April 1-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-29 | 30 into May 2007
APRIL
Sunday 1
Silver City/Grant County
Art Opening—Works by Kourosh Amini. 4-6 p.m. Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
Mustang Stampede—5k run and two-mile walk. 8 a.m. WNMU PE Complex, 538-6237.
Walking the Dog on Boston Hill—Through May 15. Landscape caricatures by Hiram Lewis. Dos Baristas Coffee Gallery, 112 W. Yankie St., 388-4367.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Curse of the Golden Flower—Through April 5. It is the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, during the Tang Dynasty of the 10th century, and golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) has returned unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress' health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? Rated R. $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.
Explorations of an Eclectic Artist—Works by C.C. Cunningham. Reception 12-3 p.m., Tombaugh Gallery, 2000 S. Solano Dr., 522-7281.
Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra Classics Series: Classic V—3 p.m., NMSU Music Center Recital Hall.
Mesilla Valley Track Club Triathlon—5K Run, 25K Bike, 500 yd Swim. 8 a.m., NMSU, 524-7824.
NMSU Aggies Men's Baseball vs. Nevada—NMSU Presley Askew Field, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com.
Sea Turtle Splash—Family swim. 12-2 p.m., Frenger Pool, 523-0362.
Walk-n-Roll Tennis League—Sundays through May 6. The league is open to players with or without disabilities at all levels of experience. 5-6 p.m., NMSU Tennis Center,
education.nmsu.edu/nmsuape.Alamagordo
The Pajama Game—New Voice Theater. 2 p.m., Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, 1110 New York Ave., 437-2202.
Tuesday 3
Silver City/Grant County
Market Basket Workshop—$35, $20 deposit to register. Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, 388-4839, www.fiberartscollective.org.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Harvest Cooking Class—Enjoy cooking with strawberries, cauliflower and broccoli with Chef Carol Koenig. Pre-registration required. $20. 2-4 p.m., Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www.frhm.org.
Wednesday 4
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Oil on Ice—This film explores the effect US decisions about energy policy have had on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 6 p.m., Dresp Room A/B, Branigan Memorial Library, 525-4014.
Sisters in Law—Strong women in a small Kumba, Cameroon, courthouse in Africa transforming lives by protecting women and children from domestic violence. 30th Annual Margaret Mead Film Festival. 2 & 7 p.m., NMSU Corbett Center, 646-3200.
Thursday 5
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Gangbe Dance Band—ASNMSU
Cultural Series. 8 p.m., Rio Grande Theater, 211 Downtown Mall, 646-2070, www.daarts.org.
Symphony POPS 4 Kids—Family Concert. 6 p.m. pre-concert Instrument Petting Zoo, 7 p.m. concert. $5. Las Cruces Symphony Association, NMSU Recital Hall, 646-3709, www.daarts.org.
Friday 6 GOOD FRIDAY
Silver City/Grant County
Irish Fiddle Music Concert—With Paddy Jones (a return visit) and Rus Bradburd. Paddy Jones is a pure Sliabh Luchra fiddler, from an area deep in the hills of the Kerry-Cork border. His style has been unaffected by more trendy and popular styles. His sound seems to come out of an ancient and archaic Ireland of long ago. Besides the usual jigs, reels, slides and polkas, slow airs are an important part of his repertoire. $10, 7:30-9:30 p.m., UU Fellowship Hall, 3845 N. Swan, 534-0298, bayouseco@aol.com.
Melodrama Theatre—"Billy the Kid or It's Just a Little Gun Play." Every Friday and Saturday. See the March 2006 Desert Exposure. 8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House, 388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org/melodrama.
Welcome Breakfast for Newcomers—Limited to 15; reservations needed. 9-11 a.m. Gila Regional Medical Center, 538-4092, cmcandrew@grmc.org.
Wally Lawder—Twisted Vine, 108 E. Broadway, 388-2828.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Downtown Ramble—Art openings, exhibits, music, entertainment, open mic opportunities, shopping, refreshments. 5-7 p.m., Downtown Mall, 527-5018.
Little Children—Through April 12. The trouble—satiric and dead-serious in turn—begins when two adults are shaken out of their own childlike stupors one day by dangerous grown-up desire: Sarah (Kate Winslet), the restless mother of a little girl and wife of a man (Gregg Edelman) lost in work and Internet porn meets Brad (Patrick Wilson), the passive, handsome father of a little boy and stay-at-home husband of an alpha-female documentary filmmaker (Jennifer Connelly).What begins as an idle hug—a playground dare, really, to shock some gossipy mothers—becomes something first emotionally important, and then sexually urgent, even torrid. Rated R. $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.
New Collaborative at The Main Street Gallery—Works by Penny Duncklee, Daphne Wirthlin, Ruth Drayer, Mark Ploss, Lynn Unangst. Reception 5-7 p.m., Downtown Mall at Las Cruces Ave., 647-0508.
The Essentialists—Through April 30. Rio Grande Theater Gallery show opening. 5-7 p.m., Rio Grande Theater, 211 Downtown Mall, www.daarts.org.
Windows, Doors and Gates—Through April 27. Works by watercolor group The Essentialist. Reception 5-7 p.m., Rio Grande Theatre and Galleries, 211 Downtown Mall.
Woman Before a Glass—Through April 13. A poignant portrayal of a woman who lived an outrageous lifestyle while encouraging the development of modern art. $9, students $8, Thursday $6. Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m., Sunday 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
Deming
Bel Canto Grand Opening—See story in this issue. 5-7 p.m. Bel Canto Theater Cafe, 300 S. Diamond St., 544-8866.
Saturday 7
Silver City/Grant County
3rd Annual Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic—Bring your picnic, your kite, your family and friends and something to sit on. Free raffle for a kite. Prize for highest flying Wal-Mart plastic bag, anything goes. See story in this issue. 11 a..m.-3 p.m. Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths, second house on the left after mile marker 3 on Highway 159, north of Glenwood. 539-2841/539-2868.
Birds of Gold Gulch and Jack's Peak—Friends of the Burros Hike Series. Potential bird sightings include: Mountain Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Juniper Titmouse, Broad-tailed Hummingbird and Acorn Woodpecker. If we are lucky, Yellow-eyed Junco could be spotted, along with migrating Townsend's and Hermit Warblers and other migrating bird species. Easy hike, two miles. Bring water, lunch, good walking shoes, hat and sunscreen. No dogs, please. 9 a.m., Visitors' Center on Hudson and Broadway, carpool to the site. 388-5296, donnastevens@aznex.net.
Irish Fiddle Workshop—With Paddy Jones (see April 6). $20. 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 534-0298, bayouseco@aol.com.
Melodrama Theatre—8 p.m. Pinos Altos Opera House, 388-3848, www.pinosaltos.org melodrama.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Desperado—Bucho is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules a seedy Mexican border town. Bucho and his men make the mistake of angering El Mariachi, a former musician who now carries an arsenal in his guitar case. Bent on revenge, the musician-turned-killing machine arrives in town to put Bucho out of business, though he finds few allies except for Carolina, who runs a bookstore that doesn't seem to attract many readers. Rated R. $3, free for Mesilla Valley Film Society members. 1:30 p.m., Fountain Theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287/522-0286.
101 Gold Spring Fest Egg Hunt—Young Park, 527-1111.
Bold Statements in Gold, Paint and Clay—Works by Jo-an Smith and Suzanne Kane. Glenn Cutter Jewelers and Gallery, University & El Paseo.
Desert in Silk—Through April 30. With fanciful and intense colors, artist Judy Licht combines her love for the desert with her love of painting on silk in this interpretive capturing of the desert's beauty. Reception 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Patio Art Gallery, University & El Paseo, 541-7401, www.patioartgallery.com.
Egg Ornament Workshop—For families. 2-3:30 p.m., NMSU Museum, 646-3739.
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market Spring Eggstravaganza—Local and in-state growers sell produce in season as well as honey, herbs, baked goods, spices, salsa, chile ristras and landscape plants. Crafters sell a variety of handcrafted items including jewelry, woodwork, candles, pottery, fine art, needlework, furniture, leather works, clothing, bird houses and knives as well as photography and gourds. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Downtown Mall, 541-2288,
fcmarket@las-cruces.org.NMSU Aggies Women's Track & Field—11 a.m., NMSU Campus, 646-1420.
Tom Russell with Michael Martin. Tickets available at Hubbard's Music, $12, $10 students/seniors. 7 p.m. Rio Grande Theatre, Downtown Mall. 571-7435.
Trinity Site Tour—The 51,500-acre atomic bomb testing landmark includes base camp, ground zero and the McDonald ranch house, where the plutonium core to the bomb was assembled. Visit these sites and a part of the original crater left by the explosion, revealing Trinitite, a greenish-colored glassy substance formed by the heat and pressure of the explosion. If you don't feel like caravaning in your own vehicle, inquire about getting in on a comfort ride in an air conditioned motor coach or van. 8 a.m., 437-6120/678-1134/(800) 826-0294, www.wsmr. army.mil/pao/TrinitySite/trinst.htm.
Woman Before a Glass—Through April 13. See April 6. 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223,
www.no-strings.org.Alamogordo
Search and Rescue Fund Raiser—7:30 p.m., Flickinger Center for the Arts, 1110 New York Ave., 437-2202.
Deming
Land of the Mimbres—Through April 30. NM Watercolor Society Southern Chapter Annual Show. Reception 2-4 p.m., Deming Arts Council, 100 S. Gold St, 546-3663, demingarts@swnm.com.
Hatch
April Fool's Spring Art Festival—Celebrate spring in New Mexico where creativity is flying and blooming at this juried fine arts and crafts festival. Among the activities: Hatch Airport Fly-in; SW Regional Spaceport Celebration Launch; artist demonstrations; beer and wine garden; children's Make and Take Corner; art raffle; battle of the high school bands. 267-5050, connectionearth@peoplepc.com.
Radium Springs
Stars N' Parks—Hydra, Ursa Major and Leo on the meridian, Vela on the south point, Venus 22 degrees, Saturn 72 degrees. 8:35 p.m., Leasburg Dam State Park, 527-8386.
Sunday 8 EASTER
Silver City/Grant County
Wisdom Painting—Painting workshop for self-discovery with Mary Gravelle. $35, $20 deposit. Gallery 400, 400 N. Arizona St., (860) 888-6998. www.wisdompainting.com.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Second Sunday—Showcasing the museum's fossil collection with activities for children. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., NMSU Zuhl Museum, 650-1884.
Woman Before a Glass—Through April 13. See April 6. 2:30 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org.
April 1-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-29 | 30 into May 2007
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