August 1-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28 into September
August
Monday 07
Silver City/Grant County
Open Mic—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Tuesday 08
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
White Sands
Full Moon Nights—Also Aug. 9. Special programs presented by park rangers or guest speakers. Experience the beauty of the full moon on the white sands. 8:30 p.m. White Sands National Monument, 679-2599 / 479-6124, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Thursday 10
Silver City/Grant County
Ed Teja—Acoustic Cafe. $3. 7 p.m. Dos Baristas Coffee Gallery, 112 W. Yankie St., 388-5952.
Live Music—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Shrek—Part of Penny Park's Movies in the Park series. Movies every Thursday at dusk (around 8 p.m.). Rated G. Penny Park Amphitheater, 1305 Grant St., 534-0261, www.pennypark.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Cotton and Cotton Ginning: Past, Present and Future—S.E. Hughs, an agricultural engineer and research leader for the US Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service at the Southwest Cotton Ginning Laboratory, conducts a broad program of research on cotton ginning and speaks on the subject. 7 p.m. Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.frhm.org.
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
Friday 11
Silver City/Grant County
Bob Einweck—7:30 p.m. Silver City Brewing Company, 101 E. College, 534-2739.
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.Scott VanLinge—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Exit the King—Through Aug. 12. See Aug. 4. $6, $5 students and seniors. 8 p.m., Black Box Theater, 430 N Downtown Mall, 527-0207.
Into the Woods—Through Aug. 13. 8 p.m. NMSU Music Center Recital Hall, 646-2304.
Mongolian Ping Pong—Through Aug. 17. The steady sound of wind over open fields is the only soundtrack for Hao Ning's film, and that lovely bit of texture is one of many artful touches that make this small, human story interesting and pleasing to watch. Ning's story centers on young Bilike, a boy living on his family's ranch in a treeless, grassy landscape that stretches on endlessly in every direction, and where their closest neighbor is somewhere over the curve of the earth. The catalyst in the film is a white ping pong ball that floats downstream one day and is plucked out of the water by Bilike, who shows it around his community to learn its purpose. He shares his treasure with his two pals, and they thrive on the mystery of it, until they hear on television that ping pong is the national sport, and determine that theirs must be ''the national ball.'' The three boys set out to Beijing to return it, a trip that quickly digresses from a fun adventure to a seriously dangerous situation. Nightly 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinee 2:30 p.m. $6, members $4, students and seniors $5, matinees $5, Wednesdays $4. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8278, www.fountaintheatre.org.
Nunsations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue—Through Aug. 27. This musical revue directed by Art Haggerton takes the sisters on a brand-new adventure. When a parishioner volunteers to donate $10,000 to the sisters' school if they will perform in a club in Las Vegas, Mother Superior is hesitant to accept. However, after being convinced by the other sisters that "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas," Reverend Mother agrees. Performing in "The Pump Room" at the Mystique Motor Lodge, the sisters experience "show biz" like never before. $9, students/seniors $8, six and under $6. Fridays and Saturday 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org.
TRO1S!Fest—Through Aug. 26. Lo-fi productions presents "The Really Original 1-Act Script Festival." $5. Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Southwest Fitness Center, 1309 E. Foster Road, 650-3496. lo_fiproductions@hotmail.com.
White Sands
Friday Night Star Talk—Learn the summer constellations and ancient legends of the stars. $3 (17 and over), White Sands National Monument, 679-2599 / 479-6124, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Saturday 12
Silver City/Grant County
27th Annual Silver City Gun Show—Through Aug. 13. Gila Fish and Gun Club. 8 a.m., Santa Clara National Guard Armory, 388-2360, nmzoocrew@yahoo.com.
Eddy Harrison—Cowboy poetry and music. 7 p.m. Gila Cliff Dwellings visitor center amphitheater. 536-9461.
Friends of the Underground—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
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.Mogollon Mountain Man Stories—8 p.m. Gila Cliff Dwellings visitor center amphitheater. 536-9461.
Pre-Hunt Shoot—The Mangus Bowmen offer shooting classes for all types of shooters. 8 a.m. Fort Bayard. 388-2737, www.mangusbowmen.com.
Root Skankadelic—Part of Penny Park's Music in the Park series. 7:30 p.m., Penny Park Amphitheater, 1305 Grant St., 534-0261, www.pennypark.org.
Silver City Farmers' Market—8:30 a.m.-noon every Saturday. 6th and Bullard St. 536-9681.
Stop Making Sense—Summer Outdoor Film Series. One of the more cinematic concert films, directed by Jonathan Demme, this film centers around two performances by the Talking Heads. The film starts with David Byrne doing a solo version of "Psycho Killer," followed by band members slowly joining him onstage. Byrne wears the infamous "big suit" and the band cooks for 18 songs. Demme also catches an interesting shadow play going on behind the band. $3. Dusk. College Street Plaza, 301 W. College, www.silverfilm.org.
Sun Dog Days—Book signing by Slim Randles. 2-4 p.m. Desert Blossom Books, 117 E. College Ave., 388-3475.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Craig's Wife—Monica F. Torres, assistant English professor at NMSU, helps present a look at one of the first women to direct feature films in the US, Dorothy Arzner. Torres presents this 1936 film, which stars Rosalind Russell, a powerful drama about a married woman whose unrelenting greed and ambition eventually cause her own downfall. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by George Kelly. $3, free to Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287 / 522-0286.
Exit the King—See Aug. 4. $6, $5 students and seniors. 8 and 11 p.m., Black Box Theater, 430 N Downtown Mall, 527-0207.
Into the Woods—Through Aug. 13. 8 p.m. NMSU Music Center Recital Hall, 646-2304.
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
Nunsations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue—Through Aug. 27. See Aug. 11. $9, students/seniors $8, six and under $6. 8 p.m. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown Mall,
523-1200, www.lcctnm.org.Regular Season Racing—Southern New Mexico Speedway Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Legends. 5 p.m. Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 524-7913, www.snmspeedway.com.
Scaly Slimy—Four-week live animal program for children 3-10. 10 a.m. Museum of Natural History, Mesilla Valley Mall, 700 S. Telshor Blvd, 522-3120, astafford@las-cruces.org, www.las-cruces.org/Public-Services/museumnh.
TRO1S!Fest—Through Aug. 26. See Aug. 11. $5. 8 p.m., Southwest Fitness Center, 1309 E. Foster Road, 650-3496, lo_fiproductions@hotmail.com.
Alamogordo
Summer Tailgate Party—Great musical entertainment under the summer night sky in the parking lot of the Museum of Space History. 8-10 p.m. 437-2202, www.flickingercenter.com.
Sunday 13
Silver City/Grant County
27th Annual Silver City Gun Show—8 a.m., Santa Clara National Guard Armory, 388-2360, nmzoocrew@yahoo.com.
Mogollon Mountain Man Book Reading—10 a.m.-noon. Gila Cliff Dwellings visitor center. 536-9461.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Into the Woods—Through Aug. 13. 3 p.m. NMSU Music Center Recital Hall, 646-2304.
Music in the Park—Cajun flavor music with Bayou Seco and Americana/Roots music with Next Chapter. 7 p.m. Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada Ave, 541-2200, www.las-cruces.org.
Nunsations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue—Through Aug. 27. See Aug. 11. $9, students/seniors $8, six and under $6. 2 p.m. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown Mall,
523-1200, www.lcctnm.org.Deming
Cellist Veronica Nettles—With pianist Leah Houpt. Works by Vivaldi, DeBussy, Elgar. Deming Arts Council presentation. 4:30 p.m. Donation. First United Methodist Church, 1020 S. Granite. 546-3663 / 544-7215.
August 1-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28 into September