D  e  s  e  r  t     E  x  p  o  s  u  r  e      january 2005

JANUARY 01 NEW YEAR'S DAY Silver City/Grant County Stasia & the Stasia Wagons--7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911. Las Cruces/Mesilla Tarnation--Through Jan. 6. In his spellbinding debut, Jonathon Caouette has re-imagined what a documentary could be. Since age 11, he has documented his life, weaving together an almost psychedelic array of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and bits of pop culture into a story of his life. In so doing, he has created an epic portrait of an American family with a legacy of mental illness, torn apart by dysfunction but reunited by the power of love. Unrated. Nightly at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Tickets $6, members $4, students and seniors $5. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org. Live Music--8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 Hadley Ave., 525-6752. 03 Las Cruces/Mesilla Looking Back: Photographs by Elaine Querry--Art exhibit on view through Jan. 31. A retrospective exhibit of fine-art photography by Elaine Querry. See Arts Exposure section. Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano Drive, 522-7281. NMSU Aggies Women's Basketball vs. University of Houston--7:05 p.m. Pan American Center, University Ave., 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com. 04 Las Cruces/Mesilla Live Music--8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 Hadley Ave., 525-6752. 05 Silver City/Grant County Live Music--7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911. 06 Silver City/Grant County Live Music--7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911. Las Cruces/Mesilla Live Music--8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 Hadley Ave., 525-6752. 07 Silver City/Grant County Greg Brown--Also Jan. 8. This favorite Silver City performer returns, with special guest Pieta Brown. Mimbres Region Arts Council Folk Series. 7:30 p.m. $18 MRAC members, $20 non-members. Pinos Altos Opera House. MRAC, 538-2505, www.mimbresarts.org. Latin jazz—From Buenas Aires. 7 p.m. Twisted Vine, 108 Broadway, 388-2828. Live Music--7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911. Melodrama Theatre--"The Legend of Billy the Kid or It's Just a Little Gun Play." Every Friday and Saturday. 8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House, 388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama. Las Cruces/Mesilla Being Julia--Through Jan. 13. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1937 novel Theatre, this costume comedy-drama is about the joys and sorrows of the art of acting. It explores the difference between fantasy and reality, as the world of theater becomes a metaphor for our everyday life roles. It features Annette Bening as a London theater actress in her 40s who is having a breakdown--now too old for ingenue roles--but who ultimately transcends her limits, with aid from her manager/husband, portrayed by Jeremy Irons. Directed by Istvan Szabo. Rated R. Nightly at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Tickets $6, members $4, students and seniors $5. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org. Rockin' in the New Year--Club Fusion, 101 East Union Ave., 541-5181, www.las-cruces.org/public-services/recreation.   << View Previous Period    View Next Period >> Back to top of page.