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Contents
PUBLISHER
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Elva K. Österreich 575-680-1978 editor@desertexposure.com
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3 ABOUT THE COVER • One Million Bones Dedication ceremony April 14
17 ARTS EXPOSIRE • Colorful Trails Las Cruces open art studios
5 DESERT DIARY • Philosophy An array of ideas that make no sense
18 ON STAGE • Take a Chance on Me ABBA tribute band hits Silver City
6 LETTERS • Guns in Schools? Fly-over concerns, tourism, reality
18 ON STAGE • “Waitless” Black Box Theatre brings strange play to NM
7 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • Is It Real? Why Pam Grier put a zucchini in her pants by Elva K. Österreich 8 HITTING THE TRAIL • Silver City Trail Days Continental Divide Trail turns 40 9 MUSIC SCENE • Her Spirit Lives On Album release for Ella Jaz by Patrice Mutchnick 11 BORDERLINES • Carrera Villista Bicycle race brings fun to Palomas by Marjorie Lilly 12 ARTS EXPOSURE • Arts Scene Latest area arts happenings 13 ARTS EXPOSURE • Calling Artists, Filmmakers Opportunities for creative types 14 FROM THE PODIUM • Elements of Production NMSU professor presents “Hamilton” lectures
19 HIGH PLACES • Osha Trail Earth Laughs in flowers by Gabriele Teich 20 TALKING HORSES • Saving the Mustang An American icon at the crossroads by Scott Thomson 22 CYCLES OF LIFE • Take Care of Us A friendly reminder by Fr. Gabriel Rochelle 23 BODY, MIND SPIRIT • Grant County Events Weekly happenings in Grant County 26 LOOKING FORWARD • Legends Come to Life History conference in Alamogordo by Joan E. Price
31 STARRY DOME • Carina, the Keel Another part of the Argus shows up by Bert Stevens 32 ON SCREEN • Student Film Showcase Desert Light Film Festival celebrates youth 33 ROCKETEER ACADEMY • Failure is an Option Summer camp program registration open by Cathy Harper 34 WINGING IT • Look Up and See April offers three opportunities by Yvonne Lanelli
36 RED OR GREEN • Dining Guide Restaurants in southwest New Mexico
27 DEDICATION • Salute to History Statues honor women veterans
43 GLENWOOD BUGLE • Flying High Glenwood host myriad events by Cheryl Thornburg
15 ARTS EXPOSURE • Gallery Guide Art venues across the area
28 ON SCREEN • Historic Preservation Month Fort Bayard movie series honors nurses
16 ON STAGE • For the Love of Ukelele Second UkeFest at new venue
30 PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • Beer and Basketball Whats brewing in the hoops world by Richard Coltharp
This photo by Jay Hemphill is but a small piece of the One Million Bones project. On April 14, One Million Bones - Silver City will be dedicated from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on the grounds of Bear Mountain Lodge where the project, a petition against ongoing genocide and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burma, Somalia and Syria, has found a permanent home after travelling across the world to various location including the Washington Mall. During the dedication, Congolese genocide survivor and human rights activist, Rose Mapendo, will return to Silver City to speak about her experiences. Starting at 1:15 p.m., the speakers will be presented in the lower installation, a handicapped-accessible area. Then at 1:45 p.m., attendees may hike up to the meadow for the laying of the bones with Mapendo at 2:30 p.m. Bear Mountain Lodge will provide refreshments at 3:30 p.m. To participate anytime, helping to carry the ceramic bones to their final resting area, go to Bear Mountain Lodge, park in the lot and follow the road to the stables where the pallets of bones are kept. To learn more about One Million Bones – Silver City, call Bear Mountain Lodge at 575-5382538.
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35 TABLE TALK • Corner Kitchen Eatery serves up home cooking by Lucy Whitmarsh
38 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS • Events Guide Romance and art in March and a little beyond
28 ON SCREEN • New Festival Borderlands Film Festival by Elva K. Österreich
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30 RAISINGDAD • How to Ruin a Turkey Sandwich Wonder where Dad might be with Jim and Henry Duchene
27 HEALTHY OUTLOOK • Electronic Caregivers Tech-health company innovates by Mike Cook
14 ARTS EXPOSURE • Springing Up Silver City Studio Artists change it up
17 ON STAGE • Bring Your Dancing Shoes Jazz and Blues society presents festival
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44 GOOD DEEDS • Dog is my CoPilot Program helps shelter dogs by Mike Cook 47 LIVING ON WHEELS • Back to Nature On the other side of the Gila by Sheila Sowder 47 IN THE PARK • Earth Day 2018 Alamogordo event celebrates the natural world
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GUEST COLUMN
Seeking Solutions
Medical cannabis offers humane alternative to addiction
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hen new solutions to persistent problems present themselves, one must seize them. New Mexico has an opportunity to do so today when it comes to our growing opioid epidemic. But at least so far, we lack the state leadership to take charge of the situation. It is estimated that nearly 500 New Mexicans die every year from opioid overdoses. Tens of thousands more struggle with opioid use disorders (OUD), with limited access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) like methadone or buprenorphine. New Mexico has only 29 sites that provide methadone, and these are located in only four municipalities. We also still need more buprenorphine prescribers across the state. Project ECHO has helped scale up the number, but people are still having a hard time finding prescribers. The state Human Services Department is aware of these limitations and is working to improve access to MAT for New Mexicans, but these changes will take time. We need action now. Expanding access to medical cannabis for people with opioid use disorders offers promising help. Credible studies show that many medical cannabis patients are already substituting cannabis for other drugs, including heroin and prescription opioids, and it is helping to improve their quality of life. Research suggests that medical cannabis can ease pain from opioid withdrawal and related symptoms like insomnia, nausea and anxiety. It can also help people seeking treatments like naltrexone, methadone or Suboxone to maintain their MAT regimen. More than two dozen health
Rep. Joanne Ferrary (D-Doña Ana)
Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D-Doña Ana)
professionals who work with New Mexicans suffering from addiction have signed on in support of using cannabis for OUD. And we are learning that states with medical and legal cannabis are seeing decreases in the rates of opioid overdose deaths. The body of evidence is building. New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Advisory board recommended adding OUD to the list of qualifying conditions both in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, a bipartisan bill that would have added OUD to the medical cannabis program passed both chambers of the state legislature. The measure passed with strong margins and was sponsored by a Republican. Governor Martinez vetoed it. This year the Legislature spoke again. Both the House and the Senate passed measures formally requesting the Secretary of Health approve the petition to add opioid use disorder as an eligible condition for medical cannabis. The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board submitted its written report explaining its 2017 unanimous recommendation to add OUD to the list of qualifying conditions. The Advisory Board’s report is clear: allowing medical cannabis for the condition of opioid use disorder reduces harm. Responding to the secretary’s
Jessica Gelay, policy manager of the Drug Policy Alliance.
decision denying the Board’s 2016 recommendation to add OUD in 2016, the report states that the secretary’s decision was “misguided in that it ignores the lower rate of addiction seen with cannabis than with opioids … when considering (the) low risk of cannabis addiction when used to treat opioid use disorder. New Mexico has led the way before. In 2009, we were the first state to list post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis, and now Americans with PTSD in 28 U.S. jurisdictions are eligible to access medical cannabis. We have the opportunity to lead the nation again. And we have the obligation to do so, especially with New Mexicans dying every day from opioid overdoses. The point of our medical cannabis law is to aid those who are sick and dying to access cannabis in a regulated system for beneficial use. With a growing number of lives being claimed by opioid overdoses, now is the time to expand available options to New Mexicans, not limit them. It is long overdue for New Mexico’s Secretary of Health, Lynn Gallagher, to listen to the experts and permit compassionate, effective, therapeutic treatment of opioid addiction with medical cannabis.
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Letters to the Editor Will they follow the rules? Editor, The March issue of Desert Exposure had a letter stating there have only been “claims being made, but with no facts” regarding the F16 training flights over the Gila region. The writer then goes on to say what he considers the “major issues are”. Regardless of what the Air Force says they plan to do (which is very scant info), what really happens when the pilots are out there could very likely be two different things. I have personally experienced a low flying jet at eye level when hunting on a hillside of a valley and I fell to the ground from the sudden sight, thunder and speed. Many others have experienced the same type
of thing. One undisputed fact is that tourists come to New Mexico and to the Gila Region for the open spaces (NM Tourism and Chamber data). If taxpaying citizens come here on vacation to enjoy outdoor recreation experience the terror of F16s flying close overhead or at eye level like I had, It would be logical to assume that most would not return. If one were on horseback and had the experience, it could be a life-threatening event. All of this would be a detriment to our economy. To repeat my earlier point, it is unfortunately a moot point to have on paper, regulations of how fast, what elevation etc. the jets are supposed to fly over our skies. There will be no realistic way to enforce illegal flying activity. Stories abound of citizens
calling every base in the region only to be told “we have no jets flying in that area”. The only way to ensure the skies remain as they are is to deny F16 training in our Nation’s first wilderness area and the surrounding region. Our economy will be for the better as well. Michael Sauber USAF Veteran Silver City
Teens step up Editor, I watched the Florida students on CNN’s town hall last week. What I recognized in the faces of those courageous teenagers was that of my own granddaughter standing at that microphone, and the girl with the thick brown hair, also mine. The confident kid who stepped up to debate
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Shared Philosophies Philosophers of the Century GeeRichard has been listening to some more recent philosophers. “The only reason they say, ‘Women and children first’ is
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“The best cure for Sea Sickness, is to sit under a tree.” — Spike Milligan “Kill one man and you’re a murderer, kill a million and you’re a conqueror.” — Jean Rostand “Having more money doesn’t make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I’m just as happy as when I had 48 million.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger “We are here on Earth to do good unto others. What the others are here for, I have no idea.” — WH Auden “In hotel rooms, I worry. I can’t be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked.” — Jonathan Katz “If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.” — Johnny Carson “Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.” — Steve Martin “Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.” — Jimmy Durante “The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to
anyone.” — George Roberts “If God had intended us to fly, he would have made it easier to get to the airport.” — Jonathan Winters “I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.” — Robert Benchley “As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind — every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.” — John Glenn “America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real, but the moon landing was faked.” — David Letterman “I’m not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. Actually, I’m a billionaire.” — Howard Hughes “After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.” — Old Italian proverb
The right treatment Gee Richard does connect with his friends sometimes. Talking on the phone to an engineering friend from a few years ago, he happened to ask what he was doing at the very moment. He said he was “working on aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminum and steel under constrained circumstances” Richard asked him what that meant in plain language. He replied that he was washing dishes in hot water under his wife’s supervision.
A squirrel problem
do about their squirrels. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn’t interfere with God’s divine will. At the Baptist church the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistry. The deacons met and decided to put a water slide on the baptistry and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and, unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week. The Methodist church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God’s creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water slide. But the Catholic church came up with a very creative strategy. They baptized all the squirrels and consecrated them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter. Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue; they took the first squirrel and circumcised him. They haven’t seen a squirrel since.
Revisiting church A journey through morality with The Packrat Out Back.
Death
“Do you believe in life after The Packrat Out Back is think- death?” the boss asked one of ing about divine will, looking at his employees. “Yes, sir,” the new employee churches. There were four church- replied. “Well, then, that makes everyes and a synagogue in a small town: a Presbyterian church, thing just fine,” the boss went on. a Baptist church, a Method- “After you left early yesterday to ist church, a Catholic church, go to your grandmother’s funerand a Jewish synagogue. Each al, she stopped in to see you!” church and the synagogue had a problem with squirrels. Palm Sunday The Presbyterian church called It was Palm Sunday, and, bea meeting to decide what to cause of a sore throat, 5-year-
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Is Sexism Still an Issue? Why did Pam Grier put a zucchini in her pants?
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y son, 16, doesn’t believe that sexism exists today because he doesn’t see it in his world. He complains about in-your-face verbiage coming across social media and news sources about women’s rights issues because he feels it’s something that doesn’t exist anymore. This is good and bad at the same time. It means I raised him not to see anybody as lesser, to view women as equals and to be respectful of everyone. But, on the other hand, if he doesn’t see the problems happening still today in those areas, he can’t be an activist against them. Diversity problems show up in increasingly subtle ways. When I went to the diversity panel, part of the Las Cruces International Film Festival, I asked my friend to save me a seat because I expected the auditorium at the New Mexico State University Corbett Center to be full. After all, two powerful and popular movie stars were going to be speaking as part of the panel, Cybill Shepherd and Pam Grier. But the auditorium was only half full for the event. Last year during the film festival, actor Brendan Fraser filled the same auditorium to standing room only. What does this tell me? • People don’t feel they need to participate in something that starts with the word “diversity.” • A man, Fraser, is more of a draw than women with similar credentials. One of the women on the panel, Monica Rial, is a voice-
over actor in the anime realm. She has been in the business for more than 20 years and has voiced more anime in the United States than anybody. “I still make less at appearances and that is not cool,” she said, “It’s shocking too to see the fans. A man has three or four characters, and his line is tremendous, and they don’t even market the women’s appearances. Also, Rial finds herself the target of hate mail, email, social media attacks, even for things she is not responsible for. “I have found myself in line for attacks,” she said. “I was targeted by thousands and told to kill myself. I got death threats simply because I’m a woman. They said they were going to throw acid in my face. None of the men who write, direct or anything are being blamed for it. My character was not even in the scene and my character was blamed.” Amy Lanasa, NMSU Creative Media Institute’s department head, moderated the diversity panel and started by quoting a University of Southern California study from 2016 looking at 900 popular films from 2007 to 2016 in terms of diversity and inclusion. “Nothing had changed significantly in that amount of time,” she said. “In terms of representation, behind the scenes or on screen. The pool of directors was even less diverse.” In 2016, 31.4 percent of speaking roles went to women; 84.6 percent of speaking roles were white; 4.2 percent
of films had minority women as directors; 13.2 percent of writers were women; 20.7 percent of producers were women and 1.7 percent of composers were women. There were 34 unique female directors that released films 2007-2016. “It’s time to change,” Lanasa said. “We are the change makers.” Grier made the point that movies are made by private industry and they want to make movies that will reach the largest audience. “To make a movie about a Polish family, well, you can’t,” she said. “They want to go for the largest profit margin.” Grier talked about her role in John Carpenter’s “Escape From LA,” where she played a man — actually a transsexual. “He wanted to know if I could play a man,” Grier said. “They told me how much I was going to get paid, that was what men got paid. I thought, ‘How am I going to do this?’ ‘How am I going to walk?’ I let my mustache grow out and thought ‘I am going to come in packing.’” She put a zucchini in her pants and thought, “Now how does a brother walk?” She got the job. “Kurt Russell came over and his eyes went to my crotch,” she said. “’You’re hired,’ Kurt said. I made the same amount as a man, all because of a zucchini.” Grier said in terms of diversity it takes small steps to move forward to acceptance. When she graduated from film school in 1967 there were only four film schools in the coun-
try and now there are hundreds, she said. “When we bring our brand, we bring in durability,” Grier said. “We (women) are from all sides trying to elevate one another. There’s a lot for us to do right now. Let’s just make films about respect and tolerance and culture.” According to the Women in the Workplace 2017 study, women remain underrepresented at every level in corporate America, despite earning more college degrees than men for 30 years and counting. “There is a pressing need to do more, and most organizations realize this: company commitment to gender diversity is at an all-time high for the third year in a row,” according to the study website. “Despite this commitment, progress continues to be too slow — and may even be stalling. One of the most powerful reasons for this is a simple one: We have blind spots when it comes to diversity, and we can’t solve problems that we don’t see or understand clearly.” The study explores data collected from 222 companies and more than 70,000 employees. It reports that women remain significantly underrepresented in the corporate pipeline. From the outset, fewer women than men are hired at the entry level. At every subsequent step, the representation of women further declines, and women of color face an even more dramatic drop-off at senior levels. This disparity is not due to company-level attrition or lack of interest: women
and men stay at their companies and ask for promotions at similar rates. I told my son about the time I found myself the only woman in a room of company editors, 12 of them. Certainly, a strange feeling. I have often felt I needed to be louder, more aggressive than male coworkers in order to be heard. I’m not sure what that indicates but I do feel a woman has to be pushier than a man to get to an equivalent place in corporate structure and old stereotypes kick in about men and women. A man is assertive and a woman displaying the same traits, can be labelled “ball-buster,” “bitch,” “ice queen,” or any number of unflattering words. I only can hope my child grows up in a world where what he believes about women and equality is true. I guess it is time to leave it up to him and his generation to make it so.
first time watched as the ushers passed around the offering plates. When they came near his pew, the boy said loudly, “don’t pay for me daddy I’m under five.”
his grandmother, he discovered a water pistol. He squealed with delight and headed for the nearest sink. I was not so pleased. I turned to mom and said, “I’m surprised at you. Don’t you remember how
we used to drive you crazy with water guns?” Mom smiled and then replied “I remember!”
ma how old she was. grandma answered, “39 and holding.” Johnny thought for a moment, and then said, “and how old would you be if you let go?”
Elva K Österreich is editor of Desert Exposure and would love to meet Desert Exposure readers during her office hours in Silver City from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 at the Tranquilbuzz Coffee House, located at the corner of Yankie and Texas streets. If that is not a good time, Elva will be glad to arrange another day to meet and you can always reach her at editor@desertexposure.com or by cell phone at 575-4434408.
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utdoor enthusiasts, community members, and long-distance hikers will descend upon Silver City April 27-29 for the fourth annual Trail Days, a three-day festival celebrating the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and the outdoor culture of New Mexico and Silver City, a Gateway Community to the CDT. “Trail Days brings people from all over the world to experience the beauty of Southern New Mexico,” said Silver City Mayor Ken Ladner. “The Continental Divide Trail is a wonderful asset to our state and our community, and this event is the perfect way to celebrate and learn more about the Trail.” From seasoned hikers to those who have never set foot on the CDT, all are welcome at this free festival organized by the Continental Divide Trail Coalition (CDTC). Congress designated the CDT in 1978, so unique to this year’s Trail Days is a 40th birthday bash for the Trail. The party, which takes place on Friday, April 27 at the Seedboat Gallery, will feature local music, door prizes, beer and wine and of course, a giant birthday cake. Other events include a pancake breakfast, a community hike and an outdoor gear expo featuring local and national brands such as Osprey packs and Vasque footwear. At the expo, the U.S. Forest Service and the Gila Chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen of America will once again team up to offer a perennial favorite activity where attendees can test out their crosscut saw and branding skills. On Saturday night, keynote speaker Cam Honan will discuss his hike of almost 15,000 miles across North America. For those interested in learning more about hiking and other recreation on the CDT, Trail Days also features two full days of informative presentations, which will take place Friday and Saturday on the campus of Western New Mexico University. Presentation topics will range
About the Continental Divide Trail The CDT is one of the world’s premiere long-distance trails, stretching 3,100 miles from Mexico to Canada along the Continental Divide. Designated by Congress in 1978, the CDT is the highest, most challenging and most remote of the 11 National Scenic Trails. It provides recreational opportunities ranging from hiking to horseback riding to hunting for thousands of visitors each year. While 95% of the CDT is located on public land, approximately 150 miles are still in need of protection.
About the Continental Divide Trail Coalition The CDTC was founded in 2012 by volunteers and recreationists hoping to provide a unified voice for the Trail. Working hand-in-hand with the U.S. Forest Service and other federal land management agencies, the CDTC is a non-profit partner supporting stewardship of the CDT. The mission of the CDTC is to complete, promote and protect the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, a world-class national resource. For more information, please visit continentaldividetrail.org. from desert hiking safety to diversity in the outdoors to planning multi-day biking trips along the CDT. “As a Gateway Community to the CDT, Silver City is excited to host this fun and unique event once again,” said Grant County Assessor and local community leader Raul Turrieta. “From exploring Grant County’s beautiful trails to meeting thru-hikers preparing to set out on their incredible journeys, there is something for everyone at Trail Days.” The full schedule of events can be found at continentaldividetrail.org/trail-days-2018/.
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Virus Theater has a BIG SEASON in store for 2018... May 18th through June 9th Album cover for upcoming release of “Fly Free” by Ella Jaz. (Courtesy Photos)
A Bawdy Melodrama of Good, Evil, & Meteorological Events set in Silver City, NM 1895
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A Greek Escape From Tradgedy Ella Jaz, at age 8, performing her song, “The Hand,” at the Hispanic Cultural Center.
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group of Silver City-area recording artists have come together to share the music of the young songwriter, Ella Jaz Kirk. The new album, “Ella Jaz~ Fly Free,” will be released at a two-day concert and celebration April 21-22 at El Sol Theater in Downtown Silver City. A who’s who of local musicians will perform the songs to promote the album and spread the music of Ella Jaz. Ella’s musical gifts began early. One of the first songs she
recorded at age 8, “The Hand,” won the statewide “Hey Mozart” child composer competition. Ella played the fiddle with her teachers, Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie of Bayou Seco, for more than eight years, at farmers’ markets and dozens of downtown events. Ella wrote songs right up until she died at age 14. “Being a part of this project has been very inspiring and heal-
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ing,” said Jeanie McLerie. “We hope that Fly Free will help others who have gone through such a tragedy with a loved one. Keeping Ella’s spirit alive in words and song is what we’ve done.” The recordings on “Ella Jaz~ Fly Free” are unique because many contain home recordings of Ella’s voice blended with those of the musicians in a professionally recorded rendition. Musician Amos Torres will perform, offering his bluesy rendition of Ella’s song, “Sticks and Stones.” Melanie Zipin takes on the moody ballad “Queen of Fools,” a song Ella performed locally.
“My connection with Ella was brief and yet the kinship I feel with her words, her music, and her spirit is undeniable,” Zipin said. In addition to Ella’s 14 original compositions, the album includes original songs by Zipin, Andrew Dahl-Bredine and Maddie Alfero, written after the tragic event that touched so many in our community – the small aircraft crash in May 2014that took the lives of Ella Jaz and her two friends, Ella Myers and Michael Mahl. Other musicians participating in the project and concert include Peter Dahl-Bredine and Maria Casler. The diverse group of musicians encourages everyone to come experience the
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“Carrera Villista,” a bicycle race ending in the border town of Palomas, Mexico, kicks off with from Palomas with the 70 km division. Twenty-eight cyclists, including a woman from far away Denver, Colorado, competed in the 35 km race that started at Entronque and finished in Palomas. Thirty-three racers participated in the 70 km race that routed from Palomas to Entronque and returned. (Photos by Marjorie Lilly)
The children’s bike race starting in Palomas had 25 participants.
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he air was chilly in Palomas at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18, and the roads were roped off with yellow tape for bike races. People were just beginning to register for the “Carrera Villista” races for children and adults. For this, people had set up folding tables and chairs in the shadow of the tall statue of Pancho Villa in front of City Hall, or the Presidencia. For adults the race was a 70 km (43 mi) round trip to the “entronque,” or T, south of town. Kids would ride in a circuit within Palomas. This was the second annual Carrera Villista that Palomas hosted, held on Saturday, Feb. 24. It looked as if there was more activity than last year. As his mother looked on, Sebastian Perez, a 2-year-old with helmet and unflappable seriousness, tooled around the empty street with a tiny bike called a “strider” he had to push with his feet. A group of adults from Juarez on bikes formed on the street across from the Presidencia. Fernando Olea, an engineer from Juarez, explained he wasn’t in the race to win a prize. “It’s for stress,” he said. As the bicyclists moved around the corner to the starting line in front of the Pink Store, Mayor Ramon Rodriguez announced there would be bananas, oranges, and plastic bags containing water at the 18th km to quench the riders’ thirst. These would be held out to riders by Juana Flores, a health promoter for Border Partners, the American development organization who donated them. It was clear from the beginning that the races were for fun. When men tried to start the race by waving flags, there was a false start by a few bikers. “Descalificados!” (“Disqualified!”), some riders shouted, laughing. Then they tried again, with a burst of speed. The street turned into a river of steel wheels whizzing by. It was a dose of cold, clear water for the usually drab Palomas. Besides being promoters of fun, the race officials were responsible, too. Two ambulances followed the bikers, according to the safety protocol of the race officials. They were both provided by Palomas. Another one from Ascension arrived later to follow the kids’ races.
From Palomas down to the entronque, they also left one lane open in the road divided by tape. The races were mainly planned by the state of Chihuahua, represented in Palomas by Jose Angel Mateos Bernabe, the Sports Director in the office of the Presidencia. The riders were from Juarez, Casas Grandes, Ascension, and Palomas. Most were from biking teams with outrageous names printed on their shirts: • Estampido de Bufalos (Buffalo Stampede) • Chupacabras de Octubre (Goatsuckers of October, named after a supernatural phenomenon of the late nineties, mostly in Latin America, that was believed to kill livestock.) • Mozketeroz (Musketeers) Bigotes Team (Moustache Team) • Pancho Wonj (Nobody in Palomas seemed to know what the second word means.) • Freakie Fixies (Having to do with “freak” bikes, bent into novel forms.) One man said that in northern Chihuahua there’s one bike race per month from January to October. There’s one in Ascension on the last day of May, for example, and another in Juarez in October sponsored by the Chupacabras Team. In Palomas, a second race for children between 8 and 9 years started after the adult race. Most of the entrants were from Palomas, five were from Juarez, and one was from Casas Grandes, Two of the tiny bike-riders, including Sebastian, followed along for as long as they could on their foot-propelled bikes. When the riders came back to the starting area, I had a chance to talk to some of them. In the male mountain bike race (35 km), 14-year-old Misac Ramirez from Juarez won first place, and his father, Alesandro Ramirez, 39, won third place. Alesandro said he had no formal training in bike riding. He taught his son by practicing from Monday to Thursday every week. “I sell hot dogs at Valle del Sol,” he said. Edgar Loya won the 70 km race for males. He said, in Spanish, that he had a career in “automatizacion” in Juarez factories. He said he and others usually practice in the Sierra de Juarez, which is a long chain of mountains ex-
tending south from the city where groups of bikers often practice at night. Some bikers said they aren’t afraid of being in the streets of Juarez, even with the recent increase in killings there, because “the narcos just fight among themselves.” Jose Elizalde, who raced with his son Valkyria, said his job was as a “professional investigator of material magnetic science.” A very talented girl named Zianya Aguirre, more professional than most competitors, had won races in Guadalajara, San Luis Potosi, and Mexico City. Border Partners has done a phenomenal job donating bicycles to kids in town. Juan Rascon, who works closely with the organization, says that close to 300 bikes have been given out over the last few years through the magnanimous donations of the Bike Works in Silver City. But because of the regular training outsiders get in other towns and the higher quality of bikes, there is a possibility that the races would be stacked against Palomas children. The participants from other towns tended to be middle-class professionals with a pretty clear advantage. It’s a healthy thing for Palomas children and teens to rub shoulders with Mexicans of wider perspectives on careers and life. Rascon says that he and Border Partners are thinking of contructing a bike path through town to a point southwest where there’s now a pond for swimming. At the very end of the events, male and female bikers of all ages received nominal prizes from the judges. They stood inside a huge inflated plastic arch donated by the Mexican fertilizer company Nova Tec, with abundant applause and photos from lookers-on. This year there were more people at the Carrera Villista race than last year, and they hope next year’s race will be even bigger. When I asked if they would allow people north of the border to take part, Angel Mateos said, “Con gusto” (We’d be happy to). Borderlines columnist Marjorie Lilly lives in Deming.
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CARRIZOZO • “A Rose is a Rose is a Rose” at the Malkerson Gallery, 408 12th St. in Carrizozo is on display through April 2. The show includes Carrizozo artists’ interpretation of “The Rose” by Gertrude Stein. Info: 575-648-2598.
LAS CRUCES • Las Cruces artist Kathleen Deasy is showing her oil/mixed media paintings on sculpted and texturized canvases at Aa Studios, through April 8. Aa Studios is located on Calle Roy van der Aa’s “The de Oro behind the house Liberators Meet Narim at 2645 Doña Ana Road, Sim” will be one of the Las Cruces. Info: 828pieces accompany467-9060. ing Kathleen Deasy’s • “Politics on Paper: paintings in “Chaos to Art with an Agenda” Peace, Seekers and from the SUArt CollecWanders” on display through April 8 at AA tion, featuring works studios in Mesilla. from the Syracuse University Art Galleries, is on display in the Las Cruces Museum of Art through Saturday, April 7. The exhibition highlights a selection of works on paper by noted artists focused on social and political commentary. The show features works made as early as the 1600s up to the present day. The included drawings, etchings, photographs, and other print media satirize or expose topics ranging from political conflict and war to issues of social unrest. The museum is located at 491 N. Main Street and is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Info: las-cruces.org/museums or 575-541-2137. • “Dressed for the Occasion,” a new exhibit at the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will have an opening reception 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 5. You will learn about women’s clothing from the pioneer days of the 1870s to the Depression Era of the 1930s. The opening reception is free and features costumed interpret“Dressed for the ers, as well as refreshments. Occasion,” an exhibit at the Farm The exhibit will be in the Museum’s Legacy gallery & Ranch Heritage through March 3, 2019. The Museum in Las Cruces, features museum is at 4100 Dripping women’s clothing Springs Road in Las Cruces. from the 1870s Regular hours are 9 a.m.-5 through the 1930s. p.m., Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 575-522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. • “How Does Your Garden Grow?” an exhibit at the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, features the artists of the New Mexico region of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), who have applied their effort to the creation “How Does Your Garden Grow?” an exhibit at the of an enormous rack Farm & Ranch Heritage of fiber art seed pack- Museum, features the ets. Each artist chose artists of the New Mexico a flower or vegetable, region of Studio Art Quilt real or imagined, and Associates creating work created its image in a based on seed packets. 16” x 16” quilt, which was then mounted to resemble a traditional seed packet. There will be an opening reception 3-5 p.m. Friday, April 6. The show will be in the Museum’s
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ARTS SCENE continued from page 12 Arts Corridor through Aug. 5. The museum is at 4100 Dripping Springs Road in Las Cruces. Regular hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 575-522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. • “Zoned Out” opens in thetheatregallery at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St., Las Cruces, during the Friday Downtown Ramble, April 6. The exhibit works in tandem with: Waitless, a backwards love story and a truelife dramedy by Cailin Harrison. Artists featured in Zoned Out include a photographer, a local artist and a visiting artist from New Orleans. Info: 575-523-1223, www.nostrings.org. The Gallery at Big • The Gallery at Big Picture Picture in Las Crupresents “Nuestra Gente,” an ces presents “Nuesexhibit of work by Francisco Lastra Gente,” an curain Labadie, a Mexican archiexhibit of work by Francisco Lascurain tect and cubist-modern art painter (1926-2013). The opening reception Labadie, a Mexiis 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 20, and the can architect and cubist-modern art exhibit will continue through May painter (1926-2013) 31. The Gallery at Big Picture is at through May 31 2001 E. Lohman Ave. Suite 109A,
next to the UPS store in Arroyo Plaza. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Info: 575-647-0508. The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery will feature two local artists for the month of April: Bert Gammill and Anne Carter.
• The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery located at 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla, across from the Fountain Theatre, will feature two local artists for the month of April: Bert Gammill and Anne Carter. Gammill paints in watercolor, oil, pastel and pencil. Carter creates with oil and acrylic paints. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Sunday. Info: 575-522-2933 or www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com. • Las Cruces artist Arlene J. Tugel will feature unique color interpretations in watercolor in an exhibit of plein air paintings called “Enchanted Colorscapes” through April 28 at the Doña Ana Arts Council Arts and Cultural Center, 1740 Calle de Mercado, Suite D, Mesilla. Info: 575-523-6403, email admin@daarts.org or www.daarts.org • “Vision/Revision: New Mexico Poets on the
Page,” will be on exhibit at the Branigan Cultural Center during National Poetry month in April. A collaboration with the New Mexico State University Archives and the Creative Writing Program at NMSU, this exhibit presents a glimpse into the works of New Mexico poets Lorenzo Torrez, Margaret Page Hood, Eugene Manlove Rhodes and Keith Arlene J. Tugel’s plein Wilson. An interactive poetair paintings will be exhibited in “Enchanted ry “Creation Room” will provide a desk, typewriter, writColorscapes” through ing instruments, paper, and April 28 at the Doña Ana Arts Council Arts prompts for getting started and Cultural Center in writing poems. Weekend writLas Cruces. ing workshops for all ages, poetry readings and lectures will be part of the exhibit schedule. Admission is free to the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Info: www.museums.las-cruces.org or 575-541-2154.
Calling artists, filmmakers, vendors • The Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts held in Alamogordo is accepting vendor applications for a June 21, 22 and 23 event. The event includes classes and workshops with Ricky Tims, Sue Rasmussen and Pam Holland as well as quilt show and vendor booths. Contact Rainee Mackewich at 575437-4880 for information. • Congressman Steve Pearce invites high school students from across New Mexico’s Second Congressional District to apply for this years’ Congressional Art Competition. The winning entry will be displayed on the grounds of the United States Capitol, hanging in the tunnel of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, the winner will receive two complimentary roundtrip tickets to enable him/ her to attend the unveiling ceremony in Washington, D.C. High School Students from New Mexico’s Second Congressional District are encouraged to apply. Application materials are available online at https:// pearce.house.gov/ArtCompetition. The application form, artwork, and signed release form must all be submitted to Congressman Pearce’s district offices in Hobbs, Las Cruces, Socorro, or Roswell. In Las Cruces, his office is at 570 N Telshor Blvd Las Cruces, NM 88011. The deadline to submit artwork is April 20. Contact Bar-
bara Romero at 575-517-7330 or Barbara.Romero@mail.house. gov for information. • New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists (NMPCA) is calling for entries into “Resonations in Clay - Life on the Bosque.” This show is open to all ceramic artists over the age of 18 residing in New Mexico. Clay must be the primary medium - functional and sculptural, from traditional to contemporary, realistic to conceptual, small to large, and pedestal to wall, focusing on the Bosque’s changing four seasons broadly interpreting nature’s cycle of life on the Rio Grande River: wildlife, bird migrations, agriculture, from seed to harvest, and farm to table. Exhibit jurors are Virgil Ortiz, Camilla Trujillo, and Kim Eichhorst, PhD. Apply at www.nmpca.com/claybosque. Submission deadline is April 20. The Gallery Opening Reception is July 7, 2018, from 2-4 p.m. at Albuquerque’s Open Space Visitor Center located at 6500 Coors Blvd. NW. Exhibit runs July 7 through Sept. 30. Contact claybosque@nmpca. com for information. • The MERC, a fine art and gift shop co-operative, 316 Granado St. in Tularosa, is seeking new artists. There are two levels of participation with varying levels of commitment and obligation. Interested artists can email founder, Darryl Willison at greatrepnm@gmail.com. • Borderlands Film Festival, a multi-city celebration bringing the best in indepen-
Cloudcroft Art Society Cloudcroft Art Society meetings will resume at 1:30 p.m. on April 8 this year as Easter falls on the first Sunday CAS holds meetings from April through November the first Sunday of the month at 1:30 pm in the historic “Red Brick Schoolhouse” in the heart of the Village of Cloudcroft.
CAS also has a Gallery in this building and hosts shows there from June through December. New members are welcome, contact us at ccartsociety@ gmail.com about membership, programs, exhibits, or other questions. Meetings are held at the old red brick schoolhouse in Cloudcroft.
dent films from around the world, is calling for submissions through Film Freeway for the six-day event in southern New Mexico, Oct. 2-7. Festival organizers also looking for sponsors and volunteers to help bring the dream to life. For more information visit www. BorderlandsFilmFestival.org. To discover more, call 575-4089026 or send an email to info@ BorderlandsFilmFestival.org.
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egan McQueen, professor of theatre at New Mexico State University who specializes in musical theater, will present four lectures about the musical sensation “Hamilton” for four consecutive Saturday mornings in April from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Doña Ana Arts Council Arts & Cultural Center, 1740 Calle de Mercado in Mesilla. This is an encore lecture series, as she recently presented four lectures titled “Hamilton: The Inventive Storytelling of a Musical
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Sensation” for the Academy for Learning in Retirement in January. The four-part “Hamilton” lecture series will be April 7, April 14, April 21 and April 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a cost of $50 for all four presentations. McQueen will be donating her time, with all proceeds going to support Doña Ana Arts Council’s arts education programs for children. As an avid Broadway musical attendee, McQueen spent quite a bit of time learning about the musical “Hamilton,” and attending it
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in New York City twice, as well as attending workshops with original cast members. McQueen has followed the composer Lin Manuel Miranda since attending his first musical hit “In the Heights” in 2007 (even before it went to Broadway). “The music is so unique, that upon first listen, people often state that it all sounds the same,” McQueen said. “And that’s a pretty common phenomenon when a composer has a distinct voice.” But McQueen said the production is complex, nearly three hours, and the score holds up to intense scrutiny. From hip-hop origins to traditional musical influences, from motifs to key relationships, she will discuss musical elements of the production during each of the four lectures. • 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7: Discuss the team who created Hamilton and summarize its massive impact on our culture. • 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14: Analyze the choreography and design elements of sequences of the musical. • 11 a.m. Saturday, April 21: Examine several songs through a feminist perspective. • 11 a.m. Saturday, April 28: Discuss other aspects of the musical’s
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he traditional Fall Silver City Studio Tour is transforming with the spring season and “changing up” with an expanded tour. Studio Artists in the Silver City area are making plans for the “Spring into Art” RED DOT Artists’ Studios Tour, May 4-6. Kicking off the event will be a pre-tour “Spring into Art” downtown art gala at 201 Broadway on Friday May 4, from 5-8, that will feature sensational food by Duck Stop and the Honeybee Good Bakery, wine presented by La Esperanza Winery, Big Screen projected art images, and a $49.99 art auction.
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storytelling as requested in the prior three lectures. “Each of the presentations will culminate in a live performance of at least one number from the show that relates to the topic of the day presented by dynamite Las Cruces talent,” McQueen said. “Megan McQueen is an enormous asset to this community,” said Kathleen Albers, executive director of the Doña Ana Arts Council. “Not only is she incredibly talented and knowledgeable, but she works very, very hard and is very generous with her time to support arts education. We are extremely lucky to have Megan as a part of our arts community here in the Mesilla Valley.” To sign up for the “Hamilton Series,” visit or call the DAAC office at 575-523-6403 or go to the DAAC website www.daarts.org (click on “Calendar of Events” and scroll to April 7 and click on the photo of Megan McQueen). The series will be presented at the DAAC Arts & Cultural Center, 1740 Calle de Mercado in Mesilla in the Bulletin Plaza next to Paisano Café. Space is limited to 50 attendees. For information, call the DAAC office at 575-523-6403.
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DESERT EXPOSURE Silver City Alaska Mudhead Studio-Gallery, 371 Camino de Vento in Wind Canyon. By appointment, Letha Cress Woolf, potter, 907-783-2780. [a]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. Seventh St., 538-3333, aspace.studiogallery@ gmail.com. Barbara Nance Gallery & Stonewalker Studio, 105 Country Road, 534-0530. By appointment. Stone, steel, wood and paint. Sculpture path. www. barbaraNanceArt.com. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas, 534-8671. Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.bluedomegallery. com. The Cliffs Studio & Gallery, 205 N. Lyon St. and Yankie, 520-622-0251. By appointment. Common Ground, 102 W. Kelly, 5342087. Open by appointment. Cow Trail Art Studio, 119 Cow Trail in Arenas Valley. Monday, 12-3 p.m. or by appointment, 706-533-1897, www. victoriachick.com. Elemental Artisans, 406-B Bullard St., 215-593-6738 Finn’s Gallery, 300 N. Arizona St., 406-790-0573 Francis McCray Gallery, 1000 College Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. Monday to Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Glasserie Studio and Store, 106 E. College Ave., 590-0044. Monday to Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Guadalupe’s, 505 N. Bullard, 5352624. Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Leyba & Ingalls Arts, 315 N. Bullard St., 388-5725. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Contemporary art ranging from realism to abstraction in a variety of media. www. LeybaIngallsARTS.com, LeybaIngallsART@zianet.com. Lois Duffy Art Studio, 211C N. Texas, 534-0822. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment. Original paintings, cards and prints. www. loisduffy. com, loisduffy@signalpeak. net. Lumiere Editions, 108 W. Broadway, 956-6369. Vintage and contemporary photography. Monday to Friday. The Makery, 108 W. Yankie, 590-1263, www.makerysvc.com. Freestyle weaving studio and school of fiber, book and paper arts. Thursday to Monday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mariah’s Copper Quail Gallery, 211-A Texas St., corner of Yankie and Texas streets, 388-2646. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday - Thursday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Fine arts and crafts. Mimbres Regional Arts Council Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 N. Pope St. 538-2005. Tuesday to Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. www. mimbresarts.org. Molly Ramolla Gallery & Framing, 203 N. Bullard, 538- 5538. www. ramollaart.com. Moonstruck Art Gallery, 110 W. Yankie St., featuring fiber, mixed
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Gallery Guide media, pottery, and jewelry. 575-6545316. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday-11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile, 104 W. Broadway, 388-1811/313-2595. Monday to Friday, 8:30 -10 a.m. The Place is at 201 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Seedboat Gallery, 214 W. Yankie St., 534- 1136. Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. info@ seedboatgallery.com. Studio Behind the Mountain, 23 Wagon Wheel Lane, 388- 3277. By appointment. www.jimpalmerbronze. com. Studio Upstairs, 109 N. Bullard St., 574-2493. By appointment. 21 Latigo Trail, 388-4557. Works by Barbara Harrison and others. Soul River Gallery, 400 N. Bullard St., 303-888-1358. Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. Wild West Weaving, 211-D N. Texas, 313-1032, www.wildwestweaving. com. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wind Canyon Studio, 11 Quail Run Road off Hwy. 180, mile marker 107, 574- 2308, 619-933-8034. Louise Sackett. Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment. Wynnegate Gallery, 1105 W. Market Street; 575-534-9717; hours are Saturday & Sunday, noon – 4 p.m.; also open for Red Dot Tour, artist showings, and by appointment. Zoe’s Studio/Gallery, 305 N. Cooper St., 654-4910. By chance or appointment. Pinos Altos Pinos Altos Art Gallery-Hearst Church Gallery, 14 Golden Ave. Pinos Altos, 574-2831. Open late-April to early October. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mimbres Chamomile Connection, 3918 U.S. Highway 35N, 536-9845. Lynnae McConaha. By appointment. Kate Brown Pottery and Tile, HC 15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 5369935, katebrown@gilanet.com, www.katebrownpottery.com. By appointment. Narrie Toole, Estudio de La Montura, 313-7390, www.narrietoole.com. Contemporary western oils, giclées and art prints. By appointment. Bayard Kathryn Allen Clay Studio, 601 Erie St., 537-3332. By appointment. Cliff Gila River Artisans Gallery, 8409 Hwy. 180. Eclectic collection of local artists. Friday to Sunday 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Northern Grant County & Catron County Casitas de Gila, 50 Casita Flats Road, Gila, 535-4455. By appointment. gallery@casitasdegila. com, www. galleryatthecasitas.com. Mesilla Galeri Azul, Old Mesilla Plaza, 5238783. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Galeria on the Plaza, 2310 Calle de Principal, 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 p.m. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470 Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Potteries, 2260 Calle de Santiago, 524-0538. Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Rokoko, 1785 Avenida de Mercado, 405-8877. Las Cruces Blue Gate Gallery, 4901 Chagar (intersection of Valley Drive and Taylor Road, open by appointment, 523-2950. Camino Real Book Store and Art Gallery, 314 South Tornillo St. 5233988. Thursday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cottonwood Gallery, 275 N. Downtown Mall (Southwest Environmental Center), 522-5552. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo, 5410658. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Justus Wright Galeria, 266 W. Court Ave., 526-6101, jud@ delvalleprintinglc.com. Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Las Cruces Arts Association, Community Enterprise Center Building, 125 N. Main St. www. lacrucesarts.org. Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., 541-2137. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Main Street Gallery, 311 N. Main St., 647-0508. Tuesday to Friday. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Mesquite Art Gallery, 340 N. Mesquite St., 640-3502. Thursday to Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 2-5 p.m. M. Phillip’s Fine Art Gallery, 221 N. Main St., 525-1367. New Dimension Art Works, 615 E. Piñon, 373-0043, 410-925-9126. By Appointment. NMSU Art Gallery, Williams Hall, University Ave. east of Solano, 6462545. Tuesday to Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mesquite. Friday to Sunday, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
Ouida Touchön Studio, 2615 Calle de Guadalupe, 635-7899. By appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon. com, www.ouidatouchon. com. Quillin Studio and Gallery, behind downtown Coas Books, 575-3121064. By appointment only. Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano, 522-7281. Wednesday to Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. Unsettled Gallery & Studio, 905 N. Mesquite, 635-2285. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m.; Thursday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Virginia Maria Romero Studio, 4636 Maxim Court, 644-0214. By appointment. agzromero@zianet. com, www. virginiamariaromero.com. Deming Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold St., 546-3663. Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Gold Street Gallery, 112-116 S. Gold St., 546-8200. Open Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Call first to be sure they are open. Orona Art Studio, 546-4650. By appointment. lyntheoilpainter@gmail. com, www.lynorona.com. Reader’s Cove Used Books & Gallery, 200 S. Copper, 544-2512. Monday to Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Photography by Daniel Gauss. Studio LeMarbe, 4025 Chaparral SE, 544-7708. By appointment. Rodeo Chiricahua Gallery, 5 Pine St.,5572225. Open daily except Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hillsboro Barbara Massengill Gallery, 8949511/895-3377, open weekends and by appointment. Ruidoso Art Ruidoso Gallery, 575-808-1133, www.artruidoso.com, 127 Rio St. Ruidoso. The Adobe, 2905 Sudderth Drive, 2575795. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. DJ’s Jewelry, 618 Carrizo Canyon Road, 630-1514. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Specializing in turquoise, Native American traditional, New Mexican contemporary and estate jewelry. Earth-N-Stone, 2117 Sudderth Drive, Ste. 14, 257-2768., 808-1157. Pottery studio/gallery of Alan Miner. Gazebo Potters, 2117 Sudderth Drive No. 7, 808-1157. Pottery classes, workshops, wheel time, kiln firing, works by local potters. Josie’s Framery, 2917 Sudderth Drive, 257-4156. Framing, gallery representing regional artists and photographers. LongCoat Fine Art, 2825 Sudderth
Drive (at Mechem), 257-9102. Monday through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Contemporary Masters and historical works of art. Burnett Interiors showroom. Mountain Arts, 2530 Sudderth Drive, 257-9748, www.mountainartsgallery. com. Daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tanner Tradition, 624 Sudderth Drive., 257-8675. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Quality Native American art and jewelry. Thunder Horse Gallery, 200 Mechem Drive, Ste. 1, 257-3989. info@ thunderhorsegallery.com. Tuesday to Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Bronze sculpture by Rory Combs, Sarinova Glass and fine art. The White Dove, 2825 Sudderth Drive, No. A (at Mechem), 866-257-6609, www.thewhitedove2825.com. Daily, 9:30 a.m-4 p.m. Authentic Native American jewelry and artifacts. Kenneth Wyatt Galleries of Ruidoso, 2205 Sudderth Drive, 257-1529, www.kennethwyatt.com. Fine art by the Wyatt family. Ruidoso Downs Pinon Pottery, MM. 26465 U.S. Hwy. 70, 937-0873, 937-1822, www. pinonpottery.com. Pottery by Vicki Conley and other area artists, fine art by Anita Keegan and Virgil Stephens. Alamogordo Creative Designs Custom Framing & Gallery, 575-434-4420, 917 New York Ave. Patron’s Hall/Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, 575-434-2202, 1110 New York Ave. Tularosa Horse Feathers, 318 Granado St. 575-585-4407. Art, southwest furniture and decor. The Merc, 316 Granado St. 505-2386469. Art gifts by regional artists, books. Carrizozo Heart of the Raven, 415 Twelfth St., 937-7459, www.JudyPekelsmacom. Functional and decorative pottery, classes. Lincoln Old Lincoln Gallery, across from Visitor’s Center in Lincoln, 6534045. Coffee bar featuring 45 New Mexico artists. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. San Patricio Hurd La Rinconada, MM 281 U.S. Hwy. 70, 653-4331, www. wyethartists.com. Monday through Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Works by Peter Hurd, Henriette Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, N.C. Wyeth and resident artist, Michael Hurd. White Oaks White Oaks Pottery, 445 Jicarilla Drive (three miles past White Oaks), 648-2985. Daily 10 a.m-5 p.m. Porcelainpottery by Ivy Heymann.
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kulele players from across the country will again gather in Las Cruces May 18 - 20, for a concert and workshops for all levels of players featuring nationally known and respected instructor/performers, plus a jam session and open mic, and the opportunity to win great prizes. Las Cruces UkeFest is hosted by the Las Cruces Ukes, a nonprofit community group of ukulele enthusiasts. The festival takes place at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, except for the Friday evening concert, which will be held this year at NMSU’s Atkinson Recital Hall. The festival sold out last year and organizers moved the concert to a larger venue to allow for plenty of festival attendees, plus members of the public who may wish to attend only the concert. This year’s instructor/performers are Craig Chee, Sarah Maisel, Lil’ Rev, Rachel Manke, and Mark Baker. They are in demand for workshops and ukulele festivals across the country and even internationally. They will perform at the Friday concert, which will also include a couple songs by the Las Cruces Ukes, and will teach workshops for absolute beginners to advanced players. Some of the topics are Ukulele Bootcamp 101 and Ukulele Bootcamp 2 with Craig Chee; Life After the Third Fret and Jazz Blues with Sarah Maisel; Vocals Only and Performance Ensemble with Mark Baker; Blues and Boogie of Lead Belly and 12 Essential Strums with Lil’ Rev; and Jazzing Up the Old Song and Writing Song Parodies with Rachel Manke. Baker will also teach a workshop just for young ukulele players, taking the tune “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and jazzing it up with alternate chords and fun strums. The children’s class is $10 per student and takes place Saturday at 10 a.m. at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. The festival will also include an open mic at lunchtime Saturday and a jam session Saturday evening. On Saturday after the last workshop for the day, there will
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be a drawing for several prizes donated by local businesses, ukulele companies, and the instructors. Ukuleles donated by Ohana, Oscar Schmidt, and Islander will be part of the drawing. Hubbard’s Music is the cornerstone vendor at the festival, with watercolors by an Alamogordo artist, custom-made ukuleles, ukulele straps, vintage Hawaiian shirts, and other items also available for purchase in the marketplace. Sunday morning will include a ukulele swap meet where attendees can sell ukes they no longer play to those needing to add to their collections, because as any ukulele player knows, you can’t own just one. Last year’s festival garnered rave reviews from attendees, who came from came from as far as New Jersey and Oregon, with promises to return with ukulele-playing friends in tow. This year’s attendees include a player coming to the high desert from Hawaii. Full festival registration in-
cludes a catered lunch and one lucky full-festival attendee who registers by the early bird deadline of April 18 will be selected at random to perform on stage during the Friday concert with Lil’ Rev. Early bird registration is $125 per person and after April 18, registration is $135. Concert tickets for non-festival attendees are $15 each. T-shirts are also available for pre-order. The festival is sponsored by Visit Las Cruces, Ukulele Magazine, Las Cruces Magazine, The Bulletin, the Hilton Garden Inn, and KRWG-FM. For the full festival schedule, workshop descriptions, instructor information, prize descriptions, and registration, go to www.lascrucesukefest.com. Updates are also being posted at the festival’s Facebook page. The Hilton Garden Inn is the host hotel for the festival, with discounted rooms for festival attendees. For more information, e-mail lascrucesukes@ gmail.com.
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Bring Your Dancing Shoes Jazz and Blues Society presents fifth festival
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he Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society hosts its 5th Annual Blues Festival 3-9 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at the St. Clair Winery in Las Cruces, 1720 Avenida de Mesilla. It will be held on the Bistro front lawn with food and wine available. The three-band concert is headlined by John Nemeth and the Blue Dreamers, the 24/7 Blues Band and the Border All-Star Band. Tickets are available at the Bistro or the Society website www.jazzblues.net for $15 in advance or $20 at the door. John Nemeth will play with his band, the Blue Dreamers, featuring Danny Banks on drums, Matthew Wilson on bass and guitar and Johnny Rhodes on guitar. In 2013 John relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, where he became a key player in the city’s rich musical scene. He teamed up with producer Scott Bomar and his classic Memphis Soul band, the Bo-Keys to create an album of revisited classics, “Memphis Grease.” The 24/7 Blues Band is a local favorite delighting audiences for years around the Southwest and borderland area. Gary Stamper is the band leader, lead guitarist and vocalist. Gary Lambert plays keyboards and sings. Larry Blevins plays saxophone and sings. Chris Wood plays drums and Bill Bussmann
plays bass and sings vocals. The Border Blues All-Star Band features many local musicians. Led by Pat Duffy’s vocals and harmonica, the band has been playing for more than 30 years. In the 1980s, Duffy’s HardKnocks blues band was a mainstay at El Patio in old Mesilla. Duffy has played 19 out 23 Silver City blues festivals and has a steady gig at Sparky’s BBQ in Hatch. He is backed by Pat “Guitar Slim” Chase, lead guitar and vocals; Las Cruces native Ruben Galvan, drums and percussion; and Jake Jacobs, another local favorite, on bass. So, bring a lawn chair, sunscreen and your dancing shoes for a great party at St. Clair Winery & Bistro with magnificent views, great wine and food.
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wo Las Cruces theatre veterans will reunite for Black Box Theatre’s upcoming production of “Waitless.” The play, to be directed by theatre owner and artist director Ceil Herman, will feature a two-person cast of Carol Ayon as Shelly West and David Reyes as Trent West and 10 other characters, including a waiter, a BBC announcer and a pizza-shop manager. Reyes and Ayon played the Baker and the Baker’s Wife in Black Box’s 2014 production of “Into the Woods.” They were also in last year’s “A New Brain” together at Black Box. “Waitless” was written Cailin Harrison and had its premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2014. The play is described as a “backwards love story” on www. waitlessplay.com,” which says it “starts with a happy ending (as) blissful newlyweds Shelly and Trent find love, top-notch careers, Mexican spice and excitement in New York City. But with a transfer to London for Trent they must swap this for a new life in London. Shelly gives up her dream job to follow her heart, only to find expat life is not all it’s cracked up to be – and the spice is lost.”
Carol Ayon and David Reyes co-starred in “Into the Woods” at Black Box Theatre in 2014 (shown here), as well as “A New Brain.” They will team up again in the two-person cast of Black Box’s “Waitless,” which opens April 6. (Photo courtesy of Black Box Theatre)
The play will run April 6-22 at Black Box, 430 N. Main St. Downtown Las Cruces. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, April 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21; at 2:30 p.m. Sundays, April 15 and 22; and at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19. Tickets are $15 regular admission, $12 for students and seniors over age 65 and $10 for the Thursday performance. For reservations and more information, call 575-523-1223 and visit https://no-strings.org/.
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HIGH PLACES • GABRIELE TEICH
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Earth laughs in flowers
ecent rains have raised our expectations for a beautiful wildflower bloom in the coming spring. So, here is a great – and not too hard – trail where you can see them bloom. If you’ve been to Cloudcroft before, you’ve driven by the sign and probably wondered: Why do they name a trail after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA? You are not alone. We all thought that until a little internet research revealed the true origin of the name: a plant with the Latin name of “ligusticum porteri” is commonly known as “osha.” It’s a mountain plant that needs rich soil and partial shade, which explains the abundance in which it grows in the higher elevations of New Mexico. While it is related to hemlock, it does not contain any poison and an infusion of the roots has been used by Native Americans as a remedy for body aches. Since hemlock and osha can grow within feet from another I do not recommend trying that unless you are a well-informed herb specialist. Enough science for today. Let’s get out and hike. Drive from Alamogordo and the trailhead will be marked on the left side of the road shortly before you get to downtown Cloudcroft. The parking lot is adjacent to the main road. One nice thing about this hike is it’s a loop trail, so you get to choose
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which way to go around – and you don’t go the same way twice. It’s a beautifully laid out trail on smooth forest floor with an ever-changing scenery. You come from dense forest to open meadow areas and everything in between. A few benches invite you to linger and take in the warm sunshine. The trail has a few hills but with an overall length of 2.5 miles, it’s well within the easy level. If you are getting hungry, even better. On your way down the mountain the Old Apple Barn awaits with fresh home-made fudge and other goodies. Just remember – as always – to bring water and wear sunscreen. Even if you are in the shade part of the way, the sun is much more intense at 8,500 feet. If you want to make it a day trip, I suggest tacking on a visit to the Sunspot Observatory. The beautiful drive along Sunspot Highway is reason alone, but the observatory
has a cute little museum with interesting exhibits, too. And a short walk around the top of the hill reveals a whole lot of star gazing history. On a clear day you can see straight across the Tularosa basin all the way to the Organ Mountains from there. If you go this month, maybe we’ll meet up there. It is on my to-do list for April. Remember: The Earth laughs in flowers. So hopefully on this hike you can laugh together with her. Of German origin, Gabriele Teich has called Las Cruces home for almost 20 years – and loved every minute of it, hiking the mountains in the immediate surrounding area and all over this beautiful state.
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f you’re like me, it’s probably been 50 years or more since you wrote a book report in school. Drawing on those foggy memories of high school English class, this is an attempt at a brief book report that I hope encourages a few people to find and read this thought-provoking book. The book is “Wild Horse Country – The History, Myth and Future of the Mustang,” written by David Philipps, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the New York Times. Of everything I’ve read about Mustangs and wild horses in the West, this book offers the most balanced view of the history of the wild horse in North America, from those first days some 50 million years ago, to the confusing and conflicted mess we have on our hands today. If you have any interest in the history of horses
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during this 55-million-year period. What’s amazing is that no matter what the planet threw at them – ice ages, warming, meteor strikes, volcanic eruptions, ruthless predators, mass extinctions, droughts or violent storms – horses survived and thrived. And then, about 10,000 years ago, they disappeared from North America. No one is exactly sure why, but theories point to the arrival of a group of prolific hunters coming across the land bridge from Asia about 15,000 years ago. During the next 5,000 years more than 30 large animal species disappeared from North America, including the horse. From this point on the evolutionary time line, the author builds the story of how we got to where we are today. He asks an interesting question. There were no wild horses when the Spanish arrived, having disappeared thousands of years before, and the human-caused event that triggered their prolific growth didn’t happen until the late 1600s. Given this fact, should we look at their existence and our responsibilities as protection of a native species, or are they an invasive species that was introduced? Should they be treated the same way we deal with other invasive flora and fauna? He points out that the horse is the only species the “government captures in large numbers and holds in storage.” For what end,
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nobody is quite sure. Much of what the wild horse does would be considered the work of a pest if done by another species, but the horse is the closest thing we have to a “folk hero of the animal kingdom.” The U.S. alone has chosen to capture and warehouse horses at staggering expense to the public, yet it’s a program that makes no one happy. It’s estimated that each horse that is captured and stored for life costs the taxpayer $50,000. We’re spending $50 million per year to support the horses. We have spent nearly $1 billion doing this and will see costs of that much and more going forward. In the face of dwindling adoption rates (from 7,500 horses per year 30 years ago to less than 2,500 per year now) for many different socio-economic reasons, environmental changes that effect feed crops, the challenges of ranching with a warming climate, prolonged droughts, and escalating budget wars at every level of government, we’re clearly at the breaking point for the future of the wild horse. A good part of the author’s narrative revolves around what makes the mustang so unique to our culture, and therefore why this is such a complicated issue. He believes the mustang is “more American than our national symbol, the Bald Eagle.” The lore of the mustang runs throughout our culture – the myth of the White Stallion, the mustang that couldn’t be caught, was the inspiration for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, the P51 Mustang fighter plane, the
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don’t like to write about the same issues over and over again, but they don’t let up, so I send reminders to four-wheeled vehicle drivers. I hope cyclists who read this pass the reminders on to their friends who drive cars and trucks and I hope my notes serve as a reminder to us cyclists when we drive. Almost all the people who spend time on a bicycle also spend time in a car or truck. However, we look at cyclists differently than do those who haven’t been on a bike since they were kids and who tend to think that only kids should ride them. Cyclists driving cars look at other cyclists and think, oh that’s just me on another mode of transportation, which is a different mindset than if you never cycle. 201 my reminders for this So here are 7S um month. me r Syou • Give us the lane when peccan. iaofl I commend the growing number New Mexico drivers who do this. I and others have noticed an increase in our corner of the world among drivers who will take the lane next to us when passing. When you can do so, give us the whole lane. It is legal to cross over a double yellow line to pass so long as there is no oncoming traffic. • Give up the presumption that you own the road. We have the right to be on the roadway, not in
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the gutter. It is difficult to get across the idea that should you hit me at 40 or 45 miles an hour you will definitely kill me. Why take chances and come so close? The minimal distance for a car is three feet. Note that: minimal distance. If you are on a bicycle, however, you know that three feet does not feel like a safe margin. For trucks it is five feet, and that too does not seem enough. I support the “falling over” rule, which means that drivers should, out of courtesy, calculate the distance you need to avert a cyclist in front of you should she happen to fall into the lane. • Don’t blow your horn at us. Eleven times in a one-week period, drivers blew their horns at me. Some of you are concerned for us and toot in a friendly manner. Some of you engage in vehicular harassment and blast at us in a menacing way. Neither form of horn-blowing is useful, however; it’s a distraction for us and it does you no good. It’s especially harmful if you are passing a child who may not know how to handle the distraction. So please just knock off the horn-blowing. Thank you. • Learn the laws or our state regarding all vehicles. I’m always surprised at the number of drivers who yell out the window at me to get off the road, when in fact I have the
right to be on the roadway. There are also those who yell at me to get into the bike lane, when there is no bike lane. Please check out the rules of the road here on pages 25 and 26: mvd.newmexico.gov/ mvd-procedures-manuals.aspx The laws for bicycles are found in the 2016 New Mexico Statutes, Chapter 66, part 8 here: law.justia. com/codes/new-mexico/2016/chapter-66/article-3/part-8 • Watch out for wind. New Mexico has wonderful weather, but we also have high winds in the late winter and early spring. Cyclists have to fight a 10-mph wind while you are passing us in your shielded vehicles. Strong gusts of wind coming aslant a highway can push us out of the line we are pedaling. Pay some attention to the wind as it affects others, please. Ride right. Ride safe. Enjoy the road.
in acceptable parameters. The core issue remains how to get to that level considering there are an estimated 77,000 horses roaming our lands and another 45,000 being held in “storage.” The money isn’t there for more round-ups or more horses in “storage.” Do we have the political and emotional will to make some very difficult decisions? The great irony in all this is that the wild horse has returned to the areas where he evolved over millions of years to become an Amer-
ican icon, but now he is a ward of the state, a “welfare animal” as he’s called in D.C. Read this book! It’s time for us to act.
Fr. Gabriel Rochelle is pastor of St Anthony of the Desert Orthodox Mission, Las Cruces, an avid cyclist and board member of Velo Cruces, the local advocacy group; see Velocruces.org. The church is at http://stanthonylc.org.
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Grant County Weekly Events SUNDAYS Archaeology Society — First Sunday of every month, field trip. 536-3092, whudson43@ yahoo.com. MONDAYS AARP Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County —10:30 a.m., second Monday, Cross Point Assembly of God Church. All singles welcome. Contact Sally, 537-3643. Al-Anon family group, New Hope —12:05 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 20th and Swan St., Silver City. Open meeting. Contact: 5344866 or 574-2311. Meditation for Beginners — 5:30 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway. Jeff, 956-6647. www.lotuscentersc.org. Silver City Squares — Dancing 7-9 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 1915 N. Swan St. Kay, 388-4227, or Linda, 534-4523. TUESDAYS Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support —1:30 p.m., First Tuesday, Senior Center. Margaret, 388-4539. Bayard Historic Mine Tour —9:30 a.m., Second Tuesday, meet at Bayard City Hall, 800 Central Ave. $5 fee covers two-hour bus tour of historic mines plus literature and map. Call 537-3327 for reservation. Figure/Model Drawing — 4-6 p.m. Contact Sam, 3885583. First Tuesday, 6 p.m. at the headquarters, next to the Chevron/Snappy Mart in Arenas Valley. Dan Larson, 654-4884. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — 11:30 a.m., first Tuesday at a local restaurant; email for this month’s location: huseworld@yahoo. com. PFLAG Silver City — First Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan. Confidential support for LGBTQ persons and their families. 575-590-8797. Republican Party of Grant County — 6 p.m., second Monday, 3 Rio de Arenas Road (the old Wrangler restaurant). Slow Flow Yoga — 11:30 a.m.12:45 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guild – 9:30 a.m., first Tuesday, Grant County Extension Office, 2610 N. Silver Street, North entrance. Newcomers and visitors are welcome. 388-8161. WEDNESDAYS Al-Anon family group — 6 p.m., Arenas Valley Church of Christ, 5 Race Track Road, Arenas Valley (the old radio station). Open meeting. Contact: Karen 3137094 Archaeology Society — 6 p.m., third Wednesday every month, October-March at the Woman’s Club, 313 Hwy. 180; April-September meeting begins with a
pot-luck dinner at 6 p.m., convening for business at 7 p.m. Locations vary. 5363092, whudson43@yahoo. com. Babytime Sing & Play — 1 p.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. Stories, songs, rhymes and movement for infants 0-12 months and their caregivers. Free, no registration necessary. 5383672 or ref @silvercitymail. com. Back Country Horsemen — 6 p.m., second Wednesday, WNMU Watts Hall, opposite CVS Pharmacy, Hwy. 180. Subject to change. 574-2888. A Course in Miracles — 7:15 p.m., 600 N. Hudson. Information, 534-9172 or 534-1869. Future Engineers — 4-5 p.m. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. Free creative construction fun with Lego, K’NEX, and Strawbees! For children ages 6-12, no registration necessary. 5383672 or ref@silvercitymail. com. Gilawriters — 1:00-3 p.m., Silver City Food Co-op’s Market Café Community Room, 615 N. Bullard St. Contact Trish Heck, trish. heck@gmail.com or call 5340207. Gin Rummy —1 p.m. at Tranquilbuzz, corner of Yankie and Texas Streets in Silver City. Grant County Democratic Party —5:30 p.m., potluck; 6:20 p.m., meeting, second Wednesday, Sen. Howie Morales building, 3060 E. Hwy. 180. 654-6060. Ladies Golf Association — 8 a.m. tee time, Silver City Golf Course. Prostate Cancer Support Group —6:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room. 388-1198 ext. 10. Storytime — 10:30 a.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. For children ages 0-5, no registration necessary. 538-3672 or ref@ silvercitymail.com. Grant County Federated Republican Women – 11:30 a.m., Third Wednesday, WNMU Cafeteria, Sunset Room. 313-7997. THURSDAYS ARTS Anonymous —5:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan St. Artists recovering through the 12 Steps. 534-1329. Blooming Lotus Meditation — 5:30 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway. 313-7417, geofarm@pobox.com. De-stressing Meditations — Noon-12:45 p.m., New Church of the SW Desert, 1302 Bennett St. 313-4087. Grant County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society —6 p.m., second Thursday, 2045 Memory Lane, Silver City. Anita, 907-830-0631. Historic Mining District & Tourism Meeting — 10 a.m., second Thursday, Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley Ave., Bayard. 537-
3327. Little Artist Club — 10:3011:30 a.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. Free creative fun for children ages 0-5. No registration necessary. 5383672 or ref@silvercitymail. com. TOPS — 5 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, 538-9447. Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Lotus Center at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. WildWorks Youth Space — 4 p.m. For children ages 10+ Space for youth to hang out, experiment, create and more. Free, no registration necessary. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue, 538-3672 or ref@ silvercitymail.com. Yoga class — Free class taught by Colleen Stinar. 1-2 p.m. Episcopal Church fellowship hall, Seventh and Texas. 574-5451. FRIDAYS Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group — 10:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m., First Friday, Hidalgo Medical Center. Ask at the front desk for the room number. 388-4539. Free senior care service available from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Silver City Senior Center. Call Gigi at 388-1319 for more information. Overeaters Anonymous — 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church. 654-2067. Silver City Woman’s Club — 10:30 a.m., second Friday, 411 Silver Heights Blvd. Monthly meeting, lunch is at noon. Lucinda, 313-4591. Women’s Al-Anon Meeting: Women Embracing Recovery — 5:30 p.m., La Clinica Health and Birth Center, 3201 Ridge Loop, Silver City. Contact: 3137094 or 313-1032 SATURDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous “Black Chip” —11 a.m.noon, First United Methodist Church. Double Feature Blockbuster Mega Hit Movie Night — 5:30-11 pm., Satellite/ Wellness Coalition. Evening Prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition — 5 p.m., Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Clara. 537-4839. Kids Bike Ride — 10 a.m., Bikeworks, 815 E. 10th St. Dave Baker, 388-1444. Narcotics Anonymous — 6 p.m., New 180 Club, 1661 Hwy. 180 E. Spinning Group — 1-3 p.m., First Saturday, Yada Yada Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, 3883350. Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 1011:30 a.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway. All levels. Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. All phone numbers are area code 575 except as noted. Send updates to events@ desertexposure.com.
Silver City Zen Center (Ginzan-ji Zen Buddhist Temple) Meditation Practice (Zazen) Zazen, Kinhin & Dharma Talk
Monday-Friday 8:00 am Saturday 9:00 am
Dokusan (interview with teacher) by appointment Resident Priest
Rev. Dr. Oryu Paul Stuetzer
506 W. 13th St. (corner of 13th and Virginia)
575-388-8874
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For one day, every dollar donated through Give Grandly! Give Local stays local and b The Grant County Community Foundation is collaborating with the Southwest New Mexico Nonprofit Coalition to m $370,000 for regional nonprofits and this year it is our goal to rais Join the spirit of philanthropy and Give a Little, Give a Lot, Give Local, Give Gra Village of Santa Clara Library
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History teachers and students reveal the curved bench of a prehistoric Puebloan kiva in a pithouse community and complex irrigation systems. The dates for this archaeological site suggest far earlier occupation in the Rio Tularosa watershed than commonly thought and will be presented at the conference by David Greenwald, lead archaeologist. (Photo by Joan E. Price)
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PAST • JOAN E. PRICE
Legends Come to Life
The 2018 Historical Society of New Mexico Conference comes to Alamogordo
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istorians are like young cats – they are hunters, alert, following every scent for information about just exactly what happened in their territory. Better said, they are finely honed detectives with a magnifying glass looking at clues into the cultural landscape of some strange archaic hand tool, an enigmatic Spanish chronicle, the memoir of a long-gone woman and her scattered family or court records of testimonies in some tragic event. Historians don’t rest in the final words of legends. Today, history is being revisited and rewritten. This is an era of depth being added to historical landscapes due, in part, to the digital revolution and in part to a younger generation of educated professionals with personal experiences to drive them to the hunt. This years’ Historical Society of New Mexico conference will introduce the digital revolution of newly available public information with a session during a four-day packed conference on the New Mexico State University-Alamogordo campus. There is a passionate localism along with academic professionalism south of the Interstate 40 corridor where the population centers of the northern part of the state divide from the vast rural spaces of the southern border regions. Dawn Santiago, a board member of the New Mexico History
“They Came-They Saw-They Were Conquered”: In 1934, Silver City photographer A. Newman captured a delightful glimpse into the rising numbers of visitors at the sublime White Sands as touring southern New Mexico became a major tourist activity. Peter Eidenbach examines this phenomenon at an upcoming conference. (Photo courtesy of Tularosa Basin History Museum)
Society and regional liaison for the conference preparations, is very pleased with the number of proposals the organizing committee received from both professional and lay historians focusing on southern New Mexico. They are coming out of the woodwork and it is a good surprise -the conference is almost all local topics of interest in the states’ evolution to what it is today. The underlying beauty of the 2018 New Mexico History Conference is the all-volunteer muscle and devotion that brings such a wealth of information to its members and the public. Volunteers with the Tularosa Basin Historical Society and New
Mexico State University are partnering with the tiny HSNM state office in Santa Fe, where Janet Saiers, a past president of NMHS and tireless volunteer herself, helps to coordinate and fine tune the daunting task with local historical societies recruiting and presenting professional topics to over 200 (expected) participants, finding suitable locations and featured speakers, catering and publishing, each year in different location. And yes, Western novelist Michael McGarrity will be socializing all afternoon with one of his favorite historical source, cowboy poet Eugene Manlove Rhodes from “Arcadia,” (Tularosa) at the Alamogordo Pub-
lic Library on Thursday, April 19. McGarrity will be opening the plenary session in the evening followed by a tasty reception at the New Mexico Space Museum. The state song “O Fair New Mexico” adopted in 1917, sung in schools throughout the state, was written by Elizabeth Garrett, born at Eagle Creek in what is now Lincoln National Forest. Elizabeth was a courageous blind woman, oft forgotten as daughter of Pat Garrett. However, Miss Garrett’s famed father, the Lincoln Sherriff who killed Billy the Kid and wrote a book about the folk hero, will be examined by Professor of History Cynthia Orozco from Ruidoso as she takes a closer look at oft-forgotten co-author and ghost writer Marshall Ash Upson, “The Man Who Invented Billy the Kid.” The ubiquitous state logo “Land of Enchantment,” coined for New Mexico by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, first appeared in his honor on New Mexican license plates in 1941 as tourists from all over the world began to pick up Department of Tourism brochures emblazoned with “The Land of Enchantment.” Rhodes’ national literary fame will be brought into a new light by David Townsend, retired professor and officer of HSNM while the adventuring tourists opening up new destinations will be presented by anthropologist Pete Eidenbach in “On the Road Again.”
Stocks and bonds, early maps, lost gold mines and lore of treasure caches of the region are evidence for several presenters to expose an often-harsh reality to the effort to develop, capitalize on and romanticize southern New Mexico. Before that era, several presenters bring a clear head and new information to the power struggles and cultural conflicts that set a thin veneer of American civilization built by those with ‘connections,’ who successfully negotiated the slow transition from Spanish to Mexican to Territorial to New Mexican personalities. The rural spaces also reveal a powerful presence of the Space Age that took hold here – and the prehistoric Native American sophisticated terraced irrigation systems. Japanese – American Internment Camps, the key contribution from the “Little Mexico” La Luz Pottery to the Southwest Revival architecture now taken for granted, and the human-wolf interaction offer more in depth eye-popping surprises that come from southern New Mexico. The 2018 New Mexico History Conference will take place April 19-21 at NMSU-Alamogordo. Reading the program of the entire event rivals any imagination – the summary of sessions, tours and presentation topics will dizzy the mind. To download the full conference program and to register, go to www.hsnm.org/conference-2.
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HEALTHY OUTLOOK • MIKE COOK
Electronic Caregivers
From the top floor, tech-health company sees the future
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new Las Cruces business sits atop the tallest building in town. It’s also on the cutting edge of the coming worldwide boom in health care technology. The Electronic Caregiver Automated Home Care Safety Systems (ECG) already occupies the top floor of the Wells Fargo Tower downtown and will take over at least one more floor of the building – and put its name on the tower – as it doubles its local workforce to almost 100 in the next year, said CEO and founder Tony Dohrmann. With an array of technological innovations already in production and more than 40 patents in development, ECG is breaking new ground in home-health monitoring and support systems for the aging population that is rapidly expanding in the United States and worldwide. ECG will also add 150 sales reps (all trained in Las Cruces) and kiosks in hundreds of pharmacies from coast to coast in the next 12 months, Dohrmann said, as it expands partnerships with medical and senior service providers, technology companies and investors to meet the growing need. In the U.S. alone, there are now about 42 million Americans aged 65 and older, and that will double in the next 24 years, he said, as 10,000-11,000 Americans turn 65 every day. “This group of people is consum-
The Electronic Caregiver Automated Home Care Safety Systems founder and CEO Tony Dohrmann.
ing the lion’s share of resources for treatment and care,” Dohrmann said, for everything from hearing and vision issues to cancer, strokes and heart attacks, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, cognitive disorders and musculoskeletal issues. Health care providers around the world are “very concerned,” he said, because they are seeing “the biggest expansion of the highest consuming group of health resources.” The elderly’s need for care is “outstripping the infrastructure and available resources to service the demand,” Dohrmann said. “We’ve got a big problem.” Technology, he said, is going to be the solution. ECG “got an inkling of that six-
and-a-half years ago,” Dohrmann said. That’s when he began investing millions of dollars in patient research and data collection to create a virtual caregiving system that goes “beyond a speaker on a counter” to provide expedited response to treatment, cutting-edge diagnostic capability and all-day health monitoring, Dohrmann said, without the user “being saddled with electrodes.” ECG’s platform, he said, provides “an incredible user experience” that allows seniors to stay at home and “live with dignity.” Using pattern recognition, visual sensing, a mobile app and a host of monitoring devices, ECG tracks users’ daily activities, including walking speed; monitors pulse, tem-
The Electronic Caregiver Automated Home Care Safety Systems mobile personal emergency reporting system includes wrist-worn pendants in several different colors. (Photos courtesy The Electronic Caregiver Automated Home Care Safety Systems)
perature, weight, glucose and other vitals (it can even provide an ECG ribbon); delivers health and safety alerts; sends appointment and medication reminders; and links to certified health care providers for nonemergency consultations in addition to emergency services. “It’s like having urgent care in the palm of your hand,” said Dohrmann, 51, who carries a minicontroller device with him at all times and wears one of ECG’s wrist-worn pendants.
ON THE WALL
Politics on Paper Art with an Agenda from the SUArt Collection
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The monument adds a powerful presence to Veterans Memorial Park.
DEDICATION
Salute to History Statues honor women veterans
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he much-anticipated lifesize, one-of-a-kind bronze statues representing women veterans of the United States Armed Forces who have served since World War I were installed at the newly constructed Women Veterans Monument at Veterans Memorial Park 2651 Roadrunner Parkway in Las Cruces. The realistic figures, which took more than a year to create, represent branches of the military during various eras and are the focal point of the monument. The Women Veterans Monument was officially dedicated on March 10. The Women Veterans Monument is a collaborative project
Dohrmann started ECG in California but wanted to escape the state’s high real estate prices. He looked at sites in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, choosing Las Cruces because it’s “a very friendly community” with affordable housing and good weather. In Las Cruces, Dohrmann said he has assembled an “amazingly loyal workforce” that includes many New Mexico State University graduates. In fact, its relationship with NMSU was a major reason Dohrmann moved ECG to Las Cruces. The company is partnering with the university on a cutting-edge study of falling – a major health care concern for the elderly – along with virtual reality training and other high-tech commercialization. Together, he said, ECG and NMSU are “creating advanced solutions for the future of our aging population.” “We’re on the precipice of this,” Dohrmann said. The southwest Rio Grande Valley is about to become “Silicon Valley 2.” Visit www.electroniccaregiver. com.
olitics on Paper: Art with an Agenda from the SUArt Collection,” featuring works from the Syracuse University Art Galleries, continues through Saturday, April 7. The exhibition highlights a selection of works on paper by noted artists focused on social and political commentary. “Politics on Paper: Art with an Agenda” features works made as early as the 1600s and on up to the present day. The included drawings, etchings, photographs, and other print media satirize or expose top-
ics ranging from political conflict and war to issues of social unrest. Represented artists include art historical figures such as Jaques Callot, Honore Daumier, Francisco Goya, Elizabeth Catlett, Kathe Kollwitz, and Andy Warhol, among others. The museum is located at 491 N. Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturday from 9am to 4:30pm. For additional information, visit the website at: http://las-cruces. org/museums or call 575-5412137.
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U.S. Army Sargent Tamieka Henry and U.S. Army Specialist Rosmary Montoya appreciate the history behind the monument. (Photos by Steve MacIntyre)
funded by The City of Las Cruces and The United Military Women of the Southwest. The statues
were designed and created by artist Matt Glenn, owner of Big Statues in Provo, Utah.
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ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH
New Film Festival Has Regional Ambition
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ranching off the Las Cruces International Film Festival, Borderlands Film Festival will debut in October, offering another local avenue for filmmakers and audiences. The first festival will be held in Las Cruces and in Truth or Consequences, Managing Partner Michael Evans said. For 2019, venues may include Silver City and even Marfa, Texas. “I want to be more inclusive,” Evans said. “Inclusivity is absolutely paramount to success.
Partnering to create the Borderlands Film Festival are creators David Salcido, Dave Witt and Michael Evans.
When you have a festival in multiple cities, you get to carry your brand.” Festival Executive Director Dave Witt said organizers are beginning with a philosophy of taking care of the filmmakers. “We really make sure the filmmakers are taken care of,” Witt said. “Hopefully they get their film distributed, meet some new filmmakers and do something for their career if they are going to spend the money to be here. We want them to actually leave
here with something that they have gained rather than coming here and leaving saying ‘why did I come?’ “So, we are really focusing on the filmmakers (as) the stars.” The festival will include panels and workshops on topics such as how filmmaking works, distribution, how to make money in the business and where to get money to make films.
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APRIL 27, 2018 WNMU LIGHT HALL 1000 WEST COLLEGE AVE SILVER CITY, NM 6:30 pm
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Fort Bayard movie series honors nurses
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n recognition of Historic Preservation Month, the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society is screening five films honoring the contributions of nurses to humanity, especially in times of war. From May 3-31, movies will be shown Thursday evenings during the month of May, at the Santa Clara Armory Building, along U.S. Highway 180, opposite the Village of Santa Clara. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the films begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free, and concessions are available for purchase. Donations are welcome. For information, call Doug Dinwiddie at 575-388-4862, or Cecilia Bell at 575-3884477. • May 3: “Florence Nightingale,” starring Jaclyn Smith in the title role, portraying the woman often cited as the “Mother of Modern Nursing.” • May 10: “Nurse Edith Cavell”
retells one of the most poignant stories of World War I, recounting the sacrifice of Cavell in the Allied war effort. • May 17: Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms,” also set in World War I, examines not only a powerful love story between soldier and nurse, but also the futility of war. • May 24: Claudette Colbert stars in “So Proudly We Hail,” honoring American nurses in the Philippines in the early days of World War II. • May 31: The series concludes with “Miss Evers’ Boys,” portraying the truelife struggles of Nurse Eunice Evers to help her patients who were subjected to a tragic experiment without their knowledge in the 1930s. Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne star.
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EARTH DAY CELEBRATION Saturday April 21 10 am am--2 pm Gough Park st
More than 30 local organizations and businesses showcasing their mission, services, or green products
Live entertainment and food Activities for kids E-waste recycling Document shredding
What can you do to END PLASTIC POLLUTION? Brought to you by Gila Resources Information Project Lone Mountain Natives Binary Circuits Freeport-McMoRan Town of Silver City Recycling Advisory Committee
Native plants, herbs, and veggies for your garden
To participate or for more information, go to www.gilaresources.info, or contact Doyne Wrealli at earthendoyne@gmail.com or 575-297-9734
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Native flowers, trees, shrubs, succulents and cacti Contact us in April forsoil ourmany widest with availability: Organic 25+ blooming shrubs, edible berries fertilizer, amendments & seeds Earth Day @ Gough Park, Knowledgeable HardySat., native trees, seeds, cacti and succulents consultants for thriving gardens 4/19/14 from 9 a.m.-2p.m. Contact Organic & other soil amendments Markfertilizer or Tricia at lonemtn@q.com or 575-538-4345 Reduce your Impact, View our website: www.lonemountainnatives.com Heirloom apple trees, peaches and apricots recycle plastic pots with us!gardens. Visit our home nursery for plant purchase and views of our demonstration Or Visit us Downtown atconsultation the Farmerʻs Marketfor on Saturday Knowledgeable a thriving garden with native plants
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Earth Day @ Gough Park, Sat., 4/20/13 & Plant Native for Native Pollinators! Home & Garden Expo., Sat-Sun., 4/27-28/13 Contact Mark or Tricia at lonemtn@q.com or 575-538-4345 ~EARTH DAY~ View our website: www.plantingnatives.com
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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! Saturday April 21 We will have refreshments and giveaways!!
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• Earth Day, Gough Park, April 21st Start your garden and celebrate with our seed bomb activity • Farmers Market, 1st Saturday in May • ALCS Internship Showcase, May 9, 4:00-6:00pm
Help us End Plastic Pollution, Bring your Plastic Pots, we will use them again and again.
Donations graciously accepted tomatoes, squash, eggplant, basil, peppers, and more! Only we humans make waste that nature cannot digest!!
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PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • RICHARD COLTHARP
Beer and Basketball
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irst off, my sincere apologies to the Cliff Cowboys basketball dynasty. In last month’s Desert Exposure, I talked about the quality of basketball in southern New Mexico, and somehow overlooked the Cliff Cowboy/Shock family hoops dynasty. From 1971, coached by one Shock or another, the Cowboys participated in the state title game 18 times, winning 12 championships. Coach Dale Shock took Cliff to the state title game in 1971 in a losing effort. Coach Pete Shock began his magic 10 years later, when he took the Cowboys to state in 1981, also as runner-up. Pete would then go on to take the Cowboys to 14 more title games through 2013. Overall, he won 10 championships, going 10-5 in the title game. Then in 2015 and 2016, Coach Brian Shock led Cliff to back-toback state titles. That’s 12 titles and 18 championship game appearance for the boys from Cliff. Thanks to alert reader Dean Bearup in Silver City for pointing out my glaring omission. No southern New Mexico teams made it to the state finals for 2018, but the New Mexico
State University Aggies won the Western Athletic Conference tournament, earning a trip to the Big Dance. As you may have guessed, I could write about (and talk about, and watch) basketball all day long. For some folks, however, one column about basketball, which I did last issue, is too much. So let me talk about something with a broader appeal: beer. The news that Silver City’s Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery is opening up a tasting room over in Las Cruces got me thinking about beer in southern New Mexico. In 2010, my new year’s resolution was to drink New Mexico-made beer exclusively. Mind you, I’m not that big of a beer drinker, so the folks at Spoetzel Brewery in Shiner, Texas, and their counterparts in Tecate, Baja Mexico, did not throw their arms up in panic at the news. My resolution, though, was rooted in the fact there is plenty of good beer made in New Mexico, so why not patronize our enchanted brewers? That was eight years ago, so there is even more good New Mexico beer now. In 2001, at Three Rivers Brewery in Farmington, I began collecting pint glasses with the logos
of New Mexico breweries. The next one was Socorro Springs from Socorro. That adds a fun element to New Mexico road trips: Try new breweries and buy a logo glass. Of course, ones I like, I make return trips to compare their wares. I have more than 30 glasses now, some from breweries that no longer exist, such as the Silver City Brewing Co. and the Mimbres Valley Brewing Co. Sierra Blanca Brewery used to be in Carrizozo before moving to Moriarty. New breweries keep coming, though, the likes of Little Toad, TorC Brewing Co., Picacho Peak Brewing Co. and the Spotted Dog, which complement older ones in southern New Mexico, such as High Desert in Las Cruces and the Wellhead in Artesia. In 1873, there were 4,131 breweries in America. With consolidation and Prohibition, that number dwindled for more than a century. When the craft beer movement began, though, the number began to rise again. Finally, in 2015, the record was broken, as America recorded 4,548 breweries. That number continues to increase, and in 2016, small breweries contributed $68 million to the U.S. economy. In 2001, there were 27,805 jobs
in American breweries, including all size breweries. And while the craft beer industry has had an effect on big breweries, the overall number of jobs in the industry has skyrocketed. By 2017, there were 69,359 jobs in American breweries. How many other industries have increased total employment by two and a half times in the last 16 years? In fact, it’s an even shorter time, because brewery jobs remained fewer than 30,000 until about 2013. So how many other industries have increased total employment 250 percent in the last FOUR years? Not many, I bet. Breweries can also have an impact on communities in other ways. Many breweries, as is consistently the case here in New Mexico, have found locations in older neighborhoods, and been a keystone of revitalization. New Mexico lawmakers have helped our brewers and vintners, allowing them to cross-sell their products, because not everybody likes wine, and not everybody likes beer. The laws allow breweries to sell New Mexico wine and wineries to sell New Mexico beer, a true win-win. And beer that is actually brewed elsewhere in the state, such as Bosque Brewing Co. from Albuquerque, can share its wares by opening a
tap room as they’ve done in Las Cruces. Many New Mexico breweries have also shattered the perception of crummy bar food. I’ve enjoyed great food at every one of the aforementioned breweries. The nachos at High Desert are the stuff of legend, and the green chile cheeseburger at Picacho Peak is one of the best in Las Cruces. Everyone loves the food at Little Toad, Spotted Dog and Bosque. Breweries have also become great community centers, echoing the public houses of Europe. Of course, you don’t have to actually choose between beer and basketball. Fans have been known to enjoy a beverage while watching, and breweries have been known to put a game on their televisions. Richard Coltharp is publisher of Desert Exposure and the Las Cruces Bulletin. He once spent three days hanging out in Abiquiu with monks at the Christ in the Desert Monastery, where Monk’s Alewas founded. He can be reached at richard@ lascrucesbulletin.com
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THE STARRY DOME • BERT STEVENS
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ven here in the desert Southwest, a ship sails along our southern horizon. Carrying the legendary Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, the Argo is sketched out in the southern sky. Being a large ship for its time, this constellation covers a large portion of our southern sky. Astronomers found its size so unwieldly that they broke Argo Navis up into three parts. Louis de Lacaille drew new boundaries and named the three new constellations Argûs in carina (later shortened to Carina, the keel or hull), Argûs in puppi (Puppis, the poop deck or stern) and Argûs in velis (Vela, the sails) in 1763. This allowed him to take the one hundred and sixty visible stars and assign them new Greek-letter (known as Bayer) designations that were more in line with the actual star magnitudes. While Vela and Puppis both rise completely above our southern horizon, Carina, at the bottom of Argo Navis, only manages to rise partway above the horizon. The majority of this constellation always remains below our horizon, including one of the most interesting stars in the sky, Eta Carinae, which is five million times brighter than our Sun. Eta Carinae is composed of at least two stars that orbit each other at an average distance of only fifteen times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. But these are not ordinary stars, the larger is around 200 times as massive as our Sun, while the other is around 50 solar masses. The larger one has already lost over 30 solar. These two massive stars complete an orbit every five and a half years. The binary nature became apparent in 1996 when a regular cycle of brightness variation recurring every 5.52 years was identified and later refined to 5.54 years. When they reach the closest point in their orbit, they are as close as Mars and the Sun These two stars have dramatically different stellar winds. The primary star has a massive outflow that is very dense but not especially fast, traveling around one million miles per hour. It carries away a solar mass worth of material every 1,000 years from the primary. The secondary’s stellar wind carries over a hundred times less matter but travels six times faster. The interaction of these two stellar winds creates the dramatic changes in the star’s surroundings as the secondary swings around the primary. These
changes include X-ray flares and nebular structures near the stars fading and then becoming visible again. From Earth, the brightness of the two stars cannot be measured separately, since they are around 7,500 light-years away. The total brightness of Eta Carinae changes dramatically, probably more the result of the dust thrown off by the primary star than the actual variability of the two stars. The combined system has faded below naked-eye visibility at sometimes and it has become brighter than Canopus at other times. They are currently around fourth magnitude. The most recent outburst in the star’s brightness occurred in the 1830s through 1840s, when it reached a maximum magnitude of -1.0. This period is known as the “Great Eruption”. The star’s brightness changed slowly, brightening slowly up toward the maximum with occasional peaks as the two stars reached their closest point. After reaching a peak it 1845, the star began to fade as dust built up in the system. The brightness reached a minimum in the 1920s and 1930s when the star was not visible to the naked eye. It has since begun to brighten again. The Great Eruption ejected enough dust and gas from the primary to form a planetary nebula around the star. The resulting two-lobed nebula, dubbed the Homunculus nebula, is very young, so young that its shape is due primarily to the original ejection event and not the interaction with surrounding interstellar material. The two lobes are from material ejected outward from the poles of the primary. Based on the thickness of the shell, this ejection event probably lasted around five years. Eta Carinae is an amazing star, the primary is near the maximum size that a star can be. It is also a mature star, with its extreme mass making it age very quickly. It will not be around for long, since the primary star will probably go supernova in the (astronomically) near future.
The Planets for April 2018 Venus climbs higher in the evening sky this month as it moves further from the Sun. Setting around 9:30 p.m., Venus shines at magnitude -3.9. Its disc is ninety-two percent illuminated and it is 11.0 seconds-of-arc across. During the month, the Goddess of Love travels eastward from western Aries into central Taurus.
Calendar of Events – April 2018 (MST) 02 6 a.m. Mars 1.3 degrees south of Saturn 08 1:18 a.m. Last Quarter Moon 13 10 p.m. Mercury stationary 15 7:57 p.m. New Moon 17 8 p.m. Saturn stationary 22 Noon Lyrid meteor shower peaks 22 3:46 p.m. First Quarter Moon 29 Noon Mercury farthest west of the Sun (27 degrees) 29 6:58 p.m. Full Moon
Triangulum is a small constellation that is almost overhead in our January sky. While it is small, this constellation has the most distant naked-eye object, the Pinwheel Galaxy (M33. You will need to be in a dark site away from urban areas to be able to see it. A brighter and much nearer Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is also shown on this month’s chart.
Central Libra plays host to Jupiter this month as it moves slowly westward. It rises at 8:00 p.m. in the east-southeast and it is twenty-one degrees up in the southwest as it gets light. The King of the Gods’ shines at magnitude -2.5 and its disc is 41.0 seconds-of-arc across. The Ringed Planet rises around 1:00 a.m. in north-central Sagittarius. It starts the month moving very slowly eastward. On the Eighteenth, it comes to a stop and turns back westward. It shines at magnitude +0.5 and it can be found thirty-five degrees above the southern horizon as it gets light. Saturn’s disc is 13.8 seconds-of-arc across, while the Rings are 38.6 seconds-of-arc across and they are tilted down 26.3 degrees. Moving eastward in north-central Sagittarius, the Red Planet passes Saturn on April 2. It continues eastward to the eastern end of that constellation by the end of the month. At midmonth, the God of War’s disc is 9.6 seconds-of-arc across, shining at magnitude +0.0. It rises around 1:45 a.m. and it is thirty-four degrees above the southern horizon as it gets light. Mercury makes an appearance in the morning sky but is poorly placed for Northern-hemisphere observers. It escapes the morning twilight at midmonth and reaches its furthest point from the Sun on April 29. On that date, the Messenger of the God’s disc is 8.0 seconds-of-arc across and it is forty-three percent illuminated. Mercury rises at 5:15 a.m. and it is just six degrees above the eastern horizon as it starts to get light. So, enjoy the dance of the planets as April’s warmer weather gives you plenty of opportunity to “keep watching the sky!” An amateur astronomer for more than 45 years, Bert Stevens is co-director of Desert Moon Observatory in Las Cruces.
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oung filmmakers were invited to participate from all over New Mexico in the 2018 Desert Light Film Festival Competition. This competitive process, founded by Joan Griggs, and a festival committee at the Otero County Film Office in the year 2004 is now in its 15th year. The films will be showcased for the public and student families at 12:30 p.m. April 27 at the Flickinger Center for Performing arts in Alamogordo.
Young student filmmakers are gathering with other film students and teachers from New Mexico public, private, charter or home schools for the Festival Day this year on the last Friday in April. This annual competition provides students an opportunity to showcase their work, compete for prizes, and participate in seminars for young filmmakers. The festival day starts at New Mexico State University-Al-
amogordo and students will attend a Film Keynote and educational film seminars designed especially for students. Keynotes and seminar titles are sure to be exciting and informative insight into filmmaking in New Mexico today. Some of the educational and hands-on student seminars will include: Pyrotechnics and Special Effects; Special Effects Makeup for Film; Professional Film Production; “Having the Edge in Your Audi-
FESTIVAL continued from page 28 “We will take care of the community too,” Witt said. “We are going to be using what’s available in that community to create a niche. The festival is here for six days, every film will be screened twice. This way we have films Wednesday and Thursday, then Friday and Saturday again so people who miss one film have another chance to see it.” Witt said the Borderlands Film Festival is also dedicated to developing and promoting Latino culture by presenting a variety of Spanish-speaking programming from around the world, including Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States. From features to documentaries, short subjects to animation
tions”; and others. Seminars are open only to students, but space permitting, the public is cordially invited to attend the keynote speeches. Screenings and the formal awards ceremonies at the Flickinger lead to the conclusion of the festival day. Sponsored by TDS, Desert Light offers prizes in all category divisions. After the festival day is over, the students and teachers will be able to accompany festival staff
to White Sands National Monument for an event open only to students and teachers. Students and teachers will be provided with supper and an opportunity to explore, photograph and film while in the park. This year, Desert Light is expecting up to 450 students from every part of New Mexico. For information contact festival director Joan Griggs at 575-4912596 or online at griggs1331@ msn.com.
AFTER DARK and foreign films, programming is geared to represent a diversity of themes and genres. Evans said Borderlands will continue the mission of the Las Cruces International Film Festival, held in March and run by the Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University, by extending into October southern New Mexico’s appeal to the film industry. “We are the continuation,” Witt said. “You want people to come and see (southern New Mexico) as a viable location. We are going to show them the (Film Las Cruces) studio and the possibilities. When they write their next film maybe they think of Las Cruces and … stay.”
“Why would they stay if we are not doing anything for them,” Evans said. “They are going to go north or west. Keeping students and filmmaking here, providing distribution channels for their films, is what we are doing with Borderlands. If you are all working together you are going to be working on a common goal.” Submissions are currently being accepted through Film Freeway for the six-day kick-off in Las Cruces Oct. 2-7. Sponsors and volunteers are still needed. For more information visit www.BorderlandsFilmFestival. org, call 575-408-9026 or email info@BorderlandsFilmFestival. org.
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uring 160 years in operation, Fort Stanton served as an Army post, tuberculosis sanatorium, internment camp and correctional facility. With infamy gained through the Lincoln County Wars, and the lives of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, the history of Lincoln, New Mexico is riddled with acts of revenge, vigilante justice and senseless violence. Between 1870 and 1886, more than 50 people met a violent end along the main road. Reports of paranormal activity in these two storied southeastern New Mexico Historic Sites dates back more than a century. Spine-tingling tales from former workers and people who have had unusual experiences at these and other New Mexico venues are being preserved by the Lincoln County Paranormal Society (LCPS). “In the 1920s there were reports of shadow figures and unexplained crying in the administration building. One person reported hearing Indian drums and flute music.”- LCPS website “Both Fort Stanton and Lincoln take on an other-worldly atmosphere when you walk through them at night,” said Tim Roberts, Regional Manager for Lincoln and Fort Stanton Historic Site. “It’s
very easy imagine you’ve been transported back in time. The experienced is greatly enhanced by the Lincoln County Paranormal Society. They bring the stories of this area to life, giving context to the experiences of the people who lived and worked here and walked these very paths.” During the After Dark events visitors can explore the grounds and buildings of Lincoln and Fort Stanton, interact with costumed living historians, storytellers, and investigators from the Lincoln County Paranormal Historical Society. In the 1940s amid 24 suspicious deaths, and 37 documented suicides, while working in the administration building Connie Montes reported, “Something grabbed my hair and threw me back in the chair.” – LCPS website. The After Dark events are each from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. on the last Saturday of the month. The self-guided tours will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. $5 per person, Kids under 10 are free. April 28, Stanton After Dark; May 26, Lincoln After Dark; June 30, Stanton After Dark; July 28, Lincoln After Dark; Aug. 25, Fort Stanton After Dark; Oct. 26, Lincoln After Dark; Oct. 27, Stanton After Dark.
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I serve myself a little more milk. Under the circumstances, I still try to enjoy my meal and take the first bite of my sandwich. Hey, that’s pretty good, but you know what it needs? Some chips. I walk over to the pantry. Grab myself a bag. My father mumbles something, a habit he’s developed recently. Mumbles for a few seconds more, then starts walking back to his room. To get there he has to walk right past me, through the kitchen, exit the French doors that lead to the patio, follow a little pathway, and – bam! – he’s home. The part of that sentence that’s important is where I say
he must walk right past me, because... As I lift my sandwich for another bite – BRRAPPP! – he cuts loose with a huge fart just as he’s passing me. I put the sandwich down, my appetite gone. I don’t know if it was intentional, accidental or payback for my having turned off a baseball game he wasn’t interested in. All I know is he ruined my meal. Have you read the essay “Fart Proudly” by Benjamin Franklin? My father has. RaisingMyFather.BlogSpot. com, JimDuchene.BlogSpot. com, or @JimDuchene.
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Failure is an Option
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lanes, robots, stars, and rocket failures – on purpose – are on tap for the Summer 2018 lineup of Rocketeer Academy camps at the New Mexico Museum of Space History. “Space exploration is tough – that’s why it’s called rocket science,” said Museum Executive Director Chris Orwoll in a press release. “For Summer 2018, we’re very excited to add a challenging new activity to our programs – Rocket Science Investigators. Developed in conjunction with the Center for the Advancement of Space Safety and Mission Assurance Research (CASSMAR), this program will engage kids in learning how aerospace engineers learn from failure, so they can design better rockets and spacecraft.” CASSMAR, located at the University of Texas in El Paso, is
Although this was a success, the shuttle booster Drop Test Article was “largely unreusable,” according to NASA, after its parachutes tore apart at high speed in a later drop in 1977. Like NASA engineers, RSI campers will design and test different types of parachutes and learn from failure to improve the chances of recovering their model rockets. (Photo Courtesy of NASA)
emerging as a leader in applying forensic tools to analyzing aerospace accidents, such as the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. CASSMAR is a multidis-
ciplinary cross functional center that focuses on risk reduction research to make commercial human spaceflight safer and more successful.
Former NASA astronaut John “Danny” Olivas, PhD, led the initiative to establish CASSMAR at UTEP, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. “Spaceflight is a collaborative solution,” Olivas said in a release. “As an astronaut, you don’t get to space on your own, you stand on the shoulders of giants who put you there.” As part of Rocket Science Investigators, Rocketeer Academy cadets will design and test parachutes and simulate NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. Academy staff will build and fly model rockets with deliberate flaws so that students can recover the craft and investigate the causes that made it crash, with the goal of building a better safer rocket. “This is where failure is an option,” said Orwoll. “You learn more by testing hardware be-
yond its limits, seeing where it breaks, and working out how to build it better.” Other camp sessions will cover astronomy, aviation and robotics for students entering grades K-9. Summer camp weekly programs begin on the first Monday in June and continue into July. Along with other activities, each cadet builds and launches their own model rocket. Sessions for grades 4 and above include a field trip and museum sleepover. Lunch is provided for all programs. For information, visit the museum website at www.nmspacemuseum.org or call 575-437-2840 or toll free 1-877-333-6589. The New Mexico Museum of Space History, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is a division of the NM Department of Cultural Affairs. Like it on Facebook at www.facebook. com/NMSpaceMuseum.
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and one that’s minor and maybe slightly wacko but definitely worthy of mention – during which birders and wannabe birders can extol avian virtues. Begin with National Arbor Day, the granddaddy of environmental awareness observance. Imagine the Territory of Nebraska in the mid-19th century. Settlers arrive to vast, windswept plains and set about planting crops and raising stock. Naturally, they also plant trees and bushes as windbreaks, building material, fuel, shade and objects of beauty. One such settler was J. Sterling Morton, a keen advocate
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of trees. During the latter 1800s, Morton achieved, among other accomplishments, Secretary of the Nebraska Territory which gave him a platform to advocate the planting of trees in Nebraska. In 1872, a few years after statehood, he proposed Nebraska’s first Arbor Day and organized statewide activities centering around the planting of trees. To say the event was a success understates the estimated one million trees planted that day. The idea grew to include all 50 U.S. states. Although National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April, states typically choose their Arbor Day based on their best tree planting times. Our New Mexico Arbor Day is the second Friday in March. Arbor Day is even celebrated around the world in over 30 countries. In China, it’s a public holiday. Keen to join in on April 27? Visit www.arborday.org for ideas beyond planting trees such as sponsoring a craft show featuring natural materials, scheduling classes on tree pruning, tree selection, tree ID; children’s activities such as reading or planting
contests, park or neighborhood clean ups and more. How about organizing a Big Tree or Oldest Tree search in your neighborhood? You’ll find New Mexico’s biggest tree, a massive American sycamore, in Tularosa. Check it out. Earth Day is the next bird-friendly observance, created in 1970. According to www.earthday. org, on April 22, 1970, “millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative effects of environmental pollution.” I don’t remember anyone marching in the streets on that day, but I do remember schools staging plays and environmental groups being formed. The Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and other significant environmental legislation was signed into law that year, again according to the website. Now a global effort, Earth Day chooses a theme for each year. This year’s theme is Plastic Awareness, based on the millions of tons of plastic that end up in the world’s oceans, creating immense floating garbage patches. Sea turtles, marine mammals
and seabirds mistake plastics for food, eat it themselves or feed it to their young. All starve to death. If this matters to you, check out www.earthday.org. For a more lighthearted observance, simply look up in the sky on April 14. According to www. daysoftheyear.com, Look up in the Sky Day is meant for “encouraging people to slow down and appreciate the little things in life.” So, step outside, gaze skyward and take a few minutes to observe what’s flying overhead or perching in a tree. We sometimes take beauty for granted. But think about why you either moved to southern New Mexico or continue to live here. Our temperate climate, great mountain and desert vistas, intense blue skies and other natural beauty must certainly be an answer. So, get out and celebrate April’s bird-friendly days. Your life will be enriched. Novice birder Yvonne Lanelli (evlanelli@yahoo.com) celebrates the beauty of living over four decades in southern New Mexico. Look up from Dog Canyon Trail south of Alamogordo and behold the beauty of sky and desert.
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TABLE TALK • LUCY WHITMARSH
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Eatery serves up home cooking
ou may be surprised at what you find on South Bullard Street in Silver City, especially since there’s a light industrial zone adjacent to the Chihuahua Hill residential area. An innovative eatery just opened at 300 S. Bullard St. The Corner Kitchen is run by enterprising restaurateur Howard Richardson, who named the eatery by its location on the corner, as well as the kitchen being his favorite place to be. You will find Richardson in the open kitchen where he creates a variety of breakfast and lunch dishes, providing patrons with a taste of home cooking. One creation is a grilled eggplant sandwich with eggplant marinated and grilled with panfried red peppers and onions, goat cheese and a balsamic reduction sauce. It is served on a fresh-baked sandwich roll. The Corner Kitchen is open for breakfast and lunch 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Monday. For daily specials, visit Corner Kitchen Silver City on Facebook or @CornerKitchenSC on Instagram. The building that houses Corner Kitchen is steeped in local history. Historic photographs of the area, formerly a warehouse district adjacent to the former Santa Fe Train Station that was demolished in 1975, are displayed in the dining room. Elizabeth Warren, a local contractor, constructed the former Lowe & Hann Transfer, Storage & Coal Warehouse in 1914. The kitchen is located in the warehouse’s former office. On the side of the building, are ghost signs from its coal warehouse days. The building has been home to many enterprises over the years — horse corrals, a beer and wine distributor, a surplus government food distribution center, a black-
Ghost sign on the side of the warehouse that houses Corner Kitchen.
Storefront of the Corner Kitchen.
smith shop, a meat market and two bakeries. The perfectionist owner of the Black Diamond bakery regularly hurled imperfect baked goods out her back door. Neighbors soon learned to snatch up her rejects. But don’t expect Richardson to be creating any rejects. Currently, the back yard provides off-street parking and an outdoor, pet-friendly patio. Richardson hopes to add a Horse Shoe Pit and Bocce Court. His vision is that the Corner Kitchen will be a catalyst for economic revitalization. The Silver City MainStreet walking tour has included the building in the downtown walking tour, “Stories from our Streets.” “Silver City MainStreet is excited to implement this tour that will be available four seasons, is family-friendly, and will encourage visitation to downtown,” Charmeine Wait, executive director of Silver City MainStreet, said. “The tour will be of interest to residents and tourists alike. Downtown merchants will have
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Owner Howard Richardson works in the kitchen of the newly opened Corner Kitchen. (Courtesy photos)
the opportunity to have a decal in their window that announces the tour and have the booklets available to give out. The tour booklets will also be available at the Visitor Center. The tour will be in place by June 1 and we are so grateful to the Town of Silver City, the New Mexico Department of Tourism, and the many community members who worked on producing a tour that will benefit the community.”
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CHINESE PALACE, 1010 Highway 180E, 538-9300. Chinese: Monday to Friday L D. COURTYARD CAFÉ, Gila Regional Medical Center, 538-4094. American: B L, with special brunch Sundays.
es, deli: Monday to Saturday B L early D, Sunday L.
Weekdays LD, weekends BD, closed Wednesdays.
DON JUAN’S BURRITOS, 418 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: B L. DRIFTER PANCAKE HOUSE, 711 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Breakfast, American: B L, breakfast served throughout. EL GALLO PINTO, 901 N. Hudson St., 597-4559. Mexican: Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday B L Thursday to Saturday B L D. FORREST’S PIZZA, 601 N. Bullard St. Unit J. 388-1225. Tuesday to Friday L D, Slices only at lunch time. FRY HOUSE, 601 N. Bullard St. Suite C. 388-1964. GIL-A BEANS, 1304 N. Bennett St. Coffeeshop. GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2323. Chinese: L D. GRANDMA’S CAFÉ, 900 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2627. American, Mexican: B L. GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College Ave., 538-3366. Mexican: B L D. HEALTHY EATS, 303 E. 13th St., 5349404. Sandwiches, burritos, salads, smoothies: L. JALISCO CAFÉ, 100 S. Bullard St., 388-2060. Mexican. Monday to Saturday L D Sunday B. JAVALINA COFFEE HOUSE, 117 Market St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse. JUMPING CACTUS, 503 N. Bullard St. Coffeeshop, baked goods, sandwiches, wraps: B L. KOUNTRY KITCHEN, 1700 Mountain View Road, 388-4512. Mexican: Monday to Sunday B L D. LA COCINA RESTAURANT, 201 W. College Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. LA FAMILIA, 503 N. Hudson St., 388-4600. Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday B L D. LA MEXICANA, Hwy. 180E and Memory Lane, 534-0142. Mexican and American: B L.
SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFÉ, 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. American, Mexican, hamburgers: L D.
menu. “We have a passion for delicious food and it reflects in our dishes:” Monday to Saturday L D.
Silver City 1ZERO6, 106 N. Texas St., 575313-4418. Pacific Rim, South East Asian, Oaxacan and Italian: Friday to Sunday D, by reservation only. ADOBE SPRINGS CAFÉ, 1617 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-3665. Breakfast items, burgers, sandwiches: Sunday B L, all week B L D. BURGERS & BROWNIES & BEER, OH MY! 619 N. Bullard St., 575597-6469.
CAFÉ OSO AZUL AT BEAR MOUNTAIN LODGE, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, 538-2538. B L, special D by reservation only.
DIANE’S RESTAURANT, 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. Fine dining (D), steaks, seafood, pasta, sandwiches (L), salads: Tuesday to Saturday L D, Sunday D only (fami ly-style), weekend brunch. DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI, The Hub, Suite A, Bullard St., 534-9229. Artisan breads, pastries, sandwich-
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We are happy to announce that Jeff Goin formerly of 1ZERO6 is joining Bear Mountain Lodge’s staff. The dinner menu has been extended to include more entrees..Reservations a must. 575 538 2538. Hope to see you.
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575.538.2538 • 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Rd. P.O. Box 1163 • Silver City, NM 88062 info@bearmountainlodge.com
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LITTLE TOAD CREEK BREWERY & DISTILLERY, 200 N. Bullard St., 956-6144. Burgers, wings, salads, fish, pasta, craft beers and cocktails: Monday to Sunday L D. MEXICO VIEJO, Hwy. 90 and Broadway Mexican food stand: Monday to Saturday B L early D. MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Dr., 538-5533. New Mexican cuisine: Monday to Thursday L, Friday L D. MILLIE’S BAKE HOUSE, 602 N. Bullard St., 597-2253. Soup, salads, sandwiches, baked goods and now serving barbecue on Saturdays: Tuesday to Saturday. NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ, 514 N. Bullard St., 388-3480. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. THE PARLOR AT DIANE’S, 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. Burgers, sandwiches, homemade pizzas, paninis: Tuesday to Sunday L D. PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM, 312 N. Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, ice cream: Monday to Saturday. Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO AND BREWERY, 101 E. College Ave., 5344401. American, steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Monday to Saturday L D.
REVEL, 304 N. Bullard, 3884920. Elevated comfort food.
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SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1530 N. Hudson, 388-2027. Coffee shop: Monday to Saturday B L, early D. SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1212 E. 32nd St., 534-9565. Coffee shop, bakery: Monday to Friday B L, early D, Saturday B L only. TAPAS TREE, 601 N. Bullard St. in The Hub, Wednesday to Sunday L, Fridays L D. TERRY’S ORIGINAL BARBEQUE, Hwy. 180 and Ranch Club Road. Barbeque to go: L D.
VICKI’S EATERY, 315 N. Texas, 388-5430. www.vickiseatery.com Fresh...made just for you!. Saturday-Sunday breakfast; Monday-Saturday lunch; and Friday-Saturday dinner. WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, appetizers, salads: L D. TRANQUILBUZZ CAFÉ, 112 W. Yankie St. Coffee shop, coffee, home-made pastries and ice cream, fresh fruit smoothies.
DOÑA ANA COUNTY
Las Cruces & Mesilla ABRAHAM’S BANK TOWER RESTAURANT, 500 S. Main St. 434, 523-5911. American: Monday to Friday B L. ANDELE’S DOG HOUSE, 1983 Calle del Norte, 526-1271. Mexican plus hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas: B L D. ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 Calle del Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: Monday B L, Tuesday to Sunday B L D. AQUA REEF, 141 N. Roadrunner Parkway, 522-7333. Asian, sushi: LD. THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, 527-5155. Coffeehouse.
A BITE OF BELGIUM, 741 N. Alameda St. No. 16, 5272483, www.abiteofbelgium. com. Belgium and American food: Daily B L. BOBA CAFÉ, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. 8, 647-5900. Sandwiches, salads, casual fare, espresso: Monday to Saturday L D. BRAVO’S CAFÉ, 3205 S. Main St., 526-8604. Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday B L. BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Madrid Ave., 523-9806. Outstanding greenchile cheeseburgers. Tuesday to Saturday L D. BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El Paseo Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L D. Now serving beer.
CAFÉ A GO GO, 1120 Commerce Drive, Suite A, 5220383, www.cafeagogonm. com. Bistro with an eclectic
CARILLO’S CAFÉ, 330 S. Church, 523-9913. Mexican, American: Monday to Saturday L D. CHACHI’S RESTAURANT, 2460 S. Locust St.-A, 522-7322. Mexican: B L D. CHILITOS, 2405 S. Valley Dr., 5264184. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. CHILITOS, 3850 Foothills Rd. Ste. 10, 532-0141. Mexican: B L D. DAY’S HAMBURGERS, Water and Las Cruces streets, 523-8665. Burgers: Monday to Saturday L D. PECAN GRILL & BREWERY, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. DELICIAS DEL MAR, 1401 El Paseo, 524-2396. Mexican, seafood: B L D. DICK’S CAFÉ, 2305 S. Valley Dr., 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sunday B L, Monday to Saturday B L D. DION’S PIZZA, 3950 E. Lohman, 521-3434. Pizza: L D. DOUBLE EAGLE, 2355 Calle De Guadalupe, 523-6700. Southwestern, steaks, seafood: L D, Sun. champagne brunch buffet. DUBLIN STREET PUB, 1745 E. University Ave., 522-0932. Irish, American: L D. EL SOMBRERO PATIO CAFÉ, 363 S. Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: L D. EMILIA’S, 2290 Calle de Parian, 652-3007. Burgers, Mexican, soup, sandwiches, pastry, juices, smoothies: Tuesday to Sunday L D. ENRIQUE’S MEXICAN FOOD, 830 W. Picacho, 647-0240. Mexican: B L D. FARLEY’S, 3499 Foothills Rd., 522-0466. Pizza, burgers, American, Mexican: L D. FIDENCIO’S, 800 S. Telshor, 5325624. Mexican: B L D. THE GAME BAR & GRILL, 2605 S. Espina, 524-GAME. Sports bar and grill: L D. THE GAME II: EXTRA INNINGS SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 4131 Northrise Drive, 373-4263, Live music on weekends. American, Southwest, now serving weekend brunch 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays: L D GARDUÑO’S, 705 S. Telshor (Hotel Encanto), 532-4277. Mexican: B L D.
GO BURGER DRIVE-IN, Home of the Texas Size Burrito, 1008 E. Lohman Ave. , Las Cruces, NM 88005, 575524-9251. Monday - Saturday, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Specializing in Relleno Burritos and Other Mexican Food GOLDEN STAR CHINESE FAST FOOD, 1420 El Paseo, 523-2828. Chinese: L D. GRANDY’S COUNTRY COOKING, 1345 El Paseo Rd., 526-4803. American: B L D. HABANERO’S 600 E. Amador Ave., 524-1829. Fresh Mexican: B L D. HACIENDA DE MESILLA, 1803
DESERT EXPOSURE Avenida de Mesilla, 652-4953. Steaks, barbecue, seafood, sandwiches, salads, pasta: L D.
HIGH DESERT BREWING COMPANY, 1201 W. Hadley Ave., 525-6752. Brew pub: L D. INTERNATIONAL DELIGHTS, 1245 El Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and International: B L D. J.C. TORTAS, 1196 W. Picacho Ave., 647-1408. Mexican: L D. JOSE MURPHY’S, 1201 E. Amador (inside Ten Pin Alley), 526-8855. Mexican, American: L D. JOSEFINA’S OLD GATE CAFÉ, 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. Pastries, soups, salads, sandwiches: Monday to Thursday L, Friday to Sunday B L. KEVA JUICE, 1001 E. University, 522-4133. Smoothies, frozen yogurt: B L D. LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, 1300 N. Solano Dr, 541-9617. Mexican: L D. LA NUEVA CASITA CAFÉ, 195 N. Mesquite, 523-5434. Mexican and American: B L. LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE MESILLA, 2410 Calle De San Albino, 524-3524Mexican, steakhouse: L D, Saturday, Sunday and holidays also B. LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano Dr., 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, burgers, fried chicken: L D, Saturday and Sunday also B. LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFÉ, 2701 W. Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. French pastry, deli, sandwiches: Tuesday to Sunday B L. LET THEM EAT CAKE, 1001 E. University Ave. Suite D4, 680-5998. Cupcakes: Tuesday to Saturday. LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. University Ave., 521-3505. Italian, pizza: L D. LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 6335 Bataan Memorial W., 382-2025. Mexican: B L D. LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 603 S. Nevarez St., 523-1778. Mexican: B L D. LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce Dr., 521-6228. Mexican: B L D. LOS MARIACHIS, 754 N. Motel Blvd., 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. LOS MARIACHIS, 5600 Bataan Memorial East, 373-0553. Mexican, L D. MESILLA VALLEY KITCHEN, 2001 E. Lohman Ave. #103, 523-9311. American, Mexican: B L.
METROPOLITAN DELI, 1001 University Ave., 5223354, www.metropolitandeli. com. Sandwiches and catering: L D. MIGUEL’S, 1140 E. Amador Ave., 647-4262. Mexican: B L D. MI PUEBLITO, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., 524-3009. Mexican: Monday to Friday B L D, Saturday and Sunday B L. MILAGRO COFFEE Y ESPRESSO, 1733 E. University Ave., 532-1042. Coffeehouse: B L D. MIX PACIFIC RIM CUISINE AND MIX EXPRESS, 1001 E. University Ave. D3, 532-2042. Asian, Pacific: Monday to Saturday L D. MOONGATE CAFÉ, 9345 Bataan Memorial, 382-5744. Coffee shop, Mexican, American: B L. MOUNTAIN VIEW MARKET KITCHEN, 1300 El Paseo Road, 523-0436. Sandwiches, bagels, wraps, salads and other healthy fare: Monday to Saturday: B L early D. NELLIE’S CAFÉ, 1226 W. Hadley Ave., 524-9982. Mexican: Tuesday to Friday B L. NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 2605 Missouri Ave., 522-0440. Mexican: L D.
APRIL 2018 • 37 NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 310 S. Mesquite St., 524-0003. Mexican: Sunday to Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday. L D. OLD TOWN RESTAURANT, 1155 S. Valley Dr., 523-4586. Mexican, American: B L. ORIENTAL PALACE, 225 E. Idaho, 526-4864. Chinese: L D. PAISANO CAFÉ, 1740 Calle de Mercado, 524-0211. Mexican: B L D. PEPE’S, 1405 W. Picacho, 5410277. Mexican: B L D. PHO A DONG, 504 E. Amador Ave., 527-9248. Vietnamese: L D. PHO SAIGON, 1160 El Paseo Road, 652-4326. Vietnamese: L D.
PICACHO PEAK BREWING CO., 3900 W. Picacho, 575680-6394. www.picachopeakbrewery.com PLAYER’S GRILL, 3000 Herb Wimberly Drive. (NMSU golf course clubhouse), 646-2457. American: B L D. RANCHWAY BARBECUE, 604 N. Valley Dr., 523-7361. Barbecue, Mexican: Monday to Friday B L D, Saturday D. RASCO’S BBQ, 125 S. Campo St., 526-7926. Barbecued brisket, pulled pork, smoked sausage, ribs. ROBERTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 908 E. Amador Ave., 523-1851. Mexican: B L D. ROSIE’S CAFÉ DE MESILLA, 300 N. Main St., 526-1256. Breakfast, Mexican, burgers: Saturday to Thursday B L, Friday B L D. SAENZ GORDITAS, 1700 N. Solano Dr., 527-4212. Excellent, gorditas, of course, but also amazing chicken tacos. Mexican: Monday to Saturday L D. SANTORINI’S, 1001 E. University Ave., 521-9270. Greek, Mediterranean: Monday to Saturday L D. SALUD DE MESILLA, 1800 Avenida de Mesilla B, 323-3548. American, Continental: B L D. THE SHED, 810 S. Valley Dr., 5252636. American, pizza, Mexican, desserts: Wednesday to Sunday B L. SI SEÑOR, 1551 E. Amador Ave., 527-0817. Mexican: L D. SPANISH KITCHEN, 2960 N. Main St., 526-4275. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. SPIRIT WINDS COFFEE BAR, 2260 S. Locust St., 521-1222. Sandwiches, coffee, bakery: B L D. ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO, 1720 Avenida de Mesilla, 5242408. Wine tasting, bistro: L D. SUNSET GRILL, 1274 Golf Club Road (Sonoma Ranch Golf Course clubhouse), 521-1826. American, Southwest, steak, burgers, seafood, pasta: B L D. Anthony ERNESTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 200 Anthony Dr., 882-3641. Mexican: B L. LA COCINITA, 908 W. Main Dr., 589-1468. Mexican: L. Bayard FIDENCIO’S TACO SHOP, 1108 Tom Foy Blvd. Mexican: B L D. LITTLE NISHA’S, 1101 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-3526. Mexican: Wednesday to Sunday B L D. LOS COMPAS, 1203 Tom Foy Blvd, 654-4109. Sonoran-style Mexican, hot dogs, portas, menudo: L D. M & A BAYARD CAFÉ, 1101 N. Central Ave., 537-2251. Mexican and American: Monday to Friday B L D. SPANISH CAFÉ, 106 Central Ave., 537-2640. Mexican, tamales and
menudo (takeout only): B. SUGAR SHACK, 1102 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-0500. Mexican: Sunday to Friday B L. Chapparal EL BAYO STEAK HOUSE, 300 Paloma Blanca Drive, 824-4749. Steakhouse: Tuesday to Sunday B L D. TORTILLERIA SUSY, 661 Paloma Blanca Dr., 824-9377. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D, Sunday B L. Cliff D’S CAFÉ, 8409 Hwy 180. Breakfast dishes, burritos, burgers, weekend smoked meats and ribs: Thursday to Sunday B L. PARKEY’S, 8414 Hwy. 180W, 535-4000. Coffee shop: Monday to Saturday. Doña Ana BIG MIKE’S CAFÉ, Thorpe Road. Mexican, breakfasts, burgers: B L D. Mimbres ELK X-ING CAFÉ, (352) 2120448. Home-style meals, sandwiches and desserts: B L. RESTAURANT DEL SOL, 2676 Hwy. 35, San Lorenzo. Breakfasts, burgers, sandwiches, Mexican: Daily B L early D. Pinos Altos BUCKHORN SALOON AND OPERA HOUSE, Main Street, 5389911. Steakhouse, pasta, burgers: Monday to Saturday D. Santa Teresa BILLY CREWS, 1200 Country Club Road, 589-2071. Steak, seafood: L D.
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What’s Going On in April SUNDAY, APRIL 1
Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. South American dance music. Info: 575654-7357.
Silver City/Grant County Laughter Club — 1-1:45 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway St. Use the physical act of laughter to enhance your laugh. Free, donations accepted. Info: Mary Ann Finn, 575-388-0243 TOO Surrealists! — Two-woman art exhibit, reception 5-7 p.m. at Geisler Studio, aka Common Ground, 102 W. Kelly St.
Glenwood/Catron County Dutch Oven Gathering — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with a meal served about 2 p.m. at the Glenwood Community Park on Catwalk Road. Kite Flying Picnic — noon-5 p.m. at Whitewater Mesa in Glenwood. On Bursum Road on NM 159. Water, kite mending supplies, loaner kites and a prota-pottie are provided. Info: 575313-1002.
Deming/Luna County Easter Egg Hunt — 2-4 p.m., 1325 De Baca Road SE, bring your own basket. Info: 575-546-1179 Alamogordo/Otero County Reptile show — 1-3 p.m., Alameda Park Zoo, Education Building, 1321 N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo, hosted by Island of Misfit Morphs, a nonprofit education group for snakes, lizards and arachnids. Info: 575-4394290
MONDAY, APRIL 2
Silver City/Grant County Open mic — Open mic with Dustin Hamman, 7 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Info: 575538-9911 Alamogordo/Otero County Concert — 6:30-8:30 p.m., Countrified, Patron’s Hall, 1106 New York Ave., Alamogordo. Info: 575-4882185. Las Cruces/Mesilla Tango dance instruction — 7-8 p.m. Monday nights Mesilla Community Center 2251 Calle de Santiago. Instructor Tommy Nations. Dance 5-9 p.m. Cost: $10. Info: 575-635-6903.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3
Silver City/Grant County Yoga for Veterans — 5 p.m., Lotus Center WNMU, Mecha Builda, 100 W. College Ave. Silver City. Info: www. LotusCenterSC.org. Mountain Bike Ride — 5:15 p.m., bicycles, Little Walnut Picnic Grounds. Carpool and meet up for 1.5 hours of riding. Level of difficulty: intermediate. Ruidoso/Lincoln County “Amazing Grace” — 7 p.m. at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts, 108 Spencer Road, Alto. Info: 575-336-4800, www.spencertheater. com. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Yoga class — Community mixed level hatha yoga class, 9-10:30 a.m., Grapes Gallery, 407 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Led by Wendy Tremayne. $15 per class, $60 for five classes, $100 for 10 classes. Info: 949-371-7691 SCRATB meeting — 9-11 a.m., 410 Main St., Truth or Consequences. Info: Kim Skinner, Sierra County Recreation and Tourism Advisory Board, 575-740-1777 Internet Basics — Class, 10-11:30 a.m., 4th Street Computer Lab, 360 W. 4th St., Truth or Consequences. Free. Info: 575-894-4633, 4thstreetlabclasses@gmail.com Las Cruces/Mesilla “Online Tools and Apps in Photography” and “Introduction to Light Painting” — 7 p.m. at the Southwest Environmental Center 275 N. Main St. Las Cruces. Doña Ana Photography Club programs with Victor Gibbs and Dale Taylor. Info: www.daphotoclub.
State Street Ballet’s “Cinderella” performances will be on April 20 at the Macey Center at New Mexico Tech in Socorro and at the Spencer Theatre in Alto on April 22.
org. Register for cleanup — Deadline. Individual volunteers, groups and civic organizations are encouraged to register for this year’s Great American Cleanup, to be held 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 14. Info and registration: 575-528-4506 or www.las-cruces. org/departments/parks-and-recreation/parks/community-wellness/ keep-las-cruces-beautiful.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
Silver City/Grant County Gin Rummy — 1 p.m., Tranquilbuzz Coffeehouse, 112 W. Yankie St., Silver City. Beginners welcome. Experts challenged. Info: 575-535-9355. “A Japanese Student’s Photographic Journey in America” — 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 3845 N. Swan St. in Silver City. Silver City Photo Club program with Ryo Inuzuka. Info: 860670-4543. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Song circle — Community song circle, 6-8 p.m., Koala Tea CBD, 318 N. Broadway Ave., Truth or Consequences. Info: Johanna O’Tea, 608-335-8295, johannabotanica@ gmail.com
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
Silver City/Grant County Tile making for Comcast Cares Day — 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., Everyone is invited to make tiles for Comcast Cares Day mural. Free. Info: 575-538-3672. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Flow Yoga — Led by Sonia Dalessi, 9-10:30 a.m., Studio de la Luz, 308 S. Pershing Drive, Truth or Consequences. $10. Info: 760-574-8644, yogasonia@outlook.com Square dancing — 6-8 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences, hosted by the Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club. $3 per dancer. Info: 505804-3842, 575-313-9971. Las Cruces/Mesilla Pre-K programs — Join the Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., from 9-10 a.m. every Thursday for exploration designed for preschoolers. No registration required. Free. Parents asked to stay with their children throughout the program. Info: 575-522-3120 or visit museums. las-cruces.org. Arts, culture seminars — 5:30 to 7 p.m., Doña Ana Arts Cultural Center,
1740 Avenida de Mercado Suites B–D. Feed Your Mind series continues through May. Cost: $20 per seminar. Info: 575-523-6403 or www. daarts.org. Kathleen Key will present four talks on “Impressionism.” Thursday Night Jam — 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. Friends of Visit Las Cruces present local and up-andcoming musicians. Concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase. Cost: $5. Las Cruces Ukes — 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays beginner group; 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays performance group at Good Samaritan Society, Las Cruces Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Free. Info: lascrucesukes.blogspot.com, 575-405-7133.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
Silver City/Grant County Auld Lang Syne — 6 p.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., Rochester, New York duo Timothy and Kathy Dick will perform as Auld Lang Syne. Indie/folk. Free. Seating is limited, first-come, first-served. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Info: 575-5383672. Scott van Linge — 6:30 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Musical performance. Info: 575-5389911. “The Social Lives of Rattlesnakes — 7 p.m. at Harlan Hall, Room 219, WNMU, corner of 12th and Alabama streets. Info: saraboyett48@gmail. com. Ross Malcolm Boyd — 7 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Singer/songwriter from New Hampshire, no cover. Info: 575-654-7357. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Mariachi group — Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan will perform at 8 p.m. at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, Mescalero. Info: innofthemountaingods.com
Deming/ Luna County Yard sale with the Deming Ladies’ Council— 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Fellowship Hall. Autism Awareness Community Walk — 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Info: cdevaneygonzales@gmail.com Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Trinity Site tour — 8 a.m.-2 p.m., White Sands Missile Range, Highway 380. Info: 575-678-1134. Spaceport tour — Departs at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. from Spaceport America Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch, Silver City. Reservations required. Info: 575267-8888 Community dance — Old Time Fiddlers Dance, 7-9 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences. $4 Info: 575-744-9137 Alamogordo/Otero County Take Back the Night 12th Annual March and Rally —6 p.m., NMSU-A Tay’s Center, 2400 N. Scenic Drive. Free, open to the public. Stand against relationship and domestic violence. Info: Find Take Back the Night – Alamogordo on Facebook. Selina #1 Tribute with Karla Perez — 7 p.m. at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. Info: flickingercenter. com. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Wild West roundup —9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lincoln Historic Site, 1027 Calle de la Placita, Lincoln. Wild West History Association presents “Mini-Round-Up: Billy the Kids and the Lincoln County War.” Field Trip to Tunstall Murder Site. $15 per person. Limited space available. Info: nmhistoricsites.org/Lincoln, hmarshjr@msn. com for reservations. Clint Black — 8 p.m. at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, Mescalero. Info: innofthemountaingods.com.
SUNDAY, APRIL 8
Silver City/Grant County Bowl for Kids’ Sake — 12:30-3:30 p.m., Silver Bowling Center, 2020 Memory Lane, Silver City. Single largest fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters nationwide. Info: www.bbbs. org/bowl
MONDAY, APRIL 9
Silver City/Grant County Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County — 10:30 a.m. at Cross Point Assembly of God Church, 11600 U.S. Highway 180 E. The speaker is Ellen Brown from the Forest Service. Info: 575-537-3643. Las Cruces/Mesilla Tango dance instruction — 7-8 p.m. Monday nights Mesilla Community Center 2251 Calle de Santiago. Instructor Tommy Nations. Dance 5-9 p.m. Cost: $10. Info: 575-635-6903.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10
Silver City/Grant County Yoga for Veterans — 5 p.m., Lotus Center WNMU, Mecha Builda, 100 W. College Ave. Silver City. Info: www. LotusCenterSC.org. Mountain Bike Ride — 5:15 p.m., bicycles, Little Walnut Picnic Grounds. Carpool and meet up for 1.5 hours of riding. Level of difficulty: intermediate. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Yoga class — Community mixed level hatha yoga class, 9-10:30 a.m., Grapes Gallery, 407 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Led by Wendy Tremayne. $15 per class, $60 for five classes, $100 for 10 classes. Info: 949-371-7691
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
Silver City/Grant County Fort Bayard Walking Tours — begin at 9:30 a.m. at Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark. Info: 575-3884477. Fiber Stash Reduction Sale — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1905 N. Cactus St., Silver City. Benefits SW Women’s Fiber Arts Collective. Info: www. fiberartscollective.org Magpie (Joshua Kloyda Trio) — 6:30 p.m. at Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Musical performance. Info: 575-538-9911 Baracutanga — 9 p.m. at Little
Las Cruces/Mesilla Volunteer Fair — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Plaza de Las Cruces. Volunteer Network Center brings together more than 50 non-profits for volunteers to find a cause that fits them. Info: Ryan Steinmetz 575-528-3035 or rsteinmetz@las-cruces.org. Photography Boot Camp — 9 a.m.-noon, Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N. Main St. Doña Ana Photography Club continues its series of photography classes. Bring your camera. Registration is required. Cost: $5 per class. Info: daphotoclub. org/boot-camp.html. April 14: Editing. May 12: Image critique and Q&A. MVCS spaghetti dinner —11 a.m.-6 p.m., Las Cruces High School Cafeteria. Mesilla Valley Christian School fundraiser, includes spaghetti with meat sauce, Raising Cane’s Texas toast, garden salad and beverage. Cost $8. Info: 525-8515 or mvcsonline.com. New Mexico Watercolor Society — 2-4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month, except May which meets the third Sunday, at Good Samaritan Society’s Arts & Crafts room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Info: nmwatercolorsociety.org.
Alamogordo/Otero County Sky & Ed — 8:30 p.m., musical performance, Patron’s Hall, 1106 New York Ave., Alamogordo. Info: 575488-2185.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
Magpie, aka the Joshua Kloyda Trio, plays the Buckhorn Saloon April 7 in Pinos Altos.
Silver City/Grant County Gin Rummy — 1 p.m., Tranquilbuzz Coffeehouse, 112 W. Yankie St., Silver City. Beginners welcome. Experts challenged. Info: 575-535-9355.
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Deming/Luna County Workshop — Art of the Ask, 1-4 p.m., Luna County Courthouse, 700 S. Silver Ave. Discusses how to effectively raise money for charitable organizations. $25. Info: Nonprofit Rescue Group, 575-597-0035.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
Silver City/Grant County Gin Rummy — 1 p.m., Tranquilbuzz Coffeehouse, 112 W. Yankie St., Silver City. Beginners welcome. Experts challenged. Info: 575-535-9355. Tour of the Gila — 32nd annual five-stage bicycle race in and around Silver City in the Gila wilderness. Info: tourofthegila.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 12
Silver City/Grant County Tech Workshop: Introduction to Microsoft Excel — 10 a.m.-noon, Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave. Info: 575-574-5101.. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Flow Yoga — Led by Sonia Dalessi, 9-10:30 a.m., Studio de la Luz, 308 S. Pershing Drive, Truth or Consequences. $10. Info: 760-574-8644, yogasonia@outlook.com. Square dancing — 6-8 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences, hosted by the Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club. $3 per dancer. Info: 505804-3842, 575-313-9971. Las Cruces/Mesilla Pre-K programs — Join the Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., from 9-10 a.m. every Thursday for exploration designed for preschoolers. No registration required. Free. Parents asked to stay with their children throughout the program. Info: 575-522-3120 or visit museums. las-cruces.org. Thursday Night Jam — 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. Friends of Visit Las Cruces present local and up-andcoming musicians. Concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase. Cost: $5. Las Cruces Ukes — 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays beginner group; 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays performance group at Good Samaritan Society, Las Cruces Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Free. Info: lascrucesukes.blogspot.com, 575-405-7133.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13
Silver City/Grant County Tech Workshop: Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint — 12-4 p.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave. Info: 575-574-5101. Andrew & Maria Dahl-Bredine perform —6:30 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Info: 575538-9911. O Ryne Warner — 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Country and folk music from Madrid, N.M. Info: 575-654-7357. Alamogordo/Otero County Open mic — 5:30 p.m., Patron’s Hall, 1106 New York Ave. Info: 575-4882185 Las Cruces/Mesilla Chris Young — Tickets go on sale for the Sept. 13 Las Cruces performance of the “Chris Young Losing Sleep 2018 World Tour” with special guests Kane Brown and Morgan Evans. Info and tickets: chrisyoungcountry.com.
SATURDAY, APRIL 14
Silver City/Grant County Fantasy Festival —All day. Big Ditch Park, 199 E. Market St., Silver City. A day of art, Earth Day and costuming with activities for all ages. Info: www. facebook.com/SCFantasyFest. Pinos Altos Fire Department Open House — 9 a.m.-noon, Cottage San Road Station, 2234 Cottage San Road. Door prizes, demonstrations, gifts for children and refreshments. Info: 575-574-8394.
Auld Lang Syne is featured at the Silver City Public Library April 6. (Courtesy Photo)
Ry Warner performs —5:30 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Info: 575-538-9911. Hard Road Trio — 7:30 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Steve Smith, Anne Luna and Chris Sanders perform original acoustic of roots and bluegrass. Info: 575-5389911. Amos Torres — 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Soul singer. Info: 575-654-7357. Deming/Luna County Desert Alive & Native Plant Sale — 9 a.m.-noon, native plant walk, exhibits, live birds of prey demo, native plants for sale. Free, open to public. Info: 575-546-6182 Ruidoso/Lincoln County Bookends concert: Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years — 7 p.m. at Spencer Theater for Performing Arts, 108 Spencer Road, Alto. Info: 575-336-4800, www.spencertheater. com. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Spaceport tour — Departs at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. from Spaceport America Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch, Silver City. Reservations required. Info: 575267-8888 Recycled art show — Noon-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork from recycled materials by local artists, offers cash prizes. Open during museum hours. Free. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com Kids Yoga Journeys — 10-11 a.m., Studio de La Luz, 308 S. Pershing Drive, Truth or Consequences. $5. Ages 5-10. Info: Sonia Dalessia, 760574-8644 Second Saturday Art Hop — 6-9 p.m., Downtown Truth or Consequences. Info: MainStreet, promotions@torcmainstreet.org. Time Fiddlers Dance — 7-9 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences. $4 Info: 575-744-9137. Las Cruces/Mesilla BioBlitz — 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Dripping Springs Natural Area, Las Cruces. Be a scientist for a day, collect data on birds, plants, butterflies, bats and more. No experience necessary. All ages. Snacks provided. Regular vehicle permit for entrance, $5 or a Federal Lands Pass. Hosted by Bureau of Land Management. Info: 575-525-4313. “Editing Photographs” — 9 a.m.noon at the Southwest Environmental Center 275 N. Main St. Las Cruces. Doña Ana Photography Club workshop. Info: www.daphotoclub.org.
MONDAY, APRIL 16
Silver City/Grant County Open mic with Esther Jamison — 7 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Info: 575-538-9911. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Recycled art show — 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork from recycled materials by local artists, offers cash prizes. Open during museum hours. Free. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com Community song circle —6-8 p.m., Koala Tea CBD, 318 N. Broadway Ave., Truth or Consequences. Donations welcomed. Info: Johanna O’Tea, 608-335-8295, johannabotanica@ gmail.com. Las Cruces/Mesilla Las Colcheras Quilt Guild — 6:30 p.m., American Legion Post 10 Hall, 1185 Madrid Ave. The guild offers quilt lessons, community service opportunities, sew-ins, an active outreach program and a biennial quilt show. Info: Linnea Egbert at 575-5210521, linneanjce@aol.com or visit www.lcqg.org. Tango dance instruction — 7-8 p.m. Monday nights Mesilla Community Center 2251 Calle de Santiago. Instructor Tommy Nations. Dance 5-9 p.m. Cost: $10. Info: 575-635-6903.
TUESDAY, APRIL 17
Silver City/Grant County Reading by Elise Stuart: “My Mother and I, We Talk Cat” — 4:30 p.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave. Info: 575-538-3672. Yoga for Veterans — 5 p.m., Lotus Center WNMU, Mecha Builda, 100 W. College Ave. Silver City. Info: www. LotusCenterSC.org. Mountain Bike Ride — 5:15 p.m., bicycles, Little Walnut Picnic Grounds. Carpool and meet up for 1.5 hours of riding. Level of difficulty: Intermediate. “Dodging and Burning” — 7 p.m. at the Southwest Environmental Center 275 N. Main St. Las Cruces. Photo processing techniques to lighten or darken areas of a photo demonstrated live by Seth Madell. Doña Ana Photography Club “Decay” photos will be discussed. Info: www.daphotoclub.org. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Community mixed level Hatha yoga class — 9-10:30 a.m., Grapes Gallery, 407 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Led by Wendy Tremayne. $15 per class, $60 for five classes, $100 for 10 classes. Info: 949-371-7691. Recycled art show — 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork
Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Recycled art show — 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork from recycled materials by local artists, offers cash prizes. Open during museum hours. Free. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
Silver City/Grant County Tour of the Gila — 32nd annual five-stage bicycle race in and around Silver City in the Gila wilderness. Info: tourofthegila.com Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Flow Yoga led by Sonia Dalessi — 9-10:30 a.m., Studio de la Luz, 308 S. Pershing Drive, Truth or Consequences. $10. Info: 760-574-8644, yogasonia@outlook.com. Recycled art show — 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork from recycled materials by local artists, offers cash prizes. Open during museum hours. Free. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com Square dancing — 6-8 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences, hosted by the Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club. $3 per dancer. Info: 505804-3842, 575-313-9971. Las Cruces/Mesilla Henson Community Breakfast — 7 a.m., NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road. Coach Lou and Mary Henson will welcome Terrell Davis, two-time Super Bowl Champion to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Henson Community Breakfast in support of Boys & Girls Club of Las Cruces. Info: 575-526-1519. Pre-K programs — 9-10 a.m. every Thursday at the Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., from for exploration designed for preschoolers. No registration required. Free. Parents asked to stay with their children throughout the program. Info: 575-522-3120 or visit museums. las-cruces.org. Arts, culture seminars — 5:30 to 7 p.m., Doña Ana Arts Cultural Center, 1740 Avenida de Mercado Suites B–D. Feed Your Mind series continues through May. Cost: $20 per
seminar. Info: 575-523-6403 or www. daarts.org. Marisa Sage, NMSU Art Museum director, will present a seminar, “Hidden Treasures: The Art of Sol LeWitt on the NMSU Campus.” Thursday Night Jam — 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. Friends of Visit Las Cruces present local and up-andcoming musicians. Concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase. Cost: $5. Las Cruces Ukes — 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays beginner group; 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays performance group at Good Samaritan Society, Las Cruces Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Free. Info: lascrucesukes.blogspot.com, 575-405-7133.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
Silver City/Grant County Tour of the Gila — 32nd annual five-stage bicycle race in and around Silver City in the Gila wilderness. Info: tourofthegila.com Smart Driver course — 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Western New Mexico University, 1000 W. College Ave., Silver City, hosted by AARP. Covers defensive driving techniques, proven safety strategies and new traffic laws and rules of the road. Arrive 15 minutes early. Bring water and lunch. $15 for AARP members, $20 for nonmembers. Info: David, 406-459-5373, davidsilvercity2017@gmail.com Stephanie Nilles with Thomas Deakin —6:30 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Jazz, blues, folk. Info: 575-538-9911. “Interactions between domesticated, feral and native bees in the Southwest” — 7 p.m. on the second floor of WNMU’s Harlan Hall, corner of 12th and Alabama streets in Silver City. Native Plant Society talk with Dr. Manda Clair Jost. Info: www.hilanps. org.. Calamity Janes — 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. A blend of tight harmony akin to bluegrass, powerful vocals and southern grit. Info: 575-654-7357. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Recycled art show — 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork from recycled materials by local artists, offers cash prizes. Open during museum hours. Free. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com. Alamogordo/Otero County Alamogordo Music Theatre 60th Anniversary Gala Broadway Review — 7 p.m. at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. Info: alamogordomusictheatre.org. Socorro/Socorro County State Street Ballet’s “Cinderella” — 7:30 p.m. at the Macey Center at New Mexico Tech. Info: 575-3364800, Las Cruces/Mesilla Contra Dance at the Mesilla Community Center — 7:30 p.m., 2251
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Calle de Santiago in Mesilla. Cheap Shots, an Albuquerque band, will be playing and Lonnie Ludeman will be calling. Info: 575-522-1691.
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
Studio Art Quilt Associates Tuesday, April 3 – Saturday, June 9, 2018 Artists residing in the western states represent the vast story of the Rio Grande River with Life Along the Rio Grande. The quilts explore cultural, scientific, social, environmental themes, and more. Branigan Cultural Center 501 North Main Street, Las Cruces, NM 88001 575-541-2154 museums.las-cruces.org facebook.com/LCMuseums
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Friday, March 23 - Saturday, May 19, 2018 Celebrating National Poetry Month in April, New Mexico State University Library Archives and the Creative Writing program at NMSU collaborate to present Vision/Revision, featuring manuscript drafts of poems by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Keith Wilson, Margaret Page Hood, and Lorenzo Torrez. Branigan Cultural Center 501 North Main Street, Las Cruces, NM 88001 575-541-2154 museums.las-cruces.org facebook.com/LCMuseums
Silver City/Grant County Tour of the Gila — 32nd annual five-stage bicycle race in and around Silver City in the Gila wilderness. Info: tourofthegila.com. The Great Race — Noon, Western New Mexico University Old James Stadium, 1000 W. College Ave., Silver City. All community welcome. Kicks off with Mustang Festival featuring food, vendors, family games. Race is at 2 p.m., three times around campus. Info: Student.Life@wnmu.edu. 2018 Earth Day Celebration: End Plastic Pollution — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Gough Park. More than 30 organizations and businesses showcase what they do. There will be entertainment, food and native plants, herbs and veggies starts for yard and garden. Words & Music — 2-4 p.m., Tranquilbuzz Coffee House, 112 W. Yankie St., Silver City. Poet/photographer Julie Enos reads from her work and Silver City Poet Laureate Beate Sigriddaughter debuts a reading from new book “Xanthippe and Her Friends.” Info: sigriddaughter@gmail. com. Ella Jaz ~Fly Free CD release concert — 7 p.m. at El Sol Theater in Downtown Silver City. Includes Melanie & Jeff, Amos Torres, Andrew and Peter Dahl-Bredine, Maria Casler, Bayou Seco and more. Info: 575-5748342. ABBA Fab — 7 p.m., WNMU Fine Arts Theater, 1000 W. College Ave., Silver City. Musicians present tribute to the music of ABBA. $20, children 17 and under admitted free (limit two children per adult). Tickets and info: 575-538-5862. Stephanie Nilles & Thomas Deakin — 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Jazz, blues and punk from New Orleans, no cover. Info: 575-654-7357. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Spaceport tour — Departs at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. from Spaceport America Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch, Silver City. Reservations required. Info: 575267-8888 Earth Day Swap-O-Rama — 9 a.m.Noon, Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. $1 donation to participate. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com Recycled art show — Noon-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork from recycled materials by local artists, offers cash prizes. Open during museum hours. Free. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com Old Time Fiddlers Dance —7-9 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Con-
sequences. $4 Info: 575-744-9137. Alamogordo/Otero County Alamogordo Music Theatre 60th Anniversary Gala Broadway Review — 7 p.m. at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. Info: alamogordomusictheatre.org. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Zia Rides — 12 Hours in the Wild West is New Mexico’s season opener for endurance mountain biking. It will be held 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Village of Ruidoso and the Grindstone Lake Trail System. Deming/Luna County Great American Cleanup — 8-10 a.m., 700 S. Silver Ave. Info: 575-5436625 Las Cruces/Mesilla Recycle fashion show — 1 p.m., Plaza de Las Cruces. Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department and Keep Las Cruces Beautiful holds its sixth annual Reuse & Recycle Fashion Show in honor of Earth Day with outfits made from reused and recycled materials. Models and volunteers needed. Info: 575-528-4508. Red White and Blues Festival — 3-9 p.m. at St Clair Winery and Bistro, 1720 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces. Three band concert headlined by John Nemeth and the Blue Dreamers, the 24/7 Blues Band and the Boarder All Star Band. Tickets: %15 in advance, $20 at the door. Info: www. jazzblues.net.
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
Silver City/Grant County Tour of the Gila — 32nd annual fivestage race in and around Silver City in the Gila wilderness. Info: tourofthegila.com. “Ella Jaz Fly Free” CD release concert — 3 p.m. at El Sol Theater in Downtown Silver City. Includes Melanie & Jeff, Amos Torres, Andrew and Peter Dahl-Bredine, Maria Casler, Bayou Seco and more. Info: 575-5748342. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Recycled art show — Noon-5 p.m., Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Contest and sale featuring artwork from recycled materials by local artists, offers cash prizes. Open during museum hours. Free. Info: The Bountiful Alliance Recycling Committee, tmyatorc@icloud.com. Ruidoso/Lincoln County State Street Ballet’s “Cinderella” —7 p.m. at Spencer Theater for Performing Arts, 108 Spencer Road, Alto. Info: 575-336-4800, www.spencertheater.com.
MONDAY, APRIL 23
Silver City/Grant County Laughter Club — 1-1:45 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway St., Silver City. Use the physical act of laughter to enhance your health. Free, dona-
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Alamogordo/Otero County Desert Light Film Festival — All day at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. Winning films from middle and high school students from all over the state. Info: flickingercenter.com.
Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Fiesta Golf Tourney — 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Municipal Golf Course, 685 Marie Road, Truth or Consequences.
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Silver City/Grant County Little Walnut Mountain Run —8 a.m., Gomez Peak Pavilion, Little Walnut Road, Silver City. 10K footrace crossing the Continental Divide on the shoulder of Eighty Mountain, climbing to the summit of Gomez Peak. 5K also available. Race starts at 9 a.m. $30, includes a tote. Register: runlittlewalnut.wixsite.com/race. CDT Trail Days — Silver City, presentations, gear demos, raffles, food and drink, dancing, a hike. To see the schedule, visit www.continentaldividetrail.org/trail-days-2018. Love Your Library Day — 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave. Live music, performances, cookies, snacks, free books, stories and activities for kids. Info: 575-538-3672. ToadFest: N.M. Brewers Guild Tap Takeover — all day at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Over 16 beers on tap from around the state. Ally party, games and live music all day. Info: 575-654-7357. Southwest New Mexico Clay Arts Trail Spring Showcase —Noon3 p.m., Soul River Gallery, 400 N. Bullard St. Features clay artists from Grant, Catron, Luna and Hidalgo. Closing reception is 5:15-7 p.m. Vote on People’s Choice Award. Info: info@ claytrail.org. Ray Cressler — 7 pm. performs at Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Info: www.facebook.com/Hilli-
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Silver City/Grant County Gin Rummy — 1 p.m., Tranquilbuzz Coffeehouse, 112 W. Yankie St., Silver City. Beginners welcome. Experts challenged. Info: 575-535-9355. Southwest New Mexico Clay Arts Trail Spring Showcase — 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Soul River Gallery, 400 N. Bullard St. Features clay artists from Grant, Catron, Luna and Hidalgo. Opening reception is 3:15-5:30 p.m. Vote on People’s Choice Award. Info: info@claytrail.org
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Silver City/Grant County Southwest New Mexico Clay Arts Trail Spring Showcase — 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Soul River Gallery, 400 N. Bullard St. Features clay artists from Grant, Catron, Luna and Hidalgo. Opening reception is 3:15-5:30 p.m. Vote on People’s Choice Award. Info: info@claytrail.org CDT Trail Days — Silver City, presentations, gear demos, raffles, food and drink, dancing, a hike. To see the schedule, visit www.continentaldividetrail.org/trail-days-2018. Wild & Scenic Film Festival — 3:30 p.m. at Western New Mexico University’s Light Hall. More than 10 films highlighting wild and scenic rivers and global environmental concerns. Tickets: $15. Info: www.gilaconservation.org. Hillie Bills —6:30 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. “Zorro and Emmylou Harris drive a tractor into a depression-era whorehouse in Juarez.” No topping that. Info: www. facebook.com/HillieBillsAmericanSongs, 575-538-9911. Sundust Road — 7 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Country/ Americana band from Tucson. Info: 575-654-7357.
Ruidoso/Lincoln County Fort Stanton After Dark —6 p.m. at Fort Stanton Historic Site. $5 per person, children under 10 are free. Explore the grounds and buildings of Fort Stanton.
2-man team format, limited to 40 teams. All flights net, mixed teams and senior players welcome. Teams flighted by committee. $50. Info: 575894-2603 Spaceport tour — Departs at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. from Spaceport America Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch, Silver City. Reservations required. Info: 575267-8888 Kids Yoga Journeys — 10-11 a.m., Studio de La Luz, 308 S. Pershing Drive, Truth or Consequences. $5. Ages 5-10. Info: 760-574-8644
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Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Community mixed level hatha yoga class — 9-10:30 a.m., Grapes Gallery, 407 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Led by Wendy Tremayne. $15 per class, $60 for five classes, $100 for 10 classes. Info: 949-3717691.
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Silver City/Grant County Yoga for Veterans — 5 p.m., Lotus Center WNMU, Mecha Builda, 100 W. College Ave. Silver City. Info: www. LotusCenterSC.org. Mountain Bike Ride — 5:15 p.m., bicycles, Little Walnut Picnic Grounds. Carpool and meet up for 1.5 hours of riding. Level of difficulty: intermediate.
Las Cruces/Mesilla Pre-K programs — 9-10 a.m. every Thursday at the Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., for exploration designed for preschoolers. No registration required. Free. Parents asked to stay with their children throughout the program. Info: 575-522-3120 or visit museums. las-cruces.org. Las Cruces Ukes — 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays beginner group; 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays performance group at Good Samaritan Society, Las Cruces Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Free. Info: lascrucesukes.blogspot.com, 575-405-7133. Thursday Night Jam — 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. Friends of Visit Las Cruces present local and up-andcoming musicians. Concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase. Cost: $5.
Ruidoso/Lincoln County Easton Corbin — 8 p.m. at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, Mescalero. Info: innofthemountaingods.com.
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Las Cruces/Mesilla Educators’ Job Fair — 1-6 p.m. Monday, April 23, Corbett Center third-floor ballrooms. NMSU’s 44th Annual Educators’ Job Fair. Info and registration: careerservices.nmsu. edu/career-fairs/educators-job-fair Tango dance instruction — 7-8 p.m. Monday nights Mesilla Community Center 2251 Calle de Santiago. Instructor Tommy Nations. Dance 5-9 p.m. Cost: $10. Info: 575-635-6903.
—9-10:30 a.m., Studio de la Luz, 308 S. Pershing Drive, Truth or Consequences. $10. Info: 760-574-8644, yogasonia@outlook.com. Square dancing — 6-8 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences, hosted by the Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club. $3 per dancer. Info: 505804-3842, 575-313-9971.
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tions accepted. Info: Mary Ann Finn, 575-388-0243. Open mic — 7 p.m., open mic with Peter Dahl-Bredine, Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Info: 575-538-9911.
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Old Time Fiddlers community dance — 7-9 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences. $4 Info: 575-744-9137. Alamogordo/Otero County “Play Me” the Music of Neil Diamond — 7-9 p.m. at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. Features Chris Waggoner for a Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center new cancer center fundraising event. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. at Patron’s Hall. Ticket sales are separate for each event. Info: flickingercenter.com.
SUNDAY, APRIL 29
Silver City/Grant County CDT Trail Days — Silver City, presentations, gear demos, raffles, food and drink, dancing, a hike. To see the schedule, visit www.continentaldividetrail.org/trail-days-2018.
MONDAY, APRIL 30
Silver City/Grant County Laughter Club — 1-1:45 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway St., Silver City. Use the physical act of laughter to enhance your health. Free, donations accepted. Info: Mary Ann Finn, 575-388-0243. Open mic with Byron Trammell — 7 p.m., Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St., Pinos Altos. Info: 575-538-9911 Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County “Painted Tables” silent auction — 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch St., Truth or Consequences. Showcases Sierra County artists and raises funds for the byway. Info: Gina Kelley, 575-740-3901, gina@hotspringsmarketing.co Las Cruces/Mesilla Tango dance instruction — 7-8 p.m. Monday nights Mesilla Community Center 2251 Calle de Santiago. Instructor Tommy Nations. Dance 5-9 p.m. Cost: $10. Info: 575-635-6903.
TUESDAY, MAY 1
Silver City/Grant County Yoga for Veterans — 5 p.m., Lotus Center WNMU, Mecha Builda, 100 W. College Ave. Silver City. Info: www. LotusCenterSC.org. Mountain Bike Ride — 5:15 p.m., bicycles, Little Walnut Picnic Grounds. Carpool and meet up for 1.5 hours of riding. Level of difficulty: intermediate.
Silver City/Grant County Gin Rummy — 1 p.m., Tranquilbuzz Coffeehouse, 112 W. Yankie St., Silver City. Beginners welcome. Experts
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The seventh annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival starts at 3:30 at Western New Mexico University’s Light Hall on April 27 highlighting more than 10 films about wild and scenic rivers and global environmental concerns.
challenged. Info: 575-535-9355. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County “Painted Tables” silent auction — 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch St., Truth or Consequences. Showcases Sierra County artists and raises funds for the byway. Info: Gina Kelley, 575-740-3901, gina@hotspringsmarketing.co. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Lincoln County Bird Club trip to Rattlesnake Springs — Overnight trip to Carlsbad area. Info: 575-9375416..
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Truth or Consequences/Sierra County Flow Yoga led by Sonia Dalessi — 9-10:30 a.m., Studio de la Luz, 308 S. Pershing Drive, Truth or Consequences. $10. Info: 760-574-8644, yogasonia@outlook.com. “Painted Tables” silent auction — 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch St., Truth or Consequences. Showcases Sierra County artists and raises funds for the byway. Info: Gina Kelley, 575-740-3901, gina@hotspringsmarketing.co. Square dancing — 6-8 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences, hosted by the Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club. $3 per dancer. Info: 505804-3842, 575-313-9971. Las Cruces/Mesilla Pre-K programs — 9-10 a.m. at the Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., every Thursday for exploration designed for preschoolers. No registration required. Free. Parents asked to stay with their children throughout the program. Info: 575-522-3120 or visit museums. las-cruces.org. Arts, culture seminars — 5:30 to 7 p.m., Doña Ana Arts Cultural Center, 1740 Avenida de Mercado Suites B–D. Feed Your Mind series continues through May. Cost: $20 per seminar. Info: 575-523-6403 or www. daarts.org. “The Art of Craft Beer” with NMSU Chemical Engineering Professor, Stuart Munson-McGee. Las Cruces Ukes — 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays beginner group; 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays performance group at Good Samaritan Society, Las Cruces Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Free. Info: lascrucesukes.blogspot.com, 575-405-7133. Thursday Night Jam — 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. Friends of Visit Las Cruces present local and up-andcoming musicians. Concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase. Cost: $5.
FRIDAY, MAY 4
Silver City/Grant County “Sprint into Art” downtown art gala
— 5-8 p.m. across downtown Silver City. Features food by Duck Stop and the Honeybee Hood Bakery, wine by La Esperanza Winery, big screen projected art images and a $49.99 art auction. Info: www.silvercityart.com. 69th annual fiesta — 10 a.m.-10 p.m., various locations, Truth or Consequences. Many events take place at Ralph Edwards Park. Parade, rodeo, dances, tournaments, games and contests, plus more. Free. Info: nnualtorcfiesta.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 5
Silver City/Grant County RED DOT Spring Artists’ Studios Tour — All day throughout Silver City. Brochures with a map are available at the visitor center and galleries. There are 20 studios participating. Info: www.silvercityart. com. Benefit Golf Scramble — 8 a.m. Shot Gun Start at the Silver City Golf Course. Lunch will be provided at the American Legion Post 18, 409 W. College Ave. in Silver City. Cost: $60. Info: 575-956-5153. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Spaceport tour — Departs at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. from Spaceport America Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch, Silver City. Reservations required. Info: 575-267-8888. Old Time Fiddlers Dance — 7-9 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences. $4 Info: 575-7449137.
hether you’re hankering for some old-fashioned Dutch Oven cooking or flying a kite – Glenwood is the place to be on April 7. There’s a lot happening in this small community just an hour’s drive from Silver City.
High-flying fun For a visually exciting, family friendly event, the Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic is set for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday April 7 and admission is free. More than 120 people attended last year. There’s plenty of wide-open spaces to let your kite soar and room to park for your tailgate picnic. You can walk one or all six of the labyrinths and a maze across the road at Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths, 355 Bursum Road. It’s the second house on the left after mile marker 3 on NM 159 off Hwy 180, between Glenwood and Alma, NM 88039. (GPS 33.3765, -108.852) Disregard MapQuest, Google Maps or Apple Maps as it shows the location 35 miles away on a trail up the mountain in the Gila Wilderness. There will be a free raffle drawing for a kite at 2:30 p.m., so be sure to pick up a raffle ticket on arrival at the gate with the labyrinth sign. Water, kite mending supplies, restrooms and loaner kites are provided. Bring a picnic, your kite, a sunhat and something to sit on. For places to stay and more information, visit www.wmlabyrinths.com/glenwood.shtml or tourglenwoodnm.webs.com or contact Cordelia Rose at 575-3131002 or cordelia.rose3@gmail.com.
Hot eats The Dutch Oven Gathering will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Glenwood
Community Park on Catwalk Road. A meal will be served about 2 p.m., prepared by several Dutch oven cooking teams cooking over campfires and charcoal fires in Dutch ovens. Organizer Molly Bryan said folks can stroll around and watch the food being prepared at each camp site. The cooks are glad to visit and tell people about their ways of cooking. Each camp will have a menu on display. After deciding at which camp they’d like to eat, attendees purchase a ticket for that camp, which includes a full meal – a meat dish, a side dish, a bread and dessert. Water, lemonade, or coffee will be supplied. Tickets are $10. Vendors in the park area offer various goods and a raffle, Bryan said. The nearby Catwalk trail is open, for those who want to explore the area.
Books and wares The Glenwood Woman’s Club will hold a huge rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Glenwood Community Center, 14 Menges Lane. Donations may be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 6. No used electronics will be accepted. Next door, Glenwood Community Library will hold its book sale, also from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, with lots of books and DVDs to appeal to different readers and viewers. The Glenwood Street Market will be in full swing with handcrafted items including painted gourds, exquisite cards, handmade soaps, jewelry and unique gift, plus hot dogs, cookies and other yummy edibles in case you get hungry. It runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAY 6
Silver City/Grant County RED DOT Spring Artists’ Studios Tour — All day throughout Silver City. Brochures with a map are available at the visitor center and galleries. There are 20 studios participating. Info: www.silvercityart.com.
Participants in a previous Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying event enjoy the wide-open space to fly their kites. (Photo courtesy of David Thornburg)
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Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County SCRATB meeting — 9-11 a.m., 410 Main St., Truth or Consequences. Info: Kim Skinner, 575-740-1777. Silent auction — “Painted Tables” silent auction, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway Visitor Center, 301 S. Foch St., Truth or Consequences. Showcases Sierra County artists and raises funds for the byway. Info: Gina Kelley, 575-740-3901, gina@hotspringsmarketing.co. Community mixed level hatha yoga class —9-10:30 a.m., Grapes Gallery, 407 N. Main St., Truth or Consequences. Led by Wendy Tremayne. $15 per class, $60 for five classes, $100 for 10 classes. Info: 949-3717691. “About Email” class — 10-11:30 a.m., 4th Street Computer Lab, 360 W. 4th St., Truth or Consequences. Free. Info: 575-894-4633.
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A Dog Is My CoPilot rescue arrival from Las Cruces in Boise, Idaho, December 2017. (Photo Courtesy of Rene M. Kaiser-Riley)
Volunteer Carla Baker and Paul Richardson collect dogs to put into their traveling compartments at the Las Cruces airport in October 2017. (Photo by Steve MacIntyre)
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hanks to Dog Is My CoPilot, Inc. (DIMC) and the Uncaged Paws Tails to Freedom flight program, 120 dogs facing an uncertain future in Las Cruces were flown to nokill shelters in two other states last year. And plans are set for more flights this year to save even more dogs. “The demand for the service has just grown by leaps and bounds,” said DIMC volunteer Rene Kaiser-Riley, a professional photographer who began taking photos for DIMC at a rescue arrival in Boise in June 2016. “I was down on the hot tarmac getting face to face with the dogs,” she remembered. “After it was done, I was putting my camera gear away,” Kaiser-Riley said. “God sometimes likes to hit me with a two by four,” she said, telling her, “’Give him (Rork) your contact info.’ I have not missed a delivery since.” Kaiser-Riley’s Summer Mae Photography (www.facebook. com/summermaepics) in Boise is now DIMC’s official photographer. One photo session took place shortly after Kaiser-Riley’s sonin-law was injured in the October 2017 mass shooting in Las
Volunteer Gerry Johnson says goodbye to Emerson Palmer, a Rottweiler at the Las Cruces airport bound for Montana to find a home. (Photo by Steve MacIntyre)
Vegas, where 58 died. He is still recovering, she said. Last October, the couple adopted “Raven,” a border collie/ Labrador mix from Las Cruces, which Kaiser-Riley calls her “grand-dog.” Kaiser-Riley takes 400-plus photos at each arrival and uses the best ones to create albums
on DIMC’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/DogIsMyCoPilotInc). “I started going to the shelter after the airport,” Kaiser-Riley said. “That’s where I photograph them getting out of the crates and going into the grass, running, playing, having a great time.” Some of the dogs are nervous when they first arrive. “Most just know what they were facing is no longer a possibility,” she said.
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Dog Is My CoPilot, Inc. was co-founded in 2012 by retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter Rork of Jackson, Wyoming, and his long-time attorney and friend, Judy Zimet of Scottsdale, Arizona. Rork is the nonprofit’s only pilot, although more would be welcome. He usually flies more than 50 dogs at a time in his private plane, which has a capacity of 200. Based in Jackson, DIMC conducts dog-rescue flights annually from March to November. The program spends more than $250,000 a year and is funded entirely through grants and private donations, which don’t cover all expenses. Since 2012, DIMC has rescued 8,085 dogs from kill shelters. That includes 2,545 dogs rescued in
2017 during 39 fights, with Rork logging 519 flight hours. DICP works with 15 sending organizations in five states, including Las Cruces, Roswell and Hobbs in New Mexico. It has 14 receiving organizations in seven states where the dogs it picks up are taken to be adopted. All receivers are no-kill facilities. DIMC flies dogs “from areas of the United States where they are not wanted to areas … where they are in demand,” according to the organization’s website. It does not charge the shelters from which it picks up dogs. Visit www.dogcopilot.org. You can donate on online, or send a check to Dog Is My CoPilot, P.O. Box 3399 Jackson, WY 83001.
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COPILOT continued from page 44 The dogs’ average stay in the Idaho Humane Society (IHS) shelter in Boise before adoption is six days, Kaiser-Riley said. Some dogs, already medically cleared for adoption when they arrive, are in their new homes in one day. In contrast, she said, in New Mexico more pet owners in general, have “a poor attitude about animal welfare.” “We love our animals here,” Kaiser-Riley said. “We tend to have more what I want to call smarter owners. They’re not looking for a dog because it’s cool, they don’t make spur-ofthe-moment decisions. Animal welfare is a pretty high priority for residents. Everybody has a dog or two or three. It’s just a very animal-loving, pet-loving community.” The Boise shelter, she said, has upwards of 600-700 adoptions a month, including horses and other animals. “We don’t have kill shelters in Idaho,” she said. But, it’s wrong to blame kill shelters in New Mexico and other states for having too many unwanted dogs and cats, Kaiser-Riley said. “None of them opened their doors expecting the magnitude of human failure with their pets.” “It’s fair to say that between three and six million healthy, adoptable animals are killed each year in the U.S. due to severe overcrowding in shelters,” Kaiser-Riley said. Kaiser-Riley has adopted four dogs from the Boise shelter. Three have passed on, but she still has Ryder, adopted at an animal rescue event in Texas six years ago. “When I was growing up (in a U.S. military family), every time we moved, we gave up our animals,” she said. “After I myself got out of the Air Force, I still didn’t get a dog until I knew I was in a position where if I moved it was going with me. Since 1996, there’s never been an animal that came into my
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A Christmas photo of “Raven,” Rene Kaiser-Riley’s “grand-dog,” adopted by her daughter and son-in-law from a Tails to Freedom dog rescue flight from Las Cruces to Boise, Idaho, in October 2017. (Photo Courtesy of Rene M. Kaiser-Riley)
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house that went back out the door.” Kaiser-Riley remembers at age 4 finding a baby bird that had been injured. “Since then, I’ve rescued everything from birds to dogs to cats to a pregnant guppy.” Kaiser-Riley has begun writing a book about DIMC and other animal rescue flights (ARF). “I’m working with several ARFs around the country and gathering information about their organizations and stories of their more memorable flights,” she said. “Within the next couple of months, I will be flown to the East Coast and put up in a hotel by an ARF based there. Then I’ll fly on a delivery so I can write about it and photograph it.” Kaiser-Riley said the working title for the book is “When the
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First 2018 flight from Las Cruces is in April “Because of the commitment of Dog Is My CoPilot to our program, we are making a significant difference in the Doña Ana County animal shelter population and saving canine lives while enhancing the lives of humans who adopt them,” said Kelly Barker of Las Cruces, logistics director of Tails to Freedom, the Las Cruces transport project of the Las Cruces animal welfare advocate program and its rescue division, Tails from the Shelter. “Without DIMC we would be in a world of problems with the shelter overpopulation,” Barker said. The program began with flights in October and December 2017, taking 120 dogs to new homes in Montana and Idaho. Tails to Freedom has four re-
ceiving partners, Barker said: the Idaho Humane Society in Boise and the Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley in Idaho, and, in Montana, Thompson River Animal Shelter and the Humane Society of Western Montana. “Our first flight of 2018 is April 10,” she said. “Our plan is to do April, June, August, October and maybe December to Idaho and Montana. I am working on the remaining months with receivers in Colorado, Utah and Washington.” “The tails need medium plastic travel crates and travel clothing (sweaters/jackets),” Barker said. To donate, email SavingLives@UncagedPaws.org. Visit www.facebook.com/TailsToFreedomFlight.
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LIVING ON WHEELS • SHEILA SOWDER
Back to Nature On the other side of the Gila
“I
’ve been here for 20 years, living in my RV,” said the man behind the desk at the Caballo Lake State Park Visitors Center. “Helping out here in the office, doing a little irrigating. I used to know almost all the campers. But some died, some gave it up. Now sometimes I don’t recognize a name on the reservations list. Still good people, though.” His name is Jim, and he’s exactly what a parks volunteer should be – friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and interested in everyone that walks through the door. In last month’s article, I raved about the RV camping areas located in the New Mexico state parks off 180/11 south of Silver City. I didn’t see how they could be beat for scenery, serenity and the natural grandeur of the Southwest. But just to be fair, my husband Jimmy and I took a Sunday drive over the Black Range, through Hillsboro, to the other side of the Gila. In less than two hours, we rounded that last curve on 152 before it crosses Interstate 25, and there, spread out before us, was Caballo Lake. Not the southern end of Elephant Butte, as some people in our area believe, but a separate, smaller, lovely lake with its own personality and history. Jim was our introduction to the park. “Gold was discovered in our area in the 1600s, which brought the Spanish who brought lots of horses. They ran wild for years.” He gestured toward the mountains on the other side of the lake. “Gave the mountains its name.” I read later that the official name, “Sierra de los Caballos,” translates to “jagged-ridged mountain of the horses.” We paid Jim our $5 entrance fee and drove the short distance
You can park your RV on the Caballo Lake’s Beach Camping area. A camping site shelter at Leasburg Dam State Park. (Photos by Sheila Sowder)
to the first of three camping/ RV areas overlooking the lake. I’m a Midwesterner at heart, so camping for me must include a lake. And what a lake it is! Smaller than Elephant Butte, but still sizable enough for any kind of boating you can think of, including sailing, windsurfing, and jet skiing. Excellent fishing, lovely beaches. In my opinion (and don’t write me letters; I SAID it’s just my opinion) it is more beautiful than its larger sister to the north. And less crowded. There’s a comfortable amount of space between campsites, and each one has a sturdy shelter. Lovely cactus gardens are scattered around, and the restroom/ shower facilities look new and well-maintained. In fact, everything about place is well-maintained. And it just felt good. You
know how sometimes you enter a campground or an RV park, and for some reason you can’t put your finger on, it just doesn’t feel comfortable? Maybe it’s beautiful, maybe it’s clean and neat, but it’s not home. Well, this wasn’t like that. I took a deep breath, looked out at the lake. Ahhh. Caballo Lake was built in 1938 as part of the Rio Grande Project. Jim had told us there’s a pueblo right in the lake. It was found by his friends Dan and Dora years ago when they saw some large rocks under the water which turned out to be the cobblestones of a pueblo. I wandered over to the edge of the campground overlooking the lake to see if I could see it but got distracted by the beach camping area. Yes, beach camping! Granted, it’s dry camping, but you can set up right by the water’s edge.
Imagine the spectacular sunrises coming over the mountains and reflecting in the lake. Or the sound of the water lapping on the shore as you fall asleep. Heaven! I could have sat by the lake for hours, but Jimmy reminded me that we still had two more state parks to check out. We stopped at the visitors’ center to tell Jim how much we’d enjoyed our visit. “I used to sell insurance for Prudential in California,” he told us with a grin. “And I’m still selling – only now I sell the park.” A few miles down 187 is Percha Dam State Park, nestled among tall cottonwoods and willows, and surrounded by gorgeous mountain scenery. The campground is stretched out along the Rio Grande, and although there is very little water this time of year, I could imagine the majestic beauty of the river gushing over the dam. We wandered through the small and peaceful campground and decided that it would be the perfect setting for a group camping experience, especially for family groups. Maybe the type of gathering planned around the park’s celebration of National Hug a Rattlesnake Day on March 31, or the Blessing of the Bats for National Bat Appreciation Day on April 14. There’s a nice group picnic shelter and an excellent playground, and as we walked back to our car, we were serenaded by a chorus of birds, reminding me that the park is known for some of the best birdwatching in the entire state during all seasons. About 25 miles north of Las Cruces off 25 is Leasburg Dam State Park, also located on the Rio Grande. Early settlers passed through this area on their way to Jornada del Muerto. The Fort
Seldon State Monument in nearby Radium Springs attests to the area’s connection to 19th century regional history. The dam was built in 1908 to divert the river into a system of canals for farm irrigation. This small park boasts an observatory that is open once a month for stargazing; check out their Music and the Stars events, held the first Friday evenings of the month, May through October. Another popular event is the Monthly Birding ID Walking Tour. The Audubon Society has named the park an Important Birding Area (IBA) because there have been more than 200 species identified here. Since the walking tour teaches participants how to identify various types of birds, it’s a fun first step toward becoming a hobby birder. Or an afternoon of cheap and healthy fun with your kids or grandkids. Of course, both Percha Dam and Leasburg Dam also offer all the outdoor activities – fishing, boating, hiking and swimming. Or you can set up your lawn chair in a shady spot, pour a glass of iced tea (or something stronger), and soak in the sounds of nature with no backdrop of traffic sounds. Leave your phone and iPad in the RV, turn off the TV and radio, breathe deeply, and just relax. Sheila and husband, Jimmy Sowder, have lived at Rose Valley RV Ranch in Silver City for four years following five years of wandering the U.S. from Maine to California. She may be contacted at sksowder@aol.com.
IN THE PARK
Earth Day 2018
Alamogordo event celebrates the natural world
T
he 24th Annual Alamogordo Earth Day Fair will be held on Saturday, April 28, at the Alameda Park Zoo; admission is free. Earth Day is hosted by the Earth Day Committee, the City of Alamogordo, Team Holloman and the Alamogordo Lions Clubs. The gates open for the public at 8:30 a.m. The opening ceremonies will start at 9 a.m. Alamogordo’s Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and the New Mexico Creed. “Doing the Creed was added two years ago,” chairman Stet Reid said. “A lot of people didn’t know we had one.” For those who don’t know the words to the Creed, it is, “I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico the Zia symbol of perfect harmony among united cultures.” The words will
be printed on a large poster to help everyone follow along. Reid said eight food vendors will provide sustenance, from lemonade and corn dogs to water, hamburgers, hot dogs, tacos, fruit cups, and brats. Additional exhibitors include Animal Village; Cancer Awareness, Prevalence, Protection and Early Detection, (CAPPED); the city of Alamogordo’s Keep Alamogordo Beautiful; two radio stations, Burt Broadcasting, 88.9/97.5 FM; and 88-9, 97-5, and 97-9 FM public radio with Bob Flotte; the Democratic and Republican Parties, PNM, Albertsons Market, Thrive in Southern New Mexico, the New Mexico Gold Prospectors, and Holloman AFB and the German Air Force to name just a few. Also, the Alamogordo Pub-
lic Schools (APS) students will dominate the performance stage throughout the day. Every available minute has been filled with entertainers. APS will also have rotating student displays in two tents to highlight the work their students have completed. The finalists for the APS Environmental Poster Contest will be in yet another tent. The highlight of the day for Elementary Schools will be the mass butterfly release at 11 a.m., Reid said. The Otero County Master Gardeners Association and the Native Plant Society will be selling a variety of plants. Because they are locally grown, instead of being imported by big box stores, they are much more likely to thrive when transplanted at an attendee’s home. Walgreens will be doing free
health screenings Reid said. The Alameda Park Zoo, our Earth Day site, is the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi. Last year it was estimated that more than 3,000 people attended
Earth Day 2017, which, unfortunately, was terminated early in the day because of lightning. The Zoo’s Director, Bud Wiser, is the host of the Earth Day Committee.
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