Monday 12

Silver City/Grant County

Open Mic Night—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Circus Chimera—4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. $10-$19, White Big Top Tent.

RV & Outdoor Sports Expo—Southern NM State Fairgrounds. 649-6545.

Tuesday 13

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Las Cruces Symphony String Quartet—5:30 p.m., Rio Grande Theater, 211 Downtown Mall, www.daarts.org.

NMSU Aggies Men's Tennis vs. Radford—NMSU Tennis Courts, Gregg & Williams Sts. 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.

Wednesday 14

Silver City/Grant County

Trivia Night—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

My Country is Alive: A Southern Tutchone Life—Coffee with the Deans and remarks by Beth O'Leary. See "Changing the Equation" feature in this section. 8:15-9:15 a.m., Women's Studies Program Office & Meeting Room Science Hall 286.

NMSU Aggies Men's Tennis vs. Minnesota—NMSU Tennis Courts, Gregg & Williams Sts. 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.

Teaching About Native Plants—Biology instructor Ray Bowers presents his methodology for teaching students about native plants of the Chihuahuan Desert for the Las Cruces Chapter of the New Mexico Native Plant Society. 7 p.m., Conference Room at University Terrace Good Samaritan Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle, 541-1877.

Thursday 15

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Computer Careers: Games, Animation and the Web Workshop—With hands-on demonstrations. See "Changing the Equation" feature in this section. 3-5 p.m., EC III Room 307 Engineering Complex.

Harmonic Healing by AwRa—3-6 p.m., $11/15 min. Funky Karma, 207 Avenida de Mesilla, 635-2275.

New Mexico Watercolor Society Meeting—Dorothy Peterson presents "From Abstract to Representational." $3 members, $5 non-members. Branigan Library, Dresp Room, 200 E. Picacho.

Alamogordo

Celtic Tenors—7:30 p.m., $10-$25, Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, 1110 New York Ave., 437-2202.

Friday 16

Silver City/Grant County

Bias Awareness Training—AKA "Cultural Competency." Geared specifically to those involved with behavioral health including but not limited to: education, mental health, law enforcement, medicine, social work and the administration of such programs.$25 (includes lunch). 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. WNMU Student Memorial Building, Third Floor Conference Room, 534-0665 x14, laura@wellnesscoalition.org.

Melodrama Theatre—8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House,
388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama.

Tamale Plate Dinner—Benefits the Hurley Pride Committee (see the February 2007 Desert Exposure) and community improvement projects. 4-7 p.m., $6/plate, Hurley Community Center, 537-2124.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Astronomy Open House—Night-sky viewing through high-powered telescopes and binoculars. Faculty and grad students available to provide explanations and answer questions. 8 p.m., NMSU, 646-4438.

Lipizzaner Stallions—7:30 p.m., NMSU Pan American Center, 646-1420.

Mini-Readings by Sharon Gaskill—3-7 p.m., $10/10 min. Funky Karma, 207 Avenida de Mesilla, 635-2275.

NMSU Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Sacramento State—Through March 18. NMSU Presley Askew Field, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.

Under the Sycamore Tree—Through March 25. See March 9. 8 p.m., $9, $8 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.

Volver—Through March 22. After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life. $6, $5 senior/students, $4 members/child. Wednesday $4. 7:30 p.m. nightly, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org.

Saturday 17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Silver City/Grant County

Fort Bayard High Irish Tea—2 p.m., Fort Bayard Historical Preservation Society, Fort Bayard Theatre, 388-4477, ceciliajb@aol.com, www.fortbayardhistoricpreservationsociety.org.

Melodrama Theatre—8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House,
388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama.

Mogollon Rim Fiber Guild Meeting—9 a.m., Chino Rom 206, 538-3138 / 388-4839.

St. Pat's Party—Live Irish music and optional corned beef and cabbage dinner. Dinner 5 p.m., music 7 p.m., Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.

Triple Jack Band—Rock n' Roll and blues. 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Isaac's Bar & Grill, Bullard & Broadway, 388-4090.

Tucson Playback Theatre—Playback Theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot. See story in Tumbleweeds section. 7:30 p.m., $5, Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard St., Tickets at Alotta Gelato, The Curious Kumquat or 534-1381.

Warp-Painting Workshop—$40, $20 deposit to register. Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, 388-4839, Jean@fiberartscollective.org.

WNMU Mustangs Softball vs. Mesa State College—12 and 2 p.m., WNMU Mustang Softball Field, 538-6091, www.wnmu.edu/athletic/w-softball/sporthome.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Dogs Day—Learn about pet safety, what to do if your pet is injured, what to take on your doggie adventure, and the importance of spaying and neutering your pets. 10-11 a.m., Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, Jordana Road, 524-3334, www.cdnp.org.

Henna by Maalaak—5-7 p.m. Cost depends on design. Funky Karma, 207 Avenida de Mesilla, 635-2275.

Irish Tea—Irish tea and cookies, Celtic music by Bob Hull and Bob Diven. 2-4 p.m., Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886.

Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market St Paddy's Day Party—Local growers and artists selling produce, honey, herbs, baked goods, spices, salsa, chile ritras, landscape plants, artwork and crafts. This event also includes a free craft table for the kids, who will be making bookmarks and having a leprechaun scavenger hunt. Stroll through the Farmers and Crafts Market while listening to the sounds of Irish music. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Downtown Mall, 541-2288, fcmarket@las-cruces.org.

Magic Carpet StoryTime—11:30 a.m., Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall. 523-6403, www.daarts.org , info@daarts.org.

Mesilla Valley Stamp Show—Through March 18. Belton Bridge Center, 1214 E. Madrid St., 522-2949.

Native Plant Hike—Members of the Las Cruces Chapter of the New Mexico Native Plant Society lead a hike to search for early spring flowers. Bring lunch, water and field guides and wear appropriate shoes. 9 a.m., Rio Grande Bank parking lot, University and Telshor. 541-1877.

NMSU Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Sacramento State—Through March 18. NMSU Presley Askew Field, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.

The San Patricio Brigade—During the US-Mexican War of 1846, more than 500 immigrant soldiers, mostly Irish, deserted the US Army and joined forces with Mexico. Were these men traitors or heroes? You be the judge in this 1996 documentary. Dubious about why they were fighting a Catholic country and fed up with mistreatment by their Anglo-Protestant officers, hundreds of Irish, German and other immigrants deserted the American Army and joined forces with Mexico. Led by Capt. John Riley of County Galway, Ireland, they called themselves the St. Patrick's Battalion (in Spanish, the San Patricios) and fought against their former comrades in all the major campaigns of the war. The history of the San Patricios is a woeful tale of angry, bewildered, naive or calculating young men, from varied backgrounds, who deserted for a myriad of reasons and paid a fearful price. $3, free for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m., Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe,
524-8287 / 522-0286.

Under the Sycamore Tree—Through March 25. See March 9. 8 p.m., $9, $8 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.

Deming

Stars N' Parks—Canis Major on the meridian, Andromeda setting in the west, Saturn 45 degrees up, Venus 17 degrees high. 7:15 p.m., City of Rocks State Park, 527-8386.

Sunday 18

Silver City/Grant County

WNMU Mustangs Softball vs. Mesa State College—11 a.m. and 1 p.m., WNMU Mustang Softball Field, 538-6091, www.wnmu.edu/athletic/w-softball/sporthome.

Volver—After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life. 4 p.m. Real West Cinema.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

David Copperfield, Master Illusionist—5:30 and 8:30 p.m. $45.50, $58.50. NMSU Pan American Center, 646-1420, panam.nmsu.edu, www.ticketmaster.com.

NMSU Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Sacramento State—NMSU Presley Askew Field, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.

Under the Sycamore Tree—Through March 25. See March 9. 2:30 p.m., $9, $8 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.

 

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