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For years, part of the Murray Hotel's history was hiding in plain sight. As work began on a new restaurant and lounge inside the Silver City landmark, the past emerged on the walls: a mural displaying cattle brands from Grant County ranchers, a...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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10/19/26
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There must be easier places to open a restaurant. Patsy’s Magic Diner sits four miles from the end of New Mexico Highway 15, tucked into the RV park at Gila Hot Springs Ranch. From the little retro food trailer, picnic tables look across a green...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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10/19/26
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Somewhere along an Ironman course, a cyclist’s derailleur has been ripped from the bike, and the race suddenly looks finished.
Dave Baker does not have a repair stand, a well-stocked workbench or much time. So, he finds a gear that will work,...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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10/19/26
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For some Grant County kids, Fridays without school now mean a day in the woods.
Earth Ways Outdoors takes young people into wild areas around Silver City, where a typical outing can involve hiking off trail, identifying plants, playing...
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Elijah Rey Reyes
Las Cruces Bulletin | 10/19/26 |
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The murals are easy to see. They splash color across walls throughout Silver City and Grant County, created by young artists through a program that has become part of the visual identity of the community.
What is harder to see is the paperwork...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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10/19/26
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Donna Popky has had art as a lifelong companion, beginning with childhood drawing lessons in New York City and continuing through a career that included teaching art to children and helping nursing home residents discover the joy of creating...
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Kurt JohnsonLas Cruces Bulletin
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10/15/26
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Santa Clara’s newest park feature wasted little time drawing a crowd as children were trying to ride the new pump track before its grand opening had even begun.
The Village officially opened the bike park June 26 after years of planning,...
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Elijah Rey Reyes
Desert Exposure | 10/9/26 |
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Eric Ockerhausen will take on the topic of Gila Trout habitat restoration efforts during a Lunch & Learn event hosted by Western Institute of Lifelong Learning Wednesday, Oct. 21 at WNMU’s Global Resource Center’s ABC room, on the corner of 12th...
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Desert Exposure Report
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10/8/26
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Nadia and James are caught in the midst of a strict anti-immigration America that has brought devastation upon their little family as they seek their way through the struggle.
Will their love surpass the pain that’s ripping their family...
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Karla TrevizoLas Cruces Bulletin
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10/7/26
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Thursday, October 1, 2026
FREE EVENT To all veterans and their spouses, please join us for the following: “Veterans & Spouses Claims and Benefits Workshop” Thursday, October 1, 2026, at …
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Desert Exposure Report
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10/1/26
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A lot of focus on filmmakers this month, including an upcoming documentary about one of the most iconic songs ever recorded — “American Pie.” We have the back story behind the making of that film.
We also look at a local filmmaker whose work is...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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9/30/26
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Little Toad Creek
Karaoke
Thursday, Oct. 1
7-10 p.m.
Sing your heart out!
Cooper
Friday, Oct. 2
8-11 p.m.
CW Ayon calls the Southwestern deserts of New Mexico home, but his sound is rooted in blues and the grooves of the...
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9/30/26
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After more than six decades in Las Cruces, a longtime arts organization finally has a gallery to call its own.
The Las Cruces Arts Association will celebrate the grand opening of its new gallery Friday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 221 N....
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Elijah Rey Reyes
Las Cruces Bulletin | 9/30/26 |
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The laptop doesn’t come out until most of the day's work is already done. Tanishia Womack has put in her hours as a paralegal. Her sons, Michael and Gabriel, have made it through school and whatever else the day demanded. Mixed in somewhere is law...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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9/30/26
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A pecan farm, two brothers and a blue ghost gave Nancy Carol Flores a way to explore a question that had followed her long before she picked up filmmaking. What does one generation owe the next?
That question sits at the center of “Nearly...
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Elijah Rey Reyes
Las Cruces Bulletin | 9/30/26 |
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There are artists who begin with a blank canvas and artists who begin with a block of marble. Jean-Robert P. Béffort begins with whatever somebody else has given up on.
A doll without a body. A mannequin without a store window. A wrestling figure...
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Brian D'AmbrosioFor Desert Exposure
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9/30/26
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Spencer Proffer was a student at UCLA, just beginning law school, when he first heard Don McLean’s “American Pie” on the radio.
About three minutes into the song, he pulled over. The song kept going, and Proffer kept listening. McLean, he...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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9/25/26
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Downtown Silver City has been known for many, many years as a culturally rich “art scene.” Well, it has not stopped evolving and growing. And a lot of the earlier art settlers are still here.
In 1997 Lois Duffy, along with a core group of artists...
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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9/25/26
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The Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective has installed a Fiber Art display at the Silver City Public Library in the exhibit case at the top of the stairs. The display will be shown through Sept. 29 and showcases a variety of fiber arts made by...
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Desert Exposure Report
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9/25/26
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Friday, September 25, 2026
íChuchulucos! Hispanic Heritage Month Crafts-Mas !Piñatasmania! Join us for Mas !Piñatamania! A mini piñata workshop in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. …
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9/25/26
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