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Portraits
of El Paso
After nearly a half-century of
painting, artist Robert Carlson
finds his newest inspiration from
the mountains, river and desert
that surround him.
March 2017
day run April 12-16 at the Don Haskins
Center. Page 9. Southern New Mexico Randy Limbird
Editor and Publisher
El Paso Comic Con The weekend event Cowboy Days The 18th annual celebra- El Paso Scene is published by Cristo
Rey Communications as a monthly guide
(915) 542-1422
for comic book, science fiction, fantasy, tion of Southwest pioneer heritage is March
movie lovers and more is April 21-23, with 4-5, at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch to entertainment, recreation and culture in Albert Martinez
celebrity guests, cosplay, vendors, artists and the El Paso area. Copies are provided Advertising &
free at selected locations. Subscriptions
Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, with the
more. Page 11. Circulation Director
are $10 a year, sent by 3rd class mail.
inaugural CASI Chili Cook-Off, cowboy
(915) 920-7244
Circulation: 39,000 copies.
music, cooking, living history, demonstrations
Into The Woods EPCC Theater
Ensemble presents the fairy tale-based musi- and more. Page 17. Lisa Kay Tate
Deadline for news for the
News Editor
cal by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine Branigan Cultural Center submissions
April issue is March 20
(915) 542-1422 ext. 4
March 2-12 at EPCCs Forum Theater. Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces is
Directed by Keith W. Townsend. Page 31. taking proposals for 2018 solo and group Editorial Associates:
The April issue comes out March 29 Yvonne T. Herrera, Will Summers
Magoffin Home State Historic Site exhibits March 1-April 7. Page 32.
Advertising Account Executive:
Page 27. Flicking Center for Performing Arts El Paso Scene
Roman Martinez
March 2: Cooking Class for Dry Hash The Flickinger Center in Alamogordo hosts P. O. Box 13615
March 11: Yoga with Rebecca Hendricks an Alamogordo to Ireland via Alaska St. El Paso, Texas 79913 Circulation Associate:
Randy Friedman
PH: 542-1422
March 18: The monthly Victorian Sci-Fi Patricks Day Part March 17, with Ken
Book and Tea Club. Waldman, Tim May and Steve Smith, Bayou Contributing Writers:
E-mail: epscene@epscene.com
Seco and Rus Bradburd. Page 13. Carol Viescas, Brian Chozick,
UTEP Athletics Page 38.
Masters of Soul special musical celebra- Myrna Zanetell, Jay Duncan,
Mens Basketball:
tion is March 27. John McVey Middagh
March 2: Old Dominion
March 4: Charlotte. Fountain Theatre Mesilla Valley Film Subscription Form is on Page 42
Tennis: Societys theatre on the Plaza in historic Old Visit El Paso Scene Online at
March 10: Iowa State Mesilla show independent, art, foreign and www.epscene.com
Track and Field: other non-mainstream films. Page 39. sponsored by Phidev, Inc.
2017 Cristo Rey Communications
1015 N. Florence
items for Easter. There will also be German Joe Battle, with art, vinyl, retro, vintage, rocka-
food specialties like bratwurst, waffles and billy items, collectibles, horror, punk-themed
at Arizona
588-4247By Apppointment
2 blocks north
German cakes and pastries, German beer, cof- items, antiques, kitsch, band shirts, natural
of Montana
Hair & Makeup by Marie Mission Trail Art Market Area artisans
and craftspeople display their fine arts and
Tabla Pop Up Mercado The mercado
is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first and third Saturday
Marie Otero has over 30 years of salon experience
crafts for its 8th season 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on of each month (during the Downtown Farmers
and is a frequent fashion consultant
the third Sunday of the month (March 19, Market), at 115 S Durango, Suite D, with art,
for local film and television productions
April 16) in the historic Veterans Memorial music, fashion, baked goods, pet goodies,
Plaza in San Elizario. Food and drink conces- soaps, skincare, handmade objects, food and
sions and entertainment. Pets welcome. more. Admission is free. Information on
Admission is free. Information: 851-0093 or Facebook at tablapopupmercado.
missiontrailartmarket.com.
El Paso Psychic Fair The fair is 11 a.m. For a good cause
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26
Casino Night Del Norte and El Paso
at Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway, at Boeing.
United Lions Clubs host their fundraising event
Admission: $5 for both days (private readings
6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at St. Andrew
not included with admission). Free admission
Church, 2515 Wedgewood, with 15 gaming
with active duty military I.D. Information: 345-
tables, blackjack, craps and roulette, board
6245 or elpasopsychicfair.com.
squares, prizes including big screen TV, gift cer-
The fair features aura photos, handmade New
tificates, and food and beverages. All proceeds
Age crystal and gemstone jewelry, and Feng
go to help the community. Cost: $30 ($50 for
Shui products, along with readings by a dozen
two). Information: 598-7577, 525-3400 or 937-
or more professional psychic readers and medi-
371-9039.
ums from across Texas and New Mexico.
Readings offered in English and Spanish. OES Pancake Breakfast Wallace
Hughston Chapter #1100, Order of the
Upcycled Art Fair Vendors specialized
Eastern Star, hosts a fundraiser breakfast 8 to
in upscale recycled art, clothing and more are
11 a.m. Saturday, March 4, at Wallace
needed for the event 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hughston Masonic Lodge, 5502 Hondo Pass,
Saturday, April 1, at Placita Santa Fe, 5024-
with pancakes, eggs, bacon or sausage, juice
5034 Doniphan. The fair will be held in the his-
and coffee. Cost: $6 per person.
toric shopping centers gazebo and parking lot.
Information: (575) 496-9878.
For information, contact Tamara at tama-
All funds raised applied toward the purchase
jesyoar@gmail.com or 274-6517.
of a service dog through PatriotPaws, an organ-
Downtown Artist and Farmers Market ization that trains and supplies service dogs at
The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural no charge to disabled veterans who have PTSD
Affairs Departments market for area artists and other disabilities.
and regionally grown agricultural products is 9
Rough Riders Veteran Run Rough
a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday in the Union Plaza
Riders Motorcycle Club Hueco Chapters 13th
District along Anthony Street. Information:
annual event benefitting veterans causes is
212-1780 or elpasoartsandculture.org.
Sunday, March 12, starting at Barnetts Harley
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market Davidson, 8272 Gateway East, with a biker
More than 230 vendors in arts, crafts, pro- rodeo, live auction, raffles, door prizes, bikini
duce, baked goods and other food items are and hula hoop contests and more. Registration
offered at the market 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; last bike in at 3 p.m. Cost:
Wednesdays and Saturdays along a 7-block area $10. Information: (910) 257-4909, rough-rid-
of Main Street, Downtown. Information: (575) ers-mc.com or on Facebook.
541-2288 or lascrucesfarmersmarket.org.
Please see Page 7
Page 6 El Paso Scene March 2017
March Roundup Silhouette Scholarship Fund. Cost: $50.
Information: 253-4547 or
Years of the Arts is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March
24, at Valle Verde, Bldg A Foyer, classrooms,
the taproom.
Casa de Yoga all levels community yoga class
Contd from Page 5 silhouette1967@gmail.com. amphitheater and art studios. is 6 p.m. Thursday, March 16.
Visiting artist Alberto Careaga will be on Animal Rescue League of El Paso adoptions
March Madness symphony fundraiser are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18.
campus 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, March 28,
Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk The 19th annual fundraiser benefiting the El
Trivia in the Taproom is 7 to 8:30 p.m.
at Northwest Library Multipurpose Room.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundations fundraising 5K Paso Symphony Orchestras education and out-
Flor y Canto: Tango, Canciones y Oratoria Saturday, March 25, in the Thunderbird
walk is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 18, at reach programs is Monday, April 3, at the El
is noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at Taproom. Drink purchases during the this time
Eastwood (Album) Park, 3110 Parkwood. The Paso Country Club, featuring the NCAA Mens
Valle Verde Amphitheater. benefit Whole Planet foundation.
family oriented celebration includes various Basketball Championship finals on several wide-
activities, games and food to raise awareness screen televisions. Games begin about 7 p.m., The Paso del Norte Venture Computer Classes Thomas Branigan
and donations to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis pre-game activities and dinner at 6 p.m. Live Competition and Expo 2017 The Hub Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho in Las
Foundation. Admission is free, but donations and silent auctions and raffles will be held of Human Innovation hosts the competition cel- Cruces, hosts free computer literacy classes 2
are welcome and walkers are encouraged to before the game and during halftime. Individual ebrating entrepreneurs and innovators who are to 4 p.m. Tuesdays in March in the training lab
form a team online and raise money for the tickets; $110; sponsorship opportunities avail- developing businesses that contribute to the on the second floor. Only first nine attendees
cause. Information: 667-5206 or fightcf.cff.org. able. Information, reservations: 532-3776 or PDN regional economy - El Paso, Las Cruces will be guaranteed a computer. Attendees wel-
epso.org. and Jurez 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and come to bring their own laptops if space per-
Kitty Glitter Jewelry Sale Project Save The annual March Madness Golf Tournament Saturday, March 3-4, at UTEP. Professional mits. Information: (575) 528-4005 or
A Kittens 2nd annual sale is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
is earlier Monday. Registration begins at 10:30 entrepreneurs will pitch their ideas or early library.reference@las-cruces.org.
Saturday, March 18, Griggs and Reymond
a.m., lunch at 11 a.m. and 18 holes of golf at 1 stage ventures to a panel of investors and suc- March 7: Introduction to Computers
Event House, 504 W. Griggs, with thousands of
p.m. Hole sponsorships star at $150. cessful business people. Startup pitches are 5 March 14: Windows 10
donated pieces of jewelry for sale, from $1 on
minutes followed by 10 minute question and March 21: Introduction to Computers: File
up. Admission is free. Information: Jackye El Paso Humane Society Regular Management
answer. Information: 747-6157 or pdnvc.org.
Meinecke at (575) 680-7749 or Elaine Stachera adoption hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
Opening round is 8:30-11:30 a.m. Friday; March 28: Introduction to the Internet.
at(575) 202-9130. through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
Challenge round 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday at
Pre-sale opening is 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday. and Sunday, at 4991 Fred Wilson. All pets are Patient and Family IBD Education
Business Admin. Bldg. Rooms 309, 312, 318
Admission is $10; light munchies served. spayed/neutered, microchipped, licensed and Symposium The Crohns & Colitis
and 319. Final round is noon-4 p.m. Saturday in
Project Save a Kitten raises funds for several vaccinated. Adoption fees: $100 (additional $10 Foundation of America North Texas Chapter,
the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center.
local nonprofit organizations with missions to for pets four months age or older for city El Paso Crohns Support Group and Texas
The associated expo is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in
spay, neuter, rescue, vet, and adopt out kittens rabies certificate). Information: 532-6971 or Tech University Health Sciences host the sym-
the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center
and cats. Beneficiaries may include Cats Meow, hselpaso.org. posium 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 11,
(EPNGCC). Admission is free.
Doa Ana Big Kitty Fix, Broken Promises SW, at Texas Tech University Health Sciences, 4800
Whole Foods Events 100 Pitt, at Mesa
Something for everyone
and others in the community. Alberta, Auditorium A. The symposium seeks
near Resler. Activities are free, unless other- to educate patients and family members affect-
Milagro Gala Paralympic skier Josh
Sundquist is guest speaker for the 6th annual
Belle S. Wheelan lecture Wheelan, the wise listed. Information: 236-1420 or on ed by the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
president of Southern Association of Colleges Instagram at @WholeFoodsEP. and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Speakers,
benefit gala is 6 p.m. Friday, March 24, at El
Commission on Colleges, will speak on Higher Mommy & Me work outs are 9:30 a.m. break-out sessions and more. Cost: $5 ($15
Paso Convention Center. Proceeds from the
Education in the Fast Lane: Looking out for the Wednesdays. families). Seating is limited. Pre-register at abar-
event benefit sick and injured children at El
Potholes. at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at Boot Camp with Sun City Athletic Club is 11 ron@ccfa.org or (972) 386-0607, ext. 7 by
Paso Childrens Hospital. Tickets: $150; $1,500
UTEPs Undergraduate Learning Center, Room a.m. to noon Saturday, March 4, in the caf. March 9.
table for ten. Information, reservations: 521-
106, as part of its Centennial Lecture Series. Run Club with Lululemon & Karbach Brewing
7229, ext. 80523, leslie.lujan@elpasochil-
Reception follows the lecture. Information: meets at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 11 and 25 in
drens.org, or elpasochildrensfoundation.org.
747-5362 or centennial.utep.edu.
Please see Page 8
Sundquist, who lost a leg to cancer when he
was 9 and was given a 50 percent chance to EPCC Spring Arts Festival The 40th
live, went on to be a paralympic ski racer for annual spring festival of performing, visual and
the U.S. Team and best-selling author. He has literary arts offers workshops, concerts, lec-
spoken across the world to groups ranging tures and exhibits at various venues of El Paso
from Fortune 500 companies to inner city pub- Community College through May. Most events
lic schools to the White House. are free, some may included nominal admission
fee. Information: 831-6479, 831-2220,
Sunland Derby Gala Sunland Park
cwoolf@epcc.edu, epcc.edu/events/artsfestival
Racetrack & Casinos 14th annual gala Keep
or on Facebook at EPCCnews.
Memory Alive and regional Alzheimers
Stained Glass-On-Plastic Technique Hands-on
Organizations is 7 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, March
Workshop, is 10 a.m. to noon Thursday,
24, in the Signature Showroom. Tickets: $100;
March 2. in the Northwest Library
tables available; online at sunland-derby-
Multipurpose Room, 6701 S. Desert.
gala.eventbrite.com.
Woke Womxn: Growth and Renewal Platica
Celebrity guests include Las Vegas Hallof
and Workshops are noon to 3 p.m. Friday,
Fame Entertainer, impressionist Bob Anderson
March 3, in the Rio Grade Little Temple,100
as Frank Sinatra, and celebrity chef Scott
W. Rio Grande.
Conant of Food Networks Chopped Silent
Superman on the Roof: A Reading by Lex
Auction begins at 7 p.m. with live auction at 9
Williford is 3 p.m. Friday, March 3, at Valle
p.m.
Verde Campus, 919 Hunter.
The running of the 2017 Sunland Derby and
Do It With Rhythm, Read with Dr. Seuss is
The Oaks (for fillies) is Sunday, March 26.
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 3 and 10, at
I Have a Voice GiGis Playhouses Northwest Library Multipurpose Room.
International Gala is 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, A Brief History of the Mariachi and its
March 25, at Wyndham Hotel, 2027 Airway, Artists Over the Past 150 Years is 6:30 p.m.
with guest speaker Ellena Ashmore, one of the Wednesday, March 8, at Valle Verde A1201.
cast members of Born This Way. Proceeds Seniors Variety Show is 7 p.m. Thursday,
benefit GiGis Playhouse. Black tie optional. March 9, at the Administrative Service Center
Tickets: $80. Information: 833-4029 or gigis- Auditorium.
playhouse.org. Childrens College Spring Arts Piano Recital is
GiGis Playhouse, El Paso provides therapeutic noon Sunday, March 12, in the Valle Verde
and educational programs to children and Cafeteria Annex.
adults with Down Syndrome. Whats Really Happening to Our Planet? a
panel on climate change and global warming is
Silhouette Civic and Social Club 50th 8:30 to 9:50 a.m. Thursday, March 23, in Rio
Anniversary Ball Silhouette Civic & Grande Campus Rooms 119-121.
Social Clubs formal black tie anniversary cele-
Documenting the Border: Whos
bration is 6:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday,
Viewpoint? is 3 p.m. Friday, March 24, at
March 25, at Centennial Banquet and
Valle Verde Campus.
Conference Center, 11199 Sergeant E. Church
Spring Arts Open House: Celebrating 40
Street on Biggs Field. Proceeds benefit
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ORY ALIVE p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 18-19, at Hall of Fame; Suzanne Michaels, former El Paso
6335 Vaughn Court (between Delta and news anchor now entrepreneur.
Alameda, just west of Ascarate St.). N, HO and Presenters on climbing the corporate ladder
SATURDAY,
S ATU R DAY, M
MARCH
ARCH 25
25 O scales on display. Free admission. include Maj. Gen. Heidi V. Brown and Aliana
Information: 751-6213. Apodaca of Positive Directions.
El Paso Innovation Awards Breakfast Free tax preparation AARP Foundation
The inaugural event, hosted by Hub of offers free tax preparation for individuals with
Human Innovation, is 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, low or moderate income through April 17 at
March 21, in the Community Foundation selected El Paso Parks and Recreation Senior
Room, 333 N. Oregon, recognizing and cele- Centers. Provided on a first come, first serve
brating outstanding entrepreneurs in the com- basis. Information: 544-0753.
munity. Tickets: $50 ($500 table for 10) = Memorial, 1800 Byron, Mondays and
Information, tickets: Leslie D. Lanier, Wednesdays. Information: 562-4260.
leslie@hubep.org or 321-3123.
AAMANECER
M A N EC E R
FREE CONCERT | DOORS OPEN AT 9PM
Wine, Camera, Action! Photography
Enthusiasts of El Paso (PEEP) host Wednesday
workshops every other month at Wine
Polly Harris Senior Center, 650 Wallenberg,
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Information: 581-
9525.
Eastside, 3200 Fierro, Wednesdays and
Attitude, 6633 N. Mesa. Each workshop is 6-9 Fridays. Information: 591-4292.
p.m. Cost for each is $35, includes two glasses Hilos de Plata, 4451 Delta, Fridays.
SUNDAY,
S U N DAY, MARCH
MARCH 26
26 of wine; or $25 without wine. Reservations for Information: 533-3207.
all five workshops including wine, are $150. Estar Guars Loteria TinMan, 2301 N.
PEEP members get 20 percent off. Information, Zaragoza, hosts free loteria nights 7 to 9 p.m.
14th
4 Running
Runn
ning
g reservations: Ron Thompson, peepfocal-
point@gmail.com. Web: peepclub.org.
Tuesday, with prizes. Admission is free.
Information: 270-9963 or on Facebook.
The first workshop is March 22: Get to
Know Your Camera & Composition. Other GED classes High School Equivalency
dates are May 17, July 19, Sept. 20 and Nov. 15. Program (HEP) and UTEP host free GED class-
es and tests for migrant and seasonal farm-
Childrens Disabilities symposium workers and their immediate families Mondays
The Childrens Disabilities Information through Fridays at UTEPs Graham Hall, Room
Coalitions 28th annual symposium is 8:30 a.m. 206, 500 W. University. Class times are 9 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at Region 19 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (flex times).
Multipurpose Center, 11670 Chito Samaniego. Open enrollment. Information: 747-5567 and
Registration (through Mach 17): $15 parents of studentaffairs.utep.edu/hep.
children with disabilities; UTEP and EPCC stu-
dents; $10 students/youth with disabilities; $30 Scenic Sundays Walkers, runners,
professionals. Information, registration: 217- cyclists and skaters are invited to enjoy Scenic
2747, cdicelpaso.org or on Facebook at Drive, from Rim Road to Richmond, free of
CDICelpaso. traffic from 7 a.m. to noon Sundays. (Hours
Speaker Alina Arredondo will talk on Life is good through March 17, 2017.) Dogs on leash
Like A Box of Chocolates. Arredondo, born permitted. Admission is free; road closed to car
with Phocomelia Syndrome, graduated from traffic at this time. Information: 541-4416 or
Sunland-park.com
Sunland-park.com
Socorro High School in three years, graduated district2@elpasotexas.gov.
with honors from El Paso Community College
I-10 to sunland park
park exit
Shen Yun 2017 The celebration of the Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzman
Chinese culture through music and dance is 3 The Latin pop-rock divas perform at 8:30 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at The Plaza Friday, Sept. 1, at El Paso County Coliseum.
Theatre, featuring 5000 years of Chinese cul- Tickets: $59.50, $79.50, $99.50, $125 and $150
ture, athletic classical Chinese dance, a ground- (Ticketmaster).
breaking East-West orchestra with an elaborate Guns N Roses One of the biggest rock
backdrop and setting. Tickets: $70-$120. bands of the 90s brings its Not in this
Information: 1-800-380-8265 or Lifetime Tour to El Paso at 7:30 p.m.
ShenYun.com/El-Paso. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Sun Bowl Stadium.
2017 Worship Night In America Tour Their last appearance in the area was in 1992 at
Grammy winner Chris Tomlin headlines the Las Cruces Aggie Memorial Stadium. Tickets:
tour that Seeks to Unite the Church in $62 to $743. VIP packages are $568-$1,244.
Worship and Prayer at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Formed in 1985, the band consists of rock
April 26, at UTEPs Don Haskins Center, fea- legends lead vocalist Axl Rose and lead guitarist
turing Big Daddy Weave, Phil Wickham, Zach Slash, along with Duff McKagan, Dizzy Reed,
Williams, Mosaic MSC and Jason Barton. Ticket: Frank Ferrer and Melissa Reed.
$15, $19.75, $28.75, $38.75 and $69.75
(Ticketmaster). Please see Page 14
March 2017 El Paso Scene Page 13
Ticket Saturday, April 8, with Babylon. Tickets: $10-
$12.
Super Tour is Cousin Stizz The hip-hop
tour with Super Duper Kyle and Cousin Stizz is
the season Saturday, May 13. More than 30
men compose this award-winning barbershop
Contd from Page 13 Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears the 10 p.m. Friday, May 12. Tickets: $15. chorus and chapter quartets that sing a capella
American blues, funk and soul artist performs harmonies. Tickets: $25-$39.
28, with Jason Richardson and Covert. Tickets: Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso. All shows are
at 10 p.m. Saturday, April 15. Tickets: $13-
$13-$15.
$15.
all-ages, unless listed otherwise. Listings also Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and
Generationals American new wave duo, 9
San Fermin The indie rock band performs
cover shows in The Perch. Information: 351- Casino Mescalero, N.M. Age 21 and older
p.m. Wednesday, March 29, with Raindeer. 9909. Tickets at trickyfalls.com, admitted. Showtime is 8 p.m., unless listed oth-
at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 29, with Low Roar.
Tickets: $10-$12. holdmyticket.com or ticketfly.com. erwise. Tickets sold through Ticketmaster.
Tickets: $12 ($66.14 VIP).
The Orwells The rock band performs 9 Memphis May Fire The metal band per- Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemoun-
Deerhunter Rock band, 9 p.m. Sunday,
p.m. Tuesday, April 4. Tickets: $19-$21. forms at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, with bless- taingods.com.
April 30. Tickets: $15-$17.
Acid Mothers Temple The freak-out thefall, The Color Morale, Sylar, Bad Seed and Three Dog Night The classic rock band
Kilter Electronic rock group, 9 p.m.
group of the 21st century performs at 10 p.m. Rising. Tickets: $19-$21. performs Saturday, March 11. $20-$45.
Wednesday, May 10. Tickets: $14-$15.
Sick Life Album Release Party The ghetto Daughtry Chris Daughtrys rock band per-
metal band performs at 9 p.m. Saturday, forms Friday, March 17. $35-$120.
March 4, with Benny Saint, Young Paper Dokken The metal legends perform
Chasers, Jayoh, Young L, Callin Bluffs Ent, Saturday, March 18, with special guest Lita
Gemini Jayy. Admission: $10. Ford. Tickets: $30-$65.
Chastity Belt Indie rock band, 9 p.m. 38 Special The classic rock band performs
Sunday, March 12, with Lisa Prank. $5. at 7 p.m. Friday, April 7. Tickets: $25-$50.
Alex Wileys Stoner Symphony Tour The Jon Pardi The county singer performs at 7
rapper performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, p.m. Saturday, April 8, with Aaron Watson.
at The Perch, with Kembe X. Tickets: $10. Tickets: $25-$50.
Dance Gavin Dance California post-hard- For King and Country The Christian rock
core band, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, with band performs Thursday, April 27. Tickets:
Chon with Eidola, and Vasudeva. $19-$22. $20-$55.
Skillet The hard rock bands Unleashed
Tour 2017 is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16,
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
1110 New York Ave., Alamogordo.
with Sick Puppies and Devour the Day. Tickets:
Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickinger-
$27.50 to $32.
center.com.
Cattle Decapitation The death metal band
Alamogordo to Ireland, via Alaska The
performs at 8 p.m. Friday, March 17, with
New Mexico St. Patricks Day Party featuring
Allegaeon, Necromancing The Stone. $17-$20.
Alaskas Fiddlin Poet, Ken Waldman is at 7
Neko Case The singer performs at 8 p.m.
p.m. Friday, March 17. Musical guests include
Saturday, March 18, in support of her latest
Steve Smith, Tim May. Russ Bradburd, and
release, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I
Bayou Seco with Ken Keppeler and Jeanie
Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love
McLerie, and Scott Mathis and Linda Askew.
You. Tickets: $33.50-$43.50
Tickets: $15, $25 and $35.
Pouya + Fat Nick The rap Drop Out of
Carl Bernstein and Marilyn Priddy present an
School Tour is 8 p.m. Sunday, March 26, with
evening of jazz, blues, classical and bluegrass
Ghostemane, WYBMF and Flexatelli. $20.
originals at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23.
Jarabe de Palo Spanish rock group, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $9 ($4 children)
Monday, April 3. Tickets: $35-$40.
Masters of Soul is 7 p.m. Monday, March 27.
Of Montreal Experimental rock band, 8
Incredible harmonies and smooth moves made
p.m. Saturday, April 8. Tickets: $20-$25.
famous by many of the greatest recording acts.
Chicano Batman The rock band performs
Tickets: $16, $26 and $36.
Wednesday, April 12, with Sadgirl and The
Taj Express The Bollywood Musical Revue
Shacks. Tickets: $17-$20.
is 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. Tickets: $25, $35
The Wailers Legendary reggae band, 8
and $45.
p.m. Friday, April 14, with Radio La Chusma.
Other performances:
Tickets: $20-$22.
COPE Benefit is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4.
Conor Oberst The American singer-song-
Tickets: $15.
writer performs at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18,
GCRMC Auxiliary presents the Flying J
with Phoebe Bridgers. Tickets: $27.
Wranglers at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 25.
Band of Horses American rock band, 7
Desert High Classic Bodybuilding
p.m. Monday, May 22. Tickets: $30-$32.
Competition is Saturday, April 8.
Suffocation Death metal band, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 22, at Revocation and
Alamogordo Music Theatres spring perform-
ance is April 21-29. Tickets: $10. Information:
Withered. Tickets: $17-$20.
alamogordomusictheatre.org.
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts Academy Jazz and Tap Time perform at 7
Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. Information: p.m. Saturday, May 6.
(575) 336-4800 or spencertheater.com. Academy of Ballet perform their spring show
Pre-show buffets begin two hours prior to at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 12-13.
show; cost is $20.
Performances are at 7 p.m.
NM Tech Performing Arts Series
Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico
In the Mood The 1940s musical revue is
Techs Macey Center in Socorro, N.M. All seats
Friday, March 10. Tickets: $39-$79.
general admission. Information: nmtpas.org.
Altan The evening of Irish music is
Cirque Ziva The breathtaking display of
Saturday, March 18. Tickets: $39-$79.
Chinese acrobats, contortions, dance and com-
Gentri The classical-pop crossover trio of
edy is Tuesday, March 7. Tickets: $20 ($18
vocalists and Broadways stars present their
seniors; $10 youth).
Cinematic Pop sound Saturday, April 1.
The free Presidential Chamber Music Series
Tickets: $39-$79.
hosted by violinist Willy Sucre presents La
Greater Tuna The popular Texas spoof
Catrina Quartet Monday, March 20.
on small town life is Tuesday, April 11.
Shall We Dance, Socorro Local and pro-
Directed at the Spencer by co-creator and
fessional dancers are paired Friday, March 24,
Tuna star Jaston Williams. Tickets: $39-$79.
along with a gala show by top ballroom per-
Drew Thomas Magic The illusionist per-
formers. Tickets: $20 ($18 seniors; $10 youth).
forms Friday, April 21. A finalist on Americas
U.S. Army Band & Chorus Friday, April
Got Talent, Thomas uses ordinary objects like
21. Admission is free.
power tools and spray paint in fresh, electrify-
Leela Gilday Band Friday, April 28.
ing magic. Tickets: $39-$89.
Tickets: $16 ($14 seniors; $8 youth).
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Program notes Fine Arts Auditorium in Silver City. Conductor
is Lonnie Klein. Admission: $20 ($5 students 17
Contd from Page 15 and younger). Information: (MRAC), (575) 538-
2505 or mimbresarts.org, or Grant County
Community Concert Association, (575) 538-
The duo also performs for the Las Cruces 5862 or gcconcerts.org.
Civic Concert Association at 3 p.m. Sunday, All phone numbers listed are in Juarz. Campestre. A presentation on Como Librarte
March 19, at the Rio Grande Theater, 211 N. UTEP Early Music Ensemble The Centro Cultural Paso del Norte - Av.
de los Riesgos en la Red by Lic. Juan
Main in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall. ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March Quionez, psychologist, is at 6:30 p.m.
Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the
Tickets: $25 ($5 students with ID). 31, at the SpeakEasy, 303 Franklin. The stu- Wednesday, March 8. Admission: 136 pesos
Red Cross. Information: 1730300 (Facebook:
Information: (575) 405-7429, or dent group performs historical Medieval, (donboleton.com).
CCPasodelNorte). Advance tickets at donbole-
lascrucescca.org. Renaissance, and Baroque music on period ton.com. Centro de Convenciones Las Anitas
instruments. Presented by the UTEP Spanish singer-songwriter Jos Luis Perales Waterfill zone. Information: 6821486 or
Paul Jacobs El Paso Pro-Musica presents Department of Music. Admission is free; age 21
the Americas leading organist, and the first one performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 2. 6820693. Tickets at donboleton.com. Singer-
and older only. Information: 747-6630. Tickets: 550 to 1,450 pesos. songwriter Crecer Germn performs at 8 p.m.
to win a Grammy Award at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 18, at the Church of St. Clement. Wind Symphony Concert El Paso Mexican director, actor, producer and speak- Saturday, March 11, with Grupo Codiciado.
TTickets: $25; $20 seniors, military; $5 stu- Wind Symphony, directed by Ron Hufstader, er Odin Dupeyron presents A Vivir at 8 p.m. Tickets: 198 to 660 pesos.
performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at Tuesday, March 7. Tickets: 330 to 605 pesos.
dents. Information: 833-9400 or eppm.org.
The pop trio Matisse performs at 9 p.m.
Gimnasio Universitario Calle Meja y
Jacobs is featured on CD Tales of UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, featuring the Montes de Oca in the Zona Pronaf. CD9 per-
Hemingway, which won three Grammys this recipient of the EPWS Young Musicians Thursday, March 9. Tickets 385 to 715 pesos.
forms at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11, as part of
year. He performs Composer Michael Award. Tickets: $10 ($5 students, military, sen- Alt-pop indie singer and two-time Latin
teh Mexican boy bands Revolution Tour.
Daughertys work for organ and orchestra iors). Information: elpasowindsymphony.com. Grammy winner Carla Morrison performs at 9
Tickets: 440 to 1,760 pesos.
Once Upon A Castle. p.m. Wednesday, March 15. Tickets: 440 to
Mozarts Requiem El Paso Choral 935 pesos. Centro Cultural Universitario
EPSYO and EPSO Side-by-Side Society presents the Mozart masterpiece at Mentiras El Musical is performed at 6 and Plutarco Elias Calles and Av. Hermanos
Concert Performers from El Paso 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at Abraham 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16. The musical, Escobar. Tickets at donboleton.com. A Night
Symphony Youth Orchestras and El Paso Chavez Theatre. The 100+ voice El Paso written and directed by Jos Manuel Lpez with the Beatles featuring the Walrus Band is
Symphony Orchestra combine forces at the Choral Society Chorale and Orchestra has Velarde, is based on hit 80s songs. Tickets: 440 7 p.m. Sunday, March 12, in Auditorio Gracia
11th annual Side-by-Side performance at 3 p.m. been performing the major choral and orches- to 935 pesos. Pasquel. Tickets: 136 pesos. Proceeds benefit
March 26, at the Plaza Theatre, in conjunction tral works in El Paso for over 70 Years. Arriba el Norte Festival Nacional de Fundacin Unidos por el Autismo, A.C.
with Downtown KidsPalooza. Conducted by Tickets: $10, $20, $30 and $40 (Ticketmaster). Folklore is at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 2, featuring
Dr. James O. Welsch, there will be more than Information: epchoralsociety.org. folklorico dances. Tickets: 110 to 176 pesos. Lienzo Charro Adolfo Lopez Mateos
100 musicians from the El Paso Symphony and Angeles Negros: Tour Memorias del Alma Av. Del Charro at Henry Dunant. Tickets at
El Paso Choral Ensemble El Paso donboleton.com. Banda Fest begins at 5 p.m.
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras. Tickets: Choral Ensemble holds open rehearsals at 7 is at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 4. Tickets: 275-715
$15-$34; free for age 3 and younger. pesos. The Latin group soared to fame in the Saturday, March 18. Headliners are Buknas de
p.m. every Tuesday at St. Albans Episcopal Culiacan. Admission: 110 pesos (25 for chil-
Information: 525-8978 or epsyos.org. Church Hall, 1810 Elm Street, in El Paso. 1970s with hit romantic ballads.
dren); 275 pesos VIP.
Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra Persons who love to sing and are willing to Auditorio Benito Jurez Ignacio
Grant County Community Concert make a serious commitment are most wel- Ramirez and Vicente Guerrero, one block from Matices Cultural Amigos de la
Association, Mimbres Region Arts Council and come. All voices are needed. Information: Parque Borunda. Tickets at donboleton.com. Fundacion Mascareass Matices Culturales
WNMU hosts the orchestras annual perform- director, Carl Smith: 261-3963 or drcarlw- Comedian Jose Luis Zagar performa at 8 performance series are held at Centro Cultural
ance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at WNMU smith@yahoo.com. p.m. Friday, March 3. Tickets: 220-440 pesos. Paso del Norte in Juarez. All performances
La Verdadea Historia de Blancacheves y sus begin at 8 p.m. Tickets: $450 pesos.
7 briagos, a comic version of Show White, is Information: 612-3175, fmascarenas.org or on
at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8. Facebook at MaticesCulturales.
Tickets: 350-550 pesos. Saturday, March 18: Homero Chvez and
The supernatural thriller El fantasma en el Una Noche Latin jazz ensemble
espejo, a play based on the Susan Hill novel, is Friday, April 21: Los Pachamama
presented 7 and 9:15 p.m. Friday and 6 and Saturday, May 6: Grupo Yuka.
8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17-18. Starring Evolution Discoteque Paseo de la
Juan Diego Covarrubias and Pablo Valentn. Victoria 4545. Information: 269 8659. Advance
Tickets 440 to 660 pesos. tickets at donboleton.com.
The live childrens show Amigos insepara- Banda Renovacin of Sinaloa and Suprema
bles is at 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 19. Banda of Jurez perform at 8 p.m. Thursday,
Tickets: 220-330 pesos. March 24, in a Battle of the Bands. Tickets to
La Bella y la Bestia is presented at 12:30 be announced.
p.m. Tuesday, April 4. Tickets: 110-220 pesos.
La Rodadora The interactive childrens
Magno Discotheque Montes de Oca museum is in the citys Parque Central. Hours
339, Zona Pronaf. Information: 656 551 9458. are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays
Advance tickets at donboleton.com. and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Hip hop artists L.Kan and Mr. Chapo per- Admission: 65 pesos (around $5). Information:
form at 8 p.m. Friday, March 3. Admission: 52-656-558-2415 or larodadora.org.
350 and 550 (VIP) pesos. 3D Theater admission: 30 pesos.
Terricolas and Los Pastelas verdes perform Theater/museum combo is 79 pesos.
at a dance concert 8 p.m. Friday, March 17.
Admission: 165, 275 and 385 peso. Bazar Del Monumento The weekly
bazaar is noon to 4 p.m. Sundays at the Benito
Gimnasio Municipal Josue Neri Santos Jurez Monument downtown, Vicente
Av. Mariscal at Maria Martinez, downtown. Guerrero and Constitucion Avenues. Art,
Tickets at donboleton.com. antiques, books and more sold and traded. The
AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide features Mamba event also features live music.
vs. Pimpinella as the headline match in the
Rumbo a Triplemania XXV event beginning Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera
at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5. (MUREF) Old Customs House, Zona
3-time former world champion boxer Jhonny Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave. Jurez.
Gonzalez of Mexico takes on Sergio Estrela Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Maravilla of Argentina for the WBC Super Sunday. Information: muref.org, inah.org or
Featherweight Championship in a boxing card Facebook.
that begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25. Museo del Chamizal Chamizal Park
Tickets to be announced. (next to the Bridge of the Americas). The
Cibeles Convention Center Av. museum features archaeological and historic
Toms Fernndez 8450, between Calle exhibits. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
Portales and Antonio J. Bermudez, Zona through Saturday. Information: 611-1048.
We are One, Dance One Drum dance, guitar and song at 3 p.m. Saturday,
The 11th annual student dance and drumming March 25, at El Paso Public Librarys Main
showcase is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Branch, 501 N. Oregon. Presented by MCAD
Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in and Texas Commission on the Arts. Admission
Las Cruces. Regional dance troupes celebrate is free. Information: 755-1414.
the variety of philosophies and styles in belly The show brings percussive footwork,
dance. Tickets: $10. Information: (575) 639- swirling skirts and the castanets that are syn-
1616 or mail4jewell@yahoo.com. onymous with the passionate and fiery gypsy
art form. Sponsored by the City of El Paso
Contra Dance The Southern New Museum of Cultural Affairs Department and
Mexico Music and Dance Societys monthly the Texas Commission on the Arts.
contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday,
March 17, at Mesilla Community Center, 2251 Project in Motion The Las Cruces-based
Calle de Santiago in Las Cruces, with music by aerial dance performance company hosts its
the ten-member band Big Ditch Crickets from spring classes for kids teens and adults
Silver City, and caller Lonnie Ludeman. The through May 31, at 430 N. Compress. Punch
dance begins with beginners lessons; no part- cards are available for $70 for eight sessions;
ner needed. Cost: $6 ($4 youth; $15 family). $35 for four classes (cards from previous ses-
Information: (575) 522-1691 or snmmds.org. sions honored) Single drop-in classes: $15.
Information: (575) 208-4413. Schedule: pro-
A Night in the 40s Paso Del Norte jectinmotion.com.
Big Band, a 16-piece group, hosts 1940s style
dancing and music, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, March Argentine Tango Saturday Night
24, at Shundo Ballroom, 120 N. Paragon. Milonga Paso Del Norte Tango Club hosts
BOYB; food and snacks allowed. Admission: lessons 8 to 9 p.m. every Saturday, at Sunland
$15. Information: 532-2043, 203-7292 or on Dance Studio, 1769 Victory Lane, Sunland Park,
Facebook at PDNbigband. followed by a practice milonga. No partner
needed; beginners welcome. Cost: $10
Tierra Flamenca Linda Gallegos (includes free lesson). Information: 227-8953,
Flamenco, one of the Southwests leading fla- 422-3338 or pasodelnortetangoclub.com.
menco troupes, performs art form of the gypsy
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Living History
El Pasos Segundo Barrio is rich in heritage
and culture, despite decades of poverty
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raditionally known as the Segundo decided the school should be named for Carlos M. Pinto at 602 S. Oregon, was one Western University (UTEP). Last year, the
Barrio, South El Pasos historic James Bowie, who died at the Alamo. By of the neighborhoods active churches, and award went to artist and former Bowie
neighborhood remains first in the the late 1920s, the high school was estab- every night the church was full, Morales High School art teacher Gaspar Enriquez.
hearts of those who grew up there. lished to help relieve overpopulation of El recalled. Some residents remember the Movie theaters also served as gathering
Many of its schools and churches date Paso High School, where many Segundo church bells ringing at 6, 6:30 and 6:45 spots, including the Coln and Alcazar
back to El Pasos earlier history, even Barrio students attended. p.m. (the last call), reminding people to Theatres on S. El Paso, Morales wrote.
before the city dubbed the area the Today the original building is now home come and pray the rosary. At one time there were around six to
Second Ward as a voting district. to the middle school, with the current high One of Segundo Barrios most respected eight Spanish language movie theatres in
Despite being carved up in the 1960s by school having been completed in 1973 on residents, Father Harold Rahm, was part of South El Paso.
the Chamizal Treaty that ceded some of its land that was part of Mexico before the Sacred Heart Church and well respected In addition to Our Lady Youth Center,
land back to Mexico, and having the low- Chamizal Treaty. for his work with youth. He was known which had everything from sewing to folk-
est income levels of any urban community When the school was dedicated a flag for riding his bicycle around the area to lorico dancing, Boy and Girl Scouts,
in the United States, Segundo Barrio has raising ceremony was conducted by the reach more people, and created the Our games, a library, pool and an unemploy-
kept its cultural pride and character intact. schools ROTC honor guard in front of the Ladys Youth Center. ment office, there was a Boys Club for
Early maps defined El Pasos Second administration, Morales writes of the new A street in Segundo Barrio bears his Segundo Barrio and Chihuahuita youth.
Ward as stretching from the Rio Grande high school building. The flag had great name and a mural of Rahm on his bicycle, There was a Chinese Masonic Hall and a
north to Magoffin Street, and from El Paso significance since it was the first United painted by artist Francisco Delgado, Black Masonic Hall. There are sites of
Street east to Cotton. States flag to fly over the former Mexican adorns the side of the Sacred Heart Gym. Prohibition era bootlegging worth noting,
Local historian Fred Morales grew up in territory. Rahm left El Paso to serve another area in Morales added.
Segundo Barrio, and has chronicled its Lydia Patterson Institute, founded in the 1960s, but in 2015 at age 96 A prominent African-American section in
past in many of his self-published books, 1913 by the United Methodist Church, is returned for an event awarding him Sacred Segundo Barrio was the one-time home of
including a new volume on the area from another longtime Segundo Barrio land- Heart Parishs first-ever Segundo Barrio Henry O. Flipper, who worked as a civil
1800 to 1920. He leads at least one histori- mark, and also home to the areas name- Person of the Year. engineer in El Paso after a military career
cal walking tour each year through the dis- sake festival, Celebre Segundo Barrio, El Paso, for me, is the most wonderful that included being the first African
trict. An essential stop on the tour is the which will offer everything from flamenco place in the world, Father Rahm said at American to graduate from the United
former Bowie High School, now home of dancers to health screenings March 11 at the event. There are not people like you, States Military Academy at West Point.
Guillen Middle School, 900 S. Cotton. the institute, 517 S. Florence. any place on this earth. Many of the black families children in
Morales, who put together a sizable pub- Schools and churches are some of the This years award, now called the Father the barrio went to Douglass School and
lication on the History of Bowie High sites Morales also feels are of particular Rahm Segundo Barrio Person of the Year attended Second Baptist Church.
1922-1972, said Bowie was first born in importance to the area, serving as the cen- Award, was given Feb. 22 to Nolan Farah and other clothing manufacturers,
the 1920s as Bowie Grammar School. Its ter of community life. St. Ignatius Church, Richardson Jr., the coach who won the as well as smaller businesses, provided
original intended name was in honor of 408 Park, has long been the site of popular 1994 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball work for Segundo Barrio residents. Teens
former Texas Governor James Hogg. After church carnivals, and still holds its annual Tournament during his tenure at University and young adults would go Downtown for
opposition arose to putting the name Kermes in late July each year. of Arkansas. Richardson was born in
Hogg on the side of a school, it was Sacred Heart Church, founded by Father Segundo Barrio and played for Texas
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work at places like Safeway, which once
stood near where the Main Library and
History Museum are now. Segundo
Barrio was also the site of what was once
the largest employer in El Paso, El Paso
Milling Company, Morales said.
One business that has made its mark
throughout the community is the original
Bowie Bakery, 901 S. Park, established in
1951. The bakery has been owned by the
Marquez family, who purchased it from
the original owners, for more than 40
Historic churches of Segundo Barrio include, from left, St. Ignatius Catholic, Sacred Heart
years. When family patron Don Angel
Catholic and Second Baptist.
Marquez passed away in 2005, President ries of his time at school. trees were plentiful. Part of it was also
George W. Bush, who had visited the bak- I remember my time at Aoy, he said. called Paso de Norte de Mexico/America
ery, sent a letter expressing his condo- People always talk about this history of when it was still Mexican territory.
lences to the family. Bowie High School but Aoy Elementary Whats unique about the Segundo
The 600 block of Ochoa is also a notable was also very important historically. Barrio, is everyone thinks it was exclusive-
area, as Morales said it was at one time the ly a Mexican-American neighborhood
most overcrowded block of tenements in Chronicling the history back in the beginning, but that is not at all
El Paso. There is also the old Douglass the case, Morales said. It started out at a
School, and the Chinatown district that Fred Morales love of regional history
multicultural neighborhood with Anglos,
once inhabited the 400 and 500 blocks of has resulted in 34 books, and he has also
Blacks, Chinese and other cultures.
South Oregon. created more than 100 tours and hosted
The area was also used by Apache as
There was no indoor plumbing or running 306 exhibits on the region.
recently as 1840s to stage raids throughout
water, Morales recalled, and he had to use His latest effort is Chronology of the
El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, he said.
a pail of water for bathing and washing. Segundo Barrio Vol. 1: 1800-1920,
In the 1960s, much of the south part of
Similar recollections can be heard in a I started on this latest one in August,
Segundo Barrio was returned to Mexico as
video project from the UTEP Department and finished in December, he explained,
part of the Chamizal agreement between
of Oral History, shown as part of the saying El Paso Public Librarys Main
the United States and Mexico.
Neighborhoods and Shared Memories Branch becomes his second home when
Many Segundo Barrio residents were
ongoing exhibit at El Paso Museum of researching.
forced to relocate in the process, including
History currently focused on the areas of Morales sells his books in binders.
Morales family. Morales, who lived in
Chihuahita and El Segundo Barrio. Anyone can call him at 303-3748, and he
three areas of the barrio while growing up,
There were about 12 apartments, and will deliver it to a buyers home for just
said Segundo Barrio residents were scat-
they were built in a circular fashion, said the $30 cost of the book.
tered all over the city, after the Chamizal
Margaret Mendoza, who grew up in The The new book discusses everything from
Treaty was established.
Apartments (Los Apartamentos). The cen- Segundo Barrios nomenclature, to its his-
Many went to the Lower Valley, West
ter was a patio where people could pick up toric sites, notable residents and many
Side or Central El Paso, he said. There
their pails of water for bathing or for incidents (good and bad) that shaped the
were a few lucky individuals who got
washing their hands inside their apartment area over the years. Morales does at least
homes inside Segundo Barrio, but the
in a tin sink. one walking tour focusing on Segundo
majority had to go elsewhere, he
Other memories of the area included Barrio a year, and will also do private
explained. Less then 1 percent of those
remembering the outdoor toilets shared by tours for groups contacting him in
returned. Many felt they had found better
the entire apartment, and families chores, advance.
places.
sleeping arrangements and vehicles. The areas first settler, Santiago Alvaro,
Morales notes that his history books and
I remember instead of having the living took residence in the area in 1834, Morales
presentations arent created to just show
room, it was the bedroom where we all said. The nickname came more than 50
the good side of an area, but give as thor-
slept, Ernesta Lopez said of her childhood years later. In 1887, the City of El Paso
ough a look as possible about everything
in Segundo Barrio for the museums exhib- was divided into four wards, or political
that created, and still shapes, what is know
it. The boys had their bed, the girls had districts (voting districts), when R.C.
as Segundo Barrio.
their beds. I remember the kitchen, and Lightbody was mayor of El Paso,
I want to show the good, the bad, the
then our backyard. My dad build a little Morales wrote. The Second Ward was
beautiful and the ugly, just as it happened,
shed in the back where my mom used to called Segundo Barrio by the Mexican-
he said.
go and do her laundry, and we used to go American residents who lived there.
and take baths there. Before the wards were established, he Early improvements
For Morales, his memories of the area said, all of the South El Paso was called
ranged from the hardships growing up in Chihuahita. It was also referred to as the The late Richard C. Campbell, a long-
overcrowded conditions to happier memo- Bosque, or place where cottonwood time Methodist pastor and author of Two
Eagles in the Sun, wrote on Segundo
Barrio in his El Paso Scene Becoming
Bicultural column ten years ago.
I myself have spent 22 years of my life
intimately involved with this barrio and its
people: 14 years on the faculty at Lydia
Patterson Institute and eight years as a vol-
unteer at Houchen Community Center, he
said. My wife taught for 20 years as a
teacher at Alamo School next door to
Houchen. We outsider-insiders felt very
much at home in El Segundo Barrio even
though we were Anglos.
Although Chihuahuita and Segundo
Barrio were the oldest part of El Paso,
Campbell wrote at that time, these areas
were not given the respect they deserve as
part of the citys vital history. Instead, he
said, they were sometimes looked upon as
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Remembering El Segundo know they were not going to accept the
Favorite Memories neglected conditions. The 1960s and 1970s
Individual and oral histories are a signifi- saw marches and protests for those
One of the always-changing features of cant part of the Museum of Historys cur- demanding improvements on their living
El Paso Museum of Historys rent Chihuahuita and Segundo Barrio conditions or education.
Chihuahuita and El Segundo Barrio exhibit. The museums Digie Wall is One resident, Jose M. Gonzalez, remem-
Exhibit is a wall on which visitors another place where highlights of the bered a sit-in at Bowie High School in
leave Post-It Notes with anecdotes neighborhood are collected, including 1969.
and memories of the neighborhoods. numerous photos of the colorful murals, We had to go and get all the parents and
Here are just a few favorite memories: such as El Corrido Del Segundo Barrio. the abuelitas, and we had to knock on
When it would rain hard we would One of those residents contributing the doors and bring everyone to the Sacred
play in the street. It was our pool. exhibit is Ernesta Lopez, who talked about Heart gym to have meetings, he said.
one of her familys favorite times of year, James Martinez, of La Tilma Mexican
Visiting my fathers parents and Christmas. Her home became a holiday Grill (formerly Sagrado Corazon), remem-
climbing the big tree in front of their destination for many fellow Segundo bers his summers at the pool of Armijo
house. Barrio residents. Recreation Center.
Douglass School was once a segregated
school for African-Americans in El Paso.
Seeing everyone together made me When my mom and my dad (would put My uncles taught us how to swim there.
happy. up) the manger, the carolers from Bowie I have, in turn, taken my nephew and its people is about love to me, he said.
High School would come and sing on the niece, Martinez said. Back then, around Love of our music, love of our foods, our
My Grandpa riding me around the 24th, she commented for the exhibit. 1977, the pool was not enclosed and it was culture, our families.
barrio (when I was) a baby. They would always stop by our apartment beautiful. For people like Martinez, Santos,
Playing outside until our mothers every year, because they knew we had the Antonio Santos has been working for La Morales and others, there is plenty to cele-
would call us to come back home. big manger that took half of our living Fe for more than two decades, and said it brate in Segundo Barrio.
room. People would just stop by coming is an honor for him to be part of an organi- This community celebrates its traditions
Me and my mom went to the from church, especially from midnight zation whose daily focus is to empower with deep joy so we can keep them alive
Bakery. mass, just to see the manger. Our house Segundo Barrios families. for our children, Santos said. Our living
was always filled for Christmas. Everything about our neighborhood and history is their greatest treasure.
El Jalisco Restaurant, eating menudo
Others recalled the hardships of life dur-
every Sunday morning.
ing the Second World War.
Menudo every Sunday, then playing It was pretty tough in World War II, in a
outside with everyone. sense that a lot of people lost loved ones,
the pachucos and the old cars, the area resident Gilbert Mares said in his
people, the Raza... comment.
Mares said the newsboys would come
After so many years, you always go around with Extras, of the paper during
back to the years at Segundo Barrio. the war, and everyone purchased a copy.
And they listened to the news because
everybody had a family member in World
Segundo Barrio War II, he said.
Contd from Page 24 Both World War I and II were extremely
hard on the barrio residents, according to
a stepchild, occasionally a concern, most Campbell, but there were some good
often a neglected orphan by the remainder things that happened as well, as they did in
of the city. As a result, the area had high other parts of the country.
poverty and unemployment rates as far Young men marched off to war, and
back as the early 1900s, he said. among those from the barrio was Pvt.
Campbell said despite some much-needed Marcelino Serna, who became a decorated
revitalization plans being passed by the hero, Campbell wrote. Adults found jobs
city council, it was the churches, both in war industries, began buying better
Catholic and Protestant, that helped clothing, made improvements on their
respond to this need most. homes and many older folks began attend-
Catholics planted churches but also ing English and citizenship classes at night.
schools, a hospital and a youth center, Segundo Barrio, like the rest of El Paso,
Campbell said. In 1913 Methodists estab- was hit hard by the terrible Spanish flu
lished Lydia Patterson Institute to help epidemic of 1918, Campbell wrote. The
educate young men and women refugees barrio counted its dead, 37 in one day, 600
who had fled Mexicos upheaval. in the city. Public places closed, hospitals
Eventually, another area not far away overflowed, and even Aoy School became
developed into Friendship Square with a makeshift hospital.
Houchen Community Center and its settle- The Great Depression of 1929 also hit
ment house, a church, a soup kitchen, and hard, but then came the New Deal, which
a health clinic that in 1937 became helped with some improvements and addi-
Newark Hospital. tions of schools, hospitals, stores, and pub-
New construction enlarged Guillen lic transportation.
Middle School, Campbell wrote of further Even with improvements as a sense of
developments that continued to build up national and cultural pride as a constant,
the neighborhood. The Armijo there were still many fights with substan-
Community Center and the new El Paso dard living.
Public Library building were more-than- The barrio population in 1948 had
welcome additions. Houchen Community 23,000 residents who lived in 345 substan-
Center added a new gym. dard brick tenements. Five percent of fam-
One of the more recent changes in ilies had a bathtub. Three percent had a
Segundo Barrio that continues to help the private toilet. In the tenements, the average
population today was the establishment of, number of families per outside toilet was
among other facilities, Centro de Salud seven, the number of persons to a toilet
Familiar La Fe, Inc., usually referred to was 71, Campbell said. Now add crime,
simply as La Fe. Founded in 1967, La Fe juvenile delinquency, and the highest
now includes 23 medical and social service infant mortality rate in the country; a fed-
sites throughout El Paso County. eral judge along with Mayor Raymond
The center is often the site of arts events, Telles in 1960 called the barrio a disgrace
and plays host to La Fe 5K Fathers Day to a civilized city.
run, throughout Segundo Barrio. By mid-century the neighborhoods resi-
dents were finding new ways to let the city
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could be humor, a familiar memory or
even finding intellectual stimulation, but
there must be a connection between artist
and viewer for a painting to be defined as
great art.
endered in exquisite detail, paint- Carlsons subconscious, most of his paint-
ings by El Pasos enigmatic artist ings are the result of personal inspiration. Art & Framing Gallery
Robert Carlson are as mesmerizing Although each canvas the artist produces is Plan to attend an exciting new exhibition,
and unique as the artist himself. While his distinctly one of a kind, certain elements El Paso del Artistas at the Art and
subject matter over the past 45 years has encourage further exploration of individual Framing Gallery, 6519-A N. Mesa, which
ranged from the realism of 19th century themes. Between 1975 and 1983, his brush will contrast the work of four members of
trompe doeil compositions and vignettes yielded more than 500 pun-based egg the established generation of artists:
celebrating the beauty of the Hispanic cul- paintings; mice romped through later com- Francisco Romero, Hector Bernal, Robert
ture to whimsical portraits of eggs and nut- positions hidden by flowers or exploring a beginning to suffer from macular degener- Dozal and Daniel Padilla, with that of four
crackers, his most recent artistic focus has bottle of wine; while some of his most ation. I am treating the problem, and so up-and-coming painters of the Millennial
been on landscapes celebrating the beauty evocative canvases challenge the viewer to far I believe my paintings are even sharper. generation: Christian Apodaca, Luis
found in close proximity to his Upper interpret the meaning behind his non- However, I do have to take more breaks Lozono, Patrick Gabaldon, and Francisco
Valley home. objective imagery. and not work as many hours each day. As Espino. The opening reception will be 6 to
His reintroduction to the landscape genre Carlson explains that his nutcracker to other limitations, I will simply deal with 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4, featuring a wine
began when local collectors commissioned series was perhaps one of his most chal- them as they arise. and cheese buffet and live music.
him to create artwork to hang in their lenging to paint. Because of the exactness A more positive motivation is that
home in Montana, and asked that it be of the shapes and the preciseness of shad- Carlson recently discovered the wonder in
his latest incarnation, that of grandfather to
International Museum
inspired by El Pasos desert environment. ing required to give the figures a three-
Carlson responded to their request with a dimensional look, the work became quite 14-month-old Zoe, daughter of his daugh- Members of all of the art groups in El
three-painting composition comprised of a demanding. In spite of this, these remain ter, Clarisa, who lives in California, and Paso and individual artists are invited to
large horizontal image of the Franklin one of my favorite subjects. I guess this is Zadie, the 3-month-old daughter of his donate 8 x 10 framed paintings to help
Mountains centered between two vertical because they represent a type of folk art Austin-based son, Rene. Proudly display- raise funds for the repair of the elevator at
paintings, a yucca plant on the left and an which reminds me of Karlsruhe, Germany, ing photos of each on his tablet, Carlson the International Museum of Art, 1211
ocotillo on the right. where I was born. confides, I never thought I would be one Montana. All mediums are welcome.
Since then Carlson has explored the For me the process of becoming an artist of those, but I am. Zoe wont go to bed Works will be sold during the gala
intrigue of the Franklins with a myriad of involves two distinct fundamentals. The each night until she has talked to Grandpa fundraiser Elevate Your Art May 7 at the
additional canvases. Large thunderheads first is the skill side: learning how to draw, thank God for the gifts of modern tech- Museum. Information available at interna-
rising above the mountains add drama to mix paints and see colors. I have mastered nology. tionalmuseumofart.net. You can also email
some compositions while others focus on that and now I use those skills in being When it comes to speculating on the next iavatx@aol.com or call 543-6747 or email
the iconic mauve image of the creative. Being self-taught I dont follow trend in Carlsons oeuvre, the only advice Judy Hampton at hamptonelps@yahoo.com
Thunderbird. Many simply reflect the traditional painting methods. My process is is to expect the unexpected. No matter for more information.
mountains ever changing moods. very intuitive I simply allow the subject how diverse the subject, the one constant
Continuing with a southwestern theme, the to tell me how it wants to be painted. in all Carlson imagery is his invitation to Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer
artist has also painted the Rio Grande, He shares that this process calls to mind the viewer to react to the painting. specializing in the visual arts.
native desert flora and even the quiet Michelangelos simple reply when he was
byways along the irrigation canals. asked how he went about sculpting his
My aim with these is to encourage David: I just chip away everything thats
viewers to go beyond their familiarity with not him, he said, adding, In the end, the
the area and look for beauty in unusual set- real skill for an artist is learning to see, and
tings, Carlson said. then transforming what you see into your
I think of these paintings as portraits painting.
rather than landscapes. Like a person, nat- As a change of pace Carlson gives visual
ural features display a distinctive personal- affirmation to his interests as a self-admit-
ity, which is most often related to the sea- ted foodie and wine connoisseur with yet
son, the weather and even the time of day. another departure in subject matter that
As a painter, these factors strongly affect of designing collectible labeling for winer-
the sharpness of the imagery and the colors ies to include El Pasos Zin Valle and
of my palette. For instance, in the morning Californias Duckhorn Vineyards and
and evening, the sun casts strong shadows Bevan Cellars.
on either the north or south crevices in the Recently he also tried another experi-
mountain so the image is a bit softer. ment: I invited two very talented people
Conversely, midday features become sharp into my studio, set up easels for them and
and shadows are not as critical to defining just gave them the freedom to paint what-
the mountains character. ever inspired them. One of the two is his
The colors I chose also vary. Some Denver-based nephew, Chris Carlson.
evenings require a blend of lavender and Chris is 30 years old and never even
blue while others are blessed with those picked up a pencil until he was 27. Now he
insane golden and red sunsets. During is doing chalk art full time and is really
these, the mountains come alive with col- quite good. The other, is the son of a friend
ors you will never see any other time of who lives in Austin. Ive seen his drawings
day. Conversely, in the morning when the since he was in grade school. In both cases
sun has not yet topped the mountain, its their imagination is what called me. It
color is a gray-green, almost bland. Subtle doesnt matter to me whether they decide
colors like this are very difficult to match. to become professionals. It was something
Its much easier to paint stronger hues. I wanted to do as a way to give back to
I love the work Im doing so much that others who have supported me.
should I find a sponsor, my ideal project Those who know Carlson best often share
would be to paint a diorama of the stories about his devotion to an almost
Franklins beginning at Anthony Gap, run- obsessive work ethic.
ning all the way to town, then wrapping For most of my life I have painted from
around the tip and returning up the east early morning to late evening seven days a
side. Getting the proper perspective for such week, he said. However, with his 65th
a large work would require having it hung birthday just on the horizon, Carlson has
in a circular setting like a huge diorama. begun to mellow a bit for two distinctly
Because ideas constantly bombard differing reasons. The first is that he is
I
Taking a Look Back
horse completely by John McVey Middagh
I just lay there, as R.J. ran back to the
t wasnt the horses fault; I wanted to pens. That in itself was unusual; usually
blame it on that crusty old bastard that horse would have just stopped and
that stopped to show me pictures of stood there looking at me, as if asking
some horses he wanted to sell. why are you down there?
Every time Id had anything to do with I caught my breath, while the old man
that old guy something has happened. walked over to me saying, You almost
Not necessarily bad, just something and rode him. Im thinking I cant breathe
never a good feeling left behind. or move, leave me alone. He helped me
I met him at Sunland Park Race Track up and offered to drive me back to my
while I was running horses there. He horse. I didnt want any help, I just
was always riding around in his golf cart wanted to get away from him and his
trying to sell something. That was not so picture of horses I didnt want to buy in
bad, but he was pushy. the first place. I told him no, Id walk
This time it happened at my place on back.
McNutt Road. I was exercising my He parted and I walked back, cussing
horse, R.J. I have a half-mile track that R.J., trying to figure out what had hap-
runs alongside Koogle Road. R.J. was a pened and why. I got madder the closer I
big horse standing over 16 hands got to the pens determined to make R.J.
thats 62 inches tall and weighed pay.
around 1,300 pounds. He was well bred, I gathered him up, noticing he had cut
red in color. R.J. and I had been together his lip pretty bad by stepping on the
since he was 18 months old. We had our reins and breaking them. The cut wasnt
growing-up times together; he bucked much cause for worry; I was more con-
with me every time I got on him for two cerned with showing him that he could
years while we were trying to become a not get away with that kind of behavior.
team and then one day the bucking I led him to the round pen, thinking I
stopped I thought. would run him until he dropped. Then
That day the old man spotted me and the pain from the fall caught up with me
R.J as he came up Koogle Road, so he and overruled any further thought of
stopped on the roadside just above us. punishing him. I stopped and headed for
Id pulled up because R.J. had to relieve the car, which of course was by the front
himself. The old codger rolls down the gate.
window and hollers that he had three My entire upper body seemed to be
horses he wanted me to buy. I replied frozen and breathing was very difficult.
quickly, Go away I dont want to buy My son and his family live next to my
any horses, Im trying to get rid of a horses, but nobody was around. I
El Paso Scene bunch myself. thought maybe I could drive home by
But he wouldnt stop talking, insisting myself and call back for them to put my
on showing me some pictures, and all horse away. I started the car and was
the time Im telling him I dont want to turning around when I saw my daughter-
USERS GUIDE buy his horses. He starts to get out of his in-law driving up to their house. I pulled
car, having a hard time. So I told him to in behind her, told her what happened
Publication Schedule Advertising information wait a minute until my horse was and that I needed to be driven home.
Once home, I got on the floor in the
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The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, Rehearsal begin early April with performance
just prior to the civil rights movement. A dates are May 12-28.
warm-hearted, humorous and affecting study of Candidates must be available for four to six
the unlikely relationship between an aging,
ragedy. Like lightning, it shouldnt
weeks of rehearsal and a 3 to 4 week perform-
crotchety white Southern lady, and a proud,
strike twice in the same place. But
ance run. Interested performers should bring a
soft-spoken black man. Winner of the 1988
for El Paso Playhouse, it struck
resume, photo and 16-32 bars of a song on an
Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle
just days apart in February.
MP3 Device. No Accompanist will be available
Award for Best Off-Broadway Play.
The first loss was that of long-time
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