El Paso Scene May 2014

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Marji Carrasco at 90
Western Impressions Art Show

The El Paso Art Associations annual juried show is May 2-24 at the
Crossland Gallery, 500 W. Paisano. Opening is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Top:Bus Stop, oil painting by Bert Saldana. Bottom left: Old Ristra Door,photograph
by Kurt Van Wagner. Bottom right:Curb Service, photograph by Brent Michael.
Automania
The El Paso area abounds in car
clubs and car shows Page 31
Marji Carrasco will be featured as the Sunland Art Gallerys

Artist of the Month in honor of her 90th birthday. Carrasco, who
remains active as an artist, is a founding member of the Gallery.
A reception for her is 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at the
Gallery, 5034D Doniphan in Placita Santa Fe. See Gallery Talk,
Page 42. Top:Mexican Church.Bottom left: Tarahumara
Woman with Basket.Bottom right: Cacique de Cuzco.
Theatre doubleheader at UTEP

Here We Almost Are and Les Miserables
close the spring season. Page 48
Summer Fun
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Trost Week The Texas Trost Society

hosts a series of events celebrating the works
of El Pasos historic architects, May 3-10,
including an architectural tour of Downtown El
Paso and Sunset Heights, lectures by art, history and architecture experts, and the opening of
a Trost exhibit at the University of Texas at El
Paso. Information: malissa@texastrost.org or
on Facebook at TexasTrostSociety.
Max Grossman, Architectural Historian for
Texas Trost Society & Vice-Chair of the El Paso
County Historical Commission, will lead a tour
of Trost & Trost works in Downtown El Paso at
10 a.m., Saturday, May 3, beginning in the
lobby of the Camino Real Hotel, 101 S. El Paso.
Tour includes lunch at the Anson 11 in the
newly-restored Anson Mills Building.
After lunch, Sunset Heights Neighborhood
Improvement Association will host a tour of
May 2014
four Trost Homes located in the Historic Sunset

Heights Neighborhood, starting at 2 p.m. at the
Trost Home, 1013 W. Yandell, the Trost Home.
Tour includes lectures by resident Doug Yost
and Henry Trosts grandniece, Margaret Smith.
Tickets: $75 (includes both morning and afternoon tours and lunch). Proceeds benefit area
non-profits.
Trost Lecture Series is 6 p.m. Thursday,
May 8, in the Blumberg Auditorium on the
UTEP campus. Speakers include Troy
Ainsworth, Executive Director of El Camino
Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association
(CARTA), Joe & Lanna Duncan, owners of historic Trost & Trost built hotels El Capitan and
El Paisano, and Lloyd Engelbrecht, co-author
of Henry C. Trost: Architect of the
Southwest.
The Trost & Trost exhibit opens to the public
Saturday, May 10, at UTEP. Details to be
announced.
National Travel and Tourism Week
Destination El Paso hosts several events May

3-11, in celebration Travel and Tourism Week,
with the annual Spirit of Amigo Luncheon and
Travel Fair 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 8. See
separate listing below for luncheon details.
Information: 534-0645 or visitelpaso.com.
Travels Matters Press Conference is 10:30
a.m. Monday, May 5, at Convention Center
Plaza.
Amigos Breakfast Rally is 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday, May 7, with an
Educational Sessions are 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7, (El Paso Ambassador
Training with Chelsie Melendez) and Thursday,
May 8 (Best Practices Training with Leslie
Bergloff), at El Paso Convention Center.
A free public El Paso City driving tour is 9:30
a.m. Saturday, May 10.
Tigua Smoke Shop benefit car show

A benefit car, truck and bike show is noon to 6
p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Tigua Smoke Shop, 144
S. Zaragosa, as part of its Customer
Appreciation Day. Car set up is 8 to 11 a.m.
Donations benefit the shops Military Fund and
Foster Children Fund. Spectator admission is
free. Vehicle entry fee is $20, plus one toiletry
item to send to soldiers overseas. Information:
858-4300.
Battle of La Puebla Anniversary The
Consulate General of Mexico, 910 E. San
Antonio, will host a Cinco de Mayo celebration
commemorating the 152nd Anniversary of the
Battle of Puebla 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 5.
Salvador Balcorta, CEO of Centro de Salud
Familiar La Fe, will recite the Ohtli Award in
recognition of his contributions to the Mexican,
Hispanic and immigrant communities in the
United States. Information: 544-9299 or consulmex.sre.gob.mx/elpaso/.
The event will also include the opening of the
Consulate Generals exhibit Mexican
Traditional Costume, featuring costumes from
22 Mexican states.
Spirit of Amigo Travel Fair

Destination El Pasos 11th annual luncheon and
travel fair is Thursday, May 8, at El Paso
Convention Center, with keynote speaker Brad
Taylor, El Paso Chihuahuas General Manager,
and the Spirit of Amigo Award Presentation
honoring City Manager Joyce Wilson. Luncheon
is noon to 1:30 p.m. with travel fair 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. Tickets: $25 ($200 table for eight). RSVP
(by May 2): Leesy McCorgary, 534-0681 or
lmccorgary@destinationelpaso.com.
The event is part of National Travel and
Tourism Week events May 3-11. Destination El
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MAY INDEX
Roundup
Behind the Scene
Scene Spotlight
Heres the Ticket
Program Notes
Dance
Viva Jurez
Music, Comedy
Nature
History Lessons
Summer Fun for Kids
Sports
Feature:
Car shows &clubs
El Paso FishNet
At the Museum
Gallery Talk
Southwest Art Scene
On Stage
Stage Talk
Keep on Bookin'
Taking a Look Back
Film Scene
Liner Notes
June Preview
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Advertiser Index 54
Subscription Form 54
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Sunland Art Gallery Showing through

May is Gardens of My Mind. A reception of
Mays featured artist Marji Carrasco is May
24. Page 23.
Scene Spotlight highlights events

advertised in this issue.
Silver City Tourism Silver City, N.M. has
several sites devoted to cultural, historical
and environmental tourism, local arts and
dining and more. Pages 28-29.
Parks and Recreation Summer Events
and programs including Club Rec Summer
Camp, Midnight Basketball, National Parks
an Recreation Month event, Melodies at the
Park and more. Page 30.
Jersey Boys Broadway in El Paso presents the Broadway smash-hit musical at May
28-June 1, at the Plaza Theatre. The show
highlighting the music and live of Frankie
Valle and the Four Seasons. Page 56.
EPSO Summer El Paso Symphony presents its summer events. Page 55.
The Music of Pink Floyd (June 7) and The
Music of Queen (Aug. 23) at The Plaza
Run For A Margarita, July 12, at Riviera
Restaurant
Pop Goes the Fort, July 4, at Biggs Field
El Paso Live events Page 14.
Alfresco! Fridays, (May 2-Sept. 19) at
Convention Center Plaza
George Lopez (May 3), and Raphael (May
26) at Abraham Chavez Theatre
Morrissey (May 13) at The Plaza Theatre.
Crossland Gallery Showing May 2-24
is the annual Western Impressions Exhibition,
with reception May 2. Opening May 30 is
Serendipity group exhibition. Page 18.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and
Gift Shop Impressionist Alberto
Escamillas studio will celebrate its Fourth
Anniversary and participate in the annual El
Paso Eastside Artist Tour May 3-4. Page 19.
Young Musicians Recital The finalists
for this years Young Musicians Competition
will perform in recital May 10, at University
Presbyterian Church. Page 17.
Mothers Day Dance Forum Ballroom
hosts its Mothers Day Dance May 10, with
live music by Tejas. Page 16.
Flamenco Duende Gitano La Tierra
Cafe, 1731 Montana, presents the dinner
show May 10. Page 20.
Mothers Day Brunch Hilton Garden
Inn Airport hosts its Mothers Day brunch
May 11. Page 44.
Feast in the Middle East The 48th
annual May dinner and festival is Saturday
and Sunday, May 17-18. Page 11.
Museum Scavenger Hunt The Border
Museum Associations 6th annual hunt runs
May 17-July 20 at museums in the El Paso,
Las Cruces and Juarez area. Page 27.
Hal Marcus Gallery Showing May 22Sept. 12 is Less Is More, miniature works
by several regional artists. Page 43.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing The 12th annual market now
runs year round. Page 45.
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Ceremony Honoring All Veterans &

Retirees The non-denominational ceremony is May 26 at Mt. Carmel Funeral
Home. Page 7.
Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare on
the Rocks presents Shakespeares classic
comic romance May 30-June 1 at the
Womans Club of El Paso. Page 48.
Summer Intensive ballet school Olgas
Russian Ballet School hosts its annual summer program June 2-July 12, for ages 3 to
13 and older. Page 26.
Rubin Center Summer Camps High
School art camps are June 23-26 Murals:
Storytelling on Walls and Shimmer: Body
Art and Jewelry Making. Page 18.
CreArte Art Summer Camp Artist
Teresa Fernandez offers her summer classes
for children July 7-25. Page 26.
UTEP P3 Registration is underway for
UTEPs Professional and Public Programs
2014 classes, including its P3 Kidz. Page 3.
El Paso Exploreum The childrens museum announces its new hands-on Inspiration
Station area. Page 42.
Southern New Mexico

T or C Fiesta The 65th annual fiesta is
Friday through Sunday, May 2-4 in Truth or
Consequences. Page 6.
Smokey Bear Days The Village of
Capitan will host a weekend of family fun
May 2-4, at Smokey Bear Historical Park
and throughout the community. Page 9.
Las Cruces Museum of Art Showing
May 2-July 19 is Chicanitas small paintings
from the Cheech Marin Collection. Page 43.
NM Farm and Ranch Museum
Upcoming events include the annual Blessing
of the Fields (May 15) and Night at the
Museum (May 23). Page 25.
Silver City Blues Festival The 19th
annual event is May 23-25 in Silver City,
with live blues music and more. Page 13.
Southern New Mexico Wine Festival
The 21st annual festival is May 24-26, at the
Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds
near Las Cruces. Page 15.
Silver City Rodeo Day Silver City
MainStreets rodeo celebration is May 31
throughout Downtown. Page 37.
Summer Art Workshops Cloudcroft
Art Workshops hosts its annual fine art
workshops June 9-Aug. 22 at the Old Red
School House in Cloudcroft. Page 26.
Ruidoso Grindstone Trail Runs July 26
at Wingfield Park in Ruidoso. Page 47.
Black Range Horsemanship Camp
The annual camp in Winston, N.M., is July 619. Half sessions available. Page 24.
Silver City Clay Festival The down to
earth art fest is July 30-Aug. 4, throughout
historic Downtown Silver City. Page 41.
Fountain Theatre The Mesilla Valley
Film Society, is now celebrating its 25th
anniversary features films nightly, plus weekend matinees. Page 51.
ports have an amazing ability to

bring people together, and perhaps
El Paso has experienced this phenomenon twice this spring.
At the beginning of April, we witnessed
the spectacular run of the UTEP womens
basketball team in the National
Invitational Tournament. The Miners
rebounded from a heartbreaking loss to
Southern Mississippi in the Conference
USA Tournament to win five straight
games in the NIT before falling short
by just one basket with two seconds left
in the championship game against
Rutgers.
The Lady Miners broke one attendance
record after another in the Don Haskins
Center, selling it out for the final two
games.
What was most fascinating to me was
the difference in the crowd compared to
the mens games. Because the womens
games were general admission, the best
seats in the house went to the most eager
fans, the ones who lined up early waiting
for the doors to open. Many had never
attended a womens game before, but
were caught up in the excitement of an
El Paso team playing for a national title.
Some brought their children and grandchildren to share in the experience.
Every row of seats in the Don looked
like a cross-section of El Paso. Rich and
poor, old and young all crammed together
in the sold-out arena and all yelling at the
top of their lungs.
The other great example of sports as a
community event was the opening game
of the El Paso Chihuahuas at the brandnew Southwest University Park. In this
case, of course, practically none of the
9,000-plus fans had ever attended a
Chihuahuas game before. The
Chihuahuas (formerly the Tucson Padres)
hadnt even existed under that name
before this season, and had to play the
first 23 games of the season on the road.
Many El Pasoans, myself included, had
some doubts about the proposal to bring
the AAA team to our city at the cost of
demolishing City Hall, Insights Museum
and abandoning Cohen Stadium. Yet even
the most skeptical of us have been aston-
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ished by the unbelievable achievement of

demolition and construction in just over
one year.
Whatever our initial feelings were about
the Chihuahuas, we now can take pride in
both the team and the stadium. Even the
initial objections some had about the
name, seems to have been swept aside by
the teams marketing campaign.
While the Chihuahuas started the season
struggling in the win-loss column (playing on the road for four weeks didnt
help), who knows what the effect of a
new stadium and hometown fans might
have on the rest of the season. Either
way, the games promise to be another
opportunity for El Pasoans to come
together and root for the home team.
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Mission Chevrolet Car Show El Paso

Corvette Clubs 11 annual car show benefiting
El Paso Childrens Hospital is Saturday, May
10, at 1316 George Dieter. Information: 5394718, 929-6700, 790-9204, 256-0856 or epasocorvettes.com.
Armed Forces Day The community is

invited to Fort Bliss for the annual Armed
Forces Day open house event 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Biggs Park,11388
Sergeants Major Blvd. on East Fort Bliss. The
public can meet service men and women and
learn about the equipment they use in support
of this nation. Activities include military equipment static displays, demonstrations, entertainment, a Chili Cook-Off, car show and food and
drink concessions. Hosted by Fort Bliss
Garrison Command Public Affairs Office.
Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Information: 568-2497.
Feast in the Middle East The 48th

annual May dinner and festival is Saturday and
Sunday, May 17-18, at St. George Antiochian
Orthodox Christian Church and the Summit
Ballroom & Conference Center, 120 N.
Festival.
Hours are noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon
to 7 p.m. Sunday. The event includes live
Arabic music, authentic Middle Eastern food,
full bar, bake table and guided church tours.
Admission is $2 (free with advance purchase
of $15 in food tickets); children 9 and under
admitted free. Information: 584-9100 or stgeorge-elpaso.org.
KLAQ International Balloonfest The
29th annual festival with concerts, balloon
launch and campout is Saturday through
Monday, May 24-26. Hot air balloon launches
are 6 to 10 a.m. at Maldonado Maze, 2855 NM
Hwy 28 in La Union. Live music is offered at
Wet N Wild Waterworld. More than 30 hot air
balloons are expected, including three special
shape balloons. This years theme is Out of
This World.
A free Friday Night Spectacular Balloon Glow
and Fireworks Display is Friday, May 23, outside the gates of Wet N Wild. Attendees will
be given glowing helium balloons to release in
memory of our nations soldiers.
Headlining concerts are nightly at Wet N
Wild, following all-day entertainment.
Saturday: Acoustic show and full electric
show with alt metal band Sevendust (Praise,
Denial).
Sunday: Metal band Five Finger Death Punch
(Bad Company, Far From Home) and metal
band The Pretty Reckless.
Monday: Acoustic show and full electric
show with rock band Aranda (One More Lie,
Satisfied).
Tent and RV camping passes available; camping check-in is 10 a.m. Saturday, with check-out
by 9 p.m. Monday.
Concert and ride combo ride passes are
$29.99 Saturday and Sunday, and $19.99
Monday. Ride only or concert only tickets also
available. Information/tickets: 544-9550 or
klaq.com.
K-9 Classic The Humane Society of El

Pasos 25th annual one-mile pet walk Walk for
Animals is 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 1, at
Eastwood (Album) Park, 3001 Parkwood.
Proceeds benefit the Humane Society, with
music, food, pet contests and vendors in the
Auxiliary Gym and more. All well-behaved
May 2014
leashed pets welcome; clean up bags provided.

Registration opens in May. Information: 5326971, Est. 104 or 110, or hselpaso.org.
Rescue groups, vendor booths and pet
microchipping services available.
El Paso Ram Dealers Southwestern

International PRCA Rodeo The 85th
annual rodeo is June 5-8 at El Paso County

Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Cowboys and cowgirls from all over the world are scheduled to
participate in El Pasos only professional rodeo
featuring nightly performances and live entertainment. Performances are 7:30 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $10 general admission. (Ticketmaster).
Information: elprodeo.com.
Southern New Mexico

Southern New Mexico Wine Festival
The 21st annual festival is noon to 6 p.m.
Saturday through Monday, May 24-26, at the
Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Las
Cruces. The Memorial Day Weekend festival
offers sampling of wines produced by New
Mexico wineries as well as local food and vendors. Wine may be purchased by the glass, bottle or case. No pets or coolers.
Admission: $15 (includes souvenir glass). Must
have valid ID; free for under 21 with parent or
legal guardian. Active duty and retired military
receive $3 discount on Monday, with valid ID.
Information: (575) 522-1232 or snmwinefestival.com.
Live music begins at noon daily with Muddy
Hands Blues Band and Latin Funktion on
Saturday, Border Avenue and A Thousand
Horses on Sunday, and Fastlane and Prime
Monday.
To get to the fairgrounds, take I-10 West
toward Deming, then take the fairgrounds exit
and follow the signs. Free parking.
Smokey Bear Days The Village of

Capitan will host two days of family fun and fire
prevention and conservation exhibits during its
10th annual festival Friday through Sunday, May
2-4, at Smokey Bear Historical Park and
throughout the community, about 20 miles
north of Ruidoso. Events include live music,
vendor marketplace, kids games, parade, conservation exhibits, chainsaw carving contest,
auction and street dance. The event honors
Smokey Bear, the famed bear cub that survived
a fire in the Capitan Mountains and became a
beloved symbol of fire prevention. All events
are free. Information: (575) 354-2748 or
smokeybeardays.com.
This years events commemorate Smokey
Bears 70th birthday.
Vendor area open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday
and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Dance is 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, with Parade
10 a.m. Sunday.
Smokey Bear Historical Park hours are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily with playground and picnic
areas. Regular park admission: $2 ($1 children).
T or C Fiesta The 65h annual fiesta is

Friday through Sunday, May 2-4, in Truth or
Consequences, N.M. Events include a rodeo,
music, carnival, vendors, games in the park, live
music, salsa contest, bike show, barbeque,
Sunday duck race and more. The annual parade
is 10 a.m. Saturday through Downtown, with
this years theme T or C Fiesta. Also planned
are mystic wanderers, belly dance, carnival,
food and merchandise vendors and more.
Admission to most events is free. Information:
(575) 497-9480, torcfiesta.com or on facebook
at Truth or Consequences Fiesta.
Karaoke in the Park is Friday, May 2.
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Fiesta Golf Tournament is Saturday and

Sunday, May 3-4, at the Truth or
Consequences Municipal Golf Course, 685
Marie. Details/cost to be announced.
The Fiesta Rodeo is 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, May 2-3, at the Sheriffs Posse
Arena.
When Hot Springs, N.M., accepted a game
shows invitation for a town to change its name
to Truth or Consequences, part of the reward
for doing so was to have the shows host be
the guest of honor at a festival each year. Ralph
Edwards fulfilled the promise for 50 years, and
the community continues to celebrate every
first weekend in May.
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta The Town of

Mesillas annual celebration is noon to 10 p.m.
Saturday, and noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, May 3-4, at the Mesilla Plaza. The
event includes live entertainment, and more
than 20 vendors of arts and crafts, games and
food booths. Childrens activities include
amusement rides, jumping balloon, piata bash
and a greased pole climb. at 5:30 p.m. Saturday
and 3 p.m. Sunday. Visitors are advised to bring
folding chairs. No alcohol, smoking or pets
allowed in the plaza. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 524-3262, ext. 116.
Deming Cinco de Mayo The City of

Demings Cinco de Mayor Parade is 9 a.m.

Saturday, May 3, beginning at Courthouse
Park, east on Poplar to Country Club Road,
north on Country Club Rd and ending at Voiers
Pit Park, across from Starmax Theater.
Information: demingchamber.com.
Dona Ana Longhorn Show Texas

Longhorn Breeders of New Mexico hosts the
World qualifying show for registered Texas
Longhorns 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, May 3-4, at Dona Ana County
Fairgrounds, Las Cruces, NM. Kids and adults
show and ride these massive Longhorn cattle;
winners qualify for the annual Texas Longhorn
World Show held in Fort Worth every summer.
Spectator admission is free. Information: 8863410.
2014 AspenCash Motorcycle Rally

The 17th annual trade show and motorcycle
rally is Thursday through Sunday, May 15-18,
at Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero,
N.M. Information: 1-800-452-8045 or motorcyclerally.com.
The trade show is 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday
and Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Live music Friday and
Saturday. Call for admission.
Half-day poker runs begin at noon Thursday
through Saturday.
Pre-registration is $21 (by May 1); $26 at the
gate. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Fee includes
one run sheet, pin (while supplies last) and 4day trade show pass.
Silver City Blues Festival The 19th
annual event is May 23-25 at Gough Park, corner of Pope and 12th Streets in Silver City.
Sponsored by the Mimbres Region Art Council,
with live acoustic and electric blues music, artisans alley, raffles, food vendors and a beer garden. Performances are 12:15 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday and 12:30 to 6:45 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free at park. Raffle tickets for a
$5,000 guitar are $5. No dogs or alcohol
allowed in park area. Information: (575) 5382505 or mimbresarts.org.
The Friday Kickoff is 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Little
Toad Creek in Downtown Silver City with The
Roadrunners and Felix y Los Gatos. Tickets: $12.
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Saturdays headliner is Alvin Youngblood

Harts Muscle Theory at 7:15 p.m. Other performers are Iya Khan, Blue Monday, Memphis
P-Tails and Studebaker John and the Hawks.
Sundays headliners are Mingo Fishtrap at 5:15
p.m. Other performers are Roy Book Binder,
Kelley Hunt and The Hazel Miller Band.
A Saturday Night Jam Session is 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. at Little Toad Creek. Tickets: $12.
Blues workshops are Sunday at the MRAC
Office.
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. History of Funk with
Iya Khan. Cost: $10.
2:20 to 3:30 p.m. Ragtime Blues of my
Mentor, The Rev. Gary Davis with Roy Book
Binder. Cost: $20.
In conjunction with the festival is the Silver
City Blues Run hosted by Leatherheads
Motorcycle Club (firefighters) and Armanduras
Motorcycle Club (law enforcement) Memorial
Day weekend, starting and ending at Qs
Southern Bistro. First bike out is 9:30 a.m. with
last bike in at 3:30 p.m. Cost: $3 ($5 couple),
Information: (575) 313-1466, (575) 590-2580,
(575) 956-1243 or (575) 313-5116.
Mayfair Cloudcrofts 37th annual juried

arts & crafts show is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, May 24-25, at Zenith Park, with
new and returning art vendors showcasing
sculpture, pottery, jewelry, paintings and more
as well as music, food and childrens activities.
Admission is free. Information: 1-888-874-4447
or cloudcroft.net.
West Texas
Cinco de Mayo Celebration Marfa
Rotary Clubs annual Cinco de Mayor event is 2
to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in the Courthouse
Square in Marfa, with music, games, food and
drinks, dunking booth and raffle. Proceeds benefit senior scholarships, and to send two students to RYLA summer leadership camp.
Information: marfacc.com.
Davis Mountains Brigade Spring
Rendezvous The 2nd Wid
McChutcheon Memorial spring rendezvous celebrating the mountain man culture is Friday
through Sunday, May 9-11, at the Evans
Mulhern Ranch, off Hwy 118, between Alpine
and Fort Davis. Gates open at 8 a.m. Friday.
Various black powder shooting competitions
include a pistol and blanket shoot, trail walk
and more. Also scheduled is a Saturday evening
potluck Council Fire, raffle, award ceremony
and Sunday morning church service. Entry fee
for participants: $25 per person; $35 family.
Traders welcome; no cost to participate.
Information: Charlie, (432) 426-3818, (432)
249-0395, or chbergmann@sbcglobal.net.
Campers should bring firewood and water.
Modern and primitive campsites available; no
pets in primitive camps. Blackpowder weapons
only permitted.
Bazaars and fairs

Cinco de Mayo Wine & Art Market
Sunland Winery, located at Art & Frame Mfg.,
1769 Victory Lane in Sunland Park, N.M., hosts
the spring art market 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 1
to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday,
May 2-4. Free wine tasting with a local arts
market. Admission is free. Information: (575)
589-1214.
Sunland Winery is north of Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino. From I-10, take Sunland
Park to Futurity, turn right, then left of Trifecta
and right on Victory.
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Spring Bazaar Northeast Christian
Academy and Sun Valley Baptist Church, 9901
McCombs, hosts its annual bazaar 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, May 3, with items including
pens, wooden pieces, candles, lotions, jewelry
and other vendors. Admission is free.
Womans Club Art Show and Sale
Original oil paintings of Lyuba and Aleksander
Titovets are featured for the Womans Club of
El Pasos benefit show and sale 1 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 11, at the Womans Club, 1400
N. Mesa. Admission is free. Information: 5326131 or wcoep.org.
Portion of sales benefit the Womans Club
restoration and maintenance fund in preparation for the celebration of the clubs 100th
birthday.
Art in the Park The City Parks &

Recreation Departments semi-annual arts and
crafts fair is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, May 17-18, at Memorial Parks
Reserve area, 3100 Copper, with continuous
entertainment, food vendors and a childrens
area. Admission is free. Information: Julian
Trango, 252-9031 or elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Art vendor registration is at Recreation
Administration Offices, 911 S. Ochoa.
a.m. every Saturday in Building A-1.

Food Revolution Day is May 17, promoting
healthy eating with free food samples by
Mountain View Market.
Also May 17 are Brain Awareness Day activities hosted by El Paso Childrens Hospital 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. with local bands, games and a
silent auction.
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market

More than 230 permanent vendors in arts,
crafts, produce, baked goods and other food
items are offered at the market 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays along a 7-block
area of Main Street, Downtown. Information:
(575) 541-2288 or lascrucesfarmersmarket.org.
Something for everyone

Distinguished Literature Lecture
Pulitzer Prize finalist Nathan Englander is featured in the annual Distinguished Literature
Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at UTEPs
Undergraduate Learning Center. Englander is
the 2012 recipient of the Frank OConnor
International Short Story Award and finalist for
the 2013 Pulitzer of his short story collection
What We Talk About When We Talk About
Anne Frank. Admission is free. Information:
747-5555 or utep.edu.
Latinitas The nonprofit dedicated to
Church, 4447 Loma Clara, hosts a yard sale 7

a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 17, at 4447 Loma
Clara, off Martin Luther King in North Hills.
Tables available for free on a first come, first
serve basis.
empowering Latina youth offers regular creative expression workshops, exhibits and more.
All classes are at 10935 Ben Crenshaw, #207,
unless otherwise listed. Information: 219-8554,
latinitaselpaso@yahoo.com or LasLatinitas.org.
The Butterfly Effect spa day is 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 3, at the Wyndham Hotel, 2027
Airway. Call for ticket information.
The summer Media Divas Camp, multimedia
arts day camps are planned June 30-July 31, at
Latinitas headquarters.
Mission Trail Art Market Area artisans
EPCC Spring Arts Festival The 37th
Christ Community Church yard sale

The Christ Community United Methodist
and craftspeople display their fine arts and

crafts during the 5th season for the monthly
open-air market 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the third
Sunday of the month (through Nov. 16) in the
historic Veterans Memorial Plaza at the San
Elizario Chapel, 1500 Main in San Elizario. Food
and drink concessions and entertainment. Pets
welcome. Admission is free. Information: 8510093 or missiontrailartmarket.com.
Wagon Trails Market The market is

every Friday through September at Old Fort
Bliss, Building 5054, corner of Pershing and
Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Information: 5684518 or 588-8482.
Downtown Artist and Farmers Market

The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural
Affairs Departments market for area artists are
Saturdays in the Union Plaza District along
Anthony Street. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Space for about 53 artists available each month.
The market now includes a Farmers Market
with regionally grown agricultural products.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert

Crossing The 12th annual market now
runs year round. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
through May 17; summer hours (starting May
24) are 7:30 a.m. to noon. This producers
only market features quality farmers, backyard
gardeners and artisans. Information: (575) 5890653, ext. 3. Ardovinos Desert Crossing in at
One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park, N.M.
From El Paso, take Race Track Drive across the
Rio Grande and across McNutt Road (NM
273), continue past the post office and turn left
on Ardovino.
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May 2014
annual spring festival of performing, visual and

literary arts offers workshops, concerts, lectures and exhibits at various venues of El Paso
Community College through May. Most events
are free. Information: 831-2461,
rguti178@epcc.edu or epcc.edu/events/artsfestival.
Exhibits in the Administrative Service Center
Foyer, 9050 Viscount include Arte Maestro
Exhibit, May 5-22, with closing ceremony 6
to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 22.
Other events:
Spring Dance Concert 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, May 2-3, in the Transmountain
Forum Theater, 9570 Gateway North, with ballet, modern and folklorico from faculty and students.
Mariachi: History and Styles 4:30 to 6
p.m. Wednesday, May 7, in Valle Verde
Campus A1201, with AnjiMorgan Thornton.
The El Paso Trio Recital 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7, in the Transmountain
Forum Theater, with Mary Elizabeth
Thompson, flute, Michelle Vaughn, violin and
Hector Landa, piano.
The Business of Dance workshop 1:30 p.m.
Friday, May 9, in Valle Verde Campus B110.
Spring Music Showcase 7:30 p.m. Friday,
May 9, in the Transmountain Forum Theater,
featuring Mariachi, Orchestra, Chorus and Jazz
Band. Admission: $3.
4th Annual EPCC Film Festival 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, in the Administrative
Services Center Boardroom.
Elder Abuse Prevention Month Adult

Protective Services hosts a series of events help
raise awareness of and help prevent abuse and
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exploitation of elderly Texans. Events are free
and open to the public. Information:
dfps.state.tx.us.
Go Purple 2014: APS Health Fair sponsored by Amerigroup is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, at Basset Place Mall.
Helen of Troy Charity Sunday is 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Helen of Troy
outlet store, I-10 Exit 9 at Redd Road (on
Helen of Troy Drive).
Go Purple Chili Cook Off Rally is 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Holiday
Day Inn Central parking lot, 409 E. Missouri.
Hot dog plate: $5 with choice of chili.
Free Comic Book Day The 12th annual

nationwide free comic book giveaway encouraging readers to discover the comic book art
form is Saturday, May 3. Most area comic book
stores and distributors will offer free comics
(while supplies last) and other activities.
Information: freecomicbookday.com.
Asylum Comics and Cards 5360 N. Mesa Ste.
L-12, has comic giveaways and family activities
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with appearances by select

comic book characters 10 a.m. to noon and 4
to 6 p.m., hot dogs and soft drinks 3 to 5 p.m.
(while supplies last) and door prize drawings
throughout the day. Local artists from Merc
Studios will also present their work and be
available for live sketches. Admission is free.
Information: 875-8600 or asylumcomicsandcards.com.
Daxie Boy Toys, 126 Shadow Mountain, Suite
D, hosts activities with guests and giveaways.
El Paso Public Librarys Esperanza Moreno
branch, 12480 Pebble Hills, will offer free
comics 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Information: eplibrary.org.
Zia Comics, 1300 El Paseo Suite E1, in Las
Cruces, will host special activities noon to 7
p.m. with art and sketches from Jaime Carrillo
and Juan Muro, themed metal work from
Desert Dragons, comic and Star Wars themed
items Petticoat Pinups, Vherang Clan of
Mandalorian Mercs will be on hand, Dodge
Wars video game demos from 8 Red Pixels, and
an appearance by a rare 8-foot Wookie.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 405-0461
or ziacomics.com.
Pagan Pride Day Divini-Tea Las

Cruces Pagan Pride Day and Paso del Norte
Paranormal Society hosts a May Day Divini-Tea
1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Ghosts 915
Paranormal Research Center, 108 E. San
Antonio in El Paso.
Readings (for entertainment purposes only)
include Tarot/Tea, Palmistry, Runes, and various
other types of divination. Cost for two readings: $20; includes refreshments. Information:
247-9531 or ghosts915.com.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at

UTEP The popular UTEP program offers
non-credit classes for people age 50 or older.
Summer 2014 classes begin Monday, June 2.
The membership program is part of UTEPs
College of Liberal Arts and supported in part by
the Bernard Osher Foundation. Registration
runs May 5-16: $30, plus $25 for the one-time
OLLI life membership fee ($10 late fee after
May 16).
Members may take as many classes as they
want. No grades, no tests, no term papers, no
required homework. The fee includes parking
permit, UTEP library card and discounts to
UTEP events. Classes are open to residents of
El Paso, Juarez and southern New Mexico age
50 or older, and meet afternoons Mondays
through Fridays.
The Institutes office is in Miners Hall, Room
209. Office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday. A catalog of classes is available
at all public library branches. Information: 7476280, 747-8848 or olliatutep.org.
EPCC Job Fair El Paso Community

Colleges Career Services job fair is 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at EPCCs Valle
Verde Cafeteria Annex. Admission is free.
Information: 831-2636 or
careerservices@epcc.edu.
Renal Nutrition Spring Symposium

El Paso Chapter National Kidney Foundation
Council hosts its symposium 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Landrys Seafood
6801 Gateway West, for healthcare professionals, students/interns, patients or anyone interested in gaining knowledge in kidney disease
and nutrition. CPE will provided for Dietitians,
Social Workers, and Nurses. Cost varies; online
registration at eventbrite.com.
State of Small Business Luncheon El

Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and
Texas Mutual Insurance Company hosts a
luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 7, at Wyndham Hotel, 2027 Airway.
Keynote speaker is Dan Danner, President and
CEO of the National Federation of
Independent Businesses. Topics include
Healthcare, Tax Reform, Elections and Over
Regulation. Cost: $30 in advance only. RSVP by
May 1 to Terry Reed at 566-4066 or
treed@ephcc.org.
Brian Cuban lecture Lawyer, activist

and television host Brian Cuban, brother of
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, will take
about his more than 30-year battle with BDD
in the lecture Shattered Image: My Triumph
Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder 3 p.m.
Thursday, May 8, at UTEPs College of Health
and Science. Information: Centennial Office,
747-5362 or 2014@utep.edu.
BDD is defined as excessive concern over a
perceived flaw in ones physical appearance.
Cuban is a lawyer and activist specializing in 1st
Amendment issues and hate speech and has
lectured on the topic in major media outlets
and conferences around the world.
Green Drinks Chihuahuan Desert

Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council
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hosts the networking event for those interested

in sustainable living and building 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. Thursday, May 8, at The Black Orchid
6127 N. Mesa drink specials, appetizers, and
meeting with others with similar green interests. Cost: $5 donation. Information: 532-3177
or usgbc-cd.org.
Mini Health Fairs UTEP Wellness program hosts the mini-health fair focusing on
alcohol awareness 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday,
May 8: National Employee Fitness in the UTEP
Library, with free blood pressure, cholesterol
and glucose screenings, for UTEP faculty, staff
and students. Information: chs.utep.edu/wellness/.
The fair is part of a monthly series of fairs 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. focusing on different wellness
topics:
Thursday, June 26: Men/Women/Child Health
Preventative Exams, in the Mike Loya Building.
Health fairs will also be offered 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the Unions Tomas Rivera Conference
Center during annual July enrollment.
Gender Studies Graduation
Celebration UTEP Womens & Gender
Studies Program, in partnership with Frontera
Womens Foundation, hosts a celebration to
honor their first graduating Bachelor of Arts
class 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the Sand
Dunes Ballroom, 11400 Rojas. All 2014 graduates will be recognized including three majors,
13 declared minors and one recipient of the
Graduate Certificate. Admission is free; RSVP
strongly encouraged Information/RSVP: 7476132.
Recent Contributions of Brain

Imaging A lecture on the recent contributions of brain imaging towards the understanding and treatment of developmental stuttering
is 4 p.m. Friday, May 9, at UTEPs Campbell
Building. Details to be announced. Information:
UTEP Centennial Office, 747-5362 or
2014@utep.edu.
Memorial Day Mass and Ceremony

The Golden Bear Social Club hosts its 32nd
annual Catholic Mass and Memorial Day
Ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at
Bowie High School, 801 S. San Marcial. The
ceremony honors former Bowie students who
died in the defense of the country. All veteran,
scout, military and civic organizations are invited to attend and bring a stand for their organizational colors. Reception will follow.
Vegetarian Society of El Paso The
societys spring dinner is 6 p.m. Saturday, May

10, at Sunland Park Holiday Inn, 900 Sunland
Park Dr., with speaker Nick Cooney, Director
of Education at Mercy For Animals. Cost: $20
($18 members and full-time students with valid
ID; $10 children age 4-10). Cost at the door is
$25, if space available. Deadline for paid reservations is May 6. Information/reservations: 7990349 or vsep.reserve@gmail.com. Payment can
be made online at vsep.org.
Cooney is author of Change of Heart: What
Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading
Social Change and Veganomics: The
Surprising Science on What Motivates
Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the
Bedroom.
Ardovinos Mothers Day Brunch

Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One Ardovino
Drive in Sunland Park, will host its Mothers
Day brunch 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May
11. Reservations required, space is limited.
Information/reservations: (575) 589-0653, ext.
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Better Business Bureau and Torch
Awards Author and speaker Frank
Abagnale returns as guest speaker for BBBs
60th Anniversary luncheon meeting and Torch
Awards 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, May
14, at El Paso Convention Center. Abagnale,
author of The Art of the Steal, is one of the
worlds leading authorities on forgery and
embezzlement. His years as a teenage criminal
mastermind were portrayed by Leo DeCaprio
in the hit movie Catch Me If You Can.
Proceeds from this years event will help the
BBB purchase its own building.
Tickets: $65 ($60 BBB members). Tables for
10: $1,200 ($1,000 BBB members). Event
sponsorships range from $2,500-$10,000 and
include a Meet & Greet with Abagnale before
the event, advertising and more. Information:
Margo Monreal, 577-0195, 490-0762 or communications@bbbelpaso.org.
Abagnale will also host a seminar 2 to 4 p.m.
following the luncheon.
Community Health Education Series

Sierra Providence East, 3280 Joe Battle,
hosts a free seminar series the second
Wednesday of the month. English presentations
are 6 p.m., with Spanish presentation 7 p.m.
The programs cover a broad spectrum of
health subjects to help improve and maintain
the health of the community. Information: 577SPHN (7746).
May 14: Aging Parents and Reversing Roles
June 11: When to Seek a Specialist and the
Role of a PCP in your care coordination.
Southwest Character Council The

councils monthly luncheon is 11:45 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at Great American
Land and Cattle Company, 701 S. Mesa Hills.
Cost: $15 (includes lunch, networking and
training). Cash or check only.
Information/RSVP: 779-7719.
Alzheimers Conference APS,

Alzheimers Association and UTHSCA present
the conference 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday,
May 15, at Region 19 Education Service
Center, 6611 Boeing, featuring Dr. Jason
Schillerstrom. Continuing education hours available. Admission is free (includes continental
breakfast and lunch); space is limited.
Information/registration:
felix.cabrera@dtfps.state.tx.us or stgec.net.
Doa Ana County Career & Resource
Fair Southern Doa Ana County residents
are invited to meet with more than 20 regional
employers and career development organizations to seek a job or job-placement assistance
during the career and resource fair 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the Womens
Intercultural Center, 303 Lincoln St., Anthony,
N.M. Job seekers are encouraged to dress professionally, bring their resumes, and be prepared for on-site interviews.
Information: Raul Gonzalez, (915) 533-0998,
ext. 137, or raulg@riocog.org.
Sign Language classes Academy LSA,

11236 Montana (one block from George
Dieter) offers free American Sign Language
classes at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginning May
15. Information: 850-3416, contact@academylsa.com or academylsa.com.
Call for Digital Storytellers
Destination El Paso has partnered with KCOS,
El Pasos PBS affiliate to launch a new digital
web series campaign, Only in El Paso, and
seeks El Paso-based digital storytellers through
May 2014
May 16 to create and share a four- to sixminute story about something that, from their
perspective, is uniquely and positively El Paso.
Suggested themes include: arts, food, traditions, music, language, economic growth, living
on the border, local attractions, and being
bicultural. Information: kcostv.org/onlyinelpaso.
Applications may be emailed to Emily Loya,
eloya@kcostv.org.
Accepted videos will be seen on KCOS (El
Paso PBS), Destination El Paso and PBS Digital
Studios; and participants receive a $1,000
stipend in exchange for their video and all
rights for its use.
Applicants should submit their contact information, links to 2-3 samples of short-form
video work and ideas for episode, and 150word answer to the question: Why are you
interested in being part of this project?,
resume and two references
To see the video submission that won the
matching funds from PBS Digital Studios, visit
vimeo.com/81117202.
Shabbat Dinner Jewish Federation of El

Pasos Community Leadership and Learning
Program (CLAL), host a dinner for El Pasos
Jewish Community 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, May
16, at Congregation Bnai Zion, 805 Cherry Hill
Lane, with inspirational storyteller Jennifer
Rudick Zunikoff. Performance for children and
families starts at 6;30 p.m. with doors open to
all at 7 p.m., with Kiddush at 7:20 followed by
dinner. Dietary laws observed. Cost: $10 ($25
for a household of 3 or more; free for children
under 5). Advance reservations and payment
required; no payments accepted at the door.
Information/RSVP (by May 12): 842-9554 or
jewishelpaso.org.
Humane Society Yappy Hour The

Humane Society of El Paso host a happy hour
for dogs and their owners back by popular
demand 4 to 8 p.m. the third Saturday of each
month (May 17, June 21), at Aceitunas Beer
Garden, 5200 Doniphan. All dogs must be wellbehaved and on a leash. One dollar from every
drink sold goes to the society. Information:
532-6971 or hselpaso.org (Humane Society), or
845-2277 or aceitunaselpaso.com.
Persons with Disabilities symposium

St. Pius Special Needs Group and other
organizations host the symposium Building a
Better Tomorrow for Persons with
Disabilities, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May
17, at St. Pius Catholic Church at 1050 N.
Clark, with guest speakers, panel presentations,
luncheon and more. Information: 772-3226 or
stpiusxelpaso.org.
Smarter Science of Wellness seminar

Trinity Health Coaching will host a free wellness seminar, Eat more-Exercise less, 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at The Human
Lab, 1057 Doniphan. Includes recipes and how
to exercise smarter and less frequently.
TrinityHealthCoaching.com.
Mustard Seed Community Caf The

faith-based, pay-what-you-can caf is at 1140
St. Vrain (at Arizona). Regular hours are 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays.
Information: 440-SEED (7333), mustardseedcafe.org or on Facebook.
The cafs mission is to provide nutritious and
delicious meals regardless of peoples ability to
pay while using local, organic, and sustainably
grown ingredients whenever possible. Meals
are prepared by culinary expert Roman Wilcox,
an El Paso native.
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will offer training with a Master Gardener at 10
a.m. on first, third and fifth Saturdays .
Education classes are 11 a.m. every other
Tuesday in the cafe.
UTEP Walking Tours In honor of its

Centennial Celebration, University of Texas at
El Paso hosts a series of guided walking tours to
highlight different aspects of the UTEP campus
and its history. A new series is offered each
month. Reservations required; groups should
consist of at least five individuals. Information:
Maribel Villalva, 747-6669 or
mvillalva2@utep.edu.
Mays planned tour is a choice of any of the
previous tours. Upcoming tours in 2014 include
UTEP History, Bhutan on Campus, Arts and
Culture on Campus, Haunted UTEP and

Research for the Future.
Renaissance Artsfaire call for performers Doa Ana Arts Council seeks
Renaissance-themed (especially roving performers) entertainers and performers for its 43rd
annual Renaissance Artsfaire set for Nov. 1-2.
Needed are minstrals, jugglers, stilt-walkers,
jesters/comedy troupes and more. Information:
events@daarts.org.
AIM Convention Texas Western

Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ hosts its
2014 Auxiliaries in Ministry (AIM) Convention
June 2-7, at Holy Light COGIC, 5928
Trowbridge. Services begin at 7 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday, with a luncheon at noon
Saturday. Information: Elder Mosley Hobson,
(315) 767-5326, elderhobsontwj@gmail.com,
TWJCOGIC.org or on Facebook.
An Ecumenical Service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday,

and a Community Musical Service at 6:30 p.m.
Friday at the El Paso Marriott, 1600 Airway.
Tickets are free, but must be presented to
enter. Call for information.
The convention will culminate with events
honoring and recognizing youth and the Mr. and
Mrs. AIM Pageant, and a luncheon on Saturday.
Guest speaker is International Church of God
in Christ Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake
Thursday; and Grammy-winning Singer Dorinda
Clark-Cole of the Clark Sisters on Friday.
El Paso Night Shift Nights The weekly

car and motorcycle club showcase is 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, at Fox Plaza (back parking lot),
5559 Alameda. The family event cars and
motorcycles of many types, plus food, live
music, jumping balloons. No alcohol allowed.
Admission: $3 per person or car; free for ages
12 and younger. Information: 779-8424.
Scenic Sundays Walkers, runners,

cyclists and skaters are invited to enjoy Scenic
Drive, from Rim Road to Richmond, free of
traffic 6 a.m. to noon Sundays. Dogs on leash
permitted. Admission is free. Information: 5414416 or district2@elpasotexas.gov.
For a good cause

House of Hope Car Raffle House of
Hope Pregnancy Resource Center hosts its
11th annual fundraising dinner and car raffle 6
to 10 p.m. Friday, May 2. Live auctions follow
with the announcement of the raffle winner for

a 2014 Ford Mustang; only 350 raffle tickets
will be sold. Tickets: $250 (includes dinner for
two and car raffle ticket). Information/location:
544-9600 or HouseofhopeFriends.org.
Animal Rescue Leagues Dinner with

Friends Animal Rescue League of El
Pasos 13th annual fundraising gala, is Saturday,
May 3, at the Camino Real Hotel, 101 S. El
Paso Street. Yappy Hour silent auction is 6 p.m.
with dinner and festivities 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets:
$65 ($650 table for 10). Reservations and payment due by April 25. Information: 821-7283
or info@arlep.org. Web: arlep.org.
This years theme is Thank You,
Support levels available are: Top Paw
($1,500), The Cats Meow ($1,000) and Top
Dog ($800). This years theme is Thank You
(attendees are invited to submit a picture of
their rescued animal they would like to share).
Cuisine and a Classic Trinity-First Day

School hosts an evening of 80s music for its
6th annual dinner fundraiser 6 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, at Trinity-First United
Methodist Church, 801 N. Mesa, with a silent
auction, five-course meal, and music by FM
Junkies. Reservations encouraged as seating and
childcare is limited. Admission: $25 ($200 table
for eight). Information: 533-2674, ext. 23 or
trinity-first.org.
March for Babies The annual March of
Dimes fundraiser is 7 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at

Fountains of Farah, 8889 Gateway West.
Proceeds help fund prevention of birth defects.
Team donations made online at marchforbabies.org.
Funds raised support research and programs
that help moms have full-term pregnancies and
babies begin healthy lives. They will also be
used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care.
Western Gala The annual Cowboy

Dress-Up dinner-dance benefit for the annual
El Paso Dodge Ram Dealers Southwestern
International PRCA Rodeo is Saturday, May 3,
at Sunland Park Race Track and Casinos
Futurity Ballroom. Cocktails served at 6:30
p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. and dancing 8 p.m.
to midnight. Information/reservation: Julie
Johnson, 525-8464.
Butterfly Effect Latinitas hosts its preMothers Day spa day event benefiting the
Latinitas scholarship campaign 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 3, at Wyndham El Paso, 2027
Airway. Spa day booths, manicures, fashion
show, brunch, live musical entertainment,
dance performances, inspirational guest speakers, vendor booths, silent auction, mini-
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makeovers and make-up consultations. Swag
bags available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Ticket information: 219-8554, latinitaselpaso@yahoo.com or LasLatinitas.org.
Bowie Exes Tardeada The Bowie classes of the 1960s exes hosts a fundraising tardeada 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Crystal Palace
Ballroom, 1550 Hawkins, to benefit Bowie students. Admission: $15. Information: 494-8396
or 562-4292.
St. Pius tardeada The St. Pius Elder
Colonia Ministry will host a fundraising tardeada to 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at 1007
Geronimo. Music by El Paso Starliners.
Admission: $10 (BYOB with set-ups).
Information: 772-3226 or stpiusxelpaso.org.
Sunday Wine Down Junior League of

Las Cruces hosts its benefit wine event 2 to 4
p.m. Sunday, May 4, at M Five Martini Grill,
901 Avenida de Mesilla in Las Cruces. The grill
will hand-select ten wines from some of its
favorite vintners for this unique event. All proceeds benefit League service projects in Las
Cruces. Tickets: $25, at the door and online at
eventbrite.com. Information: jllc.org.
Veterinary Community Awards

Banquet - The 29th annual banquet,
Celebrate a Healthy Pet hosted by the El
Paso Veterinary Medical Association, is 6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 6, at Camino Real Hotel,
Downtown. This years Director of
Ceremonies is Felipa Solis, with entertainment
provided by comic Elliott Threatt. The banquet
is held in conjunction with National Pet Week,
with the 2014 Veterinary Community Award
and Pet Hall of Fame inductee to be
announced. Tickets: $40. Information: 5931712 or epvma.org.
Threatt was nominated for a Grammy for his
comedy CD Biscuits Made From Scratch, and
co-hosts the podcast Pet Talk on
KCTalkRadio.com. He won an Emmy for his
acting work in commercials.
Relay for Life The American Cancer

Society will host the annual overnight event 6
p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday, May 9-10 at
Andress High School, 5400 Sun Valley.
Participants, including cancer survivors, friends,
caregivers and families from throughout El
Paso, will walk or run the track in teams to
raise funds for cancer research. Information:
633-1231, relayforlifeelpaso@gmail.com or
relayforlife.org/elpasotx.
Toast to Ten Years fundraiser

Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach hosts its
fundraising event 6 p.m. Friday, May 9, at
Southwest University Ballpark, with gourmet
dinner, ballpark tour and Celebrity Home Run
Derby. Tickets: $150 ($1,500 table for ten).
Ciudad Nueva serves those in need in the Rio
Grande Historic Neighborhood. Information:
996-9671, 539-9505 or ciudadnueva.org.
Brunch to Help the Homeless Opus
World Bistro, 7128 N. Mesa in Colony Cove II,
hosts the Mothers Day brunch prepared by 4star chef Mike Ross 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 11, benefiting El Pasos Veterans
and Homeless. Hot and cold choices, meat and
vegan options, salads, fruits and desserts, and
mimosas offered. Twenty percent of all proceeds will be donated to help El Pasos homeless. Reservations required. Cost: $24 for
adults; $12 children; age five and younger free.
Information 585-2221 or Opusworldbistro.com.
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Desert Valley 4-H Benefit Trap Shoot
Desert Valley 4-H hosts its 10th annual trap
shoot 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at El
Paso Skeet & Trap Club, 9817 Alameda. Check
in starts at 8 a.m. Registration open through
day of event. Cost per five-person team: $250
adult level; $50 youth (age 8-18). Spectator
admission is free. Information: 269-1229, 4335431 or on facebook at Desert Valley 4-H.
Event also includes silent auctions, raffles,
gaming area (water balloon shoot, archery
poker, darts, silhouette shooting gallery) and
concessions.
Pre-ordered smoked briskets (12-14 pounds
pre-cooked) are available for $75. All proceeds
and donations to directly benefit the Desert
Valley 4-H Youth Shooting programs. Preorders taken through April 28; delivery or pickup arrangements can be made at 433-5431.
Letter Carriers Food Drive - The 22nd

annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive is
Saturday, May 10, sponsored by the National
Association of Letter Carriers, the U.S. Postal
Service and other organizations to benefit area
food banks. To participate, individuals can leave
non-perishable food items in a bag near their
mailbox; items also can be donated at local
post offices. Information: 592-7748 or elpasoansfightinghunger.org.
Boy Scouts Host Merit Badge Lunch

Boy Scouts of America, Yucca Council hosts
its inaugural Merit Badge Lunch sponsored by
First Light Federal Credit Union, 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. Friday May 16, at the Radisson Hotel El
Paso, 1770 Airway. Keynote speaker is Colonel
Brant Dayley, Fort Bliss Garrison Commander,
Event chaired by longtime Scout supporter
George Foret of the Foret Companies. Tickets;
$100 ($1,000 table for ten) Information: Josh
Inguanzo, 772-2292 or yuccabsa.org.
Moonlight and Miracles Fundraising

Gala NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens is
guest speaker for BorderRACs 2014 fundraising event is 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, 1200 Futurity
in Sunland Park, with dinner and silent auction.
Semi-formal attire. Cost: $75 ($600 table for
ten). Information, reservations: 838-3200 or
borderrac.org.
BorderRAC is the Far West Texas and
Southern New Mexico Regional Advisory
Council on Trauma and Emergency Healthcare.
It encompasses the Texas counties of El Paso,
Hudspeth and Culberson; and the New Mexico
counties of Catron, Doa Ana, Grant, Hidalgo,
Luna, Sierra, and Otero.
Polo Real 2014 The polo event in honor

of Paul and Alejandra Foster benefiting El Paso
Museum of History is Saturday, May 17, at
Rancho Santa Maria Polo Club, 8201 Luciano
Road in Anthony, Texas. The Chukker exhibition match starts at 4:30 p.m. with 4 Chukker
Polo Real Match at 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $100
(VIP tables for 8 $800-$2,000). Information: Liz
Uribe-Sinclair, 850-5448.
Gates open at 3 p.m. with invocation at 4
p.m. Dinner served at 5 p.m., Champagne
divot stomp at 6 p.m. Dancing until 9 p.m.
Fort Bliss
Anyone entering Fort Bliss must have a valid
drivers license, car insurance and registration.
Check beforehand to see which gates are open
to the public. The Buffalo Soldiers Gate at
Airport and Airway is usually always open.
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club 3730 Roy

Johnson Lane. Rifle and pistol shooting competitions are held almost every weekend at the
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club visitors can
watch for free, food available at the clubhouse
snack bar. To get there: Take Railroad Drive to
Deer; turn right. Information: 568-2983 or
blissmwr.com/rodandgun.
A three-course meal, followed by an evening
of dancing is 5 p.m. Friday, May 2. Cost: $20.
Breakfast with Mom is 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 11. Cost: 12 ($6 moms and ages
3-12; free for age two and younger).
Martini and a Manicure An evening of

pampering for men and women is 4:30 p.m.
Friday, May 9, at the Centennial Banquet and
Conference Center, 11199 Sgt. Churchill on
Fort Bliss. Guests receive one free specialty
martini with purchase of manicure. Cost $10;
ages 21 and older welcome. Information: 7441171.
Bunco at Pershing Pub The historic

Pershing Pub will host Bunco night at 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 15. The theme is crazy had
day dress appropriately. Cost: $15 (includes
Bunco, food, drinks and door prizes). Age 21
and older invited; reservations recommended.
Wine Down Wednesday Glazers

Distributing hosts a night of creativity and wine
tasting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at Fort
Blisss Pershing Pub. The class will paint wineinspired candle holders and enjoy a chilled glass
of wine. Cost: $15; all supplies are included.
Seating is limited; reservations strongly encouraged. Information: 569-6071 or mwrspecialevents@gmail.com.
Catholic Women of the Chapel The

CWOC meets 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays and
Fridays (except holiday weekends) at Building
#449 on Fort Bliss. Meetings consist of fellowship, saying the rosary, craft making projects or
Bible studies Fridays. Tuesdays consist of rosary
making/preemie caps/hats and prayer shawls.
dcatarroja@sc.rr.com.
Club news
PFLAG El Paso The El Paso chapter of
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and
Gays, PFLAG El Paso, offers four meetings a
month in various locations. The meetings are
open to the LGBT community and straight
allies. Admission is free. Information: 209AMOR (2667) or pflagelpaso.com.
May events:
The annual Rummage Roundup rummage sale
benefiting the Amundson Scholarship/Internship
program is 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 3, in
Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church parking lot,
2155 Wedgewood, with clothing, future, PRIDE
items, books and more.
A Strike Out Homophobia family friendly
LGBT awareness bowling event is 1:30 to 5
p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Fiesta Lanes. Prizes
awarded. All proceeds benefit the Amundson
Scholarship/Internship Program. Call for ticket
information.
Notre Dame Club of El Paso The club

plans several events during the spring months.
Information: elpaso.undclub.org or on
Facebook at Notre Dame Club of El Paso.
A fundraising book fair for children is planned
for Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4, at Barnes &
Noble at The Fountains at Farah.
Woodworkers Club of El Paso The

clubs monthly meeting is 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday,
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May 6, at 3228 Sacramento (back of building).
The program includes a continuing chapter of
Essential Woodworking Techniques video,
followed by a show and tell segment.
Admission is free. Information: 760-6536 or
564-5915.
Westside Welcome Club The group is

open to both newcomers and long-time residents. Information: westsidewelcomeclub.com.
The monthly free newcomers coffee is 10
a.m. Friday, May 9, at 6701 Pearl Ridge. No
RSVP necessary.
The monthly luncheon is 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, May 14, at El Paso Country Club.
Social time starts at 11 a.m. Sandy Baker will
demonstrate chair aerobics. Cost: $20; reservation checks may be mailed to the club via Box
13167, 79913. Information: 845-1896.
Singles in the Son - The group develops
friendships among Christian singles ages 25 to
45. Bible study held every Thursday. All
denominations are welcome. Membership is
free. Information: Andy, 471-1997,
SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com or on Facebook.
Saturday events:
May 10: Dinner and El Paso Chihuahuas
May 17: Dinner and bowling
May 24: Dinner and a movie
May 31: Dinner and play.
Borderland IONS The Borderlands

IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) Community
Group meets 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at
Doris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd.
The topic will be Systems Thinking: the
Science of Wholeness. Admission is free.
Information: 526-6297 or noetic.org.
Discover El Paso Information: discoverep.org. The monthly luncheon is noon

Tuesday, May 27, at Radisson El Paso Airport,
1770 Airway. Reservations: 584-3858.
Chess Club The club meets 1 to 4 p.m.

every Tuesday at Joe Vinny & Bronsons
Bohemian Cafe, 824 N. Piedras. Beginners welcome. Admission is free. Information:
Information: 565-9921, ext. 14.
International Coin Club El Pasos only

coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first
Monday of the month at St. Pauls United
Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere. Business
meeting starts around 6:30 p.m. Numismatic
presentations start at 7 p.m. with auction to
follow. Admission free for first-time visitors.
Information: 533-6001 or elpasocoinclug.com.
UFO Discussion Group The video/internet topic discussion group meets 1:30 to 4 p.m.
the second Saturday of each month (May 10)
at Burges Public Librarys annex room, 9600
Dyer (at Rushing). All meetings are free and
open to the public. Information: Rita P.
Freeman, 755-0473 or w717688@yahoo.com.
Area attractions
Western Playland The amusement park
is at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M.
Tickets: $20.45 adult; $15.80, plus tax (pay one
price); $5 non-rider admission. Individual ride
tickets are $2.50. Information: (575) 589-3410
or westernplayland.com. Take Sunland Park
Exit 13 from I-10.
May hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Saturdays, 2 to 7
p.m. Sundays, plus Monday, May 26.
June hours are 3 to 10 p.m. Saturdays and 3 to
9 p.m. Sundays, plus 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday starting June 18.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino

1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive),
Sunland Park, N.M. The copper-domed casino
offers slot machines and video gaming. Hours
are 10a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through
Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday; and
10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunlandpark.com. Simulcast racing for the Kentucky
Derby is Saturday, May 3.
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Wet N Wild Waterworld The water

park at 8804 S. Desert, Anthony, Texas (I-10 at
Exit 0) opens its season Saturday, May 3.
Individual tickets: $21.99, plus tax; $18.99 or
age 4-12; $2.99 age 1-3. Parking is $2 per car.
Information: 886-2222 or wetwild.com.
Season passes now on sale for $39.99.
Cinco de Mayo Festival is Sunday, May 4,
with Hit FM DJs by the wavepool, and main
stage performances by Brother Strange,
Cabalgata, Cantina Flys, Sonora Escandalo,
Brown Betty, Conjunto Majistad, Trip Wire,
Salvador Hernandez, and Radio La Chusma.
Also featuring a Margarita Mix off contest and a
Mr. and Ms. Fitness Pageant.
Mexican heartthrob El Dasa performs following all-day live music by local bands Sunday,
May 18.
KLAQ Balloonfest headline concerts are May
24-26. Headliners are Sevendust on Saturday;
Five Finger Death Punch and The Pretty
Reckless on Sunday; and Aranda on Monday.
Live appearance by Spider-Man is Saturday,
May 31.
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(575) 882-7632 or lavinawinery.com. The tasting room and patio are open noon to 5 p.m.
Thursday through Tuesday (closed
Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5.
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road. The center features a museum on the Tigua tribe. Hours are
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
Native American Dances are performed 11:30
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Fresh Indian bread is on sale at the center,
which also offers family-operated gift shops,
featuring jewelry, pottery and other crafts.
gives a view of two countries and three states
from Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is
$8 for adults and $4 for children 12 years and
under. Tickets sales stop one hour before closing. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed
Monday through Thursday. Information: 5666622. To get there: Take Alabama to McKinley
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ranch in Fabens offers a childrens zoo, buffalo,
longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets and
the Fort Apache playground. Its also home to
the famous Cattlemans Steakhouse.
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For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,

call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com.
The UTEP Ticket Center number is 747-5234.
Pan Am Center Box Office is (575) 646-1420.
Many clubs sell tickets through ticketbully.com,
holdmyticket.com or other ticket websites listed.
Unless indicated, prices listed do not include
service charges.
El Gran Silencio The Mexican rockers
AJ Croce The contemporary blues and
Morrissey The alternative music icon and
roots rock musician concludes the Doa Ana

Arts Councils Performing Arts season at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 2, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Main in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.
Opening performers are the Americana/folk
band Sweet Ghosts. Tickets: $25-$35.
Information: (575) 523-6403 or
RioGrandeTheatre.com.
The son of Jim Croce, Adrian James Croce
honed his piano skills as a boy, while recovering
from a brain tumor that left him partially blind.
Taking influence from the likes of Ray Charles
and Stevie Wonder, as well as several early
blues artists, he began gigging on the San Diego
circuit and signed a record contract with
Private Music at the age of 19. His latest CD is
Circle of Muses.
Jerry Seinfeld One of Americas most

successful comedians comes to El Paso 7 p.m.
Friday, May 2, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Tickets: $46-$122 (Ticketmaster).
Seinfelds unique observational humor made
him one of the most popular comedians in
America. His hit TV sitcom ran nine seasons
before Seinfeld called it quits.
George Lopez The stand-up comedy

star and El Paso favorite presents his Listen To
My Face Tour at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at
the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Former star of
the ABC George Lopez sitcom and TBSs
Lopez Tonight, Lopez also is a frequent host
of Que Locos on Univision. Tickets: $37 to
$57 (Ticketmaster).
Lopez is one of the top five grossing comedians in the world and his recent comedy TV
series Saint George premiered on FX in March.
Lopez has been included on many lists including Top 25 Most Influential Hispanics in
America, Top Ten Favorite Television
Personalities, and Top Fifty Greatest Television
Dads of All Time.
Sun City BikeFest III The two day bike

fest is noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9
p.m. Sunday, May 3-4, at Barnett HarleyDavidson, 8272 Gateway East. Doors open at
noon; all ages welcome. Tickets: $20 (ticketbully.com). Information: 922-9383 or elpasomotorplex.com.
Special appearance by Rusty Coones from
Sons of Anarchy, and a Mini Kiss Concert,
with an Ultimate Bike Show on Sunday.
Winter & The Wolves Tour Grieves

headlines the tour with special guest Sonreal at
7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El
Paso. Cost: $13.50; available at
holdmyticket.com. Information: 351-9909.
Grieves is a Seattle-based hip hop artist
whose Winter & The Wolves album reached
No. 57 on the Billboard charts. Sonreal is a
Canadian hip hop singer based in Vancouver
whose CD The Closers debuted at No. 3 on
iTunes Canadas hip hop charts, and then went
on to be nominated for Rap Recording of the
Year at the 2013 Juno Awards.
(Chuntaros Style) perform 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Sunday, May 11, at Viva Villa Mexican Cantina,
410 E. San Antonio, with Fabulous Cadillacs
tribute band Los Fabulosos Vochos. Doors
open at 7 p.m. Ages 18 and older welcome.
Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 at the door.
Available online at mkt.com. Information: 2381324 or on Facebook at rockenespanolelp.
former lead singer of The Smiths performs at 8
p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at The Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $27-$47 (Ticketmaster).
Morrisseys solo career began in 1988, after
the dissolution of The Smiths, with the release
of Viva Hate. His influence on music and culture has continued to grow over the past 25
years through the release of nine acclaimed
studio albums and an array of singles, rarities
collections and live recordings.
Morrisseys recent autobiography became one
of the fastest-selling memoirs in the UK upon
its release in October.
Fiesta for the Missions Little Joe y La

Familia and Malo are among the performers for
the benefit concerts May 17-18, at the
Socorro Mission, 328 Nevarez. Details to be
announced. Information: 872-8412 or elpasodiocesefoundation.org.
Teo Gonzalez The veteran Mexican

standup comic performs a Spanish language
show at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at The
Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $29.50. $39.50, $49.50
and $55 (Ticketmaster).
Gonzalez is well known for his impressions of
Mexicos biggest entertainers, such as Vincente
Fernandez and Juan Gabriel and his storytelling.
Neon Desert Music Festival Grammy

nominee Wiz Khalifa is among the performers
for the 4th annual music festival at 3 p.m.
Saturday, and Sunday, May 24-25, at Cleveland
Square Park, 510 N. Santa Fe, in Downtown El
Paso. Two-day pass: $90; VIP tickets are $250;
available online at neondesertmusicfestival.com
and ticketfly.com.
VIP tickets include complimentary beer, wine
and water, t-shirt, poster, festival re-entry, separate entrance and exit, and complimentary
food 5 to 8 p.m.
This years performers include Zedd, MGMT,
Method Man & Redman, Calle 13, Capital
Cities, Panteon Rococo, A$AP Ferg, The
Bloody Beetroots Live, Hello Seahorse!, Crystal
Fighters, Classixx Live, Aaron Behrens and the
Midnight Stroll, GTA, Purity Ring (DJ-set), Tory
Lanez, French Horn Rebellion, Hey Champ,
The D.A. and Bulletproof Tiger.
In addition, Fountains at Farah will also host
the Fountains at Farah Mercado during the festival with vendor booths, and giving away free
swag. Details on Facebook at Fountains at
Farah.
Les Miserables UTEP Dinner Theatre

presents the award-winning musical, by Alain
Boublil, Claude-Michel Schnberg and Herbert
Kretzme, later to be an Academy Award-nominated film for it official Centennial Production
through May 25. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday; 2:30 p.m. nodinner Sunday matinees (May 4, 11 and 18).
Tickets: $26-$45 dinner shows; $16-$26 nondinner matinees. Information: 747-6060 of
utep.edu/udt.
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Raphael The Grammy-nominated Spanish
singer Raphael Martos performs at 8:30 p.m.
Monday, May 26, at Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Tickets: $40-$90 (Ticketmaster).
Raphael has had 326 gold albums, 49 platinum, and more than 50 singles in Italian,
French, German, English, and Japanese.
Jersey Boys Broadway in El Paso presents the Broadway smash-hit musical at May
28-June 1, at the Plaza Theatre. The show
highlighting the music and live of Frankie Valle
and the Four Season will come to the Sun City
for and eight-performance run. Contains
authentic profane Jersey language. Showtimes
are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Thursday and Sunday, 8 p.m. Friday, and 2 and
8 p.m. Saturday, Tickets: $50-$70
(Ticketmaster).
The Music of Pink Floyd El Paso
Symphony Orchestra tribute to the rock legends at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Plaza
Theatre. Amplified by a full rock band and
accompanied by Zebra lead singer Randy
Jacksons vocals, creator Brent Havens guest
conducts the ensemble as they capture Pink
Floyds ethereal flow of music and effects while
churning out new musical colors. Tickets: $30,
$45, $60 and $75 (Ticketmaster). Information:
532-2776 or epso.org.
The 2-plus hour concert features 17 Pink
Floyd tunes, including Money, Learning to
Fly, Comfortably Numb and selections from
The Wall.
Jeff Dunham The comedian/ventriloquist
performs at 5 and 9 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino in
Mescalero, N.M. Tickets: $45-$125.
(Ticketmaster).
Tech N9nes Independent Grind Tour

2014 The genre-busting hip-hop groups
tour is Monday, June 16, at Tricky Falls, 209 S.

El Paso, with guests Krizz Kaliko, Freddie
Gibbs, Jarren Benton and Psych Ward Druggies.
Doors open at 7 p.m. All ages show.
Information: 351-9909 or trickyfalls.com.
Tickets: $25 general admission (VIP packages
available. Ticket available online at
zanytickets.com or holdmyticket.com.
Jesus Christ Superstar The arena

rock spectacular based on Tim Rice and
Andrew Lloyd Webbers ground-breaking
music is 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at the Don
Haskins Center. Cast includes Incubus lead
vocalist Brandon Boyd as Judas Iscariot, NSync
vocalist JC Chasez as Pontius Pilate, Destinys
Child member Michelle Williams at Mary
Magdalene, John Rotten Lydon of the Sex
Pistols and Public Image Limited as King Herod
and newcomer Ben Forster as Jesus. Tickets to
be announced (Ticketmaster).
The Music of Queen El Paso Symphony

Orchestra plays tribute to the rock legends at 8
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Plaza Theatre,
with conductor Brent Havens, vocalist Doyniuk
and a full rock band. Ticket information: 5322776 or epso.org.
Enrique Bunbury One of Spains most

respected rock singers performs at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, at The Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $39.50, $90.50, $59.50 and $79.50.
(Ticketmaster).
One Direction The wildly popular British

boy bands Where We Are Tour comes to El
Paso at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Sun Bowl
Stadium. Tickets: $39.50, $59.50 and $99.50
May 2014
(Ticketmaster).
Live While Were Young VIP Party packages
available for $350. including reserved seat, preconcert party, tour merchandise, early entrance
and more.
Marc Anthony The Latin superstar and

Grammy winner performs at 8 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 25, at the El Paso County Coliseum.
Tickets are $67 to $157 (Ticketmaster).
Venues & series

Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso. All shows are
all-ages (16 and older), unless listed otherwise.
Information: 351-9909 or trickyfalls.com.
Tickets for most shows available at All That
Music, Bowie Feathers, Marias Closet, Eloise
and online at holdmyticket.com.
A Benefit concert for El Pasoans Fighting
Hunger Food Bank is 8 p.m. Thursday, May 1,
featuring 6 local bands A Mainstreet Marvel,
Bitchface, Ralpheene, Collisions, Miijas and Our
Friend the Mountain. Cover cost benefits food
bank: $3.
Old 97s The alt country band performs at
8 p.m. Monday, May 5, with Nikki Lane.
Tickets: $18-$20.
Grieves The hip-hop artists Winter & The
Wolves Tour is 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, SonReal,
Fearce Vill, Benz and Nuvo and Solar One.
Tickets: $13.50; also available at
zanytickets.com.
Moving Units The LA dance punk band
performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10, with
guest Tom Laike. An afterparty with DJ set by
Blake Miller of Moving Units follows show.
Tickets: $8-$10.
Black Flag The hardcore punk legends, led
by Henry Rollins, perform at 8 p.m. Friday,
May 16, with guest HOR and Cinema Cinema.
Tickets: $15-$20.
Boys Noize The German DJ performs at 9
p.m. Saturday, May 17.
The 3rd annual Francis Rodriguez Memorial
Wonderland Concert salsa concert is 8 p.m.
Friday, May 23, presented by Emergence
Health Network. Doors open at 7 p.m. Details
to be announced.
Devil You Know The metal supergroup
performs at 7 p.m. Friday, May 30, with
Butcher Babies.
Tech N9nes Independent Grind Tour 2014
The genre-busting hip-hop groups tour is
Monday, June 16, with guests Krizz Kaliko,
Freddie Gibbs, Jarren Benton and Psych Ward
Druggies. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25
general admission (VIP packages available.
Animals as Leaders The progressive metal
band performs at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 17,
with guest Conquering Dystopia featuring Jeff
Loomis and Keith Merrow, and Chow. Tickets:
$16 in advance.
Sage Francis The hip-hop artists Copper
Gone tour is 7 p.m. Sunday, June 22, with B.
Dolan and Sleep. Tickets: $16.50.
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Socorro Entertainment Center

Speaking Rocks indoor concert venue is at
11200 Santos Sanchez (off Socorro Road, 4.5
miles southeast of Loop 375). Doors usually
open at 6 p.m. Socorro Entertainment Center
events are all ages; although under 18 must be
accompanied by an adult. Admission is free
($10 17 and younger) unless otherwise listed.
Information: 860-7777 or speakingrockentertainment.com.
Mexican rockers el Tri perform Saturday,
May 3.
Gipsy Kings perform Friday, May 23.
Metal band Queensryche performs Saturday,
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May 24, with Stryper.
Alt rock bands Tonic, Vertical Horizon and
Dishwalla perform Saturday, June 14.
Sammy Hagar and the Wabos perform
Sunday, June 15.
Airborne Toxic Event performs Saturday,
June 21.
KC and The Sunshine Band performs
Saturday, June 28.
Counting Crows and Toad the Wet Sprocket
perform Monday, Aug. 4. Tickets: $10 (VIP
meet and greet tickets are $185).
Lowbrow Palace 111 E. Robinson.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and age 18 and older
welcome, unless listed otherwise. Advance
tickets usually available at Happy House, All
That Music, Pizza Joint, the Headstand and
online at holdmyticket.com or ticketbully.com.
Tickets are regularly $3 more for ages 18-20.
thelowbrowpalace.com.
Acid Mothers Temple The music collective led by Kawabata Makoto performs Sunday,
May 4, with guest Perhaps. Tickets: $10.
New Young Pony Club The British electronic band performs Saturday, May 10.
Tickets: $10.
Funkn Disco Electric Social present Ligre,
System A, Broken Hearts Club, Tom Laike and
Mazo Boyzz Friday, May 16. Tickets: $2 general admission; ticket and t-shirt combo is $10.
Wildcat! Wildcat! The LA indie pop trio
perform Friday, May 30. Tickets: $10.
Uh Huh Her The all-female supergroup
created by former Murmers member Leisha
Hailey performs Wednesday, June 4. Tickets
$13.
Blackbird Blackbird The electronic band
performs Wednesday, June 18. Tickets: $10.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo.
Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
Wild Women of Song A show celebrating
the lives and music of women songwriters from
the Tin Pan Alley era is 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6.
Tickets: $13, $24 and $32.
Academy of Ballet and Tap perform at 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 10. Tickets: $10.
Coppelia The performance by Academy
of Ballet is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 1617. Tickets: $10.
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts

Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12
miles north of downtown Ruidoso).
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
or spencertheater.com.
Pre-show buffets are served at 6 p.m. for
some shows: $20.
Gary Lewis and The Playboys The classic
oldies band performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, May
3. Known for hits like Sealed With A Kiss,
Gary Lewis (son of Jerry Lewis) was the first
and only artist during the 1960s to have his
first seven releases reach Billboard magazines
Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart. Tickets: $56 and
$59.
Le Corsaire Ruidoso Dance Ensemble
presents the swashbuckling tale of pirates,
powerful Turks and the slave girls who love
them at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday, May
23 and 25. Tickets: $30.
Melissa Manchester - The pop-rock
songstress performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, May
31. Her pop ballads include Midnight Blue,
Through The Eyes of Love, Whenever I Call
You Friend, Dont Cry Out Loud and You
Should Hear How She Talks About You.
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Tickets: $66 and $69.

The Nerd Wayland University Theatre
presents Larry Shues comedy about the
houseguest from hell at 6 p.m. Friday, June 6.
The guest transforms what should have been a
normal dinner party thrown for an important
client into absolute insanity. Tickets: $30.
Oh, What A Night A Musical Tribute to
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons The tribute to Vallis music is 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 10,
featuring non-stop singing and dancing to the
iconic Jersey boys greatest hits such as
Sherry, Big Girls Dont Cry, My Eyes
Adored You, Grease and Lets Hang On.
Tickets: $56 and $59.
2014 Miss New Mexico Pageant - The pageant featuring more than 20 women from
around the state competing for the crown is
June 26-28. First preliminary competition is 7
p.m. Thursday; second preliminary and crowning of Outstanding Teen is 7 p.m. Friday. Miss
New Mexico finals are 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets:
$29-$49.
The annual Taste of the Spencer fundraiser
is 6 p.m. Saturday, June 21. Tickets: $50.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and

Casino Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8
p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets sold
through Ticketmaster; prices listed do not
include service charge. Information: 1-877-2775677 or innofthemountaingods.com.
Al Hurricane The Godfather of New
Mexico Music and his son Al Hurricane Jr. perform Sunday, May 4, as part of the resorts
Cinco De Mayo Celebration. Tickets: $15-$35.
Kip Moore The rustic singer/songwriter
performs Thursday, May 22. Tickets: $25-$75.
REO Speedwagon The 80s rock legends
perform Saturday, May 31. Tickets: $25-$65.
Jeff Dunham The popular comic/ventriloquist performs at 5 and 9 p.m. Sunday, June
15. Tickets: $45-$125.
Jerrod Niemann The country star known
for singles line I Love Women (My Momma
Cant Stand) performs June 20. Tickets: $24$80.
Voz de Mando The Mexican group with
the hit single Comandosde M.P. performs
Saturday, June 21. Tickets: $25-$75.
Easton Corbin The country/folk star performs Sunday, July 20. Tickets: $25-$70.
Eli Young Band The Grammy-nominated
country band performs Friday, Aug. 8. Their
hit Crazy Girl was the Academy of Country
Music Song of the Year, and their latest single is
Drunk Last Night. Tickets to be announced.
NM Tech Performing Arts Series

Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico
Techs Macey Center, 801 Leroy Place, in
Socorro, N.M. All seats general admission.
Information: (575) 835-5688 or nmtpas.org.
Santa Fe Opera Apprentices performance is
Thursday, May 1. Rising star opera singers perform selections from popular operas, musicals
and a one-act operetta. Admission is free.
Broadway in El Paso tickets Season

tickets are now on sale for Jam Theatricals and
El Paso Lives 11th annual Broadway series at
the Plaza Theatre, with a two-week run of
Wicked back by popular demand in May,
2015. Information: 231-1111, or
ElPasoLive.com/Broadway.
Season:
Oct. 7-8: Blue Man Group
Nov. 1: Flashdance The Musical
Dec. 9: Disneys Beauty and the Beast
Jan. 13-14, 2015: Chicago The Musical
Feb. 11, 2015: Guys and Dolls
May 20-31, 2015: Wicked.
May 2014
EPMSF Honoree Event El Paso

Summer Music Festival will celebrate its 2014
honoree Melissa Colgin Abeln, one of the
founders of the El Paso Summer Music Festival,
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at Magic Bistro,
5034 Doniphan. The event also include the
Instruments for Young Lives Awards (IYL).
Cost: $60. Information/reservations: 449-0619
or epsmf.org.
Instruments for Young Lives recipients are
Mountain View High School students Gabrielle
Cervantes (flute) and Christopher Terrazas
(tenor trombone).
UTEP Department of Music
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts
Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 ($3 seniors, military, non UTEP students, free ages 6 and
younger, UTEP students, faculty and staff.
Admission is $8 for faculty recital series shows).
Student, senior, military and faculty/staff and
childrens discounts may apply. Information:
747-5606 or utep.edu/music.
Thursday, May 1: UTEP Symphonic Winds
close their season with potpourri of musical
selections.
Tuesday, May 6: UTEP Symphony Orchestra
presents Sounds of Cinema and Stage.
Thursday, May 8: UTEP Symphony Band
season finale with works by Gustav Holst,
Yosuke Fukuda and Henry Fillmore.
Opera UTEP presents scenes from great
operas, with duets, small ensembles and theatre favorites, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3-4.
Players Choice El Paso Wind
Symphony, directed by Ron Hufstader, closes
its season with some of their favorite selections
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at UTEPs Fox Fine
Arts Recital Hall. Tickets $12.50; $7.50 students (Ticketmaster). Information: 760-5599 or
elpasowindsymphony.com.
LCSO with Janet Sung Las Cruces

Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lonnie Klein,
concludes its Classics series with guest violinist
Janet Sung at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 3-4, at NMSUs Atkinson Music
Recital Hall. Selections include Mendelssohns
Concerto for Violin, Liszts Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 2 and Brahmss Symphony No.
4. Tickets: $35, $40 and $45. Information:
(575) 646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com.
Celebrate Music Mesilla Valley

Chorales spring concert benefiting the theatre
is 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces, featuring including love songs, spirituals, and toe-tappers, as well as special music by
oboist Carl Fels. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10. Information: (575) 647-2560 or
riograndetheatre.com.
El Paso Young Ladies Choir El Paso
Choral Society Youth Choirs Young Ladies
Choir performs 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at
Trinity-First United Methodist Church, 801 N.
Mesa. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, military, disabled; $5 students). Information: 479-0156 or
epchoralsociety.org.
NMSU Department of Music The
annual Honors Recital is 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May

4, at the Atkinson Music Recital Hall at NMSU.
Ticket information: (575) 646-2421 or
nmsu.edu/~music/.
May 2014
Suzuki Talent Education recital

Suzuki Talent Education of El Paso will host its
annual Spring Recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4,
at the Womens Club 1400 N. Mesa, featuring
performances of works by Bach, Beethoven,
Mozart, Tchaikovsky and more by violin, viola
and cello students studying the Suzuki Method,
Admission: $3 ($1 children; free for ages 5 and
younger). Information: 833-8848.
El Paso Summer Music Festival - The
Competition for Young Musicians Finalists
Recital is 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at
University Presbyterian Church, 244 N. Resler.
Admission is free; donations welcome.
Information: 449-0619 or epsmf.org.
EPSYOs finale El Paso Symphony Youth

Orchestras season finale concert is 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, at the Plaza Theatre, with
performances by each of the EPSYOs four
orchestras as well as the El Paso Symphonys
newest outreach program Tocando. EPSYOs
member and Coronado High senior Quinn
Gutierrez will perform Alexander Arutunians
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra.
Tickets: $12 ($7 students, seniors, military).
Information: 525-8978 or epsyos.org.
Young Musicians Recital The finalists

for this years Young Musicians Competition
will perform in recital 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
May 10, at University Presbyterian Church,
244 N. Resler. The public is invited; donations
welcome. Information: 449-0619 or epsmf.org.
Mothers Day with Music Forum El
Paso Music Forum El Paso presents a flute
recital featuring Lisa van Winkle and pianist
Esequiel Meza 2:30 to 4:15 p.m. Sunday, May
11, at the El Paso Museum of Art, One Arts
Festival Plaza. Admission is free. Information:
755-0724 or musicforumelpaso.org.
Ladies and Gentlemen Mesilla Valley

Teen Singers will present their spring concert at
8 p.m. Friday, May 16, at University
Presbyterian Church, 2010 Wisconsin, in Las
Cruces. Admission is free; donations appreciated. Reception to follow. Information: mesillavalleyteensingers.blogspot.com.
New Horizons Symphony The symphony presents its final free band concert of
the season with Mesilla Valley Swing Band at 3
p.m. Saturday, May 17, at NMSUs Aktinson
Recital Hall. Directed by Conductor John
Schutz and Associate Conductor Judy
Bethmann, the symphony consists of 50 musicians mostly age 50 and above. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 522-5571, (575) 5239101 or nhsocruces.com.
Performance includes The Star Spangled
Banner, Trilogy, The Gathering of the Ranks
at Hebron, Sholom Aleichem, The Water is
Wide, Sine Nomine, and A Time to
Dance.
Young El Paso Singers Sock It To Me
concert Young El Paso Singers (Y.E.S),
directed by Dr. Cindy Jay, present a tribute to
1960s Variety Shows 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday,
May 17, at Western Hills United Methodist
Church, 524 Thunderbird. Accompanist is
pianist Ruben Gutierrez. Reception follows performance. Admission is free. Information: 2276002 or youngelpasosingers.org.
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The show, complete with costumes an props,
features music, comedy skits and iconic characters from the 1960s such as Ed Sullivan, Sonny
and Cher, Carol Burnett, the goofy antics of
Laugh-In and more. The singers will also take
a trip back to the groovy world of the Fab Four
and not-so-groovy world of Lawrence Welk
and the King Singers.
EPSYOs Young Artist Piano

Competition El Paso Symphony Youth
Orchestras hosts its 2nd annual competition for

pianists is 3 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Radford
School, 2001 Radford. Pianists ages of 7 to 18
living within 100 miles of the El Paso city limits
are eligible to compete. Information and complete competition rules available online at
epsyos.org. Admission is free. Information: 5258978 or epsyos.org.
Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society

The society presents El Paso Jazz Quartet,
as part of its monthly concert series at 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, at First Christian Church,
1809 El Paseo in Las Cruces. The music begins
immediately after a short business meeting.

Admission: $8 ($5 members; $1 students with
ID). Information: Bob Burns, (575) 525-9333,
bobandmelody@sbcglobal.net or
mvjazzblues.net.
Chamber Music for Winds/Piano

Music Forum El Paso presents Winds of the
Chamber Music Consortium of the Southwest
2:20 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at El Paso
Museum of Arts Auditorium, with Carl Fels,
Oboe; David Ross, Clarinet; Celeste Shearer,
Horn; Page Bartz, Bassoon; and Leah Houpt,
Piano, performing works by Beethoven,
Mozart, Jaques Ibert, Verdi, Ferrer, Joplin,
Yradier and Yokoyama. Admission is free.
musicforumelpaso.org.
Sunland Dance Studio Open House

The open house for the studio at 1769 Victory
Lane is May 2-4, with free dance classes, Wine
Tasting and art. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 1
to 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Information: sunlandballroom.com.
Fridays event include a Flamenco presentation by Danzas Espaolas at 7:30 p.m. followed
by a swing class at 8 p.m. Saturdays events
include a cha-cha class at 3 p.m., merengue
class at 4 p.m. and tango class at 5 p.m.
Sundays events include a country 2-step class
at 2 p.m. and a social dance 2:30 to 5 p.m.
Mothers Day Dance The Forum

Ballroom, 3800 Mattox (at Hawkins and
Montana) hosts a dinner-dance 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, May 10, with live music by
Tejas. Admission: $30; includes dinner, beer and
sodas. Information: 598-4220.
Contra Dance The Southern New

Mexico Music and Dance Societys monthly
contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, May
16, at Mesilla Community Center, 2251 Calle
de Santiago in Las Cruces, with music from,
with music by Big Ditch Crickets of Silver City,
and caller Lonnie Ludeman. The dance begins
with beginners lessons at 7:30 p.m.; no partner
needed. Cost: $6. Information: (575) 522-1691
or snmmds.org.
Chamber music concert Vocalist Kelli

Rumba and UTEP Flautistas perform at 2:30
p.m. Sunday, June 15, at Zion Lutheran
Church, 2800 Pershing. Ticket prices to be
announced. Information: 747-7798.
Rumba will perform Siete canciones populares Espaolas, arranged by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, Cancin en Forma de
Poema, by Spanish composer Joaqun Turina,
and Cuatro Canciones Amatorias, by Joaqun
Rodrigo. She will be accompanied by Margaret
Hagedorn on piano.
UTEP Flautistas, a flute ensemble from the
studio of Melissa Colgin Abeln, will perform
arrangements of classical works by Mozart,
Mendelssohn, and Dvorak as well as the traditional Mexican folk songs La Bamba and La
Bruja.
The contra dances are old-time dances done

in long lines, accompanied by live, Appalachianstyle music.
British Ballet Academy - The academys

annual recital is 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday,
May 17, at the Plaza Theatre, featuring a variety of dance styles. Tickets are needed for
admission and can be picked up at the academy
at 9714 Montana. Information: 591-4472, 4333620 or britishballetonline.com.
Jewells Magical Mystery Show The

We Are One Dance & Drum variety show is
7 p.m. Saturday, May 17, and is open to all
varieties of performing arts, at the Rio Grande
Theater, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
The show will feature such talents as Moninas
High Steppers (a group of seniors), African
Dance and Drum, Mexican dancers, Belly
dancers, and many more. Pre-show begins a
6:30 p.m. Tickets: $10; available at the door.
Information: (575) 639-1616.
Spring Gala Concert Olgas Russian

Ballet School and UTEP present their annual
spring recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at
UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Students will
present classical ballet, modern dance and
opera. Tickets: $8, $10 and $12
(Ticketmaster). Information: 747-5234 or balletelpaso.com.
Mothers and Fathers Dinner and

Bash Dance for Dreams Dinner and
Dance featuring live music by Cuban band
Havana Feeling and El Vejigant is 8 p.m. to 1:30
a.m. Friday, May 23, at Chase Suite Hotel,
6791 Montana. Raffle for7-day Mexico
Vacation. Dinner and music begin at 8 p.m.
with dancing at 9:30 p.m. BYOB. Semi-formal
attire. Tickets (includes dinner): $35 in
advance; $45 at the door; $3 off for active duty
military with ID. Cost without dinner is $20.
Cash only. Information: Deliris Montanez (704)
293-4307 or dancefordreamsfoundation.org.
Dance Extravaganza The Las Cruces

Chamber Ballets annual performance is 6 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, May 29-30, at NMSUs
Atkinson Music Recital Hall in Las Cruces.
Tickets: $15 (Ticketmaster). Information: (575)
527-1893.
Belly Dance classes Belly dance classes

with Nisreen available for all ages at Mind Body
Studio, 631 N. Resler, Suite B201. Nisreen is
trained in Turkey, Egypt and Morocco.
Information/registration: 204-7228.
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Museo del Chamizal Chamizal Park,
All phone numbers listed are in Juarz.
Centro Cultural Paso del Norte Av.

Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the
Red Cross. Information: 1730300 or
ccpn.com.mx (Facebook: ccpnteatro). Tickets
for many events sold at donboleton.com, and
the centers box office.
The Mascarenas Foundation presents Ballet
de Monterrey at 8 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Admission is 120 pesos.
Orquesta Sinfonica UACJ presents Cavalleria
Rusticana at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 24.
Centro Municipal de las Artes Old

City Hall, 16 de Septiembre and Mariscal in the
Zona Centro, Jurez. Information: 613-6983.
Opening at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2: Collective
art exhibition featuring works by Enrique
Gonzalez (sculpture), Waldo Estrada (ceramics), Melisa Lara (painter) and David Zapien
(drawing), who are instructors at CEMA.
Folkloric ballet Fiesta y Tradition, directed
by Lilia Ruvalcaba, is at 11 a.m. Saturdays.
Telon de Arena Theater and cafe is at

Cayetano Lpez #566 Col. Partido La Fuente.
Information: 6119545, telondearena.org.
Bubble Gum by Pilo Galindo will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday, May
2-4. Admission: 60 and 100 pesos.
Centro de Convenciones Cuatro Siglos
Cuatro Siglos Boulevard at Arizona. The
Nerds Assembly Anime Convention is noon
to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4.
Admission: 40 pesos.
Estadio Juarez Vive The new baseball

stadium is on Reforma Avenue across from the
Electric Company. National music legends
Emmanuel and Mijares perform in concert at 8
and 11 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Admission is 550
to 2500 pesos.
Hardpop Rio Grande Mall parking lot

(across from Adolfo de la Huerta). Electronic
music featured, with these DJs on Saturdays:
May 3: Technasia and PleasureKraft. May 10:
Robbie Akbal. May 17: M.A.N.D.Y. May 31:
Francesca Lombardo. June 7: Leon.
Information: thehardpop.com.
Cinco de Mayo Parade The parade,
commemorating the heroic 1862 Battle of
Puebla in which the Mexican Army defeated
French forces, begins at 11 a.m. Monday, May
5, at the corner of 16 de Septiembre and
Gregorio M. Solis, one block away from
Americas Avenue.
Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera
(MUREF) Old Customs House, Zona
Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave. Jurez.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Information: muref.org.
A reenactment of the Toma de Cd. Jurez,
commemorating the key battle of the Mexican
Revolution that defeated federal forces in
Jurez, is at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday,
May 8-10, in front of the museum.
Showing all month: A tribute to Alfredo
Lopez Austin, a 78-year-old scholar born in
Jurez who was devoted to the study of ancient
civilizations of Mexico. The exhibit includes
photos, his books, his achievements and recognitions by several universities.
Auditorio Benito Jurez Ignacio

Ramirez and Vicente Guerrero, one block from
Parque Borunda.
May 2014
Hugo Cortez, the local Juan Gabriel impersonator who has performed his show for 30 years,
will be featured at 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday, May
10, with singer Lily and dance company.
Admission is 150 to 500 pesos.
Jurez. The museum features archaeological

and historic exhibits. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Information:
611-1048.
Showing all month:
A retrospective of the art of Miguel Angel
Moreno, paying tribute to one of the longest
career artists in Jurez.

Sentimientos Reciclados (Recycled
Feelings), an art exhibition by modernist painter
Veronica Rico.
Jurez correspondent Walter Schaefer
2 022988 (cobracollectionag@hotmail.com
or walteraleisterschaefer@gmail.com)
Cibeles Convention Center Av. Toms

Fernndez 8450, Zona Campestre.
Mothers Day events are Saturday, May 10,
with breakfast buffet beginning at 8 a.m. and
dinner buffet at noon at the Terrace Garden
with live music. Information: cibeles.com.mx,
or call 6253363 or 6250267; from the U.S., call
(915) 235-1406.
Centro de Convenciones Las Anitas
Waterfill zone. Information: 6821486 or
6820693. Fidel Rueda and Adab Romero perform at 8 p.m. Friday, May 16. Tickets are 100
to 750 pesos.
Plaza De La Mexicanidad The plaza by

the X monument is at Boulevard 4 Siglos and
Plutarco Elias Calles. Recrearte en el Barrio,
with music and dance theatre, is 6 to 10 p.m.
Friday, May 16. Presented by the local government and the Mascarenas Foundation.
Museo del INBA Circuito Jose Reyes

Estrada, Zona Pronaf. Admission is free.
Information: 616-7414. The museum marks its
50th anniversary this year, with two exhibitions:
Photos, documents, museum plans and other
works by famed architect Pedro Ramirez
Vazquez, who designed and built the museum.
Abstraccion y Sicodelia, the art in Mexico of
the 1960s.
A Day at the Museum is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 17: Guided tours and workshops for children and families.
Alianza Francesa de Cd. Jurez Calle

Tlaxcala #2644 Col. Margaritas (at Ignacio
Ramirez). Information: 6391011 (Tania Bonfil)
or ciudadjuarez.af.org.mx. The local chapter of
the international Alliance Francaise celebrates
its 13th anniversary at 7 p.m. Saturday, May
24. Bring cold dishes or beverages to share.
Estadio Jaime Canales Lira Av. Vicente
Guerrero at Gregorio M. Solis. Conjunto
Primavera performs their hits at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 24. Tickets: 130 pesos.
La Rodadora The interactive childrens

museum is in the citys Parque Central. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays
and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission: 65 pesos (around $5). Theater
admission: 30 pesos ($2.50 US). Theater/museum combo is 79 pesos ($6.25 US). Information:
52-656-558-2415 or larodadora.org.
Bazar Del Monumento The weekly
bazaar is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays at the
Benito Jurez Monument downtown, Vicente
Guerrero and Constitucion Avenues. Art,
antiques, books and more sold and traded.
El Rincon De Ana Lucia The cafgallery is at Blvd Tomas Fernandez 8215-2A

(lower level in front of Torres Campestre building). Showing all month: Art of Miguel Angel
Moreno, Javier Azaeta and Manuel Pia, among
others.
Gimnasio Josue Neri Santos Av.
Mariscal at Maria Martinez, downtown. Bikini
Football featuring players from the
Iberoamerican League is at 7 p.m. Saturday,
May 31. Admission: 100 to 750 pesos.
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and small amp; drums, bass amp and PA provided. Admission is free. Information: 544-4795.
Alfresco! Fridays The 12th season of

free outdoor summer concerts are 6 p.m.
Fridays, May 2-Sept. 19, at their new location
at Convention Center Plaza. Presented by the
El Paso Convention and Performing Arts
Centers and the El Paso Convention and
Visitors Bureau, and sponsored by FirstLight
Federal Credit Union. No outside food or beverages, or pets allowed. Information: 534-0633
or alfrescofridays.com.
May 2: Sorry About Your Sister (rockabilly)
May 9: Radio La Chusma (Latin, reggae)
May 16: PT & The Cruisers (classic rock)
May 23: Brown Betty (classic rock)
BBQ Blues Band The blues band hosts
May 30: Fixed Idea (Latin ska).

June 6: Trailer Band (country rock)
Jazz Unlimited Big Band The jazz

band presents its 10th annual concert at 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, at St. Marks United Methodist
Church, 5005 Love Road. Suggested donation:
$5. Information: 637-4569.
El Pasos own Grammy Award-nominee jazz

saxophonist, Mack Goldsbury, is featured
soloist with rock, Latin and standard Jazz selections.
Abe Mac Band Desert Crossing Live and

El Afan Tequila presents a free concert with the
El Paso country band Abe Mac Band at 8 p.m.
Friday, May 9, on the patio at Ardovinos
Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Dr. in Sunland
Park. Free tequila tasting at 6 p.m. Information:
(575) 589-0653.
Flamenco Duende Gitano La Tierra

Cafe, 1731 Montana, presents the dinner show
at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Doors open at
6:15 p.m.; dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets:
$34 in advance; $37 at the door. Seating is limited. Information/reservations: 533-8890 or
latierracafe.com.
ShaVonne and The Vibe El Paso

Friends of Jazz presents an electronic blend of
contemporary jazz, soul and R&B at 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, at Ardovinos Desert
Crossings Sunset Hall, One Ardovino Drive in
Sunland Park, as part of the regular meeting.
Performance is open the public, no membership needed. Admission is free. Information:
(575) 589-0653 (Ardovinos) or elpasofriendsofjazz.org.
Colorado Banjo virtuoso Jeff Scrogginss all

star bluegrass band performs at 7 p.m. Friday,
May 23, at Hillsboro Community Center, 316
Elenore, in Hillsboro, N.M (next to Union
Church). Cost: $5 donation. Information: or 1800-676-5622 or blackrange.org.
The band features Jeffs son Tristin Scroggins
on mandolin, vocals by frontman Greg Blake,
twice nominated for Traditional Male Vocalist of
the Year and a five-time winner of SPBGMAs
Guitarist of the Year, and fiddle player Annie
Savage, a conservatory-trained musician and
vocalist.
Rodney Atkins The country music star
kicks off the summers Let Freedom Sing concert series at 7 p.m. Friday, May 23, at Fort
Blisss Freedom Crossings event lawn, with
opening act Rose Falcom. No coolers or outside food and beverages permitted. Chairs permitted on concrete areas only. The public is
welcome; early arrival is encouraged.
Information: 564-5311 or freedomcrossingatfortbliss.com.
Atkins has released four studio albums since
his debut in 2003 and has six No. 1 singles
including Take a Back Road, Farmers
Daughter, Watching You, Its America and
If Youre Going Through Hell.
80 Days Around The World Crystal

Lotus hosts the steampunk style Burlesque and
Variety show and dance 8 to 1 p.m. Saturday,
May 24, at Pasha Nightclub, 201 N. Stanton,
with guests The Brotherhood of Burlesque of
Colorado Springs. Other performances by
M.O.D. Tribal (belly dance), Anthurium
DarkFusion, Siren Saint Sin, Feisty Baudelaire,
Fannie Incognito, and more. Audience encouraged to dress in their steampunk best. Tickets:
$10; available at Crystal Lotus School of
Burlesque Arts or holdmyticket.com.
Information: 777-1025 or crystallotussoba.com.
Kings X Blues Jam Blackjack and Full

Circle hosts free blues-only jams 8 p.m. to midnight the first and third Wednesday of the
month at Kings X, 4119 N. Mesa. Bring a guitar
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free open blues jam sessions 7 to 10 p.m. every

Thursday, at Iron Horse Saloon, 4930 Hondo
Pass. Musicians should bring their own amps
and musical instruments; PA provided.
Information: 244-0758 or on Facebook at
bbqblues.
Feel Your Love video release A

release party for Ellen Wilsons latest music
video, Feel Your Love, is 7 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, at Freedom Crossing at Fort
Bliss. Food and Drinks will be provided by
Freedom Crossing Eateries Smash Burgers,
Texas Roadhouse, Buffalo Wild Wings and
Shamrocks, with entertainment by Darrin and
Keris DJ/Karaoke. Admission is free.
ellenwilson.com.
The video was filmed on location on Fort Bliss
and El Paso, and will be shown at 8, 9 and 10
p.m. Wilson will perform live with
producer/keyboardist T.L. Brown.
Iron Horse Variety Music Jam Full
Circle and Blackjack hosts free jam sessions 8
to 11:30 p.m. the second and fourth
Wednesday of the month at Iron Horse Saloon,
4930 Hondo Pass. All styles of music welcome.
Small amp, bass amp and drums PA provided.
Information: 751-6064 or on facebook at Full
Circle El Paso Texas.
Muddy Hands Blues Band The band
hosts a benefit concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, June

7, at Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N.
Main. Details to be announced. Information:
(575) 522-5552 or wildmesquite.org.
Ardovinos Live Music Ardovinos

Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Dr. in Sunland
Park, hosts live music at 8 p.m. every Friday
and Saturday. Information: (575) 589-0653.
May 2: Tiffany Christopher
May 3: Jesse Sullivan
May 9: The Abe Mac Bad (see separate listing)
May 10: Jaimielynn Amato
May 16: Breezy Cade
May 17: Colin McAllister
May 23: Derrick Harris Band
May 24: Candice Reyes
May 30: Alison Reynolds Duo
May 31: Chris Oliver.
Friday at The Fire Fort Blisss Freedom

Crossing hosts free live music featuring local
performers 6 to 11 p.m. Fridays, at the outdoor fireplace. Information: 564-5311 or freedomcrossingatfortbliss.com.
May 2: 1st Armored Division Latin Band
May 9: Mainstreet (rock)
May 16: Sobredosis del Sabor
(salsa/merengue)
May 30: Joe Barron Band (country)
Howling Coyote Coffeehouse The
open mic event is 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, at

Center for Spiritual Living, 575 N. Main, on Las
Cruces Downtown Main Street. Signup begins
at 6:30 p.m. This community event (with its
stage, lighting, and sound system run by professional sound guy Skip Connelley) is on the First
Fridays of the month. Information: Bob Burns,
(575) 525-9333 or
bobandmelody@sbcglobal.net.
The Howling Coyote is open to acoustic
musicians, poets, storytellers, and singer/songwriters, and is free and open to the public for
material that is family-friendly. Coffee, soft
drinks and snacks available.
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La Parada The indoor/outdoor monthly
music series is 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at the

San Carlos Building, 501 Texas. Admission: $5,
ages 18 and older welcome. Information: facebook/laparadaep.com.
La Parada is an ongoing music, art and social
party held the first Friday of the month.
La Vias Music On the Patio La Via

Winery in La Union, 4201 S. NM Highway 28,
one mile north of Vinton Road, hosts live music
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on selected Saturdays and
Sundays May 4-Sept. 7, featuring folk, country
and rock n roll from Live By Request.
Picnics are allowed, but beverages must be
purchased from the winery. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 882-7632.
Upcoming performances are May 4, 11 and
25, and June 8, 15 and 22.
Ballroom Marfa B108 E. San Antonio in

Marfa, Texas. Information: (432) 729-3600 or
ballroommarfa.org.
Avey Tares Slasher Flicks hosts a free performance at 9 p.m. Monday, May 5, in celebration of their new album Enter The Slasher
House.
State Line Music Series West Texas

Food Bank and State Line Restaurant, 1222
Sunland Park Drive presents the Rudolph
Chevrolet-Honda-Mazda-Volkswagen outdoor
concert series 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays
through June 25. Admission is free age 21 and
older welcome. All customers asked to bring
non-perishable food donation or monetary
donation for the West Texas Food Bank.
Information: 581-3371, WTxFoodBank.org or
countyline.com.
May 7: Cory Morrow
May 14: Adam Hood
May 21: Bri Bagwell
May 28: Maddison Livingston
June 4: Jason Boland and the Stragglers
Zin Valle Free Music Sundays Zin

Valle vineyard, 7315 Hwy 28 in Canutillo (3/4
mile north of FM 259), hosts free live music 1
to 4 p.m. on selected Sundays. Guests may also
enjoy wine tastings. Information: 877-4544 or
zinvalle.com.
May 11: Julio Ortiz
May 25: Dusty Low
June 8: James Springer
June 22: Dan Lambert Double Drum Trio
Every Other Tuesday Doa Ana Arts
Council hosts a variety of musical performances
6:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at the historic
Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Las
Cruces. Suggested donation: $2. Information:
(575) 523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
May 13: O & Company
May 27: Bravo Bassoons
1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive),
Sunland Park, N.M.
Live music is offered 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays
and Saturdays and Mariachi 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Sundays in the Franklins Lounge. No cover.
Information: (575) 874-5200.
Disco with local DJs is 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Sundays. Karaoke offered with Rock The
House 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Thursday.
Weekly winners receive gift bag with prizes.
Railroad Blues 504 W. Holland, Alpine,

Texas. Most performances begin at 9 p.m.
Admission: $8, unless otherwise listed.
railroadblues.com.
May 2014
Wednesday, April 30: Red Elvises.

Saturday, May 3: Cinco de Mayo party with
los Pinche Gringos
Saturday, May 10: Doodlin Hogwallops
Thursday, May 15: Adrian and the Sickness
Saturday, May 17: The Resonators
Saturday, May 24: Mike and the Moonpies
Friday, June 6: Sideshow Tragedy.
Padres Marfa 209 W. El Paso Street in

Marfa, Texas. Admission is free, unless otherwise listed. Information/show times: 432-7294425 or padresmarfa.com.
Thursday, May 1: Destruction Unit
Friday, May 2: Magpie
Tuesday, May 6: Mirror Travel
Thursday, May 22: Moondogs. Tickets to be
announced.
Padres Memorial Day Anniversary Party is
Friday through Monday, May 23-26, with headliners Doug Moreland (Friday)and Ice Balloons
and Babes (Saturday). Sunday and Monday
music and ticket prices to be announced.
Saturday, May 31: David Dondero. Tickets
to be announced.
Tuesday, June 10: Chad and Meatbodies
Thursday, July 3: Ash Borer and Hell.
Folk Fury KTEP, 88.5 FM, features three

hours of acoustic and folk music with an
emphasis on recordings by local musicians and
occasional live appearances by them from 7
to 10 p.m. Saturdays. Hosts are Dan Alloway
and Gregg Carthy. Requests: 747-5153.
El Paso Comic Strip 1201 Airway.

Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $6 Wednesday and Thursday, $12
Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday, unless listed
otherwise; available at ticketweb.com.
Information, reservations: 779-LAFF (5233) or
laff2nite.com.
Comedy hypnotist The Sandman performs
April 30-May 4; with extreme adult show at 8
p.m. Sunday).
Teo Gonzalez The veteran Mexican
standup comic performs a Spanish language
show at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at The
Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $29.50. $39.50, $49.50
and $55 (Ticketmaster).
Gonzalez is well known for his impressions of
Mexicos biggest entertainers, such as Vincente
Fernandez and Juan Gabriel and his storytelling.
El Pasos Funniest Comedian

Competition LaughterHours Comedy is
giving El Paso comics a chance to be voted the
funniest in El Paso with three nights of live
competition. Winner will receive $1,000 and a
trip for two to Las Vegas. Admission: $5 per
night; $10 for all three nights. Information: 7808425 or laughterhourscomedy.com.
Rounds are 9 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, May
27, at Jacks Beach House, 11240 Montwood;
Thursday, May 29, at Leos Downtown
Cantina, 315 Mills, and Sunday, June 1, at El
Paso Comic Strip, 1201 Airway. The final round
will be decided by one-third crowd vote, twothirds judges vote.
Comedy Night at The Red Room

Refried Comedy EP host free standup comics
8:30 to 10 p.m. every Tuesday, at the Red
Room Bar, 317 E Mills, with comics from El
Paso and Las Cruces. Information: 532-0466 or
on facebook at RefriedElPaso.
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El Paso Zoo 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo summer entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
daily. Zoo admission is $10 for ages 13 to 61;
$7.50 for ages 62 and older and active duty military (including spouse) with ID; $6 ages 3 to
12; and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo members admitted free. Information: 532-8156,
521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.
New to the zoo is the Foster Tree House
Playground, five tree houses blended into a natural setting for kids of all ages.
This years zoo camp, Oce-sloth runs June
9-Aug. 8, focusing on the worlds of sloth and
the ocelot. Five-day sessions are 9 a.m. to noon
for ages 6-10. Cost: $100 ($90 campers).
Giraffe Encounter feedings are 11 to 11:30
a.m. and 2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Tokens are $2 each; available at the encounter
site starting at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
African Star Train ride tickets are $2 plus tax
($1.50 for children and society members).
Asian Elephant Training Encounters scheduled
at noon daily.
Birdathon The El Paso/Trans-Pecos

Audubon Society is sponsoring its annual weekend of birding and fundraising Saturday and
Sunday, May 3-4. Volunteers raise money by

collecting pledges for each species spotted during the two days. Participating sponsors and
counters will be eligible for drawings and
prizes. Information: Jane Fowler, 598-2448.
Las Cruces Tour of Gardens The 19th

annual Las Cruces Tour of Gardens hosted by
Desert Daubers and Mesilla Valley Garden
Clubs of Las Cruces is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, at six Las Cruces area gardens. Visitors may begin the tour in any garden;
signs will identify the gardens. No toilet facilities available at the homes on the tour.
Children should be supervised, as many plants
are fragile and some may be poisonous.
Tickets: $7 (free for children 12 and younger).
Available in advance (beginning April 8) at
Ashley Furniture Home Store, 3299 Del Rey;
Boudreau Jewelers and Gallery, 2001 E.
Lohman.; Emerald Isle, 1701 Calle de Mercado;
Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla;

Glen Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo; Guzmans
Garden Center Color Your World, 540 Telshor
and from garden club members. Tickets also
available during the tour all garden sites.
Information: (575) 521-0521.
Complimentary refreshments available at one
of the gardens, and drawings for gate prizes.
Dona Ana County Extension Service Master
Gardeners will be available in each garden to
answer questions.
Natural History Outings The

Southwest Environmental Center of Las Cruces
offers its spring Back by Noon Saturday field
trip of the season departing at 7:45 a.m. selected Saturdays from the center at 275
Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. The family-friendly outings showcase some of natural features of
the Las Cruces/El Paso area led by an regional
expert in wildlife, plant life, art or other field.
Hikes range in difficulty from easy to strenuous. Bring sturdy shoes, water and a hat.
Binoculars recommended. The outings are
open to the public, but space is limited; half of
slots in each trip reserved for center members.
Advance registration required.
Information/reservations: (575) 522-5552. Hike
details available online at wildmesquite.org.
May 3: Birding hike at Leasburg State Park
May 24: Slot Canyon near Radium Springs.
The Southwest Environmental Center is a Las
Cruces membership-based organization that
protects and restores native wildlife and habitats in the Southwestern borderlands.
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Recreation Department hosts a series of free

monthly instructional workshops co-hosted by
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Workshops are
4 to 5:30 p.m. Fridays at the Multipurpose
Recreation Center (Dance Room), 9031
Viscount, taught by the Extension Horticulturist
and El Paso Master Gardeners.
Participants may only register for one session
at a time. Information/registration: 541-4331.
May 9: Plant Propagation
June 6: Bugs in your Garden
Full Moon Nights White Sands National

Monument, 15 miles southwest of Alamogordo,
N.M., on U.S. 70, hosts monthly full moon programs during the summer and fall months.
Entrance fee: $3 age 17 and older. Free for children. Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236 or
(575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to
nps.gov/whsa.
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Skins, Skulls and Scat The Past and Present

Animals of White Sands presentation by
Ranger Robin is 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 14.
1st Armored Division Old Ironsides Band
Shock Action performs R&B, Hip Hop, old
school rap, classic and alt rock and more 8:30
p.m. Thursday, June 12.
Picacho Hills Garden Tour The Artists

of Picacho Hills and Picacho Hill Gardeners
host the Art in Picacho Hills Gardens Tour 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18, in the Picacho
Hills neighborhood off W. Picacho (W. Hwy 70)
between the Rio Grande bridge and I-10 in Las
Cruces. Each garden will have the juried work
of 3 or 4 artists on display. The six gardens will
feature a variety of plants from flowers to exotic cacti artwork. Admission is free. Information
(575) 523-1740 or artistsofpicachohills.com.
To get there: turn onto Picacho Hills Drive
and pick up garden maps at each garden. Red
flags mark the gardens.
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society

The societys general meeting is 7 p.m.
Monday, May 19, at UTEPs Centennial
Museum. Rick LoBello will talk about the
Mexican Wolf and the recovery program.
Admission is free. Non-members welcome;
refreshments served. Information: Scott Cutler,
581-6071 or trans-pecos-audubon.org.
Field trips are free and open to the public.
Bring lunch, water, binoculars and a scope. Call
for details and reservations on all weekend
trips. Information: Mark Perkins, 637-3521.
A Percha Dam and Caballo Dam trip to look
for vermilion flycatchers and summer tanagers,
as well as water birds departs at 6:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 17, from southwest corner of
Outlet Shoppes of El Paso,I-10 and
Transmountain. Fee for both areas is $5.
A Memorial Day weekend trip to Cave
Creek at Sierra Vista, Arizona is May 23-26, to
see trogons and hummers.
Mustard Seed Garden Training The

faith-based, pay-what-you-can caf is at 1140
St. Vrain (at Arizona). Regular hours are 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays.
Information: 440-SEED (7333), mustardseedcafe.org or on Facebook (mustardseedcafe.ep).
The Mustard Seeds Community Garden area
will offer training at 10 a.m. on first, third and
fifth Saturdays and 1 p.m. first, third and fifth
Wednesdays. Education classes are 11 a.m.
every other Tuesday in the cafe.
Municipal Rose Garden The garden at

3418 Aurora (at Copia), is open to the public 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through October, except
for official holidays. The garden has many types
of roses at the sprawling park area with a
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waterfall, shade canopy and many other amenities. Admission is free. Information/rentals: El
Paso Parks and Recreation, 541-4331.
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic

Site The site is famed for many Native
American rock paintings and unique geology.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission: $7
(free for children 12 and younger). Additional
activity cost for tours (including morning hike):
$2 (free for age 4 and younger). Information:
857-1135 or texasstateparks.gov. Reservations
are recommended for the self-guided area and
for camping: (512) 389-8900.
Tours offered Wednesday through Sunday, by
prior arrangement at 849-6684. Pets not
allowed. Birding tours are 8 a.m. on the third
Saturday of the month. Advance sign-up
encouraged.
To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S.
Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco
Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775.
North Mountain is available for self-guided
day use, for up to 70 people at a time; reservations recommended. There is an annual orientation program for visitors. Call for reservations
and other information: 857-1135.
Franklin Mountains State Park Most

hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the
Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on the
west side of the park (east of I-10).
Entry fee is $5 per person, free for age 12 and
under (with family). Correct cash or check
only. Group rates available. Hours are 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441 or on facebook at FranklinMountainsSP.
International Astronomy Day program is 7
p.m. Saturday, May 3.
Mothers Day Yoga on the Rocks session is
10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 4.
Fourth annual National Kids to Parks Day
events begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 17.
Guided hikes are offered selected weekends.
Cost is $3 ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free), plus $5
park entry fee for ages 13 and older. Bring
water, snacks, sturdy shoe/boots, hiking stick,
maps and binoculars. Dogs welcome on leash
on some hikes. Reservations required: 5666441 ext. 221 224 or
erika.rubio@tpwd.state.tx.us or
adrianna.weickhardt@tpwd.state.tx.us.
A Bark in Park dog hike and picnic is 8 a.m.
Sunday, May 4.
Mothers Day Hike is 10 a.m. Saturday, May
10.
Beginner Mountain Bike Rides are 8 a.m.
Sunday, May 11 and 18, at Chuck Heinrich
Park (Northeast El Paso)
A Womens Beginner bike workshop is 8 a.m.
Saturday, May 31.
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park UTEPs

Center for Environmental Resource
Management offers free guided walking tours
and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands
Area hiking websites A variety of

organizations in the El Paso/Las Cruces area
offers hiking opportunities. Hikes typically are
rated as easy, moderate, or strenuous. Solo or
new hikers are welcome.
Meetup.com offers a variety of groups for all
activities, including the El Paso hiking meetup
club (meetup.com/El-Paso-Hiking) and the Las
Cruces hiking meetup club (meetup.com/hiking-261)
El Paso Ridgewalkers The group posts its
hikes at elpasoridgewalkers.com. Or contact
Carol Brown at 630-1424.
Celebrations of Our Mountains now offers an
ongoing calendar of hiking and related events at
celebrationofourmountains.org/
Elpasonaturally is a blog by Jim Tolbert on
various environmental topics and includes information about Sunrise Hikers morning events.
Information: elpasonaturally.blogspot.com or
diegotolbert@gmail.com.
The El Paso chapter of the Sierra Club posts
its hikes at sierraclub.org/elpaso.
Outdoorelpaso.com offers an interactive
map, of El Paso County hiking and running
trails, calendar of events and more.
Information: 546-2098 or epcounty.com.
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Park in El Pasos Mission Valley. Tours last about

two hours. Information: 747-8663 or riobosque.org.
Bird tour is 7 a.m. Saturday, May 10, to coincide with annual return of painted buntings.
Workday is 8 a.m. Saturday, May 17.
Introductory tour is 8 a.m. Sunday, May 18.
Faunal Monitoring is 7 a.m. Saturday, May 24.
Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside
Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan
American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.
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Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso

Desert Botanical Garden 4200
Doniphan (across from Frontera). Hours are 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission: $3 (free for members). Information:
584-0563, keystoneheritagepark.org or elpasobotanicalgardens.org.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park

5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. All events free
with park admission, unless listed otherwise.
Hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday; call for seasonal variations. Day use
fee: $5 per vehicle ($40 annual pass).
Information: (575) 523-4398.
Bring binoculars, water, sunscreen and wear
hiking shoes for all events.
Audubon Bird Walks are 7:15 a.m. Saturdays,
led by park volunteers.
Ranger-led Nature Hikes are 2:30 p.m.
Sundays.
Fitness in Nature walks with the Second
Chance Walker Program are 8:30 a.m. every
Saturday beginning at the Visitor Center.
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Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park

The park, part of Asombro Institute for Science
Education, is northeast of Las Cruces, off
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SUNLAND ART GALLERY

Through May: Members Show GARDENS OF MY MIND
May Featured A rtis t: Marji Carrasco.
Reception in honor of her 90th birthday is 5-8 pm Saturday, May 24.
Now accepting submissions for June show, Have Palette, Will Travel, open to all artists
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Jornada Road. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575)
524-3334 or asombro.org.
Aguirre Spring Campground The

Organ Mountain recreational area is off U.S. 70
about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Fifty-five
family camping and picnic sites, plus two group
areas. Day-use fee is $3 per vehicle.
The Baylor Pass (hiking and horseback riding)
and Pine Tree (hiking) trails begin at the campground. Information, group reservations: (575)
525-4300.
Dripping Springs Natural Area The

recreational area is at the base of the Organ
Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road
(the eastern extension of University Avenue),
about 10 miles east of Las Cruces. The area,

run by the federal Bureau of Land Management
in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy,
includes the A.B. Cox Visitors Center, several
hiking trails, and La Cueva Picnic Area.
The visitor center is open 8 a.m. to7 p.m. for
the summer months. Access to the main trail to
Dripping Springs is 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets allowed
(except for assistance animals). Information:
(575) 522-1219.
White Sands National Monument

The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles
southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70.
The monument is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
through May 16; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 17-Sept.
2. Visitor Center Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
through May 18; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 19-Sept.
28. Entrance fee: $3 age 17 and older. Free for
children. Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236
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Sunset strolls are offered daily at 6:45 p.m.
through May 16; 7 p.m. May 17-Aug. 3.
Step in the Past Ranger talk on the areas cultural history is 1 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Salinas
Pueblo Mission National Monument ranger Billy
Weinman presents A Salty Tale: History of Salt
Mining in the Tularosa Basin. Program fee is $3
($1.50 children, America the Beautiful Seniors
and Access Pass holders).
Full Moon Hike is 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 13.
Reservations required (online only) starting two
weeks ahead of hike. Cost: $5; $2.50 age 15
and young, plus monument entrance fees.
The first Full Moon Night event of 2014 is 8
p.m. Wednesday, May 14, with Skins, Skulls
and Scat The Past and Present Animals of
White Sands presentation by Ranger Robin.
Skins and Skulls mammal identification talks
are 3 p.m. weekends through May 23 and daily
May 24-Sept. 1 in the Visitor Center.
Patio talks are 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays through May 23 and daily May 24-Sept.
1 in the center courtyard.
park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the

Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:
(575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.
Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; tours
available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Last entry into
cave via natural entrance is 2 p.m. with last
entry into cave via elevator 3:30 p.m. through
Memorial Day. Hours beginning May 23: 8 a.m.
to 7 p.m. daily; last entry via natural entrance is
at 3:30 p.m.; via elevator at 5 p.m.
Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2
hours for Big Room tour. Cost is $6 ($3 for
ages 6-15 or seniors with discount card). The
parks audio self-guided tour is $3 extra (also
available in Spanish
Other guided tours are available; call or check
website for details.
The bat season generally lasts from late May
through mid-October. Daily bat flight talks
(about 15 minutes long) are offered just before
sunset at the amphitheatre outside the natural
entrance. Then bats willing visitors are
treated to the sunset spectacle of clouds of bats
flying out of the cave entrance.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National

Monument 44 miles north of Silver City
on NM Highway 15. Entrance fee: $3 per person; $10 per family. Information: (575) 5369461 or nps.gov/gicl.
The trail to the cliff dwellings is open from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. year round. Everyone must be
off the trail by 5 p.m. Visitor center is open 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Guided tours offered daily at
11 a.m.; participants should arrive at the trailhead contact station by 10:30.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park

110 miles east of El Paso on the way to
Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the
highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749
feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good
for one week and all trails. Hours are 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Camping is $8 per site per night.
Information: (915) 828-3251.
New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee

is $5 when visiting any state park. Camping
fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for developed
site (electrical hookup $4 extra). All programs
are free with park entrance, unless otherwise
listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or
nmparks.com.
Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of
Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff.
Information: (575) 437-8284.
A night sky viewing of the Crescent Moon and
Jupiter is 8:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 3.
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Heritage Preservation Day activities are 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 10.
City of Rocks State Park, north of Deming off
U.S. 180. Information: (575) 536-2800. A
Rattlesnake Myths presentation is 3 to 4 p.m.
every Saturday.
A star party hosted by Matt Wilson of the
National Public Observatory is 9 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, at the Gene and Elizabeth
Simon Observatory.
Rockhound State Park, 5 miles south of
Deming on SR 11 and east on Rockhound Road
(State Road 141) for 9 miles. Day use hours:
7:30 a.m. to sunset. Information: (575) 5466182 or (575) 744-5998.
Music in the Park is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May
17. Performer to be announced.
Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus, N.M.,
State Roads 11 and 9. Day use hours: 7 a.m. to
9 p.m. Information: (575) 531-2711.
Mesilla Valley Bosque Park 5000 Calle del
Norte, Mesilla. Guided bird tours are first
Saturday of every month. See separate listing
for other events.
Caballo Lake State Park, 60 miles north of
Las Cruces on Interstate 25. Information: (575)
527-8386.
Elephant Butte Located off Hwy 195.
Information: (575) 744-5923.
Sailboat Regattas hosted by Rio Grande Yacht
Club are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, May 3-4, and Saturday, May 17.
The River Clean-Up is 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 17, with presentations, hot dogs
and refreshments after the cleanup.
Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs,
two miles off Interstate 25 at Exit 19.
Information: (575) 5244068.
Day use hours: 7 a.m. to sunset.
A Music and Meteors event with live music
performances and Linean Meteor Shower viewing is 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 24.
Alameda Park Zoo Alameda Park, 1321

North White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70),
Alamogordo. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Admission: $2.50 ($1.50 ages 3-11 and 60 and
older; free for ages 2 and younger).
Information: (575) 439-4290.
The oldest zoo in the Southwest (established
in 1898) is part of the park that lines
Alamogordos main highway. The zoo covers
about 12 acres, with about 250 exotic and
indigenous animals.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State

Park 1504 Miehls Drive N., Carlsbad, N.M.
Admission: $5 ($3 ages 7-12; free for 6 and
under). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last entry
at 3:30 p.m.). Information: (575) 887-5516.
A full moon Mothers Day walk is 7:45 to 8:15
p.m. Sunday, May 11. Music by Mariachi Unido
precedes the walk at 6:30 p.m.
Endangered Species Day activities are 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Learn about the
four endangered species of the Chihuahuan
Desert.
A star party is 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday,
May 24, to look at the planets Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn, with laser tour at 9:30 p.m.
The zoo features animals native to the
Chihuahuan Desert, in natural desert surroundings. A large greenhouse is devoted to succulents and cactus from around the world. The
headquarters building includes exhibits on minerals, history, archaeology and other subjects.
Sitting Bull Falls The scenic area in the

Lincoln National Forest is seven miles southwest of NM 137 on Forest Route 276. The
130-foot falls is one of the highest in New
Mexico. Features a picnic area and wheelchairaccessible trails. Entry fee: $5 per car (day use
only). Information: (575) 885-4181.
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NM Rails-To-Trails Association The

associations annual meeting is 7 p.m. Friday,
May 2, at The Lodges Pavilion, 199 Curlew, in
Cloudcroft, N.M. Guest speaker Dr. Bill
Boverie will give a live characterization of
William A. Hawkins, attorney for the Eddy
Brothers. Refreshments served at 6 p.m.
Admission is free, and the public is invited.
Information: (575) 434-1949, (575) 520-9724
or nmrailstotrails.org.
Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society
and Haunted History Tours are $10,
unless otherwise listed. The nonprofit organization offers a variety of ghost tours each
month. Age 13 and older welcome.
Information: 274-9531 or ghosts915.com.
The society and Pagan Pride host a Divini-Tea
May Day celebration 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May
3, at the 915Ghosts Paranormal Research
Center, 108 E. San Antonio, with psychic
readings, art displays and New Age items for
sale. Cost for readings is $20; includes two
readings, tea and small plate of food.
Free Hole Slam presents El Paso Ghost
Stories at 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the center.
Ghost tour of San Elizario Historic District is
10 p.m. to midnight Friday, May 2. Meet at the
Golden Eagle Gallery, 1501 Main at 9:30 p.m.
Concordia Cemetery Ghost Tours are 9 to
11 p.m. Saturday, May 3 and 10, at the cemetery. Bring a camera. Meet at 8:30 p.m. at the
Yandell entrance. Bring a canned of dried food
item for $5 off tour cost.
Downtown Ghost Tours are 9 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, May 17 and 24. Meet at 8:30 p.m. in
front of the Downtown Main Library
(Cleveland Square) next to the El Paso Museum
of History. This months tour will go inside the
remains of the Palace Saloon, as well as the
societys new office at the Wigwam Saloon.
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Contains adult situations, offensive history and

some adult language. The May 24 tour coincides with the Downtown Arts Districts Last
Thursdays Art Walk.
A Downtown Ghost Tour fundraiser for El
Maida Shrine is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 15.
Cost; $10 per person.
Sky Stories, Ancient and Modern

Native American storyteller Alex Mares and
astronomer Francisco Carreto-Parra interweave Native American stories of the sun,
moon, and stars and knowledge of the cosmos
with astronomical knowledge from ancient
people and modern science 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain Road. Local
astronomers will provide telescopes for public
viewing. Admission: $2 (free for museum members); advance reservations required, seating
and parking limited. Information: 755-4332 or
guidamr@elpasotexas.gov.
A presentation on the highlights of the development of astronomical science across many
cultures is 7 p.m.; with telescope observing at 8
p.m., storytelling at 8:30 p.m. and constellation
interpretation at 9 p.m.
History Notes Lecture Series The
monthly program is 1 to 2 p.m. the second
Thursday of each month at the Branigan
Cultural Center, 501 N. Main, north end of the
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. The May 8 lecture is Archaeology in the Mesa Verde Region:
Ancient Ties Across the Southwest with Fumi
Arakawa. Admission is free. Information: (575)
541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Old Fort Bliss Building 5054, corner of

Pershing and Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. The
Old West days of the Soldiers of the Pass are
relived through replicas of the original adobe
fort buildings and military artifact of the
Magoffinsville Post, 1854 to 1868. Hours are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. A
Wagon Trails Market is every Friday through
September. Admission is free. Information: 5684518 or 588-8482.
The annual Victorian Tea is 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, with an array of finger sandwiches, fine teas, and sweets, for mothers and
children. Cost: $10 for ages 10 and older; $5
age 5-9; free ages four and younger. Advance
reservations required.
El Paso Corral of the Westerners

The monthly dinner program is 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Friday, May 16, at Ranchers Grill, 4410 N.
Mesa. Mays program is She Fought Like A
Man by Kathy Pepper. Pepper will share the
stories of women in American history who
posed as men to go to war. Cost: $20 (includes
dinner and presentation). Information/reservations: 759-9538.
El Paso Archaeological Society Jim
Hastings will celebrate International Museum
Day with a Bordertown Cooking
Demonstration Saturday, May 17, at El Paso
Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain.
Time/cost to be announced. Information: 7554332 or epas.com.
This program will highlight the native plants
on the museums grounds, and how to incorporate native plants in daily recipes.
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The societys quarterly meeting is 2 p.m.

Sunday, May 18, at the Burges House, 603 W.
Yandell, to discuss the historical organizations.
The public is invited. Information: 533-3603 or
elpasohistory.com.
Fort Bayard Tours Fort Bayard Historic

Preservation Society hosts a guided tour of the
historic fort 9:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday
in May at Fort Bayard National Historic
Landmark, six miles east of Silver City, N.M.
Meet at the 1910 Commanding Officers
Quarter and museum beginning at 9:15 a.m.
Admission is free, but donations appreciated.
Information: (575) 956-3294, (575) 388-9123
or fortbayard.org. Regular museum hours are
9:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society
hosts the a capella Silver City Glenmaidens in
concert at 7 p.m. May 23, in the New Deal
Theater, performing traditional, gospel, and
patriotic songs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free, but donations welcomed..
El Paso-Juarez Historical Museum

Curator and founder Fred Morales hosts historic exhibits, lectures and walking tours at various locations. Information: 255-9644, 3073748, fredmorales7@yahoo.com, or elpasowalkingtours.com.
A Smeltertown Cemetery Tour begins at 1
p.m. Saturday, May 3, at San Marcos Street,
just off the intersection of Paisano and
Executive Center. The tour includes the cemetery, brick and cement plants, railroad bridges,
Upper Smeltertown and La Calavera neighborhoods. Admission: $5. Information: 255-9644
or 307-3748.
Showing through May at El Paso Public
Librarys Main Branch, 501 N. Oregon, is the
exhibit Battle of Juarez: May 8-10, 1911.
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Latinitas Multimedia Arts Summer

Camps Latinitas Magazine hosts five-day
summer Media Divas Camps for ages 9-14
noon to 5 p.m. June 30-July 2, and 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, July 7-31,
at 10935 Ben Crenshaw, #207. Information,
registration: 219-8554,
latinitaselpaso@yahoo.com or
laslatinitas.com/elpaso.
Summer Archaeology Day Camp El

Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301
Transmountain Road in Northeast El Paso (west
of U.S. 54), offers interactive youth summer
camps for ages 7 to 12 (grades 2-7) 9 a.m. to
noon Tuesdays through Fridays. Off-site field
trip Friday. Cost per youth: $70 ($55 museum
members). Space is limited to 12 students per
camp. Advance registration required on a first
come, first serve basis. Camps fill quickly; dates
pending. Information/registration: 755-4332 or
guidamr@elpasotexas.gov.
Summer fun for kids

Las Cruces Summer Recreation
Program City of Las Cruces Parks &
Recreation Department accepts applications for
all specialty camps, summer recreation programs and aquatic swim lessons noon to 8 p.m.
Wednesdays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. and Saturdays through May 9, at
Meerscheidt Recreation Center, 1600 E.
Hadley. Registration for all summer recreation
programs is by lottery only. Specialty camps and
aquatic swim lessons are on a first-come, firstserved basis and must be paid for at time of
registration. Information: (575) 541-2563
(Meerscheidt) or Parks & Recreation
Administrative (575) 541-2455.
Registration for aquatic swim lessons is at Las

Cruces Regional Aquatic Center, 1401 E.
Hadley. Participants will be chosen on May 12
with payment accepted May 12-23.
Barnes & Noble Summer Reading

Program Kids entering grades 1-6 can
earn a free book in the Summer reading program that begins Tuesday, May 20, and runs
through the summer months, at area Barnes &
Nobles. Forms available in both English and
Spanish on-line at barnesandnoble.com/summerreading.
San Francisco Stables Summer Camp

San Francisco Stables, 1114 Casad Road in
Anthony, N.M. hosts its All Districts Summer
Camp for ages 6-14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays
through Friday, May 27-Aug. 28, with horseback riding, petting zoo, arts and crafts and
other outdoor activities. Cost: $150 per week
or $30 per day. Information: 491-9408 (8 a.m.
to 6 p.m.), ana@sfstables.net or andrea@sfstables.net Web: sfstables.net.
Candlelighters Summer Camp volunteers Candlelighters of West

Texas/Southern New Mexico seeks volunteer
counselors for its 2014 week-long summer
camps for kids, with activities such as ropes
course, horseback riding, archery, hiking, campouts and more Camps are held at Camp Tall
Pines in Weed, N.M., near Cloudcroft. No
experience needed. Information: 544-2222 or
candlelighterselp.org.
Camp dates are July 7-13 for Camp Bravo
and July 13-19 for CampCourageous.
Childrens College El Paso Community

College presents its summer classes and camps
children and teens at the various EPCC campuses. Registration available at any EPCC campus. Classes begin mid June. Tuition varies,
depending on class. Childrens classes have age
requirements. Information: 831-2089 or
epcc.edu/ce.
New Mexico Space Academy Summer

Camps The New Mexico Museum of
Space History in Alamogordo offers week-long
science camps through June and July for grades
K through 12. Sessions begin on Mondays; both
day camp and overnight options available; discounts for multiple reservations and military
families. Registration/information: (575) 4372840 ext. 41137. Registration forms available
online at nmspacemuseum.org.
This years camps include: Homesteading
Mars, One Giant Leap: Space 101, Alien
Hunters: Mission to Europa and Rex Rockets
Asteroid Round-Up.
Special Olympics Flag Football Camps

Miracle League of El Paso and Sun City Flag
Football League will host a series of five free
summer camps to instruct individuals interested
in participating in a flag football league for persons with disabilities. The fundamentals of
Special Olympics flag football will be taught.
Games held on Saturday mornings beginning in
June. Registration conducted during the camps.
Volunteers, coaches and buddies are also needed. Information: 779-4770.
Summer Nature Camp Las Cruces

Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main in
the Las Cruces Downtown Mall, hosts four different summer camps for youth Mondays
through Fridays, June 2-27. Early registration
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encouraged; space is limited. Information: (575)

522-3120. Online registration at: lascruces.org/museums.
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 2-6 and June 16-20:
Be a Naturalist. Includes hikes and trip to El
Paso Zoo. Class for Grades 6-8 June 2-6 and
grades 3-5 June 16-20. Cost: $150.
8 a.m. to noon June 9-13: Summer Science
Mash Up (Grades 1-2). Cost: $100.
8 a.m. to noon June 23-27: Microscopic
World (Grades 6-8). $125.
First Tee Summer Camps First Tee of

Greater El Paso host its Summer Session 1
classes June 9-July 12 for levels of Players.
(No classes June 16-17 or July 3-4). Early registration encouraged. Information: 252-6511 or
info@thefirstteegreaterelpaso.org.
PLAY-er Class is 8 to 10 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. Fee: $75.
Beginner PLAY-er Class for new participants is
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday,
Friday. Fee: $75.
Wee Ones Class is 9 to 10 a.m. Saturdays,
June 14-July 12, for ages 4-6; space is limited.
Fee: $50.
Special Kids Class is 10:15 to 11: 15 a.m.
Saturdays, June 14-July 12 for participants
with Special Needs. Fee: $25.
Par/Birdie/Eagle Class are 8:30 a.m. to noon
Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 10-July 10, for
participants who are in the Par or Birdie or
Eagle Programs.
Safety Town The 48th annual Safety

Town program for children about to start
school has free weekly sessions 10 a.m. to
noon Mondays through Fridays June 9-Aug. 1,
at Bassett Place. Registration forms available at
the Bassett Place Customer Service Center.
Scheduling is first-come, first-serve; registration
begins May 1. Limited to 22 students per class.
ShopBassettPlace.com.
The program is open to children aged 5 and 6
who are about to start school. The one-week
class, sponsored by Bassett Place with the El
Paso Police Department, teaches kids about
traffic, fire, stray animals, strangers, drugs and
other safety issues. Instruction is in a classroom
setting for an hour then in the kid-sized Safety
Town Village for the second hour. Graduation
ceremony at 11 a.m. each Friday of program.
Summer Zoo Camp The weeklong

camps, Oce-Sloth exploring the worlds of
ocelots and sloths, for ages 6 to 10 are 9 a.m.
to noon Monday through Friday June 9-Aug.
8, at the El Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano.
Campers will learn about conservation and
experience live education animals, behind the
scenes tours, crafts, games and more. Cost:
$100 per week; $90 zoo members (includes tshirt, hat and snacks). Advance registration
required. Information: 532-8156 or elpasozoosociety.org.
Sloth Camp dates are June 9-13, June 23-27,
July 7-11, July 21-25 and Aug. 4-8.
Ocelot Camp dates are June 16-20 (full); June
30-July 4, July 14-18 and July 28-Aug. 1.
UTEP Summer Theatre camps The

UTEP Department of Theatre, Dance and Film
will host its 2014 summer camps June 9-27.
Tuition: $225 per camp. Financial assistance
available. Information: Adriana Dominguez,
747-6213 or theatre.utep.edu.
Camp is 9 a.m. to noon for ages 7 to 12, and
1 to 4 p.m. for ages 13-18, Mondays through
Fridays, focusing on the acting and rehearsal
process. All students learn the fundamentals of
theatre culminating in a live performance for
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family and friends on the last day of the camp.
El Paso Exploreum Summer Camps

El Paso Exploreum, 300 W. San Antonio, hosts
weeklong camps June 16-Aug. 22. Each camp,
geared to ages 3-6 and age 6 and older, runs
Monday through Friday. Morning (9 a.m. to
noon) and afternoon (1 to 4 p.m.) sessions
offered. Admission: $100 per camp; multiple
child discounts available. Early registration
encouraged Information/registration: 533-4330.
Register online at ElPasoExploreum.org.
Camps: Space Exploration; Crazy Scientists;
Krafty Kids; Robotics; I Can Do It Myself; and
What Will You Be When You Grow Up.
Fencing Summer Camps Salle De
Long Fencing Schools annual summer camps
are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday June
16-20, and June 23-27, at its fencing center,
1105 E. Yandell (at Octavia). Cost per camp:
$200; equipment provided. Information:
Margaret De Long, 346-4338,
salledelong@gmail.com or salledelong.com
The schools fencing classes are 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday for
youth/beginners, and 6 to 7 p.m. for teens and
adults, at its fencing center. Cost: $120/month;
first trial class is free; equipment provided.
Kids-N-Co. Summer Camps Kids-NCo. Education and Performance Center, 1301
Texas. Enrollment begins May 5, on a first
come, first served basis. Students who will miss
three or more classes (2 or more for Kinder
camp) should not enroll. Information: 351-1455
(afternoons) or kidsnco.com.
Production Camp offers four-week sessions
for ages 8-15 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday (plus final weekend performances) June 16-July 13 and July 21-Aug. 17.
Cost: $275/per session.
Kinder Camp two-week sessions for ages 5-7
are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday,
July 21-Aug. 1 and Aug. 4-17. Cost: $125 per
session.
Musical Production camp is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. weekdays, June 23-July 20,taught by
Tanisha Lewis. Cost: $275.
Costume and Sewing one-to-one sessions for
people or all ages are offered throughout the
year. Cost: $200 for 10 sessions. Contact
Sharon Moore, 408-4401.
El Paso Museum of Art Summer Art
Camps The museums Summer classes for
ages 6 to 12 run June 17-Aug. 1 at the museum at One Arts Festival Plaza. Most camps are
Tuesdays through Friday. Information: 5321707, ext. 65. Online registration at elpasoartmuseum.org.
Classes include Junior Puppeteers, Itsy Bitsy
Pieces, Krazy Crayon Art, Drawing,
Cartooning, and Comic Book Making, Me
Drawing Me, Positively Printmaking, Wild
World of Watercolor and Chalk Art.
Midnight Basketball El Paso Parks and

Recreation Departments summer nighttime
league is 9 p.m. to midnight Fridays, June 20Aug. 22, at various city recreation centers, for
age 12-17. Registration is free. Information:
544-0753 or elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Club Rec The City of El Paso Parks and

Recreation Departments Summer Camp runs
Monday through Friday June 23- Aug. 15 for
ages 6-12. Each two-week camp provides
recreational activities such as sports, arts and
crafts, field trips, dance classes and table
games. Each recreation center offers its own
activities. Camp sites include participating Parks
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schools. Cost is $40 per week, per child; some
scholarships available.
Registration available at all city recreation centers or online at elpasotexas.gov/parks
Summer music camps El Paso

Conservatory of Music hosts music camps and
workshops June through August at its main
campus 801 N. Mesa, and Eastside Branch,
11860 Rojas. Information: 833-0263 or elpasoconservatory.org.
June 23-28: String Camp with Michelle
Vaughn
June 30-Aug. 2: Music Theatre Workshops
with Melissa Parks (six workshops planned)
July 5-9: Drum Camp with Ricky Malichi
July 7-13: Jazz Camp with Mack Goldsbury
All-State Camps also scheduled throughout
the summer months.
Summer Scholars Camp Adventures in
Learning, 7230 Gateway Blvd. East suite A/B,
hosts week-long camps for grades 3 through 6,
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays in June through August. Each week has
a different theme. Cost: $115 by May 31 ($99 if
mentioned reading about it in EP Scene). Cost
includes all materials and a light snack.
Information: 249-3264 or ailtq.com.
June 23-27: Forensics
July 7-11: Junior Chef Institute
July 21-25: Outdoor Survival Camp
July 28-Aug. 1: Rocket Science.
Black Range Horsemanship Camp
The camp is July 6-19 in Winston, N.M., in the
Cuchillo Mountains. The camp, led by Greg
Evans and now in its 20th year, is open to boys
and girls ages 8 to 16 of all riding skill levels.
Campers may also bring their own horses if
desired. Parents are invited on final day for a
dinner and campfire. Cost: $900, reservation
deposit required. Discounts offered for returning campers and families with two or more
campers. Half sessions are July 6-12 or July
13-19. Cost: $500. Information: (575) 7431602 or zianet.com/4jranch.
Summer Kids Yoga Camp Casa de
Yogas five-day summer camps are Monday
through Friday, July 14-18, at the eastside
location, 11660 Montwood, and July 21-25, at
the Westside location, 2419 N. Stanton. Each
day is a different theme involving yoga, music
and art. Cost: $150 (by July 1); $180 after;
includes camp shirt. Information: 921-1980
(East), or 792-0020 (West).
Rubin Center Summer Programs
UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for
the Visual Arts hosts its annual free summer
programs for high school students June 23-26.
Registration required. Information: 747-7837 or
rubincenter.edu.
Two workshops are offered:
Murals: Storytelling on Walls, taught by
Francisco Delgado and Mauricio Olague. Murals
created by students will be installed the
Segundo Barrio.
Shimmer: Body Art and Jewelry Making,
taught by Xochitl Rodriguez and Daniel
Szwaczkowski. Pieces created by students will
be shown in a later exhibition.
Summer Orchestra Camp El Paso

Symphony Youth Orchestras 5th annual summer camp for ages 8-22 are 1 to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday, July 28-Aug. 1, at
Jefferson High School, 4700 Alameda, open to
any young musician with at least one year of
experience on an orchestral instrument.
Students receive both large and small group
instruction from EPSYOs staff members.
Activities such as games, movies, and recitals
planned each day. Cost: $85 by July 1; $100
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Car Showmanship
Car shows are a
major part of the
El Paso area
event scene.
Shown from left:
Car show at
Canutillo High
School, Lincoln
Park Day Car
Show, Kars for
Kids in Las Cruces
and Panchos Car
Show in
Columbus, N.M.
Story by Lisa Kay Tate
Cars arent the only vintage items at El

Pasos ever-popular car shows some of
the car clubs themselves qualify as vintage.
Latin Pride member Hector Gonzales said
his club, now in its 28th year, is probably
just the fourth or fifth oldest club in the
city. There are some clubs in the area that
have been around for 44 or 45 years, and
are still going strong, he said.
EPTcruising.com, a website that showcases car shows, fundraisers and concerts,
lists well over 100 car clubs in El Paso and
the surrounding communities.
Just a few of the listed clubs include
3800 Club, Destiny Car Club, El Paso
Corvette Club, Notorious Car Club,
Southwest Classic Car Club, Southwest
Mopar Club, Sun City Rodders, West
Texas Wheels, New Breed, Latin Price Car
Club, Rio Grande Wheels, SVT Mustang
Elite and NVS Car Club.
The car shows are as varied as the cars
themselves ranging from make and modelspecific events from Mustangs to
Corvettes, to shows focusing on lowriders,
vintage or classic vehicles, to Euros, and
current, customized models.
Cars for a cause
Many of the car clubs are also organizers
of car shows Latin Pride, for example,
organizes the Lincoln Park Day Chicano
Art and Car Show every year, attracting
exhibitors from around the Southwest.
Many shows benefit local charities, and
some shows are staged directly by nonprofit groups.
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The Field of Dreams Car

Show, which ran for around 15 years
every spring, raised more than $150,000
for organizations like the Child Crisis
Center of El Paso and Shriners Hospital.
Jim Pudelwski of the Kiwanis Club of
Las Cruces has worked with the annual
Kars for Kids fundraising car show held
each June in Las Cruces. Now in its 14th
year, the show raises money for Kiwanissponsored organizations such as Jardin de
Los Nios. Past shows have attracted as
many as 140 entries of classic, vintage,
custom and hot rods.
I am not the owner of a classic car.
Heck, I drive a Dodge minivan,
Pudelwski said. However, I have been
involved in our show for several years and
my observation is that the people who own
the vintage, classic and customized cars
are a whole subculture. There are a lot of
car clubs in the borderland area. They love
to show off what theyve accomplished
and talk to each other about their hobby.
Car shows give them the time and place to
do that.
Awards, whether cash prizes or trophies,
are just extra reasons to participate, he
said, as the camaraderie is the real draw.
Another part of a shows attraction is a
desire to support local charities. And in the
case of Kars for Kids, its setting in Young
Park adds to the appeal.
Young Park, with its pond and shade
trees is a lot more fun in the summer than
a parking lot, Pudelwski said. Were
Kiwanis, so we also do a pancake breakfast and every car owner gets one with the
registration; that may attract a few extra
cars.
Like many regional car shows, spectator
admission is free, and most of the funds
raised come via participant registration
fees. He said they also try to add an extra
edge to the events, with family-oriented

entertainment, such as magician Jamie
The Magic Guy OHara, and a fishing
clinic run by New Mexico Game and Fish.
Not too many car shows have rods, reels
and lures, he said. We like to think that
our car show is special because it reaches
out to the whole family. Of course, it is the
day before Fathers Day, so kids should
think about taking Dad out for a walk in
the park to admire some cool cars.
Shows for all interests
Car show types include classic shows
featuring older cars, including some of
special historical significance; specialty
shows with newer, modified cars; and
general shows, open to all sorts of vehicles. Many shows also include motorcycles, off-road vehicles and even modified
bicycles as show categories.
A similar event is the Cruise In, an
informal freestyle car show where participants can come and network, talk cars,
swap advice and parts and enjoy a carshow atmosphere often without registration
or participation fees. Individual car clubs
or retail venues like restaurants, car dealers
or nightclubs often host these as a way to
draw customers. Hudsons Grill hosted
monthly Cruise Night cruise-ins until
recently, and clubs like Sun City Rodders
Street Rod Association has offered monthly show, shine and swap cruise-in events
the first Sunday of the month.
Even at the most casual event, there are
sets of universal car and motorcycle show
rules that car clubs and organizations of all
types try to follow. According to national
sites like Drivenworld.com, some of the
most prominent rules include no speeding,
peeling out, unauthorized racing or reckless driving; no radio blaring over the
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music (live or disc jockey) thats performed at a show; respect others vehicles
and dont insult other peoples interests in
different makes or styles; and most importantly, do not touch the vehicles.
Area car enthusiast Matt Soto, who has
participated in and helped organize several
car shows over the years, said social media
sites such as Facebook have been one of
the best ways to find out about the growing number of shows in the area.
There are (social media) groups designated to the El Paso import scene, he
said. Instagram plays a big part as well,
and of course word of mouth.
Leadindustries.org is a forum just for local
members to spread info on meets or
shows.
Leadindustries.org not only lists car
shows and upcoming races, but also gives
information about car, truck and motorcycle customizing and maintenance, and lets
car lovers share videos and photos of their
own vehicles and events.
Facebook pages for car clubs are on the
rise, and many sites are either adding
Facebook pages, or changing from regular
websites to Facebook to get the word of
their shows out, such as El Paso Car
Shows, Low Riders of El Paso TX and
Street Scene of El Paso. Open to enthusiasts of all makes, Street Scene bills itself
as an online page where guys can come
together, hang out, wash the cars, meet up
for local track hangouts, or car shows.
A year-round calendar
Car shows have also become a muchanticipated part of many organizations or
historic sites calendars. Pancho Villa State
Parks annual vintage car show, has given
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a tour of our facility and visit with our residents, Shannon said. We have some of
the nicest vehicles from New Mexico and
surrounding areas on display for the public
to enjoy.
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many visitors a reason to return to the site
year after year.
Pancho Villa State Park Manager John
Read, said the parks annual Panchos Car
Show has become one of visitors favorite
annual events, even thought it is less than
10 years old.
Our event continues to grow with new
participants every year and we have a loyal
group of show vehicle owners who come
to the event every year, Read said.
Several show vehicle owners told me that
it was their favorite event because they
enjoy being able to talk with all of the
other show vehicle owners and visitors.
We usually have between 50 and 60 show
vehicles, so our car show is not too big or
too small, he said. Our 9th annual car
show will happen Oct. 25, so the weather
should be nice.
Holiday weekends, particularly spanning
Cinco de Mayo to Labor Day weekend,
often see the greatest concentration of
shows in the area. Theyre often part of
larger events, including concerts, chili
cook-offs, church kermeses and carnivals,
or sports and racing events. Many area
drag strips or racetracks will announce at
least one car show during their regular season event. Annual examples include the
Downtown Street Festival, which has hosted the O Reilly Auto Parts Car Show each
year in the El Paso Convention Center.
Sam Shannon of the New Mexico
Department of Health works with the
Veterans Day Car Show held each
Veterans Day weekend on the grounds of
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Changes over the years
A Car Show is held each Veterans Day

weekend on the grounds of the N.M. State
Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.
the New Mexico State Veterans Home in

Truth or Consequences. It is held the same
weekend as the annual Veterans Memorial
Park Run for the Wall event, although it
bears no connection to the event.
Shannon said the show fills the homes
15-acre grounds each year, and feels this
large space and peoples desire to support
veterans are large factors in participants
and guests loyal attendance.
We have from 100 to 200 car show
entrees and 1,500 to 2,000 spectators,
Shannon said. I have only been involved
for the last six years, but for the last six
years weve tried to provide what the car
show people want and do better with each
show we put on.
He said show organizers always try to
find ways to make the experience more
accommodating for large numbers of spectators, including increasing concessions or
other offerings for this years show
planned Nov. 9.
In addition, he said the show allows
guests to also meet with and thank local
veterans residing at the home.
Come out and support our veterans, take
For some, owning cars just for show isnt

the case anymore. For many younger drivers, factors such as a lack of availability of
classic cars, as well as the lack of disposable income to purchase a second car, has
changed the face of many car shows. Not
only are many of the cars newer, less
expensive models that have been painstakingly modified or customized, but also for
many car show participants, the cars they
show are also the cars they drive on a daily
basis.
This isnt just a local trend. Famous traveling shows like Darryl Starbird Car
Shows and Barris Kustom Shows arent
making the rounds like they used to and
havent shown in the El Paso area for
some time.
There are still traveling shows hitting the
area, including the nationally touring
AutoRama, sanctioned by the International
Show Car Association. The show made a
stop in El Paso in February, but unlike the
car shows of the past that brought in touring and celebrity show, AutoRama was
primarily open to local participants to
show off their cars in a high-visibility
venue. The inaugural show in 2013 sold
out exhibitor space quickly with the 2014
show also a success.
Lowrider Magazines 2014 sanctioned
tour concluded its run in El Paso in
January 2014, with more than 400 custom
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Spring and summer are active
times for car and motorcycle shows.
Here are a few upcoming events
that feature car shows in May.
May 2: MSD Performance Car
Show, at the main office on
Zaragoza
May 2-4: T or C Fiesta in Truth or
Consequences, N.M.
May 3-4: Sun City BikeFestIII at
Barnett Harley-Davison
May 4: Tigua Smoke Shop benefit
car show at 114 Zaragoza
May 10: Mission Chevrolet Car
Show, 1316 George Dieter
May 10: Low-Riders at the
Museum, in front of the El Paso
Museum of Art
May 17: Armed Forces Day at
Biggs Park on East Fort Bliss
lowriders and more than 6,000 attendees.
Lowrider Magazine writer Richard Ochoa
celebrated the El Paso (or El Chuco, as he
called it) crowd for a successful show, not
only for its old school atmosphere, but
for the citys genuine hospitality in welcoming different generations of car lovers.
Participants in the show also had a chance
to represent the area at the tours Grande
Finale event in Las Vegas.
Chuco was a great place to visit and its
lowrider roots are strong and long, Ochoa
said in his show review.
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Family-friendly spirit
Gonzales of the Latin Pride car club said
there are always those new clubs that will
come and go, but the older clubs have
become well-established in the community,
and are here to stay.
For Latin Pride, he said one of the keys is
building and maintaining a reputation as a
community partner, and by not attending
or hosting events for profit only. Instead,
he said, Latin Pride makes sure every
show they attend or host benefits the community in some capacity.
Before becoming involved in and event,
we have to know it is working for some
good in the community, Gonzales said.
This is the case for the clubs most visible show, the Lincoln Park Day Chicano
Art and Car Show event, that Gonzales
said draws in participants from as far way
as Phoenix and San Diego each year. The
show works closely with the Lincoln Park
Conservation Committee, devoted to the
preservation of the park, also called
Chicano Park, which has been threatened
due to local development.
We actually have entire blocks of hotel
room space reserved for the people who
come, it is that popular, he explained.
Focusing on one well-prepared car show
each year, in addition to keeping the club
size manageable membership is usually
eight to 12 members at any given year
helps keep the club successful and active.
This car show is the pride of all our
efforts, Gonzales said, and stressed the
club tries to keep the show as family-oriented as possible.
This is something Gonzales feels strongly
about, as he said a good car club, like
Latin Pride, is a family.
The car is not the most important part of
a car show, he said. It is the owner of
the car, and their friendship between them
that is important.
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As long as priorities, focus and preparation work together, according to Gonzales,

their show will continue to be a success.
It really is something to see and something to be a part of, he said.
No matter what changes occur in the car
show scene, different generations of car
clubs are never at odds. Instead, many veteran car show participants donate past trophies to be upcycled with new plaques,
to help keep costs down for newer car
show organizers.
Soto feels El Pasos car scene is unique
in that it is very hospitable to all types of
car enthusiasts. Many club members arent
just part of one club, but are involved in
several clubs that fit their interests.
It seems to be a place where enthusiasts
of all types can come out to a meet or
show and feel welcomed, Soto said. Ive
been to shows before where the crowd is
everything from low riders to muscle cars
to imports. We had IFO (Import Face Off)
back in December which was cool, but the
turnout wasnt the greatest.
Soto said for him, it is the people who
make the car shows in the area popular,
just as much as the vehicles they bring.
Ive met some of the coolest people who
are more than willing to help out with anything you need, he said. The scene is
always changing also. Something new will
come out or a new trend will follow. For
example, when the Fast and Furious
movies were just starting everyone wanted
body kits and neon lights, now its more of
either you are into the racing scene or the
show scene.
Soto said wherever a persons interest
lies, even if it isnt in cars at all, there is an
atmosphere to car shows everyone needs
to experience. People completely new to
the car show scene can still feel at home
attending a show.
The meets are usually pretty family
friendly. People are always very welcoming and non-judgmental, Soto said. Just
give it a try. Come out and who knows,
you might fall in love.
ne regret I have about my youth

is never being involved in team
sports. Part of that was being a
short, fat kid with (at best) mediocre
coordination. I was one of those picked
last when choosing up sides at PE.
Later in life, I was fortunate to have a
stepson who was a good high school
basketball player and I got to watch up
close what sports meant to him. Theres
a lot of truth about how sports teaches
important values such as teamwork, discipline and perseverance.
Organized sports are often the first
experience young people get of being
part of a team, and its valuable for them
to learn early how to obey a coach and
get along with team members, how to
embrace their own talents and fit them
with the needs of the team, how to deal
with losses and also to understand what
it takes to succeed.
Thats also why faith often flourishes
in athletic environments. The principles
of teamwork go hand in hand with
Christian teachings. Coaches like John
Wooden, Joe Gibbs and Tony Dungy
have been highly successful while
explicitly weaving Christian values into
their coaching. The number of top athletes who are devoutly faithful is too
long to even offer a partial list.
My point is not to glorify sports, but
simply to make the observation that
learning to be part of a team is an essential part of growing in faith.
Paul touches upon this in I Corinthians
3, where he deals with factions in the
Corinth church that claimed loyalty to
different leaders. What, after all, is
Apollos? And what is Paul? he writes
in verses 5-9. Only servants, through
whom you came to believe as the
Lord has assigned to each his task. I
planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but
God has been making it grow. So neither
the one who plants nor the one who
waters is anything, but only God, who
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makes things grow. ... For we are coworkers in Gods service; you are Gods
field, Gods building.
The words that jump out to me in that
passage is the phrase only servants.
Paul saw himself as one member of a
team, all of whom were called to serve
God in specific ways.
In general, I think our culture downplays the values of serving as part of a
team and working on behalf of an organization, whether its religious, civic or a
workplace. The heroes of most movies
and television shows are often portrayed
as rugged individuals who defy convention and break the rules.
Yet when take note of all the advantages we enjoy, its likely they came
from organizations: the products we buy,
the services we rely on, the cultural
events we attend. We cannot imagine
living without organizations.
If organizations are so vital to our life,
then it makes sense that all of us need to
learn how we can contribute to them.
Thats why teamwork is such an important life lesson.
The closest Ive come to the teamwork
experiences of sports has been working
on various volunteer organizations
(including churches) over the years. The
same lessons apply of course, I still
wish I had learned them earlier!
But that reminds me of another verse
from Paul that draws upon sports
imagery: My only aim is to finish the
race and complete the task the Lord
Jesus has given me. (Acts 20:24).
Randy Limbird is editor of
El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send to randy@epscene.com
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El Paso Chihuahuas The citys new AAA

baseball team hosts home games at the new
Southwest University Park on Santa Fe Street
in Downtown El Paso.
Individual game tickets: $5 lawn seating;
reserved seats begin at $8 in advance; $10 at
the gate, plus $1.50 convenience fee. Season
and partial season ticket packages available.
Information: 533-BASE or EPChihuahuas.com.
Weekly daily promotions include Military
Monday, Seniors Eat Free Tuesday, Kids Eat
Free Wednesday, Thrifty Thursday, Fetch the
Fun Friday, Fireworks Saturday and Kids Day
Sunday.
The first home series concludes at 6:35 p.m.
Thursday, May 1, against the Fresno Grizzlies.
Next home series is May 2-5 against the
Sacramento River Cats. Game time is 7:05 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 1:05 p.m. Sunday and 6:35
p.m. Monday. Collector Series #1 jersey pins
to first 2,000 guests Friday and Chihuahuas tshirts for first 2,000 guests under 12 Sunday.
Other home games:
May 10-13: Albuquerque Isotopes. Game
time is 7:05 p.m. Saturday, 1:05 p.m. Sunday,
6:35 p.m. Monday and 11:05 a.m. Tuesday.
May 15-18: Las Vegas 51s. Game time is
6:35 p.m. Thursday, 7:05 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 1:05 p.m. Sunday. Collector Series
#2 jersey pins to first 2,000 guests Friday, and
dog bowls to first 2,000 guests Sunday.
May 27-30: Las Vegas 51s. Game time is
6:35 p.m. Tuesday, 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, 6:35
p.m. Thursday, and 7:05 p.m. Friday. Collector
Series #3 jersey pins to first 2,000 guests
Friday.
May 31-June 3: Tacoma Rainiers. Game
time is 6:05 p.m. Sunday, and 6:35 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday. Sunglasses for first 2,000
guests 12 and younger Sunday.
Dinner with the Miners The 40th

annual Dinner with the Miners is Thursday,
May 1, at the Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027
Airway Blvd. The program will feature UTEP
coaches and athletes. The event is sponsored
by the El Paso Downtown Lions Club.
Proceeds benefit scholarships for student athletes. Information: minerathleticclub.com.
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Basketball

Tournament City of El Paso Parks and
Recreation Department hosts its annual tournament for men and women age 18 and older
Friday through Sunday, May 2-4, at several
sites throughout the city. Registration runs April
1-25. Cost per team: $190 (includes officials
fees). Information: Acosta Sport Center, 5340254 or elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Special Olympics Spring Games The

Area 19 2014 Spring Games main events are 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Burges High
School, 7800 Edgemere. Events include basketball, track and field, motor activities. The
Athlete Village will feature different games,
music and entertainment. Admission is free.
Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org.
Opening Ceremonies are 6:30 p.m. Friday,
May 2, at Burges High School, featuring recognition of athletes, sponsors, coaches and other
volunteers. A Victory Dance follows.
Pecos League baseball The New

Mexico and West Texas leagues 2014 season
runs May 12-July 24 with regional teams,
Alpine Cowboys, Roswell Invaders and White
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Sands Pupfish). Information/schedules: (575)

680-2212 or pecosleague.com.
Alpine Cowboys play at Kokernot Field, 400
Loop Road in Alpine, Texas.
White Sands Pupfish home games are at
Griggs Park in Alamogordo, N.M.
Roswell Invaders ball park in on East Poe in
Roswell, N.M.
Sun City Roller Girls The Roller Girls
bout Full Metal Derby is 6 p.m. Sunday, May

18, at Buchanans Event Center, 11540
Pellicano, featuring Las Catrinas vs. Las Viudas
Negras. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets: $7 in
advance; $10 at the door ($5 with valid military
ID; free for ages 12 and younger); available in
advance at Buchanans, The Headstand, All
That Music, Tanyas or from any SCRG player.
Information: suncityrollergirls.com.
Memorial Day Hang-Gliding Fly-In The 32nd annual fly-in is Saturday through
Monday, May 24-26 at Griggs Sports
Complex/Dry Canyon, Alamogordo. Several
hang-gliding pilots will ride the thermals above
Alamogordo at the Rio Grande Soaring
Associations spring fly-in. To watch them, head
for the landing zone at the Griggs Sports
Complex (Florida Ave. and Fairgrounds Road).
Call for details: 1-800-826-0294 (Alamogordo
Chamber of Commerce) or rgsa.info.
Annual fly-ins are also planned Columbus Day
weekend, Oct. 11-13, at Dry Canyon and
Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 8-11, at the
Franklin Mountains.
El Paso Roller Derby El Paso Roller
Derbys next home game is Saturday, May 31,

at Nations Tobin Park, 8831 Railroad, featuring
Tex Pistols vs. AZRD B-Team of Phoenix.
Tickets: $8 in advanced; $10 ($5 tickets for
active duty and veteran military; ages 10 and
younger free with paid adults). Cash only.
Information: (617) 932-9723 or elpasorollerderby.com.
USTA Pro Circuit The Hunt

Communities $25K womens professional tennis tournament runs June 1-8 at Tennis West
Sports & Racquet Club, 1 Tennis West Lane.
Some of the top womens professionals in the
world compete in this week-long event that
has been a fixture in El Paso for much of the
past decade. Community Day events/pro-ams
and other events scheduled. Matches open to
the public. Information: 581-5471 or tenniswest.com.
WWE Live The professional wrestling
event returns at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at

NMSUs Pan American Center in Las Cruces.
Tickets: $15-$95. Information: (575) 646-1420.
WWE Superstars scheduled to appear include
Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, The Shield, Kane,
the WWE Divas and much more. Lineup subject to change; see wwe.com for updates.
Bicycling
SRAM Tour of the Gila Bike Races
The 28th annual stage bicycle races are April
30-May 4 in Silver City, N.M. More than 500
athletes compete in professional and amateur
bicycle races ranging from 168 to 340 miles in
length, including three road races, and individual time and mens and womens criterium
races. Information: (575) 388-3222 or
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El Paso Bicycle Club - All rides are free

and open to the public; helmets required.
Information: elpasobicycleclub.com or meetup.com/elpasobicycleclub.
Wednesday night rides, a tradition for over 20
years, are leaderless rides of 18-22 miles leaving from Rio Plaza, 6205 Upper Valley Rd (at
Artcraft). The favorite route is a 20-mile loop
to Gadsden H.S. Most riders begin about 5:306 p.m. Optional dinner afterward at Hello
Pizza, 1071 Country Club Rd.
7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3: Goal is for everyone to meet at The Bean in Mesilla at about
9:15 a.m. Fast group (20+ mph) leaves from
Rio Plaza at 7:30 a.m. for 62-mile round trip
ride to Mesilla and back (co-leader: Randy
Limbird, 915-328-4110). Moderate- pace (1517 mph) group leaves from La Union (park
next to the old Gallery 28 on NM 28 just south
of Vinton Rd) also at 7:30 a.m. for 50-mile
round trip (co-leader Larry Reid, 915-5848288). Beginner/Intermediate Group (13-15
mph) leaves La Mesa (park across from Eagle
Grocery) at 8:15 a.m. for 25-mile ride (Marty
Boyd, 915-588-5161).
8 a.m. Sunday, May 4: Meet at Acacia Apts.
5849 Acacia Circle (off N. Mesa Hills - uphill
from Mesa). Wind your way through the
Westside hills, achieving 4,000 feet in elevation
gain. Then enjoy a swim and BBQ (BYOB and
snacks). Olac Fuentes, 915-777-7958.
8:30 a.m. Sunday, May 4: Cruise to the Zoo.
Meet at Cleveland Square Park (by Main
Library & History Museum in Downtown El
Paso). Easy stroll on your casual/bar/errand
bike to the El Paso Zoo. Stay for 90 minutes
then regroup for the return ride. About 8 miles
roundtrip, via Texas and Paisano. Leave at 8:45
a.m. Depart Zoo at 11 a.m. for the return. $10
zoo entry for adults. Bring your own bike lock.
Tony and Jenny, (413) 200-8669
10 a.m. Sunday, May 4: Beginning Mountain
Bike Ride in Cloudcroft. Start from High
Altitude bike shop and follow part of the race
course to try out your skills on single-track at
altitude. Call or email to let Patty know if you
are coming in case there are last-minute
changes (weather, etc). Lunch optional afterward. Patty Flynn, miflynnsinn@peoplepc.com,
915-667-0202
7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10: To the
Pumphouse. Meet at Rio Plaza and ride to end
of Afton Road. 50 miles, 18-20 mph average.
Xavier Estala, 915-526-3995.
8 a.m. Sunday, May 11: Join Frank
Scarbrough at Crazy Cat Montana (Montana
and Airway) for a ride on the Tank Trails on
Fort Bliss, away from the traffic. About 25
miles at B/IG friendly pace of 15 mph. Bring a
photo ID for entrance onto Fort Bliss. For
information call Crazy Cat at 772-9666
7 a.m. Saturday, May 17: Meet at Madeline
Park and ride to McKelligon to watch the time
trials. Ride on your own afterward; some of us
will ride over to Global Reach to watch the
Crit. Whoevers left will decide return route.
Randy Limbird, 915-328-4110 and Xavier
Estala, 915-526-3995.
8 a.m. Sunday, May 18: B/IG 2nd Distance
Ride Leave from Rio Plaza for 38-40 mile
Upper Valley ride. Start out on back roads past
the Anthony Country Club to La Mesa and
return via Hwy 28. Pace will be very intermediate at 14-16. Margaret OKelley, 588-3825.
7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21: Ride of Silence.
This is an international tradition to honor those
who have been injured or killed while cycling.
The ride will start at River Run Plaza, 1071
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Country Club Road, and proceed along

Country Club to McNutt to Pete Domenici
(Artcraft). Maximum speed is 12 mph and riders are asked to remain silent during the ride.
We will return via bike path to Upper Valley
Rd. Randy Limbird, 328-4110. Information:
rideofsilence.org
6 a.m. Saturday, May 24: Get up early and
saunter up the valley to watch the balloons
from KLAQ Balloon Fest take off from
Maldonado Maze. Meet at Rio Plaza and well
cruise up NM 28 to see the launch and then
well roam around the valley for about 30
miles. This is a casual ride, 14-17 mph and no
drops. Bob Clark 204-2531. More aggressive
riders buzz up to Mesilla afterward.
7 a.m. Monday, May 26: Holiday Ride. Rick
Rivas, 867-7199, will lead fast group (20
mph+) to La Mesa and back, 40 miles.
Intermediates invited to form separate group if
desired.
8 a.m. Saturday, May 31: Mesilla Exploratory
Ride. Meet in La Mesa across from Eagle
Grocery (NM 28 across from Chopes) for a
quite moderate (14-17 mph) ride to Mesilla
over back roads. After a break at The Bean,
well return via Hwy 28 to La Mesa. 30 miles.
Bob Clark, 915-204-2531. Riders in need of a
more spirited ride can meet at Rio Plaza,
organize yourselves and hammer it up NM 28
to meet us at The Bean.
7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1: Meet at Mesilla
Municipal Parking Lot on Hwy 28, one block
south of The Bean in Mesilla. Ride western
foothills of Sonoma Ranch Parkway N. to Dona
Ana, then to Ft. Selden by North Valley
Highway. Return to Mesilla Park by North
Valley Highway. 43 miles; Moderate to
Intermediate pace of 14-16mph avg. Larry Reid
915-584-8288. Intermediate to fast option (1820 mph avg), Chris Hoffman, 915-497-3026.
Beginner/Intermediate Group (B/IG)

Rides - The El Paso Bicycle Clubs special
training program for beginning and intermediate riders runs Tuesday evenings through early
September. A brief cycling lesson is followed by
a ride. May location to be announced. Riding
groups are paced for beginner, beginner/intermediate and intermediate riders. Helmets
required. More information and a resource
guide of training materials can be found at elpasobicycleclub.com/big.html. B/IG director is
Margaret OKelley, 588-3825
Each Tuesdays program starts at 5:45 p.m.
and the ride begins at 6 p.m. Please arrive early
enough to be ready for the lesson.
May 6: Know the Rules. Join us for the
crucial session on whats legal and whats not,
how to enter an intersection and ride legally.
Start location TBD
May 13: Hold That Line. Learn how to
ride in a smooth and straight line and hold that
line when riding in a group. Ride location TBD
May 20: Hill Climbing. We will go up
Borderland and then up Paseo del Norte (more
advanced riders will tackle Bear Ridge and the
return down the same route). Optional ride for
beginners who prefer or feel they are not
ready to climb will be on the bike path.
Margaret OKelley, (915) 588-3825. Ride start
location TBD
May 27: Road Hazards and Cycling Tips.
Learn how to ride over railroad tracks and cattle grates, and discuss other hazards you might
encounter as well as some fun and informative
cycling tips. Ride start location TBD
A Ride for Mom The Eastlake Lions

Club offers its 2nd annual 22-mile bicycle ride
and 2.5-mile family fun ride Saturday, May 10,
at Oz Glaze Senior Center, 13969 Venny Webb
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in Horizon City. Rides leave from Corky

Corcoran Park at Venny Webb and Rodman.
The 22-mile ride is mainly an out-and-back
along Horizon Blvd, beginning at 9 a.m. Cost is
$25. The fun ride is in the area near the park.
Cost is $40 per family, up to 4, age 10 and
above. Proceeds benefit the Texas Lions camps
for disabled children. First 50 registrants
receive goodie bag and t-shirt. Information:
Fred Lopez at 799-8184 or Judi Verslype, 5812994.
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Sunday, May 17-18,
Time Trials begin at 8:15 a.m. Saturday at
McKelligon Canyon. Riders will climb and
descend the 5-mile course separated by 30second start times.
Criterium events begin at 11:30 a.m.
Saturday on Global Reach (off Spur 601 near
Fort Bliss). Races are 25 to 35 minutes on a 1.8
mile circuit.
Road Races of 50 and 65 miles begin 9 a.m.
Sunday at Cattlemans Steakhouse in Fabens.
Mens categories are Cat 1/2/3, Cat 4, Cat 5;
Masters 50+ (Cat 2-4) and Collegiate A, B and
C. Womens categories are Cat 1/2/3, Cat 4,
Collegiate A/B and C. Juniors categories for age
16 and under.
Cost: $15 for Time Trial, $20 for Criterium
and $30 for Road Race. Omnium cost (all three
events) is $60. One-day license for those who
do not have USAC license is $15. Information :
920-7500 and epcyclists.com. Online registration at usacycling.org.
Registration deadline is May 14.
Ride of Silence The silent noncompetitive cycling event in memory of Mesilla mayor
Ramon Aranda II, who lost his life while riding
his bike, is 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 21,
staring at the historic Old Mesilla Plaza in
Mesilla, N.M. The ride pays tribute to those
who have lost their lives while riding, and
reminding the motoring public to share the
road. Route is 8-12 miles; riders asked not to
exceed 12 mph. Information: (575) 524-3262
or mesillanm.gov.
EP Cyclists The bicycle group offers rides

for all levels. Weekend rides offer options of
various paces and distances. Starting times and
locations are posted at facebook.com/epcyclist.
For more information: Manny Valadez, 8612311 or epcyclists.com.
Regularly scheduled rides include:
Tuesday rides for beginners and intermediates begin at 6 p.m. at the Sun Metro station,
12791 Edgemere.
Thursday rides for all levels begin at 6 p.m. at
the Sun Metro station, 12791 Edgemere.
Thursday Westside rides for
intermediate/advanced begin at 6 p.m. at the
Kohls parking lot, I-10/Redd Rd.
Ride Your Bicycle El Paso Chucks

Bicycle Repair hosts Tuesday night rides at 7
p.m. beginning at Soho Lounge, 500 N. Oregon
(at Franklin). Explore downtown streets and
parks. 8-10 miles, 45 minutes. Easy pace for
beginners and intermediates. Couple-friendly.
Information: 791-2006, zlauser@yahoo.com or
chucksbicyclerepair.com. Chucks Bicycle
Repair is at 700 E. Yandell.
Mountain bike rides are offered at 8:30 a.m.
Sundays, for intermediate to advanced riders.
Meet at the trails behind Chuck Heinrich Park
in Northeast El Paso.
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Paso Mortgage Bankers Association hosts its

annual Dan McKinney Scholarship Fund tournament Friday, May 2, at Painted Dunes Desert
Golf Course. Cost: $425 team (four person
scramble). Information: epmba.net.
Chapin Volleyball Golf Tournament

The 4th annual four-man scramble benefiting
the Chapin Volleyball Booster Club is 1:30 p.m.
Friday, May 9, at Painted Dunes Golf Course.
Cost: $400 (four-man team). Information:
Michelle, 494-1189 or majj_3@yahoo.com.
First Tee Benefit Tournament First

Tee of Greater El Paso hosts its fundraising golf
tournament starting with a shotgun start at 1
p.m. Friday, May 9, at Butterfield Trail Golf
Club. Cost: $150 per person; $600 for team of
four. Information/registration: 252-6511 or
firstteegreaterelpaso.org.
Junior Womans Club Golf Tournament

The 12th annual Spring Swing tournament
is 8 a.m. Friday, May 9, at Painted Dunes Golf
Course. Sign-in begins at 7 a.m. Proceeds benefit Mike Dees Big Adventure camp for disabled
youth. Information: 494-2293 or
jwcelpaso@yahoo.com.
Spencer Golf Tournament The

Spencer Theaters 8th annual benefit golf tournament is 7 a.m. Thursday, May 15, at Inn of
the Mountain Gods Championship Course, in
Mescalero, N.M. Cost: $125; deadline is May 9.
Information/registration: (575) 336-4800 or
spencertheater.com.
Ronald McDonald House Golf

Tournament The Ronald McDonald
House of El Paso will host its 22nd annual Golf
Tournament and 30 Years of Helping Children
Heal, Keeping Children Healthy, Monday, May
19, at Coronado Country Club, 1044
Broadmoor. Registration: $250 per person
($500 teams). Information: 542-1522 or
rmhcelp.org.
The annual dinner and auction, Viva Las
Vegas is Sunday, May 18, at Coronado
Country Club; reservations required.
Edwards-Zuloaga Golf Championship

The annual championship golf event is
Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25, at Ascarate
Golf Course, 6900 Delta. Championship and
senior championship, as well as ladies division,
flighted mens divisions and a junior division featured. Information: 772-7381.
Horse Sports
All Breeds Horse Show The Lower
Valley Horsemans Associations Made in the
Shade All Breeds Horse Show is 9 a.m.
Saturday, May 10, at Lower Valley Coliseum,
894 S. Horizon, with judge Frazier Gorel.
English/Western performance, driving Lead Line
and In-Hand classes will be offered in various
age groups. Spectator admission is free.
liverystablesaloon.com.
Ruidoso Downs Horse Racing The

track and casino is off U.S. 70 in Ruidoso
Downs, N.M. The live racing season runs
Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day
weekend with the running of the All American
Futurity Monday, Sept. 1. Post time for opening
weekend, May 23-26, is noon. Call or check
website for other dates and times. Grandstand
admission and parking are free. Turf club reservations are $15. Information: (575) 378-4431
or raceruidoso.com.
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El Paso Speedway Park 14851 Marina

1200 Futurity Drive, Sunland Park. Simulcast
racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. General
admission and parking are free. Information:
(575) 874-5200 or sunland-park.com.
Simulcast racing for the Kentucky Derby is
Saturday, May 3.
Recreational Sports
El Paso Senior Games City of El Paso
Parks and Recreation Departments annual
games for those age 50 and older run through
May 14 at various locations, sponsored by
Cigna HealthSpring and Urgent Care Home
Heath Inc. Applications available at any
Recreation or Senior Center with the Parks and
Recreation Department. Registration: $15 for
two events (includes t-shirt), plus $5 for each
additional event; $45 for all events.
Information, registration: 544-0753 elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Track and Field is 8 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at
Montwood High School, 10070 Montwood.
Games conclude with an awards banquet at 6
p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at Hilos de Plata
Senior Center, 4451 Delta. Cost; $6.
Las Cruces Summer Sports Leagues
Registration for City of Las Cruces Parks &
Recreation Department summer sports leagues
is 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Space is limited.
Information: Meerscheidt Recreation Center,
(575) 541-2563 or Athletics@las-cruces.org.
Lil Sluggers T-Ball, Coach Pitch Baseball, and
Softball (Co-Rec) League registration for prekinder to age 8 begins Thursday, May 1, until
filled. Fee: $40 per player; includes team shirt.
Returning teams deadline is Saturday, June 7,
and new player registration is Saturday, June
14. Proof of age, grade and payment required.
Coaches meeting is 6 p.m. Thursday, June 19,
at Meerscheidt Recreation Center, with new
players meeting Thursday, June 26. Games
begin week of July 8.
Adult Summer 6 vs 6 Sand Volleyball
Co-Rec League registration runs through May
31. Participants must be 18 years of age or
older to participate. Fee: $250 per team.
Rosters must have a minimum of six and a
maximum of 10 players per team. During play,
there must be a minimum of two females on
the court at all times.
Managers meeting is 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 3,
at Meerscheidt Recreation Center, with a preseason tournament Friday, June 6. League play
begins June 9 with games Mondays through
Thursdays.
Don Haskins Youth Basketball

Tournament YMCA El Paso hosts its 3rd
annual tournament for boy and girl players age
8-18 May 2-4 at various local high schools,
middle schools, and recreation centers. Gate
fees for spectators are $6 ($4 age 3-17) one
day pass; $15 ($10 3-17) multi-day pass).
Information/game schedule: 496-5365 or donhaskinsmemorial.com.
Gus Macker Basketball Tournament

The annual 3-on-3 tournament is held at several sites in Southern New Mexico. Information:
macker.com.
Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18, at
Washington Park in Alamogordo, N.M.
Friday and Saturday, June 6-7, at Jaycee Park
in Artesia.
Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22, Field of
Dreams Sports Complex, Las Cruces
May 2014
(off Montana 7 miles east of Loop 375). Regular

season races (through Nov. 3) are 7:45 p.m.
Friday. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. General admission: $10 (free for age 10 and under). Special
events may be extra. Information: 791-8749 or
epspeedwaypark.com.
DM Championship Late Model Show is Friday,
June 6.
Arroyo Seco Raceway The Southern

New Mexico track is located off Hwy 549, off
I-10 at the Akela exit, with drag racing, motorcycle racing, sportscar testing and more. Call
for ticket prices. Information: (575) 544-3440,
(575) 494-4794 or arroyosecoraceway.com.
Trackdays are Saturdays May 3 and May 31,
and Saturday and Sundays, May 10-11.
ASMA Motorcycle Roadracing is Saturday and
Sunday, May 3-4.
ASR Bracket Race is Sunday, May 18.
Superlap is Saturday, May 24.
Test N Tune is Saturday, May 17.
Southern New Mexico Speedway

The track features modifieds, super stocks,
speed stocks and more at 7:45 p.m. Saturdays
May 3-Oct 3. Gates opens at 5:30 p.m. The
Speedway is 11 miles west of Las Cruces exit
132, off I-10. Take south frontage road to
Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds.
Information: 575-524-7913 or
snmspeedway.com.
June 7: CDM Championship Late Models
Tularosa Speedway The dirt racing

track in Tularosa, N.M. is 4 miles north of town
at 8364 U.S. 54. Regular season runs April
through October. Racing starts at 7:45 p.m.
Saturdays; gates open at 6 p.m. Admission: $12
($9 military, seniors and students, free for ages
5 and younger). Family pass: $28. VIP seating:
$15. Pit passes are $25. Call for entry fees.
Information: (575) 539-3607 or tularosaspeedway.com.
Regular schedule runs through October.
Upcoming races are May 10 and 24.
El Paso Motorplex The drag strip is at

13101 Gateway West, (I-10 Clint exit #42).
Information: 887-3318 or elpasomotorplex.
com. Racing begins at 7 p.m. Fridays.
Runs and walks

Race Against Diabetes El Paso
Diabetes Associations 7th annual 5K run and
5K and 1-mile fun walks begin at 8 a.m.
Saturday, May 3, at The Garden, 511 Western
Court in Union Plaza, Downtown. T-shirts for
first 1,000 registrants. Registration: $30 for
competitive run; $15 for walk ($10 for walk for
ages 12 and younger. Pets welcome on leash
for a $5 registration fee (includes scarf, while
supplies last). No race day registration.
Information: 532-6280 or epdiabetes.org.
Race day registration and packet pickup is 7
to 7:45 a.m. at the race site.
Gingers Race to the Rainbow

Barnetts Las Cruces Harley Davidson, hosts
the 5K run and 1-mile walk at 8 a.m. Sunday,
May 4, at Centennial High School, Las Cruces,
benefiting families who have loved ones with
pancreatic cancer. Chip-timed event.
Registration (by May 1): $25 for 5K; $18 for 1
mile; $30 5K (May 3-4), $23 walk (May 3-4).
Team discount of $18 per runner for teams of
10 or more (by May 1). Information: coultermike@yahoo.com. Online registration at
raceadventures unlimited.com.
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Howling Coyote Triathlon The 5K
run/30K bike and 400 meter swim is 7:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 10, at White Sands Missile
Ranges Aquatic Center. Participants must be at
security gate by 5:30 a.m. Cost: $60 individuals;
$70 teams. No race day registration.
Information: (575) 678-3374 or wsmrmwr.com
(click on Bell Gym). Online registration
(through May 9) at active.com.
Knights 5K4PK The competitive 5K Run
and 1- mile castle walk is 8 a.m. Saturday, May

10, 2012, at Hanks High School, 2001 Lee
Trevino (parking lot near softball field on Anise).
The event is in remembrance of Danny
Pecquet to benefit Rio Grande Cancer
Foundation. Registration: $20 ($15 per member
for teams of 10 or more). Race day registration:
$25. Information: 881-4590. Online registration
through May 5 at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
The Color Dash-El Paso The paint run

benefiting Child Crisis Center of El Paso and
Paso del Norte Childrens Development Center

is 9 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at Ascarate Park,
6900 Delta. Billed as The Worlds Brightest
5K, the 3.1-mile untimed run (or walk)
involves participants being splashed with different colors (dyed cornstarch) along the way.
Packet pickup begins at 7 a.m. Cost: $40 ($35
per person for team members. Family cost is
$85 for three members, plus $15 for each additional family members (up to six from same
household). Information: 544-8484 ext. 205 or
thecolordash5k.com. Online registration at
active.com..
4th Annual Armed Forces Day

Triathlon The 4th annual triathlon event is
planned for Saturday, May 17, at Fort Bliss.
Details to be announced. Information:
blissmwr.com.
Insandity at The Sandbox The

obstacle challenge, music and craft beer fest is
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Sandbox
Sunset Sports, 3631 Gerard (far East El Paso,
off Montana just past Zaragoza). The 2-mile
obstacle challenges first heat will compete for
$300 first prize for mens and womens divisions, along with music throughout the day,
food truck and craft beer for sale. Live bands
and bonfire after party is 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Cost:
$50 competitors; $15 ($5 ages 8-21 non-competitors). Information: 329-2655,
Thesandboxep.com or on Facebook at The
Sandbox Vball.
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annual 5K and 10 K runs and 5K/1-mile fun

run/walk benefiting the Braden Aboud
Memorial Foundation begin at 8 a.m. Sunday,
May 18, at Braden Aboud Memorial Park, 5265
Roxbury (at Riverbend, Upper Valley). In honor
of UTEPs 100th Anniversary, the foundation
will turn the race orange. Information:
bradenaboud.com.
Fallen Officer Memorial Run El Paso
Municipal Officers Associations inaugural 10K
and 5K runs and 1-mile walk in memory of
Officers Angel Garcia and Jonathan Molina is 8
a.m. Saturday, May 24, at the EPMOA Hall,
3601 Rutherglen. Race day registration and
packet pick-up is 7 to 7:45 a.m. First 200 registrants receive a Dri-fit Ndurance t-shirt Cost:
$25 runs, $20 walk in advance; $30 runs, $25
walk on race day. Discount for teams of 10 or
more. Information: Mike Coulter, 274-5222 or
coultercmike@yahoo.com.
fun walk 8 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at Sunland

Park Racetrack and Casino, 1200 Futurity Drive
in Sunland Park. Race-day registration begins at
6:45 a.m. Cost (by May 15): $18 ($20 after May
15); $15 military/student teams of 10 or more;
$25 on race day). Information: Renee Tanner,
544-8777 or leemoor.org. Online registration at
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Race for CARE The 5K run/walk and 1mile fun run in honor of National Cancer
Survivors Day is 7 a.m. Sunday, June 1, at the
Mesilla, N.M. Plaza. Registration: $30 per
event; $25 per person for teams of 10 or more;
race day registration is $35. Information: Mike
Coulter, (915) 274-5222 or coultercmike
@yahoo.com; Leticia Soto, (575) 650-2019.
Online at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Rudolph Mazda West 5K The 5K run
and 1 mile walk is 8 a.m. Sunday, June 1, at

Rudolph Mazda West, 5415 S. Desert. Cost:
$25 by May 29; $30 after; $5 discount per runner for teams of 7 or more by May 29. Online
registration: raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Run for Heaven Gate The 5K run/walk

and 1 mile walk benefiting Christ the Savior
Catholic Churchs building fund is 7:30 a.m.
Saturday, June 7, at the church at 5301
Wadsworth. Cost: $20 per event through June
5; $25 June 6-7. Information: raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Run Through the Clouds 10K
Cloudcroft Runners host the 10k run/walk and
1 mile Kids Dash benefiting Cloudcroft School
Tutoring Program Saturday, June 7, starting at
Zenith Park in Cloudcroft, N.M. Kids Dash
starts at 8 a.m. and 10K at 8:30 a.m. Run is on a
mountain course with dirt and paved roads
throughout the Village of Cloudcroft. Kids Dash
is a 1-mile gravel trail loop around Zenith Park.
Cost: $30; $35 on race day; ($10 kids dash for
age 9 and younger). Information: (575) 4307634, (575) 202-2343 or on Facebook at
Cloudcroft Runners. Online registration (by
June 3) at race adventuresunlimited.com.
Vision Unlimited 5K The 5K run/walk
and 1-mile run/walk is 8 a.m. Saturday, June 7,

at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta. Cost: $20 per
event through June 5; $25 June 6-7 ($2 car fee
for park entrance). Information: 478-5663;
online at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Fort Bayard Wilderness Run - The annual 8-mile wilderness run and 5K run and walk
begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at the historic parade grounds of Fort Bayard Medical
Center (off U.S. 180, 5 miles east of Silver City,
N.M.). The challenging and scenic course is on
trails and unpaved roads in the Gila National
Forest. Information/registration: active.com.
J & G Silva Race for Hope The 5K Run
Hearts for Autism Fund Run The 5K
8 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at Braden Aboud

Park 4325 River Bend. Information:
wicked.fc.elp@gmail.com or raceadventuresunlimited.com.
run and 1-mile Fun Run is 8 a.m. Saturday, May

24, at Picacho Hills Country Club, 6861 Villa
Campestre in Las Cruces. Proceeds Benefit
Hearts for Autism Fund. Cost: $25 per event.
Information: (575) 652-3155 or raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Run, In the Name of Love Loma

Verde Elementary hosts its 8K and 5K runs and
1-mile run/walk at 8 a.m. Sunday, May 25, at
12150 Ted Houghton. Registration: $20; $15
military; $10 1 mile run/walk and ages 11 and
younger. Team discount of $15 per runner for
teams of 10 or more by May 16. Online at
Lee and Beulah Moor Walk/Run The

Lee and Beulah Moor Childrens Home hosts
the 12th annual 8K competitive race and 1-mile
El Paso Scene
and 1 mile fun walk to help local teacher

Priscilla Aguilar with her medical needs is 8 a.m.
Sunday, June 8, at Paso Del Norte School,
12300 Tierra Este. Cost: $20 by June 1; $25
after. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Wicked 5K The 5K Run and 1 Mile walk is
iRuidoso Grindstone Trail Runs Ski

Run Road Challenge hosts the runs on the new
multiple use trail system at Grindstone Lake, 2
miles from Downtown Ruidoso at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 26, starting and finishing at
Wingfield Park. Four mile and 8.50 mile runs
offered at the USA Track and Field sanctioned
and American Trail Running Association
approved event. Proceeds benefit the Ruidoso
Trails Coalition and Ski Apache Adaptive Sports
Program. Cost: $25 solo runners; $154 youth.
Information: (575) 937-7106. Online registration at ultrasignup.com.
May 2014
Museum Scavenger Hunt The Border
Magoffin Home State Historic Site
Museum Associations 6th annual hunt,

Centennial Connections celebrating the
UTEP Centennial runs May 17-July 20 at participating museums in the El Paso, Las Cruces
and Juarez area. The hunt encourages participants of all ages to learn more about the areas
history, art, desert and other subjects while
exploring the regions museums. Contestants
visit the museums, find mystery objectives and
have forms validated at each site. Forms available at all participating museums. Museum fees
vary; many are free. Information:
visitelpaso.com, or 433-5147 (Magoffin Home).
See Page 27 for details, including participating
museums.
1120 Magoffin. The adobe home, built around

1875 by Joseph Magoffin, tells the story of a
multicultural family that influenced the development of the Southwest borderlands. It includes
authentic art and furnishings reflecting the daily
lives of the Magoffin family.
Sunday. Tours on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m.
Spanish language tours offered Thursday
through Saturday; call for availability. Cost: $4
($3 ages 6-18). Group tours available with
advance registration. Information: 533-5147 or
visitmagoffinhome.com.
Centennial Museum University at

Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 Tuesday
through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 747-8994 or museum.utep.edu.
The museum is the official Centennial
Welcome Center through 2014, with exhibits
about UTEPs history, themed walking tours of
the campus, UTEP documentaries and
Childrens Activity Corner. Learn more at the
centennial celebration at UTEP100years.com.
Showing through May 24: UTEP in the
News, UTEP Centennial Celebration series of
exhibits that showcase UTEPs rich history. The
exhibit highlights 100 years of news coverage,
both from the daily newspapers, local television
stations and UTEPs The Prospector.
Showing through Nov. 27: UTEP
Technology Time Capsule: 100 Years of Sharing
Ideas Across the Disciplines. The exhibit, created by students in the UTEP Museum Studies
program, showcases how technology has
evolved on the UTEP campus.
Showing through Jan. 15, 2015: A Century
of Transformations. The exhibit follows the
Texas School of Mines and Metallurgy from its
opening in 1914, to todays University of Texas
at El Paso.
Themed walking tours are available by
appointment at 2:30 p.m. Mondays. Contact
Maribel Villalva at 747-6669 or
mvillalva2@utep.edu.
Permanent exhibits on the Third Floor focus
on the history of the Chihuahuan Desert. The
Chihuahuan Desert Gardens on the museum
grounds have more than 800 species of plants
native to the region.
El Paso Exploreum The citys first living laboratory museum for children is at 300
W. San Antonio (south of Convention Center).
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Last
admission is one hour before closing time.
Information: 533-4330 or elpasoexploreum.org.
Admission: $8 ($6 seniors over 60, and military
and educators with ID; free for infants).
Kids Night Out and Valet Parking is 6 to 11
p.m. Friday, May 2, 16 and 30. Children will
be supervised by docents while parents can
take advantage of other Downtown events.
Cost: $25 first child ($15 each additional child).
Valet parking offered for $15; parking and kids
night out combo $35.
Southwest Airlines Exhibit Opening and
Employee Appreciation Day is 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday, May 24. Visitors can sit in airplane seats, use overhead storage compartments and enter a plane midsection through
real airplane doors. Active Southwest Airlines
employees and their families admitted free during this event.
New is the hands-on Imagination Station,
funded by the LEGO Childrens Fund and private donations Children have a chance to make
items out of recycled products and art supplies
and to experiment with circuits, wires, buzzers
and bells.
May 2014
The Exploreum includes multiple interactive

exhibits in four theme areas: construction, aviation, role-play and high tech. Also featured is
the NewsChannel 9 Childrens Studio.
El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study

Center 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday.
Admission is free unless listed otherwise.
Information: 351-0048 or elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
El Paso Museum of Archaeology

4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso (west
of U.S. 54). Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Closed Mondays and city holidays. Admission is
free. Information: 755-4332 or
elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.
Native American storyteller Alex Mares and
astronomer Francisco Carreto-Parra present
Sky Stories, Ancient and Modern 7 to 9:30
p.m. Saturday, May 3. Admission: $2 (free for
museum members); advance reservations
required. See separate listing for details.
Jim Hastings will celebrate International
Museum Day with a Bordertown Cooking
Demonstration Saturday, May 17, co-sponsored by El Paso Archaeological Society. The
program will highlight the native plants on the
museums grounds. Call for times/cost.
Showing through Aug. 31: The Living Mask
Making Tradition of the Rarmuri/Tarahumara.
Guest curator Kitty Alice Sneads exhibit of 20
photographs and two videos was created after
over ten years of contact with the Rarmuri in
the Sierra Madre.
Registration is being taken for the 2014
Summer Archaeology Camp for ages 7 to 12.r.
El Paso Museum of History 510 N.
Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday (until 9 p.m. Thursdays), and
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free,
except for selected exhibits. Admission for the
Tigua exhibit: $5 (free for museum and Tigua
tribe members with ID). Information: 351-3588
or elpasotexas.gov/history.
Showing through Sept. 7: People of the Sun,
artifacts from the Tigua Pueblo, including four

artifacts returning to the border from the
Netherlands after being taken from the pueblo
more than 130 years ago.
Showing through February, 2015 is Fifth Wall
of Giants: UTEP Centennial Celebration, From
Mines to Minds.
Museum classes are $20 per session ($10
museum members), unless listed otherwise.
Conversational Spanish classes are 6 to 7
p.m. Thursdays, through May 8, and May 15July 3 for adults and children age 9 and older.
Traditional Belly Dancing Classes are 6 to 7
p.m. Thursdays through May 22, for ages 9
and older taught by Sonia Flores and her
daughter Sene.
Conversational English classes are 7 to 8 p.m.
Thursdays, through June 12, for adults and
children age 9 and older.
Digital Photography Class is 7 to 8 p.m.
Thursdays, through June 12, ages 9 and older.
Flamenco classes are 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays,
May 1-June 19, taught by Linda Gallegos. No
dance experience required, open to adults and
children 7 or older.
Tai Chi Saturday classes May 3-June 28.
Hours are 11 a.m. to noon for Tai Chi I (beginner) and II and 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for Tai Chi
III. No class May 24.
Advanced Tai Chi III lunch classes are 10 to
11 a.m. Wednesdays May 7-June 25, taught by
Hsio-Ying Hines.
Los Portales Museum and Visitor

Center 1521 San Elizario Road. The museum is operated by the San Elizario Genealogy
and Historical Society, and is housed in an
1850s Territorial-style building across from the
San Elizario church. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is free. Information: 8511682.
National Border Patrol Museum and

Memorial Library 4315 Transmountain
Drive. The museum, in Northeast El Paso just
west of U.S. 54, features the history of the
Border Patrol with uniforms, equipment, photographs, guns, motor vehicles, airplanes, boats
and other items, including hands-on exhibits for
kids. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Admission is free. Information: 7596060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com.
San Elizario Veterans Museum and

Memorial Walk 1501-B Main Street in
San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission
is free. Information: Ann Lara, 345-3741 or Ray
Borrego, 383-8529.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305

Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of Ysleta
Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free.
Information: 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
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Road, Doa Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
military; free for children under 12.
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-airmuseum.com.
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Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las

Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 541-2154 or lascruces.org/museums.
Showing May 2-31: Ancestral Wisdom/La
Sabidura Ancestral, acrylic works by Corina
Gabaldn inspired by the culture, mythology
and art of her ancestors. Gabaldns paintings
are dedicated to promoting and preserving the
ancestral wisdom of her Aztec/Mayan heritage
Gabaldn will lead visitors through her exhibit
in a guided tour at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17.
A free family workshop based on the story
The Lizard and the Sun/La Largarita y el Sol,
is noon Saturday, May 10. The story will be
read in English and Spanish, followed by an art
project.
Showing May 2-June 28: Madonna
International Print Exchange, traditional and
non-traditional works using the print-making
process based upon the theme of the
Madonna. Features 65 artists from United
States, Poland, Canada, The Netherlands,
Mexico, Nicaragua and Cuba.
Elizabeth Zarur of NMSU Art History
Department will present opening remarks on
the exhibit at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 2. Zarur
will discuss the presence of the feminine in religious iconography of the Southwest.
Opening reception for both exhibit is 5 to 7
p.m. Friday, May 2.
Weekly storytime is 11 to 11:30 a.m.
Saturdays at the center, followed by art journeys at the Museum of Art.
History notes lectures are 1 to 2:30 p.m. the
second Thursday of the month. May 8:
Archaeology in the Mesa Verde Region:
Ancient Ties Across the Southwest with Fumi
Arakawa.
The Cultural Connections Book Club meets 2
to 4 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month.
Crew members from the USS New Mexico
(SSN-779), the Navys sixth Virginia-class fastattack nuclear submarine, will talk about its
technology at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 22, as part
of their statewide tour. The submarines motto
was Defendamos Nuestra Tierra (We Defend
Our Land). Dick Brown, Chairman of the USS
New Mexico Committee, Navy League, will
also give a presentation. Admission is free.
Brown and the crew will also host a free All
About Submarines family-friendly presentation
at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24.
A free hands-on workshop for adults is 1 p.m.
Thursday, May 29, on the study of material
culture through a set of Hopi gourd rattles
from the Branigan collection. Participants will
examine two Hopi gourd rattles, often used in
Pueblo dances and feast days.
Las Cruces Museum of Nature and

Science 411 N. Main in the Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Ramble. Information: (575)
522-3120 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Summer camp 2014 runs June 2-27.
El Paso Scene
Las Cruces Railroad Museum The

museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N.
Mesilla, (at Las Cruces avenue west of the
Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Admission is
free; donations encouraged. Information: (575)
647-4480 or museums.las-cruces.org.
Family Game Day is 10 a.m. to noon the second Saturday of each month.
Toddler Story Time is 11 a.m. the third
Saturday of each month. RSVP requested.
NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. The 47acre museum chronicles the 3,000-year history
of agriculture and rural life in New Mexico.
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5
for adults, $3 seniors 60 and older; $2 age 517; free for museum members, veterans and
children age 4 and under. Information: (575)
522-4100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
Crafts for Kids is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
May 3. Children of all ages can create take
home crafts for Mothers Day.
The Harvey Girls of El Paso will talk about the
history of Fred Harvey and how he started hospitality with the famous Harvey Girls along
AT&SF railroad stops between Chicago and
Santa Fe, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8. Suggested
donation: $2.
The annual Blessing of the Fields is 10 a.m. to
noon Thursday, May 15, with a colorful musicfilled procession around the museums campus
as the livestock, orchards and vineyards.
Admission and participation is free.
A Night at the Museum living history event is
7 to 10 p.m. Friday, May 23. Characters step
out of photographs, paintings and vignettes to
talk about New Mexico history. Discounted
admission is $3 for age 11 and older; free for
10 and younger.
Showing through Aug. 3 in the Arts
Corridor: Wires, Windmills and Critters: The
Art of Peter Goodman. The Doa Ana County
artists photographic images celebrate the
Southwest. Goodmans images are photographs
that were digitally manipulated to resemble
other media.
Showing through Oct. 19: The Color of Pie
Town, with 37 of Russell Lees iconic color
photographs of Pie Town, N.M. Lee captured
life in this small Catron County town in 1940.
Now on long-term display in the Heritage Art
Gallery: The Cowboy Way: Drawings by
Robert Shoofly Shufelt.
Roping on horseback in the Museums Roping
Arena are 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays; a
Parade of Breeds in the 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesdays in the Round Pen.
The museums Horse & Cattle Barn features
the new, long-term exhibit, Slim Green, Master
Saddle Maker.
The museum also features domestic animals
on site, including cattle, burros and occasionally
horses. Milking demonstrations are at 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m. daily (3 p.m. only Sundays).
Blacksmith shop open Tuesday through Sunday.
Sewing and weaving demonstrations are 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Wednesdays.
Pony rides for children offered 10 a.m. to
noon Saturdays, near the Horse and Cattle
Barn. Tickets: $5 per ride (available in the
lobby or near the barn).
Cart rides to see livestock also offered (call
for schedule).
Walking tours of the South 20 are 10:15 a.m.
and 2:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Gallery talks are 2 p.m. Wednesdays in the
Main Gallery.
Please see Page 41

May 2014
Also
Space Academy Summer Camps. The weeklong science camps begin on Mondays June and
July for youth in grades K through 12.
Registration/information: (575) 437-2840 ext.
41137; registration forms available.
Hubbard Museum of the American

West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Sacramento Mountains Historical

Museum U.S. 82 across from the
At the Museum
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Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours: 9

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. Docent-led tours
of permanent exhibits are 10 a.m. Fridays.
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors, military; $2 children 6-16; free for children 5 and younger and
museum members). Information: (575) 3784142 or hubbardmuseum.org.
Showing through Sept. 3: Beyond
Tradition, an exhibition of quilt and fiber art.
Artist in Residence Zane Mead will be at the
museum demonstrating the Creating a
Masterpiece project Sundays.
New Mexico Museum of Space

History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The
museum features the International Space Hall
of Fame and the Tombaugh IMAX Dome
Theater and Planetarium.
Exhibits include the John P. Stapp Air and
Space Park and Astronaut Memorial Garden.
Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4
ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free).
Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org.
The new Launch Pad Lecture Series runs the
9 to 11 a.m. the first Friday of each month. The
May 2 presentation is When Hollywood Gets
It Wrong: Space Movie Bloopers. Speakers are
Education Director Dave Dooling and
Education Specialist Michael Shinabery.
Admission is free; coffee and donuts provided.
See Film Scene for IMAX schedule.
Registration is open for the 2014 New Mexico
May 2014
Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M.

Hours through May 17 are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday and Saturday. Summer hours begin
Memorial Day weekend; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday; 1 to 4
p.m. Sundays, weather permitting.
Admission: $5 ($3 ages 6 to 12). Group rates
and tours available with prior notice.
Information: (575) 682-2932 or cloudcroftmuseum.com.
Silver City Museum 312 W. Broadway,

Silver City, in the historic H.B. Ailman House.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the first Friday of the
month. Admission: $3 suggested donation.
Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947
(out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.
Showing through June 8: Faces and Places of
the Chihuahuan Desert, photographs from
UTEP professor emeritus Robert H. Schmidt.
Showing through July 20: Parece Que Fue
Ayer, the Grant County Chicano Music
Project, featuring photos and memorabilia of
Chicano musicians who have played in Grant
County post World War II era to the present.
Toy Train Depot Alameda Park, 1991 N.
White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. Hours are
noon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Admission: $4. Information: (575) 437-2855 or
toytraindepot.homestead.com.
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90-year-old artist still going strong
itnessing the gusto with which

pastel artist Marji Carrasco
approaches her daily life, its difficult to believe that this vibrant lady will
celebrate her 90th birthday May 3. Having
been a fixture in the El Paso Art
Association for longer than most of us
would like to admit to remember, Marji
will be honored this month only as Mays
Artist of the Month at the Sunland Art
Gallery and at a gala birthday celebration
at their Placita Santa Fe location from 5 to
8 p.m. Saturday, May 24.
Marji has been a resident of El Paso long
enough to be thought of as a native, however, she was actually born in Harrisburg,
Pa. and spent her early years in Rockville,
Md. Despite this East Coast heritage, it
seems that she was destined to become a
southwesterner thanks to her marriage to
native El Pasoan, David Carrasco, a Chief
Naval Petty Officer at the time of their
meeting (a blind date arranged by his sister-in-law), while he was stationed in the
D.C. area. A whirlwind courtship ensued
and the couple married in the last phases
of WWII.
Once the war ended, the Carrascos settled
in Silver Springs, Md. where David
became a championship-winning basketball coach at American University. When
the Peace Corps came into being in the
early 1960s, they applied to spend a hitch
in Ecuador, and from there, they moved on
to Mexico. Marji relates she has particularly fond memories of 1968, for this was the
year that the U.S. State Department
appointed David to serve as the attach for
the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
In 1970 the Carrascos returned to the
U.S., setting up housekeeping in Davids
hometown. Following in the tradition of
his father, Miguel, who had established a
vocational education program in
Smeltertown in the 1920s, son David
founded and became the first director of
the El Paso Job Corps headquartered in
Central El Paso in the Cortez Hotel. After
nearly a decade at this downtown location,
the project moved to a larger campus in
East El Paso, which was later named the
David Carrasco Job Corps Center in his
honor after his death.
With her husband busy training young
men, Marji chose to further her own education by signing up for art instruction
under well known pastelist Ben Konis.
Having had the opportunity to reside in
Ecuador and later in Mexico, Marji
became especially drawn to the cultures of
indigenous peoples of both countries so it
was only natural for her to express this
love through both portraiture and landscapes.
Although the medium of pastel remains
her first love, Marji has also enjoyed taking oil painting workshops with Krystyna
Robbins.
Commenting on this friendship, Krystyna
enthuses, Marji is my idol. I only hope I
can be half as energetic and enthusiastic if
I get anywhere close to her age. The level
and quality of work she continues to produce is absolutely amazing. She has a
wonderful way of capturing the authenticity of these indigenous people. She has this
affinity with them, seeing into their soul.
Not only is the work she does wonderful,
but the most important part is but she simply loves to do that.
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Tarahumara Girlby Marji Carrasco

What amazes me is that like many
artists who enjoy staying in the comfort
zone of familiar mediums and subject matter, Marji is always ready for a new challenge. For instance, one day when we were
out painting together she saw a building
she liked. At that time, she wasnt doing
much architecture, but she decided to try
out that subject saying, I think that kind
of structure might go with the people I
paint.
Marji is truly a dynamic pastel painter,
using strong colors, nothing wishy-washy
about her palette. She is a very visual person and there isnt any technique she
wont try. In fact, her enthusiasm for the
medium of pastel is so infectious that she
got me to enroll in a pastel class. This
turned out to be something she could give
back to me because it encouraged me to
become more dynamic with my own
approach to color.
In talking with Marji, one quickly realizes that she is especially proud of her son
D. L. (David Lee) who holds the Neil L.
Rudenstine academic chair in the Divinity
School and Department of Archeology at
Harvard University. His in-depth studies of
the history of religions in Mesoamerica
have earned him numerous accolades
including the Mexican Order of the Aztec
Eagle, the highest honor the Mexican government gives to a foreign national.
D.L. shares the fact that he often uses his
mothers paintings as a teaching tool in his
lectures both at Harvard and on the road.
When I lecture on the Aztec Empire, I use
several of her paintings to illustrate my
information. Students find her work to be
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May 2014
Agave Rosa Gallery 905 Noble. Hours

are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Information: 533-8011or
agaverosagallery.com.
Showing through May 3: The Urban
Project works by graffiti and tattoo artists
Matthew J. Martinez of JAM, Joey Lee Cabral of
Urban Myth, Ruben Archuleta, Luis House,
Francella Salgado and Juan Ortiz.
Showing May 16-June 7: Exhibit by Martha
Arzabala and guest artist Cristina Gardea.
Reception is 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 16.
Ballroom Marfa 108 E. San Antonio

Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Information: (432)
729-3700 or ballroommarfa.org.
Showing through July 31: Trilogy, featuring
three video installations by Austin-based artists
Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, including their 2009 piece Grand Paris Texas. The
final in the series, Giant, will premiere in
Marfa in a solo exhibition.
Crossland Gallery The El Paso Art

Associations gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in the
Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturdays. Admission is free. Information: 5347377, office@elpasoartassociation.com or
CrosslandArtGallery.com.
Showing May 2-24: Western Impressions Art
Show and Sale, featuring more than 30 artists
from the surrounding area. This years judge is
Juan Sandoval. The gala opening is 5 to 8 p.m.
Friday, May 2.
El Paso Artisan Gallery The gallery is
in the El Paso Exploreum, 320 W. San Antonio.
The gallery features works for sale by local
painters, jewelers, crafters and photographers.
May 2014
Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed

Monday. Gallery admission is free. Information:
533-4330 or elpasoexploreum.org.
El Paso Artists Studio Tour The 7th

annual tours final weekend is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 3-4,
for Eastside, Northeast and Mission Valley.
Look for the bright yellow signs. Sponsored by
the Plein Air Painters of El Paso and El Paso
Scene. Admission is free; refreshments offered
at each studio. Information: 581-4971. Full studio list and directions available online at
pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com.
Participating artists and studios:
Rick Parra Desert Studio School, 1303 North
Laurel with guest artist Erick Parra; 592-9897
or erikparra.com
Kathryn Johnson, 3147 Wheeling, with guest
artist Julie Caffee-Cruz; 565-2245,
kbjstudio@gmail.com or juliecaffeecruz.com
Olivina Mata, 10548 Springwood with guest
artist Joe Langston; 253-8047
Sandy Lenderman, 10305 Maxwood; 5917626
Bob Adams, 1900 Solano; 241-2981
Dorian Clouser, 1512 Finsterwald Place, with
guest artist Chris Huber; 593-2320
Albert Alvidrez, 3305 Crown Hill P.; 920-1746
San Elizario Art District artists
1445-1501 Main Street:
Alberto Escamilla; 1445 Main, Suites B1-2;
851-0742 or albertoescamilla.com
Debra DeSantis Art Gallery & Studio, 1445

Main, Suite B5; debradesantisart.com.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts

Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays.
Admission is free for most exhibits. Tickets for
Gaspar Enriquez, exhibits are $10 (free for
EPMA members, ages 12 and younger and
active duty military and their family).
Information: 532-1707, elpasoartmuseum.org.
Showing May 11-Nov. 2 in the Retablo
Niche: Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Francis
of Paola.
Showing through May 11 in the Woody and
Gayle Hunt Family Gallery: Gaspar Enriquez:
Metaphors of El Barrio. This exhibit presents
artwork from throughout Enriquezs career,
assembled from collections in El Paso and
throughout the United States. Enriquez is often
identified as the quintessential Chicano Texas
artist. In addition to more than 50 paintings,
prints and sculptures from 1983 to 2013, the
exhibit includes a video interview with the
artist and a book of the same title with texts by
Constance Cortez, Ruben Cordova, Christian
Gerstheimer, Benito Huerta and Lucy Lippard.
Low-Riders at the Museum is 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday, May 10, in the Sheldon Court in
front of the museum, with seven Low-rider
vehicles will be parked on Sheldon Court. The
El Paso Scene
owners of these custom rides will be present

to answer questions about chrome, paint,
motors etc. Admission to the Gaspar Enriquez
exhibit is free during this event.
Showing through May 25: Luis Jimnez:
Native Son, lithographs and drawings, including finished works as well as detail studies for
the monumental figural sculpture Sodbuster
(completed 1981). A sculptor, printmaker, and
draftsman, Jimnez specialized in fiberglass and
epoxy sculptures, lithographs and etchings, and
colored-pencil drawings. Born and raised in El
Paso as the son of an immigrant father, Jimnez
achieved national recognition and was working
on the controversial Blue Mustang sculpture
for the Denver Airport when he was killed by
an accident in his Hondo, N.M. studio.
Lauren Greenwald is featured through June
20, as part of the Artists on Art program.
Greenwald is a visual artist working primarily in
photography and video.
Showing through June 29 in the Gateway
Gallery: Ricardo Chavarria: 41, 47, 50-53, 59,
60, 61. Several of Chavarrias bold acrylic
abstract paintings some of them executed in
the last year and appearing for the first time
will be featured. The artists compositions combine the transcendental presence of Western
color-field painting or Eastern sand mandalas
with contemporary LED-like color and industrial-looking surfaces.
International Museum Day events are 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17, with performances
by Flamenco dancer Linda Gallegos, her troupe
Gallegos y Baile Flamenco and members of El
Pasos Salle de Long Fencing Club. Visitors participate in a drop-in art activity.
A free Neighborhood Kids Exhibition and
Reception is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 29, to
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celebrate the artistic accomplishments of 3rd
and 4th grade students from Lamar and Aoy
Elementary Schools.
Reading the Easel Book Club book group
meets 4 p.m. on the third Thursday of each
month in the Board Room. The May 15 book
is Leonardos Lost Princess: One Mans Quest
to Authenticate an Unknown Portrait by
Leonardo Da Vinci by Peter Silverman. Cost:
$10 per session (free for museum members).
Information: 532-1707 ext. 65.

World Cinema Series film screenings are 2
p.m. Saturdays. Admission: $3 suggested donation; free for members and children 12 and
younger. Age restrictions may apply depending
on rating of film.
An Introduction to Encaustic Workshop is 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3, for ages 15 and
older. No background necessary; led by Jan
Wishbrun Dreher. Cost: $55 ($45 museum
members).
Preschool Workshop, Museum Looks and
Picture Books, is 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday,
May 15, for children ages 3-5 and a caregiver.

Space is limited on a first come, first serve
basis. Admission is $10; free for museum members and active duty military.
Registration is being taken for 2014 summer
Youth Art camps, for ages 6-12. Camps run
Tuesdays through Fridays, June 17-Aug. 1.
Encaustic International Art Studio and

Gallery 7100 Westwind, Suites 120 and
135. The gallery is the studio of El Paso encaustic artist Brigitte von Ahn. Hours are 2 to 5
p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday. Information: 833-0454 or brigittevonahn.com. Currently showing is Grande,
featuring large-scale encaustic paintings.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and

Gift Shop Award-winning Impressionist
Alberto Escamillas studio is at 1445 Main
Street in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 11:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday; and 12:30 to 4 p.m.
Sunday and by appointment. Information: 8510742 or 474-1800, or albertoescamilla.com.
The gallery will celebrate its Fourth
Anniversary and participate in the annual El
Paso Eastside Artist Tour, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 3-4,
with live music by Oscar Rodriguez, Andrew
and Alexis Pedregon Saturday; and guitarist
Arturo Garibay, Sunday. Appetizers and refreshments served.
Florence Street Gallery The salon and

event house, owned and operated by Marie
Otero, is at 1015 N. Florence. Information:
588-4247.
Showing through May 21: Making It Real,
an exhibit by artist Carlos Rodriguez, who specializes in hyperrealistic paintings.
Grocery Gallery The gallery and coffee
shop at 305 Chihuahua is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to midnight
Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Foreign movies presented at 6 p.m.
Thursdays; karaoke hosted Fridays.
Art workshops held for kids are 10 a.m. to
noon Saturdays. Cost: $20 (includes supplies).
Stained glass, mosaic and special needs art
classes by appointment.
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon.
Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday Wednesday
and Friday; noon to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Information: 533-9090 or halmarcus.com.
Showing through May 2: Two Legends,

One Show, works by Manuel Acosta and Jose
Cisneros.
Showing through May 2: Two Legends, One
Show, works by Manuel Acosta and Jose
Cisneros.
An opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
May 22, for the Less is More miniature
show, featuring works by Natalie Baca,
Willibald de Cabrera, Teresa Fernandez, Jorge
Guzman, Mauricio More, Hal Marcus, Daniel
Padilla, Krystyna Robbins, Bill Rakocy, Francisco
Romero, Bill Sullivan and others. The show
continues through Sept. 12.
The gallery is owned and operated by local
artist Hal Marcus and his wife, Gallery Director
Patricia Medici.
Marcuss home and studio, located across the
street, are available for personal tours.
The gallery also has a room dedicated solely
to early El Paso art with works by Manuel
Acosta, Tom Lea, Jose Cisneros, Bill Rakocy,
Eugene and Fern Thurston and others.
Marcuss series of works, Universe City,
depicts the expanse and colors of UTEPs campus. A gift shop offers art-related gifts, books
and calendars.
International Museum of Art 1211

Montana. The museum is operated by the
International Association for the Visual Arts in
the historic Turney Home. Hours are 1 to 5
p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Free guided
tours available on a walk-in basis. Admission is
free. Information: 543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
Showing May 3-June 1:
UTEP Student Centennial Art Show. Students
from UTEP will showcase pieces they have
been working on throughout the year. Opening
reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3.
Pastel Society of El Paso Annual Show, with
works from various artists from around the El
Paso area. This years judge is pastelist Sara J.
Chambers. Opening reception is 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 10.
La Galeria de la Mison de Senec

The Ysleta Independent School Districts gallery
is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
Showing May 2-23: 14th Annual Student Art
Awards, with opening reception and awards
ceremony 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Marfa Contemporary 100 E. San

Antonio in Marfa, Texas. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 4
p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Information:
(432) 729-3500 or marfacontemporary.org.
Showing through May 23 are New Works by
Craig Rember.
Marjorie Foster School of Art Show

The 14th annual show is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, at the Park East Clubhouse,
1725 Mosswood, featuring works by Fosters
students. Entertainment provided by folk
singer/songwriter Charlie McDonald. Admission
is free and the public is invited. Information:
Marjorie Foster, 592-5122.
Public Art Master Plan survey El Paso

Public Art Program is conducting an online survey as part of its master plan to shape longterm strategies for the projects and commissions through the citys transportation and
Quality of Life bonds and beyond. Take the survey at surveygizmo.com/s3/1465774/El-PasoSurvey.
Rakocy Art Studio 4210 Emory Rd.

Information: 584-7878 or bravopress@sbcglob-
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al.net. Artist/historian Bill Rakocy has his Upper
Valley studio and gallery open by appointment.
Rakocy explored the Southwest in the late
1940s as an ex-GI and young artist, returned to
stay in the 1970s and later became curator of
education at the El Paso Museum of Art. An
award-winning artist, Rakocy is also author of
books on art, regional history and ghost towns.
Rubin Center UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald

Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to Sun
Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Wednesday and
Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Information: 747-6151, rubincenter.utep.edu or
on Facebook at RubinCenter.
Showing through May 15: UTEP Juried
UTEP Student Art Exhibition, with works by
undergraduate students enrolled in the
Department of Art during the 2013-2014
school year, including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, metals and graphic design.
A 10 Squared Exhibition and Fundraiser is 5 to
7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Tickets: $25-$500.
Showing June 9-Sept. 27:
Rachelle Thiewes: Something Gleams,
a site-specific retrospective of Thiewes that celebrates her work in the context of the place it
was made. The exhibition features work from
all stages of her career, and highlights the ways
in which her jewelry reflects an intimate relationship with the Chihuahuan desert she calls
home. In 2014 Thiewes will complete 37 years
of teaching in the UTEP Department of Art,
where she has provided both artistic and educational leadership to a generation of artists
while becoming an international leader in the
field of metalsmithing.
Ignite: The Artistic and Educational Heritage
of Gaspar Enriquez, in the L Gallery. The exhibition will showcase work from the Puro
Corazon portrait series, documenting artists
who were significant to Enriquezs life and
work. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a
newly commissioned mural created by a select
group of former students who have become
recognized artists and educators in their own
right: Jesus Cimi Alvarado, Fabian Araiza,
Francisco Delgado, Hernan Delgado, Mauricio
Olague and Aron Venegas.
A summer-long series of educational programs
for area youth is planned in conjunction with
both exhibits.
Continuing through May is the group show

Gardens of My Mind.
Mays featured artist is Marji Carrasco. A
reception and celebration of Carrascos 90th
birthday is 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 24.
The gallery is accepting artist submissions for
its first open show of 2014, Have Palette, Will
Travel, works inspired by artists travels out of
the area or country. The show runs through
June with opening reception 6 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, June 7.
Western Impressions Art Show - The El

Paso Art Associations annual juried show will
be on display May 2-24 at the Crossland
Gallery, 500 W. Paisano. Gallery hours are 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
elpasoartassociation.com.
The show features more than 60 works with
a western theme, including paintings, drawings,
mixed media, sculpture, collage and photography from more than 30 area artists. This years
judge Juan Sandoval. a well-known local art collector and UTEP librarian.
Gala opening is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Artists featured: Bob Adams, Ruben
Archuleta, Meghan Jane Arriola, Don Beene,
Gary Biel, Bill Bissell, Nancy Bissell, Gary
Boggs, Sherri Bryant, Ann Checchia, Tyra Dean,
Robert Dozal, Carol Eastman, Estelle Goldman,
Christina Huber, Rita Kent, Keith K. Kochenour
III, Diana La Marbe, Candy Mayer, Darrell
McGahhey, Brent Michael, Lyn Orona, Mary
Lee Pinkerton, Patricia Renteria, Louise Sackett,
Bert Saldana, Marina Savitsky, Ramy Scully, Tom
Taeger, Kurt Van Wagner and Donna Vesely.
photographic images used in official university

news releases, magazines and marketing materials. Information: darrenp@nmsu.edu.
La Paloma Fine Art Gallery and Studio

The new gallery in historic Old Mesilla at
2340 Avenida De Mesilla, N.M. features the
work of Francisco Romero. Hours are 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information: (575) 5238755 or romeroart.net.
Works include original art, prints, ceramics,
furniture, dolls and more, as well as works by
Adriana Peraldi, Miguel Varela and Rosa
Chivardi.
Las Cruces Museum of Art 491 N.

Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed
Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 5412137 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Opening Friday, May 2 is Chicanitas: Small
Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection
{size doesnt matter}. The exhibit features 70
paintings by 29 painters, all exemplifying Marins
most recent passion in collecting small paintings, typically 16 inches square or smaller.
Cheech Marin will give a talk on Chicano art
during VIP event sponsored by the Foundation
for Las Cruces Museums 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
May 3, at Hotel Encanto.
Main Street Gallery 311 N. Downtown

Mall, Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 647-0508.
Showing through May is the 9th Annual Artist

Guild of Southern New Mexico exhibition
under the mentorship of Julie Ford Oliver. This
annual exhibit features more than 30 8 x 8
framed original paintings that explore nostalgic
themes. Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m.
Friday, May 2, as part of the Downtown
Ramble.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery 2470A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla. Hours are 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Information: (575) 5222933 or mesillavalleyfinearts.com. Showing in
May are works by oil painter Roberta Leavell
Widner and digital artist Kurt Van Wagner. A
Mothers Day reception on is 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 10. Refreshments will be served.
Picacho Hills Garden Tour The Artists

of Picacho Hills and Picacho Hill Gardeners
host the Art in Picacho Hills Gardens Tour 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18, in the Picacho
Hills neighborhood off W. Picacho (W. Hwy 70)
between the Rio Grande bridge and I-10 in Las
Cruces. Each garden will have the juried work
of 3 or 4 artists on display. The six gardens will
feature a variety of plants from flowers to exotic cacti artwork. Admission is free. Information
(575) 523-1740 or artistsofpicachohills.com.
To get there: turn onto Picacho Hills Drive
and pick up garden maps at each garden. Red
flags mark the gardens.
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Las Cruces/Mesilla
Cutter Gallery 2640 El Paseo (at
University), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658.
Showing May 10-June 5 are new works by
watercolorist Robert Highsmith. Opening
reception is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 10.
Faces of NMSU The portrait photo

exhibit spanning the career of University
Communications chief photographer Darren
Phillips runs through the Spring 2014 semester
at William Conroy Honors Gallery, corner of
Espina and University, in Las Cruces. Phillips,
who began working for NMSU in 2001, is primarily responsible for producing and editing
San Elizario Art District Several galleries and artist studios are located 1445 to
1501 Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza on
the Mission Trail. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 474-1800
or 851-0093.
The First Friday ArtWalk is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday,
May 2, with artist galleries open late, live
demonstrations and music. A Ghost Tour begins
at 10 p.m.
To get there, take Loop 375 South from I-10,
exit Socorro Rd., then drive 7 miles east to
Main Street.
Featured gallery artists include Al Borrego,
Rob Mack, Palmira Lopez, Manuel Alvarado,
Maria Branch, Bert Saldaa, Joanna Franco,
Melissa Himes, M. Concepcion, Robert
Lichlyter, Amado Pena Jr. and Arturo Avalos.
Sunland Art Gallery The co-op gallery
features original paintings and photographs,
jewelry, prints and gift items by more than 20
local artists at 5034-D Doniphan, in Placita
Santa Fe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Information: Cil Abeyta, 5843117 or 474-0053.
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Rio Grande Theatre 211 Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces. Gallery in theatre lobby.
Friday. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
riograndetheatre.com. May features Colors of
the Wind, works by artist, author and former
para-Olympic athlete George Mendoza.
Although legally blind, Mendoza has earned several awards for his vibrant works.
Rokoko Art Gallery 1785 Avenida de

Mercado in Mesilla. The gallery features the
work of Mitch and A.me Alamag. Hours are
noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Information: (575) 405-8877 or rokokoart.com.
Showing through May 4: Spring Sprang
Sprung: New Growth group show.
Tombaugh Gallery First Unitarian

Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.
Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Information:
(575) 522-7281 or uuchurchlc.org.
Showing May 4-June 27: Ancestral
Gourdworks by self-taught gourd artists Karen
Phillips and Kathe Stark. Phillips is inspired by
Native American celebrations, and Starks work
has evolved to include extensive and intricate
wood burned and carved designs adorned with
stone, shells, ink, dyes, paints, pine needles and
feathers. Opening reception is 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4, with talk and demonstrations by the artists.
West End Art Depot The We.AD, at
401 N. Mesilla in Las Cruces, is an arts cooperative and incubator in a 7,000-square-foot
Quonset hut warehouse in the Alameda
Historic Depot neighborhood. Hours are 4 to 8
p.m. Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Information:
Chris, (575) 312-9892 or we-ad.org.
The 3rd annual We.AD Members + Friends
show runs May 2-30, with photography, mixed
media, painting and sculpture by member
artists, as well as artwork by individuals in the
community. Opening reception is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, May 2.
Also
Art Hop MainStreet Truth or
Consequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m.
the second Saturday of each month (May 10)
in the downtown gallery district. Information
torcmainstreet.org.
Grant County Art Guild show The
Guilds annual Members Only Show is May 211, at Pinos Altos Art Gallery in the historic
Hearst Church, on Golden Avenue in Pinos
Altos, N.M. Artist reception is 5:30 p.m. Friday,
May 2. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday through Sunday. Refreshments provided
and ribbons awarded. The public is invited.
Information: (575) 574-2831 or gcag.org.
Rio Bravo Fine Art 110 Broadway in

Truth or Consequences, N.M. Home of the
Estate of Harold Joe Waldrum. Gallery hours
Gallery talk
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evocative of powerful emotions about
indigenous women and children facing the
struggles for cultural survival.
Krystyna adds, I know that a number of
D. L.s friends and colleagues have also
purchased Marjis paintings. Its amazing
to think of how many pieces of her work
have been around the world. Marji always
researches her subject matter in depth finding out what tribe the people belong to or
the history behind their specific names.
For this reason they are not only beautiful,
but are also an invaluable resource.
Gallery owner Hal Marcus has also been
Marjis longtime friend and supporter. We
occasionally have a piece of her work
available in the The Early El Paso Artists
section of the gallery; however, they sell
almost as quickly as they come in. She is a
wonderful artist who really hasnt gotten
the recognition her talent deserves. She has
been painting long enough to have developed into an icon in her own field.
Stop by the Sunland Gallery in Placita
Santa Fe beginning in May to look at
Marjis paintings and then join the art
crowd for the birthday celebration. You
will also have the opportunity to meet
David Lee; his wife, Maria Luisa, who
also teaches at Harvard; granddaughter,
Laanna Ruth, a fitness journalist who
occasionally shares in D.L.s writing, and
grandson Octavio, a Ph.D. student at
Union Theological Seminary.
Arts and Ends

Congratulations to KCOS on the success
of their April fundraising art auction.
Chief Marketing Officer Emily Martin
Loya reports that net proceeds from art
sales were up more than $10,000 over previous years average of $25,000.
Individual price records were also set with
an original Jose Cisneros pen and ink selling for $7,500 and an original Manuel
Acosta painting brought $4,500.
Hal Marcus relates, In addition to these
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are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday,

or by appointment. Information: (575) 8940572 or riobravofineart.net.
Showing through May 25: Akin, works by
Carey Crane and Home Base, works by
Nolan Winkler.
Summer Art Workshops Cloudcroft

Art Workshops hosts its annual fine art workshops at the Old Red School House (Public
Library), 90 Swallow Place in Cloudcroft, N.M.
Cost per workshop varies. Information: (575)
687-2453, shiplett@pvt.net or
CloudcroftArt.com.
Cloudcroft has hosted the summer art workshops for more than 60 years. Workshops
offered for all levels, led by area artists.
June 9-13: Tom Blazier (plein air); David
Barranti (advanced drawing)
June 16-20: David Barranti (drawing); Alan
Flatmann (watercolor)
June 23-27: Sterling Edwards (watercolor)
July 7-11: Caroline Jasper (oil/acrylic)
July 28-Aug. 1: Kathy McAnally Lubke
(watermedia)
Aug. 4-8: Laurie Goldstein-Warren (watercolor); Darrell Pehr (Photoshop)
Aug. 11-15: JoBeth Gilliam (watercolor);
Mike Mahon (pastel/oil/acrylic)
Aug. 20-22: Qiang Huang (oil).
two works, we had over 100 pieces of art

available for auction (Hal donated 32)
including some really outstanding art such
as a trademark Bill Kolliker owl, a piece
by Peter Hurd and paintings by Bob
Snead, Bill Rakocy and Krystyna
Robbins.
Loya emphasizes, We really want to
thank all who participated: the 60 plus
artists, our underwriters, the Hal Marcus
Gallery and Lonnies Art and Framing, and
most of all the people who took time to
view the auction and purchase artwork.
Despite such a successful weekend, we
still have some work available for sale.
Loya explains, The images of the work
will be available on the KCOS website.
These will be offered at opening bid
prices, first come first served as far as purchasing.
Here at KCOS we are so excited about
all our recent successes that we have
begun working on digital story telling
project called Only in El Paso. These
will feature short stories about art in the
city. Watch for it later this summer.
***
As an additional aside, Hal Marcus mentions if you get the opportunity to see the
new biographical movie, One Step at A
Time, which focuses on the life and times
of farm worker organizer Caesar Chavez,
watch for a scene showing the cover of the
July 4, 1969 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Chavez painted by legendary El Paso artist, Manuel Acosta.
Hal comments, Its still something of a
mystery why they chose Acosta because he
was not very well known at the time, but
that exposure was career changing for
Manuel. PBS also recently aired a fourpart series on Latinos in which they also
mentioned the cover, but did not name the
artist. For those of us in El Paso, its just
an interesting reminder because many people in this city dont really know what
Manuel Acosta did for the cause of the
migrant farmworkers.
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer
specializing in the visual arts.
May 2014
served at 5 p.m. Stay late for music and a

campfire, plus craft beer and wine tasting.
Admission: $15 ($25 per couple). Seating is limited; reservations are recommended.
Cloudcroft melodramas Cloudcroft

Here We Almost Are The UTEP
Department of Theatre and Dance closes its
season with an original play written and directed by Department Chairman Joel Murray
through May 4, in the Fox Fine Arts Wise
Family Theatre. Showtime is 8 p.m. Saturday
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $13 ($11 seniors, military, group, UTEP alumni and nonUTEP students; $9 UTEP students; ages 4-12):
747-5118 or theatredance.utep.edu.
Broken down on a deserted logging road on
their way to Yasgurs farm of the iconic 1969
Woodstock Festival, two aging divorced hippie
wannabes find that a piano has simply appeared
on the roof of their Airstream trailer. This sets
off a bizarre night of everything from rattlesnake bites to psychedelic drug trips to a
sexually frustrated serial killer with a tree
branch for a leg.
The Misanthrope American Southwest

Theatre Company concludes its season with
Molieres 17th century comedy of manners
through May 4 at NMSUs Center for the
Arts. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10-$17.
Information: (575) 646-4515.
Outraged by flattery and lies, Alceste declares
that he will speak only the truth from now on
no matter what the cost.
Les Miserables UTEP Dinner Theatre

presents the award-winning musical, by Alain
Boublil, Claude-Michel Schnberg and Herbert
Kretzme, later to be an Academy Award-nominated film for its official Centennial Production
through May 25. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday; 2:30 p.m. nodinner Sunday matinees (May 4, 11 and 18).
Tickets: $26-$45 dinner shows; $16-$26 nondinner matinees. Information: 747-6060 of
utep.edu/udt.
Les Miserables holds the record for the
longest-running musical in Londons West End
and has become the most popular musical in
the world.
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is
released from 19 years of unjust imprisonment,
but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust
and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in
hopes of starting a new life, initiating a life-long
struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly
pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses
to believe Valjean can change his ways.
One Act Play Festival Las Cruces

Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall,
host the return of its one-act showcase
through May 10, featuring original works by
area playwrights and directors. Directed by
Monte H. Wright. Details to be announced.
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
Murderers No Strings Theatre presents
the mystery by Jeffrey Hatcher through May
11 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N.
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Directed by
Ceil Herman. Tickets: $12 ($10 students and
seniors over 65). Information/reservations:
(575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.
This play reveals the answer to this whodunit right off the bat, but asks the questions
how and why.
A Sweeter Poison Columbus Recovery

Theatre Company present the original play by
local playwright Timothy McAndrews 7 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 3-4, at the
May 2014
Tumbleweed Theater, 205 Broadway in

Columbus, N.M. The comedic dinner show is
preceded by a Valentines Day musical variety
show featuring local performers. Performances
are 7 p.m. Saturday and Monday and 2 p.m.
Sunday; doors open 90 minutes prior to showtime. Ticket information/reservations:(575)
494-0009.
Light Opera Companys live melodrama performances at Zenith Park on Burro Ave.
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Early
arrival recommended. Information: (575) 6822733 or cloudcrofttheater.com.
Upcoming performances are Friday through
Sunday, May 23-25, as part of Mayfest, and
Friday and Saturday, June 6-7.
Of Mice and Men IGNITE Drama Club

presents John Steinbecks classic tale of two
drifters May 23-25, at Irvin High School
Theatre, 9465 Roanoke. Directed by Ceci
Schlesinger. Showtime is 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. This script is true
to the original novel and contains adult language; themes including euthanasia and racial
slurs. Admission: $4. Information: 449-7092.
Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare on

the Rocks presents Shakespeares classic comic
romance adapted to the Wild West town of El
Paso in the 1880s May 30-June 1 at the
Womans Club of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa.
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ASTC End of Year Celebration

American Southwest Theatre Company hosts
its end of year celebration at 6 p.m. Tuesday,
May 6, at NMSUs Center for the Arts.
Tickets: $20; general admission (Ticketmaster).
theatre.nmsu.edu/astc.
A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody

El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents
the slapstick comedy by Ron Bernas for its
summer production, May 9-31. The play
spoofs the screwball comedies of the 1930s.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/students with ID; $5 students under 18).
Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
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Company announces the regional premiere of a
new original work by KJ Sanchez, co-writers of
Reentry, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30
p.m. Sunday, May 9-11, at Philanthropy
Theatre in the Plaza Theatre Annex. Tickets:
$15, $25 and $35; student and military discounts available (Ticketmaster). Information:
fronterarep.org.
Local favorite Rebecca Rivas headlines this
autobiographical tour de force by Sanchez, who
grew up as the youngest of 12 children in the
high desert town of Tom, New Mexico. An
engaging and high spirited story about family,
community, and the importance of place,
Highway 47 has a bit of everything comedy, drama, music, dancing and cutting-edge new
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El Paso Playhouse auditions - El Paso

Playhouse, 2501 Montana, hosts auditions for
the play Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike at 7
p.m. Monday and Tuesday, May 12-13.
Directed by Kevin P. Mullin. Auditions consist of
cold readings from the script. Information: 5321317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
Upcoming auditions:
June 29-30: House of Bernarda Alba/La
Casa de Bernarda Alba, directed by Alexander
Wright.
Aug. 17-18: Dangerous Liaisons, directed
by Erika Moeller.
Aladdin Kids-N-Co., 1301 Texas, presents the musical adaptation of the Arabian tale
May 16-June 8. Directed by Kids-N-Co. alumnus Skyler Carreon, with musical direction by
Laura Sambrano and choreography by Mia
Carreon. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $7
($5 students, seniors, military). Information
351-1455 or on Facebook.
History of Buffalo Soldiers dinner

show Bob Snead presents his one-act play
at 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, at Old Fort Bliss
Replica, Building 5054, corner of Pershing and
Pleasanton. Snead brings to life Lt. Henry
Ossian Flipper, the first black graduate of the
United States Military Academy. BBQ dinner
El Paso Scene
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Directed by Elizabeth L. Dahl. Performances
are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m.
Sunday. The Sunday performance will offer
American Sign Language interpretation. Tickets
are $10 at the door; discounts available.
Information: 474-4275, 920-9979, or
Shakespeareontherocks.com.
The theatre organization is celebrating its
25th anniversary season. Presented in cooperation with Theatre, Inc. and Eden Enterprises.
Musical Potpourri at Black Box

Theatre Members of the cast of the
upcoming summer production of Into The
Woods perform a selection of Broadway
music 9 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Black Box
Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces. Tickets: $10. Information, reservations.
(575) 649-1595.
Into The Woods runs July 25-27 and Aug.
1-3.
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Social Justice theatre presentation

EPCC Sol Voices student club hosts a presentation of the short play Silencio No Mas, written and directed by Elvira Carrizal-Dukes based
on real immigrant border crossings published
by BorderSenses for the Task Force for Social
Justice in Public Education, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, at EPCC Rio Grande Little
Temple, 906 El Paso. Theatre workshops follow for participants. Admission is free.
Information: 831-2844 or ecarriz1@epcc.edu.
Lunch held at noon, followed by a discussion
with Representatives of criminal justice reform
organization CURE, in conjunction with the
Community Solutions program that works with
children whose parents are incarcerated.
Border Theatre Acting Workshops

The Border Theatre Group hosts acting labs
taught by area professionals at noon Saturdays
at Glasbox art space, 1500 Texas. Workshops
are designed to help potential performers of all
ages and experience levels develop a working
process. Information/cost: 412-5283 or bordertheatre.org.
UTEP Theatre ends

season with new play
inspired by sculpture
Theater thrives at UTEP this month,
from the premiere of a new work to the
first full-length area production of a
musical blockbuster.
Joel Murray, Ph.D., head of acting and
chair of the Theatre and Dance
Department, will premiere his latest
work, Here We Almost Are.
Murrays inspiration for the work, he
said, was a sculpture.
The inspiration was (sculptor) Ray
Parishs Undeterred they Continued
Driving South which is a piano sitting on top of an airstream trailer, which
is also the centerpiece of the set. From
there, it was imagination, Murray said.
He (Parish) mentioned that the people
he imagined pulling the trailer were in
their 60s, and so are my central characters. So I did a lot of research and listened to a lot of music. The show isnt
about the 60s, but the central female
character wants to go there (Woodstock)
because she thinks she might find her
true calling in life. She is hoping for an
epiphany.
But Murray, who has written, directed,
and acted in more than 200 stage, film,
and prime time and daytime television
productions, doesnt want to give too
much of the plot away.
Im not big on trying to tell people
what they should get from a play in any
overt way. I like them to take from a
play what they wish. And plays like this
have hot and cold responses its not
everyones cup of tea for sure, but I like
it that way.
In brief, the central characters and the
supporting characters are all searching
for an identity and a sense of purpose
and belonging. They have strange ways
of going about it (making the familiar
strange, if you will, and I think its pretty theatrical). I think the Woodstock
generation might like it because of its
certain 60s craziness and heart, and
younger audiences might like it for its
craziness and heart. For the main characters, its also about learning what love
is really all about. It is a challenging
play for audiences, I think, as it mixes
reality and fantasy. The reality is sometimes brutal and brutally funny.
Abel Gracia, Klarissa Robles, and
Frank Leal will play those central characters.
Working with them, he said, has been
a great joy, along with staff members
and a special guest.
Jenny Andre, an alum, is designing
the projections, set, and lights, Murray
said. She is currently a very busy freelance designer in Sweden. We did a lot
of Skyping, and now she is here attending rehearsals, etc. It has been fun and
very productive.
The biggest challenge, Murray said,
has been wearing three different hats.
Where does the writer leave off from
the director, and where does the producer need to get involved? One cant operate as all three at once. Ouch. The other
thing is being able to abstract the story
that is supposed to be told and how to
tell it. Rewrites have continued right up
El Paso Scene
through today, so the actors have to be

quick and game.
That said, Murray does have a vision
for his work.
But a vision while writing isnt the
same as directing it live, he said. It
lived in my head, and the characters and
setting were very different. Then once
we got into doing readings and having
meetings with the design team, we came
up with what would work or potentially
work for a live setting.
Many say that directing ones own
work is not a good idea. Sometimes its
not, but I have turned over scripts to
directors for first productions before
and the results have never been what I
wanted to see. I like to see a script put
into performance in ways that are close
to how I envision them just to see if it
can work on those terms. It doesnt
mean that there arent better ways, but
when I live with something for a long
time, I get used to seeing and hearing it
a certain way. That said, one has to go
with the strength of her/his actors and
actresses. There are a lot of themes in
this one, but the unifying principle is
epiphany, as it is reflected in all that
happens.
The second production is Les
Miserables, UTEP Dinner Theaters
show to celebrate the universitys centennial, which plays all through this
month. Sun City Youth Opera did an
excellent job of the junior version of
the show in the summer of 2012, but the
full-length version has only recently
been released.
Director Greg Taylor jumped on the
rights and now is producing the show
with a 30-member cast, of which, I have
to disclose, I am a part. However, as I
write this, the first weekend is completely sold out. The next two weeks
only have a smattering of seats left on
weekdays and only single seats for
Friday and Saturday. The show already
has been extended a week through the
end of May. So, if you want to see this
landmark production, get tickets now.
Carol Viescas is a veteran of
community theater and teaches
journalism at Bel Air High School.
Here We Almost Are The play runs

through May 4, in the Fox Fine Arts
Wise Family Theatre. Information: 7475118 or theatredance.utep.edu.
Les Miserables UTEP Dinner
Theatre presents musical through May
25. Information: 747-6060 of
utep.edu/udt.
May 2014
ing and card-making.

May 17: Oh The Places Youll Go storytime; Spanish storytime is 1 p.m.
June 14: Fathers Day storytime.
An Evening with Michael C. Ford and

Lawrence Welsh Tumblewords Project
present hosts the poetry event at 8 p.m. Friday,
May 2, at Rock House Cafe and Gallery, 400
W. Overland. Sponsored by Free Hole Slam.
tumblewordsproject.com.
Ford (MCF) has been credited with 23 volumes of print since 1970. He received a
Grammy nomination in 1986 and earned a
Pulitzer nomination in 1998.
Welshs eighth book of poetry, Begging for
Vultures: New and Selected Poems, 19942009, was published in 2011. A Southwest and
El Paso Times bestseller, this collection was
named a Notable Book by Southwest Books of
the Year.
Other guest local poets include Viva Flores,
Gene Keller, Maria Miranda Maloney, Robin
Scofield and Ray Ramos
Ford also will host a Tumbleweeds writing
workshops 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. Saturday, May 3,
at Memorial Park Library, 3200 Copper.
Tumblewords Project The writing

workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Saturdays (noon to 2 p.m. April 12 and 19) at
the Memorial Park Public Library meeting
room, 3200 Copper, unless listed otherwise.
Workshops are free; donations for the presenter are encouraged. No workshop May 31.
Information: 328-5484 (Donna Snyder), 5661034 (library), tumblewordsproject@
yahoo.com or on Facebook at Tumblewords.
May 3: The Poem as Snapshot with
Michael C. Ford. Fords work has included
prose, plays and spoken word recordings. A
resident of Los Angeles for more than 40 years,
he has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and
Grammy Award.
May 10: Life in Five Good Stories with
Dee Cameron. Cameron is principally an essayist, and is a frequent contributor to American
Libraries, the journal of the American Library
Association. She has been a winner of the
Border Regional Library Associations Librarian
of the Year Award, the John and the Vida White
Travel Essay Contest for UTEP employees.
May 17: Kisses and Songs with Azu
Domnguez. Domnguez is a retired school
teacher who writes and volunteers with the
Tumblewords Project.
May 24: Painting and Poetry with Marie
Livingston. Livingston is a docent emeriti at the
EPMA. This workshop will involve looking at
images of paintings and readings from A La
Pintura. Participants will write in prose or
poetry relating personal experiences or reactions to viewing art.
Tumblewords founder Donna Snyder will host
a Tumblewords at the Museum workshop on
ekphrastic writing, poetry or prose in response
to another art form at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May
17, at El Paso Art Museum. Participants will
view art in the EPAM collection, then write and
read aloud.
Marfa Book Co. 105 S. Highland in

Marfa, Texas. Information: (432) 729-3906 or
marfabookco.com. Artist Zoe Leonard sign
copies of her new book Available Light, at 6

p.m. Saturday, May 3. Leonard will discuss her
exhibition, 100 North Nevill Street at 10 a.m.
at the Ice Plant, on East Oak Street.
Journalism workshop Academy LSA,

11236 Montana offers the free Journalism and
non-fiction Workshop, La Crnica Dentro y
Fuera de la Realidad, 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
May 8 and 15, with Journalist and Director of
Revista Coroto, Daniel Centeno, PhD. This
two-session seminar will explore the history
and influence of journalism. Information: 8503416 or academylsa.com.
BorderSenses launch BorderSenses,

EPCCs adult education program and the
Mexican Consulate of El Paso invite the public
to the launch of its 9th edition of the
Memorias del Silencio compilation 6 to 9
p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Languages Science &
Arts Academy, 11236 Montana, published by
Amit Gosh and edited by David Crdenas.
bordersenses.com.
A video installation exhibit Objecto de
Memorias/Objects of Memories is also featured, written and directed by Elvira CarrizalDukes with actor Cynthia Gomez.
ForWord Creative Workshop A

BorderSenses Literary Project hosts a free
workshop for teens age 13-19 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 17, at Galeria de la Mision de
Senec, 8455 Alameda. Participating students
can submit their stories and poetry for consideration in ForWords annual chapbook publication. Students are welcome to register for one
or more classes at forword.bordersenses.com.
to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 24.

Childrens storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays.
May 3: Duck on a bike
May 10: Mothers Day Storytime with reading Oh The Things My Mom Will Do and a
card-making for Mom.
May 17: Oh The Places Youll Go.
May 24: Dragons Love Tacos
May 31: Boy and Bot
A Spanish Language storytime reading of Te le
regalo! is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31.
Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) 700 S.

Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Information: (575)
522-4499.
Michael McGarrity will sign and discuss his
second book in the American West trilogy,
Backlands: A Novel of the American West 5
to 7 p.m. Friday, May 16. The book is set in
the New Mexico backlands during the Roaring
20s, the Great Depression and World War II.
Darynda Jones will sign her sixth book in the
Charley Davidson series, Sixth Grave on the
Edge at 5 p.m. Friday, May 30.
Childrens Good Morning storytimes are 10
a.m. Fridays. Costumed character Corduroy
Bear appears May 2.
Addition storytime events are 11 a.m. selected Saturdays:
May 10: Mothers Day storytime with read-
Barnes & Noble (West Side) 705

Sunland Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday. Information: 581-5353.
Michael McGarrity will sign his book
Backlands: A Novel of the American West at
4 p.m. Saturday, May 17.
Childrens storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays.
May 3: Spanish-language storytime reading of
Te lo regalo
May 10: Mothers Day storytime and cardmaking
May 17: Oh, The Places Youll go
May 24: Pig Kahuna, read by El Paso
Country Day School
May 31: Puddle Pig
The summer reading program for grades 1-6
begins Tuesday, May 20.
Sisters in Crime The Eastside chapter of

the book discussion group supporting women
mystery writers meets 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,
May 6, at St. Paul Methodist Church, 7000
Edgemere, to discuss Flash Flood by Susan
Slater. The meeting is free to anyone to attend
although a small donation may be asked to
cover utilities/maid service. Information: 6297063 or labodda9@aol.com.
The June 3 book selection is Sequence by
Lori Andrews.
GLBT book group The bimonthly book

group meets at 7 p.m. Monday, May 19. The
book for discussion is "Funny Boy" by Shyam
Selvadurai,. Includes potluck supper.
Information, location: 566-5549 or on
Facebook at ElPasoGLBTBookGroup.
Poetry in Pinos Altos The event featuring Tumblewords p Robin Scofield, Donna
Snyder, Mike Garca and others perform at 7
p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Buckhorn Saloon and
Opera House, 32 Main Street in Pinos Altos,
N.M. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Admission is
free, but donations accepted for the Wounded
Warrior Project. Information: (915) 490-6672
or tumblewordsproject@yahoo.com.
Barnes & Noble (East Side) The

Fountains at Farah, 8889 Gateway West, Suite
120. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, 9
a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Liza Lugo will sign copies of her book How
Do Hurricane Katrinas Winds Blow? at 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 17.
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Bobs Bikini,
Part II
Editors note: Last month John Middagh
wrote about his bargain purchase of a
horse he named Bobs Bikini and his
efforts to turn him into a successful race
horse. Heres the rest of that horse story.
he meet was ending at Sunland

Park and wed finally won a race
with Bobs Bikini. The test barn
was uneventful as we followed the usual
routine: put the horse in a stall, wash
him down with rubbing alcohol and a
water hose to cool him off, walk him to
get him to pee in the can so the state vet
could clear you. We were back at our
barn in good time.
Bobs stall was ready for him as soon
as we got there. I put him right in, which
seemed to suit him. We all finished up
for the day and went our own way.
I was looking forward to the end of the
meet. I was tired and ready to think
about doing something else. This year I
wasnt taking all the horses back to the
store. Bob was the only one. I put him in
an outside pen alone at first, but he took
to retirement easily. It wasnt long before
he went out with the other horses all the
time.
About this time another wrench was
thrown into the mix. I was going into
retirement of sorts, too, and hadnt really
planned on it. For years I had been
telling anyone who thought I had such a
great deal going with my Cowboy
Trading Post that if they thought it was
so great why didnt they just write me a
check and I would give them the keys to
the front door and they could run the
place. Id be gone.
One day a man walked in, looked
around, and told me what a great place I
had. I said to him what Id told hundreds
of others, but to my surprise he pulled
out his checkbook and paid me. His
check was good and I was out of there in
60 days, leaving him an empty house
and vacant lot.
I moved everything to some property I
owned on McNutt Road. I had told the
people boarding their horses with me to
find another place. I was retiring.
I did take 28 head of my riding horses
with me to the new place, Bobs Bikini
being one of them. I continued my trailriding business out there, but it didnt
take long before that became a bore and
I slowly let it drop off to nothing. I was
enjoying being free more and more as
the months went by.
Not taking out that many people riding
any longer, I didnt need 28 head of
horses so I started selling off the ones
that folks wanted because they knew
them for the good animals they were.
It came around to Bob and I had sev-
Taking a Look Back

by John McVey Middagh
eral people interested, not because they
knew him but because they were looking
for a horse and could tell he was something special. On this particular day, I
entertained a U.S. Border Patrol agent
who was a friend and customer. He had
seen me ride Bob. As we were finishing,
a young woman drove up, and seeing we
were putting Bob away and knowing he
was for sale, asked if she could ride him
first.
We turned and went back to the field so
the young women could try out Bob. She
rode him; I could see she would need
some practice with Bob before they were
good together. After two or so rounds
she brought him back. We talked a bit
and everybody left promising to get back
in touch. Id heard that before. But shortly afterward the young women did call
me, and told me she wanted to buy Bob.
She told me where to take him and
would meet me there with a check.
I buzzed back, Cash would be better.
I followed her instructions and delivered Bob to a stable in the Lower Valley
I knew. The new owner was there and I
helped her put Bob into a stall, me recognizing right away it was much too
small for Bob. I told her it was too
small, but it was her horse now and she
ignored me.
A few days passed and my cell phone
rang, it was the young women who had
bought Bob. She told me I had sold her a
crazy horse. I asked her how that could
be because she had ridden the horse,
called me up to buy him and even told
me where to take him, and Id followed
her instructions to the letter.
Then she told me she had called a vet
and had been told he was not sound. I
told her he was sound when I delivered
him. We set up a time for me to go back
down there to see them. When I got
there Bob was still in the small stall and
it was evident that he had kicked the side
walls and injured his back leg. I reminded her that I had mentioned that Bob was
in too small a place, but it became evident she just wanted her money back. I
told her I couldnt help her: The sale was
final. She then threatened to call a
lawyer; that made me mad so I walked
out telling her to do just that. I never
heard from her again.
A friend that lived down the street later
told me that he had seen her with Bob
and that they looked good. And that the
two looked to be enjoying themselves.
Alls well that ends well.
John McVey Middagh is a former saddle
shop owner and amateur local historian.
You can reach him at jmiddagh@
yahoo.com.
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Academy LSA Cinema Club Academy

LCS, 11236 Montana, hosts free movies at 7
p.m. Fridays. Food available to purchase from
local food trucks. Conversation club begins one
hour prior to each film. Information: 850-3416
or academylsa.com.
May features Movies of the World.
May 2: Fuerza Elite (Brazil)
May 9: Life is Beautiful (Italy)
May 16: Nebraska (United States)
May 23: No (Chile)
May 30: The 400 Blows (France)
Academy LSA Kidz Film Klub screenings are
3:30 p.m. Saturdays with family films, free popcorn and soda.
Get Reel Film Series The UTEP film

series is in the Union Cinema, Union Building
East, First Floor. The final movie of the semester is Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13), showings at 7
p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 2-3. Admission:
$2 ($1 UTEP ID). Combo tickets (include hot
dog, small soda and popcorn) are $5.
Pax Christi Film Series The series

presents the documentary on the Bracero
Program Harvest of Loneliness at 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, at Diocesan Migrant and
Refugee Services Mother Teresa Center, 2400
E. Yandell. Discussion will follow. Hosted by
Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace & Justice
Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso.
Admission is free, donations accepted.
EPCC Tejano Film Festival EPCC Mass

Communications departments 4th annual is 7
p.m. Saturday, May 10, at EPCC
Administrative Services Centers first floor
boardroom, featuring short films with EPCC
student involvement either in a crew or cast
capacity. Organized by Elvira Carrizal-Dukes,
Lecturer of Mass Communications. Light
refreshments served. Admission is free.
Information: 831-2844 or ecarriz1@epcc.edu.
Question and Answer session with the student filmmakers follows the screenings moderated by KTEPs State of the Arts host Mnica
Gmez. Awards will also be presented to the
students that evening.
Film Salon The Film Salon at Trinity First
United Methodist Churchs Resler Hall Chapel,
801 N. Mesa (at Yandell), kicks off its 13th season with an evening of special programming at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in Resler Hall.
Screenings remain a secret for this anniversary
event,. A reception begins at 7 p.m. Admission
is free. Information: 533-2674 or filmsalon.org.
Film Las Cruces The Rio Grande

Theatre and the City of Las Cruces Film Liaison
present the monthly film forum at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 14. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 523-6403 or Las-CrucesFilm.org.
Jays Pix Presents Film historian, educator, writer, archivist, collector Jay Duncan and
the Sunset Film Society hosts the monthly film
series at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at
Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One Ardovino
Drive in Sunland Park. Admission and parking is
free; but seating by reservation only.
Reservations required by RVSP by May 12 (no
late RSVPs). Information: sunsetfilmsociety.org.
This months film celebrates the 65th anniversary of Ardovinos Desert Crossing with the
El Paso Scene
biggest film of 1949: Mighty Joe Young.

Although the film has often been described as a
kinder and gentler version of King Kong, it
can stand on its own merits. Technical Creator
Willis H. OBrien turned the reins over to a
young Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013) to do
most of the stop-motion special effects animation. The film won an Academy Award for Best
Visual Effects.
Also showing is the short feature A
Conversation With Ray Harryhausen and the
Chiodo Brothers.
Pupfish Baseball and a Movie

FunFlicks inaugural Movies Under the Stars
season, hosts family movies following the White
Sands Pupfish baseball game at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, at Griggs Field, corner of
Fairgrounds Road and N. Florida in
Alamogordo, N.M. Fans will also get a chance
to meet the players after the game. Movie
screening is free to the community; Pupfish
game tickets available online at whitesandspupfish.com. Information: (575) 479-7002 or on
Facebook at FunFlicksEvents.
The May 18 screening is Monsters
University.
EPMA World Cinema Series El Paso

Museum of Art, One Arts Festival Plaza, hosts
screenings of films at 2 p.m. Saturdays.
Donations purchase art books for the museums Algur H. Meadows Library. Seating is limited on a first come, first serve basis.
Admission: $3 suggested donation; free for
members and age 12 and under. Age restrictions may apply. Information/films: 532-1707 or
elpasoartmuseum.org.
Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle de

Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in
Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the
Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at
7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors,
military and students with ID; $5 children and
society members); $5 on Wednesday.
Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or
mesillavalleyfilm.org.
Through May 1: Like Father, Like Son.
Two families discover that their six-year-old
boys were switched at birth. Not rated.
May 2-8: The Face of Love, the story of a
widow (Annette Bening) who several years
after the loss of her husband meets a man (Ed
Harris) who looks exactly like her deceased
husband. Rated PG-13.
May 9-15: A Birders Guide to Everything.
Birding sustains a grieving 15-year-olds memories of his dead mother while connecting him
to fellow high-school enthusiasts. Admission is
free for members. Rated PG-13.
May 16-22: Ernest & Celestine. In this
Oscar-nominated animated film, a young girl
mouse Celestine ventures above ground and
helps a very hungry bear named Ernest break
into a candy shop, sparking a friendship. Rated
PG.
May 23-29: Le Week-End. Jim Broadbent
and Lindsay Duncan star as academic sixtysomethings who celebrate their 30th wedding
anniversary by returning to the site of their
honeymoon. Paris proves as romantic as ever,
but the trip reveals both the deep bonds and
the equally deep fissures in their relationship.
Rated R.
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On May 25, the 25th patron admitted free,
and small popcorn is 25.
May 30-June 5: The Lunch Box. A mistaken delivery in Mumbai links a young housewife
to an older man.
CineMarfa Festival CineMarfas 4th
annual film fest is May 1-4 at the Crowley

Theater in Marfa, emphasizing the intersection
between film and fine art. Films made by visual
artists, as well as rarely screened archival,
experimental, documentary, and narrative films,
will be seen alongside new (and historic) films.
All screenings and events are free, but space is
limited. RSVP required to reserve a seat.
Information: (432) 729-3212 or cinemarfa.org.
Thursdays kick-off screening is Lord of the
Universe at 8 p.m.
Fridays movies are In the Shadow of The
Sun at 3 p.m.; The Night of Forever at 7:30
p.m., The Course Family at 8:30 p.m. and
La Santa Muerte at 10:30 p.m.
Saturdays movies are RR at 11 a.m., with
guests Zoe Leonard and Thomas Beard;
Medea at 2 p.m. with guest Thomas Beard
and Penumbra at 4 p.m.
Sundays movies are CineKids films by
Georges Melies at 11 a.m.; films by Harry Smith
at 3 p.m.; What Manner of Person Art Thou?
at 5 p.m. and Take Shelter at 8 p.m.
A screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc is
8:30 p.m. Saturday, with live score by Cat
Power.
A Harry Smith Memorial Paper Airplane contest is 1 p.m. Sunday in the USO building.
The festival closing party is 10 p.m. Sunday;
location to be announced.
New Mexico Museum of Space History

3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The museums
Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater presents:
Tornado Alley. Join Storm Chasers star
Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2.
Showtimes: 11 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m.
Hubble. Audiences blast off alongside the
Atlantis STS-125 crew, witness spacewalks and
experience the Hubble Telescopes imagery.
Showtimes: 10 a.m., noon and 3 p.m.
Showing at 1 p.m. are 9 Planets and
Counting (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday) and Planetarium Show (Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday).
Tickets: $6 ($5 for seniors and military; $4
ages 4-12). Planetarium show admission: $3.50.

Ages 3 and under free for all shows.
Museum/IMAX combo tickets available.
Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org.
Jays Film Forecast Film historian Jay

Duncan prepared this list of top monthly
Coming Attractions for movie fans, listed by
studio and release date (subject to change).
DVD Releases
I, Frankenstein / PG-13
May 6:
The Veronica Mars Movie / PG-13
May 20:
The Monuments Men / PG-13
3 Days to Kill / PG-13
May 13:
Her / R
That Awkward Moment / R
May 27:
Endless Love / PG-13
May 2:
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Columbia)
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx.
Directed by Marc Webb. Sequel to the 2012
hit.
Belle (Fox Searchlight) Gugu Mbatha-Raw,
Matthew Goode, Emily Watson. Directed by
Amma Asante.
Walk of Shame (Focus World) Elizabeth
Banks, James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs. Directed
by Steven Brill.
May 9:
Chef (Open Road) Jon Favreau, Scarlett
Johansson, Robert Downey, Jr. Directed by
Favreau.
Neighbors (Universal) Seth Rogan, Rose
Byrne, Zac Efron. Directed by Nicholas Stoller.
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Godzilla (Warner Bros.) Aaron TaylorJohnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston.
Directed by Gareth Edwards. Yet another reimagining of the Japanese icon, first appearing in
Ishiro Hondas Gojira in 1954.
Million Dollar Arm (Disney) Jon Hamm,
Aasif Mandvi, Alan Arkin. Directed by Craig
Gillespie.
May 23:
Blended (Warner Bros.) Adam Sandler,
Drew Barrymore, Kevin Nealon. Directed by
Frank Coraci.
X-Men: Days of Future Past (20th CenturyFox) Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh
Jackman. Directed by Byran Singer.
Continuation of the successful Marvel comics
franchise.
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Local: The Old 97s Get Most

Messed Up on Cinco De Mayo
A few years ago Tricky Falls welcomed
some good ol boys from the Lone Star State
back to our corner. The guys had been a
mainstay of our landscape more than a
decade ago in the glorious days of Wild
Hares Booze and Adventure. Since then
they have done the music business shuffle
and were last found with a pair of Grand
Theater Volumes on New West. Now they
have been invited to another dance, on Dave
Matthews co-owned ATO records. Most
Messed Up finds them in very familiar Old
97s territory. The disc starts with a classic
Rhett Miller countrified tale and then takes
us back to the beginning with their downand-dirty cowpunk sound. Though it should
be noted that they may have been inspired to
get a little grimy, since the legendary Tommy
Stinson of The Replacements and currently
Guns N Roses joined the party. I can think of
no better way to get the Most Messed Up
(well maybe not the most) and celebrate
Cinco de Mayo with the Old 97s May 5 at
Tricky Falls.
National: Drive By Truckers,

English Oceans, ATO Records
The band that spins tales of the South with
grit, spit and grime are back in the drivers
seat. This is their 4th release since the departure of songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Jason
Isbell, and to borrow the title from their 2006
CD, it is A Blessing and a Curse. The latter being that we will never hear the complete ensemble again, the first being that we
are getting double the Truckers blend of
music with solo releases by Isbell and even
more when co-leader Patterson Hood spreads
his lone wings. The newest release is
English Oceans, and yet another member
in the convoy is making his voice heard.
Guitarist Mike Cooley takes over nearly half
the cuts, and for the first time grabs the mic
on a Patterson Hood-penned track. The bulk
of the lyrical content are familiar tales
straight from the Southern heart, sparing no
souls or feelings, and having little time for
beating around the bush, with loss, politics,
and life on the road. Once more we join the
band on an amazing journey. This brings the
groups proper LP output to 10 and somehow
they still manage to make the perfect cocktail
of southern countrified cuts, with heartfelt
ballads, and boot-stompin rockers. Whether
you travel by way of English Oceans or
drive by truck or anything in between, find
your way to their latest disc and youll be
ecstatic you made the trip.
Afghan Whigs, Do the Beast,

Sub Pop Records
It has taken Afghan Whigs as long to put out
a new release as it takes a newborn to get a
drivers license, and for those of you who
cant remember your first passport to freedom that is 16 long years. Afghan Whigs are
back, four words I never thought would be
said, written, or thought. Not only have they
returned but they are possibly better than
ever. Sure absence makes the heart grow
fonder, but we have heard frontman Greg
Dulli over the hiatus in many other projects
and he hasnt delivered this much passion
and power since the early 90s. The collective has reignited furious soul-drenched rock
n roll. Flying right out of the gate, the guitar soars, the vocals snarl and the bass
pounds. It was always puzzling why the band
came to a screeching halt half a decade ago,
and the new release Do the Beast turns that
head-scratching to a blistered scalp. After
just one listen, the hooks are deeply imbedded. Sub Pop records may have brought
Nirvana to the masses but resurrecting the
brilliant beast that is Afghan Whigs is now
their master stroke.
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Hold Steady, Teeth Dreams,

Razor and Tie
Teeth Dreams might be a nightmare for
someone facing a root canal, but for fans of
Brooklyn-based the Hold Steady, it ranks
with dreams of fame and fortune. This is the
groups sixth disc and, with the addition of a
new guitarist, some fresh blood has been
added into the mix and they seem revitalized
to become the household name that they
should be. This is also something record
company Razor and Tie is hoping for, as this
is their debut with the label. The new CD
still combines Elvis Costello storytelling and
Bruce Springsteen working man anthems,
but the loud punk of The Replacements is
more than just a thin thread, resembling
more of a thick, seaside braided rope holding
everything tightly together. They have crafted another classic rock record with a modern
punch, relying heavily on an ambush of guitar riffage, thumbing bass and well-pounded
skins. Its all topped off with Craig Finns
unmistakable vocals that spin a tale with passion and a sprinkling of angst. These are
truly teeth dreams I can sink my molars into.
Collectibles: Joe Satriani, Joe

Satriani: The Complete Studio
Recordings, Legacy Records
Legacy music is at it again, helping proper LP
completists conquer their quest with one simple acquisition. Once upon a time before the
days of Guitar Hero there was only one man
that could light a fretboard, and to many he
was not just a hero but a god. The man getting
the overhaul is Joe Satriani. He started as a
guitar teacher in San Francisco where he
taught people like Kirk Hammett and Charlie
Hunter. One of those former students, Steve
Vai, convinced his record label to sign Joe. In
1987 he released his debut album for
Relativity Records and soon after that he was
recruited for Mick Jaggers solo tour, Deep
Purple, and many others. Now over a quartercentury later, with less hair and over a dozen
albums to Joes name, Legacy has reached
across the record company isle and has made
all his discs available in one complete package. All 14 CDs plus a bonus platter of unreleased material will be housed in a specially
designed clamshell package, with each one in
a replica cardboard jacket with a booklet filled
with photos and memorabilia from his entire
career. Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio
Recordings isnt a video game, and you most
likely cant play along, but youre still guaranteed lifelong enjoyment beyond compare.
Keep an eye out for these new and
upcoming releases:
Big Wreck Ghosts
Echo & The Bunnymen Meteorites
David Gray Mutineers
Peter Murphy Lion
Bob Mould Beauty & Ruin
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin
Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net
May 2014
Kids Excel Gala Kids Excels annual

dance performance, Mathmatical Mystery
Tour, is Friday, June 6, at the Plaza Theatre,
featuring students from area schools.
Information: 351-6999 or kids-excel.org.
Ruthless! The Musical Las Cruces

Community Theatre, 313 N. Downtown Mall,
closes its season with the musical comedy June
6-22. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $10 ($9
seniors, students, military; $8 per person for
groups of 10 or more; $7 children under six).
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
Antique & Collectible Show & Sale
The Mesilla Valley Serra Club sponsors the
annual event, featuring around 40 dealers, is 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 7-8, at St. Genevieves Parish
Hall, 1025 E. Las Cruces Ave., Las Cruces.
Admission: $2 (good for both days).
Information: (575) 649-6959 or 526-4009.
El Paso Psychic Fair The fair is 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8, at
Chase Suite Hotel Conference Center, 7000
Boeing (one block east of Airway). Admission:
$5 for both days (private readings not included
with admission). Free admission with active
duty military I.D. Information: 345-6245 or
elpasopsychicfair.com.
Muddy Hands Blues Band The band

hosts a benefit concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, June
7, at Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N.
Main. Details to be announced. Information:
(575) 522-5552 or wildmesquite.org.
Barbara Driscoll School of Ballet
The ballet school presents its 53rd annual student recital Saturday, June 14, at the Plaza
Theatre, featuring students from pre-school to
adult, in technique performances and a childrens ballet. Admission is free. Information:
584-9903.
Latina Leader Summit Wise Latina

International hosts it Strength, Power &
Influence Summer Summit 2014, is Friday
and Saturday, June 13-14 in Downtown El
Paso. Information: 790-2890.
Kars of Kids The 14th annual Kiwanis

Kars for Kids is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
June 14, at Young Park, Walnut and Nevada in
Las Cruces. Admission and parking is free. No
alcohol allowed in park. Information: (575)
525-9478 or jimpudd@msn.com.
Raft the Rio Festival The Southwest
Environmental Centers 15th annual Raft Race
and River Festival is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
June 14, in Las Cruces. Details to be
announced. Information or registration: (575)
522-5552 or wildmesquite.org.
El Paso Boxing/Martial Arts Hall of

Fame Banquet The awards banquet and
induction ceremony 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June
14, at Education Service Center Region XIX,
6611 Boeing. Cost; $20. Information: 591-6089
or convictedartist.com.
La Fe 5K The annual Fathers Day

Community Health 5K Run and 5K Walk is 7:30
a.m. Saturday, June 14, at La Fe Cultural and
Technology Center, 721 S. Ochoa (rear building) The 3.1-mile course goes through the historic Segundo Barrio neighborhood.
Oedipus, the Musical Comedy Opus

World Bistro, 7128 N. Mesa in Colony Cove II,
and Young El Paso Singers host the irreverent,
politically-incorrect adaptation of the classic
Greek tragedy with a dinner show 6:30 to 10
p.m. Saturday, June 14. Show time is 7:30 p.m.
May 2014
JUNE
PREVIEW
Greek meal prepared by four-star Chef Mike

Ross. Reservations required; seating is limited.
Cost: $39. Information: 585-2221, 9667-3938,
581-4503, 227-6002 or opusworldbistro.com.
Chamber music concert Vocalist Kelli

Rumba and UTEP Flautistas perform at 2:30
p.m. Sunday, June 15, at Zion Lutheran
Church, 2800 Pershing. Ticket prices to be
announced. Information: 747-7798.
Oldies Benefit Dance The Fox AM,

hosts an oldies benfit dance 7:30 p.m. to midnight, Friday, June 20, at El Maida Shrine, 6331
Alabama, with dancing to 50s through 80s, provided by My El Paso DJ. Tickets: $20.
Midnight Basketball El Paso Parks and

Recreation Departments summer nighttime
league is 9 p.m. to midnight Fridays, June 20Aug. 22, at various city recreation centers, for
age 12-17. Registration is free. Information:
544-0753 or elpasotexas.gov/parks.
A Taste of the Spencer The Spencer

Theater Guild presents its 6th annual fundraising benefit at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts, Airport
Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12 miles north
of downtown Ruidoso), with gourmet hors
deouvres tastings, wine and a silent and live
auction. Tickets: $50 (includes raffle.
Information/reservations: (575) 336-4800, 1888-818-7872 or spencertheater.com.
Juneteenth The Inter-Club Councils
Juneteenth Celebration noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 21, at Biggs Park on East Fort
Bliss. Admission is free. Information: 241-6046.
Mission Valley Duathlon El Paso Sports
Commission presents the USAT-sanctioned 5K
run/20K bike/5K run at 7 a.m. Sunday, June 22,
at Tigua Recreation & Wellness Center, 11200
Santos Sanchez. Online registration at raceelpaso.com/mission-valley-duathlon.
Santa Lucia Kermess Santa Lucia

Catholic Church, 518 Gallagher, will host its
Gran Kermess 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday and
4 to 11 p.m. Sunday, June 28-29. Information:
592-5245.
Home Run for the Homeless The 5K

and Kid Dash is Saturday, June 28, at
Southwest University Park. Information:
Run for a Mission 5K El Paso Water
Utilities 5K run and 5K or 1-mile fun walk is
7:30 a.m. Saturday, June 28, at Ascarate Park,
6900 Delta. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com or epwu.org/run.
El Paso Scene
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Advertiser Index
A & S Fun Tours
39
Fountain Theatre
51
Perkins Jewelry Supply
35
Alma Calderon
33
Furrs Family Dining
34
Pet Guardian Angel
51
Ananda Yoga
16
Geico
21
PhiDev Inc
34
Antique Mall - El Paso
51
Glass Goodies
23
Precision Prosthetics
38
Ardovinos Desert Crossing 44
Grindstone Trail Runs
47
PTEP
15
Ardovinos Pizza
36
Hal Marcus Gallery
43
Real Estate El Paso
46
Around and About Tours
37
Hans Martial Arts
36
Ronda Brown
Ask Dr. Dan
13
Hilton Garden Inn
45
Rubin Gallery
18
ATMAS Healing
41
Inside Out Designs Inc.
39
Salon Saleh
44
Baskin Robbins
54
Jersey Boys
56
Shakespeare on the Rocks 48
BeadCounter
23
Johnson Jewelers
32
Shundo Dance Studio
Beauty Solutions
35
Kaplan College
12
Silver City ACD
Bingo Plus
KTEP
52
Silver City Clay Festival
41
49
La Tierra Caf
20
Silver City MainStreet
37
Books Are Gems
34
Language Science & Arts
37
Smartz Printing
12
Bruces Air
40
Las Cruces Museum of Art
43
Smokey Bear Days
Cattleman's
35
Leos Mexican Food
41
Sombra Antigua
16
Cecila Burgos LPC
21
Libby and Lilly
37
So. NM Wine Festival
15
Cloudcroft Art Workshops
17
Magoffin Hall
40
Spay Neuter Clinic
47
Community MedSpa
10
Magoffin Home St. Hist Site
Sunland Art Gallery
23
The Bookery
21
28-29
David Duran, Attorney
10
Marie Otero
24
Sunland Park Racetrack
DeFranco Designs
22
The Marketplace
23
T or C Fiesta
The Desert Gypsy
22
Martha Garcia
38
Telemates
53
El Paso Art Association
18
Mathmobile
42
Teresa Fernandez
26
EP Ballroom Dance
17
Mesa Street Antique
The Cleaners
53
El Paso Exploreum
42
Mesilla Book Center
49
Tigua Indian Cultural
45
El Paso Live
14
Middle Eastern Festival
11
Unity Bookstore
49
UTEP Athletics
41
El Paso Saddleblanket
33,46
Mimbres Regn. Arts Council 13
EP Summer Music Festival 17
Mind/Body Studio
26
UTEP P3
El Paso Symphony
55
Mo's Mexican Rest.
42
Vanities
El Paso Trailrides
24
Mt Carmel Cemetery
Elegant Consignments
22
Museum Scavenger Hunt
Enterprise Fun Tours
19
EPCC
20
EPCC Pers. Enrichment
3
2
View Restaurant Bar
54
27
Village Inn
51
Mustard Seed Caf
34
Walgreens
10
Naydas Gems & Stones
22
Western Traders
48
NM Farm & Ranch Museum 25
Wyler Aerial Tramway
39
Zia Kayak Outfitters
Escamilla Gallery
19
Parks & Recreation
30
Forum Ballroom
16
Paseo Christian Church
36
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entertainment, recreation & culture

Western Impressions Art Show

Marji Carrasco will be featured as the Sunland Art Gallerys

Theatre doubleheader at UTEP

Trost Week The Texas Trost Society

four Trost Homes located in the Historic Sunset

National Travel and Tourism Week

Destination El Paso hosts several events May

Tigua Smoke Shop benefit car show

Spirit of Amigo Travel Fair

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Mission Chevrolet Car Show El Paso

Armed Forces Day The community is

Feast in the Middle East The 48th

K-9 Classic The Humane Society of El

leashed pets welcome; clean up bags provided.

El Paso Ram Dealers Southwestern

annual rodeo is June 5-8 at El Paso County

Southern New Mexico

Smokey Bear Days The Village of

T or C Fiesta The 65h annual fiesta is

Please see Page 6

Contd from Page 5

Fiesta Golf Tournament is Saturday and

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta The Town of

Deming Cinco de Mayo The City of

Demings Cinco de Mayor Parade is 9 a.m.

Dona Ana Longhorn Show Texas

2014 AspenCash Motorcycle Rally

Silver City Blues Festival The 19th

Saturdays headliner is Alvin Youngblood

Mayfair Cloudcrofts 37th annual juried

Bazaars and fairs

Please see Page 7

Art in the Park The City Parks &

a.m. every Saturday in Building A-1.

Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market

Something for everyone

Latinitas The nonprofit dedicated to

Church, 4447 Loma Clara, hosts a yard sale 7

Mission Trail Art Market Area artisans

EPCC Spring Arts Festival The 37th

Christ Community Church yard sale

and craftspeople display their fine arts and

Wagon Trails Market The market is

Downtown Artist and Farmers Market

Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert

annual spring festival of performing, visual and

Elder Abuse Prevention Month Adult

Please see Page 8

Free Comic Book Day The 12th annual