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MONDAY 27
Silver City/Grant County
Open Mic—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
42nd Annual American Indian Week—Through April 2. Various locations
at NMSU, 646-4207, amerind@nmsu.edu, www.nmsu.edu/~aip/amerindweek.html.
Lineae Terrarum—Through March 30. International borders conference
that will bring more than 300 researchers from all over the world to
discuss border policies in the Middle East, the US, Mexico, Africa,
Asia and Europe. NMSU will host the conference March 29 in the Corbett
Center Student Union. www.research.utep.edu/lineaeterrarum.
Graphic Design Event—Through March 29. D.W. Williams Art Center,
NMSU Williams Hall, 646-2245, artdepartment.nmsu.edu.
TUESDAY 28
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Hawthorn Heights, From First
to Last —Grammy-nominated music groups play at NMSU. $30, 6:30 p.m.
Aggie Memorial Stadium.
646-7525.
Greg Mack—NMSU geological sciences professor
Greg Mack will give the presentation "Crustal Extension and Historical Earthquakes
in Central Greece." 3:30 p.m. NMSU Science Hall room 107.
646-5282.
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
Marches and More: Symphonic Band—NMSU Jazz Ensembles and Symphonic
Band. The music selection will remind the audience of the old outdoor
band concert on the town square. 8 p.m. $7, seniors $6, students $4.
NMSU Music Center Recital Hall, 646-1420/646-2304, www.nmsu.edu/~music/ensembles/winds.
WEDNESDAY 29
Silver City/Grant County
WNMU Mustangs Softball vs. Montana State, Billings—12 and 2 p.m.
WNMU Mustang Softball Field, 538-6091, www.wnmu.edu/athletic.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium—Through
March 31. Presentations, panel discussions and exhibits on justice
for women. NMSU campus. 646-2001.
THURSDAY 30
Silver City/Grant County
WNMU Mustangs Softball vs. Montana State, Billings—12 and 2 p.m.
WNMU Mustang Softball Field, 538-6091, www.wnmu.edu/athletic.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
FRIDAY 31
Silver City/Grant County
The Importance of Being Earnest—Through April 8. In this Oscar Wilde
classic, Algernon Moncrief and Jack Worthing engage in a sometimes
suspenseful and always comical game of identity swapping. Each pretends
to be a man by the name of Ernest in hopes of winning the affections
of the women they pursue. But when little Cecily and Gwendolen (the
targets of their affection) meet in the rose garden, it becomes clear
that something is not right. Wilde's play takes place at the turn of
the 19th century when the Victorian era was on the decline and new
ideas about the world, including the marvels of the scientific age,
were just coming into being. Wilde's play on language and poking fun
of society maintains its wit and humor to this day. Presented by Western
New Mexico University's Expressive Arts Department Drama Discipline.
March 31 and April 1, 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. and April 2 matinee at 2:30
p.m. Admission to all performances is by donation to the Herb McCraff
Foundation Drama Fund or a gift of food to support the Grant County
animal shelter. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. 538-6502.
Live Music—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Melodrama Theatre—8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House, 388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama.
Mimbreno Art and Archaeology—Through April 3. Participants in this
workshop explore the life and art of the Mimbreno people, who inhabited
southwest New Mexico 1,000 years ago. The workshop is led by internationally
known art historian Dr. J. J. Brody, who guides participants in examining
classic black-and-white Mimbres vessels, explore nearby petroglyph
and archaeological sites, and discover the complex human history of
the Mimbres Valley. $760. Bear Mountain Lodge, (877) 620-2327, mgonsior@tnc.org,
www.bearmountainlodge.com.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Big Time Hoops Boys High School Basketball Showcase—Through April
2. Onate High School, 6800 N. Main St. on Hwy. 70, www.bigtimehoops.com.
Fuddy Meers—Through April 15. This poignant and brutal new comedy
traces one woman's attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by
a curio cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters. $5. 8 p.m. Lo-Fi
Productions, Southwest Fitness Center, 1309 E. Foster Road,
650-3496 / 312-6164,
lo_fiproductions@hotmail.com.
NMSU Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Fresno State—6:05 p.m. Presley Askew
Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
NMSU Aggies Women's Softball vs. Louisiana Tech—5 p.m. Presley Askew
Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
APRIL SATURDAY 01
Silver City/Grant County
Melodrama Theatre—"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.
The Importance of Being Earnest—Through April 8. See March 31. 7:30
p.m. Donation. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. 538-6502.
Live Music—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Silver Heels Community Dance Band—Featuring Bayou Seco, Fiddling
Friends and Fiddle Club. Polkas, waltzes, chotis, the Broom dance,
the Handkerchief dance, la Bastrange and more. 7:30-10:30 p.m. UU Fellowship
Hall, 3845 N. Swan, 534-0298, bayouseco@aol.com, www.bayouseco.com.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Cowboy del Amor—A documentary comedy about a
cowboy-turned-matchmaker who can't manage his own love life. It
follows self-proclaimed "Cowboy
Cupid" Ivan Thompson, as he finds Mexican brides for disillusioned
American men searching for the perfect wife. His clients include
Rick, an ex-marine long-distance truck driver, and Lee, a hopeful
70-year-old Vietnam veteran. They pay $3,000 for a 600-mile bus
ride into the heart of Mexico in a search for true love. Thompson
will appear in person for this screening to talk about his adventures
in matchmaking. See the February 2006 Desert
Exposure. Admission
(includes museum) adults $3, seniors $2, ages 6 to 17 $1. 1:30
p.m. Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road,
522-4100, www.frhm.org.
Annual Aggie Day at NMSU—Unify NMSU and the greater Las Cruces community
and celebrate the founding of the university 115 years ago . University
recognition, entertainment performances, group activities, philanthropy,
food and other activities. A family event. University Ave. from Jordan
to Espina St. 646-3616/430-2503/646-0111.
Back by Noon—Hueco Tanks. Spend April Fool's Day
looking for birds at Hueco Tanks. Easy hike, see lots of birds.
Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N. Downtown Mall, 522-5552, www.wildmesquite.org.
Fuddy Meers—See March 31. $5. 8 p.m. Southwest
Fitness Center, 1309 E. Foster Road, 650-3496 / 312-6164, lo_fiproductions@hotmail.com.
Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra Classics Series:
Classic V —Through April 2. Streiche, Ravel, Bolero. Lucille Beer,
mezzo-soprano. $25. Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. NMSU Music Center
Recital Hall, 646-3709, jylenewright@lascrucessymphony.com, www.lascrucessymphony.com.
NMSU Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Fresno State—6:05 p.m. Presley Askew
Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
NMSU Aggies Men's Tennis vs. New Mexico—11 a.m. NMSU Tennis Courts,
646-5151, www.nmstatesports.com.
NMSU Aggies Women's Softball vs. Louisiana Tech—12 and 2 p.m. Presley
Askew Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
NMSU Aggies Women's Tennis vs. New Mexico—1 p.m. NMSU Tennis Courts,
646-5151, www.nmstatesports.com.
Preseason Scramble—Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Super Trucks, Legends.
5 p.m. Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 524-7913, www.snmspeedway.com.
Saturday Family Day—Cuzco Placemat. 2 and 3:30 p.m. NMSU Museum,
Kent Hall, 646-5161/646-3739, www.nmsu.edu/~museum/event.htm.
Hatch
Spring Art Festival—Celebrate spring in New Mexico at this juried
fine arts and crafts festival. 267-5050, connectionearth@peoplepc.com
Radium Springs
National Public Observatory Stars-N-Parks—$5.
Program starts at 7:30, arrive before. Leasburg Dam State Park.
527-8386 / 532-1486, www.Astro-NPO.org,
jgilkiso@zianet.com.
SUNDAY 02 [DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS]
Silver City/Grant County
The Importance of Being Earnest—Through April 8. See March 31. 2:30
p.m. Donation. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. 538-6502.
Live Music—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Melodrama Theatre—8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House,
388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
First Sunday Reading—Leo Romero, Santa Fe poet,
fiction writer and bookseller painter, and Gwendolyn Mintz, Las
Cruces poet and fiction writer, read from their work. Followed
by reception and book signing. 3 p.m. Branigan Library, 521-9314
/ 528-4049.
Mesilla Valley Track Club 5K Run/25K Bike/500M Swim—Start and finish
at New Mexico State University Natatorium. USA Triathlon sanction.
8 a.m. 524-7824. doneugenia@aol.com.
NMSU Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Fresno State—6:05 p.m. Presley Askew
Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
MONDAY 03
Silver City/Grant County
Open Mic—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Opening Our Heart—Mondays through April 10. See March 6. 7-8:30 p.m.
116 W. Las Cruces Ave. 292-5293, www.meditationinnewmexico.org.
FRIDAY 07
Silver City/Grant County
Folk Series at the Opera House: Tracy Grammer—Grammer
plays from "Flower
of Avalon," her first full-length album since her musical
partner Dave Carter died suddenly in July 2002. Performing with
her is Jim Henry, long-time collaborator, playing acoustic guitar,
electric guitar, dobro, mandolin and vocals. Mimbres Region Arts
Council. $15 members, $18 non-members. Pinos Altos Opera House.
538-2505, info@mimbresarts.org, www.mimbresarts.org.
The Importance of Being Earnest—Through April 8. See March 31. 7:30
p.m. Donation. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. 538-6502.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
6th Annual Border Cup Soccer Tournament—Through April 9. High Noon
Soccer League and New Mexico Rush Soccer Club. All-day event. High
Noon Soccer Complex, 2004 Bruins Lane, 649-0321, nmrushlc@yahoo.com,
www.zianet.com/soccerlc.
Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Sacramento State—6:05 p.m. NMSU Presley
Askew Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Blithe Spirit—Through April 23. Novelist Charles
Condomine and his second wife never dreamed that by holding a seance,
they would summon back Charles' first wife, now "passed over" for
seven years. The first wife has a ghostly plot in mind: If she
can get Charles into an automobile accident and make a ghost of
him, life in the spirit world will have more appeal for her. Fridays
and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. $8, students and seniors $7,
children six and under, $5. Las Cruces Community Theatre, 313 N.
Downtown Mall. 523-1200. www.lcctnm.org.
Fuddy Meers—See March 31. $5. 8 p.m. Lo-Fi Productions, Southwest
Fitness Center, 1309 East Foster Road,
650-3496 / 312-6164.
Magic at the Symphony—With Lyn Dillies. Las
Cruces Symphony Orchestra Family Concert begins with an instruments "petting zoo" in
the Recital Hall lobby at 6 p.m. $5. 7 p.m. NMSU Music Center Recital
Hall, 646-3709, jylenewright@lascrucessymphony.com, www.lascrucessymphony.com
SATURDAY 08
Silver City/Grant County
Melodrama Theatre—8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House,
388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama.
Rally Obedience Seminar with Eileen Jaffe—Hosted by Wilderness Kennel
Club. Rally Fun Match 1 p.m. Registration deadline April 1. 9 a.m.-12
p.m. 538-0287/534-3981, www.zianet.com/wkc, kblisard@hotmail.com.
The Importance of Being Earnest—Through April 8. See March 31. 7:30
p.m. Donation. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. 538-6502.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
17th Annual Frontier Day—Demonstrations of 1865-91
Indian Wars military life including cavalry, infantry, artillery
and camp life. Further demonstrations illustrate the daily life
and trials of women at the post and children's period games and
toys, as well as historic/contemporary musical entertainment. Staff
dress up and recreate life in the Old West as they honor the Buffalo
Soldiers, an all-black cavalry sent to Fort Selden to protect settlers
from the Apache raids after the Civil War. Fort Selden State Monument,
526-8911 / 800-429-9488.
Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Sacramento State—6:05 p.m. NMSU Presley
Askew Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Artist Show & Demonstration—Dan Stouffer,
watercolor artist. 1-4 p.m. Glenn Cutter Jewelers and Gallery,
2640 El Paseo, 524-4300, glencutter@aol.com.
Back by Noon—Otero Mesa: ecology and petroglyphs. Southwest Environmental
Center, 275 N. Downtown Mall, 522-5552, www.wildmesquite.org.
Blithe Spirit—Through April 23. See April 7. 8 p.m. $8, students
and seniors $7, children six and under, $5. Las Cruces Community Theatre,
313 N. Downtown Mall. 523-1200. www.lcctnm.org.
Friendly Persuasion—In this 1956 film, Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire
star as the parents of a Quaker family who find their traditional beliefs
and way of life challenged during the Civil War. A simple trip to the
county fair exposes the family to dancing, gambling, music and violence,
all things their religion does not support. The ultimate test to their
traditions arises when they need to defend their farm from Confederate
raiders. Admission (includes museum) adults $3, seniors $2, ages 6
to 17 $1. 1 p.m. Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs
Road, 522-4100, www.frhm.org.
Fuddy Meers—See March 31. $5. 8 p.m. Lo-Fi Productions,
Southwest Fitness Center, 1309 East Foster Road,
650-3496 / 312-6164.
Las Cruces Sun Kings vs. Albuquerque Razorbacks—Location TBA. 639-0750,
avalos2801@msn.com.
Saturday Family Day—Peruvian Bird Feather Art.
2 and 3:30 p.m. NMSU Museum, Kent Hall, 646-5161 / 646-3739, www.nmsu.edu/~museum/event.htm.
Trail Work Day—National Volunteer Month work day. Chihuahuan Desert
Nature Park, six miles north on Jornada Road off Hwy. 70 east. 524-3334,
www.cdnp.org, cdnp_rink@zianet.com.
Deming
Annual Desert Alive: Springtime in the Desert Program—Displays by
the Friends of Rockhound/Spring Canyon State Park, Deming Garden Club,
Master Gardeners, National Wildlife Federation and others. Joan Day-Martin,
New Mexico's hummingbird bander, is a highlight as well as nature walks,
native plant discussions, butterfly information, tours of the botanical
garden and the new pollinator garden. Rockhound State Park, 546-6182.
SUNDAY 09
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Blithe Spirit—Through April 23. See April 7. 2 p.m. $8, students
and seniors $7, children six and under, $5. Las Cruces Community Theatre,
313 N. Downtown Mall.
523-1200. www.lcctnm.org.
Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Sacramento State—1:05 p.m. NMSU Presley
Askew Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Machinas & White on Black—Artwork by Dennis Lujan. Sculpture
and colored pencil portraits. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Hecho Art & Décor.
1910 Calle de Parian in old Mesilla. 526-2401.
Trombone Studio Recital—8 p.m. NMSU Music Center Recital Hall, 646-2421,
www.nmsu.edu/~music.
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