August 1-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28 into September
August
Monday 14
Silver City/Grant County
Open Mic—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Tuesday 15
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Cooking with Class—Rick Webb and Jesus Lugo, both members of the American Culinary Federation Chef's Association, will provide a menu of Forest Mushroom Terrine with Truffle Vinaigrette, Pollo al Mattone over a Trio of Legumes in a warm vinaigrette on a bed of Pesto Gnocchi and a sampling of Gelato served on a Tuile Disk for dessert. Registration required. $30, Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100.
Descubra el Desierto (Discover the Desert)—7 p.m. Las Cruces Museum of Natural History, Mesilla Valley Mall, 700 S. Telshor Blvd, 522-3120.
Fall Obedience Classes Registration—Wilderness Kennel Club. 6:30 p.m. WNMU Harlan Hall, 534-3981.
Wednesday 16
Silver City/Grant County
Ethnic Food Nite: Neopolitan Night—A fun evening of southern Italian food and live music. Limited to 50 people. Tickets available at the Vine. Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
Walk Dona Ana Walk Neighborhood Walk—Registration 6:30 p.m., walk begins at 7 p.m. Benavidez Center, 1545 McClure, 541-2581.
Thursday 17
Silver City/Grant County
Live Music—7 p.m. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911.
Secondhand Lions—Part of Penny Park's Movies in the Park series. Movies every Thursday at dusk (around 8 p.m.). Rated PG. Penny Park Amphitheater, 1305 Grant St., 534-0261, www.pennypark.org.
Songwriters in the Round—Acoustic Cafe. $3. 7 p.m. Dos Baristas Coffee Gallery, 112 W. Yankie St., 388-5952.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
Friday 18
Silver City/Grant County
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.
Wally Lawder—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Kinky Boots—Through Aug. 24. A long-established shoe firm in Northampton making traditional, high-class men's footwear is going broke. But the day is saved by the arrival of the most exotic creature to visit Northampton since Errol Flynn joined the local rep company 70 years ago. The factory's anxious new boss meets Lola, a black drag queen working in a Soho club. He comes to the Midlands to be fashion adviser as the firm switches to manufacturing sexy women's boots strong enough for cross-dressing males to wear. But will the new product be ready for the Milan Shoe Fair? Based on a true story, written by experienced TV hands and the cinematic debut of Julian Jarrold. Rated PG-13. 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. 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.SCAGA Net Flights Championship—Through Aug. 20. Sonoma Ranch Golf Course, 1274 Golf Club Road, 521-1818, www.sonomaranchgolf.com.
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.
USSSA Church League State Championship Men's Class C & Mixed—Through Aug. 19. Harty Fields, 1840 E. Hadley Ave. 541-1889, www.nmusssa.com.
White Sands
Friday Night Star Talks—Learn the summer constellations and ancient legends of the stars. $3 (17 and over) 8:30 p.m. White Sands National Monument, 679-2599/479-6124, www.nps.gov/whsa.
Saturday 19
Silver City/Grant County
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 Rim Fiber Guild—Program is on Japanese embroidery. 9 a.m. 538-3138.
Rhythm Mystic—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
Run to Copper Country 15th Annual Car Show—Classic cars and trucks dating from 1973 back to the early 1900s. See story in this issue. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., WNMU Old James Stadium.
388-3519 / 388-3468.Silver City Farmers' Market—8:30 a.m.-noon every Saturday. 6th and Bullard St. 536-9681.
Silver Heels Community Dance Band—All dances taught, no partner necessary. Virginia Reel, La Bastrange, Waltzes and two-steps, Polkas and Rancheras, the Broom Dance, more. 7:30-10 p.m. Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 3845 N. Swan St., 388-1727.
Summer Fling—Co-sponsored by KRWG public radio and Desert Exposure. Celebrate your favorite radio station and the 10th anniversary of your favorite publication. Wine tasting courtesy of Twisted Vine proprietor Jim Kolb, with summer hors d'oeuvres by the Courtyard Cafe at Gila Regional Medical Center. 4-6 p.m. Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
4th Annual Butterfly Flutterby—A family event to learn about butterflies. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, 524-3334, www.cdnp.org.
8th Annual Red Ribbon Bash—Entertainment, sit-down dinner, silent and live auctions. $60. Best Western Mesilla Valley Inn, 901 Avenida de Mesilla, 532-0202, www.caminodevida.org.
An Evening of Hope—Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services eighth annual Red Ribbon Bash. Sit-down dinner, music by Arnold Cardon Productions, silent and live auction. Tickets $60, limited to 300; reserve by Aug. 7. 6 p.m. Best Western Mesilla Valley Inn, 901 Avenida de Mesilla. 532-0202 / (800) 687-0850.
Doc Holliday and the Angel of Mercy—Through Aug. 20. By Oregon playwright Vaughn Marlowe, directed by NSTC's Artistic Director Ceil Herman. Patrick Payne stars as the famous Old West gambler and gunfighter, thinking back on his life as he prepares for the gunfight at the OK Corral. $9, $8 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Black Box Theater, 430 N. Downtown Mall,
527-0207.Gas, Food, Lodging—This 1992 film, which was shot in Deming, tells a very simple story about a family that could live off the exit ramp of just about any highway in America. Narrated by Shade, it is a lighthearted slice-of-life movie about a teenager stuck in a stifling small town with relatively no means of escape. Co-stars include James Brolin, Brooke Adam and Ione Skye. Rated R. $3, free to Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m. Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287 /
522-0286.Live Music—8-11 p.m. High Desert Brewing Co., 1201 W Hadley, 534-0298.
NMSU Aggies Volleyball Alumni—7 p.m. 646-1420 /
(866) 672-8524, www.nmstatesports.com.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, SCOA Wing Sprints, Street Stocks, Super Trucks, Hornets. 5 p.m. Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 524-7913, www.snmspeedway.com.
Sky Safari—Viewing includes Andromeda, M5, Pisces, Vega, with high-powered telescopes and guidance from the NMSU Astronomy Department. 8:30 p.m. La Llorona Park, west Picacho Ave. and Rio Grande. 522-3120, astafford@las-cruces.org.
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.
Deming
Music in the Park—Bring your chairs and enjoy an evening under the stars, dancing or listening. Rockhound State Park, jmranch@vtc.net, 546-6182.
Elephant Butte
Lions Club Carp Round-Up—Elephant Butte Lake, 894-7421.
Truth or Consequences
Sadie Orchard Day—A day of fun honoring Sierra County pioneer Sadie Orchard and the spirit of the early pioneers who settled the area. Sadie was a madam, hotel operator, stagecoach owner and driver, business woman, nurse to the sick, benefactor to many, and quite a colorful character. Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 Main St., 894-6600.
Annual Open Golf Tournament—T or C Municipal Golf Course, 894-0628.
Sunday 20
Silver City/Grant County
Gila Native Plant Society Hike—Little Walnut area and Eighty Mountain. 8 a.m., WNMU Fine Arts Theater parking lot. 388-8146.
Mountain Patrol Kekexili—When Beijing journalist Ga Yu arrives at the mystical camp of the Kekexili Mountain Patrol, he witnesses a Tibetan funeral and a village in mourning. Ga Yu is determined to uncover the real story behind the mysterious disappearance of patrol volunteers, the killing of rare Tibetan antelopes and the rumor that the Mountain Patrol collaborates with the poachers. Ga Yu joins a patrol headed out into 40,000 square kilometers of wilderness. At first an observer, distanced by the lens of his camera, Ga Yu slowly becomes personally involved in the struggle. He gradually becomes aware that this is not just a regular patrol but a journey about life. 4 p.m. WNMU-Silver City International Film Society. Real West Cinema II, Hwy. 180 E. www.silverfilm.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Doc Holliday and the Angel of Mercy—See Aug. 19. $9, $8 students and seniors. 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theater, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 527-0207.
Music in the Park—Beatles Tribute Band with Imagine. Pets not permitted. 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.
Sunday Family Fun Day: Harvest Festival—Spend the afternoon with your family! Enjoy trolley rides, demonstrations and booths featuring foods and fun activities for children. Regular museum admission. 12-4 p.m. Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100. www.frhm.org.
La Union
Music on the Patio—1-5 p.m. La Vina Vineyard Winery, 4201 S. on Hwy. 28, 882-7632, denise@lavinawinery.com.
August 1-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28 into September