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FEB.
Your monthly guide to community

entertainment, recreation & culture
Progress report
Whole Foods, Alamo Drafthouse

Cinema among the top additions to
El Paso in 2016. Coming in 2017: More
at Montecillo including Topgolf, new
hotel at Sunland Park Racetrack.
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Triple rockabilly threat
Great American hosts Delta Bombers,

The Brains, Legendary Shack Shakers.
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Beauty & the Beast
Veteran UTEP Dinner Theatre and El

Paso Opera director takes on Disney
musical at Philanthropy Theatre.
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Frame jobs
El Pasos three senior art framers bring

over 75 years of experience to their
businesses.
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On the cover
Path to Cottonwood Springs

by Rami Scully
El Paso Scene Cover Award
Winner, El Paso Scenes
exhibit at Sunland Art Gallery.
F E B R U A RY
2017
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El Paso Scene
February 2017
New Mexico Day at the Park
february 2017
ROUNDUP
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, 1200

Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive), Sunland
Park, N.M., hosts the family-friendly indoor
event noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, featuring homegrown Southern New Mexico Pecans,
Pistachios, Chile Peppers and Wines. Admission
is free. Information: 1-800-572-1142 or sunland-park.com.
Truck Town 2017 The hands-on mili-
tary and community truck showcase is noon to

4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Freedom Crossing
at Fort Bliss, 1611 Haan Road. Families can
explore, dance, take photos and take part in
several arts and crafts and game activities.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Information: 564-5311, freedomcrossingatfortbliss.com or on Facebook.
Spring Home Show The El Paso

Association of Builders presents the annual
event Jan. 27-29 at the El Paso Convention
Center. The show features booths providing
exhibits, demonstrations, and more. Hours are
1 to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday
and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7
($3 for ages 11-16; free for ages 10 and
younger). Information: 1-800-756-4788, ext. 46
or HomeShowElPaso.com.
Special events include a Sultry Bedroom
Makeover Seminar by HGTVs Design Stars
Jennifer Bertrand; and a Makeover Seminar
with Lauri March, the House Counselor.
Miss West Texas 2017 The precursor
to Miss Texas America is 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan.

28, at Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
Marcial. Information: 532-7273.
February 2017
Bourbon and Whiskey Festival More

than 60 brands will be available for sampling 3
to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Sunland Park
Racetrack & Casino, 1200 Futurity Dr. (at
Sunland Park Drive), Sunland Park, N.M.
Admission is free. Sample tickets: $20 (ten samples). Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunlandpark.com.
Coin Show - The International Coin Club of

El Pasos 54th annual Coin Show is Feb. 10-12
at El Maida Hall, 6331 Alabama, with tables of
coins, paper money, medals and tokens by
dealers from around the country. Hours are 1
to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 533-6001
or on Facebook at elpasocoinclub.
The annual kids auction is 2 p.m. Saturday for
ages 7 to 14. The kids auction is a no-cost auction; script provided for the bidding.
This years Coin Show commemorative medal
will highlight San Jacinto Plaza.
Be My Neighbor Day KCOS hosts its
Kids and Family festival with special guest

Daniel Tiger from PBS Kids hit series Daniel
Tigers Neighborhood noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18, at Bassett Place, 6101
Gateway West.
Local businesses and organizations serving
families will host information booths and interactive areas, all with the theme of reinforcing a
strong community and being a good neighbor.
Guests can meet and take photos with Daniel
Tiger and enjoy live performances on stage
throughout the event.
Information: kcostv.org.
Pet Festival El Paso Parks and Recreation

Department hosts its annual event to help pet
owners respect and care for their pets 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Don Haskins
Recreation Center & Westside Dog Park, 7400
High Ridge, with pet and animal related activities. Admission is free.
Information: 212-1704 or elpasotexas.gov/
parks-and-recreation.
Bourbon Street on Cincinnati Street
The annual Mardi Gras celebration in Kern

Place is Fat Tuesday, Feb. 28. Cincinnati Street
will be closed to vehicle traffic for the outdoor
celebration featuring food, live outdoor music,
drink specials and, of course, beads. Gates
open at 4 p.m. Admission price to be
announced.
Last Thursdays The Downtown monthly

evening art walk includes nearly two dozen
pubs, restaurants, stores and galleries.
Admission is free to most events. Information:
facebook.com/EPDAD.
El Paso Scene
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FEBRUARY
INDEX
Roundup
Behind the Scene
Scene Spotlight
Taking a Look Back
Heres the Ticket
Program Notes
Music, Comedy
Dance
Sports
Viva Jurez
Feature:
Making Progress
El Paso FishNet
Nature
At the Museum
Gallery Talk
Southwest Art Scene
Keep on Bookin'
History Lessons
Liner Notes
On Stage
Stage Talk
Film Scene
March preview
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Scene Users Guide 34

Distribution Locations 36
Advertiser Index 38
Subscription Form 38
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12 throughout the San Elizario Arts District.

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Scene Spotlight highlights events

advertised in this issue.
Carnival de Danzas UTEP Theatre and

Dance presents the program choreographed
by UTEP Dance Faculty, inspired by the
sights, sounds and history of New Orleans.
Feb. 10-19 at Wise Family Theatre in the
Fox Fine Arts Building. Page 40.
Sunland Park Racetrack Sunland Park

Racetrack and Casino hosts the following
events in February (Page 2):
The 2nd annual Bourbon & Whiskey
Festival is Feb. 4, with live music and free
samples.
The 2nd annual Mariachi Festival is Feb.
25, with professional Mariachi competition
and other events.
El Paso Live events Page 5.

Coming to Abraham Chavez Theatre:
Feb. 10: Dancing with the Stars Live!
from the hit ABC Show
Feb. 19: MercyMe. The Christian bands
Texas Takeover Tour
Coming to Plaza Theatre:
Feb. 26: Elvis Lives. A multi-media live
journey across Elvis life
March 7: The Illusionists. Broadway in
El Paso presents the spectacular showcase of
the most incredible illusionists on earth.
El Paso Senior Games City of El Paso
Parks and Recreation Departments annual
games for those age 50 and older run Feb.
25-May 18 at various locations, Sponsored
by United Healthcare, UTEP and Urgent
Care Home Heath Inc. Page 37.
Opening Ceremony is Feb. 25 at the Polly
Harris Senior Center.
UTEP Basketball All home games are
at the Don Haskins Center. Page 16.
Hal Marcus Gallery Showing Feb. 2-17

is the EPISD Art Show, with opening reception Feb. 2. Page 6.
Magoffin Home State Historic Site
Page 23.
Feb. 2: Cooking Classes for Octavias Pot
Roast
Feb. 11: Yoga with Rebecca Hendricks
Feb. 18: The monthly Victorian Sci-Fi
Book and Tea Club.
The Women El Paso Playhouse presents the comedy by Clare Boothe Luce Feb.
3-26. A group of women struggle to play
their respective roles in an artificial society
that consists of vain show, comedy, tragedy,
hope and disappointment. Page 33.
Coin Show - The International Coin Club of

El Pasos 54th annual Coin Show is Feb. 1012 at El Maida Hall, with tables of coins,
paper money, medals and tokens by dealers
from around the country, and a kids auction.
This years commemorative medal will highlight San Jacinto Plaza. Page 15.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and
Gift Shop Award-winning impressionist
and El Paso Hall of Fame artist Alberto
Escamillas gallery will take part in the
Valentines Weekend Celebration Feb. 11-
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EPCC Black History Month El Paso

Community College will host events in
February in celebration of Black History
Month. This years theme is The Crisis in
Black Education: The Crucial Role of
Education in the History of African
Americans. Page 32.
Feb 13: Film and panel discussion All the
Difference.
Feb. 20: Gospel Night Concert and
Cuisine
Feb. 27: Bridging Education through
Jazz, featuring Karlton Hester, Ph.D.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Copland

in Mexico The Symphony, conducted by
Bohuslav Rattay, celebrates Mexican folk culture with the music of Aaron Copland and
Silvestre, part of the Music Unwound consortium. Feb. 17-18, in the Plaza Theatre.
Opening notes precede the performance
each night in the Philanthropy Theatre. Page
17.
Crossland Gallery Showing at El Paso

Art Associations gallery through Feb. 18 is
con.FIGURE.ation.three, works based on
the human form or portrait. Opening reception is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, for the
Ysleta Independent School District EPAA
Scholarship Art Exhibit. Page 14.
Springfoot El Paso Marathon, Half
Marathon and 5K The annual races are
Feb. 19. The marathon route begins the
Hospitals of Providence East Campus; Half
marathon is at Southwest University Park.
Race Expo is Feb. 18 at El Paso Convention
and Performing Arts Center. Page 19.
The Music of Prince El Paso Symphony

Orchestra celebrates the music of an icon,
musical innovator, master of pop, rock, R&B
and funk Feb. 25 at the Plaza Theatre with
a full rock band and the EPSO. Page 3.
El Paso Artists Studio Tour call for

artists Artists are invited to participate in
this years 10th annual studio tour April 2223 for Eastside, Northeast and Mission
Valley studios, and April 29-20 for Westside,
Upper Valley and Downtown studios.
Deadline enter is March 12. Page 10.
Southern New Mexico
Cowboy Days The 18th annual celebration of Southwest pioneer heritage is March
4-5, at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch
Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, with the
inaugural CASI Chili Cook-Off, cowboy
music, cooking, living history, demonstrations and more. Page 2.
Issei and Beyond The exhibit highlighting The Nakayama Familys Journey in the
Mesilla Valley is Feb. 3-May 13, at the
Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces. The
Japanese-American family overcame adversity to become leading farmers in the Mesilla
Valley. Page 3.
Chocolate Fantasia Mimbres Regional

Arts Councils annual event featuring regional
samples of gourmet chocolates is Feb. 11 in
Silver City. This years theme is Wild West
Days. Page 7.
Fountain Theatre Mesilla Valley Film
Societys theatre on the Plaza in historic Old
Mesilla show independent, art, foreign and
other non-mainstream films. Page 30.
or Westsiders, this past year has

been the best of times and the worst
of times.
As this months feature story points out,
the West Side of El Paso has welcomed
most of the citys recent major additions,
including Whole Foods, Alamo
Drafthouse and the new Hospitals of
Providence Trans-mountain Campus.
More projects are on their way at the
ever-growing Montecillo complex and
theres also a new hotel at the Sunland
Park Racetrack & Casino.
The most long-awaited projects, however, are still years away from completion
and in the meantime have produced the
worst traffic congestion in history for
Westsiders. The combination of the GO
10 interstate expansion, which will add
frontage roads and new interchanges and
the Loop 375 continuation from
Downtown to the West Side has made
daily commutes miserable for many.
Even on a good day traffic jams are
inevitable; add just one minor accident or
stalled car and youre crawling along
smelling gas fumes for an extra half hour
or worse.
Even if you make it through those bottlenecks, youre not out of the woods if
you turn off to Downtown or into Kern
Place and Sunset Heights, where trolley
route construction has closed streets and
detoured drivers for months on end.
The good news is that once all these
major traffic projects are done, there will
be more places worth driving to. Unless
youre a Charcoaler fan, of course. My
wifes family is grieving the loss of the
West Sides iconic hamburger drivethrough her parents used to live just
three blocks away. Charcoaler was
always the first stop for visiting relatives.
Another Westside institution also is
closing its doors after over 20 years in
business: Sunland Art Gallery, which has
served as a co-op for many local artists.
Myrna Zanetell can fill you in on the
details in this months Gallery Talk column that begins on Page 27.
El Paso Scene has had a long relationship with the Sunland Art Gallery, sponsoring an annual series of El Paso
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Scenes exhibits there. This months

cover by Rami Scully was one of the
Cover Award winners from the most
recent exhibit held in November.
There are few artist-run galleries left in
El Paso. Hal Marcus is the citys bestknown survivor, and with the trolley
scheduled to run right past his door on
Oregon, the odds are good that he will
keep that door open for the foreseeable
future. The El aso Art Associations Art
Junction is also home to many artists studios, as well as the Crossland Gallery.
Otherwise, art lovers who want to visit
with artists at their galleries will have to
travel to San Elizario, where artists such
as Albert Escamilla, Bert Saldana, Robert
Dozal and others have set up shop. Or
head north to Mesilla and Las Cruces,
where art galleries have had better success than El Paso.
February actually is the best month to
go art-hopping in Las Cruces and
Mesilla. Thats when all the galleries, studios and other businesses celebrate For
the Love of Art Month. Skim through
the Southwest Art Scene listings on
Page 30-31 to find whats happening in
the Southern New Mexico art world.
Art isnt dead in El Paso. Many artists
use their homes as private studios, and
gladly welcome visitors by appointment.
And once a year dozens of artists join
together for the El Paso Artists Studio
Tour, which is coming up the last two
weekends of April. Interested artists can
sign up now see the call for artists on
Page 10.
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February Roundup
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Black History Month
EPCC Black History Month El Paso

Community College will host events in
February in celebration of Black History Month.
This years theme is The Crisis in Black
Education: The Crucial Role of Education in the
History of African Americans All events are 6
p.m. Mondays at EPCCs Administrative Center
Auditorium, Building A, 9050 Viscount.
Admission is free. Information: 831-3324,
ochave30@epcc.edu or epcc.edu/diversityprograms.
Feb. 13: Film and panel discussion on All
The Difference
Feb. 20: Gospel Night Concert and Cuisine
Feb. 27: Bridging Education through Jazz,
featuring Karlton Hester, Ph.D.
The 28th annual African-American Read-In, a
celebration of African-American writers.
Students, faculty and community will read
selections of prose and poetry by famous
authors at Valle Verde, Rio Grande and
Transmountain campuses. Call for schedule.
Black El Paso Democrats The 34th
annual Political Awareness and Awards Banquet

is Saturday, Feb. 18, at Wyndham El Paso
Airport Hotel, 2027 Airway. Reception at 6
p.m.; dinner served at 7 p.m. Tickets: 55 until
Feb. 4; $75 after. Information: bepd.org.
Black History Month Parade and Rally
The annual Inter-Club Council Black History

Month Parade usually is scheduled to begin at
10 a.m. the last Saturday of February (Feb. 25)
at Montana and Pershing and travels east on
Montana to Copia then south to Missouri end-
February 2017
ing at Mary Webb Park, 3401 E. Missouri. A

rally follows the parade 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
Mary Webb Park, with vendor booths, family
activities and entertainment. Admission is free.
Information: 241-6046 or facebook.com/interclubcouncileptx/.
Miss Black El Paso Southwest

Scholarship Pageant The annual pag-
eant is 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the

Chamizal National Memorial Theatre, 800 S.
San Marcial. Tickets: $10; available in advance
at Estine East Side Barber Shop, 546-9212, and
McCalls Neighborhood Center, 566-2407.
Information: missblackelpaso.com.
Young ladies ages 17-20 desiring to participate
may obtain an application, and additional information by calling Estine Davis, 546-9212 or
Juliet Hart 595-3141 as soon as possible.
Miss Black El Paso 2016 is Brianne Williams
of Montwood High School.
Southern New Mexico
Las Cruces Bridal Showcase Helping
Hands Event Planning hosts its bridal and special event show 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
29, at Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E.
University Ave. in Las Cruces. Admission: $5 in
advance; $7 at the door. Free admission with
donation of gently used prom dress for the Las
Cruces Butterfly Dress Project. Information:
(575) 522-1232 or
lascrucesbridalshowcase.com.
The annual event brings together products
and services for weddings and other special
events and. Attendees can enjoy samples from
area caterers, get planning ideas, meet DJs, and
take in a fashion show for the latest in prom,
quinceaera and wedding couture and hair
styling.
Bootheel Cowboy Poetry Fiesta The

24th annual fiesta brings together some of the
Southwests best storytellers, poets and musicians 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the
Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Museum (Old
Armory), 708 E. 2nd St., Lordsburg, N.M.
Proceeds benefit the museum.
Information/tickets: (559) 381-1465 or
hookjune@hotmail.com.
Chocolate Fantasia Mimbres Region Arts
dors and door prizes. Admission is free.

Information: (575) 894-2959.
The Sierra County Woodworkers group will
exhibits their carvings in the hobby room next
door that weekend.
Mardi Gras in the Clouds The
Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce will bring a

little New Orleans to the mountain community
Feb. 24-25, with this years theme Music of
America. The family celebration includes food,
music, vendors, games a parade and more.
Annual Cajun Cooking Contest is Friday.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 682-2733
or coolcloudcroft.com, or on Facebook.
Councils 18th annual celebration of arts and

sweet delicacies is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 11, in historic downtown Silver City. This
years theme is Wild West Days. While
strolling through downtown, participants can
enjoy 20 unique, locally made, handcrafted
chocolates. Tickets sell out every year. Tickets:
$25 for 20 individual pieces of chocolate.
Information: (575) 538-2505 or chocolatefantasia.org.
Cowboy Days The 18th annual celebra-
Feb. 18-19, at New Mexico Farm & Ranch

Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road
in Las Cruces, with more than 60 vendors from
throughout the Southwest. There will be geology discussions and door prizes, as well as childrens activities and food and beverages for
sale. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7 age 5
and older; includes museum admission.
Information: (575) 522-4100 or lcmuseumrocks.com.
Valentines Day
The Museum Rocks Gem & Mineral

Show The annual gem and mineral show is
Gathering of Quilts The Winter
Quilters of Sierra Countys annual quilt Show is

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2425, at Ralph Edwards Convention Center, 400
W. Fourth, in Truth of Consequences, N.M.,
with more than 100 quilts by local quilters, ven-
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tion of Southwest pioneer heritage is 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 4-5, at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch
Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd.,
Las Cruces. Admission: $5. Information: (575)
522-4100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
The event offers two days of two days of
cowboy demonstrations, chuck wagon cooking,
activities for the children, cowboy music, stagecoach and pony rides, gunfight reenactments
and more.
Seniors Love Conference El Paso
Community Colleges Senior Adult Programs

22nd annual conference, Seniors Have a
Lifetime of Contributions, is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11, at EPCC Administrative
Service Center Auditorium, Building A, 9050
Viscount, featuring speakers, exhibitors, entertainment, and art exhibit and more. Food donations accepted at the door. Information, conference passes: 831-7801 or maryy@epcc.edu.
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Spicy Sweet Milonga Paso del Norte
Tango Clubs Valentines Day party is 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11, at Sunland Dance Studio,
1769 Victory Lane in Sunland Park, opening
with a Burlesque showcase and Cell Block
Tango. Tango lessons are 8 p.m. with best
dessert contest. Milgona follows. Bring a
favorite dessert to share. Cost: $10.
Information: 422-3338, pasodelnortetangoclub.com or Sunlandballroom.com.
Valentine dinner and dance Santa

Lucia Catholic Church, 518 Gallagher, will host
its annual Valentine fundraiser 7 p.m. to 12:30
a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the churchs Centro
Amistad Hall, featuring a dinner and live music
by Tejas Band. Dinner served 7 to 8 p.m.;
dance 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. BYOB; set-ups,
sodas and beer available for purchase. No outside beer or coolers allowed. Cost: $30; reservations recommended. No refunds. Tables for
10 available with advance reservation.
Information: 592-5245 or
santaluciachurch@sbcglobal.net.
Valentines Dinner Rotary Club of

Silver Citys Valentines Wine Dinner is 6:30
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Bear Mountain
Lodge, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road in Silver
City, N.M., including a four course meal, each
course to be accompanied by a paired wine.
There will also be a silent auction to benefit the
High Desert Humane Society. The dinner
includes a four-course meal, each course to be
accompanied by a paired wine. Tickets: $70
(including tax, gratuity and four glasses of wine
with each course). Information, reservations
(by Feb. 6): Linda Brewer at the Bear Mountain
Lodge at (575) 538-2538.
Singing Valentines The El Paso Border
Chorders offer live singing Valentines during

Valentines Day within the city of El Paso.
The El Paso Border Chorders offer singing
valentines delivered by a mens barbershop
quartet on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Allow a fourhour time frame delivery window. Special
instructions are welcome. Cost: $40; includes
songs and box of chocolates. Information: 3096954.
Play Me Chocolate Buffet The
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, 1110
New York Ave. in Alamogordo, hosts its annual

Valentine fundraiser at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
18, with the highly acclaimed Play Me a Neil
Diamond Tribute. The famous Flickinger
chocolate buffet begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets:
$15, $25 and $35. Information: (575) 437-2202
or flickingercenter.com.
The show features recording artist Chris
Waggoner singing in the style of Neil Diamond.
Backed by a seven piece band and the
Diamonette singers, the show is a high powered tribute to the music and musical styling of
the iconic Neil Diamond.
West Texas
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering
The 31st annual gathering is Feb. 24-25 at Sul

Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. The second oldest of its kind in the country, the event
offers stage shows and individual performances
by nationally known cowboy poets, musicians
and storytellers. Information: (432) 837-2326,
1-800-561-3712 or cowboy-poetry.org.
Headline concerts are 7:30 p.m. Friday featuring Trinity Seely and Kristyn Harris, and 1
p.m. Saturday with Red Steagall and Dan
Roberts at Marshall Auditorium. Tickets: $15
Friday, $10 Saturday.
Other headliners include Doris Daley, Pipp
Gillette, Jim Jones, Luke Reed and Gail Steiger
Friday; and Dale Burson, Mikki Daniel, Kevin
Davis, Yvonne Hollenbeck and Randy Rieman
Saturday.
Recitations of poetry and music are 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Friday and Saturday throughout the Sul
Ross campus, starting with an open session at 9
a.m. each day. Sessions are free.
A chuckwagon breakfast is 7:30 a.m. each
morning at Poets Grove (east side of Kokernot
Field). Cost: $5.
Something for everyone

Hub of Human Innovation 500 West
Overland, Ste 230. Information: Leslie D.

Lanier, 321-3123 or leslie@hubep.org. Web:
hubep.org.
Upcoming events:
The Hub hosts three local business owners
on building a business, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 26. Networking begins at 5 p.m.; first
speaker at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Advance registration required. Speakers include
Victor Fernandez from Victorfunding.com, Pam
Hett from Hettagency.com, and Adrian
OHare, Founder of Crft Juice.
1Million Cups Launch An opening ceremony and launch for the new community program is 8:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, for
entrepreneurs and innovators from the El Paso
region. Each week 1MC offers entrepreneurs
the opportunity to present their startups to a
diverse group of mentors, advisors and entrepreneurs. Admission is free; registration
required.
The Paso del Norte Venture Competition
and Expo 2017 is Feb. 27-March 3 at UTEP.
Professional entrepreneurs will pitch their ideas
or early stage ventures to a panel of investors
and successful business people. Startup pitches
are 5 minutes followed by 10-minute question
and answer.
Application deadline is Feb. 10. Fee is $75.
Information: 321-3121 or hubofhumaninnovation.org.
Winning startup will receive $1,000 cash
prize and 1-year affiliate incubation at The Hub
of Human Innovation.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at

UTEP Spring classes begin Feb. 6 for the
popular UTEP program that offers non-credit

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classes for people age 50 or older.

The membership program is part of UTEPs
College of Liberal Arts and supported in part by
the Bernard Osher Foundation. Registration
runs through Jan. 27, and is $70 for as many
courses desired during the 12-week term, plus
$25 for the one-time OLLI life membership fee
($25 late fee after Jan. 27).
Classes include art, history, languages, literature, music and physical activities. No exams or
papers. College degree is not required.
Members may take as many classes as they
want. No grades, no tests, no term papers, no
required homework. The fee includes parking
permit, UTEP library card and discounts to
UTEP events. Classes are open to age 50 or
older, and meet weekday afternoons.
The Institutes office is in Miners Hall, Room
209. Office hours are 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. A catalog of classes is
available at all public library branches. Free
parking available in the Sun Bowl Visitors Area.
Information: 747-6280, 747-8848 or
olliatutep.org.
The Gospel Mix The forum for local
artists and churches to network and share their

gospel talent with the community is 3 to 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 29, at Hilton Garden Inn, 6650
Gateway East. The community outreach program gives local businesses an opportunity to
get in front of loyal consumer-based markets
such as the military and Christian-based church
communities.
Admission: $15 ($10 with three canned goods).
Information: (972) 302-6253 or associatesentertainmentgroup.com.
Office Skills Training El Paso
Community College Center for Corporate and

Workforce Training offers free transferable
skills training to military, military spouses, veterans, women and minorities. The program is
funded by a grant from the Prudential
Foundation. Deadline to apply is Jan. 31.
Information: 831-7785.
The 18-week Workforce Professional Skills
Certification Training Program trains students
in the areas of office technology, project management, interpersonal skills, employment skills
and job search/retention. Applicants must have
a High School Diploma/GED and a 10th grade
reading level.
Hector A. Garcia lecture The assistant
professor at the University of Texas Health

Center, Department of Psychiatry in San
Antonio, will speak on A Century of
Transformation: UTEP, the Border Experience,
and the Science of PTSD, at 4 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 2, at UTEPs Undergraduate Learning
Center, Room 106, as part of its Centennial
Lecture Series. Reception follows the lecture.
Information: 747-5362 or centennial.utep.edu.
Garcia is the author of Alpha God: The
Psychology of Religious Violence and
Oppression. He has published extensively on
the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) in combat veterans, masculine identity
in the aftermath of war, stress and rank in
organizations, and the interplay between religious practice and psychopathology.
Orange and Blue Day UTEPs
Enrollment services hosts a day for prospective

UTEP students to learn about the schools
offerings 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.
Participant explore our campus, residence halls
and recreation center, learn about admissions,
scholarships, and financial aid, and connect with
current students, student organizations and
more. Admission tickets are free; available on
eventbrite.com.
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Tom Lea Institute volunteer training
Tom Lea Institute, 201 E. Main Street, Suite

100, hosts 2-day training sessions in February
for those interested in becoming volunteers.
Ambassadors can assist with membership drive,
mailings, and serve as guides to historic sites in
downtown El Paso. Session I is 4 to 6 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 7 and 9; and
Session II is 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday,
Feb. 21 and 23. Additional training for specific
positions will be offered at later dates.
Information: Sarah Prezioso, sprezioso@tomlea.net or 533-0048.
The Tom Lea Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of
noted artist Tom Lea through public programs
that encourage the exploration of arts, culture,
and regional history.
Chihuahuas Job Fair El Paso
Chihuahuas and Spectra Food Services &

Hospitality will host their 2017 job fair 6 to 9
p.m. Wednesdays and Thursday, Feb. 8-9, in
the WestStar Bank Club at Southwest
University Park. Candidates must be 16 years
of age. No calls. Applicants who cannot attend
can send their resumes to
tripleaelpasojobs@gmail.com.
The Chihuahuas are also looking for outgoing
candidates to join the on-field Bark Brigade.
Auditions include casual group interviews and
an evening of fun 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
7, Candidates should preregister at
EPChihuahuas.com.
PechaKucha El Paso 20 X 20 El Paso
and Juarez PechaKucha events come together

for a two-day border event, The art of concise presentations, Feb. 17-18, Events are at
at 7 p.m. Friday, at the Foundation room, 333
N. Oregon in El Paso; and 1 p.m. Saturday at
Juarez Contemporary, 20 de Noviembre 4305
in Juarez. Information: pechakucha-ep.com or
on Facebook.
PechaKucha is Japanese for chit cha or the
sound of conversation.PechaKucha Nights are
informal and fun gatherings where people get
together to share their ideas, creative works,
thoughts, manifestos, or just about anything.
Presenters show 20 images, each for 20 seconds and talk along.
Anyone with ideas to share who would like to
present at may contact William Helm at
info@pechakucha-ep.com or 227-2040.
Chamizal Junior Ranger Saturday

Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
Marcial, invites families to explore various
world cultures for kids age 5 to 11 at 11 a.m.
to noon the third Saturday of the month (Feb.
18). The 45-minute Junior Ranger program
offers a different activity such as games, walks,
experiments or craft. Admission is free, but
space is limited. Reservations recommended.
Information/reservations: 532-7273 or
nps.gov/cham.
Junior Ranger Club New activities for
kids 5-11 are 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb.

18, at Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
Marcial. New opportunities to earn collectible
awards at each program. Admission is free.
EPCC Border Learning Conference - El

Paso Community College hosts the conference
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at El
Paso Marriott 1600 Airway. The program of
practical teaching demonstrations, round table
discussions, and forums will address issues of
learning along the border. Registration: $75 by
February 2017
Feb. 10; $100 after. Information: 831-2843 or

borderlearningconference.org
Speakers are Zahira Torres, El Paso Times
investigative coach and editor; Judge David
Campos Guaderrama, Crossing Borders award
winner; and Arvind Singhal, UTEP professor
and author.
Gold Nugget nominations UTEP

Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni
Relations is accepting nominations through
Feb. 24 for the Distinguished Alumni and Gold
Nugget awards. These awards are presented to
UTEP alumni who have distinguished themselves in their professions and lives by giving
back to their communities and alma mater.
Information: 747-6361 Forms available at alumni.utep.edu/Distinguished-Alumni.
Free Pneumonia Vaccines Individuals

over 65 who do not have insurance or
Medicaid can receive a free pneumonia vaccine
from the El Paso Fire Department. With a
physician prescription, the Fire Department will
administer the vaccine to uninsured people
ages 18-64. To find out the dates, locations and
times for the next vaccine clinic, call 3-1-1.
SUNS Health Fair Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center at El Paso

Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Students
United Para Nuestra Salud (SUNS) hosts its 7th
annual a health fair 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,
March 4, at Dolphin Terrace Elementary
School, 9790 Pickerel. Services include free
vaccinations for children and adults, free EKGs
and fitness testing, free diabetes screening, and
activities for kids and adults. Admission is free.
Information: sunshealthfair.org.
El Paso Crohns & Autoimmune

Disease Support Group The support
group meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of the

month (Feb. 21) at Tech University Health
Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta, in the
Academic Services Building, Room 211. Park
next to the clinic. Information: Carrie Wilkie,
(214) 708-2989, ccwilkie@elpasocrohns.com.
Facilitated dialogue Chamizal National

Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, hosts the discussions at 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the
month (Feb. 15). Park rangers and visitors can
make personal connections to a relevant topic
or shared experience. Information: 532-7273.
Faith & Grief Luncheon People of all
faiths are welcome to monthly luncheons for

those experiencing the loss of a loved one
noon to 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of the
month, at First Presbyterian Church, 1340
Murchison. Admission and lunch is free; reservations strongly encouraged. Donations welcome. Registration: 562-7660 or
FaithandGrief.org.
GED classes High School Equivalency
Program (HEP) and UTEP host free GED classes and tests for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their immediate families Mondays
through Fridays at UTEPs Graham Hall, Room
206, 500 W. University. Class times are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (flex times).
Open enrollment. Information: 747-5567 and
studentaffairs.utep.edu/hep.
Scenic Sundays Walkers, runners,
cyclists and skaters are invited to enjoy Scenic

Drive, from Rim Road to Richmond, free of
traffic from 7 a.m. to noon Sundays. (Hours
good through March 17, 2017.) Dogs on leash
permitted. Admission is free; road closed to car
traffic at this time. Information: 541-4416 or
district2@elpasotexas.gov.
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Bazaars and fairs
Provost Gun Show The El Maida
Provost Guard gun, small antique and

Southwest art show is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
28-29, at the El Maida Shrine Temple, 6331
Alabama. Includes new, used and antique
firearms and accessories, knives, coins,
Southwest jewelry, military surplus and collectibles. Food concessions available.
Admission: $6 (under 10 free). Age 18 and
younger must be accompanied by a parent or
legal guardian. Information: 241-1761.
The next show is planned for the same hours
and days, March 4-5.
Sportscard and Toy Collectible Show
The trading card and toy show is 9 a.m. to 4

p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Marriott Hotel, 1600
Airway, hosted by J & M Sportscards. Features
Hot Wheels, McFarlane sports figures, Marvel
Super Heroes figures and more. Admission is
free. Information: 856-7777.
Southwest New Age Expo The fair
featuring card readers, numerology readings,

healers, and conscious arts and crafts is 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11, at Center for Spiritual
Living, 575 N. Main in Las Cruces. Admission is
free. Information: (979)255-9736 or (505) 4296013.
Spanish Colonia Art Market Spanish

Colonial Art Society in Santa Fe hosts the 3rd
annual Las Cruces market 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
18-19, at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S.

Telshor. The two-day event allows the public
to interact personally with the artists, view
their work and observe demonstrations of 400
years of Hispanic culture. Admission information: (505) 982-2226 or spanishcolonial.org.
The Society runs the traditional Spanish
Market in Santa Fe the last full weekend of July
every year, and Winter Market in Albuquerque
the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Sunrise Lions Gun Show The semian-
nual gun and outdoors show opens at 9 a.m. to

Feb. 25-26, at Las Cruces Convention Center,
680 E. University in Las Cruces. Vendors from
across the state will sell and display their products. Information: lascruceslionsclub.org.
Upcycled Art Fair Vendors specialized
in upscale recycled art, clothing and more are

needed for the event 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, April 1, at Placita Santa Fe, 50245034 Doniphan. The fair will be held in the historic shopping centers gazebo and parking lot.
For information, contact Tamara at tamajesyoar@gmail.com or 274-6517.
Downtown Artist and Farmers Market

The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural
Affairs Departments market for area artists
and regionally grown agricultural products is 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday in the Union Plaza
District along Anthony Street. Information:
212-1780 or elpasoartsandculture.org.
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market
More than 230 permanent vendors in arts,

crafts, produce, baked goods and other food
items are offered at the market 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays along a 7-block
area of Main Street, Downtown. Information:
(575) 541-2288 or lascrucesfarmersmarket.org.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert

Crossing The 14th annual market runs
Saturdays year-round at Ardovinos Desert

Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park,
N.M. Winter hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Well
behaved pets on leash welcome; brunch available for purchase. Information: (575) 589-0653,
ext. 3.
For a good cause
Scouting for Food Program Scouts
from all packs, troops, teams and crews will

spread out across El Paso on Feb. 4 dropping
off flyers to remind El Pasoans to gather up
canned goods and other non-perishable items
and set them aside. On Saturday, Feb. 11.
Scouts will return to collect donations. Scouts
ask that donations be placed by the front door
by 8 a.m. Information: 241-8936.
All the food collected will be distributed to
local food banks in El Paso and Southern New
Mexico.
Over the Edge for the El Paso Zoo
Participants will rappel 12 stories down the

Anson Mills Building in Downtown El Paso 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, to benefit El
Paso Zoos wildlife and conservation programs
with DJ, food trucks, animal education stations,
craft stations, climbing rock wall, kids zone,
and sponsor booths. Spectator admission is
free. Information: El Paso Zoological Society
Office, 212-0245.
Limited amount of rappel spaces available;
register at EPZooOverTheEdge.
Safari Nights Gala El Paso Chapter of
the Safari Club International hosts its 14th

annual gala, auction and expo at 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18, at El Maida Shrine, 6331
Alabama, with 30 outfitter booths from around
the world, wildlife artists and outdoor equipment specialists. Tickets: $100 ($40 ages 12-17;
age 12 and younger admitted free but must
acquire a ticket). Group tables available for
$400-$1,200; available at 478-8505 or online at
scielpaso.org.
Casino Night Del Norte and El Paso
United Lions Clubs host their fundraising event

6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at St. Andrew
Church, 2515 Wedgewood, with 15 gaming
tables, blackjack, craps and roulette, board
squares, prizes including big screen TV, gift certificates, and food and beverages. All proceeds
go to help the community. Cost: $30 ($50 for
two). Information: 598-7577, 525-3400 or 937371-9039.
Blanket Drive El Paso Fire Department
and Extreme Weather Task Force is collecting

new blankets to very young, elderly and/or ill in
need through the winter months. New blanket
donations can be dropped off any time at all El
Paso Fire Stations. Information: 667-0206 or
834-5772.
El Paso Habitat for Humanity ReStore
The second-hand store at 11221 Rojas benefits Habitat El Paso. Donations of furniture,
appliances, building materials and more are
accepted. Pickups may be arranged by emailing
donatedgoods@habitatelpaso.org or call 3080833. Volunteers also needed. The store is
open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday. Information: 706-5060.
Habitat El Paso a nonprofit, ecumenical
Christian ministry open to people of all faiths
that builds homes for deserving families in El
Paso, and also supports Habitat for Humanitys
international projects. Partner families pay a 30year interest-free mortgage.
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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. Public access is available through
the Sheridan, Chaffee and Buffalo Soldiers gates
to West Bliss, and Biggs and Old Ironsides gates
to East Bliss.
Challenge Course Day The family
event, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25,

at Fort Blisss Soldier Activity Center, 20732
Constitution, for ages 14 and above to use the
course. Children under 14 can be evaluated
for permission if they properly fit in the harness. Cost: $10 per person. Information: 7441532.
Fort Bliss National Prayer Breakfast
The prayer breakfast is 7 a.m. Wednesday,

Feb. 2, at Centennial Club, Building 11199,
East Bliss. Guest speaker is CH (COL) David
Giammona, U.S. Army Installation Management
Command Chaplain. Ticket information: 5681519 or 744-8659.
Harry Potter Book Night Fort Bliss
residents of all ages can celebrate J.K. Rowlings

series 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at
Mickelsen Community Library on Fort Bliss.
Come dressed as a favorite witch, wizard, magical creature or muggle. Book and t-shirt giveaways, refreshments, awards for best costume
(youth and adult categories) and photo opportunities. Open to DoD ID card holders only.
Center, 20751 Constitution on East Fort Bliss,

hosts the laser tag event 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 3. Obstacles will be set up in the
hallways and all of the lights will be turned off
at Soto PFC. Cost: $10 for all ages; participation is on a first come first serve basis.
Fort Bliss Hiring Fair The Employment
Readiness Program at Army Community

Services hiring fair is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Centennial Banquet
and Conference Center, open to active duty
military, family members, retirees and other
DoD ID card holders. Guests must present a
military ID card to participate. Information:
569-5838.
Companies participating in the event range
from Americas biggest employers to smaller
companies from across the region.
Friday at The Fire Fort Blisss Freedom
Crossing hosts free live music featuring local

performers 6 to 11 p.m. Fridays, at the outdoor fireplace. Information: 564-5311 or freedomcrossingatfortbliss.com.
DJ Darrin performs through January; live
bands resume in February.
Family Days at the wall The Soldier
Activity Center, 0732 Constitution Avenue on

Central Fort Bliss, is open to all climbers age 6
and older noon to 6 p.m. every Thursday and
Saturday. Climbing available on a first-come,
first-served basis. Information: 744-1532.
Fort Bliss Historical Association The

group meets at 1 p.m. on the second
Wednesday of each month at the Fort Bliss
museum complex, 1735 Marshall. Information:
269-4831. Dues are $25 a year ($10 students
and junior enlisted soldiers).
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club 3730 Roy
Johnson Lane. Rifle and pistol shooting competitions are held almost every weekend. Visitors
can watch for free. Food available at the clubhouse snack bar. To get there: Take Railroad
Drive to Deer; turn right. Information: 5682983 or blissmwr.com/rodandgun.
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. Hours are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; by
appointment only Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 568-4518 or 588-8482 or on
Facebook at Old Fort Bliss.
Club news
Doa Ana Photography Club (DAPC)
The club hosts free photography programs

7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the
month at Southwest Environmental Center,
275 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. The
public is invited. Information: daphotoclub.org.
A Photography Boot Camp workshop on
Learning Your Camera is 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, Jan. 28, with tips on how to improve
photos after they are taken. First in a series of
five workshops. Cost: $5; workshops are free
to those who join DAPC for $15. Registration:
daphotoclub.org. Information: Rob Peinert,
education@daphotoclub.org.
Other upcoming Boot Camps:
Feb. 25: Getting camera off auto mode/how
ISO, aperture, shutter speed work
March 25: Composition
April 22: Editing
May 27: Image critique and Q&A
Singles in the Son - The group develops
friendships among Christian singles ages 30 to

50. Bible study held Tuesday nights. Weekend
events subject to change. All denominations are
welcome. Membership is free. Information:
Andy, 471-1997, SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com
or on Facebook.
Saturday, Jan. 28: Dinner and Rhino Hockey
Sunday, Feb. 5: Super Bowl Party
Saturday, Feb. 11: Lunch and El Paso
Holocaust Museum
Tuesday, Feb. 14: Valentines dinner
Saturday, Feb. 18: Dinner and a play
Saturday, Feb. 25: Dinner and bowling.
Germania Club The Germania Club of El

Pasos hosts its monthly luncheon at 11:30
a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Underwood Golf
Course, 3200 Coe, Fort Bliss. Newcomers
welcome. Information, reservations: 755-5471.
The annual Mardi Grad (Fasching) party is 6
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Underwood Golf
Course. Call for reservations.
Borderland IONS The Borderlands
IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) Community

Group meets 3 to 56 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11,
at Doris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd.
Karen Cowell, a Certified DreamBuilder
Coach, will present steps for imagining and
designing a blueprint of a life one would love
living. Admission is free and open to the public.
Information: 526-6297 or noetic.org.
Paso del Norte Quilt Guild The
guilds regular meeting is 9 a.m. the second

Saturday of the month (Feb. 11), at University
Presbyterian Church, 631 Resler. New techniques and workshops are being held monthly.
Anyone interested in quilting is welcome; no
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Love is all
around at
The Marketplace
BeadCounter
n of the Upper Valley
at PLACITA SANTA FE
In the
10-5 Tues.-Sat. 12:30-4:30 Sun.

www.marketplaceatpsf.com
5034 Doniphan
585-9296
Home & Garden Decor Rustics Collectibles

Florals Jewelry Folk Art Baby gifts
Linens wearables Crosses & More!
MAGIC BISTRO
Indoor/Outdoor Dining
Lunch 11 am-2:30 pm Tues.-Sun.

Dinner 5-10 pm Fri.-Sat.
Live Music!
Every Friday 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Every Saturday
11:00 am - 2:00 pm 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
February 2017
5034 Doniphan Ste B
833-2121
magicbistroelp.com
facebook.com/magicbistro
El Paso Scene
Antique Traders
Tamara Michalina
Big Sky
5034 Doniphan
(next to
The Marketplace)
833-9929
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experience needed. Membership is $25 per

year. Information: Carmen Guzman, 2030515.
The Guild assists in aiding many charitable
organizations, with the main focus on helping
wounded warriors by making quilts for them.
El Paso Quilters Association The
association will meet 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday,

Feb. 16, at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church,
2155 Wedgewood. Anyone interested in quilting may attend. Admission is free. Information:
920-279-2034 or on Facebook.
Military Order of the World Wars

The El Paso Chapters ROTC Recognition
Luncheon is 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at
Great American Land & Cattle Co., 9800
Gateway North in Northeast El Paso. Two
ROTC Cadets and one staff representative
from each of the schools in El Paso County
and in nearby New Mexico are invited to
attend. There will a special speaker for the
event. Information: 755-4038.
Womans Department GEPCC coffee
Womans Department Greater El Paso

Chamber of Commerces Membership Coffee
is 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Feb. 16, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Odom,
1033 Broadmoor. Information: 755-6193 or
qwilliamq@aol.com.
Discover El Paso Information: discov-
erep.org. The monthly General Meeting and

luncheon is noon Tuesday, Feb. 28, at
Ardovinos Desert Crossing, 1 Ardovino Drive
in Sunland Park. Cost: $23. Information, reservations: 598-6376.
LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso The
All El Paso Artists are invited to open their

studios to the public in this 10th annual
event. To learn more and get an entry
form, call Candy at 581-4971
or email cc2ccmayer@aol.com
www.pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com
Sponsored by the Plein-Air Painters
of El Paso and El Paso Scene
The April 22-23 tour includes studios in the Eastside, Northeast and Mission Valley.
The April 29-30 tour includes studios in the Westside, Upper Valley and Downtown.
Hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Deadline to enter is March 12, 2017
Information & Entry Forms available at www.pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com
nonprofit cultural institute, founded in 1964,

promotes French culture and offers francophiles the opportunity to use the French
language in a variety of activities. Information:
585-1789, 497-2453 (Spanish),
cgomez@afofelpaso.com, afofelpaso.com or
on Facebook at AllianceFrancaiseElPaso.
Spring semester French language classes are
now in session at the AFEP School, 1035
Belvidere, Suite 200. Private and semi-private
classes also available.
Westside Welcome Club The non-
profit group is a social, educational and charitable organization of more than 200 women
open to both newcomers and longtime residents. Each month the club offers a newcomers coffee and a luncheon. Information: westsidewelcomeclub.com.
PFLAG El Paso The El Paso chapter of

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and
Gays, PFLAG El Paso, offers four meetings a
month in various locations. The meetings are
open to the LGBT community and straight
allies. Admission is free. Information: 209AMOR (2667) or pflagelpaso.com.
Meetings are 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Eastside, first Wednesday of the month at
Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church, 2155
Wedgewood.
Westside, second Thursday of the month at
University Presbyterian Church, 244 North
Resler
Central, fourth Sunday of the month at St.
Pius Ministry Center, 1059 North Clark Drive.
Benavidez-Patterson All Airborne
Chapter The Roy P. Benavidez-Robert
Patterson All Airborne Chapter, 82nd

Airborne Division Association, Inc. meets the
fourth Saturday of each month at 2608 Fort
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Boulevard. A free lunch for current and new

members and invited guests served at 1 p.m.
with general membership meeting at 2 p.m.
Information: 562-9969 or bpaac.org.
El Paso Northeast Quilters Guild
Regular monthly meetings are 7 to 9 p.m. the

second Thursday of the month at Grace
Presbyterian Church, 8001 Magnetic (at
Titanic). Information:
epnequilters@gmail.com.
International Coin Club El Pasos only

coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first
Monday of the month at St. Pauls United
Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere. Business
meeting starts around 6:30 p.m. Numismatic
presentations start at 7 p.m. with auction to
follow. Visitors always welcome, and admission free for first-time visitors. Information:
533-6001 or elpasocoinclub.com.
Area attractions
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive),

Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1
a.m. Sunday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 2
a.m. Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Friday
and Saturday. Simulcast racing begins at 10
a.m. everyday. General admission and parking
are free. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland-park.com.
Bourbon and Whiskey Festival is 3 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4, with music, food. Admission
is free; sample tickets are $20 for ten.
Mariachi Festival is Saturday, Feb. 25, with a
professional mariachi competition 5 to 9 p.m.
Live music and dancing follows at 9 p.m.
Live racing runs through mid-April. (See
Sports for details).
Wyler Aerial Tramway The state park
tramway, 1700 McKinley, gives passengers a

view of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico from
Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is $8
for adults and $4 for children 12 years and
under. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed
Monday through Thursday. Information: 5629899 or 566-6622.
Junior Ranger Day is noon to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18, for ages 6 to 12. Park
Rangers will help children complete Junior
Ranger activity journals and become Texas
State Parks Junior Rangers. Upon completion
of activity journals children will receive a Junior
Ranger badge.
Last Sunday Hike is 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 26,
beginning in the parks parking lot to the top
of Ranger Peak. This months hike is a
Couples Hike; bring better half, friend or
relative. Bring water, sturdy shoes, weather
appropriate clothing. Participation is free.
Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park is managed by Texas Parks & Wildlife and is also part
of Franklin Mountains State Park. To get there:
Take Alabama to McKinley and turn toward
the mountain.
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 cattlemanssteakhouse.com.
Ski Apache Wind Rider The hour-long

zip-line adventure at the Alto, N.M. ski resort
begins at over 11,000 feet, spanning 8,900 feet
in three sections, reaching speeds of up to 65
mph. Cost is $75 for adults, $68 children and
senior, $62 military. Minimum age is 10; height
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Mormon gunman Taking a Look Back

rivaled J. Hardin by John McVey Middagh
eading a Western magazine as I
often do, I came across an article
asking the question about who the
editor would bet on between the gunfighters John Wesley Hardin and Orrin
Rockwell.
Id never heard of Rockwell, so I read
on, then did some googling. Turns out he
was the personal hit man and bodyguard
for Joseph Smith and Brigham Young,
earning the reputation of The
Destroying Angel of Mormondom.
We here in El Paso know quite a bit
about Hardin, if we have listened to
some of our local historians. Were also
able to visit his grave at our Concordia
Cemetery.
Hardin had studied the law while locked
up and upon release passed the Texas
Bar July 21, 1894. He moved to El Paso
and opened a law office at 100 E. San
Antonio Avenue on the third floor of
what was then the Wells Fargo Building.
But he also took to drinking whiskey and
gambling. His excessive habits got him
killed one night by Constable John
Selman while Hardin was rolling dice at
the Acme Saloon in 1895.
We know more about Hardin because
he was an educated man who kept notes
and wrote an autobiography. Rockwell
was mostly illiterate and not particularly
interested in talking about his exploits.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported that
Rockwell acted as an enforcer and
defender for the Mormon Church, killing
around 100 men, according to legend;
however he was never convicted of any
of those killings. It is also said that
Brigham Young liked having him around
with those credentials, using him as a
threat to slow down his enemies.
Orrin Porter Rockwell was born June
28, 1813 in Massachusetts, a neighbor of
Joseph Smith. Rockwell was eight years
younger than Smith but they became fast
friends. Rockwell worked to earn money
to help Smith while Smith was writing
the Book of Mormon.
At age 16 Orrin Rockwell was baptized
into the Church of Christ (which later
became the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints), when it was founded
by Smith in 1830 in New York.
Rockwell probably was the youngest
member in the first group to be baptized
and he had the distinction of being the
subject of a direct prophecy by Smith.
Smith said, I prophesy, in the name of
the Lord, that you Orrin Porter
Rockwell, so long as ye shall remain
loyal and true to thy faith, need fear no
enemy. Cut not thy hair and no bullet or
blade can harm thee. (Rings of a
famous passage about Samson in the Old
Testament.)
Rockwell had three or four wives, and
nine children. Its not clear if he was a
polygamist; records dont show if he was
married to more than one at a time.
He was a true picture of the American
West of the time. He was the most terrible instrument that can be handled by
fanaticism; a powerful physical nature
welded to a mind of very narrow per-
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ceptions, intense
convictions, and
changeless tenacity. In his build he
was a gladiator; in
his humor a
Yankee lumberman; in his memory a Bourbon; in
his vengeance an
Indian, one
Orrin Rockwell
author stated.
Rockwell followed Smith from New York to
Missouri, where Smith was killed in
1844. After Smiths death, Rockwell
went west with Young and the Mormon
Church to Utah. In 1849 he was appointed deputy marshal of Salt Lake City. He
remained a peace officer until his death,
and also operated the Hot Springs Hotel
and Brewery.
Rockwell died June 9, 1878 in Salt
Lake City of natural causes. He is buried
in the Salt Lake Cemetery and at the
time of his death had been a member of
the LDS church longer than any other
living person. He was praised as brave
and loyal to his faith and true to the
Prophet Joseph Smith.
Back to the original question that began
this story. Rockwells fast draw is not
known but was clearly a hunter of men.
Hardin was a deadly shot and fast on the
draw. Reportedly hed killed as many as
40 men; both he and Rockwell often
claimed the men they killed needed
killing.
So the editor, in answering the question,wrote: In a street fight hed pick
Hardin. In any other fight hed side with
Rockwell.
***
One link between Orrin Rockwell and
El Paso is found in the namesake of
Doniphan Drive: Alexander Doniphan.
In 1838, Joseph Smith and many of his
followers had settled in Missouri where
they encountered violent opposition
from local and state leaders. Doniphan
at that time a brigadier general in the
Missouri Militia was ordered to execute Smith and others, which he refused
to do saying, It would be cold blooded
murder.
In 1843, Rockwell was arrested in St.
Louis, accused of trying to assassinate
Missouri Gov. Liburn Boggs. Rockwell
eventually hired Alexander Doniphan as
his defense lawyer, who got the murder
charge dismissed.
In 1846, Doniphan by then a colonel
in the U.S. Army led a column of
Missouri Mounted Volunteers to capture
New Mexico during the MexicanAmerican War. After taking Santa Fe, he
followed the Rio Grande south, winning
the Battle of Brazito near what is now
Vado, N.M on Christmas Day, 1846.
Two days later, Doniphan and his regiment marched peacefully into El Paso.
John McVey Middagh is a former

saddle shop owner and amateur
local historian. You can reach him
at jmiddagh@yahoo.com.
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and weight limits also apply. Reservations

required. Information: (575) 464-3633 or skiapache.com.
The Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero,
N.M. also offers the Apache Eagle ZipRider,
which spans 2,668 feet, lasting about three
minutes. Tickets: $40 ($37 ages 10-13 and 60plus; $41 military); $91 for all-day pass.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta

Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Free childrens
activities daily. Admission is free. Information:
859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
Native American Dances are on the hour 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Fresh Indian bread is on sale at the center,
made Saturday mornings. Also featured are
family-operated gift shops, featuring jewelry,
pottery and other crafts.
Mount Cristo Rey The four-story-tall
statue of Christ on the cross tops the mountain, 4,576 feet above sea level, in Sunland
Park, N.M. The monument is accessible off
McNutt Road (Highway 273) in Sunland Park.
Because of safety concerns, people are
advised to hike only in groups. The best time
to hike is when volunteers are working on trail
maintenance, usually 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays.
For Saturday hiking times, call 252-9840.
Plaza Theatre Tours The free weekly
tours are noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Plaza,

125 W. Mills. Meet under the Plaza marquee.
Spaceport America Visitor Center
301 S. Foch, Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Tours to Spaceport America depart promptly at 9 a.m. Thursday through Monday, returning at 1 p.m. No tours Tuesday or Wednesday.
Tour cost: $49.99 ($29.99 age 18 and
younger). Information, group reservations: 1844-7-2SPACE. Discounted admission rates
online at spaceportamerica.com/experience.
La Via Winery 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
noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Tuesday
(closed Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily
tour is offered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment
only; the $10 fee includes tasting.
Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery

430 La Via Road (off NM 28 between
markers 8 and 9), in Chamberino, N.M.
Tasting room open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday
through Monday. Information: (915) 241-4349
or sombraantigua.com.
Sunland Winery 1769 Victory Lane in

Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Thursday through Saturday and 3 to 9 p.m.
Sunday; live music and free wine tastings.
Information: (575) 589-1214.
Zin Valle Vineyards 7315 Hwy 28 in
Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tastings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through
Monday. Information: 877-4544 or
zinvalle.com. Free music and wine tasting is 1
to 4 p.m. selected Sundays featuring local talent. Bring a picnic. Feb. 12: Julio Ortiz
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For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,

call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com.
Unless indicated, prices listed do not include
service charges.
Foreigner The classic rock legends per-
form at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the

Plaza Theatre. With ten multi-platinum albums
and 16 Top 30 hits, Foreigner is universally
hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in
the world with a formidable musical arsenal
that continues to propel sold-out tours and
album sales, now exceeding 75 million. Tickets:
$39.75 to $95 (Ticketmaster).
Responsible for some of rock and rolls most
enduring anthems including Juke Box Hero,
Feels Like The First Time, Urgent, Head
Games, Hot Blooded, Cold As Ice, Dirty
White Boy, Waiting For A Girl Like You and
the worldwide #1 hit I Want To Know What
Love Is, Foreigner continues to rock the
charts almost 40 years into the game.
Carnage presents: Rare El Paso
Carnage, GTA, Boombox Cartel, Skellish and

Breaux perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at El
Paso County Coliseum, with special guest Lil
Yachty. Tickets: $20, $30 and $40
(Ticketmaster).
Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey
Impact|Programs of Excellence presents

Lightwire Theaters cosmic adventure for all
ages about celebrating differences at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4, at Lee Ross Capshaw Fine
Arts Center in Coronado High School, 100
Champions Place. The hour-long show com-
bines dance, puppetry and traditional theatre,

using electro-luminescent wires to create 3D
sculptures. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for
under age 16; 20 percent for groups of 10 or
more. Information: 545-5068 or impactprogramsofexcellence.org.
What Marvin the Mouse wants most is to be
popular, but the cool rats think he is a geek
and call him a loser. To escape from their bullying, Marvin retreats into his science books and
a world of fantasy where he is the hero.
Dona Ana Arts Council will present Moon
Mouse at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Main in Las Cruces. Tickets:
$7-$26; available at riograndetheatre.com.
Camila The Mexican pop-rock bands
Elypse Tour is at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at

the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $49.50, $59.50,
$79.50 and $125(Ticketmaster).
Since 2005, Camila, consisting of Mario
Domm and Pablo Hurtado, has been performing their characteristically romantic ballads.
Their 2010 album, Dejarte De Amar dominated the Latin Grammys that year, including
Best Album by a Group or Duo and Song of the
Year for Mientes.
Dancing With The Stars Live! The hit
ABC show returns at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at

Abraham Chavez Theater. Details to be
announced. Tickets: $40, $55, $75 and $100

(Ticketmaster).
Valentines Super Love Jam The
Delfonics, Zapp, One Way, The Temprees,

Thee Midniters, Little Willie G, Evelyn
Champagne King, Persuaders, Sunny Ozuna
and Tierra are featured at this years Love Jam
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at UTEPs Don
Haskins Center. Tickets: $28.50 and $49.50
(Ticketmaster).
Gran Baile de Enamorados Norteo
groups Conjunto Primavera, Los Rieleros and

Los Huracanes del Norte perform at the
Valentines Day show and dance at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11, at El Paso County Coliseum.
Tickets: $50 (Ticketmaster)
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan El
mejor mariachi del mundo returns at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Plaza Theatre. For
five generations, Mariachi de Tecalitlan has
endured as the quintessential mariachi ensemble winning numerous awards and accolades.
Tickets: $30, $45 and $55 (Ticketmaster).
Play Me: The Music Of Neil Diamond

Chris Waggoner performs their popular
tribute to Neil Diamond at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 11, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Main in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.
Waggoner and his ensemble The
Diamondettes cover dozens of the singers
hits. Tickets: $20, $23 and $30. Information:
(575) 523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
Rhythm of the Dance The Irish dance
and music spectacular is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,

Feb. 14, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 North
Tickets: $27-$37; available at riograndetheatre.com. Information: (575) 523-6403.
National Dance Company of Irelands Rhythm
of the Dance show relives the journey of the
Irish Celts throughout history.
Roy Orbison Returns Running Scared
Productions presents the tribute to Roy

Orbison featuring Wiley Ray and The Big O
Band at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Main in the Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Tickets: $25; available online
at riograndetheatre.com.
Alina Kiryayeva Showtime! El Paso pres-
ents the professional concert pianist and chamber musician at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at
Abraham Chavez Theatre. Tickets: Tickets:
$30; general admission. Information: 544-2022
or showtimeelpaso.com.
MercyMe The Christian bands Texas
Takeover Tour is 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at

Abraham Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $20 to $45;
Meet-and-greet VIP tickets available
(Ticketmaster).
The Texas-based band began over 22 years
ago, and their debut album on INO Records,
Almost There, was a major success and
included the hit crossover single, I Can Only
Imagine. MercyMe has had 13 consecutive
Top 5 singles on the Billboard Christian Songs
chart, with seven reaching No. 1.
African Guitar Summit The African
music celebration is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

23, at the Rio Grande Theatre in celebration of
Black History Month and For the Love of Art
Month. Tickets: $22-$32; available at
riograndetheatre.com. Information: (575) 5236403.
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All performers for the Summit were selected

based on their personal interpretations of guitar
music of their respective native countries,
which included Guinea, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya,
and Madagascar. African Guitar Summit proved
successful with world music lovers and brought
the project the 2005 Juno Award for the World
Music Album of the Year.
Mimbres Region Arts Council (MRAC) presents African Guitar Summit at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25, at WNMUs Fine Arts
Auditorium. Tickets: $20 ($15 members; $5
students, children). Information: (575) 5382505, or mimbresarts.org.
Jimmy Eat World The Arizona rock
band legend performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

25, at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El Paso, in support of
their new album Integrity Blues. The band
has had four Top 20 Singles in the Modern
Rock charts including their No. 1 hit, The
Middle. All-ages. Tickets: $25-$40.
Information: 351-9909 Online tickets at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com.
Texas Country Music Fest Tracy

Lawrence, the Josh Abbott Band and Wade
Bowen perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
25, at the El Paso Country Coliseum, with a
Patio Pre-Party offering food trucks, family
activities and more live music. Tickets are $29
to $65 (Ticketmaster). Information:
TexasCMF.com.
Lawrence has had 18 No. 1 singles, multiple
CMA and ACM awards, selling 13 million
albums with hits such as Time Marches On.
The Josh Abbott Band topped the charts with
its 2012 album Small Town Family Dreams.
Bowen has released five independent albums.
Orchestra presents a tribute to the late pop

superstar at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the
Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $33.50, $48.50, $63.50
and $78.50 (Ticketmaster). information: 5322776 or epso.org.
A full rock band and the Symphony will perform the music of the seven-time Grammy winner, who died April 21, 2016 at age 57.
Elvis Lives The multi-media live journey
across Elvis life is 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at

the Plaza Theatre. Tickets:$37.50 and $62.50
(Ticketmaster).
The touring production features champions
and finalists from Elvis Presley Enterprises
worldwide Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist
Contest. Headline performers include Dean Z
(The Early Years & the Comeback Special);
Jay Dupuis (The Movie Years); Bill Cherry
(The Movie Years) and Carol Maccri (Ann
Margret); backed up by a band and other
singer/dancers.
Green Day The iconic modern punk band
brings their Revolution Radio tour to El Paso

at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at El Paso
County Coliseum, with opening act Against Me!
Tickets: $26.50 and $61.50 (Ticketmaster).
Adal Ramones The Mexican comedian
and TV host brings his act back to El Paso at

8:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, at The Plaza
Theatre. Tickets: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 and
$69.50 (Ticketmaster).
Ramones is most known for hosting the popular TV show Otro Rollo, one of the most successful programs on Mexican TV.
Maluma The reggaeton artist brings his

World Tour 2017 to the borderland at 8:30
p.m. Saturday, March 4, at El Paso County
Coliseum. Tickets: $60.50 to $126.50
(Ticketmaster).
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Birth of the Beat Showtime! El Paso
presents a celebration of the blues, Broadway,

jazz, movie musicals and more at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 5, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Tickets: $30; general admission.
showtimeelpaso.com.
The Illusionists Broadway in El Paso
presents the spectacular showcase of the most

incredible illusionists on earth at 5:30 and 8:30
p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at The Plaza Theatre.
This show has shattered box office records
across the globe. Tickets: $47.50 and
$72.50(Ticketmaster).
Tejano Legends Little Joe headlines the
Tex-Mex music style tour with special guest

Tejano Music Award winner Raulito Navaira is
Saturday, March 11, at the Plaza Theatre.
Little Joe presents a never-performed show in
the El Paso area, with other Tejano music legends. Tickets: $27.50, $37.50 and $67.50
(Ticketmaster). Information: Elpasolive.com.
Skillet The hard rock bands Unleashed
Tour 2017 is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16,

at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El Paso, with Sick
Puppies and Devour the Day. Tickets: $27.50
to $32. Information: 351-9909. Tickets at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com.
Bill Maher The politically incorrect
comic returns to El Paso at 7 p.m. Sunday,

March 19, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets:
$56.50 to $91.50 (Ticketmaster).
Kubecca Las Cruces Civic Concert

Association closes its season with The
Ultimate Music Odyssey at 3 p.m. Sunday,
March 19, at the Rio Grande Theater, 211 N.
Tickets: $25. Information: (575) 405-7429, or
lascrucescca.org.
Elton John The pop superstars first El
Paso performance in ten years is 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 23, at Don Haskins Center
with Wonderful Crazy Night Tour. Tickets:
$32.75 to $142.75 (Ticketmaster).
Newsboys The Christian pop bands
Love Riot Tour is 7 p.m. Friday, March 24,

at El Paso County Coliseum. Tickets: $25-$100
(Ticketmaster).
Chicago The legendary rock band and El
Paso favorite returns at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,

March 29, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets:
$49.50-$89.50 (Ticketmaster).
Self-described as the rock n roll band with
horns, Chicago celebrates their 50th anniversary this year, and was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 after receiving
their first nomination.
Yuridia The Latin pop singer performs at
8:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at the Plaza

Theatre. Tickets: $42-$110 (Ticketmaster).
After winning second place on the popular
Mexican reality show La Academia, Yuridia
scored major success with her debut album,
La Voz de un ngel, selling 1.5 million copies.
Cirque du Soleils Ovo The Cirque du

Soleil brings its newest touring arena show
April 12-16 at UTEPs Don Haskins Center.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
and 1:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $35, $95
and $145 (Ticketmaster, UTEP Ticket Center).
Ovo, meaning egg in Portuguese, is a headlong rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming
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with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a nonstop
riot of energy and movement.
When a mysterious egg appears in their midst,
the insects are awestruck and intensely curious
about this iconic object that represents the
enigma and cycles of their lives. It is love at first
sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this
bustling community and a fabulous ladybug
catches his eye and the feeling is mutual.
Shen Yun 2017 The celebration of the
Chinese culture through music and dance is 3

and 8 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at the Plaza
Theatre, featuring 5000 years of Chinese culture, athletic classical Chinese dance, an EastWest orchestra with an elaborate backdrop
and setting. Tickets: $70-$120. Information: 1800-380-8265 or ShenYun.com/El-Paso.
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tour that Seeks to Unite the Church in
Worship and Prayer at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
April 26, at UTEPs Don Haskins Center, featuring Big Daddy Weave, Phil Wickham, Zach
Williams, Mosaic MSC and Jason Barton.
Ticket: $15, $19.75, $28.75, $38.75 and $69.75
(Ticketmaster).
The Phantom of the Opera
Broadway in El Paso presents Cameron

Mackintoshs new production of Andrew Lloyd
Webbers phenomenal musical for 15 performances May 3-14, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets:
$32.50-$90 (Ticketmaster). Information:
10800-745-3000.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3,
and Tuesday through Thursday, May 9-11; 2
and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4; 8 p.m. Fridays,
May 5 and 12; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, May 6
and 13; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7; and 1
p.m. Sunday, May 14.
Bon Qui Qui The alter ego of stand-up
comic, TV actress and former pro football

cheerleader Anjelah Johnson brings her Gold
Plated Dreams Tour to El Paso at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 4, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Tickets: $39.50 (Ticketmaster).
La Oreja de Van Gogh The Latin pop

bands Planeta Imaginario Tour is 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 13, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Tickets: $38-$120 (Ticketmaster).
Gabriel Iglesias The fluffy comedians

FluffyMania World Tour: 20 Years of
Comedy is 8 p.m. Friday, May 19, at UTEPs
Don Haskins Center. Age 7 and older admitted. Tickets: $30-$70 (Ticketmaster).
Band of Horses The American rock band

performs 7 p.m. Monday, May 22, at Tricky
Falls, 209 S. El Paso. All ages show. Tickets:
$30 in advance; $32 at the door (ticketfly.com).
Neon Desert Music Festival Early bird

tickets are on sale for the 7th annual music festival Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28, in
Downtown El Paso. Tickets: $99-$250 at neondesertmusicfestival.com.
Rodgers & Hammersteins Cinderella
The Broadway in El Paso series closes its
season with the Tony-winning Broadway musical Tuesday, June 6, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $47.50 and $75 (Ticketmaster).
Guns N Roses One of the biggest rock

bands of the 90s brings its Not in this
Lifetime Tour to El Paso at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Sun Bowl Stadium.
Tickets: $62 to $743. VIP packages are $568$1,244.
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Venues & series
Lowbrow Palace 111 E. Robinson.
Doors open one hour prior to show time.

Concerts are all ages, unless otherwise listed.
Surcharge for ages under 21. Tickets at lowbrowpalace.com.
Michigan Rattlers The folk band performs
at 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27. Tickets; $8-$10.
Leopold and His Fiction The folk-rock
artist performs 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.
Tickets: $10-12.
Beneath the Waves CD release Party The
band hosts a release party for its new CD at
7:30 p.m. Jan. 29, with My Last Season,
Escaping Phoenix, Deliah Blue, Fake your
Prayers, Hot Shot Kixx and Until The
Avalanche. Admission is free.
Jared and the Mill The Arizona indie rock
band performs at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Tickets: $10-$13.
InVogue Unplugged Tour James Thomas

Woodruff performs at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
1, with In Her Own Words, Woven In Hiatus
and Hazing. Tickets: $10-$12.
The Bright Light Social Hour The Austin
psychedelic rock band performs at 9 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2. Tickets: $10-$12.
Austra The electronic music project performs at 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, with the
Range. Tickets: $17-$20.
NOTS The noise punk band performs 9
p.m. Monday, Feb. 6. Tickets: $10-$12.
The Lemon Twigs The pop/rock band
performs at 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11.
Tickets: $10-$12.
Otep The L.A. heavy metal band performs
9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15. Tickets: $18-$20.
Jonathan Richman The singer behind hits
like Im So Confused performs at 10 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 17. Tickets: $10-$12.
Adia Victoria The singer/songwriter performs at 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, with The
Genders. Tickets: $8-$10.
Moving Units presents the Songs of Joy
Division at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, with
Viktor Fiction and Soviet. Tickets: $10-12.
The Growlers The California rock band
performs at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Tickets: $20.
Isaiah Rashad The hip hop artists Lil
Sunny Tour is 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. Ages
16 and older only. Tickets: $15 (VIP meet and
greet tickets are $65).
Mykki Blanco The rapper and performance artist performs Friday, March 10, with
Cakes Da Killa. Tickets: $15-$17.
Norma Jean The metalcore band performs at 9 p.m. Thursday, March 23, with He
Is Legend, Capsize and Comrades. Tickets:
$18-$20.
Polyphia The instrumental progressive
metal band performs at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 28, with Jason Richardson and Covert.
Tickets: $13-$15.
Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso. All shows are
all-ages, unless listed otherwise. Listings also

cover shows in The Perch (former Bowie
Feathers location). Information: 351-9909
Online tickets at trickyfalls.com,
holdmyticket.com or ticketfly.com.
Advance tickets for some shows available at
Tricky Falls or Bowie Feathers, All That Music
and Video, Eloise and 7th Layer.
The Pinsetters The rockabilly group performs Friday, Jan. 27, with opening act Double
Clutchers. Cover: $5.
As The City Sleeps EP release party with
Javier Martinez, Blessed be man, Emily
Hardtke, First and Stanton is Saturday, Jan. 28.
Admission is free.
Pop Evil: Rock N Roll Now Tour The
rock band headlines the tour at 8 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 29, with Red Sun Rising and Badflower.
Tickets: $18.50 and $22.
Rebelution The reggae rock band performs at 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, with
Passafire. Tickets: $22.50-$25.
Reel Big Fish and Anti-Flag The ska and
punk bands celebrate their 20-year anniversaries 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, Ballyhoo! and
Pkew Pkew Pkew. Tickets: $22.50 to $25.
Khalid The El Paso-born musicians The
Location Tour is 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.
Tickets: $13.
Lucero The Memphis punk-country band
performs at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, with Esme
Patterson. Tickets: $21-$25.
Every Time I Die The metalcore band
performs at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, with
Knocked Loose, Harms Way and Eternal Sleep.
Tickets: $18-$20.
TV Heads The LA-based rock band will
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perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in The

Perch.
Jimmy Eat World The Arizona rock band
performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Tickets;
$25-$40. See separate listing.
DevilDriver The groove metal bands
Bound by the Road Tour is 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28, with Death Angel, Winds of
Plague, the Agonist, and Azrael. Tickets: $26$30.
Dance Gavin Dance 7 p.m. Wednesday,
March 15, with Chon. Tickets: $19-$22.
Skillet The hard rock bands Unleashed
Tour 2017 is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16,,
with Sick Puppies and Devour the Day. Tickets:
$27.50 to $32. See separate listing.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo.

Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
StepCrew The new dynamic dance production combining three styles of percussive
dance (Irish, Tap, and Ottawa Valley) is 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 28. Tickets: $25, $35 and $45.
Moon Mouse Lightwire Theaters cosmic adventure is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Tickets: $9 ($4 children under 12).
Imago dei Academy presents Baroque to
Broadway, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11.
Play Me Chocolate Buffet The annual
Valentine fundraiser is 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
18, with the highly acclaimed Play Me a Neil
Diamond tribute. The famous Flickinger chocolate buffet begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $15, $25
and $35.
A Film Festival celebration is Friday and
Saturday, Feb. 24-25.
Alamogordo to Ireland, via Alaska The
New Mexico St. Patricks Day Party featuring
Alaskas Fiddlin Poet, Ken Waldman is at 7
p.m. Friday, March 17. Waldman is joined by
friends and musical guests including Steve
Smith, Tim May. Russ Bradburd, and Bayou
Seco with Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie,
and Scott Mathis and Linda Askew. Tickets:
$15, $25 and $35.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and

Casino Mescalero, N.M. Age 21 and older
admitted. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets sold

through Ticketmaster. Information: 1-877-2775677 or innofthemountaingods.com.
Mark Chesnutt and Joe Diffie Saturday,
Jan. 28. Tickets: $25-$65.
Sawyer Brown Friday, Feb. 10. $25-$55.
Tyler Farr Saturday, Feb. 11. Tickets:
$25-$55.
Granger Smith Friday, Feb. 17, with guest
Earl Dibbles Jr. Tickets: $15-$50.
Three Dog Night Saturday, March 11.
Tickets: $20-$45.
Daughtry Friday, March 17. Tickets: $35$120.
Dokken Saturday, March 18, with special
guest Lita Ford. Tickets: $30-$65.
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts
Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. Information:

(575) 336-4800 or spencertheater.com.
Pre-show buffets begin two hours prior to
show; cost is $20.
Pavlo 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Tickets:
$39-$59.
The Carpenters Tribute The tribute to
the duo is 7 p.m. Feb. 11, featuring Michele
Whited as Karen Carpenter. Tickets: $39-$79.
Five Irish Tenors The Irish virtuosos perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Tickets:
$39-$89.
In the Mood The 1940s musical revue is
Friday, March 10. Tickets: $39-$79.
Altan The evening of Irish music is
Saturday, March 18. Tickets: $39-$79.
February 2017
El Paso Pro-Musica Chamber Music

Festival El Paso Pro-Musica concludes its
annual festival Jan. 26-28 at various venues in

El Paso and Las Cruces.
Free Bachs Lunch program is noon
Thursday, Jan. 26, featuring Natasha Paremski,
piano, at the El Paso Museum of Art, One Arts
Festival Plaza.
A New Music Commission based on Pablo
Picassos The Three Dancers, featuring Zuill
Bailey is 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at NMSUs
Atkinson Recital Hall, and Saturday, Jan. 28, at
Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets per performance: $25 ($20 seniors/military; $5 students).
Pre-Concert talk with Zuill Bailey takes place
30 minutes prior to all concerts.
United States/Mexico Youth

Philharmonic Orchestra The inaugural
concert of El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras

(EPSYO), directed by James Welsch, will join
orchestra and chorus members of the
Orquesta Sinfnica Esperanza Azteca Cd.
Jurez (OSEA) featuring more than 300 young
musicians, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the
Plaza Theatre, and Sunday, Jan. 29, at Teatro
Vctor Hugo Rascn Banda at the Centro
Cultural Paso del Norte in Jurez. Saturday
tickets: $13 ($8 students, seniors, military);
available online at tickets.epso.org. Call for
Sunday ticket information: 525-8978.
Tickets purchased for the original Winter
Concert, scheduled for 3 p.m. Jan. 29 at the
Plaza, will be honored at the Saturday performance.
The program will include Rhapsody in Blue
by George Gershwin with pianist Robert Auler;
Verdis Triumphal March; and Canto a la
Msica by Mexican composer and Juilliard faculty member, Samuel Zyman, featuring the OSEA
Chorus, violinist Julio Saldaa and EPSO principal cellist James Carney.
The UMYPO brings together over 300 young
musicians El Paso and Jurez.
El Paso Society for Musicians of the

Future - Classical musicians ages 8 to 19 are
invited to apply by Jan. 30 for this years competition, open to instruments and voice. $500.
Information: 449-0619 or epsmf.org
The winner will receive an $1,800 first prize
and will perform in the EPSMF 2016 Summer
Concert. The second place award is $700, and
third place award is $500.
Young Peoples Concerts The El Paso
Symphony Orchestra presents its 77th season

of free programs for area fifth-graders at 10:30
a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday through
Friday, Feb. 1-3, at the Plaza Theatre. The
program is presented in collaboration with
Carnegie Halls Link Up Program. The public is
invited on a space-available basis; call for availability. Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
More than 15,000 fifth-grade students from
the El Paso area are treated to the free concerts each year.
NMSU Department of Music Recitals

are in the Atkinson Music Recital Hall at
NMSU. Performances are 7:30 p.m., unless
otherwise listed. Admission is free to most
events. Information: (575) 646-2421,
music.nmsu.edu or on Facebook at NMSU
MusicDept.
The 35th Annual Southwest International
Honor Band & Orchestra Festival is Feb. 3-5.
Performance times to be announced.
February 2017
Friday, Feb. 10: NMSU Philharmonic

Orchestra Concert
Tuesday, Feb. 21: Contemporary Arts
Festival performance
Monday, March 6: NMSU Piano Studio
Recital
UTEP Department of Music

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m.
Sunday) at Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, unless
listed otherwise. Tickets prices vary; most performances are $5 ($3 students/military; free for
UTEP faculty, students and staff).Information:
747-5606 or music.utep.edu.
Faculty Artist Recital with Melissa Colgin
Abeln, flute with Hope Cowan, harp & Stephen
Nordstrom, viola is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5,
with the music of French composers Debussy,
Saint-Saens, and Ibert, along with the South
American spice of Astor Piazzolla. Joining them
will be UTEP faculty violist Stephen
Nordstrom.
Choir Concert is Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Symphonic Winds performance is Tuesday,
Feb. 21.
Orchestra Concert is Thursday, Feb. 23.
Cornet Recital is Monday, Feb. 27. The multimedia concert features music for cornet by
famous composers of the late 1800s and early
1900s, including Jean-Baptiste Arban, Herbert
Lincoln Clarke, and Edwin Franko Goldman.
Virtuosic cornet solos, trios, and quartets will
be performed by Nancy Taylor and students
from her trumpet studio.
Guest Artist Recital with Linda Holzer,
Professor of Piano from the University of
Arkansas, is Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Symphony Band performs Wednesday,
March 1.
Ulloa/Jones Faculty Recital is Thursday,
March. 2. Vocal faculty Juanita Ulloa collaborates with an all-star musician cast in offering
music by Antonio Gomezanda and Maria
Grever.
Choir Concert is Monday, March 6.
The studio of Nancy Taylor presents
Trumpet Songs Tuesday, March 7, featuring
works by living American composers including
Jennifer Higdon, Kevin McKee and Eric
Ewazen. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital Series with Dr. Stephanie
Meyers (viola/violin) is Wednesday, March 8.
Meyers will give a lecture and recital on the
unique and multi-faceted Caprice Variations by
renowned American composer George
Rochberg. Tickets: $8 ($5 students/military free
for UTEP faculty, students and staff).
Jazz 1 concert is 5 p.m. Thursday, March 9.
The Kat Trio Grant County Community

Concert Association presents the violin, piano,
clarinet ensemble at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14,
at WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium. Tickets: $20
($5 students 17 and younger). Information:
(575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.
The violin-clarinet-piano ensemble from
Ekaterinburg, Russia was formed in May 1998
in Ekaterinburg by three friends Victoria
Gorbich (violin), Vladislav Gorbich (clarinet)
and Vasil Galiulin (piano).
at the 54th Annual

International Coin Club of El Paso
Buy Coins, Paper Money, Medals & Tokens
Coin Show
Feb. 10-11-12
Free Admission
El Maida Shrine
6331 Alabama
El Paso, TX 79904
Our 2017 Commemorative Medal

will honor the San Jacinto Plaza,
and will be available at the show
1 to 6 p.m. Friday
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
Free Kids Auction
Ages 7-14 Saturday at 2 p.m.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Copland

in Mexico The Symphony, conducted by
Bohuslav Rattay, celebrates Mexican folk culture with the music of Aaron Copland and
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Information: (915) 533-6001
El Paso Scene
www.facebook.com/Elpasocoinclub
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Silvestre Revueltas at 7:30 p.m. Friday and

Saturday, Feb. 17-18, in the Plaza Theatre.
The program includes Coplands Hoe down
and Buckaroo Holiday, from Rodeo and El
Salon Mexico; and Revueltas Redes (movie
with live music). Tickets: $16, $21, $32, $37
and $42 (Ticketmaster); $9 and $11 for students. Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Opening notes are presented at 6:30 p.m.
each night in the Philanthropy Theatre next to
the Plaza. Admission is free.
The Organ Symposium The sympo-
sium celebrating organ music is at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 12, at All Saints Episcopal
Church, 3500 McRae, for those wishing to perform organ music. Also invited: French horn,
oboe and flute soloists to perform with organ.
Program is free. Players and non-players welcome to attend the performance. Information:
532-5874.
Navah Perlman A Musical Memoir El
Paso Pro-Musica presents the pianist and

daughter of famed violinist Itzhak Perlman at
Feb. 18-19 in El Paso and Las Cruces, she
reflects on her musical journey. Performances
are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, at NMSUs Atkinson
Recital Hall and Sunday, at UTEPs Fox Fine
Arts Recital Hall. Tickets: $25; $20 seniors, military; $5 students. Information: 833-9400 or
eppm.org.
Alina Kiryayeva Las Cruces Civic Concert

Association presents the chamber pianist at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Rio
Grande Theater, 211 N. Main, Las Cruces.
Tickets: $25 general admission. Information:
(575) 405-7429, or lascrucescca.org.
Kiryayeva completed both her Bachelor and

Master degrees at the Juilliard School of Music
on full scholarship.
Wind Symphony Concert El Paso
Wind Symphony, directed by Ron Hufstader,

performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at
UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, featuring
members of TMEA Region 22 All-State
Musicians. Tickets: $10 ($5 students, military,
seniors). Information: elpasowindsymphony.com.
Orchestra presents a tribute to the legendary

pop artist 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the
Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $33.50, $48.50, $63.50
and $78.50 (Ticketmaster). Information: 5322776 or epso.org.
A full rock band and the Symphony will perform the music of the seven-time Grammy
winner, who died April 21, 2016 at age 57.
Music Forum concert Chamber Music
Consortium of the Southwest presents a piano

recital featuring Carmen Quezada and Aina
Olonado, both from the class of Dena Jones at
UTEP, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at
St. Pauls Lutheran Church, 1000 Montana.
Works by Schubert, Ginastera, and others will
be performed Admission is free. Information:
544-3081 or musicforumelpaso.net.
LCSO with Vicente Campos Las
Cruces Symphony Orchestra presents guest

trumpet March 4-5 at NMSUs Atkinson
Recital Hall, performing the music of
Arutiunian, Albinoni and Tckaikovsky. Concert
begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $35-$45. Information: (575)
646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com..
Maestro Lonnie Klein hosts Lonnies Spotlight
Luncheon Thursday, March 2, at Paisano Caf
in Mesilla. Call for details.
TJ George The songwriter performs at 7
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Black Box

Theatre, 430 N. Main, in Las Cruces. George
has written for television and movies and with
multiple top ten hit makers. Tickets: $10.
Reservations: (575) 523-1223.
His influences are a fusion of pop, R&B, folk
and blue-eyed soul to create what he calls
Melodic Groove. He recently performed for
the nationally distributed Songs at the Center
on PBS and also delivered a Tedx presentation
which weaved music and a personal story.
The Black Market Trust The
American pop/vocal jazz band will give a

fundraising scholarship concert for the Mesilla
Valley Jazz & Blues Society at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 24, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main
in Las Cruces. Tickets: $15 pre-sale by credit
purchase; $20 at the door; all seats general
admission. Tickets available online at
mvjazzblues.net.
The Black Market Trusts music combines
the sounds of the great American crooners and
vocal groups with the romantic Eastern
European gypsy fire of jazz guitarist Django
Reinhardt. Consisting of five musicians who
have performed on the worlds biggest stages
and most renowned artists, the Black Market
Trust performed for the Society last summer at
their monthly concert series.
Mariachi Festival The festival and music

competition is 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25,
at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, 1200
Futurity Dr., Sunland Park, N.M. Professional
mariachi competition for cash prizes. Additional
live entertainment and dancing follow at 9 p.m.
Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunlandpark.com.
Otonana Trio The Japanese band per-
forms at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at

Boomtown Tavern, 2430 Wyoming, in support
of their latest album, Space Power Delight.
Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, they are beloved a
live band, known for their expertly-played
party-funk, crazy costumes, and ability to make
their fans dance. Admission: $10. Information:
261-7330 or otonanatrio.com.
Also
301 Live 301 S. Ochoa hosts live music
and DJs. Age 18 and older welcome; dress

code enforced. Information: 307-5516 or on
Facebook at 301Nightlife.
Guest DJs from around the world perform at
10 p.m. selected Fridays and Saturdays via the
#Project301 series. Tickets: $10:
Feb. 3: Claptone, 9 p.m.
Feb. 10: Damian Lazarus
Feb. 11: Worthy + Gina Turner
Feb. 18: Slander, 9 p.m.
Feb. 24: Fur Coat
March 3: Technasia
Howling Coyote Coffeehouse The
open mic event is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at

Center for Spiritual Living, 575 N. Main, on Las
Cruces Downtown Main Street, following the
monthly Downtown Arts Ramble. Signup
begins at 6:30 p.m. The community event is on
the first Friday of the month. Free admission to
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participants and audience. Information: (575)

525-9333 or bobandmelody@sbcglobal.net.
The Howling Coyote is open to acoustic
musicians, poets, storytellers, and singer/songwriters for material that is family friendly.
Coffee, soft drinks and snacks available.
La Parada The monthly grassroots event
celebrating local culture and lifestyles is 8 p.m.

to 2 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3 and March 3, at 501
Bar and Bistro in the San Carlos Building, 501
Texas. Cover: $5. Information: 351-6023 or on
Facebook at laparadaep.
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. Bring a picnic. Information:
877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
Feb. 12: Julio Ortiz
March 12: Great American Canyon Band.
Every 2nd Wednesday Doa Ana Arts
Council hosts a variety of musical performances
6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month
at the historic Rio Grande Theatre, 211
Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 523-6403.

The racetrack and casino, 1200 Futurity Dr. (at
Sunland Park Drive), Sunland Park, N.M. offers
live entertainment at on select dates. No cover.
Information: (575) 874-5200 or SunlandPark.com.
Free live music is 9 p.m. Fridays, featuring
Latin and regional music; and Saturdays featuring rock and pop variety. Mariachi music is 5
p.m. Sundays.
Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
122 S. Pueblo Rd. Live music nightly. Age 18

and older welcome. Admission is usually free.
Information: 860-7777 or speakingrockentertainment.com.
Tribute bands are at 8 p.m. most Friday and
Saturday nights.
Rock band UFO performs at 7 p.m. March
12, with Saxon, and Jared James Nichols.
Ardovinos Live Music Ardovinos
Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Dr. in Sunland

Park, hosts live music at 7;30 p.m. every Friday
and Saturday. Information: (575) 589-0653.
Fandango at Carambola Community

Music The monthly gathering is 6 to 9 p.m.
the first Thursday of the month (Feb. 2) at

Carambola Community Music, 200 N. Ochoa.
Guests are welcome to bring instruments, voices, dancing feet and a friend. Instruments and
dancing shoes for folks to try. A zapateado lesson with Jazmin Cancio Lucio is 7 p.m.
Information: (773) 613-9303 or mariaannemccullough@gmail.com.
Live Music at Sombra Antigua

Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery, 430 La
Via Road (off NM 28 between markers 8 and
9), in Chamberino, N.M. hosts free live music
Saturdays and Sundays. Food trucks available
most Saturdays; bring a picnic basket Sunday.
Information: (915) 241-4349 or sombraan-
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Railroad Blues 504 W. Holland, Alpine,
Texas. Most performances begin at 10 p.m.

Admission varies. Information: (432) 837-3103
or railroadblues.com.
Thursday, Feb. 2: Blue Water Highway Band
Saturday, Feb. 4: Mike and the Moonpies
and Doug Strahan
Saturday, Feb. 11: Donovan and the Funky
Feat
Friday, Feb. 17: Aaron Einhouse
Saturday, Feb. 18: Johnny Rawls
Friday, Feb. 24: Red Elvises
Saturday, Feb. 25: Bidi Bidi Banda
Saturday, March 4: Johnathan Mitchell
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 6
to 9 p.m. Saturdays. Hosts are Dan Alloway
and Gregg Carthy. Requests: 747-5153.
One For the Girls American

Association of University Women hosts the
fundraising event 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at
The Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main in Las
Cruces, with performances by Remember
Then A Class Act, Micheles Dance
Academy, Las Cruces Chamber Ballet and
Showstoppers. Proceeds support programs and
scholarships for local women. Tickets: $20;
available at riograndetheatre.com.
Carnaval de Danzas The UTEP
Department of Theater & Dance presents the

colorful sights, sounds and history of New
Orleans through dance Feb. 10-19, at UTEPs
Wise Family Theatre (2nd floor).
Choreographed by Myron Howard Nadel and
Leanne Rinelli, in a lively and colorful theatrical
dance work inspired by the sights, sounds, and
history of New Orleans.
Show time is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10-12; 7:30 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday, and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 16-19. Tickets: $14 ($12 UTEP
faculty/staff, seniors, military groups of 10 or
more, UTEP alumni with valid card, and nonUTEP students; $9 UTEP students.
Information: 747-5118, theatredance.utep.edu
or on Facebook.
Featured is Suite Mardi Gras, a raucous,
saucy celebration of the ethnic and social soul
of jazz music, and the El Paso premier of
Rinellis The Type, a homage to women who
persevere when faced by obstacles, based on
the spoken work poem by Sarah Kay.
City Flashdance Showcase The UTEP

Golddiggers host the annual dance spectacular
showcasing the citys best dance groups at 2
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at UTEPs Magoffin
Auditorium. Admission: $8.50 (Ticketmaster).
Contra Dance The Southern New
Mexico Music and Dance Societys monthly

contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb.
17 (Mardi Gras Theme) at Mesilla Community
Center, 2251 Calle de Santiago in Las Cruces,
with music by Bayou Seco and Friends from
Silver City, and caller Lonnie Ludeman. The
February 2017
El Paso Comic Strip The club, now cel-
ebrating its 30th year, 1201 Airway. Shows are

at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 7:30
and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7:30
p.m. Sunday. Closed Feb. 5. Tickets: $6
Wednesday and Thursday, $12 Friday and
Saturday; $8 Sunday, unless otherwise listed.
VIP Booths $10 more per ticket; available at
ticketweb.com.
Information, reservations: 779-LAFF (5233),
laff2nite.com or on Facebook at El Paso Comic
Strip.
Jan. 25-29: Nick Guerra
Feb. 1-4: Barry Brewer
Feb. 15-19: Monty Franklin
Feb. 22-26: Rick Gutierrez
Steve O, Americas favorite Jackass, returns
Feb. 9-12. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursday, 8
and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7:30

p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $25 ($27.50 for Friday
and Saturday 8 p.m. shows).
Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee Jake The
Snake Roberts performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday
and Wednesday, March 14-15, with opening
act Alex Ansel. Tickets: $17.50 general admission; $22.50 front meet and greet.
Ron White The popular standup comic

performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at
Abraham Chavez Theatre. Ron Tater Salad
White first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking,
scotch-drinking funny man from the Blue Collar
Comedy Tour phenomenon, but now is a
chart-topping Grammy-nominated comedian
and a feature film actor in his own right.
Tickets: $47.50 to $129 (Ticketmaster).
Adal Ramones The Mexican comedian
and TV host bring his act back to El Paso at

8:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, at The Plaza
Theatre. Tickets: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 and
$69.50 (Ticketmaster).
Ramones is most known for hosting the popular TV show Otro Rollo, one of the most
successful programs on Mexican TV. It was televised in 53 countries and welcomed guests
such as Ricky Martin, Britney Spears, Thalia,
Elton John and others.
Bon Qui Qui The alter ego of stand-up
comic, TV actress and former pro football

cheerleader Anjelah Johnson brings her Gold
Plated Dreams Tour to El Paso at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 4, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Tickets: $39.50 (Ticketmaster).
Gabriel Iglesias The fluffy comedians
FluffyMania World Tour: 20 Years of

Comedy is 8 p.m. Friday, May 19, at UTEPs
Don Haskins Center. Age 7 and older admitted.
Tickets: $30-$70 (Ticketmaster).
VIP experience available with Meet and
Greet, autographed item and VIP lanyard.
El Paso Improv League Live, unscripted

comedy is offered at 9 p.m. Thursdays, at the
Pizza Joint, 500 N. Stanton. Information: 2614060 or facebook.com/elpasoimprovleague.
dance begins with beginners lessons at 7:30

p.m.; no partner needed. Cost: $6 ($4 youth;
$15 family). Information: (575) 522-1691 or
snmmds.org.
The dances are usually done in long facing
lines with some moves similar to square dancing up and down and forward and back with
progressions. The dance form originated in the
17th century.
A Night in the 40s Paso Del Norte
Big Band, a 16-piece group, hosts 1940s style

dancing and music, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb.
17, at Shundo Ballroom, 120 N. Paragon. The
band will be playing hits from the big band era
including Glenn Miller, Harry James, Artie
Shaw, Perez Prado, Gene Krupa and more.
BOYB; food and snacks allowed. Admission:
$15. Information: 532-2043, 203-7292,
music@pdnbigband.com or on Facebook at
PDNbigband.
Pandoras Box Mesilla Valley Dance

Collective refashions the classic narrative to
explore the loss of a loved one and the ensuing
stages of grief at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 25-26, in the Black Box Theatre,
430 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
Admission: $15 ($12 students). Information
(575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org. Show information:
mesillavalleydance.com.
In the show, Pandora releases all manner of
emotions ranging from anger and reflection to
hope and acceptance, which are explored
through original choreography featuring jazz,
ballet, and modern dance as well as an original
script.
Ensemble member Miranda Williams was
inspired to re-imagine the myth using dance,
following the death of a friend from pancreatic
cancer in November 2016.
Tango Dance Morning Workshop
Elena Baker Dance Studio, 1815 Trawood Ste

B, hosts the workshop 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25. Instruction includes basic
steps, walking, and posture. Cost: $10.
Information: 820-623 or elenabakerdance.com.
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El Paso Rhinos - El Pasos Junior League ice

hockey teams home games are at Sierra
Providence Events Center, next to the
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Game time is 7:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets; $20 glass seats; $15 center line; $10
bluelines; $5 general admission. Free admission
to active military with ID. Information: 479PUCK (7825) or elpasorhinos.com.
Jan. 27-29: Long Beach Bombers
Feb. 10-12: Oklahoma City Blazers
Feb. 24-26: Tulsa Oilers
March 3-5: Springfield Express
El Paso Coyotes El Pasos new Major

Arena Soccer League team plays its home game
at the El Paso County Coliseum. Gate time is
7:30 p.m. unless listed otherwise. Tickets: $5$30. Information: 229-1416, elpasocoyotes.com
or on Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday, Feb. 4: Baja Atletico, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 10: San Diego Sockers
Friday, Feb. 24: Ontario Fury
Hueco Tanks Rock Rodeo The 24th

annual bouldering competition is Friday through
Sunday, Feb. 10-12, at Hueco Tanks, with cash
and prizes offered. Registration and other
events are at Hueco Rock Ranch; competition
is at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site,
along with a party, demonstrations, food trucks
and pro climbers present. Passes are $35.
Information, registration: huecorodeo.com.
Hueco Rock Ranch, operated by American
Alpine Club, is at 17498 Bettina, about 3 miles
from the state park.
WWE Live The professional wrestling
event returns at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11,

at NMSUs Pan American Center in Las Cruces.
The WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
features John Cena vs. Deam Ambrose vs.
Thursday, Feb. 9: LA Tech

Saturday, Feb. 11: Southern Miss
Thursday, March 2: Old Dominion
Saturday, March 4: Charlotte
UTEP Womens Basketball - Home
WWE World Champion AJ Styles with guest

timekeeper James Ellsworth. Also featured it
the WWE Smackdown Team Turmoil
Championship Match. Tickets start at $15
(Ticketmaster). VIP experiences offered.
panamcenter.com.
This special Road to WrestleMania edition
features the Las Cruces debut of WWE
Champion AJ Styles, along with Randy Orton,
Dean Ambrose, Intercontinental Champion The
Miz, Becky Lynch, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt
and many more.
Top Rank Boxing: Dynamic Duo
World Featherweight Champion Jennifer Han

and rising Mexican star Jose Felix will headline
the nationally televised boxing event at 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 17, at UTEPs Don Haskins
Center. Tickets: $25-$100 (Ticketmaster).
Han will take on challenger and former
World Champion Olivia Gerula. Felix will battle
Perus Jonathan Maicelo in a 10-round lightweight bout.
Tuff Hedeman West Texas Shootout

Four-time World Champion Bull Rider and
El Paso native Tuff Hedeman presents the 11th

annual World Championship bull riding event at
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the El Paso
County Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. Top ranked
professional championship bull riders in the
world will compete, including 2014-15 PRCA
World Champion and 2014, 2016 CBR World
Champion Sage Steele Kimzey and 2015 CBR

World Champion and 2012 PRCA Champion,
Cody Teel. This event sells out every year.
Tickets: $10-$75; VIP seating available
(Ticketmaster). Information: 534-4329 or
CBRbull.com.
The Tailgate Down pre-party at 5:30 p.m.
with live music, along with food, cold beer,
shopping, and autograph opportunities featuring
the Championship Bull Riding Famous Energy
Bullfighters.
Monster Jam The Monster Truck Show is
7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 45, at Sun Bowl Stadium. Celebrating 25 years of
adrenaline-charged family entertainment,
Monster Jam combines spontaneous entertainment with the ultimate in off-road motorsport
competition, with famous trucks such as Grave
Digger, Max-DTM, El Toro Loco, Monster
Mutt and more. Tickets: $15-$25; ages 2 and
older must have tickets (Ticketmaster).
Information: monsterjam.com.

1200 Futurity Drive, Sunland Park. General
admission and parking are free. Simulcast racing
begins at 10 a.m. everyday. Information: (575)
874-5200 or sunland-park.com.
Live racing runs every Tuesday and
Wednesday, and Friday through Sunday
through April 18, 2017. Post time is 12:45 p.m.
through Feb. 14; :10 p.m. beginning Feb. 17.
with nine races each day.
Sunday, Jan. 29: Dona Ana County, Riley
Allison, and El Paso Times Stakes.
Saturday, Feb. 4: Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap
and Red Hedeman Mile
Sunday, Feb. 12: Budweiser Handicap and El
Diario Handicap
Friday, Feb. 17: West Texas Maturity Trials
Sunday, Feb. 19: NMHBA Quarterhorse
Stakes and The Peppers Pride Handicap
Sunday, Feb. 26: Curribot Handicap, The
Island Fashion Stakes, and Mine That Bird
Derby.
Saturday, March 4: Mesilla Valley Speed
Handicap
El Paso Senior Games City of El Paso
Parks and Recreation Departments annual
games for those age 50 and older run Feb. 25May 18 at various locations, Sponsored by
United Healthcare, UTEP and Urgent Care
Home Heath Inc. All participants have a chance
to qualify for the Texas State Senior Games.
Registration: $15 for three events, plus $3 for
each additional event. Includes t-shirt.
Information, registration: 544-0753 elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Opening Ceremony is 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
25, at the Polly Harris Senior Center, 650
Wallenberg.
Basketball Skills is 10 a. Saturday, Feb. 25,
Polly Harris Center.
Swimming is 8 a.m. Saturday, March 4,
Memorial Aquatic Center, 3251 Copper.
College sports
UTEP Mens Basketball - The Miners

home games are at the Don Haskins Center.
Games are 7 p.m., unless otherwise listed.
Tickets: $8-$50. Information: 747-5234 or
utepathletics.com.
Thursday, Feb. 2: UAB
Saturday, Feb. 4: Middle Tennessee
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games are in the Don Haskins Center. Game

time is 7:05 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday games
are 2 p.m.) Tickets: $5. Information: 747-5234
or utepathletics.com.
Thursday, Jan. 26: WKU
Saturday, Jan. 28: Marshall
Thursday, Feb. 16: North Texas
Saturday, Feb. 18: Rice
Thursday, Feb. 23: Florida Atlantic
Saturday, Feb. 25: FIU
Miners Hockey Club The final home
games of the regular season are 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4 against
University of New Mexico, El Paso Events
Center, at El Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E.
Paisano. Tickets: $10-$20. Information: 4917879 or info@mindershockey.com.
UTEP Tennis UTEP hosts the University
of Houston Sunday, Feb. 12, at El Paso Tennis

Club, 2510 N. St. Vrain (in Arroyo Park).
Matches start at 11 a.m. Admission is free.
Information: 747-5347 or utepathletics.com.
Tejanos baseball The Tejanos of El Paso

Community College plays home games at the
Valle Verde Campus Baseball Field, off Hunter.
Most games are doubleheaders that begin at
noon Fridays and Saturdays, except as noted.
Admission is free. Information: 831-2275.
Jan. 27-28: Scottsdale CC
Tuesday, Jan. 31: Eastern Arizona
Feb. 17-18: Cochise
Tejanas softball - The EPCC Tejanas home
games are at the Valle Verde Softball Field.

Admission is free. Information: 831-2275 or
epcc.edu/Athletics. Softball office: 831-2367.
Feb. 3-5: The Tejanas host a tournament
with Seward County and McCook CC Games.
Games are 1 p.m. Friday (doubleheader); 11
a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m.
Sunday (doubleheader).
Feb. 17-18: Colby CC. Doubleheaders begin
at 1 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday.
NMSU Mens Basketball Home games
are in the Pan American Center in Las Cruces.

Game time is 7 p.m. except as noted. Tickets:
$10-$30 (Ticketmaster). Information (575) 6461447 or nmstatesports.com.
Saturday, Feb. 4: Chicago State
Thursday, Feb. 23: Utah Valley
Saturday, Feb. 25: Seattle U
Saturday, March 4: UT Rio Grande Valley
NMSU Womens Basketball Home
games are at Pan Am Center in Las Cruces.

Tickets: $6-$12 (Ticketmaster). Information:
(575) 646-1447 or nmstatesports.com.
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28: Utah Valley
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9: CSU-Bakersfield
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb 11: Grand Canyon
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18: UT Rio Grande
Valley.
Bicycling
El Paso Bicycle Club All rides are free

and open to the public; helmets required.
Information: elpasobicycleclub.com. Ride
schedule at meetup.com/elpasobicycleclub.
EP Cyclists Weekend rides offer options
of various paces and distances. Starting times

and locations are posted at facebook.com/epcyclist. For more information: Manny Valadez,
861-2311 or epcyclists.com.
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Ride Your Bicycle El Paso Chucks
Bicycle Repair, 3029 Montana, hosts a variety
of rides free of charge. Information: 791-2006,
zlauser@yahoo.com or Facebook. Helmets
required for all rides.
Recreational Sports
Tri-Fitness class The water fitness class

for adults 6:45 p.m. starting Wednesday, Feb.
1, at Armijo Aquatic Center, 911 S. Ochoa.
The class includes swimming, cycling and running; all in the water. Cost: $48. Information:
543-9598. Registration at active.com.
Archery classes for beginners The
Archers of El Paso Club hosts two-hour supervised shooting classes 9 to 11 a.m. every
Saturday 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, reservations: Ricardo Urias,
487-8199 or r.uri2000@yahoo.com.mx (specify
name, phone number, age, right or left handed).
100 mile course will be three loops of 33.69

miles with 20,000 feet of gain and descent. The
100k will be 2 loops of 31 miles with 13,500
feet of gain and descent.
Relay teams are three members for the 100
mile and two members for the 100K.
100-mile participants must have run an event
of 50, 52 or 100 miles in the past 18 months.
100K participants must have run an event of
100 miles, 50 miles or 50K in the past 18
months.
Sertoma Superhero Freedom Run &

Walk Sertoma Club of Alamogordo hosts
its 17th annual 5K and 1-mile run and walk

Saturday, Feb. 18, starting and finishing at the
corner of South Scenic and East 1st Street in
Alamogordo. Half-mile youth walk also offered.
Participants are encouraged to wear superhero
costume; prizes awarded, Cost: $35 adults;
$17.50 youth. Registration online at active.com.
Springfoot El Paso Marathon, Half

Marathon and 5K The annual races are
Sunday, Feb. 19. Information: elpasomarathon.org.

Registration (through Feb. 17) is $110 for the
Michelob Ultra Springfoot Marathon, $75 for

the TFCU Springfoot Half Marathon; and $40
for the Up and Running Springfoot 5K. Entry
fees at the Race Expo the day before the race
go up $10.
The marathon route begins at 7 a.m. the
Hospitals of Providence East Campus, 3280 Joe
Battle and ends at Southwest University Park.
Shuttle service provided from the finish line to
the start line with last bus leaving at 5:30 .m.
Half marathon is 7 a.m., starting and finishing
at Southwest University Park, looping through
historic downtown and Austin Terrace neighborhoods.
The 5K is 7:15 a.m. and features a scenic
route around some of El Pasos more historic
buildings and runs by the historic Magoffin
home, before heading back to the finish line.
The Race Expo is 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18, at El Paso Convention and
Performing Arts Center, with over 30
exhibitors and vendors. The expo is also the
location for all runners pickup their race number, timing chip, T-shirt and goodie bag.
Foam Glow 5K The foam glow run is
Saturday, March 18, at Ascarate Park, 6900
Delta, for runners and walkers of all ages and

fitness levels. Runners must wear white; runners run through Glowing Foam and a ton of
black lights all over the course. After race party
for participants. Cost: $40; $10 parking fee.
Spectator admission is free. Online registration
at active.com.
Bataan Memorial Death March The
28th annual marathon-length (26.2 miles)

march is 7 a.m. Sunday, March 19, at 1318
White Sands Missile Range. Marchers should
arrive at 5 a.m.; opening ceremony begins at
6:35 a.m. A 14.2-mile honorary march also
offered. 2016 Sponsor is the VFW.
Registration is $95 individuals ($450 teams)
through Dec. 31; $110 ($500 teams) Jan. 1-Feb.
11; $125 ($600 teams) Feb. 12-March 5. Mail-in
registration closes Feb. 24; on-line registration
March 5. No late or on-site registration accepted. Information: (575) 678-4654, (575) 6781134, army.bataanrules@mail.mil, bataanquestions@mail.mil. Online registration at bataanmarch.com.
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New Era Wrestling The Lucha Libre

shows are 7 p.m. Fridays at 10400 Dyer.
Tickets; $7-$8. Information: 356-5113,
elpaso.new@gmail.com or on Facebook at
NewEraEP.
Running events
Loretto Academy Nun Run The 5K
competitive run, 5K walk and 1-mile family fun

walk are 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Loretto
Academy, 1300 Hardaway. Entry fee is $25
through Jan. 20, $30 after. Information: 5668400 or raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Proceeds benefits the Sisters of Loretto in
Pakistan.
Race for CARE The 5K run/walk and 1-
mile fun run is 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the

historic Mesilla Town Square, Mesilla, N.M.
Entry fee: $30 advance, $35 late. Proceeds
benefit CARE (Cancer Aid Resource &
Education, Inc.). Information: carelascruces.org.
Registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Super Bowl Sunday Run The Las
Cruces Running Club will host the 5th annual 1mile fun run, 5K and 5-mile race 7:30 to 10
a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, on Sonoma Ranch Road.
Entry fee is $25 (1-mile fun run is free for
under age 12). Registration at eventbrite.com.
Information: lascrucesrunningclub.com.
Cupids Chase 5K The 5K run benefiting
Community Options is 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb.

11, at Old Mesilla Plaza, 2114 Calle de Santiago
in Mesilla. Registration: $30 by Feb. 10, $40 on
race day. Information: (575) 532-9275.
Registration at cupidschase.org.
Lone Star Hundred The ultramarathon
trail runs are Feb. 11-12 at Franklin Mountains

State Park, with 100-mile and 100K events,
both individual and relay, offered. Entry fee is
$220 for the 100-mile, $160 for the 100K.
Registration at active.com. Information: trailracingovertexas.com/lone-star-100
The races will be run around an average altitude of about 4800 feet but will climb to 7192
feet at the top of North Franklin Peak. The
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Mighty Mujer Triathlon The allfemale sprint and super sprint events benefiting the Center Against Family Violence begin
7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Memorial Park
Pool, 3251 Copper. Two distances offered this
year: 300-yard swim/18 mile bike/3-mile run;
or 300-yard swim/9.3 mile bike/2-mile run.
Cost for either distance: $90 through Jan. 31;
$100 Feb. 1-March 31; $110 April 1-21.
Information: 229-5656. Registration at raceelpaso.com/mighty-mujer.
Teams of 2, 3 or 4 women can compete
against others in three separate categories:
mother/daughter; family; girlfriends.
Participants must be 12 or older.
Mission Valley Duathlon Race El Pasos
USAT-sanctioned 5K run/20K bike/5K run at 7

to 11 a.m. Sunday, May 28, at Tigua
Recreation & Wellness Center, 11200 Santos
Sanchez. Entry fee includes race shirt, athlete
bag, water bottle, post-race snacks and drinks
and chip timing. Information: 229-5656. Online
registration at raceelpaso.com.
Registration (through Feb. 27): $60 individual;
$45 per person for 2-person relay; $40 per
person for 3-person relay.
Winter sports
Public Ice Skating The final Holiday on

Ice public skating hours are noon to 3 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28-29, at Sierra
Providence Event Center next to the Coliseum,
4100 Paisano. All ages welcome. Admission
(includes skate rental): $8; military discounts
available. Spectator admission is free.
Information: 479-PUCK (7825) or elpasohockey.org.
Ski Apache Ruidosos 750-acre ski and
snowboarding area, now in its 51st season, has

11 lifts and 55 trails on the slopes of Sierra
Blanca, with a base elevation of 9,600.
The 24-hour Ski Apache Snow Report number is (575) 257-9011. Information: (575) 4643600 or skiapache.com.
Lifts are open from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
depending on weather conditions. All-day lift
tickets are $68 ($61 age 60-69; $59 age 13-17;
$48 12 and younger; $57 military and $43 for
military child; free for ages 70 and older.
(Prices slightly higher on peak days). Season

passes: $305-$700. Call or check website or
multiple-day or half-day skiing prices.
Gondola Rides are $18 ($12 age 6-12; $6 age
60-69; free for five and younger)
Rental packages available.
The Ski Apache Wind Rider is an hour-long
zip-line adventure that begins at over 11,000
feet, spanning 8,900 feet in three sections,
reaching speeds of up to 65 mph. Reservations
required; call for cost.
Ski Apache is 130 miles from El Paso, and the
drive takes about 3 hours. From Alamogordo,
take U.S. 70/54 north to Tularosa, then follow
U.S. 70 east to Ruidoso. Turn left on NM 48
and go six miles north. Take NM 532 to the ski
area its a slow, winding 12-mile climb.
Ski Cloudcroft The southernmost ski
area in the United States is two miles east of

Cloudcroft on U.S. 82, has 26 trails with two
ski lifts, plus a tubing lift, rental shop,
Mustards Last Stand restaurant, vertical drop
700 feet, snowboarding, tubing with elevations
of 8,350 to 9,050 feet. Information/snow conditions: (575) 682-2333, skicloudcroft.net or on
Facebook.
Lift tickets: $45 ($35 age 12 and younger for
full day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $35 ($25 age 12 and
younger) for half day 1 to 4 p.m. Ski, and snowboard rentals available, and beginner ski school
packages offered.
Tubing available for $24 per day; $18 half day
(weekends only).
Cloudcroft Ice Rink The ice rink at 751

James Canyon (Hwy 82), across from
Cloudcroft High School, in Cloudcroft, N.M. is
frozen over through early March, weather permitting. Usual hours are 3:30 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday through Monday. Tubing, hot chocolate and bonfires also featured. Available for
private events. Information/hours: (575) 6824585 or (915) 449-1200 or on Facebook at
Cloudcroft Ice Rink.
Ruidoso Winter Park The snow play
area at 1200 Ski Run Road in Alto, N.M. features giant tubes, a kidz korral, family zip line
and other activities during the winter months.
Hours are 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (8 p.m.
designated nights). Tickets: $25 ($20 age 8-17;
$10 age 7 and younger); include use of tubes;.
Additional fee for zip lines. Dates and times
subject to change. Information: (575) 336-7079
or ruidosowinterpark.com.
All phone numbers listed are in Juarz.
Matices Cultural Amigos de la
Fundacion Mascareass Matices Culturales

performance series are held at Centro Cultural
Paso del Norte in Juarez. Season tickets: $750
pesos. Information: 612-3175, fmascarenas.org
or on Facebook at MaticesCulturales.
The accordionist and composer Pablo
Ahmad opens the 2017 series 8 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 28.
The world music trio Sonex performs 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18.
Centro Cultural Paso del Norte - Av.

Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the
Red Cross. Information: 1730300 (Facebook:
CCPasodelNorte). Advance show tickets at
donboleton.com.
Orquesta Filarmnica Juvenil, a joint orchestra of El Paso and Jurez young musicians, performs at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Tickets are
150 and 200 pesos.
Adrian Uribe and Omar Chaparro present
their hit show Imparables, a comic battle, at
7 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9. Tickets: 440
to 990 pesos.
Singer Carlos Rivera, winner of season 3 of
La Academia and famed performer in the
Spanish version of The Lion King, performs at
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10. Tickets: 550 to 1,100
pesos.
Comedian Franco Escamilla y La Diablo
Squad present Por la ancota show at 7 and
9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. Tickets: 440 to 715
pesos.
The four-woman play, Mujeres de Ceniza
is performed at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Monday, Feb.
13, starring Jacqueline Andere, Mara Sort,
Silvia Mariscal y Margarita Gralia. Tickets: 330,
440 and 550 pesos.
Singer-songwriter Raul Ornelas performs at
8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14. Tickets: 275 to
660 pesos.
The musical comedy La Jaula de las Locas
(La Cage aux Folles) is at 6 and 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16. Tickets: 550 to 880 pesos.
Jose Mara Napoleon performs at 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 17. Tickets: 550 to 1,300 pesos.
Political columnist and commentator Leo
Zuckermann speaks at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb.
20. Tickets: 385, 495 and 550 pesos.
Jorge Bucay gives a presentation of El
Camino de la Felicidad at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 22. Check for ticket prices.
The Russian State Ballet presents Swan
Lake at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Tickets:
385 to 715 pesos.
Spanish singer-songwriter Jos Luis Perales
performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 2.
Tickets: 550 to 1,450 pesos.
Auditorio Benito Jurez Ignacio

Ramirez and Vicente Guerrero, one block from
Parque Borunda. Tickets at donboleton.com.
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The childrens live music performance of

Gallina Pintadita is at 3 and 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11. Tickets: 165, 220 and 275
pesos.
Centro de Convenciones Las Anitas
Waterfill zone. Information: 6821486 or

6820693. Tickets at donboleton.com.
The Tejano/Norteno band Intocable performs at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. Tickets:
440, 1,100 and 1,500 pesos.
Javier Rosas performs at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 18, as part of his El Regreso tour. The
grupero star was nearly killed two years ago in
a shooting in his native Culiacn, Sinaloa that
killed his cousin and driver. Rosas was hit 20
times after a show, reported by a gang in retaliation for his narco-corrido lyrics that alluded to
a rival gang.
Gimnasio Municipal Josue Neri Santos
Av. Mariscal at Maria Martinez, downtown.

Tickets at donboleton.com.
Luche Libre featuring Rey Mysterio begins at
5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. Tickets: 110 to 715
pesos.
AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide features Mamba
vs. Pimpinella as the headline match in the
Rumbo a Triplemania XXV event beginning
at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5.
Evolution Discoteque Paseo de la

Victoria 4545. Information: 269 8659. Advance
tickets at donboleton.com.
Francisco Cespedes performs Noche
Bohemia at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17. Tickets:
440-1,100 pesos.
La Rodadora The interactive childrens
museum is in the citys Parque Central. Hours

are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays
and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission: 65 pesos (around $5). Information:
52-656-558-2415 or larodadora.org.
3D Theater admission: 30 pesos.
Theater/museum combo is 79 pesos.
Bazar Del Monumento The weekly
bazaar is noon to 4 p.m. Sundays at the Benito

Jurez Monument downtown, Vicente
Guerrero and Constitucion Avenues. Art,
antiques, books and more sold and traded. The
event also features live music.
Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera

(MUREF) Old Customs House, Zona
Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave. Jurez.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Information: muref.org, inah.org or
Facebook.
Museo del Chamizal Chamizal Park
(next to the Bridge of the Americas). The

museum features archaeological and historic
exhibits. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Information: 611-1048.
February 2017
Making
Progress
The Substation shopping center under construction at Doniphan and Osborne. Photo by Rick Tate
Montecillo, a smart communitydevelopment, will

keep expanding in 2017.
Photo by Rick Tate
mid all the highway construction,

streetcar funding rip-offs and controversies over projects such as the proposed Downtown arena, its easy to forget
that 2016 actually was a year of progress
for El Paso.
No one person is more keenly aware of
whats new and whats coming to El Paso
than Armando Landin, editor and writer
for the site El Paso Development News at
elpasodevnew.com, devoted exclusively to
current and future projects in the area.
Landin noted several grand openings and
completed projects among the standouts of
development news, as well as announcements for impressive upcoming projects.
The good news of 2016 included the
Westside openings of Whole Foods Market
and the adjacent La Villita.
Whole Foods is another step in the
upscale direction that many El Pasoans
have been thirsting for, while La Villita is
a great example of interesting shopping
center design thats different than what
were used to seeing, Landin said, and
the Alamo Drafthouse finally opened its
doors in the slowly progressing Montecillo
Town Center.
He said Downtown has also been a bubble of activity.
One of the largest openings was the
Indigo Hotel early in 2016, which transformed a long vacant structure into a contemporary hotel and continues to receive
stellar ratings, he said, and of course, the
long-delayed San Jacinto Plaza seems to
have been worth the wait for many El
Pasoans when it opened in April.
Landin said Central El Pasos most
noticeable additions included Dave &
Busters opening at Bassett Place.
The Medical Center of the Americas
campus continued its deliberate expansion
by opening the Cardwell Collaborative, a
60,000 square foot biomedical research
and laboratory building, he explained.
February 2017
2016 brought several long-awaited improvements to El Paso, particularly the West Side.
Look for more to come in 2017.
Whole Foods
For years, El Paso has been steadily

extending eastward, with more and more
businesses and residences popping up far
past Joe Battle (Loop 375).
In 2016, it seemed that the Westside got
the lions share of growth with more to
come this year.
Two of the West Sides newest attractions
were Whole Foods Market and Alamo
Drafthouse Cinemas.
Whole Foods Market, located off Mesa at
Pitt, not only includes a deli area, restaurant, community space and even some garden spaces, it has also promoted and sold
the products of several local producers
including farmers, restaurants, brewers and
artisans.
Whole Food store team leader Mark
Heins said in his announcement for the
opening that the time was certainly right
for an El Paso opening.
Its such a wonderful time to be in El
Paso, he said. This town is vibrant, alive,
you can smell it, you can see it, you can
feel it everyday.
Next to Whole Foods is the new La
Villita Retail Center, whose first resident
was the bistro-style restaurant La Madeline
(The first El Paso location is at Fountains
at Farah on the East Side). A Chipotles
and other businesses are scheduled to open
in 2017.
Alamo Drafthouse & Montecillo
One of the major changes on the West

Side in recent years has been the
Montecillo development along Mesa
between Festival and Executive Center,
which has ushered in the citys first largescale smart community that combines
residential and retail spaces.
Landin said the continuing growth of the
Monticello area is one of the reasons
Westsiders in particular can be excited

about 2017. January saw the opening in
Montecillo of the healthy eatery NOSH.
As we first reported (on our site), the
developer there is mixing it up by adding
single-family homes as well as attached
townhouses as options for buyers, he said.
Today, buying is not an option as its various apartment buildings have units that are
only for rent, so this is an interesting
change of pace. Additionally, well probably, finally start to see buildings going up
at the Town Center proper, which the
Alamo Drafthouse overlooks.
Alamo Drafthouse Theater opened May 6
across from Montecillo, offering both new
and classic movie screenings, movie parties, the Glass Half Full full service restaurant and taproom, and a calendar of special
events from pub quiz-style trivia events to
genre-based movie series.
Notable events so far included a Speak
Easy party tie-in for Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them, a beach party for
the Star Wars movie Rogue One, and a
Da de los Muertos altar and marketplace
hosted by El Paso Punk Rock Flea Market.
Alamo Drafthouse will be the anchor for
the forthcoming Montecillo Town Center.
Like the current Montecillo TI:ME location, just across Mesa Street, this center
will host cafes, restaurants and shopping
within its residential and commercial
buildings.
Essentially, this is the area between the
movie theater and Mesa Street that will
include retail, office, and residential spaces
in mixed-use settings, Landin said.
Groundwork has been ongoing at the site
for years, so itll be a welcome change of
pace to see vertical construction there. And
it was hard to miss the news of Topgolfs
decision to open a location at Montecillo.
Their hope is to open the sports entertainment venue as soon as possible.
The El Paso Topgolf multi-million dollar
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was one of the

long-awaited additions to El Paso in 2016.
Photo by Lisa Tate
three-story entertainment area with indoor

and outdoor golf for all ages, and a large
restaurant and nightspot, may open in late
2017, according to the Topgolf website.
With more than 30 locations across the
United States and United Kingdom,
Topgolf bills itself as the premier sports
and entertainment venue.
Northwest El Paso
In 2017, Northwest El Paso will be the

site of several more additions and changes,
with one of the biggest being West Towne
Market Place, developed by River Oaks,
hoping to see a late 2017 opening.
This 500,000 square foot retail center to
be located on Desert Boulevard north and
Paseo del Norte, will have room for several retail stores, restaurants and a theatre,
including a Cabelas outdoors store, which
was recently acquired by another largescale outdoor, camping and hunting megastore, Bass Pro Shops.
West Towne Marketplace is impressive
due to sheer size and is certainly the
largest retail development on the West Side
in years, Landin said. The announcement
of a scaled-down Cabelas store as the first
tenant made many El Pasoans excited, but
the subsequent list of retailers so far has
felt a bit underwhelming to many of our
readers, so itll be interesting to see what
the developer does to mix it up. In any
case, there is no doubt this will be a popular shopping center.
Outlet Shoppes of El Paso in Canutillo
also continued to add new stores, such as
Lively Matcha Tea Shops first El Paso
location.
Northwest El Paso is the site of a new
teaching hospital which opened near the
end of January, Hospitals of Providence
Transmountain Campus, created in collab-
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oration with Texas Tech University Health

Sciences Center El Paso. Future plans in
the area, beyond 2017, include the construction of Legacy at Cimarron, with
more than 180,000 square foot of fitness,
restaurant, retail and entertainment space.
There are also talks of gaining a Costco
and an Ikea in Northwest, although nothing is definite.
The teaching hospital was only one of the
new medical and health facilities, particularly freestanding Emergency Rooms,
urgent care centers and clinics El Paso saw
in 2016. These included Sun City
Emergency Room, with locations on both
the East and Westside, and Komidex
Primary Care Clinic on Lee Trevino in
East El Paso
Another shopping area planned for 2017
is The Substation, on Doniphan near El
Pasos Upper Valley, which will house
locally owned businesses like 2Ten Coffee,
and will host events like weekend farmers
markets.
The non-traditional retail area from real
estate broker Will Brown and developer
Will Harvey, is advertised as an exciting
upscale village-like environment to dine
and shop and will incorporate a vintage
look and feel through uncommon nostalgic design elements within the facades
and building materials.
Hotel at Sunland Park
On the edge of the city, Sunland Park,

N.M. will get a boost in the tourism industry, with the opening of The Hotel at
Sunland Park Racetrack expected in early
March this year, according to spokesman
Eric Alwan. This $7 million hotel project,
a first for the City of Sunland Park, will
have 79 rooms and a sky bridge connecting it to the Racetrack and Casino.
According to Sunland Park Mayor Javier
Perea, this hotel could benefit the community in job and tourism growth, help raise
property value, and give the city and
opportunity for a lodgers tax. The hotel
itself was privately funded, with no taxpayer money used to create it.
Sunland Park General Manager Rich
Baugh, told local television reporters when
the project was first announced the hotel is
something that Sunland Park Racetrack
owner Stanley Fulton has desired a long
time.
This was a dream of the owner, Baugh
said. Mr. Fulton has always wanted
Sunland Park to be a destination resort and
were bringing his dream to fruition.
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Photo by Lisa Tate
Downtown revitalization
One of the most consistently changing

landscapes over the past few years has
been El Pasos Downtown, and 2016 saw
not only new additions, but rejuvenated
life in its very heart with the completion of
San Jacinto Plaza.
El Paso Community Foundation President
Eric Pearson said the renewed plaza was
his favorite addition to El Paso in 2016.
I have been there early in the morning,
when people are practicing Ping Pong, late
summer evenings watching the lights
change on the Lagartos, and in the sweltering afternoons, watching kids play in the
fountains, and of course, the holiday
lights, he said. It is a part of my daily
pedestrian commute, and I find real solace
in crossing the bridges over the arroyos
lush with desert landscaping.
Since its renovation, the new plaza has
been the center of several community
events, including Downtowns new
WinterFest holiday activities spanning
from the Plaza to Arts Festival Plaza.
WinterFest inspired another new temporary
development in Downtown El Paso: holiday season ice skating.
Pearson noted although the new design is
impressive; what he loves is it is always
full of people enjoying it.
I have loved seeing people enjoy the
Placita every single day, he said. It is
outstanding, and dare I say it worth
the wait.
For 2017, Pearson is looking forward to
another long-awaited addition to
Downtown, the completion of the
Roderick Artspace Lofts and businesses.
This addition of a modern building
stands out on our skyline, and offers the
promise of something we have had need
for in our city: a cluster of artists and art to
create a more defined art scene in El
Paso, Pearson said. We have such a large
array of talented people, but they have
been diffused by geography and the sprawl
of our city, more often than not. I am hoping this will create a larger pocket of arts
in a district that will add a mystique to our
urban environment.
According to its website, the lofts are currently taking applications (which were
released in August with a celebration at
Caf Mayapan) and will blend 51 affordable live work units for artists and their
families with 5,000 square feet of multipurpose nonprofit commercial space, as
well as a large community room on the
ground floor.
The artists are there, ArtSpaces
overview states. More than 400 local
artists responded to a survey indicating
their interest in an ArtSpace-style project
providing access to permanently afford-
With new growth comes the inevitable road construction, and 2016 had plenty of
that, especially on the Westside, where traffic congestion became a way of life.
This year, there should be some relief with the Doniphan connection to Paisano
opening in February. Since construction began, The Border West Expressway, the
final section of the Loop 375 at Sunland Park Drive, and Go 10 expansion project
from Executive Center to North Mesa, travel has been hard for commuters, including residents in the Buena Vista temporarily losing access I-10.
However, there is still no definite date for completion on the Paisano to I-10 connection. Other Westside work is the continuance of construction of a new bridge for
the Resler connection to I-10.
The entire G0 10 project isnt expected for completion until 2019.
Horizon City is looking at facing similar congestion; a project to widen Eastlake
Boulevard between Darrington Road and Horizon that began in January, to accommodate the growth of the area. The project will widen the Boulevard from four to
six lanes. The widening is part of six road projects across the Lower Valley and Far
East El Paso approved by the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority. Projects
also include the widening of Vista Del Sol Drive, and the projects are expected to
last a couple of years.
Like the Westside construction, residents of Horizon City are already preparing for
the traffic hold ups with this project as well.
Finally, street construction for the 4.8-mile trolley route looping through
Downtown, Sunset Heights and Kern Places will continue throughout the year, with
completionexpected in 2018.
able, high quality space to live and work.

According to Landin, Downtown should
see the opening of an Aloft Hotel at the
rehabilitated Bassett Tower, still scheduled
for October at the Aloft website.
Civic projects such as a Childrens
Museum and the uncertain Multipurpose
Arena could break ground, but thats still
up in the air, he said.
Other living spaces coming in 2017 near
Downtown should be the Midtown Lofts in
Central El Paso, south of Interstate 10 at
Durazno and Stevens.
El Paso Zoo
El Paso Zoo had some big additions in

2016, most recently the completion of its
Wildlife Amphitheater is also home to the
Wings of the World bird show hosted by
Joe The Birdman Krathwohl.
The open-air amphitheatre opened in
December and seats around 300 guests. It
will provide more square feet for animals,
and will provide a venue for other animal
encounters, educational programs, concerts
and other events.
El Paso Scene
Other zoo additions in 2016 included the

Even Pavilion, near the zebra and giraffe
environment, and its Red River Hog exhibit.
Northeast El Paso
One of the most anticipated projects in

Northeast El Paso is the six-acre Northgate
Transfer Center on Diana and Wren. This
center for the Brio Rapid Transit Center,
replaces the Northeast Transit Terminal,
and will include a large plaza and park
area.
Sun Metro Director Jay Banasiak said
during the centers groundbreaking construction will be completed by fall 2017
and will be the main feeder of 11 bus
routes.
Next to the center is Hunt Communities
smart growth area, Metro 31. Like the current Montecillo site, Metro 31 will combine living spaces with shops, restaurants
and a park area.
This unique transit-oriented development will give our economy a boost by
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creating jobs and will expand transportation options while revitalizing this key
neighborhood in Northeast El Paso,
Banasiak said in a newspaper interview.
The center and Metro 31 will be located
on or near where the former Northpark
Mall was located, and Phase One of the
Metro 31 smart growth community hopes
to be completed in the summer of 2017.
According to Hunts announcement of the
site in 2014, it will include more than 400
units of apartments, senior housing and
live/work units, as well as more than
200,000 square feet of retail and commercial office space. The site will be near
urban arroyos, with trail access.
Hunts Executive Vice President Gary
Sapp said in the announcement he feels the
project will have a transformative impact
on Northeast El Paso.
We look forward to working with the
City of El Paso and Representative Carl
Robinson in sharing our plan with the
community and seeing that vision become
a reality, he said.
East El Paso
Westside development news seemed

dominate in 2016, but the East Side will
see some new businesses of its own in
2017, Landin noted.
The East Side is due for some non-traditional developments which have been sorely lacking for the most populated side of
ne of my favorite Christian
authors was the late Dallas
Willard. He taught philosophy at
the University of Southern California
while writing best-selling books that
combined his razor-sharp academic
mind with his sincere and complete
devotion to Christ.
His most famous book is The Divine
Conspiracy, which forever changed the
way I think of the Christian faith. It was
Willard who made clear to me the idea
of eternal life as a way of living that
starts now, not after I die. He explained
to me that the kingdom of God was
present wherever and whenever we surrendered to God and obeyed him. That
heaven was not far off, but something
that surrounded me.
Willard also made clear to me many of
the errors of modern Christianity. He
was very critical of what he called the
gospel of sin management. Both conservatives and liberals often concentrate
on trying to repair the damage of sin
conservatives on the individual level,
liberals on the social level. The rightwing approach focuses on saving souls,
but not growing them. The left-wing
form of Christianity often treats personal
righteousness as a distraction or just
irrelevant. What gets lost on both sides
is the teaching of Jesus to follow him
to be a disciple and to make disciples.
Discipleship and spiritual formation
were the key theme of most of Willards
books, as evidenced by their titles alone:
Hearing God, The Spirit of the
Disciplines and Renovation of the
Heart.
One of his books was titled The
Great Omission, which referred to his
February 2017
El Paso, so itll be interesting to see what

projects are in store.
Fountains at Farah, Cielo Vista Mall and
Bassett Place, also made several additions,
including a second El Paso PF Changs
location, as well as summer openings of
Bricktown Tap House, and Ruths Chris
Steak House, at Fountains. One of Bassett
Places biggest additions was the opening
of Dave & Busters dining and entertainment venue in April.
Also on the East Side is a 23-acre park at
Pendale, while in 2016, El Pasos first free
public spray park, Sue Young Park, opened
mid-summer on Diana in Northeast El
Paso. This park is the first of eight parks
proposed by the city, each with a different
theme (Sue Young Park features a soccer
theme). Hidden Valley Spray Park, east of
Ascarate Park, opened in October, with
one more to open in 2017. When all the
parks are completed, there will be a spray
park in each of the eight El Paso representatives districts.
tainly wont be completed in 2017, but

groundbreaking will be the key signifier of
the projects momentum.
This is just one of the many projects on
the horizon, he hopes to see evolve.
Along with many other El Pasoans, as a
resident, Im keeping my fingers crossed
that previously announced projects either
get completed, pick up the pace, or at least
break ground, he said.
As far as new business, Pearson of the El
Paso Community Foundation said he is
most happy to see new local business
emerge, not just every chain store that can
already be found in other cities. He has

noticed more and more area residents feeling this way as well, seeking out businesses that celebrate El Pasos own personal
style.
In this town, we used to aspire to get
every chain store that exists in every other
city, maybe thinking we havent made it
unless we are a Starbucks market, he said.
I think we now are part of a movement
toward appreciating local businesses and
the uniqueness they offer, as well as their
stronger positive economic impact overall.
Beyond 2017
Even with several projects coming in this

year, Landin said there is still plenty
beyond 2017 that he hopes to see. This
includes seeing how the Shadow Mountain
tower project takes shape on the West Side
a proposed skyscraper that triggered
controversy as it nonetheless gained city
approval in 2016.
It was a hard fought battle by the developer to get the project approved, so hopefully we see something happening with
that long-vacant property, he said. It cer-
major critique of modern Christianity:

We have removed the notion of discipleship. We have lost our understanding of
what it means to be a disciple and what
it means to make disciples.
One of Willards most enduring quotations comes from The Great Omission
in which he deals with common misconceptions of grace and effort. Because so
much of evangelical Christianity focuses
on salvation by grace, not works, any
discussion regarding works tends to get
shot down as legalistic. Willard, however, was a staunch defender of effort as
essential to the Christian life:
Grace is not opposed to effort, it is
opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you
know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
We are called to live righteously as a
result of salvation, not as a way of earning salvation. In Phil. 2:12, Paul exhorts
Christians to work out your salvation
with fear and trembling.
Willard, who died in 2013 at age 77,
lived what he taught. He was an ardent
disciple of Christ who dedicated himself
to discipling others.
Randy Limbird is editor of

El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send to randy@epscene.com
El Paso Scene
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Super Plant Sunday Sierra Vista
Growers, 2800 HWY 28 in La Union, hosts a

plant-centered alternative to the Super Bowl
pregame, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, with
games, gardening classes, a food truck, and
plenty of plants to start the spring garden. Kid
and pet friendly. Admission is free. Information:
(575) 874-2415 or sierravistagrowers.net.
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society
The societys annual awards dinner and

meeting is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at
Hyatt Place Hotel, 6030 Gateway East, with
program by Tom Taylor. Taylor, an Audubon
member from Santa Fe, will present a photographic tour of birds from across the United
States. Dinner served at 7 p.m. Reservations
required by Feb. 15. to Janet Perkins, 6375269 or jntperk@elp.rr.com
Information: Scott, 581-6071 or trans-pecosaudubon.com.
Janae Reneaud, Executive Director of the
Frontera Land Alliance since 2011,will receive
the Conservation Award. Susie Schneider, a
chapter member for many years, will receive
the Meritorious Service Award. She recently
volunteered to head the Programs Committee.
The Societys bird-watching field trips are
open to the public. Bring a lunch, insect repellent and water. Information: Mark Perkins,
637-3521.
Saturday, Jan. 28: Meet at 7 a.m. at the parking lot behind Sams car wash, 7970 N. Mesa,
for birding trip to the Santa Teresa area.
Rio Bosque Wetlands Trip is 7 a.m. Saturday,
Feb. 4, to look for over-wintering waterfowl
and raptors. Meet at the parking lot of Office
Depot at Bassett Place, to carpool.
Trip to Keystone Heritage Park, 4220
Doniphan, is 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, to
observe waterfowl. Entry fee is $2.
Wyler Aerial Tramway The state park
tramway, 1700 McKinley, gives passengers a

view of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico from
Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is $8
for adults and $4 for children 12 years and
under. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed
Monday through Thursday. Information: 5629899 or 566-6622.
Junior Ranger Day is noon to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 18, for ages 6 to 12. Park rangers will
help children complete their Junior Ranger
activity journals and become Texas State Parks
Junior Rangers.
Last Sunday Hike is 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 26,
beginning in the parks parking lot to the top of
Ranger Peak. This months hike is a Couples
Hike. Participation is free.
El Paso Zoo 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo
Entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Zoo admission is $12 for ages 13 to 59; $9 for
ages 60 and older and active duty military
(including spouse) with ID; $7.50 ages 3 to 12;
and free for ages 2 and under. Information:
212-0966 or elpasozoo.org.
Meet The Keeper talks are 10:30 to 3:15
p.m. at various locations throughout the zoo.
New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee
Keepers will on hand to meet with guests.

African Star Train ride tickets are $2 plus
tax ($1.50 for children and society members).
Asian Elephant Training Encounters scheduled at noon daily.
Franklin Mountains State Park Most
hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the

Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Drive on
the west side of the park (east of I-10).
Entry fee is $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 or on
Facebook at FranklinMountainsSP. Web:
tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/franklin-mountains.
Guided hikes and bike rides are $3 additional
fee ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free). Bring water,
snacks, sturdy shoes/boots, hiking stick, maps
and binoculars. Dogs welcome on leash on
some hikes. Reservations required: 566-6441
ext. 221, 224 or
adrianna.weickhardt@tpwd.state.tx.us.
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 riobosque.org.
Bird tours are 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, and 3
p.m. Sunday, March 5.
Introductory tour is 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11.
Workday is 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18.
Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside
Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan
American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.
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 elpasobotanicalgardens.org.
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; 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 texasstateparks.gov. Reservations recommended for
self-guided area and camping: (512) 389-8911.
Pictograph, rock climbing/bouldering and hiking tours by prior arrangement at 849-6684 or
857-1135.
Birding tours are 7:30 a.m. on the third
Saturday of the month (Feb. 18). Advance signup encouraged.
To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S.

Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco
Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775.
North Mountain is available for self-guided
day use, for up to 70 people at a time; reservations recommended. There is an annual orientation program for visitors. Guided access is
offered to the rest of the site. Pets allowed
only in camping or picnic areas. Call for reservations and other information: 857-1135.
White Sands National Monument
The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles

southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70.
Visitor Center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
through March 11. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 6
p.m. through Feb. 18; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 19March 11. Entrance fee: $5 age 16 and older.
Free for children. Information: (575) 479-6124
or nps.gov/whsa.
The ranger-guided Lake Lucero Tour is 2
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, and Sunday, Feb. 26,
to learn about the formation of the sands and
the special plants and animals that live in and
around the dunes. Program fee is $8 ($4 age 15
and younger); reservations required.
Sunset strolls are offered daily one hour
before sunset. Tent talks are 11 a.m. Saturdays
and Sundays. Skins and Skulls mammal identification talks are 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Discover the Historic Treasures of White
Sands National Monument events are
Saturday, March 4, as part of its 2017 Step
Through Time series. The first program
explores the architecture at White Sands
National Monument and the construction by
New Deal agencies during the 1930s.
Following the program is a tour of the historic
roads around the monument.
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. Pine Springs Visitor
Center hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Camping is $8 per site per night. Information:
(915) 828-3251 or nps.gov.
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: Visitor Center open 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily; tours available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Last entry into cave via natural entrance is
2 p.m. with last entry into cave via elevator
3:30 p.m. (be in line to exit cave by 4:30 p.m.).
Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2
hours for Big Room tour of the Caverns. Cost
is $10 (free or ages 15 and younger). The
parks audio self-guided tour is $3 extra (also
available in Spanish).
Other guided tours are available; call or
check website for details.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State

Park 1504 Miehls Drive N., Carlsbad, N.M.
Admission: $5 ($3 ages 7-12; free for 6 and

under). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last entry
at 3:30 p.m.). Information: (575) 887-5516.
The zoo features animals native to the
Chihuahuan Desert, in natural desert surroundings. A large greenhouse is devoted to succulents and cactus from around the world. The
headquarters building includes exhibits on minerals, history, archaeology and other subjects.
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is $5 when visiting any state park. Camping

fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for developed
site (electrical hookup $4 extra). All programs
are free with park entrance, unless otherwise
listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or
nmparks.com.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park 5000
Calle del Norte in Mesilla. Hours are 7 a.m. to
4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Information: (575) 523-4398.
Audubon Bird Walks are 7:15 a.m. Saturdays,
led by park volunteers. Ranger-led Nature
Hikes are 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Fitness in Nature
walks with the Second Chance Walker Program
are 8:30 a.m. every Saturday beginning at the
Visitor Center.
Leasburg Dam 12712 State Park Road in
Radium Springs, two miles off Interstate 25 at
Exit 19. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for day use.
Information: (575) 5244068. Night Skies at
Leasburg monthly night sky program is 5 to 9
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18.
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) 7445998. Star party is 5:45 to 7 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 25.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National

Monument 44 miles north of Silver City
on NM Highway 15 in the middle of the majestic Gila Wilderness, the first and one of the
largest wilderness areas. Entrance fee: $5 per
person; $10 per family. Information: (575) 5369461 or nps.gov/gicl.
The trail to the cliff dwellings is open from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. year round. Everyone must be
off the trail by 5 p.m. Visitor center is open 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tombaugh Observatory NMSUs

Tombaugh Observatory in Las Cruces hosts
open house at 7 p.m. Friday nearest the time of
the first quarter moon September to May (Feb.
3, March 3), weather providing. Programs
begin with a short presentation, followed by
guided observing through telescopes.
Information: (575) 646-4438, or (575) 6466278 to confirm the observatory will be open
that evening.
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.
Aguirre Spring Campground The

Organ Mountain recreational area, run by the
federal Bureau of Land Management, is off U.S.
70 about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Fifty-five
family camping and picnic sites, plus two group
areas. Day-use fee is $3 per vehicle.
Information: (575) 525-4300.
Dripping Springs Natural Area The

recreational area is at the base of the Organ
Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road
about 10 miles east of Las Cruces. October
through March the entrance gate is open 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets
allowed (except for assistance animals).
Information: (575) 522-1219.
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.
February 2017
Centennial Museum University at

Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 747-6667 or museum.utep.edu.
Showing Jan. 28-June 3: Time Exposures:
Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th
Century. This exhibition, organized by the
Pueblo of Isleta tribe in New Mexico, tells the
story of life on the Isleta Indian Reservation in
the 19th century and its lasting effects on life
today. Among the photographs in the exhibition are the works of many prominent western
photographers and artists.
A portion of the exhibit will be dedicated to
the Tigua Tribe from the Ysleta Pueblo del Sur.
Opening reception is 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
28, with activities for the entire family, refreshments and exhibit tours. The exhibit kicks off a
yearlong celebration to for the Centennial
Museums 80th anniversary.
The Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit is open to the
public for viewing 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Wednesday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first Sunday
of the month. A museum representative will be
on hand to answer questions.
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. Admission is free.
Information: 351-0048 or elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
The center begins its 2017 series, Speak
Out: a Time and a Place for Action a forum
for community action, focusing on key contemporary issues, such as immigration. The series
will include presentations, lectures, and panel
discussion occurring throughout the year.
The first event is 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9,
with The First World War and the Making of
the Modern Middle East with Dr. Sabri Ates of
Southern Methodist University. Ates will discuss the ongoing political, geographic, and cultural ramifications of the Great War on one of
the most complex areas in the world.
Admission is free.
El Paso Museum of Archaeology

4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso
(west of U.S. 54). Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Tours are 10:30 to
2 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays, Mondays
and city holidays. Admission is free.
elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.
Weekly archery and atl-atl (spear thrower)
demonstrations are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturdays.
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.
Museum admission is free,. Information: 2120320 or elpasotexas.gov/history.
Magoffin Home State Historic Site

1120 Magoffin. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday. Visitor Center is
across the street (1117 Magoffin, a restored
1901 home). 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). Admission is free to Visitor
Center. Group tours available with advance
registration. Information: 533-5147, visitmagoffinhome.com or Facebook.
February 2017
Cooking classes are offered at 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 2. Cost is $5 per class.
Yoga with Rebecca Hendricks is at 10 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11. Free.
Victorian Sci-Fi Book and Tea Club is at 2
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. Cost is $5.
The 1875 Magoffin Home is a prime example
of Territorial style architecture. The Historic
Site explores the stories of a multicultural family who actively participated in U.S. expansion
and settlement, military service, trade on the
Santa FeChihuahua Trail, Civil War turmoil
and U.S.Mexico relations.
National Border Patrol Museum and

Memorial Library 4315 Transmountain
Drive. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday

through Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and
major holidays. Admission is free. Information:
759-6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road. The center features a museum on the Tigua tribe, offering a
glimpse of five centuries of Pueblo history and
tradition. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Free childrens
activities daily. Admission is free. Information:
859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport

Road, Doa Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
military; free for children under 12.
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-airmuseum.com.
Las Cruces area
Branigan Cultural Center Branigan

Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las
Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Information: (575) 541-2154, lascruces.org/museums or on Facebook.
Showing Feb. 3-May 13: Issei and Beyond:
The Nakayama Familys Journey in the Mesilla
Valley. John Kaichiro and Tome Nakayama
were issei immigrants to the United States
in the early 20th century who settled in Las
Cruces in 1918. The exhibit uses personal
objects and images to share the story of how
the Nakayama family rose above the challenges
of immigration and racial discrimination to
become leading farmers and chile specialists in
Las Cruces.
Showing Feb. 3-March 25: Hillsboro Faces:
A Collection of Portraits. Photographer Matilde
Holzwarth captures the character of Hillsboro,
New Mexico, through portraits of the members of its community.
Opening reception for both exhibits is 5 to 7
p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.
Las Cruces Museum of Nature and
Science 411 N. Main in the Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Closed Sunday and Monday. Information: (575)
522-3120 or las-cruces.org/museums.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the nature center is 4:30 to 7 p.m. the first Friday of the
month as part of the Downtown Ramble.
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Animals Encounters are 10:30 a.m. Saturdays

(some may include a hands-on segment).
Endangered species talks are 1:30 p.m. the
Third Wednesday of the month. Pre-K
Programs for ages 3-5 offered at 9 a.m.
Thursdays.
Today in Space lectures are 1 to 2 p.m. the
second Saturday of the month (Feb. 11).
Monthly Saturday workshops are 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. The Feb. 18 topic is Space.
Science Cafe round table discussions are 5:30
p.m. the last Thursday of the month; Teen
Science Cafe is 5 p.m. the second Wednesday
of the month.
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 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5
to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Ramble.
Closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free;
donations encouraged. Information: (575) 6474480 or museums.las-cruces.org.
NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. The 47acre museum chronicles the 3,000-year history
of agriculture and rural life in New Mexico.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5
for adults, $4 seniors 60 and older; $3 children
age 4-17; free for members, veterans and children age 3 and under. Information: (575) 5224100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
The annual Antique Treasures Show is noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. The Museums
preservation and collection programs are featured in this event, which is the only time of
the year that the Collection Storage Room is
open for tours. Visitors are encouraged to bring
their own antiques and heirlooms to learn
more about them and how to preserve them.
Regular museum admission applies.
The Flight of Some Weak Women:
Mescalero Apache Prisoners of War Escape the
Spanish, a 1799 Incident at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 9, as part of the museums Culture series.
Museum Director Mark Santiago will examine
the course and consequences of an incident in
1799 when a group of more than 50 Mescalero
women prisoners of war managed to break
free and escape before they could be sent
overseas. Admission to this presentation is free.
A Weaving for Children class is 9 a.m. to
noon Saturday, Feb. 4, for ages 5 and older.
Children and parents are invited to learn to
weave using a paper loom. Yarn and a loom
provided. Participation free with regular museum admission; no registration needed.
Crafts for Kids are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11, for all ages.
The Museum Rocks Gem & Mineral Show is
Feb. 18-19, with more than 60 vendors from
throughout the Southwest. There will be geolo-
gy discussions and door prizes, as well as childrens activities and food and beverages for
sale. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7 age 5
and older; includes admission to museum.
The 18th annual Cowboy Days are 9 a.m. to
March 4-5. The event offers two days of two
days of cowboy demonstrations, chuckwagon
cooking, activities for the children, cowboy
music, stagecoach and pony rides, gunfight
reenactments and more. Admission: $5.
NMSU Art Gallery D.W. Williams Art
Center, 1390 E. University Ave. Hours are 10

a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Admission is free. Designated gallery parking
free on weekends and after 5 p.m. on weekdays. Information: (575) 646-2545 or
uag.nmsu.edu.
Showing through Feb. 9: Impermanent
Topography, works by 11 NMSU Department
of Art faculty and staff members, addressing the
social, political, geographical, and cultural landscapes that comprise the ever-shifting understandings of contemporary life.
A Space Harmonic intermedia performance
by Wes Kline is 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 8, in conjunction with the display, Varied
Choreographies (desert, dialogue, debris).
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/.
Also
Deming Luna Mimbres Museum 301

S. Silver, Deming, N.M. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 546-2382, 1-800-8484955 or lunacountyhistoricalsociety.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. Admission: $5 ($2.50 students 6 to 18; free for ages 5 and younger).
Family rates: $15. Information: (575) 894-6600
or geronimospringsmuseum.com.
Hubbard Museum of the American

West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Showing

through March 18: The Horsemans Tools.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through
Monday. Admission: $7 ($5 for seniors, military;
$2 children 6-16; free for children 5 and
younger and members). Information: (575)
378-4142 or hubbardmuseum.org.
Museum of the Big Bend Sul Ross
State University (Entrance 3), Hwy 90 in

Alpine, Texas. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is free. Information: (432)
837-8143 or museumofthebigbend.com.
Showing through March 26: A Feeling of
Humanity: Western Art from the Ken Ratner

Collection. The exhibition will feature 70
works by both contemporary artists along with
works by early 20th century painters. including
New Mexico Museum of Space

History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The
museum features the International Space Hall

of Fame and the Tombaugh IMAX Dome
Theater and Planetarium. Space center hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $6 ($5
for seniors and military, $4 ages 4-12, children
3 and younger free). Information: (877) 3336589, (575) 437-2840 or nmspacemuseum.org.
New Mexico Museum of Space History Day
is 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 1. All
New Mexico residents admitted free that day.
The Launch Pad Lecture Series is 9 to 11 a.m.
the first Friday of each month. The Feb. 3 lecture is Around the World Times Three: The
Flight of Friendship 7 taking a closer look at
John Glenns famous mission with Museum
Education Specialist Michael Shinabery.
Admission is free; coffee and donuts provided.
The March 3 lecture will be Say Cheese:
The First Photo From Space with Museum
Executive Director Chris Orwoll.
Southwest Chapter of Railway &

Locomotive Historical Society The
society meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at

Las Cruces, New Mexico Railroad Depot and
Museum, 351 N. Mesilla in Las Cruces. This
months program is Railroad Depots of the
Southwest. Dinner and program: $10, RSVP
by Feb. 6 at 540-9660.
El Paso Genealogical Society The
society meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at All

Saints Episcopal Church, 3500 McRae. Program
is Tidbits on Helping Your Family Become
Interested in Its Family History. Visitors welcome. Information: 591-2326.
Harvey Girls of El Paso The Harvey
Girls of El Paso Texas meets at 2 p.m. the

Monday, Feb. 13, at Union Depot Passenger
Station, 700 San Francisco. The program is
Keeping the Legacy of Fred Harvey and the
Harvey Girls Alive at the Union Passenger
Station Depot. Visitors welcome. Harvey
Girls are available to present program
Harvey Girls are available to present programs to other organizations; call for details.
El Paso Corral of the Westerners

The monthly dinner program is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 17, at Country Inn and Suites, 900
Sunland Park Dr. Program is The Great
Western - Sarah Bowman, presented by
Patricia Franklin. Cost: $20. Visitors welcome,
but RSVP needed by Feb. 13: 759-9538.
El Paso Archaeological Society The
societys monthly meeting is 2 p.m. Saturday,

Feb. 18, at El Paso Museum of Archaeology,
4301 Transmountain. Dr. David Kirkpatrick, an
associate director and principal investigator
with Human Systems Research, Inc., will speak
on the Archaeology of the Lincoln County
War of the 1870s. Admission is free; the public is invited. Information: 449-9075 or
epas.com.
Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society

and Haunted History The nonprofit
organization offers a variety of ghost tours.

Age 13 and older welcome, unless otherwise
listed. All children must be accompanied by an
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See Film Scene for the IMAX schedule.

Combo tickets available (included museum
entrance and one IMAX ticket): $12 ($10 seniors and military, $8 children.
Sacramento Mountains Historical

Museum U.S. 82 across from the
Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M.

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.
Silver City Museum 312 W. Broadway,
Silver City. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the
first Friday of the month. Admission: $3.
Information: (575) 538-5921 or silvercitymuseum.org. Showing through April: Stories of
Southwestern New Mexico Women.
Toy Train Depot Alameda Park, 1991
N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. Hours are

noon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Admission: $4. Information: (575) 437-2855.\
adult age 21 or older. Information/reservations:

274-9531 or help@ghosts915.com.
San Elizario Ghost Tour is 10 p.m. to midnight, Friday, Feb. 3, at the Golden Eagle
Gallery, 1501 Main in San Elizario. Tickets: $15.
Concordia Cemetery Ghost Tours are 9 to
11 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 4 and 11, at the cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell. Meet at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15.
The Society will host Exposed:
A Titillating Exhibit of El Paso's Brothel
History at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb.
17-18, at the Wigwam Museum, 110 E. San
Antonio. The free event includes vendors,
entertainment, music, poetry, and film in addition to the featured artists exhibit on display in
the Ghosts915 Gallery. Haunted Brothel Tours
follow 9 to 11 p.m. both nights. Cost: $15,
adults only. A tour also will be offered at 9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25.
Los Portales Museum and Visitor

Center 1521 San Elizario Road. The museum 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.
Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is
free. Information: 851-1682.
San Elizario Veterans Museum and

Memorial Walk The museum, operated
and managed by the non-profit San Elizario

Veterans Committee of the San Elizario
Genealogy and Historical Society, is at 1501-B
Main Street in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: Ann Lara, 3453741 or Ray Borrego, 383-8529.
Fort Selden State Monument The
monument, 1280 Fort Selden Road 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 residents is $1. Information: (575)
526-8911 or nmmonuments.org.
February 2017
Framers bring decades of

experience to EP art scene
hen it comes to selecting the perfect frame to complement their

art, customers in West El Paso
and across the city are fortunate to have
the option of choosing among the unique
talents of three industry veterans: Rudy
Corral at Frames by Rudy, Joe Paredes
of The Art and Framing Gallery and
Doug Anthony Woloschek of Art
Masters, whose combined experience in
the business of picture framing totals more
than three quarters of a century.
El Paso area native Rudy Corral relates
that his interest in framing began during
his senior year at Gadsden High School
some 28 years ago.
My shop teacher asked me to cut down
a frame for him. I did so, and his praise for
what I considered to be an easy task made
me aware that I had a talent for working
with wood. Corral took on his first official job as a framer at age 18 after graduation, working part time for Canutillo artist
Carol Ann Peters.
In 1992, Corral moved on to a full-time
position as a framer for Studio W gallery
owner Wayne Usrey, working at the
gallerys initial location on Doniphan
Drive and Thorn.
I went along when Wayne moved to
Placita Santa Fe, and worked as his framer
there until he closed his gallery in 2001.
Over the course of time, I had traded some
work for framing equipment and supplies
so I owned much of what I needed to set
up my own business. In 2002 when space
again became available at Placita Santa Fe,
5024 Doniphan, Corral decided he would
take a chance on opening his own frame
shop, and Frames By Rudy has been at the
location ever since.
Although he offers customers the option
to choose their frames from a wide selection of prefinished molding, in recent
years, Corral has become better known for
his hand-built contemporary frames.
I create these by blending several profiles, and then finish them in a dark chocolate brown or a shiny black.
As a testimony to their popularity, artist
Tom Darrah comes down from Santa Fe
just to purchase his frames from Corral.
When asked about unusual objects he has
framed, Corral shares that in the past he
has framed a suede jacket and fedora hat
that belonged to blues musician B. B. King
and a pair of paint-covered jeans worn by
Navajo artist R. C. Gorman.
Probably the most memorable item I
was asked to frame was an original sketch
by Salvador Dali valued at $80,000. This
one required full archival treatment. I just
took the measurements, and when the
frame was ready, I had the artwork brought
back in for the final framing.
Although Corral frames primarily for
walk-in clients, commercial customers
have included the Border Patrol and home
builders such as Winton Homes, Willis
Homes and Bellas Homes. My specialty
for Bellas is custom framed bathroom mirrors. Each of them is unique in that it complements the colors and metals of the bathroom fixtures.
On one occasion Corral had thoughts of
changing to another line of work. He
passed the physical and academic tests for
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the Border Patrol and was accepted for

further training as an agent, but in the end
he decided that he was happiest remaining
in El Paso and serving his loyal clients.
Despite being born in Los Angles, Joe
Paredes also qualifies as an El Paso
native, having come to the Sun City at age
five. After graduating from Canutillo High
School in 1982, he learned his woodworking skills in the Job Corps. By age 21 he
began working for a frame shop in East El
Paso. A year later he moved to the West
Side, where he did framing for Almost
Originals and later with Larry Green at Art
Works in Placita Santa Fe.
In November 1992, Paredes took the
plunge and opened his own shop, Art and
Framing Gallery, 6519 N. Mesa, which
celebrates its 25th anniversary this coming
November.
It was a scary decision to start my own
business, but it must have been the right
thing to do. During the past quarter-century, I have seen framers and galleries come
and go, but Im still here.
In his early years, Paredes specialized in
framing for the print market. As the interest in that began to wane, he added a small
gallery area featuring the work of local
artists such as Daniel Padilla, Francisco
Romero, Willie Cabrera and Hector
Bernal. He also staged shows several times
a year in order to help them showcase and
sell their art.
Paredes emphasizes that the personal
relationships he builds with his clientele is
the asset that keeps them coming back.
Paredes does the majority of the framing
himself, but his 25-year-old son, Joe Jr.,
sometimes lends a hand during in the
busiest times.
Some unusual items he has been asked to
frame include boxing gloves and the
masks from local celebrity wrestlers. He
also framed a piece of concrete from the
breakup of the Berlin Wall.
Paredes wants to return to doing more
special mat cuts and painting extensions of
the image onto the mats. He also has major
plans to promote local artists through a
new series of exhibitions. We have some
excellent artists here, but they need more
opportunity to show their work.
As the first installment of this promise,
watch for a special exhibition entitled El
Paso del Artistas which will be held
March 3-4 at Art & Framing. The event
will be a joint celebration of the work of
four established artists and four emerging
artists from El Paso and Jurez.
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Doug Anthony Woloschek was born in

Wisconsin and came to El Paso by way of
Phoenix. As part of his sales team in
Phoenix, Doug often visited El Paso.
Eventually falling in love with the
Hispanic culture and the friendly people,
he relocated here and in the summer of
1995 opened up a frame shop and retail
business. Art Masters at 6501 N. Mesa has
now been a major presence in the Westside
world of art and framing for over 20 years.
Doug, who does hands-on work about six
hours a day, has a staff of seven at the shop.
Beginning as a little frame shop who
primarily serviced the builders, we eventually evolved into a high production operation, Doug said. We do the framing for
all of the hospitals Childrens,
Providence and UMC. In order to do this,
we stock over 300 frames, more than
1,000 mats and about 1,000 feet of prefinished molding. Having this inventory to
choose from, we are able to turn client
orders around in about a day and a half.
We have also built a reputation in El Paso
... since we do all the framing for the Tom
Lea Institute and the El Paso Museum of
Art.
Although 80 percent of our work is
commercial, we do a lot of walk-in traffic
as well because we are able to handle most
framing requests quickly. My policy is that
if I dont do it in the time promised, the
framing job is free.
Unusual items that Art Masters has
framed include Olympic medals, a medal
of honor, military items and confidential
material for the U.S. government.
Once we were also asked to frame an
original Picasso print of Don Quixote, and
the original deed for an area ranch signed
over by FDR, he said.
We try to keep up on the latest innovations in framing by attending the Picture
Framers convention in Las Vegas. Seeing
the benefits offered, we recently purchased
an electronic mat cutter which makes
major cut outs in minutes, does cursive
writing, and a fascinating variety of other
tasks. Technology has definitely changed
the art of framing.
Sunland Art Gallery
The El Paso art community will bid

farewell to a local icon when the Sunland
Art Gallery closes its doors at Placita
Santa Fe Feb. 1. Corinne Abeyta-Spinler,
who was instrumental in starting El Pasos
first co-op gallery and has been with it
since its inception, said The gallery has
been a community asset for the past 22
years, and I believe it will be sorely
missed. Nearly all the greats and soon-tobe greats first showed their work with us
making it a wonderful tool for the emerging artists as well as those who were
already well established.
The gallery began after Sunland Park
Mall hosted the El Paso Art Associations
1993 Arts International Exhibition. The
success of the exhibition prompted the
idea of the co-op gallery.
Spinnler, who was president of the El
Paso Art Association at the time, later took
over as the first director of Sunland Art
Gallery assisted by two local artists, Helen
Hale and Jeanne Weitz, who served as
managers.
Keeping up with the mandatory mall
hours (9 am to 9 pm) was one of our
biggest challenges. However, hard work
and dedication on the part of the co-op
members made it a success, and we stayed
at the mall location for 19 years. The
gallery closed its mall location in the
spring of 2013, reopening a bit later at its
present location in Placita Santa Fe.
Im not certain Placita was a good location just not enough traffic, and it has
also been very difficult to get artists who
were committed to participating in the coop agreement, Spinner said. The closing
is bittersweet, and there is a bit of irony in
the fact that our lease to start our gallery at
the mall began on Feb. l, l994, and now
the Sunland Gallery will close exactly 22
years to date of its first opening.
In addition to thanking those who supported the gallery, Spinnler added, I personally want to thank my sister Cil Abeyta
(the current gallery director) who joined us
when she retired. Thank you Cil, we
would have not made it without you!
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer

specializing in the visual arts.
Agave Rosa Gallery 905 Noble (next to

the International Museum of Art). Hours are 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Art Auction 2017 Donations are being
taken through Feb. 24 for KCOS-TV public

televisions annual on-air juried art competition
and fundraising auction set for 5 to 9 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, April 22-23 and April
29-30. Juried categories include Local Flavor,
Figurative, Still Life and Landscapes,
Photography, and Contemporary and Mixed
Media, as well as one non-juried category.
Area artists of all mediums are invited to submit up to two entries each. Local galleries are
also invited to submit work from the artists
they represent. Information: 594-5345, or
kcostv.org/artauction.
Local artists have the opportunity to display
their best art work while giving viewers the
chance to bid and win their favorite pieces. The
winner of each category can win a $100 prize
($500 best in show overall), including a nonjuried category that features Early El Paso
artists and other donations.
All funds raised will go toward the awardwinning programming from KCOS, El Paso and
Southern New Mexicos local PBS station.
Art Avenue Gallery The gallery space is

at 1618 Texas, Suite E. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, or by appointment Monday and Saturday. Information: 2134318 or theartave.com.
Ballroom Marfa 108 E. San Antonio

Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Information: (432)
729-3700, ballroommarfa.org, Facebook or artspace.com.
Showing through Feb. 19: This is
Presence, newly commissioned work from
artist collective AFI 2016, The Institute for
New Feeling with Arturo Bandini. The first of
two commissions is the 17-minute video, This
is Presence, which replicates the endless linking actions of web users as they search for
answers on the internet. As part of the AFI
program, it will be screened at the 14 other
participating institutions. Ballroom Marfa will, in
turn, screen short videos from artists selected
by these other institutions.
Showing March 10-Aug. 6: Strange
Attractor, a multidisciplinary exhibition that
explores ideas of networks, environmental
events, technology, and sound. Organized by
emerging curator and musician Gryphon Rue,
the term strange attractor describes the
inherent order embedded in chaos, perceivable
in harmonious yet unpredictable patterns.
Bert Saldana Art Gallery The gallery
featuring Southwestern Art is at 1501 Main

Street in the San Elizario Arts District. Hours
are 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: 479-2926 or bertsaldana.com.
Chamizal galleries Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Franklin G. Smith

Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday; weekends by request.
Admission is free. Information: 532-7273 or
nps.gov/cham/.
Opening reception is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Thursday, Feb. 23 for Collective photographic exhibition Photowalk El Paso 2016 in the
Franklin Smith Gallery. More than 170 photographers from El Paso, Canutillo, Las Cruces,
Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Chihuahua and
Jurez participated in the 9th annual
Worldwide Photowalk Global Edition event
in El Paso. Having the Historic District Area
and the Arts District as a background, 46 pictures were selected to show the regional architecture, the people of both sides of the border
as well as historical sites of the area.
The Chamizal also features exhibits celebrating the story of the Chamizal, including the
1963 treaty settling the land dispute between
the United States and Mexico.
Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas.
Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati

Foundation houses one of the worlds largest
collections of permanently installed contemporary art. The collection is open for guided tours
throughout the year at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Grounds close at
5 p.m. Admission is $10 ($5 for students, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 students).
Information: (432) 729-4362 or chinati.org.
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, office@elpasoartassociation.com,
CrosslandArtGallery.com, or on Facebook.
The exhibit con.FIGURE.ation.three, works
based on the human form or portrait, runs
through Feb. 18.
Opening reception is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb.
24, for the Ysleta Independent School District
EPAA Scholarship Art Exhibit. The show runs
through March 25. Sponsored by the
Huthsteiner Fine Arts Trust.
The associations general meeting is 2 to 4
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. The meeting is free and
open to the public.
Spring Art Classes with artist Ron Fritsch
include watercolor and acrylic/oil for beginners
through advanced are Saturdays, Feb. 18-April
22. No class March 11 or April 8. Cost is $140
for the program. Register at elpasoartassociation.com or call 534-7377.
Dozal Art Gallery The gallery of artist
Robert Dozal is at 1445 Main Street in the San

Elizario Art District. Hours are noon to 5 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday, or by appointment. Information: 777-5237.
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 unless noted otherwise.
elpasoartmuseum.org.
Showing Jan. 28-April 16: The Harmon
and Harriet Kelley Collection of AfricanAmerican Art: Works on Paper.
Showing through March 5: Eldridge
Hardie: Art of a Life in Sport, featuring 20 oil
on canvas and watercolor paintings as well as
drawings selected from the long career of the
acclaimed artist.
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Showing through May 14: The Archangels

Michael and Raphael, focusing on the
archangels with the highest popularity in 19thcentury Mexican retablo art.
Showing through June 4: Process and
Poetry: The Graphics of Kim and Therese
Bauer. The husband and wife have devoted
their professions to the graphic arts, Kim to
printmaking and Terri to drawing.
Showing through June 11: Female
Portraits: A Connection Between Artists and
Models in the Tom Lea Gallery.
Eclectic in nature and created over a period
of 30 months, the drawings depict wild animals,
landscapes, studies of the human anatomy, scientific formulas, representations of classical art
and even family photographs.
Also showing is Celebrating Picasso:
Photographs by David Douglas Duncan from
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Posting
Picasso from the Permanent Collection,
Sponsored by Travis and Annabelle Johnson.
The free monthly Texas Tech Architecture
Film series features Lost Paradise: The
Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18, in the auditorium. The current series focused on films about architects
and architecture.
Family workshops are 1 to 4 p.m. on the
selected Saturdays.
The museums permanent collections include
the Kress Collection of European works from
the 14th through the 18th centuries; the
American Collection of art of the 19th and 20th
centuries; the Spanish Viceroyal Collection and
Mexican Folk Retablos, art from the 17th
through the 19th centuries; Works on Paper
Collection from the 16th through the 20th centuries; Contemporary Collection, emphasizing
Southwestern and Mexican artists; and the
Tom Lea Gallery, featuring works by El Pasos
best-known artists and other regional artists.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and

Gift Shop Award-winning impressionist
and El Paso Hall of Fame artist Alberto

Escamillas studio is at 1445 Main Street in San
Elizario. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, and 12:30 to
4:30 p.m. Sunday and by appointment.
Information: 851-0742 or 474-1800, or albertoescamilla.com.
The gallery will take part in the Valentines
Weekend Celebration is 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday,
and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11-12, with
wine, and appetizers. All galleries in the area
will participate.
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon.
The gallery specializes in local and early El Paso

art. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday; noon to 7 p.m.
Thursday or by appointment.
Information: 533-9090 or halmarcus.com.
Showing Feb. 2-17: Miniatures: Private
Conversations, in collaboration with El Paso
ISD. The exhibit will allow for meaningful
research on the topic of scale as it impacts the
intimate space and dialogue between the viewer and the artwork.
Opening reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 2; artists will be present to discuss their
work. The exhibit ARTtalk is 6 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16.
The gallery, established in 1996, is owned
and operated by local artist Hal Marcus and his
wife, Patricia Medici, and managed by Ruben
Vasquez.
Marcuss home and studio, located across the
street, are available for personal tours.
February 2017
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 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Free guided tours available on a walk-in basis. Admission is free.
Information: 543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
Showing Feb. 9-27: The 2017 EPISD Faculty
and Staff Art Exhibit. Opening reception is 6 to
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9.
La Galeria de la Mison de Senec
The Ysleta Independent School Districts gallery

is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
Information: 434-9703 or 434-9711.
Showing Feb. 1-24 is the Black History
Month Exhibit. Awards presentation is 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. Feb. 16.
Pastel Society of El Paso The societys
next meeting is 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the

International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana.
Dorian Clouser will give a program on Secrets
of Composition, based on a book by Barbara
Nuss. She will explain classical compositional
formulas, using examples from her sketchbook
and original art work. Artists will be able to
work along during the presentation, so they are
asked to bring a sketchbook or drawing paper,
11 x 14, tracing paper, pencil and sharpener,
eraser, ruler, and several photos of a variety of
subject matter. Open to artists in all mediums.
The program is free and open to the public.
Rio Bravo Watercolorists The groups

monthly meeting is 11:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 15, at Radisson Hotel, 1770 Airway.
Guest presenter is Glenn Trittenbach, who has
been working in oils for the past three years.
The public is invited, but lunch reservations are
$15, and should be made by Feb. 12 to Connie
Weaver, 490-3978 or jaxgirl998@aol.com.
Trittenbach, a self-taught artist, uses a technique for layering sky and cloud formations to
achieve a realistic effect. His painting
Oklahoma was selected for the cover of the
2017 El Paso Art Association Yearbook.
Sunday. Information: 474-1800 or 851-0093.

A Valentines Weekend Celebration is 4 to 8
p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
11-12.
To get there, take Loop 375 South from I-10,
exit Socorro Rd., then drive 7 miles east to
Main Street.
Featured gallery artists include Albert
Escamilla, Robert Dozal, Rob Mack, Bert
Saldaa Amado Pena Jr. and Arturo Avalos.
Sol Goddess Designs Art Gallery &

Studio Open by appointment at 6421
Cloudview. Painting parties are the second

Thursday of every month. Information, painting
party reservations: Deana Hicks, 241-8808,
deanahicks2@elp.rr.com or
elpasorealtyplus.com.
Soldier Art Workshop Program El
Paso Art Associations collaborative project

designed to address soldier and family anxiety
and stress issues resulting from deployment.

Artists volunteer their expertise to teach art to
soldiers as they transition to normal military
and family life after deployment. Sponsors, volunteers, and other interested artists to support
this important program for soldiers and their
families are welcome. Information: John
Robbins, 309-1891, Gary Crossland, 534-7377,
ElPasoArtAssociation.com or
CrosslandArtGallery.com.
Star City Studio The music studio and

gallery is at 120 W. Castellano. Information:
starcitystudioproductions.com or on Facebook.
A Double Delight Two-Day Art Retreat with
Sandra Duran Wilson, Feb. 17-18, based on
painting with transparent layers. Cost: $325.
skwduran@msn.com.
Marie Otero Salon
Please see Page 30
& Florence Street Gallery
1015 N. Florence
at Arizona
2 blocks north
of Montana
588-4247By Apppointment
Where hair, makeup

& art come together
Hair & Makeup by Marie
Marie Otero has over 30 years of salon experience

and is a frequent fashion consultant
for local film and television productions
Rubin Center UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald

Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is off Dawson
Drive next to the Sun Bowl. Hours are 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (open until 7
p.m. Thursday) and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Information: 747-6151, rubincenter.utep.edu or
on Facebook at RubinCenter.
Showing through Feb. 3:
Zeke Pea: Reclaim, in the atrium.
Rubin Center Atrium
Community Through Action: Site, in the
Project Space.
Showing through April 22: Theresa
Margolles: We Have A Common Thread and
Tangential Intimacies in the Center Gallery.
We Have a Common Thread expands on
Margolles long exploration of violence through
a series of new works involving the participation of artist-embroiderers from Panama,
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico, and the
United States, all of whom share her concerns
about violence, particularly against women.
Tangential Intimacies is inspired by an allfemale solo series presented by locally based
Honeyguide gallery.
Showing Feb. 16-June 16: Desconocida
Unknown Ukjent in the Atrium.
San Elizario Art District Several galleries and artist studios are located 1445 to
1501 Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza. 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m.
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The Ho Show Local sculptor Ho Barons
surreal sculpture garden at 2830 Aurora (at

Piedras), is visible from the street, featuring
several of his large-scale works. Barons works
are also on display at the El Paso Public Library
and El Paso Museum of Art. Information: 5627820 or hobaron.com.
UTEP Union Gallery Second floor,
UTEP Union East. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4

p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
Information: 747-5711 or utep.edu/union.

Showing Feb. 20-March 10: Los Colores
de la Paloma, solo exhibition by UTEP art history major Paloma Vianey, featuring her collection of creative naturalism. Vianey spent the
summer of 2016 as an intern at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
She was one of eight students selected, and the
only one from a public university, for the Met
Cloisters Summer Internship.
Exhibit launch is 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb.
20.
Westside Art Guild The guild meets at

10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at Polly Harris
Senior Center, 640 Wallenberg. Guest speaker
is well-known regional multi-media artist C.
Manny Guerra, who will demonstrate how to
create an oil portrait. The public is welcome;
admission is free. New members always welcome; annual dues are $20. Information: Linda
Parsons, 549-2950 or
lindachochrek@yahoo.com.
Guerra is a longstanding member of the El
Paso Art Association who works in pencils,
charcoal, pastels, acrylics, oils and watercolors.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
For the Love of Art month February

is For the Love of Arts Month in Las Cruces,
celebrating the citys various performing and
visual arts. The month, sponsored by ArtForms,
is highlighted by several special studio tours,
exhibits and performances. Information: artformsnm.org.
See various gallery listings for event details.
Aa Studio 2645 Doa Ana Road (Calle de
Oro). The gallery features emerging artists as
well as the multimedia work by gallery owner
Roy van der Aa. The gallery is open the second
weekend of the month (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4-5,
and Feb. 11-12), or by appointment.
Information: (575) 520-8752.
Reception for Aas non-objective mixed
media is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10.
Amazing Fractal Works by the Mesilla
Valley Fractal Artists are featured Feb. 1-28 at

Funky Karma Incense and Tea Shop, 3207 S.
Main. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Reception is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
11. Information: (575) 933-9797.
ArtForms Members Exhibit Showing

Feb. 3-28, at MAS Art Frame & Art Supplies,
126 N. Main in Las Cruces, as part of For the
Love of Art Month. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday. Reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 3. Information: (575) 526-9113.
ArtForms Studio Tour The Las
Cruces-based ArtForms Artist Association of

New Mexico presents its annual Studio Tour 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 4-5, Feb. 11-12, Feb. 18-19,
and Feb. 25-26: in celebration of For the
Love of Art Month. The tour features area
artists at Las Cruces galleries and studios, many
not normally available to the public. Go to artformsnm.org for list of participating galleries
and studios, and which will be open on which
weekends.
Blue Gate Gallery The gallery owned by
Flo Hosa Dougherty is at 4901 Chagar, at

Valley and Taylor in Las Cruces. Hours are 2 to
4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
Information: (575) 523-2950 or bluegateflodoc@aol.com.
Studio tours are the second and third weekends (Feb. 11-12 and Feb. 18-19). Dougherty
will feature a closeout sale of original illustrations used in the book, The Man Who Set The
Town Dancing, about Jose Tenas folklorico
dance group.
Works pertaining to music and dance will be
shown through March.
Design & Create Workshops The

new monthly program for adults is 2 p.m. the
second Wednesday of each month (Feb. 8,
March 8) at Branigan Librarys Roadrunner
Room, 200 E. Picacho, in Las Cruces.
Information, registration: (575) 528-4005 or
library.reference@las-cruces.org.
Downtown Ramble The City of Las
Cruces hosts an evening of music and art 5 to

7 p.m. the first Friday of the month at art venues of in a seven-block stretch of Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Information: (575) 647-0508.
El Jardin de Las Cruces Art Gallery

4010 N. Valley, featuring Southwest Mexican
Folk Art by David Jacquez. A Mixed media
reception is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10.
Information: (575) 649-6556.
From The Ground Up XXVIII call to
artists Submissions are being taken
through April 21 for the regional juried

ceramics exhibition Aug. 4-Oct. 21 at the Las
Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main. Open to
artists living and working New Mexico, Texas,
Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and
Montana. Information: (575) 541-2137.
Artists may submit works completed within
the past 3 years. Submission fee for up to four
entries is $35, payable to Potters Guild of Las
Cruces. Mail entry form and submission fee to
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Attn: From the
Ground Up, PO Box 20000, Las Cruces, N.M.
88001.
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Las Cruces Museum of Art 491 N.
Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 10 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Thursday), 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5
to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Ramble.
Closed Sunday and Monday. Information: (575)
541-2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Showing Feb. 3-March 25: ReTooled:
Highlights from the Hechinger Collection.
Featuring more than 40 works by 28 artists,
ReTooled celebrates the prevalence of tools
with art that transforms utilitarian objects into
fanciful works that speak of humor and beauty.
Artists represented in the exhibition include
Red Grooms, Jacob Lawrence, Berenice
Abbott, Jim Dine, and Las Cruces artist Stephen
Hansen, among others. Opening reception is 5
to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.
The informal interdisciplinary based
Artrageous workshops are 10 a.m. to noon
Saturdays in the atrium between the Museum
of Art and Museum of Nature and Science.
Reading Art Book Club meets at 2:30 p.m.
the second Wednesday or every month. Book
club meetings are free and open to the public.
Spring 2017 Studio Program Art Classes are
offered for children, teens, and adults. Session
One is Jan. 25-March 4; and Session Two is
March 22-April 29.
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. daily. The gallery features more than
30 artists in various media. New works displayed every three months. Information: (575)
522-2933 or mesillavalleyfinearts.com.
Showing in February as part of For the Love
of Art Month is the annual My Masterpiece
exhibit, and homage by area artists to their
own favorite artists. Reception is 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4.
Mesquite Art Gallery 340 N. Mesquite,

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 mesquiteartgallery.com.
Perspectives The photography exhibit

runs Feb. 3-March 19, at Las Cruces
Community Theatre, 313 N. Main, as part of
For the Love of Art Month. Features are
prints, photos, drawings and paintings.
Information: lcctnm.org. or we-ad.org/artists.
Progress Club Art Inspirations Las
Cruces GFWC Progress Clubs For the Love of

Art Month exhibit runs Feb. 1-28, at the
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E.
Picacho in Las Cruces during regular library
hours. Opening reception is 5 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 1. Information: (575) 5284000.
Rio Grande Theatre 211 Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Information: (575)
523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com. Showing in
February at the El Paso Electric Gallery as part
of For the Love of Art Month: The annual
ArtForms Member Show. ArtForms Artists
Association of New Mexico. Artists showing
their work at the El Paso Electric Gallery
include Milette Lamphere and Ruth Drayer.
Opening receptions are 5 to 7 p.m. the first
Friday of the month (Feb. 3).
Spring 2017 Studio Program Art

Classes Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N
Main, offers art classes for children, teens, and

adults. Session One is Jan. 25-March 4; and
Session Two is March 22-April 29.
Registration is at the Museum of Nature and
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Local: A triple rockabilly threat

kicks off the month
An unlikely venue usually known more for

burgers, steaks and seafood is adding something very different to the menu Feb. 7. This
is the when The Original Great American
Land & Cattle Co. will have a special treat
with your meal. The evening will start with
the Delta Bombers who will take that rockabilly vein and shoot it up with a jolt of 50s
rock and a smattering of blues. Next to take
the stage is The Brains, who crank it up to
eleven with their brand of horror psychobilly/punk played at breakneck speed with constant thumping standup bass slapping that is
sure to kick-start your metabolism, so feast
away. The evening concludes with the
Legendary Shack Shakers whose brand of
rockabilly/psychobilly and cowpunk puts
them at the top of their field. These guys fuse
together just enough rowdy blues with their
Nashville drawl to distinguish them from the
pack. Mark your calendars for the first
Tuesday in February because there is sure to
be more than just steaks sizzling at 7600
Alabama Street: There is gonna be some
good ol fashion rockabilly fun.
National: Enuff ZNuff, Clowns

Lounge, Frontiers Music SRL
Apparently Enuff Z Nuff is not only my

guilty pleasure, but also means a great deal
to Frontiers Music SRL, an Italian label that
specializes in melodic rock. The company
just signed the band and scored quite the
coup when it comes to Enuff Z Nuff hidden
gems. Clowns Lounge is being touted as
their newest effort, but in a strange marketing strategy they have made it no secret that
the album is odds and sods from their
archive well sort of. Early demos have
been partially reworked and re-recorded by
the new incarnation of the band. It even features a guest appearance from the late Jani
Lane of Warrant, as well as James Young of
Styx, but most importantly it features original vocalist Donnie Vie who left the band in
2013. It is more reminiscent of their late 80s
and early 90s sound with the formula leaning a little more on hair metal than on glam
pop, which was later reversed in the new
millennium. Clowns Lounge is a fantastic
trip back and if this kind of material is buried
in some vault, I for one say keep on digging.
Sponge, The Beer Sessions,

Three One Three Records
When the wait for your most coveted groups

to put out new material seems to be getting
increasingly long, usually the explanation is
simple: You and your favorites are getting
old, or they are pulling a Guns n Roses. In
this case it happens to be the first of those
reasons as the man behind Sponge, Vinnie
Dombrowski, passed the half-century mark
some time ago, but the group seems to get
better with age like a fine wine. The last disc
came out three years ago, and it was fantastic. But with their latest, The Beer
Sessions, they have somehow turned the
clock all the way back to the beginning, perhaps even surpassing the brilliance of their
debut. The selections run the gamut from
their signature formula of classic rock and
70s glam, to their hometown influences of
the Stooges, and dashes of radio friendly
pop. Then there is an 80s-inspired cut,
Lead, which would make Molly Ringwald
rethink her happy-go-lucky dance. The disc
concludes with the acoustic ballad Broken,
which one can only hope the band isnt
because with an album like this, time waits
for no one and another new set is needed
immediately.
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Science, 411 N. Main. Students must register in

person 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through
Saturdays. Deadline is one week before classes
start. Information: (575)541-2137.
Various class options include beginning and
intermediate ceramics, drawing portraits, still
life painting, and art exploration! Classes are
offered to all levels of artists. Full schedule at
museums.las-cruces.org.
The Gallery at Big Picture 311 N.
Sting, 57th and 9th, A&M/

Interscope Records
He started out in a reggae-infused, somewhat

punk pop rock band about 40 years ago, and
turned into a jazz-injected, at times classicalinspired, vocalist, and for two-thirds of that
time he has been doing it alone. On his solo
voyage Sting detoured from his rock roots
and has had some trouble finding his way
back until now. Many are saying it has been
13 years since we heard him embrace the
genre, but I would beg to say it has been
closer to two decades. Either way the journey back has taken far too long. The new
disc is 57th and 9th, and it kicks off with
I Cant Stop Thinking About You, which
could easily have been ripped out of The
Police songbook during their most fertile
years. It is followed by 50,000, a song
deep in reflection written the week of
Princes death, and deals with the memory of
famous musician friends who died in 2016,
from Prince to David Bowie to Glenn Frey
and Lemmy. We move through a couple of
mid-tempo tunes and then its on to Petrol
Head, an anthem that has him shouting
about a truck driver obsessed with sex and
religion. The 57th and 9th finishes up on a
slower street, but it doesnt diminish how
great it was to hear Sting rock once again.
Collectibles: Tom Petty & The

Heartbreakers, Complete
Studio Albums, Ume Music
In 1989 Tom Petty dropped his backing

group the Heartbreakers and went solo,
although many of them played on the first
solo outing. The next album was a proper
reunion with the Heartbreakers, and since
then the musicians accompanying him on his
records have been old bandmates, superstar
colleagues and a few newcomers. The truth
is, Tom Petty is at his very best only when
accompanied by his tried-and-true
Heartbreakers. That is what is primarily
being celebrated with the release of two
companion vinyl box sets. Its been 40 years
since the bands debut and their entire output
is here except for the three detours. The initial set takes on just over a dozen years and
covers the first nine proper platters. The next
collection takes us all the way to their latest,
Hypnotic Eye. All the wax is pressed on
180 gram with replica artwork, and the
majority have been remastered specifically
for these packages. It was just announced
that the band may take their last major trek
across the globe for a 40th anniversary tour,
so what better way to prepare yourself than
the The Complete Studio Albums Vol 1 & 2.
Main Street, in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.

Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Information: (575) 647-0508.
Showing Feb. 3-28: ArtForms Founders
Exhibit. Reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.
Tombaugh Gallery First Unitarian
Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.

Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday. Information:
(575) 522-7281 or uuchurchlc.org.
Showing through Jan 27: Moons, Mandalas
and Meditations, work by Las Cruces artist
Corina Gabaldon.
Showing Feb. 5-26: Cloth, Paper and Ink,
a collection of artwork by Ouida Touchon and
Abby Osborne. The exhibit will focus on a rich
visual and tactile shared vision celebrating the
beauty of pattern and design.
Opening reception a is 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5; and closing reception is
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26; both
feature artist talks.
Tombaugh Gallery call for artists
The gallery at Unitarian Universalist Church of

Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano, seeks submissions
through April 1 for its 2018 exhibitions.
Submissions open to regional artists age 18 or
older within a 300-mile radius of Las Cruces.
Non traditional media or subject matter is welcome; all artwork must be for sale. Send submission to the Judy Licht, c/o Unitarian
Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.
Solano, Las Cruces 88001. Call for a full
prospectus. Information: (575) 522-7281 or
uuchurchlc.org/thetombaughartgallery.
Unsettled Gallery and Studio 905 N.
Mesquite, in Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, and by appointment.
Information: (575) 635-2285 or unsettledgallery@aol.com.
Showing through Feb. 4: Making Marks,
mixed media by C.C. Cunningham.
Also
Art Hop MainStreet Truth or
Consequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m.

the second Saturday of each month (Feb. 11,
March 11) in the downtown gallery district.
Information torcmainstreet.org.
Community Arts Party The City of
Socorro, N.M. will host its 20th annual arts

event featuring workshops for all ages 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in Finley Gym, 202
McCutcheon. Local artists and organizations
offer workshops on painting, tie-dye, clay, jewelry, candle dipping, beading, masks, leather
work and more. Wear old clothes. Volunteers
welcome. Admission is free. Information: (575)
835-5688 or nmtpas.org.
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 Saturday; open until 6
p.m. Thursdays. Admission is free. Information:
(575) 546-3663, demingarts.org or on
Facebook.
Showing Jan. 29-Feb. 24: Works by Deming
native, David Vega Chavez, and Ralph Roybal of
Santa Fe. Chavezs favorite mediums are
watercolor, acrylic and egg tempura, and he
enjoys painting the magic of the New Mexican
light from sultry summer days to the cold, barren landscapes of northern New Mexico winters. Roybals subject matter is based on 19th
century North American tribes and tribal leaders with such notables like Geronimo, Black
Hawk and Sitting Bull. Artist reception is 1 to 3
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29.
MRAC Gallery The Mimbres Region Arts
Council Gallery is in Wells Fargo Bank Building,

1201 Pope (at 12th) in Silver City. Open 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Information:
(575) 538-2505 or mimbresarts.org.
Showing through February: Convergence
of Borders and Minds, original photography by
FeVa Fotos photographers Sandy Feutz and
Tom Vaughan. The exhibit features photographs taken at the Border Convergence last
October in Nogales, Ariz. The Convergence
was sponsored by regional and national organizations and drew about 1,200 people in a
peaceful demonstration of concern for border
issues.
Opening reception is 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 31. Refreshments will be served.
Tree Spirit Gallery 206 N. Bullard,

Silver City. Featured artists: Jeremiah Cogan,
Deb Harclerode, Carolyn Cogan, Bonita
Barlow and Malika Crozier, plus Hopi crafts.
Information: (575) 956-6666 or cogancogan.com.
Keep an eye out for these new

and upcoming releases:
Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things

Grandaddy - Last Place
Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage And Joy
The Mavericks - Brand New Day
Old 97s Graveyard Whistling
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin

Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net.
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Cabaret UTEP Dinner Theatre in the
UTEP Student Union presents the Tony-winning musical Jan 27-Feb. 12. Show time is 7
p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Sunday dinner show is 1:30 p.m. Jan. 29; non-dinner matinees are Sunday 2:30 p.m. Feb. 5 and 12.
Tickets: $31.50 to $41.50 Wednesday,
Thursday and Sunday discount dinner performances; $34.50 to $46.50 (Friday and Saturday
dinner performances), and $17.50 to $27.50
no-dinner matinee performances. Information:
747-6060 or utep.edu/udt.
Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Club in
1931 Berlin, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles
and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly
to tantalize the crowdand to leave their
troubles outside.
Little Shop of Horrors Sun City
Musical Theatre, 3733 Shell Suite C (north of

Montana between Hawkins and McRae), presents the comic musical by Alan Menken and
Howard Ashman Jan. 27-Feb. 5. Showtimes
are 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $20
($15 children under 12). Information: suncitymusicaltheatre.com or on Facebook.
This horror comedy rock musical is about a
hapless floral shop worker who raises a plant
that feeds on human blood and flesh.
Out of Sterno No Strings Theatre
Company presents the Deborah Zoe Laufer

play Jan. 27-Feb. 12, at Black Box Theatre,
430 N. Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces.
Directed by Ceil Herman. Performances are 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Sundays Feb. 5 and 12; and at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 2. Tickets: $15 ($12 students and seniors
over 65; $10 all seats Thursday. Reservations:
(575) 523-1223.
A dotty heroine named Dotty tells us the
story of her life in a play combining qualities of
a fairy tale and tall tale with those of a wacky
comic strip adventure.
Purple Breasts: One Womans

Journey through Breast Cancer
American Southwest Theatre Company presents a fundraising performance by Lindstrom,

Symon, Markus, McMahon and Patersonz Jan.
27-28, at NMSUs Center for the Arts.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 7:30
p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $5-$17. Information:
(575) 646-4515 or nmsutheatre.com.
Told with humor and tenderness, the play
follows Zoes journey with her husband, family
and friends as she strives to find meaning and
hope in the face of a life-changing event.
One For the Girls American
Association of University Women hosts the

fundraising event 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at
The Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main in Las
Cruces, with performances by Remember
Then ... A Class Act, Micheles Dance
Academy, Las Cruces Chamber Ballet and
Showstoppers. Proceeds support programs and
scholarships for local women. Tickets: $20;
available at riograndetheatre.com.
Bye Bye Birdie auditions Sun City

Musical Theatre, 3733 Shell Suite C, hosts auditions for its spring musical at 7 p.m. Monday
and Tuesday, Jan. 30-31. Interested performers should bring a resume, photo and 16-32
bars of a song on an MP3 Device. No accom-
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panist will be available at this time. Auditions

include cold reading from the script and a
dance audition. Performers under age 18 must
have a parent or guardian signature on the
audition form. Information: suncitymusicaltheatre.com or on Facebook.
Performance dates are March 10-26;
Artistic director is Courtney Curtis.
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf Las
Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Main in

the Las Cruces Downtown Mall, presents the
Tony-winning Edward Albee play, through
Feb. 5. Directed by Patrick Payne.
Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $12 ($11 student,
senior, military, $9 children under 6; $10 per
person for groups of 10 or more; $5 student
rush tickets offered 15 before show time.
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
Playwright Octavio Solis UTEP
Department of Theatre and Dance hosts two

events featuring the award-winning playwright
and El Paso native Feb. 2-3 in the Fox Fine
Arts Studio Theatre (first floor). Admission is
free; seating is limited. Information: 747-6213.
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2: UTEP Assistant
Professor of Theatre Kim McKean will lead a
discussion with Solis on Life in the Theatre,
including El Pasos influence on his work, and
the magic in his plays.
6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3: A staged reading of
Solis play Lydia, which UTEP will produce in
March, followed by a question-and-answer session with Solis. Adult content.
The Women El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, presents the comedy by Clare

Boothe Luce Feb. 3-26. Showtimes are 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $11 ($9 seniors; $8 students and military). Information: 532-1317 or elpasoplayhouse.com.
A group of women struggle to play their
respective roles in an artificial society that consists of vain show, comedy, tragedy, hope and
disappointment.
Alice in Wonderland Kids-N-Co. presents an original adaptation written and directed

by John Robledo, based on the book by Lewis
Carroll Feb. 3-12, at First Presbyterian
Church, 1340 Murchison. Performances are
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets: $7 ($5 children, students,
senior citizens, military), available at the door.
Information: 274-8797 or on Facebook at El
Paso Kids-n-Co.
Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey
Impact|Programs of Excellence presents

Lightwire Theaters cosmic adventure for all
ages about celebrating differences at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4, at Lee Ross Capshaw Fine
Arts Center in Coronado High School, 100
Champions Place. The hourlong show combines dance, puppetry and traditional theatre,
using electro-luminescent wires to create 3D
sculptures. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for
under age 16; 20 percent for groups of 10 or
more. Information: 545-5068 or impactprogramsofexcellence.org.
What Marvin the Mouse wants most is to be
popular, but the cool rats think he is a geek
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and call him a loser. To escape from their bullying, Marvin retreats into his science books and
a world of fantasy where he is the hero.
Dona Ana Arts Council will present Moon
Mouse at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Main in Las Cruces. Tickets:
$7-$26; available at riograndetheatre.com.
Disneys Beauty and the Beast

Scaffolding Theatre presents a musical version
of the popular tale 7 p.m. Saturday and 2:30
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11-12, at the Philanthropy
Theatre (next to the Plaza Theatre) as part of
El Paso Community Foundations Jewel Box
Series. Tickets: $16 (Ticketmaster).
Information: 533-4020 or epcf.org.
The musical centers around a family that reenacts the play in their grandparents home.
High School Scholarship Day UTEP

Department of Theatre and Dance hosts the
event for high school seniors 2:30 to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11, with a meet and greet, theatre performance and tours, snack and audition
for scholarship. Bring a headshot, resume, two
sealed letters of recommendation and a cover
letter. Interested seniors may contact Adriana
Dominguez, adrianad@utep.edu by Feb. 8 for
audition requirements.
The Taming of El Paso or How El
Paso Was Civilized The Womans Club
of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa, hosts its annual dinner theatre Saturday, Feb. 25. Dinner served
at 6 p.m.; show begins at 7 p.m. Cost: $35.
Reservations: Jeff Lane at the Clubhouse, 5326131. Information: wcoep.org.
The play tells the colorful stories of the origi-
nation of the Womans Club and some of the

historic milestones affecting not only El Paso,
but all of Texas. Proceeds from this fundraiser
are used for the preservation and restoration of
the historic clubhouse, built in 1916.
Chamizal Asks: What Do You Think?

Eden Enterprises will present a special
romantic Valentine offering of Romeo y

Julieta 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 18, at
Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
Marcial. Discussion follows with cast and crew.
Johnny Belinda Coronado High
Schools Drama Club presents the one-act version of Elmer Harriss story of love, loss, and
change at 7 p.m. Friday, and 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 24-25, at the schools Lee Ross
Capshaw Auditorium, 100 Champions Place.
Admission: $3 in advance; $5 at the door.
Information: 526-3057 on Facebook at
Coronado High School Drama Club.
Set at the turn of the century in Nova Scotia,
it follows the heartbreaking story of the deaf
Belinda McDonald and the visiting doctor who
shows her the wonders of an education and
kindness.
Truth Dare... American Southwest

Theatre Company presents the play by Tori
Keenan-Zelt Feb. 24-March 5, at NMSUs
Center for the Arts. Performances are 7:30
p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $5-$17. Information: (575) 646-4515
or nmsutheatre.com.
Three 13-year-old girls live in world built on
secrets, loves, and backyard ghosts until a
traumatic accident forever changes things. Four
years later, questions and accusations fly as the
young women try to understand what happened, what they have lost, and how to live now.
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Theatre, opera veteran

directs Beauty & Beast
last-minute decision changed

theater director Justin Luceros life.
He needed a break from teaching
duties. So, as he puts it, he accidentally
found myself auditioning for my first-ever
show, Disneys Beauty and the Beast, at
the UTEP Dinner Theatre ... and I caught
the bug! Big!
Definitely a change
from the young El
Pasoan who loved the
saxophone so much it
earned him a
scholarship to Texas
Christian University,
where his practical self
studied E-business and
International
Marketing.
When I graduated, I
Jason Lucero
found my passion just
wasnt in business, and luckily my German
minor and two summer business courses in
Germany gave me the confidence to apply
for a German teacher position at a
pioneering magnet school for foreign
languages (Alicia Chacon). I loved
teaching! I still do. I became department
head, Teacher of the Year, campus lead
mentor and presented at many state and
national conferences.
But then he decided to unwind a little
and audition for UTEP Dinner Theatre.
He started infusing his German lessons
with drama, started an after-school theater
club, and eventually, successfully added a
missing theater component to the middle
school curriculum.
Then he took the plunge, quit his job and
moved to London, where he was accepted
into a major drama school and earned his
MFA in Theatre Directing.
By the time my visa expired, I already
had two assistant credits on the West End.
When I returned, I found myself impressed
with El Paso Operas latest production (a
high concept West Side Story), wrote to
the artistic director, and was hired for the
next half-dozen shows.
He now has been a Guest Artist in
Residence at UTEP for several years,
where, among other things, he directed and
wrote and was on the creative team for the
centennial Smithsonian co-production of
Opera Bhutan.
Lucero currently is director of
Community Engagement and the Young
Artists Program for El Paso Opera, mainly
as resident assistant stage director for the
past six seasons. And he and Megan
McQueen founded Scaffolding Theatre
Company in 2014. He met McQueen, who
is in the Theatre Arts faculty at NMSU,
when they both performed The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at
the dinner theatre.
Which brings us to his current work for
Scaffolding, Disneys Beauty and the
Beast, which plays at the Philanthropy
Theatre Feb. 11-12. The timing, Lucero
said, was right for doing this show.
First, last year marked the 25th
anniversary of the ground-breaking
animated film, and this year is the release
of the new live-action film version that is
so very buzzed about. Our company was
looking for its first family-friendly
musical, perfect for our first foray into
touring a show (three stops: Las Cruces,
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Soccorro, N.M. and El Paso). And our

current willingness of risk-taking in terms
of artistry and experimentalism meant that
we wanted a fantasy spectacle that would
stretch us, but that would also capture
audience imagination, which is my
directorial philosophy.
The two decided the Philanthropy was
right for their radical re-approach to the
usually-HUGE show. No one would ever
think of pitching a big Broadway musical
on such a tiny stage. We found the
application and pitched our companys
history, mission, philosophy and the show
concept to the powers-that-be at the Jewel
Box Series and they were very impressed.
Somewhat skeptical, but impressed. They
said that our attention to detail, high level
of experience and obvious passion helped
them know that if any company could pull
off such a feat, it was us. We were in!
There is a cast of only 10 actors playing
multiple roles. Sets, props and costumes
are all what one would find in that
particular room in the house.
We infuse object theatre, puppetry,
shadows, physical theatre, choreography
and all sorts of theatre magic in our new,
yet familiar, version of the classic show.
But the results, he said, have been
satisfying: It has been both the most fun
and the biggest challenge of anything
weve done. There is so much pressure
related to the expectations of such a classic
musical. But in the end, the group of
performers, musicians, technicians and
volunteers that were involved helped
create a perfect storm of creativity and
artistry. We only put this on in 17
rehearsals, and needed to make sure it
would work on the road, in three different
spaces of vastly varying sizes.
His next challenge will be directing
Anything Goes at the dinner theater.
Director Gregory L. Taylor hired me to
assist him on the world premiere of the Sir
Tim Rice musical Lute! Greg and I got to
know each other even better when he just
so happened to be on sabbatical in London
while I was in grad school in London.
Greg and the entire dinner theatre staff
have been an incredible support of my
career. And now that Greg was looking for
new blood to direct for this season, he said
it was clear who hed ask first. 2017 has
become a full-circle year, between
Disneys Beauty and the Beast and the
dinner theatre.
Carol Viescas is a veteran of

community theater and teaches
journalism at Bel Air High School.
Scaffolding Theatre presents Disneys

Beauty and the Beast at 7 p.m. Saturday
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11-12, at the
Philanthropy Theatre (next to the Plaza
Theatre). Tickets: $16 (Ticketmaster).
February 2017
Film Salon The Film Salon, now at Alamo
Drafthouse Cinema, 250 E. Montecillo, concludes its series on Hitchcock: The Paramount
Years, with Vertigo at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
4. Tickets: $3; available at drafthouse.com.
Information: filmsalon.org.
Jays Pix Presents at the International

Museum Film historian Jay Duncan and the
Sunset Film Society host film presentations at 2

p.m. Saturdays at International Museum of Art,
1211 Montana. Presentations include commentary, anecdotes and facts behind the films.
Admission is free; donations and museum
membership appreciated. Popcorn, beverages,
candy and snacks available for purchase.
Information: 543-6747 (museum), internationalmuseumofart.net.
During February are four of the most popular and heartfelt stories in cinema history.
Feb. 4: Love Story. Nominated for seven
Academy Awards, the film won for Best
Original Music Score. An upper-class jock (Ryan
ONeal) and a working-class student of classical
music (Ali MacGraw) fall in love.
Feb. 11: The Way We Were. Spanning
several generations, two strikingly different
people (Barbara Streisand plays the vocal
Marxist anti-war Jew and Robert Redford plays
a carefree WASP) fall in love. The theme song
sung by Streisand became a No. 1 single.
Feb. 18: Somewhere in Time. True love
transcends life itself in this romantic fantasythriller. A young contemporary playwright
(Christopher Reeve) sees a 1912 portrait of an
acclaimed actress (Jane Seymour) and wills himself back in time to meet her. The Grand Hotel
on Mackinac Island provides a perfect setting.
Feb. 25: Ghost. The highest-grossing film
of 1990 was nominated for five Academy
Awards, winning two. A murdered lover
(Patrick Swayze) learns that his girlfriend (Demi
Moore) is in jeopardy and enlists a reluctant
psychic (Whoopi Goldberg) to persuade her of
the life-threatening danger.
Pax Christi Film Series The series
presents Freedom Summer at 3 p.m. Sunday,

Feb. 12, at St. Joseph School auditorium, 1315
Travis (enter through parking lot). The film
recalls the summer of 1964, when hundreds of
activists, black and white, worked together to
register African-American voters in Mississippi.
Discussion will follow. Admission is free.
Texas Tech University Film Series
The monthly film program presents Lost

Paradise: The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx
at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the El Paso
Museum of Art. Marx was born in Sao Paolo,
Brazil in 1909 and was considered a pioneer in
landscape architecture.
This years series, hosted by the TTU College
of Architecture, presents films on architecture
and architects. Admission is free; all audiences
welcome. Information: 212-3061 or elpasoartmuseum.org.
Jays Pix Presents Film historian Jay
Duncan and the Sunset Film Society presents

the comedy My Big Fat Greek Weeding, at
the monthly film series at noon Sunday, Feb.
19, at Ardovinos Desert Crossings gallery,
One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park.
Admission is free but reservations strongly recommended; RVSP via sunsetfilmsociety.org.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a
February 2017
sleeper hit as it grew steadily from its limited

release, becoming one of the most successful
romantic comedies in history.
The screenplay started out as a one-woman
play performed and written by Nia Vardalos
based on her own experiences. Vardalos stars
in the film as a middle-class Greek American
woman who falls in love with a non-Greek
upper middle class man (John Corbett) to the
consternation of her extended family.
and surprising films, the program of short film

Oscar nominees is a perennial favorite at the
Fountain Theatre.
Live Action shorts at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Monday and Wednesday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Animation shorts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Saturday and Sunday, and 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Feb. 24-March 2: The Brand New

Testament. God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter
in present-day Brussels, Belgium
(French/German with subtitles).
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Awakening in Taos: The Mabel Dodge

Luhan Story The new award-winning
film will be screened at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb.

26, at historic Rio Grande Theatre, 211 North
Main in Las Cruces. Tickets: $12. Available at
523-6403 or online at riograndetheatre.com.
A Gala Party and film premiere is 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25, at Film Las Cruces
Headquarters, 340 Reymond. Tickets: $30 ($50
for two). Tickets for screening only are $15.
A screening and workshop for local filmmakers and students is 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 26.
Tickets: $12.
Awakening in Taos follows the evolution of
Luhan as a writer, salon hostess, art patroness
and social activist. The film, produced in partnership with New Mexico PBS, won the Best
Feature Film Shot in New Mexico Award at the
Santa Fe Film Festival in 2015, among other
awards.
Get Reel Film Series The UTEP film

series is offered selected evenings in the Union
Cinema, Union Building East, First Floor.
Schedule to be announced. Tickets: $3.
Information: 747-5648 or on Facebook at
UTEP/OSL.
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. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors,
military and students with ID; $5 children and
society members); $5 on Wednesday.
Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or
mesillavalleyfilm.org.
No matinee showings Jan. 28 and Feb. 25; no
evening screening Feb. 16.
In celebration of For the Love of Art Month
is a free screening of Van Gogh: A New Way
of Seeing, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. The
film tells the life of Vincent Van Gogh, as presented through the collection of the Van Gogh
Museum in Amsterdam.
Jan. 27-Feb. 2: Seasons. French co-directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzauds millennia-spanning Seasons does for beasts of
the land what their Winged Migration and
Oceans did for those of the air and sea. In
French with subtitles.
Feb. 3-9: Loving. The story of Richard and
Mildred Loving, an interracial couple whose
challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for
their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle
ending at the US Supreme Court.
Feb. 10-16: Lion. A 5-year-old Indian boy
gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, far from
home. He survives many challenges before
being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years
later, he sets out to find his lost family. Twofor-one Valentines Day admission Feb. 14.
Feb. 17-23: 2017 Oscar Nominated Short
Films (Live Action and Animated).
Traditionally among the years most creative
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Coming Attractions for movie fans, listed by
studio and release date (subject to change):
Feb. 3
The Comedian (Sony Classics) Robert De
Niro, Edie Falco, Danny DeVito; Directed by
Taylor Hackford.
I Am Not Your Negro (Magnolia)
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museums Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater

tickets are $7 ($6 for seniors and military; $5
ages 4-12). Planetarium show is $5 ($4 seniors,
military and children. Ages 3 and under free.
Museum/IMAX combo tickets available.
Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org.
Showing through March 31:
In the Digital Planetarium:
Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing
Telescope at 10:10 a.m., 1:45 and 3:35 p.m.
Two students interact with an astronomer at a
local star party, and learn the history of the telescope from Galileos modifications to a childs
spyglass to the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble
Space Telescope and the future of astronomy.
Stars: The Powerhouses of the Universe at
12:15 and 2:20 p.m.
Live Digital Planetarium Show: Night Sky
Star Show with Museum Educator is at 11:40
a.m. and 2:55 p.m.
On the Giant Screen: Journey to Space at
10:45 a.m., 12:50 and 4:10 p.m. Discover the
plans NASA and the space community, like
landing astronauts on Mars.
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in

modern America with his unfinished novel,
Remember This House. Directed by Raoul
Peck.
Renegades (STX) J.K. Simmons, Sylvia
Hoeks, Sullivan Stapleton. Directed by Steven
Quale.
Rings (Paramount) Vincent DOnofrio,
Laura Wiggins, Johnny Galecki. Directed by F.
Javier Gutirrez. Continuation of the Ringu
saga.
The Space Between Us (STX) Britt
Robertson, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino.
Directed by Peter Chelsom.
Feb. 10
Fifty Shades Darker (Universal) Bella
Heathcoate, Dakota Johnson, Jaime Dornan.
Directed by James Foley.
John Wick: Chapter 2 (Summit) Keanu
Reeves, Ruby Rose, Ian McShane. Directed by
Chad Stahelski.
The LEGO Batman Movie (Warner Bros.)
CG Animation. Featuring the voices of Rosario
Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey.
Directed by Chris McKay.
A United Kingdom (Fox Searchlight)
David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack
Davenport. Directed by Amma Asante.
Feb. 17
A Cure for Wellness (20th Century-Fox)
Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Dane DeHaan.
Directed by Gore Verbinski.
Everybody Loves Somebody (Pantelion)
K.C. Clyde, Karla Souza, Ben OToole.
Directed by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta.
Fist Fight (Warner Bros.) Christina
Hendricks, Ice Cube, JoAnna Garcia Swisher.
Directed by Richie Keen.
The Great Wall (Universal) Matt Damon,
Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe. Directed by
Yimou Zhang.
Land of Mine (Sony Classics) Roland
Mller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman. Directed
by Martin Zandvliet.
Patient Zero (Screen Gems) Clive Standen,
Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci. Directed by
Stefan Ruzowitzky.
Feb. 24
Bitter Harvest (Roadside) Terence Stamp,
Tom Austen, Barry Pepper. Directed by
George Mendeluk.
Get Out (Universal)Allison Williams, Keith
Stanfield, Catherine Keener. Directed by
Jordan Peele.
Rock Dog (Summit)CG Animation.
Featuring the voices of Luke Wilson, Eddie
Izzard, Lewis Black; Directed by Ash Brannon.
Tulip Fever (Weinstein Co.) Alicia
Vikander, Christoph Waltz. Cara Delevingne.
Directed by Justin Chadwick.
DVD/Blu-ray Releases
Jan 31
Masterminds. PG-13
Gimmie Danger. R
Queen of Katwe. PG
Feb. 7
Loving. PG-13
Trolls. PG
Feb. 14
Arrival. PG-13
The Edge of Seventeen. R
Feb. 21
Manchester by the Sea. R
Bad Santa 2. R
Hacksaw Ridge. R
Feb. 28
Doctor Strange. PG-13
March 7
Moana. PG
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February 2017
UTEP Department of Music
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts

Recital Hall, unless listed otherwise. Most performances are $5 ($3 youth/military; free with
UTEP ID).Information: 747-5606 or
music.utep.edu.
The studio of Nancy Taylor presents
Trumpet Songs Tuesday, March 7. Admission
is free.
Faculty Recital Series with Dr. Stephanie
Meyers (viola/violin) is Wednesday, March 8.
Tickets: $5-$8.
Jazz 1 concert is 5 p.m. Thursday, March 9.
Pandemonium Steel Band and Afro-Cuban
Percussion Ensemble Concert is 5 p.m. Sunday,
March 26, with guest artist Joe Galvin.
Symphonic Winds concert is Tuesday, March
28.
Orchestra Concert is Thursday, March 30.
Rockhound Roundup The 52nd annual

roundup for rock and gem lovers is 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Thursday through Sunday, March 9-12, at
the Southwest New Mexico Fairgrounds in
Deming. Admission and parking is free.
Information: (575) 544-9019, (575) 494-1651
or thedgms.com.
Marfa Myths Ballroom Marfa hosts the
cultural program, curated by New York based

music label Mexican Summer, March 9-12 at
various venues. Passes for Thursday, Saturday
afternoon, or Sunday are $30; Saturday night
pass is $45. All access bundles: $160. Tickets:
mexicansummer.com or ballroommarfa.org.
Information: (432) 729-3600.
Home and Garden Expo The 17th
annual expo is March 10-12 at the El Paso

Convention Center. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7.50 ($6.50 age
65 and older; free for 16 and under and active
military). Information: (361) 882-2071 or elpasohomeandgarden.com.
Bye Bye Birdie Sun City Musical

Theatre, 3733 Shell Suite C, presents the musical, March 10-26. Information: suncitymusicaltheatre.com or on Facebook.
Camp Furlong Day and Cabalgata
Binacional The 101st anniversary of
Pancho Villas raid in 1916 will be celebrated 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Pancho
Villa State Park, off State Roads 11 and 9,
Columbus, N.M, with historic presentations by
special guest speakers at the parks Rec Hall.
Admission is free to community center complex; state park fee is $5 a carload. Information:
(575) 531-2711 or
PanchoVillaStateParkFriendsGroup.org.
German Spring Bazaar The German
Air Force Air Defense Center of Fort Bliss

hosts its 14th annual charity spring bazaar 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Building
747 on Carter Road in Fort Bliss. Admission is
free. Information: 201-5939, 201-5942 or
betreuunginelpaso.com.
Las Cruces Arts Fair Doa Ana Arts
Councils 7th annual regional juried fine arts

event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18-19, in the Las
Cruces Convention Center, 680 University. A
VIP Preview Night Gala with is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, March 17. Admission: $8 per day; free
for children under 12. Information: (575) 5236403 or DAArts.org.
The Conference of the Birds No

Strings Theatre Company presents the play
March 17-April 2, at Black Box Theatre, 430
N. Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces. Tickets:
$10-$15. Reservations: (575) 523-1223.
February 2017
March
PREVIEW
Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society
The society presents the Jazz Unlimited Big

Band at its monthly concert series 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 19, at First Christian Church,
1809 El Paseo in Las Cruces. Admission: $10
($5 members; $1 students with ID).
Information: Larry Brooks, (575) 640-8752 or
mvjazzblues.net.
The Making of Great Music Bruce
Nehring Consort concludes its season at 2:30

p.m. Sunday, March 19, at First Baptist
Church, 801 Montana, featuring violinist
Charles Gray. Tickets: $5-$20. Information:
brucenehringconsort.org.
Lydia The UTEP Department of Theater

& Dance presents the play by Octavio Solis
March 22-26, at UTEPs Studio Family
Theatre. Directed by Kim McKean. Adult content. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $9-$14.
Information: 747-5118, theatredance.utep.edu
or on Facebook.
Cinderella El Paso Opera presents
Rossinis opera at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and

Saturday, March 23 and 25, at Abraham
Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $15 to $90. Age 7
and older welcome. (Ticketmaster).
Information: 581-5534 or epopera.org.
Milagro Gala The annual benefit gala is

Friday, March 24, at El Paso Convention
Center. Proceeds from the event benefit sick
and injured children at El Paso Childrens
Hospital. Information, reservations: 521-7229,
ext. 80523, or umcfoundationelpaso.org.
Kidspalooza El Paso Symphony
Orchestra hosts the 10th annual family art and

music festival 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
March 25, throughout Downtown. Details to
be announced. Most activities are free.
Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
In conjunction with the event is the annual
EPSYO and EPSO Side-by-Side Concert, at 3
p.m. Sunday, March 26, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $15-$34.
Insane Inflatable 5K The inflatable

obstacle challenge run is Saturday, March 25,
at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta.
Cost: $54. All access pass is $100. Information,
registration: insaneinflatable5k.com/west-texas.
One-Act Play Festival Las Cruces

Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall,
Las Cruces, hosts its one-act showcase
Thursday through Sunday, March 30-April 2,
featuring original works by area playwrights and
directors. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10.
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
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Bingo Plus
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35
Collectibles
25
EP Artist Studio Tour
10
El Paso Art Association

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El Paso Marathon
19
El Paso Symphony
El Paso Playhouse
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Elegant Consignments
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Fountain Theatre
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Geico
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Hans Martial Arts
18
Hal Marcus Gallery

Health Matters
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Inni Heart Caf
International Coin Club
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MegaMates
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Mesilla Book Center
24
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Paseo Christian Church 27
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The Marketplace
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Parks & Recreation
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NM farm and Ranch
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The Cleaners
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