MARCH 14
Grant County/Silver City
Greg Renfro—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos,
538-9911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Tres Vidas—A Celebration of the Lives of Famous Latin American Women—Actress and singer Georgina Corbo, together with the Core Ensemble, celebrates the achievements and contributions of artist Frida Kahlo, poet Alfonsina Storni and activist Rufina Amaya, and reveals how their work challenged traditional notions of gender, identity and sexuality. 7 p.m. NMSU Music Recital Hall, 646-3448, lmorrell@nmsu.edu.
15
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 Hadley Ave., 525-6752.
16
Grant County/Silver City
Remembering Los Alamos: World War II—A documentary film featuring interviews of Manhattan Project veterans. Theresa Strottman, who produced the documentary, conducted most of the interviews, and wrote the script, will answer questions after the screening. 7 p.m. WNMU Student Memorial Building Seminar Room.
17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Grant County/Silver City
Melanie Zipin & Jeff—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos,
538-9911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Doc Holliday and the Angel of Mercy—Through March 20. See March 5. 7 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 Hadley Ave., 525-6752.
St Patty's Day Celebration Luncheon—Las Cruces Newcomers Connection, with Kelley Cleary Coffeen, home economist and TV personality with NBC in El Paso. Reservations recommended. Newcomers game 11 a.m., speaker at noon. Columbus Conference Center, Mesilla Valley Best Western, Avenida de Mesilla at I-10. Reservations, 621-3146.
Elephant Butte
Brown Bag Series—12-1 p.m. Elephant Butte Lake State Park,
744-5998.
18
Grant County/Silver City
Recent Work by Gabriela Denton—Opening of art exhibit. Reception 4-8 p.m. Silver Cooks & Flowerings, 215 W. Yankie, 534-4514.
Melanie Zipin & Jeff—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos,
538-9911.
Wally Lawder—7:30 p.m. Twisted Vine, 108 Broadway, 388-2828.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Bad Education—Through March 24. Gael Garcia Bernal is the irresistible femme fatale of this atypical film noir where reality and fiction refract against each other as a love triangle between two boys (now adults) and a priest dissolves into a tale of deception and murder. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Spanish with English subtitles. 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.
Benjy Rivas and the BBR Band—Bluegrass. Finally Friday performance. 12-1 p.m. Downtown Mall, 528-3204.
Doc Holliday and the Angel of Mercy—Through March 20. See March 5. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
NMSU Aggies Baseball vs. California State-Northridge—Through March 20. Friday and Saturday 6 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. NMSU Presley Askew Complex, Stewart St., 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Southern New Mexico Softball Tourney—Through March 19. Call for schedule. Las Cruces Sports Complex Field of Dreams, 2505 Tashiro Road, 527-5812, www.lcps.k12.nm.us.
Tape—Through March 19. See March 4. 8 p.m. $5. Southwest Fitness Center, 1309 E. Foster Road, 650-3496.
19
Grant County/Silver City
Women and the Corrido—Second in the Ballads Without Borders series. $5, students/seniors $3. 7 p.m. Cobre Schools Performing Arts Center, Bayard. Information, 538-5921/388-5054.
Growing and Using Scented Geraniums—Class by The Kitchen Gardener. $25 fee includes materials. Registration/fee payment deadline March 14. Class size limited. 10 a.m.-noon. Silver City Public Library meeting room 515 W. College Ave. Information, 534-1770, www.thekitchengardener.biz.
Melanie Zipin & Jeff—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Mogollon Rim Fiber Guild—9:30 a.m., room 206, Chino building, WNMU. 538-5685/388-2343.
Rotary Fund Raiser—6 p.m. WNMU Intramural Gym. Information, 534-3383.
WNMU Men's and Women's Tennis vs. Sul Ross State—10 a.m. WNMU, 538-6218, www.wnmu.edu/athletic.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
19th Biennial Mesilla Valley Postage Stamp Show—Through March 20. See story in February issue. Large stamp dealer bourse, competitive one-frame exhibition, prizes for winning exhibits, door prizes, souvenir cacheted covers. Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Belton Bridge Center, 1214 E. Madrid Ave., 522-2949, RHiss@zianet.com.
Annual Irish Tea—With music by Ballyheigue. 2-4 p.m. Enchanted Gardens, 413 W. Griggs Ave., 524-1886.
Club Fusion Talent Search—9 a.m.-5 p.m. Club Fusion, 101 E. Union Ave., 541-5181, www.las-cruces.org/public-services/recreation/.
Douglas Ashcraft—NMSU Keyboard Concert Series. Ashcraft's long list of performing credits includes recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City, and Wigmore Hall and Oxford University in England. His program will include Handel's Suite in D Minor, Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit and Liszt's Sonata in B Minor. 8 p.m. $8, students $5. for students. Pan American Center, 646-1420, panam.nmsu.edu.
Hike to Cooke's Peak—Led by Charles Galt of the New Mexico Native Plant Society. Meet in the Holiday Inn parking lot, Main and University Ave., 8 a.m. 523-8413.
Leprechaun Mile Walk—Call for location and time. 541-2581/541-2554/(888) 619-9255.
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 Hadley Ave., 525-6752.
NMSU Aggies Baseball vs. California State-Northridge—6 p.m. NMSU Presley Askew Complex, Stewart St., 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Painting Madame X—Through March 27. See March 11. 8:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
Peace Rally: Bring Our Troops Home—Rally and march with speakers, music, entertainment. 2 p.m. Young Park, Walnut St. 532-0858.
Sky Safari—Viewing includes Virgo, M42, Coma Berenices, Taurus. 7:30 p.m. La Llorona Park, W. Picacho Ave. & Rio Grande River, 522-3120.
Tape—Through March 19. See March 4. 8 p.m. $5. Southwest Fitness Center, 1309 E. Foster Road, 650-3496.
The Belle of Amherst—Through March 26. See March 4. 6 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
The Day After Trinity—This stark 1980 documentary film is about J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was in charge of the Manhattan Project. Debbie Bingham, public affairs specialist from White Sands Missile Range, will be on hand to share more information about New Mexico's role in the never-ending controversy concerning nuclear weapons.
Elephant Butte
There's Gold in Them There Hills—Ranger Terry White on old mining history, demonstration of mining techniques. 2-3 p.m. Elephant Butte Lake State Park, 744-5998.
20
Grant County/Silver City
Bad Education—Gael Garcia Bernal is the irresistible femme fatale of this atypical film noir where reality and fiction refract against each other as a love triangle between two boys (now adults) and a priest dissolves into a tale of deception and murder. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Spanish with English subtitles. International Film Society screening. 4 p.m. Real West Cinema, Hwy. 180E, info@silverfilm.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Doc Holliday and the Angel of Mercy—See March 5. 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
Mesilla Valley Concert Band—Featuring guest soloist Fred Bugbee, xylophone, and guest conductor John Schutz. 3 p.m. NMSU Music Center Recital Hall, North Horseshoe Circle and Espina St., 646-2421/521-7833.
NMSU Aggies Baseball vs. California State-Northridge—1 p.m. NMSU Presley Askew Complex, Stewart St., 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
The Belle of Amherst—Through March 26. See March 4. 7 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
Hillsboro
Steve Smith and Ballyheigue—Irish music in honor of St. Patrick's Day. 3 p.m. Hillsboro Community Center, 743-3841.
White Sands
Bataan Memorial Death March—Commemorates the Bataan Death March, when Japanese soldiers force-marched 11,700 Americans—more than 1,600 from New Mexico—to prison camps in World War II. The march begins and ends at the White Sands Frontier Club. Call for times. White Sands Missile Range, 678-1134/678-1256, www.bataanmarch.com, bataan@wsmr.army.mil.
<< View Previous Period View Next Period >>
Back to top of page.
|
March 2005