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Your monthly guide to community


entertainment, recreation & culture

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.

I think of these paintings as


portraits rather than land-
scapes. Like a person, natural
features display a distinctive
personality.
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Above: Franklin Mountains


Left: Rio Grande
Right: Ocotillo

Segundo Barrio Playhouse tragedy MARCH


El Paso neighborhood is
rich in culture and memories
Two of El Paso Playhouses
beloved veterans died last month 2017
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MARCH
INDEX
March 2017
ROUNDUP Roundup
Behind the Scene
3-11
4
Scene Spotlight 4
Heres the Ticket 12-14
Program Notes 15-16
Viva Jurez 16
Music, Comedy 17-18
Dance 18
Sports 19-21
History Lessons 22
Feature:
Segundo Barrio 23-25
Nature 26-27
Home and Garden Expo The 17th At the Museum 28-29
annual expo is March 10-12 at the El Paso Keep on Bookin' 30
Convention Center. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Liner Notes 31
Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.
Southwest Art Scene 32-34
to 5 p.m. Sunday. Area companies display the
latest products and services for homeowners.
Gallery Talk 35
Admission: $7.50 ($6.50 for age 65 and older; Taking a Look Back 36
free for 16 and under and active military). $1 On Stage 37-38
off adult admission with donation of canned Stage Talk 38
goods. Information: (361) 882-2071 or elpaso- Film Scene 39-40
homeandgarden.com. El Paso FishNet 40
April preview
The show features gardening, landscapes and
outdoor living as well as aisles of home
41
improvement.
Also offered is a New Product Zone, Kids Scene Users Guide 36
Zone, Pet Zone with pet adoptions and Distribution Locations 42
GoTexan art, gift and gourmet center. Advertiser Index 42
Celebre Segundo Barrio Festival Subscription Form 42
Celebre Segundo Barrio hosts a health fair and
family day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March
11, at the Lydia Patterson Institute, 517 favorite chef. Cost: $25-$75. Information: 519-
Florence. Free health screening services are 0063 or chefsandstars.com.
provided and food bags will be distributed;
those receiving food bags are encouraged to Kidspalooza El Paso Symphony
preregister. Admission is free. Canned goods Orchestra hosts the 10th annual family art and
donations welcomed. Information: 533-8268 or music festival 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
lydiapattersoninstitute.org. March 25, throughout Downtown. Most activ-
There will also be a variety of vendors, enter- ities are free; minimal fee for some events.
tainment and child-centered activities. Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
The event includes a Star Wars Concert,
Kidtona Power Kar Race El Paso Parks kiddie rides, scavenger hunts, games, acrobats
and Recreation hosts its Power Wheels Car and more. Fun at the Park is sponsored by
Race for ages 4 to 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. MattressFirm.
Saturday, March 11, at Eastwood Park, 3110 In conjunction with the event is the annual
Parkwood. Race track will be open to the pub- EPSYO and EPSO Side-by-Side Concert, at 3
lic after the event. Helmets are mandatory for p.m. Sunday, March 26, at the Plaza Theatre.
racing and recreational fun. Registration: $5 per Tickets: $15-$34.
car; deadline is March 8. Information: 212-1731
or elpasotexas.gov/parks. Super Kite Contest The 17th annual
kite flying contest, sponsored by Westside
Sun Country Doll Folks The clubs Community Church, is noon to 3 p.m.
42nd annual doll show and sale is 9 a.m. to 3 Saturday, March 25, at Francisco Delgado
p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Best Western Park, on Imperial Ridge behind Franklin High
Plus, 6655 Gateway West. Tables of antique, School. Prizes for most unusual and longest-
collectable and modern dolls, accessories, time in the air and most beautiful kite. The
clothing, miniatures, books and other toys. event includes jumping balloons and face paint-
Free doll appraisals offered. A doll hospital is ing, as well as free kites for the first 50 kids
available on site. Admission: $3 ($1 children). attending. Admission is free. Information: 877-
Information: 637-3438. 8000 or westsidecommunity.org.
St. Patricks Centennial St. Patricks Cesar Chavez Day at Lincoln Park
Cathedral, 1118 N. Mesa, hosts its Centennial Lincoln Park Conservation Committee hosts
Celebration with a Mass and Reception at 6:30 the outdoor picnic in celebration of Cesar
p.m. Friday, March 17. Information: 533-4451 Chavez Day noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March
or saintpatrickcathedral.org. 26, at Lincoln Park, 4001 Durazno, with live
music, picnic in the park, Wheela, Pedel Car
Chefs & Stars Chef Competition
and Vicla and more. Canned food donations
Rebuilding Together El Paso hosts the culinary
taken for Sin Fronteras Organizing Project.
experience with six local chefs and six local
Admission is free. Information: 204-1584 or lin-
celebrities 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at
colnparkcc@aol.com.
Epic Railyard Center, 2201 E. Mills. Taste all six
recipes in three categories then vote for the
Please see Page 5
March 2017 El Paso Scene Page 3
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March 25: UTEP Springtime Invitational ne of the goals of El Paso Scene
Softball: is to give people an insight into
March 16: Middle Tennessee our community. Much of this is
March 25: Southern Miss done by reporting on the various events
March 28: New Mexico State coming up each month throughout the
region. Our monthly feature story is
another way we to try to shine some light
El Paso Artists Studio Tour Artists are
on different aspects of El Paso, often
invited to participate in this years 10th annu-
Scene Spotlight highlights events
combining history and heritage.
al studio tour April 22-23 for Eastside,
advertised in this issue. Northeast and Mission Valley studios, and
Perhaps no place is this combination
more apparent than in the Segundo
April 29-30 for Westside, Upper Valley and

Barrio, El Pasos Second Ward. Its an


Kidspalooza El Paso Symphony Downtown studios. Deadline to enter is
March 12. Page 29.
area of town weve all heard of, but
Orchestras 10th annual family event is
often ignored. Some people may think of
March 25 throughout Downtown El Paso, Hal Marcus Gallery Opening March 16
it simply as the older, poor part of town
with a Star Wars Concert and other activi- is the Early El Paso Art Show, with works by
Another intriguing stop is Paseo de los
but in many ways its the richest and
ties. Page 2. several of El Pasos celebrated artists. Page
Heroes Park that runs down the middle
most energetic neighborhood in El Paso.
32.
of Olivas V. Aoy (formerly 8th) Street.
El Paso Live events Page 21.
Coming to the Plaza: Model Railroad Open House Railroad I reacquainted myself recently with Its a delightful strip of green space hid-
March 7: The Illusionists Model and Historical Association hosts the Segundo Barrio to take a few pictures for den in the middle of Segundo Barrio. At
March 19: An Evening with Bill Maher open house March 18-19. Page 24. Lisa Tates feature story this month. I its eastern end is a mural depicting the
March 29: Chicago stopped at some of the obvious land- acequia madre (irrigation ditch) as it
marks the historic churches and
Driving Miss Daisy El Paso Playhouse
might have looked in El Pasos early days.
March 31: Yuridia
schools, La Fe clinic, Bowie Bakery, etc.
presents the classic drama by Alfred Uhry
Home and Garden Show The 17th March 24-April 16. The place is the Deep To find out more about Segundo Barrio,
annual home show is March 10-12 at El South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil But the more I looked around, the more I see Lisas story that begins on Page 23.
Paso Convention Center with celebrity rights movement. Page 35. realized how much more there was to see. ***
guests Wayde King and Bread Raymer, stars First of all, Segundo Barrio reminds of A few months ago I was surfing some
of Animal Planets Tanked. Page 3. Blink 182 The modern punk band per- us what all city neighborhoods used to El Paso-related websites and stumbled
forms March 25 at NMSUs Pan American
be: places where people lived in plain across one of Robert Carlsons new
view, had conversations on their neigh-
Cinderella El Paso Opera presents a Center with special guest The Naked and
paintings celebrating the areas moun-
bors porches, shopped at a corner gro-
1930s Hollywood-style take on Gioachino Famous. Page 18.
tains. I was familiar with Bobs older
cery and walked to church.
Rossinis opera version of the classic fairy tale
Kite Flying Contest Westside work his painting of La Adelita
The neighborhood exudes history.
Cinderella March 23 and 25 at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. Page 44. Community Churchs 17th annual family adorned the January 1995 cover of El
event is March 25 at Francisco Delgado Historical markers abound on the older Paso Scene. So Bob definitely was over-
Sunland Derby Festival Sunland Park Park with prizes, giveaways and free kites for buildings, such as the home of Teresa due for a return to the Scenes front page.
Racetrack and Casinos 14th running of the first 50 children. Page 19. Urrea, the religious mystic who became Bob is one of the very few El Paso
Sunland Derby is March 26, with a free con-
Crossland Gallery Showing at El Paso an unofficial patron saint of the Mexican artists who actually makes a full-time
cert by Amancer that evening. Page 8.
Art Associations gallery March 31-April 6 Revolution, and Douglass School, which living from his work. Oddly enough,
The Sunland Derby Gala is March 24 with
is Colors of the Wild, inspired by creatures served as a segregated yet well regarded thats why he not as well-known
institution serving El Pasos African because his work goes straight to collec-
celebrity guests chef Scott Conant of
large and small. Deadline for artist submis-
American community. tors and rarely is exhibited. Myrna
Chopped and Las Vegas Legends per-
sions is March 21. Page 34.
Segundo Barrio is also a feast for the Zanetell will tell you more about him in
former Bob Anderson.
Ysleta Independent School Districts
Poppies Fest El Paso Museum of Scholarship Art Exhibit opens March 25. eyes. Murals pop up on nearly every her Gallery Talk column on Page 35.
Archaeology hosts its 11th annual festival is street. The stores still use traditional One story you wont find there is one
hand-painted, brightly colored lettering. that Bob told me years ago, when he was
Our Colors Run Together 5K The 5K
April 1 with hands-on activities, demonstra-
There are visual surprises around every a hard-core triathlete and competed at the
Walk/Run benefiting Rio Grande Cancer
tions, nature tours, archery, entertainment,
Foundation is April 2 at Cohen Stadium.
vendors and more. Page 44.
Page 22. corner. My personal favorite is El famed Ironman World Championship in
Mandadito de Waneks, a convenience Hawaii. When he showed up to register,
store at 523 E. Fourth, whose bright he was asked his occupation. He
Upcycled Art Fair The art fair featuring Ardovinos Desert Crossing 13th annu-
answered artist. The volunteer filling
repurposed and upcycled art is April 1 at
The Marketplace at Placita Santa Fe. Page
al St. Patricks Day event is March 17 with green exterior walls host a mural paying
15.
music by the San Patricios and The Fox and
tribute to El Paso musicians from the out the form was startled no artist had
the Sound, traditional Irish food and drink.
1950s, 60s and 70s. ever entered the Ironman before!
Ovo Cirque Du Soleil returns for a five- Page 18.

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

Page 4 El Paso Scene March 2017


March Roundup p.m. Saturday, March 4, with breakfast (includ-
ing green eggs and ham), jumping balloons, and
Mesilla Valley Stamp Show The contest with cash prizes. Participating Quick
Draw artists will draw, paint and compose
postage stamp show is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contd from Page 3 obstacle course and reading circles. Children Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March between 6 and 7:30 p.m. while patrons have
must be accompanied by an adult at all times. 11-12, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, the opportunity to view the working artists. At
Tickets: $10 (Ticketmaster). Information: 1- 680 E. University Ave. in Las Cruces, with 7:45 p.m., the art work will be auctioned by a
Franklin Mountain Poppies live auctioneer. Proceeds of each sale will be
877-277-5677 or innofthemountaingods.com. stamp dealers, door prizes, free stamps for jun-
Preservation Celebration The 11th split between the artist and the Dona Ana Arts
ior stamp collectors, exhibitions and more.
annual free family fun day is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Las Cruces Home and Garden Show Council. Admission: $8.
Admission and parking is free. Information:
Saturday, April 1, at the El Paso Museum of The Las Cruces Home Builders
(575) 202-1937 or meetinlascruces.com.
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain in Northeast Associations annual show is 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wheels of Dreams The Las Cruces
El Paso (west of U.S. 54). The family fun day Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March Las Cruces Arts Fair Doa Ana Arts Rodrunners will host its annual show and car
includes hands on activities, nature tours, 4-5, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 Councils 7th annual regional juried fine arts swap meet 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March
archery, live entertainment art vendors, food E. University. The regional public marketplace event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. 18, at Field of Dreams, 2501 Tashiro Road in
trucks, and a live wolf and hawk encounter. showcases home improvement and construc- to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18-19, Las Cruces Las Cruces, with door prizes, raffle and engine
Exhibits and film screenings presented inside tion businesses. Exhibitor booths, food conces- Convention Center, 680 University. Admission: drawing. Alcohol-free event. Proceeds provide
the museum. Admission is free. Information: sion stands and how-to demonstrations also $8 per day; free for children under 12. and promote opportunities for underprivileged
755-4332 or maloofgo@elpasotexas.gov. will be featured. Information: (575) 526-6126 Information: (575) 523-6403 or DAArts.org. youth in the Las Cruces area. Admission is free.
Free parking at EPCC Transmountain Campus or lascruceshomebuildersassociation.com. More than 100 artists from around the county Information, registration (575) 382-5463 or
(Diana Exit & US 54), with free shuttle to and will participate, with artists demonstrations, lascrucesrodrunners.org.
from event; no parking at the Archaeology
Rockhound Roundup The 52nd annual Open to vehicles of all classes. Pre-registra-
silent auction and more.
roundup for rock and gem lovers is 9 a.m. to 5
Museum or Border Patrol Museum. Artists from around the United States, tion is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 1-16 at 1840
p.m. Thursday through Sunday, March 9-12, at
The Poppies Fest was created to bring atten- Mexico, and Canada, as well as from New Lohman Cost: $30. Day of show registration:
the Southwest New Mexico Fairgrounds in
tion to the need for long-term conservation Mexico State University and Doa Ana $35. Information: (575) 524-0150.
Deming. The roundup, sponsored by the
and preservation of Castner Range, a former Community College art programs. feature jew- This years raffle is for a Chevy 350 short
Deming Gem & Mineral Society, includes mar-
artillery range for Fort Bliss. elry, unique garments, metal sculptures for block. Tickets: $3 (four for $10; 10 for $20).
ket vendors, jewelry, drawings and raffles, field
indoors and out, fine art prints, kitchen items
Massing of the Colors Veterans, school trips, silent auctions. Admission and parking is
and civic organizations will participate the annu- free. Information: (575) 694-3598 or
made from exotic woods, ceramics, photogra-
Bazaars and fairs
phy, recycled art, and drawings and paintings in
al event 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at St. Raphael thedgms.com.
Church, 2301 Zanzibar, sponsored by the El
a variety of mediums. Provost Gun Show The El Maida
From El Paso, take I-10 west to Exit 85.
A VIP Preview Night Gala with music and Provost Guard gun, small antique and
Paso Chapter of the Military Order of the Daily field trips depart from the fairgrounds at
entertainment is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 17, Southwest art show is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
World Wars. All civic, veteran, patriotic, Girl 8 a.m.
with Flamenco guitar and percussion music of Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March
and Boy Scout organizations are invited to par- A silent auction is 6:30 p.m. Friday, with a live
Euterpe. New this year will be a Quick Draw
ticipate. Admission is free and the public is wel- auction at 7 p.m. Saturday.
come. Information: 755-4038 or
Please see Page 6
theattache@aol.com.
The Massing of the Colors is a non-sectarian
ceremony, dating back to 1922, that recognizes
the sacrifices of all Americans, military and civil-
ian, in both war and peace.
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.

Southern New Mexico


Cowboy Days The 18th annual celebra-
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; some activities
include additional charges. 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, stage-
coach and pony rides, gunfight reenactments
and more.
New this year is the Cowboy Days Chili
Cook-off, sanctioned by the Chili Appreciation
Society International (CASI). There also will be
competition for cooking beans and for making
salsa. A tent featuring beer will be part of the
chili cook-off area. Sampling is 2 to 3 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 1 p.m. Sunday. Sample
cups: $5.
Also this year is a horseshoe tournament, and
returning attractions include Borderland
Pistoleros Mounted Shooting Group demon-
stration, and the Parade of Breeds program
twice each day, Old West Thunder gunfight
reenactments, 19th-Century Fashion Show, a
musical play called Pangur Bans Irish Story
and Song, Pat Howards herding dogs
(Sunday), cowboy singers and musicians, plant
sale in the Museums greenhouse, arts and
crafts, and food vendors.
Dr. Seuss Day Inn of the Mountain Gods
Resort and Casino in Mescalero, N.M. hosts a
family day celebrating Dr. Seuss 9 a.m. to 1

March 2017 El Paso Scene Page 5


March Roundup Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing The 14th annual market runs
Contd from Page 5 Saturdays year-round at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park,
4-5, at the El Maida Shrine Temple, 6331
N.M. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Well behaved
Alabama. Includes new, used and antique
pets on leash welcome; brunch available for
firearms and accessories, knives, coins,
purchase. Information: (575) 589-0653, ext. 3.
Southwest jewelry, military surplus and col-
A Pure Barre full body workout class is 10
lectibles. Food concessions available.
a.m. to noon Saturday, March 4. Participation
Admission: $6 (under 10 free). Age 18 and
is free.
younger must be accompanied by a parent or
St. Patricks Day Celebration and Spring
legal guardian. Information: 241-1761.
Forward to a Healthy Lifestyle event is
Sportscard and Toy Collectible Show Saturday, March 18, with events for kids,
The trading card and toy show is 9 a.m. to 4 spring produce, and personal care items and
p.m. Sunday, March 5, at Marriott Hotel, 1600 art. Special Whats in your Beef presentation
Airway, hosted by J & M Sportscards. Features from John Guldeman of Ganados Del Rey
Hot Wheels, McFarlane sports figures, Marvel Criollo Beef Ranch.
Super Heroes figures and more. Admission is Weekly events include kids tent activities,
free. Information: 856-7777. educational talks, Master Gardener talks and

Marie Otero Salon


live music.
German Spring Bazaar The German A Book Exchange is held the first and third
Air Force Air Defense Center of Fort Bliss
Saturday of the month. Bring a used book in
hosts its 14th annual spring bazaar 11 a.m. to 5
good condition, to exchange for another.
p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the former
Oktoberfest Building, Building 747 on Carter Punk Rock Flea Market El Pasos fami-

& Florence Street Gallery


Road in Fort Bliss. Hobby craftsmen and ly friendly punk rock market is 5 to 11 p.m. the
women will display various goods, including first and third Saturday of the month, at 1710

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

Where hair, makeup


fee and soft drinks. Admission is free. beauty products, comics and more. All ages
Information: 201-5939, 201-5942 or betreu- and pets welcome. Information: elpasop-
unginelpaso.com. unkrockfleamarket@gmail.com or on

& art come together


All proceeds help the centers Aid for the Facebook.
Needy charity benefiting projects on both The market hosts additional events on select-
sides of the borde. ed dates; see Facebook page for schedule.

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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March Roundup from UTEP in Psychology. After graduation,
Alina worked with U.S. Rep. Beto ORourke as
Contd from Page 7 a congressional intern for three months. She
volunteers as a facilitator for the El Paso del
Chamizal Asks: What Do You Think? Norte Youth Leadership Forum.
A World Water Day Program presented by
Norma Guzman of El Paso Water Free Pneumonia Vaccines Individuals
Utilities/TecH2O Learning Center is 7 to 9 over 65 who do not have insurance or
p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at Chamizal Medicaid can receive a free pneumonia vaccine
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. from the El Paso Fire Department. With a
Admission is free. Information: 532-7273. physician prescription, the Fire Department will
administer the vaccine to uninsured people
Ardovinos St. Patricks Day ages 18-64. To find out the dates, locations and
Ardovinos Desert Crossings Sunset Hall, One times for the next vaccine clinic, call 3-1-1.
Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park, hosts its 13th
annual St. Patricks Day event Friday, March P3s Super Saturday One-Day Camps
17. Live music by the San Patricios and The University of Texas at El Pasos P3 hosts
Fox and the Sound, Traditional Irish food and one-day camps 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays
drink. Doors open at 6 p.m. Cover charge. through May 27, covering a wide range of
Information: (575) 589-0653 ext. 3, subjects and interests. Cost to be announced.
ardovinos.com. Registration, schedule: 747-5142 or
FRIDAY,
F R I DAY, MARCH
M ARC H 2
244 ppp.utep.edu.
Parents Night Out City of Las Cruces
Parks & Recreation Department offers a Women for Business Conference
monthly Parents Night Out 6 to 11 p.m. the Shark Tank star Kim Nelson, founder of
Suunnlllaaannndd De
Derrby
rby
rb third Friday of the month (March 17) through Daisy Cakes, is keynote speaker for the annual
December, at the Frank OBrien Papen Center, conference 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March
304 W. Bell. Parents can enjoy an evening 31, at Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027 Airway.
together while their children, kindergarten The event features networking opportunities,
through eighth grade, enjoy games, music, and El Pasos own version of Shark Tank, Biz
themed activities. Participants will be placed in Tank! and prizes. Sponsored by Service Corps
CELEBRITY GUESTS:
SCOTT
SCOTT CONANT
CONANT appropriate age groups. Cost: $10 per partici- of Retired Executives and the Greater El Paso
CELEBRITY CHEF ON
pant per night. Information: (575) 541-2455. Chamber of Commerce. Cost: $75; $50 mili-
Space is limited and is first come-first serve. tary and students. Registration: 629-6714 or
FOOD NETWORKS CHOPPED
BOB ANDERSON Participants must pre-register, no drop-ins. elpaso.org.
Living the American Dream, entrepreneur-
Model railroad open house The
LAS VEGAS LEGEND AND
ship presenters include Sue Malone, national
Railroad Model and Historical Association of El
FRANK SINATRA IMPRESSIONIST
SBA lender and top lender to women-owned
Paso will sponsor an open house noon to 5 businesses; Lorraine Wardy, El Paso Business
7PM IN THE TURF CLUB

BENEFITING ALZHEIMER
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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

in a year and a half, and recently graduated Please see Page 9


Must be 18 or older to wa
wager
ger on horse racing. Play responsibly
responsibly.. Helpline 1-800-572-1142.

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March Roundup Club news
Contd from Page 8 Westside Welcome Club The nonprof-
it group is a social, educational and charitable
organization of more than 200 women open to
Fort Bliss both newcomers and longtime residents. Each
month the club offers a newcomers coffee and
Anyone entering Fort Bliss must have a valid a luncheon. Information: westsidewelcome-
drivers license, car insurance and registration. club.com.
Check beforehand to see which gates are open The monthly free newcomers coffee is 10
to the public. Public access is available through a.m. Friday, March 3, at Country Inn, 900
the Sheridan, Chaffee and Buffalo Soldiers gates Sunland Park Drive. No RSVP necessary.
to West Bliss, and Biggs and Old Ironsides gates Information: (310) 404-1618.
to East Bliss. The monthly luncheon is 11 a.m. Wednesday,
Pot of Gold Bingo Bingo Bliss hosts offer March 8, Double Eagle Restaurant, 2355 Calle
everyone who plays March 1-22 in the De Guadalupe, on the Plaza in Old Mesilla.
Centennial Banquet and Conference Center a Manager Jerry Harrell will speak on the ghosts
chance to enter for $1,000 in golden dollars. who haunt the restaurant. Newcomers wel-
The winning name will be drawn during St. come; reservations required. Cost: $22.
Pattys night Bingo on Wednesday, March 22. Information, reservations: 892-5178. Carpool
Winner must be present to claim the prize. information: 845-1896.
Games are every Wednesday and Saturday for Singles in the Son - The group develops
DoD ID cardholders and their guests. friendships among Christian singles ages 30 to
Information: 744-8427. 50. Bible study held Tuesday nights. Weekend
March Madness Fitness Workshop events subject to change. All denominations are
Fort Bliss Group Fitness will host a free com- welcome. Membership is free. Information:
petitive workshop for DoD ID card holders Andy, 471-1997, SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com
ages 12 and older 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, or on Facebook.
March 4, at Soto Physical Fitness Center on Saturday, March 4: Dinner and El Paso
Fort Bliss, with a 20-minute sessions of power Rhinos
and endurance classes. Information: 744-5800. Saturday, March 11: Dinner and Pool
Friday, March 17: Dinner and Disaster
Non-Commissioned Officers Wives Room 915
Club The club meets 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday, March 24: House Party.
the first Tuesday of the month (March 7), at
the Fort Bliss Trading Post (former Germania Club The Germania Club of
Commissary), 1717 Marshall Road. El Pasos hosts its monthly luncheon at 11:30
Social time begins at 9:30 a.m. Information: a.m. Thursday, March 9, at the Underwood
751-2132 (leave a message) or Golf Course, 3200 Coe, Fort Bliss. Newcomers
jsw79904@yahoo.com. welcome. Information, reservations: 755-5471.
The nonprofit social organization consists of Paso del Norte Quilt Guild The
active duty, retired and reserve spouses from guilds regular meeting is 9 a.m. the second
all branches of service with current Military I.D. Saturday of the month (March 11), at
Card (E-4 promotable or higher). University Presbyterian Church, 631 Resler.
Friday at The Fire Fort Blisss Freedom New techniques and workshops are being held
Crossing hosts free live music featuring local monthly. This months topic is paper piercing.
performers 6 to 11 p.m. Fridays, at the out- Anyone interested in quilting is welcome; no
door fireplace. Information: 564-5311 or free- experience needed. Membership is $25 per
domcrossingatfortbliss.com. year. Information: Patti Lyons, 585-2518.
The Guild assists in aiding many charitable
Family Days at the wall The Soldier organizations, with the main focus on helping
Activity Center, 0732 Constitution Avenue on wounded warriors by making quilts for them.
Central Fort Bliss, is open to all climbers age 6
and older noon to 6 p.m. every Thursday and El Paso Quilters Association The
Saturday. Climbing available on a first-come, association will meet 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday,
first-served basis. Information: 744-1532. March 16, at St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church, 2155 Wedgewood. Anyone interested
Fort Bliss Historical Association The in quilting may attend. Admission is free.
group meets at 1 p.m. on the second Information: 920-279-2034 or on Facebook.
Wednesday of each month at the Fort Bliss
museum complex, 1735 Marshall. Information: Doa Ana Photography Club (DAPC)
269-4831. Dues are $25 a year ($10 students The club hosts free photography programs
and junior enlisted soldiers). 7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the
month at Southwest Environmental Center,
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club 3730 Roy 275 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. The
Johnson Lane. Rifle and pistol shooting compe- public is invited. Information: daphotoclub.org.
titions are held almost every weekend. Visitors A Photography Boot Camp workshop on
can watch for free. Food available at the club- Composition is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,
house snack bar. To get there: Take Railroad March 25, with tips on how to improve pho-
Drive to Deer; turn right. Information: 568- tos after they are taken. First in a series of five
2983 or blissmwr.com/rodandgun. workshops. Cost: $5; workshops are free to
those who join DAPC for $15. Registration:
Old Fort Bliss Building 5054, corner of
daphotoclub.org. Information: Rob Peinert,
Pershing and Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. The
education@daphotoclub.org.
Old West days of the Soldiers of the Pass are
relived through replicas of the original adobe Discover El Paso The nonprofit group,
fort buildings and military artifacts, founded in 1973, is dedicated to promoting
Magoffinsville Post 1854 to 1868. Hours are 9 things to do and see in and around El Paso.
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; by Information: discoverep.org.
appointment only Saturday. Admission is free. The annual installation luncheon is noon
Information: 568-4518 or 588-8482 or on Tuesday, March 28, at Coronado Country
Facebook at Old Fort Bliss. Club, 1044 Broadmoor.

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March 2017 El Paso Scene Page 9
March Roundup Cost: $75 skills camp; $100 instruction; $150
for both morning and afternoon camps.
Contd from Page 9 Information: 252-6511 or
Thefirstteegreaterelpaso.org.
The group will attend the production of
Regular spring sessions begin March 25.
UTEP Dinner Theaters Anything Goes
Saturday, April 29. Ticket reservations (by P3s Mini Miner Mania Spring Break
March 15): $44.50. Camps UTEPs P3, 500 W University,
hosts a variety of spring break camps Monday
LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso The through Friday, March 13-17. Camps available
nonprofit cultural institute, founded in 1964,
for various age groups in a wide variety of
promotes French culture and offers fran-
interests.
cophiles the opportunity to use the French lan-
Extended care available for those who wish to
guage in a variety of activities. Information:
enroll in more than one camp. Registration,
585-1789, 497-2453 (Spanish), cgomez@afofel-
schedule: 747-5142 or ppp.utep.edu.
paso.com, afofelpaso.com or on Facebook at
AllianceFrancaiseElPaso. El Paso Museum of Art Camp The
Spring semester French language classes are museums 2017 Spring Break art camp classes
now in session at the AFEP School, 1035 are Tuesday through Friday March 14-17.
Belvidere, Suite 200. Private and semi-private Advance registration required. Morning classes
classes also available. are $75 ($60 museum members); ceramic
Festinema Junior 2017, films in French with classes are $86 ($70 members).
English subtitles, begins at 1 p.m. Saturday and Information/registration: 212-3062, epmaedu-
Sunday, March 25-26, at International cation@elpasotexas.gov or
Museum of Art, 1211 Montana. Saturdays films elpasoartmuseum.org.
are Welcome, and Adama, and Sundays Morning classes are 9:30 a.m. to noon and
films are Ernest & Celestine, Neige & Les include Cartoon Characters and Comics (ages
Arbres Magiques, and four animated shorts. 6-8), Ceramic Tableware (ages 9-12), Explore
Photography (age 9-12) and Paint your Hero
Paralegal Brush Up District 16 of the (age 6-8).
State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division will host
Afternoon classes are 1 to 3:30 p.m. and
its Spring CLE Brush Up program 7:30 a.m.
include Ceramic Tableware (age 6-8), Manga
to 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at El Paso
Drawing and Comics (age 9-12), and
Electric Company Stanton Tower Auditorium,
Printmaking Party (age 6-8).
100 N. Stanton. Topics include Avoiding
Litigation in Real Estate Purchase and Sale Museum of History Spring Break
Agreements; Criminal Law; Probate; and Camp El Paso Museum of History, 510 N.
Written Communications. Cost: $55 ($45 Santa Fe, hosts Spring Break Camp, From
members, $15 students). Cost goes up after Prisms to Film 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
March 10. Information: Clara, 521-4659 or Friday, March 14-17, for ages 8-12. Cost: $70
Clara. Buckland@epelectric.com; and Kim, ($55 members); due by March 8. Information:
546-5329 or Kim.Lowry@kempsmith.com. 212-3163, or knoedlerjm@elpasotexas.gov.
Applications at elpasotexas.gov/history.
El Paso Northeast Quilters Guild The camp is a look at the discovery of light
Regular monthly meetings are 7 to 9 p.m. the
and the evolution of photography and film
second Thursday of the month (March 9) at
through hands-on activities and crafts. Campers
Grace Presbyterian Church, 8001 Magnetic (at
explore concepts such as the persistence of
Titanic). Social time begins at 6:30 p.m.
vision through playing with and creating thau-
Information: epnequilters@gmail.com.
matropes and zoetropes experimenting with
International Coin Club El Pasos only sunprints and the praxinoscope, as well as
coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first experiencing the Polaroid camera.
Monday of the month at St. Pauls United
Spring Break Archaeology Camp El
Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere. Business
Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301
meeting starts around 6:30 p.m. Numismatic
Transmountain in Northeast El Paso (west of
presentations start at 7 p.m. with auction to
U.S. 54), hosts its spring break camp 9 a.m. to
follow. Visitors always welcome, and admission
12:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, March 14-
free for first-time visitors. Information: 533-
17, for ages 7 to 12, with presentations, gallery
6001 or elpasocoinclub.com.
tours, film screenings and activities such as
scavenger hunts, pottery, surveying, mock
Spring break programs excavations, adult-supervised atl-atl and
archery, crafts and more. Hueco Tanks field
Las Cruces Spring Break Camp City trip on Friday. Space is limited on a first come,
of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department first serve basis; advance paid registration
Spring Camp is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday required. Cost: $70 per child ($55 members);
through Friday, March 20-24, at Frank light healthy snacks provided. Information, reg-
OBrien Papen Community Center, 304 W. istration forms: 755-4332 or MaloofGO@elpa-
Bell, for grades K-5. Participants may also par- sotexas.gov.
ticipate on a daily drop-in basis each camp day.
Lunch not provided; participants encouraged to LC Museum of Nature and Science
bring lunch, water and snacks. Water and Spring Break Las Cruces Museum of
sports drinks available. Registration (through Nature and Science, 450 N. Main, offers its
March 11) at the Parks and Recreation Spring Break program 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Department Offices, 1501 E. Hadley. Parents Monday through Friday, March 20-24. Cost:
must provide proof of childs grade. Cost: $90 $25 per student. Information: (575) 522-3120.
per child ($20 per day drop-in). Cost for field Registration: las-cruces.org/museums.
trips will be announced in advance. Treasure Hunt for Grades 1-5. Learn how to
Information: Recreation Programs, (575) 541- read a compass and map by discovering what
2550. all the symbols on a map mean and to find
north.
First Tee Spring Break Camps First Forensic Science for Grades 6-8. Learn about
Tee of Greater El Paso will host Spring Break crime scene investigation, finger and foot print
camps for youth 10 a.m. to noon for golf skills analysis, suspect sketching, and much more.
and 1 to 4 p.m. for on course instruction
Monday through Thursday, March 13-16.
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March Roundup trucks. Parking for the event will be at Bien
Vivir Health Services (2300 McKinley); shuttles
Tigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Free childrens
Spaceport America Visitor Center
301 S. Foch, Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Contd from Page 10 available to drive visitors to the park at no cost. activities daily. Admission is free. Information: Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
The event is free, but 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org. Tours to Spaceport America depart promptly
Area attractions Last Sunday Hike is 8 a.m. Sunday, March 26, Native American Dances are on the hour 11 at 9 a.m. Thursday through Monday, returning
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino beginning in the parks parking lot to the top of a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. at 1 p.m. No tours Tuesday or Wednesday.
1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive), Ranger Peak. This months hike is a Couples Fresh Indian bread is on sale at the center, Tour cost: $49.99 ($29.99 age 18 and younger).
Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Hike; bring better half, friend or relative. made Saturday mornings. Also featured are Information, group reservations: 1-844-7-
Sunday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Bring water, sturdy shoes, weather appropriate family-operated gift shops. 2SPACE. Discounted admission rates online at
clothing. Participation is free. spaceportamerica.com/experience.
Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Friday and
Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park is managed
Mount Cristo Rey The four-story-tall
Saturday. Live racing runs through mid-April. statue of Christ on the cross tops the moun- La Via Winery 4201 S. NM Highway
Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. by Texas Parks & Wildlife and is also part of
tain, 4,576 feet above sea level, in Sunland 28. Information: (575) 882-7632 or lavinawin-
General admission and parking are free. Franklin Mountains State Park. To get there:
Park, N.M., near the junction of Mexico, Texas ery.com. The tasting room and patio open f
Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland- Take Alabama to McKinley and turn toward the
and New Mexico. Built in 1938-40 by sculptor noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Tuesday
park.com. mountain.
Urbici Soler, the monument is accessible off (closed Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily
Western Playland The amusement park Indian Cliffs Ranch The working cattle McNutt Road (Highway 273) in Sunland Park. tour is offered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment
is at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M. ranch in Fabens offers a childrens zoo, buffalo, Because of safety concerns, people are only; the $10 fee includes tasting.
across from the racetrack. Tickets (tax not longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets and advised to hike only in groups. The best time to
the Fort Apache playground. Its also home to hike is when volunteers are working on trail Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery
included): $20.75 42 inches or taller or $15.90 430 La Via Road (off NM 28 between
juniors 36 to 41 inches (pay one price); $5 non- the famous Cattlemans Steakhouse. maintenance, usually 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays.
Information: (915) 544-3200 or cattle- For information on Saturday hiking times, call markers 8 and 9), in Chamberino, N.M. Tasting
rider admission. Individual ride tickets are room open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through
$2.50; rides are 1 or 2 tickets. Information: manssteakhouse.com. 252-9840.
Monday. Information: (915) 241-4349 or som-
(575) 589-3410 or westernplayland.com. Ski Apache Wind Rider The hour-long Plaza Theatre Tours The free weekly braantigua.com.
March hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Saturdays and 2 zip-line adventure at the Alto, N.M. ski resort tours are noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Plaza,
to 7 p.m. Sundays. Additional Spring Break begins at over 11,000 feet, spanning 8,900 feet 125 W. Mills in Downtown El Paso. Meet Zin Valle Vineyards 7315 Hwy 28 in
hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, in three sections, reaching speeds of up to 65 under the Plaza marquee. Information: 534- Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tast-
March 14-17. mph. Cost is $75 for adults, $68 children and 0660. ings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday.
senior, $62 military. Minimum age is 10; height Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
Wyler Aerial Tramway The state park San Elizario Historic District The dis-
tramway, 1700 McKinley, gives passengers a and weight limits also apply. Reservations
trict at 1500 Main Street in San Elizario on the McDonald Observatory The UT
view of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico from required. Information: (575) 464-3633 or skia- Austin-run observatory is near Fort Davis,
Mission Trail features four art galleries, seven
Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is $8 pache.com. Texas. Visitor Center open 10 a.m. to 5:30
artists studio/galleries, three gift shops, the
for adults and $4 for children 12 years and The Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero, p.m. (Central Time) daily. Information: (432)
Historic San Elizario Chapel, the Portales
under. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday and N.M. also offers the Apache Eagle ZipRider, 426-4138. Daytime tours and solar viewing at
Museum and the Veterans Museum. Most loca-
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed which spans 2,668 feet, lasting about three 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. Twilight programs
tions open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday
Monday through Thursday. Information: 562- minutes. Tickets: $40 ($37 ages 10-13 and 60- begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays and
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
9899 or 566-6622. plus; $41 military); $91 for all-day pass. Saturdays. Stargazing events are 7 p.m.
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 851-0041,
Tramways 16th anniversary celebration is Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305 594-8424 or SanElizarioHistoricDistrict.com. Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 18, with Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta Self-guided walking tours and guided tour of Reservations required for all programs.
exhibitors, activities, entertainment and food Mission. The center features a museum on the 17 historical sites also offered. Reservations, event schedule and tour prices
available at mcdonaldobservatory.org.

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For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster, was released in 2016.
call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com. Indie electronic band The Naked and
Unless indicated, prices listed do not include Famouss music has been featured in Pitch
service charges. Perfect, Greys Anatomy, True Blood, Gossip
Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Degrassi, and the
Green Day The iconic modern punk band FIFA 12 video game.
brings their Revolution Radio tour to El Paso stories by Nestor Gomez and Martha Ruiz- million plays (and counting) on Spotify, and
at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at El Paso Perilla, and El Pasos own Tuff Hedeman, earning the distinction of becoming the best- Chicago The legendary rock band and El
County Coliseum, with opening act Against Me! Robert Holguin and Rosa Guerrero. Doors selling digital single in the history of Christian Paso favorite returns at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Tickets: $26.50 and $61.50 (Ticketmaster). open at 6:30 p.m. Admission: $20. Information: music. March 29, at the Plaza Theatre with opening
917-974-0022 or themoth.org.
Adal Ramones The Mexican comedian The Moth presents true, personal stories by
Banda MS The Latin Grammy winners band JD & The Straight Shot. Tickets: $49.50-
performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at El $89.50 (Ticketmaster).
and TV host brings his act back to El Paso at luminaries in the arts and sciences, as well as
Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Self-described as the rock n roll band with
8:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, at The Plaza others ranging from an astronaut and undertak-
Tickets: $50 and $75 (Ticketmaster). horns, Chicago celebrates their 50th anniver-
Theatre. Tickets: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 and er to a voodoo priestess and a retired NYPD sary this year, and was inducted into the Rock
$69.50 (Ticketmaster). detective. Each show is composed of simple, Neko Case The singer performs at 8 p.m. and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 after receiving
old-fashioned storytelling on thoroughly mod- Saturday, March 18, at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El
Maluma The reggaeton artist brings his their first nomination.
ern themes, told live on stage, without notes. Paso, in support of her latest release, The First known as Chicago Transit Authority, the
World Tour 2017 to the borderland at 8:30
The Moth Radio Hour is heard on over 450 Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the bands debut album was a double-disk debut
p.m. Saturday, March 4, at El Paso County
public radio stations nationwide and podcast is Harder I Fight, the More I Love You. Tickets: that sold over 1 million copies its first year. The
Coliseum. Tickets: $60.50 to $126.50
downloaded 44 million times a year. $33.50-$43.50. Information: 351-9909. Tickets band has sold 100 million more albums since.
(Ticketmaster).
at trickyfalls.com, holdmyticket.com or ticket-
Tejano Legends Little Joe headlines the The Americana band JD & The Straight Shot,
Birth of the Beat Showtime! El Paso fly.com. featuring vocalist/guitarist Jim Dolan, is working
Tex-Mex music style tour with special guest
presents a celebration of the blues, Broadway, on an album due out in 2017, with the first sin-
jazz, movie musicals and more at 2:30 p.m.
Tejano Music Award winner Raulito Navaira is Roy Orbison Dinner and Concert
Saturday, March 11, at the Plaza Theatre. Tribute Showtime! El Paso hosts its 4th gle I Know, You Know, I Know.
Sunday, March 5, at the Abraham Chavez
Little Joe presents a never-performed show in annual fundraising dinner and concert at 7 p.m. Cristian Castro The Grammy-nominated
Theatre. Tickets: $30; general admission ($10
the El Paso area, with other Tejano music leg- Saturday, March 18, at El Paso Community Mexican vocalist performs at 8 p.m. Thursday,
students). Information: 544-2022 or show-
ends. Tickets: $27.50, $37.50 and $67.50 Colleges Administrative Service Centers March 30, at El Paso County Coliseum, with
timeelpaso.com.
(Ticketmaster). Information: Elpasolive.com. Auditorium, 9050 Viscount, Building A. Mark Aleks Syntek Tickets: $49.50 to $125.00
The Illusionists Broadway in El Paso Barnett performs a tribute for the late Roy
Skillet The hard rock bands Unleashed (Ticketmaster).
presents the spectacular showcase of the most Orbison in Revisiting the Orbison Years. Castro, often referred to as El Gallito Feliz
Tour 2017 is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16,
incredible illusionists on earth at 5:30 and 8:30 Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets: $50; available at (the Happy Little Rooster), has performed with
at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El Paso, with Sick
p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at The Plaza Theatre. showtimeelpaso.com. Information: 544-2022 or a variety of artists including Michael Jackson,
Puppies and Devour the Day. Tickets: $27.50
This show has shattered box office records showtimeelpaso@mail.com. Luis Miguel, Carlos Santana, Ricky Martin and
to $32. Information: 351-9909. Online tickets
across the globe. Tickets: $47.50 and Julio Iglesias.
$72.50(Ticketmaster).
at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com. Bill Maher The politically incorrect
Selling more 11 million units worldwide, comic returns to El Paso at 7 p.m. Sunday, Yuridia The Latin pop singer performs at
The Moth in El Paso Public radios The Skillet has received two Grammy nominations March 19, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at the Plaza
Moth presents Eyewitness: The Moth in El and won a Billboard Music Award for the $56.50 to $91.50 (Ticketmaster). Theatre. Tickets: $42-$110 (Ticketmaster).
Paso, a live storytelling program, at 7:30 p.m. platinum-certified Awake. Their double-plat- For more than 20 years, Maher has set the After winning second place on the popular
Tuesday, March 7, at the Scottish Rite Temple, inum single Monster was the eighth most boundaries of where funny, political talk can go Mexican reality show La Academia, Yuridia
301 W Missouri. Hosted by Peter Aguero with streamed rock song of 2015 with a total of 57 on American television. As the host of scored major success with her debut album,
Politically Incorrect, and for the last 14 years La Voz de un ngel, selling 1.5 million copies.
as host of HBOs Real Time, Maher has gar-
nered 38 Emmy nominations. Michael McDonald The five-time
Grammy winner performs at 7:30 p.m.
Elton John The pop superstars first El Tuesday, April 4, at the Plaza Theatre. His
Paso performance in ten years is 8 p.m. works range from 70s-era Doobie Brothers
Thursday, March 23, at Don Haskins Center classics such as What A Fool Believes and
with Wonderful Crazy Night Tour. Tickets: solo hits like I Keep Forgettin through two
$32.75 to $142.75 (Ticketmaster). highly-acclaimed Motown albums, genre-bust-
One of the most successful artists on the road ing guest spots and innovative concept shows.
today, Elton and his band perform his much- Tickets: $38 to $85. (Ticketmaster).
loved classic songs such as Your Song, In the early 1970s, McDonald became an
Rocket Man, Bennie and the Jets, integral part of the sound of Steely Dan. In the
Philadelphia Freedom, Crocodile Rock and mid 70s, McDonald joined The Doobie
Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me. Brothers. During the 80s and 90s, his solo
Johns career spans five decades. He is one of career zoomed from success to success on the
the top-selling solo artists of all time with 38 wings of evergreen hits like Sweet Freedom,
gold records and 31 platinum albums, 29 con- On My Own (a duet with Patti LaBelle) and
secutive Top 40 hits, and he has sold more than the Grammy-winning duet with James Ingram
250 million records worldwide. John holds the Yah Mo B There.
record for the biggest selling single of all time,
Candle in the Wind 97, which sold over 37 21 Savage The Atlanta rappers Issa
million copies. Tour stops at El Paso Thursday, April 6, at El
Buchanans Event Center, 11540 Pellicano. Also
Newsboys The Christian pop bands performing are Young M.A. , Tee Grizzley and
Love Riot Tour is 7 p.m. Friday, March 24, Young Nudy. Tickets: $30 to $130. Available at
at El Paso County Coliseum. Tickets: $25-$100 toozany.com.
(Ticketmaster). The band started over 20 years
ago in Australia, and has since earned four Hijas de su Madre Ariane Pellicer stars
Dove Awards and four Grammy nominations. in the Spanish language comedy at 8:30 p.m.
They were featured in both Gods Not Dead Friday, April 7, at the Plaza Theatre. The play
movies. is about a married man with many mistresses;
all of whom are trying to kill him for his money.
Blink 182 The pop punk favorites perform Also starring Sana Dosamantes, Patricia Reyes
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at NMSUs Spndola, Aylin Mujica, Lourdes Munguia,
Pan American Center, with special guest The Marisa del Portillo and Anna Silveti. Tickets:
Naked and Famous. Tickets: $36.50, $46.50 $39.50 and $69.50 (Ticketmaster).
and $52.50.(Ticketmaster). NMSU students eli-
gible for discount. Garth Brooks The country music super-
Having sold more than 50 million albums star and 2016 CMA Entertainer of the Year
worldwide (with more than 13 million of those returns to Las Cruces for the first time in 21
in the United States alone), Blink 182s second
No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, California, Please see Page 13
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Ticket Paloma and Di Blasio Argentinean Latin Venues & series band performs at 9 p.m. Monday, March 13,
with The Regrettes, Drinking Flowers.
jazz pianist Raul Di Blasio and Spanish singer
Contd from Page 12 Paloma San Basilio perform together for the Lowbrow Palace 111 E. Robinson. Admission is free.
first time in their Tal Como Somos Tour that Doors open one hour prior to show time. Xenia Rubinos The vocalist performs at 9
years for a five-show run as part of his World Concerts are all ages, unless otherwise listed.
sings to love and friendship at 8:30 p.m. Friday, p.m. Tuesday, March 14, with Madeline
Tour at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 and 7 p.m. Surcharge for ages under 21. Tickets at low-
April 28, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $79.50 Kenney. Admission is free.
Saturday and Sunday, April 7-9, at NMSUs browpalace.com.
and $149.50 (Ticketmaster). Frontera Bugalu The local band performs
Pan American Center, with guest Trisha Medvedi The rock band performs at 9:30 at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, with Radio
Yearwood. Garth Brooks is Americas No. 1 The Phantom of the Opera p.m. Friday, March 3, with Sorrytown, Glitter La Chusma and Dulce Mal. Admission: $5.
selling solo artist. Tickets: $74.98 Broadway in El Paso presents Cameron Tacos, Nico & the Silent Films. Age 18 and MC Lars American rapper, producer,
(Ticketmaster); 8 ticket limit. Information: Mackintoshs new production of Andrew Lloyd older admitted. Admission is free. writer, cartoonist, 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 21,
(575)646-1420. Webbers phenomenal musical for 15 perform- Sam Z Album Release Party The release with Mega Ran and Big O. Admission is free.
Brooks originally was scheduled for one show ances May 3-14, at the Plaza Theatre. Music party is 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, with Norma Jean Metalcore band, at 9 p.m.
on April but an unprecedented avalanche of by Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, and book by Rose. Golden, Frythm, Boomkat. Admission: Thursday, March 23, with He Is Legend,
ticket sales led to four shows being added with- Webber and Richard Steilgoe. Tickets: $32.50, $3. Capsize and Comrades. Tickets: $18-$20.
in hours after tickets first went on sale. $47.50, $52.50, $67.50, $75, $82.50, and $90 The Chamanas El Paso band, 9:30 p.m. It Loves It Breathes, Avion Roe
Brooks has broken his Las Cruces sales (Ticketmaster). Information: 10800-745-3000. Thursday, March 9, with Groves, Great Electroncore band and American rock band, 10
record with this show selling more than 39,000 Shapes, Dirty Souls. Admission is free.
tickets in under 40 minutes. La Oreja de Van Gogh The Latin pop p.m. Friday, March 24, with Ghost Parade.
bands Planeta Imaginario Tour is 8 p.m. Mykki Blanco The rapper and perform- Tickets: $13-$15.
Cirque du Soleils Ovo The Cirque du Saturday, May 13, at the Abraham Chavez ance artist performs Friday, March 10, with Horse The Band The metalcore-influ-
Soleil brings its newest touring arena show Theatre. The group has sold more than 8 mil- Cakes Da Killa. Tickets: $15-$17. enced band performs 9 p.m. Monday, March
April 12-16 at UTEPs Don Haskins Center. lion records worldwide with hits like Rosas, Super Tour is Cousin Stizz The hip-hop 27, with Infinity Shread and Graf Orlock.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Mi vida sin ti, La Playa and more. Tickets: tour with Super Duper Kyle and Cousin Stizz is Tickets: $10-$12.
Thursday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, $38-$120 (Ticketmaster). 10 p.m. Friday, March 12. Tickets: $15. The Polyphia The instrumental progressive
and 1:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $35, $95 RumJacks Sydney folk punk band, 10 p.m. metal band performs at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March
and $145 (Ticketmaster, UTEP Ticket Center). Gabriel Iglesias The fluffy comedians Saturday, March 11. Admission is free.
Information: 747-5234. FluffyMania World Tour: 20 Years of Summer Cannibals The Portland rock Please see Page 14
Ovo, meaning egg in Portuguese, is a head- Comedy is 8 p.m. Friday, May 19, at UTEPs
long rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming Don Haskins Center. Age 7 and older admitted.
with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flut- Tickets: $30-$70 (Ticketmaster).
ter, play, fight and look for love in a nonstop Band of Horses The American rock band
riot of energy and movement. performs 7 p.m. Monday, May 22, at Tricky
When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, Falls, 209 S. El Paso. All ages show. Tickets:
the insects are awestruck and intensely curious $30 in advance; $32 at the door (ticketfly.com).
about this iconic object that represents the Band of Horses formed in 2004 in Seattle by
enigma and cycles of their lives. It is love at first Ben Bridwell. The band has released five studio
sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this albums the most successful of which is 2010s
bustling community and a fabulous ladybug Grammy-nominated Infinite Arms.
catches his eye and the feeling is mutual.
Neon Desert Music Festival Early bird
Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes tickets are on sale for the 7th annual music fes-
Music The Sesame Street Live annual tival 3 p.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday,
Easter week shows are April 14-16 at the May 27-28, 2017 on three stages in
Plaza Theatre. Presented by VEE Corporation. Downtown El Paso, from Cleveland Square to
Showtimes are 2 and 6:30 p.m. Friday, 10:30, 2 San Jacinto Plaza. Tickets: $99-$250; online at
and 5:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. neondesertmusicfestival.com.
Tickets: $15-$35(Ticketmaster); all children
over age 1 must purchase ticket. Information: Jethro Tull by Ian Anderson Jethro
1-800-745-3000 or sesamestreetlive.com. Tull/Ian Anderson will perform at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 28, at the Plaza Theatre. The
The 1975 The UK art-pop quartet brings concerts feature a solid collection of the best-
their North American tour to El Paso at 8 p.m. known Tull repertoire from 1968 to date.
Friday, April 21, at the Abraham Chavez Tickets; $39.95 to $99.50 (Ticketmaster).
Theatre. Tickets: $44.95 to $59.95
(Ticketmaster). Rodgers & Hammersteins Cinderella
The Broadway in El Paso series closes its
Ol Showtime! El Paso closes its season season with the Tony-winning Broadway musi-
with the globetrotting, award-winning flamenco cal Tuesday, June 6, at the Plaza Theatre.
comedy trio at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Tickets: $47.50 and $75 (Ticketmaster).
Abraham Chavez Theatre. The group offers a
unique combination of frantic slapstick, dueling Journey The classic rock legends perform
guitars and virtuoso musicianship. The fast- at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at UTEPs Don
paced, interactive performance is fun for the Haskins Center, with special guest Asia.
whole family. Tickets: $30; general admission. Tickets: $42-$586; VIP packages range from
Information: 544-2022 or showtimeelpaso.com. $243-$344(Ticketmaster).

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
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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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UTEP Department of Music Recorder Concert Rio Grande Chapter
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. of the American Recorder Society celebrates
Sunday) at Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, unless Play the Recorder Month with a concert at 2
listed otherwise. Tickets prices vary; most per- p.m. Sunday, March 12, at Good Samaritan
formances are $5 ($3 students/military; free for Activity Center Auditorium, 3011 Buena Vida
UTEP faculty, students and staff).Information: Circle in Las Cruces, with a variety of early
747-5606 or music.utep.edu. music performances. Chapter members per-
Choir Concert is Monday, March 6. ty outreach concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March Thursday and Saturday, March 23 and 25, at form on a variety of recorders and viols with
The studio of Nancy Taylor presents 5, St. Marks Grace Campus Sanctuary, 400 N the Abraham Chavez Theatre. This 1930s emphasis on music of the 15th to 18th century.
Trumpet Songs Tuesday, March 7, featuring Carolina, as part of the Sounds of St. Marks Hollywood take on the classic fairy tale, Admission is free. Information: (915) 544-3427
works by living American composers including Concert Series. Selections include J.S. Bachs Cinderella will be sung in Italian with English or rgrecorders.org.
Jennifer Higdon, Kevin McKee and Eric Ewazen.
Admission is free.
Suite for Solo Viola and George Rochbergs and Spanish subtitles. Pre-opera lecture by Notre Dame Glee Club The club per-
Caprice Variations for Unaccompanied Violin. director Garnett Bruce at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: forms in El Paso at 7 p.m. Thursday, March
Faculty Recital Series with Dr. Stephanie Admission is free; donations accepted. $15 to $90; discounts for groups of ten or 16, with and an evening performance at 7 p.m.
Meyers (viola/violin) is Wednesday, March 8. Information: 581-4444 or 307-1970. more, student, military, senior and subscribers. Lorettos Little Theatre, 1300 Hardaway.
Meyers will give a lecture and recital on the Age 7 and older welcome. (Ticketmaster).
Kapelle concerts The Concordia Hosted by the Notre Dame Club of El Paso.
Caprice Variations by George Rochberg. Information: 581-5534 or epopera.org. Tickets: $10; available online at elpaso.und-
Tickets: $8 ($5 students/military free for UTEP University Chicago Concert Choir, Kapelle, will
An Evening with the Stars is Thursday, March
perform its No Greater Love concerts at 7 club.org. Information: 701-8974 or
faculty, students and staff). 9, at Coronado Country Club, 1044
p.m. Monday and Tuesday, March 6-7, at two ndelpaso@alumni.nd.edu.
Jazz 1 concert is 5 p.m. Thursday, March 9. Broadmoor. Cocktail hour at 6 p.m., dinner at
El Paso Lutheran churches. Monday: Zion The Notre Dame Glee Club, directed by
Pandemonium Steel Band and Afro-Cuban 7 p.m., and performance by each cast member.
Lutheran Church, 2800 Pershing in Central El Daniel Stowe, celebrated its 100th anniversary
Percussion Ensemble Concert is 5 p.m. Sunday, Cocktail attire. Tickets: $100; $800 table for
Paso. Tuesday: Ascension Lutheran Church, in 2015. Their program encompasses art music
March 26, performing calypso, Panorama, and eight. Tickets, RSVP (by March 3): 581-5534.
6520 Loma de Cristo in West El Paso. from the Renaissance to the 21st century as
contemporary selections with guest artist Joe A special complimentary showing open to stu-
Admission is free; an offering will be taken. well as spirituals, folk and popular music, and
Galvin, a specialist in Afro-Cuban music. Galvin dents of all ages is 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21,
Kapelle is the premier choral ensemble of songs of Notre Dame. A daytime performance
will also perform folkloric rumba, bembe, and during El Paso Operas annual Youth Night at
Concordia University Chicago, and is traveling is planned at St. Matthews Church, 400 W.
other styles with members of the UTEP the Opera. Tickets are free, but must be pre-
on a 10-day spring concert tour. Information: Sunset. Call for details.
Percussion Ensemble. arranged by contacting Justin@epopera.org.
Symphonic Winds Tuesday, March 28. CUChicago.edu.
The El Paso Opera production will follow Kubecca Grant County Community
Orchestra Concert Thursday, March 30. Concert Association presents the vocalist and
NMSU Department of Music Recitals director Garnett Bruces adaptation of Rossinis
multi-instrumentalist duo at 7 p.m. Saturday,
LCSO with Vicente Campos Las are in the Atkinson Music Recital Hall at 1816 La Cenerentola, and will be conducted
NMSU. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Admission by Maestro Robert Tweten who is also the March 18, at WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium.
Cruces Symphony Orchestra presents the
is free to most events. Information: (575) 646- head of music staff at the Santa Fe Opera. Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and younger).
guest trumpeter at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3
2421, music.nmsu.edu or on Facebook at Stephanie Lauricella will be the lead Angelia Information: (575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.
p.m. Sunday, March 4-5, at NMSUs Atkinson
NMSU MusicDept. and Randall Bills will be Ramiro. Other cast Kuba Kawnik with his penchant for esoteric
Recital Hall, performing Arutiunian, Albinoni
Monday, March 6: Piano Studio Recital members include John Boehr, Kyle Albertson, instruments and classically trained jazz back-
and Tckaikovsky. Concert begins . Tickets:
Thursday-Friday, March 16-17: Jazz Band Adrian Smith, and local UTEP Professor Cherry ground would seem worlds away from Rebecca
$35-$45. Information: (575) 646-3709 or
Duke. The production will also include the El Lowes love of Broadway shows combined with
lascrucessymphony.com.
Cinderella El Paso Opera presents the Paso Symphony Orchestra and 16 local chorus her fondness for pop and country music.
Dr. Stephanie Meyers in Concert Giochino Rossinis opera based on the tale of members led by Joe Estala.
Violinist Stephanie Meyer performs a communi- Cinderella La Cenerentola, at 7:30 p.m.
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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.

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Koan The improvisation ensemble per- 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
forms at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, at Star March 12: Great American Canyon Band.
City Studio, 120 W. Castellano. Admission; $15 March 26: James Springer.
($10 students with ID). Information: starcitystu-
Every 2nd Wednesday Doa Ana Arts
dioproductions.com or on Facebook.
Council hosts a variety of musical performances
Marfa Myths Ballroom Marfa hosts the 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month
cultural program, curated by New York-based St. Paddys Music Fest Freedom participants and audience. Information: (575) at the historic Rio Grande Theatre, 211
music label Mexican Summer, March 9-12 at Crossing at Fort Bliss, 1611 Pleasonton Road, 525-9333 or bobandmelody@sbcglobal.net. Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. Admission is free.
various venues. Passes for Thursday, Saturday hosts a two-day music festival beginning at 5 The Howling Coyote is open to acoustic Information: (575) 523-6403.
afternoon, or Sunday are $30; Saturday night p.m. Friday and noon Saturday, March 17-18, musicians, poets, storytellers, and singer/song-
until closing, with live music, green beer, Irish writers for material that is family friendly. Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
pass is $45. All access bundles: $160. Tickets:
Coffee, soft drinks and snacks available. The racetrack and casino, 1200 Futurity Dr. (at
mexicansummer.com or ballroommarfa.org. cuisine and kids workshops. Admission is free
Sunland Park Drive), Sunland Park, N.M. offers
Information: (432) 729-3600. and the public is welcome. Information:
La Parada The monthly grassroots event live entertainment at on select dates. No cover.
Thursday, March 9: Texas psychedelic royal- FreedomCrossingFortBliss.com or on
celebrating local culture and lifestyles is 8 p.m. Information: (575) 874-5200 or Sunland-
ty Roky Erickson. Dirty Gay Movie Night fol- Facebook.
to 2 a.m. Friday, March 3, at 501 Bar and Park.com.
lows at the Crowley Theater. Performances by Los San Patricios, Singing
Bistro in the San Carlos Building, 501 Texas. Free live music is 9 p.m. Fridays, featuring
Friday, March 10: Baltimore duo Zomes Pilgrims, Adobe Brothers, Empyer Pipes &
Cover: $5. Information: 351-6023 or on Latin and regional music; and Saturdays featur-
performs at Wrong Marfa. Visual artist and Drums, AZ Dueiling Pianos, Gleewood, Jones &
Facebook at laparadaep. ing rock and pop variety. Mariachi music is 5
musician Lonnie Holley performs solo and as Miles, Dusty Low, Reflections of Motown,
p.m. Sundays.
part of a collaboration with Florida duo Wildflower and DJ Darrin. Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
Tonstartssbandht at the Strange Attractor
Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society
122 S. Pueblo Rd. Live music nightly. Age 18 Ardovinos Live Music Ardovinos
opening at Ballroom Marfa. . and older welcome. Admission is usually free. Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Dr. in Sunland
The society presents the Jazz Unlimited Big
Saturday, March 11: Free jazz and experi- Information: 860-7777 or speakingrockenter- Park, hosts live music at 7;30 p.m. every Friday
Band at its monthly concert series 7 p.m.
mental pop from Pharoah Sanders and Julia tainment.com. and Saturday. Information: (575) 589-0653.
Sunday, March 19, at First Christian Church,
Holter. Saturday nights marquee concert at the Rockers HellYeah perform 8 to 11 p.m.
1809 El Paseo in Las Cruces. The music begins
Friday, March 3, inside, with Sons of Texas Fandango at Carambola Community
Capri features Cate Le Bon, Allah-Las, Jenny
after a short business meeting. Admission: $10
and The Crowned. Music The monthly gathering is 6 to 9 p.m.
Hval, and Perfume Genius/Weyes Blood.
($5 members; $1 students with ID). Coffee and the first Thursday of the month (March 2) at
Sunday, March 12: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Rock band UFO performs at 7 p.m. March
dessert reception precedes the concert at 6:30 Carambola Community Music, 200 N. Ochoa.
visionary synthesizer artist, performs in collabo- 12, with Saxon, and Jared James Nichols.
p.m. in the foyer. Information: Larry Brooks, Guests are welcome to bring instruments, voic-
ration with Rose Kallal. Rock band P.O.D. performs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
(575) 640-8752 or mvjazzblues.net. es, dancing feet and a friend. Instruments and
Friday, April 21.
Otonana Trio The Japanese band per- Metal band Skid Row performs 8 p.m. to dancing shoes for folks to try. A zapateado les-
forms at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at
Also midnight Friday, May 12, with guests Kix. son with Jazmin Cancio Lucio is 7 p.m.
Boomtown Tavern, 2430 Wyoming, in support Tribute bands are at 8 p.m. most Friday and Information: (773) 613-9303 or mariaannemc-
of their latest album, Space Power Delight. Howling Coyote Coffeehouse The Saturday nights. Selena Tribute is March 4. cullough@gmail.com.
Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, they are beloved a open mic event is 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, at
Center for Spiritual Living, 575 N. Main, on Las Zin Valle Free Music Sundays Zin Live Music at Sombra Antigua
live band, known for their expertly-played
Valle vineyard, 7315 Hwy 28 in Canutillo (3/4 Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery, 430 La
party-funk, crazy costumes, and ability to make Cruces Downtown Main Street, following the
mile north of FM 259), hosts free live music 1 Via Road (off NM 28 between markers 8 and
their fans dance. Admission: $10. Information: monthly Downtown Arts Ramble. Signup
to 4 p.m. on selected Sundays. Guests may also 9), in Chamberino, N.M. hosts free live music
261-7330 or otonanatrio.com. begins at 6:30 p.m. The community event is on
the first Friday of the month. Free admission to enjoy wine tastings. Bring a picnic. Information: Please see Page 18

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Music Border Beats:
Contd from Page 17 Slow Town El Paso progressive rock
Saturdays and Sundays. Food trucks available band FrenZis latest singer was released
most Saturdays; bring a picnic basket Sunday. Feb. 28 on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud and
Information: (915) 241-4349 or sombraan- Google Play. Chantal, Audrey and Dario, all
tigua.com. age 14 to 16, began to play at local venues
in El Paso and since November 2014 have
Railroad Blues 504 W. Holland, Alpine, played more than 100 shows in United
Texas. Most performances begin at 10 p.m. States and Mexico. Last November, FrenZi
Admission varies. Information: (432) 837-3103 performed in Mexico City at the interna-
or railroadblues.com. tional festival FILIJ 2016. Find their music on
Saturday, March 4: Johnathan Mitchell frenzirockband.com or on Facebook.
Saturday, March 18: 158 Breakdown
Friday, March 24: Ulrich Ellyson
Saturday, March 25: Callahan Divide per ticket; available at ticketweb.com.
Friday, March 31: Night Owls Information, reservations: 779-LAFF (5233),
Saturday, April 1: Main Street laff2nite.com or on Facebook at El Paso Comic
Friday, April 7: Bosse Strip.
Saturday, April 8: Defrance Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee Jake The
Sunset Soundtracks El Cosmico vintage Snake Roberts performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday
trailer lodge, 802 S. Highland in Marfa, presents and Wednesday, March 14-15, with opening
free live music events on selected evenings. act Alex Ansel. Tickets: $17.50 general admis-
Singer-songwriter Donavan Frankenreiter per- sion; $22.50 front meet and greet.
forms 8 p.m. Monday, March 6. Information: March 1-5: Dino Archie.
(432) 729-1950 or elcosmico.com. March 8-12: Willie Barcena, with opening
act Jose Raymond.
March 23-25: Felipe Esparza (Champion of
Comedy NBCs Last Comic Standing). Show times are
7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Adal Ramones The Mexican comedian
March 29-April 2: Joey Medina with open-
and TV host bring his act back to El Paso at
ing act with Drew Marks
8:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, at The Plaza
Theatre. Tickets: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 and Latin Comedy Jam National Touring
$69.50 (Ticketmaster). comedians perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April
Ramones is most known for hosting the popu- 1, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main in the
lar TV show Otro Rollo, one of the most Las Cruces Downtown Mall, featuring Martin
successful programs on Mexican TV. Rozo, Jerry Garcia, Flaco Martinez. hosted by
Mike G. Tickets: $20-$35; available at holdmyt-
El Paso Comic Strip The club, now cel-
icket.com or riograndetheatre.com.
ebrating its 30th year, 1201 Airway. Shows are
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 7:30 Gabriel Iglesias The fluffy comedians
and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7:30 FluffyMania World Tour: 20 Years of
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $6 Wednesday and Comedy is 8 p.m. Friday, May 19, at UTEPs
Thursday, $12 Friday and Saturday; $8 Sunday, Don Haskins Center. Tickets: $30-$70
unless otherwise listed. VIP Booths $10 more (Ticketmaster).

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.
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Trials
Saturday, April 1: West Texas Derby and
Sunburst Stakes
Sun City Roller Girls The Roller Girls
next bout is 6 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at El
Paso County Coliseums Judging Arena, 4100 E.
Paisano, with Sexecutioners vs. La Viudas
El Paso Rhinos - El Pasos Junior League ice Road Race (running) and Race Walk are 7:30 Negras. Tickets: $7 in advance; $10 at the door
hockey teams final home game of the regular a.m. Saturday, April 29, at Cohen Stadium, ($7 with valid military ID; free for ages 12 and
season is March 3-5 against Springfield Express 9700 Gateway North younger); available in advance at the Pershing
at Sierra Providence Events Center, next to the Track and Field is 8 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at Inn, All That Music, Blue Panda Tattoo,
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Game time is 7:30 Montwood High School, 12000 Montwood. Uptown Cheapskate or any Roller Girl.
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The awards banquet is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Information: suncityrollergirls.com.
Tickets; $20 glass seats; $15 center line; $10 May 17, at Hilos de Plata Senior Center, 4451
bluelines; $5 general admission. Free admission Delta. Cost: $8 (RSVP). Chihuahuas Championship Dinner
to active military with ID. Information: 479- Steve Garvey, Former Los Angeles Dodgers
Monster Jam The Monster Truck Show is MVP & World Series Champion, headlines the
PUCK (7825) or elpasorhinos.com.
7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4- El Paso Chihuahuas annual pre-season event
El Paso Senior Games City of El Paso 5, at Sun Bowl Stadium. Celebrating 25 years of benefiting the Chihuahuas Foundation 6 to 9
Parks and Recreation Departments annual adrenaline-charged family entertainment, p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at the El Paso
games for those age 50 and older run through Monster Jam combines spontaneous entertain- Convention Center. The event will be a cele-
May 17 at various locations, Sponsored by ment with the ultimate off-road, motorsport bration of the Chihuahuas 2016 Pacific Coast
United Healthcare, UTEP and Urgent Care competition. Tickets: $15-$25; ages 2 and older League (PCL) Championship as well as the first
Home Heath Inc. All participants have a chance must have tickets(Ticketmaster). Information: opportunity to meet the 2017 team, coaches
to qualify for the Texas State Senior Games. monsterjam.com. and staff. The cocktail hour is 6 p.m. followed
Registration: $15 for 2 events and t-shirt, plus Monster Jam features the most recognizable by dinner, a sit down interview with
$5 for each additional event; $45 for all events. trucks in the world including Grave Digger, Chihuahuas manager, Rod Barajas, Garvey and
Includes t-shirt. Information, registration: 544- Max-DTM, El Toro Loco and Monster Mutt. Chihuahuas broadcaster, Tim Hagerty, and a
0753, 503-6544, 240-3320, or live auction. Tickets: $100 ($1,000 nine person
Desert Heat Classic Flickinger Center for
seniorgames@elpasotexas.gov. Web: elpaso- table; each will feature a Chihuahuas player or
the Performing Arts in Alamogordo, hosts the
texas.gov/parks. coach on a first come first serve basis). Tickets,
body building competition all day Friday and
Swimming is 8 a.m. Saturday, March 4, information: 533-BASE or EPChihuahuas.com.
Saturday, April 7-8, with local, regional and
Memorial Aquatic Center, 3251 Copper.
national competitors. There will also be many New Era Wrestling The Lucha Libre
Table Tennis is 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at
vendors located in Patrons Hall during both shows are 7 p.m. Fridays at 10400 Dyer.
El Paso Table Tennis Club, 2727 Wyoming.
days of competition. Information: (575) 437- Tickets; $7-$8. Information: 356-5113,
Huachas (Washers) is 9 a.m. Tuesday, March
2202 or flickingercenter.com. elpaso.new@gmail.com or on Facebook at
14, Memorial Senior Center, 1800 Byron.
Pickle Ball is 9 a.m. Saturday, March 18, Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino NewEraEP.
Gary del Palacio Recreation Center, 3001 1200 Futurity Drive, Sunland Park. General
Parkwood. admission and parking are free. Simulcast racing College sports
Horseshoes are 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 21, begins at 10 a.m. everyday. Information: (575)
Eastside Senior Center, 3200 Fierro. 874-5200 or sunland-park.com. UTEP Mens Basketball - The Miners
Volleyball is 9 a.m. Saturday, March 25, at Live racing runs every Tuesday and home games are 7 p.m. at the Don Haskins
Marty Robbins Rec. Center, 11620 Vista Del Wednesday, and Friday through Sunday Center. Tickets: $8-$50. Information: 747-5234
Sol ($45 team fee). through April 18. Post time is 1:30 p.m. with or utepathletics.com.
Golf is 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, at nine races each day. Thursday, March 2: Old Dominion
Ascarate Park Golf Course, 6900 Delta. Saturday, March 4: Mesilla Valley Speed Saturday, March 4: Charlotte
Basketball is 9 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at Don Handicap
Haskins Recreation Center, 7400 High Ridge Friday, March 10: West Texas Maturity and UTEP Softball The Miners softball teams
($45 team fee). West Texas Derby Trials home games are at UTEPs Helen of Troy
Bowling is 9 a.m. Monday, April 3, at Bowl Friday, March 17: New Mexico Spring Complex. Game time is 3 p.m. Saturday (dou-
El Paso, 11144 Pellicano. Futurity Trials bleheader), and 1 p.m. Sunday, unless listed
Tennis is 8 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Saturday, March 18: New Mexico State otherwise. Ticket information: 747-6065 or
Memorial Park Tennis Courts, 3251 Copper. University Handicap utepathletics.com.
Cycling is 7 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Friday, March 24: West Texas Futurity Trials
Ascarate Park. Saturday, March 25: Copper Top Futurity
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Sports then finishes with 9 miles uphill to Kingston.
Distance is 35 or 53 miles.
7913, snmspeedway.com or on Facebook.
Short Track Shootout is Thursday through
Contd from Page 19 Full Moon Bike Ride White Sands
Sunday, March 16-19. Practice is 6 to 10 p.m.
Thursday. Gates open at 5 p.m. Pit Passes: $20
March 18-19: Middle Tennessee State National Monument, 5 miles southwest of
Thursday
March 25-26: Southern Miss Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70, hosts a Full
Racing is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon
Tuesday, March 28: NMSU game time is 5 Moon bike ride at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 8.
Sunday; gates open 5:30 p.m. Friday and
p.m.(doubleheader) Dress warmly. Reservations begin one month
Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
UTEP takes on New Mexico State, at NMSU in advance; space limited. Reservations via
Driver Appreciation Banquet is 6 p.m.
at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 1. nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $8 per person; $4 ages 15
Saturday, March 25. Call for ticket informa-
and younger, plus park entrance fee.
UTEP Tennis UTEP hosts Iowa State tion.
Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236 or (575)
Saturday, March 18, at El Paso Tennis Club, ASCS Shootout is 7:45 p.m. Friday and
679-2599, ext. 232.
2510 N. St. Vrain (in Arroyo Park). Matches Saturday, March 31-April 1. General
start at 11 a.m. Admission is free. Information: El Paso Bicycle Club All rides are free Admission: $15; free for age 10 and under;
747-5347 or utepathletics.com. and open to the public; helmets required. family pack $35; pit pass $40.
Information: elpasobicycleclub.com. Ride
Springtime Track Invitational The Western Tech Speedway Park 14851
schedule at meetup.com/elpasobicycleclub.
annual UTEP spring field and track meet is all Marina (off Montana 7 miles east of Loop 375).
Repeat riders are encouraged to become a
day Saturday, March 25, at Kidd Field. The Formerly El Paso Speedway Park. General
member of the club; join at
event features mens and womens college admission: $10 (free for age 10 and under).
elpasobicycleclub.com.
teams as well as the top qualifying high school Family pack: $25 (two adults and four children
Wednesday night rides, a tradition for over 25
athletes from the region. Information: 747- under 16). Pit passes: $30. Information: 791-
years, resume March 15. These are leaderless
5812 or utepathletics.com 8749 or epspeedwaypark.com.
rides of 16-22 miles for cyclists of various abili-
Regular season races usually begin in April;
Tejanos baseball The Tejanos of El Paso ties, beginning 5:30-6 p.m. from Rio Plaza,
2017 schedule to be announced.
Community College plays home games at the 6205 Upper Valley Rd (at Artcraft). Park on dirt
Western Tech Speedway Park is a 3/8-mile
Valle Verde Campus Baseball Field, off Hunter. shoulder across from shopping center.
semi-banked clay oval.
Games are doubleheaders that begin at noon Alternate starting point is River Run Plaza,
Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is free. 1071 Country Club, leaving about 15 minutes
Information: 831-2275. earlier to meet up with riders at Rio Plaza. Running events
March 17-18: Howard Optional dinner afterward at Hello Pizza, 1071
Country Club Rd.
Brain Injury Support Group 5K El
March 24-25: New Mexico Junior College Paso Brain Injury Support Groups 6th annual
Tejanas softball - The EPCC Tejanas host EP Cyclists The bicycle group offers rides 5K run 1 mile walk is 8 a.m. Saturday, March
Howard March 24-25 at the Valle Verde for all levels. Weekend rides offer options of 4, at Mentis El Paso, 4360 Doniphan, finishing
Softball Field. Admission is free. Information: various paces and distances. Starting times and up at El Paso Botanical Garden at Keystone
831-2275 or epcc.edu/Athletics. Softball office: locations are posted at facebook.com/epcyclist. Heritage Park. Registration begins at 7 a.m.
831-2367. For more information: Manny Valadez, 861- Cost: $25; $30 day of race; $20 per person for
Game time is 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday. All 2311 or epcyclists.com. teams of 10 or more. ($2 gate fee for park)
games doubleheaders. Information: reaceadventuresunlimited.com.
Ride Your Bicycle El Paso Chucks
NMSU Mens Basketball The final Bicycle Repair, 3029 Montana, hosts a variety Head for the Cure 5K The 5K
home game of the regular season is at 7 p.m. of rides free of charge. Information: 791-2006, Run/Walk El Paso benefiting the Brain Tumor
Saturday, March 4, against UT Rio Grande zlauser@yahoo.com or Facebook. Helmets Trials Collaborative (BTTC) and, locally, the
Valley, in the Pan American Center in Las required for all rides. Rio Grande Cancer Foundation, is 8 a.m.
Cruces. Game time is 7 p.m. except as noted. Saturday, March 11, at Ascarate Park, 6900
Recreational sports
Tickets: $10-$30 (Ticketmaster). Information Delta. Registration through March 8: $35 ($30
(575) 646-1447 or nmstatesports.com. per person for teams of 3 or more); $40 March
First Tee First Tee of Greater El Paso 10-11. Kids Fun run for age 10 and younger:
NMSU Mens Baseball The Aggies hosts programs at Ascarate Golf Course, 6900 $15. Online registration at
home games are at Presley Askew Complex, Delta. Spring class session is offered March 25- headforthecure.org/el-paso.
Locust and Stewart, Las Cruces. Game time is May 13. Space is limited on most classes. (No
6 p.m. Tuesdays or Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Foam Glow 5K The foam glow run is
classes April 15). Information: thefirsttee-
noon Sunday. Ticket information: (575) 646- Saturday, March 18, at Ascarate Park, 6900
greaterelpaso.org. Online registration at allplay-
4126 or nmstatesports.com. Delta, for runners and walkers of all ages and
ers.com.
March 3-5: Yale fitness levels. Runners must wear white; run-
Wee Ones Class is 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., for
March 28: New Mexico ners run through Glowing Foam and a ton of
ages 3-5, Saturdays. Cost: $50.
black lights all over the course. After race party
NMSU Womens Softball Home Beginner Player Class is 4:30 to 6 p.m.
for participants. Cost: $40; $10 parking fee.
games at New Mexico State Softball Complex, Thursdays and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, for
Spectator admission is free. Online registration
Locust and Stewart, Las Cruces. Ticket infor- those new to the program. Cost: $65.
at active.com.
mation: (575) 646-4126 or nmstatesports.com. Player Class is 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursdays and
Packet pickup date and race time to be
March 1: UTEP, 6 p.m. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, for those new
announced; $5 fee for packet pick up on race
March 15: New Mexico, 5 p.m. to the program. Cost: $65.
day.
March 31-April 1: Utah Valley, 6 p.m. Special kids class is 11 a.m. to noon
Along the running path, runners will find Foam
Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday (doubleheader) Saturdays. Cost: $30.
Glow Zones, which are associated with a desig-
Par, Birdie, Eagle Class is 4:30 to 6 p.m.
nated color: orange, pink, or blue. As the run-
Tuesdays and 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, for
Bicycling those certified. Fee: $75.
ners/walkers reach the Foam Glow Zones, they
will run through different color non-toxic foam
The TriFecta Omnium The Las Home school class is 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
that glows in the dark under high intensity
Cruces/Hillsboro, N.M. cycling event is March 21-May 16. Fee: $50.
black lights.
Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, with a time Kids Fishing Tournament Ascarate
trial and criterium Saturday and road race Bataan Memorial Death March The
Fishing Club hosts the tournament for ages 3-
Sunday. Fees: $15 for time trial, $20 for criteri- 28th annual marathon-length (26.2 miles)
16 from 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, March 12,
um and $35 for road race ($60 for all three); march is 7 a.m. Sunday, March 19, starting at
at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta. Prizes awarded in
late fee after March 1. No race day registration. 1318 Aerobee at the White Sands Missile
three age categories. Registration is 7:30 to
Information, registration newmexicosportson- Range. Marchers should arrive at 5 a.m.; open-
10:30 a.m. Free food and t-shirts for all regis-
line.com or ziavelocycling.com. USAC license ing ceremony at 6:35 a.m. A 14.2-mile hon-
tered kids. Information: 790-3788.
required; no race day registration. orary march also offered.
Motor sports
Saturdays events begin on REA Road in Las Registration is $125 ($600 teams) through
Cruces. Time trial course is on a frontage road March 5 at bataanmarch.com. No late or on-
for 20K, and the criterium course is a flat, Southern New Mexico Speedway 11 site registration accepted. Information: (575)
square 1-mile circuit near the time trial course. miles west of Las Cruces exit 132, off I-10. 678-4654, (575) 678-1134.
Sundays race course starts in Hillsboro, goes Take south frontage road to Southern New
toward Lake Valley and returns to Hillsboro, Mexico Fairgrounds. Information: (575) 524-
Please see Page 21
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Sports 6251 ext. 107 ortina@hopecitycc.org. Online
registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
or 300-yard swim/9.3 mile bike/2-mile run.
Cost for either distance: $100 through March
Winter sports
Contd from Page 20 Colors of Cancer race Rio Grande
31; $110 April 1-21. Information: 229-5656. Public Ice Skating Skating offered 7 to
Registration at raceelpaso.com/mighty-mujer. 10 p.m. Friday and noon to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Cancer Foundation hosts its Colors of Cancer- March 10-11, at the Sierra Providence Event
Teams of 2, 3 or 4 women can compete
Insane Inflatable 5K The inflatable Our Colors Run Together 5K competitive run Center next to the Coliseum, 4100 Paisano.
against others in three separate categories:
obstacle challenge run is Saturday, March 25, and non-competitive run/walk at Sunday, April All ages welcome. Admission: $8 (skate rental
mother/daughter; family; girlfriends (must indi-
at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta. Waves are every 2, at Cohen Stadium. Registration at 7 a.m. included). Skate sharpening, fitting and consul-
cate category and team name at time of regis-
15 minutes 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Adult and kids with competitive run at 8:30 a.m. and non- tation offered for $5. Spectator admission is
tration). Participants must be 12 or older.
obstacle courses will be set up. No age require- competitive run at 9 a.m. Cost: $30 non-com- free. Information: 479-PUCK (7825) or elpaso-
USAT rules apply.
ment; but minimum height requirement 42. petitive; $35 for the competitive; $15 non-com- hockey.org.
Cost begins at $49. All access pass is $100; petitive children. Information: 562-7660 or Giddyup Gallop The 5K, Half Marathon
participants can sign up for any wave time, even rgcf.org. Registration at and 1 mile fun run is Saturday, April 29, at Ski Apache Ruidosos 750-acre ski and
if its full. Team registration available. Spectator ourcolorsruntogether.com. Mayfield High School parking lot, 1955 North snowboarding area, now in its 51st season, has
admission is free. Information, registration: Participants are encouraged to wear a color Valley, in Las Cruces, as part of the Las Cruces 11 lifts and 55 trails on the slopes of Sierra
insaneinflatable5k.com/west-texas. associated with the ribbon color supporting the Country Music Festival. Registration: $30 5K Blanca, with a base elevation of 9,600.
cancer. All the money raised from the 5K ($75 with festival pass); $50 half marathon ($95 The ski area, if weather permits, is open
Run United 5K The run benefiting Run/Walk will stay in El Paso, administered festival pass); fun run $10; free for kids 12 and through March. The 24-hour Ski Apache Snow
Parkland High School Athletics is 8 a.m. through the Rio Grande Cancer Foundation, younger. Registration at lascrucescountrymu- Report number is (575) 257-9011. Information:
Saturday, March 25, at Parkland High School, the communitys local resource for cancer. sic.com. Information: (575) 541-2361 or on (575) 464-3600 or skiapache.com.
5932 Quail. Cost: $25 through March 23; $30 Facebook at Giddyup Gallop. Lifts are open from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
March 24-25. Discount for teams of 10 or Spaceport America Relay Race depending on weather conditions. All-day lift
more registering in advance. Online registration Spaceport America hosts a two-day, 200-mile, Running clubs: tickets are $43-$68.
at raceadventuresunlimited.com. USA Track and Field sanctioned relay race Run El Paso has training runs every day of the Gondola Rides are $18 ($12 age 6-12; $6 age
event along the historic Rio Grande Saturday week from Kern Place to the Upper Valley. 60-69; free for five and younger)
Jackrabbit Classic and Javier Arana Jr. and Sunday, April 8-9. Race begins Saturday at Information: runelpaso.com. The Ski Apache Wind Rider is an hour-long
Memorial The 17th annual trail and road El Paso County Coliseum, and ends Sunday in Coffee Posse Run Club is based on the East zip-line adventure that begins at over 11,000
runs are 8 a.m. Sunday, March 26, at Franklin Sierra County. Team registration: $1,200 ($100 Side. Information: coffeeposse.org feet, spanning 8,900 feet in three sections,
Mountains State Park, Tom Mays Unit, off per teammate). A Captains Reserve is $120 Race El Paso offers coaching programs and reaching speeds of up to 65 mph. Reservations
Transmountain Road. Events include a 7-mile to reserve a team slot (non-refundable). training groups. Information: raceelpaso.com required; call for cost.
trail run and a 5K paved road run. Cost: $25 Information: spaceportamerica.com or gate- Hash clubs combine trail running with social
for 5K; $30 late registration. No race day regis- waytospace.com. (i.e. beer-drinking) activities. Runs are marked
tration. Spectators pay regular $4 park
Ski Cloudcroft The southernmost ski
Teams of 6 to 12 runners will run three of the with chalk, and are open to runners of all lev- area in the United States is two miles east of
entrance fee. Information: Chris, 478-5663 or 36 different race segments, ranging from 2 to els. Clubs have modest dues, and first run is Cloudcroft on U.S. 82, has 26 trails with two
tpwd.state.tx.us. Registration at raceadventure- 13.2 miles of the total 200-mile distance. free to newcomers. ski lifts, plus a tubing lift, at elevations of 8,350
sunlimited.com. The Border Jumper Hash House Harriers
Mighty Mujer Triathlon The all- to 9,050 feet. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday
Hope Brings Change 5K The inaugural meet at various locations. Information: through Monday. Information, snow conditions:
female sprint and super sprint events bene-
5K run walk is 9 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at bjhash.com. (575) 682-2333, skicloudcroft.net or on
fiting the Center Against Family Violence begin
Hope City Church, 6115 Woodrow Bean. The El Paso Hash House Harriers have one Facebook.
7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Memorial Park
Registration: $20; $15 military, child 12 and or more runs a week. Information: 252-5646. Lift tickets: $25-$45. Tubing also available for
Pool, 3251 Copper. Two distances offered this
younger; per person groups 5 or more; $25 Meet-up spots listed at elpasohash.com. $24 per day; $18 half day.
year: 300-yard swim/18 mile bike/3-mile run;
everyone after March 26. Information: 600-

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Camp Furlong Day and Cabalgata on-coach talks by curator Sue Taylor and a
Binacional The 101st anniversary of guided tour of the museum and after returning,
Pancho Villas raid will be celebrated 10 a.m. to followed by reserve exclusive showing of
4 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Pancho Villa Trinity: The Atomic Bomb Movie in the
State Park, off State Roads 11 and 9, Tombaugh Theater. Cost: $70 ($60 museum
Columbus, N.M, with historic presentations bat members). Reservations: (575) 437-2840 ext.
the parks Rec Hall. Admission is free to com- 41132 or online nmspacemuseum.org.
munity center complex; state park fee is $5 a
Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society
carload. Information: (575) 531-2711 or
and Haunted History The nonprofit
PanchoVillaStateParkFriendsGroup.org.
organization offers a variety of ghost tours.
The binational friendship event, commemo-
Age 13 and older welcome, unless otherwise
rating the March 9, 1916 early morning attack
listed. All children must be accompanied by an
on the village of Columbus and the adjacent
adult age 21 or older. Information, reserva-
military camp by Villa and his men.
tions: 274-9531 or help@ghosts915.com.
The 18th Annual Cabalgata Binacional will be
San Elizario Ghost Tour is 10 p.m. to mid-
hosted in the Columbus plaza. Cavalcade riders
night, Friday, March 3. at the Golden Eagle
are expected to arrive at about 11 a.m. fol-
Gallery, 1501 Main in San Elizario. Tickets: $15.
lowed by festival and entertainment throughout
Concordia Cemetery Ghost Tours is 9 to 11
the day. Information: (575) 343-0147.
p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the cemetery, 3700
Other highlights include a Pershing and Villa
E. Yandell. Meet at 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $15.
look-a-like contest at Tumbleweed Theatre.
Downtown Ghost Tour is 9 to 11 p.m.
Oregon California Trail Association Saturday, March 18, beginning at the
symposium Southern Trails Chapter and Paranormal Research Center, 108 E. San
the Oregon California Trail Association Antonio (Wigwam Museum). Tickets: $15.
(OCTA) host a symposium Wednesday through A Haunted Pub Crawl is 8 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, March 15-18, at Country Inn and Saturday, March 25, starting at the Gardner
Suites, 99 Sunland Park, with presentations on Hotel, 311 E. Franklin. Age 21 and older; $20.
the trails passing through El Paso del Norte.
Southwest Chapter of Railway &
Various field trips are also offered. Evening
Locomotive Historical Society The
entertainment includes a Chautauqua perform-
society meets 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March
ance about Mamie Aguirre of Mesilla on
8, at Timothys Lutheran Church, 11050
Thursday. Information, registration: (575) 956-
Montwood. This months program is Hobos
3294 or cecilialjb@aol.com.
and Trains. Information: 540-9660.
In conjunction with the symposium, the El
Paso Corral of the Westernerss monthly din- Harvey Girls of El Paso The Harvey
ner program is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 17, Girls of El Paso Texas meets at 2 p.m. the
at Country Inn and Suites. Program is Stage Monday, March 13, at Union Depot Passenger
Line: Fort Davis to Fort Bliss, partnering with Station, 700 San Francisco. The program is
the Southern Trials Chapter of the Oregon- Collections of the Fred Harvey Legacy.
California Trails Association at the El Paso Visitors welcome. Harvey Girls are available to
Symposium with Dr. Glen Sample Ely. Cost: present program Admission is free.
$20. Visitors welcome, but RSVP needed by Information: 591-2326.
March 13: 759-9538.
El Paso Archaeological Society The
Preserving Identities exhibit and talk societys monthly meeting is 2 p.m. Saturday,
Dr. Darius Arya will talk on Bringing March 18, at El Paso Museum of Archaeology,
Romes Museums to the World - New Media 4301 Transmountain. Patrick Pat H. Beckett
Streaming and Conversation, at 5 p.m. will describe how the various Indian groups
Thursday, March 23, in the UTEP Librarys arrived in the region, before and after the
Blumberg Auditorium. Arya is an archaeologist arrival of the Spanish entradas. Beckett is an
and educator based in Rome. Admission is free. archaeologist, ethnohistorian, director of COAS
Information: 747-5835. Publishing & Research since 1973 and founder
An exhibit on how to digitally record and pre- of COAS books in 1984. Admission is free; the
serve cultural heritage sites runs March 23- public is invited. Information: 449-9075 or
June 16 at the library. The exhibit tells the epas.com.
story of the long history of decay and restora-
Chamizal National Memorial 800 S.
tion of the monuments and sites in Rome.
San Marcial. A Wheres the Rio Now?
Trinity Site Tour White Sands Missile Guided -mile walk of the park with Ranger
Range. The semiannual tour to the site of the Rod Sauter is 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday,
first atom bomb explosion is Saturday, April 1. March 4, meeting at the Information Desk in
Admission is free; no reservations required. the Cultural Center. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 678-1134 or wsmr.army.mil. Information: 532-7273 or Facebook at
Visitors may caravan from Alamogordo ChamizalNationalMemorial.
through the south end of the range (Tularosa
Gate), or enter off U.S. 380 on the north end Fort Bayard tours Fort Bayard Historic
of the range (Stallion Gate). The Stallion Gate Preservation Society hosts walking tours of the
entrance off U.S. 380 is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. historic fort 9:30 a.m. Saturdays, March 11
Visitors are allowed to enter and exit unescort- and 25, at Fort Bayard National Historic
ed. Site closes promptly at 3:30 p.m. Landmark, six miles east of Silver City, N.M.
The trip, which is 85 miles one way and there Meet at the 1910 Commanding Officers
are no service stations on the route. Everyone Quarter and museum (House 26); opens at
18 and older must show a photo ID; all vehicles 9:15 a.m. Tour takes about 90 minutes; wear
subject to search and should be carrying proof walking shoes, sun screen and a hat; water rec-
of insurance and current registration papers. ommended. Admission is free, but donations
No weapons of any kind allowed. appreciated. Information, group tours (includ-
The New Mexico Museum of Space History ing groups visiting during Spring Break): (575)
will host a motorcoach tour to the site, with 388-4477, (575) 574-8779, or (575) 388-4862.

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Living History
El Pasos Segundo Barrio is rich in heritage
and culture, despite decades of poverty

Story by Lisa Kay Tate


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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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Segundo Barrio
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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.
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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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El Paso Zoo 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo The Societys bird-watching field trips are
Entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. open to the public. Bring a lunch, insect repel-
Zoo admission is $12 ($9 for ages 60 and older lent and water. Information: Mark Perkins,
and active duty military including spouse with 637-3521.
ID; $7.50 ages 3 to 12; and free for ages 2 and Dripping Springs and Butler Canyon Road
under). Zoo members admitted free. departs at 7 a.m. Saturday, March 11, from
Information: 212-0966 or elpasozoo.org. the southwest corner of the Outlet Shoppes of
The Wings of the World Bird Show is 12:30 El Paso. Fee is $5 per car.
p.m. weekdays and 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. week- El Paso Archaeology Museum and Hawk
ends at the new Wildlife Amphitheater. Alley, Northeast El Paso meets at 7 a.m.
Meet The Keeper talks are 10:30 to 3:15 Saturday, March 25, at the museum at 4301
p.m. at various locations throughout the zoo. Transmountain, to look for desert birds, includ-
African Star Train ride tickets are $2 plus ing Pyrrhuloxia, Black-throated Sparrow,
tax ($1.50 for children and society members). Cassins Sparrow, among others. Drive to
Elephant Training Encounters at noon daily. Hawk Alley, with a stop at Painted Dunes Golf
Course, looking for raptors and other desert
Wyler Aerial Tramway The state park birds.
tramway, 1700 McKinley, gives passengers a
view of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico from Vegetable Gardening Workshops El
Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is $8 Paso Master Gardener Association hosts the
for adults and $4 for children 12 years and hand-on gardening workshop 9 a.m. to noon
under. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 25, at Ascarate Parks
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Teaching and Demonstration Garden, 6900
Monday through Thursday. Information: 562- Delta The Master Gardeners also will have veg-
9899 or 566-6622. etable seedlings available for purchase.
Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park is managed Proceeds benefit the educational programs.
by Texas Parks & Wildlife and is also part of Participation is free. Information: 771-2354.
Franklin Mountains State Park.
Franklin Mountains State Park Most
Natural History Outings Southwest hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the
Environmental Center of Las Cruces offers Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Drive on
Back by Noon Saturday field trips departing the west side of the park (east of I-10).
from the center at 275 Downtown Mall, Las Entry fee is $5 per person, free for age 12 and
Cruces. The family-friendly outings showcase under (with family). Correct cash or check
some of natural features of the Las Cruces/El only. Group rates available. Hours are 8 a.m. to
Paso area led by an regional expert in wildlife, 5 p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441 or on
plant life, art or other field. Hikes range from Facebook at FranklinMountainsSP. Web:
easy to strenuous. Bring sturdy shoes, water tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/franklin-mountains.
and a hat. Binoculars recommended. The out- Guided hikes and bike rides are $3 additional
ings are open to the public, but space is limited; fee ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free). Dogs wel-
half of slots in each trip reserved for center come on leash on some hikes. Reservations
members. Advance registration is required and required: 566-6441 ext. 221, 224 or
opens three weeks before each hike. Hikes are adrianna.weickhardt@tpwd.state.tx.us.
free, but some minor fees may apply. The 17th Jackrabbit Classic and Javier Arana
Information, reservations: (575) 522-5552. Jr. Memorial annual trail and road runs are 8
Hike starting times and details available at a.m. Sunday, March 26. See Sports listing.
wildmesquite.org.
Gardening classes Jackye Meinecke
March 4: Discover the Anthony Gap Cave,
conducts gardening workshops 2 to 3 p.m.
Franklin Mountains
selected Saturdays at Mountain View Market
March 11: Trek to Achenbach Canyon
Co-op, 1300 El Paseo, Las Cruces. Cost per
Cave, Organ Mountains
workshop: $10 cash; $8 co-op members.
March 18: Exploring Pena Blanca
Reservations preferred: gardens@zianet.com.
March 25: Geological Treasures of
Information: (575) 323-0903.
Providence Cone, Portillo Mountains
March 4: Old-fashioned Garden Recipes
April 1: Wildflowers of Aguirre Springs
Using Common Household Products
April 8: Up Close with the Border Wall,
March 11: Create a Hummingbird Habitat
Sunland Park.
March 25: Bees & Butterflies for Bounty and
April 15: La Mancha BioBlitz.
Beauty. The best gardening practices create an
SunScape Landscape Seminar environment beneficial to bees and butterflies.
UTEPs Chihuahuan Desert Gardens at the April 1: Growing Flowers & Vegetables in Pots
Centennial Museum will host its 2017 landscap-
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park UTEPs
ing seminar 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday,
Center for Environmental Resource
March 11, at the museum, University and
Management offers free guided walking tours
Wiggins on the UTEP campus. Participants
and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands
learn from regional horticultural professionals
Park in El Pasos Mission Valley. Tours last
and tour the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens.
about two hours. Information: 747-8663 or rio-
RSVP: $35 (class size limited to first 25 partici-
bosque.org.
pants). Bring a sack lunch. Information: Kaye
Bird tour is 3 p.m. Sunday, March 5.
Mullins, 747-8994, kmullins@utep.edu or
Introductory tour is 3 p.m. Saturday, March
museum@utep.edu.
11.
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society Community workday is 4 p.m. Saturday,
The societys monthly meeting is 7 p.m. March 18.
Monday, March 20, at the Centennial Museum Faunal Monitoring is 8 a.m. Saturday, March
on the UTEP campus. Speaker to be 25.
announced. Information: Scott, 581-6071 or
trans-pecos-audubon.com. Please see Page 27
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Nature Sands National Monument events are 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 4, as part of its 2017 Step
under). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last entry
at 3:30 p.m.). Information: (575) 887-5516.
Aguirre Spring Campground The
Organ Mountain recreational area, run by the
Contd from Page 26 Through Time series. Two 30-minute pro- Star Parties are 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, March federal Bureau of Land Management, is off U.S.
grams are featured about little-known aspects 17, and 8 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1. 70 about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Day-use
Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside
of White Sands National Monument. Admission fee is $3 per vehicle. Information, group reser-
Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan
is free. The first program explores the architec-
Gila Cliff Dwellings National
vations: (575) 525-4300.
American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.
ture at White Sands National Monument and
Monument 44 miles north of Silver City
Municipal Rose Garden The garden at the construction by New Deal agencies during
on NM Highway 15 in the middle of the majes- Dripping Springs Natural Area The
tic Gila Wilderness, the first and one of the recreational area is at the base of the Organ
3418 Aurora (at Copia) is open to the public 8 the 1930s. Following the program is a tour of
largest wilderness areas. Entrance fee: $5 per Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily late March through the historic roads around the monument.
person; $10 per family. Information: (575) 536- (the eastern extension of University Avenue),
November, except for official holidays. The A Sunrise Photography event is 6 a.m.
9461 or nps.gov/gicl. The trail to the dwellings about 10 miles east of Las Cruces. The area is
garden has many types of roses at the sprawling Saturday, March 18. Join a ranger for this early
is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. year round. Visitor run by the federal Bureau of Land Management
park area with a waterfall, shade canopy and morning program focused on amateur sunrise
center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy.
many other amenities. Admission is free. photography. Reservations required; program
October through March the entrance gate is
Information/rentals: El Paso Parks and fee is $8 ($4 age 15 and younger). Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park
The monthly ranger-guided Lake Lucero Tour open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Recreation, 541-4331. 5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. All events free
is 9 a.m. Saturday, March 25, to learn about Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets allowed
with park admission. Hours are 7 a.m. to 4
Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso the formation of the sands and the special p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; call for sea-
(except for assistance animals). Information:
Desert Botanical Garden 4200 plants and animals that live in and around the sonal variations. Day use fee: $5 per vehicle
(575) 522-1219.
Doniphan (across from Frontera). Hours are 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
dunes. Program fee is $8 ($4 age 15 and ($40 annual pass). Information: (575) 523-4398. Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park
younger); reservations required and available Audubon Bird Walks are 7:15 a.m. Saturdays. The park, part of Asombro Institute for Science
Admission: $3 (free for members). Information: one month prior to tour. Nature Hikes are 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Education, is northeast of Las Cruces, off
584-0563, keystoneheritagepark.org or elpa- Sunset strolls are offered daily one hour Fitness in Nature walks with the Second Jornada Road. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
sobotanicalgardens.org. before sunset; 5 p.m. through March 11, and Chance Walker Program are 8:30 a.m. every Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575)
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic 6:15 p.m. March 12-31. Saturday beginning at the Visitor Center. 524-3334 or asombro.org.
Site Ranch Road 2775 off U.S. 62/180 Skins and Skulls mammal identification talks
are 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tombaugh Observatory NMSUs Area hiking websites
(Montana Ave.). The site is famed for many
A Full Moon Bike Ride is 8 p.m. Saturday, Tombaugh Observatory in Las Cruces hosts Meetup.com includes the El Paso hiking
Native American rock paintings and unique
April 8. Dress warmly. Reservations begin one open house at 7 p.m. Friday nearest the time of meetup club (meetup.com/El-Paso-Hiking) and
geology. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
month in advance; space limited. Reservations the first quarter moon September to May the Las Cruces hiking meetup club
through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday
via nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $8 per person; $4 ages (March 3), weather providing. Programs begin (meetup.com/jornada-hikers)
through Sunday. Admission: $7 (free for chil-
15 and younger, plus park entrance fee. with a short presentation, followed by guided Celebrations of Our Mountains now offers an
dren 12 and younger). Additional activity cost
observing through telescopes. Information: ongoing calendar of hiking and related events at
for tours (including morning hike): $2 (free for Guadalupe Mountains National Park (575) 646-4438, or (575) 646-6278 to confirm celebrationofourmountains.org/
age 4 and younger). Information: 857-1135 or 110 miles east of El Paso on the way to the observatory will be open that evening. Elpasonaturally is a blog by Jim Tolbert on
texasstateparks.gov. Reservations are recom- Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the various environmental topics and includes infor-
mended for the self-guided area and for camp- highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 Alameda Park Zoo Alameda Park, 1321
mation about Sunrise Hikers morning events.
ing: (512) 389-8911. There is an annual orienta- feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good North White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70),
Information: elpasonaturally.blogspot.com or
tion program for visitors. for one week and all trails. Pine Springs Visitor Alamogordo. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
diegotolbert@gmail.com.
Climbers Clean-Up Day is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Center hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Admission: $2.50 ($1.50 ages 3-11 and 60 and
The El Paso chapter of the Sierra Club posts
Saturday, March 4. Camping is $8 per site per night. Information: older; free for ages 2 and younger).
its hikes at sierraclub.org/elpaso.
A talk on The Women of Hueco Tanks is 5 (915) 828-3251 or nps.gov. Information: (575) 439-4290.
p.m. Friday, March 10. Guest speakers from
the Tigua tribe will join Hueco Tanks staff, as Carlsbad Caverns National Park The
the women of the tribe remember their time in park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the
the park. Space limited to 50 persons. Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:
A Womens Only Hike is 9 a.m. Saturday, (575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.
March 11, for women who are not normally Winter hours: Visitor Center open 8 a.m. to 5
comfortable with the outdoors. One of the p.m. daily; tours available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
female staff discusses some of the common p.m. Last entry into cave via natural entrance is
mistakes people make when first starting to 2 p.m. with last entry into cave via elevator
hike. Space limited to 25 persons; reservations 3:30 p.m. (be in line to exit cave by 4:30 p.m.).
required: 849-6684. Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2
Birding tour is 8 a.m. Saturday, March 18, led hours for Big Room tour of the Caverns. Cost
by Richarch Hermosillo, one of the regions is $10 (free or ages 15 and younger). The
leading amateur ornithologists. Advance sign-up parks audio self-guided tour is $3 extra (also
encouraged; space limited to 25 guests. available in Spanish).
Stargazing is 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, Other guided tours are available; call or check
with stories, and planetary viewing. Binoculars website for details.
and telescopes welcome; but not required.
New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee
Space available on first come, first serve basis.
is $5 when visiting any state park. All programs
A Blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop
are free with entrance, unless otherwise listed.
top Leave No Trace program presentation at
Information: (575) 744-5998 or nmparks.com.
10 a.m. Saturday, March 25. Dr. Kendra
Leasburg Dam Radium Springs, two miles
Moore presents an amusing journey through
off I-25 at Exit 19. Information: (575) 524
the history of beverage cans and their designs.
4068. Night Skies at Leasburg sky program is 5
Spaced limited to 50 guests.
to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 18.
A sunset hike led by staff and volunteers is 6
Rockhound State Park, southeast of Deming.
p.m. Sunday, March 26. There will be 3 tours
Information: (575) 546-6182 or (575) 744-
of varying difficulties. Spaced limited to 60
5998. Star party is 8:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday,
guests; reservations required.
March 25.
White Sands National Monument Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Information:
The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles (575) 744-5923.
southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70. Sailing Regattas are 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Visitor Center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 11 and 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 25.
through March 11; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 12- The annual American Bass Fishing
May 14. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tournament is 6 a.m. Saturday, March 18,
through March 11; 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 12- and 25; with the ABA Division 60 Bass
April 22. Entrance fee: $5 age 16 and older. Tournament 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and
Free for children. Information: (575) 479-6124, Sunday, March 25-26.
ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State
nps.gov/whsa.
Park 1504 Miehls Drive N., Carlsbad, N.M.
Discover the Historic Treasures of White
Admission: $5 ($3 ages 7-12; free for 6 and

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Centennial Museum University at
Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 Rafael Garcas Boxing Museum 6519
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. N. Mesa. The museum shows his achieve-
Information: 747-6667 or museum.utep.edu. ments, as well as those of boxing and Lucha
A Weaving Demonstration and Workshop by Libres greats, along with art and other exhibits.
Mesilla Valley Weavers is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information, hours: 346-5085.
Saturday, March 25. Fiber artist and anthro-
San Elizario Veterans Museum and
pologist Lin Bentley Keeling will discuss the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Information: 755-4332 or
Memorial Walk 1501-B Main Street in
development and evolution of weaving in the Center 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m. elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.
San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Southwest. Hands-on demonstrations of spin- to 5 p.m. weekdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Weekly archery and atl-atl (spear thrower)
Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ning and weaving cloth will be included during Sunday. Admission is free unless listed other- demonstrations are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission
the lecture. Following the lecture, members of wise; donations welcome. Information: 351- Saturdays.
is free. Information: Ann Lara, 345-3741 or Ray
the Mesilla Valley Weavers Guild will guide a 0048 or elpasoholocaustmuseum.org. El Paso Archaeological Societys monthly
Borrego, 383-8529.
workshop in which participants will weave a Showing March 2-May 31: Vedem: The meeting is 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 18.
small cotton tapestry. All materials provided. Underground Magazine of the Terezin Ghetto, Patrick Pat H. Beckett speaks on how the Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Registration required by March 23. Cost: $5 to a multi-media traveling exhibit on the literary various Indian groups arrived in the El Paso, Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta
cover supplies. work of a secret society of Jewish boys who Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico region. Mission. The center features a museum on the
Showing through June 3: Time Exposures: created the longest-running underground maga- Admission is free. Tigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th zine in a Nazi camp. Using pop-art graphics, Spring Break Archaeology Camp runs 9 a.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Free childrens
Century. This exhibition, organized by the drawings and paintings, and the prose and to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, March activities daily. Admission is free. Information:
Pueblo of Isleta tribe in New Mexico, tells the poetry of teenage prisoners in Terezin, the 14-17, for ages 7 to 12. Cost: $70 per child 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
story of life on the Isleta Indian Reservation in exhibit breaks down the original pages of ($55 members); light healthy snacks provided.
War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport
the 19th century and its lasting effects on life Vedem then reconstructs them in the form of a
El Paso Museum of Art For exhibit Road, Doa Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.
today. Pphotographs include works of promi- contemporary magazine. Reception is 5:30 p.m.
information, see Southwest Art Scene. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
nent western photographers and artists. Thursday, March 2. RSVP at 351-0048 or
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
A portion of the exhibit will be dedicated to jamie@elpasoholocaustmuseum.org. El Paso Museum of History 510 N.
military; free for children under 12.
the Tigua Tribe from the Ysleta Pueblo del Sur. The museums Henry Kellen Memorial Golf Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-air-
The Chihuahuan Desert Gardens on the Open begins at 8 a.m. April 3, at Butterfield through Saturday (open until 9 p.m. Thursdays),
museum.com.
museum grounds have more than 800 species Trail Golf Club. See Sports listing. and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays
of plants native to the region.
The Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit is open to the
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
and city holidays. Museum admission is free,
except for selected exhibits. Information: 212-
Las Cruces area
4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso
public for viewing 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every 0320 or elpasotexas.gov/history. Branigan Cultural Center 501 N.
(west of U.S. 54). Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first Sunday A High Noon Talk on Archeological Finds Main, (Downtown Mall) Las Cruces. Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday. Tours are 10:30 to
of the month. A museum representative will be from Cleveland Square is 12:05 to 12:45 p.m. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
2 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays, Mondays
on hand to answer questions. Tuesday, March 14. (until 8 p.m. Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and city holidays. Admission is free.
Family Storytime is 11 a.m. Saturday, March Saturday. Information: (575) 541-2154, las-
18, featuring a reading of The Room of cruces.org/museums or on Facebook.
Wonders. Showing March 3-June 17: Jack London,
A talk on Instrumental Women of the Photographer: Adventures in the Pacific,
Womans Club of El Paso is 2 p.m. Saturday, Explore the South Pacific during the early 20th
March 18. century through the exhibition of novelist Jack
The museum will take part in Kidspalooza Londons photographs, curated by the Maritime
activities Saturday, March 25. Museum of San Diego. This exhibition includes
Spring Break Camp From Prisms to Film is images from Londons journey on the Snark,
1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, March the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the
14-17, for ages 8-12. Cost: $70 ($55 mem- Russo-Japanese war. Opening reception is 5 to
bers); due by March 8. 7 p.m. Friday, March 3.
Showing through March 25: Hillsboro
Los Portales Museum and Visitor
Faces: A Collection of Portraits. Photographer
Center 1521 San Elizario Road. The muse-
Matilde Holzwarth captures the character of
um is operated by the San Elizario Genealogy
Hillsboro, N.M., through portraits of the mem-
and Historical Society, and is housed in an
bers of its community.
1850s Territorial-style building across from San
Showing through May 13: Issei and
Elizario church. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Beyond: The Nakayama Familys Journey in the
Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Mesilla Valley. John Kaichiro and Tome
Admission is free. Information: 851-1682.
Nakayama were issei immigrants to the
Magoffin Home State Historic Site United States in the early 20th century who
1120 Magoffin. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. settled in Las Cruces in 1918. The exhibit uses
Tuesday through Sunday. Visitor Center is at personal objects and images to share the story
1117 Magoffin, a restored 1901 home. Tours of how the Nakayama family rose above the
on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m. Spanish lan- challenges of immigration and racial discrimina-
guage tours offered Thursday through Saturday; tion to become leading farmers and chile spe-
call for availability. Cost: $4 ($3 ages 6-18). cialists in Las Cruces.
Admission is free to Visitor Center. Group The monthly History Notes Lecture Series is
tours available with advance registration. 1 p.m. the second Thursday of each month.
Information: 533-5147, visitmagoffinhome.com Bilingual Culture Club family programs for
or Facebook. families are 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays:
Cooking class on Dry Hash is 6 p.m. March 4: Cherry blossom art
Thursday, March 2. Cost is $5 per class. March 11: Its (almost!) Pi Day
Yoga with Rebecca Hendricks is at 10 p.m. March 18: Japanese Lanterns
Saturday, March 11. Free. March 25: Archaeology Day
Victorian Sci-Fi Book and Tea Club is at 2 The center seeks proposals for exhibits to be
p.m. Saturday, March 18, to discuss Jules presented in 2018 through April 7. For full
Vernes From The Earth To The Moon. rules and on exemption forms, visit surveymon-
Steampunk dress encouraged, but not required. key.com/r/LCMS2017. Information: las-
Cost is $5. cruces.org/museums or (575) 541-2154.
National Border Patrol Museum and Las Cruces Museum of Nature and
Memorial Library 4315 Transmountain Science 411 N. Main in the Las Cruces
Drive. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Downtown Mall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30
through Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and p.m. Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
major holidays. Admission is free. Information:
759-6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com. Please see Page 29
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Museum admission applies.
Showing through June 18: Whats the Buzz?
dren 5 and younger and museum members).
Information: (575) 378-4142, hubbardmuse-
bomb. Brown bag lunch and self-guided walking
tour at the site. On the way back is a showing
Contd from Page 29 Why Honey Bees Matter. um.org or on Facebook. of a classic science fiction film. At the museum,
Showing through July 9: Weaving in New Showing through March 18: The there will be a guided tour followed by
Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Mexico: The Ancestral Puebloan and Rio Horsemans Tools. The exhibit explores the reserved seating for an exclusive showing of
Closed Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) Grande Traditions. development and impact of the tools used to Trinity: The Atomic Bomb Movie in the New
522-3120 or las-cruces.org/museums. The museum also features domestic animals work with horses. Horizons Dome Theater. Tickets are limited;
Ancient Knowledge and Technology on site, including cattle, burros and occasionally $70 per person ($60 members); reservations at
horses. Pony rides for children offered 10 a.m.
Museum of the Big Bend Sul Ross (575) 437-2840, ext. 41132.All visitors must
Development Lecture Series is 2 p.m. Fridays, State University (Entrance 3), Hwy 90 in
March 10-April 14. NMSU graduate students to noon Saturdays. Tickets: $5 per ride. have government-issued photo identification;
Alpine, Texas. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
share their research in archaeology, history, learn more at
NMSU Art Gallery D.W. Williams Art Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
wsmr.army.mil/PAO/Trinity/Pages/Home.aspx.
culture and ancient technology: Center, 1390 E. University Ave, NMSU cam- Sunday. Guided tours available. Admission is
March 10: Twin Pines Obsidian: Projectile See Film Scene for the IMAX schedule.
pus, Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. free, donations accepted. Information: (432)
Points by Mary Brown Combo tickets available (included museum
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. 837-8143, museum@sulross.edu or museu-
March 17: Din Gardening, Traditional entrance and one IMAX ticket): $12 ($10 sen-
Designated gallery parking free on weekends mofthebigbend.com.
Ecological Knowledge by Brittany Fisher iors and military, $8 children.
and after 5 p.m. on weekdays. Information: Showing through March 26: A Feeling of
March 31: Cannibal Spiders, Warring Ants, (575) 646-2545 or uag.nmsu.edu. Humanity: Western Art from the Ken Ratner Sacramento Mountains Historical
and Murderous Plants by Kiki Keane Showing through April 15: In Good Time: Collection. The exhibition will feature 70 Museum U.S. 82 across from the
April 7: Tool-Stone Procurement Patterns Photographs by Doug DuBois, presented by works by both contemporary artists along with Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M.
in the Northern Mimbres Region by Paul the Aperture Foundation and the Herms works by early 20th century painters including Operated by the Sacramento Mountains
Duran Foundation. This touring exhibition is the first Kenneth Miller Adams, John Sloan, Boardman Historical Society, the museum features histori-
April 14: Amalgamation Process in mid-career survey of DuBoiss photographs Robinson, Georges Schreiber and Bettina cal buildings from the turn of the century,
American Mines by David Morales Andrade. from three different bodies of work: All the Steinke. antique farming and ranching tools, other busi-
Spring Break Camps are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Days and Nights, Avella, and My Last Day Showing through Sept. 3: Turning Points in ness and home antiques, historical exhibits and
March 20-24. Cost: $25 per student. at Seventeen. DuBois, a former art faculty Teaching: Early Education and the Annual other artifacts. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Las Cruces Railroad Museum The member at NMSU, now teaches at Syracuse Summer Normal in Alpine. Friday and Saturday. Admission: $5 ($3 ages 6
museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N. University. The 31st Annual Trappings of Texas exhibit to 12). Information: (575) 682-2932.
Mesilla (at Las Cruces avenue west of the and sale of Traditional Western Art and
NMSU Museum Kent Hall, University at Custom Cowboy Gear is April 20-22, with
Silver City Museum 312 W. Broadway,
Downtown Mall). Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 Solano, Las Cruces. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Silver City, in the historic H.B. Ailman House.
p.m. Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m. grand opening, sale, gear demonstrations and
Tuesday through Friday. Admission is free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5 reception Friday, April 21. Preview and Party
Information: (575) 646-5161 or Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Ramble. is Thursday, April 20. Saturday, April 22 is a
nmsu.edu/museum/. Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the first Friday of the
Admission is free. Information: (575) 647-4480 chuckwagon breakfast, and a Ranch Round Up
month. The museum covers the settlement of
or museums.las-cruces.org. White Sands Missile Range Museum Party at Nevill Ranch.
southwest New Mexico, the two centuries of
In honor to National Womens History month, and Missile Park Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. New Mexico Museum of Space mining in the region and early commerce in
three mini-exhibits will be offered: Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The Silver City. Group tours offered with advance
Harvey Girls Clothing, March 1-April 1. Saturday and Sunday. Closed on federal holi-
museum features the International Space Hall notice. Admission: $3 suggested donation.
The Harvey Girls civilized the railroad experi- days. Free admission. To get there: take U.S.
of Fame and the Tombaugh IMAX Dome Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947
ence for train passengers, settling the frontier 54, and after the freeway ends, keep going
Theater and Planetarium. (out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.
towns as they moved west. north on Martin Luther King, which leads
Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Showing through April 2017: Stories of
Railway Women Today, March 18-April directly to the range. Or enter from the north
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4 Southwestern New Mexico Women.
1. Written interviews with contemporary off U.S. 70 east of Las Cruces. Visitors must
ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free). Call
Amtrak employees. provide a current license, car registration and
for school tours and group ticket arrangements.
Toy Train Depot Alameda Park, 1991
WWII Pioneers, March 25-April 8. With proof of insurance. Information: (575) 678- N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. An actual
Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840
men fighting overseas during WWII, women 8824 (local call) or wsmr-history.org. train depot built in 1898, the building now
or nmspacemuseum.org.
stepped up to fill empty jobs on the railroads. houses a gift shop and model shop, with more
Zuhl Museum NMSU Alumni Visitors Showing in the Induction Gallery is an exhibit
than 1,200 feet of model railroad track and
Local railroad pioneer Christine Aldeis will Center, 775 College Dr. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 honoring the Hall of Fames newest inductee,
talk on her experience as the first female engi- hundreds of model and toy trains on display.
p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry (who
neer not only for the Santa Fe Railroad, but in Hours are noon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday
p.m. the second Saturday of each month. was born in El Paso).
the entire United States at the monthly Brown through Sunday. Admission: $4. Information:
Admission is free. Information: (575) 646-3616 The Launch Pad Lecture Series is 9 to 11 a.m.
Bag Lecture at noon, Tuesday, March 14. (575) 437-2855.
(visitor center), zuhl@nmsu.edu or the first Friday of each month. The March 3
Showing at the museum through April 1 is The 1/5 scale train track offers rides around
nmsu.edu/zuhl. lecture is Say Cheese: The First Photo From
New Mexico Watercolor Society, Southern Alameda Park 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday
Space with Museum Executive Director Chris
Also
Chapters For the Love of Railroad through Sunday. Cost: $4.
Orwoll. Admission is free; coffee and donuts
Architecture. provided. April 7 lecture is on Sateloon: Tularosa Basin Historical Society
Deming Luna Mimbres Museum 301
NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Bouncing the Signal from Above with Museum Museum The museum is next door to the
S. Silver, Deming, N.M. An actual chuckwagon, Education Director Dave Dooling.
4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hours Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, 1301
gems and minerals, turn-of-the-century fash- The museum will host a motorcoach tour of
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70). Open from 10
ions, military mementos and Mimbres Indian art Trinity Site at Saturday, April. 1. The New
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 for a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10
are among the exhibits at the museum. Other Mexico historian Pete Eidenbach will give
adults, $4 seniors 60 and older; $3 children age a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
attractions in the former National Guard guests on the coach an in-depth talk on the
4-17; free for museum members, veterans and Information: (575) 436-4438.
Armory include a doll room, transportation
children age 3 and under. Information: (575) annex and quilt room. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4
522-4100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is
The 18th annual Cowboy Days are 9 a.m. to free. Information: (575) 546-2382, 1-800-848-
5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, 4955 or lunacountyhistoricalsociety.com.
March 4-5. The event offers two days of two
days of cowboy demonstrations, chuckwagon Geronimo Springs Museum 211 Main
cooking, activities for the children, cowboy in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Hours are 9 All El Paso Artists are invited to open their
music, stagecoach and pony rides, gunfight a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon studios to the public in this 10th annual
reenactments and more. New this year is a to 4 p.m. Sunday. Features prehistoric, historic event. To learn more and get an entry
CASI-sanctioned chili cook-off and horseshoe and military exhibits about the area. Admission: form, call Candy at 581-4971
tournament. See separate listing for more $5 ($2.50 students 6 to 18; free for ages 5 and or email cc2ccmayer@aol.com
events. Admission: $5. younger). Family rates: $15. Information: (575)
Music historian and author Stan Blitz will talk 894-6600 or geronimospringsmuseum.com. www.pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com
about the history of rock-n-roll music in New Sponsored by the Plein-Air Painters
Hubbard Museum of the American of El Paso and El Paso Scene
Mexico, as well as his book Bandstand: The
West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Untold Story, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9, as
Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours are The April 22-23 tour includes studios in the Eastside, Northeast and Mission Valley.
part of the museums Cultural Series.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday The April 29-30 tour includes studios in the Westside, Upper Valley and Downtown.
Admission to this presentation is free. 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
(closed Tuesday and Wednesday). Docent-led
St. Patricks Day crafts for kids is 10 a.m. to 1
tours are 10 a.m. Fridays. Admission: $7 ($5 for
p.m. Saturday, March 11. Regular museum
seniors, military; $2 children 6-16; free for chil- Information & Entry Forms available at www.pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com

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XXII Undcimo Congreso de Barnes and Noble Saturday story-
Literatura Mexicana Contempornea times El Pasos East Side and West Side,
The 2017 Contemporary Mexican Literature and the Las Cruces Mesilla Valley Mall locations
Conference, organized by UTEP Department all offer Saturday storytimes. See individual list-
of Languages and Linguistics, begins 9 a.m. to 7 ings for times.
p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 2-4 in Texas Institute of Letters The literary ture, portraits, video, collage, textile, multi- March 4: Goodnight, Goodnight,
the UTEP Student Union Building. Information: group will meet for the first time in El Paso media, and other art forms. During the work- Construction Site
revlitmex@gmail.com. Friday and Saturday, April 7-8. Information: shop, Hernndez will assist two or three volun- March 11: Dance by Matthew Van Fleet
texasinstituteofletters.org teers to make plaster casts of their own faces March 18: Egg Storytime by Kevin Henkes
Flor y Canto: Telling Our Stories while the participants write verbal portraits and March 25: Create Your Own Little Golden
Opening reception and poetry awards are 6
La Mujer Obrera presents an International read aloud.
p.m. Friday, April 7, at in the Sky Lounge at Book storytime, celebrating Little Golden
Womens Day Dialogue at noon Wednesday,
Doubletree, 600 El Paso Street. Books 75th Anniversary.
March 8, at Caf Mayapn, 2000 Texas. The Murder She Read The Eastside chapter
Banquet and fiction, nonfiction and the Lon
program features local female innovators in the of the book discussion group supporting Barnes & Noble (West Side) 705
Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement is 6
arts: Dr. Yolanda Leyva, historian and writer; women mystery writers meets 7 to 8 p.m. Sunland Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
p.m. Saturday, April 8, at Ardovinos Desert
Amalla Mondragon, musician; Cris Muoz, Tuesday, March 7, to discuss Blood Will Have Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park.
poet; and Christian Carenas. artist. Admission is Blood by Linda Barnes at Rio Norte Sunday. Information: 581-5353.
This years Lon Tinkle Award recipient is El
free. Information: 217-1135 or mujerobrera.org Retirement Center Activity Room, 1941 Saul Childrens storytimes are 10 a.m. Fridays and
Paso author Pat Mora. Cost: $60.
Chvez Leyva is a Chicana historian and Kleinfeld. The group regularly meets the first 11 a.m. Saturdays.
Other 2017 honorees include Celeste
writer who documents the lives ofpeople who Tuesday of each month, and is open to anyone.
live on the border.
Bedford Walker, David Bowles, Bobby Byrd,
Admission is free. Information: 629-7063 or Barnes & Noble (East Side) The
Lee Merrill Byrd, Cary Clack, Joe Ely, Alicia Fountains at Farah, 8889 Gateway West, Suite
Mondragon sings and plays all genres of music labodda9@aol.com.
Gaspar de Alba, Elizabeth Harris, Cliff Hudder, 120. Information: 590-1932.
on both sides of the border.
Baine Kerr, Attica Locke, C. M. Mayo, Elaine LGBT book group The bimonthly book A LEGO Batman Movie event is noon,
Muoz is a Chicana-Apache poet, performer
Scott, Thad Sitton and Rosalyn Story. group meets on odd-numbered month. Open Saturday, March 11, with LEGO building and
and short-story writer whose writing can be
to all GLBT and GLBT-friendly people interest- trading card giveaways.
found in her upcoming Coaticue Girl. Tumblewords Project The writing ed in book discussions. Includes potluck supper. Childrens storytime is 11 a.m. every
Cardenas, half of the husband & wife duo Los workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Call for location. Information: 566-5549, 861- Saturday.
Dos, has been actively working with husband Saturdays at the Memorial Park Public Library
2909 or 471-9396 or on Facebook at
Ramn in both El Paso and Jurez creating art meeting room, 3200 Copper. Workshops are
ElPasoGLBTBookGroup. Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) 700 S.
that reflects the stories of the community. free; donations for the presenter are encour- Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Information:
The next meeting is 6:30 p.m. Monday,
aged. The group is open to all writers in a non- (575) 522-4499.
Mara Nieto book signing Casa March 13, with Lila by Marilynne Robinson.
critique, non-caustic forum. Information: 328- A LEGO Batman Movie event is 2 p.m.,
Camino Real Bookstore host a dinner, reading
5484 (Donna Snyder), 566-1034 (library), tum- El Paso Writers League The league Saturday, March 11, with LEGO building and
and book signing for novelist Mara Nieto and
blewordsproject@yahoo.com or on Facebook. meets 2 to 4 p.m. the second Saturday of the trading card giveaways.
her mystery novel The Water of Life Remains
March 4: Fashion as Art and Film with month at the Dorris Van Doren Regional Childrens storytimes are 10 a.m. Fridays, and
in the Dead 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 16,
Sandy Torrez. Torrez is a poet, fiction writer Branch Library, 551 E. Redd Road. Admission is 11 a.m. Saturdays.
at La Postas Fiesta Room, Old Mesilla Plaza.
and digital photographer. free. Information: The Cat in the Hat visits Friday, March 3.
Nieto will sign books following dinner. Cost:
March 11: Everybodys Got a Home But elpasowritersleague@gmail.com or on
$16.50 (includes a margarita, house wine or
beer and a sopaipilla). Books are $20 each.
Me: The Rowdy, Roving Life and Stories of Facebook at ElPasoWritersLeague. Books Are Gems 7744 North Loop Ste
Lucia Berlin with Mark Pumphrey. The winner B (behind Compass Bank). The nonprofit
Reservations required at (575) 523-3988 or Rail Readers Book Club The club
of an American Book Award, Berlin did not organization sells and gives away new and used
comezon09@comcast.net. meets at 11 a.m. on the third Wednesday of
achieve wide notice until a collection of her books. Books are sold for $1-$2, and children
The Water of Life Remains in the Dead, the month at the Las Cruces Railroad Museum,
short stories, A Manual For Cleaning who come to the store may receive five free
Nietos second book, has received several 351 N. Mesilla in Las Cruces Participation is
Women, was published posthumously in 2015. used books. Teachers can also receive free
awards. Set in 1971, it picks up where Nietos free. Information: 575-647-4480.
Pumphreys short story, The History of books for their classroom. Hours are 11 a.m.
first novel Pig Behind the Bear ends. The Young Rail Readers Club meets 3 to 4
Kentucky Orphanages, was published as a to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and
p.m. the third Wednesday of the month, for
Victorian Sci-Fi Book and Tea Club chapbook. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday. Information: 845-
third through fifth grade students. Participation
The book club devoted to Victorian era science March 18: From Psychology to Poetry with 5437 or booksaregems.org.
is free.
fiction meets at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at Sarah Sammy Rea. Rea has worked since
Magoffin Home State Historic Site, 1120 1992 as a professional mental health counselor Southwest Reading Connections The Chamizal Storytimes Chamizal National
Magoffin, to discuss Jules Vernes From The supervisor. She is transitioning to more work in book club for adults meets at 1 p.m. the fourth Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Tales, Tails and
Earth To The Moon, written in 1865. the creative arts including songwriting and writ- Tuesday of the month, at Las Cruces Museum Tots stories visits with park mascot Chami are
Victorian era or steampunk dress encouraged, ing for theater and film. of Nature and Science, 411 N. Main in the Las 11 to 11:30 a.m. for ages 3-6 the fourth
but not required. Cost: $5. Information: 533- March 25: Portraits with Victor Cruces Downtown Mall. Information: (575) Saturday of each month (March 25).
5147, visitmagoffinhome.com or Facebook. Hernndez. Hernndezs work includes sculp- 522-3120 or las-cruces.org/museums.

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Elton John brings a lifetime of
hits to El Paso
Elton John began his career in 1969 and
from that very first album he and his writing
partner Bernie Taupin have built a massive
catalogue of hits that are still heard today.
Whether it be from your favorite movie, the
last wedding you attended or simply the
good old radio, their songs are still in con-
stant rotation. From Goodbye Yellow Brick
Road to Tiny Dancer to Candle in the
Wind (one of the best-selling singles ever
released), their music is universally known.
In the later part of Eltons career he also con-
tributed countless songs to soundtracks, but
its that classic 70s sound that the crowds Def Leppard, And There Will
clamor for. On March 23 he will park his Be A Next Time, Eagle Rock
piano bench in the Don Haskins Center. It Entertainment
has been a little over a decade since he last
visited our area, and since then he has Despite lead guitarist Phil Collen being
released a handful of new discs including the pumped up, shirtless and slathered in enough
outstanding collaboration with the late Leon oil for a Mr. Universe contest, the rest of the
Russell. We can only hope a few of these band looks age appropriate, which for aging
cuts will be included in the new set, but if heavy metal guys doesnt always bode well
new stuff isnt your bag, not to worry; he is for how they will sound. This is the exact
sure to include many piano-top dancing show opposite in the case of this band, who
stoppers. impressively pull it off as if we have been
transported back in an Aqua Net-filled time
machine. Def Leppard started in the late 70s
Bash & Pop, Anything Could as an emerging new kind of music known as
Happen, Fat Possum Records the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
When we witnessed the band D Generation This was less about the blues influences and
regroup and release a follow-up album last much more about the speed, and in those
year, two decades after their third release, early years this group led the pack along
most of us probably assumed that would with Iron Maiden, Saxon and Judas Priest,
surely be the longest any band has waited to but they also did something very different.
return back to the scene of the crime. We They were very much focused on melodies
were wrong. Bash & Pop can now claim the and updating the glam sound. Their latest
title, coming back with a follow-up to their concert production proves they can still rock
debut, yes thats right, their debut, 24 years the house some four decades later and sound
later. The band is led by the Replacements fantastic doing it. And There will be a Next
bassist Tommy Stinson, who has logged in Time Live from Detroit is a double disc
time with Soul Asylum, a moment with the and DVD set recorded in the summer of
Old 97s and Perfect, and had a very long 2016. The 18-track set list is heavy on hits,
including slipping in a few lines of the David
residence with pre-reunion Guns N Roses.
Bowie classic Heroes into Hysteria, but
This sophomore disc is titled Anything
also goes back to their sophomore release.
Could Happen, and this could very well be
The set even moves all the way up the time-
mistaken as a lost piece in the Replacements
line for tracks off their last proper self-titled
puzzle. The sound is undeniably a part of his
record. Def Leppard demonstrates the band
past and rings just as loudly. He doesnt miss
is far from finished, And There Will Be a
a trick in the Replacements playbook and
Next Time.
turns the clock back to the beginning without
skipping a beat. Even though we are only in
the first quarter of the new year, I can Collectibles: Anthrax, For All
already feel a pole position for this gem. the Kings 7-inch vinyl box
Maybe we will even see another release by set, Megaforce Records
the band in less than 25 years who knows,
Anything Could Happen. They entered the Billboard Top Ten a quar-
ter-century ago, and just last year they did it
again with For All the Kings. Anthrax may
Son Volt, Notes of Blue, not have the fan base of Megadeth or
Transmit Sound Metallica, but they helped bring the thrash
Notes of Blue is the name of the latest and and speed metal sounds out of the under-
if that doesnt spell it out for you then it will ground and into the mainstream as much as
soon become evident what this disc is all those mighty bands. It all began 35 years ago
about. From the very first second the needle with their very first album Fistful of Metal.
drops, or the laser hits, or whatever your Although some of the members have
mode of aural transportation is, its abun- changed it hasnt seemed to stop them. This
dantly clear what the backbone of this disc is is their first disc with brand new lead gui-
tarist Jon Donais, who very well may be the
all about. So if it is the Son Volt rock side
force that put them back on the charts. To
you are hoping to hear, you are in luck, and
celebrate this achievement they have
if it is the Americana sound you are crossing
unveiled the ultimate fan edition for this
your fingers for, well you have scored there
release. A new stunning vinyl box set has
too because the blues is the base of it all.
been created. The collection contains the
There are moments when we travel way back
complete original album with unreleased
to his Uncle Tupelo days with Wilco front-
demos, a song previously only available on
man Jeff Tweedy as the band journeys deep
the Japanese edition, and of course two spec-
into heartaches, loss and general misfortune.
tacular cover versions. All of this is spread
Then there are flashes with more grit, atti-
across ten separate 7-inch records, each one
tude, raucous rhythm, and frenetic guitars
having unique sleeve, double-sided four-
than we have ever heard before on any Jay
color artwork, as well as band photos. Each
Farrar-related project. It is his unmistakable slab of wax will also be pressed in a different
nasal drawl and spin on a tale that has us color. Who knew finding a little Anthrax
anxiously waiting for the next cut. Notes of could be such a wonderful thing.
Blue once again demonstrates why it is
essential to keep both feet firmly planted on Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin
the Son Volt side of the Uncle Tupelo fence. Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net.

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Art and Framing Gallery 6519-A N. Foundation houses one of the worlds largest
Mesa (in the Palm Court). Information: 833- collections of permanently installed contempo-
5250 or Shopuniquemarket.com. rary art. The collection is open for guided tours
Showing in March is El Paso del Artistas throughout the year at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
works by four established generations of Wednesday through Sunday. Grounds close at
artists: Francisco Romero, Hector Bernal, 5 p.m. Admission is $10 ($5 for students, sen-
Robert Dozal and Daniel Padilla, with that of iors). Full tour is $25 ($10 students).
four up-and-coming painters of the Millennial Information: (432) 729-4362 or chinati.org.
generation: Christian Apodaca, Luis Lozono,
Crossland Gallery The El Paso Art
Patrick Gabaldon, and Francisco Espino.
Associations gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in
Opening reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday,
the Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m.
March 4, with wine, cheese and live music.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3
Art Avenue Gallery The gallery space is p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. Information:
at 1618 Texas, Suite E. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 534-7377, office@elpasoartassociation.com,
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, or by appoint- CrosslandArtGallery.com, or on Facebook.
ment Monday and Saturday. Information: 213- Showing through March 25: Ysleta
4318 or theartave.com. Independent School District EPAA Scholarship
Art Exhibit. The show runs through March 25.
Art in the Parks Workshop Series Sponsored by the Huthsteiner Fine Arts Trust.
Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park, 1700 Showing March 31-April 6: Colors of the
McKinley, hosts a series of art workshops Wild Roar!, featuring work with a wild
Saturdays April 15-29. Participation is free, but theme of creatures. Judge is artist Jennifer
RSVP required by April 1 as space is limited. Stapher-Thomas; deadline for artists and pho-
Information, RSVP: 562-9899 or 566-6622. tographers entries is March 21. Prospectus
11 a.m. April 15: Photography, with David and entry form available online.
Quintana Bring a DSLR camera, zoon lens, and Opening reception is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday,
a tripod. March 31.
Noon to 2 p.m. April 22: Acrylic Painting Life Drawing lessons are offered 5:30-8:30
with Melissa Mitchell and Socorro Linden. p.m. Thursdays at the Art Junction upstairs.
8:30 to 11:30 a.m. April 29: Watercolor Cost: $10; students bring their own supplies.
Painting with Susan Ryde.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Ballroom Marfa 108 E. San Antonio Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9
Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Thursday through Sunday. Information: (432) Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to
729-3700, ballroommarfa.org, Facebook or art- 9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays.
space.com. Admission is free unless noted otherwise.
Showing March 10-Aug. 6: Strange Information: 212-0300, elpasoartmuseum.org.
Attractor, a multidisciplinary exhibition that Showing March 12-June 25: OKU/READ,
explores ideas of networks, environmental a site-specific installation of reimagined and
events, technology, and sound. Opening recep- reconfigured rahles. Rather than being made
tion is 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, with a from wood (the original material of the rahle),
collaborative performance by artist and musi- Iristays rahles are fabricated from PVC
cian Lonnie Holley and psych duo (polyvinyl chloride) panels, and covered with
Tonstartssbandht, with visuals by Benton C. photos from vintage calendar cards from the
Bainbridge. Turkish military. In collaboration with the
Bert Saldana Art Gallery The gallery Museo de Arte de Ciudad Jurez.
featuring Southwestern Art is at 1501 Main Showing through March 5: Eldridge
Street in the San Elizario Arts District. Hours Hardie: Art of a Life in Sport, featuring 20 oil
are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through and watercolor paintings as well as drawings.
Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to Showing through April 16: The Harmon
4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 479-2926 or bert- and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-
saldana.com. American Art: Works on Paper.
Showing through June 4: Process and
Chamizal galleries Chamizal National Poetry: The Graphics of Kim and Therese
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Franklin G. Smith Bauer. The husband and wife have devoted
Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday their professions to the graphic arts, Kim to
through Friday; weekends by request. printmaking and Terri to drawing.
Admission is free. Information: 532-7273 or Showing through June 11: Female
nps.gov/cham/. Portraits: A Connection Between Artists and
Now showing is Collective photographic Models in the Tom Lea Gallery.
exhibition Photowalk El Paso 2016 in the The free monthly Texas Tech Architecture
Franklin Smith Gallery. More than 170 photog- Film series features 6 European Architects, 59
raphers from El Paso, Canutillo, Las Cruces, minutes, at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11.
Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Chihuahua and The Texas Tech College of Architecture will
Jurez participated in the 9th annual also hosts lectures at 6 p.m. in the auditorium
Worldwide Photowalk Global Edition event on the following Thursdays:
in El Paso. Having the Historic District Area March 9: VeeV Design with Raveevarn
and the Arts District as a background, 46 pic- Choksombatchai
tures were selected to show the regional archi- March 30: lecture by Margaret Crawford
tecture, the people of both sides of the border Family workshops are 1 to 4 p.m. on the
as well as historical sites of the area. selected Saturdays.
Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas.
Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati
Please see Page 33
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Art Scene gallery before the auction. Bids on the pieces
would start at $35. Submission details to be
or 851-0093. Featured gallery artists include
Albert Escamilla, Robert Dozal, Rob Mack,
chochrek@yahoo.com.
Martins father was a railroader who also built
Contd from Page 32 announced. Palmira Lopez, Manuel Alvarado, Maria Branch, guitars and mandolins. This influenced Barrys
Bert Saldaa, Joanna Franco, Melissa Himes, M. lifelong passion for artistic endeavors, crafting
The museums spring classes for adults (age La Galeria de la Mison de Senec Concepcion, Robert Lichlyter, Amado Pena Jr. and music.
15 and older) are 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays, The Ysleta Independent School Districts gallery
and Arturo Avalos.
April 1-May 6, unless otherwise listed. Pre- is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
registration required. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. UTEP Union Gallery Second floor,
Ceramics: $75 ($60 members). Class also Information: 434-9703 or 434-9711. UTEP Union East. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 Blue Gate Gallery 4901 Chagar, at
runs through May 20 for $95 ($75 members). Opening reception is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. Valley and Taylor in Las Cruces. Works pertain-
Also offered 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Thursday, March 9, for VASE: Visual Arts Information: 747-5711 or utep.edu/union. ing to music and dance will be shown through
March 30-May 4. Scholastic Event, the YISD regional qualified Showing through March 10: Los Colores March. Hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Thursdays
Jewelry: $59 ($47 members). exhibition. The exhibit continues through de la Paloma, solo exhibition by UTEP art his- through Sundays. Information: (575) 523-2950
Painting with Wax: $59 ($47 members). April 11. The Texas VASE is in its 23rd season. tory major Paloma Vianey, featuring her collec- or bluegateflodoc@aol.com.
The 2017 Spring Camp for ages 6-12 runs Students bring artworks created in their art tion of creative naturalism. Vianey spent the
March 14-17. classes to their regional event, where a certified summer of 2016 as an intern at the Branigan Cultural Center Open Call
juror evaluate the work based on state stan- Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. for Submissions Branigan Cultural
El Paso Sketchers Exhibit Works by El dards. Top entries advance to the State VASE She was one of eight students selected, and the Center in Las Cruces, seeks proposals for
Paso Sketchers 4th annual show runs through
April 28-29 in San Antonio. only one from a public university, for the Met exhibits to be presented in 2018. Deadline is 5
April 30 at the El Paso Public Library Westside
Cloisters Summer Internship. p.m. April 7. For full rules and on exemption
Branch, 125 Belvidere. Information: 472-7109. Lizzie Ochoa Art Exhibit The works of forms, visit surveymonkey.com/r/LCMS2017.
Lizzie Ochoa are featured March 2-April 30, Westside Art Guild The guild meets at
El Paso Studio Tour call for artists at El Paso Public Librarys Main Branch, 501 N. 10 a.m. Monday, March 13, at Judge Marquez
Information: las-cruces.org/museums or (575)
The 10th annual El Paso Artists Studio Tour is 541-2154.
Oregon, hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday Library, 610 N. Yarborough. Guest demonstra-
seeking artists for the tour 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 10 tion by Barry Martin, who specializes in por- Design & Create Workshops The
Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 22-
a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. traits and life drawing. The public is welcome; new monthly program for adults is 2 p.m. the
23, at Eastside, Northeast, and Mission Valley
Sunday. Admission is free. Information: admission is free. Annual dues are $20.
studios, and April 29-30 at Westside, Upper
Valley and Downtown studios. Deadline for
212-3230 or elpasolibrary.org. Information: Linda Parsons, 549-2950 or linda- Please see Page 34
Ochoa is a professional artist working in vari-
artist entry is March 12. Information:
ous media. Her subjects range from The
cc2ccmayer@aol.com. Online registration at
Beatles and Pancho Villa to El Chupacabra.
pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com.
Art lovers browse the private studios, meet Pastel Society of El Paso The societys
the artists and shop for fine art. Admission is next meeting is 1 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at
free and refreshments will be served at each the International Museum of Art, 1211
studio. Sponsored by the Plein Air Painters of Montana. C. Manny Guerra will be guest speak-
El Paso and El Paso Scene. er and demonstrate how to create a portrait in
pastel. Through the use of pencils, charcoal,
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and pastels, acrylics, oils and watercolors, Guerra
Gift Shop Award-winning impressionist has distinguished himself as a multi-media artist.
and El Paso Hall of Fame artist Alberto
The program is free and open to the public.
Escamillas studio is at 1445 Main Street in San
Information: 490-3978.
Elizario. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, and 12:30 to Rio Bravo Watercolorists The groups
4:30 p.m. Sunday and by appointment. monthly meeting is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Information: 851-0742 or 474-1800, or alber- March 15, at Schwartz Branch Library, 1865
toescamilla.com. Dean Martin. Guest presenter is Ho Baron, a
visionary artist characterized by his surreal
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon. sculptures. Baron has worked for 35 years to
The gallery specializes in local and early El Paso
cultivate his talent for creating unusual forms
art. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
and figures. One of his styles is to collect and
Wednesday and Friday; noon to 7 p.m.
apply doll faces and body parts to tree branch-
Thursday or by appointment.
es. The public is invited. Information: 549-2950.
Information: 533-9090 or halmarcus.com.
The gallerys Early El Paso Art Show opens Rubin Center UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald
with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is off Dawson
March 16. Drive next to the Sun Bowl. Hours are 10 a.m.
The show features more than 50 artists, to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (open until 7
including the greatest names of the past centu- p.m. Thursday) and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
ry such as Tom Lea, Eugene Thurston, Manuel Information: 747-6151, rubincenter.utep.edu or
Acosta, William Kolliker, Bill Rakocy and many on Facebook at RubinCenter.
more, as well as living artists whose work spans Showing through April 22: Theresa
several decades. Margolles: We Have A Common Thread and
Tangential Intimacies in the Gallery.
Ho Baron Sculpture Garden and We Have a Common Thread expands on
Studio Barons surreal outdoor sculpture Margolles long exploration of violence through
garden at 2830 Aurora (at Piedras) is visible
a series of new works involving the participa-
from the street, featuring several of his large-
tion of artist-embroiderers from Panama,
scale works. His indoor studio hours are noon
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico, and the
to 5 p.m. Saturdays, or by appointment. The
United States.
indoor studio features his sculpture, drawings,
Tangential Intimacies is inspired by an all-
and art assemblages as well as access to a sec-
female solo series presented by locally based
ond private sculpture garden. Information: 915-
Honeyguide gallery. The exhibition presents the
562-7820 or hobaron.com
work of the following artists, all with a connec-
International Museum of Art 1211 tion to El Paso or Juarez: Haydee Alonso, Laura
Montana. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bombach, Nikki Diaz, Cynthia Evans, Nabil
Thursday and Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Gonzalez, Mia Moreno and Jane Terrazas.
Sunday. Free guided tours available on a walk- Showing through June 16: Desconocida
in basis. Admission is free. Information: 543- Unknown Ukjent in the Atrium.
6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
San Elizario Art District Several gal-
All El Paso artists are encouraged to submit
leries and artist studios are located 1445 to
their works (framed to 8 X 10) for an auction
1501 Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza on
planned for Sunday, May 7, to help raise funds
the Mission Trail. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday
to bring their up to code and replace all the old
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
parts from 1952. Art will be exhibited in a
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 474-1800

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Art Scene Rokoko Art Gallery 1785 Avenida de
Contd from Page 33 Mercado in Mesilla. Hours are noon to 5 p.m.
Saturdays. Information: (575) 522-5553 or
second Wednesday of each month (March 8)
rokokoart.com. Submissions being taken
at Branigan Librarys Roadrunner Room, 200 E.
through March 25 for the gallerys April
Picacho, in Las Cruces. Information, registra-
Foolishness show Saturday, April 1. Anything
tion: (575) 528-4005 or library.reference@las-
goes for all fools, freaks and fanatics. Cost for
cruces.org.
submission: $15.
Downtown Ramble The City of Las The Gallery at Big Picture 311 N.
Cruces hosts an evening of music and art 5 to 7
Main Street, Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m.-5
p.m. the first Friday of the month at art venues
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30
of in a seven-block stretch of Las Cruces
p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 647-0508.
Downtown Mall. Information: (575) 647-0508.
Tombaugh Gallery First Unitarian
Las Cruces Museum of Art 491 N. Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.
Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 10 a.m. to
Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday. Information:
Thursday), 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5
(575) 449-4180 or uuchurchlc.org.
to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Ramble.
Showing March 5-April 21 is Animal
Closed Sunday and Monday. Information: (575)
Animas, artwork by southern New Mexico
541-2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.
artists Dinah Swan and Claudia Dennee. Swan,
Showing through March 25: ReTooled:
through her pastel paintings, and Dennee,
Highlights from the Hechinger Collection.
through her sculptures, depict animal motifs for
Featuring more than 40 works by 28 artists,
this exhibit. Opening reception is 11:30 a.m. to
ReTooled celebrates the prevalence of tools
1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5.
with art that transforms utilitarian objects into
fanciful works that speak of humor and beauty. Tombaugh Gallery call for artists
Artists represented in the exhibition include The gallery at Unitarian Universalist Church of
Red Grooms, Jacob Lawrence, Berenice Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano, seeks submissions
Abbott, Jim Dine, and Las Cruces artist through April 1 for its 2018 exhibitions.
Stephen Hansen, among others. Submissions open to regional artists age 18 or
The informal interdisciplinary based older within a 300-mile radius of Las Cruces.
Artrageous workshops are 10 a.m. to noon Send submission to the Judy Licht, c/o Unitarian
Saturdays in the atrium between the Museum Universalist Church of Las Cruces, P.O. Box
of Art and Museum of Nature and Science. 7749, Las Cruces 88006. Call for a full prospec-
March 4: Refrigerator Magnet Vase tus. Information: (575) 522-7281 or
March 11: Paper Flowers uuchurchlc.org/thetombaughartgallery.
March 18: Flower Pencil Topper
March 25: Plantable Paper Also
April 1: Upcycled Magnets
Session Two of Spring 2017 Studio Program Art Hop MainStreet Truth or
Art Classes for children, teens, and adults is Consequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m.
March 22-April 29. Registration is at the the second Saturday of each month (March
Museum of Nature and Science, 411 N. Main. 11, April 8) in the downtown gallery district.
Students must register in person 10 a.m. to 4 Information torcmainstreet.org.
p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Deadline is Deming Arts Center The Deming Arts
one week before classes start. Information: Councils gallery and gift shop is at 100 Gold
(575)541-2137. Street in Deming, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4
Various class options include beginning and p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; open until 6
intermediate ceramics, drawing portraits, still p.m. Thursdays. Admission is free. Information:
life painting, and art exploration! Classes are (575) 546-3663, demingarts.org or on
offered to all levels of artists. Full schedule at Facebook.
museums.las-cruces.org. Showing in March are the annual Student
Submissions are being taken through April Shows.
21 for the From the Ground Up XXVIII region- Elementary students exhibit their art March
al juried ceramics exhibition to be held Aug. 4- 1-13. Artist reception is 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 21. March 4.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery Intermediate, Middle School, High School
2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across and Cesar Chavez students exhibit their art
from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. March 15-31. Artist reception is 1 to 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m. daily. Information: (575) 522-2933 or Saturday, March 18.
mesillavalleyfinearts.com. The Guatemalan Mercado fundraiser is Friday
Receptions are 1 to 4 p.m. the first Saturday and Saturday, March 10-11, with gifts, cloth-
of each month. Featured artists for March are ing, jewelry and more.
Bonnie MacQuarrie and Lori Shalett. Hispanic artists are sought for the Hispano
Arts Market & Fiesta set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mesquite Art Gallery 340 N. Mesquite, June 24-25, in collaboration with St. Ann
Las Cruces. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday Catholic Church. Artists are asked to email a
and Friday, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Information: short bio and two jpeg images representative
(575) 640-3502 or mesquiteartgallery.com. of their work to demingarts@hotmail.com,
Showing in March is the work of 94-year old along with a $125 entry fee ($25 non-refund-
Charles Beck. Becks main media are palette- able) to Deming Arts Center. Call for details:
knife oils and woodcut prints. He had a stroke (575) 544-7708.
a few years ago and had to enter a nursing
home, but the desire to produce art remains Rio Bravo Fine Art 110 Broadway in
and he recently had a show of new work. Truth or Consequences, N.M. Open noon to 5
p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Information:
Perspectives The photography exhibit (575) 894-0572 or riobravofineartgallery.com.
runs through March 19, at Las Cruces Gallery art talks hosted by the Sierra County
Community Theatre, 313 N. Main, as part of Arts Council are 1 p.m. the last Sunday of the
For the Love of Art Month. Features are month. Admission: $10 ($5 members):
prints, photos, drawings and paintings. Sunday, March 26: Nolan Winkler.
Information: lcctnm.org. or we-ad.org/artists.

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Artists focus shifts
to area landscapes
I feel like the most important aspect is
that it must evoke some emotion. This

R
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

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Never trust a

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.
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The Conference of the Birds No Lydia The UTEP Department of Theater
Strings Theatre Company presents the play by & Dance presents the play by Octavio Solis
Peter Brooks and Jean-Claude Carriere, based March 22-26, at UTEPs Studio Family
on the poem by Farid ud-Din Attar, March 17- Theatre. Directed by Kim McKean. Adult con-
April 2, at Black Box Theatre, 430 N. tent: strong language and nudity. Show time is
Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces. Directed by 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2:30
Karen Caroe. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $14 ($11 faculty/staff,
and Saturdays at 8 p.m., 2:30 p.m. Sundays seniors, military, groups of 10 or more, alumni
Truth Dare... American Southwest ern themes, told live on stage, without notes. March 26 and April. 2; and at 7 p.m. Thursday, and non-UTEP students, $9 for UTEP students.
Theatre Company presents the play by Tori The Moth Radio Hour is heard on over 450 March 30. Tickets: $15 ($12 students and sen- Information: 747-5118, theatredance.utep.edu
Keenan-Zelt through March 5, at NMSUs public radio stations nationwide and podcast is iors over 65; $10 all seats Thursday. or on Facebook.
Center for the Arts. Performances are 7:30 downloaded 44 million times a year. Reservations: (575) 523-1223. In the 1970s, the Flores family welcomes
p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. The play, based on a 12th century Sufi poem Lydia, an undocumented maid, into their El
Broadway Today! Megan McQueen
Tickets: $5-$17. Information: (575) 646-4515 by Farid ud-Din Attar and adapted for the stage Paso home to care for their daughter, Ceci,
and Cameron Langs celebration of Broadway is
or nmsutheatre.com. in 1979 by Peter Brook is an exuberant experi- who was disabled in a car accident on the eve
7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, at an evening of
Thirteen-year-old Urea, Hannah, Linnet and ment in ensemble storytelling. The Hoopoe has of her quinceaera. Lydias immediate and
22 varied selections from 19 musicals that
Maeve live in world built on secrets, loves, and called the birds of the world together in order seemingly miraculous bond with the girl sets
played Broadway within the last year. This
backyard ghosts until a traumatic accident to undertake the journey to find their true the entire family on a mysterious and shocking
years production includes a cast of over 50
forever changes things. Four years later, ques- kinga benevolent and beautiful bird known as journey of discovery.
people, ranging from students of the current
tions and accusations fly as the young women Simorgh.
try to understand what happened, what they
NMSU musical theatre course to community Please see Page 38
members who have rich performing histories in
have lost, and how to live now.
Las Cruces and beyond. Tickets: $20 reserved;
Into The Woods El Paso Community $15 general admission. Information: (575) 646-
College Theater presents the musical by 5952, memcqu@nmsu.edu or
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine March 2- nmsutheatre.com.
12 at Transmountain Forum Theater, 9570 Featured shows include American Psycho,
Gateway North, directed by Keith Townsend. Bright Star, Cats, Falsettos, Fiddler on The
Ticket sales benefit EPCC student scholarships. Roof, Hamilton, Jersey Boys, Les Miserables,
Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Matilda, Motown, Natasha and Pierre and the
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 ($10 non-EPCC Great Comet of 1812, School of Rock, She
student/military with ID, $7 EPCC students, Loves me, Something Rotten, Sunday in the
faculty, staff, seniors with ID). Ages 7 and older Park With George, The Color Purple, The King
only admitted. Information: 831-5056 or and I, Tuck Everlasting and Waitress.
forumtheater.wix.com/epcc.
Dr. Dolittle A Childrens Theatre of the
The musical intertwines the plots of several
Mesilla Valley presents the classic story at 7
Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault fairy
p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, March 10-
tales, exploring the consequences of the char-
11, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
acters wishes and quests. The main characters
Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces, featuring actors
are taken from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack
age 5-17. Tickets: $6 in advance from any ACT.
and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and
$7 at the door; $8 online at
Cinderella, as well as several others. The
RioGrandeTheatre.com. Information: (575)
musical is tied together by a story involving a
644-9561 or roditikos@aol.com.
childless baker and his wife and their quest to
Dr. Dolittle loves to tend animal patients
begin a family and their interaction with a witch
more than his human patients, causing a finan-
who has placed a curse on them.
cial crisis in his practice. All this is quite a con-
No Sex Please, Were British Las cern to his housekeeper his sister, Sarah.
Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N. Main in When Dr. Dolittle learns how to actually speak
the Las Cruces Downtown Mall, presents the with the animals from Polynesia, his parrot, he
farce by Anthony Marriot and Alistair Foot creates a thriving veterinary practice.
March 3-19. Directed by Norman Lewis.
Miscast: A Musical Revue Sun City
Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
Musical Theatre, 3733 Shell Suite C, presents
and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $12 ($11 student,
its first Miscast, a new take on Broadway
senior, military, $9 children under 6; $10 per
modeled off of the annual MCC Theatre
person for groups of 10 or more; $5 student
Fundraiser held every year in New York, at
rush tickets offered 15 before show time.
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 10-11
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
and March 17-18. Tickets: $20 ($15 children
A young bride, who lives above a bank with
under 12); available at the door or at suncity-
her husband who is the assistant manager,
musicaltheatre.com or on Facebook.
innocently sends a mail order off for some
Information: 637-1618.
Scandinavian glassware. What comes is
The revue allows performers to sing
Scandinavian pornography. The plot revolves
Broadway songs they would normally never get
around what is to be done with the veritable
to sing, stripping away the lines of gender, age
floods of pornography, photographs, books,
and race. Appropriate for all ages.
films, and eventually girls that threaten to engulf
this happy couple. Killing Buddha Theatre Dojo from
Deming, N.M. offers an award-winning modern
The Moth in El Paso Public radios The take on an ancient North Indian legend about a
Moth presents Eyewitness: The Moth in El
serial killer seeking atonement from the divine
Paso, a live storytelling program, at 7:30 p.m.
teacher at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 12, at the
Tuesday, March 7, at the Scottish Rite Temple,
Philanthropy Theatre (next to the Plaza
301 W Missouri. Hosted by Peter Aguero with
Theatre), as part of El Paso Community
stories by Nestor Gomez and Martha Ruiz-
Foundations Jewel Box Series. Writer-director
Perilla, and El Pasos own Tuff Hedeman,
Algernon DAmmassa plays all of the charac-
Robert Holguin and Rosa Guerrero. Doors
ters, accompanied by Native American musi-
open at 6:30 p.m. Admission: $20. Information:
cian Randy Granger on wind, string and percus-
917-974-0022 or themoth.org.
sion. Tickets: $16 (Ticketmaster). Information:
The Moth presents true, personal stories by
533-4020 or epcf.org.
luminaries in the arts and sciences, as well as
The next event in the series is Eden
others ranging from an astronaut and undertak-
Enterprises Bernabe, Luis Valdezs play
er to a voodoo priestess and a retired NYPD
about a young man whose love of the earth is
detective. Each show is composed of simple,
rooted in Aztec mythology, at 7 p.m. Saturday
old-fashioned storytelling on thoroughly mod-
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8-9.

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On Stage ond song, along with sheet music for the to learn basic theatre performance skills as well
Auditions & classes
pianist; actors will give a 90-second monologue as production processes and procedures
Contd from Page 37 of their choosing. through the use of creative dramatics theatre
Seussical The Musical auditions Sun Production personnel also needed. games appropriate for children. The company
City Musical Theatre, 3733 Shell Suite C, hosts Kids age 6-12 can audition 6 to 8 p.m. March will learn a couple of VIVA songs and dances
Driving Miss Daisy El Paso Playhouse, auditions 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 5 for its 6-7 for the new Viva! Kids! workshops. The and get the opportunity to participate in the
2501 Montana, presents the classic drama by spring production. Appropriate for all ages - all creative dramatics workshops are part of the summer production. Parents must accompany
Alfred Uhry March 24-April 16. Showtimes roles open none have been pre-cast. EPCC Childrens college, directed by Margaret their children to the auditions to receive com-
are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Performers under age 18 must have a parent or Barreras. They will meet once a week at EPCC plete information regarding this program.

T
Sunday. Tickets: $11 ($9 seniors; $8 students guardian signature on the audition form.

El PasoPlayhouse
and military). Information: 532-1317 or elpaso- Information: 637-1618,
playhouse.com. suncitymusicaltheatre.com or on Facebook.

loses 2 veterans
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
at this time. Auditions will include cold reading

actress and director Louise Guard-


Willy Wonka and the Chocolate from the script and a dance audition.
Candidates must be available for four to six
Ramirez on Feb. 11.
Factory, Jr. Kids-N-Co. presents their
weeks of rehearsal and a 3 to 4 week perform-
Louise had been sick for quite a while.
musical take on Roald Dahls classic childrens
ance run.
She was diagnosed with pancreatitis in
book March 24-April 9, at First Presbyterian
Seussical takes the audience into the world of
late 2015. A
Church, 1340 Murchison. Directed by Anthony
Dr. Seuss to revisit beloved characters such as
blood check then
Michael Stokes. Performances are 7:30 p.m.
The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant,
showed she had
Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, and JoJo.
lists to finalize, whining about or cele-
pancreatic cancer.
Tickets: $7 ($5 children, students, senior citi-
brating shows and rehearsals, and build-
Then came con-
zens, military), available at the door.
ing friendships in her home, and never
Information: 274-8797 or on Facebook at El Viva! El Paso auditions El Paso
Paso Kids-n-Co. Community College and El Paso Community gestive heart fail- felt anything other than family.
Foundation host auditions for Viva! El Pasos ure. Always at Eurydice Saucedo, actor, director, and
One-Act Play Festival Las Cruces 2017 season 6 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, her side was fel- photographer for the Playhouse, had a
Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall, March 6-7, at EPCCs Transmountain Campus, low actor and wonderful tale to tell about Caruthers.
Las Cruces, hosts its one-act showcase Forum Theatre, 9570 Gateway North. The husband Jake I always share the story of when you
Thursday through Sunday, March 30-April 2, production runs weekend from the second Ramirez. genuinely, and in your Marguerite voice
I met Louise Guard-Ramirez
featuring original works by area playwrights and
lovingly intro-
week in June through early August. Information:
back in the late
directors; plays to be announced. Performances 637-4029 or forumtheater.wix.com/epcc.
duced me to
1970s when I first started performing and
are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. To audition, bring photo ID; Social Security
what it meant to
did a few shows at the Playhouse. She
Sunday. Tickets: $10. Information: (575) 523- card or employment documentation; 8 x 10
be a true actor.
already was a legend. She and I shared
1200 or lcctnm.org. headshot and resume. Singers require a 90-sec-
You said,
one definite love mysteries and Agatha There is never
Christie. I think she must have directed ONE. We are
every Christie work that was ever adapt- part of an
ed into a stage play. ensemble, and
Performer and director Alexander do bad, we all
Wright wrote about Guard-Ramirez: do bad.
The first full-length production I direct- Everyone is
ed was the same one done by this incred- Caruthers
here because they
ibly talented woman. I spent an afternoon love it, respect it. We are a family. Now
with her picking her brain about the pro- lets have some wine.
duction and about directing in theater in Long-time friend Mario Rodriguez-
general. Alvarado worked many times with
Another former performer, Alejandro Caruthers. He wrote a wonderful dedica-
Novelo, wrote in Facebook: Louise tion to her, and these lines from that ded-
Guard-Ramirez was part of the very first ication seemed to reflect everyones com-
cast I worked with on stage in Lend Me ments.
a Tenor about 17 years ago. I have great You lived life to the fullest. That is
memories of her. She was not just a great something everyone can agree on you
actress, but an amazing person. were bigger than life. I thank you for the
Even more shocking was the death of endless support over the years, for the
long-time EPPH favorite Marguerite advice, the trust, the loyalty, the generos-
Caruthers on Feb. 15. She was on her ity, and the genuine care and love you
way to a rehearsal at the Womens Club showed me.
when a truck struck her down on Mesa In honor of both ladies, the Playhouse
Street. dimmed their lights one minute prior to
She was one of those ladies who just lit the opening of the Feb. 19 performance
up a room or a stage when she of The Women.
entered. She mentored many a young Indeed, they were both very special
actor and director. Her last performance women.
at the Playhouse was as the matriarch of As long-time Playhouse performer
the family in August: Osage County Erika Moeller wrote on her Facebook
last August. page, A great light has been dimmed in
Marguerite Caruthers will be deeply this citys theater community. Their lega-
missed and remembered as many things: cies will keep their lights forever lit,
actress, teacher, life of the party, karaoke never snuffed out.
queen, and mama, wrote Aaron
Hernandez. I did a lot of growing up Carol Viescas is a veteran of
learning lines, eating chocolate pie, sam- community theater and teaches
pling wines, anxiously waiting for cast journalism at Bel Air High School.

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ages 4-12). Planetarium show is $5 ($4 seniors, Logan (20th Century-Fox) Hugh Jackman,
military and children. Ages 3 and under free. Dafne Keen, Patrick Stewart. Directed by
Museum/IMAX combo tickets available. James Mangold.
Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840 My Scientology Movie (Magnolia)
or nmspacemuseum.org. Documentary. Directed by John Dower.
The theater features the worlds first Spitz The Shack (Lionsgate) Sam Worthington,
Scidome 4k Laser full dome planetarium pro- Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw. Directed by
Friday Night Flicks The UTEP film One Arts Festival Plaza. A look at the works of jection system. Stuart Hazeldine.
series is offered at 6 p.m. selected Fridays the Jacques Herzog, Eduardo Suoto de Moura, Showing through March 31: T2 Trainspotting (Sony) Ewan McGregor,
Union Cinema, Union Building East, First Floor. Hans Kollhoff, Kristian Gullichsen, Jean Nouvel In the Digital Planetarium: Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller. Directed by
Tickets: $3 ($2 UTEP students, faculty, staff and Antonio Cruz. Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing Danny Boyle.
and alumni. Movie combos: $5 (includes hot This years series, hosted by the TTU College Telescope at 10:10 a.m., 1:45 and 3:35 p.m. Table 19 (Fox Searchlight) Anna Kendrick,
dog, popcorn and a drink). Information: 747- of Architecture, presents films on architecture Two students interact with an astronomer at a Stephen Merchant, Lisa Kudrow. Directed by
5648 or on Facebook at UTEP/OSL. and architects. Admission is free; all audiences local star party, and learn the history of the tel- Jeffrey Blitz.
March 3: Fantastic Beasts and Where To welcome. Information: 212-3061 or elpasoart- escope from Galileos modifications to a childs
Find Them museum.org. March 10:
spyglass to the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble
April 7: La La Land Next Months film (April 8) is Eye Over Kong: Skull Island (Warner Bros.) Tom
Space Telescope and the future of astronomy.
Prague, a film about the trials and tribulations Hiddleston, Corey Hawkins, Samuel L. Jackson;
Film Salon The Film Salon, now at Alamo Stars: The Powerhouses of the Universe at
of a highly original Czech architect, Jan Directed by Jordan Vogt-Robert. The Last
Drafthouse Cinema, 250 E. Montecillo, opens 12:15 and 2:20 p.m.
Kaplicky. Word (Bleecker Street) Shirley MacLaine,
its series Rosalind Russell X 2 celebrating Live Digital Planetarium Show: Night Sky
Thomas Sadoski, Amanda Seyfried; Directed by
Russells iconic screen roles with His Girl Jays Pix Presents Film historian Jay Star Show with Museum Educator is at 11:40
Mark Pellington.
Friday, at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4, starring Duncan and the Sunset Film Society presents a.m. and 2:55 p.m.
The Ottoman Lieutenant (Paladin) Michiel
Russell and Gary Grant. Tickets: $3; available at the comedy Airplane at the monthly film On the Giant Screen: Journey to Space at
Huisman, Josh Hartnett, Hera Hilmar. Directed
drafthouse.com. Information: filmsalon.org. series at noon Sunday, March 19, at 10:45 a.m., 12:50 and 4:10 p.m. Discover the
by Joseph Ruben.
Next months film is 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, Ardovinos Desert Crossings gallery, One plans NASA and the space community, like
Raw (Focus World) Garance Marillier, Ella
with Auntie Mame. Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park. Admission is landing astronauts on Mars.
Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella. Directed by Julia
free but reservations strongly recommended; Jays Film Forecast Film historian Jay Ducournau.
Jays Pix Presents at the International RVSP via sunsetfilmsociety.org.
Museum Film historian Jay Duncan and the Duncan prepared this list of top monthly The Wall (Amazon) Aaron Taylor-
Made at a cost of $3.5 million, the 1980 hit Coming Attractions for movie fans, listed by Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakl. Directed by
Sunset Film Society host film presentations at 2 grossed $130 million, bringing the names of
p.m. Saturdays at International Museum of Art, studio and release date (subject to change): Doug Liman.
directors David and Jerry Zucker and Jim
1211 Montana. Presentations include commen- Abrahams to world attention. The film is a par- March 3: March 17:
tary, anecdotes and facts behind the films. ody of the disaster film genre, particularly the Before I Fall (Open Road) Liv Hewson, Beauty and the Beast (Disney) Dan
Admission is free; donations and museum 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour, from which it Halston Sage, Zoey Deutch. Directed by Ry- Stevens, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor.
membership appreciated. Popcorn, beverages, borrows the plot and the central characters, as Russo Young. Directed by Bill Condon.
candy and snacks available for purchase. well as many elements from Airport 1975. Contemporary Color (Oscilloscope) The Belko Experiment (BH Tilt) Tony
Information: 543-6747 (museum), international- Documentary. In the summer of 2015, leg- Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, Michael Rooker.
museumofart.net. Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle de endary musician David Byrne staged an event at Directed by Greg McLean.
March follows the theme, When Hollywood Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in Brooklyns Barclays Center to celebrate the art Betting on Zero (Zipper Bros.)
Came to El Paso. There was a time when El Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the of Color Guard. Directed by Bill Ross IV and Documentary. Controversial hedge fund titan
Paso and the surrounding areas were a hot spot Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at Turner Ross. Bill Ackman puts a billion dollars on the line in
for locations for major Hollywood productions. 7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Junction 48 (Orchard) Tamer Nafar, his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest
March 4: Take The High Ground (1953), 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors, Samar Qupty, Salwa Nakkara. Directed by Udi pyramid scheme in history. Directed by Ted
filmed entirely at Fort Bliss. Set during the military and students with ID; $5 children and Aloni. Braun.
Korean conflict, the story relates how drill society members); $5 on Wednesday. Leap! (Weinstein) CG Animation. Frantz (Music Box) Pierre Niney, Paula
instructors transform everyday civilians into sol- Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or Featuring the voices of Elle Fanning, Dane Beer. Directed by Franois Ozon.
diers during their 16 weeks of basic training. mesillavalleyfilm.org. DeHaan, Maddie Ziegle. Directed by Eric
March 11: The Getaway (1972), filmed in Through March 2: The Brand New Summer and ric Warin. Please see Page 40
El Paso and Fabens, along with other Texas Testament. God lives in human form as a cyni-
locations. The film, starring Steve McQueen cal writer with his young opinionated daughter
and Ali MacGraw is a neo-noir action-crime in present-day Brussels, Belgium
film based on the Jim Thompson novel of the (French/German with subtitles).
same name. Screenplay written by Walter Hill. March 3-9: Jackie. Following the assassina-
March 18: The Border (1982), filmed tion of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady
entirely in El Paso. Immigration enforcement Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman) fights
agent Smith (Jack Nicholson) lives in California through grief and trauma to regain her faith,
with his wife in a trailer. She persuades him to console her children, and define her husbands
move to a duplex in El Paso shared by her historic legacy.
friend and border agent Cat. March 10-16: Neruda. An inspector hunts
In conjunction with Alliance Franaise El Paso down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo
is Festinema Junior 2017, films in French with Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home
English subtitles, 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, country in the late 1940s for joining the
March 25-26. Saturdays films are Welcome, Communist Party. In Spanish with English subti-
and Adama, and Sundays films are Ernest & tles.
Celestine, Neige & Les Arbres Magiques, March 17-23: 20th Century Women.
and four animates shorts. During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara
single mom and boardinghouse landlord
Pax Christi Film Series The series decides the best way she can parent her
presents Budrus at 3 p.m. Sunday, March teenage son is to enlist her young tenants - a
12, at St. Joseph School auditorium, 1315 quirky punk photographer, a mellow handyman
Travis (enter through parking lot on Travis and her sons shrewd best friend to serve as
Street). Discussion will follow. Admission is role models in a changing world.
free, donations accepted. Information: 740- March 24-30: I Am Not Your Negro.
3962. Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in
This film tells the story of a Palestinian leader modern America with his unfinished novel,
who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an Remember This House.
unarmed movement to save his village, Budrus, No March 25 matinee; Thursday showing is
from destruction. Success eludes them until his 1:30 p.m. with no evening screening.
15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.
New Mexico Museum of Space
Texas Tech University Film Series History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The
The monthly film program presents 6 museums Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater
European Architects, 59 minutes, at 2 p.m. tickets are $7 ($6 for seniors and military; $5
Saturday, March 11, at El Paso Museum of Art,

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Film Scene Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol. Directed
by Danile Thompson.
Contd from Page 39 Ghost in the Shell (Paramount) Scarlett
Johansson, Michael Pitt, Michael Wincott.
Free Fire (A24) Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley,
Directed by Rupert Sanders. Based on the
Michael Smiley; Directed by Ben Wheatley.
internationally acclaimed sci-fi manga series.
March 24: The Zookeepers Wife (Focus) Johan
Keep Watching (Screen Gems) Natalie Heldenbergh, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brhl.
Martinez, Bella Thorne, Chandler Riggs. Directed by Niko Caro.
Directed by Sean Carter.
DVD/Blu-ray Releases
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (Warner
Bros.) Charlie Hunnam, Katie McGrath, Jude March 7
Law. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Moana. PG
Power Rangers (Lionsgate) Elizabeth Jackie. R
Banks, Bryan Cranston. Directed by Dean March 14
Israelite. Elle. R
Prevenge (Raising Films) Gemma Whelan, Fences. PG-13
Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie. Written, directed and Collateral Beauty. PG-13
starring Alice Lowe.
Their Finest (STX) Sam Claflin, Gemma March 21
Arterton, Bill Nighy. Directed by Lone Scherfig. Lion. PG-13
Tommys Honour (Roadside) Sam Neill, Sing. PG
Ophelia Lovibond, Peter Mullan. Directed by Live By Night. R
Jason Connery. Assassins Creed. PG-13
Wilson (Fox Searchlight) Woody March 28
Harrelson, Sandy Oian, Shaun Brown. Directed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
by Craig Johnson. PG-13
20th Century Women. R
March 31
Why Him? R
The Boss Baby (20th Century-Fox) CG

O
A Monster Calls. PG-13
Animation. Voices of Alec Baldwin, Lisa
Kudrow, Steve Buscemi. Directed by Tom April 4
McGrath. Office Christmas Party. R
Cezanne and I (Magnolia) Guillaume Paterson. R

ne of the hardest sayings of Jesus


is Love your enemies. Its a
hard teaching today, but was
even harder in the 1st century. He was
preaching to a society that was not
reluctant about hating enemies. Those
enemies included their Roman oppres-
sors, collaborators such as the tax col-
lectors and the Samaritans, a neighbor- kind of love. But I do think we can pre-
ing tribe that had intermarried with gen- pare our hearts to love this way by
tiles and developed their own brand of changing the way we think.
religion. I suspect that most of our enemies are
Jesus taught obedience to the Romans people weve never met. They dont
and asked forgiveness for the soldiers belong to our tribe. Theyre Republican
who crucified him; he reached out to tax or Democrat, theyre educational elite or
collectors, healed gentiles and treated dumb rednecks, theyre some kind of
Samaritans kindly. So Jesus definitely deplorable.
practiced what he preached about loving I doubt Jesus ever looked at people this
ones enemies. way. Sure, he was born into a tribal cul-
One of the surprising aspects of Jesus ture, like we all are, but he saw others as
teaching about loving your enemies is his Father did, not the way everyone
that it is not a matter of learning to love around him did.
more. You dont start out loving your Over the last few years, much has been
closest family and friends and work your said about neotribalism, the rise of
way out from there. In fact, Jesus gives tribal thinking about the world, the
short shrift to the traditional love shown increase in distrust towards others who
among family and friends. If you love are different. Of course, those who
those who love you, what reward will bring this up almost always decry the
you get? tribalism in others and never see it in
I have often wrestled with this teaching themselves.
because he makes it sound like loving I suspect that learning to love our ene-
our family and friends doesnt count for mies starts with questioning why were
much. But it is true that theres nothing treating them like enemies in the first
specifically Christian about loving kith place. That was the point of Jesus para-
and kin. Every society, every religion ble about the good Samaritan; the person
teaches this. we had labeled as our enemy turned out
Jesus wasnt interested in improving to be the one person willing to help.
the traditional forms of love, however;
Randy Limbird is editor of
he was challenging us to love in a com-
El Paso Scene. Comments?
pletely different way, the way God loves
Send to randy@epscene.com
us. Gods love isnt conditional or trans-
actional; He doesnt stop loving us
because we misbehave or refuse to love P.S. I recently listened to a sermon
Him back. called The Parable of the Good
I dont think its possible to love this Deplorable by Jason Micheli. Look it
way on our own; we have to have that up online; you can find both a text and
spiritual connection to the source of that audio version.

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El Paso Chihuahuas T Southwest YWCA Womens Benefit luncheon Sun City Craft Beer Fest The
University Park on Santa Fe Street in The 24th annual benefit luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Downtown El Paso celebration of craft beer is
Downtown El Paso. The 2017 season runs
April 6-Aug. 31. Information: 533-BASE or
EPChihuahuas.com.
april Thursday, April 27, at El Paso Convention
Center, One Civic Center Plaza. Keynote
speaker is actress Ashley Judd. Tickets: $100.
1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the El Paso
Convention Center Plaza. Tickets: $25 early
bird; $10 designated driver; VIP tickets: $80.
Reservations: 533-2311 or ywcaelpaso.org.
April 6-10: Las Vegas 51s. Game time is 7
p.m. April 6-8, 1 p.m. April 9 and 11 a.m. April
10.
PREVIEW Hanks Jazz Festival The 25th anniver-
sary of the annual festival runs all day Thursday
Information: SunCityCraftBeerFest.com.
Giddyup Gallop The 5K, Half Marathon
and 1 mile fun run is Saturday, April 29, at
April 18-21: Tacoma Rainiers. Game time is
through Saturday, April 27-29, in the Hanks Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, as part of
6:35 p.m. April 18-20 and 7 p.m. April 21.
High School auditorium, 2100 Lee Trevino the Las Cruces Country Music Festival.
April 22-25: Reno Aces. Game time is 7
Audience admission is free. Information: 434- Registration at lascrucescountrymusic.com.
p.m. April 22, 1 p.m. April 23, 6:35 p.m. April
5000 or hanksband.com. Information: (575) 541-2361 or on Facebook at
24-25.
Giddyup Gallop.
Las Cruces Country Music Festival
Viva Espaa The African music celebra-
Travis Tritt, Kacey Musgraves, the Eli Young Run/Walk for Autism Southwest
tion is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m.
Band headline the 2017 festival April 28-30, Chapter of the Autism Society of America will
Sunday, April 8-9, at the Rio Grande Theatre,
along Main Street in Downtown Las Cruces, host its 9th annual awareness and fundraising
211 N. Main in the Las Cruces Downtown
with two stages of music, food trucks, vendors, 5K run and walk and one-mile family fun walk
Mall. Tickets: $12-17 at riograndetheatre.com.
a kids area and more. Festival gates open at 5 at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at Ascarate Lake.
Information: (575) 523-6403.
p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. VIP passes are Information: 772-9100 or on Facebook at
Mozarts Requiem El Paso Choral $150 ($145 in advance). Festival passes for AutismSocietyEP.
Society presents the Mozart masterpiece at El Paso Artists Studio Tour The 10th Friday and Saturday are $60 ($55 military with
ID); day passes are $35; $30 with military ID. Foam Wonderland The Ultimate Foam
7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at Abraham annual tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and
Tickets available at lccountryfest.com. Party Experience and Electronic Dance Music
Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $10, $20, $30 and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 22-23, at
Fridays performers include Travis Tritt, event Climax Tour 2017, is 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
$40 (Ticketmaster). Information: epchoralsoci- Eastside, Northeast & Mission Valley studios,
Marshall Tucker Band and Tanya Tucker. Saturday, April 29, at El Paso County
ety.org. and April 29-30 at Westside, Upper Valley and
Saturdays performers include Eli Young Band, Coliseum, with music by TJR. Tickets: $15 gen-
Lower Valley Health Fair The 35th Downtown studios. Information: 581-4971. Full eral admission; $30 VIP (Ticketmaster).
studio list and directions available online at Kacey Musgraves and Alyssa Newtown.
annual health fair is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Rodeo performances are 2 p.m. Friday and Information: foamwonderland.com.
April 8, at Socorro High School, 10150 pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com.
Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday on the NMSU
Alameda. Admission is free. Information: 937- Bowl for Kids Sake Big Brothers and campus.
7707. Big Sisters of El Pasos 19th annual Bowl for
Kids Sake is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22, Rio Grande Festival San Elizario
Northeaster Parade The 39th annual Genealogy and Historical Society presents the
at Bowl El Paso, 11144 Pellicano. Information,
Transmountain Optimist parade starts at 10 inaugural festival of art, culture, history and
donations: 544-4203 or bbbsep.org.
a.m. Saturday, April 15, along Dyer Street heritage, as part of the annual History and
from Hercules. Co-sponsored by Mimbela UTEP Track Invitational Top-ranked Dinner Conference, Friday through Sunday,
Contractors. university track teams and other athletes com- April 28-30, in the San Elizario Historic
Registration deadline is April 7. Application pete in the annual all-day track meet Saturday, District, with reenactment of Oates historical
information: northeasterparade.wix.com/north- April 22, at Kidd Field, UTEP. Information: arrival, history conference, guided tours, old
easterparade. utepathletics.com. west shootouts, heritage booths, arts and
Siglo de Oro Drama Festival The Mental Health in Motion 5K The 2nd crafts, live entertainment, food and more.
42nd annual celebration of the Spanish language annual 5K race, 1 mile fun run and kid dash are Information: sanelizariohistoricdisttric.org.
dramatic arts from Spains Golden Age runs 9 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at El Paso Paloma and Di Blasio The Argentinean
Wednesday through Saturday, April 19-22 at Community Colleges Valle Verde Campus. Latin jazz pianist and Spanish singer Paloma San
the Chamizal National Memorial Theatre, 800 Registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com. Basilio perform together for the first time in
S. San Marcial. Performances begin at 7 p.m. their Tal Como Somos Tour that sings to
Tickets to be announced. Information: 532-
Mighty Mujer Triathlon The all-
female sprint and super sprint events bene- love and friendship at 8:30 p.m. Friday, April
7273 or nps.gov/cham. 28, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $79.50 and
fiting the Center Against Family Violence begin
April 19: The Heresy of Love, by Helen $149.50 (Ticketmaster).
7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Memorial Park
Edmundson. Performed by Illinois State
Pool, 3251 Copper. Information: 229-5656. FloraFest 2017 The annual native plant
University School of Theatre and Dance. In
Registration at raceelpaso.com/mighty-mujer. sale is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
English.
April 20: Qu con Quique Quinto?, by First Thanksgiving The 27th annual April 29-30, at the UTEP Centennial Museum.
Andrs Carreo, based on Shakespeares reenactment of the First Thanksgiving of the Admission is free. Information: 747-5565, 747-
Henry V. Performed by EFE Tres Teatro & Southwest of Juan de Oate and his expedition 8994 or museum.utep.edu.
Cabaret Misterio from Mexico City. the first Spanish settlers in this area in April
April 21: La Reunin de los Zanni by 1598, are presented by El Paso Mission Trail
Daniel Tapia and Miguel ngel Batista. Association at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at its
Performed by Compaa de Teatro Reymala of new location at Socorro Mission, 328 S.
Spain. Nevarez (at Socorro Road).
April 22: El Retablo de las Maravillas by The Pebble Hills High School choir students,
Cervantes, an adaptation. Performed by directed by Joe Estala, will perform the reen-
Morfeo Teatro of Spain. actment at 3 p.m. Zarzuela arias will be per-
formed beginning at 3:45 p.m. Food, music and
El Paso Symphony Orchestra The historical booths are also part of the event.
Symphony, conducted by Bohuslav Rattay, clos-
Admission is free. Information: 851-9997 or vis-
es its season with Expressions of Love featur-
itelpasomissiontrail.com. History exhibitor
ing guest pianist Alon Goldstein at 7:30 p.m. booths will be open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, April 21-22, in the Plaza
Theatre. Tickets: $16-$42 (Ticketmaster). Shen Yun 2017 The celebration of the
Information: 532-3776 or epso.org. Chinese culture through music and dance is 3
and 8 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at the Plaza
El Paso Comic Con The 2017 EPCON is Theatre. Tickets: $70-$120. Information:
April 21-23, at El Paso Convention Center, ShenYun.com/El-Paso.
featuring guests Lou Ferrigno, Rikishi, Camillie
Keaton and more. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Steven Isserlis El Paso Pro-Musica closes
Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. its season with one of only two living cellists
to6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 Friday; $30 feature in Gramophone Hall of Fame at 7:30
Saturday, $20 Sunday. Three-day pass: $60. p.m. Monday, April 24 at First Baptist Church
Information: (575) 405-0461, in El Paso. Information: 833-9400 or eppm.org.
epcomiccon@gmail.com and
elpasocomiccon.com.
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Ardovinos Desert Crossg Escamilla Gallery 33 NM Farm & Ranch 17

Ardovinos Pizza 24 Flickinger Center 13 Paseo Christian Church 20

Around & About Tours 28 Fountain Theatre 39 Perkins Jewelry Supply 39

ATMAS Healing 28 Furrs Family Dining 28 PhiDev Inc 25

Azar Nut Shop 31 Geico 14 Poppies Fest 44

Baskin Robbins 16 Hal Marcus Gallery 32 Precision Prosthetics 34

Bingo Plus 10 Hans Martial Arts 6 PTEP 41

Blink 182 18 Heavens Best Carpet 25 RG Cancer Foundation 22

Branigan Cult. Ctr. 32 Home & Garden Show 3 Romans AD 22

Bruces Air 36 Humane Society of EP 7 RR Model & Hist. Assoc. 24

Cattleman's 5 Inni Heart Caf 30 Sunland Park Racetrack 8


Get Scene Cecila Burgos LPC 35 Kidspalooza 2 Texas Star Beverage 13

around town! Chuck's Bicycle Repair 22 KTEP 40 The Cleaners 26

Cirque du Soleil 9 Leos Mexican Food 20 Thunderbird Digital 14


The Scene comes out the last week of the month.

Clinton A King MD 10 Magoffin Hall 26 Unitarian Univ. Commy 41


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Collectibles 10 Magoffin Home SHS 27 UTEP Athletics 38


VILLAGE INN WALGREENS SUNNY SMILES
1500 Airway
El Paso Art Association 34 Marie Otero 6 UTEP P3 12
1788 N. Zaragosa
890 N Resler Dr
7144 Gateway East 10039 Dyer
5900 N Mesa St
EP Artist Studio Tour 29 The Marketplace 15 Vanities 43
4757 Hondo Pass
2929 N. Mesa 8050 N Mesa BIG 8
El Paso Comic Con 11 Martins Books 37 Village Inn 30
5863 N. Mesa 2800 N. Mesa 5300 Doniphan
7801 N. Mesa 2879 Montana

EPCC 31 MegaMates 24 Vitality Medspa 19


2275 Trawood 5401 Montana ALL THAT MUSIC
1331 N. Zaragoza 1100 Geronimo 6800 Gateway West

In Las Cruces: El Paso Live 21 Mesa Street Antique 30 Walgreens 33


3464 Joe Battle 8401 Gateway West
5150 Fairbanks BARNES & NOBLE
El Paso Opera 44 Mesilla Book Center 31 Western Traders 14
455 S. Telshor 9428 Dyer 705 Sunland Park Dr.

El Paso Playhouse 35 Moto El Paso 19 Westside Comy Church 19


10780 Kenworthy
GOLDEN CORRAL 1210 Wedgewood CAFE EAST
4610 Transmountain 11251 Rojas
Elegant Consignments 42 Mustard Seed Caf 31 Wyler Aerial Tramway 24
1460 N Lee Trevino 3355 N Yarbrough
1831 N. Lee Trevino SU CASA
FURRS 2950 George Dieter 2030 E. Yandell
11925 Gateway West 11685 Montwood
12390 Edgemere BARON GROCERY
THE CLEANERS 1607 N Zaragoza 7555 Aculpulco
ALL LOCATIONS 800 N. Zaragosa
100 N. Americas CROSSLAND
BASKIN ROBBINS 8045 N. Loop GALLERY / EPAA
ALL LOCATIONS 14300 Horizon 500 W. Paisano
RIVIERA AY CARAMBA!
5218 Doniphan 8001 N Mesa YSLETA ISD
9600 Sims
HELLO PIZZA THE MARKETPLACE
River Run Plaza 5034 Doniphan ESCAMILLA
GALLERY
AVANT-EDGE MANDOS 1445 Main, San Eizario
PHARMACIES 5420 Doniphan
14476 Horizon CLINT ISD
1576 Lomaland THE BAGEL SHOP
3400 N. Mesa LIBRARIES
ANDRES PIZZA 985 N. Resler
7000 Westwind EL PASO
CASA JURADO INTERNATIONAL
HAL MARCUS 4772 Doniphan
GALLERY AIRPORT
1308 N. Oregon WING STOP
1757 George Dieter UTEP LIBRARY
LA MORENA 9530 Viscount
11250 Montwood EPCC CAMPUSES
9008 Dyer
6516 N Mesa 2900 N. Mesa

8825 N. Loop
YMCAs
ANDALE
9201 Gateway W JJS EP CONV. CENTER
5320 Doniphan
AVILAS EL PASO
6232 N. Mesa LEOS PUBLIC
7520 Remcon
ARDOVINOS LIBRARIES
PIZZA PAPA BURGERS TX TOURISM
865 N. Resler at Redd 2066 Wedgewood
206 Cincinnati 2301 N. Zaragosa CENTER
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