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Your monthly guide to community
entertainment, recreation & culture

Bowled Over
El Paso Convention Center
turns into a bowling arena for
nearly 30,000 women coming
to the U.S Bowling Congress.
— Pages 31-33

‘Bedazzled’
5,000 years of
jewelry on
display
beginning
March 27
at El Paso
Museum
of Art.
— Page 40

Poppy Fest
4th annual Franklin Mountain
Poppies Preservation
Celebration is March 20
at El Paso Museum
of Archaeology.
— Page 5

On the cover:
Photograph by
Don Bustamante
(popplies on east side
of Organ Mountains)

MARCH
2010
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March
ROUNDup
Spring Home Show — The El Paso
Association of Builders presents the 2010 show
Feb. 26-28 in the El Paso County Coliseum.
The show features booths providing exhibits,
demonstrations and seminars aimed at the
needs of a homeowner, whether building a
home or remodeling. Hours are 4 to 8 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $4.95 ($3.95 mili-
tary, seniors 62 and older; free for ages 12 and
younger Information: 1-800-756-4788 or
HomeShowElPaso.com.
Black History Month Parade and Rally
— The annual Inter-Club Council Black History
Month Parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb.
27, at Montana and Pershing and travels east
on Montana to Copia then south to Missouri
ending at Mary Webb Park. This year’s theme is
March 2010
“The History of Black Economic College’s Administrative Service Center
Empowerment.” The rally immediately follows Building A, 9050 Viscount.
MARCH
the parade at noon in Mary Webb Park, with
vendor booths, family activities and entertain-
ment. Admission is free. Information: Carl
Juntos Art Association is a non-profit arts
organization in El Paso that is comprised of
professional artists, educators, librarians, INDEX
Robinson, 740-7826 or Ken Lee, 569-2132.
Juntos Art and Literature Festival —
Juntos Art Association will host the art and lit-
lawyers and other professionals.
Diocesan Festival — Catholic Schools of El
Paso hosts its annual festival noon to 4 p.m.
March Roundup
Behind the Scene
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erature festival March 11-13, bringing artists, Saturday, March 13, at St. Joseph’s School, Scene Spotlight 6
writers, and more to the high schools to meet 1300 Lamar. The event features food, games,
ElPasoFishnet 14
the students and present their work in the vari- entertainment and more. Admission is free.
ous fields of art and literature. A speaker series Information: 872-8400 ext. 126 Viva Juárez 15
is planned 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the El Program Notes 17-19
Paso Public Library Main Branch, with art and
Aztec New Year celebration — Music, Comedy 24
Performance artist Michael Herald of Los
literature booths, a mercado and Mexican art Dance 25
Angeles will bring his indigenous instruments,
exhibit. Admission to all events is free. Here’s the Ticket 20-23
music, and storytelling to open for a “Fiesta de
Information: 543-5412 or 203-2309.
Año Nuevo Azteca: Un paso a la nueva era” Sports 26-28
Saturday’s participating presenters include
2012 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at Becoming Bicultural 30
movie and television filmmaker Jesus Treviño of
Mercado Mayapan, 2101 Myrtle. The group Feature:
Los Angeles, Dr. David Carrasco, Chair of the
Danza Aztec Omekoatl will also present cere- Bowled Over 31-33
Anthropology Department at Harvard, and Dr.
monial dancing followed by a special dialogue
Tomas Ibarra-Frauto of the Smithsonian Nature 34-36
panel on 2012 covering the astronomical, spiri-
Institution and Dr. Enrique Cortazar of Mexican At the Museum 37-39
tual, and cultural implications of the much
Consulate. Also featured is an artist panel with Gallery Talk 40
talked about “doomsday” in the Mayan/Aztec
Barbara Carrasco, Carlos Callejo, Tina Fuentes,
Calendar. Admission is free. Information: 532- SW Art Scene 41-44,46
Gabriel Gaytan and Maria Almeida Natividad, as
6200. Racking Up History 47
well as a writers panel with Ben Saenz, Sergio
Troncoso and Donna Snyder. Opening dedica- Autorama Fest — The 4th annual super On Stage 48-50
tion is by Rosa Guerrero, and Sun Dancers and custom car, truck and off road showdown, Stage Talk 49
book singing close the program at 5:30 p.m. along with the Super Towners Show-off is 1 to History Lessons 50
Related events: 11 p.m. Saturday, March 20, in the Cielo Vista Keep on Bookin' 51-52
• A screening of Jesus Treviño’s documentary Mall westside parking lot. Best of Show Award
“Visions of Aztlan” about the founding artists of
Film Scene 53-55
is $250. Tickets: $8 (free for ages 10 and
the Chicano movement is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday younger); available in advance at all O’Reilly Liner Notes 56
a the UTEP Union Theatre. Auto Parts locations in the area. Information: April Preview 57
• Dr. Tomas Ybarra-Frausto will give the lec- 499-1032 or epss@elpasostreetscene.com.
ture “Transnational Imaginaries” at 9:30 a.m. Classes include hot rods/classics, trucks, El Paso Scene User’s Guide 24
Friday in the UTEP’s Rubin Gallery Auditorium. lowriders, luxury, mini trucks, bikes and other Advertiser Index 58
• A Chicano/a Art Exhibition and Reception is 5 special awards.
to 8 p.m. Friday at El Paso Community Subscription Form 58
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 T
he last time I remember poppies
covering the east side of the
Franklins was 2003. The next year,
the Scene invited photographers to send
their best images of the poppies for the
March 2004 cover. We had a glorious
cover that year, but very few real poppies
emerged on the mountainside.
When that issue came out, I got several
calls from people asking where they
could find the poppies shown on the
cover. Sorry, those poppies were from last
year, I told them. Better luck next year.
Almost every year since, the Scene has
run a photograph or painting of the pop-
pies on the March cover. And still no
poppies. Well, actually, a few poppies
bloomed on the highway medians where
Transmountain approaches the Franklins
and around the El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, but nothing like the carpet
of color of 2003.
The outlook seems favorable for a
grander appearance of poppies this year
thanks to above-average winter rain and
snow.
Fortunately, I kept some of the photos
that people submitted back in 2004. One
of my favorites was the shot on this
month’s cover by Las Cruces photogra-
pher Don Bustamante. It’s actually taken
of the east side of the Organ Mountains.
Apparently the gradual slopes of the east
approaches to both the Franklins and
Organs furnish the best environment for
the poppies.
If the poppies do show up in force, send
your best photograph to El Paso Scene
for consideration as a future cover.
***
If you would rather paint your way onto
the cover of El Paso Scene, enter the “El
Paso Scenes” show April 2-28 at the
Sunland Art Gallery. Details are on Page
41. Deadline for entries is March 12.
We will ask gallery visitors to vote on
the artwork they would most like to see
on the cover of El Paso Scene, and the
winner will be featured on the May cover
and win a $100 prize.
El Paso Scene also is co-sponsoring the
3rd annual El Paso Artists Studio Tour
March 2010
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April 17-18 and April 24-25, when artists
throughout the city will invite the public
to visit their studios. Details for this event
are also on Page 41; deadline for entries
is March 8.
***
While on the subject of the El Paso
Scene cover: We receive requests each
month from local organizations to feature
their event on the cover. Unfortunately, I
have to turn them all down. Over the
years, we have tried to stay away from
promoting a particular event on the cover.
Although the artwork we choose may
coincide with an event, such as a gallery
exhibit. With so many events going on
each month, we hate to play favorites.
The same is true of our monthly feature
story. We don’t focus on a single event,
although sometimes the story ties into
that month’s happenings.
In a sense, this month’s feature story
does focus on a particular event — but
the event is so unique, it deserves an
exception. The U.S. Bowling Congress’s
Women Championships will bring 29,000
women bowlers to El Paso, plus 10,000
more family and friends, over a 14-week
period spanning from late March to early
July. The Convention Center will be
turned into an arena-style bowling venue.
Expect to see these sportswomen fill our
hotels, restaurants, shops and area attrac-
tions for the next few months. To find out
more about it, read Lisa Tate’s story on
Page 31.
Randy Limbird
Editor and Publisher
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Richard Campbell, Brian Chozick,
Myrna Zanetell, Carol Viescas,
Walter Schaefer, Bill Rakocy
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March Roundup
Cont’d from Page 3
Awards offered in various tuner classes includ-
ing special awards for Best Lighting Display,
Vehicle Display, Team Participation.
El Paso Psychic Fair — The fair is 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21,
at the Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway (at Boeing).
Admission: $5 for both days (private readings
not included with admission). Free admission
with active duty military I.D. Information: 345-
6245 or elpasopsychicfair.com.
The fair features aura photos, handmade new
age crystal and gemstone jewelry, new vendors,
spirit writing, Feng Shui products, aromathera-
py and readings by 14 professional psychic
readers and mediums from all across Texas and
New Mexico. Readings offered in English and
Spanish.
Franklin Mountain Poppies
Preservation Celebration — The 4th
annual free family fun day is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain in Northeast
El Paso (west of U.S. 54). Admission is free.
Free parking available starting at 9:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. at Cohen Stadium with handicap-
accessible shuttle service available. Information:
755-4332, chihuahuandesert.org or
iloveparks.com/fmwc/.
The event features nature talks and walks,
wildlife displays and a visit with a real wolf,
educational exhibits, demonstrations, art ven-
dors, live music and food.
Outside activities include educational
exhibitors, vendors and live music 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., Guests can meet Takota, El Paso Zoo’s
new Golden Eagle Ambassador for
Conservation of the Chihuahuan Desert with
Valerie Hearn and John Elmore noon to 1 p.m.
Musical group Ceiba will perform 2 to 3:30
p.m. followed by an educational presentation
3:30 to 4 p.m., and a performance by
Slackabilly is 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Inside activities include the official welcome
presentations at 10 a.m. followed by one-hour
showings of the Jackson Polk film series at 11
a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. A presentation by
Virginia Morris “Everything you ever wanted to
know about poppies, but were afraid to ask” is
2 to 3 p.m.
Cesar Chavez Celebration — Centro de
Salud Familiar La Fe will celebrate the accom-
plishments of the late United Farm Workers of
America founder 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March
27, at La Fe Preparatory School, 616 E. Father
Rahm. Live entertainment and various activities
offered. Admission is free. Information: 545-
7190.
‘Kidspalooza’ — El Paso Symphony
Orchestra hosts the 3rd annual family festival
10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 27,
throughout Downtown. Downtown area arts
organizations will present “Make & Take” craft
workshops, tours, performances and exhibits
to educate and expose young participants to
the many activities available in the El Paso area.
Activities are free, unless otherwise listed. Sun
Metro rides free. Information: 532-3776 or
epso.org.
Activities and Events:
• El Paso Symphony Orchestra will present
Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” at noon and 2
p.m. at the Plaza Theatre. Dance choreo-
graphed by Ingeborg Heuser and produced by
Eden Enterprises. Cost: $5, general admission.
• The hands-on Wing Harp and Drum Cloud
are on display with ongoing demonstrations in
Arts Festival Plaza.
March 2010
• “Fun zone” activities and music are hosted by
City of El Paso Parks and Recreation
Department in Cleveland Square.
• El Paso Public Library’s “Make and Take”
musical instrument workshops are 1 to 4:30
p.m. Percussionist Nancy Green will lead a
drum circle 1 to 3 p.m.
• El Paso KidsExcel will teach fun dance moves
at 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. at the library.
• City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs
Department will provide performances and
educational workshops throughout the day,
including Outrageous Fortune Theater
Company’s “Hamelito, the Little Prince That
Could,” at 11 a.m. at the library and “Capoiera
Quinto Sol” Brazilian dance/martial arts/acro-
batics noon to 1:30 p.m. at OLO Gallery.
• El Paso Museum of Art will host a scavenger
hunt of their permanent art collection. Tour
guides will answer questions about art.
Activities in the Museum of Art include an art
gift basket drawing and free postcard making.
• El Paso Opera will present Mozart’s one-act
opera “The Impresario” at 1 p.m. in the library.
• “Make and Take” dragonflies, scorpions, and
elephant trunks with the El Paso Zoological
Society ZOO DO at Lynx Exhibits.
• Lynx Exhibits will have a free outdoor fair
with jumping balloon, El Paso Zoo, Live cargo
reptiles, Dame La Mano food, contests and
prizes. Admission to “Extreme Deep: Mission
to the Abyss” is $5 that day.
• Explore “Giant Worlds” from NASA at
Insights El Paso Science Museum. All-day activi-
ties include: Space Tours, Scavenger Hunts and
Cosmo Facts, as well as Science presentations
of Giant Ice Bubbles, Tesla Coil and Star Lab.
Admission: $5 ($4 seniors, military and stu-
dents; $3 child 4 to 11 years old).
• A children’s tour provided at the Magoffin
Home State Historic Site.
• Creative Kids at OLO Gallery features chil-
dren build and paint instrument to take home.
Cost: $10.
• The Railroad & Transportation Museum of El
Paso will have model train demonstrations
throughout the day.
• Tour the historic Union Depot train station,
passenger service and exhibit of Harvey House
by Railroad Man and Harvey Girl.
Southern New Mexico
Home Improvement and Lifestyle
Show — The Las Cruces Home Builders
Association’s 28th annual show is 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 6-7, at Dickerson’s Event Center, 3920
W. Picacho, in Las Cruces. The regional public
marketplace showcases about 100 businesses
that cater to the home improvement and home
construction markets. Exhibitor booths, food
concession stands and how-to demonstrations
also will be featured. Admission: $4 ($3 seniors;
free for children 10 and younger). Information:
(575) 526-6126 or lchba.com.
Cowboy Days — The 10th annual celebra-
tion of Southwest pioneer heritage is 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14,
at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage
Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd., Las
Cruces. A cowboy breakfast will kick off the
festivities 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday with match
team roping, Mexican-style rodeo demonstra-
tions, horseback and stagecoach rides, cowboy
music and poetry, a large arts and craft show,
great food, children’s activities, gunfight re-
enactments, cowboy demonstrations, and a trip
back in time to witness an 1895 wedding both
days. Admission: $4 (ages 4 and younger free).
Information: (575) 522-4100 or nmfarman-
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Scene Spotlight highlights events adver-
tised in this issue. Support our advertisers
by attending these events, and tell them
you saw in the Scene!
‘Red Mesa donations’ — El Paso Community
Foundation is taking donations to help the local
film qualify for the 2010 Academy Awards.
Page 2.
‘Kidspalooza’ — El Paso Symphony Orchestra
hosts the 3rd annual family festival March 27
throughout Downtown, with arts organizations
presenting craft workshops, tours, performanc-
es, exhibits and more. Page 45.
Showtime! El Paso — Season subscriptions
available for the 2010-2011 season beginning
Sept. 30 with performer John Davidson in con-
cert. Page 16.
El Paso Convention and Performing Arts
Center — Showtime! El Paso presents Daniel
Rodriguez (March 2), “Sesame Street Live”
(April 1-4) and at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre; and Insights’ “Night at the Oscars”
(March 7) and Chicago (April 6) at the Plaza
Theatre. Page 19.
UTEP Union Gallery — Showing March 4-
April 2: “Gods For Future Religions,” surreal
sculptures by Ho Baron. Opening reception
March 4, with an artist’s talk March 11. Page
12.
El Paso Art Associtiation — Showing March
6-26 at the Crossland Gallery: UVA’s (Union de
Viejas Artistas) “From the Vine“ Exhibit.
Opening reception March 6. Spring Art classes
begin March 2. Page 41.
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the
Visual Arts — Showing March 11-April 8 is
the 2010 Annual Juried UTEP Student Art
Exhibition. Opening reception is March 11.
El Paso Zoo — The new lion and meerkat
areas open to the public March 13 in anticipa-
tion of the completion of the new Africa exhib-
it. Page 11.
‘Cabaret’ – Broadway in El Paso presents the
Tony-Award-winning musical March 15 at the
Plaza Theatre. Page 38.
YMCA Begin-to-Swim Week — YMCA’s
annual “Splash” Begin-to-Swim Week classes for
ages 5 to 12 March 15-19 at various YMCA
branches. Page 32.
Lancer’s Club events — St. Patrick’s Day
with Armin Harrison (March 17) on the
Westside; music by Habana Feeling D’Cuba
(March 19) on the Eastside. Page 55.
El Paso Zoo
— The new
lion and
meerkat areas
open to the
public March
13 in anticipa-
tion of the
completion of
the new Africa exhibit. The family
fundraiser will include a chance to wel-
come the four African lions Page 11.
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‘Porgy & Bess’ —
The El Paso Opera
celebrates March as
“Opera Month” with
a gala benefit concert
setting performance
of the American clas-
sic March 12-13, at
Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Maestro Harvey
Raymondy Harvey
conducts, and performs Gershwin’s Piano
Concerto in F on piano. Several other
Opera Month events planned. Page 7.
Ardovino’s Desert Crossing — The annual
St. Patrick’s Day celebration with music by Los
San Patricios is March 17, and The Vibe in con-
cert is March 27. Page 15.
Franklin Mountain Poppies Preservation
Celebration — The 4th annual free family fun
day March 20 at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology. Page 48.
Vienna Boys Choir — El Paso Youth Choir at
St. Paul’s hosts the world famous choir March
24 at First Presbyterian Church. Page 8.
Hal Marcus Studio and Gallery — Showing
through April 30: “50 (Un)known - Early El
Paso Women Artists.” An ARTalk is March 25.
Page 27.
Tea Leaf Readings — Las Vegas astrologer
“Cattel” will explain the tea leaf-reading
process and give private readings March 27-28
at Feng Shui Institute. Page 42.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — The
annual Sunland Derby and The Oaks (for fillies)
is March 28. Page 5.
Master Stephen Co — The Master Pranic
Healer, author of “Your Hands Can Heal You,”
gives presentations March 30-April 1. Page 3.
LYNX Exhibits — Showing through May 30:
“Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss,” featur-
ing hands-on exhibits on the technology neces-
sary for deep-sea exploration. Page 48.
The Da Vinci Experience — The exhibition
of precise and working machines described and
designed by Leonardo Da Vinci along with repli-
cas of his greatest paintings runs through July
10 at El Paso Museum of History. Page 20.
Bill Maher — The ‘politically incorrect’ comic
performs April 3, at the Plaza Theatre. Page
34.
‘Walk Like MADD’ 5K — Mothers Against
Drunk Driving will host its 5K walk April 10, at
EPCC’s Valle Verde campus. Page 37.
Robert Cohen — the author of “Milk, The
Deadly Poison” is guest speaker for the
Vegetarian Society of El Paso’s Spring Dinner
April 10 at Lancer’s Club East. Page 39.
Southern New Mexico
Las Cruces Museum of Art — Showing
through April 3: “Andy Warhol & Pop Art:
Media and Fame.” Events include a reading and
booksigning of “Uncle Andy’s Cats” by James
Warhola March 6 at the Rio Grande Theatre.
Page 57.
Cowboy Days — The 10th annual celebration
of Southwest pioneer heritage is March 13-14,
at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage
Museum. Page 9.
Silver City events — Celebration of Spring
Festival is April 17, and the 25th Anniversary
of Silver City Mainstreet is May 15. Page 40.
El Paso Scene
March Roundup
Cont’d from Page 3
dranchmuseum.org.
A Cowboy Breakfast is 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday.
Tickets: $10 in advance; $12 at the door
(includes Cowboy Days admission).
St. Patrick’s Day Tea — Enchanted
Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, will host an
Irish tea 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 14, with
tea and cookies and live Irish music by Robert
Hull and Bob Diven. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 524-1886 or
gardens@zianet.com.
Mountain Living Home & Garden
Show — The 8th annual show is March 19-
21 at the Ruidoso Convention Center. More
than 200 experts and retailers present new
products and ideas. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Sunday. Information: (575) 653-4882 or
nmmtnliving.com.
The show features handcrafted furniture,
accessories and art, educational seminars and
workshops, building and design, gardening and
landscaping, architects and remodeling experts,
professionals in home sales and financing and
demonstrations on the latest tools and materi-
als.
Mutt Show — Animal Services Center of the
Mesilla Valley will host its 4th annual show for
dogs noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at
Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada. Owners can
enter their dogs in several categories, including
Sweetest Smile, Biggest Paws, Smallest Paws,
Most Obedient, Most Like Owner, Trickiest
Dog, Best Costume, Shortest Tail, Longest Tail
and Longest Ears. Pre-registration is recom-
mended: $5 per category. Day of show regis-
tration is 11 a.m. to noon. Information: (575)
382-0018 or (575) 532-9104.
Dogs from the Animal Services Center will be
available for adoption and any dog adopted at
the show is eligible to be entered free in any
category.
Southwest New Mexico Dutch Oven
Cook-Off — The 8th annual cook-off is
Saturday, March 27, at Glenwood Community
Park on CatWalk Road in Glenwood, N.M. (one
hour north of Silver City). Tasting begins at 2
p.m. Also featured are musicians, and awards
for winning cooks. Both experienced and ama-
teur cooks welcome. Proceeds benefit park
upkeep. Taster plates for spectators are $5 ($3
children under 12). Information: Leah Jones,
(575) 539-2800 or gilaleahjones@gmail.com.
Cost to participate: $15 single pot ($30 for
three pots).
Wheels of Dreams — The Las Cruces
Rodrunners will host its annual show benefiting
the youth of Las Cruces 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 27, at the Field of Dreams
Stadium, 250 Tashiro, Las Cruces. The show
features around several classic cars and hot
rods from 1983 and earlier, as well a swap
meet and raffle drawings throughout the day
for an engine, transmission, gift basket and
more. Cash prizes for participants. Food ven-
dors. Spectator admission is free. Entry is $30
in advance, $36 day of show. No alcohol
allowed. Information and registration: (575)
496-7146 or (575) 649-1358. Web: lcrodrun-
ners.com.
Downtown Ramble — The City of Las
Cruces hosts an evening of music and art 5 to 7
p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Las
Cruces Downtown Mall. Information: (575)
523-2950.
Bazaars and fairs
Fort Bliss Spring Bazaar — The Officer,
Civilian, Spouse Association will host the annual
spring bazaar Feb. 26-28, at Stout Physical
Fitness Center, Fort Bliss. The bazaar features
several area craftspeople, with profits going to
community programs and scholarships. Hours
are 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission: $2. Information: 562-7467 or fboc-
sa.com.
Stout Gym is on Cassidy Road and can be
accessed through the Remagen Gate from
Airport Road (at Butterfield Trail). Driver’s
license, vehicle registrations and proof of insur-
ance are required for entry.
Provost Gun Show — The El Maida
Provost Guard gun, small antique and
Southwest art show is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March
6-7, at the El Maida Shrine Temple, 6331
Alabama. Includes new, used and antique
firearms and accessories, knives, coins,
Southwest jewelry, military surplus and col-
lectibles. Food concession available. Admission:
$5 ($4 active military and accompanying
dependents; ages 12 and younger free). Parking
is free. Age 18 and younger must be accompa-
nied by a parent or legal guardian. Information:
241-1761.
St. Paul’s Book Fair — St. Paul’s United
Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere, will host
its annual book and rummage sale 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday, March 6. Items include books,
clothing, kitchenware, small appliances, linens
and more. Information: 772-2734.
St. Paul’s rummage sale and book fair
— The St. Paul’s Methodist Women’s event is 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at St. Paul’s
United Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere.
Books. Clothing, kitchenware, small appliances,
linens and more. Information: 772-2734.
Sun Country Doll Folks — The club’s
36th annual doll show and sale is 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, March 13, at the Holiday Inn
Airport, Airway at I-10, exit 25. The event
showcases about 20 tables of antique and mod-
ern dolls, accessories, clothing and free doll
identification and appraisals. Ticket information:
637-3438.
Founded in 1974, club members include many
avid doll collectors and doll makers, involved in
many charitable activities such as dressing dolls
for the Toys for Tots, Operation Santa Claus
Toy Drive, contributing to the UTEP
Scholarship fund, donating gifts and dolls to
needy families at Christmas and creating doll
displays.
Spring Craft Fair — Rio Norte Retirement
Community, 1941 Saul Kleinfeld, will host its
8th annual craft fair 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, featuring Crafts range
from wind chimes, hand made cards by Marta
Valdez, clothes decor, crochet items, candles,
hand made jewelry and more. Admission is
free. Information: 856-6655.
German Spring Bazaar — The German
Catholic Church of Fort Bliss hosts its annual
bazaar 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 20,
at the German Community Center
(Soldatenstube), Building 5095 at Fort Bliss.
Hobby craftspeople will display and sell their
various decorations, handmade greeting cards,
quilts to woodcraft products. German
bratwurst, fish, beer, coffee, cakes, pastries and
cookies also available. All proceeds are donated
to the charity organizations “Aid for the
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Needy” to benefit the poor on both sides of
the border. Admission is free. Information: 568-
0259, 568-4824 or betreuunginelpaso.com.
Gun Show — The Paso Del Norte Gun
Collectors Spring Gun Show is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March
27-28 at the El Maida Shrine Temple, 6331
Alabama. The show includes guns and antiques
for buy, sell or trade. Admission is $5, $3 for
under 18. Minors must be accompanied by a
parent. Information: 598-0935.
The Paso Del Norte Gun Collectors Inc. was
formed in 1964 and raises funds for various
charities.
For a good cause
Jewish Academy Comedy Night – Avi
Liberman, “The Comic the World is Talking
About,” headlines the El Paso Jewish
Academy’s 15th annual Comedy Night at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, March 4, at Temple Mt. Sinai,
4408 N. Stanton. A silent auction precedes the
performance at 6:30 p.m. All proceeds benefit
EPJA, a 34-year-old elementary and middle
school. Tickets: $62.50; available in advance by
sending payment to the school at 805 Cherry
Hill, 79912 or at the door. Information/tickets:
EPJA, 833-0808.
Born in Israel, raised in Texas, having gone to
college in New York, and now living in Los
Angeles, Liberman has a quirky style that com-
bines life experiences and topical issues told
through a varied blend of characters and voices.
He has performed on “Late Late Show’ with
Craig Ferguson on Comedy Central’s
“Premium Blend” and “Make Me Laugh.” Since
March 2010
2001, he has arranged widely acclaimed stand-
up comedy tours in Israel, donating all proceeds
to a charity. The “Comedy For Koby” tour is
now a bi-annual event, benefiting the Koby
Mandell Foundation.
‘Tablescapes’ — El Paso Pro-Musica Guild’s
13th annual luncheon features 25 designer-dec-
orated tables March 4-5 at the El Paso
Country Club. Each table is individually deco-
rated by El Paso’s leading floral designers, high-
end furniture stores, party planners, specialty
shops and more. Attendees vote for their
favorite table, with designs ranging from whim-
sical to sophisticated. Proceeds benefit El Paso
Pro-Musica. Information: Jana Tippin, 581-3701
or the El Paso Pro-Musica office, 833-9000.
The Ladies’ Nite Out Preview Party is 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. Thursday with a preview of tables,
wine, fruit and cheese. Admission: $25.
Luncheon and auction is 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Friday, with browse time 9:30 a.m. to noon and
1 to 2:30 p.m. and lunch noon to 1 p.m. Cost:
$40. RSVP deadline is Feb. 26.
Combo tickets for both preview and luncheon
are $60.
David Parkes dinner concert — Open
Arms Community presents fundraiser concert
for the Holy Spirit Retreat and Renewal Center
featuring internationally known singer David
Parkes of Dublin, Ireland 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday,
March 5, at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Hall,
10970 Bywood (off Yarbrough). Parkes has per-
formed in the El Paso area several times.
Tickets: $20 (includes a Southwestern Lenten
Buffet); available at Centro Santa Fe, 8210
North Loop; Madonna Shop, 5933 Gateway
West; Holy Spirit Bookstore, 1830 George
Dieter and the Franciscan Peddler, 1030 N.
Zaragosa, Ste. D. Seating is limited. Credit card
ticket purchases: 820-2692 or 595-0589.
El Paso Scene
Information: openarmscommunity.org.
A professional soccer player and musician,
Parkes, a victim of Chrohn’s disease, was told in
1989 that he had just six weeks to live. On a
pilgrimage to the former Yugoslavia, an
American Catholic priest blessed him during a
healing service. The disease disappeared, leav-
ing his doctors in Ireland amazed. In concerts,
he shares both religious and popular songs. The
father of a son with cystic fibrosis, he has
become a strong voice for the value of life. His
recording of the pro-life song “Let Me Live”
from the album of the same name has drawn
worldwide attention. His best-selling albums
include “You Are Always Close To Me,” “Songs
of Love and Inspiration” and “In His Time.”
‘Come take a Walk on the Wild Side’
— The El Paso Zoo offers an exclusive preview
of its news Africa Exhibit 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
March 6. The family fundraiser will include a
chance to welcome the four African lions and a
special appearance of the zoo’s meerkats, plus
a tour of other animal habitats. The event also
features live music, hors d’oeuvres and refresh-
ments. Kids’ activities include face painting,
jumping balloons, rock climbing and free t-
shirts.
Tickets are $50 for adults, $10 per child age
6-12 and free for age 5 and under. Dress is
“safari casual.” Information: 532-8156 or elpa-
sozoo.org.
A drawing will be held that evening for a trip
for two to Africa courtesy of Sun Travel.
Drawing tickets are $100. Proceeds benefit the
El Paso Zoological Society.
Insights Night at The Oscars — A spe-
cial viewing of 82nd annual Academy Awards
benefiting Insights Museum in celebration of its
30th anniversary is 5:45 to 10 p.m. Sunday,
March 7, at the Plaza Theatre. Hors d’oeuvres
and drinks served 6 to 8 p.m. in the Main
Lobby. The Plaza will be decorated for with
classic movie posters, cutouts of movie stars
and other film memorabilia. Attendees are
encouraged to dress as their favorite characters
from the movies as they walk a red carpet into
the theater. Tickets: $75. Sponsor packages
$200, $300 and $500. (Ticketmaster).
Information: 534-0689 or 534-0000.
Girl Scout Cookies — Girl Scouts of the
Desert Southwest - Southern New Mexico and
West Texas will take orders through March
14. Cookie Hotlines: 566-1558. Information:
566-9433. Cookie booth locations: gsdsw.org
Desert View Women Basket Social —
Gift baskets will be raffled at the 10th annual
“Spring Fling” basket social and charity raffle
noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at Desert
View United Church of Christ, 11160
Montwood. Refreshments will be served during
intermission. Admission: $5 (includes chance to
win up to 12 gift baskets). Extra tickets are $3.
Information: 593-1169 (Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).
Assistance League Card & Bunko
party — The Assistance League of El Paso will
hold its annual Card & Bunko party Wednesday,
March 24 at the El Paso Country Club, 5000
Country Club Place. Game begins at 10 a.m.
followed by lunch, a style show and Chinese
auction. Cost: $35. Reservations (by March 18):
581-8969.
Proceeds benefit the League’s charities includ-
ing Operation School Bell, which provides new
clothing to the most needy elementary school
children in the El Paso area. The league already
has clothed 3,338 students for the 2009/2010
school year.
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‘Celebre La Buena Vida’ — The fundrais-
er for Buena Vida Adult Day Center is
Thursday, March 25, at the Camino Real
Hotel, 101 S. El Paso. Cocktails and Light
Buffet begin at 5:30 p.m. An auction begins at
6:30 p.m. for miniature houses painted by area
artists. Tickets are $30. Information: 598-5403.
Buena Vida Adult Day Centers are a ministry
of Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc.
Celebrity Waiter Spaghetti Dinner —
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center’s
11th annual fundraiser is 7 p.m. Saturday,
March 27, at St. Pius X Parish’s Msgr. Arturo
Banuelas Community Center, 1050 N. Clark, at
Geronimo. Local celebrities, candidates for
office and other politicians will serve as waiters
for a night working for tips. Proceeds benefit
Las Americas’ work to provide legal advocacy
for detained immigrant children, battered
immigrant women and asylees/refugees. Ticket
information/reservations: 544-5126, ext. 23 or
info@laspamericas.org. Web: las-americas.org.
Sunland Derby Gala — Sunland Park
Racetrack & Casino’s gala benefiting United
Blood Services is Saturday, March 27. Guest
speaker is NFL great Jerry Rice. The event will
feature a silent and live auction including auto-
graphed memorabilia, artwork and many other
items donated from the community.
Information: 544-5422, ext. 194.
Following a record-setting college career at
Mississippi Valley State, Rice was a first round
draft pick for the San Francisco 49ers in 1985.
He won Super Bowls with the 49ers in 1988,
1989 and 1994 and was selected to the Pro
Bowl a record 13 times, won the Most Valuable
Player award in 1987 and was the MVP of
Super Bowl XXIII.
The running of the Sunland Derby and The
Oaks (for fillies) is Sunday, March 28.
Woman’s Club benefit — The Woman’s
Club of El Paso annual civic benefit luncheon is
11 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at El Paso
Country Club, benefiting the Bob Kelly Food
Pantry (at Trinity First United Methodist) and
Highland Presbyterian Food cupboard. Tickets:
$40; reservations required. Tickets available at
the Woman’s Club of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa.
Information: 532-6131.
This year’s event includes a “Jewels of The
Desert Fashion Show” produced by Carlos
Mendoz and featuring El Paso Community
College fashion designers and GUiSHEM of
New York and Guatemala.
Something for everyone
Women’s History Month at UTEP —
Various events are scheduled through March in
celebration of Women’s History Month.
Admission is free, unless otherwise noted.
Information: Women’s Resource Center, 747-
5291 or Women’s Studies, 747-5200.
• Achy Obejas, author of the novel “Ruins,”
speaks at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2,in UTEP
Library’s Blumberg Auditorium.
• Laura Dogu of the U.S. Consulate in Juárez
speaks on “Leadership in trying times at the
U.S.-Mexico border” at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 3, in Education Building Room 202.
• The UTEP Mama PhD Faculty Learning
Community presents “Supporting an
Alternative Lifestyle: Mothers and Children at
the University,” noon Wednesday, March 3,
Women’s Resource Center, Union West 112.
• Dr. Norma Elia Cantu presents “De aca de
este lado (From this side): 200 Years of Chicana
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and Mexicana Border Literature” at 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 4, in the Undergraduate
Learning Center Room 106.
• The 25th Annual Literature Lecture is noon
Friday, March 5, in the UTEP Union Cinema.
Janice Cervelli, Dean of the College of
Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the
University of Arizona presents “Whatever
Happened to Real Leadership?”
• WEE presents “The ‘F’ word: A Discussion
of Women and Feminism” at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 10, in the Women’s
Resource Center.
• A Women’s Film Series of “Feel Good
Women Films” is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday,
March 11, in the Women’s Resource Center.
Films include “Whip It,” “Soul Food,” “Diary of
a Mad Black Woman,” “A League of Their
Own” and “The Women.”
• A discussion on “What is Activism” is 11:30
a.m. Thursday, March 25, in the Women’s
Resource Center, with Dr. Stacey Sowards and
Dr. Sarah Ryan of the Communications
Department. Angie Barajas will also tell stories
the Chicano Movement and the Brown Berets.
• Dr. Maria C. Appelzoller, Women’s History
Month Poster Contest winner, will discuss
“Pathways to Success and the Final Journey,” at
noon Friday, March 26, in the Rubin Center
auditorium.
• A discussion on “Women in the Sex Industry”
led by Professor DeAnna Varela is 3 p.m.
Tuesday, March 30, in the Women’s Resource
Center.
• Dr. Nancy Nemeth-Jesurun of UTEP’s
Program in Humanities presents “Women and
the Holocaust: Adaptability in Adversity” at
noon Wednesday, April 7, in the Cab garage,
Union West 111.
• A panel discussion on sex testing, “Real
Women and Racialized Bodies in Sports” is
12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in Wiggins Room
315E with Prof. Jess Weinberg of UTEP and
NMSU’s Women’s Studies and Dr. Cynthia
Pelak of NMSU’s Sociology Department.
• Bernadette Calafell, author of “Latina/o
Communication Studies: Theorizing
Performance” will speak at 4:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 22. Location to be determined.
Panel discussions with UTEP women leaders
“A Pyramid of Professional Development-
Stories of Success” or “How I Got Here From
There” lectures are on selected Wednesdays.
• 2:30 p.m. March 3 — Department Chairs,
Education Building Room 202.
• 2:30 p.m. March 10 — UTEP Deans,
Business Building Room 318.
• 10:30 a.m. March 24 — Women represent-
ing the Provost Office, Psychology Building
Room 115.
• 2:30 p.m. March 24 — UTEP President
Diana Natalicio, Business Building Room 313.
Grant Research and Funding classes —
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, in conjunc-
tion with the Foundation Center, offers classes
on grant research and funding for individuals
and non-profit organizations seeking ways to
fund projects. Registration required, space is
limited. On-line registration at library.las-
cruces.org (click on ‘Events’). Information/reg-
istration: Catherine Christmann at (575) 528-
4085 or cchristmann@las-cruces.org.
Schedule (all classes begin at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday):
• March 3 — Foundation Directory Online
• April 7 — Introduction to Corporate Giving.
‘Home or Heaven’ — The City of Las
Cruces government access channel will host a
free screening of its latest documentary at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at Rio Grande
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Theater, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
Directed by Media Production Specialist
Dominic Aragon, it gives an inside look at the
workings of the Animal Service Center of the
Mesilla Valley, and a revealing examination of
the area’s pet overpopulation problem. Tickets
are free; but limited to four per person.
Available at City Hall, 200 N. Church.
Information: clctv.com.
Mexican Revolution Centennial — The
City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs
department, along with several other area
groups is hosting several free events through-
out 2010 in honor of the 100th Anniversary of
the Mexican Revolution, including lectures,
exhibits, educational and artistic events and
more. Information: 541-4481 elpasoartsandcul-
ture.com.
• An exhibit on Pancho Villa and his involve-
ment with the Mexican Revolution runs through
February in The Border Heritage Center of the
El Paso Public Library’s Main Branch, 501 N.
Oregon the exhibit features the center’s rare
book collections and periodicals from the
Cleofas Calleros Collection, Cabalgando con
Villa, Illustraciones de Luis Sanchez, Historia
Grafica de la revolucion, among other Spanish
titles. Information: 543-5440.
• The XV Contemporary Mexican Literature
Conference, “The Mexican Revolution in
Contemporary Literature” runs March 4-6 at
UTEP’s Thomas Rivera Conference Center.
Scholars from the U.S., Mexico, and other parts
of the world will meet at the University of
Texas at El Paso to present papers on these
issues. Panel discussions will also take place.
Information: 747-7043 or
March 2010
wdelgadillo@utep.miners.edu.
• A screening of “Mexico Revolution Sites in El
Paso, Volume 1” is 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6,
at The El Paso Museum of History. Jackson Polk
of Capstone Production presents his video fea-
turing a walking tour with historians Leon Metz
and Fred Morales of sites in El Paso that figured
prominently in the Mexican Revolution.
Information: 351-3588 or taylorsl@elpaso-
texas.gov.
The 100th Anniversary of the Mexican
Revolution Film Series screenings are 6 p.m. at
The El Paso Public Library Main Branch, 501 N.
Oregon. Information: 543-5446 or 543-5412.
Films include the Spanish language “Zapata:
Amor en Rebeldia, Part I” (March 3) and
“Zapata: Amor en Rebeldia, Part II” (March 4).
Nonprofit Enterprise Center — 1359
Lomaland. All workshops and classes at the
center, unless otherwise listed. Registration
required: 590-1333 or angela@nonprofitec.org.
Web: nonprofitec.org.
The center’s monthly Nonprofit Connection
is 4 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at the Fort Bliss
Centennial Club and Conference Center,
Building 2494, Ricker Road.
A free Grant Research workshop is 3:30 to
4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, at UTEP
Library’s Room 204.
UTEP Millennium Lecture — UTEP and
the President’s Committee on the Arts and the
Humanities will host Career Ambassador
Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of
the Americas in La Jolla, Calif., at 5 p.m.
Thursday, March 4, at UTEP’s Undergraduate
Learning Center, Room 126. Lecture begins at
4 p.m., and a reception follows in the lobby.
Admission is free. Information: 747-5555.
Davidow’s discussion is “Mexico and Other
Challenges in Latin America for U.S. Policy.”
El Paso Scene
Davidow served in the U.S. Foreign Service for
34 years, and was ambassador to Mexico and
Venezuela.
DAAC Arts Award Gala nominations
— Nominations are being accepted through
March 5 for individuals whose support and/or
creative talents have made a substantial impact
on the Las Cruces community for the 3rd annu-
al Doña Ana Arts Council gala at 6 p.m.
Thursday, April 8, in the Rio Grande Theatre,
211 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Forms
available through the council at Information:
(575) 523-6403 or infodadaarts.org.
Awards include the Debi True Rounds
Newcomer’s Art Award, Art in Public Places,
Arts in Education, Excellence in Public Service
and the Papen Family Award (formerly Mesilla
Valley Treasure Award).
Bassett Place — 6101 Gateway West.
Information: 772-7479 or bassettplacemall.com.
• Boy Scouts of American Pinewood Derby is 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, in the main
corridor. Four professional race cars will be on
display in front of the main door.
• KFOX-TV will host its organ donor campaign
“Donate Life” 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 6, in front of Premiere Cinema 18, to
sign up potential organ donors. All participants
receive Cinema admittance.
• National Got Milk? Campaign will be in front
of Target Bassett Place with four pop-up tents
offering family activities, Saturday, March 13.
• Bassett Place’s Spring Arts and Crafts Fair is
Friday through Sunday, March 12-14.
Children’s Disabilities Symposium —
The 21st annual symposium, “Staying
Connected to meet the Challenge,” is 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at Americas
High School, 12101 Pellicano, and Canutillo
High School, 6675 Desert Drive. Topics include
information on transition, positive behavior
supports, child development, assistive technolo-
gy, inclusion, special education, discipline, men-
tal health, stress management, autism, bullying,
ADHD, dyslexia, cerebral palsy, Down
Syndrome and more. Registration information:
Norma Perez, 544-9494.
Keynote speaker is Amy Baskin, author of
“More Than a Mom” and mother of a child
with special needs.
EPCC spring children’s classes — El
Paso Community College’s Children’s College
will host several Children’s Saturday classes
during the spring 2010 session. Information:
831-2089 or epcc.edu.
• Golf for Children — 9:30 to 11 a.m. March
6-April 10, at Ascarate Golf Course, 6900
Delta, for ages 8-13. Cost: $59.
• Tennis for Children — 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. March 13-May 15, at Valle Verde
Campus courts, for ages 7-10. Cost: $48.
• Babysitting 101 — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March
27, for ages 11-15, at the Valle Verde Campus.
Cost: $37.
• Jewelry Making Extravaganza — 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday, April 10, at Valle Verde
Campus, 919 Hunter, for ages 9-12. Cost: $30,
plus $12 supplies.
Humane Society Dog Adoptions — The
Humane Society of El Paso will host dog adop-
tions 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, March 6-27,
at El Paso Saddleblanket, 6926 Gateway East,
Exit 25. Each pet comes spayed or neutered,
vaccinated, microchipped, and licensed.
Adoption fees start at $60; includes 1 year’s
supply of free food coupons from PetsBarn.
Information: 544-1000.
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Orange and Blue Day — Future Miners
will have the opportunity to learn about the
academic programs and support services
offered at The University of Texas at El Paso
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)*)" *+ "& Day on 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at
the Undergraduate Learning Center, Wiggins
Road (across from the library). Participants will
meet with representatives from UTEP’s admis-
sions and financial aid offices, and the seven
,,4 +0- ,) academic colleges. Presentations on admissions,
scholarships and financial aid are 9:30 to 10:15
-" / +//(" "(" /&+* 6 0(( - a.m. Admission is free. Information: Mallory
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$"- +) . ' $ +% -) Students should bring their official high school
+0." &*" transcript and test scores. Online reservations
at utep.edu/orangeandblueday.
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‘Get Motivated Seminar’ — Zig Ziglar,
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'$ % ) -) Schuller, Rudy Giuliani and UTEP Football Head
(&' "% . # )) ) Coac Mike Price are among the speakers at
"3 . 1" 0&/" # )) ) . # )) ) seminar 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 9,
" "# %#"$"* # )) ) ! ) ))"&% at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center. Other fea-
tured speakers include author Tamara Lowe,
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# $ " % &($ *"&% % Drug legalization lecture — “Law
Enforcement Against Prohibition: Cops Say
Legalize Drugs” speaker Richard Newton will
speak 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, at
UTEP University Suite, 312 Union East
Building. Presented by UTEP Students for
Sensible Drug Policy. Newton will speak about
his 32 years of federal service. A former Marine
major, he fought the drug war for Customs and
Border Protection. Admission is free.
Information: ssdpep@yahoo.com.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
is an organization of former law enforcement
officers who are dedicated to ending the War
on Drugs through education and awareness of
the failure of these policies.
Singles Night — Peggy Kligman, inventor of
“The Goat Game” will host an evening for sin-
gles at 7 p.m. Friday, March 12, at Marcello’s
Ristorante Italiano, 5380 N. Mesa. Enjoy a meal
and wine, meet other singles, play the Goat
Game and gain flirting tips. Seating is limited.
Cost: $24.99. RSVP/Information: 740-5051 or
goatgame.com.
‘Getting Seniors Connected’ – Seniors
can learn to use the Social Security website and
other information at the free workshops
Saturday, March 13, at EPCC Administrative
Service Center, 9050 Viscount, Building B,
Room 320. Sponsored by the Social Security
Administration with the EPCC Senior Adult
Program. English language workshop is 10 a.m.
to noon; Spanish workshop is 1 to 3 p.m.
SSA staff members also will assist those who
are eligible to apply for retirement benefits or
who may qualify for disability or other benefits.
Limited Computers on hand; call ahead for
registration: (866) 563-9310, ext. 27404
STARS Volunteer Advocate Training
— The Rape Crisis Center seeks volunteers
age 18 and older for its next training session 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, March 13-April 3, at
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the STARS Office, 710 N. Campbell, for anyone
wishing to become a victim’s advocate.
Registration is free. Applications available at the
STARS office. Information: 533-7700 or stars-
elpaso.org. The 40-hour training course is cer-
tified by the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
Latinitas — The non-profit group for the
empowerment of Latina youth offers regular
media-related workshops, exhibits, camps and
more. Information: 239.5051, or latinitas-
magazine.org.
• Saturday Camp — 1 to 3 p.m. the second
Saturday of each month at Judge Marquez
Public Library, 610 N. Yarbrough, grades 4-8.
• Teen Writing Workshop — 2 to 4 p.m. the
second Saturday of each month at Judge
Marquez Public Library.
• After-school programs — Programs are
offered for grades 6-8 at Horizon Middle
School Library, and grades 4-8 at Judge
Marquez Library, Clardy Fox Library, Armijo
Recreation Center, Memorial Park Library,
Ysleta Library. Information/times: 239-5051.
• Teen Media Academy is 9:30 to 4:30 p.m.
March 15-19, at 1359 Lomaland, Suite 502,
for grades 9-12. Cost is $25, which covers sup-
plies. A limited number of scholarships are
available. Pre-registration required: call
239.5051 or latinitaselpaso@yahoo.com.
ALFC Spring Convention — Abundant
Living Faith Center’s annual convention is
March 16-21 at 1000 Valley Crest. Hundreds
of pastors, church staff and others involved are
expected to attend, with free nightly sessions
open to the public. Sessions begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and
8:45 and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. Nursery
and pre-school provided for ages 4 and
younger. Admission is free. Information: 532-
8543 or alfc.com. Speaker Schedule:
• Tuesday, March 16: Dr. Creflo Dollar
• Wednesday, March 17: Tommy Barnett
• Thursday, March 18: Marcos Witt
• Friday and Saturday, March 19-20 — Tim
Storey
• Sunday, March 21: Charles Nieman
Oneeighty teen ministries will host speakers
for their generation. Special activities for kids
age 5 through 6th grade also offered.
Science Cafe — El Paso Water Utilities
General Manager Jose Granillo will discuss the
common uses of geographic information at the
UTEP Chapter of Sigma Xi’s monthly casual
science discussion event 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 18, at the Carlos M. Ramirez TecH2O
Water Resources Learning Center, 10751
Montana. The public is welcome; technical
background not needed to attend. Admission is
free. Information: 621-2000 or
tech2o@epwu.org.
Third Thursday at EPMA — The monthly
event, geared towards “YoCos” (Young
Cosmopolitans), is 5:30 to 8 p.m. the third
Thursday of the month (March 18) at the El
Paso Museum of Art. Ages 18 and older wel-
come. Cost: $10 ($7 museum members). RSVP
requested. Entrance fee waived for those who
join the museum at the event. Information:
532-1707, ext. 13.
STEM Challenge — Workforce Solutions
Upper Rio Grande and UTEP College of
Engineering, is taking business plan submissions
from regional students in grades 10-12
through March 19, inaugural STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math) educational
competition. The competition’s goal is to pro-
vide a real world opportunity for regional high
school students to develop innovative ideas in a
business plan approach to solve critical issues
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facing the area’s six-county region. Information:
Joseph Sapien, 772-2002, ext. 221 or
joseph.sapien@urgjobs.org. Web: urgjobs.org.
Participants compete for money, scholarships,
internship opportunities, and school recognition
from the City of El Paso and the UTEP COEN.
Top ten teams chosen advance to the final com-
petition at UTEP Saturday, May 8, to present
their plan to a panel of six leading experts.
Vegetarian Society of El Paso —
Information: 877-3030 or vsep.org.
The monthly Restaurant Hoppers dinner is
6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at Geske’s Fire
Grill, 1506 Lee Trevino. The manager will cre-
ate a special vegetarian menu for the group.
Meet-and-greet is 6 p.m. Prices range from $9
to $12. Reservations (by 5 p.m. March 19; no
late reservations taken): Laura White, 494-
8936, laura0711@aol.com or vseprestauran-
thoppers@gmail.com.
A Great American Meatout food giveaway is
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, at
Leech Grove on the UTEP campus. Vegan bar-
becue sandwiches and literature will be given
out. Information: Greg, 543-9723 or vegetex-
an@aol.com.
The society hosts monthly “Voyager” activi-
ties focusing on educating others about vege-
tarianism. March’s event is an afternoon bike
ride and vegan picnic Saturday, March 27.
Location to be announced. Call for details:
Anastacio, 440-4901 or
elnumerotres@gmail.com.
BEEMS Conference — The 17th annual
dual-language education conference, “Bilingual
Education: Leading for the Future,” is Friday
Join us on Saturday, March 13, to
welcome our newest zoo residents:
Lions and Meerkats! Four big lions
and a bunch of frisky meerkats will
be here to kick off the opening of
our new Africa exhibit.
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and Saturday, March 26-27 at UTEP’s
Undergraduate Learning Center. Sponsored by
the UTEP College of Education. Conference
fees range from $50 to $260. Registration infor-
mation: 747-5615 or
beemsregistration@utep.edu.
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Alma
FlorAda, Chief of the NABE Journal of the
National Association for Bilingual Education.
Other featured speakers include Virginia
Collier, Wayne Thomas, Alma Flor Ada, Isabel
Campoy, Jose Ruiz-Escalante and Gilberto Soto.
Women’s Hall of Fame — The El Paso
Commission for Women’s 21st annual Hall of
Fame induction banquet and ceremonies begin
at 6 p.m. Friday, March 26, at the DoubleTree
Hotel, 600 N. El Paso. Tickets are $75.
Information: 588-6226 or elpasowomen.org.
Super Kite Contest — The 10th annual
kite flying contest, sponsored by Westside
Community Church, is noon to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 27, at Francisco Delgado
Park, on Imperial Ridge behind Franklin High
School. Prizes for most beautiful, most unusual
and highest flying kites and longest kites in the
air. Jumping balloons and face painting. Free
kites for first 50 children. Admission is free.
Information: 877-8000, westsidecommunity.org.
Herbal Medicine for Menopause and
Osteoporosis — Herbal medicine practition-
er and trained midwife Virginia Ahearn will
teach herbal medicine classes March 27-28.
Class includes free samples and light snacks.
Information/registration: Virginia Ahearn (732)
745-7455 or vaherbalist.com.
• Saturday’s class is 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at
Yoga for Life, 111 Rio Flor, El Paso. Admission:
$20 in advance; $25 walk-in registration. Pre-
registration not available at the studio.
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• Sunday’s class is noon to 3 p.m. at Mountain
View Co-op Market, 1300 El Paseo in Las
Cruces. Cost: $20 ($16 for co-op members) in
advance. Same day registration: $25 ($20 co-op
members).
Master Stephen Co — Co, author of
“Your Hands Can Heal You” and a world-
renowned Master Pranic Healer, will give sev-
eral presentations March 30-April 1.
Information: yourhandscanhealyou.com.
• “Introduction to Pranic Healing” and book
signing, 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at
Metaphysical Life Enrichment center, 2600 El
Paseo, Las Cruces. Directions: (575) 647-0300.
• “Protect Yourself From Negative Energies, “
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, First Christian
Church, 1809 El Paseo, Las Cruces. Directions:
(575) 650-7344. Love offering taken for Oasis
Center for Spiritual Living.
• “SuperBrain Yoga and Pranic Healing,” 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 31, Unitarian Universalist
Community of El Paso, 4425 Byron. Directions:
(575) 650-7344. Love offering taken for Oasis
Center for Spiritual Living.
• “Experience the Power of the I Am Nature
Within You,” 7 p.m. Thursday, April 1, Unity of
El Paso, 1420 Alabama. Directions: 566-5544.
Love offerings for Unity accepted.
Also, Co will present his weekend intensive
training in Pranic Healing, “Your Hands Can
Heal You,” April 24-25 in El Paso.
Fort Bliss
Anyone entering Fort Bliss must obtain a gate
pass. Driver’s license, car insurance and regis-
tration required.
Fort Bliss Volunteer Awards —
Nominations are being taken through March
24 for Fort Bliss’s annual Volunteer Awards to
coincide with National Volunteer Appreciation
Week April 18-24. Volunteers will be recog-
nized during the Fort Bliss Awards Ceremony.
Information/nominations: Tephanie Hopper,
568-1132 or Tephanie.hopper1@us.army.mil.
Soldier sponsor training — Those inter-
ested in becoming a mentor for inbound sol-
diers and their families may attend monthly
training sessions at 6 a.m. the last Thursday of
the month (March 25), at the Army
Community Service ballroom on Fort Bliss.
Information: Joe Hess, 568-1132 or
joseph.hess1@us.army.mil.
Team Bliss youth sports — Registration is
being taken for the youth sports leagues begin-
ning this spring for boys and girls age 8 to 18.
Sports physicals may be necessary for some
leagues. Call for details. Cost per league: $40
(20 percent discount for each additional child in
same family). Information: 569-2273.
• Youth Tennis — Registration runs through
March 26.
• Youth Free Style Wrestling — Registration
runs through March 31.
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club — Rifle and
pistol shooting competitions are held weekends
at the club. Visitors can watch for free, food
available at the clubhouse snack bar.
Information: 568-2983.
Old Fort Bliss — Building 5051, corner of
Pershing and Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. The
Old West days of the “Soldiers of the Pass” are
relived through replicas of the original adobe
fort buildings and military artifacts,
Magoffinsville Post 1854 to 1868. Admission:
free. Hours: Daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Information: 568-3137.
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Club news
International Coin Club — El Paso’s only
coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first
Monday of the month at Travelodge-La
Hacienda, 6400 Montana. Meetings include
educational presentations and an auction of
materials submitted by members. Visitors wel-
come, and admission free for first-time visitors.
Information: 533-6001 or 526-3180.
Woodworkers Club of El Paso — The
club’s monthly meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 2, at 3228 Sacramento (back of build-
ing). This month’s program is a forum on vari-
ous types of woodworking. Information: 760-
6536. The club’s showroom at the meeting
site features handmade items for sale. Hours
are 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Saturday.
Germania Club — The Germania Club of
El Paso’s monthly luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Friday,
March 5, at the German Community Center
(Soldatenstube), Robert E. Lee Road, Building
5095, Fort Bliss. Newcomers welcome.
Information: 595-1108 or 755-5471.
A get-together at Guenther’s Edelweiss,
11055 Gateway West, is 6 p.m. Friday, March
26. Reservations (by March 20): 595-1108.
L’Alliance Française d’El Paso — The
group promotes French culture and language.
Information: 585-1789 or afofelpaso.com.
The group and UTEP’s language department
will host a lecture by Dr. Jean Pruvost, “The
female/male relationship in the French language
from yesterday to today,” 5 to 7 p.m. Friday,
March 5, in UTEP Library’s Blumberg
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Auditorium. Pruvost teaches at the Cergy-
Pontoise University near Paris and is the author
of over 340 publications. He was also the
recipient of the Logos International Linguistic
prize in 2000 and in 2007 he received the prize
from the “Académie Française.”
A conversation and film in French are 6 p.m.
Friday, March 26. Information/location: 585-
1789 or 845-6535.
Singles in the Son - The group develops
friendships between Christian singles from 25
to 45 years old. All denominations are wel-
come and there are no costs for membership.
Bible study starting soon. Information: Andy,
471-1997 or SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com.
March events (subject to change):
• Friday, March 5 — Dinner and a play
• Friday, March 12 — Rhino playoff hockey
• Saturday, March 20 — Dinner and pool
• Saturday, March 27 — Dinner and bowling.
Westside Welcome Club — The group is
open to both newcomers and long-time resi-
dents. The club’s monthly free newcomers’
coffee is 10 a.m. Friday, March 5, at Ella Blu,
5410 N. Mesa, to view fun fashions, purses,
and accessories for spring. Information: 587-
7747, 581-2314 or westsidewelcomeclub.com.
A Spring luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Wednesday,
March 10, at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing, One
Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park. Guest speaker
is Bob Cook of El Paso Regional Economic
Development Corp (REDco). Cost: $16.
Reservations (by March 5): 740-9725.
Macintosh Users Group — The El Paso
MUG is open to anyone interested in Apple
computers. The group’s monthly meeting and
demonstration is 9:30 a.m. to noon the first
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March Roundup Daughters of the British Empire — The Indian Cliffs Ranch — The working cattle entertainment and dancing, until 2 a.m. week-
ends. Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. every-
El Paso MacGregor/Chester Chapter of ranch in Fabens offers a children’s zoo, buffalo,
Cont’d from Page 12 Daughters of the British Empire meets at 10 longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets and day. Live racing season continues through April
a.m. Saturday, March 20. Chapter delegates to the Fort Apache playground. It’s also home to 21. General admission and parking are free.
Saturday of the month at St. Paul’s Lutheran
the State annual ACM will give a report on the the famous Cattleman’s Steakhouse. Information: (575) 874-5200.
Church basement, 1000 Montana (enter in
meeting. The Chairman for the annual Spring Information: (915) 544-3200 or cattle- To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from
alley). The March 6 meeting a roundtable for
Tea in April will report on the plans for that manssteakhouse.com. I-10, go south (left turn coming from
people who attended the February expo.
event. “Elevenses” served after the meeting. Downtown) and follow the signs.
Admission free for visitors and UTEP students. San Elizario Historic District — The dis-
Information/location: 544-4801.
Information: 566-2201 or epmug.org. trict at 1500 Main Street in San Elizario on the Tigua Indian Cultural Center — 305
Membership is open to women of British or
Mission Trail features artists studio/galleries, Yaya Road, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta
Project Linus — The charitable group which Commonwealth birth and/or ancestry.
Mission. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday
three gift shops, the historic San Elizario
has donated thousands blankets and quilts to
Chapel, Portales Museum and Veteran’s through Sunday. The center features a museum
seriously ill and/or traumatized children of the Area attractions Museum. Most locations open 10 a.m. to 2 on the Tigua tribe, including its relationship to
El Paso area meets 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday,
Western Playland — The amusement park p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 the Tiwas of northern New Mexico. Admission
March 6, at University Presbyterian Church,
is at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M. p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. is free. Information: 859-7700 or
244 Resler. Newcomers welcome. Information:
(next to the racetrack). Tickets: $15.95, plus Information: 851-0041, 594-8424 or ysletadelsur.org.
Kathy Brunk, 585-1492 or
tax (pay one price); $5 non-rider admission; SanElizarioHistoricDistrict.com. Native American Dances are performed 11:30
elpasoprojectlinus.webs.com.
free non-rider passes for ages 2 and younger Self-guided walking tours and guided tour of a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every weekend.
The 50 blankets made during the March
and age 60 and older, includes train and sky the 17 historical sites district also offered. Fresh Indian bread is on sale at the center, and
meeting will go towards children of Haiti.
ride. Individual ride tickets are $2. Information: family-operated gift shops, feature jewelry, pot-
El Paso Scale Model Society — The soci- Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — tery and other crafts.
(575) 589-3410 or westernplayland.com.
The copper-domed casino offers slot machines,
ety will host its monthly meeting at 2 p.m. March hours are 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays; 2 to 9
and video-machine versions of poker, keno and Wyler Aerial Tramway — Texas’ only pub-
Sunday, March 7, in the St. Paul’s United p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, March 17-
other games. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. licly accessible mountain tramway gives passen-
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 7000 20; and 2 to 8 p.m. Saturdays March 6, 13 and
Sunday through Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. gers a view of 7,000 square miles, two coun-
Edgemere. Formed in 1969, it is a chartered 27. Special appearance by SpongeBob
Friday and Saturday. Lounge is open, with live
chapter of the International Plastic Model Squarepants Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7. Please see Page 15
Society, U.S. Branch. Information: 598-6957.
Assistance League of El Paso — The
Assistance League’s regular monthly meeting is
10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 11, at 2782
Yandell. Coffee served at 9:30 a.m. The league
meets the second Thursday of each month
August through May. Information: 581-8969.
American Association of University
Women — The El Paso Branch of AAUW
meets at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 13, at
Radisson Suites Hotel, 1770 Airway. Attorney
Stephanie Townsend Allala will speak about
elder and disability law and estate planning.
Reservations/information: 861-1223.
Paso del Norte Quilt Guild — The
guild’s monthly meeting is 9 a.m. Saturday,
March 13, at University Presbyterian Church,
224 N. Resler. A workshop on One Patch fol-
lows the meeting. Anyone interested in quilting
is welcome, no experience needed.
Information: Sharon Geddes, 581-0432.
Discover El Paso — The nonprofit group,
founded in 1973, is dedicated to promoting
things to do and see in and around El Paso.
The monthly luncheon is noon Tuesday,
March 23, Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027
Airway. Officers will be installed.
Information/reservations: Boots Healy, 584-
3126 or Janet Schyler, 833-4853.
The group will attend UTEP Dinner Theatre
Saturday, May 15. Cost: $36 per person.
Information/reservations: 587-9439.
A field Trip to EPISD’s Gene Roddenberry
Plantation, 6531 Boeing, is 11 a.m. Tuesday,
March 30. Director John Peterson will give
one of the first public tours of the facility’s new
equipment. Information/reservations: Sandy
Gibson, 833-2650.
El Paso Christian Women’s Connection
— The group will host a “Goin’ green” lunch-
eon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 16,
at El Paso Radisson Hotel, 1770 Airway, with
speaker Christi Brown. The outreach charity is
Center Against Family Violence; speaker is
Stephanie Karr. Reservation deadline is March
12. Cost: $13. Information/reservations: Lynne
at (915) 613-1882 or Vickie at 598-0811.
El Paso Quilters’ Association — The
association will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 18, at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,
2155 Wedgewood. Anyone interested in quilt-
ing is invited to attend. Admission is free.
Information: 592-4655 or 851-3145.

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tries and three states from Ranger Peak, eleva-
tion 5,632 feet. Cost is $7 for adults and $4 for
children 12 years and under. Open noon to 6
p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, and
noon to 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and holidays.
Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Information:
566-6622. To get there: Take Alabama to
McKinley and turn toward the mountain.
Mount Cristo Rey — The four-story-tall
statue of Christ on the cross tops the moun-
tain, 4,576 feet above sea level, in Sunland
Park, N.M., near the junction of Mexico, Texas
and New Mexico. Built in 1938-40 by sculptor
Urbici Soler, the monument is accessible off
McNutt Road (Highway 273) in Sunland Park
— take the Racetrack exit off Paisano and
cross the Rio Grande. Because of safety con-
cerns, people are advised to hike only in
groups. The best time to hike is when volun-
teers are working on trail maintenance, usually
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays. For information on
Saturday hiking times, call 252-9840. Security
will be provided during the most of the day
Good Friday through Easter Sunday, April 2-4.
La Viña Winery — 4201 S. NM Highway
28, one mile north of Vinton Road.
Information: (575) 882-7632 or
lavinawinery.com. Tasting room and patio are
open for sales and tasting of wines from 12 to
5 p.m. Thursday through Tuesday (closed
Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5.
Zin Valle Vineyards — 7315 Hwy 28 in
Canutillo (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.
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I
recently heard the term “cognitive flu-
ency” for the first time. It refers to
how easy or hard something is to
think about. In general, people don’t like
things that are hard to wrap their minds
around, so they opt for simpler ways of
looking at the world.
We live in a world that is increasingly
complex but we grab for the easiest
answers.
The most pressing issues of our time
become matters of personal opinion gov-
erned by political stereotypes. What you
believe about global warming, for exam-
ple, is more likely to be based on
whether you think money-grubbing cor-
porate slimeballs are raping our planet a
la Pandora in “Avatar,” or godless liber-
als are fudging the data so they can top-
ple free enterprise.
Even in matters of faith, we opt for easy
answers. We condense our creeds into
bumper stickers. The appeal of funda-
mentalism is that it has all the answers
and leaves little room for mystery.
Certainty based on ignorance is more
comforting than doubt based on earnest
soul-searching.
One of my favorite bloggers is
Canadian artist/pastor David Hayward
who writes under the nickname “naked
pastor.” A recent post at nakedpastor.com
related how the more he learned about
God, the more mysterious God became.
God was like an iceberg: the more you
saw of it, the more there was that you
didn’t see.
I love that analogy, because it defies the
typical way we approach mysteries. We
think we can learn more and more, and
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whittle that riddle down to something we
can grasp. But the mysteries of faith call
us to a greater and greater understanding
of how much we don’t understand. That
also means that faith and reason are nei-
ther opposed nor totally compatible.
Reason defines this box we live in, yet
also points us to something beyond that it
can never measure or master.
***
One of the mysteries I wonder about
each spring is whether the poppies will
blanket the east side of the Franklins
once again. For the last few years I’ve
used poppy images for the cover of every
March Scene, but all that comes up is a
smattering of the golden flowers in the
foothills.
From what I’ve been told, there’s a cer-
tain timing of winter rain and/or snow
required to wake the dormant seeds
buried on the mountainside so that they
will burst forth in March. When it hap-
pens, it’s as if the desert has been sprin-
kled with fairy dust.
I’ve lived here 24 years and I can only
recall two or three real explosions of
poppies. One came months after an
extensive brushfire on Castner Range that
may have actually nourished the wild-
flowers in the spring. Then they waited a
few years and suddenly reemerged like a
botanical Brigadoon.
I thought of the poppies recently when I
was listening to a talk given by religion
writer Cathleen Falsani. She used the
Celtic term “thin moments” to describe
those experiences when God seems to
touch our world and transform it for an
instant. These are moments we cherish,
yet cannot control or re-create. Just like
poppies on a desert mountainside.
***
My wife and I love to watch “Sunday
Morning” on CBS, which is by far the
most thoughtful and creative news show
offered on any television network. On the
Feb. 21 show, reporter Steve Hartman
interviewed three people by randomly
choosing a spot on the globe, traveling to
the city nearest that spot and then picking
a number at random from the phonebook.
One of the interviews was a blind man
in his 70s living in Rewari, India. He
earned a small wage milling grain and
lived happily in a home of 13 family
members. Even the great-grandchildren
gladly helped him when needed. A
remarkable detail was that the household,
which included two sons and a grandson
working at different businesses, kept a
single bank account.
Here was a simple Hindu family living
in spiritual richness that humbled us
watching half a world away, surrounded
by affluence that paled in comparison.
Randy Limbird is editor and
publisher of El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send them to randy@epscene.com
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 All phone numbers listed are in Juaréz.
Centro Cultural Paso del Norte — Av.
Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the
Red Cross. Information: 1730300 or
ccpn.com.mx.
• The play “Las Arpias” by Humberto Zurita
will be performed at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 3. The cast includes
Victoria Ruffo, Patricia Reyes Espinosa, Ana
Patricia Rojo. Niurka Marcos, Ofelia Medina,
Maria Rubio, Magda Guzman and Adriano
Fonseca. The play asks the question, “Hay
damas, mujeres, señoras y arpia, de cual eres
tu?” Ticket information: 6134444.
• Fundacion Mascareñas presents “Miura,” per-
forming modern flamenco dance, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 6. Admission is 200 pesos.
Information: 6123175 or 6124075.
Cafebreria — Anillo envolvent Prona and
Coyorcan (orange building across from Museo
INBA). The coffee/book shop promotes local
arts and literature. Information: 6116541 or
cafebreria.wordpress.com.
• 7 p.m. Thursday, March 4: Presentation of
the book “Tordos Sobre Lilas” by Magaly
Velazco.
• 4 p.m. Saturday, March 6: Art exhibit by Jose
Enrique Casas.
• 6 p.m. Saturday, March 13: “Encuentro
Literario: Poesia contra Narrativa,” with Juan
Jose Aboytia.
Siglo de Oro Drama Festival — The
annual celebration of the Spanish language dra-
matic arts from Spain’s Golden Age runs
March 4-7 at different locations in Juárez (the
plays are also presented at the Chamizal
National Memorial in El Paso; see “On Stage”
listing). Admission is free, but tickets for
entrance will be available at 7 p.m. each night
to ensure seating. Information: 2073774
• Thursday, March 4 — “Con quien vengo,
vengo,” Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático of
Murcia, Spain, Teatro Víctor Hugo Rascón
Banda, Centro Cultural Paso del Norte.
• Friday, March 5 — “Casa con dos puertas
mala es de guardar,” presented by Perro Teatro
of México City, México. Teatro Víctor Hugo
Rascón Banda, Centro Cultural Paso del Norte
• Saturday, March 6 — “Tres entremeses de
los Siglos de Oro,” by Centro Universitario de
Teatro - UNAM (Ciudad de México). Teatro
Gracia Pasquel, Centro Cultural Universitario
• Sunday, March 7 — “Entre clasicos anda el
juego,” presented by Escuela Superior de Arte
Dramático of Murcia, Spain. Teatro Gracia
Pasquel, Centro Cultural Universitario.
Indios Soccer — The Mexican pro team
Indios de Juarez host home games at Estadio
Benito Juárez, Av. Heroico Colegio Militar and
Panama. Tickets are $8 to $42. Information:
6181824 or 618-825 or clubindios.com.
March 2010
• 1 p.m. Sunday, March 7: Tigres
• 1 p.m. Sunday, March 21: Gueretaro.
Museo de INBA — Circuito Jose Reyes
Estrada, Zona Pronaf, in Juarez. Open 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Information:
616-7414. Admission is free.
• 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9: “Jovenes
Interpretes” concert series, featuring perform-
ances of bassoon and clarinet
• 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18: “Jovenes
Interpretes” concert series, featuring piano.
• “Un dia en el museo” is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 20: Guided tours, children’s
workshops, puppet shows, storytelling.
• 7 p.m. Friday, March 26: Piano concert by
Claudio Heerrera, from the Coordinacion
Nacional de Musica y Opera.
• Continuing all month: “De Alas y Hombre,”
tactile art exhibit by Jorge Marin.
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 and
sculptures from well-known local and interna-
tional artists. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free
except as listed. Information: 611-1048.
• 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9: A group exhibit of
paintings for International Day of the Museum.
The museum celebrates Festival del Sol March
19-21:
• 7 p.m. Friday, March 19: Exhibit of paintings
by Cecilio Sanchez.
• 5 p.m. Saturday, March 20: Lectures.
• Noon Sunday, March 21: Festival cere-
monies and dances.
Galeria Enmarco — Municipio Libre at
Costa Rica, Plaza Bravo. El Instituto
Chihuahuense de la Cultura and the gallery
present an opening reception for “Herrumbre,”
an exhibit of prints, acrylics and other works by
Antonio Ochoa, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20.
3252451, 3242873 or (cel) 7088730.
Club de Mujeres Profesionistas y de
Negocios — Nominations for “Mujer del
Año 2009” are sought. Candidates must have
been engaged in community or humanitarian
work. Send nomination with resume to Lic.
Elizabeth Morales, vice president of the club in
charge of the convocation, at elizabeth-
moralesr@hotmail.com.mx.
‘Por Amor al Arte’ — The radio show,
covering all aspects of the arts in Juárez, airs 3
to 5 p.m. Sundays on 860 AM. The show
includes music, interviews, reviews of events,
recommendations of books and movies, con-
ducted by Ogla Liset Olivas and Lupita Fileto.
Information: 806Noticias.com.mx.
— Juárez correspondent Walter Schaefer
2 022988 (cobracollectionag@hotmail.com)
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2010 Young Musicians Competitions — officer Belcore. To win her love, he buys a
El Paso Summer Music Festival will host the “magic” potion from the ebullient quack,
first of the Young Musicians Competitions in the Dulcamara, one of the greatest basso buffo
El Paso Border Region. This event follows the characters in all of opera.
successful 2009 Summer Season and the live-
NMSU Department of Music —
taping of NPR’s radio show “From the Top.”
Performances are at the NMSU Atkinson
Competition recitals are 3 p.m. Sundays, Feb.
(Music Center) Recital Hall. Ticket information:
28, April 11, and April 25, at University topped the classical charts and been nominated ulty, staff and students). (575) 646-2421 or nmsu.edu/~music/.
Presbyterian Church at 244 N. Resler. Recitals for best solo classical CD of the year. • UTEP Percussion Ensemble Festival — 1 to 8 • Senior Recital: Zachary Berkowitz, percus-
are open to the public. Tickets: $10 ($5 stu- • Alina Wiatrolik, percussion — 7:30 p.m. p.m. Tuesday, March 30, featuring performanc- sion, 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 8
dents). Information: 449-0619 or epsmf.org. Monday, March 8, as part of the Guest Artist es by area middle schools and high schools. • Tuba Studio Recital, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Young musicians between the ages of 8 and 19 Series. Wiatrolik, who earned his master’s from Tickets: $2 general admission. March 9
(instrument and voice) were invited to apply. UTEP, will present a full percussion guest recital • NMSU Jazz Ensembles I and II, 7:30 p.m.
Six finalists and two alternates will be at UTEP.
‘The Elixir of Love’ — Doña Ana Lyric
Friday, March 12
announced. Opera presents Donizetti’s best-loved opera
• Music Theatre Company presents “Cast • Piano Studio Recital, 3 p.m. Saturday, March
Winner will receive a $2,000 Young Musician’s March 5-7 at the Atkinson Recital Hall, NMSU,
Party” — 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. 13
Award along with the opportunity to perform Las Cruces. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday
Sunday, March 26 and March 28. Chorus • NMSU Symphonic Winds, 3 p.m. Sunday,
in the El Paso Summer Music Festival’s June and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday Tickets: $12
members of El Paso Opera’s “La Vie de March 14
2010 Potpourri Concert. and $15. Tickets: (575) 646-1420. Information:
Boheme” and “Porgy and Bess” display their • Guest Artist Recital: Trefor Smith, piano, 7:30
(575) 646-2067.
El Paso Brass – Las Cruces Civic Concert talents as featured artists in an evening of p.m. Sunday, March 14
The charming comedy tells the story of a vil-
Association presents the area brass ensemble at scenes from opera and musical theater. This • NMSU Symphonic Band, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
lage romance through boisterous choruses,
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Rio Grande presentation, conceptualized by senior per- March 16
spirited duets, and touching arias, including the
Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall. Founded 35 formance major Joseph Quintana, explores the • Graduate Recital: Michael Armendariz, per-
tenor favorite “Una furtiva lagrima.”
years ago, the brass is composed of key mem- antics of an opera cast at its cast party after a cussion, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 28
Naïve Nemerino is lovesick for the beautiful
bers of El Paso Symphony Orchestra and is one performance. Tickets: $12 ($8 seniors, military,
and clever Adina, and jealous of the dashing
of the longest continually performing brass non-UTEP students; $5 children and UTEP fac-
quintets in America. They will perform a variety
Please see Page 18
of music from “Bach to the Beatles.” Tickets:
$20. Information: (575) 521-4051.
Piano Recital — Local piano teacher Mariko
Reider presents her students in recital at 1:30
p.m. Sunday, Feb 28, at the Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, accompanied by
singing and other instruments. Admission is
free. Information: 532-7273.
UTEP Department of Music —
Performances are 7:30 p.m. in the Fox Fine
Arts Recital Hall, unless otherwise listed.
Tickets: $5 ($3 seniors, military, non-UTEP
students; free for children).
Tickets for Faculty Recital and Guest Artist
series: $8 ($5 seniors, military and non-UTEP
students; $3 children and UTEP students, facul-
ty and staff). Information: 747-5606 or
utep.edu/music.
• UTEP Orchestra — Tuesday, March 2.
• New Violin Faculty Recital — Wednesday,
March 3, as part of the Faculty Recital Series.
Recently receiving the Doctor of Musical Arts
from the University of Michigan, Mark
Schuppener joins UTEP as a soloist, chamber
musician and committed educator. He will be
accompanied by piano faculty member Dena
Kay Jones to perform the powerful and roman-
tic Fauré Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13.
• University Choirs — Thursday, March 4.
• El Paso Area Brass Ensemble — Friday,
March 5, as part of the Guest Artist Series.
The ensemble features professional brass play-
ers and teachers from around the El Paso area,
including members of the El Paso Symphony
Orchestra, Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra
and UACJ Orchestra in Juarez. They will per-
form a wide variety of music from Baroque to
modern.
• Nancy, Steve and Friends — Saturday, March
6, as part of the Faculty Recital Series. UTEP
Brass Faculty Nancy Taylor, trumpet and Steve
Haddad, tuba and euphonium, present a wide
ranging and fun recital of brass music. Guest
performers include Quintessential Brass and
Dominic Dousa, pianist and composer, on
music by Telemann, Clarke, Wilder, Plog and
more.
• Paul Merkelo, trumpet — 6 p.m. Sunday,
March 7, as part of the Guest Artist Series.
Solo trumpet with the Orchestre symphonique
de Montréal, Merkelo will perform an evening
of music for trumpet and piano. Merkelo has
been recognized as one of the leading trumpet
soloists in the world today. His recordings have

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STANLEE AND GERALD CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS
MARCH 11 - APRIL 8, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION: MARCH 11, 2010
5:00 - 7:30 PM
The University of Texas at El Paso
Phone: 915-747-6151
Fax: 915-747-6067
rubincenter.utep.edu
Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rubincenter
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• Senior Recital: Tyler Jordan, trombone, 7:30
p.m. Sunday, March 28
• NMSU Faculty Woodwind Quintet, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, March 29
• 41st Annual NMSU Jazz Festival, March 31-
April 1. Concert 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March
31, with guest artist Jeff Jarvis.
‘March On-A Salute to the Military’ –
7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12 at UTEP’s Fox
Fine Arts Recital Hall. El Paso Wind Symphony
Rubin Center Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday open until 7:00 pm
Saturday 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm
El Paso Scene
presents an evening of patriotic music. Tickets:
$12.50 ($7.50 students). Information: 760-
5599.
The El Paso Wind Symphony, directed by Dr.
Ron Hufstader, includes woodwind, brass and
percussion.
‘Porgy & Bess’ — The El Paso Opera closes
its 16th season and celebrates March as
“Opera Month” with a gala benefit concert set-
ting performance of George and Ira Gershwin’s
all time classic American classic at 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, March 12-13, at Abraham
Chavez Theatre, conducted by Maestro
Raymond Harvey. The performance encom-
passes the essence of Americana from the
Negro spiritual to the blues of the Bayou, the
jazz sounds of New Orleans and the streets of
Broadway. A true American classic, hits include
“Summertime,” “My Man’s Gone Now” and
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now.” Tickets: $15-
$90 (10 percent discount for military, students
and seniors age 55 and older). Information/sub-
scriptions: 581-5534 or epopera.org.
Now in his 11th season as Music Director of
the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Harvey
has also appeared as guest conductor with
many of America’s leading orchestras, including
the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s
Concerts and the Boston Pops.
In the title roles are Geraldine McMillian as
Bess and Roland Burks as Porgy. McMillian
made her debut with the New York City
Opera as Mimi in La Bohème and returned
there as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. She
is a frequent guest performer with orchestras
throughout the world. Burks has performed
opera extensively throughout the United
States, and is equally at home in the world of
musical theater, with such roles as Sweeney in
“Sweeney Todd” and Jim in “Big River.”
The cast also features Lori Hicks as Serena
and Timothy Robert Blevins as Sportin’ Life.
The performance is coupled with Gershwin’s
Piano Concerto in F played by Harvey.
El Paso Opera will host a series of perform-
ances, lectures, shopping, socializing and more
during Opera Month:
• El Paso Museum of Art will host free hour-
long “Art of Opera” lectures at noon
Wednesdays at the El Paso Museum of Art.
The presentations will illustrate the relationship
between opera and visual arts by comparing
opera styles of the times with what was being
produced on canvases.
• A citywide “Shop Opera” fundraiser features
locally owned businesses posted on the opera’s
website during March.
• This month’s “BRAVO! Alliance Mixer is 6 to
8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at El Paso
Museum of Art, with cocktails and information
about the benefits of membership. The
BRAVO! Alliance is a national organization of
opera supporters that offers ticket discounts to
opera performances around the nation.
Rudolf Budginas – Las Cruces Civic
Concerts present the musical piano prodigy at
3 p.m. Saturday, March 13 ,at the Rio Grande
Theatre. Budginas debuted with the Lithuanian
National Symphony at age, trained with the
Moscow Conservatory and soon rose to fame
performing solo concerts. His show, “You, Me
& The Piano,” ranges from classical works like
Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody” to Billy Joel’s
“Piano Man.” Tickets: $20. Information: (575)
521-4051.
Las Cruces Symphony – The symphony,
performs March 20-21 at NMSU’s Atkinson
Recital Hall with guest Stefano Miceli, piano.
Selections include Beethoven’s Overture to
“Egmont,” Mozart’s Symphony No. 41
“Jupiter” and Saint-Saëns’ Concerto No. 2.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3
p.m. Sunday. Release tickets available on a lim-
ited basis; $35, $40 and $45. Information: (575)
646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com.
A luncheon with Maestro Klein is 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, March 18, at Ramada Palms Hotel
Conference Center, featuring a preview of the
performance’s music. Cost: $16.
A Friday at the Symphony dress rehearsal is at
7:30 p.m. Friday, March 19. Tickets are $15
($5 students with ID).
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Raquela Sheeran — El Paso Public Library
and the Piatigorsky Foundation present the
internationally renowned soprano accompanied
by Efi Hackmey, in a series of free public con-
certs at public libraries in March. Information:
elpasolibrary.org. Schedule:
• 4 p.m. Friday, March 19, Richard Burges
Branch, 9600 Dyer.
• 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, Westside
Branch, 125 Belvidere.
• 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, Judge
Marquez Branch, 610 N. Yarbrough.
• 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21,
Main Library, 501 N. Oregon
• 9 a.m. Thursday, March 25, Canutillo High
School Library, 6675 S. Desert Blvd.
Gateway Brass — The U.S. Air Force Band
of the West’s brass ensemble will perform at 3
p.m. Sunday, March 21, in the Chapin High
School Auditorium, 7000 Dyer. Sponsored by
UTEP. Admission is free. Information: (210)
671-3934 or bandofthewest.af.mil.
EPSYO and EPSO “Side-by-Side”
Concert — More than 150 performers from
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestra and El Paso
Symphony Orchestra will combine forces at 3
p.m. Sunday, March 28, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $13-$39 Information: 532-3776 or
tickets.epso.org.
March 2010
‘Gee ‘n Ess & ‘I’ — Dr. George Jarden will
host his original one-man musical show at 7:15
p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 1-4 and May 6-9, at the Rio
Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces. A grand opening show and champagne
gala is Thursday, April 1. Tickets: $15 ($13 sen-
iors April 4 and May 9 show) $13 ($10 seniors
all other shows). Students admitted free. Gala
tickets: $50. Information: (575) 525-6720 or
4artsproductions.org.
The show highlights the comic light operas of
W.S. Gilbert (Gee) and Arthur Sullivan (Ess)
including: “The Mikado,” “The Pirates of
Penzance,” “H.M.S. Pinafore,” and eight others.
Jarden sings, dances and acts Gilbert & Sullivan
roles, and also interacts with some 20 video
musical and dramatic vignettes. The two huge
video screens on-stage also display still-art car-
toons and characterizations, painted by noted
Las Cruces artist Flo Hosa Dougherty.
Jarden is a long-time community member and
arts promoter.
El Paso Repertory Singers — El Paso’s
newest vocal ensemble seeks all voices to
rehearse and perform a varied repertoire.
Participants should be able to sing in tune, sing
in time, and learn the notes on their own.
Rehearsals are 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, at Trinity
First United Methodist Church (Yandell and
Mesa). The Spring concert in March will feature
“Spirituals and Old American Songs.”
Information: aurolyn2@yahoo.com.
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 For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,
call 544-8444 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.
Yolanda Martinez — Legends Alive pres-
ents the singer/songwriter at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 27, at the Chamizal National Memorial,
800 S. San Marcial. Martinez received a 2004
Nammy (Native American Music Award) win-
ner for “Best Female Artist.” Her 2008 CD
“America” won for “Best Remake” for the song
“Summer Time.” She will perform traditional
and original Hispanic and Native American
music, including songs from her new Latin
music album “Amor Deveras.” Admission: $15;
available at the Visitor Center the day of the
performance. Information: 532-7273.
Guest performer is Denny Guerrero, and all
drums are invited to participate in the Native
American Finale.
Daniel Rodriguez — Showtime! El Paso
presents the “singing policeman” at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 2, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. The New York City cop has help
bring the country and uplifting spirit of promise
and hope with his stirring rendition of “God
Bless America” after the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks. Since then, he studied under Placido
Domingo, retired from the force and released
three albums: “The Spirit of America,” “From
My Heart” and “In the Presence.” Tickets are
$25 general admission ($10 youth/students),
available at the door only. information: 544-
2022 or ShowtimeElPaso.com.
Eli Young Band — The country music band
performs at 10 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at
Whiskey Dick’s, 580 George Dieter. The band’s
last El Paso performance sold out. Tickets: $15.
Tickets available online through ticketbully.com.
Information: 921-9900.
The band’s latest best-selling album, “Jet Black
and Jealous,” includes the hits “When It Rains,”
“Always the Love Songs” and “Radio Waves.”
They were recently nominated for Top New
Vocal Group of Duo in the Academy of
Country Music awards.
Janis Ian – ASNMSU Cultural Series presents
the legendary musician at 8 p.m. Thursday,
March 4, at Rio Grande Theatre in the Las
Cruces Downtown Mall. Ian is an American
songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, colum-
nist and science fiction-fan-turned author. With
a highly successful singing career in the 1960s
and 70s, she penned the hit song “Jesse,” and
the song which won her five Grammies in
1975, “At Seventeen.” Tickets: $15 ($10 stu-
dents). Ticket information: (575) 646-1420.
Ian’s book “Society’s Child-My
Autobiography,” was released in paperback the
first week of September, 2009 and her 2-disc
CD, “Essential Janis Ian” is also out.
Zac Brown Band — The recent American
Music Award winners perform at 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 4, at NMSU’s Pan American
Center. Best known for the runaway hit
“Chicken Fried,” the Zac Brown Band’s other
singles include “Toes,” “Whatever It Is” and
“Highway 20 Ride.” Tickets: $22-$32, plus
service charge (Ticketmaster).
The band “Chicken Fried” was named CMT’s
Breakthrough Video of the Year in 2009, and
the band also won the 2009 Best New Artist
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Grammy, among other honors. They have sold
more than 20,000 CDs independently, and
average more than 200 shows a year perform-
ing with a diverse group of artists including
Sugarland, ZZ Top, Travis Tritt, Etta James,
Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers Band,
Willie Nelson and BB King.
Boulder Acoustic Society – The roots
music group performs at 7:30 p.m. March 5,
at the Buffalo Dance Hall in Silver City, N.M.
Part of the new wave of American roots music,
the group of four songwriters mash up blues,
folk, gospel, indie and world music. Part of the
Mimbres Region Arts Council’s Folk Series.
Tickets: $5-$20. Information: (575) 538-2505
or 1-888-758-7289.
David Parkes dinner concert — Open
Arms Community presents fundraiser concert
for the Holy Spirit Retreat and Renewal Center
featuring internationally known singer David
Parkes of Dublin, Ireland 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday,
March 5, at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Hall,
10970 Bywood (off Yarbrough). Tickets: $20.
Credit card ticket purchases: 820-2692 or 595-
0589. Information: openarmscommunity.org.
Guitars Not Guns concerts — The non-
profit organization that helps underprivileged
children receive music lessons will host
fundraising concerts March 6 and 25 at Rio
Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, in
Las Cruces. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. for both
performances. Tickets: $10 per show; available
at the theatre. Information: (575) 312-4685 or
(575) 523-6403.
Guitars Not Guns is about music, and trying
to help underprivileged children to stay out of
gangs. They start with children in the foster
care system and take low income children as
well, and give them guitar lessons for free.
• Saturday, March 6 — Boulder Acoustic
Society. The band plays indie-folk that draws
from Appalachian roots, gritty gospel and the
contemporary urban soundscapes.
• Thursday, March 25 — Asylum Street
Spankers. A collision of ragtime, two step, jazz,
vaudeville, off color blues, hip hop, country and
western makes the Asylum Street Spankers
unique.
The Guerrilla Girls — NMSU Women’s
Studies presents the internationally known
group of feminist “masked avengers,” bringing
the fight for gender justice in the arts to Las
Cruces at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at the
Court Youth Center, 402 West Court.
The performance marks the 20th anniversary
of the NMSU Women’s Studies Program.
Tickets: $12 ($5 students); available from
Ticketmaster and the Pan Am Center Box
Office. Information: (575) 646-3448 or
nmsu.edu/~wstudies.
Through facts, humor and outrageous visuals,
this historic activist group, famed for wearing
gorilla masks, exposes sexism, racism and cor-
ruption in politics, art, film and pop culture.
The women (artists themselves) take the
names of famous deceased female artists to
conceal their own identities while keeping the
focus on issues. The performers coming to Las
Cruces use the names Frida Kahlo and Kathe
Kollwitz – two women artists whose works
broke international art boundaries.
The program also celebrates Waded Cruzado
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Gender Justice Week (named for NMSU’s for-
mer provost and interim president), along with
International Women’s Day and Women’s
History Month.
‘Tejano Legends’ — Little Joe headlines the
Tex-Mex music style tour at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 13, at the County Coliseum. Special
guest to be announced Tickets: $20, $30, $40
and $50, plus service charge. (Ticketmaster).
‘Cabaret’ – Broadway in El Paso presents the
Tony-Award-winning musical at 7:30 p.m.
March 15, at the Plaza Theatre. The pre-
World War II tale life in a Berlin cabaret has not
only been a successful Broadway production
and revival, one of the memorable movie roles
for stage icon Liza Minnelli. Features such hits
as “Money, Money,” “Willkommen” and “(Life
Is A) Cabaret.” Part of the Broadway in El Paso
Series. Tickets: $25-$48.50, plus service
charges. (Ticketmaster)
LoCura — The eclectic contemporary world
music band performs at 9 p.m. Thursday,
March 18, at Take II, 6315 N. Mesa. Also per-
forming is El Paso’s Radio La Chusma and DJ
SystemAddict. Tickets: $7 ($10 under age 21);
available at Take II or ticketbully.com.
Information: 832-0997.
LoCura is a collective of musicians fusing
Rumba Flamenca with reggae and Cuban
rhythms together with elements of hip hop and
American folk. With lyrics in Spanish and
English, LoCura’s music travels the cultural
borderlands of Spain and California.
Vienna Boys’ Choir – The world famous
choir performs in both Las Cruces and El Paso
March 23-24 as part of a U.S. tour.
• Doña Ana Arts Council concludes its
2009/2010 Cultural Arts Series with two per-
formances by the world famous choir Tuesday,
March 23, in the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Showtimes are
6 and 8 p.m.; doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets:
$40; available online at riograndetheatre.com.
Information: (575)523-6403.
• El Paso Youth Choir at St. Paul’s sponsors the
choir’s performance at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
March 24, at First Presbyterian Church, 1340
Murchison. Tickets are $20. Information: 533-
0201 or saintpauls.elpaso@gmail.com
The Choir is the modern-day descendent of
the official choir of the Viennese Court and has
been touring as a professional musical group
since 1924, wowing audiences the world over
with their unique sound.
In existence since 1498, when Emperor
Maximilian of Hapsberg decreed its establish-
ment, the choir as it exists today is a private,
not-for-profit organization which performs
approximately 300 concerts each year, in front
of more than 500,000 people. Among the com-
posers represented in the choir’s repertoire
are Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig von
Beethoven, Georg Friedrich Handel, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert and many
more.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the
Vienna Boys Choir has sought to update its
image, recording pop music selections and
adopting an alternative uniform to the sailor
suits worn since 1924. Despite the heavily
debated modernization, they still remain the
best known choir in the world.
Megadeth ‘Rust in Peace’ Tour — The
heavy metal performs its iconic album’s 20th
March 2010
anniversary tour at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 28,
at Club 101, 1148 Airway, with special guests
Testament and Exodus. Tickets: $36. (ticketbul-
ly.com).
Megadeth will perform its landmark album in
its entirety, in addition to other hits and songs
from its new CD “Endgame.”
Testament will support its new CD “The
Legacy.” Special VIP Testament fan packages
available, featuring a meet-and-greet and photo
ops with select Testament members, autograph
opportunities and more. Information: testa-
mentlegions.com.
Exodus, the forefathers of Bay Area thrash, is
expected to release its ninth studio album,
“Exhibit B: The Human Condition” this spring.
Sesame Street Live ‘123 Imagine!
With Elmo and Friends’ — The Sesame
Street Live friends’ annual Easter week shows
are April 1-4 at the Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Presented by VEE Corporation. 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: $11, $15, $20 and $28, plus
service charge. All seats opening night are $11
(excluding gold circle seats). (Ticketmaster).
Information: sesamestreetlive.com.
The magical journey begins as Sesame Street’s
mail carrier, Sam, stops by to deliver special
postcards from far-away places. When Elmo,
Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and friends wish to
visit the exciting locations, Sam shares her
secret on how they can – it’s as easy as count-
ing “1-2-3 Imagine!”
Bill Maher — The ‘politically incorrect’
comic performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at
the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $45.50-$75.50, plus
service charge. sold through Ticketmaster.
For the last 15 years, Maher has set the
boundaries of where funny, political talk can go
on American television. First on “Politically
Incorrect,” and for the last seven years on
HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher’s combination of
unflinching honesty and big laughs have gar-
nered him 21 Emmy nominations. In October
of 2008, this same combination was on display
in Maher’s swipe at organized religion,
“Religulous,” directed by Larry Charles. The
documentary became the seventh highest
grossing documentary ever.
Chicago — The classic rock band returns to
El Paso at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, at the
Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $48, $58 and $78, plus
service fees. (Ticketmaster)
Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as
the most successful American rock band of all
time, in terms of both albums and singles,
according to Billboard charts. They have been
performing to sold-out crowds for more than
30 years, with 20 Top Ten singles, 12 Top Ten
Albums (five of which reached Number 1), and
more than 120 record sales. Hits include
“Make Me Smile,” “25 or 6 to 4,” “Colour My
World,” “Saturday in the Park,” “Just You ‘n’
Me,” “(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long,” “If You
Leave Me Now,” “Hard Habit to Break,”
“You’re the Inspiration” and many more.
An Evening with Coach Dungy — The
retired NFL Super Bowl-winning coach Tony
Dungy will speak at 8 p.m. Friday, April 9, at
UTEP’s Don Haskins Center. Proceeds benefit
UTEP Athletics student-athlete scholarship
fund. Tickets: $20, $30 and $60; available at the
Miner Athletic Club in UTEP’s Brumbelow
Building. Information: 747-8759.
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‘La Cage Aux Folles’ – The award-winning
musical version of the comic collision of gay
and straight worlds is April 9-May 16 at UTEP
Dinner Theatre. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday; dinner matinee
performance is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25;
non-dinner matinees are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May
2, 9 and 16. Tickets $26-$38 dinner shows;
$12-22 non-dinner matinee. Information: 747-
6060.
A gay nightclub manager and his drag queen
partner pretend to be a straight couple when
the manager’s son brings home his fiancée and
her ultra-conservative parents. Written by
Harvey Fierstein with lyrics and music by Jerry
Herman.
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ — The Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice masterpiece
returns to Las Cruces at 7:30 p.m. Monday,
April 12, at NMSU’s Pan American Center.
Tickets: $52 floor; $26, $36 and $42 in the
bowl, plus service charge. Discounts offered
for groups or ten or more and children age 2
#* '
through 12. (Ticketmaster).
One of the most popular and enduring works
ever created for the musical theatre, this multi-
ple-Tony Award nominee features such hits as
“Superstar,” “Everything’s Alright” and “I Don’t
% #% % (* ' ! Know How to Love Him.”
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Yeasayer performs Tuesday, April 13. Based
$" % in Brooklyn, New York, the group describes
their sound as “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-
gospel.” The new album is “Odd Blood.”
# % Bassekou Kouyate – ASNMSU Cultural
Series presents the international musician 8
p.m. Thursday, April 15 at the Rio Grande
Theatre in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.
One of Mali’s best-known ngoni players,
Kouyate has collaborated with many important
traditional musicians of his country as well as
international performers such as Carlos
Santana, U2 and more. Tickets: $15 ($10 stu-
dents). Ticket information: (575) 646-1420.
Ana Moura – ASNMSU Cultural Series clos-
es its season at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 at
the Rio Grande Theatre in the Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. The 25-year-old Portuguese
vocalist’s soulful and riveting interpretation of
her land’s captivating fado style has made her a
star in Europe. Her poetic, deeply expressive
sound personifies the Portuguese psyche as it
explores such universal themes as lost love,
separation and longing. Tickets: $15 ($10 stu-
dents). Ticket information: (575) 646-1420.
Norah Jones — The superstar singer/song-
writer performs April 29 at the Plaza Theatre
(Ticketmaster). At age 23, the daughter of Ravi
Shanki emerged on the music scene with a
2002 debut album that earned five Grammys.
She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.
Jones, who also plays piano, keyboard and
guitar, is known as a jazz vocalist influenced by
soul, folk and country.
Hunt Family Fiddlers – Grant County
Community Concert Association presents the
award-winning group 7:30 p.m. May 13, at
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WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater. This family
of Irish step dancers, fiddlers and singers per-
form Celtic, bluegrass, inspirational and popular
tunes. They have performed for Queen
Elizabeth during her 2007 U.S. visit, and have
released four albums. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $20 at the door. Information: (575)
538-5862.
Robin and Linda Williams — The “Prairie
Home Companion” perennial favorites perform
a special house concert at 8 p.m. Saturday,
June 19, at Charlie McDonald’s house in Las
Cruces. Cost: $40. Reservations required;
BYOB. Information: (575) 541-1992 or (915)
592-5122.
Venues & series
Club 101 — 1148 Airway. Advance tickets
for most events available at Club 101, All That
Music, Psycha and online at ticketbully.com,
unless otherwise listed.
Information: 544-2101 or club101.com.
• 8 p.m. Thursday, March 4 — Sick Puppies.
The Australian band’s latest major label album
is Tri-Polar. Also performing are Aranda and
Violent Soho. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets:
$16.50 in advance, plus service charge; $20 at
the door.
• 7 p.m. Sunday, March 28 — Megadeth “Rust
in Peace” Tour, with guests Testament and
Exodus. Tickets: $36.
Rio Grande Theatre — The renovated
historic theater is at 211 Downtown Mall, Las
Cruces. Information: (575) 523-6403, (575)
523-0807 or RioGrandeTheatre.com.
• Glenn Miller Orchestra — 7 p.m. Monday,
March 1, as part of the Doña Ana Arts Council
Cultural Series. Miller was one of the most suc-
cessful of all the dance bandleaders back in the
Swing era of the 1930s and ‘40s. This
Orchestra was formed in 1956 to continue the
legacy of his music. Tickets are $40.
• Boulder Acoustic Society — 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 6. This young quartet special-
izes in all things acoustic: fiddles, ukuleles,
accordions, upright basses. Tickets: $10.
• Sharman Apt Russell — 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 11. NMSU Outdoor Recreation contin-
ues its Adventure Arts Series. Russell is widely
anthologized and has received a number of
prizes and awards, including a Rockefeller
Fellowship. Tickets: $12 day of show.
• LoCura and Nuevo Sol — 7 p.m. Friday,
March 12. Direct from San Francisco’s vibrant
music scene, en route to the SXSW Music
Festival in Austin, the Latin music and dance
ensemble LoCura mixes grooves and melodies.
Joining LoCura are local-rising-stars, Nuevo Sol.
Tickets: $15.
• Vienna Boys Choir — The internationally
renowned choir performs two shows, 6 and 8
p.m. Tuesday, March 23, as part of Doña Ana
Arts Council’s Cultural Series. Emperor
Maximilian of Habsberg established the choir in
1498, and it continues today, performing about
300 concerts each year,. Among the composers
represented in the choir’s repertoire are
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven,
Georg Friedrich Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Franz Schubert and many more.
Tickets are $40.
• Asylum Street Spankers — 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 25. The group began in 1994
during a party at the Dabbs Hotel in Llano,
Texas. Within a year they conquered Austin.
Since then, they’ve toured regularly throughout
Europe, Japan and the U.S. The Asylum Street
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Spankers are considered an underground insti-
tution, yet one of the best live acts working
today. Presented by Guitars not Guns. Tickets:
Where Short & Stout is In! $10.
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts
— Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12
miles north of downtown Ruidoso). Free public
guided tours are 10 a.m. Tuesdays and
inside The Marketplace at Placita Santa Fe, 5034 Doniphan
Thursdays (except show dates). Information:
(575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
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• ‘Cats’ — 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 6.
band performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 25.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group
Hall of Fame in 2004, and has sold over 30 mil-
lion albums in the U.S. Tickets: $25-$100.
• Creedence Clearwater Revisited — 8 p.m.
Friday, April 16. Tickets: $25-$75.
• Gabriel Iglesias — One of the region’s
favorite comics performs. 8 p.m. Thursday,
May 6. Tickets: $25-$75.
• Heart — The classic rock sister-act performs
at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 9. Tickets: $40-$125.
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— 1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo. All per-
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ner of seven Tony Awards, three Grammys, six
Olivers, a Golden Globe, Oscar and an
International Emmy, is considered the “musical
of the century.” Tickets: $73-$76 (matinee) and
Placita Santa Fe, 5034 Doniphan $76-$79 (evening show).
• ‘Big Band Broadcast’ — 8 p.m. April 8. Holly
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Larocque and the 13-piece Mark Ferguson
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Milk Soaps Bee Bar Hand Lotion • Pouchee Purse Organizers • Swap Watches and “The Angels Sing.” Tickets: $56-$59.
• The Legendary Drifters — 8 p.m. April 24.
The 1950s doo-wop and R&B group of lore
• Kahuna Beach Party — Friday, March 12.
This music and comedy ensemble includes har-
mony, twangy guitars and audience participa-
tion comic antics. Audience members encour-
aged to wear their favorite Hawaiian outfit.
• “Troop I, 111 Cavalry” – Friday, March 26.
Chautauqua performer Ron Grimes portrays
his father in this story of a New Mexico
National Guard unit. Admission is free.
NM Tech Performing Arts Series —
Performances are 7:30 p.m. selected Fridays at
New Mexico Tech’s Macey Center in Socorro,
N.M. All seats general admission. Information:
(575) 835-5688 or nmtpas.org.

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• Aaron Lewis of Staind — The alternative
rocker presents a solo acoustic evening at 8
HOP & SHOP p.m. Thursday, March 11. Lewis, known for
two of Stand’s popular singles, “Outside” and
AT THE “It’s Been Awhile,” has been nominated for
three Grammys. Tickets: $20-$60.
• The Doobie Brothers — The classic rock
marketplace
• Enter the Haggis — March 26. Uplifting
future of Celtic, rock and world music. Tickets:
$16 ($14 senior, $12 youth).
• The Jason Bishop Show — April 9.
Illusionists Jason and Kim combine cutting edge
illusions with fast-paced performance. Tickets:
$16 ($14 senior, $12 youth).
• Robert Mirabel: ”Dancing Earth” — April
23. The Grammy-winning Native American
flute player shares the stage with Ruland
Tangen’s indigenous contemporary dance com-
pany. Tickets: $16 ($14 senior, $12 youth).
• Esperanza Spaldling — May 7. Classic jazz
with masterful bass playing, original composi-
tions and engaging voice. Tickets: $16 ($14
senior, $12 youth).

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Hanks Jazz Festival — The festival runs
March 4-6, in the Hanks High School auditori-
um, 2100 Lee Trevino. Middle and high school
students perform throughout the festival, with
a final performance at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free and open to the public
Information: 434-9700 or hanksband.com.
Guest clinicians are Dr. Willie Hill, a leading
jazz educator; saxophonist Chris Vadala; and
trumpet player Brad Goode. Special guests this
year include the Eklektic Jazz Ensemble.
Bill and Kate Isles — The Minnesota-based
singer-songwriter duo performs 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, March 11, at the Community
Center, 316 Eleanor, in Hillsboro, N.M.
Admission: $5 donation. Information: or (575)
895-5797 or billisles.com.
Broken Water and Buckeye — The
three-piece band from Olympia, Wash. per-
forms its “swirling, shoe-gazing, punk rock” at
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Hideaway
Lounge, 1012 Raynor. Tentative admission: $5.
Information: (360) 878-5260 or
myspace.com/brokenagua.
Ardovino’s St. Patrick’s Day —
Ardovino’s Desert Crossing’s Sunset Hall, One
Ardovino’s Drive in Sunland Park, will host its
annual St. Patrick’s Day event featuring music
by San Patricios and a Celtic buffet Wednesday,
March 17. Doors open at 5 p.m.; buffet starts
at 6 p.m. Information: (575) 589-0653.
Mariachi Los Toritos — Mariachi Los
Toritos perform traditional Mexican mariachi
music at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday,
March 20-21, at the Chamizal National
Memorial Theater, 800 S. San Marcial. Tickets:
$12. Information: 532-7273 or 731-2454.
J. Wagner and Alexa Woodward — The
folk musicians perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 23, at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N.
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Admission: $10.
Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223 or
no-strings.org.
The Vibe — Ardovino’s Desert Crossing,
One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park, presents
the musical group at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 27. The El Paso-based band combines
soul, R&B and pop with original touches. No
cover. Information: (575) 589-0653, ext. 3.
Marcello’s and Music Tuesdays —
Marcello’s Ristorante Italiano, 5380 N. Mesa,
hosts free live music at 7 p.m. every Tuesday.
Information: 833-7800 or marcelloselpaso.com.
• March 2, 16 and 30 — Jazz Over Easy
• March 9 — April Ticket
• March 23 — To be announced.
Reggae Thursdays — Zen Meister Bar,
1160 Airway, hosts local, regional, national and
international reggae acts 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Thursdays. Admission: $8. Information: 778-
1089 or 433-5614.
West Side Bohemians — The El Paso
music trio performs at 7 to p.m. every
Thursday at Travel Mug Coffee, 4070 Mesa,
Suite F (next to Albertson’s). Admission is free
with food purchase. Information: 202-1775 or
WSideBohemians@aol.com.
Travel Mug Open Mike Night — The
Travel Mug, 7040 N. Mesa (in Colony Cove),
presents open mic performance 7 to 10 p.m.
every Thursday, hosted by Robert Arroyo and
Sam Barlow Band. Admission is free.
Information: Vanessa, 238-2229.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino —
Live music 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sundays in the
Franklins Lounge. Disco with local DJs is 6:30
to 10 p.m. Sundays. Karaoke offered with
Antonio B 8 p.m. to midnight every Thursday.
No cover. Information: (575) 874-5200.
• Saturday, Feb. 27 — Sonny Powell
• Sunday, Feb. 28 — Mariachi Tapatio
• Friday, March 5 – Last Minute
• Saturday, March 6 – Little Mike & the Blue
Kings
• Sunday, March 7 – Mariachi Alegre
• Friday, March 12 – Sobredosis del Sabor
• Saturday, March 13 – Little Mike and the
Blue Kings
• Sunday, March 14 – Mariachi Son de Mexico
• Friday, March 19 – Rhapsody
• Saturday, March 20 – Bosse
• Sunday, March 21 – Mariachi Flores
Mexicanas
• Friday, March 26 – Asi
• Saturday, March 27 – Inolvidable
• Sunday, March 28 – Mariachi Raices de
America
‘Every Other Tuesday’ at the Rio
Grande Theatre — Doña Ana Arts Council
hosts a variety of musical performances 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at the historic
Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Las
Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)
523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
• March 9 — NMSU Vocalists
• March 23 — NO EOT!
Comedy
‘Keeping It Riehl’ Comedy Troupe —
The troupe, featuring some of the Southwest’s
hottest amateur stand-up comics, performs at
2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at Black Box
Theatre, 430 N Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
May contain adult language. Tickets: $10 ($9
seniors, students and military with valid ID).
Information/reservations: Alan Riehl at (575)
312-8760 or alanriehl@hotmail.com.
El Paso Comic Strip — 1201 Airway.
Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $6-$12.
Information/reservations: 779-LAFF (5233) or
laff2nite.com.
• March 3-7 — BT. BT has appeared on such
shows as Sci-Fi’s “Black Scorpions” HBO’s
“Suckers.” Feature act is Gretchen Hess.
• March 10-14 — DJ Cooch and Eric Blake.
Cooch has shared the stage with such comedic
heavyweights as Carlos Mencia, Anjelah
Johnson, Tommy Chong and others.
Blake is a regular on BET’s “Comic View” and
has been selected for “The Best of Comic
View” for four consecutive years.
• March 17-21 — Ian Edwards. Edwards per-
forms weekly at the Laugh Factory in Los
Angeles. His writing credits include work for
“Saturday Night Live.” Feature: Bill Dawes.
• March 24-28 — Ruben Paul. Paul was cho-
sen as one of the “Best of the Fest Comics” at
HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen,
Colo. Paul was recently selected as a cast
member on BET’s new hidden camera show
“S.O.B. (Socially Offensive Behavior).” Feature
act is Carlos Loma.
March 2010
‘To El Paso With Love’ — El Paso Youth
Ballet, directed by Marta Katz, presents its
annual benefit performance at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 28, at Doubletree Hotel’s
Franklin Ballroom, 600 N. El Paso, featuring
both classical and original ballet works. Coffee,
tea and pastries will be served. Tickets: $25.
Information: 252-5601 or elpasoconservatory-
ofdance.org.
Big Band Dance Club — The club hosts
dances to live music 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays and
selected Saturdays at Las Cruces Country Club,
2700 N. Main, in Las Cruces. Styles include
ballroom, swing, and Latin styles. Cost: $9 ($7
members). Age 21 and older welcome. Dress
code enforced. Information: (575) 523-1076,
(575) 525-9227 or bigbanddanceclub.org.
• Thursday, March 4 and 18 — High Society
Orchestra. The March 18 event includes the
Presidents’ 29th Anniversary ball; semi-formal
attire.
• Thursday, March 11 and 25 — Bob Burns-
Mike Caranda Combo. Refreshments served.
Look Who’s Dancing 2010 — The
celebrity dance event is 2 p.m. Sunday, March
7, at NMSU’s Pan American Center. Hosted by
the Big Band Dance Club to benefit the New
Mexico State University DanceSport Company.
The event seeks to promote social dancing to
the Las Cruces community as a healthful and
enjoyable activity for all ages and all skill levels.
Tickets: $12 general admission; $20 reserved.
(Ticketmaster). General admission tickets also
available at Enchanted Gardens and White’s
Music Box in Las Cruces. Information: or
dance.nmsu.edu/lookwhosdancing.
Featured dancers, choreographed by the
NMSU Dance program, include Susana
Chaparro, business owner and First Lady of Las
Cruces; Dolores Connor, Las Cruces City
March 2010
Councilor; Dr. Brian Gilbert of Bright Star den-
tistry; Dr. Janet Green, Director of NMSU
Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management; Eli
Guzman of Guzman Sport Karate and
Kickboxing; Margie Huerta, President of Doña
Ana Community College; Mike McKay,
Executive Vice President of Bravo Mic
Communications; and Kelly McKee, Oñate High
School football coach.
After the competition, the audience is invited
to join the Bob Burns-Mike Caranda Orchestra,
and singer Judy Day, 4 to 6 p.m. for a live big
band dance.
Ballet Folklóricos Paso del Norte and
Chiruhui — The local ballet folklórico com-
panies join together for their annual production
“Juntos Por Mexico,” depicting the art, history,
sights and sounds of Mexico through dance and
music at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3
p.m. Sunday, March 12-14, at the Chamizal
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. The
troupes will be accompanied with live music by
Mariachi Raices de America and Grupo
Mixteco. Admission: $5. Information/advance
tickets: 588-5743.
UTEP Summer Theatre and Dance
camps — The UTEP Department of Theatre,
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Dance and Film will host its 2010 summer
camps June 7-25. Registration begins March
30. Information: 747-6213.
Scholarship and documents available on line
beginning March 15 at theatredance.utep.edu.
Summer Dance Camps are 9 a.m. to noon for
ages 13-18, and 1 to 4 p.m. for ages 7-12. The
camps focus on dance and the rehearsal
process, and focuses on Ballet and Character
Monday, Contemporary and Improv Tuesday,
Ballet and Jazz Wednesday, Contemporary and
Choreography Thursday, and Jazz and Dance
History Friday. Camps ends with a live per-
formance for family and friends. Cost to be
announced.
UTEP Summer Theatre and Dance
camps — The UTEP Department of Theatre,
Dance and Film will host its 2010 summer
camps June 7-25. Registration begins March
30. Information: 747-6213.
Scholarship and documents available on line
beginning March 15 at theatredance.utep.edu.
Summer Dance Camps are 9 a.m. to noon for
ages 13-18, and 1 to 4 p.m. for ages 7-12. The
camps focus on dance and the rehearsal
process, and focuses on Ballet and Character
Monday, Contemporary and Improv Tuesday,
Ballet and Jazz Wednesday, Contemporary and
Choreography Thursday, and Jazz and Dance
History Friday. Camps ends with a live per-
formance for family and friends. Cost to be
announced.
Contra Dancing — The Southern New
Mexico Music and Dance Society’s monthly
contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday,
March 19, at Mesilla Community Center, 2251
Calle de Santiago, Mesilla (2 blocks west of
plaza). Dance to live old-time acoustic music
with local callers Lonnie Ludeman and Lewis
Land. March’s dance has an Irish theme.
Newcomers always welcome; beginner lessons
promptly at 7 p.m. No partners needed. Cost:
$5 ($2 age 16 and younger). Information: (575)
993-4426 or snmmds.org.
Square Dance — The Southwest Area
Square and Round Dancers Association will
host its 62nd annual Spring Anniversary Dance
7:30 to 10 p.m. p.m. Friday, March 19, at
Grace Lutheran Church Community Hall, 9301
Diana. Featured caller is Ken Bower.
Information: Joe and Mary Lou Corson, 751-
3309 or swasda-t@sbcglobal.net, or Don and
Ronda Smailes, 759-8849 or
degauguin@yahoo.com.
For more information on local square dancing,
go to members.tripod.com/square_dancing/
The Snake Charmer and The Belly
Dancer — The belly dance duo performs
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Friday at Shiraz
Persian Cuisine, 400 Montana, featuring the
Awalim Blu Troupe. Information: 351-6555 or
snakecharmerandthebellydancer.com.
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ster truck show is 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 6-7, Sun Bowl Stadium.
Tickets: $10 (Ticketmaster).
2010 El Paso Senior Games — The 28th
annual games for those age 50 and older run
March 10-April 11 at various locations, spon-
sored by the City Parks and Recreation
Department and Sierra Providence Health
Network. Top three finishers in each age group
receive medals in their event. Applications
available at any Recreation or Senior Center
with the Parks and Recreation Department.
Information: Sandy Rodriguez, 240-3310 or
Eliseo Duran, 252-9031.
Sun City Roller Girls — The new roller
derby league will host its “Viva La Derby” bout
at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Mulligan’s East,
1815 Trawood, as Chuco Town Chulas vs. the
Sexacutioners. Live music by Frontera Bugalu.
Admission: $5 in advance; $7 at the door; free
for ages 5 and younger. Advance tickets avail-
able at area Good Times stores, Inklinations
Tattoos, Red Skull Tattoos, Tom Fooleries
Tattoo and Mulligan’s East. Information:
Mulligan’s East, 633-8306 or suncityrollerder-
by@yahoo.com.
2010 USBC Women’s Championships
— El Paso will host the national sports event
March 27-July 3, at the Convention Center,
hosted by United States Bowling Congress.
The tournament will be held for 100 consecu-
tive days in the first arena-style women’s cham-
pionship in USBC history. Spectator admission
is free. Information: 544-9000.
Springtime Track Invitational — The
annual UTEP spring field and track meet begins
at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at Kidd Field.
The events feature men’s and women’s college
teams as well as the top qualifying high school
athletes from the region. Admission: $7 ($3
children under 12; free for UTEP students).
Information: 747-5812 or utepathletics.com.
An Evening with Coach Dungy — The
retired NFL Super Bowl-winning coach Tony
Dungy will speak at 8 p.m. Friday, April 9, at
UTEP’s Don Haskins Center. Proceeds benefit
UTEP Athletics student-athlete scholarship
fund. Tickets: $20, $30 and $60; available at the
Miner Athletic Club in UTEP’s Brumbelow
Building. Information: 747-8759.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino —
The 2009-2010 live horse racing season runs
through April 20. Race days are Tuesdays,
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (and
Wednesday, Feb. 17). First post is 12:25 p.m.
each race day. General admission is free to the
track and casino. First post time is 12:25 p.m.
Turf Club seating is $7. General admission and
parking are free. Information: (575) 874-5200.
• Saturday, March 6 — West Texas Maturity.
3-year-olds and up.
• Sunday, March 7 – SPRC Claiming Series:
Phase II. 3-year-olds and up.
• Saturday, March 13 — Bill Thomas
Memorial Handicap. Purse $50,000
Guaranteed. 3-year-olds and up.
• Sunday, March 14 — Mesilla Valley Speed
Handicap. 3-year-old and up. NM-breds.
• Saturday, March 20 — Mt. Cristo Rey
Handicap. 3-year-olds and up. NM-breds.
• Sunday, March 21 – NMSU Stakes. 4-year-
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olds and up. NM-breds.
Sunday, March 28 — Sunland Derby and The
Oaks (for fillies).
Races leading up to the Sunland Park Derby
and Sunland Park Oaks include La Coneja
Stakes (4-year-old and up fillies and mares,
NM-breds); Harry W. Henson Handicap (3-
year-old and up fillies and mares), New Mexico
Breeders’ Oaks (3-year-old and up fillies and
mares) and New Mexico Breeders’ Derby (3-
year-old, NM-bred).
Basketball
UTEP Men’s Basketball - Home games
are at the Don Haskins Center. Tickets: $9-
$25. Information: 747-5234 or
utepathletics.com.
• Saturday, Feb. 27 — Rice, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, March 6 — UAB, 7 p.m.
UTEP Women’s Basketball — The final
home game of regular season play is 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 3 vs. Tulane at the Don
Haskins Center. Tickets: $7 ($3 youth).
Information: 747-5234 or utepathletics.com.
Baseball/Softball
Tejanos baseball — The Tejanos of El Paso
Community College’s home games are at the
Valle Verde Campus Baseball Field. Admission
is free. Information: 831-2275.
March 26-27 — Howard College. Game
time is noon both days (doubleheaders).
• Friday, April 2 — New Mexico Junior
College. Noon. Doubleheader.
Tejanas softball — The EPCC Tejanas home
games are at the Valle Verde Softball Field.
Games are doubleheaders. Admission is free.
Information: 831-2275.
• 2 p.m. Monday, March 15, Seward County
Community College
• 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 26-27,
Frank Phillips College.
Diablos tryouts — El Paso Diablos hold
local tryouts Saturday and Sunday March 20-
21, at the EPCC baseball field, Valle Verde
Campus. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. with tryouts
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and a tryout game on
Sunday. Players must be over 18 years old and
a high school graduate. Pre-registration: $75.
Registration forms available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday at Cohen Stadium,
9700 Gateway North. Information: 755-2000.
Bicycling
El Paso Bicycle Club – Rides are open to
the public; helmets required. Unless listed oth-
erwise, rides begin at River Run Plaza on
Country Club Road. (Mesa becomes Country
Club; go west past the Rio Grande; River Run is
on the right.) Web: elpasobicycleclub.com.
Leaderless Wednesday evening rides resume
March 17 at River Run. Rides begin 5:30-5:45
p.m., ranging from 20 to 24 miles at various
paces depending on the group.
• 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 — Beginner Ride.
Families and kids welcome. Easy pace for 15
miles or less along the Rio Grande. Richard
Rheder, rrheder@gmail.com.
• 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 — Leave from
Gallegos Park in Canutillo, go north in the val-
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ley and return via the rollers. East afterwards at
The Little Diner. Moderate pace, 30-25 miles.
Bob Clark, 204-2531 or bclark@edgerd.net.
• 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 — Help George
and Henry celebrate their 64th birthdays by
riding 64 miles. Moderate pace. Cake and ice
cream at Hello Pizza after ride. George
Luttrell, 433-2019 or Henry Payan, 355-6506.
• 9 a.m. Saturday, March 6: Rollers and Valley
Ride. 30-mile moderate pace ride along the
rollers to Dos Lagos Country Club in Anthony.
Chuck Turner, 204-4831.
• 9 a.m. Sunday, March 7: Chamizal Scenic
Loop. Meet at Chamizal National Memorial for
30-mile moderate pace ride through Central El
Paso/Downtown including Scenic Drive. Jim
Weaver, 775-9757.
• 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 13: Border and
Back. Ride to La Union, up Artcraft and to
Border Crossing. 35 miles, moderate to fast
(17-20 mph) pace. Randy Limbird, 542-1422.
• 9 a.m. Saturday, March 13: Mountain bike
ride. Begin at Chuck Heinrich Park, 11055
Loma Del Norte (North Hills area of Northeast
El Paso. Steve Cantrelle, 545-3944
• 7:30 a.m. Sunday, March 14: Horizon Loop.
Meet at Atom Cyclist, 1886 Joe Battle Ste 205
(next to Super Target) for 45-mile ride to and
around Horizon City. Don’t forget this is first
day of Daylight Savings! Refreshments after-
ward at Atom. Rebecca Reza, 225-2011.
• Wednesday, March 17: Kick off the
Wednesday evening season with an old-fash-
ioned ride from River Run to La Union Station.
Leave at 5 p.m. with old-timers who remem-
ber when they rode 10 miles up and 10 miles
back, and the main reason to go fast was to
have time for an extra beer. La Union Station
will be open that night and may even have
some green brew. Randy Limbird, 542-1422.
• 9 a.m. Saturday, March 20: Zig Zag to Bean.
Meet at La Mesa on Hwy 28, and weave your
way to Mesilla, stopping at The Bean and
returning for lunch at Chope’s. 35 miles, mod-
erate pace. Bob Clark, 204-2531.
• 9 a.m. Sunday, March 21: Easy Does It.
Meet at Chamizal National Memorial for a 30-
mile easy-pace ride along Delta, Border
Highway and through Downtown. Julia Martin.
Information: 355-6506 (Henry).
• 8 a.m. Saturday, March 27: Ride with the
Wind. Meet at River Run, put bike on the club
trailer, and cram into whatever vehicles can be
arrange to drive to Columbus, N.M. Ride 65
miles back to El Paso, hopefully with a strong
tail wind. Pace is as fast as the wind. Will have
sag vehicle stop for water bottle refills midway.
Volunteers needed to carry riders to
Columbus. Riders kick in for gas money. Please
call Randy Limbird, 542-1422, in advance to
sign up for transport or to volunteer to drive.
• 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 28: Loop de Loop.
Meet at the Wal-Mart parking lot at
Transmountain and U.S. 54 in NE El Paso to
ride Loop 375 to the East Side and back. 30
miles, moderate pace. Henry Payan, 355-6506
Women’s Bike Camp — The 4-hour train-
ing camp for beginning and intermediate
women riders is Saturday, March 13, at Atom
Cyclist Bike Shop, 1886 Joe Battle, Suite 205
(next to Super Target). The four-hour camp
begins with breakfast and a class on bicycling
basics, followed by a 2-hour ride. Road bikes
recommended. Cost is $25. Information:
Rebecca, 225-0011.
Full Moon Bicycle Ride — The family bicy-
cle ride is 9 p.m. Friday, April 30, along White
Sands National Monument’s Dunes Drive. Ride
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16 miles through the monument under a full
moon after cars have left. Helmet and light
required. Reservations required and can only
be made via the website at nps.gov/whsa up to
one month in advance of event. Cost: $5
($2.50 for children and Golden Age passport
holders). Cost: $5 ($2.50 for children and
Golden Age passport holders).Information:
(575) 679-2599, ext. 111.
Atom Cyclist Bike Club — The club hosts
weekly rides leaving promptly at 8 a.m. every
Sunday from the Atom Cyclist Bike Shop, 1886
Joe Battle, Suite 205 (next to Super Target), for
all riding levels. Intermediate/advanced group
will ride 40-60 miles at a moderate to fast
pace, and beginner/intermediate group will ride
20-30 miles at a slow to moderate pace.
Information: Atom Cyclist, 225-0011.
FCA Team Endurance El Paso - Long-
distance runners, cyclists and triathletes are
invited to join the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes group. Information: Christy, 307-8180,
Chaplain Ruben Crespo, 309-6840 or
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/elpa-
soteamendurance. Check website for schedule
changes and additions.
Golf
‘Sticks for Kids’ golf program — The
City of Las Cruces is taking registration
through March 12 for both the spring Sticks
for Kids Tee Box Golf programs for kids age 6
to 12. Spring session runs March 29-May 19.
Fee: $30 per child. Information/registration:
(575) 541-2563.
Beginning Level will be Tuesdays and
Thursdays at the East Mesa Recreation Center.
Intermediate Level is Mondays and Wednesdays
at the NMSU Practice Facility.
Sun Valley Golf Tournament — Sun
Valley Baptist Church will host a golf tourna-
ment benefiting its youth group’s mission trip
to Germany and Romania, Friday, March 12, at
Painted Dunes Desert Golf Course, 12000
McCombs. Registration is 12:30 p.m. with shot-
gun start at 1 p.m. Participation complimentary
with a Sun Valley church donation or fundrais-
ing commitment. Participants are asked to raise
funds prior to the event day through personal
sponsors. Information: Letty Martinez or Nancy
Adams, 755-7232
Recreational Sports
YMCA Begin-to-Swim Week — YMCA’s
annual “Splash” Begin-to-Swim Week classes
for ages 5 to 12 Monday through Friday,
March 15-19, at various YMCA Branches.
Events include 30-minute classes on basic
swimming skills and water safety practices
along with YMCA core character values of car-
ing, honesty, respect and responsibility. Pre-
registration required. Cost: $5 (for five classes).
Locations (call for times):
• Northeast Family, 5509 Will Ruth. 755-9622.
• Westside Family, 7145 N. Mesa. 584-9622.
• Loya Family (East), 2044 Trawood. 590-9622.
Sport Psychology Group Seminar —
Paso del Norte Dressage Society presents the
seminar with Seana Adamson, PhD, March 20-
21. Cost/location to be announced.
Information: pasodelnortedressage.org
The society will also host a Tracey Lert Clinic
March 6-7 at Rainbow’s End Farm.
Information: 851-2026.
Special Olympics training — Special
Olympics Texas Area-19 hosts free training in
preparation of the 2010 Spring games in April
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and May. Athletes must have a current medical
form on file at the Special Olympics office,
4100 Rio Bravo, Suite 311. All area entries for
the games are due by 5 p.m. Friday, March 26.
Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org/calendar.
Mini-T-Ball League — El Paso Parks and
Recreation is taking registration through
March 27 at the Multipurpose Center, 9031
Viscount, for boys and girls age 4-7 interested
in playing mini t-ball. Season runs April 3-May
22. Cost: $37 per child (includes t-shirt and
medal). Information: 598-1155.
Las Cruces Ciclovia — The free monthly
public fitness event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the last
Sunday of each month (March 28)through
October at Young Park, intersections of Walnut
and Lohman. Activities include Hula Hoops,
gunny sack races, jump roping, dancing, volley-
ball, parachute games and more for all ages.
Bikes and skates welcome. Information: (575)
522-0289.
Greater El Paso Tennis Association —
Information: 532-5524 or gepta.usta.com.
Advance registration at tournaments.usta.com.
Call or visit website for other tennis programs.
• The Copenhagen Imports Adult Tennis
Tournament is March 24-28 at the El Paso
Tennis Club, 2510 N. St. Vrain. This USTA-
sanctioned tournament has adult singles, dou-
bles and mixed doubles. All players guaranteed
two matches. Entry deadline is March 21 Cost:
$20, plus TDM fee. Information: 532-5524.
• Payless Car Sales Junior Championships is
March 11-14, at Coronado Country Club,
1044 Broadmoor. Entry deadline is March 6.
Information: 584-1171.
Runs and walks
El Paso Michelob Ultra Marathon and
Spira 1/2 Marathon — The 4th annual
multi-state marathon, half-marathon and
Jarritos 5K run/walk begins at Lynx Exhibits,
300 W. San Antonio, at 7 a.m. Sunday, March
7. Early registration: $65 full marathon; $45
half-marathon; $30 for 5K (by Feb. 16). Late
fee of $5 for marathon and half-marathon, and
$5 for 5K after Feb. 17. No race-day registra-
tion offered. Information: elpasomarathon.org.
In addition, Troops from 4/1 Armored
Division of Fort Bliss will run the a Satellite
Marathon in Iraq during the event.
The events seeks donations of $20 donation,
which gets a soldier a marathon t-shirt, medal
and bib number. To sponsor a soldier, visit elpa-
somarathon.org.
Lynx Mini-Marathon — Lynx Exhibits is
registering children 12 and under for its 3rd
annual non-competitive mini-marathon along a
portion of the actual El Paso Marathon Course
in Downtown El Paso at 7:05 a.m. Sunday,
March 7, behind Lynx, 301 Overland.
Information: 533-4330. Register on-line
(through Feb. 20) at LynxExhibits.com.
Lace Up for Kids — Millennium Optimist
Club will host the 5k Run and 1-mile Fun Walk
at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 13, at Ascarate Park.
Pre-registration: $20 ($25 day of race). Pre-
register at raceadventuresunlimited.com. Early
packet pickup noon to 7 p.m. March 12 at Up
& Running, 10600 Montwood,. Race day pickup
is 7-7:45 a.m. March 13 at the start line. $1
entry fee at Ascarate Park. Information: 821-
2269 or 204-5504.
Proceeds benefit the club’s scholarship pro-
gram and other local youth projects.
Bataan Memorial Death March — The
marathon-length (26.2 miles) march is 7 a.m.
Sunday, March 21 at White Sands Missile
Range to honor U.S. and Filipino troops cap-
tured by the Japanese in WWII. Entry fee by
March 6 for mail-in, March 14 on line: $65 indi-
viduals; team entry fee is $275. Late entry
(through March 15): $130 individuals; $550
teams. No on-site registration. Information:
(575) 678-1256, (575) 678-2887 or bataan-
march.com.
The “green” route is the full 26.2-mile Bataan
Memorial Death March. The “blue” route is
about 15 miles long.
‘Defy the Ban’ World’s fastest 10K —
10K run and 2-mile fun-run/walk 8 a.m. Sunday,
March 28, benefiting Million Koins for Kids.
Finish line and assembly are for all events is
Apetito’s Restaurant, 1831 Northwestern. The
10K begins at the top of Transmountain and
ends at Northwestern (elevation loss of 1,400
feet). The 2-mile event starts at Apetito’s.
Registration by March 25: $25 5K; $20 for fun
run/walk. Fee goes up to $30 and $25 March
26-27. Packet Pick Up 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. March
26-27 at Race Adventures, 3233 N. Mesa, Suite
205. No race day registration. Information:
478-5663. On-line registration available in per-
son from Race Adventures or online at racead-
venturesunlimited.com.
All 10K runners must pick up packets before
race day.
‘Climb for Life’ — The Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation’s fundraising climbing 5K is
Saturday, April 3, at Cohen Stadium. The
event challenges people to huff and puff their
way up and down the stairs at Cohen Stadium
in an up and down climb with 14, 28 or 42
flights and even a 56 challenge flight. Check-in
is 8:30 a.m. Staggered starts begin at 9:30 a.m.
Cost: $20 registration, plus $100 fundraising
minimum. Information: (505) 883-1455 or
newmexico.cff.org.
‘Walk Like MADD’ 5K — Mothers Against
Drunk Driving will host its 5K walk 9 a.m.
Saturday, April 10, at EPCC’s Valle Verde cam-
pus. Family activities and entertainment follow
the event 10:30 a.m. to noon. Registration
begins at 8 a.m. Information: walklikemadd.org.
Winter sports
Ski Apache — Ruidoso’s 750-acre ski and
snowboarding area has 11 lifts and 55 trails.
The ski area is open through March, depending
on conditions. Information: (575) 336-4356 or
skiapache.com.
Ski Cloudcroft — The southernmost ski
area in the United States is two miles east of
Cloudcroft on U.S. 82. Information/snow con-
ditions: (575) 682-2333 or skicloudcroft.net.
‘In Control’ Teen Camp — El Paso
Diabetes Association will host a medically
supervised skiing camp for ages 13-19 with dia-
betes Friday through Sunday, March 12-14, at
Ski Apache in Ruidoso. Activities also include
archery, wilderness activities and
education/support sessions. Cost: $150 per
teen (includes meals, ski lessons and rentals).
Scholarships available. Information: 532-6280.
Public Ice Skating — Public skating is
offered 7 to 10 p.m. Fridays; noon to 4 and 7
to 10 p.m. Saturdays; and noon to 4 p.m.
Sundays at the Sierra Providence Event Center
next to the Coliseum, 4100 Paisano, except
days of Rhino home games. All ages welcome.
Admission: $8 (skate rental included). Skate
sharpening, fitting and consultation offered for
$5. Spectator admission is free. Information:
479-PUCK (7825) or elpasoicemonitor.com.
March 2010
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 H
eadlines intrigue me, whether
newspapers, magazines,
Internet, whatever. So recently,
I began looking at headlines that fea-
tured Hispanics across the land. No pro-
found analysis appears here, just infor-
mal camera shots of these Americans as
they show up in the media.
Changing Attitudes. A study in
Brookings Review recently commented
that Latinos or Hispanics increasingly
“do not see themselves as a distinct
minority group but as Americans.” In
the 2000 census, “the overwhelming
majority of Hispanics either chose
white or refused racial categorization ...
resisting the notion of being some sepa-
Hispanic
rate race.” “In addition,” states the
study, “this ethnic group believes that
hard work and education do allow them
to climb the American economic and
headlines
social ladders.” The study, however, did
not describe the barriers that still exist 47 percent of Hispanics have experi-
in getting to and moving up that ladder. enced discrimination. More and more
Hispanics feel they now face more dis-
The Hispanic Market. The Web site crimination than blacks. Hispanics also
strictlyspanish.com back in 2007 pre- feel less optimistic about interracial
dicted that U.S. Hispanic purchasing relations. Sadly, Latinos have suffered
power would reach $1 trillion by this recent attacks of hate crimes “fueled by
year, an economic power exceeded only anti-immigration rhetoric,” for example,
by Brazil and Mexico. Reports this year the beating to death of a Mexican
confirm that goal. Florida State immigrant in Shenandoah, Pa.
University provides a center for
Hispanic-marketing communications Avoiding Banks. A recent federal gov-
with graduate and undergraduate pro- ernment survey about minority groups
grams. Frequently, American companies and banking, the Albuquerque Journal
produce their employee manuals, forms reported, found that many less-affluent
and training materials in Spanish. persons frequently avoid banks. Perhaps
the reason might be inherited cultural
The Census and TV Soap Operas. The attitudes or unpleasant experiences with
New York Times reports that Spanish- and thus a deep mistrust of banks.
language TV soap operas (telenovelas) Under the mattress, they think, is a
will feature Hispanics in story scenes much safer place to store their cash. So,
that urge them not to fear giving census instead of using banks, people use high-
information to the government, a major interest payday loans or expensive
problem in the past. Public-service check-cashing plans. Among Hispanic
announcements and ads will give the households in New Mexico, 13.4 per-
same message. cent were un-banked and 27.2 were
under-banked, a total of 40.6 percent.
Rookie Quarterback. A third-generation
The result, of course, is a large under-
Mexican-American, Mark Sanchez, put
ground economy “where cash is king
the New York Jets into the NFL play-
and taxes are avoided,” as much as 20
offs, but was not able to overcome the
to 30 percent of the New Mexico GDP,
Indianapolis Colts and quarterback
according to this study.
Peyton Manning. The league does hope
Sanchez’s popularity will open up the Lessons from Immigrants. Last of all,
huge present and future Hispanic mar- syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette
ket for professional football. Jr. in the Albuquerque Journal suggests
that native-born Americans can learn
Latino Youth. Pew Hispanic Center has
from recent immigrants, especially any
found that many Latinos ages 16 to 25
among us who have grown soft and
“are satisfied with their lives and opti-
“spoiled” from our affluence. Indeed,
mistic about their futures lives. They
any of us can relearn the values of opti-
value education, hard work and career
mism, risk-taking, responsibility and
success.” On the other hand, so many
hard work, particularly among our
other Hispanic youths would not agree;
youths. Even more so, declares
they live in poverty, become school
Navarrette, immigrants and native-born
dropouts and teen parents, and are prey
Americans alike can realize anew “how
to gangs.
lucky (we) are, and what a special place
From Mexico to U.S. Astronaut. this is,” meaning America.
Hispano News in Albuquerque relates
Well, these simple, at-random camera-
the story of a 12-year-old, Spanish-
shot headlines might give some of us
speaking Latino boy who toiled in
non-Hispanics an “ah ha” insight or
California’s vegetable fields; yet, as an
two. Maybe if we cannot always walk
astronaut 47 years of age, he flies with
in Hispanic shoes, at least we can walk
the spacecraft Discovery, carrying pro-
along together with eyes more open.
visions for the space station. Factoid:
He sent back to earth messages on
Richard Campbell lives in Albuquerque.
Twitter both in English and Spanish.
His “Two Eagles in the Sun” is avail-
Still Discrimination. An Associated able at The Bookery, Barnes & Noble
Press survey this year discovered that and twoeaglespress.com.

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BOWLED OVER El Paso PREPARES FOR INVASION
OF 29,000 WOMEN BOWLERS
Story by Lisa Kay Tate

I
n bowling, it takes word-of-mouth
12 strikes in ten goodwill generat-
frames to score a per- ed by the estimat-
fect game of 300. ed 40,000 visi-
In El Paso, it takes 29,000 tors (bowlers
women bowling in 110 days plus family and
to score a perfect tourism friends) who will
bonanza of $49 million for the share their El
local economy. Paso experience
The bowling invasion begins March with others. of all skill levels.
27 and lasts through July 3 at the El “Our goal is to Bowling buildup It’s not just about the bowling, either.
Paso Convention Center and throughout send 40,000 “Our lady participants like to do other
new ambassa- Planning for the tournament began years
El Paso, thanks to the 2010 United things besides bowl,” Lewis said. “They
dors back to ago as El Paso bid for the event. Winning
States Bowling Congress Women’s like to get out and experience the city.”
their home com- the bid also meant clearing the Convention
Championships. When El Paso first put in a bid for the
munities, and (have Center calendar for several months, but the
The bowling tournament is tournament, one of the attractive features
them) come back preparation turned intense as actual work
“the largest assembly of visitors was a “two-cities-in-one” binational
again bringing more started on the bowling facilities.
El Paso has ever seen, and for appeal, and the mayor of Juárez even
friends and family,” said The entire tournament run is 110 days,
such a large amount of time,” accompanied El Paso officials to the selec-
Veronica Castro, the with bowling delegates coming and going
said Brooke Underwood, director tion events. Even with the recent increase
Convention and the entire time.
of convention development for the in drug-related violence in Mexico, Lewis
Visitors Bureau direc- USBC’s Championship Director Brian
El Paso Convention and Visitors said that El Paso’s multicultural appeal
tor of tourism. Lewis said that the sites for the congress’s
Bureau. (and status as the second-safest city in the
Another reward will two main annual events, the Open
The bowlers will be arriving in the United States) is still a draw for potential
be El Paso’s grow- Championships and Women’s Cham–
hundreds each day throughout the 14- tournament participants.
ing reputation as pionships, are awarded on a bid basis.
week event, many bringing spouses or “We’ve been assured the participants will
a host for “El Paso got interested in bowling quite a
friends, typically staying four days at a get plenty of Mexico exposure in El Paso
large-scale few years ago,” he said. “Some of the
time. itself and can enjoy all the cultural aspects
events, includ- requirements for the championships is a
Not only will the Convention Center be of it,” he said.
ing sports. bid fee to offset the cost of installing bowl-
transformed — turned into a mammoth Lewis said that El Paso has so far gone
“One of the things we’ve seen a lot more ing lanes in an arena setting, as well as
bowling arena with 48 lanes, spectator above and beyond in making the city wel-
of lately is a focus on sports, including the having a large convention center, and
seating, and state-of-the-art video and coming for everyone involved.
Texas vs. The Nation game that’s now in enough flights and hotel space to accom-
lighting — but all of El Paso will take on a “When you add everything up you look
its fourth year and keeps growing in popu- modate the bowlers.”
special tourist appeal, from hundreds of at the entire bid, not just the money,” he
larity,” Dayoub said. “We also have our He said that El Paso not only met the bid,
banners displayed citywide and attractions said. “El Paso had everything we needed,
Sun Bowl game (in December), and its but also showed an outstanding potential in
such as top-flight traveling exhibits at the including a very nice and very welcoming
parade each Thanksgiving. These are things all the required fields, particularly with the
Museum of Art and the Museum of convention center.”
people from all over look forward to.” newly renovated convention center.
History. Castro said that the CVB begin really
The word of mouth already has begun. He said that location was also a factor.
A ripple effect of benefits from the promoting the event to bowlers a year ago,
The USBC already has been promoting the “We try to expose these bowlers to as
upcoming USBC Women’s Championships as they made sure El Paso had a very visi-
city’s climate, Spanish missions, Franklin much of the country as possible, and we
already is being felt throughout the city, ble presence at the 2009 event in Reno.
Mountains hikes, regional cuisine and mar- hadn’t been to that part of the country in
due to the hiring of vendors, hospitality “We had a visitors information center set
garitas, shopping and nightlife to the some time,” he said.
professionals and local contractors who are up in Reno with three specially trained
incoming participants. The last time the event was held in the
preparing the facilities. Hotels, restaurants, agents representing El Paso,” Castro said.
Dayoub credited Convention and Visitors Southwest was in 1995 in Tucson, with the
local attractions and retail stores also will “Since then, we’ve seen a huge increase in
Bureau Director Bill Blaziek and his entire last Texas stop for the tournament in
score huge increases in business. Local our Web site and phone listings from the
CVB staff for bringing the tournament to Houston in 1974.
charities and other organizations as well bowlers who can’t wait to visit.”
El Paso and preparing the city for the “Last year’s event was in Reno and next
will share in benefits from the influx of She said that digital marketing has played
event. If an event of this size is handled year we will be in Syracuse, N.Y., so we
bowling aficionados. a significant part in promotions, and spe-
successfully, Dayoub added, that increases try to move it around,” he said.
“Of course, you can see the immediate cial mailings to highlight the region’s
the odds that other major-event organizers The tournament itself is the oldest all-
benefits through restaurants, hotels and unique features, with catchy titles such as
will look toward El Paso as a host city. women’s sports event, dating back to 1916
museums,” said Greater El Paso Chamber “Mexico 101,” have been created in part-
“When you will build a sort of synergy when the first official “national” event was
of Commerce President Richard Dayoub, nership with the USBC. Bowlers are also
that draws people to El Paso, it gives us held in St. Louis, Mo. Since then, millions
“but the longer, more significant effects invited to become a fan of El Paso 2010 on
more opportunities to tout ourselves as a of bowlers from all over the world have
need to also be taken into account.” participated in singles and doubles events
community,” he said.
Those long-range benefits include the Please see Page 32
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Facebook for event-specific updates and
giveaways. The advertising showed suc-
cess early on.
“During (the time in Reno), we collected
over 4,000 new addresses to our e-mail
list,” Castro said.
Convention Center
transformed
The Convention Center itself is also an
attraction, both for the bowlers and the
local spectators who will be able to watch
the events for free. The USBC has been
visibly promoting the bowling facility, as it
will be a first for the bowlers in any town.
“In 2010, the USBC Women’s
Championships moves to an arena-like set-
ting that will exceed your wildest expecta-
tions,” the congress announced in its event
promotions. “… The stadium will feature
the world’s largest mobile LED score-
board, newly installed synthetic lanes,
exciting vendors, merchandise stands,
great food and more.”
The completed temporary bowling alley
will include 48 lanes with seating for 750
spectators. The video display and scoring
system will be around 300 feet long, and
video and lighting installed will be compa-
rable to that of a large-scale concert event,
suitable for televising the events.
The bowlers are ready to inaugurate the
new arena format. As of January, more
than 5,800 teams were registered for what
USBC Communications Representative
Matt Cannizzaro promoted as ushering in a
new era of the game. Tthe congress will
conduct three of major championships at
the event: Women’s Championships,
Queens and Senior Queens.
“The Women’s Championship is the
highlight of the bowling season for thou-
sands of USBC women members,”
Cannizzaro said. “It’s a vacation as well as
an opportunity to compete in one of the
sport’s most prestigious tournaments.”
The Convention Center will host two
more events in the tournament lanes in
April — Intercollegiate Team Champ-
ionships, April 14–17, and Bowling’s
Clash of the Champions, April 17.
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Turning the Convention Center into a
bowling mecca is a $1 million project that
is already putting money back into the
economy, Castro said.
“All the materials purchased have come
from area sources,” she said, adding that
some of the hiring of workers for the proj-
ect is also local. Most of the actual con-
struction, however, is being done by con-
struction workers representing the national
bowling organization.
As the date for the event arrives, more
and more El Pasoans will be hired for a
variety of jobs during the tournament as
well, and the USBC estimates around 50 to
75 people will be hired locally to help with
the event.
The bowlers will also get to see other
recent renovations to the center, including
a 12,000-square-foot canopy for the
Convention Center Plaza.
Perfect strikes on
and off the lanes
Underwood, the CVB’s convention
development director, noted that bowlers
are scheduled to spend an average of four
days in El Paso, up from two days each in
Reno last year.
Making the stay memorable and fun for
the bowlers has been a collective responsi-
bility of city and county leaders, as well as
working with private business owners and
tourism-minded organizations.
“We’re partnered with a lot of groups and
businesses around town, so that we can
present each person with a wide menu of
activity choices during their stay,”
Underwood said.
This not only includes special tours and
events, but also specials and welcoming
signs at local eateries and stores, not to
mention the tournament experience itself.
“This is the world’s largest participatory
sport for women, and there will be bowlers
from all 50 states here, as well as from
nine foreign countries,” Underwood said.
“This is the first time these bowlers will
bowl in an arena setting, so they are very
excited about it.”
The economic impact the bowlers should
have during the event, based on a food and
lodging estimate, is $49 million over the
three-month period.
Underwood said that bowlers treat the
tournament as a “girlfriends’ getaway,”
with women and their friends coming to
bowl, shop, eat, and take advantage of a
couple of days to just have a good time,
which may include non-bowling activities
such as a golf outing at Butterfield Trail
Golf Course.
Retailers such as Dusty Henson of El
Paso Saddleblanket are already preparing a
special inventory to get ready for these
enthusiastic tourists, Underwood said, and
Downtown’s newer hotels, including the
Doubletree Hotel, are awaiting the women
and their guests with open arms.
Even out on the town, the bowlers will
receive a special welcome, as 169 banners
will decorate lampposts citywide, with
additional 28-foot banners and a handful
of custom-made, 7-foot piñatas to greet
bowlers in the Convention Center.
Henson and other local shopping oppor-
tunities, Castro said, will help give the
bowlers their “Mexico experience” without
needing to leave the country.
“Our job has been easy, since several
Juárez restaurants and businesses have
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moved to El Paso,” Underwood added.
“This will be very good for the visitors to
enjoy the area’s culture.”
“We have several restaurants and attrac-
tions that have that ‘cultural flair,’” Castro
agreed. “You don’t have to go very far to
find that here.”
Castro explained that the city also would
get national television attention as well.
“Another area where El Paso will shine
during this event is through three major
events on television, including one live
event on ESPN,” she said.
In April and May, cable sports networks
ESPN and ESPN2 will showcase specific
competitions within the event, including
the live cablecast on April 28 of “The
Queen” event on ESPN2. This highly
watched bowling event features 300 of the
world’s best women bowlers. The
Intercollegiate finals and Clash of
Champions will be taped and shown at a
later date.
In anticipation of the tournament, many
of the city’s departments have scheduled
special events or focused their services
around the hefty wave of visitors.
Museums and Cultural Affairs
Department Marketing and Tourism
Coordinator Victor Guerrero said that the
city’s museums are ready.
“The department decided to really rev up
the quality of the exhibits during these
months,” he said, “not just for the bowlers
coming in, but for our own residents as
well.”
He said that the tournament was definite-
ly a factor in the current da Vinci exhibit at
the Museum of History as well as the
upcoming “Bedazzled” jewelry exhibit at
the Museum of Art. Guerrero said that the
5,000 years of history and jewelry on dis-
play not only would complement the per-
manent exhibits, but also appeal to a fun
and energetic audience of women.
“We really want them to have a good
taste of El Paso, and what it can offer.”
Other local attractions are taking advan-
tage and adding to their list of features.
Lynx Exhibits co-owner and Marketing
Director Laurie Paternoster said that the
exhibit space will open its new El Paso
Artisan Gallery in conjunction with the
bowling tournament.
“We will feature a small collection of
artists whose work reflects El Paso,
Mexico and the desert Southwest,”
Paternoster said. “Bowlers will have easy
access to shopping and will receive special
discounts to the ‘Extreme Deep’ exhibit, as
well as exclusive use of an after-hours, on-
location lounge.”
The invasion of bowlers in El Paso also
coincides with the opening of Phase One
of the El Paso Zoo’s African expansion
project, which includes four new lions, the
Masai Mara Research Station and the
Meerkat Exhibit
Beginning in April, free live entertain-
ment will be offered twice a week at the
Convention Center Plaza, and spring
events, including Jazz on the Rocks and
Viva El Paso at McKelligon Canyon, are
being heavily promoted.
“We’re extending our Alfresco Fridays as
well, and plan to do a longer concert series
that begins in April,” Guerrero said. “This
will give everybody a chance to enjoy it
more.”
March 2010
By the numbers
• People in United States who bowl
during a year: 66 million
• Current USBC members: more than
2 million
• Number of lanes built at Convention
Center: 48
• Colors available in the LED score-
board’s enhanced graphics: 4.4 trillion
• Carpenters, elections and laborers on
bowling alley construction: 30
• Length of wiring needed to meet
alley’s electrical needs: 6 miles
• Years a Women’s Championship has
been held: 91
• Years when there were no events: 3
(1943-45 during WWII)
• Number of different cities that host-
ed the championships: 56
• Most frequent host city: Reno, Nev.
(Hosted 6 times… and will again in
2012 and every third year after that)
• Number of times in Texas (including
this year): 4; Dallas (1948), San
Antonio (1968), Houston (1974) and
El Paso (2010)
• Prize fund for first championship in
1916: $225.
• Prize fund for 2010 championship:
around $2 million
• Most teams competing in a champi-
onship: 16,704 (1997)
• Number of days of El Paso tourna-
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ment: 110
• Bowlers and companions estimated
TRAINING AT PTEP
to arrive each day: 600 to 800
Sources: USBC and El Paso CVB.
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A lasting impression
ANDREA FIDEL ORLANDO JOSIE
Once the lanes are dismantled, the
awards are announced and the bowlers
depart from the Sun City, event organizers
believe the effects of their visit will linger
for some time, with the most immediate
benefit from the dismantling of the lanes.
“Once the bowlers pull out, the taking
apart of the lanes will begin and lumber
will be donated to Habitat for Humanity,”
Underwood said. “This is enough lumber
that can be used for five three-bedroom
homes in the future.”
She said that USBC wants to leave a
good, lasting impression on the communi-
ty, and is working with groups like Habitat
for Humanity, the local Susan B. Komen
Foundation (USBC hosts nationwide Bowl
for the Cure events year-round) and
Special Olympics chapters on related part-
nerships as well.
Young area bowlers also will reap
rewards, as the USBC’s El Paso Chapter
projects that at least $10,000 will be raised
during a local scholarship tournament at
the event.
Castro said that the tournament is a great
way to promote El Paso in the future,
especially in terms of building the city’s
“résumé.”
“Showing that El Paso is capable of
(hosting) large amounts of women and
other visitors is very appealing for other
events looking for a host city,” Underwood
said. “The versatility of the convention
city is very attractive to groups needing a
build-out for their events.”
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 ‘Come take a Walk on the Wild Side’
— The El Paso Zoo offers an exclusive preview
of its news Africa Exhibit 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
March 6. The family fundraiser will include a
chance to welcome the four African lions and a
special appearance of the zoo’s meerkats, plus
a tour of other animal habitats. The event also
features live music, hors d’oeuvres and refresh-
ments. Kids’ activities include face painting,
jumping balloons, rock climbing and free t-
shirts. Tickets are $50 for adults, $10 per child
age 6-12 and free for age 5 and under. Dress is
“safari casual.” Information: 532-8156 or elpa-
sozoo.org.
A drawing will be held that evening for a trip
for two to Africa courtesy of Sun Travel.
Drawing tickets are $100. Proceeds benefit the
El Paso Zoological Society.
Friends of the Mesilla Valley Bosque
Park — The nonprofit group meets at 6:30
p.m. Monday, March 1, at Mesilla Valley
Bosque State Park, 5000 Calle del Norte in
Mesilla, N.M. Jean Fulton, executive director of
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail
Association, will present an overview of El
Camino Real’s historic significance to the area.
Anyone interested in becoming a member is
invited to learn about the group. Park fee
waived for those attending meeting.
Information: (575) 523-8009.
Municipal Rose Garden — The garden at
3418 Aurora (at Copia), opens to the public 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily March 1-Oct. 30, except
for official holidays. The Garden, which opened
in 1958, has many types of roses at the sprawl-
ing park area with a water fall, shade canopy
and many other amenities. Admission is free.
Information/rentals: El Paso Parks and
Recreation, 541-4331.
Natural History Outings — The
Southwest Environmental Center of Las Cruces
offers several “Back by Noon” field trips during
the spring months. The trips depart from the
center at 275 Downtown Mall on selected
Saturdays. The informative, family-friendly out-
ings are designed to showcase some of the
unique natural features of the Las Cruces/El
Paso area. Usual departure time is 8 a.m. Bring
sturdy shoes, water and a hat. The outings are
open to the public, but space is limited.
Advance registration required.
Information/reservations: (575) 522-5552 or
Lauren@wildmesquite.org. Trip details:
wildmesquite.org.
• March 6 — Tonuco Mountain in Rincon.
• March 13 — Rio Bosque and the Border
Wall in El Paso.
• March 27 — Wildlife of NMSU’s College
Ranch north of Las Cruces.
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park — UTEP’s
Center for Environmental Resource
Management offers free guided walking tours
and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands
Park in El Paso’s Mission Valley. Tours last about
two hours. Information: 747-8663 or rio-
bosque.org. Upcoming events:
• Bird Tour, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 6.
• Introductory Tour, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 14.
• Community Workday, 9 a.m. Saturday,
March 20.
• Faunal Monitoring, 8 a.m. Saturday, March
27.
Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside
Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan
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American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.
SunScape seminar — UTEP’s Centennial
Museum’s SunScape program encourages peo-
ple to learn about using native plants in their
landscaping at the museum’s Chihuahuan
Desert Gardens, corner of University and
Wiggins. The two-day seminar is 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7.
Registration: $40 (class size limited).
Information: 747-5565 or museum.utep.edu.
Rockhound Roundup — The 45th annual
roundup for rock and gem lovers is 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Thursday through Sunday, March 11-14,
at the Southwest New Mexico Fairgrounds in
Deming. The roundup, sponsored by the
Deming Gem & Mineral Society, includes mar-
ket vendors, jewelry, drawings and raffles, field
trips, silent auctions, Admission and parking is
free. Information: (575) 267-4399. From El
Paso, take I-10 west to Exit 85.
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society
— The Society’s monthly public meeting is at
6 p.m. Monday, March 22, in Room 119 of the
Rio Grande campus of El Paso Community
College, 100 W. Rio Grande. Frontera Land
Alliance president Michael Gaglio will present
“Mechanisms for Conservation and the Roles of
Frontera and Audubon.” Refreshments served.
Admission is free. Non-members welcome.
Information: 526-7725 or trans-pecos-
audubon.org.
Non-members and guests welcome on all
field trips. Meeting time is 7:30 a.m. Bring
lunch, binoculars. Information/reservations:
Ursula Sherrill 526-7725,
usherrill@miners.utep.edu.
• “McNary, Fort Hancock and Tornillo
Reservoirs — Saturday, March 13, departing
from Feather Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, 9500
North Loop (at Bordeaux).
• Swan Pond, Leasburg Dam and Mesilla Valley
Bosque State Park — Saturday, March 27,
departing from the Shell Station at intersection
of I-10 and Transmountain Road.
National Parks and Nature Series –
Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
Marcial, will host a free showing of two docu-
mentaries, “National Parks of Southeast
Arizona” and “Secrets of the Sonoran Desert”
at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday, March
17. The films discuss the biodiversity, ecology,
and cultural history of southeastern Arizona’s
national parks and monument. The public is
invited; special invitation extended to school
and after-school groups. Information: 532-7273
ext. 127 or Scott_Einberger@nps.gov.
Franklin Mountain Poppies
Preservation Celebration — The 4th
annual free family fun day is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain in Northeast
El Paso (west of U.S. 54). Admission is free.
Information: 755-4332, chihuahuandesert.org
or iloveparks.com/fmwc/. For details, see
“Roundup” listing.
Native Landscaping Workshop — The
Texas Master Naturalist workshop is 1 to 5 pm.
Saturday, March 27, at the Carlos M. Ramirez
TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center,
10751 Montana. Co-hosted by El Paso Water
Utilities and Texas Parks and Wildlife.
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Participants learn to use native plants including
drought-tolerant trees, shrubs and cacti, to cre-
ate attractive landscapes and gardens, as well as
attract wildlife and save water. Texas Master
Naturalists and Texas Master Gardeners receive
four hours of advanced training. Cost: $5.
Preregistration: 621-2000 or
tech2o@epwu.org.
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 to
12; and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo mem-
bers admitted free. Information: 532-8156,
521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.
Daily Animal Encounter Programs listed in the
zoo map insert. Presentations subject to can-
cellation without notice. Some animals may not
be on exhibit everyday.
Daily encounters include California Sea Lion
Training and Meet the Keeper presentations at
11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Visitors can also learn how
they and their family can help ocean animals
through the Seafood Watch program.
Asian Elephant Training Encounters scheduled
daily at the Elephant Exhibit across from the
orangutans. Information: elpasozoo.org/takeac-
tion.
An exclusive preview of the new Africa
Exhibit 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 6. Tickets:
$50 for adults, $10 for ages 6-12 and free for 5
and under. See separate listing.
Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso
Desert Botanical Garden — 4200
Doniphan (across from Frontera). Hours are 10
March 2010
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays year
round. Admission: $2 ($1 children, seniors and
military). Information: 584-0563, key-
stonepark.org or elpasobotanicalgardens.org.
The park’s 2-acre Botanical Garden, funded
by the Rotary Club of El Paso and the Junior
League, features native plants, amphitheater,
butterfly garden, wedding garden, children’s
maze, and a Butterfly House.
Keystone Heritage Park has 189 species of
migratory and local birds, and a 4,500-year-old
archaeological site.
The site is open for bird watching 7:30 to 10
a.m. Saturday and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday,
March 27-28 and April 24-25. Thousands of
birds flock to the area to roost overnight. Bring
binoculars. Admission is free.
El Paso Astronomy Club — The club
meets 7 to 9 p.m. the third Friday of every
month at EPISD’s Gene Roddenberry
Planetarium, 6531 Boeing. Meetings include
guest speakers and workshops to aid beginners
in the use of telescopes and identifying objects
in the night sky. Everyone is welcome.
Admission is free. Information: 779-4317 or
elpasoastronomy.org.
El Paso Ridge Walkers — The hiking club
offers hikes every weekend, choosing from two
dozen hikes around the region, including hikes
in the Franklin and Organ Mountains,
Guadalupe Mountains, as well as flatter hikes
along the Rio Grande and Stahmann’s Pecan
Orchard. Day trips range from White Sands to
Albuquerque. Hikes range from 6 to 10 miles.
Information: Charlie Topp, 755-7789 or elpa-
soridgewalkers.com.
Sierra Club hikes — The El Paso Regional
Group of the Sierra Club offers field trips
almost every weekend; open to non-members.
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Most outings have a limit of 12 persons. The
club encourages donations of at least $2 or $3
per person per event to help with publicity and
administrative expenses. Web: texas.sierra-
club.org/elpaso/.
The general meeting is at 7:30 p.m. on the
last Wednesday of every month; location varies.
Information/location: 309-5419.
Franklin Mountains State Park — The
24,000-acre park extends north from the heart
of El Paso to the New Mexico state line. The
highest point is North Mt. Franklin, 7,192 feet
above sea level.
Most hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in
the Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on
the west side of the park (east of I-10).
Entry fees are $4 per person, free for age 12
and under (with family). Group rates available.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Information:
566-6441.
Park rangers will be available to answer ques-
tions and give short talks on different features
of the park 10 a.m. to noon Sundays in the
Wildlife Viewing Area.
Guided hikes to Mundy’s Gap, Schaeffer
Shuffle and West Cottonwood Spring, Aztec
Caves, Smuggler’s Pass and West Cottonwood
Springs begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday,
March 6-7, and March 20-21. Park entry fee
required plus $3 activity fee. Reservations
required: 566-6441, ext. 24 or
kelly.serio@tpwd.state.tx.us (tours also may be
given any weekend by advance reservation).
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic
Site — The site is famed for many Native
American rock paintings and unique geology.
Winter hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Admission: $5 (free for children 12 and
younger). Additional cost for tours (including
birding tour): $1 for ages 5 and older. Special
evening programs are $2 for ages 5 and older
with no additional entrance fee. Information:
857-1135.
Pictograph tours are available at 10:30 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, by
prior arrangement. Call 849-6684.
Bouldering and hiking tours are available at
9:30, 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday through
Sunday, by prior arrangement. Call 849-6684.
The monthly birding tour is 8 to 10 a.m. on
the third Saturday of the month (March 20).
Advance signup encouraged as space is limited.
The March evening program will be on the
Spring Equinox, “Our Marker of Space-Time,” 8
to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 20, in the park’s
amphitheatre. There will be a presentation on
the ways many cultures used the Spring
Equinox to measure time and how these coor-
dinates are still used in astronomy, followed by
observations of the Moon, Saturn, Mars, Deep
Sky Objects, the Andromeda Galaxy and more.
Activity fee is $2 for ages 5 and over, with no
additional entrance fee. Call 849-6684 to make
reservations for the program.
To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S.
Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco
Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775.
It’s about 10 miles east of Loop 375.
Feather Lake Wildlife Sanctuary —
9500 North Loop, near Loop 375. The 43.5-
acre site is managed by El Paso’s Audubon
Society. A variety of migratory birds, as well as
some year-round species, can be seen there.
The sanctuary is open to the public 8 a.m. to
noon Saturdays and 2 p.m. to dusk Sundays.
Admission is free. Information: 545-5157 or
747-8663. The bi-monthly public workday is 2
p.m. Saturday, March 27.
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White Sands National Monument —
The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles
southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70.
Hours are 7 a.m. to sunset for the Dunes
Drive. Visitor Center hours are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. through Feb. 28; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March
1-April 11. All visitors must exit the park by
one hour after sunset. Entrance fee: $3 age 17
and older. Free for children. Information: (575)
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479-6124, ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, ext.
232; or go to nps.gov/whsa.
Ranger-guided Sunset Stroll Nature Walks
begin one hour before sunset daily.
Patio talks are 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays at the Visitor Center.
Lake Lucero tours are offered monthly. This
month’s tour is 9 a.m. Saturday, March 27.
Participants drive their own vehicles 17 miles
beginning at the Small Missile Range gate on
U.S. 70, 25 miles west of the White Sands
Visitor Center, then hike 3/4 mile to the source
of the white sands. Reservations are required.
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Cost is $3 per adult; $1.50 age 16 and under.
The popular Full Moon family Bicycle Ride is 9
p.m. Friday, April 30, along Dunes Drive. Ride
16 miles through the monument under a full
moon after cars have left. Helmet and light
required. Reservations required and can only
be made via the website at nps.gov/whsa up to
one month in advance. Cost: $5 ($2.50 for chil-
dren and Golden Age passport holders).
Carlsbad Caverns National Park — The
park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the
Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:
(575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.
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Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; tours avail-
able 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Last entry into cave
via natural entrance is 2 p.m. with last entry
into cave via elevator 3:30 p.m.
Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2
hours for Big Room tour. Cost is $6 ($3 for
ages 6-15 or seniors with discount card). The
park’s audio self-guided tour is $3 extra (also
available in Spanish).
Other guided tours are available.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National
Monument — 44 miles north of Silver City
on NM Highway 15. Entrance fee: $3 per per-
son; $10 per family. Information: (575) 536-
9461 or nps.gov/gicl.
Due to recent floodings, visitors must park at
Woody’s Corral and walk or bicycle mile to get
to the monument. Visitors fees will be waived
until the bridge is repaired.
Winter hours: The trail to the cliff dwellings is
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone must be
off the trail by 5 p.m. Visitor center is open 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call for tour information.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
— 110 miles east of El Paso on the way to
Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the
highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749
feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good
for one week and all trails. Camping is $8 per
site per night. Information: (915) 828-3251.
New Mexico State Parks — Day-use fee
is $5 when visiting any state park. Camping
fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for developed
site (electrical hookup $4 extra). All programs
are free with park entrance, unless otherwise
listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or
nmparks.com.
Norte, Mesilla. Guided bird tours are first
Saturday of every month, hosted by Mesilla
Valley Audubon Society’s Nancy Stotz.
• City of Rocks State Park, north of Deming off
U.S. 180. Information: (575) 536-2800. A
“Rattlesnake Myths” presentation is 3 to 4 p.m.
every Saturday.
• Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of
Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff.
Information: (575) 437-8284.
A Dog Canyon Trail Hike is 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, March 6.
The annual Dog Canyon Experience event is 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 13-
14, with several activities highlighting the
canyon’s natural, cultural and historical
resources.
A night sky viewing of “The Great Hexagon”
constellation grouping is 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, at the
A viewing of the Vernal Equinox at sundown
is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at the
group shelter.
A trail journaling hike is 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 27. Journals and materials
provided.
Dripping Springs Natural Area — The
recreational area is at the base of the Organ
Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road
(the eastern extension of University Avenue),
about 10 miles east of Las Cruces. The area,
run by the federal Bureau of Land Management
in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy,
includes the A.B. Cox Visitors’ Center, several
hiking trails, and La Cueva Picnic Area. The visi-
tor center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Access
to the main trail to Dripping Springs is 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. and the park is closed promptly at 5
p.m.
Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets allowed
(except for assistance animals). Information:
(575) 522-1219.
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Centennial Museum — University at
Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 747-5565 or utep.edu/museum.
Showing through March 13: “Border
Stories: Photographs and Commentary by
Bruce Berman.” Berman has been documenting
the US-Mexico border for three of his four
decades as a professional photographer.
Showing March 18-June 15: “Gross National
Happiness — An Idea from Bhutan.” Portraits
by Anne Muller and text by Tashi Wangchuk
combine to convey the idea of Gross National
Happiness, a measure of national well-being
developed in the Himalayan Kingdom of
Bhutan. The photographs in the exhibition are
drawn from their book, published in 2009 that
benefit the Youth Development Fund of
Bhutan. Bhutan has been a longtime source of
architectural inspiration for UTEP.
Showing through April 17: “High and Dry,”
annual exhibit of photographic images of desert
lands by the International Center for Arid and
Semiarid Land Studies at Texas Tech University.
El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study
Center — 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday.
Admission is free. Information: 351-0048 or
elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
The museum’s free monthly “Cinema
Sundays” series is 2 p.m. March 28, featuring
“Judgment at Nuremberg.”
El Paso Museum of Archaeology —
4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso (west
of U.S. 54). Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: 755-4332.
The annual Franklin Mountain Poppies
Preservation Celebration free family fun day is
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 20, with
activities, presentations, lectures, exhibits and
more. See separate listing.
The museum will host a two-part series of
programs by archaeologist Dr. Brad Vierra on
the Keystone Dam Site at in March and April.
The Keystone Dam Site contains the sites of
some of the oldest man-made structures identi-
fied in the U.S. Southwest, dating back more
than 4,500 years ago. Both lectures include a
book signing with Vierra for his book
“Keystone in Context, A Significant Archaic
Period Site in El Paso, Texas.” Admission is free.
• 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6 — “The Keystone
Dam Site: El Paso’s First Residents.” About 25
simple brush huts were excavated in 1979 due
to the construction of the flood-water reten-
tion dam. Vierra will discuss the results of these
excavations. Book signing follows program.
• 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17 — “Keystone Dam
Site in Context.” Book signing and reception
precedes the program at 6 p.m.
David Kilby, Ph.D. presents the free lecture
“Clovis Caches: Windows Into Ice Age
Technology” at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 21.
Kilby, assistant professor of anthropology at
Eastern New Mexico University, will discuss
over 20 potential Clovis caches he has investi-
gated. The caches are tools found buried in the
ground, dating to 13,000 years ago.
El Paso Museum of History — 510 N.
Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9
a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m.
March 2010
Sunday. Closed Mondays and city holidays.
Special admission fee for Da Vinci exhibit;
admission to other exhibits is free. Information:
351-3588 or elpasotexas.gov/history.
Showing through July 10: “The Da Vinci
Experience.” El Paso is the exhibit’s West Texas
stop. More than 60 precise and working
machines described and designed by Leonardo
Da Vinci along with replicas of his greatest
paintings; most notably the Mona Lisa, are on
display. One piece is a precursor to the Gatling
gun, weighing 2 tons.
Tickets: $14 ($12 seniors 65 and older; $10
ages 5-11; $9 each for groups of 10). Family
packages (sold in groups of five): $7 per ticket.
(Ticketmaster).
Visiting curator Godfrey Harris will give a free
lecture on “Leonardo the man” 7 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 17, about the personal side
of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Opening reception for the American
Numismatic Association’s “¡Viva la Revolución!
The Money of the Mexican Revolution,” is 6:30
p.m. Thursday, March 18. The exhibit contains
actual coins, paper money, military decorations,
and related material from the Mexican
Revolution, including coins produced by Pancho
Villa and Emiliano Zapata.
Elias Bonilla will talk on “Follow the Money:
How Villa Financed His Personal Army” at 7
p.m. Thursday, March 18. Bonilla, a member
of the El Paso’s Mexican Revolution Centennial
Committee, will speak on the many creative
ways used by Pancho Villa to raise funds to
supply his Army of the North. These included
looting, kidnapping, and issuing his own money
– much of which was spent here in El Paso.
Family Coin Day is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 20, to celebrate the opening of “Viva
La Revolución! The Money of the Mexican
Revolution.” Hands-on activities will be avail-
able in the second floor gallery, and the Real del
El Paso Mariachi will perform.
Dr. Megan Benson will host the free lecture
“Groundwater War! Law, Politics, and the
Texas Rule of Capture” 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 4. Benson, an award-winning expert on
Texas groundwater law, will discuss the contro-
versial “rule of capture,” known colloquially as
“the law of the biggest pump.”
A screening of Capstone Production’s video
“Mexican Revolution Sites in El Paso: Volume I”
is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 6, presented by
Jackson Polk. The video features a walking tour
with Leon Metz and Fred Morales of sites in El
Paso that figured prominently in the Mexican
Revolution. A panel discussion will follow with
Leon Metz, Elias Bonilla, and Fred Morales.
The museum will host an illustrated lecture by
Dr. Katherine Benton-Cohen, “Borderline
Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in
the Arizona Borderlands” 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 7. In July 1917, during a strike on the
copper mines of Bisbee, Ariz., armed vigilantes
rounded up over 1,000 strikers and sympathiz-
ers, loaded them into 23 railroad boxcars, and
shipped them nearly 200 miles to Hermanas,
N.M. Benton-Cohen, assistant professor of his-
tory at Georgetown University, will discuss her
recent book on the topic. Admission is free.
Keith Wilden will present “The Great
Columbus Raid of March 9, 1916,” a discussion
of the events and personalities surrounding
Pancho Villa’s raid of Columbus, N.M. 7 to 9
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p.m. Thursday, March 11.
A World War II reenactment and mock battle
is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 20, on the
museum’s lawn.
“The Experiences of Children during the
Mexican Revolution” is 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
March 25. UTEP professor Yolanda Leyva will
tell the stories of the children of the Mexican
Revolution on both sides of the border .
Insights El Paso Science Museum —
505 N. Santa Fe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Admission: $6 ($5 seniors, students and
military; $4 ages 4-11). Information: 534-0000
or insightselpaso.org.
Currently on exhibit: “Giant Worlds.” The
National Science Foundation and NASA has
provided major funding to the Space Science
Institute for the traveling exhibition about
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Also showing is “To the Ends of the Earth,
UTEP at The Poles.” The exhibit highlights the
work in Antarctica and the Arctic of UTEP biol-
ogy faculty and students, joined by high school
teachers from El Paso and students from across
the U.S.
A special viewing of the Academy Awards
benefiting Insights Museum in celebration of its
30th anniversary is 5:45 to 10 p.m. Sunday,
March 7, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $75.
Information: 534-0689 or 534-0000. See “For a
Good Cause” for more details.
The museum will host a Dinosaur Tracks Tour
at noon Saturday, March 13, at the Insights
210-acre dinosaur site, near Mt. Cristo Rey in
Magoffin Compañeros at 10 a.m. the second
Saturday of every month. Cost: $5.
Reservations required.
National Border Patrol Museum and
Memorial Library — 4315 Transmountain
Drive. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and major
holidays. Admission is free. Information: 759-
6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com.
Railroad and Transportation Museum
of El Paso — More than 100 years of El Paso
railroad history are on display at Union Depot
Transit Terminal, 400 W. San Antonio, at
Durango. Hours are 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 or elpasorails.com.
War Eagles Air Museum — 8012 Airport
Road, Doña Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
military; free for children under 12.
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-air-
museum.com.
Las Cruces area
Las Cruces Museum of Natural
History — Mesilla Valley Mall, Las Cruces.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through
Thursdays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fridays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Information: (575)
522-3120 or las-cruces.org.
Showing through May 9: “A View from
Space.” The exhibit shows the earth from the
perspective of orbiting satellites.
A Desert Trek to Aden Crater departs from
the Museum Saturday, March 13. Call for time.

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Sunland Park. The site contains authenticated
Space is limited; pre-registration required.
dinosaur tracks. Space limited to 50 persons
Special activities celebrating Pi Day and Albert
per trip. Cost: $5 ($4 children; $3 members;
Einstein’s Birthday are 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday,
free for ages 3 and younger); tickets available in
March 14.
advance at Insights Gift Shop. Dino combo tick-
Activities celebrating National Agriculture Day
ets (includes tour and museum admission for
are noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 20.
same day as tour): $10 ($7 children).
Presents Sky Safari is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at
LYNX Exhibits — The exhibit space is at La Llorona Park, W. Picacho at River Levee
300 W. San Antonio (just south of Convention Road to view Pleiades (Star cluster) and M35
Center). Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, (Open Cluster in Gemini).
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to Activities celebration NanoDay are noon to 4
9 p.m. Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. p.m. Saturday, March 27.
Closed Monday. Last admission is one hour
before closing time.
Las Cruces Railroad Museum — 351 N.
Mesilla. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday
Admission is $10 for adults; $8 seniors, mili-
through Saturday. Admission is free; donations
tary and students with ID; and $6 ages 4 to 11.
encouraged. Information: (575) 647-4480 or
Children 3 and younger are free. Information:
museums.las-cruces.org//rrmuseum.shtm.
533-4330 or lynxexhibits.com.
The museum’s brown bag lecture series is
Showing through May 30: “Extreme Deep:
noon the second Tuesday of each month in
Mission to the Abyss,” featuring hands-on
2010 to honor of the 100th year of the Santa
exhibits on the technology necessary for deep-
Fe Railroad Depot. Light refreshments served;
sea exploration. The exhibit also depicts the
RSVP encouraged. The March 9 lecture is
mysteries of the ocean’s greatest depths includ-
“The Transcontinental Railroad System and
ing newly discovered life forms, thermal vents,
How it Influenced our Southwest” presented
close-up views of deep-sea research sub-
by Prince McKenzie, founder and curator of the
mersibles and shipwrecks, including the Titanic.
Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso.
Included is a dramatically recreated ocean-floor
environment, a simulator ride with dolphins, NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
multiple hands-on activity tables and an aquari- — 4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hours
um exhibit featuring unusual and rare sea life. A are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
small touching pool for Atlantic Stingrays will noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 for
also be built. adults, $3 seniors 60 and older, $2 for children
5-17; free for age 4 and under. Information:
Magoffin Home State Historic Site —
(575) 522-4100 or
M a rc h 1 5 • 7 : 3 0 p m 1120 Magoffin. The site explores the stories of

Tickets are available at The Plaza Theatre

nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
the prominent El Paso pioneer family, with

Box Office, all outlets

Film enthusiast Jeff Berg will show excerpts
authentic art and furnishings that reflect the
from several Westerns filmed in New Mexico

ticketmaster.com or call
daily lives of that era.
and talk about the industry’s long association

800-745-3000
Group, Senior, Educator, Military, and Subscription
discounts may be available, Call (915) 231-1100 Opt. 5
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Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
with the state as part of the museum’s lecture
Sunday. Tours on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m.
series at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11.
Cost: $4 ($3 ages 6-18). Group tours available
Admission: $2 suggested donation.
with advance registration. Information: 533-
5147 or visitmagoffinhome.com.
The 2nd annual Spring Tree and Plant Sale is
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March 11-14, with trees, shrubs, and a wide
variety of bedding plants, as well as hanging
plants and potted plants. Admission fee
required during Cowboy Days.
The 11th annual Cowboy Days event is 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March
13-14, with a Cowboy breakfast Saturday
morning and match team roping, Mexican-style
rodeo demonstrations, horseback and stage-
coach rides, cowboy music and poetry, arts and
craft show, great food, children’s activities, gun-
fight re-enactments, cowboy demonstrations,
and a trip back in time to witness an 1895
wedding both days. Admission: $4 (free for
children 4 and younger). Breakfast tickets: $10
in advance; $12 at the door.
Showing through April 4 in the Arts
Corridor: “Animal Impressions: The Art of
Narrie Toole.”
Showing through July 18: “Building for the
Future: Rural Schoolhouses of New Mexico:
1880-1965.”
Showing through Sept. 10: “Colcha:
Embroidered Connections,”
Showing through Nov. 28: “What in the
World?”, a fun and informative journey through
an array of unusual objects from the museum’s
collections.
Classes and workshops (pre-registration
required):
• Harvest Cooking Class is 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday,
March 2, with chef Carol Koenig. Cost: $35.
A Basic Dowsing class is 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday,
March 20. Cost: $15; tools provided.
NMSU Art Gallery — D.W. Williams Art
Center, 1390 E. University Ave, (Williams Hall)
on the NMSU campus, Las Cruces (east of
Solano). Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays. Closed Mondays and University holi-
days. Information: (575) 646-2545 or
nmsu.edu/artgal.
Showing in March: 2010 Juried Student Art
Show. This year’s juror is UTEP Professor and
Border Art Residency Program founder Ray
Parish. Opening reception is 5 p.m. Friday,
March 12, with awards ceremony at 6 p.m.
Ammun Devasthali will present the awards.
NMSU Museum — Kent Hall, University at
Solano, Las Cruces. Hours are noon to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 646-5161 or
nmsu.edu/museum/.
Spring 2010 Exhibits are “Spirit Messengers:
Hopi Katsina Dolls” and “Exploring Yaqui and
Mayo Ceremonial Disguise.”
A free Katsina Doll Carving Demonstration is
6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 30. Traditional
Hopi artist Spencer Nutima will show how a
piece of cottonwood root is transformed into a
representation of a katsina; one of the spirit
messengers of the Hopi people. Refreshments
offered.
NMSU Zuhl Museum — NMSU Alumni
Visitors’ Center, 775 College Dr. Hours are 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Information: (575) 646-1884. The center fea-
tures a collection of more than 1,000 pieces of
petrified wood, fossils and minerals. The muse-
um offer activities for children 2 to 5 p.m. the
second Sunday of each month.
White Sands Missile Range Museum
and Missile Park — Exhibits feature the his-
tory of the Trinity Site (site of the first atomic
bomb test), the V-2 rocket, ranchers on the
range and missile optics. An outdoor Missile
March 2010
Park displays rockets and missiles tested on the
range. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Closed on federal holidays. Free admis-
sion.
To get there: take U.S. 54, and after the free-
way ends, keep going north on Martin Luther
King, which leads directly to the range. Or
enter from the north off U.S. 70 east of Las
Cruces. Visitors must provide a current license,
car registration and proof of insurance.
Information: (575) 678-8824 (local call) or
wsmr-history.org.
Also
Hubbard Museum of the American
West — 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours: 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. Admission: $6 ($5 for
seniors, military; $2 children 6-16; free for chil-
dren 5 and younger). Information: (575) 378-
4142 or hubbardmuseum.org.
Showing through April 11: “Biennale Grande,”
juried exhibition of New Mexico artists.
Showing through Oct. 3: “Ancient New
Mexico,” an in-depth exhibit of the peoples
who inhabited the southwest from pre-histori-
cal periods up to Spanish exploration.
Dr. Phillip Shelley presents the lecture “The
Archaeology of Ancient New Mexico” at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 20.
New Mexico Museum of Space
History — The museum features the
International Space Hall of Fame and the
Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater and
Planetarium, and is located on the northeast
side of Alamogordo off Indian Wells Blvd.
Currently showing: “Space Frontiers,” a look
at the heritage and future of space exploration
in New Mexico.
Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4
ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free).
Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org.
Showing at the IMAX Dome Theater are the
films “Sharks” and “Molecules to the Max.”
Showtimes are on the hour, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily. Tickets: $6 general admission; $5.50 for
seniors and military; $4.50 ages 4-12. Ages 3
and under free for all shows.
Sacramento Mountains Historical
Museum — U.S. 82 across from the
Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M.
OHours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Tuesday and Friday and Saturday; and 1 to 4
p.m. Sunday. Closed Wednesday and Thursday.
Admission: $3 ($1 children). Information: (575)
682-2932 or smhsmuseumoffice@yahoo.com.
Silver City Museum — 312 W. Broadway,
Silver City, in the historic H.B. Ailman House.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Admission: $3 suggested donation.
Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947
(out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.
Showing through March: “Taking Care of Our
Own: Grant County’s Hospital Heritage, 1883-
2009.” Showing through spring is “Free Flow:
The Gila River in New Mexico.”
Toy Train Depot — Alameda Park, 1991 N.
White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. An actual train
depot built in 1898, the building now houses
more than 1,200 feet of model railroad track
and hundreds of model and toy trains. Hours
are noon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday. Admission: $4. Information: (575) 437-
2855 or toytraindepot.homestead.com.
The 1/5 scale train track offers rides around
Alameda Park 12:30 to 4 p.m. Cost: $4.
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be ‘Bedazzled’
by new exhibit
W
hether it’s “baubles, bangles and
beads” or simply “bling bling,”
Sun City audiences, men and
women alike and especially our visiting
women bowlers, can definitely look for-
ward to a landmark experience when
“Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry” opens
March 27 at the El Paso Museum of Art.
Exquisite, sumptuous, opulent! These are
only a few of the adjectives that describe
the 200 pieces of jewelry on loan from the
Walters Museum Collection of Baltimore,
on display through July 25.
Spanning 5,000 years — from 3,000 B.C.
to the present — objects in the exhibition
have been grouped by culture and the peri-
od in history they represent, thus allowing
viewers to appreciate the evolution of
techniques and materials. The pieces them-
selves become testimony to the importance
of jewelry as an expression of creativity,
and a tangible symbol of wealth and posi-
tion in the various societies.
Highlights from the antique period
include gold necklaces, earrings and
bracelets purported to be part of the famed
first-century Greek Olbia Treasure found
in a tomb in the region of present-day
Ukraine. The most impressive among these
are the wide gold bracelets whose center-
pieces are linked by hinges to each of two
arms. Their lavish embellishment includes
cloisonné, multicolored enameling and
large gemstones. Later gold masterpieces
include a gold and garnet Greek diadem
from the third century B.C., and a delicate
pair of Etruscan spirals from the seventh
century B.C.
Sustained by the wealth of the princely
patrons of Italy, the Renaissance and
Baroque periods featured a revival in the
production of sumptuous jewelry that
showcased the talents of some of the great-
est artists of the region. Religious, mytho-
logical and genre themes were predomi-
nant on pendants and hat badges.
Enamellers created works of unprecedent-
ed intricacy. Watches became an essential
accessory of the period, as can be viewed
in the collection’s chatelaine with watch
from 18th-century France.
Moving on to the modern era, the collec-
tion showcases a medallion and scent bot-
tle done in the familiar blue-and-white
motif made famous by Wedgewood and
commissioned works from contemporary
jewelers, such as an iris corsage ornament
decorated with 139 sapphires, diamonds
and other precious gems designed by
Tiffany & Co., and the enamel and sap-
phire pansy broach created by renowned
art nouveau designer René Lalique.
Because rings were the only type of jew-
elry to be worn continuously through the
ages, the exhibition contains a special sec-
tion devoted to them that includes a
“Papal” ring, several Jewish marriage
rings, and German gimmal rings, which
consist of two or more interlocking hoops.
The last section of the exhibition
explores the intriguing questions raised
concerning forgeries and replicas. In the
early 19th century, increased interest in
and demand for jewelry from earlier peri-
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ods gave rise to the growing market for
“archaeological” jewelry. Forgers also
seized the opportunity to produce high-
quality replicas that even today are diffi-
cult to distinguish from the originals.
The presenting sponsor of the exhibition
is Susan Eisen, owner of Susan Eisen Fine
Jewelry and Watches. Eisen explains that
this is her gift to El Paso in honor of the
30th anniversary of her business.
“I’m excited about this opportunity,
because jewelry has such a personal mean-
ing for each of us, and this show has
something for everyone. The design and
quality of the workmanship in the pieces
are unparalleled. If you love gemstones,
you cannot only view an across-the-board
representation of the different kinds of
stones, but also learn about their history
and how each individual stone was cut to
enhance its value and beauty. There is also
a history of metal and metalwork. After
seeing the show, I particularly hope that
audiences will come to value jewelry as
fine art rather than simply a commercial
commodity.”
From the perspective of a modern jewel-
er, Eisen relates, “The more we see jewel-
ry as an art form and internalize the design
elements in the pieces, the more we tend to
work them into the next evolution of our
own creations. What is incredible is that
artisans centuries ago were able to cut
stones and cast metals and hand fabricate
with a minimal amount of tools. I cherish
seeing what they could do with just the
desire to create. Today, we have all the
tools that we need to work, but the element
of time is missing.”
Eisen is adamant that the men of the bor-
derland will be just as interested in the
exhibition as their female counterparts.
“I want men to understand that jewelry is
not just a monetary investment. Every
piece of jewelry has a story — ‘I got it for
my birthday’ or ‘We bought this when we
were out of town.’ Jewelry is not a typical
gift, like a fur coat or even a car, but
something that carries the emotion of the
giver forever. Many times, it also gets
passed down to the next generation, so it is
one of the best long-term investments you
can make.”
The EPMA is one of only four venues,
and the only one west of the Mississippi,
to exhibit this outstanding collection.
Museum Director Michael Tomor shares
the serendipitous series of events that
made this exhibition possible.
“The Walters Museum first developed
this as a traveling exhibition from their
permanent collection of more than 25,000
objects. It opened at the Ringling Museum
of Art in Sarasota, Fl., and from there, it
went to the Frist Museum in Nashville.
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Adair Margo Fine Art — 215 Stanton,
Suite 602 (Martin Building). Hours are 10 a.m.
to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Information: 533-0048 or
adairmargo.com.
Showing March 4-April 9: “Studies and
Scripture: The Creative Process of Stephanie
Beard in Creating the Stained Glass Windows
for St. Matthew’s Catholic Church.” Beard is an
artist who works out of her home in El Paso’s
Upper Valley, usually in the medium of oil on
canvas. Her primary interest has been in the
human figure. In 1998 she was asked to design
seven windows for St. Matthew’s Catholic
Church on Sunset Road. Over 18 months she
pondered scripture and sketched, conceptualiz-
ing the shapes and colors through which out-
door light would enter the sanctuary. From her
sketches, large “cartoons” were created in
which Stephanie defined the outlines of the fig-
ures and landscapes, indicating the color of
glass that would fill each shape.
Opening reception and artist’s talk is 11 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4.
Art Junction of El Paso — The art service
of El Paso Art Association is at 500 W. Paisano,
Suite D upstairs (Downtown, at Durango).
Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday. Studio spaces are available to rent for
artists, as well as a photo lab. The Art Junction
includes the Presidents Gallery for classes and
the upstairs Lobby Gallery. Information: 534-
7377 elpasoartassociation.com.
New art classes begin in March. Cost is $15
per class:
• Watercolor with Atalo Mendez — 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. Tuesdays, March 2-April 20.
• Pastel with Manny Guerra — 11 a.m. to
12:45 p.m. Wednesdays, March 3-April 21.
• Figure Painting with Rick Parra — 1 to 3 p.m.
Wednesdays, March 3-April 21.
• Repujado, Artistic Metal Embossing with
Romy Saenz-Hawkins — Noon to 2 p.m.
Fridays, March 5-April 9.
Chamizal galleries - Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Hours are 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for
Abrazos Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday for Paisanos Gallery. Admission
is free. Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham.
Showing through March 27 in the Paisanos
Gallery: “35 Years of Siglo de Oro,” exhibition
of festival posters.
Showing Feb. 27-April 3 in the Abrazos
Gallery: watercolor paintings by Rodolfo Razo.
‘Colors of Spring 2010’ — El Paso Art
Association’s annual spring show and sale is
March 2-30, at Sunland Art Gallery in Sunland
Park Mall, featuring works by both new and
established EPAA members. This year’s judge is
Las Cruces artist Wayne Carl Huber. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Information: Candy Mayer, 581-4971 or elpa-
soartassociation.com.
Opening reception and awards ceremony is
5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 5.
Cutter Aviation Terminal Gallery —
Located at El Paso International Airport, 1771
Shuttle Columbia. Gallery open 24 hours a day.
Admission is free. Information: 779-0270, 594-
8424 or ElPasoArtCalendar.com.
Showing through March 15: Works by
Warren Smart and Chris L. Grohusko.
El Paso Artists Studio Tour — El Paso
artists are sought for the 3rd annual tour
Saturday and Sunday, April 17-19 featuring
Westside, Upper Valley and Central El Paso
(north of I-10) and April 24-25 throughout the
Eastside, Mission Valley, Northeast and
Downtown (south of I-10). Deadline for artists
is Monday, March 8. Information and entry
forms available at pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com.
Information: 833-0636 or bobada@elp.rr.com.
El Paso Museum of Art Classes and
Workshops — Spring adult classes and work-
shops begin in April. Jewelry class fees include
admission to the museum’s “Bedazzled” exhibit
with instructor during class time. Information:
532-1707, ext. 27 (ext. 16 to register), or elpa-
soartmuseum.org.
• Self-guided Life Drawing class — 5:30 to 8:30
p.m. Thursdays, April 1-May 27, for ages 18
and older. Cost: $10 per session ($5 members).
• Polymer Clay Jewelry — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 10. Cost: $38 ($30 members).
• Paper Jewelry — 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, April 17-18. Cost: $76 ($60).
• Fabric and Wire Necklaces — 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8. Cost: $55 ($45).
• Crochet Cuffs, Bracelets & Bangles — 10
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22. Cost: $55
($45 members).
El Paso Museum of Art — One Arts
Festival Plaza. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, noon
to 5 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Admission is free, except for the “Bedazzled”
exhibit. “Bedazzled” admission is $10 ($5
museum members and children 12 and
younger). Information: 532-1707 or elpasoart-
museum.org.
Showing March 27-July 25: “Bedazzled:
5,000 Years Jewelry,” featuring jewelry from
five millennia from a variety of cultures from
the Walters Jewelry Collection. The collection
is the most wide-raging collection of jewelry
assembled by a private collector in the U.S.
Highlights include gold bracelet from the first
century B.C.E. discovered in a tomb in the
Greek colony of Olbia (present-day Ukraine); a
Tiffany & Co. iris corsage ornament, which was
a grand prize winner at the 1900 Paris
Exposition Universelle; a 19th-century imperial,
ceremonial Chinese headdress; a plique-a-jour
enamel and sapphire pansy brooch created by
renowned Art Nouveau designer Rene Lalique
and purchased by Henry Walters at the 1904
Louisiana Purchase Exposition: and finger rings
that held a variety of roles throughout history.
Public opening is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
March 27. The exhibition catalogue will be
available for purchase at the museum’s store.
Showing March 14-Sept. 12: “The Holy
Family/La Sagrada Familia,” as part of EPMA’s
dedication to an ongoing rotation of the retab-
los in the collections. These standardized rep-
resentations of the holy family: Mary, Joseph,
and the Christ child, were not based on any
specific scriptural text, but are a result of
Franciscan meditation inspired by the Counter
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Reformation.
Showing through March 2: “Recycle/Reuse:
WWII Propaganda Prints.”
Showing through March 7: “La Virgen De
Guadalupe,” featuring 14 retablos from EPMA’s
permanent collection.
Showing through March 14: “Into the
Desert Light: Early El Paso Art (1850-1960), in
honor of the El Paso Museum of Art’s 50th
anniversary. Primarily consisting of landscape
paintings of the desert, this exhibition demon-
strates the inspiration of the Chihuahua
desert’s uniqueness. Also included are other
works influenced by European modernism,
portraits, still-life paintings and images of the
city as it grew.
Showing through March 28: “Impressionism
in Print,” an exhibition of 14 prints from the
museum’s permanent collection.
Rosamond Bernier – Live at the Met Lecture
Series on film concludes March 3-7 with
French Impressionism: An Accessible Paradise.
Katherine Smith, assistant curator, will present
“Pietro Rotari: Painter of Female Portraits” at 6
p.m. Thursday, March 11, in the auditorium.
Smith will discuss two female portrait paintings
by Rotari on view in the European Gallery.
Admission is free, but seating is limited.
The museum and El Paso Opera will host free
hour-long “Art of Opera” lectures at 12:15 p.m.
Wednesdays in March.
A Printmaking for Fun: Part 1 and 2, class is
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6 and 13,
with instructor Ouida Touchon. Cost: $76 ($60
museum members). Call for supply list.
Information/registration: 532-1707, ext. 27.
Encaustic International Gallery — 7100
Westwind, Suite 120. The gallery is the studio
of El Paso encaustic artist Brigitte von Ahn.
Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Information/appointment: 833-0454, 581-4737
or brigittevonahn.com.
EPAA art classes — El Paso Art Association
offers classes in the Art Junction Gallery class-
room, 500 W. Paisano. Cost: $15 per class ses-
sion. Registration/information: 534-7377 (11
a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday).
• Watercolor by Atalo Mendez, 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. Tuesdays, March 2-April 20.
• Pastel by Manny Guerra, 11 a.m. to 12:45
p.m. Wednesdays, March 3-April 21.
• Figure Painting with Acrylics by Rick Parra, 1-
3 p.m. Wednesdays, March 3-April 21.
• Repujado-Artistic Metal Embossing, noon to
2 p.m. Fridays, March 5-April 9.
Franklin St. Gallery — The gallery is inside
the Marie Otero Salon, 500 N. Oregon, Ste. C
(downtown El Paso, facing Franklin).
Galleria 300 — 300 E. Main, Suite 810 in
Downtown El Paso. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, or by appoint-
ment. Information: 525-9560. Currently fea-
tured: “Vos—A Retrospect,” works by UTEP
art department members Alfonso Valenzuela,
Mauricio Olague and Steve Salazar.
Hal Marcus Studio and Gallery — 800
N. Mesa, second floor (at Yandell). Hours are
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Information: 533-9090 or halmarcus.com.
Showing through April 30: “50 (Un)known -
Early El Paso Women Artists,” featuring works
by El Paso’s art community’s 50 female pio-
neers and their undiscovered talent.
An ARTalk is 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March
25. Experts, collectors and a few of the fea-
tured artists will speak about the exhibit. The
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public is encouraged to dress in vintage styles.
The gallery exhibits works by owner Hal
Marcus, a native born El Pasoan who has been
painting for over 40 years and is famed for such
locally inspired works as “El Mercado,” “El
Paso Navidad” and “Avenida Juárez.”
Other featured artists include Teresa
Fernandez, Bill Sullivan, Manuel Acosta, Bill
Rakocy, Candy Mayer, Vincent Peterson, Evelyn
Ainsa, Mark Paulda, Francisco Romero and
Mauricio Mora.
International Museum of Art — 1211
Montana. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday
through Sunday. Admission is free. Information:
543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
Showing March 5-31: El Paso Watercolorists
Exhibit. A free watercolorist demonstration is 2
to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 7.
Area artists Rodolfo Razo and C. Manny
Guerra will host a free demonstration and class
on “Life Portrait Art” with a live model 1 to 3
p.m. Sunday, April 24.
La Galeria de la Misíon de Senecú —
The Ysleta Independent School District’s gallery
is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
Information: 434-9705 or yisd.net/finearts.
Showing March 26-April 23: “Susan Klahr:
Retrospective” celebrating the life and art of
the great El Paso artist, who died Jan. 1.
Opening reception is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday,
March 26.
Maven Studio — 9828 Montana, Suite N.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Friday. New artists are featured each month.
Information: 633-8350 or mavenstudio@rock-
etmail.com. Web: myspace.com/mavenstudio.
The studio’s first Grand Opening Party and
2009 Retrospective celebration is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, March 5 at the “Friday Night Gallery”
open house. The event features all the artists
represented at the studio during the past year.
Pastel Society of El Paso — The society’s
monthly meeting is 1 p.m. Thursday, March
11, at the International Museum of Art, 1211
Montana. The program will be a pastel portrait
demo by EPCC student Wendy Reyes. Reyes is
known for her vibrant portraits, many with a
retro feel, and her large chalk sidewalk murals.
Open to anyone interested in the pastel medi-
um. Information: 581-4971.
Public art project call for artists — The
City of El Paso’s Public Art Program invites all
eligible professional artists or artist teams to
submit their qualifications through March 5 to
be considered for a public art project at the
Stanton Port of Entry located in downtown El
Paso. Information: Marisol Lopez, 541-4257 or
lopezma@elpasotexas.gov. On-line applications
at callforentry.org.
Rio Bravo Watercolorists – The group
meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, at
Vista Hills Country Club, with a St. Patrick’s
Day theme. The activity is a “paint around” in
two groups: acrylic and transparent watercolor.
Artists expected to bring their own supplies. All
watercolorists and art lovers invited.
Reservations required: 842-9365.
Rubin Center — UTEP’s Stanlee and
Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next
to Sun Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive).
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Information: 747-6151, Rubincenter@utep.edu
or utep.edu/artsandculture.
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Showing March 11-April 8:
• 2010 Annual Juried UTEP Student Art
Exhibition in the Rubin and L galleries. The
exhibition showcases art and design created by
undergraduate art students, including painting,
drawing, sculpture, ceramics, metals and graph-
ic design. Juror is David Lewis, associate pro-
fessor of Art History, Stephen F. Austin State
University. Graphic Design jurors are a special
team of UTEP Alumni: Carlos Lopez of Sanders
Wingo Advertising, Miguel Ibarra of Mithoff
Burton and Sandra Salas of Creative Gong.
Lewis will host a lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday,
March 3, and the Graphic Design jurors will
host a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Thursday,
March 4, in the auditorium.
• Making Good: UTEP Alumni Artists in the
Project Space. The exhibition features various
media by a select group of UTEP alumni: Maru
Almeida, Nicole Antebi, Ron Clark, Gene
Flores, Sergio Gomez, Carlos Gutierrez and
Ignatius Widiapradja.
Opening reception for both exhibitions is 5 to
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11.
San Elizario galleries — Three galleries
are now open near the San Elizario Plaza on
the Mission Trail. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Information. 851-0041.
• Main Street Gallery, 1456 Main. Hours are 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Information: msgallery.net.
• Golden Eagle Gallery, 1501 Main. Currently
featured are works by Mario Parra, Al Borrego,
Laurel Roberts, Pauline Raedeke, Nasario
Olvera, Romi Saenz, Hawkins, Miguel Varela,
Warren Smart, Annette Paajanen, Yamina Gant,
Bill Rakocy, Francisco Miranda S., Betty Ott and
Marjorie Carrasco.
• Horseshoe Gallery — 1500 Main.
Information: 345-5594. Artists featured include
Ralph Rodriguez, Bob Adams, Connie Weaver,
Judy Hampton, Mario Parra, Jim Pritchett,
Stephanie Conroy, Nina Walker, Wendy Reyes,
Pauline Raedeke, Maria Branch and Andy
Martinez.
Sunland Art Gallery — The El Paso Art
Association co-op gallery is in Sunland Park
Mall, 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
or sunlandartgallery.com.
Individuals or groups interested in having a
show at the gallery in 2010 can call 833-0636
or 474-0053.
March 2010
Showing March 2-30: 2010 El Paso Art
Association show. Opening reception is 5:30 to
Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
youth during Spring Break, based on the per-
manent exhibit “Las Cruces: Crossroads of
8 p.m. Friday, March. 5. Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154 History.” Sessions are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Entries are being taken through March 12 for or las-cruces.org/museums. Wednesday, March 24 (for grades 1–3), and
the group show, “El Paso Scenes” April 2-28, Showing March 5-27: Friday, March 26 (for grades 4-7), in the histo-
featuring artwork with an El Paso theme: land- • In the Shannon Gallery — New Mexico ry gallery. Activities include crafts, games, and a
scapes, still lifes and the people of El Paso. Watercolor Society Southern Chapter’s 4th hands-on archeology dig. Snacks and a sack
Entry fee is $10-$30, depending on number of juried Spring Membership Exhibit featuring 34 lunch provided. Cost: $10 per student; space is
pieces entered. Information/entry blanks: Cil works by 23 local artists. limited. Pre-registration required.
Abeyta, 566-2305 or 474-0053, or Candy • In the Richardson Gallery — “The World
Around Us,” works by the Friday Painters
Cottonwood Gallery — The gallery is part
Mayer, cc2ccmayer@aol.com.
of the Southwest Environmental Center, 275
The show will be featured in the El Paso group. The group has been meeting for more
N. Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. Hours are 9
Scene and part of the Studio Tour the last two than 20 years.
a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
weekends in April. Opening reception is 5:30 Opening reception for both shows is 5 to 7
Admission is free. Information: 522-5552 or
to 8 p.m. Friday, April 9. p.m. Friday, March 5.
wildmesquite.org.
The center hosts its monthly History Notes
Susan Eisen Gallery — 5857 N. Mesa, Ste. informal discussion 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday,
Cutter Gallery — 2640 El Paseo (at
19. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
March 11. A panel will discuss newspapers, University), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5
Saturday. Various media featured,. Information:
mercantiles and hotels prior to the 1881 arrival p.m. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
584-0022 or susaneisen.com.
of the railroad in Las Cruces.
The Crossland Gallery — 500 W. Paisano ‘Spring Break Day Camps’ for school-aged
Please see Page 44
(in the Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are noon
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission
is free. Information: 351-2811.
Showing March 6-26: “From the Vine”
Exhibit by UVAs (Union de Viejas Artistas), fea-
turing 15 women art teachers from four school
districts (YISD, EPISD, SISD, CISD). Featured
artists are Lourdes Aguilar, Claudia M.
Castañeda, Dolores Duenez, Virginia
Castañeda-Erickson, Katie Gelinas, Yamille Issa
Nabhan, Candie Printz, Gail Slater, Ana Valdez,
Beverly Widener, Lorena Williams, Terry
Wright, Cindy Zozaya, Marcela Cereceres and
Elisa Martinez Barton. Their first exhibit in
January of 2009, had the largest turnout in the
history of the Crossland. Opening reception is
6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 6.
UTEP Union Gallery — Second floor,
UTEP Union East. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. Monday through Friday. Information: 747-
5481 or utep.edu/events.
Showing March 4-April 2: “Gods For Future
Religions,” surreal sculptures by Ho Baron.
Opening reception is 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday,
March 4, with an artist’s talk at noon
Thursday, March 11.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
‘5,000 Flowers Commemorative
Exhibit’— The GFWC Progress Club’seeks
artists of all ages to paint blocks for its two-
year 9-11 commemorative project. Blocks may
be picked up at the Branigan Cultural Center,
and returned by June 15 to the center. For
information, specifications or to have blocks
delivered contact Rebecca Courtney at (575)
522-8243 or mlcourtney@comcast.net.
Branigan Cultural Center — Branigan
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Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658. Showing
Feb. 27-April 14: “Eclectic!” new works and
jewelry by Jo-An Smith. The exhibit weaves
together a tapestry of the diverse periods of
Smith’s life. Opening reception is 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27.
Galeria Tepin — The Border Book Festival’s
new gallery is at 2220 Calle de Parian in Mesilla,
N.M. (part of the Cultural Center de Mesilla).
Information: (575) 523-3988 or bbf@border-
bookfestival.com. Web: borderbookfestival.org
Currently showing is “Entre Mundos/Between
Worlds,” works by Santa Barraza (retablos and
acrylics), Daniel Zolinsky (photography), Jean
Buchanan (watercolors) and César Ívan (various
mediums).
Las Cruces Museum of Art — 491 N.
Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 10 to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday. Information: (575) 541-2221, (575)
541-2137 or museums.las-cruces.org.
Showing through April 3: “Andy Warhol &
Pop Art: Media and Fame”, works from the
collections of Rene De La Vega family and
NMSU. Recognized as one of the most impor-
tant artists of the last century, Warhol created a
body of work that transformed and revolution-
ized our understanding of art. The exhibition
features more than 20 pieces by Warhol and
several from his well-known Pop Art contem-
poraries, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jim
Dine, and Roy Lichtenstein. Some of the fea-
tured works has never been publicly displayed.
Also included are photos of Warhol’s New York
studio, The Factory, taken by in-house photog-
rapher Billy Name, a member of Warhol’s
entourage and frequent collaborator.
Author/artist James Warhola will present a
reading and book signing, followed by a lecture,
at the Rio Grande Theatre Saturday, March 6.
Warhola is the nephew of artist Andy Warhol
and the author and illustrator of the children’s
books “Uncle Andy’s: A Faabbbulous Visit with
Andy Warhol” and “Uncle Andy’s Cats.”
Warhola will read from “Uncle Andy’s Cats”
and sign books during Magic Carpet Story
Time, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The Andy
Warhol film “Eat” will be screened noon to
12:30 p.m. At 12:30 p.m., Warhola will recount
memories of his uncle and life in the Warhola
family in lecture entitled “Warhola to Warhol.”
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Warhola has a BFA in design from Carnegie
Mellon University. After working for Andy
Warhol at Interview magazine, he went on to
create cover art for more than 300 science-fic-
tion and fantasy novels and has illustrated more
than two dozen children’s books. He currently
resides in Tivoli, New York.
• Warhol Factory Weekends are 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.: Saturdays, March 13 and March
20. Young artists ages 9-12 will create silk-
screen prints, with ink on paper, using the same
methods as Andy Warhol. Printing materials,
paper, and instructions provided. Participants
may also bring their own t-shirts or other can-
vas accessories to print upon, if desired.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. on the day of each
workshop. Cost: $5, class size limited.
• Cella Bella will perform “Pop With a Twist”
11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 27.
The museum of Art is seeking art instructors
through March 15 for children and adults, in a
variety of disciplines, for the 2010-2011 instruc-
tor pool. Information (email only):
museums.las-cruces.org.
Las Cruces Museum of Art classes —
Las Cruces Museum of Art’s Spring art classes
run March 8-April 26. No classes March 22-
27. Class schedules and registration forms are
available at the museum, 491 N. Main, Las
Cruces or online at museums.las-cruces.org.
Information: (575) 541-2137.
Los Artesanos Galeria — The gallery at
1910 Calle de Parian (the Old Tortilla Factory)
in Mesilla, N.M. features works by gallery own-
ers glass artist Greta Burger, gourd artist Latana
Bernier, potter Rudy Lucero and painter on
wood and leather, and sculptor of stone-and-
metal pieces Ramon Escalante, as well as guest
artists. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday
through Sunday. Information: (575) 526-1144
or LosArtesanosLC@aol.com.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery — 2470-
A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across from
the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5
p.m. Sunday. New works displayed every three
months. Information: (575) 522-2933 or
ftp.zianet.com/mvartgallery/home.shtml.
March’s featured artists are Judy Bess and
Lucia Wilcox. Bess’s acrylic paintings capture
the vivacious and beauty of the southwest
desert. Wilcox is developing a new Renaissance
old master style of egg tempera.
El Paso Scene
New Mexico Watercolor Society,
Southern Chapter — The Society meets at
2 p.m. Sunday, March 14, in the Arts and
Crafts Room at Good Sam’s Retirement Home,
3011 Buena Vida Circle (parking near entrance,
stairs and elevator in main lobby). Penny
Simpson will talk about and demonstrate her
watercolor technique that produces her trade-
mark black background and luminescent sub-
jects. The public is welcome; admission is free.
Information: Marie Siegrist, (575) 647-1193.
Potters Guild show call for artists —
Las Cruces Potters Build is seeking fiber artists
for a collaboration art ceramic pieces for its
“Fire and Fiber” juried show July 2 at the
Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces. Potters
and ceramists seek to work with other artists in
various fields including wood, paper, fabric or
other fibers. Information: Linda Reeder-
Sanchez: (575) 644-4156.
Preston Contemporary Art Center —
1755 Avenida de Mercado (end of Calle de
Mercado). Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, 1 to
5 p.m. Sunday, or by appointment. Information:
(575) 523-8713 or
prestoncontemporaryart.com.
Showing March 5-28: “Southern New
Mexico/El Paso Juried Exhibition” featuring
works of 38 artists from the region. Works
were selected by NMSU Art Professor
Emeritus Joshua Rose. El Paso artists featured
are Ho Baron, A. Stein and Beverly Widener.
New Mexico artists are Nolan Winkler of
Hillsboro, Brad Adams, Donna Ayres, Orlando
DiMatteo, Kyle Coffin, Yanick D’hooge, Joe
Dominick, Georjeanna J. Feltha, Meg
Freyermuth, Kerry Frank, Glenn Holgersen,
Wayne Carl Huber, Suzanne Kane, Lynn M.
Kelly, James A. Meaux, Katie McLane, Paul Neff,
John B. Northcutt, Jesse Reinhard, Seth Roby,
Angelita Rodriguez, Shawn Saumell, Edward
Schmitt, Jill Somoza, Isadora Stowe, Daniel N.
Tapper, Ouida Touchon, Brett Thompson, Kurt
Van Wagner, Scott Weaver and Daphne
Wirthlin of Las Cruces, Mary Frances
Dondelinger, Gary Lund and Pamela Zoe Wolfe
of Silver City and Katharine Kreisher of Truth
or Consequences.
Opening reception is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday,
March 5.
Also showing through March 28: 2010
Winter Exhibit, showcasing five artists of vari-
ous mediums: Malaika Zbesheski Charbonneau
(abstract mixed media on canvas), Dan
Davidson (painting and drawing), Amy M. Lam
Wai Man (mixed media), Alan Weinstein (paint-
ing) and Peter Zelle (glass sculpture)
Artists Dialogue is 1 p.m. Sunday, March 7,
with Dan Davidson and Amy M. Lam Wai Man.
Quillin Studio and Gallery — Las Cruces
Downtown Mall behind COAS bookstore.
Open during studio hours Monday through
Thursday and Saturday. Call for studio times
(575) 312-1064. The studio/gallery will be
open for the Downtown Ramble, 5 to 7 p.m.
Friday, March 5.
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Rio Grande Theatre Galleries — 211
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Information: (575) 523-6403.
Showing through March in both galleries is
“Patched Wings” by artist Abby Osborne.
Osborne, associate professor in the Creative
Media Technology Program at Doña Ana
Community College, uses several medium,
combining layers of patterns, symbolism and
spirituality. Artist reception is 5 to 7 p.m.
Friday, March 5.
thetheatregallery — Black Box Theatre
lobby, 430 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
Open one hour prior to Black Box performanc-
es. Information: (575) 523-1223.
Showing in March: “Counterpoint,” works by
the late photographer Bernie Lieberman and
artist Margaret Bernstein, the resident artist at
the gallery. Wine and cheese reception is 5 to 7
p.m. Friday, March 5.
Tombaugh Gallery — First Unitarian
Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.
Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Information:
(575) 522-7281, (575) 521-3917 or
uuchurchlc.org.
Showing March 7-April 2: “Realism in Still
Life” watercolors and colored pencil drawings
by Penny Thomas Simpson. Simpson has been a
working artist in New Mexico for nearly 34
years. Her awards include second place in the
New Mexico Watercolor Society’s 2009 Fall
Show. Opening reception is noon to 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 7.
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The gallery seeks submissions through Sept. 1
for artists to exhibit in the gallery in 2011.
Submissions are open to all artists within a 150-
mile radius of Las Cruces. Non-traditional
media or subject matter welcome. Information:
tombaugh-gallery@zianet.com.
Also
An Evening With the Artist — Mimbres
Region Arts Council presents clay artist Donna
Webb at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, at the
Western New Mexico University’s Parotti Hall
in Silver City as part of its monthly art lecture
series. Admission is free. Information: (575)
538-2505 or 1-888-758-7289.
Art Hop — The Truth or Consequences
Downtown Gallery District Association hosts
the event 6 to 9 p.m. the second Saturday of
each month (March 13). Information: (575)
894-0528, TorCart.com.
Edward Lucie-Smith — The internationally
known London-based author of nearly 200
books, historian, poet, photographer and art
critic will give a talk entitled “Regional Art vs.
National Art” 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March
6, at the Truth or Consequences Senior
Recreation Center, 301 S Foch, in T or C, N.M.
Sponsored by the Sierra County Arts Council.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 894-9761
or wildcranestudio@mac.com.
MRAC Gallery — The Mimbres Region Arts
Council Gallery is in Wells Fargo Bank Building,
1201 Pope (at 12th) in Silver City. Open during
regular bank hours. Information: (575) 538-
2505 or mimbresarts.org.
Showing Feb. 26-March 26: Works by print-
maker Hui Chu Ying. Closing reception is 5 to
6:30 p.m. Friday, March 26.
El Paso Scene
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Both reported such an outstanding record of
patronage — more than 100,000 visitors
each — that the Walters then decided they
were missing out on a good opportunity and
reopened it at their own museum in 2008.”
Tomor relates that the EPMA fell heir to
hosting this exhibition simply by chance.
“I had been talking with the Walters
Museum about another traveling exhibi-
tion, which showcased a wonderful collec-
tion of impressionist paintings. When I
tried to arrange for it to come to El Paso, I
was informed that the San Antonio
Museum of Art had an exclusive for Texas,
so the staff suggested we might be inter-
ested in the jewelry instead.
“This is such a significant collection. It’s
really a story of history of art told through
the eyes of jewelry and ornament. One of
the reasons most on the borderland don’t
think of jewelry as art is because the view-
ing public only sees objects as they are
presented to them, and the EPMA has
never done an exhibition of either fine-art
jewelry or decorative art.”
Tomor emphasizes, “As a museum, our
job is to take people beyond what they
already know. However, this form of edu-
cation can be expensive, but thanks to
Susan Eisen Jewelry and Watches, and
additional lead sponsors (including The
EPMA Foundation, The County of El
Paso, Bank of the West, Kemp Smith and
South Texas Money Managers Ltd.), we
were able to cover the $100,000 fee it cost
to bring this amazing collection to El Paso.
This exhibition truly represents a first for
our museum and our community.”
Arts and Ends
If you’ve ever driven by St. Matthew’s
Catholic Church in the Upper Valley, at the
corner of Sunset and Riverbend, you might
have noticed the church’s beautiful
stained-glass windows and wondered
about the story they relate. If so, plan to
stop by the Adair Margo Gallery, 215 N.
Stanton. Friday, March 5, is the opening
date for an exhibition showcasing the
framed drawings, a photo, and the related
scripture for each window. At 12:45 p.m.,
Stephanie Beard, the artist who designed
the windows, will expand upon the sym-
bolism in a more detailed presentation
downstairs at The Percolator, 217 N.
Stanton.
UTEP’s Student Union Gallery will
host “Gods for Future Religions,” a one-
man exhibition showcasing the work of
one of El Paso’s best-known sculptors, Ho
Baron. Opening with a reception on
Thursday, March 4, from 7 to 9 p.m., the
exhibition will run through April 2. Baron
will talk about his work at noon on March
11.
A native El Pasoan and UTEP graduate,
Baron is excited about showing an impres-
sive sampling of images drawn from his
30-year oeuvre of surrealistic sculptures.
“These are all works cast at the foundry
in Juárez, so I am looking forward to shar-
ing what can be done with casting both in
bronze and cement. The exhibition will
also include a large sculpture on the lawn
of the Student Union Building.”
Information: 747-7469 or 747-5481.
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer
specializing in the visual arts.
March 2010
 Exhibit highlights Racking Up History
Da Vinci’s genius by Bill Rakocy

T
o be sure, in writing about the art
and the person of Leonardo da
Vinci, one cannot be overly cre-
ative or expressive of the man —
beyond what has been written and told a
dozen times down through the paths of
art, history, science and word of mouth.
Who was he? We know Leonardo was
born in 1452 as an illegitimate son, his
mother being a peasant girl of 16. Da
Vinci had a powerful frame, good bear-
ing and a zest for life. One writer
reported the observation powers of da
Vinci: As he walked through a field, he
noted a hundred things from different
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earth and water. His furtive eyes and
mind missed nothing.
His youth was spent in the Vinci hills
in his home near Florence.
His half brothers and half sisters Leonardo da Vinci
teased him about his nonofficial birth in
a jealous manner. By virtue of all his tal- became a military, civil and sanitary
ents for observation in science and engineer; an inventor of all sorts of bal-
nature and his other built-in attributes, listic and fearsome items of war —
he became the butt of many unkind acts engines of war that to Leonardo were
by his siblings. He was precocious in great works of art.
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Verrocchio, an important artist and • “I have also most convenient and
sculptor with wide recognition. The portable bombs: for throwing showers of
world of Florence lay near, and the small missiles and thereby causing terror
Tuscan city was made known to in the enemy.”
Leonardo and to fast-excelling artists • “I can make mortars and field pieces of
and politicians. beautiful and useful shapes.”
Leonardo grew by virtue of his strong • “In time of peace I could design and
awareness and personal desire to excel. equip other architectural structures.”
His mind was constantly at work, think-
ing and experimenting not only with the The El Paso da Vinci Experience
arts — but also with fascinating aspects
The current da Vinci exhibit at the El
of science, government and life.
Paso Museum of History is an important
He employed a strong intellect and
one — in that most of the da Vinci mod-
applied it to every nuance of his being
els are ones that can be worked (gently,
and life.
of course) to show how he could lift,
In painting and drawing, he explored
move or maim the enemy. More than 60
all media — spiritual and technical prob-
replicas are displayed, covering his life-
lems — and in a great sense, he became
time of creative engines, often using
a “first modern man of science and arts.”
leverage and gearing down to make #& #&& +#
His inward goals seemed to try to find
things move or operate.
and create a marriage of science and the
Da Vinci used a mix of artistic-obser-
arts. Being a strong Christian, he felt a
vation and scientific hands-on methods
spontaneous connection between God *$ ) +
— he understood nature better than
and himself.
many contemporaries. In short, he was
He continued to paint the religious
so observing and intuitive that he did not
themes — “St Jerome,” which hangs in .
have time and/or the mechanics to see
the Vatican; “Adoration of the Magi” in
many of his ideas to completion. The Da
the Uffizi; and “The Virgin of the
Vinci Experience is one of the most
Rocks” at the Louvre.
important exhibits ever compiled, and
Florence to him was not congenial — ) !'*
certainly director Julia Bussinger and
despite the aspect of a place to grow.
staff, and the board of trustees, are to be
He wrote at age 30, “The place is fes-
complimented in staging such a fascinat-
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ing and informative show. The exhibit
bankers, and conspirators and too % +' ( % )# +
runs until July 10. The admission fee
provincial for me.” % +' ( % ,& -
ranges from $7 to $14.
Writing to the Duke of Milan, he gave
For information, call 351-3588. The
a glowing self-lifting letter telling of all
museum is at 510 North Santa Fe Street.
his talents as a creator of fearsome
engines of warfare plus a sculptor and
Bill Rakocy is an El Paso artist and
painter second to none. Thus his practi-
historian. Information: 584-9716.
cal talents drove his life and times. He
March 2010
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 Siglo de Oro Drama Festival — The
35th annual celebration of theater from Spain’s
Golden Age runs March 3-7 at the Chamizal
National Memorial Theatre, 800 S. San Marcial.
Professional and collegiate theater groups come
from Mexico, Spain, the Dominican Republic
and New York City to perform classic works by
Spanish master playwrights such as Miguel de
Cervantes Saavedra, Felix Lope de Vega y
Carpio, Pedro Calderón de la Barca and
Agustín Moreto y Cavana. All performances
begin at 7 p.m.; seating begins at 6:30 p.m.
Admission: $5 ($2 students, seniors over 62
and military). Information/tickets: 532-7273,
ext. 102 or nps.gov/cham.
Plays average 90 minutes long, with “ratings”
ranging from G to PG-13.
• Wednesday, March 3 — “Entre clasicos anda
el juego,” presented by Escuela Superior de
Arte Dramático of Murcia, Spain.
• Thursday, March 4 — Casa con dos puertas
mala es de guardar,” presented by Perro Teatro
of México City, México.
• Friday, March 5 — “Marta the Divine,” pre-
sented in English by University of
Massachusetts in Amherst.
• Saturday, March 6 — “Con quien vengo,
vengo,” Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático of
Murcia, Spain.
• Sunday, March 7 — “El caballero del mila-
gro,” Teatro Circulo of New York City.
‘Souvenir’ – El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, presents Stephen Temperly’s comedy
about the notoriously bad soprano Florence
Foster Jenkins through March 6. Directed by
Ivan Sandlin. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8
seniors, $7 military/students). Information: 532-
1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
The two-character play is set in a Greenwich
Village supper club in 1964, where Cosme
McMoon, a mediocre pianist who teamed up
with Jenkins in 1932, sentimentally recollects
her life. Jenkins was a wealthy socialite who
despite her utter lack of musical talent, became
the talk of New York and a cult favorite with
her hilariously off-key recitals with McMoon.
Her bizarre career culminated in a sold-out
performance at Carnegie Hall in 1944, and she
died a month later.
‘Rabbit Hole’ — No Strings Theatre
Company will presents David Lindsay-Abaires’
2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Feb. 26-
March 14 at Black Box Theatre, 420 N.
Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces. Directed by
Ceil Herman. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 7 and
14, and 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11. Tickets:
$10 ($9 students and seniors over 65, $7 all
seats on Thursday). Information: (575) 523-
1223 or nstcbbt@zianet.com.
The play is a tender and sensitive exploration
of family coming to terms with the accidental
death of their 4-year-old son.
‘The Eurydice Project’ – American
Southwest Theatre Company presents its origi-
nal production through March 7 at NMSU’s
Hershel Zohn Theatre. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday. Preview night is 7 p.m. Feb. 18.
Tickets: $15 ($10 preview night). Information:
1-800-525-ASTC (2782).
The play retells the classic story: Orpheus
must travel to the Underworld to save his
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bride, Eurydice. Can he save her soul and
reunite with his love or is he doomed to lose
her forever?
‘The Murder Room’ — Las Cruces
Community Theater, 313 Downtown Mall,
presents Jack Sharkey’s zany spoof on murder
mysteries through March 7. The play has
been called a mixture of Agatha Christie,
Monty Python and Abbot and Costello.
Directed by Ken Eastlack. Performances are 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets: $8 ($7 seniors, students and military,
$5 children). Information: (575) 523-1200 or
lcctnm.org.
‘Chronicle of Tin-Tan and the
pachuquismo’ — The Consulate General of
Mexico presents a lecture, musical and dance
with Mexican author Carlos Monsivais at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 10, at Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission is
free. Information: 533-3644.
‘Some Girls’ — The UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance presents Neil LaBute’s
comedy March 10-14, at UTEP’s Studio
Theatre in the Fox Fine Arts Center. Directed
by Fernando Alvarez, Jr. Performances are 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Proceeds from the March 10 production bene-
fit the Student Scholarship Fund. Tickets: $8
($7 non-UTEP students, UTEP faculty, staff and
alumni, seniors, military, alumni and groups of
10 or more; $6 UTEP students). All seats gen-
eral admission. Information: 747-5118 or the-
atre.utep.edu.
A young man’s career as a writer is blossom-
ing and his beautiful, young fiancée is waiting to
get married and rush off to Cancun by his side.
What’s the natural reaction? Get cold feet and
start calling old girlfriends. Contains adult lan-
guage and situations.
‘Dona Rosita’s Day of the Dead’ —
American Southwest Theatre Company brings
the popular “Dona Rosita” back at 8 p.m.
Friday, March 12, at NMSU’s Hershel Zohn
Theatre. Tickets: $15 (Ticketmaster).
The one-woman show is the brainchild of
writer/creator Rodrigo Duarte-Clark and
actress/comedienne Ruby Nelda Perez. The
comedy explores life, death, and everything in
between through the eyes of a colorful restau-
rateur with a penchant for storytelling.
‘Be My Baby’ – El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, presents Ken Ludwig’s contemporary
comedy about a middle-aged couple who travel
to America to adopt a baby March 19-April
10. Directed by Jan Wolfe. Showtimes are 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/students).
Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
Roald Dahl’s ‘Willy Wonka’ – Kids-N-Co.
presents a musical of “pure imagination” based
on Dahl’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory” March 20-April 11 at Kids-N-Co.,
1301 Texas. Directed by Vanessa Colon.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $7
($5 students, children, seniors and active mili-
tary) at the door. Information: 351-1455.
Words and music are by Leslie Bricusse and
Anthony Newly, with the stage adaptation by
Leslie Bricusse and Timothy A. McDonald. Five
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 “T
he Candy Man makes every-
thing he bakes satisfying and
delicious. Talk about your
childhood wishes. You can even eat the
dishes.”
Even though it was nearly 40 years
ago when the original movie version of
“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory” came out with Gene Wilder in
the title role, I still remember every
word of the song made famous by
Sammy Davis Jr. OK, OK, I wasn’t still
in grade school. I was in college. But
who wouldn’t love this Roald Dahl
story, child or adult?
As it turns out, nearly 80 El Pasoans
showed how much they love this classic
story when they turned out to audition
in January for 20 roles in the musical-
play version of the story directed by
Vanessa Colon for Kids-N-Co.
“I was surprised at how many people
are fans of this little production. When
we had 78 people at the audition, I was
like ‘WOW!’” Colon said.
“To say that casting the show was hard
is an understatement,” Colon added. “It
was the most difficult thing ever. I had
kids show up with as much passion for
this book/play as I did, and gave a super
audition but did not make the show. It’s
hard to disappoint kiddos, but you learn
to grow tough skin.”
But the result, Colon said, was “almost
an all-star cast.” Most regular KNC the-
ater-goers will see the stars of past
shows playing big and little roles —
“Little Red, Frodo Baggins, Little
Women, the Space Panda kids, just to
name a few,” Colon said.
Indeed, the reason Colon chose the
play was because of her own fascination
with the piece.
“I have been a fan of Roald Dahl since
the fourth grade. My teacher, Mrs. Nye,
introduced me to the books, and I have
loved them ever since,” said Colon,
who graduated from UTEP in 2007.
“Dahl just has a great rhythm and
inventive vocabulary in his dialogue.
The sarcasm will appeal to adults, and
the funny words and characters will
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golden tickets have been hidden in five Wonka
chocolate bars and the five kids who find them
are invited to tour Wonka’s secret candy facto-
ry and meet the maestro of sweets himself.
‘Arritmia’ — Telon de Arena of Juarez pres-
ents an original play depicting the problems of
old age and how they affect family members at
7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 25-28, at the Chamizal
National Memorial. Admission: $10 ($7 sen-
iors). Information: 532-7273.
‘Cast Party’ — UTEP’s Music Theatre
Company presents an evening of scenes from
opera and musical theater at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
March 26, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 28,
in the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, featuring cho-
rus members of El Paso Opera’s “La Vie de
Boheme” and “Porgy and Bess.” This presenta-
tion, conceptualized by senior performance
major Joseph Quintana, explores the antics of
an opera cast at its cast party after a perform-
ance. Tickets: $12 ($8 seniors, military, non-
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in a cup
appeal to the little ones. This is my first
musical I am directing in addition to
being musical director. I’m so happy I
was given the opportunity to do this
show, because it has been a part of my
life for such a long time. Thanks, Mrs.
Nye!”
But the fact that her entire cast loved
“Willie Wonka” also proved a challenge.
“It is a fairly large cast, and everyone
has their own vision of their chocolate
factory,” said Colon, who also directs
the show choir for KNC.
The other challenge was to build a set
that had to represent ten different places.
“We go to Germany, Brazil, America,
and, of course, the chocolate factory,
which has five rooms of its own,”
Colon said. “The set has to be versatile
and fun. It has to be 20 different places
and still be mysterious. Lucky for me, I
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“I love the music; everyone does,”
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knowing it pretty well. I just had to pol-
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‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ — Alamogordo Music
Theatre presents its Spring 2010 musical cele-
brating the songs of Leiber and Stoller March
26-28 and April 1-3, at Flickinger Center,
1110 N. New York, Alamogordo. Showtimes
are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.
Let us do the work...
Sunday. Tickets: $10. Information: (575)442-
8661 or alamogordomusictheatre.org. all you have to do
‘Cowboy Mouth’ — UTEP Department of is dream!
Theatre and Dance presents the semi-autobio-
graphical one-act by Sam Shepard at 7 p.m.
Sunday through Tuesday, March 28-30, at
UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Center Basement
Theatre. Directed by Samantha Nava.
Admission by donation. Information: 747-5118.
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dark, thought-provoking play features the Patti
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‘La Cage Aux Folles’ – The musical version
of the comic collision of gay and straight worlds
is April 9-May 16 at UTEP Dinner Theatre. A
gay nightclub manager and his drag queen part-
ner pretend to be a straight couple when the
$% , manager’s son brings home his fiancée and her
ultra-conservative parents. Written by Harvey
" ( " $ &'% "# Fierstein; lyrics and music by Jerry Herman.
Showtime is 7 p.m. Wednesday through
#%" Saturday; dinner matinee performance is 1:30
p.m. Sunday, April 25; non-dinner matinees are
- && #" +'(% & 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 9 and 16. Tickets
$26-$38 dinner shows; $12-22 non-dinner
% & ,#" . matinee. Information: 747-6060.
Classes
‘Everything Theater’ camp — Kids-N-
Co’s spring break “just-for-fun” theater camp
for ages 8-14 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, March 15-19, at Kids-N-Co.
Education and Performance Center, 1301 Texas
Ave. Includes acting, improvisation, make-up,
prop making, puppets, script writing, theater
games and more. Cost: $150, class size limited.
Information: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org.
UTEP Summer Theatre and Dance
camps — Registration begins March 30 for
the June 7-25 camps. Information: 747-6213.
Scholarship and documents on line beginning
March 15 at theatredance.utep.edu.

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Camp Furlong Day — The 7th annual “History Notes” at Branigan Cultural
- "' " (& ",. event is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at Center — The monthly program is 1 to 2
Pancho Villa State Park, off State Roads 11 and p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the
+ (& ) # " ' 9, Columbus, N.M. The event features folklori- Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main, north
*** ) # " ' co dancers, music, a parade led by more than end of the Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
100 Mexican cabalgata horseback riders and Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154.
more. Admission is free. Information: (575) The Thursday, March 11, meeting focuses
531-2711, 1-888-NMPARKS or nmparks.com. on newspapers, mercantiles and hotels before
Camp Furlong Day is a bi-national friendship the 1881 arrival of the railroad in Las Cruces.
event commemorating the March 9, 1916
Mesquite Walking Tour — The City of Las
%% #% $%!#* !' #$ early-morning attack on the village of
Columbus and the adjacent military camp by
Cruces Branigan Cultural Center will host the
second part of a walking tour of Mesquite
Pancho Villa and his men.

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Historic District, the city’s oldest neighbor-
Concordia Ghost Tours — Concordia hood, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, March
Heritage Association and Paso Del Norte 13, at Phillips Chapel, 638 N. Tornillo. Tours

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Paranormal Society host a monthly ghost tour 7 last about two hours. Participation is free; no

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to 9 p.m. the first Saturday of the month
(March 6) at historic Concordia Cemetery.
Reservations required. Cost: $10 (ages 13 and
registration required. Information: (575) 541-
2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
El Paso Corral of the Westerners —

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older welcome; ages 13-17 must be accompa-

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The monthly dinner program is at 6 p.m.
nied by adult). Reservations/information: 373-
Friday, March 19, in the Staff and Faculty
1513 or ghosts915.com.
Lounge, second floor, UTEP Student Union.
‘Outers and Unders’ — Fort Bayard Prestene Dehrkoop, founding member of the

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Historical Preservation Society will host the his-
torical fashion show at 2 p.m. Saturday, March
Twelve Travelers committee, will introduce the
next “Twelve Traveler” in the series, Susan
6, at the Fort Bayard Theatre, featuring fash- Shelby Magoffin. Cost: $20. Dinner served at
!&% $!! !# # !( ions from 1866 to the early 1910s. Includes a 6:40 p.m. Information or reservations (before 5
5+74 "5-66 "! 48 1 "+64 %) “wedding” under raised sabers. Period-correct p.m. March 17): Marilyn Gross, 755-7329.
refreshments served during intermission.
El Paso Archaeological Society — The
.45 2+ 01 45,-56 "/4 3- Tickets: $12: Information/tickets: Cecilia, (575)
society’s monthly meeting and lecture is 3 p.m.
956-3294 or Donna, (575) 519-8179.
Sunday, March 21, at El Paso Museum of
Fort Bayard, N.M., is off U.S. 180 southeast
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain. This
of Silver City. Sponsored by the Fort Bayard
month’s lecture is “Clovis Caches: Windows
Historical Preservation Society.
into Ice Age Technology” by ENMU
The fort will be closed down and boarded up
Department of Anthropology Assistant
in the fall of 2010, unless enough funds and
Professor David Kilby. Admission is free.
support raised to save it. Information/dona-
Information: 755-4332 or epas.com.
tions: fortbayard.org or fortbayardhistoricp-
reservationsociety.org. ‘The Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Bliss,
Texas’ — The book by Jeffrey W. Gault
Columbus Memorial Day Celebration
chronicles the storied history of the famous
— The Columbus (N.M.) Historical Society
Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th U.S.
sponsors a ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday,
Cavalry and the 24th and 25th U.S. Infantry
March 9, to remember 18 Americans killed
regiments. The Buffalo Soldiers served inter-
March 9, 1916, in the raid led by Pancho Villa
mittently at and in the vicinity of Fort Bliss and
from across the border. Admission is free.
El Paso for nearly 50 years. Proceeds from
Information: (575) 531-2620.
book sales are donated to the Army
This year’s guest speaker is Lt. Col. Kevin
Scholarship Foundation, which provides aca-
Jacoby, commander of the newly reactivated
demic scholarships to Army family members.
13th Cavalry at Fort Bliss. The unit is the same
Information: armyscholashipfoundation.org.
that was stationed at Columbus at the time of
The book is available at the Fort Bliss
the Villa raid. The commemorative program
Museum gift shop. Gault served at Fort Bliss
begins at 10 a.m. at the replica of Gen.
from 1990 until his retirement from the Army
“Blackjack” Pershing’s reviewing stand on the
in 1999. He is a veteran of Operation Desert
grounds of the Columbus Historical Museum.
Shield/Desert Storm, and was the first Garrison
Other historical presentation and refreshments
Commander of Fort Bliss. He is now a business
are offered before and after. A walking tour is
executive in North Texas.
given afterward, weather permitting.

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Bordersenses Open Mic Series — The
literary publication hosts an open mic poetry,
fiction, music and dance series the last Saturday
of each month. The Feb. 27 event is 7 p.m. at
The Percolator Café, 217 N. Stanton. Works
may be presented in English or Spanish.
Workshop precedes the event at 5:30 p.m.
Admission is free, and the public is welcome to
participate. Information: Roberto Santos, (806)
470-1583 or rasantos@miners.utep.edu. Web:
barbedwire.bordersenses.com.
Southwest Book Awards — The annual
Border Regional Library Association Awards
Banquet is 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at
Ardovino’s Desert Crossing, One Ardovino
Drive in Sunland Park. The event honors the
latest works of outstanding area authors, and
also awards scholarships to graduate and
undergraduate students pursuing degrees in
library/media. The BRLA librarian and library
staff member of the year will also be honored.
Cost: $30. Reservations: Sebastian Diaz,
sdiaz@utep.edu. Information:
857-0594, brewer-g@elpasotexas.gov or
brla.info.
City of Night Book Club — Rio Grande
Adelante hosts the book club and social gather-
ing for LGBT community and friends at 7 p.m.
the first Monday of the month.
Information/location: 929-9282 or
rgadelante.com.
Barnes & Noble (East Side) — 9521
Viscount. Information: 590-1932.
Recurring events:
• Eastside Sisters in Crime reading club meets
at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. The
March 2 books are “Fearsome Fourteen” and
“Finger Lickin’ Fifteen” by Janet Evanovich.
March 2010
Information/schedule: 629-7063
Children’s Story Hour, including activities with
Miss Heather and Pajama-rama storytime, is 7
p.m. every Friday.
UTEP Literature Lecture — Dr. Norma
Elia Cantú, accomplished Chicana scholar from
U.T. San Antonio and celebrated author of
award-winning fiction and non-fiction, is the
featured speaker at the 25th annual Literature
Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at
UTEP’s Undergraduate Learning Center, Room
106. Cantú will give a free lecture entitled “De
acá de este lado (From this side): 200 Years of
Chicana and Mexicana Border Literature.” The
talk will highlight the impact of historical events
from the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo to the Mexican Revolution to NAFTA.
Information: 747-5647 or 747-6249.
Barnes & Noble (West Side) — 705
Sunland Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. Sunday. Information: 581-5353.
Book signings and special events:
• Silva Magnet will host a Health Awareness
Fair Saturday, March 6.
• Author Grace Ann Neuharth will sign her
book “Family Secrets” 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday,
March 6.
• Ken Hudnall will sign his books on the super-
natural 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 20.
• Ron Dawson will sign “Street Railways of El
Paso.” Saturday, March 27. Call for time.
Recurring events:
• Sisters in Crime mystery reading group
El Paso Scene
Adult classes for Composition and Excellence
with English offered weekday evenings and
Saturday mornings.
James Warhola reading and book sign-
ing — Doña Ana Art Council and Las Cruces
meets at 7 p.m. Monday, March 8.
Museum of Art will host the celebrated chil-
• Third Monday Book Group will meet at 10
dren’s author and nephew of legendary pop
a.m. Monday, March 15, to discuss “People of
artist Andy Warhol in a special Magic Carpet
the Book” by Geraldine Brooks.
Storytime event at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March
• En la Sombra de Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
6, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
bilingual reading group meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Warhola will
March 16.
Children’s storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays.
give a reading and book signing of his children’s
book ‘Uncle Andy’s Cats” directly followed by
• March 6 – Animal Rescue League
a film and lecture on the life and art of Andy
• March 13 — Miss Lisa and a surprise guest
Warhol at Las Cruces Museum of Art in con-
• March 20 — Lana McCool
junction with their on-going Warhol exhibit.
• March 27 — Kids & Co Story Troupe.
Showtime begins with a performance by the
Creative Kids will host a bookmark-making
students of Alma de Arte School. Admission is
arts and crafts session and storytime 1 to 3
free. Information, Las Cruces Museum of Art,
p.m. Saturday, March 13.
(575) 541-2137 or the Dona Ana Arts Council,
The new American Girls Club meeting is 1:30
(575) 523-6403.
p.m. Saturday, March 20. Girls can bring their
Warhola is the author and illustrator of the
dolls and enjoy crafts.
children’s books “Uncle Andy’s: A Faabbbulous
BPEP School for Authors — Book Visit with Andy Warhol” and “Uncle Andy’s
Cats.” Since its publication in 2003, “Uncle
Publishers of El Paso hosts “How to Write and
Publish” workshops 2:15 to 5:15 p.m. Andy’s” has achieved both critical and commer-
Saturdays at 912 Texas, Ste C. Registration cial success.
deadline is one week prior to class. No work-
Tumblewords Project — The writing
shop March 20. Information/registration: 472-
workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
7480.
Saturdays at Memorial Park Public Library, 3200
• March 6 — Non-Fiction
Copper. Workshops are free; donations for the
• March 13 — Fiction
presenter are encouraged. Now in its 13th
• March 27 — Children’s Books
• April 3 — Family Memories
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year, the group is open to all writers in a non-
critique, non-caustic forum. Newcomers of all
ages welcome. Information: 328-5484 or tum-
blewordsproject@yahoo.com. Web: tumble-
wordsproject.com.
• March 6 — “Word-Go-Round” with Leslie
Council. The workshop is based on the process
of sharing the creation of a piece of writing in a
circle, sometimes known as renga, a traditional
Japanese poetic game, or perhaps a new mod-
ern way of “tell the monkey.” Participants cre-
ate new work out of bits and pieces of each
other’s writing.
• March 13 — “Writing while the Sun Burns
Out” with Jonathan Penton, editor of
unlikelystories.org. In his fantasy life, Penton
began adventuring in 1964, wearing a mask
fashioned from the discarded dress of a dead
woman. When the (fictional) Keene Act was
passed in 1977, he left his one-word rebuttal
outside a police station, tacked to the body of a
multiple rapist. On Nov. 2, 1985, he failed to
prevent the salvation of the world.
• March 20 — “Reconstructing the Muse:
Reclaiming the Feminine within a Toughened
Border Woman Ideology” with Griselda Liz “La
Rana” Muñoz. Muñoz is a Chicana poet, play-
wright and performer from El Paso. Her per-
formance poetry depicts the struggles of
indigenous women in the United States. She
will be presenting this workshop for mussa,
Mujeres Unidas Supporting Society through
Art.
• March 27 — “Writer’s Wisdom” with
Yvonne Collins. Collins began keeping a journal
in high school and recently returned to writing
for personal pleasure.
Branigan Library book reviews — The
Friends of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
will host a review of Cormac McCarthy’s “The
Road” at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, in the
library’s Terrace Gallery, 200 E. Picacho.
Reviewer is Michelle Guzman-Armijo.
Refreshments served. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 521-4845.
An evening with Anne Hillerman —
The daughter of the late acclaimed Southwest
novelist Tony Hillerman will talk about her
father’s legacy and her new book “Tony
Hillerman’s Landscape: On the Road with Chee
and Leaphorn,” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 12, at
Mesilla Community Center. Hosted by the
Border Book Festival. Anne Hillerman’s hus-
band, photographer Don Strel, also will be
present. The event includes a silent auction and
book signing. Admission: $10 donation.
Information: (575) 523—3988 or bbf@border-
bookfestival.com. Web: borderbookfestival.org.
Tony Hillerman was author of 29 books,
including the popular 17 mystery series featur-
ing Navajo police officer, Jim Chee and Joe
Leaphorn. Anne Hillerman’s book is a collection
of photographs by Strel with descriptive text,
brief synopsis of the novels, quotes from the
books, and Tony Hillerman’s own comments.
The book also includes a previously unpub-
lished essay by Tony Hillerman.
‘Made in Texas’ Literary Workshop —
Juntos Art and Literature Festival and the
University of Houston at Victoria will present a
free literary workshop, “Made in Texas:
Literary Workshop
Teaching Mexican American Literature and
Culture in the classroom” for middle school
and high school teachers 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, at El Paso Public Library
Main Branch, Maud Sullivan Auditorium, 501 N.
Oregon. Free lesson plans on Mexican
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New on the Border Bookshelf
‘Revenge of the Saguaro’ (Cinco
Puntos Press, $14.95) by Tom Miller
— The Southwest has been a perennial
attraction for visiting artists and authors,
its desolate landscapes and colorful histo-
ry inspiring their city-numbed senses. Tom
Miller fell in love with the region back in
the 1960s, wrote about it for three decades
and made it his home. “Revenge of the
Saguaro,” subtitled “Offbeat Travels
through America’s Southwest,” is a mix of
tales and observations collected from
years of free-lance writing about the area.
Local readers in particular may enjoy
“Searching for La Bamba,” his triptych of
tales based on popular songs. “La Bamba”
brings Miller from Mexico to the U.S.,
“Open Pit Mine” takes him through the
copper country of southeastern Arizona
into southwestern New Mexico, and
Marty Robbins’ classic “El Paso” lands
him at Rosa’s Cantina on Doniphan.
These and the other stories, originally
published by National Geographic under
the title “Jack Ruby’s Kitchen Sink” in
2000, were just released under the new
title by El Paso’s own Cinco Puntos Press.
— Randy Limbird
American literature and culture (aligned with
the TEKS/TAKS) will be given, with a presenta-
tion on how to incorporate the lessons with
the curriculum. Participants receive free tote
bag and bound teacher’s guide. Space is limit-
ed. Pre-registration (by March 5):
CentroVictoria@uhv.edu.
The lesson plans are geared for Language Arts
and English classes but can be adapted for his-
tory, social studies, government, art, and even
ESL classes. The workshop is conducted by
Christine Granados, an author and lecturer at
Texas A&M University-College Station.
Moreno Library book sale — The
Friends of the Esperanza A. Moreno Library
will host a spring book sale 11 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Saturday, March 13, at the library, 12480
Pebble Hills. Used hardcover and paperback
books, comic books, and children’s books
offered. Information: 921-7001.
‘Ugly Ducking to Swan: Federal
Government Documents for the
Public User’ — NMSU Library Government
Documents and Maps Librarian Dorothy
Ormes will give the free presentation at 3 p.m.
Monday, March 29, in the Terrace Gallery of
the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, Las
Cruces. Ormes will demonstrate online
sources of government information available
through the FDSys portal such as the American
Memory Project Web site and “Ben’s Guide for
Kids.” She will also discuss unique resources
found at the NMSU Library. The event is part
of the NMSU Library’s celebration of more
than 100 years of service as a Federal
Depository Library. Information: (575) 646-
4385 or ormesd@lib.nmsu.edu.
‘Experience Your America’ – Chamizal
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, hosts a
free monthly story time program for preschool
children at 10 a.m. the third Thursday of the
month through May in the Los Paisanos Gallery.
Children can also participate in creative activi-
ties based on themes of friendship, peace, and
diplomacy. Schools, day-cares, and families may
participate. Space is limited, advance reserva-
tions strongly suggested. Information/reserva-
tions: Dora Martinez, 532-7273, Ext. 128, or
dora_martinez@nps.gov.
March 2010
UTEP Cinema Novo Art and Foreign
Film Series — Union Cinema, Union
Building East, First Floor. Film showings are at 7
p.m. Friday and Saturday, unless otherwise list-
ed. Admission is $2 ($1 with UTEP, student or
military ID). Free popcorn. Ticket sales at the
door begin 30 minutes before showtime.
Schedule subject to change. Information:
Marina, 747-5481 or mmmonsisvais@utep.edu.
• March 5-6 — “The Lovely Bones.” Based on
the book by Alice Sebold, a 14-year-old girl
from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered
by her neighbor, tells the story from Heaven,
showing the lives of the people around her and
how they have changed all while attempting to
get someone to find her lost body.
• March 12-13 – “Nine.” Arrogant, self-cen-
tered movie director Guido Contini finds him-
self struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a
script for his latest film endeavor. With only a
week left before shooting begins, he desperate-
ly searches for answers and inspiration from his
wife, his mistress, his muse and his mother.
The “Will Rock You Film” Series, celebrating
rock-music themed or inspired films is March
26-27. See separate listing.
Film Salon — The Film Salon at Trinity First
United Methodist Church, 801 N. Mesa (at
Yandell), continues its series highlighting the
career of Carol Lombard with Ben Hecht’s
“Nothing Sacred” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March
6, in Resler Hall. Admission is free. Nursery
available with two-day advance reservation.
Information: 533-2674 or filmsalon.org.
“Nothing Sacred” follows small-town girl
Lombard as she’s catapulted to media stardom.
The series concludes with her final film, “To
Be or Not To Be,” April 3.
‘Feel Good Women Films’ — The
UTEP’s Women’s History Month film series
runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in
the Women’s Resource Center, UTEP Union
West, Room 112. Films include “Whip It,”
“Soul Food,” “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,”
“A League of Their Own” and “The Women.”
Admission is free. Information: 747-5291.
‘One Peace at a Time’ — The film, fea-
turing music of The Band, Bob Dylan, Willie
Nelson and others, will be presented by the
Las Cruces Friends of the Department of Peace
at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13, at the Fountain
Theater. AQ&A session follows. The film also
deals with various solutions to world problems.
Admission is free, but donation welcome to
support both the film and the Department of
Peace conference in Albuquerque in June.
Information: (575) 541-9093
Pax Christi Film Series — The series
presents “Real Women Have curves” at 3 p.m.
March 2010
Sunday, March 14 at Diocesan Migrant and
Refugee Services’ Mother Teresa Center, 2400
E. Yandell (between Piedras and Cotton).
Actress America Ferrera plays Ana, a first gen-
eration Mexican-American teenager. Hosted by
Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace & Justice
Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso.
Admission is free, donations welcome.
Information: 532-0527 or 497-0384.
MVFS Short film contest — The Mesilla
Valley Film Society seeks very short films (90
seconds or less) through March 15 for the
Mesilla Valley Short Film Festival. Films must
include a message about turning off cell phone
and no texting during movies, and be funny
with no offensive language, images or violence.
One entry per filmmaker; no age limits. Entries
must be playable on DVD. Two winner will be
rewarded a $50 cash prize, plus tickets. Drop
off entries at Fountain Theatre, or mail to
MVFS, PO Drawer Z, Mesilla N.M. 88046.
Information: (575) 522-0286 or nedludd@hot-
mail.com.
‘We Will Rock You’ Music Film Series
— UTEP Cinema Novo presents its 3rd annual
music film series March 26-27 at the UTEP
Union Cinema. Admission is $2 ($1 for UTEP
faculty, staff, military and students with valid
ID). Free popcorn. Ticket sales at the door
begin 30 minutes before showtime.
Information: 747-5481.
Friday schedule:
• 5:30 p.m. “Sid and Nancy.” Morbid biograph-
ical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British
punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend
Nancy Spungen.
• 8 p.m. “Gimme Shelter.” The film documen-
tary of the Rolling Stones first tour of the
United States in three years.
Saturday schedule:
• 4 p.m. “Stop Making Sense.” The Talking
Heads, led by frontman David Byrne, hardly
talk, don’t stop and always make sense.
·6 p.m. “Wattstax.” Documentary with a selec-
tion from a 7-hour 1972 musical event with
groups Dramatics, Staple Singers, Rance Allen
Group, Emotions, Bar Kays, Mel and Tim.
• 8 p.m. “Don’t Look Back.” Portrait of the
artist Bob Dylan as a young man.
Holocaust Museum Cinema Sundays
— El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study
Center, 715 Oregon, hosts free showings of
Holocaust, genocide and racism-related films at
2 p.m. the last Sunday of the month. Age 18
and younger not permitted without parent or
guardian. The March 28 screening is the 1961
classic film “Judgment at Nuremberg.”
Admission is free, but seating is limited.
Information: 351-0048, ext. 24.
Please see Page 54
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Fountain Theatre — 2469 Calle de
Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in
Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the
Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at
7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Foreign language films include subtitles.
Admission: $7 ($6 seniors and students with
ID; all seats for matinees; $5 society members
and children); $5 on Wednesday. Information,
schedule: (575) 524-8287 or
• March 27 — “Major Dundee” (1965). The
2005 restoration of Sam Peckinpah’s 1965
western. Dundee (Charlton Heston) is a vain-
glorious officer busted to the decidedly inglori-
ous job of overseeing Confederate prisoners in
a fort in 1864 New Mexico. Co-stars Richard
Harris. Rated PG-13.
Special guest for the screening is Dwight
Pitcaithley, former chief historian of the
National Park Service.
New Mexico Museum of Space
History — Alamogordo, N.M. The museum’s
Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater presents:
• “Molecules to the Max” (11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5

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p.m. daily). The animated film takes the audi-
ence into the innermost workings of the cos-
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composer’s life from his youth in Bonn as the
son of a court musician, through his heyday as
the greatest virtuoso of early 19th-century
named Oxy and friends Hydro and Hydra.
• “Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag” (noon, 2
and 4 p.m. daily). Follow a young F-15 fighter
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2929 N. Mesa 2800 N. Mesa • March 12-18 — “Me and Orson Welles.” Jay’s Film Forecast — Film historian Jay
5863 N. Mesa 200 N Mesa PETLAND Duncan prepared this list of top monthly
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1205 El Paseo 9428 Dyer a small role in the play, and falls under the spell • Cop Out (Warner Bros.)—Bruce Willis, Tracy
455 S. Telshor 10780 Kenworthy EASTSIDE CAFE of everything theatrical Welles builds with pro- Morgan, Jason Lee. Directed by Kevin Smith.
1210 Wedgewood 11251 Rojas ducing partner John Houseman. Rated PG-13. • The Crazies (Overture Films) — Radha
SUN HARVEST 3355 N Yarbrough • March 19-25 — “Broken Embraces.”
VISTA MARKET Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle
6100 N. Mesa 1831 N. Lee Trevino Penélope Cruz plays Lena, a hooker-turned-
2231 Zaragosa Panabaker. Directed by Breck Eisner.
DUNKIN’ DONUTS 2950 George Dieter actress. She falls for her director (Luís Homar), • The Yellow Handkerchief (Samuel Goldwyn
700 Zaragosa • 1105 N. 11685 Montwood CARNITAS who uses makeup, wigs and wardrobe to Co.) — Maria Bello, William Hurt, Kristen
Yarbrough • 9114 Dyer 12390 Edgemere morph her into sexual fantasies men can watch.
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QUERETARO Stewart. Directed by Udayan Prasad.
4001 N Mesa A car crash ends Lena’s life and the director’s
FURR’S FAMILY 800 N. Zaragosa
1451 N Zaragoza career until the unexpected occurs. Rated R. March 5
100 N. Americas
BUFFET 6516 N Mesa • March 26-April 1 — “The Last Station.” • Alice in Wonderland (Disney) — Mia
8045 N. Loop
Gateway West at Helen Mirren is a lusty, roaring wonder playing Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham
Zaragoza YSLETA ISD the long-suffering wife of Russian novelist Leo Carter; directed by Tim Burton.
AVILA’S 9600 Sims Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer). Married to the • Brooklyn’s Finest (Overture) — Richard
8528 Dyer • 119 N. 6232 N. Mesa
Balboa old man for 48 years and the mother of his 13 Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke; directed by
EL PASO Antoine Fuqua.
ARDOVINO’S children, she is beside herself over her hus-
EP FITNESS PIZZA INTERNATIONAL band’s decision to will the rights to his great lit-
145 Paragon AIRPORT erary works to the Russian people. Rated R.
865 N. Resler at Redd March 12
11330 James Watt 206 Cincinnati UTEP LIBRARY • Green Zone (Universal) — Matt Damon,
12145 Montwood CinéMatinee Film Series — Films with
THE Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear; directed by Paul
981 N. Resler EPCC CAMPUSES western, rural or New Mexico themes (as well
Greengrass.
1224 Wedgewood MARKETPLACE YMCA’s as other special selections) are shown at 1:30
• Our Family Wedding (Fox Searchlight) —
5034 Doniphan p.m. Saturdays at the Fountain Theatre, 2469
DOMINO’S PIZZA EP CONV. CENTER Calle de Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the
America Ferrera, Forest Whitaker, Carlos
ALL EL PASO MANDO’S EP CITY HALL Mencia; directed by Rick Famuyiwa.
plaza in Mesilla. Admission: $4 ($1 for Mesilla
LOCATIONS 5420 Doniphan • Remember Me (Summit) — Robert
EL PASO LIBRARY Valley Film Society members), unless otherwise
Pattinson, Emile de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan;
RIVIERA THE BAGEL SHOP TX TOURISM listed. Information: (575) 524-8287 (leave mes-
directed by Allen Coulter.
RESTAURANT 3400 N. Mesa sage) or mesillavalleyfilm.org.
CENTER • She’s Out of My League (Paramount) — Jay
815 N. Resler • March 6 — “Humble Pie” (2007). A termi-
5218 Doniphan
CTY COURTHOUSE Baruchel, Alice Eve, Krysten Ritter; directed by
10060 Rushing nally optimistic working class dreamer attempts
Jim Field Smith.
HELLO PIZZA THE BOOKERY to shed a few extra pounds, inspire others, and
CASA JURADO finally get his driver’s license so he can set out
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on the road to success. Rated PG-13. March 19
226 Cincinnati • The Bounty Hunter (Columbia) — Jennifer
In Las Cruces • March 13 — “Amargosa” (2000). A look at
RANCHER’S Aniston, Gerard Butler, Christine Baranski;
WING STOP COAS then 76-year-old dancer and artist Marta
GRILL 1757 George Dieter Mesilla Book Center Becket. When she was 43, she abandoned a directed by Andy Tennant.
7597 N. Mesa 2900 N. Mesa rich New York art scene to forge an entirely • Diary of a Wimpy Kid (20th Century-Fox) —
9530 Viscount (at I- 9530 Viscount In Juárez new creative life in a tiny Death Valley ghost Zachary Gordon, Chloe Moretz, Steve Zahn;
10) 865 Resler Museo INBA • Museo
town. Graceful yet disarmingly down to earth, directed by Thor Freudenthal.
9008 Dyer, 8825 N. Loop Chamizal • Bazar • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Music Box
ANDRE’S PIZZA Comunitario • Impulsa • Becket is at work in the ornate Amargosa
Opera House she restored. Not rated. Films) — Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa
3233 N. Mesa JJ’S Educacion en Valores •
Froling; directed by Niels Arden Oplev.
7000 Westwind 5320 Doniphan ICHICULT • Centro • March 20 — “Private Lives of Pippa Lee”
Cultural de la Ciudad • (2009). Starring Robin Wright Penn and Santa • IMAX: Hubble 3D (Warner Bros.) —
SUNSET LEO’S Academia Municipal • Fe resident, Alan Arkin, this drama is about a Narrated by Leonardo Di Caprio; directed by
7520 Remcon CEMA • Arte en el Parque Toni Meyers. Documentary chronicling the
BREWERY woman in her prime happily married to a leg-
VALENTINE BAKERY
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endary publisher 30 years her senior. When he efforts of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle
4176 N. Mesa Tolentino • Centro Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
11930 Picasso Cultural Paso del Norte • turns 80 the couple moves out of their luxury
HAL MARCUS Libreria Universitaria • home in New York and into a retirement village • Repo Men (Universal) — Jude Law, Alice
GALLERY ALL THAT MUSIC Centro de Convenciones in Connecticut. The move is a catalyst for her
800 N. Mesa 1506 Lee Trevino Cibeles to confront demons from her past. Rated R. Please see Page 55
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• I Love You Phillip Morris (Consolidated
Cont’d from Page 54 Pictures) — Jim Carrey, Leslie Mann, Ewan
Braga, Forest Whitaker; directed by Miguel McGregor; directed by Glenn Ficarra and John
Sapochnik. Requa.
• The Runaways (Apparition) — Kristen
Stewart, Michael Shannon, Dakota Fanning; DVD Releases
directed by Floria Sigismondi.
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• Precious / R
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 Local: Megadeth, Testament &
Exodus take on Club 101
Almost as quickly as it was announced, the
“American Carnage Tour” was cancelled,
with Slayer backing out. Co-headliner
Megadeth and opener Testament had some
time on their hands, so they added Exodus
into the mix and hit the road. Exodus will
'.(&' kick off the evening with a set list digging
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'-%($
) decades. This band was once known as the
kings of thrash metal, before Metallica stole
$ their throne. Ironically, Megadeth master-
mind Dave Mustane was once part of that
very group that dethroned them. Next at bat
will be Testament, who, like Exodus, began
in San Francisco and helped take the genre to
the next level. The evening will close with
Megadeth, who released their “Endgame” in
September 2009, but will perform their
Grammy-nominated album “Rust in Peace”
in its entirety, along with select hits from the
past quarter century. It is a night that may
very well shake Club 101 to its core.
0 0 ! 2001, Universal music attempted to resurrect
National: The Hotrats, “Turn
Ons,” G&D/Fat Possum
0 Green Day did it as the Foxboro Hot Tubs,
#0 XTC spent time as the Dukes of
Stratosphear, and now, from across the pond,
# two out of the three lads known as
Supergrass have taken on a new identity as
The Hotrats. This might be an answer to their
conquering America, since they have been
! beating on our door for more than 15 years
under their old handle and haven’t received
their due adulation. The band consists of Gaz
"0 0 0 0 Coombes and Danny Goffey. Their approach
! !# # ! for “Turn Ons” is to basically give the people
what they know and then turn it on its ear,
flip it over again and shake vigorously. This
!! " " " is a covers album like no other; all the tracks
have a fuzzed-out, garage-rock sound, and it
doesn’t matter if it’s the Beastie Boys, David
Bowie or Squeeze — everyone gets the treat-
ment. It somehow works for them all. Their
take on the Cure’s “Lovecats” still features
the initial meows but quickly finds a fresh
new direction. Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up”
shares the angst of the original and can do no
wrong with the addition of more cowbell.
When it comes to the Sex Pistol’s “E.M.I.,”
their rendition featuring an acoustic guitar
would probably even put a smile across the
face of the snarky Johnny Rotten. It doesn’t
matter if it’s The Hotrats or Supergrass, it’s
all a turn-on to me.
Various Artists, “Ciao My
Shining Star,” Shout Factory
Most tribute albums honor a hugely success-
ful artist to recognize their contribution to
the world of music. Then there are some that
seem to try to help the career of that very
same honoree. This one does the latter and
also hopes to provide some monetary relief
for his personal tragedy. In the mid ’80s,
Mark Mulcahy headed Miracle Legion, a
band widely recognized to become the next
R.E.M. The only problem with that was the
public began to turn away, finding them uno-
riginal. Their following albums found the
group reduced to a duo, and Mulcahy was
soon critically recognized as a great folk-
rock singer. In 2008, his wife died suddenly.
To help him provide for his family and con-
tinue on with his career as a musician, “Ciao
My Shining Star” was orchestrated. It is an
all-star benefit celebrating his music, with
such heavy hitters as Frank Black of the
Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Ben Kweller and Thom
Yorke of Radiohead. It also features the very
man of whom Mulcahy was accused of being
a carbon copy when he came onto the scene
in 1984 — Michael Stipe of R.E.M. If you
are not familiar with the work of Miracle
Legion, not to worry — think of this as one
Page 56 El Paso Scene
of the best compilations of alternative col-
lege-rock giants. If you are familiar, hear
these tunes in a brand-new way.
Ike Reilly, “Hard Luck Stories,”
Rock Ridge Music
It was more than half a century ago that the
slogan “I Like Ike” was heard, and then in
it for a singer-songwriter. It didn’t catch on
like it did before, and Ike lost his major-label
deal. Unfazed, he pushed on and has built a
very formidable catalog of work since the
beginning of the decade. “Hard Luck
Stories” is his latest release, which was
shamefully only made available in a digital
format in November. This month, that asi-
nine idea was rectified with the release of a
physical CD, with two bonus tracks to make
amends. He continues to spin tales with his
dark, wisecracking and extremely sarcastic
wit. He addresses the economy, the war, and
one of his favorite subjects — drugs. He also
debuts what might hint at his true feelings
about his chosen profession with “Lights
Out.” This is a story of an indie rocker trying
to sing a song that finally makes a little
money, something that truly would happen if
this tune were ever to find its way onto
national playlists. At least some people seem
to be paying attention. With half of Cracker
and Waylon Jennings’ offspring Shooter join-
ing Ike, the word seems to be spreading. It’s
not tough to hear “Hard Luck Stories” when
they sound this good.
Collectibles: David Bowie, “A
Reality Tour,” ISO/Sony
I know what you are thinking: Oh, no, anoth-
er David Bowie live album … haven’t we
heard it before? The answer is simply, no,
definitely not like this. Well, actually, you
may have, if you’re a savvy music aficiona-
do who picked up the DVD that was released
of this tour the year after it happened, in
2004. Either way, this is still a necessity for
all, especially with the addition of three
bonus tracks and the remastering that creates
an optimum sound experience. He covers a
tremendous amount of ground, from his time
spent with Iggy Pop in 1977, performing a
track he co-wrote for Iggy’s debut, to his
duet with the late Freddie Mercury on
“Under Pressure,” to a song he composed for
Mott the Hoople, and everything in between.
This is elder-statesmen Bowie recreating
some of his legendary tunes from the ’70s, as
if he were freshly touring off them for the
first time, taking the best of his later discs
and making them shine like never before.
The 33 selections cover Bowie like no other
live set has, with a brilliant mix of hits, oddi-
ties and new material. It has been a very long
while since we have heard anything new
from the Thin White Duke; let’s hope the
“Reality Tour” isn’t the inevitable reality
check that he might just be done making
records.
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin’
Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net.
March 2010
Sesame Street Live ‘123 Imagine!
With Elmo and Friends’ — April 1-4 at
the Abraham Chavez Theatre. (Ticketmaster).
Cristo Rey pilgrimages — Pilgrimages and
hikes are planned Good Friday to Easter
APRIL
Sunday, April 2-4.
Bill Maher — The ‘politically incorrect’
PrEVIEW
comic performs at 8 p.m. April 3, Plaza
Theatre. $45.50-$75.50 (Ticketmaster).
El Paso Sports and Health Expo —
April 4, Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino.
Admission is free. Information: 351-4592.
March Madness symphony fundraiser
— 13th annual fundraiser benefits El Paso
Symphony Orchestra’s education and outreach
programs, April 5, El Paso Country Club.
Information: 532-3776.
Chicago — 7:30 p.m. April 6, Plaza Theatre.
$48, $58 and $78 (Ticketmaster) fundraiser at 8 p.m. April 17, Doubletree
Hotel, 600 N. El Paso. $50. Information: 317-
Denver Brass with Lowell Graham — 5503 or jazzelpaso.org.
El Paso Pro-Musica’s season finale is 7:30 p.m.
April 6, NMSU’s Atkinson Music Recital hall El Paso Artists Studio Tour — Visit the
and April 7, UTEP’s Magoffin Auditorium. actual working spaces of local artists April 17-
Ticket information: 833-9400 or eppm.org. 18 and April 24-25. Information: 833-0636 or
e pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Tour —
April 6-8, at Chamizal National Memorial. ‘Irish Run’ — Cathedral High’s 5K run and 1
Information: 532-7273. mile fun walk is April 18. Information: 274-
5222, active.com or runelpaso.com.
An Evening with Coach Dungy —
Retired NFL Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Sunland Park Racetrack — The live
Dungy will speak at 8 p.m. April 9, UTEP’s horse racing season ends April 21.
Don Haskins Center. Proceeds benefit UTEP Information: (575) 874-5200.
Athletics student-athlete scholarship fund. $20,
Better Business Bureau and Torch
$30 and $60. Information: 747-8759.
Awards — Restauranteer “Famous Dave”
‘La Cage Aux Folles’ – April 9-May 16 at Anderson is guest speaker, April 21.
UTEP Dinner Theatre. 7 p.m. Wednesday Information: 577-0195.
through Saturday; dinner matinee performance
Administrative Professionals confer-
is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25; non-dinner mati-
ence — Presented by Positive Directions
nees are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 9 and 16.
April 21-22. Information: 838-1000.
$26-$38 dinner shows; $12-22 non-dinner
matinee. Information: 747-6060. ‘Of Mice and Men’ — April 23-May 2, at
UTEP’s Wise Family Theatre. 8 p.m. Friday and
UTEP Track Invitational — Top-ranked Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $9-$12.
university teams and other athletes compete
Information: 747-5118 or theatre.utep.edu.
April 10, Kidd Field. Information: 747-5347.
‘The Murder Room’ – El Paso Playhouse,
‘An Affair to Remember’— Alzheimer’s 2501 Montana, April 23-May 15. 8 p.m.
Association STAR Chapter hosts 7th annual gift Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $7-$10.
basket fundraiser April 10, El Paso Country Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
Club. Tickets: $100. Information: 544-1799.
Run/Walk For Respect —1-mile mini-
Rudolf Budginas — Showtime! El Paso clos- Walk, 5K run April 24. 588-4927, active.com.
es its season with virtuoso pianist at 7:30 p.m.
April 10, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Junior Ranger Day — Chamizal National
Tickets are $25. Information: 544-2022 or Memorial presents family and children’s pro-
ShowtimeElPaso.com. grams 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 24. Information:
532-7273 or nps.gov/cham.
‘The Making of Great Music’ — Bruce
Nehring Consort’s season finale is 7:30 p.m. Boy Scout Expo —10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April
Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10-11, 24, Cohen Stadium. Information 772-2292.
The Chapel at Loretto, 1400 Hardaway. Guest
FloraFest 2010 — UTEP Centennial
violinist/violist and conductor Charles Gray. $5-
Museum’s annual native plant sale is April 24-
$15. Information: 534-7664.
25. Information: 747-8994.
Sgt. Ruben Orozco Torch Run —8K
La Viña Blues & Jazz Festival — Noon
Run/2 Mile Walk benefiting Special Olympics
to 7 p.m. April 24-25, at La Viña Winery in La
Texas Area-19 is 8 a.m. April 11, Stanton and
Union, N.M. Information: (575) 882-7632.
Cincinnati. Information: 532-1795 or sotx.org.
Special Olympics Spring Games —
‘Fun and Games’ –El Paso Wind Symphony
April 24-May 8. Information: 533-8229.
closes its season 7:30 p.m. April 16, UTEP’s
Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. $12.50 ($7.50 stu- EPSYO Season Finale Concert — April
dents). Information: 760-5599. 25 at the Plaza Theatre. Ticket information:
525-8978 or epsyos.org.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra – The
Symphony presents its season finale “Epic YWCA Women’s Benefit — April 29,
Romance” at 7:30 p.m. April 16-17, Plaza Abraham Chavez Theatre. Information: 577-
Theatre, featuring guest tenor Diego Silva. 9922, ext. 331 or ywcaelpaso.org.
Ticket information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Norah Jones — The superstar singer/song-
‘Harlem Nights’ — JazzElPaso Connection writer performs April 29 at the Plaza Theatre
will host a concert and 1930s Speakeasy Casino (Ticketmaster).

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AAA 32 Fountain Theatre 54 Pilates El Paso 12
Affordable Chiropractic 22 FuntastiCo 47 Pizazz 46
Alma Calderon 39 Furrs Family Dining 36 Plaza Theatre 2
Ann’s Est. & Mov’g Sales 37 Geico 19 Precision Prosthetics 42
Antonio Soegaard-Torres 35 Georgetown Cabins 8 Prestige Women’s Health 43
April is Art Month 41 Glass Goodies 23 Prints Charming 25
Ardovino’s Desert Crossing 15 Hal Marcus Gallery 27 PTEP 33
Ardovino’s Pizza 47 Hardin Chiropractic 18 Bill Rakocy 50
Around and About Tours 53 HC Kiwanis Bingo 20 Real Estate El Paso 50
ATMAS Healing 4 Health Matters 39 Redefls 8
Ho Baron 12 Inn of the Mountain Gods 29 Reidsan Dog Training 21
BeadCounter 23 Inside Out Designs Inc. 25 Ride the Ys 36
Bill Maher 34 Int'l Quality Products 52 Rincon Magico 34
Body Therapeutics 32 Jazz El Paso Connection 24 Krystyna Robbins 50
The Book Rack 51 Jeanie Proctor 26 Ronda Brown 53
The Bookery 51 Kaffee Klatsch 21 Rubin Gallery 18
Boy Scouts 53 Keeble Enterprises 24 Ruidoso River Resort 13
Brian D Bethune & Asso. 28 Kidspaloooza 45 San Francisco's Cosmetics 14
Bruce’s Air 56 KTEP 52 Sexy Jeans 33
Cabaret 38 La Posta de Mesilla 58 Showtime El Paso! 16
Cattleman's 26 La Tierra Café 40 Shundo Dance Studio 18
Cecila Burgos LPC 21 Lancers Club 55 Silver City Galleries 33
Cloudcroft 38 Las Cruces Museum of Art 57 Silver City MainStreet 40
COAS 51 Lynx Exhibits 48 Sonic 12
Collectibles 4 Magoffin Home St. Hist Site 10 SC Women's Health Care 17
Color Room Hair Salon 28 The Marketplace 23 Sun. Pk Racetrack 5
Cosmetic Laser Center 30 Martha Garcia 20 Susan Eisen's 25
The Crystal Store 37 Mesa Street Antique 55 SW Liposculpture 44
Domino’s 55 Mesilla Book Center 51 Telemates 55
Dr Gus Martinez 53 Metta Massage 22 Texas Satsang 53
Edible Arrangements 43 Mind/Body Studio 27 Travel Mug 49
El Paso Art Association 41 MCAD 48 Unity Bookstore 51
El Paso Community College 37 Nayda’s Gems & Stones 23 UTEP Athletics 58
EP Conv & Perf Arts Ctr 19 New Image Laser 18 Vanities 59
EP Museum of Art Store 44 New York Life 42 Vegetarian Society 39
EP Museum of History 20 NM Farm & Ranch Museum 9 Vienna Boys Choir 8
El Paso Opera 7 Oasis Lounge 15 Village Inn 36
El Paso Saddleblanket 25 Pat Olchefski-Winston 47 Walgreens 44
El Paso Zoo 11 Marie Otero 22 Western Traders 24
Elegant Consignments 23 Park Productions 3 Wholesome Body 4
Executive Singles 40 Paseo Christian Church 36 Wyler Aerial Tramway 42
Expertise Salon 34 Perkins Jewelry Supply 21 Xicali 26
Fed. Cths Bar & Grill 10 PhiDev Inc 56 YMCA 32
Feng Shui Inst of EP 42 Phoenix Dawn 43 Yoga for Life 10

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