
Marfa, Texas. Shows begin at 9 p.m. Show
admission: $5, unless listed otherwise.
Information: 432-729-4425 or
padresmarfa.com.
March 2-3 The Voice finalist Nakia,
Fridays show starts with the debut perform-
ance of Marfa classic country act Scark and
Saturdays opening act is Dynamite Dudes.
Monday, March 12 The David Liebe Hart
Band. Admission: $6.
Tuesday, March 13 Banda Constantina.
Wednesday, March 14 Wholes
Thursday, March 15 Folk/rock perform-
ers Maria Moss and Jon Hogan
Friday, March 16 The Moondogs.
Showtime is 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 17 Keven Ochs Band.
Tuesday, March 20 Emperor X and Body
Parts.
Wednesday, March 21 Albuquerque pro-
gressive band North America.
Friday, March 23 Midland/Odessa rockers
Loudfinger. Admission: $7.
Saturday, March 24 Austin based retro
country band The McMercy Family Band and
Country Willie.
Friday, April 6 Winovino
Crowley Theatre Live performing arts
events are featured at Ballroom Marfas theatre
at 106 E. San Antonio Street in Marfa. Ticket
information: (432) 729-3700 or ballroommar-
fa.org.
Eleanor Friedberger Singer-songwriter for
the Fiery Furnaces performs at 7 p.m. Saturday,
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March 24, as the finale of her weeklong resi-
dency and recording session.
Classical pianist Kimball Gallagher performs
at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 2, as part of his
International 88-Concert Tour. Outdoor per-
formance.
Zin Valle Free Music Sundays Zin
Valle vineyard, 7315 Hwy 28 in Canutillo (3/4
mile north of FM 259), hosts free live music 1
to 4 p.m. on selected Sundays. Information:
877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
March 4: James Springer
March 18: Greg Gonzalez
April 1: Dan Lambert and the Double Drum
Trio.
El Paso Comic Strip 1201 Airway.
Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
7:30 p.m. Sunday. Military admitted free
Wednesdays and Thursdays. Tickets: $6
Wednesday through Thursday; $12 Friday and
Saturday, $8 Sunday, unless listed otherwise.
Reserved tickets at ticketweb.com.
Information/reservations: 779-LAFF (5233) or
laff2nite.com.
Feb. 29-March 4: Billy Garan began his
career performing stand-up at Catch a Rising
Star in New York City. Shortly thereafter, he
joined a comedy troupe called Funny Business
that toured hundreds of colleges. He also has
opened for Robert Klein, Jay Leno, and Jerry
Seinfeld. Opening act is Anthony Perez.
March 7-11: Fresh from his Comedy
Central Special Deal with It, Willie Barcenas
brand of humor has garnered him 10 appear-
ances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Opening act is Dannon Green.
March 14-18: Ben Creed was featured on
the video called Comedys Dirtiest Dozen
with the likes of Tim Allen and Bill Hicks.
Opening act is Rick Martinez.
Gina Yashere The comedian performs for
the first time in El Paso 9 to 11 p.m. Thursday,
March 15, at Dominics, 6901 Montana, with
special guest Chicagos Tony Baker. Seating
begins at 8 p.m. Presented by The Laughing
Stock. VIP dinner seats are $25; reserved non-
dinner seats are $15. General admission is $10
on a first come, first served basis. Information:
1-888-316-0722, (619) 708-7975 or thelaugh-
ingstockonline.com.
Yashire Gina has starred in her own Showtime
Comedy Special Skinny B**** as well as vari-
ous other TV and radio appearances.
Baker is a graduate of NMSU and the winner
of the Uncle Clydes Comedy Competition at
the Ice House, A semi-finalist in the Boston
Comedy Festival, and winner of L.A.s Funniest
Comic.
Kevin Hart The comic behind the hit con-
cert movie Laugh at My Pain performs at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Abraham
Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $47 (Ticketmaster).
Harts Laugh at My Pain tour that inspired
the film was among the most successful come-
dy concerts in history with more than $15 mil-
lion in ticket sales. He also has his own Apple
mobile app at Little Jumpman, YouTube video
channel, Twitter and Facebook updates are at
your fingertips 24/7 right in the App as well.
The former shoe salesman and amateur
comics biggest break came when he landed
the lead role in the motion picture Soul
Plane. He has since been seen roles in Scary
Movie 4, In the Mix and The 40-Year-Old
Virgin, Fools Gold and Meet Dave.
Music
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Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Road, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta
Mission. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday. The center features a museum
on the Tigua tribe, including its relationship to
the Tiwas of northern New Mexico. Admission
is free. Information: 859-7700 or
ysletadelsur.org.
Native American Dances are performed 11:30
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every weekend.
Fresh Indian bread is on sale at the center,
which also offers family-operated gift shops,
feature jewelry, pottery and other crafts.
Wyler Aerial Tramway Texas only pub-
licly accessible mountain tramway gives passen-
gers a view of 7,000 square miles, two coun-
tries and three states (Texas, New Mexico and
Chihuahua) from Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632
feet. Cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children
12 years and under. Tickets sales stop one hour
before closing. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Friday
and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information:
566-6622. Closed Monday through Thursday.
Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park is managed
by Texas Parks & Wildlife and is also part of
Franklin Mountains State Park. To get there:
Take Alabama to McKinley and turn toward the
mountain.
La Via Winery New Mexicos oldest
winery is just across the state line from El Paso,
at 4201 S. NM Highway 28, one mile north of
Vinton Road. Information: (575) 882-7632 or
lavinawinery.com.
The tasting room and patio are open for sales
and tasting of wines from 12 to 5 p.m.
Thursday through Tuesday (closed
Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily tour is
offered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment only; the
$10 fee includes tasting.
Licon Dairy The dairys gift shop popular
for its homemade asadero cheese products is
located at 11951 Glorieta Road in San Elizario
and is open 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. The dairy also features an exten-
sive petting zoo and regularly stocked fishing
hole. Admission is free, with a nominal charge
for fishing hole use. Information: 851-2705 or
licondairy.com.
Zin Valle Vineyards 7315 Hwy 28 in
Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tast-
ings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday.
Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
San Elizario Historic District The dis-
trict at 1500 Main Street in San Elizario on the
Mission Trail features four art galleries, seven
artists studio/galleries, three gift shops, the
Historic San Elizario Chapel, the Portales
Museum and the Veterans Museum. Most loca-
tions open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 851-0041,
594-8424 or SanElizarioHistoricDistrict.com.
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We are One Dance One Drum The
6th annual student dance and drumming show-
case featuring Susan Jewell, Karuna Warren and
Terry Alvarez is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at
the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces, highlighting the talent of
local dance troupes and celebrating the variety
of philosophies and styles in belly dance.
Tickets: $8. Information: (575) 639-1616.
Milonga workshop Paso del Norte
Tango Club hosts the workshop on Milonga
style dance noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4,
at Shundo Dance Studio, 2719 N. Stanton.
Information: Cynthia, 422-3338 or pasodel-
nortetangoclub.com.
Fly High and Speak Easy Las Cruces-
based aerial dance performance company
Project in Motion presents an evening of aerial
and terrestrial dance at 6:15 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, March 9-10, at The Gin Studio, 430
N. Compress in Las Cruces, accompanied by
live music by Justin Hicks, the Singing Chef
from New York City, and jazz keyboardist Rick
Olson from Los Angeles. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Project In
Motion. Information: (575) 208-4413, pim-
dance@gmail.com or projectinmotion.com.
Tickets: $10; Fridays show features Family
Night $5 tickets for age 10 and younger
accompanied by an adult. Tickets available
brownpapertickets.com.
Saturdays show includes a Speak Easy din-
ner following the performance at a private resi-
dence at 7:15 p.m. Passcode for getting in avail-
able by donating at least $60 per person when
purchasing tickets online.
Contra Dancing The Southern New
Mexico Music and Dance Societys monthly
contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday,
March 16, at Mesilla Community Center, 2251
Calle de Santiago, Mesilla. This months dance
will have an Irish theme with caller Lonnie
Ludeman and old-time band Deming Fusiliers.
The dance begins with beginners lessons; no
partner needed. Cost: $6 ($5 age 17 and
younger). Information: (575) 522-1691 or snm-
mds.org.
The contra dances are old-time dances are
done in long lines, accompanied by live,
Appalachian-style music.
Pasion Flamenca Gallegos y Baile
Flamenco, one of the Southwests premiere
Flamenco troupes, performs traditional flamen-
co guitar, song, and dance at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Tickets: $15
(cash at the door). Information: 755-1414.
Afternoon of Ballroom Dancing
Desert Dancers Chapter host and afternoon of
dance 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at El
Paso Ballroom Dance Academy, 7220 N. Mesa,
with waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha-cha,
bachata, swing, cumbia, country, salsa and
merengue. Dance lessons offered. Admission:
$10 ($5 for USA Dance Members). Bring a
canned good donation for the West Texas Food
Bank. Information: Diana, 487-9396 or desert-
danceusa.com.
Huapango! 2012 Centro Cultural Paso
Del Norte presents its annual rendition of intri-
cate footwork, grace and rhythm that makes
up the Jarocho folkloric style from the state of
Veracruz 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3
p.m. Sunday, March 23-25, at the Chamizal
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, with
more than 50 dancers and actors, live music by
Mariachi Raices de America and colorful
scenery. Admission: $10 donation. Information:
588-5743.
Ballet Folklrico Churuhui and Paso
del Norte The groups perform dances
from the different regions of Mexico at 7:30
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24-
25, at the Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S.
San Marcial. Information: 588-5743.
Ballet Folklorico Aires International
The folklorico group celebrates its 15th
anniversary with a gala performance at 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
March 30-April 1, at Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, with live mariachi
music and dances from Puerto Rico, Spain,
Brazil and Mexico. Admission: $7. Information:
867-7539 or 694-3279.
Country/Western 2 step Shundo
Dance Studio, 2719 N. Stanton, hosts lessons
at 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Cost is $10 per person. $5.
Spring Bash 2012 An evening of salsa,
bachata, cumbia, cha-cha, reggaetton, techno,
merengue and more is 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Saturday, March 31, at Partida Hall, 2608 Fort
Blvd, featuring DJ Orlando DJ Beetz Garcia.
Lounge music, karaoke and hors doeuvres
offered until 9:30 p.m. (while available) with
dance lessons 9:30 to 10 p.m. and dancing 10
p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission: $12 in advance; $15
at the door (parking and security provided).
Information: Deliris Montanez (Facebook) or
(704) 293-4307.
Swan Lake El Paso Youth Ballet presents
the classic ballet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and
2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31-April 1, at
UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Artistic director
is Marta Katz; choreographer is Erick Campos.
The Youth Ballet is a program of the El Paso
Conservatory of Dance. Tickets are $10, $15
and $20, available at the UTEP Ticket Center.
Line Dance Extravaganza El Paso
Parks and Recreation host the line dancing
event 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at
Father Martinez Senior Center, 9311 Alameda,
for beginning and intermediate dancers.
Participants will be exposed to four hours of
energetic line dance instruction, walk-throughs
and on-going dancing. Admission: $8.
Information: 544-0753. Online registration at
elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Flamenco classes Linda Gallegos teaches
exciting and beautiful Spanish dances for adults
and children at Studio Casa Flamenco, 3302
Gabel, beginning March 19. Cost:
$45/month. Information: 755-1414.
Adult classes (age 15 and older) are 7 to 8
p.m. Mondays; and Childrens classes (age 11-
14) are 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays or 10 to 11 a.m.
Saturdays.
Viva Tango Dance Social The Viva
Tango Club meets 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, at
Mexico Lindo 123 S. Carolina. Everyone who
enjoys tango music and dance with its traditions
is welcome. No partner necessary; club mem-
bers can help show beginners a few basic steps.
Cost: $3 per person. Information: 592-9611.
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he pastor at my church took a sab-
batical in February, which meant a
few members of the congregation
took turns giving the Sunday message. I
was one of them, and although Ive had
a fair amount of public speaking experi-
ence, it was more nerve-wracking than
anything I had done before.
Maybe at one level God was teaching
me a lesson. Ive listened to a couple of
thousand sermons over my church-going
lifetime, and I almost always conducted
a private critique within my head as I
listened. Knowing that a least a few peo-
ple that Sunday were doing the same to
me kept me humble.
Humility is the toughest part of giving
a sermon. A good preacher will spend
hours on preparation, not to mention all
the life experience and training that has
gone before, before he or she steps into
the pulpit. Its tempting to take oneself
too seriously.
Yet most people will not remember
those words a few hours later, and its a
rare sermon that will be recalled months
or years later.
I can remember a few. The pastor at
my home church was a gifted theologian
and speaker. Decades, his insights still
have an impact on how I view my faith.
A university chaplain once examined a
parable of Jesus in a way that I had
never heard before or since. Im sure
there are many others that I may not
remember as concretely, but their
impression stays with me.
What I remember far better are the atti-
tudes and passions that each preacher
communicated. How they preached
made a bigger difference on me than the
specifics of their message. Especially
when you listen to someone week after
week, you get to know how they
approach scripture, how they integrate
reason, emotion and faith, how they
wrestle with the realities of this world
with the teachings of their tradition.
The irony is that even though the actu-
al content of a sermon may not stick
with us, there is no way to subsitute
style for substance. What were taught
by our spiritual leaders is a bit like what
we eat: Its not the great meals that
make us healthy, its a regular nutritious
diet that makes a difference.
Randy Limbird is editor of
El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send to randy@epscene.com
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do not live in daily fear, but if
one has low income, dark com-
plexion, not-so-neat clothing, inade-
quate English skills or a heavy accent,
then at certain times and places,
Hispanics may face danger.
Low income. CNN reports that low-
income Latinos are routinely discrimi-
nated against in the South and else-
where in the country. The Southern
Poverty Law Center documented 500
Hispanic immigrants who were cheat-
ed out of wages, denied basic health
protection and fell victim to racial pro-
filing.
Before a recent lawsuit, Alabamas
extreme stop and check law, as in
Arizona, alarmingly allowed police to
stop any foreign-looking person.
They are allowed to check status, and
detain individuals, deport some even if
charges were dropped, or arrest an
undocumented rider in a car heading for
a hospital even if the driver is an
American citizen A determined
Hispanic exodus, however, has left
Alabamas vegetable crops rotting in
the fields and farmers suddenly
screamed against that law.
Other examples: a Tennessee woman
jailed for asking for her pay, a bean
picker in Alabama whose life savings
disappeared into the pocket of a police-
man at a traffic stop and a rapist in
Georgia not arrested because his victim
was undocumented. The New York
Times reported that Arizonas infamous
Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio had
set up an apparently unconstitutional
pervasive culture of discriminatory
bias against Latinos that reaches the
highest levels of the agency.
Gangs, guns, and drugs. The Violence
in Policy Center states that Hispanic
communities face more violence than
other ethnic groups. Homicide is the
seventh leading cause for Hispanic
deaths, particularly among ages 15-24.
Hispanic gun ownership is a low 11
percent, but the Center has reported on
the gun industrys increasing attention
to Hispanics. Male suicide by guns is
high among Hispanics, as are gun
injuries. Gangs across the U.S. turn
some communities into war zones,
exacerbated by lawless youth coming
up from cartel-controlled Central
America, particularly from El Salvador.
Most of these violent gang members are
second-generation immigrants whiles
some are recent arrivals. As gangs, usu-
ally on drugs, fight other gangs, peace-
ful families must live in with daily ter-
ror instead of feeling safe at home.
Family culture. One organizational
study found that one in five Hispanic
couples had intimate partner violence.
A Tufts University scholar studied how
children and youth very understandably
learn violence at home. That explains a
2006 national survey by Teen Research
and the Texas School of Public Heath
that found 13 percent of middle and
high school students think abuse is
completely acceptable because
theyve learned it at home. An addition-
al kind of violence is sexual assault that
occurs among about 20 percent of the
Hispanic couples studied.
Hate groups. The Anti-Defamation
League monitors neo-Nazis, racist skin-
heads, and white supremacy groups
who have declared open season
against Hispanics. Statistics from the
Southern Poverty Law Center tell the
same story. The Center reports regularly
that hate groups are spreading rapidly,
and according to U.S. News, such
groups have doubled since 2000.
Hispanics are their favorite targets.
Prisons. Thousands of prison gangs,
often allied with Jurez drug cartels
such as Barrio Azteca, create violence
in our nations prisos. In one prison
with especially brutal conditions, gangs
were listed at the top of an FBI and
DEA list of dangers. Murders among
Hispanics erupt in many prisons and, of
course, such violence endangers prison
staff as well. Another report mentions
that prisons in Cd. Jurez, Texas, and
New Mexico seem to have more than
their share of bloody in-house murders
among Hispanic inmates. Not only do
inmates commit murder on the inside,
but inmates also contact accomplices
outside the walls to arrange revenge
and murder against an enemy, a rival or
a drug dealer who owes money.
Not a happy picture! Its definitely not
a happy life for many Hispanics/Latinos
on dangerous streets, along dark alleys
and in dismal prisons who have to look
over their shoulder every day. Other
poor populations and disadvantaged
minorities face similar threats. Even
worse, innocent bystandersmight be
caught accidentally in mindless peril.
To be sure, we know that violence,
however insane, has been a condition of
the human race ever since Homo sapi-
ens first appeared and, sadly, will
remain so as far as we can see ahead
So, what can we say to victims caught
in moments just described? Well, no
matter how dangerous life becomes, life
just keeps going on, and so do people.
Amazingly, people everywhere who
live in the grim shadows of violence
still find ways to endure, even to sing
and smile and celebrate. Its a remark-
able resilience that lies deep in the uni-
versal human spirit among all races and
ethnic groups an inadequate consola-
tion, admittedly, for those who become
victims of violence.
Richard Campbell is the
author of Two Eagles in the Sun:
A Guide to U.S. Hispanic Culture.
Is it dangerous
to be Hispanic?
Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam
The U.S. Hot Rod Monster Jam is 7 p.m.
Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3-4, at
Sun Bowl Stadium. Tickets: $10 (Ticketmaster).
Information: monsterjam.com.
El Paso Santos soccer The area teams,
part of the new Pecos Soccer League, will play
their inaugural season home games at 2 p.m.
Cohen Stadium, 9700 Gateway North.
Championship game is April 15. El Paso Santos
Coach is Mike Lopez. Tickets: $5 (ages 6 and
younger free). Information/tickets: 755-2000,
(575) 680-2212 or PecosSoccer.com.
El Paso Santos home games played at 2 p.m.
Saturdays:
March 3 Hatch
March 17 Alamogordo
March 24 Juarez
April 7 Alamogordo.
Judo/Jujitsu Tournament Hayashis
Martial Arts Academy will host the Southwests
biggest Judo/Jujitsu and No-Gi Submission
Grappling tournament Saturday, March 10, at
Cathedral High School, 1309 N. Stanton. Junior
Judo begins at 9 a.m. with Submission
Grappling at 1 p.m. Age groups range from 4 to
60. Fee for participants is $50 adults; $40 age
17 and younger, plus $10 for each additional
division. Spectator admission: $10 ($5 age 12
and younger). Information: 920-6294 or
info@hayashismartialarts.com.
Sunland Derby Gala Sunland Park
Racetrack & Casinos 9th gala benefiting United
Blood Services is 6 p.m. Saturday, March 24.
Guest speaker is Pro Football Hall of Fame
quarterback Joe Montana. Information: 544-
5422, ext 164 or lwieland@bloodsystems.org.
The running of the 2011 Sunland Derby and
The Oaks (for fillies) is Sunday, March 25.
Joe Montana, considered by many as the best
NFL quarterback of all time, won four Super
Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and was
twice named the NFLs Most Valuable Player.
Montana retired from professional football in
1995 and later teamed up with performance
coach Tom Mitchell to write the book The
Winning Spirit: 16 Timeless Principles That
Drive Performance Excellence.
Athletic & Academic Achievement
Awards Cincinnati Bengals starting line-
backer and UTEP alumnus Thomas Howard is
the special guest for the inaugural honors ban-
quet 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at
Coronado Country Club, 1044 Broadmoor.
Cost: $100. Information: (510) 484-7022,
bcoates@exposurebbc.com or Mr53.com.
The event honors distinguished athletes local-
ly and nationally across a variety of sports.
El Paso Senior Games The annual
games for those age 50 and older run through
April 28 at various locations, sponsored by the
City Parks and Recreation Department and
Bravo Health. Applications available at any
Recreation or Senior Center with the Parks and
Recreation Department. Registration: $15 for
two events, plus $5 for each additional event.
Information: 544-0753 or 533-3207. Web: elpa-
sotexas.gov/parks
Fighting for a Better World
Worldwide MMA Sports (WMMA) presents a
night of mixed martial arts bouts at 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, at UTEPs Don Haskins
Center. Part of their mission, WMMA will
donate proceeds to the Wounded Warrior
Project. Tickets: $4.25 in upper and below
concourse, $75-$150 for floor seats.
(Ticketmaster).
The 2011-2012 live horse racing season runs
through April 17. Race days are Tuesdays,
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. First post is
12:25 p.m. each race day. Information: (575)
874-5200 or sunland-park.com.
College sports
UTEP Tennis UTEPs home tennis match-
es are at El Paso Tennis Club, 2510 N. St. Vrain
(in Arroyo Park). Matches start at 1 p.m. (9
a.m. Saturday matches). Admission is free.
Information: 747-5347 or utepathletics.com.
Thursday, March 1 New Mexico
Friday, March 2 Idaho
Saturday, March 10 Lamar
Wednesday, March 14 New Mexico State
Friday, March 30 Abilene Christian.
UTEP Softball The women Miners soft-
ball team hosts home games at UTEPs Helen
of Troy Complex. Information: 747-5347 or
utepathletics.com.
3 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Wednesday,
March 6-7 - Evansville (doubleheader
Tuesday).
2 p.m. Saturday, March 10 - Southern Miss
(doubleheader)
2 p.m. Saturday, March 31 - Marshall (dou-
bleheader)
Noon, Sunday, April 1 - Marshall
The UTEP Invitational is March 2-4. This
years teams are UTSA, Brown, Iowa State and
Valparaiso.
Springtime Track Invitational The
annual UTEP spring field and track meet 10
a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Kidd
Field. The event features mens and womens
college teams as well as the top qualifying high
school athletes from the region. Information:
747-5812 or utepathletics.com.
Tejanos baseball The Tejanos of El Paso
Community College play New Mexico Junior
College in doubleheaders beginning at noon
Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, at the Valle
Verde Campus Baseball Field, off Hunter.
Admission is free. Information: 831-2275.
Tejanas softball - The EPCC Tejanas home
games are at the Valle Verde Softball Field.
Admission is free. Information/game times:
831-2275. Softball office: 831-2367.
1 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday, March
2-3 - Odessa College (doubleheaders).
Sunday and Monday, March 11-12 - Luna
Community College and Seward County.
1 p.m. Sunday, March 18 - Seminole County
Friday and Saturday, March 23-24 - Howard
College
Friday and Saturday, March 30-31 - Frank
Phillips College.
Bicycling
El Paso Bicycle Club - Club events are
open to the public; helmets required.
Information: elpasobicycleclub.com.
Monday Training Rides begin March 12. Meet
at Rio Plaza (6205 Upper Valley Rd at Artcraft)
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at 5:30 p.m. for a one-hour ride up Artcraft to
Border Crossing and back. 20 miles. Rick Rivas,
867-7199, or Randy Limbird, 542-1422.
Wednesday night rides begin March 14. Most
riders start at River Run Plaza, 1071 Country
Club Rd., and ride 20-24 miles through the
Upper Valley. No official leader - find a group
that matches your pace. Recommended start
time for March is 5:15 p.m. Some riders begin
at 5:30 p.m. at Rio Plaza (Artcraft and Upper
Valley). On March 14, the Country Club bridge
is scheduled to be closed, so the Rio Plaza
starting point will be more accessible by car.
8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 3 - Ride Leader
Ride. Begin at Upper Valley Rd & Artcraft. 30-
mile moderately paced ride to Gadsden High
and Border Crossing. Those interested in lead-
ing rides for the Club are encouraged to join us
for a combination ride and overview of rider
leader responsibilities. Randy Limbird, 542-
1422 or 328-4110 (cell).
8 a.m. Sunday, March 4 - Meet at Power
Shots (965 N. Resler, across from Franklin H.S.)
and ride over Transmountain to McKelligon
Canyon, then Scenic Drive and back via Mesa
and Westwind. Moderate pace, lots of climbing.
36 miles. Olac Fuentes, 217-8008.
9 a.m. Saturday, March 10 - Gap and Back.
Meet at Cimarron Park (Northern Pass one
block east of Resler) for 25-mile moderate ride
up rollers to Anthony Gap. To get there, take
Resler north past Helen of Troy and turn right
on Northern Pass. Jeff Michel, 892-9653.
9 a.m. Sunday, March 11 - First Day of
Daylight Savings. Meet at Rio Plaza for 30-mile
moderately paced ride to Vinton, then along
the rollers to Dos Lagos and back on Hwy 28.
Linda Price, 433-4188.
7:45 a.m. Saturday, March 17 - Pick your
distance to Hatch. Options for round trips of
104, 80, and 43 miles, moderate pace. The
104-milers leave La Mesa at 7:45 a.m. and
arrive at The Bean at 8:30. 80-milers depart
from The Bean at 9 a.m. and arrive at Fort
Selden at 10:15 a.m. 43-milers leave Fort
Selden at 10:30 a.m. Destination is Sparkys in
Hatch. Bring a drivers license or other ID for
Border Patrol station on NM 185. Those
departing from Mesilla should park at the
municipal lot south of The Bean. Margaret
OKelley, 588-3825
9 a.m. Sunday, March 18 - Lower Valley
Ride. Meet at Cotton Eyed Joes at I-10 Clint
exit. Ride through the farmlands around Clint,
Fabens and San Eli. 35 moderately paced miles.
Breakfast after. Jim Weaver, 775-9757.
8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 24 - Meet at
Chuck Heinrich Park, 11051 Loma Del Norte
Dr. for an exploration of the roads in Northeast
El Paso. Plan to climb Anthony Gap and possi-
bly head out toward White Sands Missile
Range. Distance is 25-30 miles, intermediate
pace (17-18mph). Patty Van Tine, 667-0202.
8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 25 - Tour de Bliss.
Explore old and new Fort Bliss on this 30-mile
moderate to fast ride starting at Stout Gym
(Enter through Cassidy Gate off U.S. 54, take
Cassidy Road to gym, 2930 Cassidy). Option
for lunch on post after ride. Need picture ID,
proof of car insurance, registration to enter
post. Rob Ferrara, (401) 954-1064.
8 a.m. Saturday, March 31 - Ride With the
Wind. Meet at 8 a.m. at River Run Plaza to car-
avan by car to Columbus, N.M. Then bike back
the 65 miles, hopefully with a typical spring
westerly wind. Bike Club will provide a bike
trailer for up to 12 bikes and a rest stop
halfway back. Riders will need to arrange their
own transportation to Columbus (with either a
non-rider driving the vehicle back or splitting
the driving/riding back with a friend). Randy
Limbird, 542-1422 (home) or 328-4110 (cell).
9 a.m. Sunday, April 1 - Meet at Rio Plaza
(Artcraft and Upper Valley Rd.) and ride to
Gadsden High and back. 20 miles, moderate
pace. Rick Rivas, 867-7199.
The TriFecta Omnium The Las
Cruces/Hillsboro, N.M. cycling event presented
by Ziavelo Cycling is Saturday and Sunday,
March 10-11, with a time trial and criterium
Saturday and classic road race Sunday.
Registration deadline is March 8; no race day
registration. Registration: Time Trial event $15
time trial; $20 Criterium; $30 Road Race.
Collegiate discounts offered. One-day license is
$10. Information: (575) 541-8271 or ziaboul-
der@gmail.com.
Time Trial course is out and back on a
frontage road for 20K,. The criterium is a flat,
square 1-mile circuit close to the time trail
course. The 35-mile road race course starts in
Hillsboro toward Lake Valley for 13 miles and
returns to Hillsboro, then finishes with 9 miles
uphill to Kingston.
Coyote Classic XC Mountain Bike
Race The annual race starting the New
Mexico off Road Series is 10 a.m. Sunday, April
1, at Franklin Mountains State Park. Race
lengths are 16-30 miles, with categories for
expert, sport, beginner and single speed.
Registration information: the-bicycle-
company.net.
Centennial Century Ride Las Cruces
Optimist Club hosts its inaugural fundraising
century bicycle ride at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 15,
at the NMSU Tennis Courts, 1760 Wells Street,
in Las Cruces. 100K and 50K rides offered.
Cost: $30 by April 1; $35 April 2-13; $40 day of
event. Information: lascrucesoptimistclub.org.
Golf
MWR Golf Tournament Fort Bliss
MWR will host its Open Tournament beginning
with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Friday, March
23, at the forts Underwood Golf Complexs
Sunset Course. Four-person scramble tourna-
ment. Entry fee: $40 per player (includes green
fees, cart. rental, range balls and
lunch).Information: 562-1273.
Recreational Sports
Water aerobics classes City of El Paso
hosts water aerobic classes for adults. Water
walking shoes and authorized swim wear
required. Information: 541-4331.
Veterans Aquatic Center, 5301 Salem 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays,
March 5-29.
Marty Robbins Center, 11600 Vista Del Sol
7:30 a.m. Monday through Thursdays,
March 5-29.
Hawkins pool, 1500 Hawkins 8 to 9 a.m.
Monday to Friday, March 5-30.
Parks & Rec Zumba El Paso Parks and
Recreations Zumba classes are twice weekly
March 12-April 7 at various recreation cen-
ters. Cost: $18 per session (eight classes).
Information: 544-0753, ext. 22 or
elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Armijo Recreation Center, 711 E. 7th Street,
4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Leona Ford Washington Recreation Center,
3400 E. Missouri, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays. Information: 562-7071.
Multipurpose Recreation Center, 9031
Sports
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El Paso Scene
Viscount, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays. Information: 598-1155.
El Paso Kickball registration
Registration has begun for the co-ed adult
leagues Spring 2012 season. Games are
Thursdays beginning April 19 at Modesto
Gomez Park, 4600 Edna. Cost: $35 per player
(age 21 and older). Registration forms available
on line at elpasokickball.com.
Motor sports
Speedway of Southern New Mexico
The track features modifieds, super stocks,
speed stocks and more Saturdays. The
Speedway is 11 miles west of Las Cruces exit
132, off I-10. Take south frontage road to
Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds.
Admission is $10 ($7 seniors/military with
ID/students age 11-15 or with UTEP ID). Free
for children 10 and under. Information: 1-800-
658-9650 or snmspeedway.com.
The 17th annual Winter Meltdown and 6th
annual Chub Daniels Memorial is 6:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday (doors open at 5) and 2
p.m. Sunday (doors open at noon), March 2-4.
Admission: $10 Friday and Saturday; $12
Sunday; ages 10 and younger admitted free.
Weekend pass: $27.
X Motoball The motocross and paintball
center is at 4452 Cummings (near Krag Street
and Cassidy Drive in far East El Paso take
Montana east of Zaragoza). Information: Gabe,
355-0271, or xmotoball.com.
The 2012 Night Racing Series begins Saturday,
March 24. Future dates are April 28, May 26,
June 30, July 21, Aug. 25 and Sept. 22. Check
website for hours.
Runs and walks
Walk For Literacy Dr. Nixon Elementary
Schools PTA hosts its inaugural 5K race and 1
mile fun run/walk benefiting the schools litera-
cy development is 8 a.m. Sunday, March 4, at
the school, 11141 Loma Roja. Trophies for top
three male and female runners and for the
largest team and military team. Metals to top
three male and female in age groups 9 and
younger. First 200 runners receive t-shirt. Cost:
$20 after March 2 (team discount for 10 per-
sons or more is $5 per person. Information:
274-5222 Online registration through Feb. 29
at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Pre-race packet pick up is noon to 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, at Up and Running, 1475
George Dieter. Race day registration and pack-
et pickup is 7 to 7:45 a.m.
Segundo Barrio 5K The 2nd annual 5K
race/walk is Saturday, March 10, at Lydia
Patterson Institute, 517 S. Florence, as part of
the Celebrate Segundo Barrio Fair 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the race site. The walk is open to the
first 500 applicants; suggested donation of non-
perishable food items for area food pantries.
Proceeds benefit Imagine No Malaria. Check in
begins at 8 a.m. with walk beginning at 9 a.m.
and run at 9:10 a.m. Information: 533-8286,
ext. 31. Online preregistration at
celebrateSegundoBarrio.org.
St. Patricks Shamrock 5K St.
Patricks A.C.T.S. will host the 2nd annual com-
petitive 5K run/walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, March
17, at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1118 N. Mesa.
Registration: $20 ages 15 and older; $15 ages
10 to 14 and per person teams of 10 or more;
free for age 9 and younger. Green beer and
food available at end of race. Online registra-
tion at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
St. Pattys Day 6-Mile Race The Fort
Bliss race is 8 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the
forts Soto Gym, 20751 Constitution. Race is
free for active duty military; $20 for civilians.
Information: Aaron Jones, 744-5790 or
blissmwr.com.
El Paso Stroll for Epilepsy The inaugu-
ral walk to raise awareness of epilepsy is 9 a.m.
Saturday, March 24, at Ascarate Park, 6900
Delta. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Participants
are asked to raise at least $25 for the cause;
walkers receive t-shirts. Information: 240-4848
or pcjordan@swbell.net. Online registration at
strollforepilepsy.com.
Kidspalooza 5K and Kids Dash The
Downtown Kidspalooza Family 5K run/walk
and Kids 100-yard Dash is Saturday, March 24,
starting and finishing in Arts Festival Plaza. The
5K begins at 8:30 a.m. and kids dash (ages 8
and younger) at 9:15 a.m. Refreshments at fin-
ish line. Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Registration: $20 by March 19; $25 on race
day for 5K ($15 per runner for teams of 10 or
more with advance registration); $5 for dash.
Online registration through March 22 at
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Bataan Memorial Death March The
23rd annual marathon-length (26.2 miles)
march is 7 a.m. Sunday, March 25 at White
Sands Missile Range to honor U.S. and Filipino
troops captured by the Japanese in WWII.
Entry fee (by March 14): $95 individuals; $475
teams. No late or on-site registration accepted.
Information: (575) 678-1256, (575) 678-2887
or bataanmarch.com. The green route is the
full 26.2-mile Bataan Memorial Death March.
The blue route is 15.2 miles long.
Defy the Ban Worlds fastest 10K
10K run and 2-mile fun-run/walk 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 25, benefiting El Pasoans
Fighting Hunger. The 10K begins at the top of
Transmountain and ends at Northwestern (ele-
vation loss of 1,400 feet). Finish line and assem-
bly area for all events is at Apetitos Mexican
Grill, 1831 Northwestern.
A $1,000 prize for anyone setting a new
course record.
Registration by March 22: $25 10K; $20 for
fun run/walk. Fee goes up to $30 (10K) and
$25 (fun run) March 23-24. Information: Chris
Rowley, 478-5663. On-line registration avail-
able through March 22 at raceadventuresunlim-
ited.com.
Sullys Super Sprint Triathlon The 3-
mile run/15-mile bike/360-yard swim is 8 a.m.
Sunday, March 25, at Sul Ross State
Universitys Graves-Pierce Recreational
Complex, Alpine, Texas. Registration (by March
11): $35 ($25 for SRSU students, faculty and
staff). All entries after March 11: $45. Team
entry: $60 (two or three people). Information:
(432) 837-8299 or sulross.edu/pages/5505.asp.
Autism Speaks Run The benefit 5K run
and 1 mile walk hosted by Alpha Xi Delta is 8
a.m. Saturday, March 31, at Ascarate Park,
6900 Delta. Registration: $20 per person; $15
per person for teams of five or more. Race day
registration: $25. Online registration at racead-
venturesunlimited.com.
April Running of the Fools - The 2nd
Annual April Running of the Fools is 8 a.m.
Sunday, April 1, at Blackie Chesher Park, 1100
N. Zaragoza (at Escobar). The 5K run benefits
the Clint High School Cross Country Team.
Information: Mike Coulter, 274-5222 or
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Sports
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W
ith the Magoffin Home about to
reopen after extensive renova-
tions and the City of El Paso
investing heavily in preserving and restor-
ing the Albert B. Fall Mansion, the future
is looking brighter for the communitys
historic residences.
The Magoffin Home and the Fall
Mansion are just two of the many historic
homes found among the citys older neigh-
borhoods in or near Downtown. While
most are still used as private residences or
offices, several have stayed in the public
domain and are accessible to the public, in
the case of the old La Hacienda Restaurant
are easily viewable from the outside.
The International Museum of Art housed
in the old Turney Mansion and the Burges
Home that serves as the office of the El
Paso County Historical Society are other
examples of Downtown-area homes easily
visited by the public.
City of El Paso Historic Preservation
Officer Providencia Velzquez notes that
converting a formerly private historic
home for public use is one good way to
raise awareness of the importance of his-
toric preservation, especially when public
input is involved.
It helps raise awareness through the use
of notification, public meetings, city coun-
cil meetings, and requesting public input,
Velzquez said. In changing the status of
a private building, educating the public is a
crucial factor and the buildings history is
a vital component. It demonstrates its
importance and significance.
Longtime historic preservation advocate
Pres Dehrkoop said the Magoffin Home is
certainly a standout.
I think the Magoffin Home State
Historic Site would top my list (of
favorites) as it is so different with its
adobe walls. There is so much history con-
nected to the home and there are many
family membersin the area to hear their
stories of the time and people who lived
there, she said.
The areas historic homes are not limited
to Downtown. Velzquez noted that the
Lowenstein House, a Mission Valley resi-
dence near the Ysleta Pueblo later convert-
ed to a tienda (store), is also a good exam-
ple of a historic residence.
However, for a quick self-guided tour of
El Pasos historic homes, the best concen-
tration is in and around Downtown. Here
are five sites that are easy to visit.
Magoffin Home State Historic Site
1120 Magoffin Avenue
The Magoffin Home sits just outside of
the edge of El Pasos Downtown, built
around 1875 by prominent El Paso settler
Joseph Magoffin.
Born in Chihuahua and educated in
Kentucky and Missouri, Magoffin arrived
in El Paso in 1856 to work at his fathers
mercantile. He lived the rest of his life in
El Paso and was co-founder and president
of the State National Bank. He served as
mayor for four terms, and also as county
judge and collector of customs.
The home belonged to his family for
more than 100 years when his granddaugh-
ter, Octavia Glasgow, sold the home to the
city in 1976. She continued to live in part
of the home until her death in 1986.
The current restoration project has lasted
over a year. The house was closed at the
end of 2010 and the construction and
restoration work spanned the entire year of
2011 and into the first half of 2012. It will
open its doors again to the public with a
celebration Saturday, May 12.
Magoffin Home Site Manager Leslie
Bergloff said restoration on the house will
cover the entire site, including the homes
interior, exterior and ground, and will be
immediately noticeable to those familiar
with the home prior to its makeover.
Theres a new roof and improved
drainage system. Weve plastered over and
repaired the adobe, and are repainting the
walls, she said. We also learned part of
the homes doors and windows were paint-
ed with a faux finish, so we are trying to
return it to its original look. It will have a
very beautiful effect.
In addition, interior walls and ceilings
will be refreshed and rooms formerly off-
limits to the public will now be open for
viewing.
Because the home is an official state his-
toric site with the Texas Historical
Commission, Bergloff said, the restoration
efforts have to meet very specific guide-
lines to maintain its historic integrity,
You cant rush something like this. We
want to makes sure everything is done
right before it reopens, she said. When
you walk onto this property, you will feel
like you are walking back in time.
Admission to the home will be free dur-
ing the May 12 re-opening celebration.
Representatives from other local museums
and supporting organizations will also be
on hand with informational and education-
al booths. Bergloff hopes that area resi-
dents who come to the opening will be
compelled to bring their out out-of-town
guests to see what the home has to offer in
the future.
Another positive for both the Magoffin
Home site and the neighborhood is the
recent purchase of the house across the
street, which eventually will be converted
into the sites official visitor center, gift
shop and possible office space. By moving
these uses into their own building, visitors
to the Magoffin Home itself can have a
more genuine traveling back in time
experience without too many present-day
distractions.
Many of the homes popular events will
return once the Magoffin Home re-opens,
including tea parties, living history presen-
tations and candlelight tours. Bergloff
hopes the rejuvenated site will attract
many first-time visitors, including a
younger generation. Younger visitors, she
said, particularly are drawn to the sites
more interactive programs, such as oral
history events.
History is about identity, Bergloff said.
They want more than just to be told
something from a book; they want to expe-
rience it.
She said the home will show off several
eras of influence, as the Magoffins and
their descendents occupied the home for
114 years.
People from all over the world have
come here to see the Magoffin Home,
because it is one of the best examples of
Territorial Style Architecture anywhere,
Bergloff said. Now there will be even
more for them to enjoy.
Preservation efforts by public and non-profit
groups have kept many of El Pasos famed
residences from fading into history
Story by Lisa Kay Tate
Left:The Turney Home, 1211 Montana, is now the International Museum of Art. Center:The Burges Home, 603 W. Yandell, is headquarters of the El Paso County
Historical Society. Right:The Albert Fall Mansion, 1725 Arizona, is being restored by the City of El Paso. (Photos by Rick Tate)
The Magoffin Home, 1120 Magoffin, is scheduled to reopen May 12. Right:Site
Manger Leslie Bergloff shows older layers of one room that will remain exposed
to show earlier stages of the historic residence. (Photos by Lisa Tate)
Lived-In History
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Turney Home (International Museum of Art)
1211 Montana
The Henry Trost-designed home of
lawyer/cattle rancher/public servant
William Ward Turney and his family, now
welcomes visitors as the International
Museum of Art.
According to museum information, the
Turneys wanted the famed El Paso archi-
tect to design them something both tradi-
tional and conservative: The result is
something part Antebellum, part
Renaissance, part Greek, and even part
White House.
Completed in 1908 at a cost of about
$50,000, the building takes up the city
block on Montana between Brown and
Noble. Standout features include its Art
Nouveau style stained glass window and
its ornate grand staircase.
The house served as the home of the El
Paso Museum of Art going back to 1947,
with its east and west wings added in the
1960s to increase exhibit space. After the
museum moved to its current site at Arts
Festival Plaza, the Turney Home was
turned over to the International Association
for the Visual Arts to be used as an inde-
pendent art venue.
The stretch of Montana from the 1000 to
the 1500 block has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Some
of the more noticeable spots on the street
include the El Paso Medical Society
offices and museum in the historic Turner
Home (1301 Montana), La Tierra Caf
(1731 Montana), Burritos Tony (1319) and
the headquarters and private residence of
local GuyRex pageant kings Richard
Guy and Rex Holt (1304 Montana), as
well as several law offices, day spas, insur-
ance agencies and other businesses.
Richard F. Burges House
(El Paso County Historical Society)
603 W. Yandell
The El Paso County Historical Society
not only advocates for historic preserva-
tion, it also practices what it preaches by
maintaining its headquarters in the historic
former home of Richard F. Burges.
Burges was city attorney who wrote El
Pasos city charter in 1908. He also served
on the Texas House of Representatives in
1913, was president of the Texas Forestry
Association in the early 1920s and played
a prominent roll in the development of
Carlsbad Caverns and the building of
Elephant Butte Dam.
The societys research center is also
located at the house, named for Burgess
daughter, Jane Burges Perrenot.
Dehrkoop said homes like Burges House
and the International Museum of Art are
examples of the variety of old homes and
buildings other cities wish they had.
Each tell a story, brings history alive and
preserves the workmanship of that time,
she said. Stepping into one of these build-
ings is a remarkable education for anyone
and preserving it for future generations is
showing the pride people have in their
community.
The Burges Homes Sunset Heights loca-
tion places it amid several other historic
homes; most of them still used as private
single-family residences or apartments.
There are a couple of exceptions, however,
including the former home of State Sen.
Lester Mundy at 1401 Yandell, now the
spot of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic
Academy. Mundy was one of Sunset
Heights most colorful residents, and the
neighborhood itself was briefly named for
him (Mundy Heights).
Also deserving a look, just on the edge of
Sunset Heights is the El Paso Community
College Rio Grande Campus Research and
Development building at 900 N. Oregon
(at the end of Montana). The building,
which was restored from its deteriorating
condition after being purchased from a pri-
vate owner, is easily recognized by its
rounded design and wraparound porch.
La Hacienda Restaurant grounds
1720 W. Paisano
The once-popular La Hacienda restaurant
served both locals and tourists from the
1940s when the Lopez Family first opened
it to when current owner Chip Johns it
finally closed its doors in 2007. Its loca-
tion just across the Rio Grande from
Jurez, was part of its attraction for
decades but a disadvantage after border
security became a concern.
La Haciendas main building was built by
Simeon Hart for his bride Jesusita in 1850.
Hart, best known as founder of Harts Mill,
was also the father of prominent El Paso
newsman Juan Hart.
Although the restaurant has been vacant
since its closing, nearby historical markers
still tell its story, commemorating El Paso
Del Rio Del Norte, the residence of
Simeon Hart, Harts Mill and Old Fort
Bliss. The latter site, next to La Hacienda,
now houses private residences.
Bernie Sargent, a member of both the El
Paso County Historical Society and
County Historical Commission, said the
home-turned-restaurant is still owned by
Johns, and has been for sale for some time.
Sargent and others are working to make
the area a part of the El Camino Real de
Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. The
Trail itself spans from San Juan Pueblo in
El Paso Community Colleges Rio
Grande Campus now occupies this
restored home at 900 N. Oregon.
(Photo by Rick Tate)
La Hacienda Restaurant, site of one of
El Pasos oldest residences, remains
closed. (Photo by Rick Tate)
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Northern New Mexico to Mexico City.
Were working with the National Park
service to get a series of sites recognized
along this trail, Sargent said, adding there
are already six certified sites spanning
from Keystone Heritage Park in the Upper
Valley to The Bookery/Casa Ortiz in the
Mission Valley.
Albert B. Fall Mansion
1725 Arizona
The 105-year-old mansion home of U.S.
Senator Albert Fall has received much
media attention in the past few weeks as
restoration efforts near completion.
Fall served as President Warren G.
Hardings Secretary of the Interior and is
known for his involvement in the Teapot
Dome bribery scandal of the early 1920s,
in which Fall leased Navy petroleum
reserves to three private companies with-
out competitive bidding. Born in
Kentucky, Fall moved to the Las Cruces
area where he practiced law, and main-
tained homes in both the Tularosa Basin in
New Mexico and in El Paso. He died in El
Paso in 1944.
The mansion was in a dire state of deteri-
oration in 2009 when the city purchased
the property from its former owner for
more than $647,000. El Pasos Historic
Preservation Division of Planning and
Development has been working to make
this historic property usable once again.
So far more than $1 million has been
devoted to construction, restoration and
renovations. The work includes preserva-
tion of prominent fixtures, from stained-
glass windows to brick fireplaces. The
construction has included modern
upgrades to make the house more publicly
accessible.
Velzquez said preservation is the first
priority in the maintenance plan of homes
like the Fall mansion.
Trying to gauge how many people will
come through the doors in a years time,
how much traffic can be reasonably
expected and accommodated, and how to
plan for any damages should be considered
as the building becomes public, she said.
The mansion is also an example of how
keeping the public informed in the con-
struction process can help raise the antici-
pation and appreciation for the project, as
the Fall Mansion has already caught the
eye of local nonprofits and other groups
tentatively interested in acquiring it.
This, the city feels, could benefit all par-
ties involved.
When a private residence is converted
into a public building it then becomes
property of the citys taxpayers. We do as
much as possible to keep them informed,
Velzquez said. Also, a public building
becomes accessible to a larger number of
people than a private building and can be
put to use for the public sector.
Private preservation efforts
El Paso Preservation Alliance member
and attorney Terry Hammond is seeking to
preserve another Fall property, the Albert
B. Fall House at 801 E. Rio Grande, home
to the Fall family prior to their purchase of
the mansion.
The house sits across the street from First
Baptist Church and was at one time in
danger of being torn down to make room
for a parking lot.
Preservation has always been a focal
point in maintaining the integrity of a
structure, he said. This is one project
that is in the beginning stages, but I am
looking to get the building into some kind
of shape that may eventually become an
office.
Hammond notes that historic homes can
easily be demolished or radically remod-
eled because people are unaware of their
significance.
You hear stories about things like that
which have happened overnight, he said.
The city has become more concerned
about these issues, but there are probably
hundreds of potentially historic structures
they might not even be aware of yet.
El Paso Preservation Alliance member
Ray Rutledge has been working to pre-
serve the integrity of areas such as the cen-
tral El Paso Manhattan Heights Historic
District. His current project is an American
Bungalow-style house at 2731 Portland,
formerly slated for demolition, that now is
being saved for future private use.
Rutledge intends for the building to keep
its defining historic features, yet be
equipped for modern-day use in an envi-
ronmentally friendly fashion.
By saving the structure we retain the
historic character of the site, the neighbor-
hood and the tax value that benefits the
entire city, Rutledge said. Upon comple-
tion of the renovations, our plan is to
return this property to a residential site for
a future family to enjoy and cherish.
Hammond said the histories of many of
El Pasos oldest homes are easily
researched, and some residences remain
occupied by descendents of their original
owners.
It doesnt take very long to go back in
many of these cases and trace the history
of a home, he said
Home Tours
Many other historic homes still in use as
private residences are not accessible to the
public, of course, but some open their
doors on special occasions for home or
neighborhood tours held in both El Paso
and Las Cruces. Here are some to look for:
EPSOs Symphony of Homes. Held the
first weekend of December, the Christmas
home tour focuses on a different area each
year, with houses decked in holiday deco-
rations. Past tours have ranged from Rim
Road houses to the Park Hills neighbor-
hood. Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Sunset Heights Tour of Homes. The El
Paso County Historical Society and Sunset
Heights Neighborhood Associations
fundraiser is planned for May this year.
The tour not only features docent-led tours
of private homes, sometimes ones not
often open to the public, as well as a
neighborhood festival. Information: sun-
set_heights_assoc@yahoo.com.
Segundo Barrio Tours. El Paso Walking
Tours, hosted by area historian Fred
Morales, offer periodic walking tours of
the south-central El Paso historic area. A
recent tour focused on sites related to the
Mexican Revolution. Information: 771-
6727 or elpasowalkingtours.com.
LCSO Historic Home Tour. The Las
Cruces Symphony Orchestra Guilds
fundraising home tour held each April is
approaching its 20th year in 2012.
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El Paso Zoo 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo sum-
mer entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
daily. Zoo admission is $10 for ages 13 to 61;
$7.50 for ages 62 and older and active duty mil-
itary (including spouse) with ID; $6 ages 3 to
12; and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo mem-
bers admitted free. Information: 532-8156,
521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.
Daily activities for Year of the Bat in 2012
include bat games, arts and crafts, bat enrich-
ment programs and more.
Other upcoming events (call or visit elpasoz-
zo.org/adventure to register):
Friday, March 9: Spring Fever Sleepover
March 12-16: Spring Break Camp.
March 19-23: Spring Break Workshops (10
a.m. and 2 p.m.)
The El Paso Zoo is a 35-acre home to 228
species of animals. About 420 mammals, rep-
tiles, amphibians and birds, 106 fish and 294
invertebrates live in a variety of natural habitat
exhibits including a Reptile House, South
American Pavilion, Americas Aviary, Cisneros
Paraje, Birds of Prey Exhibit, Forest Atrium,
Asian Grasslands and an Elephant Complex, and
the recently added Kalahari Research Station
energy exhibit.
Daily encounters include California Sea Lion
Training and Meet the Keeper presentations at
11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Asian Elephant Training Encounters scheduled
daily. Information: elpasozoo.org/takeaction.
UTEP Womens Health Initiative and City of El
Pasos Department of Public Healths Wild
About Health program at zoo hosts the fol-
lowing events:
National Womens and Girls HIW Awareness
Day is Saturday, March 10.
Family Health at the Zoo is Friday, March
30.
Take Back the Night is Thursday, April 26.
First Friday film screenings Southwest
Environmental Center, 275 N. Main in Las
Cruces, hosts free screenings of environmental-
ly-themed films with popcorn and juice for the
whole family at 7:30 p.m. the first Friday of the
month. Admission is free, but space is limited.
Call for schedule. Information: (575) 522-5552
or wildmesquite.org.
Showing March 2 is The Border Wall, an
in-depth look at the wall erected on the U.S.-
Mexico border. Starting at the beginning when
the wall originated as a double fence in San
Diego, The Border Wall examines everything
from political and cultural repercussions to
environmental impacts.
Craig Childs NMSUs Outdoor
Recreation Adventure Arts Series presents the
author and commentator at 7 p.m. Friday,
March 9, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Childs focuses
on natural sciences, archaeology, and remark-
able journeys into the wilderness. Tickets: $8 in
advance; $10 at the door. Information: (575)
646-4746.
Childs has published more than a dozen criti-
cally acclaimed books on nature, science, and
adventure. He is also a commentator for NPRs
Morning Edition.
El Paso Zoo Adventure Programs El
Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano. Children must be
accompanied by parent. Information: 521-1880.
Online registration available at elpasozoo.org.
Friday, March 9: Spring Fever Sleepover
March 12-16: Spring Break Camp.
March 19-23: Spring Break Workshops (10
a.m. and 2 p.m.)
Dog Canyon Experience Oliver Lee
State Park, Highway 54 south of Alamogordo at
the Dog Canyon turnoff, hosts its annual cele-
bration of the natural resources of Dog Canyon
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 17-18, with hands-on
activities, presentations, hikes and more both
days. Most tours depart from the Visitor
Center. Activities are free with regular park
admission. Information: (575) 437-8284.
Saturdays events:
A guided Bird Walk with local naturalist Bob
Barber is 9 to 10:30 a.m..
Desert Gardens ranger-led xeriscape walk
with Charles Wood is 11 a.m. to noon
A Night sky viewing of Venus and Jupiter with
the Amateur Astronomers Group is 8 to 9:30
p.m. at the Group Shelter.
Watercolor and Landscaping plein air painting
program is 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Group Shelter.
Participants will be provided with paints, paper
and an opportunity to try a few simple tech-
niques for painting landscapes.
Reptiles of Dog Canyon talk is 6:30 p.m. at
the Visitor Center with Ted Brown and mem-
bers of the New Mexico Herpetological
Society. Members will display some specimens
that may be found within the park in the Visitor
Center throughout the day.
Sundays events:
A Jornada Mogollon Site Tour is 10 a.m. to
noon with NMSU-A Archaeologist Pete
Eidenbach. Attendees must drive their own
vehicle to the Ranch House property and be
willing to walk a mile round trip.
An Archaeology: Future of the Past Tour is
1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Visitor Center with State
Parks Archaeologist Rebecca Procter.
Ranch House Tours led by ranger Charles
Wood are 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
March 17-18, departing from the Visitor
Center.
El Pasos Hueco Tanks El Paso County
Historical Society presents the premiere of
Capstone Productions new documentary on
Hueco Tanks at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at
Scottish Rite Theater, 301 W. Missouri. The 52-
minute film incorporates footage shot over
eight years at El Pasos only state park that is
also a Texas Historic Site. Admission: $3 dona-
tion. Information: 533-3603
El Pasos Hueco Tanks explains the rock art
at Hueco Tanks in new ways, and takes the
viewer on hikes and tours through the park,
and talks about native Indians consider Hueco
Tanks sacred.
Funds raised from admission will be divided
among the Hueco Tanks Legacy Fund, the
Scottish Rite Museum, and the El Paso County
Historical Society, co-producer of this film with
Capstone Productions.
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society
The Societys general meeting is 7 p.m.
Monday, March 19, at El Paso Garden Center,
3105 Grant. Speaker to be determined.
Admission is free. Non-members welcome;
refreshments served. Information: Eddie Chew,
587-9589 or trans-pecos-audubon.org.
The society hosts field trips to various birding
sites in the region. Non-members and guests
welcome on all field trips. Information: Mark
Perkins, 637-3521 or mperkins@elp.rr.com.
A field trip to Guadalupe Mountains National
Park, McKittrick Canyon and Frijole Ranch
departs at 7 a.m. Saturday, March 10, from
Evergreen Cemetery, 12400 E. Montana. Easy
to moderate hike in McKittrick with birding and
brown bag lunch at ranch. Birds often seen
include golden eagle, pygmy nuthatch,
Montezuma quail, mountain chickadee, western
bluebird and some water birds.
Municipal Rose Garden The garden at
3418 Aurora (at Copia), opens to the public 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily March 1-Oct. 30, except
for official holidays. The garden has many types
of roses at the sprawling park area with a
waterfall, shade canopy and many other ameni-
ties. Admission is free. Information/rentals: El
Paso Parks and Recreation, 541-4331.
Franklin Mountains State Park - The
24,000-acre park extends north from the heart
of El Paso to the New Mexico state line. The
highest point is North Mt. Franklin, 7,192 feet
above sea level.
Most hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in
the Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on
the west side of the park (east of I-10).
Entry fees are $4 per person, free for age 12
and under (with family). Group rates available.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Information:
566-6441.
Guided hikes are offered at 9 a.m. selected
weekends, unless listed otherwise. Cost is $3
($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free), plus $4 park entry
fee for ages 13 and older. Reservations
required: 566-6441 ext. 21. or
erika.rubio@tpwd.state.tx.us.
Saturday, March 3: West Cottonwood Mine
Shaft (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Sunday, March 4: Ron Coleman/Smugglers
Pass, off Transmountain Road.
Saturday, March 17: Aztec Caves Trail.
Sunday, March 18: Mineshaft Exploration.
Thursday, March 22: Womens Only hike.
Saturday, March 24: Peak Fitness Challenge
Hike at Upper Sunset Trail.
Camping in the Tom Mays Area of the park,
with both traditional tent sites and RV areas (no
hookups). Site fee is $8 (limit of four campers),
plus the park entrance fee.
Picnicking in the Tom Mays Area, with picnic
tables and restrooms that are accessible to the
handicapped.
No ground fires are permitted.
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park UTEPs
Center for Environmental Resource
Management offers free guided walking tours
and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands
Park in El Pasos Mission Valley. Tours last about
two hours. Information: 747-8663 or rio-
bosque.org. Upcoming events:
Bird Tour, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 3.
Introductory Tour, 4 p.m. Sunday, March 11.
A Community Workday is 9 a.m. to noon,
Saturday, March 17.
Monthly faunal monitoring is 8 to 11 a.m.,
Saturday, March 24.
Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside
Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan
American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic
Site The site is famed for many Native
American rock paintings and unique geology.
Winter hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Admission: $5 (free for children 12 and
younger). Additional activity cost for tours
(including birding tour and morning hike): $1
for ages 5 and older. Information: 857-1135 or
texasstateparks.gov. Reservations are recom-
mended for the self-guided area and for camp-
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ing, especially during winter months: (512) 389-
8900.
Tours offered Wednesday through Sunday, by
prior arrangement at 849-6684. Participants
must carry at least one bottle of water per per-
son.
Pictograph tours are 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Rock climbing/bouldering tours are 9:30, 10
and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Hiking tours are 9, 9:30 and 10 a.m. and 2
p.m.
Birding tours are 8 to 10 a.m. on the third
Saturday of the month (March 17). Advance
sign-up encouraged.
To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S.
Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco
Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775.
North Mountain is available for self-guided day
use, for up to 70 people at a time; reservations
recommended. There is an annual orientation
program for visitors. Guided access is offered
to the rest of the site. Picnicking allowed at ten
tables closest to headquarters. Wood and char-
coal fires are not permitted. Bicycles permitted
only on designated paved areas. Pets allowed
only in camping or picnic areas. Call for reser-
vations and other information: 857-1135.
There are campground sites with water and
electric, as well as water-only tent sites. Call
the park for reservations.
Area hiking websites A variety of
organizations in the El Paso/Las Cruces area
offers hiking opportunities. Hikes typically are
rated as easy, moderate, or strenuous. Solo or
new hikers are welcome.
Meetup.com offers a variety of groups for all
activities, including the El Paso hiking meetup
club (meetup.com/El-Paso-Hiking) and the Las
Cruces hiking meetup club (meetup.com/hik-
ing-261)
El Paso Ridgewalkers The group posts its
hikes at elpasoridgewalkers.com. Or contact
Carol Brown at 630-1424.
Celebrations of Our Mountains now offers an
ongoing calendar of hiking and related events at
celebmtns.org/calendar
elpasonaturally is a blog by Jim Tolbert on
various environmental topics, with a calendar of
events that also includes the Sunrise Hikers
Tuesday morning group. See
elpasonaturally.blogspot.com or contact tol-
bert@elp.rr.com.
The El Paso chapter of the Sierra Club posts
its hikes at sierraclub.org/elpaso.
Outdoorelpaso.com offers an interactive
map, of El Paso County hiking and running
trails, calendar of events and more.
Information: 546-2098 or epcounty.com.
Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso
Desert Botanical Garden 4200
Doniphan (across from Frontera). Hours are 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission: $3 (free for members). Information:
584-0563, keystoneheritagepark.org or elpa-
sobotanicalgardens.org.
The parks 2-acre Botanical Garden, funded
by the Rotary Club of El Paso and the Junior
League, features native plants, amphitheater,
butterfly garden, wedding garden, childrens
maze, and a Butterfly House.
Keystone Heritage Park has 189 species of
migratory and local birds, and a 4,500-year-old
archaeological site.
The site is open for bird watching 9:30 a.m. to
noon the second and last Saturday of the
month.
Keystones Chihuahuan Desert Experience
(immediately west of the wetland) is open daily
from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for walking and
bird watching.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park
5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. Winter hours
are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (through March 31). All
events free with park admission. Day use fee:
$5 per vehicle ($40 annual pass). Closed New
Years Day. Information: (575) 523-4398.
Spring Break Camp is 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday,
March 20. Third, fourth and fifth graders can
sign up to participate in the Bosque Ecosystem
Monthly Monitoring and collect data. Camp is
free with valid park pass.
Search and Rescue Day is 8 a.m. to noon
Saturday, March 24. Local search and rescue
teams will provide demonstrations on Tracking
Basics and the Basics of using a Compass.
Dress accordingly for all hikes; wear close-
toed shoes and sunscreen. Bring water and
binoculars.
Ranger-led Nature Hikes are 3 p.m. every
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Birding tours are 8:15 a.m. Saturday, March
3, 10 and 17, led by park volunteers.
Becoming a Birder Series guided hike is at
8:15 a.m. Saturday, March 31.
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park
The park, part of Asombro Institute for Science
Education, is northeast of Las Cruces, off
Jornada Road. Admission is free; donation box
at trailhead. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575)
524-3334 or asombro.org.
The 2nd annual Kids Passport to the Desert is
9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, March 20, for families
to explore and learn about the desert. Hike the
Desert Discovery Trail and visit passport stops
to learn about desert animals, snakes, fossils,
using a compass and more. Get passport
stamps at each stop to turn into for a prize at
the end of the event. Admission: $1.
To get there: Take I-25 in Las Cruces and
head east on U.S. 70. Take the Mesa Grande
Road exit (at Oate High School). Make a U-
turn under the highway to head west, and stay
in the right lane. Turn right (north) on Jornada
Road. Follow Jornada Road for 6.4 miles and
turn left at the park sign. Follow the entrance
road to the parking area and trailhead.
Asombro Institute for Science Education is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing
scientific literacy by fostering an understanding
of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Aguirre Spring Campground The
Organ Mountain recreational area, run by the
federal Bureau of Land Management, is off U.S.
70 about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Fifty-five
family camping and picnic sites, plus two group
areas. Day-use fee is $3 per vehicle.
The Baylor Pass (hiking and horseback riding)
and Pine Tree (hiking) trails begin at the camp-
ground.
Information, group reservations: (575) 525-
4300.
Dripping Springs Natural Area The
recreational area is at the base of the Organ
Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road
(the eastern extension of University Avenue),
about 10 miles east of Las Cruces. The area,
run by the federal Bureau of Land Management
in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy,
includes the A.B. Cox Visitors Center, several
hiking trails, and La Cueva Picnic Area. The visi-
tor center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Access
to the main trail to Dripping Springs is 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. and the park is closed promptly at 5
p.m.
Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets allowed
(except for assistance animals). Information:
(575) 522-1219.
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White Sands National Monument
The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles
southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70.
Monument hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through
March 10; 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 11-April
19. Visitor Center hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
through April 17.
Entrance fee: $3 age 17 and older. Free for
children. Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236
or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to
nps.gov/whsa.
Sunset strolls are offered daily beginning at 5
p.m. through March 2, 5:15 p.m. March 3-
10, 6:15 p.m. March 11-30 and 6:30 p.m.
March 31-April. 20.
A Dunes at Dawn ranger-led morning hike is
7:15 a.m. Saturday, March 10. Space is limited;
reservations accepted two weeks in advance of
the hike online only at nps.gov/whsa.
Skins and Skulls mammal identification talks
are 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the Visitor
Center. Rangers will have pelts, skulls, and
other props for an up-close look and feel of the
elusive wildlife of White Sands.
Map Talks are 1:30 p.m. every Saturday and
Sunday.
Lake Lucero tours are offered on the last
weekend of each month. This months tour is 9
a.m. Saturday, March 31. Participants drive
their own vehicles 17 miles beginning at the
Small Missile Range gate on U.S. 70, 25 miles
west of the White Sands Visitor Center, then
hike 3/4 mile. Reservations required ( online
only). Cost is $3 ($1.50 age 16 and under).
Crafty Kids craft and interpretive programs
are 10 a.m. Sundays for ages 6-10. Parents wel-
come to participate.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park The
park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the
Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:
(575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.
Winter Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily;
tours available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Last entry
into cave via natural entrance is 2 p.m. with last
entry into cave via elevator 3:30 p.m.
Elevator renovations will continue through the
summer months; visitors taking elevator
entrance should expect longer waits.
Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2
hours for Big Room tour. Cost is $6 ($3 for
ages 6-15 or seniors with discount card). The
parks audio self-guided tour is $3 extra (also
available in Spanish).
For an extra fee ($8 adults, $4 youth and sen-
iors with card), visitors can go on a ranger-guid-
ed tour of additional areas of the caverns.
Other special guided tours are available,
including Wild Cave Tours.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National
Monument 44 miles north of Silver City
on NM Highway 15, the dwellings are in the
middle of the majestic Gila Wilderness.
Entrance fee: $3 per person; $10 per family.
Information: (575) 536-9461 or nps.gov/gicl.
Winter hours (through Memorial Day): The
trail to the cliff dwellings is open from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Everyone must be off the trail by 5 p.m.
Visitor center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Visitors for the 1 p.m. guided tour, which
begins at the cliff dwellings, need to arrive at
the trailhead by at least 12:30 p.m. to walk up
the trail to the dwellings.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
110 miles east of El Paso on the way to
Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the
highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749
feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good
for one week and all trails. Winter hours are 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Camping is $8 per site per
night. Information: (915) 828-3251.
The parks headquarters, visitors center and
museum are at Pine Springs, off of U.S. 62-180.
New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee
is $5 when visiting any state park. Camping
fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for developed
site (electrical hookup $4 extra). All programs
are free with park entrance, unless otherwise
listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or
nmparks.com.
Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of
Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff. Most
hikes depart from the Visitor Center.
Information: (575) 437-8284.
Animals of Dog Canyon talk is 10 to 11:30
a.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Group Shelter.
A Trail Journaling walk is 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 10. Participants will be
encouraged to keep a journal and do several
activities while on the walk.
The annual Dog Canyon Experience is 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18.
See separate listing for details.
Ranch House Tours led by ranger Charles
Wood are 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
March 17-18, departing from the Visitor
Center.
A wildflower hike is 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
March 24.
Its the Water Trail Walk hike of the Riparian
Nature Trail is 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday,
March 31.
A Bat Factor talk is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 7, in the Group Shelter.
Mesilla Valley Bosque Park 5000 Calle del
Norte, Mesilla. Guided bird tours are first
Saturday of every month. See separate listing
for other events.
Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Information: (575) 744-5998.
City of Rocks State Park, north of Deming off
U.S. 180. Information: (575) 536-2800. A
Rattlesnake Myths presentation is 3 to 4 p.m.
every Saturday.
Rockhound State Park, five miles south of
Deming on State Road 11 and then east on
Rockhound Road (State Road 141) for nine
miles. Day use hours: 7:30 a.m. to sunset.
Information: (575) 546-6182 or (575) 744-
5998.
Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus, N.M.,
State Roads 11 and 9. Day use hours: 7 a.m. to
9 p.m. Information: (575) 531-2711.
The 9th annual Camp Furlong Day events are
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 10, com-
memorating Villas raid on Columbus in 1916.
Caballo Lake State Park, 60 miles north of
Las Cruces on Interstate 25. Information: (575)
527-8386.
Native American storyteller, singer, flutist and
guitar player Ernie Dogwolf Lavato performs 7
to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 10, with Neil
Hasslacher on harmonica and a talk with
Military Historian Earl Watters.
Percha Dam State Park, 60 miles north of Las
Cruces on Interstate 25. Information: (575)
744-5998.
Native American storyteller, singer, flutist and
guitar player Ernie Dogwolf Lavato performs 7
to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24, with Neil
Hasslacher on harmonica and a talk with
Military Historian Earl Watters.
Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs,
two miles off Interstate 25 at Exit 19.
Information: (575) 5244068. Day use hours: 7
a.m. to sunset.
Brantley Lake State Park, 12 miles north of
Carlsbad via U.S. 285. Information: (575) 457-
2384.
Bottomless Lakes State Park 13 miles east
of Roswell, (via U.S. Hwy 380 and NM Hwy
409). Information: (575) 624-6058.
A Star party is 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 24.
Alameda Park Zoo Alameda Park, 1321
North White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70),
Alamogordo. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Admission: $2.50 ($1.50 ages 3-11 and 60 and
older; free for ages 2 and younger).
Information: (575) 439-4290.
The oldest zoo in the Southwest (established
in 1898) is part of the park that lines
Alamogordos main highway. The zoo covers
about 12 acres, with about 250 exotic and
indigenous animals.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State
Park Carlsbad, N.M. Admission: $5 ($3
ages 7-12; free for 6 and under). Hours: 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily (last entry at 3:30 p.m.).
Information: (575) 887-5516.
Carlsbad Horticulture Societys annual Spring
Plant Sale is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, April 7-8, with native and xeric plants
as well as plant for attracting butterflies and
hummingbirds.
To get there: Take U.S. 285 north of Carlsbad;
follow signs to the park.
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Wiggins, UTEP. Changing exhibits are on the
second floor, Lea and Discovery Galleries.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 Tuesday through
Saturday. Admission is free. Information: 747-
5565 or museum.utep.edu.
Showing through Dec. 6: Nuestra Casa, col-
laborative effort between UTEP Assistant
Professor of Social Work Dr. Eva Moya, and
South Africa-based photographer and artist
Damien Schumann. Filling the museum foyer,
Nuestra Casa is a full-size colonia (shanty-
town) style house that allows visitors to experi-
ence the worldwide living conditions that con-
tribute to the spread of tuberculosis and other
health disparities. Furniture, decorations, and
photo snapshots create a homey ambiance
encouraging visitors to take time to watch a 20-
minute video documenting the history and tour
of the Nuestra Casa Project.
Interactive material at the museum as well as
additional workshops and community outreach
programs are all part of the 10-month exhibi-
tion. Further information is available at nuestra-
casainitiative.net.
Showing through May 5: Raramuri, The
Foot Runners of the Sierra Madre, photogra-
phy by local artist Diana Molina. The Raramuri
are an indigenous people of Chihuahua, who
have become world-renown for their prowess
as ultra-distance runners. Based on Molinas
nearly three decades of collaboration with the
Raramuri, the exhibition examines their culture
of running and includes 33 examples of Molinas
photography as well as Raramuri artifacts.
Continuing exhibits are on the third floor of
the Centennial and include archaeology, ethnol-
ogy and paleontology of the Southwest. Around
the museum building, the Chihuahuan Desert
Gardens exhibit has more than 600 species of
desert plants emphasizing the beauty and utility
of Southwestern water-conserving native plants
in landscaping. The gardens are open daily from
daylight to dusk.
El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study
Center 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday.
Admission is free. Information: 351-0048 or
elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
The El Paso museum depicts Jewish life in
Europe before World War II, Hitlers rise to
power, the expulsion of Jews into ghettoes, life
in concentration camps, prisoner resistance to
the Nazis and liberation of the camps. Also fea-
tured is a local survivors exhibit. Docents avail-
able for guided tours.
Showing through March 30: A Child
Survivors Legacy sculptural exhibit by
Holocaust survivor Maria Jutasi Coleman.
Coleman, 76, never spoke about her experi-
ences until recently, when she enrolled in an art
class at Cochise College in Arizona and sudden-
ly found decades of repressed memories and
emotions manifested through her art. The
result is a powerful collection of sculptures and
tiles (bas relief).
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso (west
of U.S. 54). Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Closed Mondays and city holidays. Admission is
free. Information: 755-4332 or
elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.
Showing through April 1: Ancient Mexico,
collections from early Mesoamerica. Artifacts
representing the Maya, Aztec, and lesser-
known great civilizations from Mexico. Prints of
ancient Maya murals and ruins and a map of
ancient Maya territory will be added to the
gallery to link the artifacts with the great artistic
accomplishments and monumental architecture
of these past civilizations.
Showing through June 3 in the auditorium
gallery: Watercolor Paintings of Rock Art at
Hueco Tanks, Forrest Kirklands images of
rock art at Hueco Tanks. Kirkland was the first
artist to systematically document prehistoric
rock art in Texas.
A exhibit tour is 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24,
with guest speaker Alex Mares.
Nina Williams will present La Noria: A
Hydrologic Technology of Yucatan, focusing on
her masters degree research on water wheel
technology introduced to the Yucatan by the
Spanish after 1511, during the El Paso
Archaeological Societys monthly meeting and
program at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18. The
public is welcome. Williams will be receiving
her masters in anthropology at end of 2012
from New Mexico State University.
The annual Franklin Mountains Poppies Fest
on Castner Range is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 31, with a full day of activities on the
museum grounds and inside the museum
including cultural performances, nature tours
and talks, childrens activity area, vendors and
educational booths and food booths outdoors,
an well as history films by Capstone
Productions 1 to 4 p.m. indoors.
No parking at the museum that day. Park free
at the El Paso Community College
Transmountain Campus on Gateway North
between Diana and Transmountain with free
handicapped accessible shuttle 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. between the parking and Fest.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. For exhibit
information, see Southwest Art Scene.
El Paso Museum of History 510 N.
Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday (until 9 p.m. Thursdays), and
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays.
Museum admission is free. Information: 351-
3588 or elpasotexas.gov/history.
A free panel discussion on African American
Women: The Contributions they have made to
History, featuring storyteller Shirley Giles, is 2
p.m. Saturday, March 17, in honor of Womens
History Month. Admission is free.
A free hands-on Write like a Maya with El
Paso artist Gabriel Gaytn is 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 22. Learn how the ancient
Maya communicated their ideas and words.
Rescheduled from Feb. 16.
The Union Pacific Mayors lecture series pres-
ents Polly Harris: Not Your Typical Politician
by Joseph Longo at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10,
in the museum Seminar Room, in conjunction
with the Awakening Our Giants exhibit.
Harris was the second woman to serve on City
Council, the first female incumbent to be re-
elected, the first woman to serve three terms
on City Council, and the first woman to be an
acting mayor in the city.
Opening for the new Neighborhoods &
Shared Memories Exhibit is 2 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 11. Previously known as Las
Villitas, this exhibit presents El Pasos neighbor-
hood history and initially focuses on the oldest
neighborhoods: Chihuahuita and El Segundo
Barrio. Highlights include a one-of-a-kind ta-
bed, or table that converts into a bed; a 1930s
radio and record player; and a banner used in
religious processions at Sacred Heart Church.
Visitors can now use a spinbrowser to con-
trol an animation of regional settlement and
growth. Two new murals were created by Jesus
Cimi Alvarado of Kalavera Studio, who grew
up on the colorful streets of Segundo Barrio.
Alvarado collaborated with current art students
from Bowie High School.
Showing through June 30:
Traces: A Visual Record of the
Deconstruction of the Asarco Smelter.
Healing Hands & Healing Ways: Traditional
Medicine in the Borderlands, presented in
conjunction with the University of Texas at El
Paso and Museo Urbano.
Old posters, parts, books, advertisements,
clothing are sought for the upcoming motorcy-
cle exhibit July 1-Dec.31.
Classes:
Classes are $20 ($10 members) for eight-
week sessions.
Tai Chi Saturday classes are10 to 11 a.m. (Tai
Chi II) and 11 a.m. to noon (Tail Chi I) March
10-April 28 and lunch classes are 11 a.m. to
12:15 p.m. Wednesdays, March 7-April 25.
Cost: $20 ($10 members).
Traditional Belly Dancing with Sonia Flores is
6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, March 15-May 10.
Conversational Spanish for beginners is 6:30
to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15-May 10.
The Magic of Herbs History Spring Break Day
Camp is 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday,
March 13-16. Learn traditional Aztec dances
used for healing, make candied rose petals and
how common plants and herbs can improve
well-being. Cost: $70 ($56 museum members).
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Fort Bliss Museums and Study Center
Building 1735, Marshall Road, Fort Bliss.
Admission is free. Open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
daily. Information: 568-3390 or 568-5412.
Also on Fort Bliss is Old Fort Bliss, Building
5051, corner of Pershing and Pleasanton, a
reproduction of the Magoffinsville Post of 1854
to 1868. Information: 568-4518.
Insights El Paso Science Museum
505 N. Santa Fe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Admission: $6 ($5 seniors, students and
military; $4 ages 4-11). Information: 534-0000
or insightselpaso.org.
Science Saturday event for parents and chil-
dren are 10 to 11 a.m. the second Saturday of
each month (March 10), for ages 6 to 8, spon-
sored by the museum and Junior League of El
Paso. Children learn about telling time by read-
ing a story about time and participate in a
Veggie Clock science experiment. Limited to
the first 30 children; must be accompanied by
parent. Cost: $2 per person; $5 family of four.
Now showing is El Paso Fire Departments
History and Science gallery with hands-on
exhibits featuring safety in the home and in the
environment. Also new are exhibits from
Explora! a childrens museum in Albuquerque,
and the Tornado Machine.
Also showing is To the Ends of the Earth,
UTEP at The Poles.
LYNX Exhibits The exhibit space is at
300 W. San Antonio (just south of Convention
Center). The space is El Pasos only traveling
exhibit museum, and features the Lazer Frenzy
laser maze game. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m.
Sunday. Closed Monday. Last admission is one
hour before closing time. Information: 533-
4330 or lynxexhibits.com.
Showing through May 28: The Science of
SuperCroc, with the worlds largest crocodile,
40-foot-long. SuperCroc brings together
Sarcosuchus and Suchomimus, two of the
fiercest prehistoric predators that lived 110 mil-
lion years ago, in an exciting, hands-on experi-
ence. Included are original fossil specimens, life-
sized skeletons, a flesh reconstruction of
SuperCroc, and field tents mimicking life on a
field expedition. Visitors have opportunities to
measure up against the SuperCroc, weigh
in as potential bait, mechanically move a
dinosaur and more.
Also with SuperCroc are live animal displays
by Dennis Breyer, of Noahs Ark Pets and
Supplies, including dwarf caimans and a Nile
crocodile. Other local partners include the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Department, displaying illegal
and counterfeit reptile skins and products, and
the El Paso Public Library and Historic
Preservation Department, providing informa-
tion on San Jacinto Plazas famous alligator
pond.
Supercroc admission: $10; $8 for seniors, stu-
dents and military with ID and $6 for children 4
to 11; free for ages 3 and younger.
A free parking lot fair is Saturday, March 24,
during Kidspalooza, with take-home crafts,
activities, prizes and live animals from Noahs
Ark Pets and Supplies, balloon animals, snacks,
face painting and more. Admission to the
SuperCroc exhibit is $5 during the event.
National Border Patrol Museum and
Memorial Library 4315 Transmountain
Drive. The museum, in Northeast El Paso just
west of U.S. 54, features the history of the
Border Patrol with uniforms, equipment, pho-
tographs, guns, motor vehicles, airplanes, boats
and other items, including hands-on exhibits for
kids. The Border Patrol was founded in 1924 in
El Paso. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and
major holidays. Admission is free. Information:
759-6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com.
Railroad and Transportation Museum
of El Paso More than 150 years of El Paso
railroad history are on display at Union Depot
Transit Terminal, 400 W. San Antonio. Hours
are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is free. Information: 422-
3420, 256-4409 or elpasorails.org.
War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport
Road, Doa Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
military; free for children under 12.
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-air-
museum.com.
Las Cruces area
Branigan Cultural Center Branigan
Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las
Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday.
or las-cruces.org/museums.
Showing March 2-April 7: Journey Stories,
a collaborative venture of the Smithsonian
Institute and the New Mexico Humanities
Council. Journey Stories employs images and
artifacts to tell the stories that played a part in
the building of the countrys diverse society. It
explores how todays generations ancestors
came to America and traces the paths that are
central elements of everyones shared personal
heritage. It also examines how the human drive
for freedom affected transportation technology
and how modes of travel reshaped the
American landscape.
Showing March 2-April 28:
Journey Stories in the Mesilla Valley fea-
tures objects from local individuals to comple-
ment the traveling Smithsonian exhibit.
Russell Lees Road. Photographer Bruce
Berman retraces the photographic journey of
FSA photographer Russell Lee, who traveled
the country for the Farm Security
Administration and documented life in rural
America during the 1930s.
Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday,
March 2, as part of the monthly Ramble. A rib-
bon-cutting ceremony is 5:30 p.m. with enter-
tainment provided by Bill Thompson and Jim
Shearer.
Events planned in conjunction with the
Journey Stories exhibit include:
Catskill Puppet Theatres performance of
The Willow Girl at 2 p.m. Saturday, March
3, at the historic Amador Hotel, 180 W.
Amador.
The New Deal is Still A Big Deal in New
Mexico with by Dr. David Kammer lecture is 7
p.m. Friday, March 9.
Lecture on Traditional Music of the
Southwest is 7 p.m. Friday, March 16, with a
concert by Bayou Seco.
Workshop on Paisley Prints with Sudeshna
Sengupta are 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 20,
and 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14. Call
for information: (575) 541-2219.
Sengupta will also lecture on the Paisley
Journey at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22.
Film screenings with discussions related to the
Journeys exhibit are 2 p.m. Saturdays, March
17-April 7.
The museums free weekly storytime and
crafttime is 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with chil-
drens book reading, a drawing for a free book,
coupons from COAS Bookstore and more. The
March 10 storytime will be followed by the
lecture Dont Forget Winona: The Importance
of Journey Stories by Dr. Jeanne Whitehouse
Peterson.
The monthly Centennial Notes lecture is 1
p.m. Thursday, March 8, on the New Mexico
Centennial Quilt Project with Donna Barnitz
and Colleen Konetzni.
Las Cruces Museum of Natural
History Mesilla Valley Mall, Las Cruces
(take Lohman exit east off I-25). Hours: 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and
Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays; 1 to 5
p.m. Sundays. All events are free unless other-
wise noted. Information: (575) 522-3120 or las-
cruces.org.
Showing through May 6: To The Moon:
Snoopy Soars with NASA, examining the his-
tory of Apollo 10 and the Peanuts characters
role in documenting that flight and in the NASA
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Manned Flight Awareness safety program, The
Silver Snoopy Award.
Grandma Monas Science stories are 9 to 10
a.m. Thursdays. All stories in March and April
will relate to the Snoopy Soars with NASA
exhibit.
Saturday Science Class for elementary chil-
dren is 11 a.m. Saturday, March 10.
Registration required. Topic: Solar System.
Dinosaur Train for ages 3 to 5 is 9 to 9:30
a.m. Thursday, March 15. This months topic is
Footprints/Trackways
A Diggin Dinos program is 11 a.m. to noon
Saturdays, March 17-31, for ages 4-10.
Students explore prehistoric beasts through
hand-on demonstrations and activities.
Registration required.
Museum Lecture is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 20. Dave Dooling will talk on
the Apollo Lunar Module.
A Nano Days biggest event for the smallest
science celebration is noon to 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 24, exploring new nano materials such
as hydrogel and graphene as well as the natural
nano structures found on a butterflys wing.
Science Caf is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 29. A USDA supervisory scientist will
discuss 100 Years of Research at the Jornada
Experimental Range.
The hands-on Animal Encounters is 4 to 5
p.m. Saturday, March 31.
Sky Safari 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March
31, Tombaugh Observatory on the NMSU
Campus.
Las Cruces Railroad Museum The
museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N.
Mesilla, (at Las Cruces avenue west of the
Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 647-4480 or
museums.las-cruces.org//rrmuseum.shtm.
Dinosaur Train for ages 3-5 is 9-9:30 a.m.
Thursday, March 1. This months topic is
Trackways.
Family Game Day is 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, March 10. Families can try out early
20th century games.
The monthly Brown Bag Lecture series is
noon to 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each
month. RSVP encouraged. The March 13 lec-
ture is John Russell Bartlett, James Gadsden
and the Movement to Construct a
Transcontinental Railroad in Antebellum
Southern New Mexico with author Billy Kiser.
Story Time is 11 a.m. to noon the third
Saturday of each month (March 17). Listen to
a Thomas the Tank Engine book, and enjoy a
Thomas video while completing a related free
craft activity. Children of all ages welcome.
RSVP requested.
Rail Readers Book Club will discuss a train-
related book 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 21.
A lecture and concert, Riders on the
Orphan Train with Alison Moore and Phil
Lancaster is 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, in
conjunction with the Branigan Cultural Centers
traveling Smithsonian exhibit Journey Stories.
NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hours
are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 for
adults, $3 seniors 60 and older, $2 for children
5-17; free for age 4 and under. Information:
(575) 522-4100 or
nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
An opening reception for the new exhibit,
Green Machines: Celebrating 175 Years of
John Deere, is 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
March 8, featuring restored tractors from
1929 to 1952 and other equipment. Much of
the exhibit is from the collection of Norman
Ruebush of Silver City. Admission is free.
A lecture on the exhibit follows at 7 p.m. in
the museum theater. Suggested donation is $2.
The 13th annual Cowboy Days is 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18. This
tribute to New Mexicos ranching traditions
includes demonstrations, a team roping compe-
tition, living history, cowboy music, gunfight re-
enactments, stagecoach and horseback rides,
childrens activities, arts and crafts vendors and
food. Admission: $4.
A Basic Dowsing class is 3:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 24. Learn the basics of dowsing, how to
use the four basic dowsing tools, and the bene-
fits associated with dowsing. Cost: $15 ($12 for
museum members). Pre-registration required.
Showing through April 1: The World
Around Us: The Artwork of Linda Hagen. The
33 paintings in the exhibition are inspired by
the openness and the light of the Southwest, as
well as Hagens love of horses and the beauty
of the outdoors. Her paintings range from real-
istic to impressionistic.
Showing through Sept. 16: The Land of
Enchantment: Commemorating the Centennial
of New Mexico Statehood.
NMSU Art Gallery D.W. Williams Art
Center, 1390 E. University Ave, (Williams Hall)
on the NMSU campus, Las Cruces (east of
Solano). Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday and
Thursday through Saturday, and 2 to 4 and 6 to
8 p.m. Wednesdays. Information: (575) 646-
2545 or nmsu.edu/artgal.
Showing March 16-April 4: 2012 Art
Scholarship Awards and Juried Student Show.
This years juror is revolutionary fiber artist
Lisa Anne Auerbach. Opening reception is 5
p.m. Friday, March 16, with awards and schol-
arship announcements at 6 p.m.
White Sands Missile Range Museum
and Missile Park Exhibits feature the his-
tory of the Trinity Site (site of the first atomic
bomb test), the V-2 rocket, ranchers on the
range and missile optics. An outdoor Missile
Park displays rockets and missiles tested on the
range. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Free admission. To get there: take U.S.
54, and after the freeway ends, keep going
north on Martin Luther King, which leads
directly to the range. Or enter from the north
off U.S. 70 east of Las Cruces. Visitors must
provide a current license, car registration and
proof of insurance. Information: (575) 678-
8824 (local call) or wsmr-history.org.
Also
Deming Luna Mimbres Museum 301
S. Silver, Deming, N.M. An actual chuckwagon,
gems and minerals, turn-of-the-century fash-
ions, military mementos and Mimbres Indian art
are among the exhibits at the museum. Other
attractions in the former National Guard
Armory include a doll room, transportation
annex and quilt room. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is free. Information: (575)
546-2382, 1-800-848-4955 or deminglunamim-
bresmuseum.com.
Geronimo Springs Museum 211 Main
in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday. Features prehistoric, historic
and military exhibits about the area. Museum
admission: $5 ($2.50 students 6 to 18; free for
ages 5 and younger). Family rates: $15.
Information: (575) 894-6600 or geronimo-
springsmuseum.com.
The monthly speaker series is 7 p.m. the third
Thursday of the month. The March 15 topic is
The Healing Waters Trail with Sherry
Fletcher. Admission is free, but donations wel-
come.
Hubbard Museum of the American
West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours: 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. Docent-led tours
of permanent exhibits are 10 a.m. Fridays.
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors, military; $2 chil-
dren 6-16; free for children 5 and younger).
Information: (575) 378-4142 or hubbardmuse-
um.org.
Showing through May 20: Underground of
Enchantment, a 3-D photo exhibit of
Lechuguilla Cave in southeastern New Mexico.
Videos on a variety of topics are featured at 2
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the Cope
Center.
New Mexico Museum of Space History
The museum features the International
Space Hall of Fame and the Tombaugh IMAX
Dome Theater and Planetarium, and is located
on the northeast side of Alamogordo (two
miles east off Indian Wells and White Sand Blvd.
intersection).
An ceremony to induct NASA Flight Director
Gene Kranz into the International Space Hall of
Fame is 10:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March
10, at the Tays Special Event Center as part of
the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 16 Mission in
Las Cruces and Alamogordo March 8-10.
Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4
ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free). Call
for school tours and group ticket arrangements.
Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840
See Film Scene for IMAX schedule.
Silver City Museum 312 W. Broadway,
Silver City, in the historic H.B. Ailman House.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the first Friday of the
month. Admission: $3 suggested donation.
Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947
(out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.
A reading and film showing of Women of
Dakar, Senegal with Alexandra Todd is 2 to 5
p.m. Friday, March 2, in the annex, 302 W.
Broadway.
Dr. Seuss Craft and Fun Day is 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday, March 2, Seuss-related activities.
A State Symbol T-shirt Making Childrens
Craft Class is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March
3, at annex. Call to register.
A concert with Fiddling Friends is 12:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, in the Museum Courtyard.
Thousand Miles, a New Mexico Ghost Play
Cycle Staged Play Reading by Victoria Tester is
2 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the annex. For
mature audiences.
A Portrait of Susan Glaspell: Americas First
Female Playwright with Ann Marie Elder s 3 to
4 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in the annex in cel-
ebration of Womens History Month.
Terry Humble will talk about Santa Rita at
noon Monday, March 12, in the annex as part
of the Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series.
Humble and Chris Huggard will sign copies of
their book Santa Rita del Cobre at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, in the annex.
Susan Berry presents Founding Mothers
(and Daughters): Some Powerful Women from
Silver Citys Early Years 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday,
March 18, in the annex in celebration of
Womens History Month.
A Get Mugged Downtown event benefiting
the museum begins at 2 p.m. Friday, April 6.
Purchase a limited edition Museum Mug and
have it filled at various locations.
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Agave Rosa Gallery 905 Noble (next to
the International Museum of Art). Hours are 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The gallery features
paintings, sculpture, jewelry and photography
by area emerging artists. Information: 533-8011
or martha@agaverosagallery.com.
Showing through March 10: Random Art
Exhibit.
Showing March 24-April 28: VSA Texass 3rd
annual Distinguished Artist Veterans group
exhibition by Texas Veterans with disabilities.
Artwork is on display by a dozen men and
women who provided military service to our
country and are now wounded warriors or vet-
erans with disabilities. The touring schedule
includes stops in Austin, San Antonio,
Texarkana, and Corpus Christi, as well as other
communities and cities in the state.
Opening reception is 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
March 24.
Ballroom Marfa 108 E. San Antonio
Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Information: (432)
729-3700 or ballroommarfa.org.
Showing March 2-July 29: Data Deluge,
celebrating the beauty of information through
sculpture, furniture, painting, photography,
video and sound.
March 2, followed by a community dinner at 8
p.m. and a performance by conceptual new
media artist, programmer and performer R.
Luke Dubois and multi-instrumentalist, com-
poser and performer Bora Yoon at 9:30 p.m. at
the Thunderbird Hotels Capri Lounge, corner
of W. San Antonio an Hwy 90. Admission is
free.
A free exhibit walk through is 2 p.m. Saturday,
March 3.
Bissell Art sale Artist Bill Bissell hosts a
watercolor clearance sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, before the closing of his
studio at Bissell Art Studio, 4601 Hondo Pass,
Ste. F. All paintings, framed and unframed, will
be reduced. Presale viewing appointments
available Information: 755-5260.
Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas.
Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati
Foundation houses one of the worlds largest
collections of permanently installed contempo-
rary art. The collection is open for guided tours
throughout the year at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5
for students, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 stu-
dents). Information: (432) 729-4362 or chi-
nati.org.
Spring Break workshops for area students in
preschool through Grade 8 are March 12-16.
Registration information online at
chinati.org/information/springartclass.php.
Colors of Spring 2012 El Paso Art
Associations annual spring show and sale is
March 2-17 at The Crossland Gallery, 500 W.
Paisano (in the Art Junction of El Paso), featur-
ing works by both new and established EPAA
members. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturdays. Admission is free. Information: 534-
7377 or elpasoartassociation.com.
March 2.
Community Exhibit Space The citys
Peoples Gallery is on the first floor of El Paso
City Hall, Two Civic Center Plaza. Hours are 7
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Supported by City of El Paso Museums and
Cultural Affairs Department and Texas
Commission on the Arts. Information: MCAD,
541-4481 or elpasotexas.gov/mcad. Exhibit
information: Oscar Moya, (773) 547-2003.
Showing March 5-29: Impressions, works
by Oscar Moya and participants in the Desert
Weeks Printmaking Workshops 2010-2011.
Also shown are works by Buena Vista
Printmaking Club of Centro Artistico y
Cultural-Buena Vista.
Crossland Gallery El Paso Art
Associations gallery is 500 W. Paisano (in the
Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturdays. Admission is free. Information: 534-
7377.
Showing March 2-17: The Annual Colors of
Spring Art Show and sale. Opening reception is
5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2.
Showing March 23-April 14:
In the Bissell Gallery: Mont Saint Michel
Transparent Watercolor Association exhibit.
In the Cox Gallery: works by Holly Cox.
In the Williams Gallery: Life in Mongolia,
photos by Jean-Claude Varga
Opening reception for all three shows is 5 to
8 p.m. Friday, March 23.
El Paso Art Association The associa-
tions first quarterly meeting of the year is 1:30
p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Crossland
Gallery, 500 W. Paisano. Candy Mayer and Judy
Hampton will present a workshop titled So-
Now Im an Artist Now What? Meeting is
free and open to the public. Information: 534-
7377 or elpasoartassociation.com.
El Paso Artisan Gallery Lynx Exhibits,
300 W. San Antonio. The gallery features works
for sale by local painters, jewelers, crafters and
photographers. Lynx hours are 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 6
p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Gallery admission
is free. Information: 533-4330 or
lynxexhibits.com
Featured artists include Bonnie D. Kaber,
Grace Gibson, Carolyn Parker, Brittany Girle,
Raven Escobedo, Candy Mayer, Ruthye Droke,
Tony Skarlatos, Ladonna Apodaca, Steve Jolly,
James Paternoster and Tori Scott.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays.
Admission is free for most exhibits. Admission
to Magnificent Mexico is $10 ($5 members;
free for ages 12 and younger, active duty mili-
tary and their families with ID). Information:
532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org.
Showing March 25-July 8: Hans Erni
Lithographs. Erni, often called the Swiss
Picasso, is one of the best-known Swiss artists
of the 20th century. The chronology of his
many achievements could be spread among the
careers of several artists. In addition to his art,
Erni worked as an anthropologist and lobbyist
for humanity. His work in all its various forms is
largely public and speaks of his respect for his
fellow humans in a simple and powerful way.
Showing through May 27: Magnificent
Mexico: 20th Century Modern Masterworks,
presented by CommUNITY en Accin. The
program contains three masters exhibitions
from Mexico City representing the largest gath-
ering of Modern Mexican Masters ever in El
Paso, with 92 original works of painting and
drawing by Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente
Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Rufino
Tamayo, among 46 others.
The three exhibitions:
Magnitud Mexicana: Visions of Art from
Mexican Collections. Creations by different
Mexican artists of the past century.
Dibujos Divinos: 20th Century Drawings
from the Museo Nacional de Arte-MUNAL,
Mexico City.
Diego Rivera and the Cubist Vision from the
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City.
A free lecture by Distinguished Professor of
Art History at the University of New Mexico
David L. Craven is 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18, in
the auditorium. Craven will talk on Diego
Riveras Cubist Paintings and their Legacy for
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Contemporary Art. Space is limited.
The museum will take part in El Paso
Symphony Orchestras Kidspalooza activities
with free admission for age 12 and younger to
Magnifico Mexico, art activities and music 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 24.
Showing through March 4: Hal Marcus
Four Seasons, in the Rick and Ginger Francis
Seminar Room.
Showing through March 18: David Taylor:
Working the Line. For the last four years
Taylor has photographed along the U.S./Mexico
border to document the 276 obelisks that mark
the boundary between El Paso/Juarez and
Tijuana/San Diego. The exhibition features
about a dozen selections from Taylors series of
hundreds, as well as one video work.
Showing through April 8 in the Roderick
Gallerys Retablo Niche: Our Lady of Refuge
of Sinners as part of an ongoing rotation of the
retablos in the collection.
El Paso Museum of Art Spring Classes
The 2012 spring classes for adults and kids
run March 15-June 3 at El Paso Museum of
Art, One Arts Festival Plaza. Information and
registration: 532-1707, ext. 27. Online registra-
tion at elpasoartmuseum.org.classes.asp.
Adult classes(age 15 and older) are $59 ($47
museum members), unless listed otherwise.
Life Drawing classes (ages 18 and older)
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 15-May
31. Cost: $10 per session ($5 members).
Painting the Figure with Pastels 12:30 to
3 p.m. Sundays, April 1-May 20.
The Fundamentals of Portraiture 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, April 14-May 19
with instructor Ren B. Sanders. Cost: $95
($75 members).
Wheel-throwing 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Saturdays, April 14-June 2, or 12:30 to 3 p.m.
Sundays, April 15-June 3, with instructor Aryk
Gardea. Cost: $95 ($75 members).
Painting the Figure with Pastels 12:30 to
3 p.m. Sundays, April 1-May 20.
Life Drawing classes for ages 18 and older are
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 15-May
31. Cost: $10 per session ($5 members).
Classes for Kids:
Fractured Forms, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays,
April 12-May 17, for age 13-18 with instruc-
tor Wendi Glick. Cost: $59 ($47 members).
Non-Traditional Jewelry 9:30 a.m. to
noon, Saturdays, April 14-May 19, for age 9-
12 with instructor Diana Ochoa. Cost: $47
($38 members).
Encaustic International Art Studio and
Gallery 7100 Westwind, Suite 120. The
gallery is the studio of El Paso encaustic artist
Brigitte von Ahn. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday. Information: 833-0454, 584-4222 or
brigittevonahn.com.
Writer and teaching artist Monica Gomez will
give a free workshop on writing and presenta-
tion skills, What Do YOU Think It Means? 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 17, presented
with support of City of El Paso Museums and
Cultural Affairs Dept and the Texas
Commission on the Arts. Gomez uses images
of popular international artists like Kandinsky,
Diego Rivera, Ansel Adams, and images from
participants in the sponsoring gallery.
Participation is free; pre-registration recom-
mended at 833-0454 or bvonahn@elp.rr.com.
Showing 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 31, it
the encaustic exhibit The Power of the
Flower, the Fragility of Adobe, featuring works
by several regional artists. Participants in
Gomezs March 17 workshop will be invited to
speak on selected artworks.
Foto Fiesta 2012 Photography
Enthusiasts of El Paso (PEEP), along with the
Childrens Miracle Network Borderless Giving
Campaign (CMN), host a photography exhibit
featuring works by area photography clubs in El
Paso, Fort Bliss, and southern New Mexico
March 2-30, at El Paso Public Librarys Main
Branch, 501 N. Oregon. Hours are 10 a.m. to
7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
Information: 751-1447, 479-0781 or peepelpa-
so.ning.com.
Free public workshops covering a variety of
photographic topics offered Saturday, March 3,
in the librarys theater.
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday. Information: 533-9090 or
halmarcus.com.
The Early El Paso Art Collectors Organization
(EEPACO) meets 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 22, at the gallery with featured speak-
ers Michael Tomor, director of the El Paso
Museum of Art, and L. B. Porter, who will talk
about his 60 years as a professional Southwest
artist. The public is invited. Admission is free.
The gallery will host free tours 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday,
April 14-15, as part of the El Paso Artists
Studio Tour.
Marcuss home and studio, located across the
street, is available for personal tours.
Specializing in local art, other featured artists
include Daniel Padilla, Teresa Fernandez,
Francisco Romero, Mauricio Mora, Mark
Paulda, Willibald de Cabrera, Friar Vincent
Petersen, Bill Sullivan and L.B. Porter, as well as
a room dedicated solely to early El Paso art.
A gift shop offers art-related gifts, books and
calendars featuring art by Marcus and other
local artists.
International Museum of Art 1211
Montana. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday
through Sunday. Free guided tours of exhibit
offered. Admission is free. Information: 543-
6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
Showing March 4-31: Arts of March, works
by the Rio Bravo Watercolorists. Artist recep-
tion is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 4. Members
will give free art demonstrations at 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 11, 18 and 25.
Also currently showing:
A Retrospective, by Pedro Rios Martinez.
Martinez started his art profession as an assis-
tant for Robert Massey in El Paso. He moved to
Los Angeles and worked on backdrops and
designs for Ice Capades, Disney Productions
and production set works. He has returned to
semi-retire in his hometown and maintains stu-
dio space in his childhood neighborhood with
plans to help young artists by creating a coffee
shop/art gallery and more.
3D: Design, Depict, Devise by Gabriel
Gaytn. Gaytns works at this exhibit will be
viewed with 3D glasses to give guests a glimpse
of a hidden art experience. The technique using
red and blue takes both realist and surrealist
art to a new level. As an artist, Gaytn incorpo-
rates Mesoamerican symbolism with Mexican-
American historical experience.
Iron Sharpens Iron Texas historian, art
collector and Gage Hotel owner J.P. Bryan
hosts an exhibit featuring more than 60 original
works by early El Paso artists Tom Lea, Jose
Cisneros and Carl Hertzog, and other western
artists through March 31, at the Gage Hotel,
Art Scene
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102 NW 1st Street in Marathon, Texas.
Presented by the Gage Hotel, Tom Lea Institute
and Museum of the Big Bend. Information:
(432) 386-4205 or gagehotel.com.
Krystyna Robbins workshop The
well-known El Paso artist will host a Spring
Gardens oils, pastels and watercolor workshop
Tuesday through Thursday, April 10-12, at her
studio and gardens at 5070 Yucca Place (off
Country Club Road). Information/registration:
584-0953. krystyna_robbins@sbcglobal.net.
Web: krystynarobbins.com.
Mauricio Mora Studio One of El Pasos
best-known artists has returned, with a new
gallery at 606 E. Mills. Hours: noon-3 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Information:
moraartist.webs.com.
Rubin Center UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald
Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to Sun
Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday; by appoint-
ment only Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
academics.utep.edu/visualarts.
Showing through March 31: 2012 Biennial
UTEP Faculty Art Exhibition, curated by
Denver Art Museum modern and contempo-
rary art curator Gwen Chanzit. The exhibit
showcases recent artwork by 27 distinguished
faculty of the UTEP Department of Art in wide
range of artistic media.
A presentation by Stacy Schultz, Assistant
Professor of Art History Stacy Schultz is 5 p.m.
Thursday, March 1 in the auditorium.
A reading by Becky Hendrick, Lecturer in Art,
is 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, in the audito-
rium followed by a panel discussion with
Brenda Risch, Director of Womens Studies and
Stacy Schultz.
San Elizario Art District Several gal-
leries and artist studios are located 1445 to
1501 Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza on
the Mission Trail. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 474-1800
or 851-0093.
Take Loop 375 South from I-10, exit Socorro
Rd., 7 miles east to Main Street.
The first Friday Art Walk is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday,
March 2, with refreshments, music and open
houses at various galleries, including El Paso
Hall of Fame artist Alberto Escamilla who fea-
ture some of his new original artwork at
Escamillas Gallery. Other participating artists in
the art walk are Al Borrego, Amado Pena,
Maria Branch, G. Jacquez Calderon, Rob Mack,
Stephanie Conroy, Bert Saldana, Sergio Acosta,
Manuel Alvarado, Arturo Avalos, Robert
Lichlyter and Sam Gutierrez.
Galleries include Main Street Gallery, Golden
Eagle Gallery, Pena Gallery and the
galleries/studios of Maria Branch, Al Borrego,
Alberto Escamilla and Alma Rosa Miranda.
Sasahara Gallery 7100 Westwind Drive,
Suite 135. Fine art paintings, jewelry, sculpture,
photography, prints, cards and portraits.
Owner is artist Linda Noack. Hours are 1 to 7
p.m. Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday; other
days by appointment. Information: 584-4222 or
sasahara.gallery@live.com. Web: sasahara-
gallery.com.
Showing through March 24: is Dichotomy
Squared: contrasting styles in a square themed
show by Mitzi Quirarte and Tina Yetter. The
artists show two ways of looking at a common
photo.
House artists are Jose Clemente, Stephanie
Conroy, Kathryn Gelinas, Manny Guerra,
Winfrey Hearst, Candy Mayer, Shirley Morgan,
Carmen Navar, Linda Noack, Mitzi Quirarte,
Rami Scully, Reginald Watterson, Lorena
Williams, T Yetter, Bob Adams, Ben Avant, Sally
Backey-Avant, Gerardo Campos, Jeanne
Campos and Marji Carrasco.
The Gift Gallery offers diverse original art
including jewelry, gourds, encaustic boxes,
ceramics and other art.
Sunland Art Gallery The El Paso Art
Association co-op gallery is in Sunland Park
Mall, second level across from The Greenery,
with 30 El Paso artists represented. Hours are
10 a.m. to 8.m. Monday through Saturday,
noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: 584-3117,
474-0053 or sunlandartgallery.com.
Artists interested in having a show at the
gallery in 2012 may call Gallery Director Cil
Abeyta.
Showing through March is Figuratively
Speaking III, a popular show featuring por-
traits, figures or anything to do with people.
There are openings for new artists in all
media: paintings, jewelry, sculptures, wood-
work, repujados, crosses, mosaics and other
items.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Art on Loan Five Doa Ana County
artists original works will be on display
throughout 2012 at the Las Cruces City Hall
lobby, 700 N. Main, as part of the citys Art on
Loan Program. Regular hall hours are 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Information:
(575) 528-3477.
Artists featured are Nancy C. Anderson,
Rebecca Courtney, David Fishman, Judy E.
Licht and Barbara Williams.
La Mesa Station Gallery 16205
Highway 28 in La Mesa, N.M. (north of
Chopes). Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, or by
appointment. The gallery occupies an 80-year-
old former gasoline station that has been
restored as an art gallery, representing local
area artists including paintings, photography,
woodturning and weavings. Information: (575)
233-3037 or the gallery manager at (575) 644-
3756.
Councils 2012 regional juried fine arts event is
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Sunday, March 17-18, in the Las Cruces
Convention Center, 680 University, with more
than 80 artists from around the county, artists
demonstrations and childrens activities.
Admission; $5. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
las-cruces-arts.org/events/las-cruces-arts-fair.
A VIP Preview Night Gala is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, March 16, to view the fair before the
general public. Admission: $35.
The Arts Fair is for artists producing original
work in acrylics, pastels, pencil, pen and ink,
oils, watercolors, fabric, leather, weaving, glass,
jewelry, metals, mix media, photography,
porcelain, pottery, sculpture, and wood. Mass-
produced or factory-produced work in any cat-
egory is not permitted.
Artists include Amado M. Pena, Jr., Pascua
Yaqui Tribal Artisan from Santa Fe (painting,
drawing, and printmaking); Daryl Howard of
Austin (wood block printmaking); Doug Roy of
Oregon (miniature paper designs); Terry Adams
of Cuba, N.M. (metalwork based on Southwest
rock art and pottery); John Harris of Las
Cruces (metal yard art); Meredith Wenzel of
Toledo, Ohio (blown glass); and Phyllis
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Robowski of Silver City (glass art).
Many of New Mexicos outstanding jewelry
artists will be present, including Mark Jimenez,
Turza and Andrew Shows, Beth and Rick Elkin,
and Vern Deas.
Specialty artists include Kathe Starks of Las
Cruces (gourds); Danielle Kennedy of Taos
(spirit figures); Nancy Begin of Las Cruces
(watercolors, oils and wood working designs)
and Miro Kenarov, a Bulgarian born artist from
Santa Fe (contemporary landscapes).
George Coll, a Colorado artist, is a full time
western artist who uses two pack llamas who
carry art and camping supplies to remote areas
to provide original Western themes for his
paintings. Other artists include Donna and Jeff
Tousley, from Rio Rico, Ariz. (ceramics); Doug
Rickets from Higgins, Texas (furniture and
accessories); Horacio Cordova of Alamogordo
(clay forms of Shaman, earth maidens, primitive
figures); Anna Pavlova of Tracy, Calif. (wooden
bead jewelry); Sarena Mann of Placitas, N.M.
(paper mache mobiles).
Activities for children age 6 to 12 years
include digital art, jewelry making, box creation,
and special drawing.
Stephen Hansen, famed for his humorous paper
mache art, will be featured artist in the Special
Art Fair Gallery.
Las Cruces Museum of Art 491 N.
Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed
Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 541-
2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Showing through April 12: New Mexico:
100 Years of Art, featuring more than 60
works in a variety of media that focuses on
New Mexico artists and highlights their artwork
from the last century (1912-2012).
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
curator Dr. Andrew Connors will discuss
Contemporary Art in New Mexico at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 17.
Family Art Adventures are 10 a.m. Saturdays,
for families with children age 6-12 with projects
and films related to current exhibits.
The Book Club meets at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14 to discuss My Love
Affair with Modern Art by Katharine Kuh.
Spring art classes second session begins
March 6. Class schedules and registration
forms online at las-cruces.org/museums.
Las Cruces Museum of Art classes
Las Cruces Museum of Arts spring art classes
second session begins the week of March 5.
Class schedules and registration forms available
at the museum, 491 N. Main, Las Cruces or
online at las-cruces.org/museums. Information:
(575) 541-2137.
Classes for adults include weaving, ceramics,
drawing and painting. Older teens are welcome
to attend all adult classes.
Classes for young artists include the Saturday
Art Fiesta for ages 5 to 12, Ceramics for
Kids for ages 6 to 8 and 9 to 12 and After-
School Art Explorers, which includes projects
using a combination of watercolors, pastels,
tempera and inks.
M. Phillips Gallery 221 N. Main in Las
Cruces. Information: or (575) 525-1367 or
mphillipsgallery.com.
Featured in March is Danish art. Many of the
Danish artists that will be shown have exhibited
for many years at Charlottenborg, Denmarks
leading art show, including works by Professor
Emil Wennerwald and his son Finn, highly
regarded artist Borge Nyrop and others.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery 2470-
A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across from
the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5
p.m. Sunday. New works displayed every three
months. Information: (575) 522-2933 or
mesillavalleyfinearts.com.
New Mexico Watercolor Society,
Southern Chapter The chapter meets 2
to 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at
Good Sams Arts and Crafts Room, 3011 Buena
Vida Circle in Las Cruces. The March 11
demonstration is All About Critiquing, with
watercolorist and former Silver City gallery
owner Victoria West. Cost: $5. Information:
(575) 522-6382, (575) 649-3502 or mayanna-
howard@comcast.net.
Rio Grande Theatre 211 Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces. Gallery in theatre lobby.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
riograndetheatre.com. Showing in March is
The Magic Of Art, miniature paintings on
hand-crafted miniature wooden easels by El
Paso native Miguel Luna. Artist reception is 5 to
7 p.m. Friday, March 2, as part of the
Downtown Ramble.
Tombaugh Gallery First Unitarian
Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.
Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Information:
(575) 522-7281 or uuchurchlc.org.
Showing March 4-30: The Power of 5, fea-
turing works by Insighters, an eclectic group of
Southern New Mexico artists. Insighters are
also members of the Society of Layerists in
Multi-Media. These individuals use art to
explore the conceptual, metaphysical, and mul-
tiple dimensions of the universe. Power of 5
refers to the importance of the number 5
throughout religion, science and pop culture.
Artists reception is 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday,
March 11, following a noon presentation by El
Paso Museum of Art Director Dr. Michael
Tomor on A Vision for the Future: El Paso
Museum of Art.
Also
An Evening with the Artist Mimbres
Region Arts Council presents artist Katherine
Brimberry at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at
the Western New Mexico Universitys Parotti
Hall in Silver City as part of its monthly art lec-
ture series. Admission is free; light refresh-
ments served. Information: (575) 538-2505.
Art Hop MainStreet Truth or
Consequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m.
each second Saturday (March 10) in the down-
town gallery district. Information: (575) 740-
2794, torcmainstreet.org.
Medicine Wheel show One-of-a-kind
large Giclee prints by Las Cruces artist Dennis
Lujan are featured at The Gallery, 107 E. Fifth
Street, in Roswell, N.M. for the month of
March. Opening reception is 1 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 4. Information: rfal.org (gallery)
or dennislujanart.com.
Seeking God Through Visual Art
ENMU-Ruidoso hosts an art seminar with
keynote speaker Peter Rogers 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, at San
Patricio (N.M.) Retreat Center in the Hondo
Valley. Area artists will share thoughts on the
transcendent relationship between God and
mankind and demonstrate how they manifest
the spiritual in their own works. A Spiritual
Art exhibit will follow. Information: (575) 257-
2120 and sanpatricioretreat.org.
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P
lan to attend an affirming and heart-
warming exhibition of work created
by Texas veterans that opens March
24 at the Agave Rosa Gallery, 905 Noble,
and will hang through April 28th. The 3rd
Annual VSA Texas Distinguished Artist
Veterans Exhibition showcases artwork
created by a dozen men and women who
are wounded warriors or veterans with dis-
abilities. Some of their artwork addresses
imagery from the service, while other
pieces are beautiful sculptures, jewelry or
drawings that reflect how they spend their
time as civilians.
The mission of VSA is to promote the
creative power in people with disabilities
by working with all community members
to facilitate full access to the cultural and
educational arts. Nationally, VSA is an
affiliate of the Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts.
Coming to El Paso from Irving, Texas,
the touring exhibition also includes stops
in Austin, San Antonio, Texarkana, and
Corpus Christi, among others.
Celia Hughes, Executive Director for
VSA Texas explains, In the past two
years, VSA has worked with 35 artist vet-
erans from Korea to OIF/OEF (Operation
Iraqi Freedom/ Operation Enduring
Freedom); showcasing talent and giving
voice and support to returning wounded
warriors. We look forward to celebrating
this exhibit as it travels across the state
where we can reach more veterans and
their families.
The Agave Rosa Gallery, which opened
in November 2011, was established by
local artist Martha Arzabala (former presi-
dent of the El Paso Art Association). The
gallerys primary intent is to assist emerg-
ing artists advance their careers by having
gallery representation and by participating
in formal exhibitions. A seasoned business-
woman, Arzabala is using her talents to
bring artists and collectors together.
Local artist and former EPAA President
Reggie Watterson deserves kudos for help-
ing to bring this beautiful show to El Paso.
He shares, As a disabled veteran I already
knew about the Distinguished Artists
Exhibit usually shown in Austin, Texas.
When the VSA decided to have a traveling
art show this year, I told them I thought El
Paso might be a good place and I would
try to find a gallery if they were interested
in bringing the exhibit here. As luck would
have it, Martha was working to finish and
open her new gallery across the street from
the International Museum so I approached
her and she said she would display the
works if I helped with the details.
When I was President of EPAA, I tried
to do a Wounded Warrior project with the
VFW using local artists and wounded Fort
Bliss soldiers, hoping to bring the commu-
nity closer together on a personal level, but
was unable to get the project off the
ground. We did get some participation
from the soldiers and their families for the
Patriot Exhibit held at the Crossland
Gallery on Paisano Street that year (2009).
Exhibits like the Distinguished Texas
Veterans Artists can help bring the two
communities, Fort Bliss and El Paso, clos-
er together which is my goal for the show.
Centennial Museum
One of our citys hidden treasurers, The
Centennial Museum on the UTEP campus,
definitely deserves to be on your must-
see list. Its director, Dr. William Wood, is
very excited about beginning the muse-
ums 2012 season with two exhibitions:
Nuestra Casa and Raramuri, The Foot
Runners of the Sierra Madre, which focus
on subject matter that is truly relevant to
the border community.
Four years in the making, Nuestra Casa
is a collaborative effort between UTEP
Assistant Professor of Social Work Dr. Eva
Moya, and South Africa-based photogra-
pher and artist Damien Schumann.
Wood explains, Dr. Moya has been
engaged in research looking at the stigma
and social conditions related to the resur-
gence of tuberculosis along the
Texas/Mexico border. The exhibit is a win-
dow into the (seldom addressed) reality of
TB in this community. He emphasizes
that the exhibition intends to serve as a
catalyst to engage the community in a
wider conversation about how to deal with
the challenges of this issue.
Filling the museum foyer, Nuestra Casa
is a full-size colonia (shantytown) style
house that allows visitors to experience the
worldwide living conditions that contribute
to the spread of tuberculosis and other
health disparities. Furniture, decorations,
and photo snapshots create a homey
ambiance encouraging visitors to take time
to watch a 20-minute video documenting
the history and tour of the Nuestra Casa
Project.
Interactive material at the museum as
well as additional workshops and commu-
nity outreach programs are all part of this
comprehensive, 10-month exhibition.
Further information is available at nuestra-
casainitiative.net.
The second exhibition, Raramuri, The
Foot Runners of the Sierra Madre, (hang-
ing through May 5) showcases the amaz-
ing work of photographer Diana Molina.
Photos and artifacts amassed over a career
spanning three decades provide first-hand
insights into the culture of the fascinating
Tarahumara Indians, native to the Copper
Canyon region of northern Mexico.
Wood shares that this grouping includes
newer photographs and artifacts. Dianas
photography will also be on display at
Pennsylvania University in the spring of
2012. We are in the midst of working on a
catalog, partnering with the university, and
have also invited the Counsel General of
Mexico to become involved in its publica-
tion.
Wood became director of the Centennial
in October 2010, and his excitement,
vision and previous experience will be a
great asset in helping the museum become
a more visible part of the El Paso museum
community.
A cultural anthropologist by training, and
also an assistant professor of archaeology
at UTEP, Wood began his professional
career in 2001 spending six years as cura-
tor at the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles before moving on to a challenging
position with Central Washington
University. They had a good collection,
but had not had an active museum for the
previous 20 years. That meant I got in on
the ground floor of building a new facility,
doing planning, hiring and all the other
jobs necessary to get a museum up and
running.
At the Centennial, his job description
includes reengaging the museum with the
community. The positive aspect was that
the Centennial was already a working
museum with a good collection, but was
not highly visited at this point and had also
lost its accreditation in 1997. I could see
that it had marvelous potential, and I was
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The big story with the museum right
now is that since my arrival, we have been
heavily engaged in strategic planning.
Later this year, we plan to launch a host of
initiatives. These include creating an advi-
sory counsel, which will allow university
faculty, students and members of the com-
munity to have a voice in the museum. We
also want to launch a Faculty Affiliates
program encouraging UTEP faculty to
share in research projects, and we hope to
create a Friends group to help guide and
support the museum. Additionally, we will
be announcing a new and updated mission
statement, which will help us work
towards getting the museum reaccredited.
Right now, the El Paso Museum of Art is
the only accredited museum in the region,
and we hope to share that honor within the
next five years.
While you are visiting the museum, be
sure to take time for a walk through their
incredible botanical gardens. A limited
number of dedicated parking spaces are
available between the botanical garden and
the rear of the museum building.
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer
specializing in the visual arts.
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Concordia ghost tour Concordia
Heritage Association and Paso Del Norte
Paranormal Society hosts its monthly ghost
tour of the historic Concordia Cemetery 9 to
11 p.m. Saturday, March 3. Tours start under
the big tree near the Yandell Street entrance at
8:30 p.m. Ages 13 and older welcome. Cost:
$10 per person donation. Reservations
required as space is limited. Information: 373-
1513 or help@ghosts915.com.
A midnight tour is midnight to 3 a.m. the night
of Saturday, March 10, for ages 18 and older.
All proceeds benefit the restoration and
preservation of Concordia Cemetery. Cost:
$10. Information: 373-1513 or ghosts915.com.
Haunted Hotel lock in El Paso Ghost
Tours will host an overnight lock-in investiga-
tion and paranormal workshop at the historic
Gardner Hotel and other haunted sites begin-
ning Saturday, March 3. Space is limited to 20
participants (10 rooms available). Information
on times/cost: elpasoghosttours.com.
In the 1930s, the notorious gangster John
Dillinger stayed at the Gardner Hotel just
before his capture in Tucson.
A full investigation of the historical De Soto
Hotel, considered El Pasos most haunted
hotel, is also planned.
Camp Furlong Day and Cabalgata
Binacional The 9th annual event is 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Pancho Villa
State Park, off State Roads 11 and 9, Columbus,
N.M. The event features folklorico dancers,
music, food and parade led by more than 100
Mexican cabalgata horseback riders and more.
Admission is free (camping fees still apply).
Information: (575) 531-2711 or nmparks.com
for state park or (575) 494-1535 or (575) 494-
5815 for village.
Camp Furlong Day is a binational friendship
event commemorating the March 9, 1916
early-morning attack on the village of
Columbus and the adjacent military camp by
Pancho Villa and his men.
Guest speakers begin at 9 a.m. the parks
Exhibit Hall, including Pulitzer Prize winner
Eileen Welsome, author of The General and
the Jaguar about Pershings pursuit of Pancho
Villa into Mexico.
A DVD documentary for a recently discov-
ered Pancho Villa movie will also be shown.
The 13th Annual Cabalgata Binacional will be
held in the village plaza. Cavalcade riders are
expected to arrive in Columbus at about 10
a.m. followed by events in the village plaza.
El Paso Archaeological Society The
societys monthly meeting is 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 18, at El Paso Museum of Archaeology,
4301 Transmountain. NMSU anthropology stu-
dent Nina Williams will present La Noria: A
Hydrologic Technology of Yucatan, focusing on
her masters degree research on water wheel
technology introduced to the Yucatan by the
Spanish after 1511. Admission is free.
Information: 755-4332, 433-4130 or epas.com.
Los Portales Museum and Visitor
Center 1521 San Elizario Road. The muse-
um is operated by the San Elizario Genealogy
and Historical Society in an 1850s Territorial-
style building across from the San Elizario
church. It offers gifts, family trees, historical
artifacts as well as information on the First
Thanksgiving and the Salt War of 1877. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is
free. Information: 851-1682.
San Elizario Veterans Museum and
Memorial Walk The museum, operated
and managed by the non-profit San Elizario
Veterans Committee of the San Elizario
Genealogy and Historical Society, is at 1501-B
Main Street in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: Ann Lara, 345-
3741 or Ray Borrego, 383-8529.
Charleys Aunt EPCC Main Stage
Theater presents the classic British farce by
Brandon Thomas 7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, March 1-10, at the EPCC
Transmountain Campus Forum Theatre.
Directed by Hector Serrano. Special perform-
ance for the hearing impaired March 9. Tickets
are $10 ($5 students, seniors and military).
Information: 831-5056 or 831-3205.
Two basic elements of comedy, mistaken iden-
tity and reversal of the sexes are at the core of
this hilarious masterpiece. Laughs are guaran-
teed as young men in an all-boys college cook
up a scheme to entertain their girlfriends with
unexpected results.
SeussOdyssey - Kids-N-Co presents their
tribute to Dr. Seuss March 3-24. Written by
Don Zolidis and directed by Charlie Miller.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Ticket information:
351-1455 or kidsnco.org. Tickets: $7 ($5 stu-
dents, children, seniors and military).
Information: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org.
The Perfect Crime El Paso Playhouse,
2501 Montana, presents the thriller through
March 3 at El Paso Playhouse. Directed by Jan
H. Wolfe. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8
seniors, $7 military/students with ID).
Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
Has psychiatrist Margaret Thorne Brent com-
mitted the perfect crime? When her husband
turns up dead, she gets caught in a game of cat
of mouse with a deranged patient, and the
inspector that is assigned to the case.
The Willow Girl Branigan Cultural
Center presents Catskill Puppet Theaters fami-
ly puppet show at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at
the historic Amador Hotel, 180 W. Amador.
Parking available across the street at the former
Doa Ana County Courthouse. Admission is
free. Information: Andy Albertson, Branigan
Cultural Center, (575) 541-2219 or
aalbertson@las-cruces.org.
Willow Girl is the tale of a Chinese girl who
immigrates to the American frontier, where she
finds herself facing discrimination in a swirl of
other immigrants and cultures. Through new
friendships and ingenuity and an animated wil-
low tree she embarks on a personal journey
involving kindness and acceptance. The show is
accompanied with original and traditional fiddle
music.
The performance is presented in conjunction
with Branigans traveling Smithsonian exhibit
Journey Stories, showing through April 7.
The Secret Garden auditions Kids-
N-Co., 1301 Texas, will host auditions for the
musical at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday,
March 4 and 6. Directed by Ceci Schlesinger.
Roles are available for actors and actresses ages
11 to adult. A full song (preferably dramatic)
must be prepared for the audition. Lines from
the script and some movement will be part of
the audition as well, but advanced preparation
for this is not necessary. Production dates are
weekends April 21-May 13. Information: 351-
1455 or kidsnco.org.
Siglo de Oro Drama Festival The
37th annual celebration of the Spanish language
dramatic arts from Spains Golden Age runs
March 7-11 at the Chamizal National
Memorial Theatre, 800 S. San Marcial.
Professional and collegiate theater groups come
from Mexico, Spain and the United States per-
form works by Spanish master playwrights.
Performances begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. Early
arrival encouraged, as seating is limited. Ticket
information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham.
The Siglo de Oro Drama Festival is the only
festival in the world completely dedicated to
presenting works drawn from Spains Golden
Age, generally considered as spanning the late
15th century to the late 17th century. Akin to
Shakespearean England, the age was highlighted
by the writing by great Spanish authors.
Wednesday and Thursday, March 7-8
Antona Garcia by Tirso de Molina. Presented
by Grand Valley State University from
Allendale, Michigan.
Friday, March 9 Tiempo de Carnaval a
compilation of plays by Juan del Encina, Luis
Quinones de Benavente, and Pedro Calderon
de la Barca. Presented by Cambalache Teatro
from Murcia, Spain.
Saturday, March 10 Los Milagros del
Desprecio by Lope de Vega. Presented by
Cambalache Teatro from Murcia, Spain.
Sunday, March 11 Fuenteovejuna o
Numancia by Lope de Vega and Miguel
Cervantes. Presented by Centro Universidad
de Teatro from Coyoacan, Mexico.
The Seagull The UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance presents Anton Chekovs
classic March 7-11, in the Fox Fine Arts Studio
Theatre, presented by UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $9 ($8 UTEP faculty/staff, sen-
iors, military, groups of 10 or more, non-UTEP
students; $7 UTEP students) Information: 747-
5118 or theatredance.utep.edu.
The Seagull is a funny, heart-warming yet
tragic masterpiece by one of the greatest play-
wrights of all time. Its a testimony to the tragi-
cally comic absurdities of unrequited love and
of grandiose dreams doomed to failure.
One-Act Play Festival Las Cruces
Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall,
presents its annual evening of short plays
March 8-11. Showtime is 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:
$5 (free for season ticket holders). Information:
(575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
This years plays:
Wash & Dry by Shel Silverstein. Customers
at a laundry dont get what they bargained for.
When the World Was Green by Joseph
Chaiken and Sam Shepard. Directed by lar-
rychandler. An old prisoner awaiting execution
is visited by a reporter who wants to write his
story.
The Proposal, written and directed by
Linda Wray. Nothing goes as planned when a
man tries to propose to his long-time girlfriend.
Cold, written and directed by Patrick
Payne. During the worst snowstorm in 50
years, a man with nowhere else to go enters a
bar.
Beckys New Car - No Strings Theatre
Company presents the smart comedy by
Steven Dietz March 9-25 at the Black Box
Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by Ceil
Herman. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18 and 25,
and 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22. Tickets: $10
($9 students and seniors over 65; $7 all seats
Thursday). Information: (575) 523-1223 or no-
strings.org.
Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle
management and in a middling marriage with
no prospects for change on the horizon. Then
one night a socially inept and grief-struck mil-
lionaire stumbles into the car dealership where
Becky works. She is offered nothing short of a
new life...and the audience is offered a chance
to ride shotgun in a way that most plays would-
nt dare.
A Trip to Bountiful The Womans Club
of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa, hosts its 4th annual
dinner theater event at Saturday, March 10.
The event features dinner at 6 p.m. followed by
the Horton Foote play at 7 p.m.
Information/reservations: 532-6131.
Brighton Beach Memoirs American
Southwest Theatre Company presents the
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presents Neil Simons family comedy through
March 11 at NMSUs Hershel Zohn Theatre.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 ($13 sen-
iors; $10 student with school ID), plus service
charge. Information: (575) 646-4515 or 1-800-
525-ASTC (2782).
Set in the late 1930s, Brighton Beach
Memoirs presents 14-year-old Eugene Morris
Jerome who struggles with adolescence, a
demanding mother, a house over-filled with rel-
atives, and liver for dinner.
Alice in Wonderland Childrens
Theatre of the Mesilla Valley brings Lewis
Carrolls timeless classic to live at 7 p.m. Friday
and 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16-17, at the Rio
Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, in
Las Cruces. Doors open a half hour before
showtime. Tickets: $6. Information: (575) 571-
1413.
When young Alice follows a white rabbit
down a hole she finds herself lost in a land of
enchantment, mystery and danger.
Trip to Bountiful El Paso Playhouse,
2501 Montana, presents the play by Horton
Foote March 16-April 7. Directed by Jean
Ames. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8
seniors, $7 military/students with ID).
An aging woman decides to return to home-
town of Bountiful in order to restore her
strength, dignity and peace of mind that she
will need in order to live out her life.
Death Before Dessert The murder
mystery dinner group performs Revenge in
Rio 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, at Opus
World Bistro, 7130 N. Mesa, with a Brazilian
dinner. The mystery is written and directed by
Jan H. Wolfe. Characters in the mystery will
serve dinner. Ages 10 and older welcome.
Cost: $29 plus tax for dinner and show.
16, directed by Jamie Barba. Showtime is 7
p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Tickets
$28-$40 dinner shows; $14-$24 non-dinner
matinee. Information: 747-6060.
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On stage
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Bountiful set
in hard times
of 1953 Texas
I
n this era of tight money, director
Jean Ames believes everyone will
recognize the people who struggle to
keep it together in Horton Footes Trip
to Bountiful this month at El Paso
Playhouse.
The basic story is one that she thinks a
lot of parents and their children will
recognize. The son, Ludie, has been
sick and out of a job. He and his wife,
Jessie Mae, have to move in with his
mother, Carrie Watts, in her small apart-
ment above a drugstore and exist mostly
on moms Social Security check. Its
1953 in Texas.
I think the story resonates as far as
our economy today is concerned, Ames
said. A lot of kids are moving back
home after college because they cant
get a job. And they dont always appre-
ciate what their folks have done for
them.
In the play, Carrie wants to take a trip
back to her old home in the tiny town of
Bountiful, but her protective son and
especially her shrewish daughter-in-law
dont want her to take the trip.
When I read this script, I knew it was
a show that needed to be done, that I
needed to do, Ames said.
The added blessing, she noted, was the
top-notch actors who came out to do the
show.
Making a return to the El Paso stage
after a much-too-long absence is
Leighton Dahl as the put-upon but posi-
tive Carrie. Dahl, a professional actress,
did many a show in the late 1960s and
70s in the El Paso area. Sometimes she
performed alongside her husband, the
late Robert Dahl, who coached several
national spelling bee champions from El
Paso. Newcomer Cory Dlask, who
recently retired from the military, plays
son Ludie. Veteran Vanessa Keyser
plays the officious daughter-in-law,
Jessie Mae. Long-time thespian Dan
Wright plays the sheriff who finds
Carrie, and is much kinder to her than
her children are.
This group, Ames said, has made the
acting direction a dream.
There are times when Leighton acts
like shes ready to pass out. She is so
good that she scared me to death the
first time. I asked if she was alright, and
she just smiled at me.
But if the actors have been a dream,
the set has been somewhat of a night-
mare. Playhouse has a small stage, and
the show requires seven different
locales. Ames has been choreographing
the scene changes to minimize the time
between scenes.
Also, the show is supposed to be one
long, almost two-hour act. Ames has
taken a chance and divided it into two
(acts) so folks dont get uncomfortable
sitting too long.
She also is trying something else new
adding a few audience members to
the show.
I need extras on the stage (during
three scenes on the bus), Ames said.
Every night before the play begins,
well ask if anyone else in the audience
would like to join the show. Well give
them a prop or two, a costume piece.
Theyll be partnered with people who
know what do. Afterward well reward
them with two free tickets to see show
another night.
Ames said she thinks the show will
knock peoples socks off. In fact, she
suggests ticket-holders bring a few tis-
sues.
Its a show that if you dont feel
something when its over, you dont
have a heart.
create wonderfully different shows.
Carol Viescas is a veteran of
community theater and teaches
journalism at Bel Air High School.
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XVII Undcimo Congreso de
Literatura Mexicana Contempornea
The 2012 Contemporary Mexican Literature
Conference, organized by the UPTE
Department of Languages and Linguistics, is
March 1-3, in the UTEP Student Union
Building. Information: 747-6511.
Works about literary criticism and anthologies
covering this time frame in Mexican literature
will also be accepted, regardless of the language
in which they were written. Papers can be pre-
sented in English or Spanish. For information,
go to utep.edu/rlmc/.
Marfa Book Co. 105 S. Highland in
Marfa, Texas. The book store and art space
hosts a variety events including book readings,
art exhibits and live performances. Events are
free unless otherwise listed. Information: (432)
729-3906 or marfabookco.com.
Upcoming book readings are 6 p.m. on
Saturday, March 10 with poet/editor Edwin
Frank and March 24 with poet, essayist and
translator W.S. EiPiero.
Librotraficante reading BorderSenses
will host a reading to welcome the
Librotraficante Caravan passing through El Paso
on route to Tucson, Ariz. at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
March 14, at Mercado Mayapn, 2000 Texas.
The event will feature writers and activists that
are joining the Caravan from different parts of
the country, as well as some local artists.
Admission is free. Information:
bordersenses.com.
The Librotraficante Caravan is a movement
that started in Houston responding to the book
ban in Tucson United School District after the
disintegration of the Mexican American ethnic
studies program.
The caravan also will stop at the Cultural
Center de Mesilla, 2231 Calle de Parian (one
block west of the Mesilla Post Office), at 10
a.m. Thursday, March 15, for a press confer-
ence and a Quick Lit Throw Down and read-
ing. Information: (575) 523-3988, bbf@border-
bookfestival.com or librotraficante.com.
The Librotraficantes Banned Book Caravan
will leave Houston March 12, arriving in
Tucson March 17. Participating authors include
Sandra Cisneros, Dagoberto Gilb, Luis Alberto
Urrea and others.
Carl Hertzog Day The 15th biennial
Carl Hertzog Lecture and Award is at Sunday,
March 25. Following a guest lecture is the
presentation of the Carl Hertzog Award and
reception. Admission is free. Information: 747-
5683.
The award and lecture is named for J. Carl
Hertzog (1902-1984), legendary book designer
and printer who made Texas Western Press
one of the most respected names in academic
publishing.
Tumblewords Project The writing
workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Saturdays at Memorial Park Public Library, 3200
Copper. Workshops are free; donations for the
presenter are encouraged. Information: 328-
5484 (Donna Snyder), 566-1034 (Memorial
Park Library) or
tumblewordsproject@yahoo.com.
March 3: Maria Perez & Noelle Perez,
Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures for
International Womens Day
March 10: Lucille Zavala, Angelology
March 17: Susana James, Sources of
Inspiration
March 24: T.S. Ross, Origins of Words
March 31: Leslie X Council, What to do
when you dont know what to do
City of Night Book Club Rio Grande
Adelante hosts the book club and social gather-
ing for LGBT community and friends at 7 p.m.
the first Monday of the month. The meetings
include a social, usually a dinner, as well as book
discussion. Information/location: 929-9282 or
rgadelante.com.
Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) 700 S.
Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Nook tutorials
are 7 p.m. Thursdays. Information: (575) 522-
4499.
Jonathan Miller will sign copies of his book
Lawyer Geisha Pink at 5 p.m. Thursday and
Friday, March 8-9. The book intricate knowl-
edge of legal proceedings.
Loretta Hall will sign her book on the U.S.
space program, Out of This World, at 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 10.
Recurring events:
Childrens storytimes are 10 a.m. Fridays:
March 2 Costumed character Cat in
The Hat
March 9 March winds
March 16 St. Patricks Day
March 23 Spring flowers
March 30 Easter eggs.
Barnes & Noble (East Side) 9521
Viscount. Nook reader tutorials are 6:30 p.m.
Thursdays. Information: 590-1932.
Sisters in Crime Book Discussion Group meet
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, to discuss Faithful
Place by Tana French.
Little Ones Storytime is 11 a.m. every
Saturday with Miss Bonnie:
March 3 Costumed character Clifford
The Big Red Dog.
March 10 Celebrates Read Across
America and Dr. Seusss birthday with reading
of The Lorax.
March 17 Wear green for St. Patricks
Day storytime
March 24 Eric Carles The Grouchy
Ladybug.
March 31 Marcia Browns Stone Soup.
Barnes & Noble (West Side) 705
Sunland Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. Sunday. Nook tutorials are 5 p.m.
Wednesdays. Information: 581-5353 or bn.com.
Rudy S. Apodaca will sign copies of his book
at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 3.
Jonathan Miller will sign copies of his book
Lawyer Geisha Pink at 1 p.m. Saturday,
March 10. The book relates intricate knowl-
edge of legal proceedings.
Third Monday Book Group will meet at 10
a.m. Monday, March 19, to discuss Pavilion of
Women by Pearl S. Buck.
En la Sombra de Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
bilingual reading group meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday,
March 20.
Childrens storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays.
March 3 Sun City Center for the Deaf
March 17 All Star Readers
March 24 Kids-N-Co. Story Troupe
Reading Art Book Club The book club
of the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main,
will meet at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14
to discuss My Love Affair with Modern Art by
Katharine Kuh. Information: (575) 541-2322,
(575) 541-2322 or museums.las-cruces.org.
Junior Ranger Storytime Chamizal
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, will host
free storytimes with a thematic craft for pre-
school and first-grade children 11 a.m. the first
Saturday of the month (March 3). Admission is
free, but reservations strongly recommended:
532-7272, ext. 131 or nps.gov/cham.
Magic Carpet StoryTime Doa Ana
Arts Council hosts free storytelling events
11:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Branigan
Cultural Center, 501 N. Main, in Las Cruces,
hosted by Dave Edwards. Information: (575)
541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
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UTEP Cinema Novo Film Series
Union Cinema, Union Building East, First Floor.
Film showings are at 7 p.m. Admission is $2 ($1
with UTEP, student or military ID). Free pop-
corn. Ticket sales at the door begin 30 minutes
before showtime. Information: 747-5481 or
look up UTEPUnionServices on Facebook.
The Muppets (PG), March 2-3
Generation M (NR), March 9-10
Friends with Benefits (R), March 23-24
The Billionaires Tea Party (NR), April 13-14
The Descendants (R), April 20-21.
Film Salon The Film Salon at Trinity First
United Methodist Church, 801 N. Mesa (at
Yandell) continues its series on Marlene
Dietrich with the western/comedy Destry
Rides Again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in
Resler Hall. Admission is free. Information: 533-
2674 or filmsalon.org.
The series concludes with Billy Wilders
courtroom drama Witness for the
Prosecution on April 7.
Jays Pix Film historian, educator, writer,
archivist, collector Jay Duncan hosts the weekly
film series at 1:30 p.m. Sundays at the
International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana.
Each screening includes commentary, anec-
dotes and film facts from Duncan. Admission
and parking is free. Information: 543-6747 or
jayspixpresents@yahoo.com. Web: interna-
tionalmuseumofart.net.
March 4 The Adventures of Robin
Hood (1938). Considered the finest film ver-
sion of the Robin Hood story, starring Errol
Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Basil Rathbone and
Claude Rains. Winner of three Academy
Awards: Music, Editing and Art Direction.
March 11 Black Narcissus (1947). A
nun must deal with temptations and passion
while at a nunnery high in the Himalayan
Mountains. Stars Deborah Kerr and David
Farrar. Academy Award winner for Best Color
Cinematography and Set/Art Direction.
March 18 Singin In The Rain (1952).
This witty, boisterous satire on Hollywood dur-
ing the transition from Silents to Talkies in the
late 20s is considered the best film musical by
many film aficionados. Starring Gene Kelly,
Debbie Reynolds and Donald OConnor.
March 25 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
(1958). Special effects wizard Ray
Harryhausens Arabian Nights adventure pits
Sinbad against evil magician Sokurah.
Dynamation effects feature the Cyclops,
snake woman, two-headed Roc, fire-breathing
dragon and duel with a living skeleton.
Pax Christi Film Series The series
presents a special Lent showing of
Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to
Hate at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4 and March
11, at the Mother Teresa Center, 2400 E.
Yandell. Hosted by Pax Christi El Paso and the
Peace & Justice Ministry of the Catholic
Diocese of El Paso. Admission is free, donations
welcome. Information: 532-0527.
Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney
explores questions of forgiveness through a
compelling range of stories.
Film Las Cruces The Rio Grande Theatre
and the City of Las Cruces Film Liaison present
the monthly film forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
March 14, in which trailers for locally made
films are screened alongside short films by stu-
dent filmmakers, followed by Q&A sessions
with the filmmakers and industry news.
or Las-Cruces-Film.org.
Journey Stories film screenings
Branigan Cultural Center, Branigan
Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las
Cruces, hosts free film screenings and discus-
sions in conjunction with its traveling
Smithsonian exhibit, Journey Stories at 2 p.m.
Saturdays, March 17-April 7. Information:
(575) 541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
March 17 West Side Story, with a dis-
cussion led by ONeill Hernandez-Avila
March 24 La Cosecha/The Harvest,
with a discussion led by Dr. Diana Bustamante
March 31 BabAziz: The Prince Who
Contemplated His Soul, with a discussion led
by Sudeshna Sengupta
April 7 Meeks Cutoff, with a discussion
led by Dr. Meg Frisbee.
Movies at Branigan Library Thomas
Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho, Las
Cruces, shows films at 2 p.m. on the fourth
Sunday of the month in the Dresp Room.
or evidal@las-cruces.org. The March 25
movie is Miss Representation. Written and
directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film
exposes how mainstream media contribute to
the under-representation of women in posi-
tions of power and influence in America.
Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle de
Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in
Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the
Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at 7:30
p.m. nightly, plus 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Foreign lan-
guage films include subtitles. Admission: $7 ($6
seniors and students with ID; $5 society mem-
bers and children); $5 on Wednesday.
Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or
mesillavalleyfilm.org.
March 2-8 Melancholia. As Justine
(Kirsten Dunst) prepares for her wedding at a
mansion owned by her sister Claire (Charlotte
Gainsbourg) and her know-it-all husband, John
(Kiefer Sutherland), the planet Melancholia is
on a crash course with Earth.
March 9-15 Carnage. Directed by
Roman Polanski, and based on Yasmina Rezas
2008 play, the film covers one late afternoon in
the lives of two upscale Brooklyn couples.
Their two young sons have had a playground
set-to where one boy knocks the others teeth
out. The parents sit down to discuss the matter
in civilized fashion.
March 16-22 A Dangerous Method.
The movie is about the rivalry between the
founders of modern psychotherapy, Carl Jung
and Sigmund Freud in the early 20th century,
and the woman who upset both mens apple-
carts. Starring Michael Fassbender as Jung and
Viggo Mortensen as Freud.
March 23-29 Albert Nobbs. Glenn
Close plays Nobbs, a woman passing as a man
in order to work and survive in 19th century
Ireland. After nearly 30 years, she finds herself
trapped in a prison of her own making.
March 30-April 5 A Separation. In this
Iranian drama, a married couple faces the diffi-
cult decision to improve the life of their child
by moving to another country or to remain in
Iran to look after the husbands deteriorating
parent who has Alzheimers.
CinMatinee Film Series Screenings
are at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Fountain
Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 1/2 block
south of the plaza in Mesilla. Admission: $4 ($1
for Mesilla Valley Film Society members), unless
otherwise listed. Information: (575) 524-8287
(leave message) or mesillavalleyfilm.org.
March 3 Sunshine Cleaning (2008,
made in New Mexico). Two women decide to
make some money as biohazard cleaners.
Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blount and Alan
Arkin. Rated R.
March 10 Lunafest. The Mesilla Valley
Film Society presents this seasons program of
Lunafests nine selected short films by, for and
about women, but with appeal for all genders.
All proceeds from Lunafest benefit the Breast
Cancer Fund. To see full roster, visit
lunafest.org. Not rated.
March 17 Waking Ned Devine
Two aging lifelong buddies, Jackie OShea and
Michael OSullivan, find out that somebody in
their tiny Irish village holds the winning ticket to
the Irish National Lottery. Rated PG.
March 24 The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly. Based on New Mexico history, but not
filmed in the state. The definitive spaghetti
western by Director Sergio Leone in the epic
Clint Eastwood Dollars trilogy. Three drifters,
the Good (Eastwood), the Bad (Lee Van
Cleef), and the Ugly(Eli Wallach) try to find a
fortune hidden in an unmarked grave. Rated R.
March 31 Mystery Movie. This 1960s
ymovie was rated G and filmed partially in New
Mexico. Clues: This comedy went against the
grain of the powerful esoteric dramatic films
shot around the state during that time, and all
of the important roles were filled by women,
some of whom are still active in film. It is a
sequel and involves one of the popular protest
topics of the 60s. Guess the title for free
admission and popcorn.
New Mexico Museum of Space History
Alamogordo, N.M. The museums
Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater presents:
Everest (11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m.). The
documentary narrated by Liam Neeson follows
a 1996 Everest expedition as three climbers
train and travel to Katmandu through the
Himalayas and finally reach the Everest summit.
Planetarium show: Nine Planets and
Counting a journey through the solar system
(noon and 2 and 4 p.m.).
Tickets: $6 ($5.50 for seniors and military;
$4.50 ages 4-12). Ages 3 and under free for all
shows. Museum/Max combo tickets available.
Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840
Jays Film Forecast Film historian Jay
Duncan prepared this list of top monthly
Coming Attractions for movie fans, listed by
studio and release date.
March 2:
Being Flynn (Focus) Paul Dano, Julianne
Moore, Robert De Niro. Directed by Paul
Weitz.
Dr. Seuss The Lorax (Universal) 3D CG
Animation. Voices of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift,
Danny DeVito. Directed by Chris Renaud and
Kyle Balda.
Project X (Warner Bros.) Thomas Mann,
Nicole Bloom. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh.
Snowtown (IFC Midnight) Lucas Pittaway,
Louise Harris. Directed by Juston Kurzel.
Tim and Erics Billion Dollar Movie (Magnolia)
Tim Heidecker, Will Ferrell, Eric Wareheim.
Directed by Heidecker and Wareheim.
March 9:
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (Adopt
Films) Documentary. A portrait of the per-
formance artist and his wife, centered around
their daring sexual transformations. Directed by
Marie Losier.
Bully (Weinstein Co.) Documentary on
peer bullying in schools across America.
Directed by Lee Hirsch.
Footnote (Sony Classics) Shlomo Bar-Aba,
Aliza Rosen. Directed by Joseph Cedar.
Friends With Kids (Lionsgate) Jennifer
Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph.
Directed by Westfeldt.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Magnolia)
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Documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro
Ono. Directed by David Gelb.
John Carter (Disney) Taylor Kitsch, Lynn
Collins, Willem Dafoe. Directed by Andrew
Stanton. Based on the John Carter on Mars
works of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Playback (Magnet) Christian Slater, Ambyr
Childers, Toby Hemingway. Directed by
Michael A. Nickles.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (CBS Films)
Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott
Thomas. Directed by Lasse Hallstrm.
Silent House (Open Road) Elizabeth
Olsen, Adam Trese, Julia Taylor Ross. Directed
by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau.
A Thousand Words (Paramount) Eddie
Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis.
Directed by Brian Robbins.
March 16:
Butter (Weinstein Co.) Jennifer Garner,
Yara Shahidi, Ty Burrell. Directed by Jim Field
Smith.
Casa de mi Padre (Pantelion) Will Ferrell,
Genesis Rodriguez, Gael Garcia Bernal.
Directed by Matt Piedmont.
Detatchment (Tribeca) Adrien Brody,
Betty Kaye. Directed by Tony Kaye.
Jeff Who Lives at Home (Paramount
Vantage) Jason Segel, Judy Greer, Ed Helms.
Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass.
The Kid With a Bike (Sundance Selects)
Thomas Doret, Ccile De France. Directed by
Jean-Oierre and Luc Dardenne.
21 Jump Street (Columbia) Jonah Hill,
Channing Tatum, Ice Cube. Directed by Phil
Lord and Chris Miller. Based on the 1980s hit
TV show starring Johnny Depp.
March 23:
The Deep Blue Sea (Music Box) Rachel
Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russel Beale.
Directed by Terence Davies.
The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Jennifer
Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks.
Directed by Gary Ross.
The Raid (Sony Classics) Iko Uwais,
Amanda George. Directed by Gareth Evans.
March 30:
Goon (Magnet) Seann William Scott,
Alison Pill. Directed by Michael Dowse.
Mirror Mirror (Relativity) Lily Collins,
Armie Hammer, Julia Roberts. Directed by
Tarsem Singh.
Wrath of the Titans (Warner Bros.) Sam
Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Liam Neeson.
Directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Sequel to the
2010 remake of the original 1980 film.
DVD Releases
March 6:
The Skin I Live In / R
Footloose / PG-13
Immortals / R
Jack & Jill / PG-13
March 13;
My Week With Marilyn / R
Happy Feet Two / PG
The Three Musketeers / PG-13
Melancholia / R
March 20:
The Muppets / PG
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy / R
Carnage / R
The Sitter / R
March 23:
Hop / PG
March 27:
A Dangerous Method / R
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T
he fame and notoriety of Mexican
revolutionary Francisco Pancho
Villa has long out-lived all the
other figures from a century ago, when
Villa fought the federales just across the
Rio Grande.
In my historic research and art travels
throughout Mexico for 30 years I, too,
have collected Villa tales and have met
two of his past wives. During a dedica-
tion of a statue to him in Tucson, I met
one of his daughters and one of his sons.
In the process of researching the
Mexican Revolution I have collected
many books, photographs and news
accounts plus conducted dozens of per-
sonal interviews of persons who claim to
have known Villa or had some encounter
or tale to share.
My wife and I visited the Villa
Museum and homestead in Chihuahua
City and his famous 400,000-acre retire-
ment ranch near Parral. Artist Mario
Parra and I have also visited and pho-
tographed his death site at Juarez Park
and the biblioteca that commemorates
the 1923 Villa assassination on July 20,
1923. To be sure, many of the historic
tales are like dried leaves blowing in
the wind.
With the 96th anniversary of Villas
1916 raid on Columbus, N.M., coming
up March 16, here are a few of the most
interesting facts and speculations about
Villa.
He was born a peon - a share-cropper
thought to be the illegitimate son of a
Spanish land-owner.
As a youth he sold housewares and
firewood from the back of his favorite
donkey, Canelo.
A brother and sister would later assist
him in his revolutionary pursuits.
He had eight to ten wives - and
brought a defrocked priest with him to
make the young ladies honest by becom-
ing his wife.
He had Indian, Spanish, Jewish, and
German blood - a new book published
by Sul Ross University Press documents
accounts of this.
He hated the Chinese and also the full-
blood Spanish, which the Indian-
Mexicans called Gachupin.
Villa loved chile colorado as a staple
food, and also enjoyed canned asparagus
and canned peaches ... and took advan-
tage of the peanut brittle and ice cream
sold in El Paso during the Revolution.
Villa made the young Anglo/Mexican,
Felix McDonald become his water boy.
McDonald was made to walk barefooted
because of his light complexion and red
hair. (Was this Villas way of gaining
superiority over the Gringo?)
He had the courage of a lion in battle
leading his 50 prime cavalry soldiers
called the Dorados (the Golden Ones).
Villa was once to be shot by firing
squad by orders of Gen. Huerta. He was
reprieved at the last moment with a
telegram from Francisco Madero.
He served time in the Mexico City
prison and was taught basic reading and
writing with a clerks help. Villa
escaped
dressed as
a visiting
attorney.
In 1913
he returned
to Mexico
from south
El Paso,
borrow-
ing a few
horses with
five men.
A year
later he had
amassed an
army of 50,000 men.
Military experts of the time said Villa
commanded the greatest cavalry force in
the world. He was a master horseman,
known as the Centaur of the North.
Tom Mix, the Hollywood star, rode and
fought for him. Twenty to 30 Americans
joined a special brigade under Madero.
Many women threw themselves at
Villa, offering to mother his child after a
meeting of rolling of eyes and smiles.
He was targeted for assassination a
dozen times. Fearing poison, he often
had others taste his food first.
During battle, he would often sneak
away to sleep, returning for breakfast
from a different direction at sun-up.
He was a good manager. When he sur-
rendered to the Mexican Government in
Fronteras in 1920, he was given a
400,000-acre ranch as a conciliatory gift.
He would develop an outstanding farm-
ing program using the latest techniques
and products, and had an American agri-
cultural expert on hand to advise him.
In exchange for his surrender, he was
given cash as well as the large ranch. He
started a school for children of his work-
men and named the school in honor of
Felipe Angeles, one of his top generals.
He was assassinated July 20, 1923, at
8:30 a.m. as he traveled in an open air
1919 Dodge touring car, returning to his
ranch in Canutillo while passing a group
of ranchers led by Militon Lozoya.
These gunmen had waited 100 days
before the opportune moment arrived.
Villas body was taken to his nearby
hotel and later, before burial, a plaster-
of-Paris death mold was made of his
face. He was buried in a local grave in
Parral ... a few years later graverobbers
dug up the body and stole the skull. It
was never found.
Villa had built an impressive Spanish
baroque mausoleum in downtown
Chihuahua City. (I had visited this site
and saw the vault where Villa should
have been buried.)
In 1976 the Mexican Federal
Government instituted a plan to exhume
the body of Villa from his grave in
Parral and rebury it in the Hall of Heroes
in Mexico City.
Bill Rakocy is an El Paso artist and
historian. Information: 584-9716.
Racking Up History
by Bill Rakocy
Villas legacy lives
on 100 years later
Villa Surrenders
Painting by Bill Rakocy
Local: Dokken back for the
attack in early March
80s metal continues to be the soup de jour
for Speaking Rock as they welcome Dokken
Friday, March 2. The band has been dormant
as far as CD releases for some time now with
their last coming out in 2008, charting better
for them than anything from the past decade
and half. Their true claim to fame came in
the mid-80s when metal was king. Their sin-
gles seemed to be inescapable on rock radio.
Then the lighters were pretty much extin-
guished in the early 90s and things have
been rocky ever since. They have gone
through numerous lineup changes throughout
their career with the only constant being the
bands leader and namesake, Don Dokken.
They have made El Paso a tour stop for
many years and always break out the hits, so
if your thing is reliving those big hair days,
then this show is sure to delight. The band is
wrapping up recording their first disc on
Frontier Records, which may lead to a pre-
view of cuts from the yet-to-be-named new
album. Either way the show is free and will
make for an entertaining way to spend a
Friday night.
National: Craig Finn, Clear
Heart Full Eyes, Vagrant
Craig Finn isnt really a household name,
even in Australia. Since 2003 he has fronted
the Hold Steady, a band who much like him
is not really headlining summer festivals, but
have built a rabid fan base and shows have
swelled from hundreds to thousands. Nearing
a decade with the group, he has released his
first solo disc. This new CD is a slight depar-
ture, more of a stripped-down singer/song-
writer affair. It isnt loaded with undeniable
catchy riffs that hook you in on first listen.
This one is a slow burn that seeps into your
conscious with multiple plays. It is still very
much a blue-collar, East Coast sound that is
an amalgamation of Elvis Costello story-
telling, Bruce Springsteen working-man
tribulations, and large amounts of tongue-in-
cheek tales. This also marks the first appear-
ance of a countrified cut that fits seamlessly
into this new mix. Maybe his full eyes have
seen more than they desired, but Craig Finn
has a way of making the journey a fun ride.
The Scorpions, Comeblack,
Legacy Records
They are probably Germanys best known
export since the Volkswagen well, that
may be stretching it a bit, but what head-
banger hasnt shouted out in a terrible
German accent, Hello California? This
stage banter from lead vocalist Klaus Meine
from their World Wide Live disc has
become a metal calling card for any fan of
the genre. On the bands last effort they had
hinted they were thinking about throwing in
the towel. That didnt happen, which may
have been due to the albums poor reception
so what better way to go out with a bang
than revisiting the classics that first put them
on the map. This is what the new CD
Comeblack is all about, and they double
down by remaking hits by other artists with a
Scorpions style. They are not afraid to take
on some huge names. They start off with the
unexpected Tainted Love, then move on to
bigger fish with T. Rex, the Kinks, Beatles,
and end it all with their fantastic version of
the Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday. The
band has officially reported their will be no
comeback after Comeblack this is their
final curtain call.
Various Artists, Chimes of
Freedom: The Songs of Bob
Dylan, Amnesty International
Projects benefiting a charity can be rough
water to navigate, primarily due to two key
factors: keeping costs to a bare minimum and
somehow delivering a quality product that
will generate a considerable amount of
money. For the folks at Amnesty
International this was a no challenge because
they created a four-disc collection that goes
above and beyond all expectations. This was
due to one overriding factor: Bob Dylan.
Though the man himself is only featured on
the last track, it is his vast catalogue of work
that graces this compilation. There are an
impressive 73 songs, and the array of talent
spans several genres and covers half a centu-
ry of musicians. Chimes of Freedom: The
Songs of Bob Dylan has its heavyweights in
the form of Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Dave
Matthews and Pete Townshend, to name a
few. There are also several chart-toppers of
today, including Adele, Cage the Elephant
and Maroon 5. The most unusual contribu-
tions seem to come from high-octane artists
such as Rise Against, Bad Religion, Gaslight
Anthem, Flogging Molly and My Chemical
Romance. Then there are the incredibly
unexpected brilliant performances by the
likes of Miley Cyrus, Natasha Bedingfield
and Airborne Toxic Event. This will hopeful-
ly swing the door wide open to a new breed
of Dylan fans. All of this and the ridiculously
low suggested retail price of under 20 bucks.
This is amnesty from thinking because there
is no decision when it comes to adding this
to your collection.
Collectibles: Elvis Costello,
The Return of the Spectacular
Spinning Songbook, Ume
While this months collectible is fully sanc-
tioned and authorized by the artist, he has
asked that you not purchase it and, if need
be, steal it. Who is this madman? The person
in question is Elvis Costello and the piece is
The Return of The Spectacular Spinning
Songbook. It is absolutely not the material
he is protesting, but the outrageous price his
label is charging to own this piece of history.
If money is of no concern to you then first of
all congratulations on that one, and secondly
this one is a must. This set consists of three
audio and visual components, a CD, DVD,
and 10-inch vinyl record EP. This was
recorded over a two-night stand at The
Wiltern in Los Angeles May 11-12, 2011.
The concept behind the show is very unique:
It begins with an actual game-show wheel
onstage with song titles on it. A selected fan
spins it, and that evenings set is created. The
list on the carnie device is chosen from his
then-new disc National Ransom, along
with updated renditions of hits, rarities and
some amusing unexpected covers. Then there
are the packaging incentives: a 40-page hard-
cover book packed with candid and concert
photos, a tour diary of Costellos musings
from each tour stop, and a 20 x 30 concert
tour poster. The final call to action is that this
is limited to 1,500 copies worldwide. Each
set is individually numbered with a special
commemoration card signed by Elvis
Costello himself.
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin
Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net
Huapango Ballet Folklorico Paso del
Norte performs at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday,
April 7, at the Chamizal National Memorial.
Mamma Mia Broadway in El Paso pres-
ents the hit musical based on the music of
ABBA Tuesday and Wednesday, April 10-11, at
the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $40-$70. .
Binational Independent Film Festival
The 12th annual binational festival is April
13-21 at venues in both El Paso and Juarez.
Information: binationalfilmfestival.org.
16. Ticket information: 747-6060.
UTEP Track Invitational Saturday,
April 14, at Kidd Field, UTEP. Information:
747-5347, 747-6841 or utepathletics.com.
Titanics Last Meal event Ardovinos
Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in
Sunland Park, commemorates the 100th
anniversary of The Titanics Last Meal at 6:30
p.m. Saturday, April 14. Cost: $150.
Reservations: (575) 589-0653 ext. 3.
Fort Bliss Spring Bazaar April 14-15
at the Centennial Club. Information: 568-4623
or fbocsa.com.
The Making of Great Music Bruce
Nehring Consort concludes its season April
14-15, at The Chapel at Loretto. Showtime is
7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Ticket information: 532-5874 or brucenehring-
consort.org.
El Paso Artists Studio Tour The 5th
annual tour featuring more than 30 local
studtios and galleries is Saturday and Sunday
April 14-15 Westside, Upper Valley and
Downtown and April 21-22 on the Eastside,
Northeast and Mission Valley. Information: 833-
0636 or pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com.
Sgt. Ruben Orozco Torch Run 8K
Run/2 Mile Walk is Sunday, April 15, at Stanton
and Cincinnati. Information: 533-8229.
Zuill Bailey Birthday Celebration - El
Paso Pro-Musica celebrated the 10th anniver-
sary year of cellist Zuill Bailey as its Artistic
Director at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, El
Paso Museum of Art. Tickets: $10-$30.
Information: 833-9400 or eppm.org.
Eddie Vedder The Pearl Jam frontman
performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at
The Plaza Theatre. Opening act is Irish vocal-
ist/guitarist Glen Hansard of the movie Once.
Tickets: $75. (Ticketmaster).
El Paso Symphony Orchestra - The
Symphony performs with guest conductor
Mariusz Smolij and guest cellist Zuill Bailey at
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, in
the Plaza Theatre. Ticket information: 532-
3776 or epso.org.
Noises Off - The UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance presents the hilarious
British back stage comedy April 20-29, in
the Fox Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Ticket information: 747-5118
or theatredance.utep.edu.
The Tempermentals - April 20-May 12
at El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana. Directed
by Ivan Sandlin. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10
($8 seniors, $7 military/students with ID).
Tom Russell The internationally renowned
folksinger/songwriter performs at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, The Scottish Rite Temple
Theatre, 301 W. Missouri. Tickets: $22 in
advance; $25 at the door. Information: All That
Music & Video, 594-9900.
Party for the Planet El Paso Zoo,
4001 E. Paisano, will host special Earth Day
exhibits and Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22.
Information: 521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.
Hansel and Gretel: The Musical -
April 21-May 13 at Kids-N-Co., 1301 Texas.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Ticket information:
351-1455 or kidsnco.org.
Surfin Safari Showtime El Paso pres-
ents the Beach Boys tribute at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22, at Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Information (all seats general admission): 544-
2022 or ShowtimeElPaso.com.
YWCA Womens Benefit luncheon
Abduction survivor and new ABC correspon-
dent Elizabeth Smart will speak at the 19th
annual benefit luncheon at 11 a.m. Thursday,
April 26, El Paso Convention Center. Minimum
donation: $100. Information/reservations: 533-
2311, ext. 250 or ywcaelpaso.org.
Taste of Frontera Frontera Land
Alliances annual meeting and fundraiser is
Thursday, April 26, at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing. Information: 526-7725, 490-8601 or
fronteralandalliance.org.
Mariachi Madness El Paso Wind
Symphony closes its season at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
April 27, at UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium.
Tickets $7.50-$12.50. Information: 760-5599
or elpasowindsymphony.com.
Mighty Mujer Triathlon The all-
female super sprint (300-yard swim/15k bike
/2-mile run) is 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28,
starting at Memorial Park Pool, 3251 Copper.
Information: 433-3439 or raceelpaso.com.
Run/Walk for Autism 5K run and 1-mile
family fun walk is 8 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at
Ascarate Park. Information: 772-9100.
First Thanksgiving The annual reen-
actment is 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the San
Elizario Plaza. Information: 851-9997.
La Via Blues & Jazz Festival Noon to
7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 28-29, at La
Via Winery, 4201 S. NM Highway 28 in La
Union, N.M. Information: (575) 882-7632.
FloraFest 2012 The UTEP Centennial
Museums annual native plant sale is Saturday
and Sunday, April 28-29. Information: 747-
8994, 747-5565 or museum.utep.edu.
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Alma Calderon 33
Ardovinos Desert Crossing 25
Ardovinos Pizza 47
Around and About Tours 6
Art Wood 20
ATMAS Healing 24
Baskin Robbins 11
BeadCounter 23
Beauty Solutions 17
La Bella Casita 22
Bellagio 24
Belly Dance with Nesreen 17
Bill Rakocy 32
Bingo Plus 35
The Bookery 45
Bruces Air 32
Cattleman's 5
Cecila Burgos LPC 37
Cert. Training with Danny 18
Christian Joy Center 50
Club 101 5
COAS 45
Collectibles 41
Stephanie Conroy 19
Cosmetic&Hair Surgery 15
Dee Montanez Latin Dance 12
Dominos 49
El Paso Art Association 36
El Paso Artisan Gallery 38
EP Cellulite Center 13
EP Conservatory of Dance 3
EP Conv & Perf Arts Ctrs 10
EP Fencing 46
El Paso Saddleblanket 18
Elegant Consignments 22
Estate and New Jewelry 11
Executive Singles 31
Facial Spa by Susana 20
Flickinger Center 51
Fountain Theatre 31
Furrs Family Dining 44
Galllegos Y Bailes Flaminco 21
Geico 6
Glass Goodies 23
Hal Marcus Gallery 24
Hans Martial Arts 16
Inside Out Designs Inc. 19
Int'l Quality Products 12
Johnson Jewelers 29
Johnson Jewelers 12
Kidspaloooza 52
KTEP 48
La Tierra Caf 18
Las Cruces Art Fair 13
Las Cruces Museum of Art 38
Leos Mexican Food 21
Life Steps OBGYN 14
Luxor Salon 5
Lynx Exhibits 43
Marie Otero 21
The Marketplace 23
Martha Garcia 6
Mesa Street Antique 9
Mesilla Book Center 45
Methodist Childrens Home 20
Methodist Childrens Home 46
Metta Massage 37
Mind/Body Studio 3
Naydas Gems & Stones 22
NM Farm & Ranch Museum 8
Paseo Christian Church 33
Pat Olchefski-Winston 29
Pedro Francisco 21
Perkins Jewelry Supply 33
Petland El Paso 15
PhiDev Inc 30
Pizazz 39
Precision Prosthetics 46
Prestige Womens Health 28
Psychic Lynn 35
PTEP 40
Real Estate El Paso 40
Krystyna Robbins 29
Rockin Rolla DT Fest 25
Ronda Brown 36
Rubin Gallery 19
San Elizario artists 2
San Francisco's Cosmetics 41
Sasahara Gallery 36
Sesame Street Live 26
Sheldon Jewelry 15
Shundo Dance Studio 6
Si El Paso Tours 44
Silver City ACD 43
Silver City MainStreet 17
Sun City Women's Health 13
Sunland Park Racetrack 7
Sunland Winery 41
Telemates 49
Thunderbird Digital 31
Tom Russell Concert 9
Unity Bookstore 45
UTEP 50
Vanities 42
Village Inn 31
Walgreens 41
Western Traders 9
Wyler Aerial Tramway 44
Yoga for Life 47
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