el paso scene march 2013

“View From Garden” by Lyuba Titovets (Cover Award winner at the November 2012 “El Paso Scenes” exhibit)

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El Paso’s worst weather season?The answer’s blowin’ in the wind

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El Paso Scene March 2013

Last Thursdays - The monthly Downtownevent includes art exhibitions, food trucks, culi-nary tastings, live artist demonstrations andperformances, and live music. Last Thursdays isa collaboration of mARTket: Bring ItDowntown and the Downtown Arts District.Information: 541-4280.

The Feb. 28 event is 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.Foodville, on Mills Avenue, between Mesa and

Kansas, will feature artworks available for pur-chase and the Crave and Create food trucks.Lunatic and Vis Vindigo will perform Feb. 28.Admission at Foodville is $3.

Other participating venues are free, including:· The Purple Pop Up Gallery next to Foodvilleand the Tea + Garden in the Cortez building.· 501 Texas - Bear Space Collective art exhibit.· 209 Texas - 2nd Floor Contemporary ArtsCenter art exhibit.· 315 S. El Paso Street - Loft Light Studios will

exhibit paintings in various media, photography,screen-printing, and fashion and jewelry design.· 500 W. Overland suite 250 - The Station hostsan art exhibit with music, live painting, jewelrymaking classes, networking, and Sotol and beertastings.

Home and Garden Expo — The 14thannual expo is March 1-3 at the El PasoConvention Center. Hours are 2 to 7 p.m.Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.to 6 p.m. Sunday. More than 150 area compa-nies display the latest products and services forhomeowners. Admission: $7; $4military/seniors; free for ages 12 and younger.Military and seniors admitted free on Friday.Information: (361) 882-2071 or elpasohome-andgarden.com.

Other activities include educational seminarsfrom area experts for interior design and décorideas, home energy saving tips and remodelingideas, Master Gardeners with spring plantingtips, and live cooking demonstrations.

This year’s highlights include a 3,000 squarefoot Design Idea Center; educational seminarsand DYI interactive exhibits; Ask the GardenerStage presented by the El Paso Co. MasterGardeners; a custom, state-of-the-art culinarydream kitchen featuring live cooking shows bylocal celebrity chefs; Kidz Home Zone interac-tive home and a Pool & Spa Extravaganza.

El Paso Paws Pageant — OperationFreedom Paws hosts a dog pageant noon to 3p.m. Sunday, March 3, at Wyndham AirportHotel and Waterpark, 2027 Airway, open to allbreeds and sizes of dog. Dogs compete forBest of Show in small, medium and large dogcategories and one overall Best of Show will beawarded. Cost: $20 per event. Spectatoradmission is free. Information: 820-9963 orregister at facebook.com/elpasopawspageant.

Ten optional Jackpot categories are availableto registrants as cash prize lotteries includingBest Trick or Talent ; Most Unique Dog; BestDog Name; Prettiest Pooch; Ugliest Dog; BestPet Photo; Best Smile; Best Dressed; BestTrained and Owner and Pet Couple Contest.

The event helps local pet oriented organiza-tions, and also benefits Operation FreedomPaws, which empowers veterans and otherswith disabilities by teaching them the skills totrain their own service dog.

‘Imagine: Peace’ — YWCA Paso delNorte’s 4th annual celebration of world cul-tures is noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 9, atthe YWCA Mary Ann Dodson Camp, 4400 BoyScout Lane, with live entertainment, pettingzoo, jumping balloon and face painting, hennatattoos, cultural art workshops, and food andvendor booths. Admission is free. Information:577-9922, ext. 275 or ywcaelpaso.org.

The event opens with a flag ceremony by BoyScout Troop #4 followed by performances byVictory Warriors Dance Troop, Nancy Green,YMCA Zumba, Ceiba, Capoeira Quinto Sol,Puerto Rican Dance Troop Raices Borinken andTigua Cultural Dance Group. A dove release inhonor of peace closes the event.

The event is part of the “Peace Weekend”sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of El Paso andJuarez, Rotary Districts 5520 and 4110, theYWCA of El Paso, and Fort Bliss.

A “Peace Begins at Home” luncheon andtraining conference is Friday, March 8, at theCentennial Club at Fort Bliss. The luncheonbegins at noon, featuring keynote speaker isWambui Bahati.

Breakout Sessions from 1:15 to 5 p.,m .Saturday will cover legal, child, and militaryaspects of domestic violence.

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INDEXRoundup 3-13

Behind the Scene 4

Scene Spotlight 8

Program Notes 13

Viva Juárez 14

Here’s the Ticket 15-18

Music 19

Comedy 20

Dance 20

Sports 22-24, 28

Feature: The Winds of Spring 25-27

Nature 29-30

El Paso FishNet 30

At the Museum 31-33

SW Art Scene 34-38

Gallery Talk 38

Keep on Bookin' 39

History Lessons 40

On Stage 41-42

Stage Talk 42

Film Scene 43

April Preview 44

Liner Notes 45

Advertiser Index 46

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While working on this month’sfeature story, our associate edi-tor Lisa Tate asked one civic

leader about any problems that the springwindy season creates for El Paso.

“Wind? What wind?” was basically theresponse he gave, adding that he thoughtthis was a bad story idea.

Nevertheless, El Paso’s windy season isa significant part of life here and worthwriting about. On the weekend this edi-tion of the Scene was in production, windgusts hit 65 mph. Earlier in the week,another windstorm forced some outdoorevents to be cancelled. And this was justlate February, which is usually just theprelude to the real windy season.

Having edited the Scene for nearly 20years, I seen a number of events impactedby the wind — the most notable of whichis highlighted in Lisa’s story, the GeorgeStrait concert that got blown away.

The spring windy season is one reasonthat El Paso’s fall event calendar is socrowded: We tend to schedule all our out-door festivals in September and Octoberjust to avoid the chance of a wind disas-ter. One example I recall was RadfordSchool’s Western Roundup back in themid-’90s. A couple of bad weatherepisodes forced organizers to give up ontheir spring dates. They shifted to a falldate, but that failed apparently due to thecompetition of other events.

I had my own wind disaster in May1998 as organizer of the El Paso CultureCruise. Not only did high winds thatevening discourage people from goingoutside, but the last episode of Seinfeldgave people another reason to stay inside.

Some sporting events are much morewilling to run the risk of windy weather,especially if they start early in the day.The spring calendar is full of 5K and 10Kruns, but the longer runs can get dicey —this year’s El Paso Marathon and Half-Marathon ended with high winds. As the ride coordinator the last few yearsfor the El Paso Bicycle Club, I have to bea student of the local winds. Long ridesare always risky because the winds typi-cally peak in the afternoon. Usuallyyou’re safe if you can finish a ride by 11

a.m. or noon. Nothing is worse thanfighting a duststorm on a bicycle!

One ride where I actually pray for windis the annual “Ride With the Wind,”where we transport riders and bikes toColumbus, N.M. We schedule it in lateMarch or early April when there’s almosta guarantee of a tailwind from the west orsouthwest. It’s a 65-mile ride, but it’s lit-erally a breeze to finish in under threehours if the wind cooperates.

I got the idea for the ride one year whenmy wife and I were driving back fromTucson in late spring. We stopped inDeming and I noticed that that the flagswere flapping in full horizontal positiondue to the wind from the west. I had mybicycle with me, so I suggested we cutover to Columbus so Cindy could dropme off there.

The bicyle ride home was terrific thanksto the tailwind. But there was a drawback— I was often riding at the same speed asthe wind, which felt like I was surround-ed by a pocket of still air. In other words,if the wind is blowing 25 mph at yourback and you’re riding 25 mph, the rela-tive air speed is zero. It’s like riding on astationary bike. The temperature wasabout 100 degrees and there no breeze tocool me off — by the time I got home, Ihad emptied two water bottles and a“Camelback” bag.

Of course, the water didn’t cool offeither, so I was drinking 100-degreewater the whole way!

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Super Kite Contest — The 13th annualkite flying contest, sponsored by WestsideCommunity Church, is noon to 3 p.m.Saturday, March 9, at Francisco Delgado Park,on Imperial Ridge behind Franklin High School.Prizes for most unusual and highest flying kitesand longest-time in the air. The event includesjumping balloons and face painting, as well asfree kites for the first 50 kids attending.Admission is free. Information: 877-8000 orwestsidecommunity.org.

North American Wholesale Jewelry &Gift Show — March 15-17 at El Paso’sConvention Center, with dealers in beads, fash-ion jewelry, fine jewelry, handcrafted jewelry,fashion, accessories, handbags, gift items andmore. Hourly door prizes offered. Hours arenoon to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:$5 at the door. Information: (210) 410-0737 orNAShows.com.

Open for wholesale business buyers exclu-sively 10 a.m. to noon Friday (tax ID required).

Spring Wine Art Market — Art andFrame Mfg. and Sunland Winery, 1769 Victoryin Sunland Park, host a spring market and St.Patrick’s Day Celebration 5 to 9 p.m. Fridayand 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 15-16, withpainting and tasting classes, a local arts marketand live music on the patio. Information: (575)589-1214, (915) 241-8808 [email protected].

To get there: Turn West on Sunland ParkDrive, right on Futurity at 4-way stop (acrossfrom casino entrance), left on Trifecta thenright on Victory Lane.

Celebre Segundo Barrio Day — CelebreSegundo Barrio hosts a health fair and familyday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, atthe Lydia Patterson Institute Gym, 571Florence, with health fair, food distribution,entertainment and more. Admission is free; butcanned goods donations welcomed.Information: 533-8268.

The event is held in conjunction with the 3rdannual Segundo Barrio 5K race/walk benefitingarea food pantries.

Cesar Chavez Car Show andCelebration — Riverside Activist Youth willhost the celebration of the late United FarmWorkers of America founder is 11 a.m.Saturday, March 16, at Riverside High School,301 Midway. All makes of cars welcome.Proceeds benefit Centro de TrabajadoresAgricolas Fronterizos. Spectator admission isfree. Vehicle registration information: 474-4133or [email protected].

‘Kidspalooza’ — El Paso SymphonyOrchestra hosts the 6th annual family art andmusic festival 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,March 16, throughout Downtown, with a spe-cial appearance by fuzzy red “Sesame Street”superstar Elmo, kiddie rides, monster trucks,and an El Paso Symphony Orchestra perform-ance designed to take the little ones on a tripthrough “The Enchanted Forest.” ClevelandSquare Park activities include tug of war, potatosack racks, hula hoops and ring toss. Mostactivities are free. Information: 532-3776 orepso.org.

The symphony’s “Enchanted Forest” per-formances are noon and 2 p.m. in the PlazaTheatre. Tickets: $5 general admission.

Activities puppet shows, scavenger hunts andmore also planned at El Paso Museum of Arts,

History Museum, El Paso Public Library, El PasoHolocaust Museum, Railroad & TransportationMuseum and El Paso Exploreum.

In conjunction with the event is the annualEPSYO and EPSO ‘Side-by-Side’ Concert, at 3p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Plaza Theatre.Tickets: $10-$32.

Franklin Mountain PoppiesPreservation Celebration — The 7thannual free family fun day is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday, March 23, at El Paso Museum ofArchaeology, 4301 Transmountain in NortheastEl Paso (west of U.S. 54). The day will feature a full program of naturetalks, wildlife displays, educational exhibits,demonstrations, a live wolf, Houdini the HarrisHawk, children’s activity center, music and foodvendors. Admission is free. Free parking avail-able at the EPCC Northeast campus with freeshuttle service 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information:755-4332 or franklinmountains.org.

Cesar Chavez Day at Lincoln Park —Lincoln Park Conservation Committee is hoststhe outdoor picnic in celebration of CesarChavez Day noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 24,at Lincoln Park, 4001 Durazno, with live musicand dance, historical accounts of the life andlegacy of Cesar Chavez. and a Lowrider Bicycleand Pedal Car show. The public is invited andencouraged to bring their own chairs and picnicsupplies. Admission is free. Information: 204-1584 or [email protected].

Marcha Campesina — Sin Fronteras andother community organizations will celebratethe accomplishments of United Farm Workersof America founder Cesar Chavez with amarch that begins at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 31,at the Farm Worker Center, 201 E. Ninth andtravels to San Jacinto Plaza and back. An indige-nous blessing precedes the march at 9 a.m.,and a reception follows noon to 3 p.m. at thecenter. Admission is free.

Celebrating Easter

Cloudcroft Easter Egg Hunt — Themountain community of Cloudcroft will hold itsannual Easter Egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday,March 30, at Zenith Park, 1001 James CanyonHighway (Highway 82), sponsored byCloudcroft Kiwanis. Admission is free.Information: (575) 682-2733.

Easter Family Gathering — The Easterevent geared towards children age 2 to 10 andtheir families is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday,March 30, at First Christian Church, 901Arizona (St. Vrain entrance), with Easter crafts,egg decorating, a story moment and egg hunt.Admission is free. Information: 533-6819 orelpasofirstchristian.org.

NMSU Gospel Choir Easter Show —New Mexico State University’s Gospel Choir,under the direction of Dr. Bobbie Green, deliv-ers their annual messages of hope throughmusic at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the RioGrande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in LasCruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)646-2067.

Community Easter Sunrise Service —The 38th annual inter-denominational service is7 a.m. Sunday, March 31, at Oz Glaze Center,13969 Veny Webb, in Horizon City. Presentedby the Kiwanis Club of Horizon City.Information: 588-2757.

Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Bash —The 13th annual family event, sponsored byWestside Community Church, is noon to 3p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Francisco Delgado


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Park, on Imperial Ridge behind Franklin HighSchool. The event includes thousands of eggs,family activities including jumping balloon andface painting, appearance by the Easter Bunnyand entertainment. Admission is free.Information: 877-8000 orwestsidecommunity.org.

Cristo Rey pilgrimages — Pilgrimages andhikes are planned throughout Easter weekend,Good Friday to Easter Sunday, March 29-31,by various groups of all denominations. Securityand concessions offered throughout most ofthe weekend.

The Mt. Cristo Rey trailhead is located offMcNutt Road (NM 273). Take the Racetrackexit off Paisano and cross the Rio Grande.

Southern New Mexico

‘First Fridays’ in Silver City — Several ofhistoric Downtown Silver City’s restaurants,shops and “Red Dot” galleries will stay openlate the first Friday of each month. The March

1 event is a “Birthday Celebration” honoringarea businesses. Information: 1-800-548-9378or silvercitymainstreet.com.

Cowboy Days — The 14th annual celebra-tion of Southwest pioneer heritage is 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3, atthe New Mexico Farm & Ranch HeritageMuseum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd., LasCruces. Admission: $4 (age 4 and youngeradmitted free). Information: (575) 522-4100 ornmcowboydays.com.

Demonstrations include team roping, horse-shoeing, blacksmithing, chuck wagon cooking,milking, sewing, weaving and dowsing, as wellas horsemanship from the Back CountryHorsemen. Other activities include gunfight re-enactments, a 19th Century Fashion Show byFlying Cloud Productions, arts and crafts ven-dors, food vendors, a plant sale, pony rides forchildren, horseback and stagecoach rides,Parade of Breeds and a medicine show.

Visitors can interact with historical charactersfrom the past 1 to 3 p.m. both days at themuseum’s Horse & Cattle Barn.

This year’s musical entertainment featuresWashtub Jerry, Hot Lead, Randy Granger,Kenny Arroyos, James Michael, Steve Cormier,Skunk Valley, Jim Jones and Chris Baker.Authors from Western Writers of America willhost book signings and presentations.

Mexican-style rodeo demonstrations byCharros del Pedregal of Vado are 3:30 p.m.both days in the Round Pen. Pat Howard’sherding dog demonstrations are Sunday.

Rockhound Roundup — The 48th annualroundup for rock and gem lovers is 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Thursday through Sunday, March 7-10, atthe Southwest New Mexico Fairgrounds inDeming. The roundup, sponsored by theDeming Gem & Mineral Society, includes mar-ket vendors, jewelry, drawings and raffles, fieldtrips, silent auctions, Admission and parking isfree. Raffle tickets: $1 each (12 for $10).Information: (575) 546-0056 or dgms.brave-host.com.

From El Paso, take I-10 west to Exit 85.A silent auction is 6:30 p.m. Friday and a live

auction is 7 p.m. Saturday.Field trips depart from the Fairgrounds at

8:30 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.Donations: $5 ($10 for the “big diggins” trip).

Las Cruces Arts Fair — Doña Ana ArtsCouncil’s 3rd annual regional juried fine artsevent is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 16-17, in the LasCruces Convention Center, 680 University,with more than 100 artists from around thecounty, with artists’ demonstrations. Featuredartists are the “Premiere Potters of MataOrtiz.” Children’s activities offered for age 6 to12. All artists will participate in a silent auctionbenefiting Doña Ana Arts Council. Admission:$6 (free for age 12 and younger). Information:(575) 523-6403 or las-cruces-arts.org.

A VIP Preview Night Gala is 5 to 9 p.m.Friday, March 15. Admission: $6 (free for age12 and younger).

This event will be the largest Mata Ortiz gath-ering outside of Mexico with 17 participatingpotters. Other artists will feature garments andfiber art, jewelry, metalwork, furniture, paint-ings, sculpture, gourd art, paper cuttings, pho-tography, printmaking and more. Children’s artactivities include computer-generated art, jew-elry making and paper-box decoration.

Southwest Senior “1960s Lifestyle”Expo — The 3rd annual expo for area seniorsis 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March

22-23 at the Las Cruces Convention Center,680 E. University Ave. in Las Cruces. Seniorscan receive information from more than 80booths. Admission: $3; proceeds benefitCommunity of Hope and its Homeless Veteranprogram.. Call for times. Information: (575)642-8888 or southwestseniorexpo.com.

Headline presenter is writer Doug Fine whowill talk at 1 p.m. Friday about his latest book,“Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the NewGreen Economic Revolution” and 1 p.m.Saturday on his popular treatise on living sus-tainably, “Farewell, My Subaru.” Talks followedby a conversation led by Randy Harris.

New this year is a wine tasting and southernNew Mexico products.

This year’s theme is the 1960s, with displaysand lectures by people who lived in or studiedthe decade.

Other events include art, gardening and cook-ing demonstrations, Zumba and piloxing class-es, live entertainment, Tai Chi animal meet-and-greets, health screenings and more.

A Dripping Springs hike is planned for thosewho pre-register at (57) 522-3120 or [email protected].

A talent competition is 1 p.m. Saturday forindividuals or groups ages 50 and older. Entryfee is $5 (by March 11) at (575) 541-5717.

The Crossroads In Home Care SecondChance Prom is Saturday night with music byFrankie from the Bronx Oldies but GoodiesBand. Attire is formal or ’60s-themed (partycrasher) attire. Admission: $15.

Hook & Ladder Firefighter Chili CookOff — The annual cook off is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday, March 23, at Wingfield Park inRuidoso, N.M. with firefighters battling for thetitle of “Best Firefighter Chili in New Mexico.”Public tasting at noon; winners announced at 3p.m. Information: (575) 257-4116.

Wheels of Dreams — The Las CrucesRodrunners will host its annual show benefitingthe youth of Las Cruces 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, March 23, at the Field of DreamsStadium, 250 Tashiro, Las Cruces. The showfeatures classic cars and hot rods, as well asraffles, family activities, live music, food ven-dors and more. Spectator admission is free.Entry fee for participants: $25 in advance; $30day of event. No alcohol allowed.Information/registration (575) 649-9919 orrodrunnerscarclub.com.

Pre-registration is 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March15-22 at Picacho West Mini & RV Storage, 5101W. Picacho in Las Cruces.

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Mesilla Valley Stamp Show — The showis 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,March 30-31, at the Las Cruces ConventionCenter, 680 E. University Ave. in Las Cruces.Admission is free. Information: (575) 202-1937.

Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market— Arts, crafts, produce, baked goods andother food items are offered at the market 8a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdayson Griggs Avenue from Water Street to ChurchStreet. Information: (575) 541-2288 orlascrucesfarmersmarket.org.

Bazaars and fairs

Arts and Craft Fair — El Paso Parks andRecreation, hosts the fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Saturday, March 2, at San Juan Senior Center,5701 Tamburo Court. Admission is free; ven-dor space available for $5 a table. Information:Anna Luisa Benegas or Alejandra Alvarado,772-8365.

German Spring Bazaar — The GermanCatholic Church of Fort Bliss hosts its 10thannual bazaar 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,March 2, at the German Community Center(Soldatenstube), Building 5095 at Fort Bliss.Craftspeople will sell various decorations,handmade greeting cards, quilts, woodcraft andmore. German bratwurst, waffles, beer, coffee,cakes, pastries and cookies also available.Admission is free. Information: 568-0259, 568-4824 or betreuunginelpaso.com. Proceeds ben-efit projects on both sides of the border.

Fort Bliss Spring Bazaar — The Officer,Civilian, Spouse Association will host the annualspring bazaar, “Bliss in Bloom,” Friday throughSunday, March 8-10, at the Fort Bliss TradingPost, 1717 Marshall Road, Fort Bliss. VIPShopping is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. Public hours are10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m.Sunday. Admission is $2. Information:[email protected] orfortblissocsa.org.

Provost Gun Show — The El MaidaProvost Guard gun, small antique andSouthwest art show is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March

9-10, at the El Maida Shrine, 6331 Alabama.Admission: $5 ($4 active military and accompa-nying dependents). Information: 241-1761.

Sun Country Doll Folks — The club’s39th annual doll show and sale is 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Holiday InnAirport, Airway at I-10, exit 25. The eventshowcases antique, collectable and moderndolls, accessories, clothing and other toys. Freedoll appraisals offered. A “doll hospital” is avail-able on site. Admission: $3 ($1 children).Information: 637-3438.

North American Wholesale Jewelry &Gift Show — March 15-17 at El Paso’sConvention Center, with dealers in beads, fash-ion jewelry, fine jewelry, handcrafted jewelry,fashion, accessories, handbags, gift items andmore. Hourly door prizes offered. Hours arenoon to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:$5 at the door. Information: (210) 410-0737 orNAShows.com.

Open for wholesale business buyers exclu-sively 10 a.m. to noon Friday (tax ID required).

Downtown Artist Market — The City ofEl Paso Museums and Cultural AffairsDepartment’s market for area artists areSaturdays in the Union Plaza District along

Anthony Street. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Space for about 53 artists available each month.Information: 541-4942.

The March 23 Market will have a “CelebrateWomen’s History Month” theme, with livemusic, dance art and poetry, organized byLatinitas, Mujeres de la Tierra and Girl Scoutsof the Desert Southwest.

For a good cause

‘Tablescapes’ — El Paso Pro-Musica Guild’s16th annual luncheon features 25 designer-dec-orated tables March 7-8 at the El PasoCountry Club, 5000 Country Club Place. Eachtable is individually decorated by El Paso’s lead-ing floral designers, interior decorators, partyplanners, specialty shops and more. Attendeesvote for their favorite table, with designs rang-ing from whimsical to sophisticated. Raffle itemdonated by Lacy & Co. Proceeds benefit ElPaso Pro-Musica. Information: 833-9400 (Pro-Musica office), 799-8600 (Judy O’Connor) orelpasopromusica.org.

The Ladies’ Nite Out Preview Party is 5:30 to7:30 p.m. Thursday, with wine and cheese.Tickets: $25.

Luncheon and auction is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Friday, with browse time before and after themeal. RSVP by March 1. Tickets: $40.Combination ticket for both events: $60.

Celebrity Waiter Spaghetti Dinner —Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center’s14th annual fundraiser is 6 p.m. Thursday,March 14, at St. Pius X Parish’s Msgr. ArturoBanuelas Community Center, 1050 N. Clark, atGeronimo. Local celebrities, candidates foroffice and other politicians will serve as waitersfor a night working for tips. Proceeds benefitLas Americas’ work with immigrant children,battered immigrant women andasylees/refugees. Admission: $45 ($450 tablefor 10). One raffle ticket included in ticketprice. Available in advance at 544-5126.Information: las-americas.org.

Desert View Women Basket Social —Gift baskets will be raffled at the 13th annual“Spring Fling” basket social and charity rafflenoon to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at DesertView United Church of Christ, 11160Montwood. This year’s theme is “When IrishEyes are Smiling.” Refreshments will be servedduring intermission. Admission: $5 (includeschance to win up to 12 gift baskets). Extra tick-ets are $3. Information: 593-1169.

Dirty Girl Mud Run — The originalwomen-only national mud run comes to ElPaso Saturday, March 16, at Tactical Ranch,5300 Hueco Tanks Road, benefiting NationalBreast Cancer Foundation. First wave for thisuntimed obstacle course for women of all agesand athletic abilities starts at 8 a.m. with finalwave at 4 p.m. Participants are encouraged torun in teams, and many teams choose to dressin costume. There will also be music, food, anddrinks for participants to stay and enjoy afterrunning. Cost of admission: $85; $100 2 weeksprior to event. Information: 1-800-370-0179.Online registration at godirtygirl.com.

El Paso Stroll for Epilepsy — The 3rdannual walk to raise awareness of epilepsy is 10a.m. Saturday, March 16, in Cleveland SquarePark, 510 N. Santa Fe, Downtown. Registrationbegins at 9 a.m. Cost: $25. Information: 1-888-548-9716 or [email protected]. Online registra-tion at strollforepilepsy.com.

This year’s event is in partnership withKidsPalooza, beginning at 10:30 a.m.


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Woman’s Club benefit — The Woman’sClub of El Paso annual civic benefit luncheon,“St. Pat’s Party on the Green,” is 10:30 a.m.Saturday, March 16, at El Paso Country Club,5000 Country Club Place, with a luncheon,entertainment, silent auction and prize drawing.This year’ event benefits Avance. Reservationsrequired. Ticket information, reservations: 532-6131 or wcoep.org.

Sunland Derby Gala — Sunland ParkRacetrack & Casino’s 10th annual gala benefit-ing United Blood Services is 6:30 to 10 p.m.Saturday, March 23, in the SignatureShowroom. Guest speaker is Hines Ward, theretired Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver andtwo-time Super Bowl champion. The eventalso features a silent and live auction with HinesWard and Pittsburgh Steeler memorabilia.Tickets: $150 ($1,200 table of 8). Table pur-chase includes eight passes to the VIP tent atthe Derby on Sunday and VIP parking for theevent. Information:544-5422, ext 164,[email protected] or unitedbloodser-vices.org.

Ward, considered by some the best widereceiver in Steeler history, won Dancing withthe Stars in 2011.

The running of the 2013 Sunland Derby andThe Oaks (for fillies) is Sunday, March 24.

Something for everyone

EPCC Spring Arts Festival — The 35thannual spring festival of performing, visual andliterary arts offers events at various venues ofEl Paso Community College throughout thespring semester. Most events are free.Information: 831-2461, [email protected] orepcc.edu/events/artsfestival.

Exhibits:• Chucano Exhibition II runs March 11-April

1, in Administrative Services Center Bldg. A,Auditorium. Reception is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.Thursday, March 28, • QEP Immigration Photography Exhibit runsthroughout the 2012-13 Administrative Year inTransmountain Campus’s Mall Area.

Presentations/performances:• Celebration of Dr. Seuss’s Birthday is 8:30a.m. Tuesday, March 5, in the NorthwestLibrary Community Literary Center, 6701 S.Desert. • “Do It With Rhythm” presentation is 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in NorthwestLibrary Community Literary Center.• Case Closed Jazz Quartet hosts a lecture andconcert with EPCC music instructors RubenGutierrez and Marty Olivas with guests ErikUnsworth and Ricky Malichi at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, March 12, in Transmountain CampusForum, 9570 Gateway North. • Gene Keller, poet and folk singer, performsand recites poems from his new book “TongueTied to the Border” Wednesday, March 13, atNorthwest Campus Cafeteria. (Conchita’s).Time to be determined.• Theater inc. presents Nina Gomez andDanzas Españolas with Ruben Gutierrez, pianoand Tlaloc Polo, guitar, in Spanish Classical andFlamenco performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday,March 15, on the Transmountain CampusForum.• Children’s College Spring Dance Recital is 11a.m. Saturday, March 16, in the AdministrativeServices Center Bldg A Auditorium, 9050Viscount.

A series of free public clinics and workshopsalso Wednesdays in Valle Verde Campus’sRoom A-1201 (unless otherwise listed):

• Billy Bibona Theater Inc. Master Class is 3:30to 5:30 p.m. March 6.• “Creating a Demo-Pak for Musicians” withBilly Townes is 3 to 5 p.m. March 27.• Voice Master Classes with EPCC VoiceFaculty are 4 to 5 p.m. March 27 and April

24.

‘La Parada’ Kick-Off — The indoor/out-door Spring Kick Off for the monthly musicseries is 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, at the SanCarlos Building, 501 Texas, with L.I.G.R.E., DJSRay Mendoza and Rob Bass, Monoslentas,Wstrn Plylnd, Cult Heroes and Slime Time.Admission: $5, ages 18 and older welcome.Information: facebook/laparadaep.com.

In addition to musical entertainment, artistsGera Luz and Tino Ortega of Purple Pop-Upgallery will create art at the event.

La Parada is an ongoing music, art and socialparty held the first Friday of the month.

Children’s Disabilities Symposium —The CDIC Community Parent ResourceCenter’s 24th annual symposium, “Journey ToHope,” is 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Saturday,March 2, at El Dorado High School, 12401Edgemere. Master of Ceremonies is U.S. Rep.Beto O’Rourke. Registration is 7:30 to 8:30a.m. Intended for adults only; no childcareavailable. Cost: $50 social work ethics; $35professionals; $25 childcare providers; $15 stu-dents and parents of children with disabilities.Information: 217-2747.

Keynote speaker is writer and speaker JoshHanagarne, who learned to deal withTourette’s Syndrome.

Little Miss Earth Border Cities — Thepageant for young El Paso girls aspiring to be arole model and leader among girls their age andto their community is 2 p.m. Saturday, March

2, at Woman’s Club of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa.Registration, information: 999-1781, 309-2576or [email protected].

Categories are “Little” (age 5 to 8), “Junior”(age 8 to 9) and “Pre-Teen” (11 to 13).

Orange and Blue Day — Future Minerswill have the opportunity to learn about theacademic programs and support servicesoffered at UTEP during the University’s 3rdOrange and Blue Day 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Saturday, March 2, at UTEP’s Union Building,East. Guests can visit with representatives fromadmissions, financial aid, or from each of ourseven academic colleges. Guided walking tourfrom current UTEP Miners. Admission is freefor all high school students, transfer studentsand their families. Information: MalloryDriggers, 747-5890 [email protected].

Citizenship classes — Diocesan Migrant &Refugee Services, Inc. and Desert View UnitedChurch of Christ, will host citizenship classes 6to 7:30 p.m. Mondays, starting March 4, at thechurch at 11160 Montwood. Classes run for 11weeks, with another class offered on Saturdaysstarting in April. Information: Annette Wagner,593-1169.

Meditation Workshops — El Paso Parksand Recreation Department offers several freeMeditation Courses at various Senior Centersover the coming weeks directed by WilliamSmith. Smith (U.S. Army Lt. Col., ret.) current-ly directs the Darshan Meditation Camp, asummer camp for children, and assists in man-aging a meditation retreat center nearWashington D.C. Information: 544-0753.• 10 a.m. Monday, March 4, at Eastside, 3200Fierro, 591-4292• 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, at South El

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San Elizario Art District — Several gal-leries and artist studios are located alongMain Street near the San Elizario Plaza onthe Mission Trail. Page 21.

• March 1: First Friday ArtWalk, live enter-tainment at Bandido Cantina and Ghost Tour• April 27-28: The 22nd annual FirstThanksgiving Historic Reenactment andCelebration of Cultures.

Kidspalooza’ — El Paso SymphonyOrchestra hosts the 6th annual family art andmusic festival March 16 throughoutDowntown, with a special appearance bySesame Street superstar Elmo, kiddie rides,monster trucks, and an El Paso SymphonyOrchestra performance. Page 2 and 4.

EPSYO and EPSO ‘Side-by-Side’ Concert isMarch 17 at the Plaza Theatre.

Downtown Artist Market — El PasoMuseums and Cultural Affairs Department’smarket for area artists is Saturdays in theUnion Plaza District. Page 47.

Celebrate Women’s History Month March

23 with free crafts and gardening activity.

Spring Arts Festival — El PasoCommunity College’s annual festival of visualand performing arts runs through May 8

with events on all campuses. Page 29.EPCC drama department’s production of

“Godspell” is Feb. 28-March 8 in theTransmountain Forum Theater.

Home and Garden Expo — The 14thannual expo is March 1-3 at the El PasoConvention Center with more than 150 areacompanies display the latest products andservices for homeowners. Page 30.

Crossland Gallery — Showing March 1-23

in El Paso Art Association’s galleries is theannual Colors of Spring Art Show and Salewith works by more than 42 artists. Galaopening is March 1. Page 34.

Arts of March 2013 — Rio Bravo

Watercolorists’ annual juried exhibition isMarch 3-30 at International Museum of Artwith opening reception and silent auctionMarch 3. Page 34.

Free art lessons are March 10 (Wet in WetWatercolor Painting), March 17 (BrushCalligraphy) and March 24 (NegativePainting).

Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the

Visual Arts — Showing through March 15

at the UTEP center are “Avenue PatriceLumumba,” “Magnificent Warning” and“Stardust: Memories of the Calle Mariscal.”Page 9.

Craft-O-Rama fine arts family day is March

9 with live music and hands-on projects.

‘The Barber of Seville’ — El Paso Operacloses its season with Rossini’s comic operaat March 14 and 16, at Abraham ChavezTheatre. Page 24.

Sunland Winery — The winery at Art &Frame Mfg. in Sunland Park hosts its SpringWine Art Market March 15-16 with a St.

Patrick’s Day celebration, free wine tastings,local artist market, live music on the patioand painting and tasting class with DeanaHicks. Page 45.

Magoffin Home State Historic Site —The home will offer free outdoor fun activi-ties March 16 as part of Kidspalooza. Toursoffered at a special rate that day. Page 16.

El Paso Exploreum — The city’s first “liv-ing laboratory” museum for children pre-sented by Lynx Exhibits is now open withHigh Tech Hot Spot, Airport Adventure, OldEl Paso Village, STEAM Ahead and more.The Exploreum will take part in KidspaloozaMarch 16 with an “Enchanted Forest,” freeparking lot events and discounted museumadmission. Page 22.

El Paso Convention and Performing Arts

Centers — Page 31.• “Menopause The Musical” is March 19-20

and Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance” isMarch 24 at the Plaza Theatre.• Sesame Street Live “Can’t Stop Singing” isMarch 28-31 at Abraham Chavez Theatre.

Hal Marcus Gallery — Showing through

April 30 is “3 Generations,” works by ElPaso artists: Fern Thurston, EugeneThurston and Holly Cox. An ARTalk isThursday, March 21. Page 6.

Monica Gomez hosts a free “Write Off TheWalls” workshop March 21.

Sunland Derby — The 11th running of the2013 Sunland Derby and The Oaks (for fil-lies) is March 24 at Sunland Park Race Trackand Casino in Sunland Park. Page 13.

De Franco Designs — The jewelry store’sgrand opening is March 29 with Let’sDance, Marcelo Rod-Che y Friends and trop-ical salsa music. Page. 18.

‘Swan Lake’ — El Paso Youth Ballet andUTEP present the classic Tchaikovsky balletApril 5-7, at Magoffin Auditorium. Page 3.

Fashion Show and luncheon — The LadyShriners hosts the fundraising luncheon April

13, at El Maida Shrine Auditorium with fash-ions, designers, silent auction, opportunitydrawings and more. Page 27.

Adrian Perez ‘Harp Haven’ — The harpistpresents a “journey of folk-art tradition ofthe harp” April 13 at La Tierra Cafe as partof their Café Dinner Show Concert Season.Page 31.

The café’s next show is a Juan GabrielTribute May 11.

Southern New Mexico

Silver City MainStreet — The First Friday“Birthday Celebration” is March 1 honoringdowntown businesses. Super Saturdaydowntown events begin April 13. Page 10.

Cowboy Days — The 14th annual celebra-tion of Southwest pioneer heritage is March

2-3, at the New Mexico Farm & RanchHeritage Museum in Las Cruces. Page 17.

Las Cruces Arts Fair — Doña Ana ArtsCouncil’s 3rd annual regional juried fine artsevent is March 16-17 in the Las CrucesConvention Center. VIP preview night isMarch 15. Page 27.

Silver City Clay Festival — The “down toearth” art fest is Aug. 2-4, throughout his-toric Downtown Silver City with art shows,clay workshops, demonstrations and lec-tures. Page 26.

Scene Spotlight highlights events

advertised in this issue.

March 2013 El Paso Scene

Paso, 600 S. Ochoa, 577-9870• 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, at PollyHarris, 650 Wallenberg, 581-9525 • 10:15 a.m. Thursday, March 7, atGrandview, 3134 Jefferson, 566-1217• 9:45 a.m. Friday, March 8, at FatherMartinez, 9311 Alameda, 860-9131• 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, at Happiness,563 N. Carolina, 592-8710 • 10 a.m. Thursday, March 14, at WellingtonChew, 4430 Maxwell, 757-2523• 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, San Juan,701 Tamburo, 772-8365.

‘Chemistry of Delicious’ — Mt. FranklinChristian Academy science students presentdemonstrations, exhibits and tastings inspiredby chemistry in food preparation 6:30 to 7:30p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the academy gym-nasium, 201 E. Sunset. Science and arts proj-ects will be exhibited along with the “Scienceof Reading” Scholastic Book Fair. Admission: $1.Information: 581-4487 or 490-1797.

Catholic Charismatic HealingConference — Open Arms Communityhosts the conference, “Empowered by Faith”March 8-9 at Las Alas Center, 501 E. Paisano,with featured speakers Father Enrique LopezEscalera of the Lzas Cruces Diocese and JimMurphy of Spring Lake, Michigan, internationalleader in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.Both are well known for ministries of preachingand healing. Program begins at 7 p.m. Fridaywith personal testimonies by each speaker andmain talks on Saturday. Events end Saturday at7 p.m. with a Celebration of the Eucharist andHealing Service.

Registration: $20 (free for clergy); walk-inswelcome. Some scholarships and discountsavailable for those in need. Information/creditcard registration: 595-0589.

El Paso native Lopez serves as pastor of twoparishes in Deming. Murphy is the founder ofVera Cruz Communications, a non-profitorganization promoting Catholic teaching andevangelization. In 1992, he undertook a 4,200-mile, 18-month journey on foot acrossAmerica, carrying a 6-foot cross to promoteprayer and evangelization.

Women’s Hall of Fame — The El PasoCommission for Women’s 24th annual Hall ofFame induction banquet and ceremonies beginat 6 p.m. Friday, March 8, at the WyndhamAirport Hotel, 2027 Airway. Proceeds benefitscholarships for young women. Tickets: $75($750 table for 10). Information: Lily Limon,593-1616 or elpasowomen.org.

This year’s inductees are Marcia HatfieldDaudistel (Arts); Diane Flanagan (CivicLeadership), Irma Estrada (Education), MGHeidi V. Brown (Military), Terri W. Wyatt(Professional, Business), Margarita Sánchez(Public Service), Dr. Barbara M. Reeves(Science/Health) and Mary Jo Ponsford Melby(Volunteer).

‘Knitting Without Boundaries’ — ElPaso Knitting Guild hosts classes withSouthwest fiber artist Valentina Devine 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, atCasitas Coronado Clubhouse, 5730 Mira SierraLane. Devine will teach two one-day knittingclasses: “Freeform Knitting” and “Color ChangeShells.” Cost: $50 one class; $75 for both ($25deposit due with registration). Class size limit-ed; early registration strongly encouraged.Information: 231-6590 orelpasoknittingguild.com.

Latinitas — The nonprofit dedicated toempowering Latina youth offers regular cre-ative expression workshops, exhibits and more.Headquarters are at 1359 Lomaland, #502. Information: 219-8554,[email protected] or LasLatinitas.org. • Creative Chicas Club afterschool programsare 4 to 5:45 p.m. Fridays through May 17 atJudge Marquez Library, 610 N. Yarbrough,Esperanza Acosta Library, 12480 Pebble Hills,and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Clardy Fox Library,5515 Robert Alva, for girls in grades 4-8. Girlsparticipate in art, creative writing, photography,film-making and theater.• Be YOUnique self-esteem and wellnessworkshop for girls ages 10-15 is 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at BraniganMemorial Library, 200 E. Picacho in Las Cruces. • Creative Chicas Saturday Camp is 12:30 to2:30 p.m. the second Saturday of the month(March 9) at Judge Marquez Library. Girls ingrades 4-8 meet monthly for multimedia artsworkshops.• A Women’s History Month Art Block Party is1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Loft LightStudio, 315 S. El Paso Street. Girls are invitedto collaborate with artists from Urban Artfittersto create a group art mural.• The “Through Her Eyes” PhotographyExhibit runs through March at the Main PublicLibrary, 501 N. Oregon, showcasing the pho-tography from Latinitas after-school clubs.

Project MOVE — UTEP’s Center for CivicEngagement’s 4th annual Project MOVE (MinerOpportunities for Volunteer Experiences) Dayis Saturday, March 9. Volunteers will experi-ence the importance of civic engagement, lead-ership, and service. Information on projects:747-5076 or projectmove.utep.edu.

During last year’s event, more than 1,000 vol-

unteers from UTEP’s students, staff, faculty andalumni performed numerous hours of service inthe El Paso community.

ALFC Spring Conference — AbundantLiving Faith Center’s annual convention,“Thrive,” is March 12-17 at 1000 Valley Crest.Presentations are 7 p.m. Tuesday throughFriday, 5 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.and 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Spanish translation,nursery, preschool and children’s church pro-vided. Information: 532-8543 or alfc.com.

Bill Weise — The author of “23 Minutes inHell” will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday andWednesday, March 12-13, at Word of LifeChurch, 11675 Pratt. Admission is free.Information: 855-9673 or tbm.org.

‘Beyond the Basics: Lecture Series —The El Paso Holocaust Museum and StudyCenter, 715 N. Oregon, presents its “Beyondthe Basics: Lecture Series,” a continuation oflast year’s series, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. oneThursday each month, through May 23. TheMarch 14 topic is “Women in the Holocaust,”as part of Women’s History Month.Admission is free; RSVP requested.Information: 351-0048, ext. 28 or [email protected].

Power of Action II — The Dream Makers99 Success Seminar is 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Saturday, March 16, at Radisson Airport, 1770Airway. Cost is $175 ($155 if registered by Feb.11); includes lunch and seminar materials).Keynote speaker is Mark Victor Hansen, a suc-cessful entrepreneur and co-author of the“Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series.Information/registration:dreammakers99.com/mvh or 595-1307.

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Babysitter’s Training — American RedCross hosts Babysitter’s Training 9 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Friday, March 22, at the chapter offices at3620 Admiral. Participants learn about leader-ship, the business of babysitting including pric-ing, how to care for kids from 0-10, safetyskills, first aid, and more. Cost: $85.Information/registration: 1-800-733-2767, #3or redcross.org/babysitting.

XIX Reunion Nacional Al-Anon paraHijos Adultos de Alcoholicos USA —The annual meeting for Adult Children ofAlcoholics looking for recovery from the effectsof living with alcoholic parents thru Al-AnonFamily Groups hosts a series of Spanish-lan-guage speakers sharing experiences 5 to 8 p.m.Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. tonoon Sunday, March 22-24, at Radisson HotelEl Paso Airport, 1770 Airway. Simultaneoustranslation to English offered. Admission is freefor newcomers; $25 Al-Anon members.Information: 526-9143 or rnalanonhijosadulto-susa.com.

Science Cafe — NMSU Extension ServiceVegetable Specialist Dr. Stephanie Walker willdiscuss “How to Measure Hotness; WhatMakes One Chile Hot and Another One Not”at the El Paso Water Utilities’ monthly sciencediscussion 10:30 to noon Saturday, March 23,at TecH20 Water Resource Learning Center,10751 Montana. Refreshments provided.Admission is free. Information/registration:621-2000 or tech2o.org/events.

Scenic Sundays — Walkers, runners,cyclists and skaters are invited to enjoy ScenicDrive, from Rim Road to Richmond, free oftraffic 7 a.m. to noon Sundays. Dogs on leashpermitted. Admission is free. Information: 541-4416 or [email protected].

Free tax preparation — AARP Foundationoffers free tax preparation for individuals withlow or moderate income 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.through April 15 selected El Paso Parks andRecreation Senior Centers. Information: 544-0753.Locations/days:• Memorial, 1800 Byron, Mondays andWednesdays. Information: 562-4260.• Wellington Chew, 4430 Maxwell, Tuesdays.Informaion:757-2523. • Hilos de Plata,4451 Delta, Tuesdays.Information: 533-3207.• Eastside, 3200 Fierro, Wednesdays andFridays. Information: 591-4292.

After School Fall Program — The City ofEl Paso Parks and Recreation Department’s2012-2013 After School Program continuesthrough the school year at local recreation cen-ters and selected EPISD and YISD elementaryschools throughout the city. The program runsfrom school dismissal time to 6 p.m. and isopen to age 6-12. Information/list of centers:544-0753. Register online atelpasotexas.gov/parks.

Bridge leagues - Duplicate bridge eventsare hosted at Decker Bridge Center, Unit 159,2216 East Yandell. Admission: $6. Information:544-6565 or elpasobridge.com. Managers:Peggy Craig, 581-0371 or Jack Neumann, 204-8897.

El Paso Night Shift Nights — The weeklycar and motorcycle club showcase is 8 p.m.Wednesdays, at Fox Plaza (back parking lot),5559 Alameda. The family event food, livemusic, jumping balloons and cars and motorcy-

cles of many types. No alcohol allowed.Admission: $3 per person or car; free for ages12 and younger. Information: 779-8424.

Etiquette classes — Joann Wardy School ofEtiquette and Enrichment offers various classestaught by Wardy, an etiquette consultant withmore than 25 years of experience. Call oremail for schedule: 355-0992 or [email protected].

GED classes — High School EquivalencyProgram and UTEP host free GED classes formigrant and seasonal farmwork familiesMondays through Fridays at UTEP’s GrahamHall, Room 206, 500 W. University. Class timesare 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; or 9 a.m. to noon and3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday (flex times).Open enrollment. Information: 747-5567 andstudentaffairs.utep.edu/hep.

UFO Discussion Group – The video/inter-net topic discussion group meets 1:30 to 4 p.m.the second Saturday of each month (March 9)at the Cielo Vista Public Library, 1300 Hawkins,to share stories, ask questions and meet withothers of similar interests in and informal, openforum setting. All meetings are free and opento the public. Information: Rita P. Freeman,755-0473 or [email protected].

Spring break programs

Exploreum Spring Break Camps — Themuseum at 300-320 W. San Antonio (south ofConvention Center), hosts spring break campsfor ages 6-12 Monday through Friday, March

18-22. Six-year-olds must be in first grade.Registration deadline is March 8. Admission:$100 per camp (includes light snacks and bev-erage). Bring a sack lunch and water bottle.Multiple child discounts available. Information:533-4330. Register online at elpasoex-ploreum.org.• Alternative Energy is 9 a.m. to noon. Learnabout the Earth’s environment and the impor-tance of going green. See static electricitydemonstrations, make Earth-friendly crafts andplay Earth-Opoly.• World Crafts is 1 to 4 p.m. Explore five dif-ferent cultures from around the globe andmake art and craft projects that express eachunique culture.

Latinitas Spring Break Camp — Latinitashosts its multimedia arts camp for girls ingrades 4-8 Monday through Friday March 18-

22 at Latinitas Headquarters, 1359 Lomaland,#502. Campers learn to create original photo-graphs, poems, arts and crafts, audio pieces,essays, designs and short movies. Pre-registra-tion required, as space is limited Cost: $15 perday; limited number of scholarships available.Cost: $15 per day. Information: 219-8554 [email protected]. Web:LasLatinitas.com.

El Paso Museum of Art Camp — Themuseum’s 2012 Spring Break art camp classesare Tuesday through Friday March 19-22. Pre-registration required by March 13. Classes are$75 ($60 museum members). Those attendingfull-day should bring a brown-bag lunch; super-vision during lunch provided for additional costof $5 per child. Information/registration: 532-1707, ext. 65 or 27, orelpasoartmuseum.org/classes.

Morning classes are 9:30 a.m. to noon andinclude Color Camp (age 9-12) and PetCompanions (age 6-8).

Afternoon classes are 1 to 3:30 p.m. andinclude Pet Companions (age 6-8) andWatercolor Painting (age 9-12).

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Anyone entering Fort Bliss must have a validdriver’s license, car insurance and registration.Check beforehand to see which gates are opento the public. The Robert E. Lee Gate atAirport and Airway is usually always open.

Old Fort Bliss — Building 5051, corner ofPershing and Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. TheOld West days of the “Soldiers of the Pass” arerelived through replicas of the original adobefort buildings and military artifacts,Magoffinsville Post 1854 to 1868. Admission:free. Hours: Daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Information: 568-3137.

AFTB Basket Bingo - The Fort Bliss ArmyFamily Team Building Program hosts basketbingo at 6 p.m. Friday, March 15, at ArmyCommunity Service, featuring Longaberger bas-kets filled with gifts. Drawings and door prizesfor other donated items also offered. Doorsopen at 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit AFTB child-care and incentive program. The public is invit-ed. Tickets: $15 in advance; space is limited.Advance tickets available at ACS Building, 2494Ricker. Information: 569-5500 orblissmwr.com/aftb.

Fort Bliss Easter events — The followingevents are planned in celebration of Easter atFort Bliss. Information: blissmwr.com.• Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt — Fort Bliss Rodand Gun Club, Bldg. 3730 Roy Johnson Lane,hosts an evening Easter egg hunt at 6:30 p.m.Friday, March 15, with egg dyeing, fact paint-ing and an after-dark egg hunt. Bring a flash-light. Information: 565-4867.• Easter Eggstravaganza - The annual familyconcert and parade, Fairy Tale Fun, is noon to4 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Biggs Park,11388 Sgt. Major Blvd., with photos with theEaster Bunny and a concert with Secret Agent23 Skidoo. Games and crafts offered for nomi-nal fee; proceeds benefit the FRG’s unit fund.No glass containers, pets or alcohol. Paradebegins at 11:45 a.m. Admission is free.Information: 588-8247.• The Centennial Club’s Easter brunch buffetis 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, March 31, atBuilding 11199 Sgt. E. Churchill. Reservationsrequired. The Easter Bunny and that “Silly OldBear” from the Hundred Acre Wood will bepresent for pictures and visits with guests.Cost: $18.95 ($9.50 for children ages 5-10, andfree for children ages 4 and under).Information/reservations: 744-1171.

St. Patty’s Day Run - Fort Bliss’s 6-Milerace sponsored by USAA is 8 a.m. Saturday,March 16, at Soto Physical Fitness Center.20751 Constitution at Fort Bliss. Open to theentire community. Early registration (by March13) free for active-duty military assigned toFort Bliss ; $20 for all other runners. Late regis-tration 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. on site is an additional$10 for all runners. Registration open at bothStout and Soto PFCs and online at active.com.Information: 744-5794.

Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club — Rifle andpistol shooting competitions are held almostevery weekend at the Fort Bliss Rod & GunClub. To get there: Take Railroad Drive toDeer; turn right. Information: 568-2983.

Chuckwagon BBQ events are 4 to 7:30 p.m.Wednesdays. Cost: $6-$11.

Military Council of Catholic Women —The MCCW of Fort Bliss meets 8:45 to 11:30a.m. every Friday (except holiday weekends) at

Building #449 on Fort Bliss. Meetings beginwith Rosary followed by Bible studies or Saintdiscussions, rosary making/preemie caps/prayershawls and fellowship. Each week is differentafter Rosary is said. Information: 755-9694 or(Jenny Barry) at [email protected].

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Germania Club of El Paso — The month-ly luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 1, atthe Soldatenstube (German Club), Robert E.Lee Road, Building 5095, Fort Bliss.Reservations: 595-1108 or 755-5471.

Cathedral Alumni Association — Thealumni association, LQVQ, will meet at 8:30a.m. Saturday, March 2, in Cathedral HighSchool auditorium, 1309 N. Stanton. Guestspeaker is UTEP head football coach SeanKugler. Breakfast available for $5. Information:581-0893 (Any Portillo) [email protected].

Macintosh Users Group — The El PasoMacintosh Users Group is open to anyoneinterested in Apple Macintosh computers. Thegroup’s monthly meeting and demonstration is9:30 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of themonth at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church basement,1000 Montana (enter in alley). Admission is freefor visitors. Information: 239-7846 orepmug.org.

Project Linus — The national non-profitcharitable group, which has donated thousandsblankets and afghans to seriously ill and/or trau-matized children of the El Paso area, meets9:30 to 11:30 a.m. the first Saturday of eachmonth (March 2) at University PresbyterianChurch, 244 Resler. New volunteers, includingknitters, crocheters, quilters sewers and non-sewers always welcome. Donations of yarn,cloth and other supplies welcome. Information:781-0220 or [email protected].

Singles in the Son - The group developsfriendships among Christian singles ages 25 to45. All denominations are welcome.Membership is free. Information: Andy, 471-1997 or [email protected].

Saturday events subject to change.• March 2: Dinner and El Paso Rhinos• March 9: Dinner and a movie• March 16: Dinner and pool• March 23: Dinner and dancing• March 30: House Party.

Doña Ana Camera Club — The clubmeets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday ofthe month Southwest Environmental Center,275 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.Meetings offer technical presentations, friendlysuggestions for improving member photos,travelogues, networking, and other activities.Meetings are free and open to all interestedphotographers. Information: (575) 524-1288 ordacameraclub.org.• March 5: Doña Ana Camera member EppHarmon will present “Four Seasons in Estonia.”• March 19: Ali Keye’s “Passion,”and PatHulser’s “10 minutes with Annie Leibowitz.”Both programs highlight individuals who havehad great influence on photography. Cameraclub members also will show their photographsdemonstrating “Natural or ManmadeSymmetry.”

Woodworkers Club of El Paso — Theclub’s monthly meeting is 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday,March 5, at 3228 Sacramento (back of build-ing). Dave Brown will demonstrate techniquesin woodturning. A members’ show-and-tellsegment follows. Admission is free.

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Information: 760-6536 or 564-5915.

Westside Welcome Club — The group isopen to both newcomers and long-time resi-dents. Information: westsidewelcomeclub.com.

The club’s free monthly newcomers’ coffee is10 a.m. Friday, March 8, at 4 Cielo LindoDrive in Anthony, N.M.. Information: 637-2883.

The club’s March luncheon is 11:30 a.m.Wednesday, March 13, at Billy Crews, 1200Country Club. Vicki Mihalyov of Healthy UWellness Center will speak on HealthyGourmet Cooking for Weight Loss. Socializingbegins at 11 a.m. Cost: $20. Information/reser-vations: 845-1896.

Borderland IONS — The BorderlandsIONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) CommunityGroup meets 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 9, atDoris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd.Guest speaker Helen Edwards will talk aboutthe Enneagram as a tool for spiritual work.Admission is free and open to the public.Information: 526-6297 or noetic.org.

Senior Luncheon — The El Paso Chapterof The Links, Inc. hosts its free senior luncheonnoon to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at El PasoCommunity College Administrative ServicesCenter, 9050 Viscount. RSVP requested by Feb.28. Information: Shirley Hunt, 261-9699 or LisaLee, 241-6046.

Norwegian Society of Texas — TheSociety’s Sol Hjem Chapter in El Paso hosts itsanniversary meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday, March

10, at the home of the current chapter presi-dent. Information: Lilam 449-6757.

The society hosts several Norwegian-orientedprograms throughout the year and is open toanyone of Norwegian, Swedish, Danish orFinnish descent or birth, are married to one ofthe above, are interested in NST objectives, orwho make an annual donation.

El Paso Mission Trail Association — Theassociation meets 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday,March 12, at their offices at 9065 Alameda (atZaragosa). New volunteers welcome.Information: 790-0661, 851-9997 or Jackie [email protected]. Web:elpasomissiontrail.com.

Assistance League of El Paso — Theleague meets 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14,at the chapter house at 2728 E. Yandell. Allladies interested in volunteering and giving backto the community are invited. New membersalways welcome. Information: 478-0995.

Military Order of the World Wars —The El Paso Chapter the Military Order of theWorld Wars host its monthly luncheon at 11a.m. Saturday, March 16, at Underwood GolfCourse, 3191 Coe, Fort Bliss. Massing of theColors for April 6 will be discussed.Information: 755-4038.

L’Alliance Française d’El Paso — Thegroup promotes French culture and offers fran-cophiles the opportunity to use the French lan-guage in a variety of activities. Information:585-1789, 355-4598 (Spanish), afofelpaso.comor on facebook at AllianceFranciaseElPaso.

French films with English subtitle will be pre-sented at two El Paso Library branches inMarch; call for schedule.

The latest session of French classes beginApril 1; placement tests will be done online orduring the first day of class. Open enrollmentfor advanced French and special classes forFrench teachers. Participants may join anytime.

El Paso Northeast Quilters Guild —Regular monthly meetings are 7 to 9 p.m. thesecond Thursday of the month, at TrinityPresbyterian Church, 8001 Magnetic (atTitanic). Social time and setup begin at 6:30p.m. Information: 751-2132 (leave message).

El Paso Philatelic Society — The stampclub meets 7 to 9 p.m. the second Tuesday ofevery month at St. Clement’s EpiscopalChurch, 810 N. Campbell (at Montana).Visitors always welcome; admission is free forfirst-time visitors. Information: 345-7771 [email protected].

International Coin Club — El Paso’s onlycoin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the firstMonday of the month at Travelodge-LaHacienda, 6400 Montana. Meetings includeeducational presentations and an auction ofmaterials submitted by members. Visitorsalways welcome, and admission free for first-time visitors. Information: 533-6001 or elpaso-coinclug.com.

Area attractions

Western Playland — The amusement parkis at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M.across from the racetrack. Tickets: $17.70, plustax (pay one price); $5 non-rider admission.Individual ride tickets are $2. Information: (575)589-3410 or westernplayland.com. TakeSunland Park Exit 13 from I-10.March hours are 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays and 2 to9 p.m. Saturdays, Wednesday through Friday,March 20-22 and Friday, March 29.

Opening mid-May is the park’s newest rollercoaster, The Hurricane.

Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino —The casino offers slot machines, and video-machine versions of poker, keno and othergames. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sundaythrough Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Fridayand Saturday. Lounge is open, with live enter-tainment and dancing, until 2 a.m. weekends.

The live racing season runs through April

16. Live racing is Tuesday, Friday, Saturday andSunday. Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m.everyday. General admission and parking arefree. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland-park.com.

Indian Cliffs Ranch — The working cattleranch in Fabens offers a children’s zoo, buffalo,longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets andthe Fort Apache playground. It’s also home tothe famous Cattleman’s Steakhouse.Information: (915) 544-3200 or cattle-manssteakhouse.com.

Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery— 430 La Viña Road (off NM 28 betweenmarkers 8 and 9), in Chamberino, N.M. Tastingroom open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday throughMonday. Live music most Saturdays.Information: (915) 241-4349 or sombraan-tigua.com.

Tigua Indian Cultural Center — 305Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the YsletaMission. The center features a museum on theTigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free.Information: 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.

Native American Dances are performed 11:30a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Fresh Indian bread is on sale at the center,which also offers family-operated gift shops,feature jewelry, pottery and other crafts.

Wyler Aerial Tramway — Texas’ only pub-licly accessible mountain tramway gives passen-gers a view of 7,000 square miles from Ranger

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Peak, elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is $7 for adultsand $4 for children 12 years and under. Ticketssales stop one hour before closing. Hours arenoon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday throughThursday. Information: 566-6622.

To get there: Take Alabama to McKinley andturn toward the mountain.

La Viña Winery — New Mexico’s oldestwinery is just across the state line from El Paso,at 4201 S. NM Highway 28, one mile north ofVinton Road. Information: (575) 882-7632 orlavinawinery.com.

The tasting room and patio are open for salesand tasting of wines from 12 to 5 p.m.Thursday through Tuesday (closedWednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily tour isoffered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment only; the$10 fee includes tasting.

San Elizario Historic District — The dis-trict at 1500 Main Street in San Elizario on theMission Trail features four art galleries, sevenartists studio/galleries, three gift shops, theHistoric San Elizario Chapel, the PortalesMuseum and the Veteran’s Museum. Most loca-tions open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdaythrough Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday andnoon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 851-0041,594-8424 or SanElizarioHistoricDistrict.com.

Self-guided walking tours and guided tour of17 historical sites also offered, including theChapel, Old El Paso County Jail (where Billythe Kid broke out a friend in 1876). Free guidesavailable at all galleries and museum.

Zin Valle Vineyards — 7315 Hwy 28 inCanutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tast-ings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday.Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.

Free Music Sundays are 1 to 4 p.m. selectedSundays featuring local talent. Bring a picnic.

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UTEP Department of Music —Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine ArtsRecital Hall, except as noted. Tickets for mostperformances are $5 general admission(Ticketmaster). Student, senior, military andfaculty/staff and children’s discounts may apply.Ticket information: 747-5606 orutep.edu/music.• Thursday, March 7 — UTEP Glee Clubs• Friday, March 8 — University Chorale• Thursday, March 28 — UTEP SymphonyBand• Thursday, April 4 — UTEP SymphonyOrchestra.

Time for Three - El Paso Pro-Musica pres-ents the classically trained garage band 7:30p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at Scottish RiteTemple. The trio of musicians began playingtogether for fun while students at CurtisInstitute of Music in Philadelphia. Tickets: $25($20 seniors and military; $5 students).Information: 833-9400 or eppm.org.

NMSU Department of Music — Recitalsare in the Atkinson Music Recital Hall atNMSU. Showtime for most events it 7:30 p.m.,unless otherwise listed. Information: (575) 646-2421 or nmsu.edu/~music/. • NMSU Jazz Band performs Friday, March 8.• Day of Percussion begins at 8 a.m. Saturday,March 9.• Piano Studio Recital is Sunday, March 10.• The NMSU Symphonic Band and NMSUWind Symphony perform Monday, March 11.• The NMSU Choir presents ContemporaryChoral Masterworks is 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3p.m. Saturday, March 15-16. Tickets: $10(Ticketmaster)• Faculty Duo Piano Recital is Monday, March

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‘The Barber of Seville’ — El Paso Operacloses its season with Rossini’s comic opera at7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, March 14

and 16, at Abraham Chavez Theatre. Tickets:$40, $55, $70, $85 and $90 (available at ticket-master.com). Information: 581-5534 orepopera.org.

The cast is led by Vanessa Cariddi as Rosina,Michael Chioldi as Figaro and Melissa Parks asBerta. Cariddi, mezzo-soprano, made her pro-fessional operatic main stage debut at theMetropolitan Opera, and her title role debut inCarmen with New York City Opera. Chioldi,baritone, has sung a wide variety of operaswith New York City Opera.

El Paso Wind Symphony — The sympho-ny performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 15, atUTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets$12.50 (Ticketmaster). Information: 760-5599or elpasowindsymphony.com.

Chamber Music Consortium of theSouthwest — Music Forum El Paso presentsthe free concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March

17, at the El Paso Museum of Art. Information:musicforum-elpaso.org.

EPSYO and EPSO ‘Side-by-Side’Concert — More than 350 performers fromEl Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras and ElPaso Symphony combine forces at the 6thannual performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, March

17, at the Plaza Theatre, in conjunction withDowntown KidsPalooza. Tickets: $10-$32.Information: 525-8978 or epsyos.org.

Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” will be the fea-tured work. Flutist Gabriel Gutierrez will per-form Mozart’s “Concerto for Flute andOrchestra in G Major.”

EPSYOs Young Artist PianoCompetition — El Paso Symphony YouthOrchestras hosts its inaugural competition forpianists Monday and Tuesday, March 18-19, atRadford School, 2001 Radford Street. Pianistsages of 7 to 18 living within 100 miles of the ElPaso city limits are eligible to compete.Information and complete competition rulesavailable online at epsyos.org. Information: 525-8978.

La Catrina String Quartet - GrantCounty Community Concert Association pres-ents the classical quartet with a Latin flavor at7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at WNMU FineArts Center Theater in Silver City. Admission:$20 ($5 students 17 and younger). Information:(575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.


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Gimnasio de Bachilleres del ParqueCentral — Main entrance is on PedroMeneses Hoyos street, south side of westernsection of park.

Esperanza Azteca symphony concert is at 7p.m. Thursday, March 21. Tickets are 100pesos, available at donboleton.com and boxoffice.

Alianza Francesa de Cd. Juárez — CalleTlaxcala #2644 Col. Margaritas (at IgnacioRamirez). Admission is free. Information:6391011 (Barbara Cousin) orciudadjuarez.af.org.mx. • 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, 15 and 29: Frenchmovie shown with Spanish subtitles. Bring foodand drink to share.• 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23: Francofinyfeast and kermess. Bring food or beverage .

Casa de la Renovacion — Faraday andIndustrias Avenue, Bermudez Industrial Park.The “Cambio Generacional” conference is at 6p.m. Friday, March 1. Call for admission cost:6270021.

El Rincon De Ana Lucia — Blvd TomasFernandez 8215-2A (lower level in front ofTorres Campestre building). The restaurant andgallery is owned by artist Eli Morales.• Monthly cocktail artist reception is at 6 p.m.Friday, March 1, with oil painter Eugenia Ayon.• “Desert Echoes” collective exhibition andsale is outside, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 2.

Tecnologico de Monterrey — TomasFernandez Boulevard and Av. de las Industrias,entrance to Campos Eliseos zone.

Cultural Fest is Friday and Saturday, March 1-

2, with participants from various regions ofMexico. Information: tecdae.com.

Friday: Monologues Fest is at 6 p.m. andDance Fest is at 8 p.m.

Saturday: Song Fest is at 6 p.m.

Auditorio Civico Municipal BenitoJuárez — Calle Ignacio Ramirez and VicenteGuerrero, across from Parque Borunda. • The children’s play “Beauty and the Beast”will be performed at 12:30, 3 and 5:30 p.m.Sunday, March 3.• Dr. Francisco de Zatarain, a nationally recog-nized expert on bullying, will give a lecture at9:30 a.m. Monday, March 4.

The 38th Siglo de Oro International DramaFestival presents plays at 7 p.m. March 6-9.• Wednesday, March 6 — “La Vengadora delas Mujeres” by Lope de Vega, performed byCambalache Teatro from Murcia, Spain.• Thursday, March 7 — “El Caballero deOlmedo” by Lope de Vega, performed byShake & Falstaff from Puebla, Mexico.• Friday, March 8 — ‘El Coloquio de losPerros” by Cervantes, performed by MorfeoTeatro Clásico from Burgos, Spain.• Saturday, March 9 — “La Gatomaquia” byby Lope de Vega, performed by FaseProductions of Mexico.

Museo del Chamizal — Chamizal Park,Juárez (next to the Bridge of the Americas).The museum features an exhibit of pre-

Columbian artifacts, as well as paintings andsculptures from well-known local and interna-tional artists. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is freeexcept as listed. Information: 611-1048.• 5 p.m. Monday, March 4: Art exhibition bywomen artists.• 4 p.m. Saturday, March 9: Woman’s Bazaar.Booths in the interior gardens of the museum. • All day Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17:Sun Festival. Tribal dances and ceremonies,documentary showings.

Centro Cultural Paso del Norte — Av.Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from theRed Cross. Information: 1730300 orccpn.com.mx (Facebook: ccpnteatro). • 7 p.m. Friday and Sunday, March 7 and 9:UACJ Classic Ballet• 7 p.m. Friday, March 15: UACJ SimphonyOrchestra performs works by Vivaldi• 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16: UACJ FolcloricBallet • “Parsifal,” a live broadcast from the NewYork Metropolitan Opera, is at 11 a.m.Saturday, March 16. Admission: 100 pesos (50pesos students and seniors).• The play “Doce Princesas en Pugna” is at 6p.m. March 3,6,7,10,13 and 14.• Telon de Arena Theatre Company presents“Justicia Negada” by Perla de la Rosa at 7 p.m.March 16-17 and 20-24. Admission is 40 and70 pesos.

Estadio 20 de Noviembre — Av. 16 deSeptiembre and Americas Av.

A woman’s-only bike gala is at 5 p.m. Friday,March 7.

Cibeles Convention Center — Av. TomásFernández 8450, between Calle Portales andAntonio J. Bermudez, Zona Campestre.

Expo Boda y Quinceañera is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Sunday, March 10. Fifty booths, plus raffle.Admission is 40 pesos. Free parking.

Moroccos — Inside Carta Blanca baseballstadium, Reforma at Peru. La Original BandaLimon performs grupera music at 7 p.m.Saturday, March 16.

Museo de INBA — Circuito Jose ReyesEstrada, Zona Pronaf. Information: 616-7414. • “A Day at the Museum” is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, March 16: Guided tours, children’sactivities with puppets and music.

Continuing through March: “The History ofthe Future,” photography by Julian Cardonaand Michael Berman.

‘Por Amor al Arte’ — The radio show,covering all aspects of the arts in Juárez, airs 3to 5 p.m. Sundays on 860 AM, hosted by HoglaLizeth Olivas. Information:806Noticias.com.mx.

Radio Cultural Milenio — Alfonso “TheDuck” Quiñones hosts the radio programdevoted to the cultural world in Juárez at 9:30a.m. Wednesdays on 640 a.m.

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For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com.The UTEP Ticket Center number is 747-5234.Pan Am Center Box Office is (575) 646-1420.Many clubs sell tickets through ticketbully.com,holdmyticket.com or other ticket websites list-ed. Unless indicated, prices listed do notinclude service charges.

Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ — The musi-cal based “sort-of” on the comedy classicMonty Python and the Holy Grail is 7:30 p.m.Friday, March 1, at NMSU’s Pan AmericanCenter in Las Cruces. Tickets: $32, $42 and$52 (Ticketmaster).

Cedric ‘The Entertainer’ — The charis-matic actor and comedian performs at 8 p.m.Saturday, March 2, at the Plaza Theatre, withguests Malik S and Funnyman JJ. Tickets: $35-$75. (Ticketmaster).

Supernite — Derrick Carter performs 9p.m. Saturday, March 2. at The Network, 317E. Mills. Tickets: $15 ($18 ages 18-20).Ticketsavailable at ticketbully.com.

Quintana — The DJ and producer performsSaturday, March 2, at The Garden, 511Western. Ages 21 and older welcome. Tickets:$11 general admission; $20 VIP. Information:544-4400 or thegardenep.com.

Juan de Marcos & the Afro-Cuban AllStars — Lola Productions Inc. presents theCuban music sensation at 7 p.m. Sunday,March 3, at UTEP’s Magoffin Auditorium.Tickets: $35 and $40. Ticket information: 747-5234, 1-800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

Following in the footsteps of legendary Cubanorchestras Los Van Van, the Buena Vista SocialClub, and Irakere, the Afro-Cuban All Starshave become one of the best-known and mostsuccessful Cuban orchestras performing today.Lead by bandleader, producer, and arrangerJuan de Marcos, the All Stars ensemble conceptspans three generations of musicians, and pro-motes the full range of Cuban musical styles.

Rhythm of the Dance — Mimbres RegionArts Council presents the National DanceCompany of Ireland’s presentation at 7 p.m.Wednesday, March 6, at WNMU Fine ArtsCenter Theatre in Silver City. Tickets: $25 ($20MRAC members; $15 each for groups of ten ormore; $5 students). Information: (575) 538-2505, 1-888-758-7289 or mimbresarts.org.

Dala - The folk duo performs at 8 p.m.Thursday, March 7, at NMSU’s Atkinson MusicRecital Hall, as part of the NMSU CulturalSeries. Tickets: $15 ($10 NMSU students), aspart of the NMSU Cultural Series. Information:(575) 646-1420 or panam.nmsucom.edu.

Grupo Bryndis — The Latin Grammy win-ning cumbia group performs its “Hoy ComoAyer” concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9, atEl Paso County Coliseum, with guests LosCaminantes, Cadetes De Linares, LosHumildes, Sonoro Tropicano and Los Frontera.Tickets: $30 and $37.50 (Ticketmaster).

La Tierra Cafe dinner shows — 1731Montana. Dinner served at 6:30 p.m., showbegins at 8 p.m. Tickets: $32 in advance; $36 atthe door; includes dinner and show.Information: 533-8890 or latierracafe.com.Upcoming shows (all on Saturday):• March 9 — La Cella Bella cello quartet• April 13 — Adrian Perez’s Harp Haven• May 11 — Juan Gabriel Tribute.

Moody Blues — The legendary band per-forms at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at PlazaTheatre. Tickets: $55, $65 and $85(Ticketmaster). The band has performed formore than 30 years, selling 55 million albumswith 18 platinum records, including one of thebiggest selling singles in rock history (“Nights inWhite Satin”).

Neon Desert Music Festival — The 3rdannual music festival is 3 p.m. Saturday, May

25, in San Jacinto Plaza and Cleveland SquarePark, with more than 25 bands performing onfive stages. Early bird tickets on are $45 (whilesupplies last) tickets increase to $55 and $65after. Available at 1-877-FLYTIX or online atneondesertmusicfestival.com. VIP are $150.

A festival launch party is 8 p.m. Saturday,March 9, at Lowbrow Palace, 111 Robinson.Admission is free and the public is invited.

Storytellers — Junior League of El Paso, Inc.presents Nashville singer/songwriters BobDiPiero, Luke Laird and Tim Nichols togetherin concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at ElPaso Country Club, in partnership with UnitedBank of El Paso del Norte. Tickets: $160 ($150with cash or check). Proceeds benefit theJunior League of El Paso Endowment Fund.Information: 203-0221 or jlepstorytellers.org.

Brown Show — The Los Angeles indie bandperforms at 9 p.m. Sunday, March 10, atBombardiers, 109 E. Castellano. Ages 21 andolder welcome. Ticket information: 532-2292or brownshoemusic.com.

Green Day — The superstar punk bandmakes a rare El Paso appearance Wednesday,March 13, at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El Paso.Tickets: $51 (early sellout expected)Information: 351-9909 or trickyfalls.com .

Yo Gabba Gabba Live — DJ Lance Rockand the cast of “Yo Gabba Gabba” bring their“Get The Sillies Out!” tour to El Paso at 6 p.m.Monday, March 11, at the Plaza Theatre. Hip-hop legend Biz Markie will join the cast onstage with Biz’s Beat of the Day. The show willalso feature Super Music Friends and DanceyDance guest performances. Tickets: $22.50,$32.50 and $42.50, plus service charge; all chil-dren age 1 and older require ticket(Ticketmaster). VIP packages available atyogabbagabbalive.com.

‘Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Show’ —Seth Rudetsky performs at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.Friday, March 15, at new NMSU Center forthe Arts, 1000 E. University, in Las Cruces.Rudetsky is an actor, comedian and musicianwho serves as host of “Seth’s Big FatBroadway” on Sirius/XM, which highlights hisknowledge of Broadway theatre. Tickets: $20matinee; $25 evening show (Ticketmaster).

A reception for Rudetsky follows at 9 p.m.Tickets: $25 (limited to first 75 guests).

Ricardo Arjona — The Guatemalansinger/songwriter presents his “Metamorfosis”Tour at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at El PasoCounty Coliseum, promoting his latest album“5to Piso.” Tickets: $37-$87. (Ticketmaster).

‘Menopause The Musical’ — The interna-tional hit show will play the Plaza Theatre fortwo “hot” performances at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdayand Wednesday, March 19-20, with parodies

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from classic pop songs of the ‘60s, ‘70s and‘80s. Tickets: $45, $50, $55 and $65(Ticketmaster). Information: 1-800-745-3000.Group discounts of 10 or more available at 1-888-686-8587, ext. 2.

Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine,writer and producer Jeanie Linders created theshow as a celebration of women who are onthe brink of, in the middle of, or have survived“The Change.”

Los Bunkers — The Chilean alternative bandbrings its Gira USA 2013 tour to El Paso at 8p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Tork Bar andGrill, 3012 Lee Trevino. Ages 18 and older wel-come). Information: 599-9680. Tickets: $20($25 ages 18-20); available at ticketbully.com.

Mark Erelli — The 1999 Kerrville New Folkcontest winner and multi-instrumentalist per-forms at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at theBuckhorn Opera House in Pinos Altos, N.M. aspart of the Mimbres Region Arts Council’s FolkSeries. Tickets: $20 ($15 members).Information: (575) 538-2505 ormimbresarts.org.

‘Lord of The Dance’ — Broadway in ElPaso Series presents Michael Flatley’s “show-piece extravaganza” at 7 p.m. Sunday, March

24, at The Plaza Theatre, with a mesmerizingblend of traditional and modern Celtic musicand dance. Tickets: $30-$55. (Ticketmaster).

Sesame Street Live ‘Can’t StopSinging’ — The Sesame Street Live annualEaster week shows are March 28-31 at theAbraham Chavez Theatre. Presented by VEECorporation. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursday, 2

and 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30, 2 and 5:30 p.m.Saturday and 2 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:$35 and $55 (Ticketmaster). Information: 1-800-745-3000 or sesamestreetlive.com.

Sunny Seats packages available including VIPseat and a pre-show photo opportunity withtwo characters from the show.

Phillip Phillips — The American Idol winnerperforms at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 29, atNMSU’s Pan American Center in Las Cruces,with tentative opening act alt rock bandChurchill. Tickets: $18.50 and $28.50(Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1420.

Phillips’ debut single, “Home,” marked thebiggest opening sales week for an Idol winner’scoronation song. His “World From The OtherSide of the Moon” debut album reached No. 4on the record charts.

Baby Boomer Comedy Show — Theplay subtitled the “Clean Comedy for peopleborn before seatbelts, safety helmets andFacebook” is 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at theRio Grande Theatre, at 211 Downtown Mall inLas Cruces. Part of the Doña Ana ArtsCouncil’s Performance Series. Ticket informa-tion: (575) 523-6403 orRioGrandeTheatre.com.

Veteran comedians Jan McInnis and KentRader present clean humor on topics that the“boomer generation” can relate to: family, kids,work, do-it-yourself projects, dieting, aging andmore.

George Strait — The country music legendbrings his Farewell “The Cowboy Rides Away”Tour to the area Saturday, April 6, at NMSU’sPan American Center, with opening act MartinaMcBride. Tickets: $74.25 and $94.25(Ticketmaster).

Limited VIP “Ace in The Hole” packages are$399 and $999.

Romeo Santos — The bachata singer (for-merly of Aventura) performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday,April 9, at El Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E.Paisano. Tickets: $37, $57. $77 and $87.(Ticketmaster).

Stress Free Tour 2013 — The urban tourwith First Light is 9 p.m. Thursday, April 11, atFrankie’s East, 1660 N. Zaragoza, with Equipto,ZMan, L*Roneous, Otayo Dubb, MichaelMarshall and DJ True Justice. Hosted by Zyme.Tickets: $12 in advance; ($3 surcharge for ages18-21). Available online at holdmyticket.com.

Gerardo Ortiz — The corrido singer per-forms at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at ElPaso County Coliseum, in promotion of his lat-est album “El Primer Ministro.” Tickets: $35,$40 and $45. (Ticketmaster).

Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo— Lola Productions Inc. presents the all-maledrag ballet troupe at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April

13, at UTEP’s Magoffin Auditorium. Tickets:$35 and $40. Ticket information: 747-5234, 1-800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

Founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusi-asts for the purpose of presenting a playful,entertaining view of traditional, classical balletin parody form and en travesti, Les BalletsTrockadero de Monte Carlo first performed inthe late-late shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts.

2Cellos — Lola Productions Inc. closes itsseason with the wildly popular cello duo 7 p.m.Wednesday, April 17, at UTEP’s MagoffinAuditorium. Tickets: $34 and $39. Ticket infor-mation: 747-5234, 1-800-745-3000 or ticket-master.com.

The meteoric success of 2Cellos started whenformer cello rivals Luka Sulic and StjepanHauser decided to join forces. In January 2011,

they uploaded a unique cello version of“Smooth Criminal” by Michael Jackson ontoYouTube. Within just a few weeks, their videobecame a huge viral sensation, receiving over 5million views. Other popular range fromNirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” to Guns N’Roses’ “Welcome To The Jungle.”

42Five — Showtime El Paso concludes itsseason with the a capella group at 2:30 p.m.Sunday, April 28, at Abraham Chavez Theatre.Ticket information: 544-2022 orShowtimeElPaso.com.

Voodoo Glow Skulls — The punk ska bandperforms at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, atPaulina’s Badlands, 7792 Franklin, with LeftAlone. All ages show. Tickets: $10; available atholdmyticket.com.

Jason Aldean — The CMA and ACM award-winning musician presents his “2013 Night TrainTour” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, at NMSU’sPan American Center in Las Cruces, with spe-cial guests Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.Tickets: $28.75 and $54.75 (Ticketmaster).

The Killers — The alternative rock bandperforms in El Paso for the first time since 2007at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6, at the AbrahamChavez Theatre. Tickets: $55-$62.50.(Ticketmaster)

Juanes — The Colombian rock singer and gui-tarist returns to the border with his “Loud &Unplugged” Tour at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 1, atEl Paso County Coliseum. Tickets: $37 and$87. (Ticketmaster).

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Nova Luna — 2270 Joe Battle. Information:588-8596. Tickets online for some events atticketbully.com• James Zabiela — The British DJ performs at9 p.m. Friday, March 1. .• Grupo Extreme — The urban bachata duoperforms at 8 p.m. Friday, March 8. Tickets:$30 general admission: $40 VIP.• Reggaeton Explosion — Puerto Rico’s Angeland Khriz headline the show at 9 p.m. April

26. Tickets: $30 in advance; $40 day of show.VIP tickets: $50.

Whiskey Dick’s — 580 George Dieter. Earlyarrival recommended. Showtime is 10 p.m.,unless otherwise listed. Tickets available at(ticketbully.com). Information: 921-9900.• Aaron Watson — The popular country singer(“Shut Up and Dance”) performs Friday, March

1. Tickets: $10. • Casey James — The American Idol finalistperforms Saturday, March 23. Tickets: $15.• Roger Creager — The Texas singer performsat Wednesday, April 3. Tickets: $10.

Buchanan’s Event Center — 11540Pellicano. Events begin at 9 p.m. (line starts at 8p.m.) and are all ages with 21 and over.Information: buchananselpaso.com.• Pleasurekraft vs. Format:B is Saturday,March 2, with guests Jaceo & Vedic. $21. • Calvin Harris — The popular DJ/producerperforms at 9 p.m. Friday, March 8. All agesshow. Tickets: $46 general admission. • Morgan Page — The American electro houseDJ performs Friday, April 12. Tickets: $26.

Tricky Falls — 209 S. El Paso. All shows areall-ages (16 and older), unless listed otherwise.Information: 351-9909 or trickyfalls.com. • Sorry about Your Sister — The El Paso bandperforms at 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, with TheTrailer Band and Sam Barlow Band. Tickets: $5. • The Devil Wears Prada and As I Lay Dying —

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3, with For Today and The Color Morale.Tickets: $21.• Ryan Bingham — The Oscar, Golden Globeand Grammy-winning singer/songwriter (“TheWeary Kind” from the movie “Crazy Heart”)performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7, pro-moting his latest album “Tomorrowland,” withguest Honey Honey. Tickets: $21 in advance;$25 at the door.• Cold War Kids — The indie band performs at7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, with Hannie ElKhatib. Tickets: $15.• Why? and Baths — The indie bands performat 8 p.m. Monday, March 11, with DreamTiger. Tickets: $10.• Green Day — The superstar punk band per-forms Wednesday, March 13. Ticket: $51.• Pierce The Veil — The post-hardcore bandperforms at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16,with Memphis May Fire, Letlive and Issues.Tickets: $17.50.• The Shins — The indie rock band (“SimpleSong,” “Phantom Limb”) performs at 8 p.m.Wednesday, March 20. Tickets: $30.(Ticketmaster).• Joe Ely Duo — Texas music legend Ely per-forms with guitarist Jeff “Plank” Plankenhorn at9 p.m. Thursday, March 21. Tickets: $19.• Heartless Bastards — The Austin garagerockers play at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22.Tickets: $13.• Soulfly — The metal band’s “MaximumCavalera Tour” comes to El Paso at 8 p.m.Tuesday, March 26, with Incite, Lody Kong andPsykrytyca. Tickets: $20.• Jeff Mangum — The vocalist/guitarist former-

ly of indie group Neutral Milk Hotel performsat 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30. Tickets: $25 ($1of each ticket goes to benefit Children of theBlue Sky).• Beach House — The pop duo performs at 8p.m. Monday, April 8. Tickets: $20.• Grizzly Bear — The indie rockers perform 8p.m. Thursday, April 11. Tickets: $26-$30.• Senses Fail — The post-hardcore band per-forms at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in supportof their new album “Renacer” with guests SuchGold, Real Friends and Major League. Tickets:$14. • Soilwork — The Swedish death metal bandperforms at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 18, withopening acts Blackguard, Jeff Loomis, TheBrowning and Wretched. Tickets: $18.• The Melodians — The Jamaican Reggaegroup performs at 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, withEl Paso’s Radio La Chusma and L.A.’s ChrisMurray and Steady Shakedown. Tickets: $10.• Morrissey — The former lead singer of TheSmiths is now scheduled to perform (after twocancellations) at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23.Tickets: $39.50. (Ticketmaster). • Hollywood Undead — The rap metal bandperforms at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, withopening act Falling in Reverse. Tickets: $25 inadvance; $27 day of show.

Lowbrow Palace — 111 E. Robinson. Doorsopen at 9 p.m. Tickets are regularly $3 morefor ages 18-20. Information: 356-0966 or [email protected]. • Nicholas Matta (Aka Aux.78) — The El Pasonative returns for a solo acoustic performanceSunday, March 10, with guests Emily Davis,The Dismissal and Rafa Pistola. • The Borderland Battle of the Beats finals areFriday, March 29. Tickets: $10. • Tensnake — The German DJ performs at 8

p.m. Sunday, March 31, with Late Nite SocialClub DJs and other special guests. Tickets: $10in advance; $15 at the door.• Black Bananas — The rock group (formerlyRTX) performs at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 25.Tickets: $8 in advance; $10 at the door.• White Fence — The band featuring song-writer Tim Presley performs at 9 p.m. Friday,April 16. $10 in advance; $12 at the door.

The club hosts five days of band’s headed tothe SXSW music festival in Austin as part of itspre-SXSW “WXSW Festival” March 8-12.Performers include Bleached, with opening actWhite Lung (March 9); and Sir Sly and In theValley Below (March 11). Remaining line up tobe announced.

A post SXSW “So!Sick!” music event is set forMonday, March 18, at Lowbrow and BlackMarket with four stages of garage, rock, punkand indie bands including international bandsAcid Baby Jesus, King Automatic, Anomalys, NuSensae, Hell Shovel, Los Vigilantes and LasArdillas. American bands Bad Vibes, Lenz, PaintFumes, Useless Eaters, and The Spits will alsoperform as well as local bands Nalgadas and FarCorners. Tickets: $15 ($10 age 18-20).

Socorro Entertainment Center —Speaking Rock’s indoor concert venue is at11200 Santos Sanchez (off Socorro Road, 4.5miles southeast of Loop 375). Ages 18 andolder welcome for most shows. Admission toall shows is free. Information: 860-7777 orspeakingrockentertainment.com.• Danko Jones and Volbeat — The rock bandsperform at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10.• Gloria Trevi and Ana Barbara — The Mexicandivas perform Sunday, March 17.

Gallery 127 — 11675 Montwood, Suite. A-2.Concerts are at 6 p.m.; all-ages shows,.Tickets: $12, unless listed otherwise; available

online at ticketbully.com.• Stick To Your Guns — The California hard-core band performs Monday, March 11, withStray From The Path, Rotting Out, Barbarian,Tyrants and This Is A Calling.• Chuck! No, Captain Chuck — The Frenchpunk band performs Friday, March 15, withHandguns, Statechamps, City Lights, Set Us OnHigh and Gentlemen.

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort andCasino — Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets soldthrough Ticketmaster; prices listed do notinclude service charge. Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemountaingods.com.• Willie Nelson — The country music legendperforms Sunday, March 3. Tickets: $40-$125. • Aaron Lewis — The Staind frontman per-forms Friday, March 8. Tickets: $25-$80.• Rodney Carrington — The cowboy comedianperforms Friday, March 15. Tickets: $25-$90.• Brantley Gilbert’s “Hell On Wheels” tourcomes Friday, April 12, with Kip Moore.Tickets: $35-$90.• Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan, Los Lonely Boysteam up Saturday, May 4. Tickets: $25-$75.• Motown icon Smokey Robinson performsThursday, May 23.

Spencer Theater for Performing Arts— Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12miles north of downtown Ruidoso).Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872or spencertheater.com.

Pre-show buffets are served at 5 p.m. forsome shows: $20. • Rhythm of the Dance, 3 p.m. Sunday, March

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• “Fiddler on the Roof” - The timeless musicalof family and tradition is 7 p.m. Saturday,March 9. Tickets: $76 and $79. • The Fab Four — The Beatles tribute is 7p.m. Saturday, April 6. Tickets: $66 and $69. • The Texas Tenors — The vocal group per-forms at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20. Tickets:$76 and $79. • “Elvis Lives” — The Ultimate Elvis TributeArtist event is 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28,

featuringhe four finalists from a worldwide Elviscontest, with a live band, back-up singers anddancers, plus Graceland archives. Tickets: $53and $56 matinee; $56 and $59 evening show.

Flickinger Center for Performing Arts— 1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo.Performances are at 7:30 p.m., unless listedotherwise. Information: (575) 437-2202 orflickingercenter.com.• Rhythm of the Dance — The National DanceCompany of Ireland performs Monday, March

4. Tickets: $22, $27, $35 and $40.• RichterUzur Duo — The classical duo per-forms Saturday, April 20, featuring originalarrangements blending classical and pop.Tickets: $10, $20, $25 and $30.• Robert Michaels — The flamenco and Latinjazz guitar virtuoso performs at Tuesday, May

28. Tickets: $15, $25, $30 and $35.

NM Tech Performing Arts Series —Performances are 7:30 p.m., unless otherwiselisted, at New Mexico Tech’s Macey Center,801 Leroy Place, in Socorro, N.M. All seatsgeneral admission. Information: (575) 835-5688or nmtpas.org. • Rhythm of the Dance — The National DanceCompany presents its showcase of Ireland’smusic and dance Tuesday, March 5. Tickets:$20 ($18 seniors/$10 youth).• Willy Sucre and the Matisse Trio — Sucreand the trio perform piano trios and quartetsMonday, March 25, as part of the PresidentialChamber Music Series. Admission is free. • Street Beat — The theatrical drum anddance show it Friday, April 5. Tickets: $20($18 seniors/$10 youth).• The Second City: Laughing Matters — Therenowned comedy troupe performs its latestshow Friday, April 12. Tickets: $20 ($18 sen-iors/$10 youth).

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Michael Fracasso — The Austin-basedsinger/songwriter performs 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.Friday, March 1, at Rokoko Art Gallery, 1785Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. Doors open at6:30 p.m. for a potluck reception. CDs andother merchandise for sale. Admission: $15suggested donation; proceeds go directly to theartist. Seating is limited, RSVP requested.Information: (575) 405-8877 or rokokoart.com.

Black Market — 110 W. Robinson.Information: 351-1514.

A benefit concert for Sunset Heights BlockParty is 10 p.m. Saturday, March 2, withBiscuit Roller, Bumpstreet Fonanaza, Get theHoney and Miidas. Admission is free; donationswelcome.

A pre-SXSW “Barba Q” is 9 p.m. Monday,March 11, with SXSW performers Apache,Glitz, Shiva, Bad Vibes and Nalgadas.Admission: $5; age 21 and older welcome.

A post SXSW “So!Sick!” music event is set forMonday, March 18, at Black Market andLowbrow Palace with four stages of garage,rock, punk and indie bands including interna-tional bands Acid Baby Jesus, King Automatic,Anomalys, Nu Sensae, Hell Shovel, LosVigilantes and Las Ardillas. American bands BadVibes, Lenz, Paint Fumes, Useless Eaters, andThe Spits will also perform as well as localbands Nalgadas and Far Corners. Tickets: $15($10 ages 18-20).

Hanks Jazz Festival — The 21st annual fes-tival runs all day Thursday through Saturday,March 7-9, in the Hanks High School auditori-um, 2100 Lee Trevino Regional middle and highschool students will perform throughout thefestival, with guest artists trombonist Jeff Bushand trumpet player Jason Palmer. Admission isfree. Information: 434-9700 or hanksband.com.

The final concert is 7 p.m. Saturday.

Joe Vinny and Bronson’s BohemianCafe — 824 Piedras. Information: [email protected].

A benefit concert for the Sunset HeightsBlock Party is 4 p.m. Sunday, March 10, withSelina Nevarez, Christina Velia and Patrick Kell.

Midwest indie performer Tiffany Christopherperforms at a free solo show at 8 p.m.Thursday, March 14.

Deming Performing Arts Theater —Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine, in Deming, N.M. Callfor ticket prices. Information: (575) 545-8872or dpat.org. Jammer’s music events are 2 to 4

p.m. Sundays (except March 31), with othermusical acts at 2 p.m. on selected Saturdays:• March 16: Rick Morganstern Show• March 23: Bill Barwick

Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society— The society presents the Chris OliverQuintet as part of its monthly concert series at7 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at First ChristianChurch, 1809 El Paseo (across from Las CrucesHigh School) in Las Cruces. The music beginsimmediately after a short business meeting.Admission: $8 ($5 members; $1 students withID). Information: Bob Burns, (575) 525-9333 [email protected].

St. Patrick’s music festival — The HoppyMonk, 4141 N. Mesa, will host an all-day bash10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday, March 17, with areabands performing throughout the day andevening. Call for cover cost. Information: 307-3263.Marcelo Rod-Che y Friends — The tropi-cal salsa band perform 6-8 p.m. Friday, March

29, as part of the grand opening of De FrancoDesigns at its new location, 5024 Doniphan Ste6 in Placita Santa Fe. The grand opening cele-bration begins at 4 p.m. Admission is free.Information: 351-1832.

RGT Live! — The open mic for musicians,singers and songwriters is 7 p.m. the first Fridayof the month at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211N. Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces. Performersign-up is 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, butdonations welcome. Information: Bob Burns,(575) 525-9333 or (915) 799-5684.

Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino —1249 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive),Sunland Park, N.M. No cover. Information:(575) 874-5200. Live music is 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.Fridays and Saturdays. Mariachi 5:30 to 6:30p.m. Sundays in the Franklins Lounge. Discowith local DJs is 6:30 to 10 p.m. Sundays.Karaoke offered with Rock The House 9 p.m.to 1 a.m. every Thursday.

Padre’s Marfa — 209 W. El Paso Street inMarfa, Texas. Information: 432-729-4425.Tickets available online at padresmarfa.com.• Austin singer/songwriter Michael Fracassoperforms Saturday, March 2.

• “Cosmic American music” band ThePreservation performs Wednesday, March 6.

‘Every Other Tuesday’ — Doña Ana ArtsCouncil hosts a variety of musical performances

6:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at the historicRio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, LasCruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.• March 5 — Las Cruces High School solo andensemble honors orchestra• March 19 — Shine of the Times

Zin Valle Free Music Sundays — ZinValle vineyard, 7315 Hwy 28 in Canutillo (3/4mile north of FM 259), hosts free live music 1to 4 p.m. selected Sundays. Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.• March 10: Dusty Low• March 24: Dan Lambert and the DoubleDrum Trio

Ballroom Marfa — 108 E. San Antonio,Marfa. Information: (432) 432 729-3600 or ball-roommarfa.org.• Kahil El’Zabar and Hamiet Bluiett — The jazzpercussionist and saxophonist duo performs 6

to 8 p.m. Friday, March 8, as part of theopening reception of Rashid Johnson’s NewGrowth exhibit.• Jeff Mangum, singer for the popular indieband Neutral Milk Hotel, performs at 7:30 p.m.Sunday, March 31. Tickets: $20 ($1 from eachticket sold benefit Children of the Blue Sky).

Railroad Blues — 504 W. Holland, Alpine,Texas. (432) 837-3103 or railroadblues.com. • Radio La Chusma — The El Paso Latin rockfavorites perform Friday, March 8. $10.• Dash Rip Rock — The New Orleans south-ern rock band headlines Saturday, March 16.Admission: $10.• Joe Ely — The Texas music legend performsat 9 p.m. Friday, March 22. Tickets: $20 inadvance; $25 day of show.• Soul Track Mind — The Texas soul, R&B andjazz band performs Tuesday, April 2. Tickets:$8.

El Paso Comic Strip — 1201 Airway.Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and7:30 p.m. Sunday. Reserved tickets: $12-$22.Reserved tickets vary available atticketweb.com. Information/reservations: 779-LAFF (5233) or laff2nite.com.• Feb. 27-March 3: Co-headliners RickIzquieta and Rob DeRocha• March 6-11: Samuel Comroe with featureact Ralph Guerra.• March 12-16: Comedy hypnotist TheSandman.

‘Que Funny’ — El Paso Playhouse, 2501Montana, welcomes El Paso’s funniest comicsback by popular demand at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Friday and 7:30 and 10 p.m. Saturday, March

8-9. Intended for ages 18 and older due tographic material; persons under 18 must beaccompanied by an adult. Four performancesplanned; time to be announced. Tickets: $10 inadvance; $15 at the door. Information: 532-1317 or elpasoplayhouse.com.

Rodney Carrington — The country come-dian performs at 8 p.m. Friday, March 15, atInn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino inMescalero, N.M. Ages 21 and older welcome.Tickets: $25-$90. Information: 1-877-277-5677or innofthemountaingods.com.

Carrington broke through with his major labeldebut “Hangin’ With Rodney” in 1998, sellingmore than 475,000 copies and establishingCarrington as the “king of middle class come-dy.” His other Top 10 albums include “Live,”“Morning Wood,” “Nutsack” and “GreatestHits.” His comedy TV show, “Rodney,” ran onABC from 2004 to 2006.

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St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and DanceBash — Dance for Dreams presents thedance event Saturday, March 2, at HiltonGarden Inn El Paso Airport, 6650 GatewayEast, with live entertainment by Cuban Latinband Estrella’s Havana Feeling and dancing.Dinner and lounge music starts at 8 p.m. withdancing 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dance performancesand raffle also held. Attire is semi-formal.

Tickets: $35 in advance; $45 at the door (cashonly). Active duty military is $32 with ID(includes dinner and non-alcoholic beverage).Information: Deliris Montanez or Dance forDreams Foundation (found on Facebook andactive.com) or (704) 293-4307.

Ballroom Dance — The nonprofit DesertDancer Chapter 5017 of USA Dance hosts afundraising dance 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March

10, at Shundo Dance Studio, 2719 N. Stanton,with tango, waltz, swing and more. Couplesand singles welcome. Cost: $15 ($10 mem-bers/youth). Information: 487-9396 (call ortext), (575) 405-7961 (text) or desert-danceusa.com.

Contra Dancing — The Southern NewMexico Music and Dance Society’s holidaydressy” contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.Friday, March 15, at Mesilla CommunityCenter, 2251 Calle de Santiago in Las Cruces.Bayou Seco from Silver City will provide old-time traditional Appalachian tunes for contradances called by Lonnie Ludeman. The dancebegins with beginners lessons; no partner need-ed. Cost: $6 ($5 age 17 and younger).Information: (575) 522-1691 or snmmds.org.

The contra dances are old-time dances aredone in long lines, accompanied by live,Appalachian-style music.

Paseo del Norte Churuhiu — The folk-lorico dance performances is 7:30 p.m.Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 16-17, atChamizal National Memorial, 800 S. SanMarcial. Admission: $7. Information: 588-5743.

‘We are One, Dance One Drum’ — The7th annual student dance and drumming show-case featuring Susan Jewell, Karuna Warren andTerry Alvarez is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16, atthe Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. DowntownMall in Las Cruces, highlighting the talent oflocal dance troupes and celebrating the varietyof philosophies and styles in belly dance. Ticket

information: (575) 639-1616.

‘Huapango! 2013’ — Centro Cultural PasoDel Norte presents its annual rendition of intri-cate footwork, grace and rhythm that makesup the Jarocho folkloric style from the state ofVeracruz 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m.Sunday, March 22-24, at the ChamizalNational Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial.Admission: $10. Information: 588-5743.

Line Dancing Extravaganza III — ElPaso Parks and Recreation Department’s linedancing workshop is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,March 23, at Father Martinez Senior Center,9311 Alameda, with guest instructors, wellknown line dancers and choreographers KayNeedham from Artesia, N.M. and Tony andLana Wilson from Tucson, Ariz. The workshopoffers beginner classes with more than 20walk-throughs, open dance floor and more.Registration: $8. Information: 544-0753.

‘Swan Lake’ — El Paso Youth Ballet presentthe classic Tchaikovsky ballet Friday throughSunday, April 5-7, at Magoffin Auditorium.Tickets available through Ticketmaster.com.

Big Band Dance Club — The club spon-sors dances 8 to 10 p.m. selected Thursdays orFridays at the Court Youth Center, 402 W.Court, in Las Cruces. Age 21 and older wel-come. Beginners, singles and couples welcome.Membership encouraged but not required;dress code. Cost: $7 (CD music nights); and $9($7 members) on live music nights.Information: (575) 526-6504 or bigbanddance-club.org. Beginner’s group dance lesson at 7p.m. led by John Giusto; free with admission.

‘Gold Tango’ for seniors — TangoArgentino Del Sol hosts dance lessons for sen-iors followed by a Tango/Tropical Tardeada4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sundays at Ms. Baker’sDance Studio, 1815 Trawood Suite B-2. Singlesand couples welcome. Cost: $5. Information:408-3241, 630-7607, tangoargentinodelsol.org.

El Paso Ballroom Dance Academy —The dance studio, 7220 N. Mesa, offers week-night classes in Argentine Tango, Salsa, 2-step,Rumba, Swing, Bachata, Giros and Sacadas; andMilonga. Call for schedules. The MonthlyDance Party is 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23.BYOB. Information: 585-0090 ordanceelpaso.com.

El Paso Rhinos - El Paso’s Junior League icehockey team’s final home games of the regularseason are against the Phoenix Knights 7:30p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday,March 1-3, at the Sierra Providence EventsCenter, next to the Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano.Tickets: $5-$20. Information: 479-PUCK(7825) or elpasorhinos.com.

Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam –The U.S. Hot Rod Monster Jam is 7 p.m.Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2-3, atSun Bowl Stadium. Tickets: $10 (Ticketmaster).Information: monsterjam.com.

USHRA Monster Trucks include Grave Digger,Tasmanian Devil, El Toro Loco and others.

‘Mudder Trucker’ Mud Bog — The mudbogging event is 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9, atMaldonado Maze, 2855 Hwy 28 in La Union,N.M. Gates open at 10 a.m. with racer regis-tration at 11 a.m. and drivers meeting at 12:30p.m. Registration begins at 11 a.m. with sepa-rate tracks for ATVs and mud bogs. Bringchairs, umbrellas or canopy tents. Extra fee tobring in grills or food. No glass containers.Spectator admission: $5 (free for childrenunder 12). Information: Danny Sainz, (915)525-6796 or rubberdown.net.

Registration costs range from $20-$60,depending on class.

Sun City Roller Girls — The Roller Girls’March bout “Shamrock Rumble” is 6 p.m.Sunday, March 10, at El Buchanan’s 11540Pellicano, featuring Las Diablas vs. Chuco TownChulas. Halftime entertainment by TexasRoadkill. Doors open at 5 p.m., Tickets: $7 inadvance ($5 military with valid ID); $10 at thedoor. Age 12 and younger admitted free.Information: suncityrollergirls.com.

The Human Lab — The Maltz challengeevent is Saturday, March 23, at CrossFit, 1057Doniphan Park Circle, #G, with two 400-meter runs, 50 pull-ups, 100-meter Fireman’sCarry (or 200 meter), 50-pound dumbbellcarry, 50 dips, 100 push-ups, 50 knees-to-elbows and 100 sit-ups. Rounds begin every 20minutes; first round at 9 a.m. Participants mustcomplete a Physical Activity ReadinessQuestionnaire/Waiver and informed consent.Cost: $25 individual; $50 team entry (includest-shirt). Profits to be donated to the SurvivorsBenefit Fund. Information: 832-6076.

College sports

UTEP Men’s Basketball - The final homegame of the regular season is against Memphisat 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at the DonHaskins Center. Tickets: $8-$50. Information:747-5234 or utepathletics.com.

UTEP Women’s Basketball - The finalhome game of the regular season is againstTulane at 7 p.m. Friday, March 8, at the DonHaskins Center. Tickets: $5. Information: 747-5234 or utepathletics.com.

NMSU Men’s Basketball — Home gamesare usually 7 p.m. at the Pan American Centerin Las Cruces. Tickets to be announced.(Ticketmaster). Ticket information: (575) 646-1447 or nmstatesports.com.• Thursday, March 7 — Louisiana Tech• Saturday, March 9 — UT-Arlington.

NMSU Women’s Basketball — The Lady

Aggies’ final home game of the season is againstUniversity of Denver at 6:30 p.m. Saturday,March 2, are at Pan Am Center in Las Cruces.Game time is 6:30 p.m.; unless otherwise list-ed. Tickets: $5. (Ticketmaster) Information:(575) 646-1447 or nmstatesports.com.

UTEP Tennis — UTEP’s home tennis match-es are at El Paso Tennis Club, 2510 N. St. Vrain(in Arroyo Park). Admission is free.Information: 747-5347 or utepathletics.com.• 9 a.m. Sunday, March 3: Colorado State• 1 p.m. Friday, March 8: Tarleton State• 10 a.m. Sunday, March 10: Western NewMexico

The Miners take on NMSU in Las Cruces at 5p.m. Friday, March 15.

UTEP Softball - The women Miners softballteam’s home games are at UTEP’s Helen ofTroy Complex. Information: 747-5347 orutepathletics.com.• March 9-10: Memphis. Gamesare 1 p.m.Saturday (doubleheader) and 11 a.m. Sunday.• March 26-27: Siena. Doubleheaders are 3p.m. Tuesday and 1 p.m. Wednesday.• March 29-30: East Carolina. Games are 2p.m. Friday (doubleheader) and noon Saturday.

University of Arizona Alumni — ArizonaAlumni RioGrandeCats of El Paso/Las Cruceshosts a viewing of the final the team’s gameagainst ASU at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16,at Great American Land and Cattle Co., 600Valley Chili Road in Anthony, N.M. Board meet-ing follows game; all members invited.Admission is free; open menu and bar RSVP byMarch 12. Information: Sharon Laswell, 845-2802 or [email protected] oralumni.arizona.edu/alumni_groups.

Springtime Track Invitational — Theannual UTEP spring field and track meet is allday Saturday, March 23, at Kidd Field. Theevent features men’s and women’s collegeteams as well as the top qualifying high schoolathletes from the region. Information: 747-5812 or utepathletics.com.

Tejanos baseball — The Tejanos of El PasoCommunity College play doubleheader homegames are noon Fridays and Saturdays at theValle Verde Campus Baseball Field, off Hunter.Admission is free. Information: 831-2275.• March 1-2: Luna CC• March 29-30: New Mexico Military Institute

Tejanas softball - The EPCC Tejanas’ homegames are at the Valle Verde Softball Field. Allgames are doubleheaders. Admission is free.Information: 831-2275 or epcc.edu/Athletics.

March 28-29: Clarendon College. Gametime is 1 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday.

Bicycling

El Paso Bicycle Club – All rides are freeand open to the public; helmets required.Information: elpasobicycleclub.com or meet-up.com/elpasobicycleclub.

Wednesday night rides, a tradition for over 20years, resume March 13. These are leaderlessrides of 18-22 miles, with most riders beginningabout 5:30 p.m. leaving from Rio Plaza, 6205Upper Valley Rd (at Artcraft). The favoriteroute is a 20-mile loop to Gadsden H.S.

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• 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2: 3-in-1 Ride.Three distances at three different paces, allscheduled to arrive in Mesilla at the same time.Group 1 meets at 8:30 a.m. at Rio Plaza(Artcraft at Upper Valley), leaving no later than8:40 to ride the 32 miles to Mesilla at 20+mph. Leader: Rick Rivas, 867-7199. Group 2meets at 8:30 a.m. across from La UnionStation, leaving at 8:45 for 25-mile ride at about17 mph. Leader: Randy Limbird, 328-4110.Group 3 meets at 9 a.m. in La Mesa acrossfrom Eagle Grocery, leaving at 9:15 for 12-mileride at about 14 mph. Leader: Terry Campbell,497-0882. After coffee/snack break, groups willreturn at roughly similar paces.• 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 3: Meet at LaUnion (Hwy 28 across from La Union Station).Ride to Border Crossing plus an out-an-back onColumbus Road. 35 miles, moderate pace.Susan Record, (208-890-4308)• 9 a.m. Saturday, March 9: Meet at Rio Plaza.Ride to Dos Lagos CC for cookies. 25 miles,15-17 mph. Bob Clark, 204-2531.• 9 a.m. Sunday, March 10: Meet at NewmanPark (base of Scenic Drive, Alabama atRichmond) and ride the hills of Central El Paso(Scenic, Brown, Alabama rollers, etc.) withoption to do McKelligon Canyon. 25-30 miles,moderate pace. Charlie Gallarzo, 241-3373.• 9 a.m. Saturday, March 16: Meet at Rio Plazaand ride to Vinton Road, then rollers to O’HaraRoad and to the top of Anthony Gap. Returnvia O’Hara and Hwy 28. 35 miles, moderate.Rick Rivas, 867-7199.• 9 a.m. Sunday, March 17: Meet at BowieH.S. parking lot (Paisano at San Marcial). Ridethrough Central and East El Paso. 30 miles,moderate pace. Jim Weaver, 775-9757.• 8 a.m. Saturday, March 23: Meet at theStarbucks at the Outlet Mall, Transmountainand I-10, for java and goodies and then take offat 8:30 a.m. at 15-17 pace on the rollers toBerino road. Return via Hwy 28. 35 miles.Margaret O’Kelley, 588-3825. • 9 a.m. Sunday, March 24: McKelligonCanyon Challenge. Meet at Bowie HS parkinglot next to Chamizal. Ride through downtownthen to Hondo Pass and do the Canyon on thereturn. 25 miles. Henry Payan, 355-6506.• 8 a.m. Saturday, March 30: Ride With theWind. Meet at 8 a.m. at River Run Plaza to car-avan by car to Columbus, N.M. Then bike backthe 65 miles, hopefully with a typical westerlyspring wind. Bike Club will provide a bike trail-er for up to 12 bikes and rest stops on the wayback. Riders will need to arrange their owntransportation to Columbus (with either a non-rider driving the vehicle back or splitting thedriving/riding back with a friend). This is a ride-as-fast-you-can ride — in past years, ridershave averaged 20-27 mph, thanks to the wind.Randy Limbird, 328-4110.• 4 p.m. Saturday, March 30: New RidersRide. Meet at Rio Plaza (Artcraft and UpperValley Road). 12 miles at 12-14 mph. Willreview basics on group riding, road skills, andthe ABC Quick Check. Riders can also learnabout the Beginner/Intermediate Group pro-gram that starts in April. Margaret O’Kelley,588-3825.

The TriFecta Omnium — The LasCruces/Hillsboro, N.M. cycling event isSaturday and Sunday, March 9-10, with a timetrial and criterium Saturday and classic roadrace Sunday. Information/registration: newmex-icosportsonline.com.

Time Trial course is out and back on afrontage road for 20K, and the criterium courseis a flat, square 1-mile circuit located close to

the time trail course. The 35-mile road race course starts in

Hillsboro toward Lake Valley for 13 miles andreturns to Hillsboro, then finishes with 9 milesuphill to Kingston.

Coyote Classic XC Mountain BikeRace — The annual race, starting the NewMexico Off Road Series, is 10 a.m. Sunday,April 7, at Franklin Mountains State Park’sRound House, off Martin Luther King Jr.Information: the-bicycle-company.net.

EP Cyclists — The bicycle group offers rid-ers for all levels Saturdays and Sundays morn-ings, starting from the East Side. Two rides areoffered: one for beginners, pace and distancedepending on riders; and one for intermediatesand advanced, usually 40 to 60 miles at 18 to20 mph. Starting times and locations are postedat facebook.com/epcyclist. Information: MannyValadez, 861-2311 or epcyclists.com.

Also

X Motoball — The motocross and paintballcenter is at 14372 Loving Lane, with a newtrack and other features. Information: 355-0271, or xmotoball.com.

To get there: I-10 East to Loop 375 North(Joe Battle). Exit Zaragoza, turn right onMontana and immediately turn left on FlaggerDrive two miles and turn right on Santa Fe Trail(Santa Fe Trail becomes Loving in 3/4 miles).

MWR Golf Tournament - Fort Bliss MWRwill host its Open Tournament beginning with ashotgun start at 9 a.m. Friday, March 29, at thefort’s Underwood Golf Complex’s SunsetCourse, 3200 Coe. Four-person scramble tour-nament. Prizes awarded for first, second andthird places, and closest to the pin. Entry fee:$40 per player (includes green fees, cart. rental,range balls and lunch). Open to all. Information:568-1059.

Horse Sports

Equine Extravaganza — Lower ValleyColiseum and VCM Equine Management hostthe show and sale 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March

3, at the coliseum, 894 S. Horizon Blvd.Spectator admission is free. Information: 852-1884 or liverystablesaloon.com.

Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino —The live racing season runs through April 16.Live racing is Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and

Sunday. Post time is 12:25 p.m. General admission and parking are free.

Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland-park.com.

Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. The running of the 2013 Sunland Derby and

The Oaks (for fillies) is Sunday, March 24. To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from

I-10, go south (left turn coming fromDowntown) and follow the signs.

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Recreational Sports

El Paso Senior Games — City of El PasoParks and Recreation Department’s annualgames for those age 50 and older run March

2-May 3 at various locations, sponsored byHealthSpring and Urgent Care Home HeathInc. All participants have a chance to qualify forthe Texas State Senior Games. Applicationsavailable at any Recreation or Senior Centerwith the Parks and Recreation Department.Registration: $15 for two events (includes t-shirt), plus $5 for each additional event; $45for all events. Information/registration: 544-0753 elpasotexas.gov/parks.

Opening ceremonies are 10 a.m. Saturday,March 2, at Polly Harris Senior Center, 650Wallenberg.

The Awards Banquet is 6 p.m. Friday, May 3,at Hilos de Plata Senior Center, 4451 Delta.

Events: • Huachas — 9 a.m. Thursday, March 7, atMemorial Senior Center, 1800 Byron.• Table Tennis — 9 a.m. Friday, March 8, atTable Tennis Club, 2727 Wyoming.• Tennis — 9 a.m. Saturday, March 9, atMemorial Park Tennis Courts, 3251 Copper.• Swimming — 9 a.m. Saturday, March 9, atMemorial Aquatic Center, 3251 Copper.• Race Walk — 9 a.m. Saturday, March 16, atEastwood (Album) Park, 3001 Parkwood.• Basketball – 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, atGary del Palacio Recreation Center, 3001Parkwood.• Pickle Ball — 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16, atGary del Palacio Recreation Center.• Volleyball — 9 a.m. Saturday, March 23, atPavo Real Recreation Center, 9301 Alameda.• Racquetball — 10 a.m. Saturday, March 23,at Pavo Real Recreation Center.• Bowling — 9 a.m. Thursday, April 18, atBowl El Paso, 11144 Pellicano.• Horseshoes, 9 a.m. Friday, April 19, atEastside Senior Center, 3200 Fierro.• Cycling — 7 a.m. Saturday, April 20, atAscarate Park, 6900 Delta. • Road Race — 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20, atAscarate Park. • Golf — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25, atAscarate Park.• Track and Field — 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April

27, Burges High School, at 7800 Edgemere.

Ponder Baseball Spring League —Registration runs March 2-mid-May at PonderPark, 7500 Burges. Teams accepted include 4-5year old tee ball, 6-8 year old coach pitch, and9-10 year regular baseball. Information/regis-tration: 779-4770.

The league raises funds for El Paso’s MiracleLeague Miracle League, a non-profit baseballleague for persons with disabilities.

Archery Classes for beginners — TheArchers of El Paso Club hosts two-hour super-vised shooting classes 9 to 11 a.m. everySaturday at the Archers of El Paso Range, inNortheast El Paso off Martin Luther King atStan Roberts. Bows and arrows provided forthe seminar. Youth and adults age 7 and olderwelcome; parents must be present for kids age16 and younger. Reservations required; limitednumber of spaces available each month. Cost:$20. Information/reservations: Ricardo Urias,487-8199 or [email protected] (speci-fy name, phone number, age, right or left hand-ed).

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The Dixie Chicks were an up-and-coming band when they took theSun Bowl stage 14 years ago to

open a much-anticipated George Straitconcert, but they turned out to be the onlyact that night when high winds stole theshow.

Natalie Maines, the diminutive leadsinger of the Dixie Chicks, clung with allher might to a wall of speakers in order tonot be blown off the stage, recalls CarolRoberts-Spence, who was UTEP’s Officeof Special Events director at the time.

“It was the Great Country Music Festivalon March 7, 1999,” said Spence, now avenue management consultant. “It willalways be in my memory.”

“The Concert That Was Blown Away”may also be the most memorable symbolof El Paso’s windy season, which maybegin in February but typically peaks bythe end of March.

El Paso unique blend of mountains anddesert, plus its dry winter season, createthe conditions for the dreaded wind stormsthat “brown out” the region, often hidingthe Franklin Mountains under a shroud ofdust. They’re an annoyance for everyone, ahealth risk for some and typically causedamage ranging sandblasted car finishes totorn rooftops. For event planners likeSpence, however, the wind can be a truedisaster.

“Everything that happened that day wasboth horrifying and interesting at the sametime.”

The set-up for the outdoor event beganseveral days before, she recalled, so eventhought the weather had turned gusty bythe day of the concert, organizers hopedfor a break that evening.

Instead, winds gusting at 60 mph turnedthe Sun Bowl into a dust bowl.

The strong, sudden winds began to lift

600-pound sections of stage off theground. Rows of chairs from the audienceblew around like tumbleweeds. Portablecanopy tents were carried up the moun-tains and people scrambled for shelter.

The Dixie Chicks finally left the stageand both Tim McGraw and George Straitcancelled their sets. Spence and the rest ofthe special events crew had to coax thecrowd of 33,000 music fans out of the sta-dium.

Fortunately, Spence said there were noserious injuries, other than a few scrapes,bumps and bruises and the event itselfbecame a real learning experience from anevent manager’s standpoint. She even wit-nessed one student worker save a youngaudience member’s from harm by reactingquickly and pulling him out of the way ofa falling truss.

“There was the potential of much worsethings that could have happened but did-n’t,” she said. “This taught us a whole lot,and I’ve since had the opportunity to sharethis experience and how we handled itwith others for the InternationalAssociation of Venue Managers.”

The whys and when of windEl Paso’s distinct geography of wide-

open desert wrapped around a mountainrange results in high-pressure forces thatpush down on low-pressure forces, creat-ing ideal conditions for intense windevents, said meteorologist John Fausett ofthe National Weather Service Santa Teresastation, which weather for the entire ElPaso region.

Fausett said the spring months typicallyare the windiest, but the intensity andduration of the wind vary.

“The beginning and end of the windytime varies each year, but it’s safe to sayyou can expect the windy events from late

March through early April.”Residents can generally expect to endure

about three powerful wind events with sus-tained winds of 35 miles per hour or more,Fausett said.

“You can also get some slightly out ofseason, but much more isolated windevents,” he said, noting last winter’s windyblasts. “When colder, (the air is) moredense, however, so these can also causedamage.”

He added that the summer monsoon sea-son with its thunderstorms can also pro-duce intense wind events.

Fausett said two common types of windevents get attention: “sustained winds” and“gusts.” Sustained winds last for severalminutes straight, with top wind speeds of35 to 40 mph. Gusts don’t last as long, butpack more punch, often peaking at 50 to60 mph in El Paso.

These powerful gusts create the greatestproperty damage, uprooting trees, rippingroofs and even blowing vehicles off theroad.

Fausett said the record wind gusts record-ed in El Paso have been around 84 mph,one occurring in the 1970s and anotherlocalized gust just last year.

In 1998, in southern New Mexico’sOtero County, a gust as the result of athunderstorm was estimated to havereached 112 mph.

“This occurred on the edge ofAlamogordo, and actually blew a car downthe road,” Fausett said. “Can you imagineif this happened over the city?”

Sustained winds, however, are what cre-ated the most annoyance for most peoplewhen blowing dust darkens the sky, castinga brown blanket over the city that mayendanger the health of those with allergiesand respiratory problems.

“It can get really dusty, especially in a

warmer situation,” Fausett said. “Duringthe spring windy season you’re more likelyto have some significant dust involved.”

Spring winds almost always come fromthe west or southwest, which means theycross miles and miles of arid desert, pick-ing up dust. Anyone who has driventhrough the wide-open spaces between ElPaso and Deming has seen how intense thedust can be, Fausett said.

The less vegetation there is on theground, the easier it is for winds to pick updust as they sweep across the desert. Theprolonged drought in the Southwest con-tributes to these strong, active dusty winds.Another factor adding to dust storms arefarm fields that are not under cultivation.

Fausett said tracking the source of dustand how far it travels is often a fascinatingsubject for meteorologists and other envi-ronmental researchers.

He mentioned the work of UTEPGeological Sciences professor Dr. TomGill, whose study of tracing dust originsrecorded dust had been seen in the areathat originated from as far away as theMidwestern U.S.

“Some of the dust we’ve seen east of theFranklins in the past couple of years hascome all he way from White Sands

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go awayIn El Paso, March often enters like a lion and

leaves like a lion due to the spring windy season

Story by Lisa Kay TateAbove: Dust storm in Canutillo (photo by Cliff Bloom)Top right: Wiind storm on NM Hwy 28 (photo by Michael Anaya)Below right: Wind uproots willow tree (photo by Debbie Dominguez)

National Monument,” Fausett said. Fort Bliss’s Directorate of Environment is

working with the U.S. Department ofEnergy and other government groups toconduct research projects on how air-quali-ty will impact heavy mechanized vehicles,the impact of localized and prevailingwinds on combat training and move-outsor how wind erosion effects the vegetation,soil and other environmental factors on the

base.Another powerful combination of wind

and dust is a “dust devil,” what Fausettreferred to as the “dry fair weather versionof the tornado,”

“Most of these dust devils are not dan-gerous, but there have been a couple thathave gotten up to 70 to 90 mph winds,” hesaid, explaining that this is a similarstrength to a Category 1 hurricane.

He recalled a local incident in the 1980swhen students at a Northeast side schoolwere literally picked up and thrown intowalls after trying to get inside a dust devil.

He said even as high winds in the areahave been known to blow small pets andother animals off their feet, it isn’t unheardof for a person to get tossed around in thewindy fray.

“These aren’t strong enough to keep any-one up in the air, but they can pick themup and throw them, especially in a suddengust,” Fausett said.

He said human nature being what it isbrings out the curiosity and thrill-seekingside of many, particularly when dealingwith seemingly mild forces of nature, butit also pays to be cautious.

Fortunately, El Paso rarely experiencesanother dreaded wind event common tosome desert regions, including the Phoenixarea: the “haboob.”

“This in an Arabic word which basicallyrefers to a type of tidal wave of dust,”Fausett said. The “haboob” typically hap-pens during the summer thunderstorm sea-son, when moisture falling from cloudsmay never reach the ground due to evapo-ration, yet mixes with dirt particles, creat-ing a moving wall of dust.

Fausett recalled his own “learning experi-ence” with haboobs when he was living inPhoenix. As a meteorologist, he wanted toget a personal experience of what it waslike to be in the middle of one of thesemassive walls. He said this was not a goodidea.

“One of the area’s classic haboobs wasapproaching and I felt ‘I really need toexperience this,’” he said. “I went out in itand although it wasn’t too bad at first itbegin to intensify and I thought ‘I reallydon’t think I want to be out in this any-more.’”

El Paso Chamber of Commerce PresidentRichard Dayoub said the area’s blustery

conditions have never been an issue, as faras tourism or relocation is concerned.

These conditions, he said, are nothingcompared to what other areas face, and hesaid he has never heard any concerns frompotential visitors to the city or even thosewishing to relocate.

“The Santa Ana winds cause huge fires inSouthern California every year. Then themudslides come after the torrential rainsthey receive after the fires. The SoutheastUnited States deals with hurricanes, theMidwest with tornadoes and the Northeastand North Central, with brutal winters,”Dayoub said. “In my view, a little sand anddust isn’t much in the overall weatherscheme in the world. We are very fortunateto live here. Our weather is an asset tomarket comparing us to everyone else.”

El Paso Convention and Visitor CenterGeneral Manager William Blaziek echoedDayoub’s sentiment.

“While our springtime ‘breezes’ are oftenunpredictable, it’s never been an issue withthose planning to travel here,” he said.“We’ve also never heard of the windy sea-son deterring people from moving to ElPaso”

The long and windy roadHigh winds, however, have been known

to shut down roads to and from El Paso —particularly I-10 west of El Paso whereblowing desert dust can force closure ofthe interstate between Lordsburg and LasCruces.

U.S. 62/180 east of El Paso also is hithard by windstorms, especially atGuadalupe Pass, where wind speed canexceed 100 mph. The weather station thereholds the national records for highest aver-age annual winds, daily peak gusts andnumber of days per year with gusts of over30 mph.

Inside El Paso city limits, the highestwinds are likely to be found at the top ofTransmountain Road, where pressure gra-dients can shoot through the pass like airbeing blown through a straw. TexasDepartment of Transportation officials willcall for the route to be closed when weath-er hazards from high wind to low visibilitymake it unsafe for drivers. Winds can alsocreate danger by causing rocks to fall offthe mountain and onto the roadway, alongwith blowing bushes and other debris.

One form of transportation that has tomonitor the wind more closely than anyother is air travel.

El Paso International Airport OperationsManager Terry Sharpe said safety is takenextremely seriously at the airport.Preparing for the area’s windy conditionsinvolves everyone working with bothincoming and outgoing flights.

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Windstorms can happen any time of yearin El Paso. The “Run the Rio” event Nov.10 in Canutillo turned into a dust bowl.

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Sharpe explained, adding the airport itselfhas the least to do once the other two part-ners in safety do an optimum job.Airlines he explained, must operate under

specific Federal Aviation Administrationrules that set thresholds for wind, ice, visi-bility and other weather dangers. Pilotswill not risk takeoff when conditionsbecome too extreme.

The control tower also makes use ofinstrumentation that measures wind speedor other factors that can affect a plane’sability to safely operate.

Sharpe said there are times when flightactivity is delayed for the safety of the pas-sengers and crew due to windy conditions.

“When we’ve had airlines either not takeoff or when we’ve had to cancel a flight itis due to one or two things: sustainedwinds above the allowed threshold or forcrosswinds,” he said.

He said another of the biggest problemscan be the dust that inhibits visibility in thearea, and many times the decision to fly ornot to fly is up to the pilot.

He said one of the most recent flightscancelled due to these extreme winds wasin 2011 with sustained winds measuringaround 50 knots (more than 57 mph).

“The gusts can be a problem, but it’s thesustained winds that are the bigger con-cern,” Sharpe said.

Preparing for high winds, Sharpeexplained, goes back all the way to theconstruction of the airport itself.

“Obviously you want to land straight intothe wind when at all possible,” Sharpesaid. “This concept goes back to the origi-nal airport design in the 1920s.”

Even with advanced radars, maps andother wind-detecting devices, airports stillrely on the simple wind sock to help meas-ure the strength and direction of wind. ElPaso has two larger socks on its runwaysas well as others on the hangar areas.

Sharpe noted that El Paso’s wind events

are some of the strongest in the nation, butfortunately these are practically the onlyweather problems that the airport dealswith. He said many airlines, particularly inthe northern regions, have to contend withextreme winter conditions of ice and snow,for example. These instances are excep-tionally rare in El Paso area.

“We’re lucky here as our wind events arewhat we have to prepare for,” he said. “Asfar as weather, we don’t have much else.”

It’s not all bad

Some events are scheduled hoping for alittle wind, including kite-flying eventssuch as Westside Community Church’sannual Super Kite Contest or Fort Bliss’s“String Fling Kite Day” held in recentyears. The El Paso Bicycle Club also spon-sors an annual “Ride with the Wind” clubevent, a one-way ride starting inColumbus, N.M. and taking advantage oftailwinds so that even intermediate cyclistscan easily average over 20 mph for the 65-mile ride back to El Paso.

Westside Community Church pastor JoeWilliams said the kite contest idea cameabout when the church was looking forsomething fun and affordable they coulddo to serve the community. He remem-bered how much fun flying kites was inthe spring while growing up in El Paso.

“We would go out into the street and upto a park and fly our kites until they wouldcrash or we would tangle them up in a

tree,” Williams said. “We would argueabout whose kite was the highest, bestlooking etc. It did not cost a lot of moneybut we sure had fun. I still have a lot ofgreat memories.”

There is such thing as too much wind,though. National Kite Month informationrecommends optimal kite-flying winds of 5to 25 mph, depending on the style of kite.

Williams said the wind might not alwayscooperate with their event, which this year

is March 9 at Francisco Delgado Park, butthe mood of attendees is always upbeat.

“Yes sometimes the wind is too much andtears up the kites. Other times there is notenough and you see many dads runningmadly to get their kids kites in the air,”Williams said. “We always pray the Lordwill give us just enough wind. SometimesHe does and sometimes He teaches uspatience. Either way we always have lotsof fun.”

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Just like any other weather condition,windy and dusty days can be potentiallyhazardous to the unprepared.

Meteorologist John Fausett offeredsome advice to help make sure the area’swindy season is also a safe season.

“Even around here, we always talkabout preparing for monsoons or rains,but people also need to know how toprepare for the winds,” he said.

From the home front, he said damageor injury could come from the objectsmanipulated by the winds, particularlytrashcans, lawn furniture or other rela-tively lightweight items that can be lift-ed by the winds.

“Secure all your loose items,” he said.“You don’t want your trash can blowingdown the street or into someone’s car.”

He said when in the home during astrong wind event, avoid being next to awindow when the winds are at theirhighest. Also, try to remain indoors dur-ing these events, not just for the possi-bility of injuries from debris and highwinds, but from the excess of allergy-flaring dust particles that are heavy inthe air.

“Stay in when it is dusty and windy ifyou can,” he said. “You don’t want beout breathing it in.”

Blowing dust and wind is also a hazardwhen driving, and many wind-related

incidents occur in traffic.“If you see a blanket of dust coming

your way while you are driving, if at allpossible pull over off the road as far asyou can and turn your headlights off,”he said.

“In low visibility, someone might seeheadlights and assume that is where theroad is leading to the potential for anaccident. If you are still on the road dur-ing a dust storm, however, turn yourlights on to avoid collisions.”

Fausett said there are two things driv-ers can do wrong in high winds, particu-larly dust storms with little visibility —drive too fast, or completely stop in theroad. The key is to slow down to a safeand conservative pace, but keep moving.

“Slow down, but never stop,” he said.“A speeding driver coming up behindone stopped in the road during a duststorm is a terrible combination.”

He said the National Weather Servicewill issue a strong-wind advisory whenstrong wind conditions are expected, butthere is still a constant possibility ofbeing caught off guard during a windevent. Keeping alert throughout the sea-son, Fausett said, is key.

Regular forecasts, including high windadvisories, can be accessed via theNational Weather Services site at weath-er.gov.

Staying safe in a windstorm

Wind sock at El Paso International Airport(Photo by Rick Tate)

Franklin Mountain Gun Club — Shootingmatches are 9 a.m. the second Sunday of themonth, at Fort Bliss Rod and Gun Club, Range9. Several matches at varying distances planned.Entry office opens at 8:30 a.m. Fee: $15.Information: Dale Berry, 503-7244 or 772-8927or Mike Schwartz, 449-5079.

To get there: Take Railroad Drive to Deer;turn right.

CMP/NRA Garand and Vintage Bold ActionRifle matches are held on fifth Sundays of themonth (when they occur). Cost: $15.

Runs and walks

Loretto Academy Nun Run — The JuniorClass of 2013’s Service Learning Project 5Kcompetitive run and 1 mile fun walk is 8:30a.m. Saturday, March 2, at Loretto Academy,1300 Hardaway. Registration: $20 per event.Proceeds benefit the Sisters of Loretto inPakistan and Villa Maria House of Prayer.Information: 566-8400. Online registration atraceadventuresunlimited.com.

Father Rick Matty 5K — St. Patrick’sA.C.T.S. will host the competitive 5K run/walkat 8 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at St. PatrickCathedral, 1118 N. Mesa. Registration: $20ages 15 and older; $15 ages 10 to 14 and perperson teams of 10 or more; free for age 9 andyounger. Online registration at raceadventure-sunlimited.com.

Packet pickup is noon to 6 p.m. Friday, March

8, at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa.

Jack Rabbit Classic — The 13th annual trailand road runs are 8 a.m. Sunday, March 10, atFranklin Mountain State Park, Tom Mays Unit,off Transmountain Road. Events include 7-mileand 3.5-mile trail runs and a 5K paved road run.Cost: $20 for 5K and $25 for trail runs by

March 7; $25 for 5K and $30 for trail runs Feb.24-25. No race day registration. Spectators pay$4 for park entrance. Information: Chris, 478-5663 or tpwd.state.tx.us. Online registrationthrough 6 p.m. March 7 at raceadventuresun-limited.com.

Packet pickup is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday andSaturday, March 8-9 at Up and Running, 3233N. Mesa. All runners must pick up packets andpark entrance permit prior to race day.

Walk For Literacy — Dr. Nixon ElementarySchool’s PTA hosts its 2nd annual 5K race and 1mile fun run/walk benefiting the school’s litera-cy development is 8 a.m. Sunday, March 10, atthe school, 11141 Loma Roja. Trophies for topthree male and female runners and for thelargest team and military team. Metals to topthree male and female in age groups 9 andyounger. First 200 runners receive t-shirt. Cost(through March 8): $20 (team discount for 10persons or more is $5 per person. Cost is $25March 9 and on race day. Information: 274-5222 Online registration through Feb. 29 atraceadventuresunlimited.com.

Pre-race packet pick up is noon to 6 p.m.Saturday, March 9, at Up and Running, 1475George Dieter. Race day registration and pack-et pickup is 7 to 7:45 a.m.

All proceeds go towards new books and read-ing materials for students.

Sarah Reinhertsen — NMSU’s OutdoorRecreation Adventure Arts Series presents thelong-distance runner at 7 p.m. Thursday,March 14, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Renowned bothfor her sprinting and distance running,Reinertsen made sporting history as the firstfemale using a prosthetic limb to complete theworld’s toughest endurance event-the HawaiiIronman. Tickets: $8 in advance; $10 at thedoor. Information: (575) 646-4746.

Segundo Barrio 5K — The 3rd annual 5Krace/walk is Saturday, March 16, at Lydia

Patterson Institute, 517 S. Florence, as part ofthe Celebrate Segundo Barrio Fair. The walk isopen to the first 500 applicants; suggesteddonation of nonperishable food items for areafood pantries. Information: 533-8286, orcelebrateSegundoBarrio.org.

The fair is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day at therace site,

Dirty Girl Mud Run — The originalwomen-only national mud run comes to ElPaso Saturday, March 16, at Tactical Ranch,5300 Hueco Tanks Road, benefiting NationalBreast Cancer Foundation. First wave for thisuntimed obstacle course for women of all agesand athletic abilities starts at 8 a.m. with finalwave at 4 p.m. Participants are encouraged torun in teams, and many teams choose to dressin costume. There will also be music, food, anddrinks for participants to stay and enjoy afterrunning. Cost of admission: $85; $100 2 weeksprior to event. Information: 1-800-370-0179.Online registration at godirtygirl.com.

Bataan Memorial Death March — The24th annual marathon-length (26.2 miles)march is 7 a.m. Sunday, March 17 at WhiteSands Missile Range to honor U.S. and Filipinotroops captured by the Japanese in WWII.

Marchers should arrive at the range at 5 a.m.and report to site start area no later than 6a.m.; opening ceremony is 6:35 a.m.

Registration through March 6 is $95 individu-als; $475 teams. No late or on-site registrationaccepted. Information: (575) 678-1256 or (575)678-2887. Online registration atbataanmarch.com.

Packet pick up and inprocessing is 9 a.m. to 9p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 15-16, at theCommunity CenterBldg 460, Flagler Street at the range.

All registered participants receive t-shirt,commemorative dog tag, pre-event continentalbreakfast and post-event meal.

The “green” route is the full 26.2 miles . The“blue” route is 15.2 miles long; no awards

offered for blue route.Hop for Health 5K — The 5K run and 1-Mile Fun Walk are 8 a.m. Sunday, March 24, atAscarate Park, 6900 Delta. Cost: $20 per eventin advance; $25 on race day ($1 per vehicleentry fee for park). Teams of 10 or more $15per person (registration deadline is March 18).

Packet pick-up is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday,March 23, at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa,and 7 to 7:45 a.m. at the start on race day.

Hop for Health — The 5K Run and 1 MileFun Walk is 8 a.m. Sunday, March 24, atAscarate Park, 6900 Delta. Cost: $20 per eventin advance; $25 on race day. Team discount is$15 per runner for teams of 10 or more (teamentry deadline March 18). A $1 fee is chargedper vehicle entering Ascarate Park. Online reg-istration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.

Packet pick-up is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday,March 23, at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa,and 7 to 7:45 a.m. Sunday at the race site.

‘Defy the Ban’ World’s fastest 10K —The 7th annual 10K run and 2-mile fun-run/walk 8 a.m. Sunday, April 7. The 10Kbegins at the top of Transmountain and ends atNorthwestern (elevation loss of 1,400 feet).Information: Chris Rowley, 478-5663. On-lineregistration available at raceadventuresunlimit-ed.com.

‘Mighty Mujer’ Triathlon — The all-female “super sprint” (300-yard swim/15k bike/2-mile run) benefiting the Center AgainstFamily Violence is 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 20,starting at Memorial Park Pool, 3251 Copper.Cost: $60 by March 1; $65 March 1-April 10;$70 April 11-17. Information: 433-3439.

Online registration at raceelpaso.com.

Winter sports

Public Ice Skating — Skating offered 7 to10 p.m. Fridays, noon to 3 p.m. and 7 to 10p.m. Saturdays and noon to 3 p.m. Sundays atthe Sierra Providence Event Center next to theColiseum, 4100 Paisano. All ages welcome.Admission (includes skate rental): $8 ($6 mili-tary). Spectator admission is free. Information:479-PUCK (7825) or elpasohockey.org.

Evening public skating not offered on nights ofRhino home games (March 1-2).

Spring Break hours are noon to 3 p.m. and 7p.m. to midnight Friday, Saturday, Sunday andnoon to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, March

11-24.

Ski Apache — Ruidoso’s 750-acre ski andsnowboarding area, now in its 51st season, has11 lifts and 55 trails on the slopes of SierraBlanca, with a base elevation of 9,600.

The ski area usually remains open throughMarch, depending on conditions. The 24-hourSki Apache Snow Report number is (575) 257-9001. Information: (575) 464-3600 or skia-pache.com.

Lifts are open from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.,depending on weather conditions. All-day lifttickets are $55 ($48 age 60-69; $46 age 13-17;$35 12 and younger; $44 military and $30 formilitary child; free for ages 70 and older. (Pricesslightly higher on peak days). Season passes:$230-$600. Call or check website or multiple-day or half-day skiing prices.

Gondola ride tickets are $16 ($10 age 6-12;free age 5 and younger).

Rental packages available.Ski Apache is 130 miles from El Paso, and the

drive takes about 3 hours. From Alamogordo,take U.S. 70/54 north to Tularosa, then followU.S. 70 east to Ruidoso. Turn left on NM 48and go six miles north. Take NM 532 to the skiarea — it’s a slow, winding 12-mile climb.


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Natural History Outings — TheSouthwest Environmental Center of Las Crucesoffers several “Back by Noon” Saturday fieldtrips departing on selected Saturdays from thecenter at 275 Downtown Mall, Las Cruces.Usual departure time is 8 a.m. with mostreturning by noon. Advance registrationrequired. Information/reservations: (575) 522-5552 or [email protected]. Trip details:wildmesquite.org.• March 2 — “A Cave in the RobledoMountains,” pictographs, morteros (grindholes) and abandoned mineshafts. Led by DavidSoules. Moderate hike.• March 9 — “The Hole Story: KilbourneHole,” the largest steam crater in New Mexico.Led by geologist Eric Kappus. Easy to moderatehike.• March 23 — “Dinosaur Tracks of Mt. CristoRey” in Sunland Park. Led by geologist EricKappus. Easy hike.• March 30 — “Desert Plants of the DoñaAna Mountains.” Led by photographer LisaMandelkern. Easy to moderate hike.

El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society— The society’s general meeting is 7 p.m.Monday, March 18, at UTEP’s CentennialMuseum. Admission is free. Information: EddieChew, 587-9589 or trans-pecos-audubon.org.

Field trips are free and open to the public.Bring lunch, water, binoculars and a scope.Information: Mark Perkins, 637-3521.• Reservoirs Down in the Valley trip meets at6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at the BurlingtonCoat Factory parking lot, 1144 N. Yarbrough.

• A Mesilla Valley Bosque and Leasburg DamState Parks trip to see wintering passerines andwaterfowl is 7 a.m. Saturday, March 23,departing from the Southwest corner of OutletShoppes of El Paso, I-10 and Transmountain(Talbot entrance). Fee: $5 per vehicle (coversboth parks).• A Trip to the Roswell area to view prairiechickens is being planned for Saturday andSunday, April 13-14. Call for details.

Dog Canyon Experience — Oliver LeeState Park, Highway 54 south of Alamogordo atthe Dog Canyon turnoff, hosts its annual cele-bration of the natural resources of Dog Canyon9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16-17, with hands-onactivities, presentations, hikes and more bothday. Activities are free with regular park admis-sion. Information: (575) 437-8284.

‘Less Is the New More: Dealing With aDrought That Won’t Go Away’ — ElPaso Water Utilities hosts the water conserva-tion discussion 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday,March 16, at TecH20 Water ResourcesLearning Center, 10751 Montana. El PasoWater Utilities Water Resource Manager ScottReinert and ABC-7 meteorologist Jorge Torreswill update the community on the area’s sum-mer water supply, watering restrictions, and

conservation. Admission is free. Information:621-2000 or tech2o.org.

Following the discussion, youngsters will goon a scavenger hunt through the center’sWonders of Water exhibit hall to find tips onhow to get through the region’s drought.

El Paso Zoo — 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo sum-mer entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.daily. Zoo admission is $10 for ages 13 to 61;$7.50 for ages 62 and older and active duty mil-itary (including spouse) with ID; $6 ages 3 to12; and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo mem-bers admitted free. Information: 532-8156,521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.

Franklin Mountains State Park — Mosthiking and mountain-biking trails begin in theTom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on thewest side of the park (east of I-10).

Entry fees are $5 per person, free for age 12and under (with family). Correct cash or checkonly. Group rates available. Hours are 8 a.m. to5 p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441.

Guided hikes are offered selected weekends.Cost is $3 ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free), plus $5park entry fee for ages 13 and older. Bringwater, snacks, sturdy shoe/boots, hiking stick,maps and binoculars. Dogs welcome on leashon some hikes. Reservations required: 566-6441 ext. 221 224 [email protected] [email protected].• Aztec Caves hike is 8:30 a.m. Saturday,March 2. Moderate pace, 1.4 miles.• A Women’s Only Hike on the Maze Trail is8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 3, on the Northeastside of park (meet at Chuck Heinrich Park).Moderate to difficult pace, 3.5 to 4 miles. • Peak Fitness Challenge Hike on the RonColeman Trail is 8 a.m. Saturday, March 16.(meet at McKelligon Canyon). Strenuous pace,4 to 5 miles. Cost: $5 (no activity fee required).

• West Cottonwood Mine Exploration is 9 a.m.Sunday, March 17 (meet at Tom Mays Unit).Easy to moderate hike, about 1-5 miles.

Rio Bosque Wetlands Park — UTEP’sCenter for Environmental ResourceManagement offers free walking tours andother activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands Park inEl Paso’s Mission Valley. Tours last about twohours. Information: 747-8663 or riobosque.org. • Bird tour is 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2.• Introductory tour is 4 p.m. Sunday, March 10.• A Community Workday is 9 a.m. Saturday,March 16.• Faunal Monitoring is 8 a.m. Saturday, March

23.Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside

Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to PanAmerican Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.

Hueco Tanks State Park and HistoricSite — Winter hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.daily. Admission: $7 (free for age 12 andyounger). Additional activity cost for tours(including morning hike): $2 (free age 4 andyounger). Information: 857-1135 or texas-stateparks.gov. Reservations recommended forself-guided area and camping: (512) 389-8900.

Tours offered Wednesday through Sunday, byprior arrangement at 849-6684. Participantsmust carry at least one bottle of water.

Pictograph tours are 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.during the winter months. Rock climbing/boul-dering tours are 9:30, 10 and 11 a.m. and 2p.m. during the winter months.Hiking tours are 9, 9:30 and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.during the winter months.

Birding tours are 8 a.m. on the third Saturdayof the month. This month’s tour is a ChristmasBird Count tour (March 16). Advance sign-upencouraged.

To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S.Highway 62-180) all the way into the HuecoMountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775.

Keystone Heritage Park and El PasoDesert Botanical Garden — 4200Doniphan (across from Frontera). Hours are 10


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Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park —5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. Open 8 a.m. to5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. All eventsfree with park admission. Day use fee: $5 pervehicle. Information: (575) 523-4398.• Birding tours are 8:15 a.m. Saturday.• Nature Hikes 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

White Sands National Monument — 15miles southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S.70. The monument is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.through March 9; 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. March10-April 25; visitor center hours are 9 a.m. to 5p.m. through March 3; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. March4-April 21. Entrance fee: $3 age 17 and older.Free for children. Information: (575) 479-6124,ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go tonps.gov/whsa.

Sunset strolls are offered daily beginning at 5p.m. through March 9; 6:15 p.m. March 10-

29 and 6:30 p.m. March 30-April 19.A free Sunrise Photograph program is 6 a.m.

Sunday, March 24. Reservations acceptedbeginning March 10, space is limited.Monument admission applies.

Lake Lucero tour is 9 a.m. Saturday, March

30. Reservations required (accepted onlineonly). Cost is $3 ($1.50 age 16 and under).

Full Moon Hike is 9 p.m. Saturday, April 27.Reservations accepted online beginning March27. Fee: $5 per person; $2.50 age 15 andyounger, plus regular entrance fee.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park — Thepark is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off theCarlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:(575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.

Winter hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily;tours available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Lastentry into cave via natural entrance is 2 p.m.with last entry into cave via elevator 3:30 p.m.

Cost is $6 ($3 for ages 6-15 or seniors withdiscount card).

New Mexico State Parks — Day-use feeis $5 at any state park. All programs are freewith park entrance, unless otherwise listed.Information: (575) 744-5998 or nmparks.com.• Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south ofAlamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff. Mosthikes depart from the Visitor Center.Information: (575) 437-8284.

A Ranch House Hike is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, March 2. Pets welcome on leash.

A night sky viewing of Orion the Hunter is 7to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9.

The annual Dog Canyon Experience is 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17.

An “On the Trail of Frenchy” Hike is 10 to11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23.

Rattlesnake Tales talk is 10 to 11:30 a.m.Saturday, March 30.• Elephant Butte Lake State Park —Information: (575) 744-5998.

American Bass Angler’s fishing tournament is6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March

23-24.The 4th annual Easter Egg Hunt is 10:30 a.m.

to noon Saturday, March 30.• City of Rocks State Park, north of Deming offU.S. 180. Information: (575) 536-2800. A“Rattlesnake Myths” presentation is 3 to 4 p.m.every Saturday.


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Cameron Russell is a 25-year-oldfashion model who until a fewmonths ago was far more famous

for her beauty than her brain.What changed all that was a 10-minute

“TED Talk” she gave in October inWashington, D.C. (TED stands for“Technology, Entertainment, Design”and its worldwide conferences are idea-fests featuring the world’s most innova-tive thinkers.) When a video of the talk(ted.com) was posted on the web inJanuary, it quickly went viral.

It wasn’t just her looks that attractedover a million hits and led to numerousTV interviews and press articles,although Russell is the first to admit thather looks made it possible.

What made her a media sensation washer courage to say “I won a genetic lot-tery and I am the recipient of a legacy.”

Genetics gave a her 5-foot-10 slenderframe and a stunning face, and our cul-tural definition of beauty bequeathed hera legacy that she freely admits “I amcashing out on.”

“Image is powerful,” she asserts, butadds, “Image is superficial.”

Her own superficial advantages led toher being scouted as a model, appearingon the world’s most prestigious fashionrunways and magazines. While successas a model does require a degree of skilland hard work, she emphasizes that “Ireceived all these benefits from a deckstacked in my favor.”

What Russell is talking about is a con-cept called privilege — the advantagesthat some people have by virtue of birth

or social position. After her TED Talk, Russell appeared

on a news show with a U.S. senator, andshe noted that for him, his successrequired hard work “so it’s really com-plicated to unpack the role of privilegein that. … But for me it’s so easy …I’m so successful because I’m pretty.”

(Russell obviously is more than a pret-ty face. She majored in economics andpolitical science at Columbia.)Caryn Rivadeneira, in a post on

Christianity Today’s “her-meneutics”blog, notes that what make Russell’sviewpoint so radical is that Americanculture has a hard time recognizing therole of privilege. We want everything weachieve and acquire to be the result ofour own effort.

While effort is usually part of the equa-tion, it’s rarely all of it.

That’s where Russell’s message res-onates with the perspective of faith. Ifwe can acknowledge that we are givenfar more in life than we ever deserve,than we are encouraged to give backrather than to hold on.

Randy Limbird is editor of El Paso Scene. Comments?

Send to [email protected]

by Randy Limbird

Centennial Museum — University atWiggins, UTEP. Changing exhibits are on thesecond floor, Lea and Discovery Galleries.Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 Tuesday throughSaturday. Admission is free. Information: 747-8994 or museum.utep.edu.

Showing through April 13: “The PeregrineFalcon: Return of an Endangered Species.”

Continuing exhibits are on the third floor ofthe Centennial and include archaeology, ethnol-ogy and paleontology of the Southwest. Aroundthe museum building, the Chihuahuan DesertGardens exhibit has more than 600 species ofdesert plants emphasizing the beauty and utilityof Southwestern water-conserving native plantsin landscaping.

Chamizal galleries — Chamizal NationalMemorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Los Paisanohours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday; weekends by request. LosAbrazos hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Saturday and Sundays during perform-ances. Admission is free. Information: 532-7273or nps.gov/cham/.

Showing through April 30 in Los PaisanosGallery: “2012: A New Light of Hope with Art”Celebrate 2012, the end of the Mayan calendarcycle, and the beginning of a new cycle, withart and information.

Opening March 1 in the Abrazos Gallery:38th Siglo de Oro Annual Poster Exhibit featur-ing posters entries and Award Winners fromthe annual drama festival.

El Paso Exploreum — The city’s first “liv-ing laboratory” museum for children is at 300-320 W. San Antonio (south of ConventionCenter). Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.Closed Monday. Last admission is one hourbefore closing time. Information: 533-4330 orelpasoexploreum.org.

Admission: $10 ($8 students, seniors and mil-itary with ID; $6 ages 4-11; free under age 4).

The Exploreum will take part in the annualKidspalooza events 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,March 16, with an Enchanted Forest, freejumping balloon, drop-in crafts and activitytables to earn a free simulator ride in the park-ing area. Museum admission is $5 during thistime with additional take-home crafts, a fairyscavenger hunt, live Enchanted Forest animalsand a chance to win free admission for a familyof four for a full year.

Exploreum’s areas include:• The High Tech Hot Spot showcases thefuture with a multiplayer touch screen tableand an interactive floor. • Airport Adventure provides children andadults alike a whimsical look at a kid-sized air-port. • Old El Paso Village gives visitors a chance toexperience the traditional grocery store foundin most children’s museums in a new way. • STEAM Ahead, where visitors solve real-world problems in a hands-on exhibit showinghow engineering a design touches our livesevery day.

The Exploreum’s Spring Break camps runMonday through Friday, March 18-22. Cost:$100 per camp.

El Paso Holocaust Museum and StudyCenter — 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday.

Admission is free; donations encouraged.Information: 351-0048 or elpasoholocaustmu-seum.org.

Extended through March 9: “The MemoryProject,” a multi-media exhibit created by film-maker Laurie Weisman and artist Roz Jacobs.

El Paso Museum of Archaeology —4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso (westof U.S. 54). Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.Closed Mondays and city holidays. Admission isfree. Information: 755-4332 orelpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.

Showing through March 24: “Walking withthe Ancestors: From Mesoamerica to theSouthwest,” an exhibit about the connectionsamong peoples across time and space fromancient Mesoamerica to the AmericanSouthwest, curated by UTEP Department ofHistory’s Dr. Yolanda Chávez Leyva.

Leyva will lead a free tour of the exhibit at 3p.m. Saturday, March 2.

The 7th annual Franklin Mountain PoppiesPreservation Celebration free family fun day is10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, with afull program of nature talks, wildlife displays,educational exhibits, demonstrations, a livewolf, Houdini the Harris Hawk, children’s activ-ity center, music and food vendors. Admissionis free. Free parking available at the EPCCNortheast campus with free shuttle service9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information: 755-4332 orfranklinmountains.org.

El Paso Museum of History — 510 N.Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Saturday (until 9 p.m. Thursdays), andnoon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Museum admission isfree. Information: 351-3588 orelpasotexas.gov/history.

A free “Tribal Café Belly Dance Extravaganza:Women Empowering Women,” hosted bySnake Charmer and the Belly Dancer, is 6 to 8p.m. Friday, March 8, in celebration ofInternational Woman’s Day. Featured isAmerican Belly Dance Legends by AmayaProductions, tribal fusion belly dancers, drum-mers and Henna painting.

A free Women’s History Month lecture “ElPaso Women in Politics: 1912 to 1990 by politi-cal historian Joseph Longo is 2 p.m. Saturday,March 9.

The museum will take part in the DowntownKidspalooza event noon to 4 p.m. Saturday,March 16, with readings from Shakespeare’s“Midsummer Night’s Dream?” at 11 a.m. and 1,2, 3 and 4 p.m. Kids and adults can also make a“Mandy the Mule” mask.

Now showing is “The Missions and TheirPeople Wall” which honors the Mission Valleyof the Southwestern United States andNorthern Mexico. Elias Bonilla presents “Anoverview: Creating the Missions, Gathering inthe People” at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30.

The monthly Wacky Wednesday program forpre-school children and siblings up to age 6 is11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 6. Eachstory will be followed by a directed activity thatties into the subject of the book.

The museum hosts free hands-on workshopsat 2 p.m. on the following Saturdays:• March 16: “Make Beads out of Roses”workshop with artist Sherry White. Participantswill learn rose trivia and make decorative beads

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out of rose petals. All materials provided; earlyregistration encouraged.• March 23: “Drum Circle and PercussionHistory” with professional drummer MauricioR. González, as part of the museum’s tempo-rary exhibit “The Cover Art of Rock and RollRecordings.” Participants may bring their owndrum; children welcome.

The museum hosts dance and other classes inits classrooms for $20 ($10 members) for total8 week session.• Spring Tai Chi 1 and 2 Saturday classes are 10to 11 a.m. (Tai Chi 2) and 11 a.m. to noon (TaiChi 1) Saturdays March 9-April 27, taught byHsio-Ying Hines. Wednesday lunch classes are11 a.m. to noon March 6-April 24.

Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums— Both museums are located in Building 1735,Marshall Road on Fort Bliss. Hours are 9 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. ClosedSaturdays, Sundays and all federal holidays.Enter through Cassidy Gate off U.S. Highway54. Admission is free. Information: 568-5412.

Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums portraythe history of this Army Post from its establish-ment in downtown El Paso in 1848 with a regi-ment of mounted infantry to its present daystatus as America’s Tank Division Museum. Ittells the story of the “Old Ironsides” Divisionthrough the use of artifacts, three dimensionalexhibits, dioramas and graphic displays inter-preting the rich history, heritage, legacy and lin-eage of the 1st Armored Division.

Los Portales Museum and VisitorCenter — 1521 San Elizario Road. Hours are10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.Information: 851-1682.

Magoffin Home State Historic Site —1120 Magoffin. The adobe home, built around1875 by Joseph Magoffin, tells the story of amulticultural family that influenced the develop-ment of the Southwest borderlands. It includesauthentic art and furnishings reflecting the dailylives of the Magoffin family.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday throughSunday. Tours on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m.Spanish language tours offered Thursdaythrough Saturday; call for availability. Cost: $4($3 ages 6-18). Group tours available withadvance registration. Information: 533-5147 orvisitmagoffinhome.com.

The Magoffin Home will offer free outdoorfun activities Saturday, March 16, as part ofKidspalooza. Tours also will be offered at a spe-cial $2 rate that day.

National Border Patrol Museum andMemorial Library — 4315 TransmountainDrive. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday throughSaturday. Admission is free. Information: 759-6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com.

Railroad and Transportation Museumof El Paso — More than 150 years of El Pasorailroad history are on display at Union DepotTransit Terminal, 400 W. San Antonio. Hoursare 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday,10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.Sunday. Admission is free. Information: 422-3420, 256-4409 or elpasorails.org.

The Harvey Girl Association of El Paso andthe museum host a reception 2 to 5 p.m.Sunday, March 3, celebrating the 107thanniversary of the historic Union PassengerStation and the Harvey House Restaurant in ElPaso. Admission is free but donations accepted.

A Downtown walking tour of Historic Sitesand Public Art is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March

30, starting at the entrance of the El PasoMuseum of History, 510 N. Santa Fe, and pass-ing through San Jacinto Plaza. Meet at Museumof History at 10:15 a.m. Cost: $5 donation tothe Railroad Museum (free for children).

San Elizario Veterans Museum andMemorial Walk — 1501-B Main Street inSan Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admissionis free. Information: Ann Lara, 345-3741 or RayBorrego, 383-8529.

War Eagles Air Museum — 8012 AirportRoad, Doña Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday throughSunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens andmilitary; free for children under 12.Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-air-museum.com.

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Branigan Cultural Center — BraniganBuilding, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) LasCruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Saturday. Admission is free.Information: (575) 541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.

Weekly storytime is 11 to 11:30 a.m.Saturdays at the center, followed by art jour-neys at the Museum of Art.

Showing March 1-30: Masterworks:Googlepaedic Narrations and the Dysfunctionof Damage by Shaurya Kumar, focusing onKumar’s displacement from his native environ-ment and cultural roots, with virtual interpreta-tion of his memories of ancient murals heexperienced during his travels to remote vil-lages and temples in India.

Showing March 1-April 27: “Pancho Villaand the Mexican Revolution.” Through thisphotographic biography, the legacy of PanchoVilla in his many capacities can be seen as cap-tured through the lenses of his contemporaries.

A lecture on “The Life and Times of PanchoVilla” is 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2, by exhibitcurator James Hester, PhD, who currentlyserves as a Senior Consulting Archaeologistwith Walker Research Group.

A free viewing of the A&E Biography episode,“Pancho Villa: Outlaw Hero” is 1 to 2 p.m.Saturday, March 9.

Opening reception for both March exhibits is5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, as part of theDowntown Ramble.

A free “Print Like Posada” workshop for ages7 to 12 is 10 a.m. Saturday, March 23.Participants create their own series of printbased media using recycled materials, pencilsand paint along with learning about famousMexican printmakers like José GuadalupePosada, Diego Rivera, and José ClementeOrozco. Pre-registration required.

A reading on “Making Sense of the Civil War”is 2 p.m. Thursday, March 7 and 21 as part ofthe museum’s reading and discussion series todiscuss “America’s War Anthology.” The March7 discussion is on Part 2 “Choosing Sides” andthe March 21 lecture is on Part 3 “MakingSense of Shiloh.”

A lecture by Mary Pierce on “Colcha,Embroidered Connections” is 1 p.m. Thursday,March 14, as part of the museum’s 2013History Lecture Series.

Las Cruces Museum of Nature andScience — 411 N. Main in the Las CrucesDowntown Mall. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. dur-ing the First Friday Ramble. Information: (575)522-3120 or las-cruces.org/museums.

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Animal Encounters are 1 p.m. Saturdays.Planeteers! space program for children age 3-

5 and their guardians is 9 a.m. the firstThursday of the month.

“Dinos A to Z” presentations are 3 p.m.Fridays.

A behind-the-scenes tour of the nature centeris 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 1.

Hands on Activities based on the televisionprogram “Fetch!” is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

Las Cruces Railroad Museum — Themuseum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N.Mesilla, (at Las Cruces avenue west of theDowntown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Admission isfree; donations encouraged. Information: (575)647-4480 or museums.las-cruces.org.• New Mexico Watercolor Society, SouthernChapter hosts a display entitled “Trains, Planesand Automobiles” through March.• Family Game Day is 10 a.m. to noon the sec-ond Saturday of each month. Families can tryout early 20th century games. • Toddler Story Time is 11 a.m. the thirdSaturday of each month. RSVP requested.

NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum— 4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hoursare 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 foradults, $3 seniors 60 and older, $2 for children5-17; free for museum members, veterans andchildren age 4 and under. Information: (575)522-4100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.

The 14th annual Cowboy Days celebration ofSouthwest pioneer heritage is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3. Admission:$4 (free for ages 4 and younger).

NMSU professor and Library Archivist MarthaShipman Andrews will speak on “Eastern Viewsof Western Women: Documenting the Womenof the Wild West” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March

14, as part of the museum’s cultural speakerseries. Suggested donation: $2.

Showing March 1-Sept. 15: “New Mexico’sAfrican American Legacy: Visible, Vital,Valuable” presented by the African AmericanMuseum and Cultural Center of New Mexicoin Albuquerque. Opening reception is 6 to 8p.m. Thursday, March 21.

Roping on horseback in the Museum’s RopingArena are 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays; aParade of Breeds in the 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.Wednesdays in the Round Pen.

The museum also features domestic animalson site. Milking demonstrations are at 10 a.m.and 3 p.m. daily (3 p.m. only Sundays).Blacksmith shop open Tuesday through Sunday.Sewing and weaving demonstrations are 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Wednesdays.

Pony rides for children offered 10 a.m. tonoon Saturdays, near the Horse and CattleBarn. Tickets: $5 per ride (available in thelobby or near the barn).

A Basic Dowsing class is 1 to 3:30 p.m.Saturday, March 16, taught by Frank Geisel.Pre-registration required. Cost: $15 (tools willbe provided); $12 for museum members.

NMSU Art Gallery — D.W. Williams ArtCenter, 1390 E. University Ave, (Williams Hall)on the NMSU campus, Las Cruces (east ofSolano). Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday andThursday through Saturday, and 6 to 8 p.m.Wednesdays. Admission is free. Information:(575) 646-2545 or nmsu.edu/artgal.

The NMSU Juried Student Exhibition runsMarch 8-April 6. Opening reception is 5 p.m.Friday, March 8.

NMSU Museum — Kent Hall, University atSolano, Las Cruces. Hours are noon to 4 p.m.Tuesday through Friday. Admission is free.Information: (575) 646-5161 ornmsu.edu/museum. Spring 2013 exhibitions:• “Seeing, Hearing, Learning, Being Loved:Cradleboards of North America” • “Plazas of New Mexico”• “Weaving Solidarity: Textile Traditions ofHighland Chiapas.”

White Sands Missile Range Museumand Missile Park — Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. Free admission.Information, directions: (575) 678-8824 (localcall) or wsmr-history.org.

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Deming Luna Mimbres Museum — 301S. Silver, Deming. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday through Saturday, 1:30 to 4 p.m.Sunday. Admission is free. Information: (575)546-2382 or deminglunamimbresmuseum.com.

Hubbard Museum of the AmericanWest — 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next toRuidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours: 9a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. Docent-led toursof permanent exhibits are 10 a.m. Fridays.Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors, military; $2 chil-dren 6-16; free for children 5 and younger andmuseum members). Information: (575) 378-4142 or hubbardmuseum.org.

Showing through March 17: 21st annual FallAmerican Photography Exhibition. Hosted bythe Lincoln County Photographic Society. Thejuried show features photos pertaining to theAmerican West.

Submissions are being taken through March

17 for the “Celebration of Arte” exhibit thatruns May 4-Sept. 9. Entry forms/details avail-able online at hubbardmuseum.org.

New Mexico Museum of SpaceHistory — 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo,Themuseum features the International Space Hallof Fame and the Tombaugh IMAX DomeTheater and Planetarium.

Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free).Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840or nmspacemuseum.org.

See “Film Scene” for IMAX schedule.Combo tickets available (included museum

entrance and one IMAX ticket): $10 ($9 seniorsand military, $7 children).

Sacramento Mountains HistoricalMuseum — Cloudcroft, N.M. Hours are 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission:$5 ($3 ages 6 to 12). Information: (575) 682-2932 or cloudcroftmuseum.com.

Silver City Museum — 312 W. Broadway,Silver City, in the historic H.B. Ailman House.Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday throughFriday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday andSunday. Open until 7 p.m. the first Friday of themonth. Admission: $3 suggested donation.Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947(out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.

Toy Train Depot — Alameda Park, 1991 N.White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. An actual traindepot built in 1898, the building houses morethan 1,200 feet of model railroad track andhundreds of model and toy trains. Hours arenoon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.Admission: $4. Information: (575) 437-2855 ortoytraindepot.homestead.com.

The 1/5 scale train track offers rides aroundAlameda Park 12:30 to 4 p.m. Cost: $4.

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Agave Rosa Gallery — 905 Noble (next tothe International Museum of Art). Hours are 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Thegallery features paintings, sculpture, jewelry andphotography. Gallery artists are MarthaArzabala, Hector Bernal, Romy Hawkins andCarla Zabalegui. Information: 533-8011,[email protected].

Art Windows of El Paso — The City of ElPaso’s art space in El Paso at El PasoInternational Airport’s main lobby. Information:780-4781 or flyelpaso.com.

Showing through April 19 are works by HalMarcus and Tina Yetter.

Ballroom Marfa — 108 E. San AntonioStreet in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m.Thursday through Sunday. Information: (432)729-3700 or ballroommarfa.org.

Showing March 8-July 7: “New Growth,”solo exhibition by multimedia artist RashidJohnson. Johnson continues an exploration ofAfrican-American intellectual history and popculture in steel and shea butter sculptures andstarscape paintings.

Opening reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Friday,March 8, with performance by jazz musiciansKahil El’Zabar and Hamiet Bluiett. Communitydinner follows at 8 p.m. at The Capri.

Johnson will host an exhibition walkthrough at11 a.m. Saturday, March 9.

Chinati Foundation — Marfa, Texas.Created by artist Donald Judd, the ChinatiFoundation houses one of the world’s largestcollections of permanently installed contempo-rary art. Guided tours are 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5for students, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 stu-dents). Information: (432) 729-4362 or chi-nati.org.

Crossland Gallery — The El Paso ArtAssociation’s gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in theArt Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturdays. Admission is free. Information: 534-7377 or [email protected].

Showing March 1-23 is El Paso ArtAssociation’s annual “Colors of Spring” showand sale, featuring more than 60 works by 30local artists, both EPAA members and non-members. This year’s judge is Rebecca Muñoz.

Opening reception is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday,March 1.

Showing March 29-April 20: “Bill RakocyRetrospective,” showcasing 60 years of art byEl Paso artist, with more than 20 oils andwatercolors, and four musal. Opening recep-tion is 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 29.

El Paso Art Association — The associa-tion’s quarterly meeting is 2 p.m. Sunday,March 10, at the Crossland Gallery, 500 W.Paisano. Jeff Clouser and Dolores Dueñez willpresent a program on digital cameras and web-sites. Free and open to the public. Information:534-7377 or elpasoartassociation.com.

El Paso Artisan Gallery — The gallery’snew location is in the El Paso Exploreum, 320W. San Antonio (next to Lynx Exhibits). Thegallery features works for sale by local painters,jewelers, crafters and photographers. Lynxhours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday throughSaturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed

Monday. Gallery admission is free. Information:533-4330 or elpasoexploreum.org.

El Paso Artists Studio Tour — The 6thannual tour featuring two dozen local studiosand galleries is Saturday and Sunday April 20-

21 at Eastside, Northeast and Mission Valleystudios, and April 27-28 on Westside, UpperValley and Downtown studios. Look for thebright yellow signs. Details to be announced.Full studio list and directions available online atpleinairpaintersofelpaso.com.

El Paso Museum of Art — One ArtsFestival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday andSaturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays.Admission is free for most exhibits. Admissionto “Wyeths” and “70 Years of Mexican Art” is$10 ($5 EPMA members) free for age 12 andyounger and all active duty military personneland their families with ID. Information: 532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org.

The museum will host activities in conjunctionwith EPSO’s KidsPalooza 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday, March 16, with free art making activ-ities inspired by “70 Years of Mexican Art”. Allages are welcome, and visitors receive freeadmission to ticketed exhibitions.

World Cinema Series screenings are 2 p.m.Saturdays through June. Admission is free. See“Film Scene” for schedule.

Showing through April 28: • “The Wyeths Across Texas.” El Paso Museumof Art is proud the single touring venue for anexhibition organized and first displayed at theTyler Museum of Art, which presents works inTexas collections by the most beloved andfamous family of American artists—N.C.Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth.• “70 Years of Mexican Art: New Languages,New Worlds.” Part of a new collaborationbetween the El Paso Museum of Art and theConsulate General of Mexico in El Paso, theexhibit features the work of Mexican artistscreated in the last half-century.

A lecture by Santiago Espinosa de los

Monteros on “70 Years of Mexican Art” is 6p.m. Thursday, March 14.

Featured “Artists on Art” local artist through

April 7 is FreChelle Tesla. Tesla explores issuesof race, gender, slavery and previous societiesby juxtaposing found objects, organic materialswith historic or self-authored texts.

Showing through March 24: “EasyCompanions: Animals and Children in thePhotographs of Manuel Carrillo.”

Showing through April 21 in the RetabloNiche: “Saint Joseph.”

Showing through May 26: “Gene Flores:Proverbios and Dichos Chicanos,” featuringworks from the EPMA collection belonging tothe artist’s print series, Chicano Proverbios andDichos.

A Zip tour of “Proverbios and DichosChicanos” with senior curator Patrick ShawCable is 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 20.

The Museum School’s annual Spring BreakCamps for ages 6-8 and 9-12 run 9:30 a.m. tonoon or 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday,March 19-22. Cost (by March 13): $75 ($60members).

El Paso Museum of Art Spring Classes— The 2013 spring classes for adults and kidsrun April 4-May 23 at El Paso Museum of Art,One Arts Festival Plaza. Information and regis-tration: 532-1707, ext. 65. Registration closesApril 3. Online registration at elpasoartmuse-um.org.classes.asp.

Adult classes for age 15 and older are $5 to$72, depending on class. Supplies not included.• Life Drawing — 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays,April 4-May 9. (Must be 18 to register).• Watercolor Scenes — 9:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Saturdays, April 6-May 11. • Pastel Portraits — 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays,April 6-May 11

• Advanced Ceramics, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays,April 6-May 11.• Wheel-Throwing — 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays,April 7-May 12.

Pre-K Classes, for ages 3-5 and a caregiverare 10 to 11 a.m. Thursdays. $20-$30 per ses-sion; supplies included.• April 11: Action Painting• April 25: Barn Yard Friends• May 9: Points and Dots• May 23: Let’s Make Sound.

A Drawing Foundations class for ages 8-12 is1 to 3 p.m. Sundays, April 7-May 12. Cost:$38-$46, supplies included.


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Encaustic International Art Studio andGallery — 7100 Westwind, Suite 120. Thegallery is the studio of encaustic artist Brigittevon Ahn. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday andThursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.Information: 833-0454 or brigittevonahn.com.

Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio andGift Shop — Award-winning ImpressionistAlberto Escamilla’s studio is at 1445 MainStreet in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 11:30a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday; and 12:30 to 4 p.m.Sunday and by appointment. Information: 851-0742 or 474-1800, or albertoescamilla.com.

Foto Fiesta 2013 — PhotographyEnthusiasts of El Paso (PEEP) host a photogra-phy exhibit featuring works by area photogra-phy clubs in El Paso and southern New MexicoMarch 2-30, at El Paso Public Library’s MainBranch, 501 N. Oregon, during regular libraryhours. Admission is free. Information: 588-3747, 479-0781 or peepelpaso.ning.com.

This year’s exhibit will be made up of fourcategories: Landscape, Still Life, Black andWhite, and Digital Art.

Free public workshops covering a variety ofphotographic topics offered Saturday, March

23, in the library’s theater. The workshops willcover topics such as Camera Basics andComposition, The Legal Rights/Responsibilitiesof Photographers, Printing and Framing,Lighting on a Budget and more.

Hal Marcus Gallery — 1308 N. Oregon.Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday Wednesdayand Friday; noon to 7 p.m. Thursday.Information: 533-9090 or halmarcus.com.

The gallery is owned and operated by localartist Hal Marcus and his wife, Gallery DirectorPatricia Medici.

Showing through April 30: “3 Generations,”works by three generations of El Paso artists:Fern Thurston, Eugene Thurston and HollyCox; respectively grandmother, father anddaughter. See “Gallery Talk” for more informa-tion. Holly Cox will give an ARTalk is 5 to 7p.m. Thursday, March 21.

Writer, teaching artist and radio show hostMonica Gomez hosts a free “Write Off TheWalls” workshop 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, March

21, drawing inspiration from classic artists pluslocal art from the gallery. Seating is limited; pre-registration required.

Marcus’s home and studio, located across thestreet, are available for personal tours.

A gift shop offers art-related gifts, books andcalendars featuring art by Marcus and otherlocal artists.

International Museum of Art — 1211Montana. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Thursdaythrough Sunday. Free guided tours available ona walk-in basis. Admission is free. Information:543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.

Showing March 3-30: Rio BravoWatercolorists 2013 Arts of March juried exhi-bition. Artists’ reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday,March 3, with awards presentation at 3 p.m.

Free art lessons are offered 2 to 3 p.m.selected Sundays in the museum classroom:• March 10: Wet in Wet Watercolor Paintingwith Dorian Clouser• March 17: Brush Calligraphy with WandaRichardson• March 24: Negative Painting with DorianClouser

‘Jewelry for a Voice’ call for artists —En Voz Alta seeks jewelry artist submissions

through March 22 to participate in the 2ndannual “Jewelry for a Voice” event.

Jewelry artists wishing to create and donate aunique piece of jewelry utilizing a signaturelampwork bead (made by Richard Inman) mayarrange to pick up their bead and competitioninstructions from De Franco Designs, PlacitaSanta Fe, 5024 Doniphan, Suite 6. Beads avail-able 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10a.m. to 4 p.m. All pieces must be submitted byMarch 22 to be considered for competitionrecognition/related publicity. Prizes awardedand Estela Casas will wear winning jewelry dur-ing her evening broadcasts. In addition, En VozAlta will accept donations of jewelry from localartisans and jewelers. Information: PatriciaVaupel, 694-6178 or Mary Ceglio, 240-2368.

En Voz Alta is a non-profit organization thatsupports children with hearing loss. “Jewelryfor a Voice” is Saturday, April 20, at El PasoClub with a dinner, entertainment and silentauction to benefit children with hearing loss.Tickets: $50.

National Veterans Creative ArtsCompetition — Works by participants in theEl Paso VA Health Care System competitionwill be on display March 11-15, at El Paso VA5001 N. Piedras, Voluntary Service, 3rd Floor.The exhibit will include visual arts and videodisplays of performing arts. Winning entriesmay advance to national competition.Information: 564-7574 or elpaso.va.gov.

Northeast Critique Group — The artists’group meets at 3 p.m. the third Thursday ofthe month at Opengate Community Church,9821 McCombs. Bring a recent painting ordrawing to be critiqued (not criticized). Allmedia welcome. Information: Judy, 755-1443 orConnie, 490-3978.

Pena Gallery and Studio San Elizario –Renowned artist Amado M. Peña Jr.’s gallery is1456 N. Main in San Elizario (in front of themission). Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.Information: 851-8400 or sanelizariopena-gallery.com. Showing through March 3:Worldwide Photowalk Exhibition.

Rio Bravo Watercolorists – The group’smonthly meeting is 11:30 a.m. Wednesday,March 20, at Great American, 9800 GatewayNorth, with a pastel demonstration by localartist Candy Mayer. Cost (includes meal): $13.Information/reservations: Ofelia Castaneda,630-9947.

The group’s 2013 Arts of March juried exhibi-tion is March 3-30, at International Museum ofArt, 1211 Montana, open to all RBW members.Artists reception is 2 ton4 p.m. Sunday, March

3, with awards presentation at 3 p.m.Information: 855-2082 [email protected].

Free art lessons are offered 2 to 3 p.m.selected Sundays in the museum classroom:• March 10: Wet in Wet Watercolor Paintingwith Dorian Clouser• March 17: Brush Calligraphy with WandaRichardson• March 24: Negative Painting with DorianClouser

Rubin Center — UTEP’s Stanlee and GeraldRubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to SunBowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesdayand Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.Weekend hours by appointment only.Information: 747-6151 or rubincenter.utep.edu.

Showing through March 15:• In the Rubin Gallery: “Avenue PatriceLumumba” by South African artist Guy Tillim,and curated by Karen Irvine of the Museum ofContemporary Photography at Columbia

College in Chicago. At its core is an explorationof broken promises of modernity and progressseen through the lens and metaphor of con-temporary civic architecture. • In the L Gallery: “Magnificent Warning”works by Argentine-born Máximo Gonzalez,who uses found objects, obsessively detailedhandwork and performance-based techniquesto create work that is political, poetic and visu-ally beautiful. The exhibition features a site-spe-cific commission made up of hundreds of spe-cially-lit elements suspended form the two-story ceiling of the Rubin Center atrium. • In the Project Space: “Stardust: Memories ofthe Calle Mariscal” by award winning Juarezphotographer Julian Cardona. Cardona docu-mented the destruction of the famous CalleMariscal, just across the US/México Bridge inCiudad Juárez. Photos and reflections frompeople who worked, lived and played on thatstreet will be on display.

ArtReach lecture series talks are at 6 p.m.selected Thursdays and feature professionalswho have successfully combined art with sci-ence, entrepreneurship, research, academia,and community service.

March 7: “Shedding Light on the Brain: LEDTechnology in Art and Science” with iE founderand creative director Douglas Steel.San Elizario Art District — Several gal-leries and artist studios are located 1445 to1501 Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza onthe Mission Trail. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdaythrough Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday andnoon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 474-1800or 851-0093.

The First Friday ArtWalk is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday,March 1, with artist galleries open late, livedemonstrations and music. A Ghost Tour beginsat 10 p.m.

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To get there, take Loop 375 South from I-10,exit Socorro Rd., then drive 7 miles east toMain Street.

Featured gallery artists include Al Borrego,Rob Mack, Palmira Lopez, Manuel Alvarado,Maria Branch, Bert Saldaña, Joanna Franco,Melissa Himes, M. Concepcion, RobertLichlyter, Amado Pena Jr. and Arturo Avalos.

Sculptural Identities workshop — MarfaContemporary, 100 E. San Antonio in Marfa,Texas, hosts a hands-on weekend workshoprun by artist Jennie Lyn Hamilton on 1 to 5p.m. Saturday, March 2, in conjunction withthe exhibition of British artist Boo Ritson.Admission is free and open to ages 5 and older.Call to register: (432) 729-3500 [email protected] (leave name,email address and telephone number).Information: marfacontemporary.org

Sunland Art Gallery — The El Paso ArtAssociation co-op gallery is in Sunland ParkMall, second level across from The Greenery,with 30 El Paso artists represented. Hours are

10 a.m. to 8.m. Monday through Saturday,noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: 584-3117,474-0053 or sunlandartgallery.com.

Showing in March is “Figuratively Speaking IV.”The gallery is taking artist submissions for

paintings and photographs, as well as jewelry,repujados, metal work, sculpture, glass work(jewelry or stained glass), and other items.Artists may contact Cil Abeyta at 474-0053.

Entries are also being taken for the following2013 exhibits:• May: “Asarco,“ views of the plant and smoke-stacks.• June: “Pets and Wild Things,” anything fromthe animal world.

Sunland Winery — Located at Art & FrameMfg., 1769 Victory Lane in Sunland Park, N.M.Hours are 6 to 11:30 p.m. Thursday throughSaturdays. Information: (575) 589-1214.

“Pottery To Go” classes are 6 to 8 p.m. everythird and fourth Thursday of the month, tolearn the basics of slab and hand-built pottery.Cost: $40 (includes supplies).

The gallery will celebrate El Paso MountainPoppies, during the month of March with pho-tography by Nina Eaton and Ali Keyes paintingsby Deana Hicks and more.

A Transmountain Painting and Tasting Classwith artist Deana Hicks is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Friday and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 15-16.No experience needed. Cost: $40 (includesbrushes, paint, two glasses of wine and snacks).

The Spring Wine Art Market is 5 to 9 p.m.Friday and 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 15-16.See separate listing in “Roundup” for details.

Through Her Eyes PhotographyExhibit – Latinitas’ youth photography exhibitruns through the month of March at El PasoPublic Library Main Branch, 501 N. Oregon, incelebration of Women’s History Month. The

exhibit features photographs by participants age10 to 18 in the Latinitas after school clubs.Latinitas is a local youth program that uses cre-ative multimedia education to empower Latinayouth. Admission is free. Information: 219-8554or latinitasmagazine.org.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Adobe Patio Gallery and Studio —1765 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. Thegallery features works by Carolyn Bunch,Anthony Pennock, Kelley S. Hestir, CherylDerrick and other local and regional artists.Information: (575) 532-9310 or adobepatio-gallery.com.

The winter exhibition is “The Print andDrawing Show,” featuring works by Joe Barela,Mary Beagle, Nancy Frost Begin, Sylvia Bowers,Carolyn Bunch, Winfrey Hearst, Tony Lazorko,Joyce Macrorie, Candy Mayer, AnthonyPennock, Sam Peters, Marie Siegrist, OuidaTouchon and Laurel Weathersbee, with specialguest artist Brian Cobble.

Blue Gate Gallery — The gallery owned byFlo Hosa Dougherty is at 4901 Chagar, at Valleyand Taylor, in Las Cruces. Hours are 2 to 4p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Information:(575) 523-2950 or [email protected]

Showing through April 30 is the Spring FlingShow, with oils, watercolors and acrylics.

Cutter Gallery — 2640 El Paseo (atUniversity), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658.

Showing through March 8: “ExcitingExplorations,” space-inspired watercolors andoils and gold jewelry by artist and jewelrydesigner Jo-an Smith.

Las Cruces Arts Fair — Doña Ana ArtsCouncil’s 3rd annual regional juried fine artsevent is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 16-17, in the LasCruces Convention Center, 680 University,with more than 100 artists from around thecounty, with artists’ demonstrations. Featuredartists are the “Premiere Potters of MataOrtiz.” Children’s activities offered for age 6 to12. All artists will participate in a silent auctionbenefiting Doña Ana Arts Council. Admission:$6 (free for age 12 and younger). Information:(575) 523-6403 or las-cruces-arts.org.

A VIP Preview Night Gala is 5 to 9 p.m.Friday, March 15, to view the fair before thegeneral public. Admission: $6 (free for age 12and younger).

This event will be the largest Mata Ortiz gath-ering outside of Mexico with 17 participatingpotters. Other artists will feature garments andfiber art, jewelry, metalwork, hand-crafted fur-niture, paintings, sculpture, gourd art, papercuttings, photography, printmaking and more.Children’s art activities include computer-gen-erated art, jewelry making and paper-box dec-oration.

Las Cruces Museum of Art — 491 N.Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. ClosedSunday and Monday. Information: (575) 541-2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.

Showing through April 6: “Elemental NewMexico,” works by various artists influenced bythe “elements” of the state — landscape, earth,sky, water, etc. Featured works are BillGilbert’s video installation “Walk to Work”Diane McGregor’s abstract oils, Brian Kluge’s“(un)structured” non-representational sculp-tures; Nolan Winker’s prints, Anthony Howell’s


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Chihuahuan Desert photographs and MichaelBerman’s black and white photographs.

Reading Art Book Club meets at 2:30 p.m.Wednesday, March 13, to discuss “The Ladyand The Unicorn,” by Tracy Chevalier.

Spring art classes begin the week of March 4

for youth, teens and adults.Classes for adults include watercolor, painting,

drawing, fused glass, and the ever-popularceramics classes. A new class in fabric dying andprinting offered in January. Older teens wel-come to attend all adult classes.

Classes for youth include ceramics, print-mak-ing, and mixed-media. New is “MuseumExplorers,” where students will explore andseek inspiration in one of the downtown muse-ums, and then return to the classroom to cre-ate unique works of art.

Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery — 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across fromthe Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5p.m. daily. New works displayed every threemonths. Information: (575) 522-2933 ormesillavalleyfinearts.com.

March’s featured artists are fabric and needle-craft artist Meredith Loring and woodturningartist Richard Spellenberg.

Mesquite Art Gallery — 340 N. Mesquitein Las Cruces. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Thursday and Friday, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday.Information: (575) 640-3502 or mesquiteart-gallery.com.

Showing through March 4 is “Amor de LasCruces, City of Artists” exhibit.

Showing March 1-30 are works by photogra-pher David Shaw and paintings by HarveyDaiho Hilbert. Shaw will feature never-before-shown nudes done 23 years ago in San DiegoCounty. Hilbert is a Vietnam veteran andBuddhist monk who paints primarily in rawacrylics. He also works with pen and ink, char-coal, pastels and Chinese brush. Openingreception is 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 9.

New Mexico Watercolor Societyexhibit — The society’s Southern Chapterwill exhibit of 40 watercolor paintings March

1-May 31 at New America School, 207 S. Mainin Las Cruces. Information: (575) 522-6382.

Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday,March 1, in conjunction with the monthly ArtRamble. The society will also honor the firstexhibit of the New America School Art Club.

Rio Grande Theatre — 211 DowntownMall in Las Cruces. Gallery in theatre lobby.Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday throughFriday. Information: (575) 523-6403 orriograndetheatre.com.

Showing in March is the exhibit “We AreOne,” in conjunction with the We Are One,Dance and Drum performance on March 16.Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March

1, as part of the Downtown Ramble.

Rokoko Art Gallery — 1785 Avenida deMercado in Mesilla. The gallery features thework of Mitch and A.me Alamag. Hours arenoon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, or byappointment. Information: (575) 405-8877 orrokokoart.com.

The gallery features live music the first 7:30 to9:30 p.m. the first Friday of the month with abrief intermission. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. fora potluck reception. CDs and other merchan-dise for sale. Admission: $15 suggested dona-tion; proceeds go to artists. RSVP requested.• March 1: Austin-based singer/songwriterMichael Fracasso. • April 5: Colorado-based musicians,

singer/songwriter Stephanie Bettman andinstrumentalist Luke Halpin.

Southwest Jewish Arts Festival — Theshow of “All Things Beautiful,” celebrating thediversity of Jewish artists in New Mexico andWest Texas, is 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 9-10, at Temple BethEl of Las Cruces, 3980 Sonoma Springs. Worksby more than 40 artists from Santa Fe,Albuquerque, El Paso and Tucson will showpainting, sculpture, ceramics, and fiber arts,jewelry, beadwork, glass and collage.Admission: $25 Saturday; $5 Sunday.Information: Susan Fitzgerald at (575) 647-1808or tbelc.org.

The Grand Opening is Saturday with selectionof Jewish foods from both the Ashkenazi andSephardic traditions. Cookies and punch avail-able Sunday.

Tombaugh Gallery — First UnitarianUniversalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, or byappointment. Information: (575) 522-7281 oruuchurchlc.org.

Showing through March 29: “Out of theDarkness and Into the Light,” mixed mediaworks by Georjeanna Feltha.

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An Evening with the Artist — MimbresRegion Arts Council presents weaver JuliaMitchell at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at theWestern New Mexico University’s Parotti Hallin Silver City as part of its monthly art lectureseries. Admission is free; light refreshmentsserved. Information: (575) 538-2505.

Art Hop — MainStreet Truth orConsequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m.the second Saturday of each month (March 9)in the downtown gallery district. The event fea-tures the monthly art opening of new showsthroughout the galleries of Truth orConsequences, including fine arts, pottery, andfabric arts. Many shops and restaurants stayopen late for this monthly event, with livemusic in several locations. Information torc-mainstreet.org.

‘Celebracion del Arte’ entries —Hubbard Museum of the American West, 841Highway 70 West in Ruidoso Downs, N.M.seeks entries through March 19 for its“Celebration del Arte” exhibit that recognizesexcellence in the contemporary visual arts ofthe American West. Open to artists of all ages,both amateur and professional, currently resid-ing in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas andArizona. Eligible media include drawing, paint-ing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, andmixed media. All works submitted must beoriginal in design and concept and must havebeen completed within the past 5 years.Submission cost: $25 for first piece submitted;$20 for each additional piece.

Information/requirement details: DavidMandel, (575) 378-4142, ext. 6. Entryforms/details available online at hubbardmuse-um.org.

Exhibit runs May 4-Sept. 9; jurors will be artprofessionals chosen in a diverse range of per-spectives. Selected artists may sell the chosenwork during the exhibition and during themuseum’s annual July fundraiser. Cash awardsfor Best of Show, first, second and third placeand honorable mention offered.

Deming Arts Center — The Deming ArtsCouncil’s gallery and gift shop is at 100 Gold

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Beginning with grandmother FernThurston (1870-1956), and continu-ing through her son Eugene (1896-

1993) and granddaughter Holly ThurstonCox (born 1932), the Thurston/Cox familyhas been a mainstay of the El Paso artcommunity for more than a century.

“3 Generations,” an exhibit runningthrough April at the Hal Marcus Gallery,will celebrate the works of all three artists.

Tom and Fannie Thurston, and their twosons Eugene and Charlie, made the jour-ney from Memphis, Tenn. to El Paso in1906. Fannie, who preferred the nameFern, was already an accomplished artistbut she increased her skills even further bystudying with recognized artists such asDey deRibcowski and Xavier Gonzales.By the early 1930s she had begun to showher paintings in exhibitions sponsored bythe El Paso Women’s Club, the El PasoChamber of Commerce and the El PasoGarden Club. She helped found theWomen’s Club Art Study Club, the El PasoArtist’s Guild and became an early sup-porter of the El Paso Art Association.

Fern’s eldest son, Eugene, also displayedan early passion for art. While a student atEl Paso High School, he served as editorand cartoonist for the school’s literary pub-lication, The Tattler. In 1917, the El PasoHerald-Post published his first politicalcartoon, and by the 1920s, Eugene hadalready found work creating commercialadvertisements for a variety of El Pasobusinesses.

Using his knowledge of printing andgraphic design, Thurston developed hisown line of greeting cards that were car-ried in local department stores such as thePopular Dry Goods and the White House,and also in outlets as far away as Santa Feand San Antonio. Fern and other painters such as Audley

Dean Nichols and Harry Wagoner encour-aged the fledgling artist to try his hand atpainting in oils. By the end of the 1920s,Eugene Thurston’s work had been exhibit-ed in New York City, Jackson, Miss., andPhoenix, Ariz.

Like his mother, Eugene had a stronginterest in helping build the arts in El Paso.In 1924 he assisted his mentors,deRibcowsky and Harry Wagoner, inorganizing the Southwest InternationalExposition. Thurston’s entry garnered hima first prize in the event, and he was alsovoted the “most promising young artist.”He became a Charter Member and Directorof the El Paso Arts Guild in 1927 and the

Del Norte Arte and Crafts Guild in 1934,and also served on the committee of thefirst Sun Carnival exhibition in 1949. Hewas a charter member of the El Paso ArtAssociation, and served as its president in1950 and 1951. Eugene Thurston painted until he was 93,

and his works are in collections throughoutEl Paso and the Southwest. Perhaps thestrongest local validation for his work washe was inducted as a member of the ElPaso Artist’s Hall of Fame in 1995, shortlyafter his death.

Growing up in the shadow of the easels,Holly Thurston Cox seemingly learned hercraft by osmosis. In order to keep the pre-cocious youngster occupied, grandmotherFern would allow her to sit by her side andcreate her own paintings. However, it washer father Eugene who first gave Holly apalette, oil paints and a palette knife andencouraged her to learn about color bymixing pigments.

Cox began to show her work with theEPAA as a teenager, served as president ofthe organization in 1971, and continues asa highly respected member to this day.

She has contributed so many hours to theEPAA that the organization named agallery at their Art Junction location in herhonor.

Currently spending numerous hoursworking with the Center for theAdvancement and Study of Early TexasArt and the Early El Paso Art CollectorsOrganization, Cox has become a recog-nized expert on Early Texas and Early ElPaso art and artists.

Cox will give an “ARTalk” lecture on the“3 Generations” exhibit at 5 p.m.Thursday, March 21 at the Hal MarcusGallery.

Las Cruces Art Fair

If you love handcrafted artwork, jewelry,pottery and furniture, put a big circle onyour calendar highlighting March 15-17,the dates of the third annual Las CrucesArt Fair, which raises funds for the DoñaAna Arts Council.

Held at the Las Cruces ConventionCenter, this year’s festivities will showcasethe work of more than 100 artists bringingwares from New Mexico, Texas, Colorado,Montana and Mexico. In addition to awide diversity of arts and crafts, the three-day event will include continuous demon-strations and lectures by participatingartists as well as imaginative art activities

for boys and girls ages 6 to 12.Special guests for this event are 17 pot-

ters from the village of Mata Ortiz,Chihuahua, Mexico. Working in the tradi-tion of their mentor, Juan Quesada, thesepotters will demonstrate the Mata Ortiztechnique in addition to offering a distinc-tive selection of their unique pots andbowls for sale.

Some of the most outstanding objects tobe offered at this year’s fair include hand-drawn and dyed silk garments by SueOrchant of Albuquerque, and handwovenand naturally dyed jackets and coats byElizabeth Jenkins of Taos. Britt Densfordof Corrales will be offering enameledworks on copper while Leonard Tinnelfrom Missoula, Mt. does multiple firingsof hand cut and fused glass crystal objects.

Eleven jewelry artists will compose amajor category of the fair. Lyn Foley, anew artist from Round Top, Texas, usesmelted glass beads in creating work thatresembles sea foam bubbles. Tenth-genera-tion jeweler Mark Jimenez fabricatesimaginative silver and gold bracelets, ringsand pendants using techniques that dateback to 1732.

Sally and Glenn Cutter, event chairper-sons, explain that they are especially excit-ed about the way in which the Las CrucesArts Fair has grown. Sally notes,“Approximately a third of the vendors willbe returning artists, while the remainderwill be offering works not previously seenin this region. We will also have a lot ofgood speakers and interesting activitiesgoing on throughout the weekend.”

“The younger set will especially enjoythe opportunity to explore the possibilitiesof computer created art. We purchased spe-cial programs to accommodate this. It’samazing when talking with artists later inlife to learn that their interest started byvisiting museums or coming to events suchas this.”

Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writerspecializing in the visual arts.


Exhibit honors ‘3 Generations’of El Paso’s foremost art family

Street in Deming, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 546-3663 ordemingarts.orbs.com.

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and 16.

Fall American Photography Exhibitionentries — The 21st annual photographyshow runs through March 17 at the Hubbard

Museum of the American West, 841 Highway70, in Ruidoso Downs, N.M. Hosted by theLincoln County Photographic Society. Thejuried show features photos pertaining to theAmerican West. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m. daily. Information: (575) 378-4142 orhubbardmuseum.org.

MRAC Gallery — The Mimbres Region ArtsCouncil Gallery is in Wells Fargo Bank Building,1201 Pope (at 12th) in Silver City. Open duringregular bank hours. Information: (575) 538-2505 or mimbresarts.org.

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Tumblewords Project — The writingworkshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.Saturdays at the Memorial Park Public Librarymeeting room, 3200 Copper. Workshops arefree; donations for the presenter are encour-aged. Information: 328-5484 (Donna Snyder),566-1034 (library) [email protected].• March 2 — “For the Birds 4” with JohnWilliamson. Williamson is a retired art teacher,singer-songwriter, potter and sculptor.• March 9 and 16 — Workshops by Leslie XCouncil. Council is a former journalist turnededitor, artist, art director, graphic design spe-cialist and photographer. She has self-publishedfour ‘zines.

The March 9 workshop is “But WHAT doesit SOUND like?” In many Tumblewords work-shops participants write then read aloud, buthow does it sound when someone else reads it?

The March 16 workshop is “Can You MakeSense in Your Writing?” Writers learn to use alltheir physical senses in a way that as writers wecan enlighten readers with what’s felt as theywrite.• March 23 — “Essays” with Yvonne Collins.Collins is a writer and visual artist• March 30 — Grito, storyteller and inspira-tional speaker Sarah “Juba” Addison.

‘Making Sense of the Civil War’ — Themonthly reading and discussion series atBranigan Cultural Center, Branigan Building,501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall), is at 2 p.m.Thursday, March 7 and 21. Information: (575)541-2219 or las-cruces.org/museums.

The March 7 discussion is on Part 2“Choosing Sides” and the March 21 lecture ison Part 3 “Making Sense of Shiloh.”

XVIII Undécimo Congreso deLiteratura Mexicana Contemporánea— The 2013 Contemporary Mexican LiteratureConference, organized by the UTEPDepartment of Languages and Linguistics, isMarch 7-9 in the UTEP Student UnionBuilding. Information: 747-5767.

Spanish book and film study series —Susana James of UTEP’s Inter-American Studieswill present “Studies of Spanish Books andFilms featuring Women of the Americas” 9 to10:30 a.m. Saturdays in March, beginningMarch 9 at 3221 Sacramento, hosted byRincon Bohemio. The presentation will be inSpanish, with English translation as needed.Admission is free; donations accepted.Information: [email protected].

James is a professor of specialized studies inSpanish at universities in Mexico and Texas.

GLBT book group — The bimonthly bookgroup meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday ofodd-numbered months (March 12). Open toall GLBT and GLBT-friendly people interestedin book discussions. Information/location: 566-5549, 861-2909 or 471-9396.

Poet Laureate Philip Levine — NationalBook Award-winning writer and 18th PoetLaureate of the United States Philip Levine will

present a reading and talk at 5 p.m. Tuesday,March 12, at UTEP’s Undergraduate LearningCenter, Room 106, as part of the university’sCentennial Lecture series. A reception will fol-low the presentation. Admission is free.Information: 747-6810.

‘ForWord’ — The BorderSenses LiteraryProject workshops run 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Saturdays through March 23, at Glasbox,1500 Texas for area youth using literature andtechnology to engage creativity, while learningthe value of the arts and higher education. Information: Yasmin Ramirez, [email protected], Lacy Mayberry [email protected] or bordersenses.com.

BorderSenses submissions —BorderSenses seeks submissions for Vol. 19 ofits literary magazine through March 30. Adiversity of visual art is welcome along withpoetry, fiction, book reviews and nonfiction inboth Spanish and English. Translations accepted,provided the original author has consented topublication rights and to reprinting.Information: [email protected] guidelines at bordersenses.com.

Books Are Gems — 7744 North Loop SteB (behind Compass Bank). The nonprofitorganization sells and gives away new and usedbooks. Books are sold for $1-$2, and childrenwho come to the store may receive five freeused books. Teachers can also receive freebooks for their classroom. Hours are 11 a.m.to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday;and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Information:Information: 845-5437 or booksaregems.org.

Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) — 700 S.Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Information: (575)522-4499.

Children’s “Good Morning” storytimes are 10a.m. Fridays, with a visit by costumed character“Cat In The Hat” on March 1.

A Read Across America “Cat In The Hat” sto-rytime is 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2.

A Pinkalicous Goes Emeraldalicious children’sevent is 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, with“green” activities on recycling and more.

A Parent and Daughter American Girl work-shop on “The Care and Keeping of you” is 4p.m. Wednesday, March 27.

Barnes & Noble (East Side) — 9521Viscount. Information: 590-1932.

Richard B. Patterson, PhD, will sign copies ofhis book “Turtle on the Fencepost: FindingFaith Through Doubt” 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday,March 16.

Eastside Chapter of Sisters in Crime BookDiscussion Group meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday,March 5, to discuss “Stealing Shadows” by KayHooper. Information: 629-7063.

Little One’s Storytime is 11 a.m. Saturdayswith Miss Bonnie.

Barnes & Noble (West Side) — 705Sunland Park. Information: 581-5353 orbn.com.

The American Girl Book Club for girls will dis-cuss “The Care and Keeping of You” at 7 p.m.Saturday, March 16.

Children’s storytimes are 10 a.m. Saturdays.

Reading Art Book Club — The book clubof the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main,will meet at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13,to discuss “The Lady and The Unicorn” byTracy Chevalier. Information: (575) 541-2137 orlas-cruces.org/museums.

Barnes & Noble at NMSU — TheCollege Booksellers at New Mexico StateUniversity are at 1400 E. University in LasCruces. All campus parking free on weekends.Information: (575) 646-4431 or nmsubook-store.com.Free events:

Storytimes with guest “Maisy Mouse” are 3:30p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 1-

2, in the southeast second floor Living Room, incelebration of Read Across America Day.

Public Open Mic Nights are 5 to 8 p.m.Fridays through May 10, at the Café, withpoetry, theatre, music and other performingtalents. Performers should sign up with Davidat [email protected].

Public Technology workshops are 1 p.m. onselected Saturdays. Topics are “You got an iPadfor the Holidays, Now What?” (March 16),“Apps You Need and iOS & You” (March 30)and “Master Your iPad: Advanced Features”(April 13).

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EPHS Tunnel Tours — El Paso High SchoolAlumni Association host public tours to thebasement of the 97-year-old historic building 5to 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, at El Paso HighSchool, 8000 E. Schuster. Proceeds benefitalumni scholarships for graduating seniors.Cost: $10 ($5 students). Bring walking shoes.No handicap access. Information: Susan Maciasat EPHS, 496-8300, Linda Troncoso, [email protected] or ephsalum.com.

Paso Del Norte Paranormal Societyand Haunted History - Tours are $10,unless otherwise listed. Information/reserva-tions: 408-7461 or [email protected].• Ghost tour of San Elizario Historic District is9 p.m. to midnight Friday, March 1, during theFirst Friday ArtWalk. Meet at the Golden EagleGallery, 1501 Main Street.• Concordia Cemetery Ghost Tour is 9 to 11p.m. Saturday, March 2 and 9. Start under thebig tree near the Yandell Street entrance; meetat 8:30 p.m. Ages 13 and older welcome. • Downtown Ghost Tour is 9 to 11 p.m.Saturday, March 16. Meet at 8:30 p.m. in frontof the Downtown Main Library (ClevelandSquare) next to the El Paso Museum of History.

Cemetery tour — Historian Fred Moraleswill host a “History of Evergreen” Cemeterywalking tour 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at thecemetery, 4301 Alameda. Admission: $5.Information: 255-9644.

Union Station Anniversary — HarveyGirl Association of El Paso and the Railroad andTransportation Museum of El Paso, 400 E. SanAntonio, host a reception 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday,March 3, celebrating the 107th anniversary ofthe historic Union Passenger Station and theHarvey House Restaurant in El Paso. Receptionis at the museum. Admission is freeInformation: 591-2326 or [email protected].

Camp Furlong Day and CabalgataBinacional — The 10th annual event is 9a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at PanchoVilla State Park, off State Roads 11 and 9,Columbus, N.M. The event features folkloricodancers, music, food and parade led by morethan 100 Mexican cabalgata horseback ridersand more. Admission is free (camping fees stillapply). Information: (575) 531-2711 ornmparks.com for state park or (575) 494-5815for village.

Fort Bayard Tours — Fort Bayard HistoricPreservation Society hosts guided tours of thehistoric fort at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9

and 23 at Fort Bayard National HistoricLandmark, six miles east of Silver City, N.M.Admission is free. Information: (575) 388-4477,(575) 388- 9123 or fortbayard.org.

History Lecture Series — The monthlyprogram is 1 to 2 p.m. the second Thursdayeach month at the Branigan Cultural Center,501 N. Main, north end of the Downtown Mallin Las Cruces. The March 14 lecture is“Colcha, Embroidered Connections” with MaryPierce. Admission is free. Information: (575)541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.

El Paso Corral of the Westerners —The monthly dinner program is 6 to 8:30 p.m.Friday, March 15, in the Staff and FacultyLounge, second floor, UTEP Student Union.Joseph Longo will discuss “History of El PasoWomen: Elected Officials and Candidates 1912-1990.” Cost: $20 (includes dinner and presen-tation). Information or reservations (by March

13): 759-9538. Checks may be sent to“Westerners” at 10097 Ontario, 79924.Payment counts as reservation.

El Paso History Summit — The free pub-lic summit is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, March

16, at Scenic View Ballroom, First PresbyterianChurch, 1340 Murchison. with screenings oflocal documentaries, a Town Hall meeting onlocal history, and an opportunity for El Pasoansto share their history with the community.

Hosted by El Paso History Radio Show,Mission Trail Association, El Paso CountyHistorical Commission, and El Camino Real deTierra Adentro Trail Association, CARTA.Information: Jackson Polk, 833-8700 [email protected]; Sara Belger, 244-6487 [email protected]; Bernie Sargent, 581-7920 or [email protected] or elpa-sohistorysummit.com.

The public is invited to record their “I Am ElPaso” testimony in a 1 to 2 minute video clip,and to bring up to 10 old photos to be scannedand included on the Digital Wall that will beinstalled at the El Paso Museum of History.

Casas de Antaño (Houses ofYesteryear) — Mesilla Valley Preservation,Inc.’s 3rd annual “Houses of Yesteryear” Tourof Historic Homes is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday,March 23, with tours of seven buildings in andaround Mesilla. Ticket information/addresses offeatured homes: (575) 644-0599 ormvpres.org.

This year’s tour features five historic homes inthe Mesilla Plaza area, including Paul Taylor’shouse, “The Taylor Monument;” the newlyrefurbished Mesilla Community Center, for-merly the Mesilla School; and the Schaeferfarmhouse east of Mesilla. Two adobe houseson Calle del Arroyo represent typical dwellingsbeing stabilized and restored.

San Elizario walking tours — The SanElizario Historic District hosts free guidedwalking tours of its nationally recognized his-toric district at noon and 3 p.m. the fourthSunday of the month (March 24) starting atMain Street Mercantile, 1501 Main Street.Information: 851-0093.

To get there: Take Loop 375 to Socorro Roadthen go east seven miles to San Elizario.District is on the right. Look for brown signs.

Downtown walking tour — ADowntown walking tour of Historic Sites andPublic Art is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 30,starting at the entrance of the El Paso Museumof History, 510 N. Santa Fe, and passingthrough San Jacinto Plaza. The tour will coverEl Paso history from 1851 to 1950 includingstage, mule and trolley car lines, famoussaloons, brothels, and more. The tour is twohours long, with a lunch break at Tejas Cafe.

Meet at Museum of History at 10:15 a.m.Cost: $5 donation to the Railroad andTransportation Museum of El Paso (free forchildren with discounts for teachers, students,and military. Information: 422-3420, 256-4409or elpasorails.org.

‘The Collection that Almost Wasn’t’ —The new exhibit of Casasola Studio photos runsthrough March 31 at UTEP’s UniversityLibrary’s Third Floor Gallery. Most of theapproximately 50 photos on display feature avariety of people, including dancers and musi-cians, clergy, beefcakes and beauty queens, anddifferent ethnicities. Admission is free.Information: libraryweb.utep.edu.


‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ - Kids-N-Co., 1301 Texas, presents the WilliamShakespeare fantasy, adapted by LayleChambers March 1-24. Directed by JaimeLupercio. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays andSaturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Ticket infor-mation: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org.

‘Grease’ - UTEP Dinner Theatre presents thehit 50s musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseythrough March 3. Showtime is 7 p.m.Wednesday through Saturday, with non-dinnermatinees at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $40Wednesday-Thursday, $45 Friday and Saturday;$26 non-dinner matinee Sunday. $10 discountfor UTEP students. Information: 747-6060.

‘Godspell’ — El Paso Community CollegeTheatre Ensemble presents the rock musical,based on the Gospel of Matthew, by StephenSchwartz and Michael Tebelak at 8 p.m. Fridayand Saturday, March 1-2, Thursday and Friday,March 7-8, plus 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3, atthe EPCC Transmountain Campus ForumTheater, 9570 Gateway North. Directed byKeith Townsend; musical direction by CodyRitchey. Admission: $15 ($10 non-EPCC stu-dents/military; $7 EPCC students, faculty andstaff and seniors. Information: 637-4029 orepcc.edu.

‘Seussical The Musical’ — Kids-N-Co. willperform a one-night-only performance of themusical based on the works of Dr. Seuss at 7:30p.m. Friday, March 1, at Plaza Theatre.Directed by Laura Sambrano. Tickets: $10 and$15 (Ticketmaster). Information: 351-1455.

The performance is held in celebration of“Read Across America” day.

‘Twitch’ — No Strings Theater Companypresents the world premiere of a new play byAmy Lanasa, author of “The Iris Incident,”March 1-17 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N.Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces, directed byRoss Marks. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday andSaturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10 and 17,and 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14. Tickets: $10($9 students and seniors over 65 and $7 allseats Thursday). Information/reservations:(575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.

“Twitch” is a dark comedy that explores thelabels we give teenage girls and the power ofyoung women to rise above the stereotypesthat lie at the foundation of public education.

‘Sylvia’ — El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana,presents A.R. Gurney’s comedy about a dogand her newly-adopted family through March

2. Directed by Moises Hinojos. Showtimes are8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/studentswith ID; $5 students under 18). Information:532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.

Siglo de Oro Drama Festival — The38th annual celebration of the Spanish languagedramatic arts from Spain’s Golden Age runsMarch 6-10 at the Chamizal NationalMemorial Theatre, 800 S. San Marcial.Professional and collegiate theater groups fromMexico, Spain and the United States performworks by the masters of Spanish theater.Performances begin at 7 p.m. Wednesdaythrough Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Earlyarrival encouraged, as seating is limited.Admission: $5. Information: 532-7273 or los-paisanos-chamizal.org.• Wednesday, March 6 — “El caballero deOlmedo” by Lope de Vega, performed byShake & Falstaff from Puebla, Mexico.• Thursday, March 7 — “La vengadora de lasmujeres” by Lope de Vega, performed byCambalache Teatro from Murcia, Spain.• Friday, March 8 — “Misterio del Cristo de

los Gascones,” a compilation of works per-formed by Nao d’amores from Segovia, Spain.• Saturday, March 9 — “El coloquio de losperros” by Cervantes, performed by MorfeoTeatro Clásico from Burgos, Spain.• Sunday, March 10 — “De burladores yburlados,” a compilation of works performedby Morfeo Teatro Clásico from Cuevas de SanClemente, Spain.

‘Peter Pan’ — A Children’s Theatre of theMesilla Valley presents J.M. Barrie’s timelessclassic brought to life at 7 p.m. Friday and 1p.m. Saturday, March 8-9, at the Rio GrandeTheatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, in LasCruces. The Darling children receive a visitfrom a mischievous boy who can fly and whotakes them to Never Never Land where anongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hookis taking place. Doors open a half hour beforeshowtime. Tickets: $6. Information: (575) 571-1413.

AngelOrGhost’s ‘Light’ — AngelOrGhost(aka Frank Wolf) presents the Concert on theHill at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday,March 9-10, at Rohovec Theater, on “theHill,” 2400 N. Scenic in Alamogordo, N.M.Proceeds benefit the NMSU-A Theater GuildScholarship fund. Admission: $10 in advance($5 children under 7); $12 at the door; availableat TLC Portraits in the White Sands Mall orThe Blue Stone on 1117 White Sands inAlamogordo. Information: (575) 437-5437 orangelorghost.com.

AngelOrGhost’s performances combine origi-nal beats with a unique quality of storytelling,and theatrics. Not only does he write and per-form all his own songs, he also creates his owninstruments.

‘Our Town’ — American Southwest TheatreCompany presents Thornton Wilder’s slice ofAmericana through March 10 at NMSU’s newCenter for the Arts, 1000 E. University Ave.Show time is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday,plus 2 p.m. Sunday (second and third week ofproduction) and 7:30 p.m. the final Thursday ofthe production. Tickets: $15 ($13seniors/NMSU staff and faculty with ID; $10NMSU students and students age 3-17 withcurrent school ID). Information: (575) 646-4515.

The play follows the Gibbs and Webb familiesand their neighbors in small town Grover’sCorner, New Hampshire.

‘Minds Interrupted’ monologues — TheNational Alliance on Mental Illness Doña AnaCounty and Compassionate Touch Networkwill present an evening of monologues 7 to8:15 p.m. Monday, March 11, at the RioGrande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, inLas Cruces, with seven Las Cruces residentswho have written their personal stories aboutthe impact of mental illness on their lives. Briefreception follows the presentation in the lobby.Tickets: $10; available through the NAMI-DonaAna County website or the CompassionateTouch Network website, and at the door.Information: (505) 982-0904 or [email protected].

‘Electricidad’ — The UTEP Department ofTheatre and Dance presents Luis Alfaro’s adap-tation of Sophocles’ tragedy “Electra” set in thegangland world East L.A. March 13-17, in theFox Fine Arts Studio Theatre. Directed by

Rebecca Rivas. Showtime is 8 p.m. Wednesday through

Saturday and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:$9 ($8 UTEP faculty/staff/alumni associationmembers, seniors, military, groups of 10 ormore and non-UTEP students; $7 UTEP stu-dents and children age 4 to 12). Information:747-5118 or theatredance.utep.edu.

Mixing Greek lament, physical comedy drawnfrom traditional tanda and carpa Mexican the-atre forms, and the poetry of Spanglish, Alfaroreinvents Electra as a young, old-school cholachilling to the power structure ways of her EastL.A. neighborhood as she ferociously grievesover the body of her murdered father.

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ - Kids-N-Co., 1301 Texas, presents Shakespeare’s fan-tasy, adapted by Layle Chambers, March 15-

April 7,. Directed by Jaime Lupercio.Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdaysand 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $7 ($5 student,military and seniors). Ticket information: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org.

‘Harvey’ — El Paso Playhouse, 2501Montana, presents the charming comedy abouta man and his invisible six-foot rabbit March

15-April 6. Directed by Matt Moeller.Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 mil-itary/students with ID; $5 students under 18).Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.

‘Stronger’ benefit — The original musicalproduction is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, atMountain Annie’s, 2710 Sudderth, in Ruidoso,N.M. Admission: $25. This “musical with a mis-sion” tells an important story about overcomingadversity through pop, country, jazz, R&B androck hits performed by local singers anddancers. Information (575) 808-8448 or moun-tainannies.com. Proceeds benefit COPE(Center of Protective Environment).

Auditions & classes

‘Fun With Acting’ classes — CaroleSchorr will teach a class for ages 7-17 10 a.m.to noon Saturdays, March 2-April 6, at theBlack Box Theatre’s rehearsal space, 717A N.Mesquite. Cost: $135. Information/reservations:(310) 663-9284, [email protected] oractorconsulting.com.

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‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ auditions —No Strings Theatre Company hosts auditionsfor the play by Sarah Ruhl, directed by CeilHerman at 7 p.m. Monday, March 4, at theBlack Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall inLas Cruces. Needed are 1 male and 4 females .Auditions are cold readings from the text. Ascript is on reserve at Research Help Desk atBranigan Library. The play runs April 12-28with possible extension to May 5. Information:(575) 523-1223 [email protected]

Kids-N-Co. auditions — Kids-N-Co., 1301Texas, hosts auditions at 6:30 p.m. Saturday andSunday, March 16-17, for its spring productionof “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”Information: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org.

‘And Then There Were None’ audi-tions — El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana,hosts auditions for the Agatha Christie mysteryat 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, March 17-18.Directed by Rachel Mullins. Show dates areMay 24-June 19. Information: 532-1317 [email protected].

Offsite auditions planned March 10-11. Callfor details.

On stage


The month of March begins themarch of madness for all areahigh school theater directors: the

UIL One-Act Play Contest. Each highschool director must put together ashow of no longer than 40 minutes inlength for competition (even one frac-tion of a second over results in disquali-fication).

University Interscholastic League outof UT Austin rules over all athletic andacademic competitions across the state.As a former director of one-act, I can

attest to the madness. And the stress.And the sleepless nights.

I’ve heard the process called both anartistic football game and a marathon.Ah, sports analogies. But they do fit.

For many schools, the process beginsback in November or December. If thedirector wants to do a show not on theofficial list or add things not officiallycondoned for the set, permission to doso must begin before the end of the pre-vious year.

Then come auditions for the show andthe six- to eight-week rehearsal period.It’s not just the actors who have to berehearsed. The technicians running thelights, sound and set changes have torehearse, too. Then there are setups andbreakdowns that have to be rehearsed.In addition to the 40-minute overalltime limit, set changes can’t be morethan seven minutes – or else disqualifi-cation. And these are just some of the myriad

rules that must be adhered to — rulesthat fill an 8.5x11-inch, 126-page book.Add to that costumes, properties, get-ting transportation for actors and setpieces, and the fact one is dealing withup to 24 teenagers (15 cast, 5 crew and4 alternates) —well, the processbecomes controlled (hopefully) chaos.And unlike sports, where playoffs are

determined by a full season, the playgets just one shot to advance to the nextlevel. One wrong sound cue, one secondover the time limit, one costume changenot made means several months of workare over.

If the play is successful at the firstlevel, the marathon has just begun. In ElPaso, the 4-A and 5-A divisions are solarge that competition begins in zones.Because it’s a time-consuming processto perform back-to-back shows witheight schools involved, they first mustperform in one of two zones before

advancing to district. After districtcomes area, then regional, then state.That process starts this month and does-n’t end until May. At each level, the cast, crew and direc-

tor are watched by a vetted educationaltheater judge (except at state, and some-times at regional, where there are threejudges). The judge gives out individualacting awards and chooses the twoadvancing plays from each level. Theprofessional tech crew often gives out atech award. After awards areannounced, each show gets a critique.The winning shows get the final, andmore involved, critiques.

So if a show is successful, it’s a longday for all, usually starting withrehearsal at the contest site in the morn-ing, followed by a late afternoon orearly evening performance, followed byawards, then the critiques. It’s notunheard of to start the day before 8 a.m.and not get the students back to schooluntil after midnight. Each time the playadvances, shows must keep rehearsingand improving (with notes from thejudges) and planning how to get theshow to the next destination.

Here’s the full schedule for the ElPaso area 4A and 5A schools:

2-4A Zones – March 18-19, Socorro HS1-4A Zones – March 18-19, Bowie HS1-5A Zones – March 20-21, Socorro HS

5A District – March 27, El Dorado HS2-4A District – March 28, El Dorado1-4A District – March 26, Bowie

4A Area — April 13, El Paso HS5A Area — April 8, Lee HS, Midland

5A Region — April 17, Texas TechUniversity, Lubbock4A Region — April 29, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene

State — May 20-22 at UT Austin

Carol Viescas is a veteran of

community theater and teaches

journalism at Bel Air High School.


March marathon:UIL 1-Act Contest

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‘Lope’ — The film about Lope de Vega, themost prolific playwright of Spain’s Golden Ageand a contemporary of Shakespeare, will beshown at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, and 1:30p.m. Sunday, March 3, at the ChamizalNational Memorial Theatre. Admission is free.Information: 532-7273.

The event is a prelude to the March 6-10

Siglo de Oro Festival at the Chamizal.

EPMA World Cinema Series — El PasoMuseum of Art, One Arts Festival Plaza, hostsscreenings of films at 2 p.m. on selectedSaturdays. Admission is free. Restrictions mayapply depending on rating of film. Information:532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org.

March’s films are movies about artists:• March 2: “Moulin Rouge” (1952 version, notrated)• March 9: “Surviving Picasso” (Rated R)• March 16: “Lust for Life” (Not Rated)• March 23: “Basquiat” (Rated R)• March 30: “I Shot Andy Warhol” (Rated R).

‘The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz’ — Thedocumentary about self-taught pottery artistJuan Quezada and the artists he inspired in theChihuahuan village of Mata Ortiz will be shownat 5 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Rio GrandeTheater, 211 N. Main in Las Cruces. Admissionis $10. Information: RioGrandeTheatre.com or(575) 523-6403

Pax Christi Film Series — The seriespresents “Roses In December” in honor ofWomen’s History Month at 3 p.m. Sunday,March 10, at Diocesan Migrant and RefugeeServices’ Mother Teresa Center, 2400 E.Yandell. Discussion will follow. Admission isfree. Information: 490-1451 or 740-3962.

The film tells the story of Jean Donovan, amissionary who was brutally murdered alongwith three nuns in El Salvador in 1980.

‘Any Day Now’ — Tugg Inc. and local enter-tainment blog Mutha Effing Prince will host ascreening of the award-winning film by TravisFine, starring Alan Cumming and GarretDillahunt at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, atCinemark Tinseltown USA. Tickets: $10.01(deadline for purchase March 3); availableonline at tugg.com/events/3082.

Film Las Cruces — The Rio GrandeTheatre, 211 N. Main in Las Cruces, and theCity of Las Cruces Film Liaison present themonthly film forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday,March 13. Locally made films are screenedalongside short films by student filmmakers, fol-lowed by Q&A sessions with the filmmakerz.Admission is free. Information: (575) 523-6403or Las-Cruces-Film.org.

Fountain Theatre — 2469 Calle deGuadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in

Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by theMesilla Valley Film Society, features films at 7:30p.m. nightly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30p.m. Sunday. Foreign language films includesubtitles. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors and stu-dents with ID; $5 society members and chil-dren); $5 on Wednesday. Information, schedule:(575) 524-8287 or mesillavalleyfilm.org.• March 1-7: “Hyde Park on Hudson.”Written by playwright Richard Nelson anddirected by Roger Michell. The movie blendstwo stories linked by Franklin DelanoRoosevelt’s (Bill Murray) magnetic personalityand his vacation White House in upstate NewYork. Rated R.• March 8-14: “All Together.” Five old friendsmove in together as an alternate to a retire-ment home, and are joined by an ethnologystudent whose thesis is on the aging population.Starring Jane Fonda in her first French speakingfilm in 40 years. Not rated.• March 15-21: Oscar Nominated Shorts.The five short animation and live-action filmswere nominated for the 2013 Oscars.Animated titles include “Paperman,” “HeadOver Heels,” “Fresh Guacamole,” “Adam andDog,” and “The Longest Daycare.” Live actionfilms are “Buzkashi Boys,” “Asad,” “Curfew,”“Death of a Shadow” and “Henry.”• March 22-28: “Any Day Now.” A gay couplein 1970s fights to keep custody of the aban-doned mentally handicapped teenager whocomes to live with them. Starring AlanCumming and Garret Dillahunt. Rated. R.• March 29-April 4: “Amour.” A couple, bothretired music teachers in their eighties, findtheir bond of love severely tested when onesuffers a stroke. Rated PG-13.

New Mexico Museum of Space History— Alamogordo, N.M. The museum’sTombaugh IMAX Dome Theater presents:• “Air Racers.” The 3D film provides insightinto the Reno National Championship Air Races.• “Hubble.” Audiences blast off alongside theAtlantis STS-125 crew, witness spacewalks andexperience the Hubble Telescope’s imagery. • Planetarium show: “Nine Planets andCounting” a journey through the solar system.

Call or check website for showtimes.Tickets: $6 ($5 for seniors and military; $4

ages 4-12). Planetarium show admission: $3.50.Ages 3 and under free for all shows.Museum/Max combo tickets available.Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840or nmspacemuseum.org.

Jay’s Film Forecast — Film historian JayDuncan prepared this list of top monthly“Coming Attractions” for movie fans, listed bystudio and release date. Release dates are sub-ject to change.

March 1:• Jack the Giant Slayer (Warner Bros.) — LiveAction & CG Animation. Nicholas Hoult,Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor. Directed byBryan Singer.• The Last Exorcism Part II (CBS Films) —Ashley Bell, Andrew Sensenig, Julia Garner.Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly.• Phantom (RCR Distribution) — Ed Harris,Julian Adams, David Duchovny. Directed byTodd Robinson.• Stoker (Fox Searchlight) — Mia Wasikowska,Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman. Directed byChan-wook Park.• 21 and Over (Relativity Media) — MilesTeller, Sarah Wright, Justin Chon. Directed byJon Lucas & Scott Moore.

March 8:• The ABCs of Death (Magnet) — Ingrid BolsøBerdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky. A 26-chapter anthology showcasing death, featuringthe work of 27 international directors.• Beyond the Hills (Sundance Selects) —Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, ValeriuAndriuta. Directed by Cristian Mungiu.• Dead Man Down (FilmDistrict) — ColinFarrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard.Directed by Niels Arden Oplev.• Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey(Cinedigm) — Documentary. The story ofFilipino Arnel Pineda who went from YouTubeto front man for “Journey.” Directed byRamona S. Diaz.• Oz the Great and Powerful (Walt DisneyStudios) — Live action and CG animation.Michelle Williams, James Franco, Mila Kunis.Directed by Sam Raimi.

March 15:• The Call (TriStar) — Abigail Breslin, MorrisChestnut, Halle Berry. Directed by BradAnderson.• Ginger & Rosa (A24) — Elle Fanning, OliverPlatt, Alice Englert. Directed by Sally Potter.• The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (WarnerBros.) — Steve Carell, Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey.Directed by Don Scardino.• Reality (Oscilloscope) — Aniello Arena, PaolaMinaccioni, Loredana Simioli. Directed byMatteo Garrone.

March 22: • Admission (Focus) — Tina Fey, Paul Rudd,Gloria Reuben. Directed by Paul Weitz.• The Croods (20th Century-Fox) — CG ani-mation. Featuring the voices of Nicolas Cage,Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds. Directed by KirkDe Micco & Chris Sanders.• Olympus Has Fallen (FilmDistrict) — GerardButler, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster. Directedby Antoine Fuqua.• The Sapphires (Weinstein Co.) — DeborahMailman, Chris O’Dowd, Jessica Mauboy.Directed by Wayne Blair.• Spring Breakers (A24) — Vanessa Hudgens,Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson. Directed byHarmony Korone.

March 29: • G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Paramount) — BruceWillis, Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson.Directed by Jon M. Chu.• The Host (Open Road) — Saoirse Ronan,William Hurt, Diane Kruger. Directed byAndrew Noccol.• The Place Beyond the Pines (Focus) — RyanGosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper. Directedby Derek Cianfrance.• Room 237 (IFC) — Documentary exploringStanley Kubrick’s 1980 film adaptation ofStephen King’s “The Shining.” Directed byRodney Ascher.• Starbuck (Entertainment One) — PatrickHuard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand.Directed by Ken Scott.• Tyler Perry’s Temptation (Lionsgate) —Jurnee Smollet-Bell, Vanessa Williams, KimKardashian. Directed by Tyler Perry.

DVD Releases

March 2: • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 /PG-13

March 5:• Wreck-It Ralph / PG• Playing For Keeps / R• Red Dawn / PG-13

March 12:• Hitchcock / PG-13• Life Of Pi / PG• Rise of the Guardians / PG

March 19:• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey / PG-13• Zero Dark Thirty / R

March 22:• This is 40 / R

March 26:• Parental Guidance / PG• The Collection / R


Enchilada Plate Fundraiser — RiversideHigh School Alumni Association’s fundraisingsale is 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday throughThursday, April 1-4, at The Lunch Box, 667 N.Carolina. Tickets: $6. 549-9741.

Women’s History Month Conference— The 2013 conference is April 2-4 at UTEP.747-5291 or sa.utep.edu/wrc.

‘Celebre la Familia’ — The fundraiser forFoster in Texas is 5:30 to 9 p.m. April 4, at theMarriott Hotel, 1600 Airway. 845-7937, 373-922 or lsss.org.

‘STAR Western Gala’—Alzheimer’sAssociation hosts its annual gift basket fundrais-er April 5, at El Paso Country Club. 544-1799or [email protected].

‘El Sueño de Petra’ — “Viva Mexico”Theater Ensemble and EPCC’s Senior AdultProgram present the original bilingual comedyat 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m.Sunday, April 5-7, at Chamizal NationalMemorial, 800 S. San Marcial. $7. Information:772-3905 or vivamexicoelpaso.com.

Generation 2000 —The annual children’sfair is 10 a.m. to 6 p. m. April 6-7, at the ElPaso Convention Center. Information: genera-tion2000.net.

El Paso Sports and Get Fit Expo —11a.m.to 5 p.m. April 7, at Sunland ParkRacetrack and Casino. Special guest is DallasCowboy Dez Bryant. Information: 351-4592 orkrod.com.

March Madness symphony fundraiser— The 16th annual fundraiser benefiting ElPaso Symphony Orchestra’s education and out-reach programs is April 8, at the El PasoCountry Club. 532-3776 or epso.org.

Awadagin Pratt: ‘A Few of HisFavorite Things’ – El Paso Pro-Musica pres-ents a Musical Milestones performance at 7:30p.m. April 10, at El Adobe Recording Studios.Pratt will celebrate his favorite music, food andwine. $100. 833-9400 or eppm.org.

Opera One-Acts in English – Opera

UTEP presents its spring performances at 7:30

p.m. April 11 and 13, at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts

Recital Hall. $10.50. 747-5234.

‘The Children’s Hour’ —April 11-20 at

EPCC Transmountain Campus Forum. Directed

by Hector Serrano. 833-2228 or epcc.edu.

UTEP Track Invitational — April 13 at

Kidd Field, UTEP. 747-5347, utepathletics.com.

Fashion Show and luncheon — The Lady

Shriners hosts the fundraising luncheon at 11:30

a.m. April 13, at El Maida Shrine Auditorium,

6331 Alabama. $30. 751-6116.

Sgt. Ruben Orozco Torch Run —8K

Run/2 Mile Walk benefiting Special Olympics is

April 14 in Kern Place. 588-6894 or racead-

venturesunlimited.com.

El Paso Symphony Orchestra - Gürer

Aykal returns as Emeritus Conductor with

guest pianist Jon Nakamatsu at 7:30 p.m. April

19-20, Plaza Theatre. 532-3776 or epso.org.

Binational Independent Film Festival— The 13th annual binational festival is April

19-27 at venues in both El Paso and Juarez.

Information: binationalfilmfestival.org.

‘Eurydice’ — The UTEP Department of

Theatre and Dance presents story from Greek

mythology April. 19-29, in the Fox Fine Arts

Wise Family Theatre. Tickets: $9-$12. 747-

5118 or theatredance.utep.edu.

‘Evita’ — UTEP Dinner Theatre presents the

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber classic

musical about the life of Evita Peron April 19-

May 12. 747-6060.

‘The Temperamentals’ — El Paso

Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents John

Marans’s play about the founding of the

Mattachine Society April 19-May 11. $5-$10.

532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.

Junior Ranger Day — Chamizal National

Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, presents family

and children’s programs Saturday, April 20, as

part of National Junior Ranger Day, with piñata

making workshops, crafts, games, puppet

shows and an appearance by Chami the

Spotted Ground Squirrel. Admission is free.

Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham.

Run from your Taxes —5K run and 1-mile

walk at 8 a.m. April 20, at Geo Geske’s G2,

2701 N. Stanton. raceadventuresunlimited.com.

Earth Day – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April

20, in the Union Plaza District, 511 Western

Court in conjunction with the Downtown

Market. 621-6754.

‘Jewelry For A Voice’ — En Voz Alta, a

non-profit organization that supports children

with hearing loss, hosts its dinner and silent

jewelry auction 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 20,

at El Paso Club, 201 W. Main, $50; 521-7229 or

online at umcfoundation.org.

Alberto Escamilla’s AnniversaryCelebration — Escamilla’s Fine Art Gallery,

1445 Main St. Suites B1-2, will host its 3rd

Anniversary celebration of the gallery in historic

San Elizario, along with Escamilla’s 35th year as

a professional artist, April 20-21. 851-0742 or

474-1800, albertoescamilla.com.

Mission Trail Art Market — 9 a.m. to 4

p.m. Sunday, April 21, San Elizario. 594-8424

or missiontrailartmarket.com.

El Paso Artists Studio Tour —April 20-

21 at Eastside, Northeast and Mission Valley

studios, and April 27-28 on Westside, Upper

Valley and Downtown studios. Info at pleinair-

paintersofelpaso.com.

‘Party for the Planet’ — El Paso Zoo,

4001 E. Paisano, will host Earth Day exhibits

and events 9:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 21.

521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.

Bonnie Whalen and Paul Kroger - Music

Forum El Paso presents the pianists performing

four-hand piano at 2:30 p.m. April 21, at El

Paso Museum of Art. Free. Information: music-

forum-elpaso.org.

Gardens of the World Flower Show —

El Dedon Verde Garden Club 62nd standard

flower show and silent auction, “Celebrating

the Classics,” is 2:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April

23, at 150 Sunset Garden and Event Center,

150 E. Sunset. $10. [email protected]

or texasgardenclubs.org.

YWCA Women’s Benefit luncheon —

Financial guru Suze Orman is guest speaker at

the 20th annual benefit luncheonApril 25, at El

Paso Convention Center. 533-2311, ext. 250 or

ywcaelpaso.org.

Taste of Frontera — Frontera Land Alliance

will host its 5th annual meeting and fundraiser

at 6 p.m. April 25, at Ardovino’s Desert

Crossing. Information: fronteralandalliance.org.

Sun City Scifi — The family-oriented

Science Fiction Convention is April 26-28, at

El Paso Marriott, 1600 Airway. $20 ($15 mili-

tary; free for age 10 and younger). Information:

suncityscifi.com.

‘Elvis Lives’ — Broadway in El Paso Series

presents the multi-media live journey across

Elvis’ life at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at The

Plaza Theatre. Ticketmaster.

Amigos de Dressage Horse Shows —April 27-28 at Sunland Park Racetrack and

Casino. Free admission. 373-9179 or pasodel-

nortedressage.org.

Celebration of Cultures 2013 — The

Genealogy Society of San Elizario and El Paso

Mission Trail Association host the 22nd annual

conference is 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April

27, at L.G. Alarcon Elementary cafeteria, 12501

Socorro Road. Admission is free. Information:

851-1682 (genealogy society) or 851-9997

(Mission Trail Association).

Multicultural and historical booths, interna-

tional and cultural entertainment are noon to 6

p.m. Saturday and nooon to 8 p.m. Sunday,

April 27-28, on the Veterans Memorial Plaza.

“First Thanksgiving” reenactment is 6 p.m.

Saturday in the plaza.

FloraFest 2013 — The UTEP Centennial

Museum’s annual native plant sale is 9 a.m. to 4

p.m. April 27-28 747-5565 or

museum.utep.edu. The annual Florafest lecture

is 7 p.m. April 26, i Undergraduate Learning

Center.

La Viña Blues & Jazz Festival — Noon to

7 p.m. April 27-28, at La Viña Winery, 4201 S.

NM 28 in La Union, N.M. (575) 882-7632.

Southern New Mexico

‘Crystal Memories’ — The NMSU Dance

Program presents its 15th anniversary dance

concert at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3

p.m. Sunday, April 5-7, at NMSU’s Center for

the Arts, , in Las Cruces. (575) 646-2070.

‘Twelve Angry Men’ —Las Cruces

Community Theatre presents the drama April

5-21. (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.

Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra —7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6-

7, at NMSU’s Atkinson Music Recital Hall, with

guests Stephen Jackiw violin, Edward Arron,

cello and Jeremy Denk, piano. $35, $40 and

$45. (575) 646-3709 or

lascrucessymphony.com.

‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’— No Strings

Theater Company concludes its season with

the new comedy by Sara Ruhl April 12-28 at

the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown

Mall, in Las Cruces. $7-$10. (575) 523-1223 or

no-strings.org.

‘Dido and Aenaes and Trial by Jury’ —Doña Ana Lyric Opera presents the opera 7:30

p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday,

April 19-21, at NMSU’s Atkinson Music Recital

Hall. Tickets: $10-$15. (Ticketmaster).

Information: (575) 646-1986.

Sebastian Baverstam — Las Cruces Civic

Concert Association presents the cellist at 3

p.m. April 21, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211

N. Main, Las Cruces. $20. (575) 521-4051.

APRILPREVIEW



Moody Blues invites us to ridetheir see-saw March 9 at Plaza

Be moody and get the blues March 9,because the Plaza Theatre welcomes theMoody Blues back to town. The band fea-tures Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward andJohn Lodge, who have been together almostsince the inception of the band in 1964. Thelatter two officially joined in 1966, and itwas with their addition that the bandspawned its first full-length studio hit, “Daysof Future Passed.” Label executives hopedthe album would be a rock ’n’ roll version ofAntonín Dvořák’s “New World Symphony,”but it instead opened their psychedelic-erafloodgates. The band combined this space-age sound with complex symphonic arrange-ments and progressive currents, delivering anentirely new aural experience for the listener.They continued down this path until the mid-’70s, then embarked upon solo careers butregrouped at the close of that decade with amore modern and less intricate rock vibe.Their last official disc of original music wasin 1999. After than came solo gigs, scoringsoundtracks, collaborating on “MoodyBluegrass,” and recording Christmasfavorites that hit store shelves in 2003. Theyeven appeared in animated form on theSimpsons, but these legends definitely willbe in living breathing form for this once-in-a-lifetime show.

Camper Van Beethoven, “LaCosta Perdida,” 429 Records

Long before David Lowery took his first biteof Cracker, he spent time with troupeCamper Van Beethoven. They were a main-stay of the college scene from the mid ’80sto the beginning of the next decade. Theytook about 15 years off and then teased uswith a reunion disc. Another hiatus of tenyears passed, and now here we are with “LaCosta Perdida.” This collection is stylisticallyall over the place, so there isn’t a dullmoment to be found. What starts out as asinger-songwriter affair with a soulful balladturns into a classic Camper van Beethovenrockin’ mantra. Then the psychedelics kickin, and we are snapped back to reality with avocally strained Ska number. This is onlyhalftime. What follows are Beach Boys-inspired melodies, a country stroll on therange and a trip to Mexico. A world tourwouldn’t be complete without a trip toEastern Europe, and many of these songsshow an underpinning of this influence. Theymay be lost on the coast, but for me they areexactly where they need to be, making anincredible album that will soon be found bymany more music lovers.

Eels, “Wonderful, Glorious,”Vagrant Records

It has been three years since their lastendeavor, and the first since 2009 that wasnot involved in their grand concept albumtrilogy. “Wonderful, Glorious” is a perfectdemonstration of Eels’ brainchild “E” (MarkOliver Everest) doing what he does best:defying commercialism, throwing conven-tional music-making aside, and creatingbeautiful noise. The biggest change-up hereis a sense of optimism and cheer. Other thanthis new train of thought, the Eels groove isstamped all over it, with soul hooks, loudguitars, loops, bells, whistles, screeching bal-lad-esque vocals, and a string section. Thetracks swing with the precision of a pendu-lum dividing the album between lulling slowtempo numbers to frenzied fuzzed-out rockgems. This is another amusement park ridewith the Eels. There are twists, turns, chills,spills and heart-stopping thrills. This is notime to penny pinch — loosen up that walletand spring for the deluxe version that offersa bonus disc of live cuts, unreleased tracks

and a few on-air radio station selections,including their glorious rendition of Lovin’Spoonful’s “Summer in the City.”

Various Artists, “12-12-12 TheConcert for Sandy Relief,”Columbia Records

On Dec. 12, 2012 — 12/12/12 — two once-in-a-lifetime events occurred. The most obvi-ous was the triple-12 calendar date, but evenmore important on that evening was a gather-ing of high-caliber artists at Madison SquareGarden that will never be repeated. Much ofthe event is chronicled in the latest benefitalbum aptly titled, “12-12-12 The Concertfor Sandy Relief.” The event and subsequentrecord sales raise money to help rebuild livesand property for the areas devastated byHurricane Sandy. The roster reads like an all-time Top 10 list in music: Bruce Springsteen,Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, The Who,Billy Joel and even the benefit-phobicRolling Stones delivered a few cuts — ofcourse it didn’t hurt they were already intown for their own multimillion dollar gig.Those performances stand on their ownmerit, but the icing on the cake consists oftwo incredible duets: Coldplay’s Chris Marin& Michael Stipe share the mic on R.E.M.’s“Losing My Religion,” and Pink Floyd’sRoger Waters & Pearl Jam’s Eddie Veddertake the classic “Comfortably Numb” to anentirely new level of excellence. The motiva-tion of helping a great cause is an addedbonus, because this is a collection thatshould be owned by all.

Collectibles: Mad Season,“Above,” Legacy Records

They may have been taking a cue fromTemple of the Dog (another Seattle-basedsuper group with its members from PearlJam and Soundgarden) or perhaps anotherundeniably amazing combination of bandssimply blossomed from the rain-soaked soil.It really doesn’t matter how it happened,because “Mad Season” came alive for onetremendous album in March 1995. This timearound the blend featured Screaming Treesand Alice in Chains, and Mike McCready ofPearl Jam threw his hat in for this one aswell. Legacy records has announced theexpanded deluxe edition of “Above.” Thisseminal work is getting the bonus disc treat-ment along with a DVD. The original versionhas a handful of extra cuts tacked on thatinclude unreleased tracks, a remix and mate-rial from their unfinished second album withnew lyrics and vocals by Mark Lanegan, fill-ing in for the deceased Layne Staley. Theextra audio platter is of their full set fromtheir performance “Live at The Moore” inSeattle, which is represented visually on theDVD. “Mad Season” is one of those goldennuggets that seemed to slip through thecracks — which is simply criminal as it is farand “Above” one of the best things to evercome out of the Pacific Northwest.

Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin’ Dice Music. Drop him a line at

[email protected]

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