El Paso Scene September 2012

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Your monthl y gui de to communi ty
entertai nment, recreati on & cul ture
Plein Air Painters of El Paso
15th Anniversary Exhibit
The exhibit will be on display Sept. 2-30 at the International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana.
Opening reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2
Our 19th
Anniversary
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More than 700
things to do,
places to go!
ALSO INSIDE:
Our 12th annual
Performing Arts Guide
Las Cruces
Renaissance
A new arts center coming
to NMSU and expanding
museum district are part
of the citys continuing
cultural growth.
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2012-2013
PERFORMING
ARTS GUIDE
EI Paso EIectric presents
Broadway in EI Paso
"A Chorus Line' opens the season series Nov. 19
Your annual gui de to area per f ormi ng
arts groups and season schedul es
UTEP Theatre & Dance opens its
season with 'OtheIIo' Sept. 21-30
starring WiII Badgett. See Pcges 7, 13
Left: Showtime! EI Paso brings
the 'Masters of Motown' to the
Abraham Chavez Theatre Jan. 20.
See Pcges 2, 17
Right: Craicmore opens the
Premier Season Sept. 21 at the
FIickinger Center in AIamogordo.
See Pcges , 1
LoIa Productions' 7-show Signature
Series opens with 'Sacred Music,
Sacred Dance' Nov. 11.
See Pcges 11, 15
The Parnas Duo are among the
guest artists at EI Paso Pro-
Musica's Chamber Music FestivaI
Jan. 10-Feb. 2. See Pcges 4, 12
EI Paso Symphony Orchestra's
season finaIe wiII feature Maestro
Grer AykaI as guest conductor.
See Pcges , 14
Season Sponsor of the 2012-2013 Performing Arts Guide
is the EI Paso Convention & Performing Arts Centers
See Pages 6, 8, 10, 20
Nina Walker
Bob Adams
Krystyna Robbins
Melinda Etzold
Hot Art at Hospice Dinner
Artist-created chilies will be auctioned at Hospice of El Pasos
annual fund-raiser Sept. 7. Shown here is Dancing Girl by
Ruben Rodarte.
A New
Light of
Hope
The new mural
by Gabriel
Gaytn will be
presented at
Lincoln Park Day
Sept. 23, which
includes a car
show, dance and
more.
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Fiesta de las Flores The Hispanic
Cultural Center presents the festival Aug. 31-
Sept. 2 at El Paso County Coliseum, 4100
Paisano. Activities begin at 6 p.m. each day.
Tickets (available at local 7-11 stores) $10 in
advance; $15 at the gate. Information: 533-
3730 or fiestadelasflores.org.
Fridays opening day entertainment begins at
is DJ Cane.
Saturdays band entertainment includes
Liberty Band and Sonny Ozuna. Selection of the
2012 Fiesta Queen is at 8 p.m.
Also on Saturday are Senior Citizen
Appreciation Day health screenings at noon fol-
lowed by a Senior Appreciation Dance at 3
p.m. Admission is free for ages 55 and older.
Military Appreciation Day is Sunday.
Headlining entertainment includes Ruben
Ramos and the Mexican Revolution and Little
Joe y la Familia.
The World Championship Huachas
Tournament is 8 a.m. Saturday with registration
7 to 10 a.m. Entry fee: $25.
Minerpalooza 2012 UTEPs 22nd annual
back-to-school bash and pep rally is Friday
night, Aug. 31, in the center of UTEPs cam-
pus, corner of University and Hawthorne. The
family-friendly event features fall sports teams,
games, information booths and appearances by
UTEP athletes, along with live entertainment
and family activities. Admission is free; food and
some activities sold separately. Information:
747-5670 or utep.edu/minerpalooza.
Orange River Fiesta Fox 92.3 FM hosts
the UTEP vs. Oklahoma tailgate party at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1, along Cincinnati Street
(between Stanton and Mesa). Admission: $6;
advance tickets on ticketbully.com.Block party
activities begin at 10 a.m.
Civic-Cultural Organization of Puerto
Ricans The El Paso groups traditional
Labor Day weekend family celebration is 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at El Paso
Veterans Park, 5301 Salem, with salsa music,
traditional dancing troupes and Puerto Rican
dishes for sale. Please bring chairs, umbrellas
and canopies. Alcoholic beverages not allowed.
Admission is free. Information: 877-2884, 227-
5582, 584-4177 or occpr.org.
KLAQ BBQ The 27th annual event begins
at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at Western Playland
in Sunland Park. The events includes barbecue,
rides and concert by Hinder (at 8 p.m.).
Tickets: $16.70. Information: 544-8864, (575)
589-3410 or klaq.com.
Red & Green Chile War Festival The
Mission Valley fiesta is 2 p.m. to midnight
Saturday and 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8-9,
at Cougar Park, 10664 Socorro Road, featuring
arts and crafts, food and drink booths, and live
entertainment and the crowning of the Jalapeo
Festival Queen. Contests include Best Salsa,
Chile Eating and Salsa Dance. Information: 613-
7967, 790-0661 or 227-4575.
Diabetes Expo El Paso Diabetes
Association hosts the expo 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at the El Paso Convention
Center, with diabetes screenings, eye and foot
checks, presentations information booths, and
entertainment provided by Telemundo.
Admission is free. Information: 532-6280.
Grandparents Day celebration El
Paso Community College Senior Adult
Programs 9th annual Grandparents Day cele-
bration is noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at
Bassett Place Mall, 6101 Gateway West, with
informational booths and activities promoting
an active, healthy and positive lifestyle.
Information: 831-7801.
Oktoberfest The 40th annual celebration
is Sept. 14-16 in Building 747, Carter and
Pleasonton roads on Fort Bliss. Courtesy of the
German Air Force Air Defense Center at Fort
Bliss, the event includes authentic Bavarian
food, beer, music and a souvenir shop. Events
begin at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.
Sunday. Ticket information: 568-8923.
VIP night is 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.
El Paso Comic Con Award-winning
comic creator Arthur Suydam (Marvel
Zombies) is guest of honor for the third annual
EPCON 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 15-16, at the El Paso
Convention Center, with publishers, artists,
vendors, comics, panels, performances, music
and cosplay. Celebrity judge for this years cos-
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R O U N D u p
SEPTEMBER
INDEX
Roundup 3-15
Behind the Scene 6
Scene Spotlight 6
Heres the Ticket 16-19
El Paso FishNet 19
Program Notes 20-21
Dance 21
Music 22-23
Comedy 23
Sports 24-27
Feature:
Las Cruces Renaissance 31-33
History Lessons 34
Viva Jurez 35
Nature 36-38
Gallery Talk 39-40
SW Art Scene 41-44
On Stage 45-46
Stage Talk 46
At the Museum 47-51
Racking up History 52
Keep on Bookin' 53
Film Scene 54-55
Liner Notes 56
October Preview 57-58
SPECIALSECTION:
2012-2013
Performing Arts Guide
El Paso Scene Users Guide 55
Advertiser Index 58
Subscription Form 58
Please see Page 5
play contests (Saturday and Sunday) is
McKenzie Westmore, host of SyFy Channels
hit show Face Off. Tickets: $40 Saturday; $25
Sunday; $35 three-day ticket. (Ticketmaster).
Information: ep-con.com.
VIP Preview Night is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept.
14. Tickets: $40.
Celebrity guests include David Prowse (Darth
Vader from the original Star Wars Trilogy),
Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, Dr. Who),
Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Kelly Hu (X-
Men 2), Marina Sirtis (Star Trek: The Next
Generation), Michael Biehn (The
Terminator, Tombstone), Edi Gathegi (X-
Men: First Class, Twilight) and many others.
The Alien Warrior Comedian returns as Master
of Ceremonies.
Comic creator guests include Joe Jusko
(Vampirella), Mark Texeira (Thor: Heaven
and Earth), Brian Pulido (Lady Death), James
OBarr (The Crow) and many others.
Wartime Music Fest is 1 to 10: 45 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, headlined by Hit the Lights.
More than a dozen other bands will perform.
Related events:
The official Launch Party is 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 14, at The Garden, 511 Western,
in Union Plaza.
The official after-party is 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15, at Hoppy Monk, 4141 N.
Mesa, with special guests in attendance, includ-
ing EPCons Guest of Honor.
Maldonado Maze The 19-acre family-
owned maze is open Sept. 15-Nov. 4 on Hwy
28 in La Union, N.M. Hours are 5:30 to 10
p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, and
12:30 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Various foods and soft
drinks sold. Petting zoo, hayrides, slides, pedal
car maze, mini mazes, jumping balloons and
other attractions also featured. Call for admis-
sion prices and group rate/field trip reserva-
tions: 203-0515.
The maze is open weekdays for school tours
only 9:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost is $5 or $6
per student, depending on package purchased.
Reservations must be made at least two weeks
in advance.
Vivamos Mexico 16 de Septiembre
In celebration of the 202nd anniversary of
Mexicos Independence Day, the Mexican
Consulate hosts a family celebration 5 to 9:30
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Chamizal
National Memorial Amphitheatre, 800 S. San
Marcial, with live entertainment, food and drink
vendors and a fireworks display. Grito de
Independencia is at 8:30 p.m. No outside alco-
hol or pets allowed. Admission is free.
Information: 532-5540 or vivamosmexico.com.
The Grito de Dolores is the cry Padre
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gave Sept. 15 that
ignited Mexicos rebellion against Spain.
Entertainment include Sonora Skandalo,
Azucar, Grupo Cabalgata, Armandura Nortea,
Ballet Folklorico Queetzalez, Mariachi Raices
de America con Juan Ledezma, Ballet
Folklorico Paso del Norte, El Charro Cantor
Joseluis Garcia and more.
Additional celebrations:
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Betty McKnight
Multipurpose Center in Chaparral, N.M.
12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at UTEPs
Student Union Plaza.
Viva Mexico! performances at 7 p.m. Friday
and 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-
16, in the Chamizal Theatre.
Noon Saturday, Sept. 15, in historic Mesilla
Plaza in Mesilla, N.M.
El Paso Ford Dealers Southwestern
International PRCA Rodeo The 83rd
annual rodeo is Sept. 20-23 at Cohen Stadium
in Northeast El Paso. Cowboys and cowgirls
from all over the world are scheduled to par-
ticipate in El Pasos only professional rodeo fea-
turing nightly performances and live entertain-
ment. Thursday is Military Night (free admis-
sion for military personnel with valid ID) and
Sunday is Fiesta de Rodeo. Performance
times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday
and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12; free for chil-
dren under age 3. Information: 755-2000 or
elprodeo.com.
La Union Maze The 12-acre circular
cornfield maze is open Sept. 21-Nov. 4 for its
13th season at 1101 Highway 28 in La Union,
N.M., next to Zin Valle Winery. Information: 1-
888-383-6293 or launionmaze.com. This years
theme is Our Amazing Constitution.
Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 10
p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.
Cost: $10; $5 for ages 2-5; free under 2 free.
Military discount with ID and group rates avail-
able. Field trips and private party tent available.
The Maze offers tractor-pulled wagon rides to
the U-pick garden and pedal cars, rubber duck
races, huge jumping pillow and target practice.
Also on site are a farm animal corral, family
slide, mini-maze, tube slides, tent with picnic
tables and concessions. Rides to pumpkin patch
and a cow train offered during daylight hours.
Lincoln Park Day Lincoln Park
Conservation Committee hosts a car show and
art exhibit 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23,
at Lincoln Park (Chicano Park), 4001 Durazno,
with Latin Pride Car Clubs car show hosted by
Latin Pride, Chicano, community, booths,
dance by Danza Azteca and live music the
Night Owls. Food provided by Cafe Mayapan
or public may bring a picnic or grill. Admission
is free. Information: 204-1584, or lincol-
nparkcc@aol.com.
This years exhibit features the mural presen-
tation of A New Light of Hope by Gabriel
Gaytn.
Terror Trail WinkeyDoodles Paintball
Adventures, 401 Anthony, in Canutillo, hosts its
two-acre Terror Trail Haunted House Sept.
28-Nov. 3. Ages 10 and older welcome; no
costumes may be worn. Hours are 7:30 to
midnight Friday and Saturday and 7:30 to 10
p.m. Sunday. Admission: $14. No children
under the age 10. Admission: $13; canned food
donations encouraged for West Texas Food
Bank. Information: 877-3327 or texasterror-
trail.com. A portion of proceeds benefits West
Texas Food Bank and Boy Scouts of America
Yucca Council.
Savannahs Birthday and Elephant
Festival Savannah the Asian elephant cele-
brates her 60th birthday, along with friend
Juno, during the annual elephant festival 9:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the El
Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano. Juno and Savannah
will have a short training session with paper
mache piatas and Savannahs favorite treats at
noon. Information: 532-8156 or 521-1850, or
elpasozoo.org.
Zoo admission is $10 ($7.50 for ages 62 and
older and active duty military with ID; $6 ages
3 to 12; and free for ages 2 and under). Zoo
members admitted free.
Mount Cristo Rey: Hike Through Time
A hike with presentations on Mount Cristo
Rey and local history is offered at 8 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6, at Mount Cristo Rey, Sunland
Park, N.M. Length: 5 miles round trip (2-3
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hours). Cost: $3 ($2 for children) donation
requested for the Mt. Cristo Restoration
Committee. Information: 542-1422. No reser-
vation is required.
The hike is sponsored by El Paso Scene. Hike
leader is Randy Limbird, editor and publisher of
El Paso Scene. Security is provided.
The 5-mile hike is easy to moderate, and is
suitable for all ages.
Meet at the large parking lot at the trailhead
to Mt. Cristo Rey off McNutt Road (NM 273).
Take the Racetrack exit off Paisano and cross
the Rio Grande.
Southern New Mexico
All-American Gun & Western
Collectible Show The annual show is 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1-2,
at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Admission:
$5 (free for age 12 & under free). Age 18 and
younger must be accompanied by parent or
guardian. Information: (575) 257-6171 or trek-
west.com/gunshow.
Cloudcroft Labor Day Fiesta The
annual family party is all day Friday through
Sunday, Sept. 1-3, on Burro Avenue in
Cloudcroft. Live music, games, a sidewalk sale,
food, street dance, wild west show and more.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 682-2733
or 1-866-682-8777 or cloudcroft.net.
Sidewalk sales from various merchants are 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Wild West Gun Fights with Six Guns and
Shady Ladies are 11 a.m. and 1, 3 and 5 p.m.
Saturday on Burro Street.
A Street Dance with Corner Pockets is 7 to
11 p.m. Friday.
Firehouse Music is 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday behind
the Fire Station, and Daniel Park performs at 6
p.m. at The Lodge Resort.
The 2nd annual Outhouse Races are 2 p.m.
Sunday on Burro Street.
Free melodramas at the CLOC Pavilion are
7:30 p.m. nightly with the play Stop The
Presses.
Cottonwood Festival The 22nd annual
Labor Day Weekend arts and craft festival is
Sept. 1-3 in Alameda Park, alongside White
Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70) in Alamogordo. The
event offers more than 80 booths of arts and
crafts, entertainment, car show, food, carnival
rides and more. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday. Admission is free. Information:
Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, (575)
437-6120, 1-800-826-0294 or
alamogordo.com.
An Ambassador Pancake Breakfast is 7 to 10
a.m. Saturday and Sunday. $6.50 per plate.
Harvest Wine Festival The New
Mexico Wine Growers Association presents its
2012 Labor Day Weekend festival noon to 6
p.m. Saturday through Monday, Sept. 1-3, at
the Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds,
Las Cruces. Admission: $15, includes souvenir
wine glass; under 21 free accompanied by par-
ent of legal guardian. Monday is Military Day,
with $3 discount for active duty military with
ID. All adults must have valid ID, regardless of
age; designated drivers encouraged. No pets,
coolers or open containers allowed.
Information: (575) 522-1232 or wineharvestfes-
tival.com.
The festival features wines produced by 16 of
New Mexicos leading wineries, available for
tasting and for sale by the glass, bottle or case,
plus live entertainment each day, specialty
foods, more than 50 arts and crafts vendors,
grape stomp contests at the top of every hour
and more.
Featured entertainers begin at noon and 3
p.m. daily. Saturdays performers are Stepping
Up and The Mixx Band; Sundays are Chris
Baker and Jason Jones; Mondays performers
are Matt Morgan and Daniel Park.
To get to the fairgrounds, take I-10 West
toward Deming, then take the fairgrounds exit
and follow the signs.
Hatch Chile Festival The chile capital
of the worlds 39th annual celebration is
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1-2, at the Hatch
Airport on N.M. Hwy 26, 1 1/2 miles west of
Hatch, featuring vendors, carnival rides, arts
and crafts, chile food and ristra tying and paint-
ing demonstrations, live music, beer garden and
fresh roasted Hatch green chile. Admission:
$10 per carload. Information: (575) 267-5483
or hatchchilefest.com.
The annual parade is 10 a.m. Saturday
through Hatch.
Opening ceremonies and Queens coronation
are noon Saturday; and live music begins at
noon both days.
Contests are 1:45 and 3:45 p.m. Saturday and
1:30, 2:45 and 3:45 p.m. Sunday, including chile
eating, chile toss and watermelon eating.
Hillsboro Harvest Festival Percha
Creek Traders Artisans Cooperative hosts the
4th annual Labor Day weekend festival
Saturday, Sept. 1, in Hillsboro, N.M.
Information: (575) 895-5797 or perchacreek-
traders.com.
Percha Creek Traders is in downtown
Hillsboro on Highway 152, 17 miles west of I-
25 at exit 63.
Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral
Show Grant County Rolling Stones Gem
and Mineral Societys 29th annual show in
Silver City, N.M. is Sept. 1-3 at the Grant
County Business and Conference Center, 3031
Hwy 180 East, in Silver City, N.M. The show
offers guided field trips, vendors, silent auc-
tions, exhibits and demonstrations. Hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.
Admission is free. Information: rollingstones-
gms.blogspot.com.
Rockhounding trips depart at 9 a.m. each day,
with new educational trips at 1 p.m. each day.
Elephant Days The City of Elephant
Buttes annual celebration is Sept. 7-9, with
live music, food, vendors and a car and motor-
cycle show. This years theme for the City of
Elephant Buttes celebration is Happy 100th
Birthday, New Mexico. Information: Mel
Tepper, (575) 744-4411 or meltepper@valor-
net.com.
Activities kick off Friday with a dazzling bal-
loon glow, with the Elephant Days parade at
10 a.m. on Saturday along Hwy. 195.
The 32nd annual Elephant Butte Balloon
Regatta is 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 8-9, at Lions Beach, Elephant
Butte Lake State Park. Admission: $5 per car.
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.
Taste of Downtown activities are Friday,
Sept. 7, (Tickets are $15) with a free street
dance to kick off Pickamania.
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El Paso Scene
T
he debate over the proposed
baseball stadium in downtown El
Paso, along with the demolition of
City Hall and the Insights museum,
leads me make a few observations.
Advocates and opponents dont
always play fair. In this case, propo-
nents tells us this is a once-in-a-life-
time opportunity while critics accuse
them of greed and arrogance.
You can be opposed to the baseball
stadium/move city hall proposal and
still be for progress.
Just because rich people are for
something does not mean they are just
trying to stuff their pockets. People and
companies that are heavily invested in
downtown have the most reason to
push for improvement. Sure, it might
help their holdings in the downtown
area but what improvement wouldnt?
Being rich doesnt make you smarter
than everyone else. Just because pow-
erful people are for something doesnt
mean its good for everyone.
Insisting that everything must be
approved by a majority vote of the
public is a guaranteed way to keep any
city from moving forward. Government
works best by electing good leaders
and letting them lead.
The counterpoint is that leaders can
only go far ahead of public opinion. The
most progressive El Paso mayor in
recent years was Raymond Caballero,
who was defeated when he ran for a
second term.
The best example of downtown revi-
talization Ive seen has been the El
Paso Museum of Art and the Plaza
Theatre. The museum was a case of
government at its best: They picked a
perfect spot and gave El Paso a top-
class museum at a budget price. The
Plaza, by comparison, has been a suc-
cessful partnership of government,
nonprofit organization and for-profit
management that evolved over many
years.
In both cases, the process took a long
time and the public knew what was
coming.
While the idea of a downtown sports
arena has been discussed for many
years, the current proposal was
dropped on the public like a bomb. Its
hard for the average person to accept
tearing down City Hall and Insights
Museum, and also downgrading Cohen
Stadium, in hopes that a new sports
stadium will make it all worthwhile.
Having said all that, it may be that
building a stadium and bringing a
Triple-A baseball franchise to El Paso
could turn out to be a great success
story. Its hard for anyone to be sure.
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Now a few words about some El Paso
Scene-sponsored events:
El Paso Bicycle Clubs annual Chile
Pepper Challenge is Sept. 30 (see Page
50). This year its based at La Via
Winery, so the fun should keep going
on long after the last bike pulls in.
After the Chile Pepper Challenge, Im
heading over to the Plaza for The
Capitol Steps (Page 16). What better
way to prepare for the home stretch of
a presidential campaign than by enjoy-
ing bipartisan musical satire?
The Celebration of Our Mountains
kicks off this month. See Page 40 for
upcoming events. Among them is El
Paso Scenes annual Hike Up Cristo Rey
Oct. 6 (see listing on Page 4 for details).
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This issue marks El Paso Scenes 19th
anniversary ... and the beginning of our
countdown to the big Two-0 next year!
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October issue is Sept. 17
The October issue comes out Sept. 26
San Elizario Art District Pages 28-29.
Sept. 7: First Friday ArtWalk and evening
Ghost Tour
Sept. 7 and 15: Live music at El Bandito
Cantina
Sept. 15: Viva Mexico Art Exhibition at
Pea Gallery and Studio
Sept. 16: Mission Trail Art Market.
Othello Sept. 21-30, in the Fox Fine
Arts Wise Family Theatre with guest artist
Will Badgett as Othello. Page 30.
Arts International The 45th annual Arts
International Juried Exhibition runs Oct. 6-
27, at Crossland Gallery. Page 59.
Crossland Gallery Showing Aug. 31-
Sept. 22: Days Gone by in the Bissell
Gallery; Autumn in the Cox Gallery; Tracy
Navar and Rodolfo Sigala in the Williams
Gallery. Page 42.
UTEP Football The Miners home games
are Saturdays at Sun Bowl Stadium beginning
with the game against Oklahoma Sept. 1.
Page 57.
LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso Fall
semester French classes sessions for all levels
begin the week of Sept. 10 or adults and
children. Page 4.
UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald Rubin
Center for the Visual Arts Showing
Sept. 13-Dec. 21 in the Rubin and L
Galleries is Shifting Sands: Recent Videos
from the Middle East, and SEFT-1 works
by Ivan Puig and Andres Padilla Domene in
the Project Space. Page 41.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
Page 9.
Sept. 14: Ultimate Michael Jackson
Tribute, Whos Bad, Signature Showroom.
Oct. 15: La Mafia outdoor concert.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
UTEP The popular UTEP program offers
non-credit classes for people age 50 or older.
The Spring 2012 classes begin Sept. 17.
Page 21.
Sasahara Gallery Afternoon Artisan
Market is Sept. 15. Bill Herring will host a
workshop Oct. 18-22. Page 44.
Chi Gung seminar - Center for Internal
Arts hosts a Chi Gung meditation seminar,
Gods Playing in the Clouds, The Essence of
Tai Chi Sundays Sept. 16-Oct. 14. Page
El Paso Symphony Orchestra - The
Symphony opens its 82nd season and contin-
ues its search for new conductor/director
Sept. 21-22, in the Plaza Theatre, with
guest soloist Ilya Yakushev and guest conduc-
tor Arthur Post. Page 8.
Shakespeare on the Rocks Theater
Festival - The annual Shakespeare festival is
Sept. 21-Oct. 14, at Chamizal National
Memorial Theatre. This years productions
are Taming of the Shrew, Richard III and
Twelfth Night. Page 5.
La Union Maze The 12-acre circular
cornfield maze is open Sept. 21-Nov. 4 for
its 13th season with this years theme is
Our Amazing Constitution. Page 4.
LYNX Exhibits El Pasos only traveling
exhibit museum feature In the Dark Sept.
22-Jan. 6. Page 18. The museum is also
home to El Paso Artisan Gallery with works
by local artists and regional gifts. Page 43.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Sept.
27-Oct. 6 at the EPCC Transmountain
Campus Forum Theater. Page 39.
Run the Rio Fight to the Finish and
H.A.R.T.S. hosta 5K obstacle course run
Sept. 29, Gallegos Park, Canutillo. Page 34.
Farm to Chef event La Mujer Obrera
andCentro Mayapan, host the culinary event
Sept. 29. Page 47.
Jewelry in the Gazebo The show and
sale is Sept. 29 at the Gazebo in Placita
Santa Fe. Page 22-23.
The Capitol Steps Impact|Programs of
Excellence presents the politically incorrect
bipartisan musical parody comedy troupe
Sept. 30, at the Plaza Theatre. Page 16.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing The 11th annual market are
Saturdays through mid October, with locally
grown goods, artisans, yoga class and brunch
on the patio. Page 32.
Motorcycle Madness Through Jan. 20
at the El Paso Museum. Page 24.
Hal Marcus Gallery Artist for the Month
for September is painter Francisco Romero.
The gallery will take park in the Sunset
Heights Home Tour Oct. 6. Page 43.
Sunset Heights Tour of Homes and
Landmarks The El Paso County
Historical Society will host its annual Tour of
Homes Oct. 6. Page 18.
Health Fair Sun City Womens Health
Care hosts its health fair Oct. 20 the their
offices. Page 32.
Giselle El Paso Youth Ballet presents
the classic French ballet Oct. 26-27 at
UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Page 24.
Southern New Mexico
Pickamania! Mimbres Region Arts
Council celebrates folk, bluegrass and
Americana acoustic musical traditions Sept.
7-9 in Gough Park. Page 14.
Silver City MainStreet First Friday
events are Sept. 7 (Taste of Downtown)
and Oct. 5 (Gallery Walk kickoff). Page 27.
Deming events The City of Deming
hosts several fall events in its historic
Downtown and other locations. Page 11.
Sept. 9: St. Annes Fiesta
Sept. 19-22: SW New Mexico State Fair
Oct. 20-21: St. Clair Wine Festival
Oct. 21: 84th Klobase BBQ.
Gila River Festival The Gila
Conservation Coalition will host its 8th annu-
al river festival Sept. 13-16. Page 33.
Tularosa Basin Wine & Music Fest
Area Rotary Clubs host the 5th annual event
Sept. 15-16 in Alamogordo. Page 5.
The Red Dot Studio Tour and Gallery
Walk The gallery walk and tour featuring
artists from throughout Grant County is
Oct. 5-8. Page 45.
Ski Run Road Challenge The 6th annual
race featuring the highest finish in New
Mexico is Oct. 27 at the Eagle Creek Sports
Complex in Ruidoso. Page 10.
Scene Spotlight highlights events
advertised in this issue.
Taste of Downtown Silver City The
annual walk-about tour of 15 area restau-
rants, cafes and coffeehouses is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 7, in downtown Silver City. Food
samples from different restaurants and shops, a
fake/bake sale and music showcase, vendors
and more. Cost: $15. Information: (575) 534-
9005 or silvercitymainstreet.com.
Winter Quilters The Winter Quilters of
Sierra County will host a show and sale during
Elephant Days festivities Sept. 7-9 on the cor-
ner of Warm and Water Street in Truth or
Consequences, N.M. Show is 2 to 6 p.m.
Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. A
fundraising quilt raffle will also be held.
Information: (575) 744-4892 or ginjon@q.com.
Doa Ana Doll Club Show & Sale
The annual doll and accessory show is 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Americas Value Inn
(formerly Days Inn), 901 Avenida de Mesilla,
Las Cruces. Includes dolls, doll accessories,
Teddy bears, toys and miniatures by vendors
from four states. Doll IDs and appraisals
offered. Admission: $2 (free for ages 10 and
younger). Information: (575) 523-1413.
Elephant Butte Balloon Regatta The
32nd annual regatta is 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8-9 at Lions
Beach, Elephant Butte Lake State Park. Events
include competitions, mass ascension of around
50 hot-air balloons, vendors, arts and crafts,
food, music and more. Admission: $5 per car.
Information: (575) 821-8558.
St. Genevieves Fiesta The Las Cruces
churchs annual fiesta celebrating the church
communitys 153rd year, is 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
8-9, at St. Genevieves Parish Hall, 1025 E. Las
Cruces Ave. with Ballet Folklorico, Mariachi
and Saturday dance with The Mixx Band, as
well as childrens games, arts and crafts, raffle
and silent auction. The churchs famous gordi-
tas will be served as well as hamburgers, corn
on the cob, desserts, drinks, snacks and more.
or stgen.info.
Mass is 11 a.m. Sunday, followed by the pro-
cession to the fiesta.
Huachas tournament is 2 p.m. Sunday; regis-
tration begins at 1 p.m. Prizes awarded to first
and second place. Entry cost: $25 per team.
St. Annes Fiesta St. Annes Parish host
its annual fiesta Sunday, Sept. 9, in the
Courthouse Park, 700 S. Silver, in Deming,
N.M. BBQ served 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with festiv-
ities continuing until 5 p.m.. Information: (575)
546-3343 or 1-800-848-4955.
Golden Aspen Motorcycle Rally The
41st annual rally is Wednesday through Sunday,
Sept. 12-16, at Inn of the Mountain Gods in
Ruidoso, N.M. The rally includes poker runs,
trade show 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, bike judg-
ing, tours, parade, stunt show, green chile
cheeseburger competitions, a paws and
stripe demo and other events at Ruidoso
Downs Sports Theater Complex. Sponsored by
the American Motorcycle Association National
Road Riding Convention. Information: (800)
452-8045, (575) 257-8696 or
motorcyclerally.com.
Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta
The annual fiesta is noon to 10 p.m. Saturday
and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15-16, at
the Mesilla Plaza, with vendor booths offering
art, crafts, games, drinks and food. There will
also be a greased pole climb and piatas for
kids. Attendees may bring folding chairs. No
alcohol, smoking or pets allowed on the plaza.
Information/entry forms: (575) 524-3262, ext.
116 or mesilla-nm.us.
The Fiesta Parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday
along Avenida de Mesilla, beginning at Four
Points Gin and ending at the Mesilla Town Hall.
This years theme is 100 Years of Statehood.
No entry fee. Deadline to enter is Sept. 4.
Lumberjack Day The 19th annual is 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, in Zenith
Park, Cloudcroft, N.M. with axe throw and
standing block chop and hot saw competi-
tions, demonstrations and more. Visitors can
test their own lumberjack skills. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 682-2733 for 1-800-
UPHIGH7.
Tularosa Basin Wine & Music Fest
Rotary Clubs of Alamogordo, Tularosa and
White Sands host the 5th annual event is noon
to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16, at
Alameda Park on White Sands Blvd. in
Alamogordo, with wine samples from New
Mexico vineyards, live music, local artists and
vendors, food and more. Live art action is 4
p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at
the gate (age 20 and younger must be accom-
panied by adult; age 21 and older must have
photo ID). Information: (575) 522-1232 or
TularosaBasinWineFest.com.
White Sands Hot Air Balloon
Invitational Alamogordo Chamber of
Commerces 21st annual ballooning event fea-
turing around 50 hot air balloons is sunrise
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16, at White
Sands National Monument and locations in
Alamogordo. Launches begin at sunrise both
days and come down around three hours later.
Park entrance fee: $3 (free for ages 15 and
younger). Information: (575) 679-2599 or 1-
800-826-0294.
Art in the Garden Tour The 5th annu-
al Tour is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16,
in the Picacho Hills area of Las Cruces. Maps
available on the corner of Picacho Hills Drive
and Pueblo Gardens Drive and at the Picacho
Hills Country Club. Banners, signs and red flags
will mark the showcased gardens. Works by
various local artists will also be featured. The
event is free and open to the public. Not suit-
able for pets or children under 12. Service ani-
mals are welcome.
Information: artistsofpicachohills.com or visit
Art in the Garden Tour on Facebook.
Southwestern New Mexico State Fair
The annual fair is Sept. 19-22 at the Luna
County fairgrounds in Deming. Livestock
shows, arts and crafts exhibits, a fair queen
crowning, parade, baked goods and produce
sales, other food vendors, rodeo events, live-
stock auction, entertainment, horse shows, a
carnival and dances. Information: 1-800-848-
4955 or demingchamber.com.
WSMR Oktoberfest White Sands
Missile Range hosts its Oktoberfest at 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 21, at Volunteer Park on White
Sands Missile Range, with German beer and
food, music, Bavarian dancers and a fun zone.
Admission: $18 (includes stein) in advance; $25
at the gate (limited amount of steins available at
the gate); free for ages 16 and younger with
adult. Information: (575) 678-7991.
Oktoberfest at Holloman The
German Air Force at Holloman Air Force Base
near Alamogordo, N.M. invites the public to
enjoy German food, drink and music at its
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annual Oktoberfest 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 22, at the GAF Maintenance Hangar.
Tickets are $13 in advance or $16 at the gate
(includes mug and first filling); free for ages 16
and under. Information: (575) 572-2612.
Ages 21 and only admitted 8 to 11 p.m.
Grant County Fair Sept. 26-30, at the
Cliff Fairgrounds, Cliff, N.M. Admission: $3 per
day. Information: (575) 388-1559.
Whole Enchilada Fiesta The 32nd
annual festival is Sept. 28-30, at Meerscheidt
Recreation Center, 600 E. Hadley in Las
Cruces. Hours are 4 to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.
to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday. Events include live entertainment, food,
arts and crafts vendors, carnival rides and
Enchilada Land games and rides for kids.
Admission: $5 (free for age 12 and younger).
Weekend passes available for $22 at Pic Quiks
through 6 p.m. Sept. 26. Information: (575)
526-1938 or enchiladafiesta.com.
A beer garden is open 5 to 11 p.m. Friday,
noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to close
Sunday. Admission: $5 (ages 21 and older only).
Live musical entertainment is all three days on
two stages, beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.
Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Fridays headliners are Bri Bagwell at 7:45
p.m. and Josh Grider 9:30 to 11 p.m.
Saturdays headliners begin with Raulito
Navaira at 6:30 p.m. Sunny and the Sunliners
perform at 8:15 p.m. and Little Joe y La Familia
at 10 p.m.
Sundays headliners include MC Magic at 2:45
p.m.
The annual Whole Enchilada Parade begins at
10 a.m. Saturday at the Hadley Complex, cele-
brating 100 Years of Statehood.
Huacha Tournament begins at noon Saturday
at courts on Hadley Ave., east of Unidad Park.
Horseshoe Tournament begins at noon
Sunday on the courts on Hadley.
The Whole Enchilada 5K race and 1-mile runs
begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Meerscheidt
Recreation center. See sports listing for details.
Cruisin for Critters Motorcycle Run
The 3rd annual charity run benefiting
ACTion Programs for Animals is Saturday,
Sept. 29, starting at Barnetts Las Cruces
Harley Davidson, 2600 Landside. Registration is
10 to noon, with participation at each stop and
an after-party 3 to 6 p.m. at the Blue Moon Bar
in Radium Springs, N.M. Cost: $10 per rider.
Information: (575) 621-4942.
Mesilla Valley Corn Maze at Lyles
Family Farms The 13th annual labyrinth
and pumpkin patch is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 29-Oct. 28 at
3855 W. Picacho, Las Cruces. Open weekdays
for school field trips only; no pets allowed
except service animals; no outside food and
beverage allowed. Food and beverage conces-
sions available. Admission: $10.50 ($8.50 chil-
dren under 12); $2 discount for military with
ID (not to be used with other discounts).
Information: (575) 526-1919 or mesillavalley-
maze.com.
White Oaks Rascal Fair The communi-
ty and artists of White Oaks N.M. hosts the
weekly fair 5 p.m. til dark Fridays through mid-
October (to encompass all the fall harvests
with garden items, soaps, pottery, wood work-
ing and photos, as well as gold panning, cook-
ing, growing and pottery demonstrations.
or (575) 648-2195.
West Texas
Marfa Lights Festival The 26th annual
festival that pays tribute to Marfas mysterious
lights is Friday through Sunday, Aug. 31-Sept.
2 in Marfa, Texas. Food and crafts booths, a
main street parade, contests, concerts and
street dances in the Presidio Courthouse area.
Vendor booths are open at 5 p.m. Friday, plus
all day Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Information: (432) 729-4942, 1-800-650-9696
or info@marfacc.com. Web: marfacc.com.
The annual parade is 10 a.m. Saturday, with
street dances Friday and Saturday nights.
New this year is the Marfa Lights Festival Box
Car Derby for racers age 5 and older. Call for
details/rules.
Big Bend Balloon Bash The 2012 hot
air balloon festival in Alpine, Texas, will feature
nearly 30 colorful balloons Saturday through
Monday, Sept. 1-3 at the Sierra La Rana com-
munity 2 miles south of Alpine on State Hwy
118. Gates open at 7 a.m. mass ascension at
7:30 a.m. each day. Admission to the launch
site is free; no pets allowed. Information: (432)
837-7486 or bigbendballoonbash.com.
A Fire Concert is 8 p.m. Sunday, at Alpine
High Schools Buck Stadium.
Mountain Man Rendezvous The 28th
annual event celebrating the mountain man cul-
ture is Friday through Sunday, Sept. 28-30, at
the Evans Mulhern Ranch, off Hwy 118,
between Alpine and Fort Davis. Gates open at
8 a.m. Friday. Includes various black powder
shooting competitions including a pistol and
blanket shoot, trail walk and more. Also sched-
uled is a Saturday evening supper, Council
Fire, raffle, Award Ceremony and Sunday
morning church service. Entry fee for partici-
pants: $15 per person; $25 family. Traders wel-
come; no cost to participate. Information:
Charlie, (432) 426-3818, (432) 249-0395, or
chbergmann@sbcglobal.net.
Campers should bring firewood and water.
Modern and primitive campsites available; no
pets in primitive camps.
Bazaars and fairs
Downtown Artist Market The City of
El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs
Departments market for area artists are
Saturdays on Anthony Street in the Union Plaza
area along Anthony Street. Summer hours are
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Space for about 53 artists
available each month. Information: 541-4481.
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.
Franciscan Festival of Fine Arts Holy
Cross Retreat Center, 600 Holy Cross Road in
Mesilla Park, will showcase the works of about
75 area artists 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 1-2. The event includes painting,
pottery, jewelry, woodworking and textile art.
Food (including an enchilada dinner), music and
raffle also offered. Admission is free; donations
taken at the door. Information: (575) 524-3688
or franciscanfestival.org.
St. Anthonys Bazaar The 49th annual
Labor Day weekend festival is noon to 11 p.m.
Saturday through Monday, Sept. 1-3, at the St.
Anthonys Seminary, 4501 Hastings (at
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Crescent). The event offers food, games and
live entertainment hosted on the grounds of a
Franciscan seminary. Admission is free.
Information: 566-2261 or
stanthonyseminary.org.
Paso Del Norte Gun Collectors Gun
Show 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8-9, at the El Maida
Shrine Temple, 6331 Alabama. The show
includes guns and antiques for buy, sell or
trade. Admission is $5, $4 active military with
ID, $3 for under 18. Minors must be accompa-
nied by a parent. Information: 598-0935.
The Garden at The Maze The Maze
at La Union, 1101 Hwy 28, in La Union (next
to Zin Valle) hosts a farmers market featuring
five acres of U-pick vegetables 7:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through
Sept. 8. Information: 549-1323 or lau-
niomaze.com.
Womans Club Fall Festival Womans
Club of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa, will host its
annual Fall Festival bazaar 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
8-9, with a bake sale, local artists and vendors,
a Grandmas attic and dining in the tea room.
Proceeds benefit the preservation and restora-
tion of the club, built in 1916. Admission: $3.
Sports Memorabilia Show and Sale
El Paso Saddleblanket, 6926 Gateway East,
hosts a show and sale of items from area busi-
nessman Pat Goffs sports memorabilia collec-
tions, one of the largest in the Southwest, dur-
ing regular business hours Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 14-15. Admission is free. Information:
544-1000.
St. Frances Fiesta St. Frances Xavier
Cabrini Catholic Churchs 14th annual bazaar is
Sept. 14-16 at 12200 Vista del Sol. Live enter-
tainment, food, games and raffle. Hours are 6
p.m. to midnight Friday, 4 p.m. to midnight
Saturday and 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday. Breakfast
booth opens at 9 a.m. Sunday. Admission is
free. Information: 857-1263.
St. Marks Arts Market - St. Marks
United Methodist Church, 5005 Love Road,
will host their 4th annual fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15. Breakfast, lunch and snacks
available for purchase. Admission is free.
Information: 581-4444 or ccm@loveroad.org.
Proceeds benefit several St. Marks programs.
Mission Trail Art Market Area artisans
and craftspeople display their fine arts and
crafts during the monthly open-air market 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, in the historic
Veterans Memorial Plaza at the San Elizario
Chapel, 1500 Main in San Elizario. Food and
drink concessions and entertainment. Pistoleros
de San Elizario will perform a Billy the Kid
reenactment at 1 and 3 p.m. at the old county
jail. Admission is free. Information: 594-8424 or
missiontrailartmarket.com.
Art in the Park - The City Parks &
Recreation Departments semi-annual arts &
crafts fair is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 22-23, at Memorial Park, 1701
N. Copia (off Copper). Continuous entertain-
ment. Vendor spaces being taken through Sept.
14 at the Armijo Center, 700 E. 7th. Admission
is free. Information: 252-9031 or 240-3310.
Farm to Chef event La Mujer Obrera
and Centro Mayapan, 2101 Myrtle, host the
culinary event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 29, with local produce from the
Mayapan Farmers Market and cooking demon-
strations by local chefs. Information: 887-1520.
Mercado Mayapan Farmers Market
La Mujer Obreras Mercado Mayapan, 2101
Myrtle, host its market 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 28, with
local farmers selling vegetables, fruits, dairy,
meat, eggs and flowers. Information: 887-1520
or lamujerobrera.wordpress.com.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing The 11th annual market is 7:30
a.m. to noon Saturdays through mid October
at One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park, N.M.
This producers only market features quality
farmers, backyard gardeners and artisans. The
CoffeeStream will serve house-made pastries,
coffee and juice on the patio; brunch offered at
the restaurant at 8 a.m. Information: (575) 589-
0653, ext. 3.
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market
Arts, crafts, produce, baked goods and
other food items are offered at the market 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays
on Griggs Avenue from Water Street to Church
Street. Information: (575) 541-2288 or
lascrucesfarmersmarket.org.
Silver City Farmers Market The mar-
ket runs 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays early May
through the first frost in October in the Main
Street Plaza (intersection of 6th and Bullard).
Information: (575) 536-9681 or
silvercity.org/dest_farmers_market.shtml.
Vinton Farmers Market The seasonal
market with fresh produce and handcrafted
items runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday year round at 7810 Doniphan (former
Pats Country Store location), in Vinton.
El Paso Mineral and Gem Society
Rummage Sale The societys fundraising
sales are 9 a.m. to noon the first Monday of the
month at Memorial Park Senior Citizens
Center, 1800 Byron, behind the rose garden.
Information: 740-9937 or 592-8820.
Something for everyone
24-hour Paintball Scenario Game
WinkeyDoodles Inc. hosts the 24-hour scenario
game based on the Resident Evil movie 9
a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1-2,
at Mountain Park Trout Farm in High Rolls,
N.M. Paintball teams and individuals will partici-
pate in this zombies vs. survivors annual
event with camping and game over 40 acres of
woods, creeks and grassy meadows.
Registration: $65. Information: (915) 877-2110
or winkeydoodles.com/highrolls.
Bassett Place The mall at 6101 Gateway
West celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
bassettplacemall.com.
El Paso Community College Senior Adult
Programs 9th annual Grandparents Day cele-
bration is noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, with
informational booths and activities promoting
an active, healthy and positive lifestyle.
EP-Con Weekend events are Sunday, Sept.
9, with a Battle of the Bands noon to 6 p.m. in
the parking lot behind Premiere Cinemas. A
Black Ops Call of Duty Tournament is 10:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Cinema, with a com-
munity fair 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a Zombie
Walk at 4:30 p.m. Activities end with an Indy
Film Fest 6 to 10 p.m.
Arts and Craft Fair is Friday through Sunday,
Sept. 14-16, with local artists, jewelry and col-
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lectibles.
Jazz Brunch with Valley Jazz Band is Sunday,
Sept. 16, in Caf Plaza.
Low Cost Immunizations are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, in front of Kohls with
El Paso Department of Public Health.
Power of Pink display of Breast Cancer
Survivors portraits is Saturday, Sept. 22, in
front of Pretzel Maker.
BorderWalk Line Dancers perform Sunday,
Sept. 23, in front of Caf Plaza.
Disney on Ices Princess Parade events are
Saturday, Sept. 29, with photos, crafts and
contests.
VNA will offer flu shots Saturday, Sept. 29,
next to the Childrens Play Area.
A Lucha Libre event is Sunday, Sept. 30, in
front of Caf Plaza.
Boys & Girls Club House open house
Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso host an open
house to invite the community to tour the
youth club house at 801 S. Florence recently
given a make-over by Lowes Heros, 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, with free food,
exhibits and a variety of activities to inspire
youth as they prepare to go back-to-school.
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.
Chicas Advancing in Media Project for teens
ages 13-18 to learn media skills from the pros
with workshops on photography, creative writ-
ing, filmmaking, art and audio production taking
place is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1,
Sept. 15, and Oct. 6 at the Latinitas
Headquarters, 1359 Lomaland, #503.
The organization seeks female volunteer men-
tors in various areas. Informational sessions are
6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4 and 18, at the head-
quarters.
Creative Girls Saturday Camp grades 4-8 is
12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Judge
Marquez Public Library, 610 N. Yarbrough).
The new Multimedia Arts After-School Clubs
focused on encouraging local girls to build con-
fidence through media and creative expression
programs will take place at various public
libraries, schools and community centers, kick-
ing off with an informational session for parents
and girls at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the
headquarters.
End of Summer Custom Car Show
Anthony Texas Police Food Pantry presents the
benefit car show 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 2, at Wet N Wild Waterworld, 804 S.
Desert, Anthony, Texas (I-10 at Exit 0).
Registration for cars: $25 in advance; 35 day of
event (includes two tickets to Wet N Wild.
Spectator admission is free with regular park
admission: $20.99, plus tax; $18.99 or age 13
and younger. Information: 740-1308. Register
online at EndOfSummerCarShow.com.
EPCC Personal Enrichment Classes
El Paso Community Colleges fall continuing
education classes begin Sept. 4 at
Transmountain and Valle Verde campuses.
Classes available in Home, Garden, Culinary
Arts, Creative Arts, and On-line enrichment, as
well as other subjects. Registration available at
all EPCC campuses; courses begin at $25.
Information/schedule: 831-2346 or epcc.edu.
Childbirth preparation classes
Providence Memorial Hospitals childbirth
experts and lactation consultants offer free
classes for parents, future parents, grandpar-
ents and other adult family members who are
preparing to, or have welcomed a new baby
into their families in the hospitals auditoriums
B and C, 2001 N. Oregon. Information/regis-
tration: 577-SPHN (7746).
Breastfeeding classes are 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 6 and Oct. 4.
Childbirth Preparation four-week sessions
meet 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 4-25 and
Oct. 2-23. Participants should begin classes
during the seventh month of pregnancy.
Teen Childbirth Preparation three-week class
for teen mothers and their partners are 7 to 9
p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 31-Nov. 14.
Baby Care Basics for expecting, adoptive and
new parents, grandparents, and older brothers
and sisters (9 years and older) is 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13 and Oct. 11.
Pediatric Question and Answer/CPR
Demonstration is 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
20 and Oct. 18.
Childrens big brother and sister class for
ages 3 to 8 is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
27 and Oct. 25. Parents attend with their
child.
Mark Chironna Livingway Family
Church, 200 S. Alto Mesa, presents the
American evangelist, faith healer, seminar
leader and author 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
6. Chironna is founder and senior pastor of
Church on the Living Edge in the Orlando, Fla.
area. Admission is free. Information: 243-2291
or livingwayrgv.com.
Black Ops tournament EPCON will
be host a Call of Duty: Black Ops gaming
tournament noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday Sept. 8-9, at Premiere 18 Movie
Theaters (Bassett Place Mall). Participants
(teams of two) play the game on the theatres
big screens. Open to age 17 and older (or
unless accompanied by an adult). Players who
make it to the final round get a VIP badge to
EPCON 2012. First place winner will meet
actor James C. Burns (voice of Black Ops Sgt.
Franks Woods) at the convention; cash prizes
offered throughout the day. Onsite registration
is 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 or in advance through
Denise Nunez at snakedund@aol.com (write
Call of Duty Tournament on the subject line).
Information: ep-con.com.
A zombie walk follows at 4:30 p.m.
Childrens College Fall Classes El
Paso Community College Childrens College
classes begin Saturday, Sept. 8 at Valle Verde
and Transmountain campuses for ages 5-17
years of age to help improve their academics
skills and explore a personal interest. Courses
include Academic Enrichment, Performing Arts,
Sports and other interests. Classes begin at $25
(cost and class time varies). Information/sched-
ule: 831-2790 or epcc.edu. Registration avail-
able at all EPCC campuses.
Dog Day swimming event City of El
Paso Parks and Recreation Departments 4th
annual dog swim days are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8-9, at Nations
Tobin Aquatic Center, 8831 Railroad Drive.
Social dogs will be allowed to enjoy a pool day
interacting with other friendly pets. Dogs are
encouraged to dress in red, white and blue.
Cost: $2 per dog (owners free).
Information/pool rules for pets: Stacy Wright,
544-3556 or elpasotexas.gov/parks.
The Animal Rescue League and other agencies
will have dogs available for adoption, and the
Humane Society will offer adoptions with
micro-chipping for dogs at $15 per dog while
supplies last.
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso
will give tips on water safety.
Girltopia Girl Scouts of the Desert
Southwests annual back-to-school rally is 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Womens
Pioneer Park, 500 W. Las Cruces Ave. in Las
Cruces, with community organizations, groups
and businesses. This event is open to all girls
and their families; girls do not have be Girls
Scouts to participate. Information: (575) 526-
2532, mjasso@gsdsw.org or gsdsw.org.
Girl Scouts is open to all girls age 5-17.
Registration is $12 per year.
Flu and Pneumonia Vaccinations The
following organizations will host flu vaccination
services this fall:
The Visiting Nurse Association of El Paso
Clinics for qualified individuals ages 5 and
older are offered September though
November. The vaccinations are a covered
Medicare benefit, and subject to availability. Call
for cost. Clinic locations/times: 532-0888; Flu
Shot Hotline, 545-6346; or vnaelpaso.org.
El Paso Parks and Recreation offers flu and
pneumonia shots for seniors Sept. 10-Oct. 5
at various city senior and recreation centers.
Cost: $25 (Medicare Part B accepted).
Information/locations: 533-3414.
The 2012 Immunize El Paso clinics for eligi-
ble persons ages 6 months and older are Sept.
11-Nov 19 at various schools and other loca-
tions. Covered by Medicare, Childrens
Medicaid and Chip. Cost is $25 for flu shots,
$40 for pneumonia shots. Clinic
locations/times: 533-3414 or elpasoflushots.org.
House of Hope Open House House of
Hope celebrates the opening of its new central-
ized location at 1204 Montana with an open
house 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11.
Admission is free. Information: 544-9600 or
HouseofHopeFriends.org.
House of Hope is a non-profit organization
whose mission is to empower women, men,
and families facing an unwanted pregnancy and
to be proactive in promoting healthy life-style
choices through education. They provide preg-
nancy tests, limited obstetrical ultrasounds, and
peer counseling free of charge.
Event Planning Conference Bliss
MWR hosts the Food, Fashion and Fun event
planning conference 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Banquet Hall and Conference Center, 11199 E.
Churchill, on East Fort Bliss, with lunch and
breakout sessions on menu planning with Chef
Jon-Paul Delamonte, Decor on a Dime, fashion
for events and more. Cost: $20 ($15 active mil-
itary with ID). Information 744-1711. Tickets
available online at ticketbully.com
The event was postponed from June 20.
Southwest Character Council The
councils monthly luncheon is 11:45 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 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.
The East Side meeting is 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13, at Great American, 2220
N. Yarbrough.
UTEP Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Events are planned throughout the fall
months. Most events are free. Information:
747-5462 or academics.utep.edu/chicano.
UTEPs annual Grito Ceremony:
Commemoration of the Declaration of Mexican
Independence is 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14,
in the Bhutan Lounge, Second Floor, Student
Union Building.
Lectures/panel discussions:
Are You a Dreamer?: President Obamas
Deferred Action Policy panel is 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 6, in University Suite, Union
Building East, Room 312.
Communications Strategies in Political
Campaigns by Dr. Richard Pineda, Associate
Professor, Department of Communication is
5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, in Blumberg
Auditorium,
UTEP Library, First Floor.
Controversial Issues and the Rights of
Teachers: What We Dont Talk about in
Teaching the Humanities and Why by Dr.
Jonathan Zimmerman is 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 20, in Blumberg Auditorium.
Migration and Literature: Sam no es mi to:
Twenty-Four Migrant Stories and American
Dream is 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in
Quinn Hall (Room TBA) by Dr. Aileen El Kadi,
Assistant Professor, Department of Languages
and Linguistics and Diego Fonseca, reporter,
Washington, D.C.
Literary events:
Book Presentation on Social Justice in the
U.S.-Mexico Border Region: An introduction by
the Editors by Mark Lusk, Kathy Staudt, Eva
Moya, Irasema Coronado, and Griselda
Villalobos is 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in the
Health Science and School of Nursing Building
Auditorium, Room 217.
Art exhibits:
Nuestra Casa runs Sept. 1-Dec. 6 at the
Centennial Museum at Wiggins Rd. and
University. Hours are 10 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday.
Political Buttons. Opening Lecture by Greg
Rocha on the Political Buttons exhibits is 5
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Blumberg
Auditorium.
Hispanic Participants in El Paso Politics
exhibit runs Sept. 10-Nov. 10, in the
University Library, Third Floor.
SEFT-1: Ivan Puig and Andrs Padilla
Domene runs Sept. 13-Dec. 21 at both the
Centennial Museum and the Stanlee and Gerald
Rubin Center for the Visual Arts Project Space.
Opening reception is 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
13 at both locations.
Film and Performing Arts:
A Political Films series is 12:30 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 14-Nov. 2, in Blumberg Auditorium.
Screening of the documentary Precious
Knowledge directed by Ari Palos is 7 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 20-21 in the Union
Cinema, Union Building East, First Floor. Cost:
$2 ($1 UTEP faculty, staff & students).
Chamizal Saturday Morning Crafts
Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
Marcial, invites families to explore various
world cultures through arts and crafts for kids
age 5 to 11 at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. The
monthly program offers a different craft con-
cept each month centered on cultural diversity.
Admission is free, but space is limited.
Reservations recommended. Information/reser-
vations: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham.
Humane Society Yappy Hour The
Humane Society of El Paso host a happy hour
for dogs and their owners 4 to 8 p.m. the third
Saturday of each month (Sept. 15), at
Aceitunas Beer Garden, 5200 Doniphan. All
dogs must be well behaved and on a leash. One
dollar from every drink sold goes to the socie-
ty. Information: 532-6971 or hselpaso.org.
Womens Conference LULAC District
IV will host its annual conference 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Camino Real
Hotel Main Ballroom featuring speakers, pan-
els, workshops and exhibit tables. Registration:
$35 (includes continental breakfast and lunch).
Information: 726-5647 or lulacdistrictIV.com.
This years theme is Are you truly living or
just existing? looking at the mind, body, spirit
connection. Guest speakers include congres-
sional candidate Beto ORourke, County Judge
Veronica Escobar, Dr. Guillermina Nunez-
Mchiri, Dr. Azalia V. Martinez and Mary Tafoya
Webb MA, LMHC, LPC, PhD.
Chi Gung seminar - Center for Internal
Arts, 5757 Montoya Drive, hosts a Chi Gung
meditation seminar, Gods Playing in the
Clouds, The Essence of Tai Chi 9 a.m. to noon
Sundays, Sept. 16-Oct. 14. Gods Playing In
The Clouds consists of six movements designed
to amplify and integrate all the physical, Chi,
and spiritual components of the internal arts
such as Tai Chi, and serves as a bridge to Taoist
Meditation. Cost: $175. Information: Steve
Barowsky, 584-4730 or
centerforinternalarts.com.
Tequila Tasting Party Patrn Tequila
hosts a tasting party in celebration of Mexican
Independence Day, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16,
at Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One Ardovino
Drive in Sunland Park, featuring live music and
Mexican food. Gran Patrn Burdeos available
separately in very limited quantities.
Reservations recommended. Information: (575)
589-0653 or ardovinos.com.
EPCC Hispanic Heritage Celebration
El Paso Community College and Diversity
Programs 2012 Hispanic Heritage Celebration,
Migration: Ancient Pathways, Modern
Promise, includes events in September and
October at various campuses. Information:
epcc.edu/hispanicheritage.
Student artwork will on display at the
Transmountain Campus and works by Gabriel
Gaytn and Rolando Lujan on display in the
Administrative Service Center.
International students will give traditional per-
formances at all locations.
The Kickoff event is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Rio Grande
Campus Cafeteria, 100 W. Rio Grande Ave.,
with Chicano Literature, poetry, student art-
work, and entertainment including music by
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Jose Luis Garcia. The movie Dawn of the
Maya is 1 p.m. in the library classroom.
Valle Verde Campus activities are 12:30 to 9
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the
Amphitheater, 919 Hunter, including Hip Hop
artist B. Taylor talks on Hispanics in the film
industry by actress Yvette Yates and director
Luis Mandoki, Chicano literature by Criselda
La Rana Muoz, rock music with Bash, and a
Movie Under the Stars.
Valle Verde Annex activities are 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, with a talk on Mayan
Calendar; the Indigenous Perspective by
Gabriel Gaytn and Carlos Aceves, Chicano lit-
erature including author and poet Javier O.
Huerta, entertainment by Jose Luis Garcia and
Danza Folklorico from Instituto Tecnolgico de
Ciudad Juarez.
UTEP Career Expo UTEP will host a
career expo 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20-21, at the Don
Haskins Center. Last years event drew more
than 2,200 students. Information: 747-7503.
Speakeasy, Big Easy Zoot Suit
Evening LULAC Council 4964 will host a
trip back in time benefiting its scholarship fund
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at
Monteleones Ristorante, 3032 Gateway West
(between Copia and Piedras), with wine, beer
and hors d oeuvres, Funny money blackjack.
Tarot cards, palm reading, a tour of haunted
homes in El Paso, prizes, dancing and more.
Tickets: $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
lulac4964@yahoo.com.
Participants are encouraged but not required
to wear clothes from the Zoot Suit era.
A Better Beginning Conference
UTEPs College of Education sponsors the 8th
annual ABC event 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 22, in Magoffin Auditorium. The confer-
ence is open to novice teachers, experienced
teachers, UTEP student interns, faculty, and
staff. Registration is free. Information: 747-5572
or utep.edu/abcconference.
Keynote speaker is Marcia L. Tate, renowned
speaker and author of Worksheets Dont
Grow Dendrites.
Womens Wellness Expo Desert Sun
Chiropractics annual expo is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22, at 3800 N. Mesa, Suite C-
1, featuring free health screening including
spinal health, body fat assessment, vitamins,
blood pressure, eye screenings, massage thera-
py, facials and more. Admission is free, and the
public is welcome. Information: 838-1500 or
chirodesert.com.
Leadership El Paso Class 34 The
Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce seeks
applicants for the next Leadership El Paso year-
long class. The program is designed to prepare
candidates to assume executive positions on
the boards of associations and organizations.
The tuition fee is $2,500 ($2,000 chamber
members). Deadline to apply is Sept. 27.
Program will begin with a two-day retreat
Jan.11-12, 2013. Information: 534-0526.
Singles Game and Wine Tasting Night
Peggy Kligman, inventor of The Goat
Game, will host an evening for singles age 21
and older at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Sunland
Winerys Wine Tasting Room, 1769 Victory
Lane in Sunland Park. Learn flirting tips and
take part in the game on goatish dating
behaviors, and enjoy wine tasting and live
music. Participants must be single. Cost: $10.
RSVP: 740-5051 or pkligman60-
goatgame@yahoo.com. Information:
goatgame.com.
ECI Stroller-A-Thon and 5K The 7th
annual Early Childhood Intervention event is
Saturday, Sept. 29, at Ascarate Park, 6900
Delta. The 5K fun run starts at 8 a.m. with
stroller-a-thon at 9:30 a.m. Participants are
invited to bring their strollers and babies for a
one-mile stroll around the lake. Games, infor-
mation booths, arts and crafts and a Diaper
Derby follow. Registration/information: 599-
6693 or elpasoeci.org. Online registration at
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
El Paso Through Your Eyes El Paso
Associate AIA Chapter hosts a photo walk con-
test of Downtown El Paso 7 a.m. to noon
Saturday, Sept. 29, starting at San Jacinto
Plaza, 111 E. Mills. Beginner and experienced
photographers are welcome to explore
Downtown El Paso and take photos that inspire
people to love the Sun City. Cost: $20 (through
Sept. 20); $25 after. Information:
elpasoaaia.blogspot.com.
All contestants receive a disposable camera
with 24 photos at the start location. Photo sub-
missions must be taken during contest hours;
15 final photos selected and top three places
receive a prize. Contestants will also receive an
area map, coupons to local vendors, granola
bar and water.
Girl Scout Open House Girl Scout
Program Center, 9700 Girl Scout Way hosts
and open house for anyone interested in learn-
ing more about being a Girl Scout 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. Adult women and
men interested in becoming mentors are also
welcome. Information: 566-9433 or gsdsw.org.
Junior Leadership El Paso Participants
are sought through Sept. 30 for the
2012/2013 program for area high school jun-
iors. Participation is free. Information: 534-
0526 or yramirez@elpaso.org.
Scenic Sundays Walkers, runners,
cyclists and skaters are invited to enjoy Scenic
Drive, from Rim Road to Richmond, free of
traffic 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sundays. Dogs on leash
permitted. Admission is free. Information: 541-
4416 or district2@elpasotexas.gov.
A More Beautiful You House of Hope
hosts the womens luncheon and fashion
extravaganza 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
6, at Camino Real Hotel Ballroom, 101 S. El
Paso Street for mother/daughter, grandmoth-
er/granddaughter, aunt/niece, or
mentor/mentee. Cost: $25; available in advance
at House of Hope, 1204 Montana or through
event co-chairs Yvette James, 494-8600 and
Debbie de Santis, 588-6346. Information: 544-
9600 or HouseofHopeFriends.org.
Leah Darrow of the reality show Americas
Next Top Model will share her experiences on
the lifestyle choices she made while modeling
and how her fashion reflected those choices.
Darrow also will give a presentation on
mercy, forgiveness and the ability to change
ones life 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at
Bowie High School Auditorium, 801 S. San
Marcial. Admission: $5. Reservations recom-
mended by Sept. 21. Information: 544-9600
HouseofHopeFriends.org.
Paso del Norte Childrens
Development Center The center, 1101
E. Schuster, hosts a variety of programs for par-
ents of children with disabilities, other family
members and the children. Programs include:
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Leadership Academy for Families, a seven-
week course on topics related to disabilities. A
special academy offered for Understanding
ADD/ADHD.
Autism Mentoring Project, which includes an
8-week course.
Case Management
Sibling Workshops for ages 6-12
Parent to Parent Mentoring
Parenting Classes on various topics.
Respite programs (after school care, parents
night out, summer camp)
English and Spanish courses offered.
For a good cause
Art From the Heart dinner and Chile
Tour The dinner benefiting Hospice El Paso
is 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at the Centennial
Banquet Center, Biggs Field. Live and silent
auction of artist-painted chilies, chili-poppers.
Casual dress; no coats or ties. Tickets are
$125, includes dinner and drink ticket. Table
sponsorships available. Information: 532-5699
or hospiceelpaso.org.
Signature Chefs Auction - The Regional
Childrens Hospital at Providence presents the
8th annual benefit auction for the March of
Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Thursday,
Sept. 13, at Cutter Aviation, 1771 Shuttle
Columbia Drive. Top area chefs will present
their signature dishes, along with a menu of
gourmet auction packets. Cocktails, chef sam-
pling and silent auction is 6 to 7 p.m., live auc-
tion of chef packages is 8 to 10 p.m. Ticket
information: 249-2270 or marchofdimes.com.
Paw-Za-Palooza The fundraiser for
Great Dane Rescue of El Paso begins at 6:30
p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park.
The event features a silent and live auction with
live entertainments. Tickets are $75, which
includes hors doeuvres, one specialty drink and
dinner. Attire is blue and black. Tickets online
at paw-za-palooza.ticketbud.com. Information:
pawzapalooza@gmail.com or (915) 545-3432.
Jaz-Zee Blue Friday Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc. Eta Iota Chapter hosts its
fundraising scholarship dinner 6:30 p.m. to 1
a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Wyndham Hotel Ball
Room 2027 Airway, with live jazz, R&B, line
dancing, prizes, food, networking and more.
Attire is semi-formal. Cost: $30.
Information: 202-8879 or zpb1920hiz.org.
Polo With A Mission The 3rd annual
polo event benefiting St. Francis of Assisi
Catholic Church is Saturday, Sept. 22, at
Rancho Santa Maria, 8201 Luciano Road in
Vinton. Gates open at noon. Tickets: $30 gen-
eral admission (includes buffet and tea); $100
preferred VIP seating. Tables for ten range
from $500 to $1,500. Information: 867-8599 or
polowithamission.com.
Wine and Tapas El Paso Villa Maria cele-
brates its 5th anniversary with its annual
fundraising gala event 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 22, at El Paso Import Company, 22012
E. Mills, with dinner, auction and live music by
Cesar Ivan and Brown Betty. Participants may
bid on a dinner with local celebrities like Beto
ORourke, Hal Marcus, Keitha Adams and oth-
ers. Various auction packages. Attire is cock-
tail/Moroccan chic. Tickets: $50; available
online at villamaria.eventbrite.com or 544-
5500. Information 584-5018 or
epvillamaria.org.
Villa Maria is a nonprofit run by Loretto nun
Sr. Helen Santamaria, is the only center in El
Paso that exclusively serves single homeless
women.
Special Olympics Paintball
Tournament Special Olympics Texas and
the Law Enforcement Torch Run hosts its 2nd
annual Paintball Tournament 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22, at American Eagle Paintball,
13191 Montana. Participants must be at least
14 years old. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.
Cost (by Sept. 17): $40 per player (a limit of
five players per team); late registration $50 per
player. Information: Marsha Baray, 533-8229
Marsha Baray or mbaray@sotx.org.
An Evening With Oliver North
Mesilla Valley Christian Schools host a fundrais-
ing dinner with guest speaker Oliver North at 7
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, Las Cruces
Convention Center, 680 E. University in Las
Cruces. Cost: $175 ($1,500 table of 10).
mvcsonline.com.
North is a former U.S. Marine lieutenant
colonel who came into the national spotlight
during the Iran-Contra affair in the late 1980s;
he later became a high-profile political figure,
running unsuccessfully for the senate in 1994.
He is the author of several books and hosts a
show on Fox News.
St. Jude Fashion Night The El Paso
Loves St. Jude fashion event benefiting St. Jude
Childrens Research Hospital is 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27, at Plaza Theatre, 125
Pioneer Plaza. Cocktail hour precedes the fash-
ion show at 6 p.m. Tickets: $40-$80 reserved
seating; $40 standing general admission.
(Ticketmaster).
FEMAP Gala The Friends of FEMAP, a
binational organization that seeks to improve
the quality of life for the less fortunate in Juarez
and El Paso, will host its 7th annual gala 7 p.m.
to 2 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the El Paso
Convention Center. The years gala has cock-
tails, dining and dancing Venetian-style. Tickets:
$150; $1,500 corporate table for ten (corpo-
rate tables include two bottles of wine).
Information: 544-4151, aaleman@femap.org or
femap.org.
St. Vincent De Paul/El Paso Times
Hike for the Poor The El Paso Council
of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul hosts the
hike in Franklin Mountain State Park Saturday,
Sept. 29, as a benefit for the poor in the El
Paso area. Individuals, families and groups will
choose from any of three hiking trails, and are
asked to make donations or gather pledges.
Participants are asked to park at the ADP
building at Resler and Transmountain, and buses
will shuttle them to and from the Tom Mays
Unit of the state park. Hikes will leave from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants will receive bottled
water, energy bars and t-shirt. Hike options are
3/4-mile nature walk (20 to 30 minutes); 3.4
miles Tom Mays Trail (about 1.45 hours); and
4.7 miles Tom Mays/Upper Sunset Trail (2.5
hours). Park entry fees will be waived. To regis-
ter, go to svdelpaso.org or in person at 2104 N.
Piedras. Registration also available the day of
hike. Information: 564-4357.
Walk to End Alzheimers 2012 The
Alzheimers Associations fundraising walk to
help raise awareness and monies for the associ-
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ation is 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at La Via
Winery, 4201 S. Highway 28 in La Union, N.M.
Information/donation: 544-1799 or
alz.org/walk.
SPJ Dinner Siguiendo los Pasos de Jesus,
Inc. hosts its annual fundraising dinner 7 to 11
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at El Paso Country Club,
5000 Country Club Place. This years event is a
western theme with raffles, music and live auc-
tions. Hats and boots and other western
attire encouraged. Cost: $60 ($600 table for
ten). Information: 449-5883 or spjinc.org.
Siguiendo los Pasos de Jesus (SPJ) is a non-
profit organization working in the colonias of
Jurez.
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.
Retired Officers Wives Club The
social club for spouses of retired commissioned
or warrant Officers hosts its fall luncheon and
fashion show, A Harvest of Fashion, noon to
2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Centennial
Club, 11199 Sgt. Churchill, at Biggs Field on
East Fort Bliss, featuring fashions by Stein Mart.
Cost: $20; reservation deadline is Sept. 11.
Tables for eight available. Information: 598-
6058.
Dinner on a Dime Financial Readiness
Program at Army Community Service hosts the
monthly class that helps families make pasta,
sauces, appetizers, desserts and more on a
shoestring budget 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20,
at the Milam Youth Activity Center, 10960
Haan Road. The class is free, but pre-registra-
tion is required. Information/registration: 569-
4227 or blissmwr.com/frp. Free child care will
be provided for children registered with Child,
Youth and School Services.
Wagon Trails Market at Old Fort Bliss
The farmers market is 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Fridays through Sept. 28 (excluding federal
holiday weekends) at the Old Fort Bliss Replica,
corner of Pershing and Pleasonton. Information:
568-4518 or 588-8482.
Club news
Macintosh Users Group The El Paso
Macintosh Users Group is open to anyone
interested in Apple Macintosh computers. The
groups monthly meeting and demonstration is
9:30 a.m. to noon the first jSaturday of the
month at St. Pauls Lutheran Church basement,
1000 Montana (enter in alley). Admission is free
for visitors. Information: 239-7846 or
epmug.org.
Doa Ana Camera Club The club
meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of
the month 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.
Sept. 4 The Use of layers feature in
Photoshop with member Debbie Hands.
Sept. 18 Three Documentaries: 1969-
2012 with photojournalist and NMSU
Professor Bruce Berman.
Woodworkers Club of El Paso The
clubs monthly meeting is 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 4, at 3228 Sacramento (back of building).
Earl Arbogast will demonstrate how to apply
decals to turned wooden pens and finish them
with super glue. A members show and tell seg-
ment follows. Admission is free. Information:
760-6536 or 564-5915.
Assistance League of El Paso The
league meets 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at
the chapter house at 2728 E. Yandell. All ladies
interested in volunteering and giving back to
the community are invited. Information: 478-
0995 or 564-0600.
Germania Club The Germania Club of El
Pasos monthly luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Friday,
Sept. 7, at the Soldatenstube (German Club),
Robert E. Lee Road, Building 5095, Fort Bliss.
Newcomers welcome. Information/reserva-
tions: 595-1108 or 755-5471.
Westside Welcome Club The group is
open to both newcomers and long-time resi-
dents. Information: westsidewelcomeclub.com.
The clubs monthly free newcomers coffee is
10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at 1116 Calle Parque.
The clubs September luncheon and activity
fair is Wednesday, Sept. 12, at El Paso Country
Club, 5000 Country Club. The 2012-13 Board
of Directors will be introduced. Activity fair
begins at 10:30 a.m., lunch served at noon.
Cost: $20 Reservation deadline is Sept. 7.
Information/reservations: 845-1896.
Borderland IONS The Borderlands
IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) Community
Group meets 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at
Doris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd.
Guest is Lynn Provenzano, a Certified Pranic
Healer studying with Master Stephen Co.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Information: 526-6297 or noetic.org.
Photography Enthusiasts of El Paso
(PEEP) The organization dedicated to
encouraging the improvement of the photo
enthusiasts photography meets 9 a.m. to 11
a.m. the second Saturday of the month (Sept.
8) at Memorial Park. 3200 Copper, for photog-
raphers of all skill levels and ages. Information:
peepelpaso.blogspot.com
PEEP, a member of Gulf States Camera Club
Council, offers educational programs, exhibi-
tions and competitions.
Daughters of the British Empire Tea
The El Paso MacGregor/Chester Chapter of
Daughters of the British Empire begins its new
chapter year at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15.
Plans for the coming year will be discussed.
Social hour after the meeting. Information/loca-
tion: 544-4801.
Membership is open to women of British or
Commonwealth birth and/or ancestry.
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Try going online @www.epscene.com
Military Order of the World Wars
The El Paso Chapter the Military Order of the
World Wars host its Reacquainted Luncheon
at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Underwood
Golf Course, 3191 Coe Avenue on North Fort
Bliss. September is National Preparedness
Month and a speaker will make a presentation
on Homeland Security and Preparedness.
El Paso Paralegal Association The
associations general luncheon meeting is noon
to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at El Paso Club
18th Floor Chase Bank Building, 201 Main.
Daniel Caudillo will speak on the Dream Act of
2012. 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.
Discover El Paso The nonprofit group,
founded in 1973, is dedicated to promoting
things to do and see in and around El Paso.
The annual Awards/Grants Luncheon is noon
Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Airport Holiday Inn,
6655 Gateway West. This years recipients
include Concordia Heritage Association
President Patricia Kiddney, Discover El Paso
member Sandy Gibson and artist Bill Rakocy.
A field trip to Magoffin Home is 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 12. Cost: $4 ($3 groups of
10 or more). Information: Lynn, 833-9108.
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, afofelpaso.com
facebook.com/AllianceFrancaiseElPaso
Fall semester French classes sessions for all
levels begin the week of Sept. 10. Classes for
adults held on East Side and West Side; classes
for children offered on West Side. Information:
Linda 751-9719 or Maud 833-8705.
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.
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 elpaso-
coinclug.com.
Area attractions
Wet N Wild Waterworld The water
park at 8804 S. Desert, Anthony, Texas (I-10 at
Exit 0) is open for its final weekend of the sea-
son 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 1-2. Individual tickets: $20.99, plus tax;
$18.99 or age 13 and younger. Parking is $2 per
car. Information: 886-2222 or wetwild.com.
The Anthony Texas Police Food Pantrys End
of Summer Custom Car Show is 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2.
Western Playland The amusement park
is at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M.
across from the racetrack. Tickets: $16.70, plus
tax (pay one price); $5 non-rider admission;
free non-rider passes for ages 2 and younger
and age 60 and older, includes train and sky
ride admission. Individual ride tickets are $2.
Information: (575) 589-3410 or westernplay-
land.com. Take Sunland Park Exit 13 from I-10.
September hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Saturdays
and 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays, plus Labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 3.
The KLAQ BBQ is Sunday, Sept. 2.
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.
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.
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.
Wyler Aerial Tramway Texas only pub-
licly accessible mountain tramway gives passen-
gers a view 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 Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Closed Monday through Thursday. Information:
566-6622. 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.
Licon Dairy The dairys gift shop popular
for its homemade asadero cheese products is 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 extensive petting zoo and regu-
larly stocked fishing hole. Admission is free,
with a nominal charge for fishing hole use.
Information: 851-2705 or licondairy.com.
San Elizario Historic District Main
Street in San Elizario on the Mission Trail fea-
tures art galleries, artists studio/galleries, gift
shops, the Historic San Elizario Chapel, the
Portales Museum and the Veterans Museum.
Most locations 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.
Self-guided walking tours and guided tour of
17 historical sites also offered, including the
Chapel, Old El Paso County Jail (where Billy the
Kid broke out a friend in 1876).
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. Free
Music Sundays are 1 to 4 p.m. selected Sundays
featuring local talent. Bring a picnic.
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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.
Sun City Music Festival The annual
electronic music festival at 4 p.m. Sept. 1-2, at
Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta, with headliner
David Guetta Saturday and Above and Beyond
Sunday, with about 30 other acts. Tickets: $40
per day; $70 weekend pass (general admission).
VIP tickets for 21 and older are $60 per day;
$100 for weekend. Available in advance at
Happy House, Headstand, All That Music and
online at groovetickets.com.
Also performing are Sander van Doorn,
Wolfgang Gartner, Funkagenda, Umek,
Brodinski, Knife Party, Morgan Page, Crizzly,
Dada Live, John Dahlback, Destructo, Nic
Fancuilli, Dirty Phonics, Downlink, Kevin Focus,
Dillon Francis, Gesalffestein, Kill the Noise,
Lucky Date, M.A.N.D.Y., Modestep, Audrey
Napoleon, Stefano Noferini, Revolvr, Alvin Risk,
Nicky Romero, Riva Starr, Gina Turner, Joris
Voorn and Zedd.
Bart Crow The Texas musician and his
band perform at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at
Whiskey Dicks, 580 George Dieter. Early
arrival recommended. Tickets: $10 per show;
available at (ticketbully.com). Information: 921-
9900.
ETHEL and Robert Mirabel The pio-
neering Native American string quartet per-
forms with guest artist Grammy-winning flutist
Robert Mirabel to open the 2012/2013 NSMU
Cultural series season at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7,
at NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Tickets:
$15 ($10 NMSU students). Season tickets are
$81. Information: (575) 646-1420 or
panam.nmsucom.edu.
Using the instruments of the string quartet,
Native American flutes and drums, as well as
the spirited voices of students and community
members, ETHEL and Mirabal unite to create a
cross-cultural contemporary music event. The
collaboration grew out of the ETHEL/Mirabal
work on TruckStop, which premiered at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2008.
The Man In Black: The Music Of
Johnny Cash The new concert produc-
tion featuring the most popular songs from
Johnny Cashs nearly 50-year career is at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Rio Grande Theatre,
at 211 Downtown Mall in Las Cruces, starring
national touring and recording artist Robert
Shaw and his Lonely Street Band. Part of the
Doa Ana Arts Councils Performance Series.
Tickets: $25 and $30. Information: (575) 523-
6403 or RioGrandeTheatre.com.
The band performs favorite Cash hits from
the early days of Folsom Prison Blues and I
Walk The Line on through the decades, includ-
ing Ring of Fire, A Boy Named Sue and
Ghost Riders in the Sky.
Gigantes Tour Latin superstars Marc
Anthony, Chayanne and Marco Antonio Solis
share headliner status at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
9, at the Don Haskins Center. Tickets: $43.75
and $194.25 (Ticketmaster).
El Buchanan The event center is at
11540 Pellicano. Tickets for most events avail-
able at groovetickets.com or ticketbully.com.
(ages 18 and older, unless otherwise listed).
Electronic Never Dies Dayglow paint party
hosted by SMG is 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13,
at El Buchanan, 11540 Pellicano. All ages show.
Tickets available at Happy House, Headstand
and online at groovetickets.com.
Australian DJ Tommy Trash performs at 9
p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, Tickets: $16; available at
Happy House, Headstand and online at
eventbrite.com.
Disneys Phineas and Ferb Live: The
Best LIVE Tour Ever! The hit Disney
Channel animated show brings its live action
musical tour to El Paso Sept. 14-16, at
Abraham Chavez Theater. Showtimes are 7
p.m. Friday, 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 4
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15-$40 (all patrons age 2
and older must purchase ticket). Available
through Ticketmaster.
Mom! Phineas and Ferb are going on a live
tour! Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Isabella, Baljeet,
Buford and Perry (aka Agent P) and friends take
to the stage as they make the most of the last
day of summer by building an invention bigger,
better and more amazing than ever. Musical
madness abounds in an escapade so awesome
that even Candace cant help but join the hilari-
ous hijinks.
Whos Bad The Ultimate Michael Jackson
tribute band performs a dinner show at 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14, at Sunland Park Racetrack and
Casinos Signature Showroom. Doors open at 6
p.m. Ages 18 and older welcome; ticket prices
to be announced. Information: (575) 874-5200
or sunland-park.com.
In January of 2004, Whos Bad mesmerized a
standing-room only gathering of friends and
pop music lovers at a small nightclub in Chapel
Hill. They have since played more than 700
shows in numerous countries and now boast
the title, The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute
Band. Their live performance is a jaw-drop-
ping musical extravaganza that pulls from three
hours of Michael Jacksons catalogue and spans
four decades of Jacksons extraordinary music
career.
Founded in 2004 by saxophonist, composer
and arranger Vamsi Tadepalli and spearheaded
by some of North Carolinas premiere musi-
cians, Whos Bad has crafted an intricate per-
formance complete with synchronized dance
routines, blaring horn section and down-deep
rhythms each delivered with a precision that
could only be superseded by the King of Pop
himself.
OTEP The heavy metal bands Destroy To
Create Tour is 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at
House of Rock East, 8838 Viscount, with guests
Butcher Babies and One-Eyed Doll. All ages
show. Tickets: $20 in advance; available at tick-
etbully.com.
The Price is Right, LIVE! The hit
interactive stage show comes to El Paso for
one night at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at
the Plaza Theatre. The Price is Right, Live!
gives contestants pulled right from the audience
the chance to come on down to win appli-
ances, vacations, and even a new car by playing
classic games from televisions longest running
and most popular game show. Tickets: $27.50
and $37.50 (Ticketmaster).
From Plinko to Cliffhangers to the Big Wheel,
and even the fabulous Showcase, all the favorite
games are played just like the TV show. Even
those whose names are not called to play still
have a chance to win. Guests names are called
out throughout the show to win prizes just for
being there.
No purchase necessary to play. Register at the
Plaza Theatre box office beginning at 4:30 p.m.
that day for a random drawing to be a contest-
ant. Open to U.S. legal residents, 18 years or
older.
Canteca de Macao The eclectic Spanish
band performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20,
at NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Tickets:
$15 ($10 NMSU students), as part of the
NMSU Cultural Series. Season tickets are $81.
Information: (575) 646-1420 or panam.nmsu-
com.edu.
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The bands diverse sound includes samplings
of reggae, jazz, rock and Mediterranean influ-
ences. Their latest album is Nunca Es Tarde.
Jason Coleman Las Cruces Civic
Concert Association presents the pianist and
grandson of Floyd Cramer at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Main in the Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Tickets: $20. Information:
(575) 521-4051.
Craicmore - The Celtic musicians perform at
7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at the Flickinger
Center for Performing Arts,1110 New York
Ave. Alamogordo. Craicmore draw their
words from the traditional music of Ireland and
Scotland and claim influences as diverse as the
Afro Celts, Chieftains and Pogues; rock, and
Australian indigenous music. Tickets: $10, $20,
$25 and $30. Information: (575) 437-2202 or
flickingercenter.com.
Official Blues Brothers Revue The
NM Tech Performing Arts Series show is at
7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at New Mexico
Techs Macey Center, 801 Leroy Place, in
Socorro, N.M. Information, ticket prices: (575)
835-5688 or nmtpas.org.
Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty (Jake &
Elwood) got their start in the award winning
Las Vegas show Legends in Concert.
Yuridia & Reyli Two of Mexicos hottest
pop and R&B performers will share the stage at
8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at El Paso County
Coliseum. Tickets: $37, $47, $67 and $87
(Ticketmaster).
Darlene Zschech The artist performs at
Sunday, Sept. 23, at Abundant Living Faith
Center, 1000 Valley Crest, with guest Hillsong.
Information: 532-8543 or alfc.com.
Legacy of Floyd Cramer Showtime
El Paso opens its season with a performance by
Jason Coleman, grandson of the legendary
Floyd Cramer, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23,
at Abraham Chavez Theatre. Ticket informa-
tion: 544-2022 or ShowtimeElPaso.com.
Cramers distinctive sound is still alive and
powerful today through Coleman, who has
been playing the piano since he could reach the
keys. Coleman highlights the far-reaching influ-
ences of his grandfathers slip notes as he
plays a nostalgic lineup of country, pop and easy
listening standards, including many that featured
Cramers on the original recordings or were his
own self-penned hits.
Coleman made his debut on the Grand Ole
Opry at age 17, as he accompanied country
music legend Hank Locklin on the song Please
Help Me, Im Falling, which Floyd originally
recorded with Hank more than 40 years prior.
Coleman later played for the Country Music
Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony recognizing
his grandfathers induction into the Hall of
Fame.
Il Volo The Italian singing group performs
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at The Plaza
Theatre. The groups latest CD and DVD is Il
Volo Takes Flight Live From The Detroit
Opera House. Tickets: $37-$77
(Ticketmaster).
VIP Meet and Greet packages include auto-
graphed photo and personal photo with group,
collectible tour poster, reserved seats in first 10
rows and tour shirt. Cost: $275.
Their first PBS Special Il Volo Takes Flight
was a huge hit, and the band begins their first
North American headline tour this summer.
Jenni Rivera The Latin singer and her
band and mariachi brings her Joyas Prestados
tour to El Paso at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at
UTEPs Don Haskins Center. Tickets: $40, $60,
$80 and $120. (Ticketmaster).
Rivera has released more 12 studio albums
since 1995, selling more than 20 million copies
worldwide, with her 2008 self-titled CD mak-
ing No. 1 on the Billboard Latin Albums Chart.
Her latest release is En Vivo desde
Hollywood.
Her latest CD pays tribute to the Latin Pop
sounds of her youth.
The Capitol Steps Impact|Programs of
Excellence presents the hilarious, politically
incorrect musical parody comedy troupe at 6
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at the Plaza Theatre.
Ticket prices to be announced (Ticketmaster).
Information: impactprogramsofexcellence.com.
The evening of bipartisan parody will likely
focus on the presidential campaign as well as
other antics in the news.
The Capitol Steps was born in December,
1981 when some staffers for Sen. Charles
Percy were planning entertainment for a
Christmas party. Their first idea was to stage a
nativity play, but in the whole Congress they
couldnt find three wise men or a virgin. So,
they decided to dig into the headlines of the
day, and they created song parodies & skits that
conveyed a special brand of satirical humor.
Many of the staffers quit their day jobs, and
while many of the current members did not
start as congressional staffers, the troupe still
has worked in a total of 18 Congressional
offices over the years. The Capitol Steps have
recorded over 30 albums, including their latest,
Take the Money and Run for President.
Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream
Disneys hit animated film Tangled and
Princess and The Frog come to life Oct. 3-7,
at the El Paso County Coliseum, 4100 Paisano.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday and noon, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Saturdays noon perform-
ance in Spanish. Tickets: $15, $21 and $26.
Limited number of VIP seats available for $35;
$45 for rinkside. Ages 2 and older must have
ticket. (Ticketmaster).
The Black Keys The Grammy-winning
indie blue rock duo performs at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 10, at NMSUs Pan American
Center in Las Cruces with guest Tegan and
Sara. The duo won three 2011 Grammy
Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo
or Group for their hit Tighten Up (also nomi-
nated for Best Rock Song), and for Best
Alternative Music Album and Best Recording
Package for the album Black Mud. They also
won the 2010 MTV Video Music Award for
Best New Artist. Tickets: $32.50 to $45.50.
(Ticketmaster).
Their latest high Lonely Boy from their
album El Camino reached Number One on the
U.S. Alternative Charts. They recently sold out
two consecutive shows at Madison Square
Garden (the first within 15 minutes).
Tegan and Sara who have made a name for
themselves at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin
City Limits and late night TV appearances.
Eddie Vedder The Pearl Jam frontman
performs at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 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 Ukelele
Songs. Tickets: $75. (Ticketmaster).
Postponed from April 17; tickets purchased
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for this date will be honored.
A Chorus Line Broadway in El Paso
Series kicks off with the Tony Award winning
musical at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at the
Plaza Theatre. As casting for a new Broadway
musical is almost complete, 17 dancers audition
for the chance of a lifetime; something they
have trained for hours every day of their lives.
Tickets to be announced. (Ticketmaster).
Morrissey The former lead singer of The
Smiths returns to El Paso with his at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El
Paso, with special guest Kristeen Young.
Tickets: $39.50. (Ticketmaster).
Morrisseys influence is felt worldwide
through the countless artists that cite him as
their primary inspiration. His 20-year solo
career has produced countless UK Top 10 hits
and a series of Billboard Top 20 albums includ-
ing Vauxhall and I with the hit single The
More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get.
Applejack Band The El Paso folk band
performs its annual Christmas dinner show at 8
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at La Tierra Cafe, 1731
Montana, with opening act Mitch Mosley. Cost:
$32 (tip not included, BYOB), reservations
required. Information: 592-5122 or (575) 541-
1992.
The Great Russian Nutcracker
The Moscow Ballet presents the 20th
Anniversary of the holiday classic at 3 and 7
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $28, $36 and $88 (Ticketmaster).
Group discounts available. Information: nut-
cracker.com.
The production, with more than 40 dancers,
includes a spectacular new Dove of Peace
performed by two dancers, a Christmas tree
that grows to seven stories tall, falling snow,
towering silk puppets, 200 lavish costumes, all
set to Tchaikovskys complete score.
Venues & series
Ms Lips Lounge 510 N. Stanton.
Information: 566-0376. Tickets: $10. Tickets
for most events available online at
ticketbully.com.
King Conquer The deathcore bands
Devastation on the Nation Tour is 6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 30, with Bermuda, The
Devastated and The Last Ten Seconds of Life.
Tickets: $10
Eye Empire The American rock super-
group performs Thursday, Sept. 27, in sup-
port of their debut CD Impact. Tickets to be
announced.
Lowbrow Palace 111 E. Robinson.
Doors open at 9 p.m. Age 18 and older wel-
come ($3 ticket surcharge for age 18-21),
unless listed otherwise. Tickets available online
at ticketbully.com, unless listed otherwise.
lowbrow.elpaso@gmail.com.
Maxxi Soundsystem The DJ performs
Saturday, Sept. 1, with Light Year, Rob Bass
and Slowhands. Tickets: $10.
Tycho & The Album Leaf San Francisco
based artist and producer Tycho performs with
Album Leaf, the solo project for Tristeza gui-
tarist Jimmy LaValle Tuesday, Sept. 4
Tickets: $13-$15.
Hume The Washington, D.C. experimen-
tal rock band performs Wednesday, Sept. 12.
Tickets: $8-$10.
Eyes Lips Eyes The disco punk band
known for their hit Dont Blow it presents a
free show Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Mono The Japanese instrumental rock
band performs Thursday, Oct. 11. Tickets: $8-
$10.
Gardens and Villa The California indie
rock band performs Tuesday, Oct. 16. Tickets:
$10-$12.
STRFKR The electronic pop band per-
forms Monday, Nov. 5, with guest Onuinu.
Tickets: $15-$18.
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 (16 and older), unless listed
otherwise. Information: 351-9909 or tricky-
falls.com. Tickets for most shows available at
All That Music, Bowie Feathers and Marias
Closet, and online at holdmyticket.com.
Bun-B The rapper performs at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1, as part of the official UTEP
vs. Oklahoma after party planned for 9 a.m. to
2 a.m. Tickets: $10 general admission; $40 VIP;
$75 meet-and-greet.
Twin Shadow The new wave artist per-
forms Wednesday, Sept. 5. Tickets: $10-$13.
Strung Out The punk bands Twisted in a
Suburban Wasteland tour is Thursday, Sept.
6, with guests Such Gold, Gentlemen and
Clarity. Tickets: $10-$12.
Atmosphere The hip-hop artists perform
Tuesday, Sept. 25, with opening acts I Self
Devine and Carnage. Tickets: $20.
Hot Water Music The Florida punk band
performs Thursday, Sept. 27, with Girl in a
Coma and Low Culture. Tickets: $17.50.
Kreator The German thrash metal band is
on stage Saturday, Sept. 29, with guest
Swallow the Sun. Tickets: $17-$20.
Pennywise The punk band performs
Tuesday, Oct. 16, with opening act Street
Dogs. Tickets: $21 in advance; $25 day of
show.
Taking Back Sunday The rock bands tour
celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album
Tell All Your Friends is 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 29, with Bayside, Gabriel and The
Marine. Tickets: $25.
Red Fang The Portland hard rockers con-
cert is Thursday, Nov. 1, with guests Black
Tusk and Lord Dying. Tickets: $12.
The Birthday Massacre The industrial rock
band performs Monday, Nov. 19, with guests
William Control and Aesthetic Perfection.
Tickets to be announced.
Morrissey The former lead singer of The
Smiths performs Tuesday, Nov. 27, with special
guest Kristeen Young. Morrisseys 20-year solo
career has produced countless UK Top 10 hits
and a series of Billboard Top 20 albums includ-
ing Vauxhall and I with the hit single The
More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get.
Tickets: $39.50. (Ticketmaster).
Socorro Entertainment Center
Speaking Rocks indoor concert venue is at
11200 Santos Sanchez (off Socorro Road, 4.5
miles southeast of Loop 375). Doors open at 6
p.m. unless otherwise listed. Ages 18 and older
welcome for most shows. Admission to all
shows is free. Information: 860-7777 or speak-
ingrockentertainment.com.
Reik The Grammy-winning Mexican pop
band performs Saturday, Sept. 15.
Alejandra Guzman The Mexican Grammy-
winning rocker performs Sunday, Sept. 16.
Buckcherry and Lit The rock bands per-
form Saturday, Sept. 22.
Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
125 S. Pueblo Rd. Information: 860-7777 or
speakingrockentertainment.com.
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In This Moment The alt-rock band per-
forms Fridy, Oct. 19.
Drowning Pool The Dallas-based hard
rock band performs Saturday, Oct. 27.
Live music nightly. The center hosts tribute
bands of various genres each Thursday.
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.
Pre-show buffets are $20.
The Lovin Spoonful The American rock
legends perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1. In
the 1960s the band created such hits as Do
You Lovin Believe in Magic, Daydream,
You Didnt Have to be So Nice, Darlin Be
Home Soon, Never Goin Back, Shes Still
A Mystery to Me, Nashville Cats and more.
Tickets: $56 and $59. Shrimp and beef kebab
buffet served at 6 p.m.
Chinese Cirque (Cirque Chinois) The
troupes first U.S. tour makes a Ruidoso stop at
7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3. Direct from Beijing,
the renowned troupe of 45 acrobats, contor-
tionists, trapeze artists and dramatists have
won over 20 gold and silver medals at interna-
tional festivals throughout Asia and Europe.
Tickets: $66 and $69. Chinese buffet served at
5 p.m.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and
Casino Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8
p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets sold
through Ticketmaster; prices listed do not
include service charge. Information: 1-877-277-
5677 or innofthemountaingods.com.
Roots and Boot Tours Country artists
Sammy Kershaw, Joe Diffie and Aaron Tippin
perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. Tickets:
$25-$60.
Ray Stevens The country music
musician/comic performs at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 13. Tickets: $25-$125.
Kumbia Kings The Grammy-winning hip-
hop, R&B and cumbia band performs at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 24. Tickets: $25-$65.
Kenny Rogers The country music legend
behind The Gambler, Coward of the
County and countless other hits performs at 8
p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. Tickets: $40-$100.
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Choice has become one of the buzz-
words of modern thinking. Instead of
talking in terms of right and wrong, we
talk about making good choices and bad
choices. When someone has made a
mess of his or her life, we say they
made some bad choices.
My guess is that the bigger problem
with most people is not so much that
they are making bad choices, but that
they dont realize they are making
choices.
For example, when I was sitting next
to Dave Madalone in 7th grade, I mar-
veled at the way he cracked his knuckles
and so I copied him. Nearly 50 years
later, I am still cracking my knuckles,
much to my wifes dismay. I dont
remember ever choosing this relatively
harmless habit, but it has stuck with me
for life. There are some other not-so-
harmless habits of mine that had similar
origins. But knuckle-cracking is a lot
easier to talk about.
If someone had come up to me and
said, Randy, youre making a bad
choice as I popped those knuckles in
Social Studies, I would have thought
they were nuts. I wasnt making a
choice. I was just doing something I
thought was cool.
Of course, undoing a habit does require
a choice. Anyone who has quit smoking
knows that. Same with anyone who has
stuck with a diet or exercise plan.
I think if you asked people who have
turned their lives around, the true turn-
ing point was not making the right
choice. It was realizing that they had a
choice to make.
The moment we stop saying I cant
or I have to and realize that we can or
dont have to, thats the moment change
begins.
A key theme in John Steinbecks East
of Eden centers on a theological argu-
ment made by the Chinese servant Lee
about what God told Cain just before
Cain killed Abel. While the common
translation has God telling Cain that he
must master the sin that is crouching
at the door, Lee notes that the Hebrew
word timshel should be translated that
Cain may rule over sin. In other
words, Cain had a choice.
In the Genesis story, Cain goes on to
make a very bad choice and kills his
brother. He probably did not think of it
as a choice. The point that Lee makes in
Steinbecks novel is that Cain had the
power to choose and that was a great
blessing, because it meant that even if
he did sin, he could take responsibility
for it and have the potential to change.
Randy Limbird is editor of
El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send to randy@epscene.com
by Randy Limbird
Young El Paso Singers auditions The
Y.E.S. (Young El Paso Singers) youth choir,
directed by Dr. Cindy Jay with pianist Ruben
Gutierrez, seeks singers ages 8-22 for perform-
ances throughout the city. Auditions are 5 to 7
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Western Hills United
Methodist Church, 524 Thunderbird, or by
appointment. Singing and/or music experience a
plus, but not required. Tuition is $75 per
semester ($125 full season). Information: 227-
6002 or youngelpasosingers.org.
Rehearsals begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11.
Y.E.S. is a low-cost community choir open and
welcoming to all local youth. The group per-
forms music ranging from pop to theater and
classical to sacred. Singers can also earn service
credits for school.
Diocesan Choral Celebration
Musicians from across the Catholic Diocese of
El Paso will present a grand concert of choral
works, led by Diocesan Choir Director Peter
Kolar 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at St.
Stephen Deacon and Martyr Church, 1700
George Dieter. Selections include liturgical and
classical pieces, such as Mozarts Ave Verum
and Handels Hallelujah chorus. Also featured
are solo piano works performed by Kolar,
including original compositions from his new
CD. Admission is free. Information: 872-8469.
Opera for All El Paso Opera opens its
2012-2013 season with popular arias from four
operas at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at Abraham
Chavez Theatre. Two of the featured arias are
from operas featured this season, Die
Fledermaus and The Barber of Seville.
Tickets: $25; free for ages 16 and younger with
purchase of an adult ticket. Information: 581-
5534 or epopera.org.
The event will showcase performance by the
2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant recipient
and young opera trailblazer, baritone Nicholas
Pallesen; nationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano
Vanessa Cariddi and Prima Donna for New
York City Opera Lauren Flanigan.
Encores and Overtures Gala The El
Paso Opera Guilds 13th annual kickoff dinner
event for El Paso Operas 19th season is 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8, at Camino Real Hotel Grand
Ballroom, 101 S. El Paso, with a silent auction,
gourmet meal and performances from the
upcoming production of Barber of Seville.
Tickets: $125. Information/reservations: 581-
5534 or epopera.org.
The exclusive performance will feature
Vanessa Cariddi and Nicholas Pallesen. Guest
star for the evening is All-American Prima Dona
Lauren Flanigan.
Sounds Delicious benefit Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lonnie Klein,
presents its benefit concert and auction
Saturday, Sept. 8, at Branigan Cultural Center,
501 N. Main Street in Las Cruces, with an
evening of musical offerings by the orchestra
and La Catrina Quartet, tastes from area
restaurants and a complimentary beverage
from St. Clair Winery or the Mimbres Brewery.
Live and silent auctions also planned. Proceeds
benefit activities of the LCSA for the Las
Cruces Symphony at NMSU. Cost: $30.
Information: (575) 646-3709 or lascrucessym-
phony.com.
La Catrina Quartet is the resident string quar-
tet at New Mexico State University.
Living Christmas Tree Chorus Kickoff
The 48th annual Living Christmas Tree
Presentation program kickoff is 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, Sept. 15, at First Baptist Church 805
Montana. The chorus of over 150 singers is
comprised of singers in Junior High through
adult from throughout the community. The
Kickoff is the first of several rehearsals through-
out the fall. Performances are Dec. 8-9. No
auditions of fee need to participate.
Information: 533-1465, land@fbcep.com or
fbcep.com.
John Siquieros - Music Forum El Paso pres-
ents the classical guitarist at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 16, at El Paso Museum of Art auditori-
um, One Arts Festival Plaza. Admission is free.
Information: 755-0724 or musicforum-
elpaso.org.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra - The
Symphony opens its 82nd season and continues
its search for new conductor/director at 7:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21-22, in the
Plaza Theatre, with guest pianist Ilya Yakushev.
Guest conductor Arthur Post will lead a pro-
gram with Count Up by Stewart Goodyear,
Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 37, C
minor and Tchaikovskys Symphony No. 4, op.
36, F minor. Iformation: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Now in his second season as Music Director
of Canadas Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra,
while continuing for a tenth acclaimed season
as Music Director of the San Juan Symphony,
Post has established a reputation for ground-
breaking programming that combines the mas-
terworks of the orchestral repertoire with
music reflecting local cultures and concerns. He
has conducted tours with popular artists James
Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, and performed in
the PBS Pittsburgh Pops television specials with
Marvin Hamlisch.
Jason Coleman The Legacy of Floyd
Cramer - Grant County Community
Concert Association opens its season with the
pianist and grandson of Floyd Cramer 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 21, at WNMU Fine Arts Center
Theater in Silver City. Admission: $20 ($5 stu-
dents 17 and younger). Information: (575) 538-
5862 or gcconcerts.org.
LCSOs New Mexico Centennial
Celebration Las Cruces Symphony
Orchestra, directed by Lonnie Klein, opens its
2012-2013 season with the world premiere of
William McGlaughlins commissioned work hon-
oring New Mexicos 100 years of statehood at
7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
29-30, at NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall,
with guest violinist Pip Clarke. Selections also
include Johann Strausss Overture to Die
Fledermaus, Lee Actors Concerto for Violin
and Ottorino Respighis Roman Festivals.
Tickets: $35, $40 and $45. Information: (575)
646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com.
A luncheon with Klein is 11:30 a.m. Thursday,
Sept. 27, at Paisano Cafe, 1740 Calle de
Mercado in Mesilla, featuring a preview of con-
cert music. Cost: $16 in advance; $20 at the
door.
New Horizons Symphony The sym-
phony is seeking experienced players, particu-
larly strings, for its upcoming season.
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Champion Studio The studio presents
its annual Folklrico Summer Fiesta 2012 at 6
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Chamizal
National Memorial Theatre, 800 S. San Marcial,
with a colorful and cheerful representation of
traditional Mexican dances. The folklrico
group will perform dances from the states of
Tabasco, Michoacn, Yucatn, and Jalisco.
Dance for Dreams event An evening
of salsa, bachata, cumbia, cha-cha, reggaeton,
techno, merengue and more is Saturday, Sept.
8, at Leos Mexican Food, 9420 Montana, fea-
turing DJ Orlando Garcia (DJ Beetz). Dinner
served at 7 p.m. with dance lessons at 9:30
p.m. and dancing 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Raffle also
held. Tickets on sale mid-month. Cost: $15
($12 members); available in advance at El Paso
Ballroom Dance Academy and Lunas and Son
Grocery. Information: Deliris Montanez or
Dance for Dreams Foundation (Facebook) or
(704) 293-4307.
Website: facebook.com/dancefordreamsfoun-
dation. Donations site:
active.com/donate/dancefordreams.
Ritmos Nortenos Centro Cultural Paso
Del Norte, directed by Rodolfo Hernandez,
presents the folklorico production at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8-9, at
Chamizal National Memorial Theater, 800 S.
San Marcial. Danzn, corridor, cumbia and
shotis dance styles as well as live music, colorful
scenery and more than 40 cast members in
their rendition of dances from the northern
states of Mexico. Admission: $10 donation.
Nutcracker auditions El Paso Youth
Ballet will host auditions for its 2012 produc-
tion of the Nutcracker Ballet at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15, at El Paso Conservatory of
Dance, 1060 Doniphan Park Circle, Suite H.
Roles open include mice, angels, soldiers, party
children and Waltz of the Flowers. Open to
ages 8 to adult Information: Marta Katz, 760-
6062 or epconservatoryofdance@gmail.com.
Contra Dancing The Southern New
Mexico Music and Dance Societys monthly
contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 21, at Mesilla Community Center, 2251
Calle de Santiago, Mesilla. The dance begins
with beginners lessons; no partner needed.
Cost: $6 ($5 age 17 and younger). Information:
(575) 522-1691 or snmmds.org.
The contra dances are old-time dances are
done in long lines, accompanied by live,
Appalachian-style music.
National Ballroom Dance Week event
USA Desert Dancers Chapter 5017 cele-
brate National Ballroom Dance Week with a
dance 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at Little
Bit of Texas, 5500 Doniphan, with dinner
catered by OPUS. Proceeds benefit the chap-
ters social ballroom dance, dancesport and
youth scholarships. Cost: $40 ($30 members).
Tickets available from El Paso Dance Academy,
Shundo Dance Studio, at 487-9396 or desert-
danceusa.com.
Desert Dancers is a non-profit organization
that organizes and fosters programs for the
recreational enjoyment of ballroom dancing by
all ages.
Big Band Dance Club The club spon-
sors dances 8 to 10 p.m. selected Thursdays or
Fridays, at Court Youth Center, 402 W. Court,
in Las Cruces. Age 21 and older welcome.
Beginners, singles and couples welcome; no
dance partner necessary. Membership encour-
aged but not required; dress code. Cost: $7
(CD music nights); and $9 ($7 members) on
live music nights. Information: (575) 526-6504
or bigbanddanceclub.org.
Beginners group dance lesson at 7 p.m. led
by John Giusto; free with paid admission.
Ballroom dancing City of El Paso Parks
and Recreation Department offers free ball-
room dancing 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays
at Memorial Senior Center, 1800 Byron, with
live music by the Silvertones Band. New partici-
pants always welcome. Information: 562-4260.
Instruments available for use. Rehearsals are
6:15 p.m. Thursdays in the NMSU Band Room
110, in Las Cruces. Information: (575) 522-
5571 or (575) 523-9101.
El Paso Chopin Music Festival The
2012 fall series of piano concerts is sponsored
by El Paso Community College and the El Paso
Chopin Festival Society. Concerts are 7 p.m.
Saturdays, Oct. 13, Oct. 27 and Nov. 10.
Admission is free, but people are advised to
arrive early; concerts are almost always stand-
ing room only. Information: 584-1595 or
chopinfest@sbcglobal.net. Web: elpaso-
chopin.com.
Oct. 13 Lucy Scarbrough, at
Transmountain Forum Theatre, 9570 Gateway
North. Scarbrough is the founder and director
of the El Paso Civic Orchestra and the El Paso
Chopin Music Festival. In addition to Chopins
music, Scarbrough will play her own composi-
tions Puerto de Luna and Mephisto Brujo.
Oct. 27 Andrew Tyson, at Chamizal
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Tyson
was First Prize Winner of the 2011 Young
Concert Artists International Auditions.
Nov. 10 Igor Lovchinsky, at the Chamizal
National Memorial.
Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra
Mimbres Region Arts Council and Grant
County Concert Association present the
Symphonys Silver City concert at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 26, at WNMU Fine Arts Center
Theatre, with featured guest artist James
Houlik, the leading tenor saxophone performer
in the world. Tickets: $25 ($20 MRAC and
GCCCA members; $15 each for groups of ten
or more; $5 students). Information: (575) 538-
2505, 1-888-758-7289 or mimbresarts.org.
Maestro Lonnie Klein of LCSO is the recent
recipient of the prestigious New Mexico
Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Sun City Chorus auditions The cho-
russ Choral Singers, directed by Dr. Carl
Smith, rehearses at 7 p.m. every Monday at St.
Albans Episcopal Church, 1810 Elm.
Participants ages 8 and older of all voices are
sought; particularly altos, basses and tenors.
Information: Carl Smith,
drcarlwsmith@yahoo.com.
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Cigarettes After Sex and Box Cutter
EP Release Trade Wind presents the indie
and electronic rock CD release party 9 p.m. to
2 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at Low Brow Palace,
111 Robinson. Performances by the band, with
opening act Halfbreed Lovers. Admission: $5
age 21 and older ($8 ages 18-20). Information:
355-9052 or tradewindpresents.com.
Ronny Cox The Cloudcroft-born folk
musician and actor, (Deliverance Beverly
Hills Cop), performs at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
2, at The Percolator Caf, 217 N. Stanton.
Tickets: $20; available at The Percolator.
Austin Jimmy Murphy CD release
The local musician will celebrate the release of
his latest CD A History of Blues with release
parties 8 p.m. to midnight Wednesday, Sept. 5,
at Kings X, 4119 N. Mesa, and Sept. 12, at
Mulligans North, 10710 Gateway North #1A.
The CD is a retrospective of nearly 40 years
of recording., with 4 CDs and 12-page booklet.
Howling Coyote The open mic for musi-
cians, poets, writers, storytellers and perform-
ance artists is 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 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.
Jazz at Sunset El Paso Community
College will host the free outdoor jazz show 7
to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at EPCCs Valle
Verde Campuss Americana Language Village,
919 Hunter with performances by Ruben
Gutierrez and Case Closed, with special guest
Billy Townes. Opening performance by Jorge
Gonzalez Trio. Bring a blanket or lawn chair.
No alcohol allowed. Refreshments will be sold.
Pickamania! Mimbres Region Arts
Council celebrates folk, bluegrass and
Americana acoustic musical traditions Sept. 7-
9 in Gough Park, corner of Pope and 12th
Streets in Silver City, N.M. Information: (575)
538-2505 or mimbresarts.org.
New this year is a free Street Dance kick-off 6
to 9 p.m. on 6th and Bullard streets (next to
the Silver City Food Coop), with acoustic
group Saltine Ramblers, performing bluegrass,
alt-country, old time fiddle tunes, folk, blues,
Cajun more.
Saturdays headliners are The Wiyos at 6 p.m.
followed by a Pickin in the Park jam 7 to 11
p.m. Music begins at 11:30 a.m. with
Gleemaiden, Tarantchilicious, Goddess of Arno,
Mike and Ruthy and Foghorn Stringband.
Sundays performers include New Mexico
Treasure and Governors Award for
Excellence in the Arts recipient Antonia
Apodaca at 11:30 a.m. followed by Le Chat
Lunatique, Birds of Chicago and Head for the
Hills.
This years fundraising raffle is for a handmade
Old Wave Mandolin, built and donated by luthi-
er Bill Bussman. Raffle tickets are $5.
The Evidence Quintet The quintet will
play for the El Paso Friends of Jazz Societys
meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at Ay
Caramba, at 8001 N. Mesa (at Crossroads).
The concert follows brief announcements.
Food available for purchase as a buffet or a la
carte. The public is invited, admission is free.
Information: 321-JAZZ or
elpasofriendsofjazz.org.
Ballroom Marfa Marfa, Texas.
Information: (432) 432 729-3600 or ballroom-
marfa.org. Legendary blues saxophonist Peter
Brtzmannand vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz
perform at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the
Crowley Theatre on S. Austin Street. Doors
open at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Mariachi Sundays in Mesilla The Town
of Mesilla, its business community and the Las
Cruces International Mariachi Conference host
the fall afternoon series 4-6 p.m. Sundays,
Sept. 23-Nov. 4, in the Plaza at historic Old
Mesilla. Admission is free. Bring folding chairs
or blankets. Pets and alcohol not allowed in
plaza. Information: (575) 525-1735 or
lascrucesmariachi.org.
The concerts lead up to the 19th annual Las
Cruces International Mariachi Conference Nov.
14-18.
Trans-Pecos Gathering of Music +
Love El Cosmico vintage trailer lodge at
802 S. Highland in Marfa, Texas, hosts the
music festival Thursday through Saturday, Sept.
27-29, with live music, sandlot baseball, arts
and crafts, vendors and other activities. Tickets:
$25 per day in advance; $70 for three nights.
Additional cost for tickets purchased at the
door. Passes with camping are $95 for two-
nights; $130 for three nights. Information: 1-
877-822-1950 or elcosmico.com.
A Saturday night dinner is offered for $12 a
plate (mixed grill or vegan plate available).
Thursdays performers include Meshell
Ndegeocello, Chris Bruce and Bobby
Patterson, plus guests.
Fridays performers are Hotel Brotherhood,
Eastern Sea, Lil Capn Travis, Ben Kweller and
Heartless Bastards.
Saturdays acts are Dana Falconberry, Bruce
Robinson, Kelly Willis, Amy Cook, David Garza,
Robert Ellis, Brownout and special guest Martie
Maguire of the Dixie Chicks.
Kokopelli Jazz & Blues Festival The
new music festival hosted by Flickinger Center
is 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in Alameda
Park, 1500 N. White Sands Blvd. in
Alamogordo, N.M., with some of the areas
best blues and jazz performers, art and food
vendors and wine provided by local vineyard
will provide wine. Bands scheduled include Taxi
Dancer Band, Dirty Mojo Junkies and the 24/7
Blues Band. Gates open at noon. Admission:
$10 ($2 ages 7 to 18; free for age 6 and
younger). Information: (575) 430-0739, 437-
2202, (575) 430-9169 or (575) 437-5701.
Private Music Lessons La Guitarra
School of Music, 6503 N. Mesa, is registering
for its fall music lessons in guitar, piano, voice,
violin and bass. Lessons are 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.
during the week and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturdays. Information/registration: 842-8808
or marioslaguitarra.com.
Mesilla Jazz Happening The 11th annu-
al event is Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, at
the old Mesilla Plaza. Hosted by Mesilla
Merchants Association and the Mesilla Valley
Jazz and Blues Society. Times and performers
to be announced. Information: Bob Burns,
(575) 525-9333 or (915) 799-5684.
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. Karaoke offered with Rock The House
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Thursday. Weekly win-
ners receive gift bag with prizes.
Padres Marfa 209 W. El Paso Street in
Marfa, Texas. Information: 432-729-4425 or
padresmarfa.com.
David Beebe Appreciation weekend is Friday
through Sunday, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, with per-
formances by Joe King Carrasco and the
Original Crowns, Houston lounge legends Peter
and James, and other guests.
Hot Burrito weekend is Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 7-8, with performances by several of
Texass indie rock bands, including Bobby
Jealously, Holy Wave, American Sharks and
Party Lines.
Railroad Blues 504 W. Holland, Alpine,
Texas. Performances begin at 10 p.m.
Admission is $7, unless otherwise listed.
railroadblues.com.
Texas Belairs The Texas country/alt band
performs Saturday, Sept. 1.
Los Pinche Gringos The border boogie
band performs Sunday, Sept. 2. Admission: $6.
Dickie Lee Erwin The country/Americana
artist performs Monday, Saturday, Sept. 8.
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Cow Bop The Western Bebop band per-
forms Thursday, Sept. 13. Admission: $5.
Eddie Turner and the Trouble Twins The
blues band performs Friday, Sept. 14.
Zack Walther Band The Texas roots rock
band performs Saturday, Sept. 15.
Eric Larson and Peacemaker The alt/coun-
try band performs Saturday, Sept. 22.
Little Joe y La Familia The Grammy-win-
ning Tejano band performs at 8 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 28. $20 in advance; $25 day of show.
Radio La Chusma El Paso Latin
reggae/rock band, Saturday, Sept. 29. $10.
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. Guests may also
enjoy wine tastings. Information: 877-4544 or
zinvalle.com.
Sept. 2: Julio Ortiz
Sept. 16: Greg Gonzalez
Sept. 30: Dusty Low.
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.
Sept. 4 ZB Blue. Vintage folk, blues,
western and swing styles, performing on guitar,
tenor guitar, bass, mandolin and fiddle.
Sept. 18 Lovato. Composer, a teacher
and a life-long music maker.
Oct. 2 MST Trio.
Alfresco! Fridays The 10th season of
free outdoor concerts continues at 6 p.m.
Fridays through Sept. 28 at Arts Festival Plaza
(between El Paso Museum of Art and Plaza
Theatre). Presented by the El Paso Convention
and Performing Arts Centers and the El Paso
Convention and Visitors Bureau. No outside
food or beverages, or pets allowed.
Information: 534-0675, or alfrescofridays.com.
The final three events of the summer include
back-to-back concerts.
Sept. 7 Eddie Carranza Orchestra (big
band)
Sept. 14 Sobredosis del Sabor
(salsa/merengue) Brown Betty (classic rock and
80s)
Sept. 21 ShaVonne & The Vibe (Top 40
R&B pop and rock) and Prime 80s Xperience
(80s dance)
Sept. 28 Magiztral Sonora (cumbia) and
Azuzar (Latin/variety).
Twilight Symphony The local band fea-
tures live 80s rock with laser light show and
video effects. Information: twilightsymphonyon-
line.com.
Upcoming shows;
Friday, Sept. 21 and Oct.12 Kings X,
4119 N. Mesa. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22 and Oct. 6 Iron Horse
Saloon, 4930 Hondo Pass.
Friday, Oct. 5 and Nov. 2 Handlebars,
1731 N. Lee Trevino. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 11 Aceitunas Beer
Garden, 5200 Doniphan.
Friday, Oct. 26 Tanyas Garden, 4620-A
Dyer.
Wednesday Music Caf UTEPs free
weekly outdoor brown-bag concert series is
noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at UTEPs Student
Union Plaza, featuring a variety of music.
Performers to be announced. Information: 747-
5711.
Lee Fields & the Expressions
Ballroom Marfa presents the unadulterated
gut-bucket soul singer with more than 30
years of performing history and his band Friday,
Oct. 12, at The Capri, 601 West San Antonio
in Marfa, Texas. Tickets: $10 at the door. Call
for showtime. Information: (432) 729-3700 or
ballroommarfa.org.
Folk Fury KTEP, 88.5 FM, features three
hours of acoustic and folk music with an
emphasis on recordings by local musicians and
occasional live appearances by them from 7
to 10 p.m. Saturdays. Hosts are Dan Alloway
and Gregg Carthy. Requests: 747-5153.
Border Chorders The El Paso mens
barbershop and a cappella group rehearses at
7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays at University
Presbyterian Church, 244 N. Resler. Director is
Anthony Bartholomew. Singers in all male vocal
ranges welcome. Information: Gayle Hageman
822-3000 or barbershop.org.
The Border Chorders are the El Paso chapter
of the Barbershop Harmony Society and were
established in 1947. Prior choral singing experi-
ence and voice lessons are not required.
Sungold Chorus The El Paso Sungold
Chorus of the Sweet Adelines rehearses four-
part harmony 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at All Saints
Church, 3500 McRae. All ladies interested in
making good friends and good music are invit-
ed. All ages and levels of musical background
welcome. Information: Jeanette, 778-7503 or
Toni, 309-8415.
The womens chorus is dedicated to the per-
formance of four-part barbershop harmony,
musical education, and community involve-
ment.
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 and Thursday; $12 Friday and
Saturday, $8 Sunday, unless listed otherwise.
Reserved tickets at ticketweb.com.
Information/reservations: 779-LAFF (5233) or
laff2nite.com.
Aug. 29-Sept 2: Monique Marvez with fea-
ture act Kris Shaw. Marvaz is a radio and televi-
sion personality, writer and comedian. Recently,
she shot two Showtime Specials: Snoop Dogg
Presents the Bad Girls of Comedy and her own
hour Not Skinny, Not Blonde.
Sept. 5-9: Jim Tavar. A native of the United
Kingdom, Tavar is reportedly Prince Charless
favorite comic. Tavars film debut came in
2004 when he played Tom the Innkeeper in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
He was one of the top five finalists in the TV
series Last Comic Standing when he was a
finalist in the top.
Sept. 12-16: The Sandman. The worlds
Number One Comedy Hypnotist. Extreme
adult show is 8 p.m. Sunday.
Carlos Mencia performs a special engagement
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26-27. Details to be
announced.
Que Funny El Paso Playhouse welcomes
five of El Pasos funniest comics for a one-night
event at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. Intended for
ages 18 and older due to graphic material; per-
sons under 18 must be accompanied by an
adult. Tickets: $10 (by Sept. 8); $15 at the
door. Information: 532-1317 or elpasoplay-
house.com.
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El Paso Diablos Baseball - The American
Association minor league teams final games of
the regular season are against the Sioux Falls
Pheasants at Aug. 31-Sept. 3, at Cohen
Stadium in Northeast El Paso. Game time is
7:05 p.m. (6:05 p.m. Sunday). Tickets: $7 gen-
eral admission; $8 box seats; free for ages four
and younger. Information: 755-2000 or diab-
los.com.
Fireworks are Friday, Aug. 31 (Military
Night).
An appearance by the Zooperstars is
Saturday, Sept. 1.
Fan Appreciation night is Monday, Sept. 3.
All American Futurity The running of
the 53rd All American Futurity is Labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 3, which marks the end of the
racing season at Ruidoso Downs. From 160 to
180 quarterhorses compete in the trials, with
the 10 fastest advancing to race for a $2 million
purse. General admission and parking are free;
reserved seating varies; Turf Club admission is
$10; valet parking is $5. Information: (575) 378-
4431 or (575) 378-4140 or raceruidoso.com.
El Paso Arenacross The motorcross bike
event is Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30, at
Cohen Stadium, hosted by Cycle City
Promotions. The event is part of the Kicker
Summer Series. Details to be announced.
Information: 755-2000 or cyclecitypromo-
tions.com.
College sports
UTEP Football The Miners home games
are Saturdays at Sun Bowl Stadium. Season
tickets: $120 ($75 youth)- $370 for reserved
tickets; $90 ($60 youth) for general admission.
Captains Club: $1,320. Family pack season
tickets ($198). Individual game tickets are $20-
$55 ($35-$70 for Oklahoma game). Ticket
information: 747-5234, 544-8444 or utepathlet-
ics.com.
8:30 p.m. Sept. 1 Oklahoma
6 p.m. Sept. 15 New Mexico State
6 p.m. Oct. 6 SMU
NMSU Aggies Football The New
Mexico State University Aggies home games
are 6 p.m. (1:30 p.m. for November games) at
Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces. Season
tickets: $42.86-$111.43. Individual game tickets
to be announced. (Ticketmaster) Information:
(575) 646-1420 or nmstatesports.com.
Thursday, Aug. 30 Sacramento State
Saturday, Sept. 22 New Mexico (State
Centennial Celebration)
Saturday, Sept. 29 UTSA (TETWP Breast
Cancer Awareness game)
UTEP Volleyball All home games are at 7
p.m. (noon on Sundays) at Memorial Gym.
Ticket information: 747-6150 or
utepathletics.com.
Sunday, Sept. 23 Southern Miss
Wednesday, Sept. 26 New Mexico State
Friday, Sept. 28 UAB
Sunday, Sept. 30 Memphis
UTEP Womens Soccer Home games
are at UTEPs University Field. Tickets: $5 ($3
children). Information: 747-6150 or utepathlet-
ics.com.
Third Annual Border Bash games:
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 Weber State
Noon Sunday, Sept. 9 Sam Houston State
Regular season games:
7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5 UAB
1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 Memphis
Bicycling
El Paso Bicycle Club - Club events are
open to the public; helmets required.
Information: elpasobicycleclub.com.
Wednesday night rides leave from Rio Plaza
(6205 Upper Valley, at Art Craft) and go 18-20
miles through the Upper Valley to
Vinton/Anthony and back. Most riders leave
about 5:45 p.m. No official leader - find a
group that matches your pace. Optional dinner
afterward at Hello Pizza, River Run Plaza, 1071
Country Club Rd.
8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1. Mesilla-Hatch.
Meet at the Mesilla Municipal parking lot (Hwy
28 just south of The Bean) and ride to Hatch.
Lunch at Sparkys, then return. 80 miles, mod-
erate pace. Rick Rivas, 867-7199, and Larry
Reid, 241-7160.
7:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2 - Westside
Fingers. Meet at Bagel Shop, 985 N. Resler.
Explore the ups and downs of the hillside
neighborhoods. 25 miles, moderate. Fidel
Villalpando, 203-8923.
7:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 3 - Mesilla Holiday
Ride. Meet at Rio Plaza. Ride to Mesilla and
back. Fast and/or moderate pace depending on
who shows up. Randy Limbird, 328-4110.
7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 - Fort Davis
Tune-Up. Meet at Rio Plaza. Ride to Vinton
then take the rollers to top of Anthony Gap.
Ride across valley to 28, then to McNutt and
climb Artcraft. 45 miles, moderate to fast (16-
20) pace. Randy Limbird, 328-4110.
6:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 B/IG Century.
Start at Rio Plaza and ride to Fort Selden and
back. Riders must have prequalified with the
63- or 80-mile ride. Arrive 15-30 minute
before takeoff time. Moderate pace. Margaret
OKelley, 915-588-3825.
7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 Valley and
Vado. Meet at Rio Plaza, Artcraft and Upper
Valley. Ride to La Mesa via the Valley then on to
Vado and return on the rollers. 40 miles, mod-
erate (15-17 mph) pace. Bob Clark, 204-2531.
Sunday, Sept. 16 Oryx Challenge Bike
Tour, East Fort Bliss. See separate listing.
8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 Border
Crossing/La Union. Meet at Rio Plaza. Climb
Artcraft, ride to Border, return via La Union.
Option to ride to Gadsden for extra miles. 30-
40 miles, moderate pace. Rick Rivas, 867-7199.
8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 Chile Pepper
Warmup. Meet at La Union (park behind
Gallery 28 on NM 28 across from La Union
Station). Ride to Anthony Gap and Mesilla, fol-
lowing the Chile Pepper Route. 64 miles, mod-
erate pace. Blanca Harp, 422-2238.
8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 Stay loose for
the Big Ride. Meet at Rio Plaza for very moder-
ate 20-mile spin around the Valley. Linda Price,
433-4188
Sunday, Sept. 30 Chile Pepper Challenge.
See separate listing.
Beginner/Intermediate Group (B/IG)
Rides - The El Paso Bicycle Clubs special
training program for beginning and intermedi-
ate riders concludes its weekday season at 6
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 at Rio Plaza, 6205
Please see Page 25
Upper Valley Road (at Artcraft). Brief lesson on
Nutrition/Hydration followed by an Upper
Valley ride. Helmets required. Information:
Margaret OKelley, 588-3825.
B/IG Century Ride is Sunday, Sept. 9. See list-
ing above.
Fort Davis Cyclefest The 36th annual
bike tour series is Saturday and Sunday, Sept.
15-16, in Fort Davis. Most rides depart from
Prude Ranch, 5 miles west of Fort Davis Texas
on Highway 118.
Rides begin at 8 a.m. Saturday ranging from
10 to 76-mile rides including scenic loops,
mountain climbs and rolling hills.
The infamous Mt. Locke Hill Climb to the
McDonald Observatory begins at 9 a.m.
Sunday. Registration is 8 to 8:45 a.m. at the
observatorys solar panels. All riders who cross
the finish line under their own power with their
bicycles will receive a special prize. Cash prizes
to the top men and women.
A dinner at the Prude Ranch is 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, featuring door prizes.
On-site registration is 6 to 10 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 14; and 6:30 to 8 a.m. Saturday at the
Prude Ranch Office. Cost is $30 (free t-shirt for
those registering by Sept. 5). Saturday meal is
$12 ($5 for children under 10). Mount Locke
Hill Climb registration is $10.
Information: (432) 699-1718. Online registra-
tion at active.com.
XCel Energy Tour de Ocho Millas
The 2nd annual bicycle tour is 8 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 15, Bottomless Lakes State Park. Tour de
Ocho Millas will feature up to a metric century
around the eight-mile loop of the Bottomless
Lakes State Park shorter options of 8, 16, 24,
32, 40, 48, 56, or 64 miles. Proceeds benefit
Reflections and Recovery outreach program for
those overcoming addiction. Registration: $35
(online only); $45 late registration. Under 18
may register for $10 at packet pickup only.
Information: (575) 317-7169 or tourdeochomil-
las.com. Packet pickup is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 14, at the Holiday Inn Express, 2300 N.
Main, in Roswell.
Oryx Challenge Bike Tour The 2nd
annual 30K and 100K bike events are Sunday,
Sept. 16, starting and finishing at USO El Paso,
East Fort Bliss, 20727 Sergeant Major Blvd.
100K ride begins at 7 a.m.; 30K at 9 a.m.
Entry fee: $35 ($15 active military); includes
T-shirt if registered by Sept.8. Free for Warrior
Transition Battalion members. Online registra-
tion at raceadventuresunlimited.com. Packet
pickup 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 at The
Bicycle Co., 3800 N. Mesa D-5; and 4-8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14, at Atom Cyclist, 1886 Joe
Battle, Ste 205.
The 100K course goes east on Montana to
Hueco Tanks. The 30K course goes through
East Fort Bliss.
Food, beverages, music and other entertain-
ment at the finish.
Participants must enter Fort Bliss through the
Global Reach Gate off of 601 Spur/Liberty
Expressway (exit Old Ironsides) or via Global
Reach Dr. Parking is next to FirstLight Federal
Credit Union.
Tour de Ruidoso The 6th annual 100K
and 20-mile bicycle rides benefiting several
local nonprofit organizations is 8:10 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22, in Ruidoso, N.M. Start and
finish for all events is the soccer field parking
lot next to the Lodge at Sierra Blanca, 107
Sierra Blanca Drive. Information (575) 258-
0028 or bicycleruidoso.com.
Full Moon Bike Ride White Sands
National Monument, 5 miles southwest of
Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70, hosts its first
Full Moon bike ride for 2012 at 8 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 28. Reservations begin Aug. 28; space
limited to 200 riders. Reservations online only
via nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $5 per person/$2.50
ages 15 and younger. Information: (575) 479-
6124, ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232.
Chile Pepper Challenge The El Paso
Bicycle Clubs annual Big Ride is Sunday, Sept.
30, with ride distances of 100, 62, 37, 20 and
10 miles, all beginning and ending at La Via
Winery, 4201 S. NM28 in La Union. Start times
are 7:30 a.m. (100 mile), 9 a.m. (62 mile), 9:30
a.m. (37 mile), 10:30 a.m. (20 mile) and 10:45
a.m. (10 mile).
The post ride Chile Pepper Fiesta is noon to 5
p.m. at La Via with live music and comple-
mentary refreshments, as well as some food
and wine for sale.
Entry fees are $25 by Sept. 1, $30 Sept. 2-22;
$35 Sept. 23-25 or in person Sept. 29; and $40
on race day at La Vina. Entry is free for riders
age 15 and younger if accompanied by paying
parent. Approved helmets required.
Proceeds benefit Lee and Beulah Moor
Childrens Home, Animal Rescue League of El
Paso, Hospice of El Paso and Big Brothers/Big
Sisters of El Paso.
Package pick-up and registration is noon to 7
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Academy Sports,
801 S. Mesa Hills.
Online registration (through Sept. 25) at
active.com. Route maps and more information
at chilepepperchallenge.com.
All rides are fully supported with rest stops,
route markings and SAG vehicles. Rest stops
offer snacks, water and port-a-potties.
Critical Mass - All bicyclists are invited to
the mass ride beginning at 7 p.m. the last Friday
of every month at San Jacinto Plaza in
Downtown El Paso. Riders will choose a route
through Downtown. Information: deenadelos-
muertos@gmail.com. The ride occurs every
month, rain or shine. Helmets and lights are
recommended.
El Paso Bicycle Co-op The YMCA of El
Pasos community bike building area in the
Bowling Family YMCA, 5509 Will Ruth, is open
4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, depend-
ing on volunteer availability. Donations of parts
accepted. Information: Kevin Pearson: 532-
9622 or elpasoymca.org.
The co-op is not bike shop, but a place to
earn a bike and build it from the ground up.
Riders may bring their bikes by to fix it them-
selves (or learn to fix it), as well as to connect
with other bicyclists. Volunteers staff will help
people look for odd parts, teach people about
repairing and maintaining their equipment, and
help children and adults appreciate the freedom
and fun that bike riding offers.
Golf
Stormy Edwards Partnership The
two-man golf tournament runs Sept. 6-9, at
Cree Meadows Golf and Country Club in
Ruidoso, N.M. Team Shoot Out is 2 p.m. Friday
($50 per team) with rounds played 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday through Monday.
Information/cost: (575) 257-5815 or play-
creemeadows.com.
Golf With a Rhino The 4th annual Rhino
Golf Tournament begins with a shotgun start at
1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Lone Star Golf Club,
1510 Hawkins. Check in begins at noon. Prizes
for longest drive and closest to the Pin, as well
door prizes and raffles. Proceeds benefit the
EPHA Youth Scholarship Fund. Registration
(through Sept. 17): $400 team (with 1 to 3
Rhinos players); includes green fees, cart and
meal. Information: Mike Erramouspe, 526-8485
or Tom Herman, 491-7879 or therman@rhino-
hockey.org.
First Tee Desert Classic Rotary Club of
West El Pasos 4th annual golf tournament in
memory of Jonathan Rogers begins at 9 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22, at Fort Bliss Underwood
Golf Course. Co-ed scramble. Cost: $175 per
player; $700 team of four. Information: 239-
3116 or firstteedesertclassic.com.
Franklin Cheerleading Golf
Tournament The Franklin High School
Cheerleading squads annual fundraising golf
tournament begins with a shotgun start at 8:30
a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Painted Dunes, 12000
McCombs. Registration is 7 a.m. Cost: $100
($400 per team); includes green fees, cart,
range balls, lunch, prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
place, goodie bag and more. Information:
Heather Price: 425-770-5102 or
feather378@yahoo.com.
Sports
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Recreational Sports
Pat ORourke Rec Center leagues El
Paso Parks and Recreation Department hosts
registration Sept. 1-15 for youth leagues at the
Pat ORourke Recreation Center, 901 N
Virginia. Scholarships available. Information:
533-1611.
Volleyball Skills Camps Games are 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Sept. 3-
Oct. 23 for ages 8-14. Cost: $40.
Mini Basketball League Games are 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturdays Sept. 22-Nov. 10 for ages
4-5 and 6-7. Cost: $35.
Youth Basketball Skills Camp El Paso
Parks and Recreation Departments Basketball
Skills Camps are 5 to 6 p.m. for ages 4-7 and 6
to 7 p.m. 8-10 Mondays and Tuesdays, Sept.
3-Oct. 23, at Seville Recreation Center, 6700
Sambrano. Registration deadline is Aug. 30.
Cost: $32 (scholarships available). Information:
778-6722.
Tennis West Sports and Racquet Club
One Tennis West Lane, off Westside Drive. .
Information: 581-5471 or tennis-west.com.
Flex League is open for singles and doubles.
Cost: $25 ($25 members).
Beginners Night is 6:30 p.m. every
Wednesday through the fall. Cost $50 for four
lessons ($40 members). Last day to register is
Oct. 31.
Monthly Monday Womens Scramble begins
at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17. Deadline to
enter is Sept. 16. Cost: $10 (includes lunch).
The Edward Abraham Memorial Adult Tennis
Tournament is Sept. 5-9. Deadline to enter is
Sept. 2. Registration: $20 singles ($49 per play
for doubles) Register at tennislink.usta (ID#
759402912).
Tennis West Junior Open is Oct. 4-7.
Registration is $18 singles ($15 per player for
doubles) Deadline is Sept. 29. Register at ten-
nislink.usta (ID# 759403012).
Special Olympics games Special
Olympics Texas Area-19 hosts free training and
games in preparation of the 2012 Fall competi-
tions. Athletes must have a current medical
form on file at the Special Olympics office,
4100 Rio Bravo, Suite 311. Young Athletes
Program (YAPS) games for ages 2-7 are also
scheduled at participating schools. Information:
533-8229 or sotx.org.
Bocce 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at
Veterans Park, 5301 Salem.
Softball 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, begin-
ning Sept. 8 at Veterans Park.
Equestrian training at Darrington Park
Training Facility, 1360 Quail Springs in Clint.
Call for schedule: 694-6616.
Sun City Blades Skate School Sun
City Blades Figure Skating Clubs fall classes
begin at 11 a.m. Saturdays, beginning Sept. 8,
at El Paso County Coliseums Special Events
Center, 4100 E. Paisano. Cost: $18 per class;
$60 per month. Military discounts offered.
Information/registration: 740-4670 or
suncityblades.com.
Las Cruces Ciclovia The first free
monthly public fitness event of 2012 is 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at Young Park,
Walnut and Lohman. Activities include Hula
Hoops, gunny sack races, jump roping, dancing,
volleyball, parachute games and more for all
ages. Bikes and skates welcome. Information:
(575) June Donohue, 522-0289.
Archery Classes for beginners The
Archers of El Paso Club hosts two-hour super-
vised shooting classes 9 to 11 a.m. the last
Saturday of every month, at the Archers of El
Paso Range, in Northeast El Paso off Martin
Luther King at Stan Roberts. Bows and arrows
provided for the seminar. Youth and adults age
7 and older welcome; parents must be present
for kids age 16 and younger. Reservations
required; limited number of spaces available
each month. Cost: $20. Information/reserva-
tions: Ricardo Urias, 487-8199 or
r.uri2000@yahoo.com.mx (specify name,
phone number, age, right or left handed).
Motor sports
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 final 2012 date is Sept. 22. Gates open
at 10 a.m.; registration starts at 1 p.m. with
racing at 6 p.m.
El Paso Speedway Park 14851 Marina
(off Montana 7 miles east of Loop 375). Races
are 7:45 p.m. Fridays, and include wing sprints,
super stocks, street stocks, modifieds, super
trucks, limited late models, and legends. Season
runs through September. Gates open at 5:30
p.m.
Admission is $10 ($7 seniors/military with
ID/students age 11-15 or with UTEP ID). Free
for children 10 and under. Information: 791-
8749 or epspeedwaypark.com.
Arroyo Seco Raceway The Southern
New Mexico track is located off Hwy 549, off
I-10 at the Akela exit, with drag racing, motor-
cycle racing, sportscar testing and more. Race
times vary. Spectator admission: $5 (ages 5-12
free). Pit passes are $10. Information: (575)
544-3440 or arroyosecoraceway.com.
El Paso Motorplex The drag strip is at
13101 Gateway West, (east of El Paso at I-10
off Clint exit #42). Drag races are 6 to 10 p.m.
Sundays. Spectator admission varies.
Information: 588-8119 or southwestdrags.com.
Speedway of Southern New Mexico
The track features modifieds, super stocks,
speed stocks and more at 7:45 p.m. Saturdays.
Gates opens at 5:30 p.m. 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 sen-
iors/military with ID/students age 11-15 or with
UTEP ID). Free for children 10 and under.
Season tickets (21 events) are $189 ($133 sen-
ior/military/ students 11-15 and UTEP stu-
dents). Information: 1-800-658-9650 or snm-
speedway.com.
Runs and walks
Danny Ray Sanchez Memorial Run
The 2nd annual 5K run and 1-mile fun walk
benefiting the Danny Ray Sanchez Memorial
Fund is 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at
Montwood High School, 12000 Montwood.
First 200 runners receive race t-shirt.
Registration; $20 per event; $15 per run for
teams of 10 or more; $25 on race day (no race
day team registration). Online registration at
Packet pick up is noon to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug.
31, at Up and Running, 1475 George Dieter,
Suite 0, and 7:30 to 8:10 a.m. on race day.
Eagle in the Sun Triathlon El Pasos
only USA Triathlon-sanctioned multisport race,
with a 400m swim, 20K bike ride, and 5K run is
planned for 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, starting
and ending at the Tigua Recreation and
Wellness Center. Participants may race as an
individual or as part of a relay team. The race is
now closed to entries. Information: 433-3439.
Online registration at raceelpaso.com/events.
Future Engineers 5K Texas Society of
Professional Engineers fundraising 5K competi-
tive run and 5K and 1 mile fun walks are 8 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8, at 3233 Up and Running. T-
shirts for first 200 registered participants;
refreshments at the finish line. Proceeds benefit
El Paso Chapter UTEP Engineering Endowment
Scholarship Fund. Registration (through Sept.
6): $20 per event ($15 students, military and
ages 60 and older). Late registration is $25 for
all events. Information: 478-5663. Online regis-
tration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Packet pickup is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 7, at Up and Running, and 7 to 7:45 a.m.
on race day.
German-American Night Run The
19th Annual German-American Oktoberfest
Night Runs 8K run and 5K fun walk is at 6
p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, Freedom Crossing,
1611 Haan Road, Fort Bliss. A corporate/mili-
tary team division 8K Run will also be held.
Registration: $20 in advance; $25 day of race.
Information: 568-0259 or 568-6741. Online
registration at ganightrun.com.
Early registration (through Sept. 1) may be
sent to: IMWRF-Sports, P.O. Box 6100, Fort
Bliss, TX, 79906.
Packet pick up is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday
through Friday, Sept. 3-7, at Freedom
Crossing. Late registration and packet pick up is
3 t 5:30 p.m. on race day.
Food, music and games offered 4 p.m. includ-
ing German coffee and pastries, moon jump
and other games. Live entertainment by the
First AD Band and German Schuhplattler
Dance Group.
Post-race events and food served at 6 p.m.
including bratwurst, German beer and coffee,
pastries, soft drinks and snow cones. Awards
for top male and female finishers and top three
runners in all age categories given as well as
prize drawing for two tickets to Las Vegas.
The event, sponsored by German Air Force,
MWR Fort Bliss and FirstLight Federal Credit
Union, will benefit the Helping Hands and
Aid for the Needy, charity organizations,
which have been reaching out to the needy on
both sides of the Texas/Mexico border for
more than 20 years.
Healthy Heart Walks The citys Parks
and Recreation Departments monthly family
walks begin at 8 a.m. on selected Saturdays
through September at various local park and
recreation centers. Registration starts at 7:30
a.m. Everyone is welcome; registration: $5
one-time fee (includes all walks and t-shirt at
the end of the season). Information: 544-0753.
Pre-register online at elpasotexas.gov/parks.
The Sept. 8 walk is at Polly Harris Senior
Center, 650 Wallenberg. Information: 581-
9525.
Yucca Triathlon The 10K run/50K bike
and 400 meter swim is 7:30 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 8, at White Sands Missile Ranges Bell
Gym. Participants must be at security gate by 6
a.m. Deadline is Aug. 29. Cost: $45 individual;
$65 teams. Information: (575) 678-3374. Web:
wsmrmwr.com (click on Bell Gym).
Run/Walk for Life The 5K run/walk and
1-mile family walk it 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15,
at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta. Registration: $20;
$15 students and military with ID and per per-
son for teams of 10 or more through Sept. 13
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(team entries due by Sept. 10). Fee includes t-
shirts, goodie bags and refreshments at the fin-
ish line. Information: 317-5733. Online registra-
tion at raceadvaenturesunlimited.com.
Packet pick up is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in advance
at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa or 7 to 7:45
a.m. on race day at the starting line.
Franklin Wrestling 5K Franklin High
Schools wrestling teams fundraising 5K is 8
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at Franklin High School,
900 N. Resler, sponsored by Injury and Medical
Clinic. Entry fee: $20; $25 on race day. Team
registration (by Sept. 7): $15 per person for
teams of 15 or more. Canned food donations
also taken. Online registration at raceadven-
turesunlimited.com.
Packet pick up is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 15, at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa.
Race day registration and packet pick up is 7 to
7:45 a.m. at the race site.
El Paso Dental Conference Run The
2nd annual Tooth Trot 5K run/1 mile walk,
hosted by El Paso Dental Conference, is 8 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22, at Sunland Park Racetrack
and Casino. Entry fee: $20 in advance ($15 mili-
tary with ID). Additional fee for race day regis-
tration. All runners receive t-shirt; refresh-
ments served at finish line, with prize raffle and
awards. Information: Mike Coulter, 274-5222.
Online registration at raceadventuresunlimit-
ed.com.
Packet-pickup and race day registration is 7 to
7:45 a.m. at the starting line.
McKelligon Canyon Challenge El Paso
on the Moves 5K run/walk and 1-mile fun walk
is 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at McKelligon
Canyon Amphitheater. Participants registered
by Sept. 10 receive race t-shirt; food and
refreshments for all participants and finish line.
Trophies for top three male and female finish-
ers in 5K run and medals for two three male
and female runners in each age category.
Registration (by Sept. 18): $20; $15 military and
per runner for teams of 10 ore more; $10 ages
12 and younger. Late and race day registration:
$25.
Information: Irish Pugao, 257-5521 or Dionicio
Rivera, 329-1039. Online registration at racead-
venturesunlimited.com.
Packet pick up is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 20, at Central SDA Church, 1801
McRae. Race day registration is 7 to 7:45 a.m.
(gate closes at 7:45 a.m.)
Tony Mena Memorial Race The 8K
race and 1-mile run/walk for PTSD Awareness
is 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino, hosted by Citizens
Commission for Human Rights. Registration:
$20 ($25 on race day). Trophies for top 3 male
and female runners in each age group.
Information: Chris Rowley, 478-5663. Online
registration at raceadeventuresunlimited.com.
Packet pick up is 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. at the start
line.
AlamoShape Sunset Run The Half-
Marathon, 10K and 5K evening runs start at 5
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at AlamoShape 700 E.
1st in Alamogordo, N.M. Information:
rmf44@msn.com or alamoshape.com.
Online registration at race360.com/15113.
Elephant Man Triathlon Elephant
Buttes 4th annual 1-mile swim/26.5-bike and 6-
mile run is Sunday, Sept. 30, at Elephant Butte
Lakes Dirt Dam area. The USAT-sanctioned
event begins at 8 a.m. with awards ceremony
at 1:30 p.m. Registration: $100-$185.
Temporary USAT membership available for
$10. Information: (575) 744-5187 or (575) 744-
0055 or elephantmantriathlon.com. On-line
registration at active.com.
Packet pickup is 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday; no race
day pick up or registration.
The Elephant Kids Tri kids race is 3:30 to
4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, followed by
awards at 5 p.m. Packet pickup and registration
is 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Participation is free.
Run the Rio Fight to the Finish and
HARTS (Hardcore Adventure Rekindles the
Soul) hosts the inaugural 5K obstacle course
run 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Gallegos
Park, 7361 Bosque Road in Canutillo.
Participants navigate around, through and over
obstacles along and in the Rio Grande (entire
run is within Texas borders), with climbing,
crawling, and getting wet and dirty (no swim-
ming involved).
After-party with entertainment follows at the
park. First wave of runners start at 9 a.m. with
additional waves to follow every half hour.
Runners must be registered for their allotted
start time one hour in advance. Donations will
be accepted for the El Paso Homeless Shelter.
Cost: $50 before Sept. 1; $60 Sept. 1-23; $75
on race day (one hour prior to open run) and
during packet pickup. Information: (956) 793-
4713 or onfo@fight-tothefinish.com. Online
registration/updates at fight-tothefinish.com.
Packet pick-up is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday, Sept. 27-29. Location to be
determined.
Whole Enchilada Fiesta runs The 5K
Race and 1-mile Fun Run are Saturday, Sept.
29, at Meerscheidt Recreation Center, Hadley
and Hermosa, Las Cruces. Hosted by Mesilla
Valley Track Club. Registration begins at 6:30
p.m., fun run starts at 7:30 a.m., 5K at 8 a.m.
Awards ceremonies follow at 9 a.m. on the
Meerscheidt Stage. Registration information:
(575) 526-7824. Registration forms available at
enchiladafiesta.com.
Youth Triathlon Las Cruces Parks &
Recreation Department will hold a Youth
Triathlon on 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, or age
ages 7 to 16. Registration runs Aug. 27-Oct. 7
Las Cruces Regional Aquatic Center, 1401 E.
Hadley. The distance for swimming, bike and
running events vary according to age. A copy of
participants birth certificate must be provided.
Cost: $25 (full payment due at time of registra-
tion, no telephone registration accepted).
Information: Regional Aqua Center, (575) 541-
AQUA (2782).
Ski Run Road Challenge The 6th annu-
al race featuring the highest finish in New
Mexico is 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Eagle
Creek Sports Complex, Hwy 532, in Ruidoso.
The USA Track & Field sanctioned event
includes a 20K high altitude foot race (solo or
relay) up Ski Run Road (Hwy 532) in the
Sacramento Mountains with an elevation gain of
2,660 feet. In addition to the 12-mile solo or
relay runs, this year has a 3-mile fun run. Bring
a Halloween costume. Prizes and food for fin-
ishers. Proceeds benefit Ski Apaches Disabled
Skiers Program.
Registration for 12-mile solo: $25 by Sept. 30;
$30 by Oct. 15; $35 by Oct. 27; $45 on Oct.
28 ($25 military; $20 youth).
Registration for relay (4-person team): $120
by Sept. 30; $150 by Oct. 15; $175 by Oct. 27;
$195 on Oct. 28 ($100 military teams).
Registration for fun run: $25 through Oct. 27;
$30 on Oct. 28.
Information: (575) 937-7106. Online registra-
tion at active.com or skirunroadchallenge.com.
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El Paso Scene
O
n the eve of this years Renaissance
Artfaire, Las Cruces will celebrate a
renaissance of its own when the
citys new Museum of Nature and Science
opens at its new location in the Downtown
Mall.
The scheduled Nov. 2 opening of the for-
mer Museum of Natural History (which for
years has been at the Mesilla Valley Mall)
is one more step in an ongoing renaissance
in Las Cruces, In early 2011 the city
opened the doors of its new Convention
Center, and by the end of this year not
only will add a new museum to the
Downtown area but also a Center for the
Arts on the NMSU campus.
The Downtown Mall home of the
expanding museum district and the Rio
Grande Theatre, which reopened in 2005
after complete restoration remains at
the center of Las Crucess growing reputa-
tion as a hub for culture and arts in
Southern New Mexico. As El Pasoans
debate their own plans for downtown rede-
velopment, they cannot help but learn a
few lessons from their next-door neighbor.
Las Crucess Downtown was the center
of citys progress for decades, but urban
renewal in the 1960s had some mixed
impact, with the demolition of 60 percent
of downtown buildings and the closing of
Main Street to all vehicle traffic, creating
the Downtown Mall. City leaders looked at
various ways of revitalizing Downtown,
now referred to as Main Street Downtown.
By the mid 2000s, sections of Main Street
were opened up to traffic with more access
to the blossoming businesses, galleries and
performance space lining the area. Public
events from the Downtown Ramble to
Farmers Market were now associated with
the Downtown Mall area.
In 2006, Las Cruces City Council estab-
lished a Metropolitan Redevelopment Area
(MRA) to cover everything from acquiring
land to tax issues. The MRA included land
between Picacho, Campo, Alameda and El
Paso/Main Street.
The city also established a special district
that uses whats known as tax increment
financing to pay for capital improvement
projects. As gross receipts and property
taxes go up, the extra revenues created by
revitalization pay for new projects.
Chief PlanningAdministrator David
Dollahon said the city should establish the
remaining priorities for the use of tax
increment district funds within the next six
months.
The items for consideration on city pri-
orities are the conversion of Church and
Water Streets to two-way traffic, creation
of a civic plaza, and a further analysis of
the parking situation, he said. Most of
the accomplishments to date have been
through city and grant funds to return
Main Street to vehicular traffic. We are
now starting to see private investment in
Downtown with the opening of new busi-
nesses, restaurants and schools.
Its really happening
As many of its original plans have been
realized, the downtown business communi-
ty adopted the slogan Its really happen-
ing! to highlight the progress of its mile-
stones.
Lisa Pugh of Las Cruces Museum of Art
said this progress has produced renewed
interest in the Downtown area.
As the revitalization project moves for-
ward, the visibility of the Museum System
has increased dramatically,she said.
More people are coming downtown.They
want to see what is happening and they
want to be a part of it.
The downtown improvements encourage
the Museum of Art to offer major exhibits
by works by internationally known artists
such as Georgia OKeeffe and Andy
Warhol, Pugh said, as well as to continue
to showcase new works of art from artists
around the region. The museum is seeing
more community response to all programs.
The studio art classes are often filled to
capacity, Pugh said. Every day brings
new visitors, new experiences, and stu-
dents of all ages.
The Museum of Art is one of two city
Downtown Mall museums, along with the
Branigan Cultural Center, that soon will be
joined by the Museum of Nature and
Science. The other city museum, the
Railroad Museum, is a few minutes away.
As the museum district becomes a
reality, downtown becomes a true commu-
nity gathering place where people can
explore the world of art, see ancient
Paleozoic trackways, learn about railroad-
ing history, and discover more about the
people and places of New Mexico, Pugh
said. With the four city museums being
centrally located, we have an opportunity
to work together, build exciting new pro-
grams and exhibitions, and to continue to
serve the community to the best of our
ability.
Outdoor events like the Las Cruces
Farmers & Craft Market are benefitting
from the growth as well.
Peggy Miller serves as acting coordinator
for the market. She said the Main Street
progress has allowed the market to contin-
ue to grow.
The city has provided a wonderful place
for locals and visitors to gather and enjoy
the Market, Miller said.
The twice-weekly, year-round market
began from a small association of local
farmers interested in selling their produce
directly to the community, but has grown
significantly with around 50 vendors each
Wednesday and 250 on Saturdays.
While the city has been going through
an urban renewal process, the market has
evolved into a pedestrian center, creating a
perfect location for a downtown communi-
ty farmers and crafts market, Mill said.
The market celebrated its 40th anniver-
sary in 2011, and works to reflect the
areas rich Hispanic and border heritage
through music and food, including mari-
achi groups and chile roasting in early
summer and fall.
Miller said many area residents consider
it not just a shopping opportunity, but a
social hub.
Main Street in downtown, amidst gov-
ernment buildings, city hall, and other
major employers means hundreds of peo-
ple pass through the market area on
Wednesdays, she said. On Saturdays
several thousand people may walk the
Market looking for the perfect produce
from their local farmers, the perfect gift, or
a delicious meal or snack.
Las Cruces Renaissance
Downtown revitalization drives growth of cultural venues
Story by Lisa Kay Tate Photos by Rick Tate
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A meeting of museums
After 26 years at the Mesilla Valley Mall
across I-10 on the east side of the city, the
Las Cruces Museum of Natural History
closed its doors in August and will be
reborn in the Downtown Mall in
November as the Las Cruces Museum of
Nature and Science (MoNaS).
City of Las Cruces Director of Museums
William Ticknor said the museums name
isnt the only thing new as it will now be
the fully realized museum it wasnt able to
be in the past.
Frankly, the old museum was never
truly a natural history museum in the way
people consider most natural history muse-
ums. It has always been more of a nature
center, he said. Weve revised the name
and mission of MoNaS to reflect more
accurately what visitors should expect to
see. Our intention is to provide a sophisti-
cated facility to serve as an interpretive
center for the incredible Chihuahuan
Desert we live in.
The museum is adding a large, internally
projected, high-definition 4-foot-diameter
globe called the Magic Planet, with a
touch-screen display that can track live
weather patterns on Earth as well as dis-
play all the planets and the Sun.
Another new feature for MoNaS is a
very large exhibit on the Prehistoric
Trackways National Monument, he said.
This exhibit is being produced in partner-
ship with the Bureau of Land Management
and will function as an in-town visitor cen-
ter for the new Monument located just out-
side Las Cruces. All of our animal habitats
will be significantly improved and well
also be adding a classroom and discovery
lab for visitors.
Ticknor is excited about having the
museums together and anticipates atten-
dance to increase at all the Main Street
museums once MoNaS is in place.
We expect that our average annual atten-
dance of just under 275,000 will induce
other businesses to relocate or build in the
downtown area to take advantage of all
these feet on the street, he said.
The museum system had been looking
for a suitable downtown property for a
museum since 2004, and he said the move
to Main Street was stimulated by the
ongoing downtown revitalization and from
a museum perspective, a need for a much
larger facility in response to the high level
of attendance at the current museum.
Also because the museum was renting
space at the mall, it often prevented them
from receiving grant funding due to not
owning their own building. This new
LEED certified location would be built
with the highest level of green energy
efficiency, an aspect of the museum
Ticknor said is itself an interpretive ele-
ment of a nature and science museum.
The property for the current location was
acquired in 2007, but it took a few years to
raise the $5.5 million needed for the new
location.
Ticknor admitted the feelings from some
museum-goers over the move have been
mixed, primarily due to a comfortable
familiarity with first location.
After all, weve been at the Mall loca-
tion for 26 years and naturally regular visi-
tors are used to seeing us there, he said.
On the other hand, there is a lot of excite-
ment about the new museum since it is
more than twice as large, and well be
making improvements to museum exhibits
and programs that are really state-of-the-art.
In keeping with the monthly tradition, the
museums opening reception complete
with a live predatory bird demonstration
by HawkQuest will be Nov. 2 coincid-
ing with the First Friday Ramble. That also
is the eve of Las Crucess biggest annual
event, the Renaissance Artsfaire Nov. 3-4
at Young Park.
The First Friday Ramble (or ArtRamble,
as some call it) has become a monthly tra-
dition in Las Cruces, when galleries, the-
atres and other businesses coordinate art
receptions, open houses and other free
events in an arts hop atmosphere.
Having all four museums closer together
allows us more opportunities for collabora-
tion and we have already started dis-
cussing possibilities, said Branigan
Cultural Center Museum Manager
Rebecca Slaughter. For example, many of
the traditional crafts of New Mexico
directly reflect the flora and fauna avail-
able to early craftspeople. We will host
workshops that explore how insects and
plant life influenced the color palette of
the Southwest.
Artists conception of new Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science
Las Cruces
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She said improved visitor traffic with the
opening of Main Street and the Farmers
Market expansion has been wonderful for
the museums.
The museums already work with the
Market, Las Cruces Downtown
Partnership, Green Works, CARTA (El
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail
Association) and other organizations
downtown, she said. As new business
and organizations bring more energy and
people, we will have even more opportuni-
ties to bring new partnerships to the table.
The concentration of museums will not
only help each other, but other Downtown
attractions such as the Rio Grande Theatre.
Rio Grande Theatre Manager David
Salcido said the theatres relationship with
the museums, as well as continued partner-
ships between the Downtown businesses,
has been a key to the success of the entire
downtown area.
We actually do a lot in cooperation with
the Museum System here in Las Cruces.
We often host guest lectures or events in
association with featured exhibits at the
Las Cruces Museum of Art and have done
Arts Council-sponsored tie-in events with
the Branigan Cultural Center, he said.
Were hoping to continue that tradition
once the new Museum of Natural History
opens in November. Beyond that, we regu-
larly take part in events that are brought to
Main Street by other businesses.
For campus and community
University Avenue sees much of the
citys traffic on a daily basis, not only as
the edge of New Mexico State University,
but as the closest major city street to trav-
elers from El Paso.
This makes it an ideal location for creat-
ing more venues for performing and visual
arts, as well as all-purpose meeting places.
By the end of this year, the NMSU Center
of the Arts will open on the corner of
University and Espina with the intention of
being such a venue.
Construction began on the center in
October 2010, with plans to be completed
in December of this year, just in time for it
to be recognized as a New Mexico State
Centennial Building.
The three-story, LEED-certified 59,000-
square-foot building will be used for office
space, classrooms and rehearsal space, but
also will have a 466-seat performance
space for theater and dance.
The center will join the Las Cruces
Convention Center that opened its doors in
January of 2011. The 55,000-square-foot
facility, with more than 30,000 square feet
of meeting space, has a ballroom with
indoor and outdoor event space, an exhibit
hall, meeting rooms, large parking area
and in-house food and beverage services.
Christa Slaton, Dean of NMSUs College
of Arts and Sciences, said once the center
is completed by the end of this year, it
would be the new home of the colleges
theatre department, just in time for Spring
2013 classes. The first scheduled event is a
production by the departments American
Southwest Theatre Company.
Certainly we will celebrate when the
theatre season gets underway in the Mark
and Stephanie Medoff Theatre with our
first production, Thornton Wilders Our
Town, opening Wednesday, Feb. 22,
Slaton said. A formal opening celebration
is being planned for later in the year.
Slaton said the new center will be a
showpiece of performing and visual arts of
which the entire community can be proud.
The look of the building is also intended
to be a work of art with exterior balconies
on each level, and the exterior itself will
be comprised of New Mexico travertine
and an insulating stucco material.
Slaton noted, however, the theatreis just
the first phase of a monument to the vision
of an ever-progressing Las Cruces and is
part of a committed partnership between
NMSU and the community.
This building, in all its beauty, is a state-
ment not merely about outward appear-
ances but a demonstration of the signifi-
cance we give to our arts community,
Slaton said.
El Paso Scene
Rio Grande Theatre:
Main Street mainstay
The historic Rio Grande Theatre, built in
1926, reopened its doors in its renovated
form in 2005, and has since seen well
over 30,000 patrons attending plays, con-
certs, film screenings, gallery shows,
readings and booksignings and other
events.
In the 1930s, it survived both a fire and
an exceptionally rare earthquake. The
theatre remained a family-owned venue
for several years, and was acquired in
1998 by the Doa Ana Arts Council, the
group best known for their Renaissance
Artfaire and other creative community
events. Since its refurbishing, the 422-
seat, state-of-the-art performing arts
facility is now one of the most popular
venues in the area.
Theatre manager David Salcido said the
disciplines of performing arts go hand in
hand, so the venues concentration on
both has helped to create a larger, more
diverse following.
My goal has always been to create an
atmosphere in which artists of all persua-
sions, genres and mediums will feel wel-
come, he said. Ive always seen the Rio
Grande Theatre
as less of a
venue and more
of a performing
arts center.
One of the
theatres gallery
spaces is dedi-
cated to visual
artists on a
rotating basis.
The gallery
takes part in the
ArtRamble on
the first Friday of each month, which in
turn draws people in for the Howling
Coyote Open Mic, with readings and
musical performances in the theatre fol-
lowing the Ramble.
Visual artists also take part in perform-
ance events, either by working on set
designs or planning their shows to com-
plement a series of performances taking
place during the same month as their
exhibits.
Weve even had some very happy and
fortuitous instances in which a perform-
ing artist will discover a visual artist in
our gallery and, through that contact,
arrange to have that artist work with
them on future shows or create artwork
to help them market their performances,
he said. Its all very symbiotic and, I
hope, constructive in the creation of a
unified arts community.
The theatre is also used for its original
intent, as a movie house by screening art
movies, documentaries, operas, concerts
and other events. Also in place this year
is the official performance series spon-
sored by the Doa Ana Arts Council, the
debut season for the theatres new in-
house theatre troupe called Driftwood
Productions and the continuance of regu-
lar programming such as the monthly
filmmakers forum, Film Las Cruces,
Every Other Tuesday performing arts
series and Howling Coyote.
Favorite annual events will continue to
grow, as well.
I know, too, that there will be a lot of
people very happy to learn that our
Zombie Walk will be celebrating its third
season turning downtown Las Cruces
into a shambling dead zone on Oct. 27,
Salcido said.
He said the theatre, along with other
Downtown businesses, is anticipating a
rise in traffic downtown once the last part
of Main Street is reopened in November.
Getting ready for more patrons includes
kicking off a new centralized ticket loca-
tion at the end of the summer and a more
interactive website for coming events.
Las Cruces
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Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society
and Haunted History The organization
offers a variety of ghost tours each month.
San Elizario Historic District 10 p.m. to mid-
night the first Friday of every month (Sept. 7).
Meet at 9:30 p.m. at Golden Eagle Gallery,
1510 Main. Cost: $10. Reservations/informa-
tion: 851-6012 or elpasoghosttours.com.
The Back to School ghost tours of the his-
toric Concordia Cemetery are 9 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1. All proceeds to benefit the
restoration and preservation of Concordia
Cemetery. Tours start under the big tree near
the Yandell Street entrance at 8:30 p.m. Cost:
$10 per person donation (bring $5 worth of
new school supplies for area student in need
get in for $5). Reservations required as space is
limited. All ages welcome. Information: 373-
1513 or help@ghosts915.com.
Bring recording equipment, cameras, extra
batteries, flashlight, comfortable (closed toe)
walking shoes and jacket in cooler months.
A midnight lockdown tour is midnight to 3
a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. Ages 18 and older only.
Cost: $10 ($5 with $5 worth of new school
supplies).
Hall of Honor Inductees El Paso
County Historical Society will announce its
2012 Hall of Honor inductees 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Burges House, 603 W.
Yandell. Formal announcement made at 6 p.m.
Admission is free and the public is invited.
Information: 533-3603 or elpasohistory.com.
Hall of Honor induction ceremony is Sunday,
Nov. 4.
Fort Selden Frontier Day The annual
celebration at Fort Selden State Monument, 13
miles north of Las Cruces, is 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. Frontier Day features
living history demonstrations, a special presen-
tation on the Buffalo Soldiers stationed at the
fort after the Civil War, reenactments of fron-
tier living history, entertainment and more.
Ongoing living history and events throughout
the day include military encampment with
infantry cavalry and artillery; period cooking
demonstrations, period school house exhibit;
military drills; black powder demonstrations; an
1860s game of Rounders (baseball); kids history
hunt and special speakers.
The events begin with reveille and flag raising
at 8:30 a.m. followed by a 9-11 remembrance
at 8:46 a.m.
The 19th-century adobe fort was established
to protect early settlers from Indian raids. The
state monument seeks to preserve the remain-
ing ruins, and has a visitors center with exhibits
of military life at the post.
The monument, in Radium Springs 13 miles
north of Las Cruces, is open 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Wednesday through Monday (closed
Tuesday). Admission is $3; (ages 16 and under
free). Sunday admission for New Mexico resi-
dents is free. Information: (575) 526-8911 or
nmmonuments.org.
Centennial Notes The monthly program
is 1 to 2 p.m. the second Thursday each month
at the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main,
north end of the Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)
541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums. The
Sept. 13 lecture is on the Las Cruces
Founding and Early Years with Linda Harris.
Fort Bayard Days The annual two-day
living history festival is Sept. 21-22 at Fort
Bayard, N.M., six miles east of Silver City, offer-
ing games, reenactments and other activities for
the entire family. Visitors may bring their own
picnic. Admission is free both days. Information:
(575) 956-3294 or fortbayard.org.
Fort Bayard was established as a US Army
post in 1866. Many of the 1900 built buildings
are still in use.
Living history exhibits are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
with tour of Commanding Officers home at 9
a.m. Lunch available noon to 1 p.m. with guest
speaker at 1 p.m. Drinks, snacks and raffle tick-
ets available for purchase.
El Paso Archaeological Society Awards
The societys annual awards banquet is 6
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Sunland Park
Holiday Inn, 900 Sunland Park Drive. Noted
archaeologist and author Deni Seymour will
speak on the Cerro Rojo site in the Hueco
Mountains. The study reveals evidence of a
very early Apache occupation, long before
European presence. Cost: $25 per person.
Information: 996-4944 or epas.com.
The Cerro Rojo remains one of the few
known supersized Apache residential locations.
With hundreds of hut outlines and other fea-
tures it may represent the historic equivalent of
a feasting ground.
Harvey Girl Association of El Paso
The groups monthly meeting is 2 to 4 p.m. the
second Monday of the month at Railroad and
Transportation Museum of El Paso, 400 W. San
Antonio. The Harvey Girl Association of El Paso
is looking for volunteer women dedicated to
preserving and promoting the history of the
Harvey Girls and their founder Fred Harvey.
harveygirlsep@gmail.com.
Old Fort Bliss Building 5054, 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.
Sunset Heights Tour of Homes and
Landmarks The El Paso County Historical
Society will host its annual Tour of Homes noon
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, with 11 locations
including homes, apartments and landmarks in
the Downtown area neighborhood. Residents
will open their doors to give guests a personal
walk-through of these properties. Funds go to
the Sunset Heights Neighborhood
Improvement Association to improve neighbor-
hood residences.
Tickets: $10 ($5 ages 10 and younger); avail-
able in advance at the Hal Marcus Gallery, 1308
N. Oregon, or at any participating home on the
day of the tour. Information: Hal Marcus
Gallery, 533-9090 or Neighborhood
Improvement Association,
sunset_heights_assoc@yahoo.com.
Locations include:
Lawrence Home, 1415 Hawthorne
Moore Home, 600 Prospect
Sunset Grocery,700 Mundy
Rojas Home, 800 Prospect, Apt. 8
Burges Home, 603 W. Yandell
Hal Marcus Home, 1319 N. Oregon
Hal Marcus Gallery, 1308 N. Oregon
Scottish Rite Temple, 301 W. Missouri
McGregor Home, 1013 W. Yandell.
El Paso Museum of History 510 N.
Santa Fe. For exhibit and special event informa-
tion, see At the Museum listing.
El Paso-Juarez Historical Museum
Curator and founder is historian Fred Morales.
Information: 771-6727, fredmorales7@
yahoo.com, or elpasowalkingtours.com.
The museum hosts an exhibition of History
of Old Buildings in Ciudad Juarez through
September at the El Paso Librarys Main
Branch, 501 N. Oregon, Downtown. Admission
is free.
Walking tours are $5. Proceeds from admis-
sion goes towards historical exhibitions at area
libraries.
History of Five Points Area 10 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1, starting at the Old Texaco
Gas Station, corner of Elm and Grant.
History of the Socorro Historical District
10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, starting at
Socorro Mission La Purisma, 10041 Socorro
Road.
Chamizal National Memorial 800 S.
San Marcial. The National Park Service oper-
ates the memorial on land once claimed by
Mexico as part of a decades-long dispute over
the international boundary. A similar park in
Jurez lies across the Rio Grande, whose shift-
ing nature in earlier years triggered the dispute.
The visitor center has an exhibit on the history
of the Chamizal dispute, including a video pres-
entation. Park grounds and picnic area open 5
a.m. to 10 p.m. daily; visitors center open 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
Los Portales Museum and Visitor
Center 1521 San Elizario Road. The muse-
um is operated by the San Elizario Genealogy
and Historical Society, and is housed 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
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.
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Centro Cultural Paso del Norte Av.
Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the
Red Cross. Information: 1730300 or
ccpn.com.mx (Facebook: ccpnteatro). Tickets
at donboleton.com or the centers box office.
Youth Day is at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1.
Religious lectures and music with the group La
Via. Information: 3114420.
The musical play, The Lion King will be
presented at 3 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2.
Tickets: donboleton.com.
Concierto de Aranjuez with Orquestra
Sinfonica de la Universidad and world-famous
guitarist Pepe Romero is at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 8. Tickets: 80 to 400 pesos (donbole-
ton.com and box office).
El Botanero Blvd Tomas Fernandez 8540-
A. The comedy/music show of Rogelio Ramos
is at 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1. Reservations:
6878815.
Semjase Mejia Street 370 East (down-
town) The music school for needy children,
funded by world-famous singer Juan Gabriel,
will have its annual fundraising show and dinner
at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, with Mariachi Alma
de Nio and former students, Juan Gabriel
impersonator Sergio Sergio and The Differents.
Natalia Baeza will host. Tickets are 300 pesos
(donboleton.com).
Plaza de Toros Alberto Balderas
Francisco Villa 201 Centro (one block east of
Avenida Jurez). Hector de
Granada (in his farewell tour), Fermin Rivera Jr.
and Gerardo Adame are featured n the bullfight
at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, with bulls provided
by Jose Julian Llaguno. Tickets are Ticketmaster
and box office.
Estadio Benito Jurez Av. Heroico
Colegio Militar at Costa Rica, Zona Chamizal.
Megastar Luis Miguel brings his Hits Tour to
Jurez at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4. Tickets at
donboleton.com.
Soccer tournament featuring the Jaguares
from Chiapas, Olympia from Paraguay, Pumas
from Mexico and Nacional from Uruguay is
Sept. 7 and Sept. 9. Matches are 4 and 7 p.m.
Friday; and noon and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets
are 300 to 900 pesos each day
(donboleton.com).
Museo de INBA Circuito Jose Reyes
Estrada, Zona Pronaf. Information: 616-7414.
Video production workshop is 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Thursday through Friday, Sept. 6-8.
Un dia en el museo is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15: Guided tours, childrens
activities and puppet show.
Showing all month: art collective. Admission
is free.
Leo luego Existo featuring Arlette
Pacheco is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26. The
national program features TV stars who read
selections from their favorite book.
Museo del Chamizal Chamizal Park,
Jurez (next to the Bridge of the Americas).
The museum features an exhibit of pre-
Columbian artifacts, as well as paintings and
sculptures from well-known local and interna-
tional artists. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free
except as listed. Information: 611-1048.
A clay artists collective show is at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 6.
The final Arte en el Parque of teh season is is
4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. Cultural
bazaar, food and drinks booths, art exhibition,
children activities and artists celebrating Day of
the Children. Admission is 40 pesos (30 pesos
under age 12).
Matices Culturales - The annual series is
presented by Amigos de la Fundacion
Mascareas at Auditorio Benito Juarez, Ignacio
Ramirez at Vicente Guerrero Av. in front of
Parque Borunda. Performances begin at 8 p.m.
Saturdays. Information: 612-3175 or 612-4075.
In El Paso: 544-5118. Web: fmascarenas.org.
Sept. 8 Camerata Mozart
Oct. 6 The Sconek-T.
Mexican Independence Day
Celebrations include a parade 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, along Av. 16 de Septiembre.
Prestige Plaza de las Americas, Zona
Pronaf. Singers Christian Chavez (formerly of
RBD) and Ana Victoria perform as part of Tour
Mexico 2012 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22.
Tickets at donboleton.com and at box office.
Auditorio Civico Municipal Benito
Jurez Calle Ignacio Ramirez and Vicente
Guerrero, across from Parque Borunda.
Youth folklorico groups and music encounter
is at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 29-30. Tickets
at donboleton.com.
Casa de la Renovacion Faraday and
Industrias Avenue, Bermudez Industrial Park.
The XXVIII Catholic Diocesan Congress is
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30.
Festival Salesiano The 20th annual festi-
val begins at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Solar
de la Paloma. Gourmet food will be prepared
by leading restaurants, with music by singer
Noel Schajris. Admission is $100 (U.S.) or
1,400 pesos. Prizes for best Mexican costume
or attire. Proceeds benefit the Salesino charita-
ble works. Information: 6150592 or 6120226
or salesianosJuarz.org.
Solar de la Paloma is off Carr. Jurez Porvenir,
3 minutes from Bermudez Industrial Park. Go
right a half-mile on Camino Escudero.
Radio Cultural Milenio Alfonso The
Duck Quiones hosts the radio program
devoted to the cultural world in Jurez at 9:30
a.m. each Wednesday on 640 a.m.
VIII Festival Internacional Chihuahua
and annual Book Fair Sept. 3-Oct.
12. Various lectures, sales and book presenta-
tions are planned. For details, go to ccpn.mx.
Centro de Convenciones Anita
Waterfill zone (from Ysleta bridge, drive about
300 yards and turn on narrow road on right
near the yellow Bip Bip store). Franco de Vita
with his show Look Further 2012 performs
Saturday, Oct. 6. Tickets: Golden Ticket, 627
0021, or goldenticket.mx; box office, 682 1486.
Cibeles Convention Center Av. Toms
Fernndez 8450, between Calle Portales and
Antonio J. Bermudez, Zona Campestre.
A Wedding and Quinceaera Expo is 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Sunday Oct. 7. More than 50 ven-
dors offer related products and services.
Wedding and quinceaera raffle included with
admission. Information: cibeles.com.mx.
Jurez correspondent Walter Schaefer
2 022988 (cobracollectionag@hotmail.com or
walteraleisterschaefer@gmail.com)
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society
The Societys general meeting is 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 17, at UTEPs Centennial
Museum. Audubon member and birder Susie
Schneider will present The Cornacchia and his
cousins a (very) brief introduction to Italian
birds. Admission is free. Non-members wel-
come. Information: Eddie Chew, 587-9589 or
trans-pecos-audubon.org.
September field trips:
Rattlesnake Springs and Washington Ranch
Meet at 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at
Evergreen Cemetery, 12400 E. Montana (east
of Loop 375), and carpool to the 80-acre wet-
lands at Rattlesnake Springs, part of Carlsbad
Caverns National Park. Bring sack lunch and
water.
Pancho Villa State Park and Sod Farms trip
meets at 6:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17, in the
Sams Club parking lot behind the carwash,
7970 N. Mesa. Bring lunch, water.
Celebration of Our Mountains - The
19th annual Celebration of Our Mountains
offers events to encourage appreciation of the
El Paso regions environment. Information:
celebmtns.org.
Events are scheduled Sept. 13-Nov. 10.
See website for days, time and other details
of events such as a Bat Watch, various hikes
and field trips, star parties and more.
Gila River Festival The Gila
Conservation Coalition will host its 8th annual
river festival, The Wild River Speaks!,
Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 13-16, at vari-
ous locations in Silver City, N.M.. The event
raises awareness of the Gila River with hikes,
workshops, kids activities, panel discussions,
gallery and archaeological tours and more that
foster an appreciation of Aldo Leopolds con-
servation ethic. Information/registration: (575)
538-5555 or gilaconservation.org.
Festival highlights:
Guggenheim Fellow photographer Michael
Bermans new book of photos and essays,
Gila: Radical Visions, The Enduring Silence
will be released during the festival with an
opening reception, photography exhibit and
book signing 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at
Silver Citys Bear Mountain Lodge.
Craig Childs, keynote author will give a
multi-media presentation on Watercourse:
Conversations with a Moving Element is at
7:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, in the WNMU Fine
Arts Center Theater. Cost: $12 suggested
donation ($5 students).
The Great Conversation, a dialogue about
personal connections to the Gila River among
four individuals, is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 15, at WNMUs Webb Theater with for-
mer Dallas Cowboy lineman and writer Pat
Toomay, nature and science writer Sharman
Apt Russell, Wilderness Society of New Mexico
state director and Silver City native Michael
Casaus, and Red Paint Pow Wow founder Joe
Saenz. Admission: $8 suggested donation.
NMSU avian biogeographer Carol Campbell
hosts an introduction to cartography in
Mapping the Storied Gila 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13, in the Silco Theatre.
A local food fundraising Dutch Treat: Farm-
to-Table brunch in honor of GCC chairman
Dutch Salmon is 10:30 a.m. to noon Sunday,
Sept. 16, at Seedboat Center for the Arts, 214
Yankie. Cost: $50 ($75 couples)
Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta The
Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition
(CDEC) will host its 8th annual fiesta highlight-
ing the animals and plants of the Northern
Chihuahuan Desert 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 15, at Franklin Mountains State Parks
Tom Mays Section (off of Transmountain Road
on the west slope), with information booths,
vendors and other activities. Information: 217-
4233 or chihuahuandesert.org.
Hosted by the Franklin Mountains State Park,
members of the Chihuahuan Desert Education
Coalition will be on hand to offer free presen-
tations and demonstrations. The event is also
part of Franklin Mountains State Park Lone Star
Legacy. Admission is free, but donations are
accepted to the legacy fund.
Hikes are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. (Upper
Sunset trail with discussion of Land
Conservation), 10:30 a.m.(Lower Sunset trail
hike with discussion of park activities/opportu-
nities); 1 p.m. (Mineshaft tour) and 1:40 p.m.
(Mineshaft tour: short 40-minute hike/tour into
the West Cottonwood Mines.
Is Your Landscape Homesick? work-
shop El Paso Water Utilities host the gar-
dening workshop 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15, at TecH2O Water
Resources Learning Center, 10751 Montana.
TecH2O Center Manager Anai Padilla will show
how to create a water-smart landscape.
Admission is free but space is limited; registra-
tion required. Information: 621-2000 or
tech2o.org.
Science Cafe UTEP professor of biologi-
cal science Liz Walsh will discuss Aquatic
Exploration in the Middle of the Desert during
the monthly casual science discussion event
10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 22, at the
TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center,
10751 Montana. Admission is free. Information:
621-2000 or tech2o.org/events.
White Sands Institute White Sands
National Monument and NMSU-Alamogordo
hosts classes for youth and adults at White
Sands National Monument. Information/regis-
tration: (575) 439-3842 or nmsua.edu
(Community Education).
A Digital Color Photography is Thursday
through Saturday, Sept. 27-29, with photogra-
pher Jeremy Stein for three days packed with
photography and instruction with indoor lec-
tures as well as early sunrise and evening sun-
set photography sessions. Cost: $200; space is
limited.
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
military (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.
Savannahs Birthday and Elephant Festival is
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 as
Savannah the Asian elephant celebrates her
60th birthday, along with friend Juno, during
the annual elephant festival that honors the
zoos biggest residents.
Giraffe Encounter feedings are 11 to 11:30
a.m. and 2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
African Star Train ride tickets are $2 plus tax
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($1.50 for children and society members).
Daily activities for Year of the Bat in 2012
include bat games, arts and crafts, bat enrich-
ment programs and more. Check website for
other animal presentations.
Saving Our Springs El Paso Water
Utilities will show the documentary on Texas
springs 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29,
at TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center,
10751 Montana. Admission is free. Information:
621-2000 or tech2o.org/events.
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Hike for the Poor The El Paso Council
of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul hosts the
hike in Franklin Mountain State Park Saturday,
Sept. 29, as a benefit for the poor in the El
Paso area. Individuals, families and groups will
choose from any of three hiking trails, and are
asked to make donations or gather pledges.
Participants are asked to park at the ADP
building at Resler and Transmountain, and buses
will shuttle them to and from the Tom Mays
Unit of the state park. Hikes will leave from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants will receive bottled
water, energy bars and t-shirt. Hike options are
3/4-mile nature walk (20 to 30 minutes); 3.4
miles Tom Mays Trail (about 1.45 hours); and
4.7 miles Tom Mays/Upper Sunset Trail (2.5
hours). Park entry fees will be waived. To regis-
ter, go to svdelpaso.org or in person at 2104
N. Piedras. Registration also available the day of
hike. Information: 564-4357.
SunScape Landscape Seminar
UTEPs Chihuahuan Desert Gardens at the
Centennial Museum will host its landscaping
seminar 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30,
at the museum, University and Wiggins.
Registration: $30 (class size limited).
Information: 747-5565 or museum.utep.edu.
Guadalupe Mountains 40th
Anniversary Guadalupe Mountains
National Park will celebrate its 40th anniversary
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, with a day of
musical performances, hay rides, pony rides for
the children, guest speakers and BBQ at Frijole
Ranch, living history at the Pinery Butterfield
Stage Ruins and lectures, films, and special pho-
tograph and mural exhibits at the Pine Springs
Visitor Center. Park entrance fee: $5 per per-
son ages 16 and over; no additional charge for
anniversary events. Information/schedule: 828-
3251, ext. 2124 or nps.gov/GUMO/
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 $5 per person, free for age 12
and under (with family). Correct cash or check
only. Group rates available. Hours are 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441.
The 8th annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta is 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Several
hikes offered that day. See listing above.
Guided hikes are offered selected weekends.
Cost is $3 ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free), plus $5
park entry fee for ages 13 and older. Bring
water, snacks, sturdy shoe/boots, hiking stick,
maps and binoculars. Dogs welcome on leash
on some hikes. Reservations required: 566-
6441 ext. 221 224 or
erika.rubio@tpwd.state.tx.us or
adrianna.weickhardt@tpwd.state.tx.us,
Schaffer Shuffle Trail, 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept.
2. About 2.5 miles; includes steep initial
descent.
Women-Only Hike of Agave Loop is 6:30
a.m. Friday, Sept. 14. Moderate hike, 1.4
miles.
The Ron Coleman Trail Peak Fitness
Challenge Hike is 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.
Strenuous hike; 3 to 4 miles.
The 5th annual Chihuahuan Desert Chili
Challenge Chili Cookoff is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sept. 1, at Tom Mays Unit, with free chili tast-
ing, music, door prizes and live music by
Slackabilly.
Find Your Place Among the Starts night sky
event is 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at
the Tom Mays Unit. Bring a flashlight and water.
Cost: $8 ($1 ages 5-12).
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, 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
A Community Workday is 8 to 11 a.m.,
Saturday, Sept. 15.
Introductory Tour, 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.
Monthly faunal monitoring is 8 a.m., Saturday,
Sept. 22.
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.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday through
Sunday. Admission: $7 (free for children 12 and
younger). Additional activity cost for tours
(including morning hike): $2 (free for age 4 and
younger). Information: 857-1135 or texas-
stateparks.gov. Reservations are recommended
for the self-guided area and for camping: (512)
389-8900.
Birding tours are 7 a.m. on the third Saturday
of the month (Sept. 15). Advance sign-up
encouraged.
A Find Your Place Among the Stars night
sky event is 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
22. Bring flashlight and water. Admission: $2
age 5 and older; reservations required.
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; reserva-
tions recommended. There is an annual orien-
tation program for visitors.
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.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park
5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. Hours are 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. All events free with park
admission. Day use fee: $5 per vehicle ($40
annual pass). Information: (575) 523-4398.
A Spiders of the Arid Southwest talk with
David B. Richman is 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept.
15, in the classroom.
Birding tours are 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept.
1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, led by park volunteers.
Nature Hikes are 8:15 a.m. every Sunday.
The final childrens summer nature trek and
activities are 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1;
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wear sunscreen, hats and hiking shows for out-
door hikes. Topic is Seasonal Adaptations
Affecting the Plants and Animals of the
Bosque. Adults invited.
Music in Nature concert series are selected
Sunday evenings. Bring family, picnic, lawn
chairs (no glass containers). All vehicles must
stay on main road.
6-8 p.m. Sept. 16 Orlando Antonio
Jimenez, mariachi music
5-7 p.m. Sept. 23 Rio Grande Ramblers.
Reel Rock Film Tour NMSU Outdoor
Recs Adventure Art Series new season begins
with the outdoor film festival at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27, at Rio Grande Theatre,
211 N. Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces. Tickets:
$8 in advance; $10 at the door. Information:
(575) 646-4746 or reelrocktour.com.
Aguirre Spring Campground The
Organ Mountain recreational area is off U.S. 70
about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Day-use fee
is $3 per vehicle. Information, group reserva-
tions: (575) 525-4300.
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park
The park, part of Asombro Institute for Science
Education, is northeast of Las Cruces, off
Jornada Road. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575)
524-3334 or asombro.org.
Dripping Springs Natural Area The
recreational area is at the base of the Organ
Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road,
Las Cruces. The visitor center is open 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Access to the main trail to Dripping
Springs is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the park is
closed promptly at 7 p.m. Admission is $3 per
vehicle. No pets allowed (except for assistance
animals). Information: (575) 522-1219.
White Sands National Monument
The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles
southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70.
Through Sept.11, hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
(last entry at 9 p.m.); Visitor Center summer
hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. From Sept. 12-Nov.
5, monument opens at 7 a.m. with last entry at
sunset; visitor center hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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
6:25 p.m. through Sept. 9, 6 p.m. Sept. 10-
16; 5:45 p.m. Sept. 17-30 and 5:30 p.m. Oct.
1-14.
Full Moon Hikes are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug.
31, and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29.
Admission is free with monument admission,
but space is limited. Reservations accepted
online two weeks in advance.
Full Moon Night summer program series are
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, with Native
American flutist Randy Granger, and 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 30, with Nice Hat, a walk
through the history of National Part Service
Uniforms.
Lake Lucero tour is 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23.
Reservations required (accepted online only).
Cost is $3 per adult; $1.50 age 16 and under.
A Full Moon Bike Ride is 8 p.m. Friday, Sept.
28. Reservations accepted online only beginning
Aug. 28. Cost: $5 ($2.50 age 15 and younger).
The annual White Sands Balloon Invitational is
sunrise Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16.
The final Adventure Rangers safety and sur-
vival skills nature hike is 5 p.m. Saturday,
through Sept. 2 for ages 8-12 accompanied
by parent. Call for other childrens activities.
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 starting Labor Day weekend 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 natu-
ral entrance is 2 p.m. with last entry into cave
via elevator 3:30 p.m.
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).
Daily bat flight talks (about 15 minutes long)
are offered just before sunset through mid-
October at the amphitheatre outside the natu-
ral entrance.
Other guided tours are available; call or check
website for details.
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. Hours are 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Camping is $8 per site per night.
Information: (915) 828-3251.
New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee
is $5. 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.
Free Fishing Day Saturday, Sept. 22, at fishing
sites throughout the state. Check with individ-
ual parks for details.
Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of
Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff.
Information: (575) 437-8284.
Bat talk is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1.
Rattlesnake Tales is 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8
Mammals of Dog Canyon Talk is 10 to 11:30
a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15
Celestial Cycles: Fall Equinox night shy view-
ing is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22.
Full Harvest Moon sky viewing is 7 to 8:30
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29.
Trail Journaling walk is 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6.
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.
The Fall Plant Sale is 8 a.m. to noon Saturday,
Sept. 22, with native plants from $6 to $16.
Master gardeners will be present to assist.
Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Information: (575) 744-5998.
The CAST for Kids Fishing Tournament is 7
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, for disabled
and disadvantaged children.
The Elephant Butte Balloon Regatta is 6:30
a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8-9,
with skydiver jumps 7 to 12:30 a.m. both days.
Drag Boat races are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, Sept. 8-9.
Free Fishing Day is 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 22 (regular entry fees apply).
The Elephant Kidz Tri is 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29, as part of the Elephantman
Triathlon weekend.
Elephant Man Triathlon begins at 8 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 30, starting at the Dirt Dam
area.
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.
Brantley Lake State Park, 12 miles north of
Carlsbad via U.S. 285. Information: (575) 457-
2384.
The 9th Annual Starlight Weekend is 6 to
11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7-8,
with sky viewing, door prizes and other pro-
grams. Solar viewing is 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Bottomless Lakes State Park 13 miles east
of Roswell, (via U.S. Hwy 380 and NM Hwy
409). Information: (575) 624-6058.
Enchanted Evening programs are 8 p.m.
Saturdays through Sept. 1, with ranger talks,
guest speakers and other nature oriented pre-
sentations.
The Bottomless Bubblefest scuba event is 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday though Monday, Sept.
1-3, in Lea Lake with and under water poker
game run and other events.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State
Park Carlsbad, N.M. Admission: $5 ($3
ages 7-12; free for 6 and under). Information:
(575) 887-5516.
Full Moon Walk is 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 29.
The Fall Plant Sale is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, with xeric
plants for desert landscaping sponsored by
Carlsbad Horticulture Society.
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). Summer
hours (Memorial Day through Labor Day): 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last entry at 3:30 p.m.).
Information: (575) 887-5516.
To get there: Take U.S. 285 north of Carlsbad;
follow signs to the park.
Music and the Moon concerts are 6 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 31 with gospel music by Tadd
Williams followed by a Blue Moon walk at 7:30
p.m.
International Vulture Awareness Day activities
are 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, to learn
about natures sanitation engineers.
Full Moon Walk is 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 29.
The Fall Plant Sale is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, with xeric
plants for desert landscaping sponsored by
Carlsbad Horticulture Society.
While most zoos feature exotic animals from
faraway countries, Living Desert offers visitors
an up-close look at the mammals, reptiles and
birds that inhabit the Chihuahuan Desert.
A large greenhouse is devoted to succulents
and cactus from around the world. The head-
quarters building includes exhibits on minerals,
history, archaeology and other subjects.
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, the first
and one of the largest wilderness areas. The
slow, winding mountain road between Silver
City and the dwellings takes about 1-1/2 hours
to drive. Long trailers are advised to come up
the back way via NM 152 and 35 through the
Mimbres Valley. Entrance fee: $3 per person;
$10 per family. Information: (575) 536-9461 or
nps.gov/gicl.
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orderland residents will have a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
view a remarkable collection of
original European masterworks when The
Golden Age of Painting in Europe 1600
1800 and its companion exhibition,
Church to Village, 16th and 17th Century
Dutch and Flemish Paintings, opens Sept.
15 at the El Paso Museum of Art.
Curated by the Speed Museum in
Louisville, Kentucky, the masterworks in
these two exhibitions address the styles
and themes popular in 17th and 18th cen-
tury Europe. Tantalizing in scope, their
diverse subject matter includes portraiture,
religious and mythological episodes, genre
scenes, still lifes and landscapes, while
styles range from the atmospheric brush-
work of Thomas Lawrence to the neoclas-
sical formality of Merry Joseph Blondel.
Exemplifying an exciting confluence of
history and art, these collections offer
insights into the tremendous changes that
swept through Europe during these two
centuries. Religious upheavals transformed
the way people thought about and utilized
art. Biblical themes and portraiture of
nobility gave way to compositions that
depicted life in the local villages focusing
on tavern scenes, domestic interiors and
picturesque townscapes. This departure
from traditional themes was largely a
result of the Protestant Reformation, which
prohibited paintings in churches, and the
Eighty Years War (1568 to 1648), which
brought political, religious and economic
independence to the United Provinces of
the Dutch Republic (Holland and the
Netherlands).
Freed from Spanish domination, the
Dutch middle class began to grow and
prosper. Trade routes were extended to far-
away lands such as China and India, ensur-
ing a steady stream of goods for European
consumers. Patronage of the arts, once
limited to the aristocracy, now extended to
the newly wealthy Dutch mercantile class.
Art itself changed when the technical
aspects of art making were honed and cod-
ified as art academies grew in number and
power.
El Paso Museum of Art director Michael
Tomor emphasizes that the significance of
bringing this show to the Borderland is
unparalleled. El Paso is more than 500
miles away from the nearest museum col-
lections that contain a comprehensive
study of European art. This is the first time
in the history of the greater border metro-
plex that works by Rembrandt, Rubens,
Gainsborough, Lawrence, Steen and
numerous other artists working during this
Golden Age have been shown in our city.
While the EPMA possesses a truly credi-
ble European collection of its own which
occupies nearly three galleries, Tomor
noted regional audiences have never expe-
rienced the artistic dialog created when
works from the museums permanent col-
lection are displayed in context with other
European works from the same time peri-
ods.
He explained, To facilitate this concept,
six paintings from the EPMA permanent
collection will be placed in relevant prox-
imity to works from the Speed collection.
For example, our Portrait of a Woman
(circa 1641) by Sir Anthony van Dyck will
be placed next to the Speeds van Dyck
Portrait of a Woman (c. 1635) and
Portrait of a Man (1641) by the Dutch
artist Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck.
Canalettos View of the Molo will be
placed the near the works of his mentor
and teacher, Giovanni Paolo Panini, and
his contemporary Hubert Robert, also a
Panini protg. This grouping will focus
on the art of classic and urban landscape
painting in the Pleno Baroque.
Tomor said the museum is making a spe-
cial effort to educate the public about the
exhibition, including a series of four lec-
tures underwritten by the Samuel H. Kress
Foundation, which will bring in recog-
nized scholars who will share their expert-
ise on works of this specific time period.
To further provide a complete picture of
Europes Golden Age, the museum will
co-sponsor programs by the El Paso
Symphony, El Paso Pro-Musica, the El
Paso Opera and UTEP. A Golden Age
Cinema program will feature 14 movies.
El Paso Art Association
Changes are in the wind for the El Paso
Art Association, an organization which has
been an iconic figure in the local art com-
munity for more than 60 years.
After attending a workshop this summer,
President Tracy Navar and the current slate
of officers were informed that it would be
necessary for the art association to rewrite
its bylaws in order to bring the organiza-
tion into compliance with regulations nec-
essary to retain its non-profit status.
One requirement was that the EPAA have
a board of directors elected by votes from
all members in good standing. This board
would in turn be responsible for appoint-
ing EPAA officers to include president,
vice-president, secretary and treasurer.
Board candidates include Sanford Cox,
Leonard Sipiora, Stephanie Conwell, Gary
Crossland and Patricia Gary.
Yet another change is that the 2012 Arts
International, which opens Oct. 6 and
hangs through Oct. 26, will be held at the
Art Junction on Paisano. Due to the limit-
ed exhibition space, it will be reduced in
size to about 75 pieces, and will not
include any photographic works.
Watch for further changes to be
announced prior to the exhibition.
European masters come
to El Paso Museum of Art
Plein Air Painters of El Paso
For a cool way to celebrate the Labor
Day weekend, visit the 15th annual exhibi-
tion of the Plein Air Painters of El Paso
that opens Sunday, Sept. 2 at the
International Museum of Art, 1211
Montana. The opening reception will be 2
to 4 p.m., with artists in attendance.
Officially formed in 1997, the Plein Air
Painters of El Paso started off as a small
group of artists who enjoyed painting en
plein air (in the open air, referring to out-
door landscape painting). The group
grew steadily, exhibiting their works at
local galleries as well as the Department of
Interior Museum in Washington, D.C. For
more information, go to www.pleinair-
paintersofelpaso.com.
English Artist heads home
Since the closing of her former gallery,
The Rose and Crown, Stepanie Conroy
also known as The English Artist had
been keeping busy producing commis-
sioned murals. Working with the public
has always been the artists strong suit, so
she was truly back in her element when
her latest venture, Stephanie Conroys
Gallery and Gift Shoppe, opened June 1 at
the Placita Madrid in San Elizarios Art
District. Not only was she a gallery owner
once again, but she had also been invited
to serve on the board of the San Elizario
Art District Guild.
She had also begun work on expanding
her trademark mice into an official line
christened Woodhill Whiskers, a charm-
ing group of critters named after Woodhill
Road in Portishead, England, where
Conroy grew up.
Conroy, who has long hidden mice in her
mural work, relates, I painted a series of
medical mice and before I knew it, I had
orders for specific mice subjects of every
conceivable entity.
Her plan was to create an initial series
that would introduce about 50 new mice
including her Billy the Kid mouse, nurse
mice, sports related mice, and so on.
But as the saying goes, The best laid
plans of men and mice
In July, Conroy returned to England for a
visit with her sister, Carol, who is in the
process of writing a rhyming childrens
book that Conroy will illustrate.
Portishead, where our family lived, has
old houses, farms and even a lighthouse so
it is a perfect setting for a childrens
book, Conroy explained.
Prior to her journey across the Atlantic,
Conroy had firm plans to launch
Woodhill Whiskers in her San Eli
Gallery this September, so it came as quite
a shock when she e-mailed me that she has
now decided to move back to the U.K.
She explains, With my sister writing the
book about mice, my art being so English
in flavor, and now both my boys leaving
El Paso, it just seems to make sense. Im
footloose and fancy free, and can follow
my heart, and its wanting me to start this
new adventure at home in England.
She shares that the move will not be
immediate. She is still painting the first
series of the Woodhill Whiskers mice
and will have prints available in
September. The official launch wont be
for another year, when the book is pub-
lished.
Stephanie reflects, I have so loved living
in El Paso, its been good to me, and Im
so grateful to have had such a fabulous
career as an artist here. I have many won-
derful friends leaving isnt going to be
easy.
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer
specializing in the visual arts.
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19th annuall
CeIebration of Our Mountains
Sept. 13- Nov. 10, 2012
The 19th annual fall Celebration of Our Mountains festival hosts numerous events
each week and weekend during a period of mild temperatures in the El Paso
Southwest. You can also enjoy year-round educational and recreational opportunities.
Just visit www.celebmtns.org for more information. New hikes and events are posted
throughout the fall festival as well as throughout the year. Activities include hiking,
biking, birding, an art show, climbing, photographing, sketching, studying and
exploring the natural wonders and history of the Borderland. Events are planned
through early November, plus other educational and recreational opportunities
throughout the year. Just visit www.celebmtns.org for more information.
COMING EVENTS
Sept. 13-Oct. 6
Bat Watch
Sept. 13, 14, 15
Judy Ackerman, 755-7371
Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta
Saturday, Sept. 15
diane_e_perez@yahoo.com
Astronomy Night: Find Your
PIace Among the Stars
Friday, Sept. 21,7:30-10 p.m.
Tom Mays Unit of Franklin Mountains
State Park
566-6441
$8 adult; $1 child
Astronomy Night: Find Your
PIace Among the Stars
Saturday, Sept. 22, 7:30-10 p.m.
Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site
849-6684
12th AnnuaI Artistic
CeIebration of Our Mountains
Thursday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m.
Ardovino`s Desert Crossing, 1 Ardovino`s
Drive, Sunland Park, NM
575-589-0653
Night Time Is the Right Time:
NocturnaI Creatures of the
FrankIin Mountains
Friday, Sept. 28. 6 p.m.
Tom Mays Unit, Franklin Mtns. St. Park
Dr. Paul Hyder, phyder@zianet.com
Ron CoIeman TraiI
Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 a.m.
Meet at McKelligon Canyon Trailhead
Carol Brown, 630-1424
RobIedo Permian Seacoast,
Prehistoric Trackways NationaI
Monument
Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 a.m.
Information: Mike Downs
(mdowns@blm.gov / 575.525.4351).
Sign up with Ben Brown
(liaisoncarta@gmail.com).
Frontera Land AIIiance CIeanup
Wakeem / Teschner Nature
Preserve at ResIer Canyon
Sunday, Sept. 30, 8 a.m.
Janae Reneaud Field, 351-8352
Mount Cristo Rey
Hike Through Time
Saturday, October 6, 8 a.m.
Randy Limbird, 542-1422.
AIamo Mountain PetrogIyphs
Saturday, Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-noon
Val 544-2717
Keystone Heritage Park
Saturday, Oct. 6
8 a.m. Arroyo Walk
8 a.m.-2 p.m. Native Plant Sale
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Archaeology Tours
FrankIin Mountains Northern Pass
Loop Hike
Saturday, Oct. 6, 8 a.m.
Carol Brown, 630-1424
Stephanie Conroys Woodhill
Whiskers incorporate whimsical mice.
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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, martha@agaverosagallery.com or
agaverosastore.com.
Showing Sept. 8-29: Pictura, Reginald
Watterson Retrospect 1960-2012 Exhibition.
Also featured are works by Katherine Flowers
and Alejandro Ortiz. Opening is 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8.
Artistic Celebration of Our Mountains
Exhibit Artist submissions are being
accepted through Sept. 4 for the 12th annual
juried exhibit opening Sept. 22, at Ardovinos
Desert Crossings Sunset Hall, One Ardovino
Drive in Sunland Park. Artists may submit up to
six images of pieces created inspired by the
regions mountains; all pieces must feature a
regional mountain theme and not have been
exhibited before. Information: (575) 589-0653.
The exhibit opens with a reception 6 to 9
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Sunset Hall
with hors doeuvres and a cash bar, and runs
through December.
BPEP Gallery Open House Book
Publishers of El Paso will celebrate its new art
gallery (next to its publishing business) with an
open house 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
15, at 912-C Texas Avenue. Authors and artists
will all be on hand to answer questions about
their books or paintings, book illustrations,
photos or jewelry. Refreshments served; door
prizes and special discounts offered. Admission
is free. Information: 778-6670 or 472-7480.
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.
The collection includes Dan Flavins untitled
Marfa project, a monumental work in colored
fluorescent light that occupies six buildings.
A Sunrise at Chinati event is 7 to 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2. The museum will open just
before sunrise for a viewing of Judds works at
daybreak. Admission: $10 (free for museum
members and residents of tri-county area).
A Garden Harvest Community Potluck is 7
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the arena and muse-
um garden. Guests are invited to bring a dish;
drinks provided. Admission is free.
Crossland Gallery The El Paso Art
Associations gallery is at 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 Aug. 31-Sept. 22:
Days Gone By works by Judy Hampton and
James Ward. Hamptons portraits of the charac-
ters of the old west range from a blacksmith to
a flute player, ladies and madams, gunfighters
and lawmen, cowboys and vaqueros. Ward is a
graphite pencil artist who prefers subjects of
historical significance.
Autumn, work by Patt Robles and Lynne
Welch in the Cox Gallery. Robless oil paintings
capture the contrasts that abound in the
American West. Welch paints recollections of
childhood memories and landscapes inspired by
her travels around the world.
Featured artists Tracy Navar and Rodolfo
Sigala in the Williams Gallery.
Opening reception for all three shows is 5 to
8 p.m. Friday. Aug. 31.
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.
Showing through Sept. 9 is Eye of the
Beholder found/recycled object juried exhibit,
including painting, jewelry, sculpture, photo-
graphs and woodwork. The exhibit runs in con-
junction with the Adventure Quest: Save the
Planet! summer exhibit. See separate listing
for details.
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.
elpasoartmuseum.org.
Through Sept. 9:
Reel Glamour: Jewelry from the Paramount
Archive, with more than 100 screen-used jew-
elry pieces from the silent period to the 1960s.
Designing Woman: Edith Head at
Paramount, 38 gowns and wardrobe pieces
designed by the iconic costume designer Edith
Head and worn by some of Paramounts
biggest stars. The exhibit will also feature origi-
nal drawings, private papers and photographs
of Head from the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
Showing through Oct. 7 in the Dorrance and
Olga Roderick Gallery: Retablo Niche Veil of
Veronica.
Showing through Sept. 30 in the Peter and
Margaret de Wetter Gallery: Jake Erlich: Long
Shadows. Erlich, a native El Pasoan, was more
widely known for being the tallest man in the
world than for being one of the first artists in El
Paso to paint in a modern, expressionist style.
His art depicts life as a part of a traveling circus
during the Depression years. In addition to the
paintings are historic ephemera from the
artists life.
Showing Sept. 15-Jan. 6: Rembrandt,
Rubens and Golden Age of Painting
in Europe 1600-1800 from the Speed Art
Museum. The Speed Art Museum in Louisville,
Ky. possesses one of the finest collections of
European Old Master paintings among mid-
sized American museums. The current exhibi-
tion includes more than 70 17th- and 18th-cen-
tury paintings by artists of the Dutch, Flemish,
Italian, French, and English schools, including
masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Gabriel
Metsu, Jacob van Ruisdael, Peter Paul Rubens,
Jacob Jordaens the Elder, Jan Brueghel the
Elder, Anthony van Dyck, Giovanni Battista
Tiepolo, Adlade Labille-Guiard, Thomas
Gainsborough, and William Hogarth.
Events in conjunction with the exhibit include
Golden Age Lectures and Golden Age
Films as part of the museums World Cinema
Series.
Admission to the lecture and exhibit is free
for lecture attendees the night of the lecture;
seating is limited on a first come, first serve
basis. A talk with Edgar Peters Bowron, Audrey
Jones Beck Curator of European Art, Museum
of Fine Arts in Houston at 6 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 20, in the auditorium.
The World Cinema Series is 2 p.m. Saturdays
Sept. 22-Jan. 5 in the auditorium. Proceeds
used to purchase art books for the Algur H.
Meadows Library. Admission: $5 donation ($3
EPMA members under level $60; free for
members over level $60 and children age 12
and younger). Restrictions may apply depending
on rating of film.
Sept. 22: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Sept. 29: Dangerous Beauty.
Showing Sept. 15-Jan. 27:
From Church to Village: 16th and 17th
Century Dutch and Flemish Painting. The
exhibit features are produced in an era when
the Catholic Church and royalty were the
major patrons of the arts, was the major patron
of the arts.
Easy Companions: Animals and Children in
the Photographs of Manuel Carrillo. About 20
gelatin silver prints of children in the natural
company of animals have been selected from a
much larger store of the artists works at the El
Paso Museum of Art.
Through Oct. 7: Artists on Art features
local artist Ricardo Chavarria.
Zip Tours and Focus Talks of the exhibits are
12:15 to 12:45 p.m. on selected Wednesdays;
limited to first 40 attendees.
The monthly Reading the Easel Book Club is 4
to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, to discuss
Rembrandt: The Painter at Work, by Ernst
Van de Wetering. Cost: $10 (free for members)
and includes admission all museum exhibits.
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.
Please see Page 42
Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday. Information: 833-0454 or brigittevon-
ahn.com.
Multi-media Art Saturday is Sept. 15. El Paso
artist and author Pat Olchefski-Winston will sign
her new book, The Curious Childhood of
Patty O, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will perform
readings of excerpts from the book 5 to 7 p.m.
Adrienne Palmer sell her custom jewelry. The
Gallerys encaustic art is available as well as
special pieces by early El Paso Artist Eugene
Thurston.
EPAA Workshops El Paso Art
Association offers new workshops taught by
area artist Ana Luisa Arias at the Art Junctions
Studio 29 (second floor), 500 W. Paisano. Arias
is a stained glass artist and sculptor.
Registration/information: 892-9862 or alar-
ias04@gmail.com.
Workshop for Kids is 10 a.m. to noon
Saturdays for ages 4 and older. Children create
a different project in every class they can take
home with them. Cost: $20.
Beautiful Smiles Art Workshop for persons
with special needs to enjoy a supportive, cre-
ative environment 10 a.m. to noon or 4 to 6
p.m. Mondays and Thursdays (for ages 6-12)
and Tuesdays and Fridays (for ages 13 and
older). Arias is trained and certified in Special
Needs Behavior. Cost: $20 per class; $140 per
month. All materials included.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and
Gift Shop Award-winning Impressionist
Alberto Escamillas studio is 1500 Main Street
in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday and by
appointment. Information: 474-0752 or alber-
toescamilla.com.
Students are being accepted at both the Main
Street location and the artists home gallery at
1457 Amstater Circle (open by appointment).
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon.
Friday. Information: 533-9090 or
halmarcus.com.
The Artist of the Month for September is
painter Francisco Romero. Romero was born in
Jurez, and started drawing at age 6 from car-
toon magazines that were on display in the
newspaper stands. He has been inspired by the
works of Fernando Botero and Diego Rivera.
His themes frequently portray chubby people in
humorous social situations, reflecting his love
for Mexico.
The gallery is owned and operated by local
artist Hal Marcus and his wife, Gallery Director
Patricia Medici. Gallery Manager is artist Kelly
Foss. Marcuss home and studio, located across
the street, are available for personal tours. A
gift shop offers art-related gifts, books and cal-
endars featuring art by Marcus and other local
artists.
Idea Fund information session The
fund that provides ten $4,000 cash awards to
artist-centered projects that exemplify uncon-
ventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepre-
neurial, participatory or guerrilla artistic prac-
tices will host an information session at 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27, at UTEPs Stanlee and
Gerald Rubin Center, 500 W. University.
Proposals evaluated on artistic strength, overall
vision, capacity to realize the proposed project,
accessibility to the public and demonstration of
community support. Information:
rubincenter.utep.edu.
Proposals from artists will be accepted
through Oct. 19 at theideafund.org.
International Museum of Art 1211
Montana. The museum is operated by the
International Association for the Visual Arts in
the historic Turney Home. Hours are 1 to 5
p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Free guided
tours available on a walk-in basis. Admission is
free. Information: 543-6747 or internationalmu-
seumofart.net.
Showing Sept. 2-30: Plein Air Painters of El
Paso 15th Anniversary Show. Officially formed
in 1997, the Plein Air Painters of El Paso started
as a small group of open-air painting enthusiasts
and have since staged various exhibitions.
Featured artists are Corinne Abeyta-Spinnler,
Bob Adams, Candy Mayer, Melinda Etzold,
Winfrey Hearst, Ann Mitchell, Dee Olga
MinYoung-Phillips, Krystyna Robbins, Rami
Scully, Lisa Matta Brown, Nina Walker, Michael
Kirkland and Oween Rath. Opening reception
is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2; artists will be
present.
Sun Bowl Art Exhibit 2012 submissions are
being taken through Sept. 26 for its annual
international juried competition to run Nov. 2-
Jan. 1. This years juror is Bill Bissell. Entry fee:
$45 for submission of three photographs or
slides to be considered.
Museum of Art volunteer classes El
Paso Museum of Art hosts free classes for
those interested in becoming volunteer tour
guides (docents) age 18 and older. No previous
knowledge of art necessary, but docents must
commit to giving tours for at least one year
upon completion of the program. Bilingual skills
encouraged but not required. Docents must
have a desire to learn and share information
about the arts and humanities, enjoy working
with youth and adults, and devote nine months
to the training program between September
2012 and May 2013. Information: 532-1707 or
Rakocy Art Studio 4210 Emory Rd.
Information: 584-7878 or bravopress@sbcglob-
al.net. Artist/historian Bill Rakocy has his Upper
Valley studio and gallery open by appointment.
Rakocy explored the Southwest in the late
1940s as an ex-GI and young artist, returned to
stay in the 1970s and later became curator of
education at the El Paso Museum of Art. An
award-winning artist, Rakocy is also author of
books on art, regional history and ghost towns.
The studio currently features an exhibit of 30
oils by its artist and curator: 1880: Colorado
Mining Camps, images of Old Denver, Pancha
Springs, Garden of the Gods, Montezuma, Old
Market Street, Central City, Kokomo and
more.
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. Monday through Wednesday
and Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Weekend hours by appointment only.
Information: 747-6151 or rubincenter.utep.edu.
Showing Sept. 13-Dec. 21:
In the Rubin and L galleries: Shifting Sands:
Recent Video from the Middle East. The exhi-
bition features an international selection of
artists who use film and video to explore the
Middle Eastern desert as a site charged with
meaning. The works included here directly and
indirectly explore zones of recent conflict
including the Israel-Palestine border and
Afghanistan.
Presented in conjunction with the Desert
Initiative and annual meeting of International for
Society for Electronic Arts. The University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque will host the con-
ference Sept. 17-22, with the Rubin Center
hosting a pre-conference symposium 10 a.m. to
7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.
In the Project Space: SEFT-1: Ivan Puig and
Andrs Padilla Domene.is a trans-disciplinary
project by artists Ivan Puig and Andrs Padilla
Domene. (SEFT is an acronym in Spanish for
the Sonda de Exploracin Ferroviaria Tripulada
or Manned Railway Exploration Probe.) Its core
object is a futuristic, artist-designed vehicle
equipped to move on both land and rail. Puig
and Padilla Domene traveled abandoned rail-
ways throughout Mexico in this exploratory
probe, using photography, video, audio and text
to record contemporary landscapes, infrastruc-
ture, and inhabitants to create a futuristic
exploration of Mexicos past. Works from this
exhibit will also be featured in UTEPs
Centennial Museum.
Opening reception for both exhibits is 5 to
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.
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.
To get there, take Loop 375 South from I-10,
exit Socorro Rd., then drive 7 miles east to
Main Street.
Galleries include Main Street Gallery, Golden
Eagle Gallery, Pena Gallery and the galleries/stu-
dios of Maria Branch, Al Borrego, Alberto
Escamilla and Alma Rosa Miranda.
Featured artists are Bert Saldana, Rob Mack,
Rosa Maria Burgos, Warren Smart, Manuel
Alvarado, Nasario Olvera, Susan Wester Petez,
Bill Rakocy, Sergio Acosta, Roberto Estrada,
Candy Mayer, Frank Moreno, Margarett Pence,
Alberto Trevizo, Brenda Johnson Roberts, Jaime
Lujan, Sam Rodriguez, Mark Yerrington, Sergio
Acosta and Arturo Avalos.
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.
Stephanie Conroy will host the official
Westside launch of her Woodhill Whiskers
with a reception 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14.
The Afternoon Artisan Market is 12:30 to
4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15.
Bill Herring will host a Just for Fun work-
shop for those who paint in acrylic, pastels or
watercolors Thursday through Monday, Oct.
18-22. Cost: $450. Contact the gallery for
details.
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.
Showing Sept. 4-28: Viva Mexico, works
Art Scene
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Please see Page 43
by various artists depicting the people, culture
and landscape of Mexico. Judge for the exhibit
is well-known El Paso impressionist Alberto
Escamilla.
Opening reception and awards ceremony is
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.
The Lobby Gallery The gallery is located
on the second floor of the Art Junction, 500 W.
Paisano. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Information:
534-7377.
Showing through Sept. 15:
The Magic of Glass stained glass pieces by
El Paso artist and sculptor Ana Luisa Arias.
Aztec Pectorals and Christian Crosses in
Clay, an exhibition of works by El Paso artist
and ceramicist, Judith C. Garcia. Exhibit has
been extended due to popular demand.
Opening Aug. 31 in the gallerys Studio 30 is
Pot Te Te of Secrets, Slaves, and Myths,
mixed media works by El Paso artist FreChelle
Tesla.
Receptions for all three exhibitions are 5 to 8
p.m. Friday, Aug. 31.
Wilhelmina Weber Furlong exhibit
A retrospective of the work of Americas first
woman modern artist and the treasured collec-
tion of Golden Heart Farm runs Sept. 27-Nov.
15, at Building 98, 705 W. Bonnie Street in
Marfa, Texas. Hosted by International Womans
Foundation. Information/RSVP: International
Womans Foundation, (432)-386-8212 or (432)-
729-1852.
Furlong was known for a warm personality
that manages to bring out the depth and color
of her subjects.
Opening reception is Thursday, Oct. 4, with a
book signing of The Treasured Collection of
Golden Heart Farm: A Biography of Wilhelmina
Weber Furlong by author Clint Weber.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
5,000 Flowers The annual 9-11 com-
memorative exhibit opens with a reception 10
a.m. to noon Tuesday, Sept. 11, Las Cruces
City Hall, 700 n. Main in Las Cruces, second
floor mezzanine. The non-political exhibit,
sponsored by the GFWC Progress Club, fea-
tures hundreds of miniature works of art creat-
ed by artists from the United States and
Canada. Information:
mlcourtney@comcast.net.
The reception features towers bearing images
of flowers created by more 380 artists nation-
wide.
Adobe Patio Gallery and Studio
1765 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. The
gallery, owned and operated by artists Carolyn
and Henry Bunch, features works by Carolyn
Bunch, Anthony Pennock, Kelley S. Hestir,
Cheryl Derrick and other local and regional
artists. Information: (575) 532-9310.
Cutter Gallery 2640 El Paseo (at
University), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658.
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.
La Paloma Fine Art Gallery and Studio
The new gallery in historic Old Mesilla at
2340 Avenida De Mesilla, N.M. features the
work of Francisco Romero. Hours are 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information: (575) 523-
8755 or romeroart.net.
Works include original art, prints, ceramics,
furniture, dolls and more, as well as works by
Adriana Peraldi, Miguel Varela and Rosa
Chivardi.
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. Museum closed for Labor
Day, Sept. 3. Information: (575) 541-2137 or
las-cruces.org/museums.
What I See, What I Saw, an installation
piece by Austin artist Marianne McGrath. This
large installation is comprised of 3,000 hand-
formed ceramic roses, made from raw clay and
preserved in wax, that rise on steel rods out of
the roofs of plywood house forms.
Indras Net installation piece by the Praxis
Collective. More than 300 miniature paintings
become a larger unit that provide a glimpse
into each of the artists visions. Praxis
Collective members include Tauna Cole, Robin
Wiener Labe, Jacklyn St. Aubyn, Isadora Stowe
and Jean Reece Wilkey of Las Cruces, and Jenni
Higginbotham of Santa Fe.
Draw: Unseen Marks, charcoal on paper
drawings by Carol Meine, are drawings in char-
coal on paper. The artist describes her draw-
ings as being, deep, black, indistinct.
Showing Sept. 21-Nov. 24: Latino Folktales:
Cuentos Populares, original illustrations by
Latino artists from childrens literature.
Family Story and Art Journeys are 11 a.m.
Saturdays, for families with children age 6-12
with projects and films related to current
exhibits.
The Reading Art Book Club meets at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, to discuss The Art
Spirit by Robert Henri.
The Fall 2012 Art classes for all ages start
Sept. 4. Childrens art classes include a new
ceramics class on Tuesdays, the Saturday
Morning Art Fiesta, Thursdays After-School Art
Explorers Club in mixed media, Art Share for
pre-school age children and adults, and
Homeschoolers Art Adventures on Thursdays.
Adult and older teen classes include plein-air
painting, narrative collage and watercolor,
ceramics and a two-day retablo painting work-
shop. Information/schedule: las-
cruces.org/museums.
Las Cruces Museum of Art call for
artists The Las Cruces Museum of Art,
490 N. Water, seeks proposals through Oct.
19 for its 2013 solo and group exhibitions.
Artists living and working in New Mexico,
Arizona and Texas are eligible to submit pro-
posal packages. Exhibition jurors are NMSU Art
Department Chair Thom Brown and studio
artist Diane McGregor. Information/prospectus:
(575) 541-2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Main Street Gallery 311 N. Downtown
Mall, Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 647-0508.
Showing in September and October are
Southwestern works by four accomplished
New Mexico artists: Victoria Mauldin, Rory
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Combs, Misha Malpica and Roy Brown, with
large-scale oils, limited edition bronze sculp-
tures, hand forged metal work, mixed media
sculptures and masks. Opening reception is 5
to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.
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.
Mesquite Art Gallery 340 N. Mesquite
in Las Cruces. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Information: (575) 640-3502 or mesquiteart-
gallery.com.
Showing in September are watercolors and
monotypes by Las Cruces artist Lois Smith,
with some early Asian-influenced work.
Ouidas Studio 200 N. Reymond, Las
Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Information: (575) 625-7899.
Hectograph workshops are planned for
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1-2 and Sept. 15-
16, with two levels of learning. Hectograph is a
way of making images on a plate of firm gelatin,
with
inks and Japanese paper. Call the studio to reg-
ister.
Picacho Hills Garden Tour The Artists
of Picacho Hills and Picacho Hill Gardeners
host the 5th annual Art in Picacho Hills
Gardens Tour 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
16, in the Picacho Hills neighborhood off W.
Picacho (W. Hwy 70) between the Rio Grande
bridge and I-10 in Las Cruces. The tour
includes six desert gardens each displaying
juried artwork of resident artists. Admission is
free. Information (575) 523-1740 or artistsofpi-
cachohills.com.
To get there: turn onto Picacho Hills Drive
and pick up garden map at UMP 88 Pub park-
ing lot at 1338 Picacho Hills. Red flags mark the
gardens.
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 September are photographic
works of Peter Goodman. A native of New
York, Goodman started taking pictures while
working as a cab driver. His career includes
nature photography in New Mexico and travel
throughout Asia.
Artist reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7,
as part of the Downtown Art Ramble. The
Howling Coyote Coffeehouse/Open mic fol-
lows at 7 p.m.
On permanent display in the
Clute/Muggenburg Gallery are memorabilia and
photos from the Rio Grande Theatres long and
illustrious reign in downtown Las Cruces.
Rokoko Art Gallery 1785 Avenida de
Mercado in Mesilla. The gallery features the
work of Mitch and A.me Alamag. Hours are
noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, or by
appointment. Information: (575) 405-8877 or
rokokoart.com.
Entries are being taken Sept. 7-9 for the
group show Stuff from Stuff, featuring works
made from recycled materials.
Opening reception for the show is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14.
Shoe art fundraiser call for artists
Border Book Festival, Inc. (BBF) seeks artists to
paint shoes 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8,
at its new home, Casa Camino Real, 314 S.
Tornillo (off Amador), in Las Cruces. All styles
and types of art appreciated. Information: (575)
523-3988 or bbf@borderbookfestival.com.
thetheatregallery Black Box Theatre
lobby, 430 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
Open one hour prior to Black Box performanc-
es and by appointment. Information: (575) 523-
1223.
Photohectography: My Adventures in Mixed
Media Art, works by Naida Zucker.
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, or by
appointment. Information: (575) 522-7281 or
uuchurchlc.org.
Showing Sept. 2-28: Gourdgeous, fine craft
decorated gourds from eight area artists: Sylvia
Hendrickson, Marie Hughy, Wanda Sparks, Judy
Folkman, Barb DeRungs, Joanna Bradley and
Kathe Stark from Las Cruces; and Judy
Crawford from Deming. The artists participate
in a monthly gourd group in Las Cruces who
meet to share their passion and techniques for
working with gourds. Gourds are an flexible
medium, allowing for pyrography, painting,
carving, adornment with found items, pine nee-
dles, sea grass, yarn and thread, or natural
stones. Works include the groups wall piece to
celebrate New Mexicos centennial.
Artists reception is 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2.
WE.AD MicroLoan and MiniGrant
Competition SumArt and West End Art
Depot (WE.AD), 401 N. Mesilla in Las Cruces,
hosts the competition 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 14, for Las Cruces area artists during the
Depot Districts Arts Fest. The inaugural event
will spotlight innovative concepts for works of
art that will be accessible to the community
upon completion. Admission: $5 minimum
donation. Information: (575) 239-4235 or
sumartfest.org.
Artists in all mediums will be invited to pitch
their concept to a group of audience
investors each of whom will have contributed
at least $5 to a prize money pool. Investors
select the project to fund based on concept,
feasibility, time frame, and whether or not the
money will be paid back to fund future proj-
ects. Presenters encouraged to make pitches as
dynamic as possible.
Also
An Evening with the Artist Mimbres
Region Arts Council presents media artist
Marina Zurkow at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18,
at the Western New Mexico Universitys
Parotti Hall in Silver City as part of its monthly
art lecture series. Admission is free; light
refreshments served. Information: (575) 538-
2505.
Zurkow makes media works about humans
and their relationships to animals, plants and
the weather. She is on faculty at NYUs
Interactive Technology Program.
Art Hop MainStreet Truth or
Consequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m.
the second Saturday of each month (Sept. 8)
in the downtown gallery district. The event fea-
tures the monthly art opening of new shows
throughout the galleries of Truth or
Consequences, including fine arts, pottery, and
fabric arts. Many shops and restaurants stay
open late for this monthly event, with live
music in several locations. Information: (575)
740-2794, torcmainstreet.org.
Celestial Creations The artspace and
specialty shop is at 220 N. Date Street in Truth
or Consequences, N.M. Information: (575)
894-7591 or celestial-creations-nm.com.
The space features art, craft, jewelry, gourmet
foods and home decor from more than 100
regional artists, artisans, craftspeople and com-
panies.
Deming Arts Center The Deming Arts
Councils gallery and gift shop is at 100 Gold
Street in Deming, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4
p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 546-3663 or
demingarts.orbs.com.
Francis McCray Gallery Department of
Expressive Arts on the WNMU campus in
Silver City, N.M. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Admission is free. Information:
(575) 538-6517.
The visual multi-media electronic art exhibit
Electro Gila: The Power of Water, runs Sept.
15-Oct. 26, at WNMUs McCray Gallery in
conjunction with the 2012 International
Symposium on Electronic Art in Albuquerque.
The visual multi-media electronic art exhibit
uses new technologies and digital sound to
explore the theme of shared rivers as neigh-
bors. Opening reception is 7 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15.
The exhibit is also in conjunction with the Gila
River Festival Sept. 13-16 at various Silver City
locations.
Pinos Altos Church Gallery - The historic
gallery in Hearst Church gallery on Golden Ave.
in Pinos Altos, N.M., operated by the Grant
County Art Guild, is open for the season 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and hol-
idays, through Oct. 7. The gallery features
works by local artists, and highlights a different
artist each week. Information: (575) 538-8216
or gcag.org.
Purchase Prize Award Show Artists
from across New Mexico are featured in Grant
County Art Guilds 27th Purchase Prize Award
Show, The West and Beyond, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday through Sunday, Sept. 28-30 and
Oct. 5-7, at Hearst Church Gallery in Pinos
Altos, N.M. (6 miles north of Silver City on
Hwy 15). The public is invited to vote for their
favorite work. Information/reservations: (575)
388-4759, (575) 574-2831 or info@gcag.org.
This years judge is Scottsdale, Ariz. artist Sue
Hunter, who will offer a three-day workshop
on painting, watercolor and pastel Sept. 26-
28. Class size limited. Information/reservations:
(575) 388-4759, (575) 574-2831 or
info@gcag.org.
Rio Bravo Fine Art 110 Broadway in
Truth or Consequences, N.M. Home of the
Estate of Harold Joe Waldrum. Showing
Sept.8-Oct. 28: Windows, by Waldrum.
Opening reception is 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
8. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday, or by appoint-
ment. Information: (575) 894-0572 or rio-
bravofineart.net.
Silver City Gallery Walk Studio tours
of 24 studios and 18 galleries in Silver City are
Oct. 5-8, representing a wide range of art
throughout Grant County. Information: (575)
313-7197 or (575) 313-9631. Maps available
online at silvercitygalleries.com.
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Shirley Valentine No Strings Theater
Companys production of one-woman comedy
by Willy Russell runs through Sept. 2 at the
Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, in
Las Cruces, directed by NSTC Artistic Director
Ceil Herman. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday. Tickets: $10 ($9 students and seniors
over 65 and $7 all seats Thursday).
Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223.
Valentine ruminates on her life and tells the
wall about her husband, children and her past.
Circle Mirror Transformation lo-fi
productions presents the play by Annie Baker
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 31-Sept. 1
and Sept. 7-8, at NMSUs Readers Theatre
(behind the English Building) in Las Cruces.
Directed by Brandon Brown. Admission: $5.
Information: lo_fiproductions@hotmail.com.
When four lost New Englanders who enroll in
Martys six-week-long drama class begin to
experiment with harmless games, hearts are
quietly torn apart, and tiny wars of epic pro-
portions are waged and won.
Cloudcroft melodramas Cloudcroft
Light Opera Companys live melodrama per-
formances of Stop the Presses! (or Shes Not
My Type) are Labor Day weekend at Zenith
Park on Burro Ave. Showtimes to be
announced. Admission is free, but seating is
limited. Early arrival recommended.
Information: (575) 682-2733 or cloudcroftthe-
ater.com.
The Seussification of Romeo and
Juliet Socorro High School Teatristas pres-
ents a whimsical reinvention of Shakespeares
tragic love story, complete with rhymed cou-
plets, creative wordplay, and fantastical
machines, 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday,
Sept. 6-8, at Socorro High School, 10150
Alameda. Box Office opens at Admission: $5
($4 seniors; $3 students and teachers with ID).
Information: 937-2000 or sisd.net/teatristas.
The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet is
complete with rhymed couplets, creative word-
play, and fantastical machines, similar to what
Seuss may have come up with if he ever had his
way with the script.
Avenue Q El Paso Community College
Performers Studio presents Encore
Performances of the hit musical from its 2012
summer shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 7-8, at EPCCs Transmountain College
Forum Theatre, 9570 Gateway North (Diana
exit). Directed by Keith Townsend. Proceeds
benefit EPCC Performance Studies student
scholarships. Admission: $15 ($10 non-EPCC
students/military; $7 EPCC students/staff and
seniors). Tickets may be reserved at the Forum
Box Office at 831-5056. Information: 637-4029
or epcc.edu.
Winning Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best
Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Avenue
Q has been a mainstay of the of the New York
theatre scene since it opened in 2003. Although
most of its characters are puppets, dont con-
fuse this with Sesame Street: Avenue Q is not
a childrens show. It is a mischievous, some-
times raunchy, often bawdy and always comical
look at the challenges facing young adults as
they find their way in the world today. Contains
material intended for mature audiences; age 7
and older welcome but parents encouraged to
use discretion.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers El Paso
Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents Neil
Simons romantic comedy Sept. 7-29.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 mil-
itary/students with ID; $5 students under 18).
Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
Barney finds himself in a mid-life crisis and
desperately tries to engage in some fun flings.
He invites these flings to his mothers apart-
ment only to find that this flinging thing is a lot
harder than it sounds.
When You Comin Back, Red Ryder?
The Las Cruces Community Theatre pres-
ents the play written and directed by Tony
Award-winning playwright Mark Medoff Sept.
7-23. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Opening gala
night is Friday, Sept. 7. Tickets: $10 ($9 sen-
iors, students, military; $8 per person for
groups of 10 or more; $7 children under six).
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
The scene is an all-night diner in a sleepy
southwestern town. The night attendant, young
Stephen (Red) Ryder, is about to turn his duties
over to his daytime counterpart, Angel. Her
friend Lyle stops by for breakfast, followed by
an affluent young couple en route to New
Orleans. With the arrival of another couple,
Teddy and Cheryl, the existing calm quickly
vanishes. Contains adult language, themes and
brief nudity.
Bells of Old Mesilla Driftwood
Productions hosts the musical in celebration of
New Mexicos Centennial written by New
Mexico resident Ruth Thurman Myra Sept. 14-
30, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces, directed by
Oscar Perez. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 gen-
eral admission. information: (575) 523-6403 or
RioGrandeTheatre.com.
The signing of the Gadsden Purchase in 1854
brought dignitaries from Washington and
Mexico City to La Mesilla, at that time the
largest town in Northern Mexico. Among them
were elderly Pedro Chavez and General
Pepperday, suitors for the hands of Teresa
Valdez and Sara Conrad. But the girls have their
own opinions on the subject of marriage.
Viva Mxico! The 18th annual celebra-
tion of Mexican Independence Day directed by
Malena Cano is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14-16, at the
Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
Marcial. The celebration features singers,
dancers, choral groups and actors. Admission:
$12. Information: 772-3905.
Viva Mexico! chronicles almost 500 years of
the history, personalities and events of Mexico,
from the Aztecs, the Spanish Conquistadors,
the miracle of Juan Diego, Cinco de Mayo to
Dictator Porfirio Diaz, and the Mexican
Revolution of 1910 with Pancho Villa and
Emiliano Zapata.
Othello The UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance presents William
Shakespeares tragedy of the Moor of Venice
Sept. 21-30, in the Fox Fine Arts Wise Family
Theatre. Directed by Chuck Gordon.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 ($10 UTEP fac-
ulty/staff/alumni association members, seniors,
military, groups of 10 or more and non-UTEP
students; $9 UTEP students and children age 4
to 12). Information: 747-5118 or the-
atredance.utep.edu.
Othello is a towering tragedy full of intrigue
as the audience travels into the deceiving mind
of Iago as he destroys Othello in mind, body
and spirit in the name of jealousy and greed.
Shakespeare on the Rocks Theater
Festival - The annual Shakespeare festival is
Sept. 21-Oct. 14, at Chamizal National
Memorial Theatre, 800 S. San Marcial.
Showtime is 7 p.m. (3 p.m. Sunday). Admission:
$10 adults ($8 full-time students with ID; sen-
iors 65 and older). Group tickets: $6 each for
groups of 10 or more; available at 474-4275 or
shakespeareontherocks.com.
Taming of the Shrew is Friday through
Sunday, Sept. 28-30, and Saturday, Oct. 13.
Richard III is Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6
and 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.
Twelfth Night is Friday through Sunday,
Sept. 21-23, and Sunday, Oct. 14.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot El
Paso Community Colleges Department of
Drama begins its season with the play by Adly
Guirgis 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday,
Sept. 27-Oct. 6, at the EPCC Transmountain
Campus Forum, 9570 Gateway North.
Directed by Keith Townsend. Tickets: $15($10
non-EPCC students/military; $7 EPCC stu-
dents/staff and seniors). Information: 831-5056,
637-4029 or epcc.edu.
Set in a time bending, darkly comic world
between heaven and hell, the play examines
the plight and fate of the New Testaments
most infamous and unexplained sinner. A dra-
matic piece for both believers and non-believ-
ers. Contains explicit language.
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High Desert Production American
Southwest Theatre Company presents the new
work from High Desert Development program
Sept. 28-Oct. 14 at NMSUs Hershel Zohn
Theatre, 3014 McFie Circle. The production
will be either Antarktikos by Andrea
Stolowitz or Sweet, Sweet Spirit by Carol
Carpenter. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, plus 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 and 14;
and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. Tickets: $15
($13 seniors/NMSU staff and faculty with ID;
$10 NMSU students and students age 3-17
with ID). Information: (575) 646-4515.
The Importance of Being Ernest
No Strings Theater Company presents Oscar
Wildes classic comedy Sept. 28-Oct. 14 at
the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown
Mall, in Las Cruces, directed by Dale Pawley.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 and 14, and 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 11. Tickets: $10 ($9 students
and seniors over 65 and $7 all seats Thursday).
Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223 or
no-strings.org.
Auditions
No Strings Theatre auditions No
Strings Theatre Company hosts auditions at 7
p.m. on the following dates:
Sept. 16-17: Still Life With Iris auditions
are at the Black Box Theatre rehearsal hall,
717 N. Mesquite, in Las Cruces. Show dates
are Nov. 9-25. Information: Nikka Ziemer
(director), nziemer@hotmail.com.
Oct. 1-2: The Fantastiks auditions for the
musical are at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N.
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces, with callbacks
(if needed) Oct. 3. Show dates are Jan. 18-Feb.
3. Information: Karen Caroe (director) at
kcaroe@comcast.net
Scripts for both plays on reserve at the
Branigan Library at the Research Help Desk.
Lend Me A Tenor auditions El Paso
Playhouse, 2501 Montana, hosts auditions for
the Ken Ludwig comedy, at 7 p.m. Sunday and
Monday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Directed by
Vanessa Keyser. Show dates are Nov. 16-Dec.
8. Information: 532-1317 or elpasoplay-
house@sbcglobal.net.
Seussical the Musical auditions
Kids-N-Co., 1301 Texas, hosts auditions for the
musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss
Sunday and Monday, Oct. 7-8. Directed by
Laura Sambrano. Performances are weekends
Nov. 23-Dec. 16. Information: 351-1455 or
kidsnco.org.
Playhouse offers
mid-life comedy
W
hen most people think of
comedy writers, they imme-
diately say names like Tina
Fey, George Lopez or Amy Pohler. But
probably one of the greatest comedy
writers of all time wrote not for TV but
for the theater (and later for movie ver-
sions of his plays).
Neil Simon has written more than 30
plays. Like most great comedy writers,
Simon often makes fun of the foibles of
mankind. The Last of the Red Hot
Lovers, presented by El Paso
Playhouse this month, takes on a famil-
iar subject the mid-life crisis.
For Director Darci Georges, who has
been doing shows since she was a small
girl and who directed her first play at
the EPPH last year with A Few Good
Men, picking a Simon had a purpose.
I wanted a name people would say,
Hey lets go see that play.
The story, she said, centers on a mid-
dle-aged restaurant owner (Barney
Cashman, played by Playhouse veteran
Ballard Coldwell) who starts to think
about death for the first time. Lying
awake at night, he wonders if he has
truly lived his life or only has existed.
He takes three women to his mothers
apartment in New York City to live out
his fantasies only to discover that life
really has been good to him and
maybe our thoughts lead our minds
astray.
Those three women include Elaine
Navazio, a sexpot who likes other
womens husbands, played by
Playhouse regular Frieda Voeks; Bobbi
Michele, an actress friend who he dis-
covers is crazy, played by newcomer
Vanessa Perales; and Jeannette Fisher,
his wifes best friend and straight-arrow,
played by Playhouse returnee Illene
Steele.
This play has the human appeal that
we hear about a lot these days, said
Georges, who has acted in more than
200 shows. A middle-aged man wants
or thinks he wants to have an affair. We
see him go through this mental process
of: Do I cheat or do I not? But life is
dull, and will this spark up my life
enough to make me happy.
Even with an experienced cast and a
play by a master, Georges said, there
still are many obstacles to putting on a
good show.
Designing a set that was workable in
our space and with the actors was diffi-
cult, she said. Its a Jewish mothers
apartment in modern times, but she dec-
orated her apartment 30 years ago and
has not changed a thing. Trying to put it
all together and looking for older furni-
ture and props has been the challenge
for me.
Another is funding.
Community theaters all over are hav-
ing the same problem of getting the
funds to do plays, and we are no differ-
ent. We rely on peoples generosity in
gifts as well as the attendance.
Thats why the company had included
mostly widely known shows this season
including the next show, the classic
Arsenic and Old Lace.
But the positives outweigh the prob-
lems, she added.
Working with this group of people is
delightful and fun. They all have such
powerful personalities off stage that
watching them onstage just makes my
heart smile.
I love being able to entertain people
and take them into the world of make
believe even for a short time. The the-
ater is magical and brings peoples souls
to the surface when acting.
Carol Viescas is a veteran of
community theater and teaches
journalism at Bel Air High School.
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Centennial Museum University at
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,
collaborative 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.
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, open daily from daylight to dusk.
Chamizal galleries Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Los Paisano
hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday; weekends by request. Los Abrazos
(exhibit vary throughout the month) hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is free.
Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham/.
Showing through Sept. 26 in Los Paisanos
Gallery: Esencia de Mujer The Essence of
Womanhood, an exhibit focusing on womens
roles and contributions to the borderland, high-
lighting the ground breakers, leaders, teachers,
creators, mothers, daughters, friends, and all
those who enhance the world through their
daily work. Work include oil, acrylic and pastel
painting, printmaking, metal, stone and ceramic
sculpture, photography and mixed media.
Also at the gallery is Mojigantes, Monumental
Puppets by Upward Bound.
Showing Sept. 5-22: Shh, Its a Secret!, a
secret gallery exhibition showcasing a tribute
to a well-known El Paso artist.
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.
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.
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 Sept. 9: Look Close, See
Far: A Cultural Portrait of the Maya, photogra-
phy by Bruce T. Martin.
Dr. Christine Eber, Professor Emerita of
Anthropology at NMSU presents A 21st
Century Maya Woman: One Life Story, at 2
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. She will read from her
book Antonia: The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya
Woman: Pass Well Over the Earth and discuss
the process of writing her life story and their
experiences working together.
Archaeologist Mike Howe will give a free talk
on Fire, Archeology and Rock Art: An
Archeologists Perspective on Sites and
Protection at noon Saturday, Sept. 15. Howe
speaks about his personal experiences on a
Burned Area Emergency Response team.
Dr. John B. Carlson, Director of the Center
for Archaeoastronomy, presents The 2012
Maya Calendar Phenomenon at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29. He will talk on the meaning
of Dec. 21, 2012 as the end of the Maya Long
Count calendar cycle.
A nature trail takes visitors through 17 acres
of Chihuahuan Desert with 200 varieties of
desert plants. The trail also offers a local pit-
house, pueblo ruin and an Apache brush hut.
The park also has a gazebo with picnic tables
available for rent. Rental information: 755-4332.
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 (open until 9 p.m. Thursdays),
and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays.
Museum admission is free except for
Motorcycle Madness exhibit. Information:
351-3588 or elpasotexas.gov/history.
Showing through Jan. 20: Motorcycle
Madness: A History of Motorcycles in the
Southwest. Motorcycles have shared the
streets of El Paso with buggies, wagons, bicy-
cles, streetcars, and automobiles - for over 100
years. The exhibit contains more than 50
motorcycles from the surrounding region,
including street bikes, dirt bikes, choppers, and
a special section on Harley Davidson motorcy-
cles. Custom clothing and bike accessories,
motorcycle posters, and historic El Paso photo-
graphs will also be on display. Admission: $5 for
ages 6 and older (free for museum members;
active duty military).
Showing through Jan. 31: Finding Refuge in
El Paso: The Mormon Exodus from Mexico, a
Centennial Celebration 1912-2012. Presented
in conjunction with the Mormon Historic Sites
Foundation and Brigham Young University.
Local historian Elias Bonilla will give an illus-
trated lecture on The railway exodus of the
Mormon children and women to El Paso at 2
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1.
Showing through Dec. 22: The Architecture
of an Artist, works by the late artist Frederick
Carter. Funds raised by sales will benefit the El
Paso Museum of Historys Exhibit Fund. The
exhibit includes studio equipment, photographs,
dioramas and models, and other creative proj-
ects from this long-time El Paso resident.
Volunteer and Tour Guide Training is 10 a.m.
to noon Saturdays, through Oct. 20.
Participation is free.
Tai Chi classes taught by Hsio-Ying Hines are
11 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Sept. 5-Oct.
31. Cost: $20 ($10 members).
Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums
Both museums are located in Building 1735,
Marshall Road on Fort Bliss. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Closed
Saturdays, Sundays and all federal holidays.
Enter through Cassidy Gate off U.S. Highway
54. Admission is free. Information: 568-5412.
Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums portray
the history of this Army Post from its establish-
ment in downtown El Paso in 1848 with a regi-
ment of mounted infantry to its present day
status as Americas Tank Division Museum. It
tells the story of the Old Ironsides Division
through the use of artifacts, three dimensional
exhibits, dioramas and graphic displays inter-
preting the rich history, heritage, legacy and lin-
eage of the 1st Armored Division.
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: $8 ($6 seniors, students and
military; $4 ages 4-11). Information: 534-0000
or insightselpaso.org.
Currently showing:
Dinosaur Bones. The exhibit includes more
than 75 replica displays of dinosaur skeletons
and fossils, from Tyrannosaurus Bataar (ances-
tor of Tyrannosaurus Rex) and her nest of eggs,
to eoraptors (oldest known dinosaur), to a T-
Rex skull, insects in amber and more. This col-
lection is drawn from the worlds most
renowned museums including Smithsonian
Institute, British Museum, Royal Ontario
Museum, Kenya National Museum, and Cairo
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities.
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.
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. Admission: $10 ($8
students, seniors and military with ID; $6 ages
4-11; free children under four).
Showing through Sept. 9: Adventure
Quest: Saving the Planet. The interactive,
hands-on exhibit sends visitors on a quest to
save the earth.
Adventure Quest offers more than two dozen
activities, including a 1,400-square-foot maze,
exploration of alternative energies and displays
demonstrating effective energy conservation at
home. Visitors can check out the latest energy-
saving inventions and learn about the future of
energy; test lights, hair dryers and cell phones
to gauge use of electricity; compare light-bulb
efficiencies; and build a circuit to power lights,
alarms and fans.
Showing Sept. 22-Jan. 6: In the Dark, a
look at nocturnal life, produced by the
Cincinnati Museum Center. The exhibit fea-
tures five immersive zones, enabling visitors to
see and experience dark and largely unseen
worlds, including the ways people have reacted
to darkness throughout history. Each diorama
uses mechanical displays, life-size animal models
and informational panels to surround visitors
with the sights, sounds, smells and sensations of
several dark ecosystems. Walk-through exhibits
and interactive elements also featured.
Zones include:
Darkness of Night. Visitors encounter ani-
mals that dwell in three diverse environments:
the Great Smoky Mountains, the Sonoran
Desert and a Louisiana cypress swamp.
Darkness within the Soil. Visitors learn
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about the animals that thrive just beneath the
Earths surface.
Darkness Deep within Caves. Visitors
examine open and closed cave systems.
Darkness of the Deep Sea. Visitors explore
the diverse ecosystems far below the ocean
surface.
Darkness and Humans. Visitor learn about
past and present human interactions with dark
environments and the resulting effect of these
ecosystems. Humans have found ways to adapt
to the total lack of light, including incredible
adaptations for the blind, and also how to bring
light into the dark world.
Magoffin Home State Historic Site
1120 Magoffin. The adobe home, built around
1875 by Joseph Magoffin, tells the story of a
multicultural family that influenced the devel-
opment of the Southwest borderlands. It
includes authentic art and furnishings reflecting
the daily lives of the Magoffin family.
Sunday. Tours on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m.
Spanish language tours offered Thursday
through Saturday; call for availability. Cost: $4
($3 ages 6-18). Group tours available with
advance registration. Information: 533-5147 or
visitmagoffinhome.com.
Childrens Summer programs offered for vari-
ous age groups. See Separate listing for details.
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 borderpatrolmuse-
um.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, at
Durango. 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 elpaso-
rails.org.
The museum is home of El Pasos Old No.
1 engine, the oldest Standard American loco-
motive in the West built in 1857 and designat-
ed a National Treasure. Other exhibits illus-
trate how railroads were used and destroyed
during the Mexican Revolution, as well as cover
the history or urban transportation from mule
cars through trolleys to streamlined streetcars
of the mid-20th Century.
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.
The warbirds of World War II and Korea, and
other historic military aircraft, as well as his-
toric cars, are displayed in a 54,000-square-
foot building and surrounding area. To get
there: Take the Artcraft exit off Interstate 10,
head west past the Rio Grande to Santa Teresa
and follow signs to the airport and museum.
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Las Cruces area
American Flyer Trains wanted The
Las Cruces Railroad Museum, 351 N. Mesilla
Street in Las Cruces, seeks artifacts related to
the A.C. Gilbert Company (maker of American
Flyer trains) for loan for their holiday exhibit.
Items of interest are model trains, posters, cat-
alogs and toys produced by the company. Items
will be on display late November through the
end of the year, and returned to the owners in
January 2013. Information: Garland Courts,
647-4480.
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. Museum closed for Labor
Day, Sept. 3. Admission is free. Information:
Showing Sept. 7-29:
The Enchanted Land, juried photography
show from the Doa Ana Camera Club, con-
sisting of works that celebrate and support
New Mexicos centennial. Awards are to be
presented by The Doa Ana Camera Club dur-
ing the exhibit.
Founded in 1955, the Doa Ana Camera Club
is an organization whose members are both
established photographers as well as those who
are developing an interest in the art of photog-
raphy.
Artamants membership show. Loosely trans-
lated from Latin, Artamants, collaborative of
local artists, means lovers of art and have
been gathering weekly for more than a decade
to paint, share techniques and camaraderie.
Members include Nabuko Bassett, Beverly
Denny, Flo Hosa Dougherty, Sheila Duffy, Marie
Dwyer, Tom Gerend, Jennifer Goude, Mayanna
Howard, Betty Hummer, Darlene Hungate,
Janet Jackson, Jo Ledbetter, Sally March, Burt
Rawlings, Susan Rivera, Virginia Roach and
Kathy Squires.
Reception for both exhibits it Friday, Sept. 7,
during the monthly Ramble.
Story and craft time is 11 to 11:30 a.m.
Saturdays.
The monthly Centennial Notes lecture 1 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13, on Las Cruces Founding
and Early Years with Linda Harris.
Las Cruces Museum of Nature and
Science The former Las Cruces Museum
of Natural History in the Mesilla Valley Mall is
closed through Nov. 2 when it opens at its new
location and a new name at 411 N. Main Street
in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall. Information:
Renamed the new museum will focus on sci-
entific discovery, the natural environment of
southern New Mexico, and will serve as an in-
town interpretive center for the Prehistoric
Trackways National Monument. Grand opening
reception is 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, with
HawkQuest bird demonstrations.
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; donations encouraged. Information: (575)
647-4480 or museums.las-cruces.org//rrmuse-
um.shtm.
Family Game Day is 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, Sept. 8. Families can try out early
20th century games.
Toddler Story Time is 11 a.m. to noon the
third Saturday of each month (Sept. 15).
Listen to a Thomas the Tank Engine book, and
enjoy a Thomas video while completing a relat-
ed free craft activity. Children of all ages wel-
come. RSVP requested.
Sigma Xis Science Caf is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27. Technological advances
being incorporated in the new Union Pacific
classification yard will be discussed with Zoe
Richmond, Union Pacific Director of Public
Affairs.
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.
State Historian, Dr. Rick Hendricks will talk
about the many ways New Mexico celebrated
its statehood in 1912 at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
13, as part of the museums lecture series.
Hendricks, who received his PhD in Ibero
American Studies at the University of New
Mexico, has written or collaborated on more
than 16 books and 70 articles on the Spanish
colonial period in the American Southwest and
Mexico. Admission: $2 suggested donation.
The Museums Horse & Cattle Barn features
the new, long-term exhibit, Slim Green, Master
Saddle Maker, showcasing the art of saddle-
making with a recreated workshop of the late,
legendary saddle maker Slim Green, as well as
a video of Green explaining saddle making, an
interactive area for leather stamping, and pan-
els that show the history and evolution of
Western stock saddles.
Showing through Sept. 16: The Land of
Enchantment: Commemorating the Centennial
of New Mexico Statehood.
Showing through Dec. 2: Art of the Cotton
Gin, photographs by Storm Sermey.
Showing through October 2013 in the
Tortugas Gallery: Green Machines: Celebrating
175 Years of John Deere, with tractors from
1929-1952, as well as other implements and
toys.
Starting in September is roping on horseback
in the Museums Roping Arena each Tuesday
from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays; a Parade of
Breeds in the 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays
in the Round Pen.
The museum also features domestic animals
on site. Milking demonstrations are at 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m. daily (3 p.m. only Sundays).
Blacksmith shop open Tuesday through Sunday.
Sewing and weaving demonstrations are 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Wednesdays.
Pony rides for children offered 10 a.m. to
noon Saturdays, near the Horse and Cattle
Barn. Tickets: $5 per ride (available in the
lobby or near the barn).
Walking tours of the South 20 are 10:15 a.m.
and 2:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Gallery talks are 2 p.m. Wednesdays in the
Main Gallery.
NMSU Art Gallery D.W. Williams Art
Center, 1390 E. University on the NMSU cam-
pus, Las Cruces. Hours are noon to 4 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday, and 6
to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Information: (575) 646-
2545 or nmsu.edu/artgal.
Showing Sept. 14-Oct. 28: Draw a Line and
Follow It: Videos by William Lamson.
Brooklyn-based artist Will Lamson creates
large-scale video projections that document his
art projects. Opening reception is 5 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14.
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NMSU Museum Kent Hall, University at
Solano, Las Cruces. Hours are noon to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday. Admission is free.
nmsu.edu/museum/.
The museums permanent exhibit is Pottery
from the Americas, featuring nearly 600 pot-
tery vessels representing Southwestern and
Mesoamerican ceramics.
Free family workshops are 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Saturdays in the museum courtyard (weather
permitting). Activities are geared towards fami-
lies with young children, although all ages are
welcome to participate. Large groups should
call ahead.
NMSU Zuhl Museum NMSU Alumni
Visitors Center, 775 College Dr. Hours are 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Information: (575) 646-1884.
The center features a collection of more than
1,000 pieces of petrified wood, fossils and min-
erals donated to NMSU by retired Las Cruces
residents Herb and Joan Zuhl from New York
City. Pieces include ammonites, turtles, a drag-
onfly, a bat, and minerals such as amethyst,
rhodochrosite, garnet, and malachite. The
museum is also home to an Ichthyosaur, a high-
ly specialized marine reptile from the time of
the dinosaurs, five dinosaur leg bones, a portion
of a backbone from a giant herbivore dinosaur,
and the eggs of a duck-billed dinosaur.
The museum offers activities for children 2 to
5 p.m. the second Sunday of each month.
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. Closed on federal holidays. Free admis-
sion.
To get there: take U.S. 54, and after the free-
way 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
Carlsbad Museum & Art Center 418
W. Fox Street in Carlsbad, N.M. Hours are 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Closed Sunday and major holidays. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 887-0276 or cityof-
carlsbadnm.com/museum.
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.
Hubbard Museum of the American
West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Ruidoso Downs Race Track. Hours: 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. every day. Docent-led tours of per-
manent exhibits are 10 a.m. Fridays. Admission:
$6 ($5 for seniors, military; $2 children 6-16;
free for children 5 and younger). Information:
(575) 378-4142 or hubbardmuseum.org.
Showing through Oct. 15: Authentic
Memories of the American West, more than
80 works by artist Gordon Snidow. Snidow,
who lives in the Ruidoso Valley, is arguably the
most famous western artist alive today. Some
of the many highlights of his career include
exhibits at the Smithsonian and in Moscow, as
well as commissioned work for the Coors
Brewing Company and country music star
Michael Martin Murphey. The exhibit sets the
stage for the birth of the Snidow Museum of
Art in the near future.
Showing through Feb. 8, 2013: Una Tierra
tan Extraa: A Land So Strange in celebration
of the State of New Mexicos 100th anniver-
sary. With hundreds of artifacts and images
from the 16th century to the 20th century, the
exhibit tells the story of the Native Americans,
the Spanish, and the Euro-Americans who all
created the New Mexico of today.
Museum of the Big Bend Sul Ross
State University (Entrance 3), Hwy 90 in
Alpine, Texas. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Guided tours available. Admission is
free, donations accepted. Information: (432)
837-8143 or museum@sulross.edu .
Permanent exhibits include fossil exhibits
Conquistador to Cowboy exhibit with arti-
facts that tell the story of the settlement of the
Big Bend, a Native American exhibit focusing
on the Jumanos and Apache tribes, and a chil-
drens Discovery Center play area with a repli-
ca of Tall Rock Shelter.
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).
Visitors can explore New Mexicos pivotal
role in the history of space exploration. Exhibits
include the John P. Stapp Air and Space Park,
Daisy Track Exhibit, International Space Hall of
Fame and Astronaut Memorial Garden.
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
or nmspacemuseum.org.
Showing at the IMAX Dome Theater are the
films Hubble, Air Racers and New Mexico
Space History, plus the Planetarium Show,
Nine Planets and Counting. Showtimes are
on the hour, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tickets: $6
($5.50 for seniors and military; $4.50 ages 4-
12). Ages 3 and under free for all shows.
Combo tickets available (included museum
entrance and one IMAX ticket): $10 ($9 seniors
and military, $7 children).
Sacramento Mountains Historical
Museum U.S. 82 across from the
Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M.
Operated by the Sacramento Mountains
Historical Society, the museum features histori-
cal buildings from the turn of the century,
antique farming and ranching tools, other busi-
ness and home antiques, historical exhibits and
other artifacts. Winter hours are 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission: $5 ($3
ages 6 to 12). Group rates and tours available
with prior notice. Information: (575) 682-2932
or cloudcroftmuseum.com.
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. The museum covers the settlement of
southwest New Mexico, the two centuries of
mining in the region and early commerce in
Silver City. Group tours offered with advance
notice. Admission: $3 suggested donation.
Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947
(out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.
Permanent exhibits include an 1880s Parlor,
Two Centuries of Mining in SW New Mexico,
Early Commerce in Silver City and a recon-
structed officer from early 20th century.
Currently showing is The Flood Season: How
Silver Citys Main Street Became the Big
Ditch, Every Picture Tells a Story, Journey
to Enchantment: Celebrating New Mexicos
Statehood, Lines in The Sand, maps of
Territorial New Mexico and Trails, Tales and
Historias: Reflections of a Territory.
Toy Train Depot Alameda Park, 1991 N.
White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. An actual train
depot built in 1898, the building now houses a
gift shop and model shop, with more than
1,200 feet of model railroad track and hun-
dreds of model and toy trains on display. Hours
are noon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday. Admission: $4. Information: (575) 437-
2855 or toytraindepot.homestead.com.
The 1/5 scale train track offers rides around
Alameda Park 12:30 to 4 p.m. Cost: $4.
Tularosa Basin Historical Society
Museum The museum, featuring collec-
tions, photos and archives relating to the histo-
ry of Otero County and the Tularosa Basin, is
next door to the Alamogordo Chamber of
Commerce, 1301 White Sands Blvd. (U.S.
54/70). Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 436-4438.
WNMU Museum 1000 West College
Ave., Silver City, N.M. (575) 538-6386. The
museum features pottery, rugs and other arti-
facts of Southwestern Cultures; historic photo-
graphs of the Silver City area, and traveling
exhibits. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday.
Overland Trail Museum Exhibits at the
Fort Davis, Texas, museum include a replica of
a barbershop that was once on the site, historic
surveying equipment, early medical parapherna-
lia, a restored pioneer kitchen and early ranch-
ing tools. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday and
Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Information:
(915) 426-3161.
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Moving my family to the Southwest was
a challenging venture. Chet Kwiecinski,
an art pal since the 1940s, and I had
made a few trips to the West and
Mexico.
We were young ex-GIs me from the
navy and Chet as artillery in the mule-
pack trek into Burma and south China.
Chet had the compelling task of sighting
mule-pack artillery on his slide-rule
computer calling rounds up on the
Japanese army.
Well, Chet had great stories to tell and
so did I as an old ex-Seabee. I helped to
build air bases one in the central
Philippines and one on Marcus Island.
By 1945-6, we were two art majors
out looking for subjects for our watercol-
or interests. Chancing upon an art exhib-
it of Peter Hurds work in Ruidoso,
N.M., we were stunned at seeing such
fresh, clean, detailed and yet expressive
watercolors.
Chatting with the gallery manager, he
pointed out that Peter Hurds studio lay
25 miles east in San Patricio. We thus
ventured that way and chanced to meet a
neighbor of the Hurds, John Meigs.
A top art collector and writer, Johnny
was the sort of person who never met a
stranger, so, being
artist vagabonds,
we chewed the
fat and became
friends. John intro-
duced us to Hurd
and his wife,
Henriette, daughter
of the well-known
artist, N.C. Wyeth.
Meigs, through the
years, had collected
a vast array of fine art
sculptures, watercolors of major artists
and scads of interesting old western fur-
niture.
Hurd and I crossed paths again in the
late 1960s when I finally made my per-
manent home in this region.
After the war I had studied art and
worked in Kansas City. I moved back to
my home in Youngstown, Ohio, but
longed for the clean air and beautiful
vistas of the Southwest. I heard about an
opportunity to teach art at the College of
Artesia, N.M., got the job and within a
year coaxed my friend Chet to join me
on the faculty.
Hurd, the master watercolorist, had
given the college of Artesia a number of
art works that brought top dollar at a
few art auctions Chet and I did to benefit
our department at the school. We came
up what we thought was a stunning plan
to honor Hurd by building a southwest-
ern style studio of adobe on campus.
We had never worked with adobe but
all my trips to Mexico and the Southwest
clued me into the fact that adobe was the
way to go. Chet and I and a few others
scouted adobe houses around Artesia.
We did a lot of looking and asking. We
chanced upon a husky Mexican itinerant
worker who got us started on adobe pro-
duction with these steps:
The earth must be a clayish loam.
Small stones are acceptable but not sand.
One digs a pit (or a large mortarboard
would do). The pit technique lets us run
water into the mix and stomp it into a
soft butter-like consistency with some
straw added.
The next step involved stomping the
mix that was later poured or shoveled
into wooden forms.
As soon as the mix is leveled off the
frame can be lifted from the adobes and
the bricks then left to cure and harden.
This curing period could last a few days
or weeks.
After drying and curing, the blocks are
turned up on end to dry more.
A large production space must be read-
ied for the newly made crop often by
scraping it flat.
I have seen adobes made and used in
very complex structures if the blocks
are kept dry they last for centuries.
Our Peter Hurd studio showed some of
his fine paintings and art. Hurd attended
the grand opening of the finished studio.
Fine arts and other classes were held in
this building. Eventually it was sold, and
became a bed and breakfast.
Bill Rakocy is an El Paso artist and
historian. Information: 584-7878.
Racking Up History
by Bill Rakocy
How I learned to
build with adobe
Making adobe bricks with wood forms
Peter Hurd
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author of The Double Happiness Company
and No Angel Hotel, will host a writing
workshop 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
1, at Border Book Festivals new home at 314
S. Tornillo, in Las Cruces Cost: $60; registration
required as space is limited. Information:
Denise Chvez, 575) 523-3988 or bbf@bor-
derbookfestival.com.
Aylor is former Las Crucen now living in
London. The workshop is open to anyone with
a desire to learn, from beginners to experi-
enced writers. Writers will have the opportuni-
ty to have writing done in the workshop read
and discussed.
Bring paper, a journal preferably, pen and a
spare, clipboard (optional) and a family photo-
graph of choice.
Tumblewords Project The writing
workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Saturdays at Memorial Park Public Library (new
meeting room), 3200 Copper. Workshops are
free; donations for the presenter are encour-
aged. Now in its 13th year, the group is open
to all writers in a non-critique, non-caustic
forum. Information: 328-5484 (Donna Snyder),
566-1034 (Memorial Park Library) or tumble-
wordsproject@yahoo.com.
No workshop Sept. 1.
Sept. 8: For the Birds 2 with John
Williamson. Williamsons workshop is based on
bird imagery, bird songs, and poetry inspired by
the birds.
Sept. 15 and 22: Workshops by Robin
Scofield. Scofield is the author of the chapbook
And the Ass Saw the Angel and Sunflower
Cantos, with a second chapbook, Drive, due
out later this year. Scofield will host The
Poetics of Chaos Sept. 15 and The Radical
Amazement of Christopher Middleton Sept.
22.
Sept. 29: 100 Thousand Poets for Change
with Guillermo Punkatronick Quirarte. The
2nd annual worldwide event includes musicians
and poets striving for global change, with 650
events planned in more than 110 countries.
GLBT book group The newly formed
bimonthly book group meets at 7 p.m. the sec-
ond Monday of odd-numbered months. Open
to all GLBT and GLBT-friendly people interest-
ed in book discussions. The Sept. 10 selection
is At Swim, Two Boys, by Jamie ONeill, set in
Dublin in 1915-16. Information/location: 566-
5549, 861-2909 or 471-9396.
Meeting months are January, March, May, July,
September and November.
EPCC Literary Fiesta El Paso
Community Colleges 4th annual fiesta is 10
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the
EPCC Administrative Center, 9050 Viscount,
Building A with Book Sellers, Food, Music, Arts
& Crafts vendors, Childrens Storytelling
Corner and free books to all children.
jrudnick@epcc.edu. Web: epcc.edu.
Presenters:
10 to 10:45 a.m. Nephtal De Len,
Chicano poet/painter
11 to 11:45 a.m. Csar Ivn, local
artist/musician
Noon to 12:45 p.m. Minerva Laveaga,
author of Memorias del Silencio: Footprints of
the Borderland (Stories from Migrant
Workers)
1:10 to 2:30 p.m. Conversation with
Marcia Hatfield Daudistel
Also set are readings by Daniel Chacn, Sasha
Pimental Chacn and Benjamn Alire Senz.
The Fiesta kicks off with the EPCC Literary
Legacy Celebration 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 21,, at the EPCC Administrative Service
Center with a ceremony presenting the
Literary Legacy Award to author Marcia
Hatfield and recognizing Border Senses with
the Community Spirit Award. Admission is
free.
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.
Readings in conjunction with the Marfa
Dialogue weekend events are at 1 p.m. with
Rebecca Solnit and 3:30 p.m. with Tom Rand
Sunday, Sept. 2.
Reading the Easel Book Club The El
Paso Museum of Arts book group meets 4
p.m. on the third Thursday of each month
(Sept. 20) in the museums seminar room to
discuss art-related books. Cost: $10 per session
(free for museum members), includes admis-
sion to all exhibits. Participants must provide
their own books. Space is limited; call to hold a
seat; light refreshments provided. Information:
532-1707 ext. 16.
The Sept. 20 book is Rembrandt: The
Painter at Work, by Ernst Van de Wetering.
Barnes & Noble (East Side) 9521
Viscount. Information: 590-1932.
Sisters in Crime Book Discussion Group
meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, to discuss
Blood Memory by Margaret Coel.
Little Ones Storytime is 11 a.m. every
Saturday with Miss Bonnie.
Sept 1: Mo Willems stories (Pigeon,
Elephant and Piggie)
Sept. 8: Grandparent Little Critter stories
by Mercer Mayer
Sept. 15: We The Kids storytime, David
Catrows illustrated preamble.
Sept. 22: Red Leaf Yellow Leaf by Lois
Ehlert.
Sept. 29: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
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. Information: 581-5353 or bn.com.
Recurring events:
Westside Sisters In Crime Book Group meet
at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, to discuss the New
England college psychological thriller The
Secret History by Donna Tartt.
Third Monday Book Group will meet at 10
a.m. Monday, Sept. 17. Information:
Magdalene Iglas, 584-0984.
Childrens storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays.
Sept. 1 Sun City Center for the Deaf
Sept. 15 All Star Readers
Sept. 22 Kids-N-Co. Storybook Troupe
Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) 700 S.
Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Information: (575)
522-4499.
Childrens storytimes are 10 a.m. Fridays.
Barnes & Noble at NMSU The
College Booksellers at New Mexico State
University are at 1400 E. University in Las
Cruces. Information: (575) 646-4431 or nmsub-
ookstore.com.
Author reading/signings:
Author Malaka Sharice El will read from and
sign copies of her work Varseth at 2 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 7.
E.J. Runyon will read from her and sign
copies of her collection of short stories
Claiming One at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
Free Public Open Mic Nights are 5 to 8 p.m.
Fridays through the Fall Semester, at the Caf,
with poetry, theatre, music and other perform-
ing talents. Performers should sign up with
David at bncafe@nmsu.edu.
Childrens Story Time reading of If You Give
A Mouse A Cookie are 11 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 22, and noon Sunday, Sept. 23. The
Mouse-costumed character will also be pres-
ent.
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, Sept. 12 to
discuss the classic book on the place of art and
the artist in American society The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri. Information: (575) 541-2322,
(575) 541-2322 or museums.las-cruces.org.
Algur H. Meadows Library The first
public library dedicated to art in the United
States is in the El Paso Museum of Arts Ginger
Francis Seminar Room. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is
free; no library card required. Information: 532-
1707 ext. 34 or ElPasoArtMuseum.org.
Volunteers are needed; call for information.
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 (Sept. 1). Admission is
free, but reservations strongly recommended:
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free movie season at the McKelligon Canyon
Amphitheater is Friday and Saturday, through
Oct. 20. Showtimes are at dusk (8:30 p.m.).
Concessions available (no food or beverages
may be brought in). Information: 534-0665 or
moviesinthecanyon.com.
Friday, Aug. 31 Puss In Boots
Saturday, Sept. 1 The Adventures of Tin
Tin
Friday, Sept. 7 Nacho Libre
Saturday, Sept. 8 E.T.
Friday, Sept. 14 Captain America
Saturday, Sept. 15 Iron Man
Friday, Sept. 21 Despicable Me
Saturday, Sept. 22 Dark Knight
Friday, Sept. 28 Sinbad: Legend of the
Seven Seas
Saturday, Sept. 29 Spider-Man.
Get Reel Film Series The film series
(formerly called Cinema Novo) is in the Union
Cinema, Union Building East, First Floor.
Showings are 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays.
Admission: $2 general admission; $1 UTEP stu-
dents, faculty, staff and alumni members with
valid ID. Combo tickets (include hot dog, small
soda and popcorn) are $5. Tickets available in
advance at the UTEP Ticket Center or at the
door. Information: 747-5711.
Sept. 6-7: The Avengers
Sept. 13-14: Extremely Loud & Incredibly
Close
Sept. 20-21: Precious Knowledge
Sept. 27-28: Rio
Oct. 4-5: Ted
Pax Christi Film Series The series
presents the Spanish-language documentary
(with English subtitles) Monseor: The Last
Journey of Oscar Romero, at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 9, at Diocesan Migrant and Refugee
Services Mother Teresa Center, 2400 E.
Yandell (between Piedras and Cotton).
Discussion will follow. Hosted by Pax Christi El
Paso and the Peace & Justice Ministry of the
Catholic Diocese of El Paso. Admission is free,
donations accepted. Information: 532-0527 or
paxchristitexas.org/elpaso/.
Archbishop Romero, who had become known
as the bishop of the poor, spoke out often
against the cruelty and oppression of the
Salvadoran government. He was murdered
March 24, 1980 while saying Mass.
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, Sept. 12. Locally made films are
screened alongside short films by student film-
makers, followed by Q&A sessions with the
filmmakers and industry news as it pertains to
the area. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 523-6403 or Las-
Cruces-Film.org.
EPMA World Cinema Series El Paso
Museum of Art, One Arts Festival Plaza, hosts
screenings of films at 2 p.m. on selected
Saturdays, Sept. 22-Jan. 5. Donations pur-
chase art books for the El Paso Museum of Art
Algur H. Meadows Library. Admission: $5
donation ($3 for EPMA members under level
$60; free for members over level $60; and free
for children age 12 and younger). Restrictions
may apply depending on rating of film.
Sept. 22: Girl with a Pearl Earring. A fic-
tionalized account of Dutch master Johannes
Vermeers most famous painting. Rated PG-13.
Sept. 29: Dangerous Beauty. The romantic
period drama, set in 16th century Venice, tells
a true story of Veronica Franco, who becomes
a courtesan after learning that she may not
marry her beloved prince. Rated R.
Day at the Movies Jewish Film Series
El Paso Jewish Federation and UTEPs Inter-
American Studies Program hosts its annual film
series 10:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
23, at UTEPs Rubin Center for Fine Arts.
Advance tickets: $20 ($14 UTEP students and
CLAL members with ID) for all day; $12 ($8
UTEP students CLAL) for one film. Tickets at
the door are $25 ($18 students/CLAL mem-
bers); $14 per feature ($10 students/CLAL
members). Advance purchase recommended;
seating is limited. Information: 584-4437 or
jewishelpaso.org.Films:
Torn 10:45 a.m. Can a priest be Jewish?
Twelve years after he was ordained as a Polish
Catholic priest, Romuald Waszkinel discovers
that he was born to Jewish parents, and that his
name was Jacob Weksler. His biological parents
were murdered in the Holocaust and no rela-
tive came for him after the war, so he grew up
thinking he was Catholic.
Fiddler on the Roof 12:45 p.m. Widely
acknowledged to be one of the best musicals
ever made, Fiddler on the Roof takes place in
pre-revolutionary Russia and centers on the life
of Tevye (Topol), a milkman who is trying to
keep his familys traditions in place while mar-
rying off his three older daughters.
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 1:30 p.m. Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Open Labor Day. Foreign
language films include subtitles. Admission: $7
($6 seniors and students with ID; $5 society
members and children); $5 on Wednesday.
Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or
mesillavalleyfilm.org.
Aug. 31-Sept. 6: The Magic of Belle Isle.
Directors Rob Reiners melancholy look at
an aging writer (Morgan Freeman), who plays a
formerly successfull western novelist with a
drinking problem. When his nephew drops him
off in a picturesque lakeside town to housesit
for the summer things go badly, until he meets
the family next door, a recent divorcee and her
three daughters. Rated PG.
Sept. 7-13: Delicacy. The film stars
Audrey Tautou as Nathalie, a top-notch manag-
er, who, after her husband dies, applies herself
to her work like nothing else matters. Three
years later, she just goes off and passionately
kisses a colleague who becomes smitten with
her. Rated PG-13.
Sept. 14-20: Hysteria. Based on true
events, this is the story of the invention of the
vibrator, developed as a clinical instrument to
treat women suffering what was referred to as
female hysteria. Rated R.
Sept. 21-27: To Rome With Love. Woody
Allens story of a voluptuous hooker (Penelope
Cruz) trying and failing hilariously to pass her-
self off as the wife of a new groom to fool his
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retired opera director, in Rome with his wife to
meet the Italian fianc of their daughter. The
fiancs undertaker father can sing like Pavarotti
in the shower. Rated R.
Sept. 28-Oct. 4: Beasts of the Southern
Wild As a flood is coming to the Bathtub
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residents are packing up to leave, but not
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daughter ride out the storm, only to be ripped
from their waterlogged home by government
relief workers after Wink blows a hole in the
levy to drain the area by flooding the more
affluent communities on the other side. Rated
PG-13.
New Mexico Museum of Space History
Alamogordo, N.M. The museums
Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater presents:
Air Racers. The 3D film provides unique
insight into the legendary Reno National
Championship Air Races. The film takes movie-
goers into Northern Nevadas Valley of Speed
to experience, from inside the cockpit, the
intensity and high-speed thrills, captured for the
very first time for the giant screen. (10 a.m.,
noon, 2 and 4 p.m.)
Hubble. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Audiences blast off alongside the Atlantis STS-
125 crew, witness some of the most challenging
spacewalks ever performed and experience
Hubbles awe-inspiring imagery, from the heart
of the Orion Nebula and Milky Way to the edge
of the observable universe. (3 and 5 p.m.)
A Spanish-language showing is at 11 a.m.
New Mexico Space Heritage. The theater
will show two documentaries, The Land of
Space and Time and The Highest Step in the
World by award-winning producer Michael
Lennick. The films describe the Tularosa Basins
role in the U.S. space program. Schedule to be
announced.
Planetarium show: Nine Planets and
Counting (1 p.m.).
Showtimes subject to change.
Tickets: $6 ($5 for seniors and military; $4
ages 4-12). Planetarium show admission: $3.50.
Ages 3 and under free for all shows.
Museum/Max combo tickets available.
Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org.
Jays Film Forecast Film historian Jay
Duncan prepared this list of top monthly
Coming Attractions for movie fans, listed by
studio and release date. Release dates are sub-
ject to change.
Sept. 7:
The Cold Light of Day (Summit) Henry
Cavil, Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis.
Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri.
The Words (CBS Films) Bradley Cooper,
Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid. Directed by Brian
Klugman and Lee Sternthal.
Sept. 14:
Arbitrage (Lionsgate) Richard Gere, Susan
Sarandon, Tim Roth. Directed by Nicholas
Jarecki.
Finding Nemo (Buena Vista) CG
Animation. Featuring the voices of Albert
Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe.
Directed by Andrew Stanton. Reformatted 3D
re-release of 2003 film.
Liberal Arts (IFC) Josh Radnor, Elizabeth
Olsen, Zac Efron. Directed by Radnor.
Resident Evil: Retribution (Screen Gems)
Milla Jovovich, Kevin Durand, Sienna Guillory.
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. 4th film in
series, which began in 2002.
Sept. 21:
Dredd 3D (Lionsgate) Olivia Thirlby, Karl
Urban, Lena Heady. Directed by Pete Travis.
Based on the British Judge Joseph Dredd
character featured in the graphic novels, and
previously depicted in the 1995 film starring
Sylvester Stallone.
End of Watch (Open Road) Jake
Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick, Michael Pena.
Directed by David Ayer.
House at the End of the Street (Rogue)
Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elizabeth
Shue. Directed by Mark Tonderai.
The Master (Weinstein Co.) Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Joaquin
Phoenix. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Summit)
Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Paul Rudd.
Directed by Stephen Chbosky.
10 Years (Anchor Bay) Channing Tatum,
Rosario Dawson, Chris Pratt. Directed by Jamie
Linden.
War of the Buttons (Weinstein Co.)
Laetitia Casta, Guillaume Canet, Jean Texier.
Directed by Christophe Barratier.
Sept. 28:
Hotel Transylvania (Sony) Adam Sandler,
Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi.
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.
Looper (TriStar) Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Emily Blunt, Bruce Willis. Directed by Rian
Johnson.
Trouble with the Curve (Warner Bros.)
Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin
Timberlake. Directed by Robert Lorenz.
DVD Releases
Sept. 4:
Safe / R
The Five-Year Engagement / R
Sept. 11:
Snow White and The Huntsman / PG-13
What to Expect When Youre Expecting /
PG-13
Sept. 18:
Cabin In The Woods / R
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / PG / 13
Sept. 25:
The Avengers / PG-13
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Jimmy Fallon, Blow Your
Pants Off, Warner Brothers
Its rare for a comedy album to have musical
merit. Certainly there are plenty of satirical
musicians and copious amounts of tongue-
and-cheek lyrics for us to nod in agreement
with, but to be funny and blasting from your
speakers at the same time is truly an accom-
plishment. This has been achieved by
Saturday Night Live alumnus turned late
night talk show host Jimmy Fallon. Blow
Your Pants Off is filled with parody, origi-
nals, impersonations and truly unexpected
cover versions. This doesnt even touch on
present and future Rock and Roll Hall of
Famers that contributed to this one-of-a-kind
compilation. Beatle Paul McCartney was
persuaded to parody his own hit Yesterday
with a track that expounds on his love for
scrambled eggs. Jimmy takes over the body
of Neil Young and delivers the theme song to
the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and then is
joined by Bruce Springsteen on a cover of
Willow Smiths Whip my Hair. The rendi-
tion of Reading Rainbow is impeccably
interpreted by the soul of Jim Morrison of
the Doors. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and
Dave Matthews also get into the act for a
few brand new tunes. Blow Your Pants Off
will not only leave you pants-less, it will
keep you smiling all day long.
Paul Simon, Graceland: 25th
Anniversary Edition. Legacy
As amazing as Simon & Garfunkel were as
partners, Paul Simons solo work has earned
him his own legacy in music history. His
self-titled debut in 1972 embraced other
influences such as Latin, jazz, blues, and reg-
gae, but that was only a taste of what was yet
to come. In 1986 he unleashed Graceland.
Although the album was controversial due to
his disregard of the worldwide cultural boy-
cott against the apartheid regime in South
Africa, Simon ended up creating one of the
top records of all time. The disc featured the
sounds of South Africa mixed with pop, a
cappella, and rock with many musicians hail-
ing from South Africa including Ladysmith
Black Mambazo. In honor of the 25th
anniversary of this incredible work, Legacy
Music upped the ante with meticulous remas-
tering for ultimate sound quality, and has
tacked on a bonus platter of rarities, plus the
audio story spoken by the man himself. The
deluxe edition also comes with a bonus DVD
documentary, Under African Skies, which
chronicles the recording of and subsequent
impact of the CD. If for some reason you
have yet to visit Graceland (Im not talking
about the Elvis estate), now is the time.
Jellyfish, Live at Bogarts,
Omnivore Recordings
Jellyfish merely had two official albums but
have been cult heroes of the power pop scene
ever since their debut. They have released a
box set with more music than their entire
proper career output, plus such holy grail
promotional items as the radio station-only
set Jellyfish Comes Alive, which had a
couple of cuts from the famed 1991 Bogarts
concert. Now more than two decades later
Jellyfish treats us to that entire concert that
took place in Long Beach, Calif. The band
was supporting their debut of Bellybutton,
which is almost completely represented over
the 13 selections. We are also graced with
some unexpected and amazing cover ver-
sions, including Badfinger and Paul
McCartney, and the bizarre show opener of
Argents Hold your head Up, which led
into one of their most amazing songs ever,
Hello. This had only previously appeared
on an out-of-print collection, and that is not
the only rarity found here. Make sure to be
one of the first to get in the water on the
vinyl version of this, as Omnivore
Recordings has gone all out with a double
translucent blue-colored LP with three sides
of music and one side with laser-etched art.
Only 1,500 of these are being made, so act
quickly or youre bound to get stung.
Roxy Music, Roxy Music: the
Complete Studio Recordings,
Virgin/EMI
There is no better way to mark a bands 40
years in the business than with an all-encom-
passing career retrospective box set, and this
is just what Virgin /EMI records has done.
This past July was the anniversary of Roxy
Musics debut nearly half a century ago. The
original band featured members who would
go on to create masterpieces on their own:
Phil Manzanera and a couple of Br(i/y)ans,
(Eno and Ferry), being the most prolific with
over a dozen albums each. But this is about
the collective known as Roxy Music. Roxy
Music: The Complete Studio Recordings
covers eight records digitally remastered,
with two bonus platters featuring a combined
32 cuts of rare B-sides, ultra-obscure mixes
and a few special versions lifted from 7-inch
vinyl. Its packaged in a cube-style box with
all CDs containing original artwork and pho-
tos, many showcasing the bands penchant
for female models. This is the type of set
usually reserved for our friends in the UK, so
the quantities are sure to be limited.
Blur, Blur 21: The Box, EMI
If Blur means more to you than time to see
the optometrist, it may instead bring into
focus the band fronted by Gorillaz master-
mind Damon Albarn. Blur came on to the
UK scene in the early 90s and helped coin
the term Britpop, heavily influenced by
bands like XTC, The Smiths, Beatles and
Kinks, to name a few. They spent most of the
next decade battling Oasis for European
chart position. It wasnt until the breakout hit
Song 2, which had a much heavier alterna-
tive rock sound to it, that America took
notice. In 2003 the band delicately dimmed
the spotlight to pursue side projects. They
have now been resurrected and intend to kick
it off with a celebration of their past cata-
logue. Blur 21: The Box is a massive col-
lection with all seven studio CDs and bonus
material that that stretches over five hours
long, including a truckload of 65 previously
unreleased rarities. There are rare remixes,
demos, live cuts, acoustic renditions, and
radio session work. There are also three
DVDs that feature two concert performances
and music videos. The packaging goes the
extra mile with a collectors edition book, the
obligatory unseen photos and a new and
exclusive interview with the band. The icing
is liberally applied to the cake with a special
limited edition 7-inch vinyl, featuring a track
recorded under the bands original name,
Seymour. This box is sure to be a blur as it
disappears off shelves in the blink of an eye
pre-order yours today.
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin
Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net
El Paso Scene
See other listings in this issue, includ-
ing the Performing Arts Guide, for
more October events.
Holy Spirit Fall Festival Holy Spirit
Episcopal Church, 10500 Kenworthy. 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Information: 821-1362
or holyspiritelpaso.org.
Catholic Schools Fall Bazaar
Northeast El Paso Catholic Schools
Consortiums 4th annual bazaar is 2 to 10 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6-7,
at Most Holy Trinity School, 10000 Pheasant.
Our Lady of Refuge celebration The
annual event is 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6,
at the church at 1320 Mercantile in La Union,
N.M. Information: (575) 589-0542.
Catholic Legacy Fund Dinner The
Foundation for the Diocese of El Pasos annual
dinner is 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at Camino
Real Hotel. Information: 872-8412 or elpasodi-
ocesefoundation.org.
Chalk The Block The 5th annual out-
door art event is Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
12-14, throughout Downtown El Paso. Various
art projects, art vendors, live music, perform-
ance art, interactive kids zone, food and
refreshments and more. Admission is free.
Information: 541-4257 or chalktheblock.com.
Life Teen Craft Fair and Bazaar St.
Lukes Life Teen Youth Groups 2nd annual
craft fair and bazaar is 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13-
14, at St. Luke Catholic Church, 930 E. Redd.
Border Legends Concert The 4th
annual concert featuring several of El Paso
areas well-loved and established peformers is 4
to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at El Maida
Shrine Auditorium, 6331 Alabama. Tickets: $15
at the door. Information: 820-8002 or border-
legends.net.
Chupacabras The annual 100K mountain
bike race in Juarez is 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13,
at Club Veteranos de Futbol (near Estadio
Benito Juarez). Information:
chupacabras100km.com.
Dog Lovers Fair The 6th annual benefit
fair and Dog Adoption Extravaganza for the
Humane Society of El Paso is Saturday, Oct.
13, at El Paso Saddleblanket Co. parking lot,
6926 Gateway East. Admission and parking is
Mexican Wolf Awareness Weekend
El Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano, and its resident
wolves Ivy and Ash host a weekend dedicated
to learning more about the endangered species
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13-14. Information:
532-8156 or 521-1850, or elpasozoo.org.
Fiesta of the Nations Open Arms
Community of El Paso presents its 8th annual
weekend of ethnic variety Oct. 13-14, at 8240
North Loop, east of Lomaland. Information:
595-0589 or openarmscommunity.org.
La Via Fall Harvest Festival The
annual celebration is Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
13-14, at La Via Winery in La Union, N.M.
Music, food, arts & crafts and, of course, wine.
Information: (575) 882-7632.
Transmountain Challenge GECU pres-
ents the 35th annual race Sunday, Oct. 14. The
race across Texas highest highway is a 20K and
5K competitive and non-competitive run or
walk. Information: 274-5222 or raceadventure-
sunlimited.com.
UTEP Football & Homecoming - The
2012 homecoming game against Tulane starts at
7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at Sun Bowl Stadium.
Tailgating events begin at noon. Tickets: $15-
$55, plus service charge. Ticket information:
747-5234 or 1-800-745-3000. Event informa-
tion: 747-8600 or homecoming.utep.edu.
Homecoming Week activities run Sunday
through Saturday, Oct. 14-20.
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes walk
YWCAs 2nd annual international mens march
raising awareness to stop rape, sexual assault
and gender violence is Tuesday, Oct. 16, in
downtowns Union Plaza District. Information:
533-2311, ext. 273 or ywcaelpaso.org.
Special Olympics I Am Potential Gala
Special Olympics Texas Greater El Paso will
host its 8th annual dinner gala fundraiser 6 to
11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at Wyndham El
Paso Airport, 2027 Airway. Keynote speakers
are musician/author Patrick Henry Hughes and
his father, Patrick John Hughes. Tickets: $60
($500 tables for 10). Information: 533-8229 or
specialolympicstexas.org.
Faces of Diabetes Conference The
9th annual diabetes conference is Friday, Oct.
19, at Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027 Airway.
Physicians and nurses of all specialties involved
in the management and care of a patient with
diabetes are encouraged to attend.
Information: 532-6280 or epdiabetes.org.
Fall Wine Art Market Sunland Winery,
located at Art & Frame Mfg., 1769 Victory Lane
in Sunland Park, N.M., host the Dia De Los
Muertos Costume Party 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and
1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19-20. Free wine
tasting with a local arts market and painting and
tasting classes. The Sweetwater Band performs
7 to 11 p.m. both days. Come dressed as a
favorite dead person. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 589-1214.
Running Dead The 5K zombie chace
race through La Union Maze is Saturday, Oct.
20. Run through muddy pits and climb to
escape zombies. 101 Highway 28 in La Union,
N.M., next to Zin Valle Winery. Registration:
$50 through Oct. 18; $55 Oct. 19 at packet
pickup (no race day registration). Information:
1-888-383-6293 or launionmaze.com.
Hueco Tanks Interpretive Fair The
18th annual Interpretive Fair is Oct. 20-21, at
Hueco Tanks State Historic Site, 6900 Hueco
Tanks Road. Admission is free, but donations
supporting the site are welcome. Information:
857-1135 or 849-6684.
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Alma Calderon 19
Altitude Video & Photo 12
Ardovinos Desert Crossing 32
Ardovinos Pizza 10
Around and About Tours 25
Arts International 2012 59
ATMAS Healing 58
Baskin Robbins 3
BeadCounter 22
Beauty Solutions 35
La Bella Casita 23
Belly Dance with Nesreen 20
Bill Rakocy 46
Bingo Plus 7
The Bookery 53
Bruces Air 36
Cattleman's 35
Cecila Burgos LPC 35
Celebration of Our Mtns. 40
Center for Internal Arts 4
Cert. Training with Danny 36
Collectibles 11
Commy Med. Clinic & Spa 45
Dancers Studio 10
Deming, NM 11
Dominos 52
Dr. Alison Days 17
El Paso Art Association 42
El Paso Artisan Gallery 43
EP Ballroom Dance 20
El Paso Bicycle Club 50
EPCC 39
EP Conservatory of Dance 24
EP Museum of History 24
El Paso Saddleblanket 7
El Paso Symphony 8
Elegant Consignments 22
EP Fencing 37
Etcetera 14
Facial Spa by Susana 8
Fight to the Finish 34
Fountain Theatre 54
Furrs Family Dining 55
Geico 26
Glass Goodies 23
Hal Marcus Gallery 43
Hans Martial Arts 20
Health Matters 39
Impact: 16
In Vogue Women's Health 15
Inside Out Designs Inc. 19
Int'l Quality Products 4
Jewelry Gallery 33
Joann Wardy 7
Kims Soap Box 22
KTEP 56
La Guitarrra 12
La Mujer 47
La Tierra Caf 25
La Union Maze 4
Leos Mexican Food 38
Life Steps OBGYN 48
Logic NeuroTherapy 25
Luis Chambergo 20
Lynx Exhibits 18
Marie Otero 19
The Marketplace 23
Martha Garcia 49
Mesa Street Antique 49
Mesilla Book Center 53
Metta Massage 55
Mimbres Region Arts 14
Mind/Body Studio 15
Naydas Gems & Stones 22
Osher Lifelong Learning 21
The Outlet Shoppes at EP 13
Parking Lot Striping 46
Paseo Christian Church 55
Perkins Jewelry Supply 38
Pet Guardian Angel 39
Petland El Paso 3
PhiDev Inc 52
Physicians Vein Care 60
Pilates International 51
Precision Prosthetics 40
Psychic Lynn 37
PTEP 34
Real Estate El Paso 49
Ronda Brown 51
Rubin Gallery 41
St. Marks UMC 40
San Elizario artists 29
San Elizario artists 28
Sasahara Studio & Gallery 44
Shakespeare on the Rocks 5
Sheldon Jewelry 12
Shundo Dance Studio 25
Silver City ACD 33
Silver City Galleries 45
Silver City MainStreet 37
Ski Run Road Challenge 10
Sun City Women's Health 32
Sunland Park Racetrack 9
Sunny Smiles 27
Sunset Heights Tour 18
Telemates 57
Thunderbird Digital 41
Tularosa Wine Festival 5
Unity Bookstore 53
UTEP Athletics 57
UTEP Theatre & Dance 30
Vanities 2
Village Inn 36
Voyager Tours 19
Walgreens 49
Western Traders 8
Wyler Aerial Tramway 37
Advertiser Index
Gears & Glamour Extravaganza
Ability Connection Texas brings together iconic
motorcycles and riders apparel 7 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20, at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing, Sunland Park. Admission: $45.
Information: 532-7795, abilityconnectiontexas.
org or gearsandglamour.org.
Concordia Cemetery Walk Through
History The annual living history tour is
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at
Concordia Cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell.
Volunteers dress in period costume and share
historical vignettes in character of many of
Concordia Cemeterys eternal residents.
Information: 591-2326, concordiacemetery.org.
Amigo Airsho 2012 The 31st annual air
show is Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20-21, at
Biggs Army Airfield, featuring military and civil-
ian aerial performers, static displays and more.
Information: 562-6446 or amigoairsho.org.
Spooktacular 2012 The Junior
Womans Clubs 22nd annual fall family fiesta is
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20-22, at the El Paso
County Coliseum. Tickets: $5 ($4 children; free
for ages 2 and younger); $1 military discount at
the door. Information: 532-6131 or elpasoju-
niorwomansclub.org.
Forrest Leamon Memorial Run The
10K and 5K runs and 1-mile fun walk benefiting
the Survivors Benefit Fund of the DEA is
Sunday, Oct. 21. Information 478-5663 or
Better Business Bureau and Torch
Awards Consumer expert Clark Howard,
star of television and radio, and author of
Living Large in Lean Times is keynote speak-
er at the BBBs annual meeting 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the El Paso
Convention Center. Tickets: $100 ($75 BBB
members). Information: 577-0195, 490-0762 or
communications@bbbelpaso.org.
Shot in the Dark Golf Tournament
The annual glow-in-the-dark golf tournament
benefiting the YMCA begins at 7 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 26, at El Paso Country Club. Information:
584-9622.
Ysleta Lutheran Mission Golf
Tournament The 4th annual golf tourna-
ment benefiting Ysleta Lutheran Mission
Human Care of the Lower Valley is 11 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 26, at Vista Hills Country Club.
Cost: $60 per player; includes dinner. Space is
limited. Information: Chris Hill, 858-2588 or
ylm.org.
El Paso Rhinos - El Pasos Junior League ice
hockey teams first home games of the season
are Oct. 26-28 against the Arizona Redhawks
at the Sierra Providence Events Center, next to
the Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Game times are
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m.
Sunday. Ticket information: 479-PUCK (7825)
or elpasorhinos.com.
Giselle El Paso Youth Ballet presents the
classic French ballet at 7:30 p.m. Friday and
2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26-27, at
UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Information: 760-
6062.
AIDS Walk International AIDS
Empowerment and AIDS Project El Paso will
hold its 20th annual walk Saturday, Oct. 27. .
Information: 248-8356 or internationalaids.org.
Flying Horse Half Marathon The 13.1
mile Half Marathon and 5K Run hosted by Race
El Paso is Saturday, Oct. 27, beginning and
ending at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino.
Information: raceelpaso.com.
The Cats Meow The Snake Charmer
and The Belly Dancer present the dinner the-
ater featuring the Dangerous Beauties at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27, at Sunland Park Racetrack
and Casino. Tickets: $30 for dinner and show.
Information: 691-1938 or snakecharmerandthe-
bellydancer.com.
Indian and Spanish Market El Paso
Saddleblanket, 6926 Gateway East, hosts the
6th annual event Saturday, Oct. 27.
Information: 541-1000 or saddleblanket.com.
Boo at the Zoo The El Paso Zoo, 4001
E. Paisano, will host its 7th annual merry, not
scary safe trick-or-treating event Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 27-28. Information: 532-8156,
521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.
YLM Fall Kermes Ysleta Lutheran
Mission, 301 S. Schutz, celebrates its 30th
anniversary with a fall kermes 1:30 p.m. to
midnight Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27-28.
Information: 858-2588 or ylm.org.
Mount Cristo Rey pilgrimage Sunday
Oct. 28). Information: (575) 523-7577.
Tour de Tolerance The 2012 bicycling
and running event, benefiting the El Paso
Holocaust Museum and Study Center, is
Sunday, Oct. 28, at Fort Bliss, with 100K and
50K rides, and a 5K run/walk. Information:
tourdetolerance.com.
Clean and Scary Fun Run The 5th
annual Halloween 5K race and 1-mile walk to
benefit Keep El Paso Beautiful is Sunday, Oct.
28. Halloween costumes encouraged.
Information: 478-5663 or raceadventuresunlim-
ited.com.
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