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Environmental activist comes to town playing his tunes

When Bill Oliver was a kid, he couldn’t decide between Smokey Bear and Chuck Berry so instead of trying to choose, he just did a little of both. “They were my heroes early on,” …
Wendy Spurgeon of TheAtrix Studio LLC performed in DitchSpeare in 2023

Shakespeare on the Big Ditch in Silver City

TheActrix Studio LLC is holding an open call for the 2nd DitchSpeare classical street theatre event this Friday and Saturday. Ditchspeare received great acclaim when it premiered last year, prompting …

Mobile children’s museum hits the road

Vamos Niños - Play to Learn Mobile Children’s Museum is hitting the road with a focus on serving rural and remote communities. The museum is set to make a lasting impact on childhood …

NMSU to host NM State Esports Invitational tournament April 6 & 7

The largest esports tournament in New Mexico will kick off this weekend at New Mexico State University. Now in its third year, the NM State Esports Invitational is open to the community …
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Brandon Bell

Raising voices, bringing classical style to the borderlands

When Jorge Martinez-Rios started with music as a child, he had no use for opera. But then, as a musician, he started hearing it. “As soon as I started listening – one aria and …

Grupo Control headlines ¡Mira! Las Cruces

Visit Las Cruces’ annual ¡Mira! Las Cruces fest kicks-off its second year with an expanded presence in the heart of downtown and an all-new live performance lineup. The event is designed …

Arts roundup

"Glass in the Garden” open house fundraiser The Mesquite Street Amigos are holding several community events to celebrate the 175th birthday in the Las Cruces original townsite …

‘In the Next Room’ offers good vibes at Black Box

Few plays brilliantly tie together multiple thought-provoking themes. Fewer elicit consistent laughter. No Strings Theatre Company’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s “In the Next Room does both.
Virtual Gallery

Arts Scene/Gallery Guide

Please join us in visiting southern New Mexico artists in their web-based galleries. While we can’t yet go to these galleries and studios and spend our time perusing the amazing work of …

Lisa Alden

Lisa Alden has always loved art and has been creating since childhood. Before formal training in art she worked in hospitality and medical career fields and in 2000 earned a B.S. in chemistry from …

Maria Aragon

Maria Aragon is a self-taught artist working mainly in oil paint on either canvas, artist's board or paper. She is a symbolist who combines figures from the West, including the Americas, with symbols …

Jean-Robert P. Béffort

Jean-Robert P. Béffort is a mixed-media assemblage sculpture and collage artist who lives in Silver City and operates a 4,000 square-foot contemporary studio and art gallery called …

Mary Beagle

Mary Beagle has primarily worked with oil on canvas; her paintings reflect her love of native and Latino cultures and celebrations. She incorporates geometric or native designs into her compositions …

Margaret Bernstein

Margaret Bernstein was meandering through a profession of words, interviews and teenagers when, on a whim, she fell suddenly into experimenting with paints and brushes in Las …

Victoria Chick

Victoria Chick established her painting studio near Silver City after a 40-year art career as studio artist, registered art therapist and a combined 15 years as adjunct instructor at the University …

Ruth Drayer

Ruth Drayer's work is non-objective; she is painting color and color relationships and has developed her own technique. Rather than beginning with an idea, Drayer textures her blank canvas with a …
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