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Saturday, August 22 Las Cruces Knights of Columbus will have a Flag Retirement Ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Holy Cross Church by Commander Sir Knight Fred Flores. Super Secret Improv Show - Returns …
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8/20/26
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Kathleen Key decided that retirement wasn't going to be a series of leisurely lunches and afternoons spent playing bridge.
She had tried imagining that version of life, the one where the calendar gradually emptied and the days settled into a...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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7/31/26
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On a clear evening in the Mesilla Valley, the Organ Mountains fade into purple silhouettes as the last light slips beyond the Rio Grande. One by one, the first stars appear above the desert until the sky becomes a cathedral of light.
Few people...
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Brian D'AmbrosioFor Desert Exposure
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7/31/26
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Jenna Guitar laughed as she told the story, as the details have faded with time. She remembers playing an old woman, dying with dramatic flair, arms stretched skyward in a murder mystery whose title she can't recall.
She remembers being a child...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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7/30/26
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For five days, the little town of Gander, Newfoundland, underwent a transformation. Its airport was built in an era in which transatlantic flights needed to refuel before continuing across the ocean. By Sept. 11, 2001, it had become largely a...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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7/30/26
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The history books tend to focus their attention on major events. We remember the day gold was discovered, the year they drove the golden spike to signify that the railroad had arrived, or the election that changed a town's direction. Those are...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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7/29/26
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The Silver City Museum Living History Project made its public debut at the museum's 42nd Annual July 4th Ice Cream Social, with Theora Ailman, Madame Millie, and Ben Lilly, costumed and interacting with some 700 community members who gathered to...
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7/29/26
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I must admit I’m a little sad to reach the finish line with Unpacking Silver City. For the past 10 months I’ve enjoyed the journey through the history of Silver City through the eyes of local historians. For the new guy in town, it’s been a great...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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7/29/26
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The SCAA Red Dot Studio Tour returns Labor Day Weekend with more studios and an additional day. The Silver City Art Association is thrilled to have 27 member studios open for the Studio Tour.
With the addition of eight more studios this year, it...
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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7/29/26
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Aug. 6 is the 81st anniversary of the day we dropped an atomic bomb (“Little Boy”) on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, on Aug. 9, the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan.
The two bombs killed at least 105,000 people...
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7/29/26
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Little Toad Creek
Rudy Boy
Saturday, Aug. 1, 8-11 p.m.
Swinging Dirty Blues with that True Rock n Roll feel.
Lottie
Sunday, Aug. 2, 1-4 p.m.
Three people - acoustic country and western swing dance band with a touch of rock and blues...
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7/29/26
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7/22/26
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Join the Gila Community Foundation and the Southwest New Mexico Council of Governments for the Pathways to Progress: Board Governance Training on July 29, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in Silver City.
This free training is designed for nonprofit leaders,...
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7/17/26
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The Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective, in collaboration with the Future Forge Makerspace, is offering community members free mending of clothes and teaching how to mend clothes. This free program will be held at the Future Forge located at...
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7/17/26
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It's not the opening measure or the difficult flute passage she's practiced countless times that excites Joy Zalkind as she prepares to perform. As the audience settles in and conductor Jorge Martinez-Rios raises his baton, she feels the...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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7/17/26
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Editor’s Note: The information for this story comes from a number of sources provided by the Mesilla Valley Film Society which currently operates the Fountain Theatre.
There were no multiplexes nor talking pictures, and it was...
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Kurt Johnson
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7/17/26
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On August 21, 1866, Company B of the 125th Volunteer Colored Infantry arrived in southwestern New Mexico on a mission. They had been instructed to establish a military post near the famous Santa Rita copper mine and the rejuvenated gold camp of...
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Dr. Doug Dinwiddie
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7/17/26
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Clear glass bowls lined up the tables at Assembly Craft Studio as participants found their seats. Within the next two hours, those empty bowls would become colorful succulent terrariums.
At the front of the room, founder and owner Liz...
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Elijah Rey Reyes
Las Cruces Bulletin | 7/15/26 |
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Friday, July 10, 2026
Mesilla Summer Music Series: Santana Garcia to perform at the Plaza in Mesilla. Join us Friday evenings from 8 PM to 10 PM for live music, great atmosphere, and summer …
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7/8/26
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The Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective is collaborating with the Bayard and Silver City Public Libraries with four outreach activities for youth. Silver City Public Library programs will be held on July 7, 8, and 9 with the Bayard Public...
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7/2/26
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