El Paso Scene September 2015

SEPT.
Your monthly guide to community

entertainment, recreation & culture
Our 22nd
Anniversary
Issue
More than 700
things to do,
places to go!
2015-2016
PERFORMING
ARTS GUIDE
Brick Plant on the Rio Bravo
Your
annual
guide
to area
per
forming
arts groups and season schedules
The Book of Mormon

Nov. 10-15 at
The Plaza Theatre
headlines the
Broadway in El Paso series.
See Pages 6, 20
Performing Arts Guide

Season Sponsor
Major Sponsors
El Paso Symphony Orchestra

UTEPDepartment of Theatre &Dance
Showtime! El Paso
El Paso Pro-Musica
Flickinger Center for the Performing Arts
Broadway in El Paso
Old El Paso 1880s
The Flickinger Center for thePerforming Arts launches its 2015-2016

Premier Season with Yesterday. See Pages 8, 19
Co-Sponsors
(See Pages 3, 14)
El Paso Society for Musicians

of the Future
(See Pages 5, 13)
On Site at Juarez Market
Bill Rakocy 1924-2015
Pancho Villa and Son at the Blacksmith in Canutillo, Mexico
UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance
offers a combination of
classic and new plays.
See Pages 4, 10
El Paso Chopin Piano Festival
Ventriloquist Kevin Johnson opens the

Showtime! El Paso season at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. See Pages 7, 11
Mexican Dancers
Guitarist David Leisner and Cellist Zuill Bailey open the

El Paso Pro-Musica season Oct. 17-18. See Pages 12, 16
El Pasos venerable artist, author and historian

died Aug. 1 at age 91. He fell in love with the
Southwest over 50 years ago and chronicled
its people, landscapes and history on countless
canvases and in more than a dozen books.
The Hal Marcus
Gallery will pay
tribute to Bill
Rakocy through
the end of
the year with
the exhibit
Remembering
Rak.
Also with support from
Bruce Nehring Consort (Page 9)

El Paso Youth Ballet (Page 9)
El Paso Symphony Orchestra begins its Classical Series with

pianist Veronika Bhmov Sept. 18-19. Emeritus Conductor
Grer Aykal returns Oct.23-24. See Pages 2, 18
ALSO INSIDE:
Our 15th annual
Performing Arts Guide
Sun City
becoming
Suds City
The craft beer movement is
brewing up in El Paso. More
bars offer more brands, beer
events have crowded wine tastings off the calendar and three
microbreweries are planned.
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September 2015
SEPTEMBER 2015
Roundup
host the family friendly car show from 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Church, 11675
Pratt. Pony rides, childrens water slide, train
rides and mechanical bull ride. Admission is
free. Information: Joe Estrada, 329-8516 or
855-WORD.
Car show registration begins at 7 a.m. trophies awarded in various categories; t-shirts for
first 35 participants.
End of Summer Beach Party and Car

Show Anthony (Texas) Police Foundation
Minerpalooza 2015 UTEPs 25th annual
back-to-school bash and pep rally 6 p.m. to

midnight Friday, Aug. 28, in P-9 parking lot on
the UTEP campus. The family friendly event
features fall sports teams, games, information
booths and appearances by UTEP athletes,
along with live entertainment and family activities. Full talent line up to be announced.
Admission is free; food and some activities sold
separately. Miner game tickets will be sold.
Information: 747-5648, minerpalooza.com or
on Facebook.
Headliner is Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas,
with opening act Scott Melker and the Melker
Project. Co-headliner is Annie Bosko.
Local performers include Ribo Flavin, Mariachi
Los Mineros and the Allegro Dance Team.
WOL & Destiny Car Show and Festival

Word of Life Church and Solitos Car Club
September 2015
and Food Pantry Inc. presents the annual benefit car show 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6,
at Wet N Wild Waterworld, 804 S. Desert,
Anthony, Texas (I-10 at Exit 0). Proceeds benefit the food pantry. The event features around
150 cars, a concert, trophies and a beer booth.
Admission is free with regular water park
admission; no outside alcohol allowed.
Information: 886-3838, 490-0733 or endofsummermercs.com. Spectator admission free with
regular water park entry. Separate fee for car
show registration. Information: 886-3838, 4900733 or endofsummermercs.com.
Authentic El Paso Oktoberfest The

2nd annual Oktoberfest celebration is 6 p.m.
Friday through Sunday, Sept. 11-13, at El Paso
County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Authentic
German beer, food and souvenirs, and music
by Bavarski. Tickets: $9 general admission; $24
table seating (Ticketmaster). Admission is free
on Sunday (Family Day). Information on
Facebook at The Authentic Oktoberfest at the
El Paso County Coliseum.
Sir Ken Robinson Impact|Programs of
Excellence hosts the internationally recognized

authority in creativity and innovation in education and business at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at
the Plaza Theatre. Tickets are $30, available
through Ticketmaster or the Plaza Box Office.
Sir Ken Robinson is also one of the worlds

leading speakers; his TED Talk video has over
45 million views.
His best-selling books include The Element:
How Finding Our Passion Changes Everything,
] Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
and Finding Your Element: How to Discover
Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your
Life. In his newest book, Creative Schools:
The Grassroots Revolution Thats Transforming
Education, Robinson argues for an end to the
outmoded industrial educational system and
proposes a highly personalized, organic
approach that draws on todays technological
and professional resources.
Chile War Festival The annual Mission
Valley fiesta is 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday,

Sept. 12, at Cougar Park in Socorro, 10664
Socorro Road. The event includes live music,
farmers market, henna tattoos, face painting,
games and rides. Competitions include jalapeo
eating, best homemade green salsa, best
restaurant salsa, best grown green chile and
Chile Festival Queen. Admission is free.
Information: 860-8615.
Dog Day swimming event El Paso
Parks and Recreation Departments 5th annual

dog swim days are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, Sept. 12-13, at Nations Tobin
Aquatic Center, 8831 Railroad. Social dogs will
be allowed to enjoy a pool day interacting with
other friendly pets. Cost: $2 per dog (owners
free). Information, pool rules for pets: 7598434 or elpasotexas.gov/parks.
Several adoption agencies will have dogs available for adoption. Humane Society will also
offer micro-chipping for dogs at $15 per dog,
while supplies last.
El Paso Scene
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SEPTEMBER
INDEX
Roundup
3-13
Behind the Scene
4
Scene Spotlight
4
El Paso FishNet
13
Viva Jurez
14
Heres the Ticket
15-17
Program Notes
18-19
Dance
19
Music, Comedy
20-21
Sports
22-24, 28
Feature:
Craft beer catches on 25-27
Nature
29-31
Taking a Look Back
31
Southwest Art Scene 32-34, 37
Gallery Talk
35
History Lessons
38
Keep on Bookin'
39
At the Museum
40-41
On Stage
42
Stage Talk
42
Film Scene
43
October preview
44
Liner Notes
45
Advertiser Index 46
Subscription Form 46
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La Union Maze The 2015 maze, Bee

Amazed, and family fall events run Sept.
19-Nov. 8 in La Union. Page 11.
Scene Spotlight highlights events

advertised in this issue.
El Paso Live Page 48.

Sept. 22: Zedd, El Paso Convention
Center
Sept. 24: Lila Downs, Plaza Theatre
Sept. 25: Brandi Carlile, Plaza Theatre
Sept. 27: Price is Right Live, hosted by
Jerry Springer, Plaza Theatre
Oct. 8: Hozier, Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Chile Pepper Challenge El Paso Bicycle
Clubs annual bike event is Sept. 27, at
Grace Gardens with 100, 64, 40, 27 and 10mile routes. A Chile Pepper Fiesta follows.
Page 36.
Crossland Gallery The In The Mix
runs Aug. 28-Sept. 19, at the gallery of El
Paso Art Association. Page 18.
EPAAs General Meeting is Sept. 13, featuring Robert Dozal.
Arts International gala opening is Oct. 3.
Lcole de lAlliance Franaise dEl Paso

The alliances fall French classes for beginners to advanced begin Aug. 31; classes for
youth begin Sept. 5, and Conversation classes for adults begin Sept. 9. Page 24.
International Museum of Art Showing

Sept. 3-Oct. 7 is Marji Carrascos Art
Show, An Artist of Diversity, with opening
reception Sept. 5.
Hal Marcus/Lyric Modern The Hal

Marcus exhibit featuring his new piece for El
Paso Symphony Orchestra, Green Cellist,
runs Sept. 6-24 at El Paso Museum of Art,
with a public opening Sept. 6. Page 33.
Also on display is Remembering Rak, a
Tribute Exhibit of Bill Rakocy. Reception is
Oct. 3. Page 37.
Sir Ken Robinson Impact|Programs of
Excellence presents one of TED Talks most
watched presenters Sept. 11 at The Plaza
Theatre. Page 10.
EPCC Hispanic Heritage Month El

Paso Community College Diversity Programs
present its Hispanic Heritage month events
Sept. 16-Oct. 14. Theme is The Untold
Story: Education, Enrichment, Engagement
and Evolution in America. Page 9.
The French Connection El Paso
Symphony Orchestra opens its season with
guest pianist Veronika Bohmova Sept. 1819 at the Plaza Theatre, with lunch and discussion Sept. 17, at El Paso Museum of Art.
Page. 19.
Bodas de Sangre/Blood Wedding

The play by Federico Garcia Lorca through
Sept. 19 at El Paso Playhouse. Page 8.
Showing Oct. 9-Nov. 1 at the Playhouse is
Witness! The Curiosity House, featuring the
Tales of Terror.
Magoffin Home State Historic Sites
Showing beginning Sept. 19 is Painting The
Magoffin Historic District featuring the
works of Plein Air Painters of El Paso at
Visitors Center. Page 6.
Magoffin Home Grandparents Day event is
Sept. 13.
Page 4
Oryx Challenge The 30K/100K cycling

event and 5K fun run supporting the USO El
Paso is Sept. 20 at Fort Bliss. Page 28.
Las Artistas Sneak Preview Las

Artistas hosts a sneak peek at its Fine Arts
and Craft Show in November on Sept. 23 at
Epic Railyard Center. Page 14.
Tomatoville: A Tasting for Tocando
The Paso del Norte Challenge Fund Event is
Sept. 25 to raise awareness and funds for El
Paso Symphony Orchestras Tocando
Project. Page 46.
The Organ Symposium International

Consort Organist Joyce Jones, the first
woman organist to play with the San
Francisco Symphony at the Crystal
Cathedral, performs Sept. 27 at The Chapel
at Loretto. Page 7.
Sunset Heights Tour of Homes Sunset
Heights Neighborhood Associations annual
home tour is Oct. 3 featuring seven historic
homes and businesses in the Sunset Heights
area. Page 13.
Hike up Cristo Rey The annual hike
guided by El Paso Scene Editor Randy
Limbird is Oct. 3, supporting Mt. Cristo Rey
Restoration Committee. Page 46.
Expo-MRO Effort to set the world

record for largest astronomy lesson is Oct.
23 at Samalyuca Dunes near Juarez. Page
12.
Art a la Cart The indoor art market and

caf is the last Saturday of every month at
Inni Heart Eatery, with kids activity corner
and lunch available. Page 17.
El Paso Exploreum El Pasos first living
history laboratory and childrens museum
features a new Inspiration Station, where
creative invention is key. Page 34.
Southern New Mexico
All American Gun and Western

Collectibles Show The 25th annual
show is Sept. 5-6, at Ruidoso Convention
Center in Ruidoso, benefiting Lincoln County
Charities. Page 31.
Pickamania Mimbres Region Arts

Councils 7th annual free music festival is
Sept. 11-13, at Gough Park in Silver City
with headliners Black Lillies, Claire Lynch
Band and Birds of Chicago. Page 10.
Tularosa Basin Wine and Nut Festival

The 2015 wine festival is Sept. 18-19 at
Alameda Park in Alamogordo. Page 11.
Gila River Festival Gila Conservation

Coalitions 11th annual festival is Sept. 2427 in Silver City, with guest speakers, street
dance, guided hikes, film fest and more.
Page 35.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word

More than 50 outstanding authors of various genres will gather to talk about their
works Oct. 2-4 in Silver City. Page 39.
Black Range and Plein Air Fine Art

Show The 2nd annual fine art show benefiting St. Jude Childrens Center Research is
Oct. 10-11 at the Special Event Center in
Deming. Page 33.
ill Rakocy, who died Aug. 1 at age

91, left an indelible impression on
the local arts scene through his
long career as artist, historian, author and
art educator, but most memorably,
through his persistent personality.
Everyone in the El Paso arts community
has a Rak story. My favorite is the time
Rak submitted an entry to the Arts
International, the citys top art competition. His painting of old Jurez, with the
face of Pancho Villa looking down on it
like a full moon, slightly exceeded the
size limit for entries.
Ill be right back, Rak told the Arts
International volunteers. He returned that
same day with the same painting minus a
couple of inches he had sawn off the side
then re-framed. As it turned out, his
painting won Best of Show.
I met Rak shortly after I started El Paso
22 years ago (this is our anniversary
issue, by the way). He had tried his hand
at a number of publications over the
years, as well as authoring many selfpublished books, so he figured he could
teach me a few things. For the next 20plus years, he kept trying he always
would give me a monthly critique of the
El Paso Scene cover.
Over the years, Rak was a presence in
the Scene in a variety of ways. He advertised his gallery and began writing a history column. The column focused on his
favorite subjects of local lore, such as
Pancho Villa, Billy the Kid and occasionally would touch on other historical figures, from Alexander the Great to
Benjamin Franklin.
He also wrote extensively of his own
history, from the early days of growing
up in Youngstown, Ohio during the
Depression years to exploring the
Southwest as a young artist. But his
favorite personal recollections were his
Navy days during World War II as a
Seabee (Construction Battalion member). He hopped from island to island in
the Pacific building airstrips, harbors and
base facilities.
His history column later passed into the
hands of John Middagh, who offers his
own recollection of Rak on Page 31.
September 2015
El Paso Scene is published by Cristo

Rey Communications as a monthly guide
to entertainment, recreation and culture in
the El Paso area. Copies are provided
free at selected locations. Subscriptions
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October issue is Sept. 21
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Whenever Rak knocked on my door,

which sometimes was once or twice a
week, he would drop off copies of past
essays, magazine articles, sketches, photos and extra copies of his books. Many
of the books he gave me had waterstained pages and singed covers from
both flood and fire damage his studio suffered over the years.
What I will always remember about Rak
was his extraordinary energy. Age never
seemed to slow him down. He was well
into his 80s when he decided he wanted
to visit Youngstown one more time so
he drove there by himself!
Rak had been on many El Paso Scene
covers over the years his first one was
in March 1994. When Hal Marcus told
me he was putting up a special exhibit to
honor Rak, it seemed a perfect opportunity to dedicate one last cover in his honor.
Rest in peace, Rak but somehow, I
cant imagine you resting anywhere!
***
Thanks to all the Scene readers who
showed up Aug. 23 for the Ricky Malichi
Benefit. Local musicians and Rickys
neighbors (including me and my wife)
teamed up for the jazz fundraiser at
Nolitas, which raised over $5,000!
** *
Mark your calendar. The El Paso Scenes
annual Hike Through Time up Mount
Cristo Rey is Saturday, Oct. 3. See Page
6 for details.
Randy Limbird
Editor and Publisher
(915) 542-1422
Albert Martinez
Advertising &
Circulation Director
(915) 920-7244
Lisa Kay Tate

News Editor
(915) 542-1422 ext. 4
Editorial Associates:
Yvonne T. Herrera, Will Summers
Advertising Associates:
Roman Martinez
Circulation Associates:
Randy Friedman, Gil Garza
Contributing Writers:
Carol Viescas, Brian Chozick,

Myrna Zanetell, John McVey Middagh
Walter Schaefer, Jay Duncan
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Elephant Festival El Paso Zoo, 4001 E.
Paisano, honors its Asian Elephants Juno and

Savannah with its 14th annual festival 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12-13, with
education activities and other family events.
Zoo admission is $12 for ages 13 to 59; $9 for
ages 60 and older and active duty military
(including spouse) with ID; $7.50 ages 3 to 12;
and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo members
admitted free. Information: 532-8156, 5211850 or elpasozoo.org.
Breakfast with the Elephants is 8:30 to 9:30
a.m. Guests enjoy breakfast as the elephants
enjoy theirs in their yard before the zoo opens.
Elephant keeper staff share information and
answer questions about the elephants.
Registration required. Cost: $28 ($20 age 12
and younger); includes zoo admission.
Healthy Living Expo EPCC Senior Adult

Program and United Healthcare host the expo
for Grandparents Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 12, at EPCCs Administrative
Service Center A-Building, 9050 Viscount, with
special guests, chef cooking demos, and more.
Admission is free, call for Senior Adult Program
attendance pass. Information: 831-7801.
Aging to Perfection expo The Rio
Grande Area Agency on Agings 16th annual
senior expo is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
15, at the El Paso Convention Center.
Admission is free. Information: 533-0998 or
riocog.org.
Mexican Food Downtown Cookoff
The annual cook-off is 4 to 11:30 p.m. Friday,

Sept. 18, on Union Plaza, Downtown, with
area restaurants competing in three categories:
fajitas, enchiladas and open dish. Entertainment
by Mariachi Los Arrieros. Hosted by KLAQ,
KROD, KISS radio stations. Admission: $3 (free
with purchase of Metro PCS Pass). Food coins
available for $2. Information: kisselpaso.com.
Oktoberfest Bliss MWR brings a taste of
Bavaria back to El Paso Friday through Sunday,

Sept. 18-20 in at Biggs Park, 11388 Sergeant
Major Blvd on East Fort Bliss, with German
food, beer, music and dancers. Hours are 6
p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday, noon
to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets for Friday or
Saturday; $35 per person; on sale Aug. 14.
Tickets include German meal and official
Oktoberfest beer stein; must be 21 to purchase alcohol, not included with ticket price.
Information: 568-6741 or blissmwr.com.
Advance tickets on sale at both ITR locations.
Sundays event will be a free family day for all
ages; no tickets required.
Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta Texas
Parks and Wildlife will host its 11th annual fiesta highlighting the animals and plants of the
Chihuahuan Desert 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19, at Franklin Mountains State Parks
Tom Mays Section (off of Transmountain Road
on the west slope), with information booths,
vendors and other activities. Information: chihuahuandesert.org.
Members of the Chihuahuan Desert
Education Coalition will serve as volunteers,
with local environmental education groups
offering free demonstrations, guided tours,
guest speakers and informational booths.
Events include horseback riding, geology and
biology hikes, folklorico and Aztec dances,
mountain biking, native plant and animal displays, dog hike, live music, prize giveaways,
various hands-on family activities and more.
Admission is free. Food and drink will be sold.
September 2015
Generation 2K Clear Channel Media and

Entertainment presents the 29th annual childrens fair 10 a.m. to 6 p. m. Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 19-20, at the El Paso County
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano, consisting of more
than 100 specialty booths, games and interactive displays. Ticket information: generation2000.net.
This years event will feature such events as
the Family Fun Adventure: Prize Walk and the
Imagination Station. Other activities include
Mini Golf, Live Entertainment on the Nerium
Main Stage, Giant Bubbles, Adventures in
Learning Science Area, Roller Races, Tiny Tots,
Beading Area and more.
La Union Maze The 12-acre cornfield
maze is open Sept. 19-Nov. 8 for its 15th season at 1101 Highway 28 in La Union, N.M.,
next to Zin Valle Winery. Information: 1-888383-6293 or launionmaze.com. This years
maze is Bee Themed.
Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 10
p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.
Cost: $11 ($9 military; $7 seniors 65-75); $5
for ages 2-5 ($4 military). Free for age one and
younger, and seniors 76 and older Group rates
available. Open weekdays for scheduled field
trips and private parties.
The Maze offers kids flower maze, hill slide,
big slide and sand box, rubber ducky races,
goat gotel, sports throw, live pig races, pallet
haunted maze, jumping pillow area, pedal cars,
cow train and more. Rides to the pumpkin
patch during daylight hours.
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annual event hosted by Animal Rescue League

of El Paso is 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at
Animal Rescue League, 7256 La Junta in
Canutillo, with races for Chihuahua/Chihuahua
mixes, under 25 lb. category and a costume
contest for all dogs. All dogs welcome. Races
begin at 5 p.m. Entry fee (by Sept. 14): $20 per
dog (limit two per family); includes t-shirt and
goodie bag. Entry fee day of race is $25, if any
slots are open. Information: 821-7283,
arlep.org, or on Facebook.
There must be two family members for each
dog racing, one to hold to start and the other
to encourage on to the finish. All dogs must upto-date on vaccinations, leashed or in proper
carrier, except during race.
Food trucks, vendors and music also featured.
Lincoln Park Day Lincoln Park

Conservation Committees 11th annual car
show and Chicano art exhibit 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 20, at Lincoln Park (Chicano
Park), 4001 Durazno, with Latin Pride Car
Clubs car show, community, booths, danza
and music. Food available or public may bring a
picnic or grill. Admission is free. Information:
204-1584, or lincolnparkcc@aol.com.
Mural presentation by Chicano artist Gabriel
S. Gaytn for the new 2015 Freeway Column
Mural Zenith.
Cost for car show participation: $25 in
advance; $35 day of show.
Fiesta San Elceario San Elizarios annual
fiesta is usually held in mid to late September at

Veterans Memorial Placita in front of San
Elceario Catholic Church, 1556 San Elizario
Road, with food and game booths, carnival
rides, folklorico and matachines dancers.
Last Thursdays The Downtown monthly

evening art walk includes nearly two dozen
pubs, restaurants, stores and galleries.
Admission is free to most events. Information:
facebook.com/EPDAD.
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UTEP Football & Homecoming - The
2015 homecoming game against UTSA starts at

6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at Sun Bowl Stadium.
Tailgating events begin at noon. Tickets: $12$45 Information: 747-5234 or 1-800-745-3000.
Event information: 747-8600 or
alumni.utep.edu.
Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner is 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2, at the Don Haskins Center.
This years honorees are Blanca Estela
Enriquez, Director, Office of Head Start; artist
Gaspar Enriquez; and METI CEO Renard U.
Johnson. Tickets: $100
Various departments and alumni organizations
will host alumni breakfast tours and other activities throughout the week.
Mount Cristo Rey: Hike Through Time
A hike with presentations on Mount Cristo

Rey and local history is offered at 8 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3, at Mount Cristo Rey, Sunland
Park, N.M. Length: 5 miles round trip (2-3
hours). Cost: $3 ($2 for children) donation
requested for the Mt. Cristo Restoration
Committee. Information: 542-1422. No reservation is required.
The hike is sponsored by El Paso Scene. Hike
leader is Randy Limbird, editor and publisher of
El Paso Scene, and is also part of the
Celebration of Our Mountains. Security is provided by the Mt. Cristo Rey Restoration
Committee.
The 5-mile hike is easy to moderate, and is
suitable for all ages. Meet at the large parking
lot at the trailhead to Mt. Cristo Rey off
McNutt Road (NM 273). Take the Racetrack
exit off Paisano and cross the Rio Grande.
Rockin The Rez Pow Wow Ysleta del
Sur Pueblos 6th annual pow wow is Friday and

Saturday, Oct. 3-4, at Socorro Entertainment
Center, 11200 Santos Sanchez, in Socorro,
with Native American dance, food and crafts.
Dances begin at 11 a.m. both days, with Grand
Entry events at 1 p.m. All ages welcome.
speakingrockentertainment.com.
Gourd Dance is 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Sunset Heights Tour of Homes and

Landmarks The El Paso County Historical
Society will host the 12th annual Tour of

Homes noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, with
seven locations in the neighborhood between
Downtown and UTEP. Residents will give
guests a personal walk-through of these properties. Funds go to the Sunset Heights
Neighborhood Improvement Association.
Tickets: $10 ($5 ages 10 and younger); available in advance at the Hal Marcus Gallery, 1308
N. Oregon, and at the Gallery and the Burges
House, 503 W. Yandell, on the day of the tour.
Information: Hal Marcus Gallery, 533-9090.
Locations:
Lowder Home, 904 Upson
McGregor Home, 1013 W. Yandell
Flynn home, 625 W. Yandell
Yost Home, 525 Corto
Burges House, 603 W. Yandell
Marcus Home & Studio, 1319 N. Oregon
Hal Marcus Gallery, 1308 N. Oregon.
Southern New Mexico
Cottonwood Festival The 25th annual

Labor Day Weekend arts and craft festival is
Sept. 4-6, in Alameda Park, alongside White
Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70) in Alamogordo. The
event offers more than 80 booths of arts and
crafts, entertainment, dancers, food, carnival
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rides, beer garden and more. Admission is free.

Information: Alamogordo Chamber of
Commerce, (575) 437-6120, 1-800-826-0294
or alamogordo.com.
The annual pancake breakfast is 7 to 10 a.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Cost per plate: $7.
Hillsboro/Sierra County Antiques

Festival Hillsboro (N.M.) Historical Society
hosts an antique festival 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday
through Monday, Sept. 4-7, at Hillsboro
Community Center, 316 Eleanore. The Festival
will include wine and microbrew tastings and
food vendors each day. Festival admission is
free; cost for food, tastings. Information: Sonja
Rutledge, (575) 895-5326 or hillsboronmhistory.com.
A Tour of Historic Hillsboro Homes is
planned 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Cost: $10.
All-American Gun & Western

Collectible Show The annual show is 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5-6,

at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Hundreds
of guns, gun-related items, Indian artifacts,
knives, cowboy gear and more will be on display. Proceeds benefit Lincoln County charities.
Admission: $5 (free for age 12 & under free).
Age 18 and younger must be accompanied by
parent or guardian. Information: (575) 2576171 or trekwest.com/gunshow.
Cloudcroft Labor Day Hoopla The
annual family party is 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 56, on Burro Avenue in Cloudcroft. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 682-2733 or 1-866682-8777 or cloudcroft.net.
Saturdays events include Wild West Gun
Fights featuring Six Guns and Shady Ladies, a
mechanical bull, Cloudcroft Pokey jail photo
op, and the street dance.
Sunday is a potluck Ol Fashioned Community
Picnic with hot dogs provided by the Chamber
of Commerce. Games and tournaments include
horseshoes, sack races, three-legged race, Hula
Hoops, egg toss, bean bag toss, and more.
Cloudcroft Light Opera Company presents
the melodrama Ballad of Gopher Gap at 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, in the Pavilion near
Zenith Park.
Harvest Wine Fest The New Mexico
Wine Growers Association presents its Labor

Day Weekend festival noon to 6 p.m. Saturday
through Monday, Sept. 5-7, at the Southern
New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Las Cruces.
Admission: $15 in advance (go the website);
$20 at the gate, includes souvenir wine glass;
under 21 free accompanied by parent of legal
guardian. Monday is Military Day, with $3 discount for active duty military with ID. All adults
must have valid ID, regardless of age; designated drivers encouraged. No pets, coolers or
open containers allowed. Information: (575)
522-1232 or wineharvestfestival.com.
The festival features wines produced by New
Mexicos leading wineries, available for tasting
and for sale by the glass, bottle or case, plus
live entertainment each day, specialty foods,
arts and crafts, grape stomp contests at the top
of every hour and more.
Live entertainment:
Saturday Derrick Haris (noon) and Radio
La Chusma (3 p.m.)
Sunday Vince Alten (noon) and Border
Avenue (3 p.m.)
Monday Overcome Las Cruces (noon) and
The Ghetto Brothers (3 p.m.).
To get to the fairgrounds, take I-10 West
toward Deming, then take the fairgrounds exit
and follow the signs.
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Hatch Chile Festival The chile capital
of the worlds 44th annual celebration is

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5-6, at the Hatch
Airport on N.M. Hwy 26, 1 1/2 miles west of
Hatch, featuring vendors, carnival rides, arts
and crafts, chile food and ristra tying and painting demonstrations, live music, beer garden,
mud volleyball, mariachi competition, and fresh
roasted Hatch green chile and contests.
Admission: $10 car load. Information: (575)
267-5483, hatchchilefest.com or on Facebook.
Parade begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, festival
events open at 11 a.m. both days.
Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral

Show Grant County Rolling Stones Gem
and Mineral Societys 32nd annual show in

Silver City, N.M. is Sept. 5-7 at the Western
New Mexico Universitys Intramural Gym on
College Avenue in Silver City. The show offers
guided field trips, vendors, silent auctions,
exhibits and demonstrations. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,
and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday. Admission is
free. Information:
rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com.
The show features dealers from around the
Southwest with mineral specimens, jewelry,
and arts crafted from rock and gems.
Rockhounding and educational field trips
offered each day.
Taste of Downtown Silver City The
annual event is Saturday, Sept. 5, in downtown

Silver City. The event features food samples
from various menu items from different restaurants and shops, vendors and more.
Information: (575) 534-9005 or silvercitymainstreet.com.
A walk-about tour of area restaurants is
noon to 3 p.m. Tickets are $1 a taste, available
at 614 N. Bullard.
Beer and wine tasting at Little Toad Creek
Brewery, 200 N. Bullard. Tickets sold at door.
Big Ditch Contra Dance and Downtown
Culinary Tasting is 6-9 p.m. with dance instruction at 5:30 p.m., Murray Hotel Ballroom, 200
W. Broadway. Tickets are $20.
Various participating restaurants will offer special menus that week; see website for details.
End of Summer Bash Inn of the
Mountain Gods in Mescalero, N.M. hosts its

Labor Day weekend bash 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 6, with concessions, jumping balloons,
live music on the lawn, fireworks. Admission is
free. Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemountaingods.com.
A Glow Party with live DJ is 9 p.m. to midnight. Tickets: $10.
Wine Day Heart of the Desert Pistachios
& Wines, 7288 U.S. Hwy 54/70 in Alamogordo,

N.M., hosts wine down events 5:30 to 8 p.m.
the second Wednesday of the month with live
music, wine, and hors doeuvres. Sept. 9:
Dave Byron. Admission: $10; age 21 and older
welcome. Information: (575) 434-0035,
heartofthedesert.com or on Facebook at New
Mexico Pistachios.
Prana on the Patio is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 12, with yoga, wine, cheese
and chocolate. Cost: $25.
Brats, Brews & Brass: A Bavarian Celebration
is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, with
German food, beer and wine, and an authentic
Oompah brass band. Cost: $15.
Las Cruces Comic Con Zia Comics

presents the inaugural comic com Friday
through Sunday, Sept. 11-13, at Las Cruces
September 2015
Convention Center, 680 E University, Las

Cruces. Con begins at 5 p.m. Friday and 11
a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Three day pass: $35
(comes with a free childs ticket for age 10 and
younger). Daily tickets: $10 Friday, $25
Saturday, $20 Sunday. Information: (575) 4050461 or lascrucescomiccon.org.
Featured guests are actor David Zayas
(Dexter, Gotham), actor and professional
wrestler Tiny Zues Lister, Eisner Award winning artist Jae Lee, Barbara Goodson (Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers), actor Kerrigan
Mahan, voice actress Wendy Schaal (American
Dad) actor Frank Powers, professional cosplayers and more.
Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta
The annual fiesta is noon to 10 p.m. Saturday

and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12-13, at
the Mesilla Plaza, with vendor booths offering
art, crafts, games, drinks and food. There will
also be a greased pole climb and piatas for
kids. Attendees may bring folding chairs. No
alcohol, smoking or pets allowed on the plaza.
Information/entry forms: (575) 524-3262, ext.
116 or mesillanm.gov.
The Fiesta Parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday
along Avenida de Mesilla, beginning at Four
Points Gin and ending at the Mesilla Town Hall.
Doa Ana Doll Club Show & Sale
The annual doll and accessory show is 9 a.m. to

4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Scottish Rite
Temple, 195 Boutz, Las Cruces. Silent auction
will also be held. Minor repairs available on site.
Admission: $2 (free for ages 10 and younger).
Information: (575) 523-1413.
Golden Aspen Motorcycle Rally The
46th annual rally is Wednesday through Sunday,

Sept. 16-20, at Inn of the Mountain Gods in
Ruidoso, N.M. Poker runs, trade show 10 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. Sunday, as well as bike judging, tours,
parade and other events at Ruidoso Downs
Sports Theater Complex. Information: (575)
973-4977 or motorcyclerally.com.
A Nite Lite Parade is 8 p.m. Thursday.
The annual motorcycle parade is 10 a.m.
Saturday on Mecham.
Free concerts at 7 p.m. Friday with Appetite
for Destruction (Guns N Roses Tribute Band);
and Saturday with Back and Black (AC/DC
Tribute).
Tularosa Basin Wine & Nut Fest
Rotary Clubs of Alamogordo, Tularosa and

White Sands host the 9th annual event 4 to 10
p.m. Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
18-19, at Alameda Park on White Sands Blvd.
in Alamogordo. Samples from 19 different New
Mexico Wineries, with a wide range of awardwinning varieties to try. This years festival will
also feature a selection of pistachio, pecan, and
other locally grown nuts. Artisans and craftspeople, and other food tasting also offered.
Tickets: $10 age 21 and older in advance; $12
at the gate; $16 two day pass in advance; $20
at the gate. Under 21 free, but must be accompanied by an adult. Available online at
TularosaBasinWineFest.com.
The festival runs concurrently with the White
Sands Balloon Invitational in Alameda Park.
8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Zenith Park.
White Sands Hot Air Balloon

Invitational Alamogordo Chamber of
Commerces 22nd annual ballooning event featuring about 50 hot air balloons is Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 19-20, at Alamogordo Balloon
Park, on La Ville Road in Alamogordo, N.M.
Launches begin at 7 a.m. both days with a
Balloon Glow at 7 p.m. Saturday. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 921-1523.
Jordan Shrine Circus Las Cruces
Shrine Club hosts the Jordan World Circus at 5

p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at NMSUs Pan
American Center, lions, and tigers, clowns,
motorcycle stunts, aerialists and more. Tickets:
$18 ($14 children); available online at thejordanworldcircus.com.
Cliff, Gila, Grant County Fair The fair

is Sept. 23-26, at the Cliff Fairgrounds, Cliff,
N.M. The fair includes exhibits, a midway, livestock auction and a barbecue. Admission: $3
per day. Information: (575) 388-1559.
Cliff is a half-hour northwest from Silver City
on U.S. 180.
Rio Grande Theatre Tenth

Anniversary Doa Ana Arts Council cele-
brates the 10th anniversary of the reopening of

the historic Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces, Thursday
through Saturday, Sept. 24-26. Information
(575) 523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
Hours are 6-8 p.m. Thursday (brief film on
history of the theatre followed by ice cream);
4-9 p.m. Friday (screenings of Wizard of Oz
begin at 4 and 7 p.m.); and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday (screenings of Fantasia begin at 9
and 11 a.m.). Admission is free.
A Rock n Roll dinner and performances by
Remember Then and A Salute to The Platters
with Elmer Armstrong begins at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday outside the theatre and at 7 p.m. on
stage. Tickets: $60 (includes dinner and show
food and beverage allowed.

To get there: Take exit 139 off I-10 West
(Motel Blvd.), go north one mile and turn left at
Picacho (U.S. 70). Go past the Rio Grande one
mile to the Maze on the Lyles family farm.
International Space Hall of Fame

Induction Ceremony New Mexico
Museum of Space History, 3198 SR 2001 in

Alamogordo, hosts its Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony and Founders Day activities beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Keynote speaker is Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al
Worden. The event will celebration the museums opening in 1976; this community event
has the primary mission of encouraging children
to become involved in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM). This is a
family-friendly event and the first 500 children
(ages 5-15) will build and launch free model
rockets. Information: (575) 437-2840, 1-877333-6589 or nmspacemuseum.org.
The Induction Ceremony and Gala Banquet
are at the Tays Special Events Center on the
NMSU Alamogordo campus. Call for ticket
information. This years inductees are Walt
Disney, Fritz Lang, George Lucas, Georges
Melies and George Pal.
Downtown Ramble The City of Las
Cruces hosts an evening of music and art 5 to 7

p.m. the first Friday of the month at art venues
of in a seven-block stretch of Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Information: (575) 647-0508.
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Mesilla Valley Corn Maze at Lyles

Family Farms The 16th annual labyrinth
and pumpkin patch is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 26-Oct. 25 at
3855 W. Picacho, Las Cruces. Food and beverages sold. Admission: $12 ($10 under age 12;
free children under 2) $2 discount for military
with ID (not to be used with other discounts).
Group rates and scout troop discounts also
offered with advance reservation. Information:
(575) 526-1919 or mesillavalleymaze.com.
Activities include gem mining, duck racing,
face painting, rope making, hayride to the
pumpkin path, and more. Activity tickets are $1
each or 22 for $20.
Open weekdays for school field trips only; no
pets allowed except service animals; no outside
Lumberjack Day The annual event is 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, in Zenith
Park, Cloudcroft, N.M. with axe throw and
standing block chop and hot saw competitions, demonstrations and more. Visitors can
test their own lumberjack skills. Kids activities,
food and drink available. Admission is free for
spectators. Participant fee is $5 per event.
Information: (575) 682-2733 or coolcloudcroft.com/lumberjack-day.
A lumberjack pancake and coffee breakfast is
El Paso Scene
Joyce Jones
International Concert Organist
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2:30 p.m.
The Chapel at Loretto, 1300 Hardaway

Tickets: $20, available at the door
For more information: (915) 532-5874
An organist virtuoso whose career includes such firsts

as being the first woman organist to play with the San
Francisco Symphony and at the Crystal Cathedral,
Joyce Jones has recorded 7 CDs and is author
of 18 books on organ music and arrangements.
She was Professor of Organ and Organist in
Residence at Baylor University for 43 years.
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West Texas
Marfa Lights Festival The annual 29th
annual festival that pays tribute to Marfas mysterious lights is Friday through Sunday, Sept.
4-6, in Marfa, Texas. Activities over the Labor
Day Weekend include food and crafts booths, a
main street parade, contests, concerts and
street dances in the Presidio Courthouse area.
Information: marfacc.com.
Events begin at 5 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Food and craft vendors,
street dances Friday and Saturday nights. The
annual Parade on Highland is 10 a.m. Saturday.
Big Bend Balloon Bash The hot air
balloon festival in Alpine, Texas, will feature

nearly 30 colorful balloons Saturday through
Monday, Sept. 5-7, at the Alpine-Casparis
Airport in Alpine, Texas, off Highway 118
Gates normally open at 7 a.m.; mass ascension
at 7:30 to 10 a.m. each day, weather permitting. Admission to the launch site is free; no
pets or smoking allowed. Information: (432)
837-2326 or bigbendballoonbash.com.
A Fire Concert is Saturday the Alpine Highs
Buck Stadium.
Bazaars and fairs
El Paso Punk Rock Flea Market The
market features handmade items, local artists

and other wares, along with live music. Food
trucks offered via the Food Truck Revolution.
All ages welcome. Information, upcoming dates
on Facebook at El Paso Punk Rock Flea Market.
The market will be at La Parada Friday, Sept.
4, at 501 Texas. Admission free to all ages 5 to
8 p.m.; $5 cover, 18 and older only, 9 p.m. to 2
a.m. during La Parada music and art festival.
Franciscan Festival of Fine Arts Holy
Cross Retreat Center, 600 Holy Cross Road in

Mesilla Park, will showcase the works of area
artists 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 5-6. The event includes an enchilada dinner, food vendors, a silent auction, a raffle, live
music, and a beer garden. Admission is free;
donations taken at the door. Information: (575)
524-3688 or franciscanfestival.org.
Native American Artist Craft Show

and Demonstration Native American
artists from New Mexico will give demonstrations and sell their works 1-6 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 5, in the visitor center patio at White
Sands National Monument near Alamogordo.
Admission to the show and sale is free.
Information: (575) 479-6124 or nps.gov/whsa.
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Guest artists will teach how they create their

handcrafts and explain the history and meaning
of their artwork. Several artists create handcrafts that will also be available for purchase
during the event. This presentation is co-sponsored by the National Park Service and White
Sands Trading.
St. Anthonys Bazaar The 51st annual
Labor Day weekend festival is noon to 11 p.m.

Saturday through Monday, Sept. 5-7, at the St.
Anthonys Seminary, 4501 Hastings (at
Crescent). The event offers food, games and
live entertainment hosted on the grounds of a
Franciscan seminary. An evening mass is
planned for Saturday and Sunday. Admission is
free. Information: 566-2261.
St. Genevieves Fiesta The annual fiesta, celebrating the church communitys 154th
year, is 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11
a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12-13, at St.
Genevieves Parish Hall, 1025 E. Las Cruces.
Live entertainment. Food includes gorditas,
hamburgers, desserts, drinks and snacks.
Huachas tournament Saturday. Children activities, arts and crafts and Chinese auction.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 524-9649
or stgen.info.
The Edge Open-Air Craft & Farmers

Market The market is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. the
second Saturday of each month (Sept. 12)

through October at St. Pauls United Methodist
Church, 7000 Edgemere, with local crafters,
artists, food trucks and community groups,
entertainment, vehicle shows, and informational
booths. Admission is free. Information: 7722734 or stpaulschurchelpaso.org.
Womans Club Fall Fiesta Womans
Club of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa, will host its

45th annual bazaar 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday,
and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19-20,
with a bake sale, local artists and vendors and
more. Admission: $3. Information: (Regina)
526-0904 or (Womans Club) 532-6131.
Mission Trail Art Market Area artisans

and craftspeople display their fine arts and
crafts 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the third Sunday of
the month (Sept. 20) in the historic Veterans
Memorial Plaza in San Elizario. Food and drink
concessions and entertainment. Pets welcome.
missiontrailartmarket.com.
Las Artistas Sneak Preview Party A
sneak peek for the Las Artistas show and sale in

November is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 23, at its new show location at Epic
Railyard Center, 2201 E. Mills, with appetizers
from Ardovinos Pizza of El Paso, a cash bar,
and demonstrations by Las Artistas members,
including Jeannie Hosch (doll making), Tamara
Michalina (beading), Jorge Calleja (piata), and

Jack Bristol and Dave Wieters (woodturning).
Information: lasartistas.org.
The 46th annual Las Artistas is Saturday and
Sunday, Nov. 21-22.
Darlins of the Desert Market The
annual vintage market is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26, at 407 Central in
Carrizozo, N.M. with vintage items, antiques
and art. Information: darlinsofthedesert.com.
Socorro Mission Bazaar The annual

event is usually held Friday through Sunday on
the last weekend of September at La Purisima
Catholic Church, 328 S. Nevarez (next to the
Socorro Mission). Information: 859-8351.
Art a la Cart Inni Heart Eatery (formerly
La Tierra Cafe), 1731 Montana, hosts the

monthly event noon to 4 p.m. the last Saturday
of the month, with vendors, entertainment,
food, and a Kids Activity Corner. Information:
533-8890 or Facebook at Inni Heart Herminia
Escajeda.
Downtown Artist and Farmers Market
The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural

Affairs Departments market for area artists is 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday in the Union Plaza
District along Anthony Street. Information:
212-1780 or elpasoartsandculture.org.
The market now includes a Farmers Market
with regionally grown agricultural products.
Tabla Pop Up Mercado is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturdays at 115-D S. Durango. Information on
Facebook at tablapopupmercado.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert

Crossing The 14th annual market runs
Saturdays year-round at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park,
N.M. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to noon. Well
behaved pets on leash welcome; brunch available for purchase on patio 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Information: (575) 589-0653, ext. 3.
Weekly events include kids tent activities,
educational talks, Master Gardener talks and
live music. Yoga classes are 9 to 10 a.m. with
Erin from Casa de Yoga. Cost per class: $10.
La Via Sunday Market La Via
Winery, 4201 S. NM Highway 28 in La Union,

N.M., one mile north of Vinton Road, hosts a
farmers market featuring local food producers
noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, with art, crafts, barbecue and other food, wine and music by Live by
Request. Dog friendly. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 882-7632 or
lavinawinery.com.
Silver City Farmers Market The market runs 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the
Main Street Plaza (intersection of 6th and
Bullard). Information: (575) 536-9681.
El Paso Scene
October Art Fest The 38th annual
Octoberfest Juried Art Show is 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, at Zenith
Park in Cloudcroft, N.M. The show features alloriginal art, pottery, jewelry and homemade
crafts. Music, food and family activities also featured. Admission is free. Information: (575)
682-2733 or cloudcroft.net.
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market
More than 230 permanent vendors in arts,

crafts, produce, baked goods and other food
items are offered at the market 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays along a 7-block
area of Main Street, Downtown. Information:
(575) 541-2288 or lascrucesfarmersmarket.org.
Something for everyone

LGBTQ Symposium The symposium is
9:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at

the Centennial Museum, University at Wiggins,
UTEP. Multiple roundtable discussions will
focus on the current state of affairs for the
LGBTQ community. Topics include Religion
and the LGBTQ Community; Healthcare and
Access; Public Policy & Law; and the TransCommunity & Culture. Free and open to the
public; reservations recommended via Angie
Moreno at amoreno37@utep.edu. Information:
engenderingcommunity.org.
The symposium is in conjunction with the
museums Engendering Community exhibit
MRE Social EPCC Career Services will
host a lunch social exclusively for military affiliated students 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p. Wednesday,
Sept. 2, at the Cafeteria Annex on the Valle
Verde Campus, 919 Hunter. Lunch provided.
Bowie Class of 1975 reunion The
Bowie High School Class of 1964 will celebrate

its 40th class reunion the weekend of Sept. 5.
Main dinner and dance at Bebes Hall #B located at 1150 Vista De Oro (corner of Vista De
Oro and Pellicano), with music by Tejas Band.
Tickets: $40 per person. Tickets and information: Lucy Carrillo (Tapia), 204-8491, or Grace
Tarango (Sanchez), 253-8964.
Healing Conference Abundant Living

Faith Center, 1000 Valley Crest, hosts its 38th
annual conference Sept. 5-6. Admission is free.
Information: 532-8543 or alfc.com.
Teen Retreat City of Las Cruces Parks &
Recreation Department and Phi Beta Sigma

Fraternity host the 2nd Annual Teen Retreat
for ages 12-19 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 5, at Meerscheidt Recreation Center,
600 E. Hadley. Participants under 18 must be
registered by a parent or guardian. Information:
(575) 541-2563.
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Music, fitness, sports, relays, arts & crafts,

games and contests offered, along with presentations on issues such as teen pregnancy prevention, bullying, gang violence, healthy life
habits, budgeting, leadership skills and college.
Labor Day Trail Ride The Chihenne
Ranchs annual Labor Day ride is Sept. 6-12

beginning with dinner Sunday and ending with
breakfast Saturday. Evening programs with
musical entertainment as well as dancing each
night. Registration (due by Sept. 1): $350.
Information, registration: Greg Evans, (575)
743-1602, (575) 740-1778 or
zianet.com/4jranch/ride.
The Chihenne Ranch is in the foothills of the
Black Range near the Gila National Forest,
New Mexico.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at

UTEP Fall 2015 classes begin Tuesday,
Sept. 8 for the popular UTEP program that

offers non-credit classes for people age 50 or
older. Information: 747-6280, 747-8848 or
olliatutep.org.
Rubberdown Freedom Run & Trail

The event for off-road vehicles begins at 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 11, at the Old Glory Memorial at
Diana and U.S. 54. Pow Wow is 6-7 p.m.
Convoy leaves at 7 p.m. to Juando Pass. Trail
run from Flying J begins at 8:30 p.m.
Information: rubberdown.net.
El Paso Crohns & Autoimmune
Disease Support Group The support
group meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of the

month (Sept. 15) on the campus of Tech
University Health Sciences Center, 4800
Alberta, in the Academic Services Building,
Room 211. Parking available next to the clinic.
Information: Carrie Wilkie, (214) 708-2989,
ccwilkie@elpasocrohns.com.
UTEP Hispanic Heritage Celebration
This years celebration is in memoriam of

Jose M. Acosta, Juan A. Contreras, Enrique
Henry Irigoyen and Dr. Albert Rosenberg.
Most events are free. Information: 747-5462 or
academics.utep.edu/chicano.
Events begin Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the Union
Building Plaza, with UTEPs Grito Ceremony:
Commemoration of the Declaration of Mexican
Independence.
Most presentations in UTEP Librarys
Blumberg Auditorium, unless otherwise listed.
Documentary Screening of Latino
Americans: Foreigners in their Own Land is 5
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Book presentation and lecture on Famous in
El Paso History, by Dr. Yolanda Leyva is 1:30
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17.
A Lecture on Forgotten Heroes: The
Military Contributions of Mexican Americans
throughout U.S. History by Dr. Larry Valero,
is 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, in Kelly Hall
Room 401.
Talk on Antena Collaborative: Language
Experiments, Language Justice with a bilingual
reading by award winning-translators of Latin
American poetry, Jen Hofer and John Plueker,
is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Stanlee and
Gerald Rubin Center of the Visual Arts.
Lecture and book presentation of Systemic
Evil: Mat Perez vs. the FBI by Samuel C.
Martinez is noon Tuesday, Sept. 22.
A screening of the film 43 by Charlie Minn
is 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at Union
Cinema.
A poetry reading by Cuban poet Luis Lorente
is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24.
A performance on Latina Feminism:
September 2015
Performing Gender and Questioning Identity

by S. Paola Lopez is 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1.
Documentary Screening of Latino
Americans: Empire of Dreams is 3 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2.
An exhibit on The Legacy an Vision of La
Mujer Obrera is 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3,
at Cafe Mayapan, 2000 Texas.
EPCC Hispanic Heritage Celebration
El Paso Community College and Diversity

Programs Hispanic Heritage Celebration,
Restoration: Bridging Culture. Life and
Future, includes events in September and
October at various campuses. Events are free,
unless listed otherwise. Information: 831-3324
or epcc.edu/hispanicheritage.
Kick off event is 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the Rio Grande
Campus Cafeteria.
Fall Fiesta is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 23, at the Valle Verde Campus Annex.
Read-ins are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 23, in the 2nd Floor Lobby Area of Valle
Verde Campus Building A.
Presentation by Sam C. Martinez, author
Systemic Evil: Mat Perez vs. The FBI, is 7 to
9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, Administrative
Service Center Building A Auditorium.
UTEP Career Expo UTEPs annual

career fair featuring various employers from
around country is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday
and Friday, Sept. 17-18, in the Don Haskins
Center. Information: 747-7503 or
utep.edu/careers.
The Graduate and Professional School Fair is
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the
Union Building.
Celebration Of Recovery United

Healthcare Community Plan presents an
evening that celebrates recovery and helps give
voice to people who suffer from behavioral
health addiction issues, at 5 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Main in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.
Keynote speaker is Kevin Hines, who survived
a suicide attempt off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Admission is free. Information: Mari, 1-877339-1616.
A screening of the documentary The
Anonymous People will also be presented,
with a discussion following.
Experience Your Life Force Unity
Church, Alabama at Gold, hosts a Pranic Healing

event noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Lynn
Provencio will explain how to use ones life
force to help with physical and emotional ailments. Admission is free; love donations taken.
Information: 449-0619 or on Facebook at
Pranic Healing El Paso Border Region.
A series of MCKS Pranic Healing Intensives is
planned for the fall months at Radisson Hotel
Airport, 1770 Airway. Registration available
online at pranichealing.com:
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26-27: Pranic
Healing Level 1 with instructor Lynn Provencio.
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 31-Nov. 1:
Pranic Healing Level 2 with instructor Chandan
Parameswara
Monday, Nov. 2: Pranic Psychotherapy with
Chandan Parameswara.
An Evening with Mary Lou Retton

The YMCA of El Paso and Fellowship of
Christian Athletes host the famed Olympic
gymnast at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at First
Baptist Church, 805 Montana. Tickets are $25
in advance, $35 at the door. Information: elpasoymca.org or eventbrite.
Retton won a gold medal in the individual all-
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around competition in the 1984 Summer

Olympics, she, as well as two silver medals and
two bronze medals.
Afternoon of Civil Discourse A pres-
entation on how two women challenged religious indoctrination in the public schools,
hosted by El Paso Chapter of Americans
United Civil Discourse, is 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26, at UTEPs Quinn Hall.
Speakers are author Katherine Stewart and
Magdalene Bedi, plaintiff in a lawsuit she filed
against her Mississippi high school. Admission is
free; free parking available. Information: 5258545 or joinusforjustice.org.
El Paso Fashion Week El Pasos annual
La Semilla Benefit Dinner La Semilla
Food Center hosts the 4th annual Farm to

Fork benefit dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 12, at Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One
Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park. The gourmet
meal will be prepared by some of the regions
finest chefs, including Apolo Salazar, Ardovinos
Desert Crossing; Roman Wilcox, Mustard Seed
Caf; and Megan Hoover. A cocktail hour on
the Sunset Patio includes a host bar serving
wine from St. Clairs Vineyard and a signature
cocktail made with Titos Vodka. Silent auction,
live music, dancing. Tickets: $100 ($175 pair) at
donate.lasemillafoodcenter.org/FarmtoForkDin
ner. Cost: $100. Information: (915) 882-2393
or lasemillafoodcenter.org.
Tiger Ball The 5th annual El Paso High
Fashion Week is Sept. 26-Oct. 3, with more

than 309 local, national, and international
designers, agencies, and models. Presented by
Lijuro Productions and Southwest University.
Information: (618) 578-1269, or on Facebook
at El Paso Fashion Week.
School PTSA fundraiser, Woodstock, is 7

p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at 425
Lombardy, for all EPHS alumni, parents, teachers, staff and friends. Dress is Hippie Best.
Tickets: $50 ($100 Centennial tickets); cash
bar. Information: tigerptsa.org.
Mathnasium of West El Paso, 7250 N. Mesa

Street, Suite B, is taking registration for its
upcoming Power Math workouts. Workouts
are two or three times a week, and run 60 to
75 minutes each session. Also offered is homework. Information: 587-6284,
westelpaso@mathnasium.com or mathnasium.com/westelpaso.
Jonathan Morris is keynote speaker for Diocese

of El Pasos 9th annual dinner, 6 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 17, at El Paso Convention
Center. Cocktails begin at 5 p.m. Live auction
will be held. Tickets: $100 ($1,000 table for
ten). Sponsorships available Ticket Information:
872-8412 or elpasodiocesefoundation.org.
Mathnasium of West El Paso
Foundation of Faith Dinner Father
Terror Trail and Zombie Adventure
Cowboys for Cancer Research Benefit

Team Roping The 33rd annual fundraiser
miniCAST 2015 Region 19 hosts the
Walk Like MADD 5K Mothers Against
WinkeyDoodles Paintball Adventures, 401

Anthony, in Canutillo, hosts its two-acre Terror
Trail Haunted House opens weekends Oct. 2Nov. 7. Ages 10 and older welcome; no costumes may be worn to the trail. Information:
877-FEAR (3327) or texasterrortrail.com.
one-day conference for all educators who want
to bring science and technology to a new
hands-on level in their classroom 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Hutt Brown Middle
School, 7820 Helen of Troy. Cost: $75;
includes an invitation to the Friday Night
Networking Social at Centennial Museum,
Saturday lunch, two keynote speakers, and a
complimentary one-year STAT and TCEA
membership. Online registration at minicastelpaso.org.
El Paso High School Reunion Class of

1965 is taking reservations for its 50th Reunion
Oct. 8-11. Cost: $100 per person for Friday
and Saturday evening events; all other events
free. Information, reservations: 253-6062, 5260894 or jowhitley@comcast.com.
Irvin High School Class of 65 The

50th Reunion Celebration will be Oct. 8-11 at
Wyndham El Paso Airport Hotel. Information:
irvin65.com or call 549-0351.
Austin High School 50th Reunion
The Austin High Class of 1965s 50th reunion is

Oct. 16-18, along with classmates from 1964
to 1966. Information: 383-8683 or
sites.google.com/site/austin60sreunion.
GED classes High School Equivalency
Program (HEP) and UTEP host free GED classes and tests for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their immediate families Mondays
through Fridays at UTEPs Graham Hall, Room
206, 500 W. University. Class times are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (flex times).
Open enrollment. Information: 747-5567 and
studentaffairs.utep.edu/hep.
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For a good cause
El Paso Scene
is Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19-20 at the

Southern NM Fairgrounds west of Las Cruces.
Proceeds benefit the Cowboys for Cancer
Registration: (575) 642-5693 or c4cr.com.
The 12th annual C4CR Dinner Dance & Silent
Auction is Friday, Oct. 9.
Drunk Driving will host its 5K walk in partnership with EPCC from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19, at Crime Victims Memorial Park,
Judge Edward Marquez Library and Yucca Park,
off Lafayette. The walk benefits MADDs
Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, through
pledges made by participants. Cost: $25 ($20
ages 5-18; $5 pets). Information: 779-1987.
Tomatoville, A Tasting For Tocando
The 2nd annual fundraiser for El Paso

Symphony Orchestra's Tocando Music Project
is 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the home
of Angel and Rosalia Beltran, 750 Linda. Tickets
are $75. Information: 532-3776,
epso.org and tocandomusicproject.org
The event invites guests to design their
dream BLT with help from participating businesses such as Spouts Farmers Market, DLox
Restaurant and Belle Sucre bakery, with recipes
provided by Chef Annette Lawrence. The
event also features wines from Sombra Antigua
Winery and beers fro Big Bend Brewing Co.
The Symphonys Tocando Music Project is an
after-school program that provides music learning and performing opportunities to elementary
school students.
Wheels, Deals, Meals Gala El Pasoans
Fighting Hungers fundraising gala is 6 to 10

p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at 9541 Plaza Circle,
with high-end classic car show, food from 15 or
more El Paso restaurants, silent and live auction, big band sounds, wine tasting, casino-style
gaming and more. Attire is black with a touch
of orange. Tickets: $50 ($500 table for 10).
Information: 298-0353 or elpasoansfightinghunger.org.
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FEMAP Gala The Friends of FEMAP, a
binational organization that seeks to improve

the quality of life for the less fortunate in Juarez
and El Paso, will host its_ 10th annual gala La
Vie en Rose, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2,
at the El Paso Convention Center. Tickets:
$150 ($1,750 corporate tables for 10).
Information: 544-4151, aaleman@femap.org or
femap.org.
Art in the Heart El Paso Human
Services, Incs. 4th annual Art Show Benefiting

the Winchester House is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 3, at the Mustard Seed Cafe, 1140 St.
Vrain (at Arizona). The Winchester House a
transitional living center for young men 18-25.
Admission is free. Information: 790-2232.
Wild West Wine and Food Festival
The Rotary Club of El Paso hosts the festival

fundraiser noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at
El Paso Botanical Gardens, 4200 Doniphan.
Wines from over 45 wineries and food from El
Pasos top restaurants served. Tickets: $100.
Information: 833-6616 or elpasowinefest.com.
Cruisin for Critters Motorcycle Run
The 5th annual charity run benefiting

ACTion Programs for Animals is Sunday, Oct.
4, starting at Las Cruces Motor Sports, 1215 S.
Valley Drive. Registration is 10:30 a.m. to noon,
with participation at each stop and an afterparty 3 to 6 p.m. at the Blue Moon Bar in
Radium Springs, N.M., for age 21 and older.
Cost: $15 per rider/passenger. Information:
(575) 373-0159 or
actionprogramsforanimals.org.
Fort Bliss
Anyone entering Fort Bliss must have a valid

drivers license, car insurance and registration.
Check beforehand to see which gates are open
to the public. Public access is available through
the Sheridan, Chaffee and Buffalo Soldiers gates
to West Bliss, and Biggs and Old Ironsides gates
to East Bliss.
U.S. Army Soldier Show The annual
Broadway-style variety show, We Serve, performed by soldiers is 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 28-29, at Stayton Theatre,
2495 Cassidy Rd., Fort Bliss. Admission is free;
but tickets are required and available at both
ITR locations inside Freedom Crossing, and at
the Soldier Activity Center. Doors open at 6
p.m. Information: 568-6741 or blissmwr.com.
Fort Bliss Retiree Appreciation Day

Paso Chapter Military Officers Association of
America and the Fort Bliss Retiree Advisory
Board host the dinner and reception celebrating retirees from any branch of the service 6 to
8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Underwood
Golf Course, 3200 Coe at Fort Bliss. Keynote
speaker is retired Col. John W. Radke, Office
of the G1, HQ Department of the Army. Cost:
$26; reservations required by Sept. 18 to El
Paso Chapter, MOAA, Attn: Treasurer, Box
6144, Ft. Bliss, 79906-0144. Checks payable to
El Paso Chapter MOAA. Retirees from any
branch of service and their spouses are invited.
Information: 842-9650 or 533-5111.
Retiree Appreciation Day events are Saturday
morning, Sept. 26, at the Sergeant Majors
Academy on East Ft. Bliss.
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club 3730 Roy
Johnson Lane. Rifle and pistol shooting competitions are held almost every weekend. Visitors
can watch for free. Food available at the clubhouse snack bar. To get there: Take Railroad
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Drive to Deer; turn right. Information: 5682983 or blissmwr.com/rodandgun.
Friday at The Fire Fort Blisss Freedom

Crossing hosts free live music featuring local
performers 6 to 1 p.m. Fridays, at the outdoor
fireplace. Bands perform 7 to 9 p.m., with DJ
music before and after. Information: 564-5311
or freedomcrossingatfortbliss.com.
Catholic Women of the Chapel The

CWOC meets 9 a.m. Fridays (except holiday
weekends) at the Religious Activities Center,
Building #449 on Fort Bliss. Meetings consist of
fellowship, saying the rosary, craft making projects or Bible studies. Child care provided free
of charge. This years theme is Works of
Mercy. Information: fortblisscwoc@gmail.com.
Fort Bliss Historical Association The
group meets at 1 p.m. on the second
Wednesday of each month at the Fort Bliss
museum complex, 1735 Marshall. Information:
269-4831. Dues are $25 a year ($10 students
and junior enlisted soldiers).
Old Fort Bliss Building 5054, corner of

Pershing and Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. The
Old West days of the Soldiers of the Pass are
relived through replicas of the original adobe
fort buildings and military artifacts,
Magoffinsville Post 1854 to 1868. Hours are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; by
appointment only Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 568-4518 or 588-8482.
Club news
LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso The

nonprofit cultural institute promotes French
culture and language in a variety of activities.
Information: 585-1789, 497-5196 (Spanish),
cgomez@afofelpaso.org, afofelpaso.com or on
Facebook at AllianceFrancaiseElPaso.
Fall French classes will start Aug. 31 for
Adults and Sept. 5 for youth. Conversation
classes taught by native certified French teachers on Wednesday. Visit the website or
Facebook for location and schedule. The new
class location is 1035 Belvidere Ste 200.
Doa Ana Photography Club (DAPC)
The club hosts free photography programs

7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the
month at Southwest Environmental Center,
275 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
daphotoclub.org.
Sept. 1: Gallery Wrap your Photos by Ron
Wolfe, demonstration, plus 10 Minutes with
Wynn Bullock and Aaron Siskind.
Sept. 15: A Year in the Mesilla Valley,
Photo Opportunities by Month by Las Cruces
professional photographer Mike Groves. He
will cover what to expect as a landscape photographer each month, what is blooming,
weather, and unusual happenings.
Westside Welcome Club The nonprofit group, founded in 1978 as a social, educational and civic organization, is open to both
newcomers and longtime residents.
Information: westsidewelcomeclub.com.
The monthly free friendship coffee for new
and longtime residents is 10 a.m. Friday, Sept.
4, at 1216 Cerrito Bello Lane. No RSVP necessary. Information: 584-6545.
The annual Activities Fair and Brunch is 11
a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at El Paso Country
Club, 5000 Country Club Place. Preview the
16 activities in which members may participate
throughout the year. Reservations required.
Cost: $20. Information: 588-6352.
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El Paso Philatelic Society The El Paso
stamp club meets 7 to 9 p.m. the second

Tuesday of every month (Sept. 8) at St.
Clements Episcopal Church, 810 N. Campbell
(at Montana). Meetings include educational presentations and an auction of materials submitted by club members. Visitors always welcome;
admission is free for first-time visitors; $12
annual membership fee. Information: 345-7771
or epps.stamps@gmail.com.
Germania Club The Germania Club of

El Pasos monthly luncheon is 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 10, at Golden Tee,
Underwood Golf Course, 3200 Coe on Fort
Bliss. Newcomers welcome. Information,
reservations: 755-5471.
Fashion Show and Luncheon Retired

Officers Wives Clubs annual fall luncheon and
fashion show is noon to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 15, at Centennial Club and Conference
Center on East Fort Bliss, with fashions modeled from Macys and door prizes. Open to the
public. Tickets are $26. Reservations by Sept.
11. Send check payable to ROWC to Mrs. P.
Starboard, 2707 Altura, El Paso 79930.
Womans Department of the Greater
El Paso Chamber of Commerce The
groups general meeting is 9:30 a.m. Thursday,

Sept. 17, at the El Paso Municipal Rose
Garden, 3418 Aurora. Prior to the meeting,
Denise Rodriguez, horticulturist with Texas
A&M University Extension Service, will talk on
the Care and Cultivation of Roses and conduct a tour. Information: Pat Quinn, 755-6193.
Borderland IONS The Borderlands

IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) Community
Group meets 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19,
at Doris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd.
Lavina Vaswani who will talk on The Power of
Tolerance. Admission is free and open to the
public. Information: 526-6297 or noetic.org.
IONS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
advancing the science of consciousness and
human experience to serve individual and collective transformation.
Military Order of the World Wars

The El Paso Chapter will hold its monthly
luncheon at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at
Great American Land & Cattle Company, 9800
Gateway Blvd. North in Northeast El Paso,
with a Get Reacquainted Session. The Chapter
will also announce the Citizen of the Year
honoree. Information: 755-4038.
Singles in the Son - The group develops
friendships among Christian singles ages 30 to

50. Bible study held Tuesday nights. Weekend
events subject to change. All denominations are
welcome. Membership is free. Information:
Andy, 471-1997, SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com
or on Facebook.
Saturday, Sept 19: UTEP/NMSU football
game
Friday, Sept 25: Dinner and a movie.
Discover El Paso The nonprofit group
promotes things to do and see in and around El

Paso. Information: discoverep.org.
The annual Discover El Paso Awards
Luncheon is noon Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the El
Paso Country Club, 5000 Country Club Place,
with music by pianist Ballard Coldwell. Arrive
at 11:30 a.m. Send check for $22 to Discover
El Paso at 10131 Stoneway, 79925 or call for
reservations: Betty, 584-3858 or Dorothy, novelta@msn.com.
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El Paso Retired Teachers and School

Personnel All retired teachers and school
personnel are invited to a luncheon meeting at

noon Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Wyndham
Hotel, 2027 Airport. Cost is $17. Reservations
by Sept. 14: 253-5792 or 592-0877.
The El Paso group meets the 4th Thursday of
each month. September attendees are asked to
bring school supplies to be distributed to a
school in need.
El Paso Northeast Quilters Guild

Regular monthly meetings and quilting bees are
7 to 9 p.m. the second Thursday of the month
at Grace Presbyterian Church, 8001 Magnetic
(at Titanic). Social time and setup begin at 6:30
p.m. The non-profit organization promotes
quilting among interested persons, and brings
the beginner, experienced, younger and older
quilters together for various events and projects. Information: 503-7485 or
epnequilters@gmail.com.
International Coin Club El Pasos only
coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first

Monday of the month at St. Pauls United
Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere. Business
meeting starts around 6:30 p.m. Numismatic
presentations start at 7 p.m. with auction to
follow. Visitors always welcome, and admission
free for first-time visitors. Information: 5336001 or elpasocoinclug.com.
Area attractions
Wyler Aerial Tramway 1700 McKinley.

Cost is $8 for adults ($4 age 12 years and
under. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Last Sunday hikes are 7 a.m. Aug. 30 and
Sept. 27 to Ranger Peak from the parking lot.
A Geo-caching 101 event is noon Saturday,
Sept. 12.
Trail Maintenance Day at the Tramway in
observance of National Public Lands Day is
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.
Western Playland The amusement park
is at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M.

across from the racetrack. Tickets: $20.45
adult; $15.80, plus tax (pay one price); $5 nonrider admission. Individual ride tickets are
$2.50. Information: (575) 589-3410 or westernplayland.com. September hours are 2 to 9
p.m. Saturdays, and 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays, plus
Monday, Sept. 7; October hours are 2 to 8
p.m. Saturday through Oct. 17.
Wet N Wild Waterworld The water
park at 8804 S. Desert, Anthony, Texas (I-10 at

Exit 0) is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekends.
Individual tickets: $22.99, plus tax; $19.99 kids
under 48 inches tall; $4.99 age 1-3; Seniors/picnic fee: $14.99. Season passes are $39.99;
$14.99 ages 1-3. Information: 886-2222,
wetwild.com or on Facebook.
The annual End of Summer Beach Party and
Car Show is 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6,
hosted by Anthony (Texas) Police Foundation
and Food Pantry INC.
Indian Cliffs Ranch The working cattle
ranch in Fabens offers a childrens zoo, buffalo,

longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets and
Fort Apache playground. Its also home to the
famous Cattlemans Steakhouse. Information:
(915) 544-3200 or cattlemanssteakhouse.com.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive),

Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1
a.m. Sunday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 2
a.m. Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Friday
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ord studies are my favorite

method of Bible study I love
tracing how certain words are
used throughout the Bible, learning what
their original Hebrew and Greek words
were, and how they made their way to
Latin then English.
I was researching the word faith
recently and stumbled across an interesting
fact: the Old Testament doesnt really talk
about faith that much. In fact the word
faith only comes up twice in the King
James Version of the Old Testament.
What the Old Testament does talk about
is being faithful. It talks about the faithfulness of God who has acted in history,
brought his people out of slavery and captivity, who has promised to be faithful.
The Old Testament also uses the word
faithful to describe obedience to God, to
live according to his law and promises, to
live in the reality of a God who created the
world and called us to be His people.
Even then, the Old Testament talks a lot
less about faith or faithfulness than the
New Testament. According to one scholar,
the Old Testament uses the Hebrew words
faith, faithful or faithfulness about 35
times in the same sense that the New
Testament uses those words. Thats less
than one time per book of the Old
Testament. By comparison, those words
at least their Greek counterparts come
up 240 times in the New Testament.
Both the Hebrew and Greek words for
faith mean roughly the same having
confidence in, trusting, relying on someone or something. Why this major change
in emphasis from Old to New Testament?
Does believing in and following Jesus
require more faith than obeying the God of
the Old Testament?
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and Saturday. Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m.

everyday. General admission and parking are
free. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunlandpark.com.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta

Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe and family-operated gift shops.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday. Admission is free. Information:
859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery
430 La Via Road (off NM 28 between

markers 8 and 9), in Chamberino, N.M. Tasting
room open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through
Monday. Information: (915) 241-4349 or sombraantigua.com.
Free live music on the patio offered 2:30 to 6
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, with food truck
most Saturdays; bring a picnic basket Sunday.
Open mic sessions are 6 to 9 p.m. the second
Friday of each month.
La Via Winery New Mexicos oldest
winery is just across the state line from El Paso,

at 4201 S. NM Highway 28, one mile north of
Vinton Road. Information: (575) 882-7632 or
lavinawinery.com.
The tasting room and patio are open for sales
and tasting of wines from noon to 5 p.m.
Thursday through Tuesday (closed
Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily tour is
offered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment only; the
$10 fee includes tasting.
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We often refer to the New Testament as

the New Covenant, and thats a big clue.
The term goes back to the Old Testament,
in Jeremiah 31:33, where its says God will
make a new covenant with His people.
Instead of laws written on tablets, God
says I will put my law in their minds and
write it on their hearts. This famous passage is quoted at length not once but twice
in the New Testament book of Hebrews
(8:8-12 and again in 10:16-17).
This emphasis on internal character based
on faith rather than external observances
based on law, comes up again and again
throughout the New Testament. Paul refers
to the faithful as a letter from Christ, the
result of our ministry, written not with ink
but with the Spirit of the living God, not
on tablets of stone but on tablets of human
hearts. (II Cor. 3:3).
The other major difference is how faith is
discussed in the New Testament there is
a special emphasis on faith as something
we receive rather than something we build
on our own. The best known verse in this
regard is Eph. 2:8: For by grace you have
been saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God.
If any word in the Bible is worth studying, its faith. It may make a big difference in your own faith!
Randy Limbird is editor of

El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send to randy@epscene.com
Sunland Winery 1769 Victory Lane in
Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Thursday through Saturday, 3 to 7 p.m.
Sunday. Information: (575) 589-1214.
Painting and tasting classes are offered the
third Friday and Saturday of the month; call for
details.
Live Music is 7:30 p.m. Fridays 2 to 6 p.m.
Sundays with David Huerta, 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays with Huerta and Lala Ledezma, plus
8 p.m. Thursdays with Ledezma and Team
Havana, and free Latin dance lessons. Free
wine tastings.
Wine and Canine is 2 to 7 p.m. the 3rd
Sunday of every month, with food and music.
Well behaved and leashed dogs welcomed.
One dollar from each drink purchased with go
to the Humane Society of El Paso.
Zin Valle Vineyards 7315 Hwy 28 in

Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tastings noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday.
Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
Ski Apache ZipTour The hour-long zipline adventure at the Alto, N.M. ski resort
begins at over 11,000 feet, spanning 8,900 feet
in three sections, reaching speeds of up to 65
mph. Cost is $65 for adults, $58 children and
senior, $52 military. Minimum age is 10; height
and weight limits also apply. Reservations
required. Information: (575) 464-3633 or skiapache.com.
Plaza Theatre Tours The free weekly
tours are noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Plaza,

125 W. Mills in Downtown El Paso. Meet
under the Plaza marquee. Information: 5340660.
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All phone numbers listed are in Juarz.
La Rodadora The interactive childrens

museum is in the citys Parque Central. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays
and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission: 65 pesos. Information: 52-656-5582415 or larodadora.org. 3D Theater admission:
30 pesos. Theater/museum combo is 79 pesos.
Family package is 299 pesos.
A lecture by Valentina Alazraky, a Mexican
correspondent at Vatican City since 1975, is 6
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27. Cost is 350 pesos
(300 pesos for students, teachers, seniors).
Centro Cultural Paso del Norte - Av.

Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the
Red Cross. Information: 1730300 or
ccpn.com.mx (Facebook: ccpnteatro).
The childrens play Hercules is at 5 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 6. Admission: 90 to 136 pesos.
Theatre Infidelidades with nationally recognized artists Erika Buenfil, Alfredo Adame,
Lourdes Munguia and Omar Fierro performs at
7 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Admission: 200 to 500 pesos.
Gala Clasica Mexicana Symphonic Orchestra,
Mariachi and Ballet from Juarez University performs at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19.
Deportivo DMartlub Tecnologico
Avenue (two blocks south of Galeria Tec).

Reservations: 656 2510097 or 5 575265 (cel).
Singer Pepe Cervantes performs at 8 p.m. the
last Saturday of the month. Admission: 100
pesos. Bring beverage and appetizers. Aug. 29:
Venezuelan Night. Sept. 26: Mexican Night.
Carrera Internacional de la Amistad

Francisco J. Cuellar The 10K race and
3K fun run/walk is at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5,

at the Plaza De La Mexicanidad (Monumental X
Explanade). Prizes totaling 500,000 pesos to be
awarded. Registration at Instituto Municipal del
Deporte Av Americas 350 Sur., two blocks
south of Shangri-La restaurant.
Cibeles Convention Center Av.
Toms Fernndez 8450, Zona Campestre.

Expo Boda and Quinceanera is 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6. Sixty booths, two fashion shows. Presentation by wedding planner
Grisell Newmann at 5 p.m. Admission: 40 pesos.
Gran Noche Mexicana is 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 15. Buffet, mariachi, dance and other
music. Tickets are 350 pesos (175 pesos for
children under 11). Reservations advised.
Girasoles Elderly Center presents nationally
acclaimed artist Susana Alexander and her
monologue about the golden years at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 29. Admission: 500 pesos.
Reservations, information: 656 6880592 ext.
304 (Myrna).
Plaza De La Mexicanidad
(Monumental X Explanade)
Boulevard 4 Siglos and Plutarco Elias Calles.

The annual Tequila and Mariachi Fair is
Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 10-12.
Events begin at noon each day. Headliner
entertainment: Thursday, La Sonora Santanera;
Friday, Fidel Rueda; Saturday, Los Titanes de
Durango. Admission is 95 pesos each day.
Mexican Independence Day
Celebrations in Jurez include a parade beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, along
Av. 16 de Septiembre.
Festival Salesiano The 23rd annual festival begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at
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Cortijo Solar de la Paloma. Gourmet food will

be prepared by leading restaurants, with music
by Jenny and the Mexicats. Admission is $100
(U.S.). Proceeds benefit the Salesino charitable
works. Solar de la Paloma is off Carr. Jurez
Porvenir, 3 minutes from Bermudez Industrial
Park. Go right a half-mile on Camino Escudero.
Museo del INBA - Circuito Jose Reyes
Estrada, Zona Pronaf. Admission is free.

Continuing all month: Genesis, collective
exhibit by national women artists. Exhibit on
loan from the Secretaria de Hacienda.
Also through September: Ser o no Sur,
exhibit by Argentinean artists living in Mexico.
Centro Cultural Universitario
Plutarco Elias Calles and Av. Hermanos

Escobar. The 83rd annual Ateneo Fronterizo,
offering lectures, poetry and music, begins at
noon, Wednesday, Sept. 23. Free admission.
Gimnasio Universitario Calle Meja y
Montes de Oca in the Zona Pronaf.

Nick Wijicic, who was born without arms or
legs, speaks at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28. The
Australian native and devout Christian is
founder and president of Life Without Limbs.
He has spoken to millions of people around the
world, and is ranked as one of the worlds top
ten motivational speakers. Admission: 250 to
1,170 pesos.
Museo del Chamizal Chamizal Park
(next to the Bridge of the Americas). The

museum features archaeological and historic
exhibits. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Information: 611-1048.
Showing through September: Tiempos del
Sol, photography on loan from Instituto
Nacional de Arqueologia e Historia.
Centro de Convenciones Cuatro Siglos

- Cuatro Siglos Boulevard at Arizona. The 5th
Expo-MRO is Oct. 7-9. The expo has grown
from 23 to an expected 160 booths in five
years. Information: expo-mor.com, 656 6256735, or expo-mro.com.
Maraton Internacional The 6th annual

event includes a full marathon and half
marathon Sunday, Oct. 18. Information: (915)
603-6707 or maratongnj.com.mx.
Worlds Largest Astronomy Lesson
The effort to set the record for the most participants in a single astronomy event begins at 6
p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in the Samalayuca Dunes
near Jurez. Bring a telescope. Information:
recordguinnessjuarez.com.
Bazar Del Monumento The weekly
bazaar is noon to 4 p.m. Sundays at the Benito

Jurez Monument downtown, Vicente
Guerrero and Constitucion Avenues. Art,
antiques, books and more sold and traded. The
event also features live music.
Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera

(MUREF) Old Customs House, Zona
Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave. Jurez.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Information: muref.org, inah.org or
Facebook.
Permanent exhibitions in nine rooms highlight
the Mexican Revolution.
Jurez correspondent Walter Schaefer

2 022988 (cobracollectionag@hotmail.com
or walteraleisterschaefer@gmail.com)
September 2015
For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,

call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com.
The UTEP Ticket Center number is 747-5234.
Many clubs sell tickets through other ticket
websites listed.
Unless indicated, prices listed do not include
service charges.
Yes and Toto The two legendary bands
join forces for their summer tour at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 28, at Cohen Stadium. Tickets:
$35, $45, $55, $65 and $85 (Ticketmaster).
Chayanne The Latin pop superstar per-
forms at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at El Paso

County Coliseum. Tickets: $57, $97, $142
(Ticketmaster).
Chelsea Wolfe The singer-songwriter
known for her drone-metal-art-folk sound

performs in support of her new album Abyss
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Tricky Falls,
209 S. El Paso, with guest Wovenhead. Tickets:
$12 in advance; $15 day of show. Information:
351-9909. Tickets online at trickyfalls.com.
Zedd The multi-platinum, Grammy-win-
ning artists True Colors Tour comes to El Paso

at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at El Paso
Convention Center. Tickets: $37.50
(Ticketmaster); VIP packages available.
Lila Downs The singers Balas y Chocolate

Tour is 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at The
Plaza Theatre. Downss innovative approach to
music has earned her a Grammy among other
awards. Tickets: $45, $55, $65 and $75
(Ticketmaster).
Born in Oaxaca Mxico, Downs is the daughter of a Mixtec Indian woman who ran away
from her village at 15 to sing in Mexico City
cantinas and a University of Minnesota professor, who saw her singing and fell in love. She
Third Day has had 30 No. 1 singles, more

than 8.5 million albums sold, 24 GMA Dove
Awards, four Grammys, and an American Music
Award. Their latest hit single is Soul on Fire.
grew up both in Minnesota and Oaxaca, and

studied classical voice and cultural anthropology
at the University of Minnesota. Her music and
vocal artistry are as varied as the ancient cultures that serve as her inspiration.
Brandi Carlile The indie singer and song-
writer brings her diverse voice to El Paso at 8

p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at The Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $29.50 and $49.50 (Ticketmaster).
Carlile, who has partnered twin brothers Tim
and Phil Hanseroth since the beginning of her
career, has released six albums. Her biggest hits
has been her 2007 single The Story, from the
album of the same name.
Jason Aldean The three-time ACM Male
Vocalist of the Year returns to the region for

his Burn It Down Tour, Friday, Sept. 25, at
NMSUs Pan American Center in Las Cruces,
with special guests Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr
and Dee Jay Silver. Tickets: $34.25 and
$64.25(Ticketmaster).
Trapfest Block Party Americas
audience the chance to come on down to

win appliances, vacations, and even a new car
by playing classic games from televisions
longest running and most popular game show.
Tickets: $30.50, $34 and $64.(Ticketmaster).
Kevin Johnson Showtime! El Paso pres-
ents the award-winning ventriloquist at 2:30

p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Johnson has performed more than
9,000 shows at Legoland in California, and it
two-time international winner for Best Male
Performer for his all-ages and clean comedy.
Ticket information: 544-2022 or showtimeelpaso.com.
82nd season are $85 ($205 family). Youth/student season tickets: $35.
Ricky Martin The Puerto Rican megas-
tars One World Tour is 7:30 p.m. Sunday,

Sept. 27, at the El Paso County Coliseum. A
former member of the 1980s teen supergroup
Menudo, Martin has recorded pop hits such as
Livin La Vida Loca and She Bangs. Tickets:
$49.50-$150 (Ticketmaster).
Premier Trap and Bass Music Tour returns for

its 3rd anniversary all-ages block party, featuring Keys N Krates, Ookay and Dotcom, at 8
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Cleveland Square
Park, 510 N. Santa Fe in Downtown El Paso.
Tickets: $15-$50; available at All That Music,
Just Fit Foods, High Point and trapfest.com.
of The Killers brings his solo performance to El

Paso at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in support of
his new album Desired Effect, at Tricky Falls,
209 S. El Paso. Tickets: $30-$32. Information:
351-9909; online tickets at trickyfalls.com.
interactive stage show comes to El Paso for

one night at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the
Plaza Theatre, hosted by Jerry Springer. The
Price is Right, Live! gives contestants from the
Lead Us Back Tour comes to El Paso at 7

p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at The Plaza Theatre,
with Brandon Heath and Warren Barfield.
Tickets: $17 to $32.50 (Ticketmaster).
The Price is Right, LIVE! The hit
Brandon Flowers The former frontman
Third Day The Christian rock bands
Chris Young The country singers Im
Comin Home tour is 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

6, at Abraham Chavez Theatre, are part of the
Stars Scholarship Fund fundraiser. Tickets: $35,
$45 $75 (Ticketmaster).
Caputo The popular psychic and star of
TLCs Long Island Medium cable show,

comes to El Paso at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 7, for a show at the Don Haskins Center.
Caputo will tells stories about her life and
career, and also give readings to audience
members. Tickets: $39.75 and $99.75
(Ticketmaster, UTEP Ticket Center).
Disney on Ice: Frozen Disneys most

successful animated film comes to life Oct. 711, at the El Paso County Coliseum, 4100
Paisano. Performances are 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and noon, 3:30 and 7:30
p.m. Sunday. Thursdays performance in
Spanish. Tickets: $15, $25, $30, $60 and $75
(Ticketmaster) Ages 2 and older must have
ticket.
Hozier The chart-topping artist behind the
hit Take Me To Church performs at 8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8, at Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Tickets: $32.50 to $47 (Ticketmaster).
Super Freestyle Explosion Three of
the best known freestyle artists from the 1980s

get together for the Ultimate Old School Jam
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at UTEPs Don
Haskins Center, with Stevie B (Party Your
Body), Lisa Lisa (lead singer of Lisa Lisa and
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Cult Jam) and Taylor Dayne. Tickets: $31.50

and $41.50 (Ticketmaster).
Other performers include The Original Cover
Girls, Trinere, Cynthia, Lil Suzy, Nu Shooz,
Freestyle and J.J. Fad.
Chris Kattan and Friends Saturday
Night Live veteran Chris Kattan, star of The

Middle Night at the Roxbury and Corky
Romano performs Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. 14-15, at El Paso Comic Strip, 1201
Airway. Information, reservations: 779-LAFF
(5233), laff2nite.com.
Ariana Grande The pop superstar per-
forms at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct 15, at El

Paso County Coliseum, with special guest
Prince Royce. Grande was originally known as
part of the Nickelodeon series Victorious.
Her debut album Yours Truly, features the
hit single The Way. Tickets: $27-$67
(Ticketmaster).
Regular tickets sold out, but VIP tickets available for $292.50, $347.50 and $692.50.
I Love Lucy: Live On Stage Jam
Theatricals and El Paso Live open its Broadway

in El Paso series with the stage version of
beloved classic television comedy Oct. 15, at
the Plaza Theatre. Ticket information: 2311111, ElPasoLive.com/Broadway.
Home Free The country vocal bands
Dont It Feel Good Tour is 8 p.m. Monday,

Oct. 19, at UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. The
band was crowned champion of NBCs The
Sing-Off. Tickets: $20, $27.50 and $32.50; VIP
tickets are $125 (Ticketmaster).
Ballet Folklrico de Mxico Mexicos
premier dance company is making a long-awaited visit to El Paso at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at
The Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $40-$80
(Ticketmaster)
Miguel Bose The Latin Grammy-winner

presents his Amo Tour at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
27, at UTEPs Don Haskins Center. Tickets:
$40, $90 and $150 (Ticketmaster).
Mark Anthony & Carlos Vives The
Latin superstars UNIDO2 tour is 9 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 30, at UTEPs Don Haskins
Center. Tickets: $54.75, $84.75, $104.75,

$134.75 and $190.25 (Ticketmaster).
Jon Lovitz The Saturday Night Live veter-
an performs Nov. 5-7, at El Paso Comic Strip,

1201 Airway. Showtime is 8 p.m. Thursday and
Friday, 8 and 10:45 p.m. Saturday. Tickets:
$32.50-$42.50. Information, reservations: 779LAFF (5233), laff2nite.com.
Gloria Trevi The Mexican pop diva per-
forms returns to El Paso at 8:30 p.m. p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7, at El Paso County Coliseum.
Tickets: $59 to $110 (Ticketmaster).
Rodney Carrington Multi-talented
comedian, actor, singer, and Texas native

Rodney Carrington brings his Here Comes the
Truth tour to El Paso at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
21, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. His eight
major label comedy albums that have sold
more than two million copies. Tickets: $31 to
$176. For mature audiences only.
Alejandro Fernandez The Grammy-
nominated singer performs at 9 p.m. Saturday,

Nov. 28, at the El Paso County Coliseum.
Tickets: $61-$151 (Ticketmaster).
Juan Gabriel One of the worlds best-
known Latin singers performs at 8 p.m. Sunday,

Dec. 6, at UTEPs Don Haskins Center.
Tickets to be announced.(Ticketmaster).
The Great Russian Nutcracker The
Moscow Ballet presents the 22nd annual performances of the holiday classic at 3 and 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 23, and 1 p.m. Christmas
Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets start at $3. (Ticketmaster). Group discounts and VIP packages available. Information:
nutcracker.com.
Gary Clark Jr. The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist
brings his The Rise of Sonny Boy Slim Tour
to El Paso Tuesday, March 8, at Tricky Falls,
209 S. El Paso. Tickets: $30. Information: 3519909. Online tickets at trickyfalls.com.
Yanni The world music legend and his
world-renowned orchestra will perform audience favorites from throughout his career as
well as newly reworked arrangements of the
classics 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at
the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $69.50 and $99.50
(Ticketmaster).
Venues & series
Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso. All shows are
all-ages (16 and older), unless listed otherwise.

Listings also cover shows in Bowie Feathers.
Information: 351-9909 Online tickets at trickyfalls.com.
Frantic Flintstones, The Loveless and lowdown dirty creeps perform at 9 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 1.
Left of the dial: Kelley Williams is 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Purity Ring The bands Another Eternity
Tour is 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3. $22-$25.
Bayside The Queens rock band performs
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, with the Early
November and Better Off. Tickets; $15 in
advance, $18 day of show.
The Donkeys The California band performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, with The
Other Half. Tickets: $8-$10.
Nick Diamonds of Islands and the Tulips perform indie-pop music at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6.
Paring/knife and PRIS perform post-rock at 8
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. Tickets: $20.
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult Electric
Messiah Tour is 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21. $20.
Chelsea Wolfe The singer-songwriter
known for her drone-metal-art-folk sound
performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, with
guest Wovenhead. Tickets: $12-$15.
Toxic Holocaust and Lord Dying perform
metal punk at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27.
Tickets: $20-$22.
British rockers Royal Blood and Bass Drum
Of Death play at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Tickets: $25-$30.
Run the Jewels The hip hop duo performs
8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30. Tickets: $25-$30.
And So I Watch You From Afar, Mylets, Blis
perform a concert of post-rock, instrumental
and math rock at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Brandon Flowers The former frontman of
The Killers performs at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
1. Tickets: $30-$32.
Panteon Rococo The Mexican ska band
performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. $25-$35.
Helmet Betty 20th Anniversary Show is 8
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4. Tickets: $18.
blessthefall with Stick To Your Guns,
Emarosa, Oceans Ate Alaska, Cane Hill and
Emarosa begins at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
21. Tickets: $17-$20.
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Metal bands Cannibal Corpse and Soreption

perform 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. $22-$25.
Hard rock legend Marilyn Manson performs
at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. $50.
Canadian Industrial band, Puppy and Youth
Code from California bring the Down The
Sociopath Tour at 7 p .m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Mesa Music Hall 4151 N. Mesa.
Concerts are all ages shows, unless listed otherwise, with $3 surcharge from under 21.
Tickets for many performances available on
eventfull.com or holdmyticket.com.
Information: 599-8585 or on Facebook.
As Blood Runs Black 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 8.
The Bad Chapter and Consider Me Dead
perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18. Tickets:
$10 in advance.
Feud of Temptation The new age metal
band performs at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23.
Socorro Entertainment Center
11200 Santos Sanchez (off Socorro Road, 4.5

miles southeast of Loop 375). Doors usually
open at 6 p.m. Under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Admission is free ($10 17
and younger) unless otherwise listed. Tribute
bands play each Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
Information: 860-7777 or speakingrockentertainment.com.
Bullet for My Valentine, with special guest
Motionless in White, performs at 5 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 31.
Metal band Dokken performs Saturday,
Sept. 26.
The 6th annual Rocking the Rez Contest Pow
Wow is Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4.
Dances begin at 11 a.m. both days, with Grand
Entry events at 1 p.m.
Lowbrow Palace 111 E. Robinson.
Doors open at 9 p.m. (show time at 10 p.m.)

and age 16 and older welcome, unless listed
otherwise. Tickets are regularly $3 more for
ages 16-20. Information on Facebook.
Tickets for most events available from holdmyticket.com, or from All That Music, The
Headstand and Happy House.
Sen Dog: The Cypress Hill member performs
at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1. Tickets: $15-$20.
Trae tha Truth: The Houston rapper performs Saturday, Sept. 5.
Great Peacock: The Americana pop band
performs Thursday, Sept. 10. Tickets: $8-$10.
That 1 Guy: Sunday, Sept. 13. $10-$12.
Alan Lava: The dance-pop band plays
Wednesday, Sept. 23. Tickets: $10-$12.
Teen Daze: Saturday, Sept. 26, with
Heavenly Beat. Tickets: $10-$12.
Vacationer: The American Nu-Hula band is
Tuesday, Sept. 29, with Great Good Fine Ok.
Tickets: $13-$15.
Empress Of: The experimental music
singer/songwriter performs Saturday, Oct. 3.
Tickets: $10-$12.
Chad Valley: The electronic artist performs
Tuesday, Oct. 20, with Stranger Cat. $10-$12.
Strange Talk: The Australian synthpop band
plays Thursday, Oct. 22. Tickets: $10-$12.
Skylar Spence (formerly Saint Pepsi): The
American music producer performs
Wednesday, Oct. 28. Tickets: $15-$18.
FuzZ: The hard rock band performs
Thursday, Nov. 5. Tickets: $15-$17.
Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers: The
Canadian folk artist performs at 7 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 6. Tickets: $10-$12.
WAND: The psych-pop group performs
Sunday, Nov. 22. Tickets: $10-$12.
September 2015
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts

Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12
miles north of downtown Ruidoso).
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
or spencertheater.com. See Performing Arts
Guide for fall shows.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and

Casino Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8
p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets sold

through Ticketmaster; prices listed do not
include service charge. Information: 1-877-2775677 or innofthemountaingods.com.
Wynonna Judd The country singer performs Friday, Sept. 11. Tickets start at $30.
Gary Allan The country singer performs at
8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. Tickets: $30-$125.
Free shows offered at 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Sept. 18-19, on the lawn, with
Battery (Metallica Tribute) on Friday, Tre 2
Cre (Motley Crue Tribute) Saturday and
Devon Allman, son of Greg Allman both nights.
Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Brett Eldredge The country music singer
performs Friday, Oct. 2. Tickets: $25-$65.
Halestorm The rock band (Heres To
Us, I Miss The Misery) performs at 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9. Tickets: $35-$85.
Cirque Zuma Zuma The African circus
troupe performs at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24.
Tickets: $25 general admission.
Terry Fator The ventriloquist, impressionist, comedian and singer performs Friday, Oct.
30. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets: $40-$85.
Los Tigres del Norte Billboards most
influential regional Mexican Group is Saturday,
Nov. 28. Tickets to be announced.
Chef Robert Irvine The English celebrity
chef will demonstrate and serve the ultimate
Christmas dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14.
Tickets: $50 general admission.
Lynard Skynard The southern rock legends perform Saturday, Dec. 5. Tickets: $40$140.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo.

Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
Yesterday A Tribute to The Beatles The
Beatles tribute straight from Las Vegas is 7 p.m.
Sept. 12. Complete with Beatles boots, drainpipe trousers, authentic costumes, musical
instruments, and singing songs in their original
key, Yesterdays performance is spot on in
every way. Tickets: $20-$40.
Zoo Zoo Imago Theatres latest family
hit is 7 p.m. Oct. 31. Imago Theatre, acclaimed
for its special brand of vaudeville, comedy,
acrobatics and illusions, combines mime, dance,
music and special effects. Featured creatures
include Polar Bears, Bug Eyes, Anteaters,
Frogs, Rabbits, Hippos and Penguins. Tickets:
$10-$30.
Marie Otero Salon

& Florence Street Gallery
1015 N. Florence
at Arizona
2 blocks north of Montana
588-4247 By Apppointment
Where hair, makeup

& art come together
Hair & Makeup by Marie
Marie Otero has over 30 years of salon experience and is a frequent

fashion consultant for local film and television productions
NM Tech Performing Arts Series

Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico
Techs Macey Center in Socorro, N.M. All
seats general admission. Information:
nmtpas.org.
Claire Lynch Band The Grammy nominee
and IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year and her
bluegrass band perform Friday, Sept. 11.
Tickets: $16 ($14 senior; $8 youth).
Joseph Halls Elvis: Rock & Remember, one
of the top Elvis tribute artists in the world is
Friday, Sept. 25. Tickets: $20 ($18 senior; $10
youth).
Presidential Chamber Music Series 1: String
Quartets Willy Sucre, viola; Krzysztof
Zimowski and Julaine Lee, violins, and Joan
Zucker, cello perform Monday, Sept. 28.
Admission is free.
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Aires Nacionales The concert by
Mexican pianist Astrid Morales is 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 28, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211
N. Main in Las Cruces, presented by the
Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso, the
City of Las Cruces, and Centro Cultural
Mexicano Paso del Norte. The program
includes works by J.S. Bach, L.V. Beethoven, R.
Schumann, and Mexican composer Ricardo
Castro. Admission is free. Information: (915)
544-6489 or consulmex.sre.gob.mx/elpaso/.
New Desert Harmony Singers auditions The community mixed chorus, directed by Don Harlow, hosts auditions for their
upcoming Christmas season at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 1, at St. Pauls United
Methodist Church, 225 W. Griggs (at Alameda)
in Las Cruces. Rehearsals are 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, at the church. NDHS Membership is
open to those who can sing in tune, do a few
simple dance moves now and then, and have
fun doing it. Information: Don Harlow, (575)
373-1816 or NDHSingers@gmail.com.
Young El Paso Singers auditions
The Y.E.S. youth choir, directed by Dr. Cindy

Jay with pianist Ruben Gutierrez, seeks singers
ages 8-23 for the choirs 6th anniversary season. Auditions are 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8
at Western Hills United Methodist Church, 524
Thunderbird. No experience required, but
experienced singers, dancers, actors are
encouraged to audition. Audition requirements:
one song, or vocalizing, and interview for skills
assessment. Auditions by appointment if unable
to walk-in Sept. 8. Open slots also available for
Elite Ensemble, especially male singers.
Season focuses on classical to Broadway
music, dance, and theater. Tuition is $90 for
the semester, $185 for season year.
Information: 227-6002 or cindyjay@thepeakofbalance.com. Web:
facebook.com/YoungElPasoSingers.
El Paso Chopin Piano Festival The
21st annual series of piano concerts are 7 p.m.

at Chamizal National Memorial. Admission is
free, but people are advised to arrive early;
concerts are almost always standing room only.
Information: 584-1595 or chopinfest@sbcglobal.net. Web: elpaso-chopin.com.
Sept. 12: Eric Lu. Lu is one of the finest
pianists of the younger generation. In 2013, at
the age of 15, he was admitted into the Curtis
Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he currently studies. In February 2015, he was awarded the first prize and concerto prize at the 9th
National Chopin Competition in Miami.
Sept. 26: Josh Wright. His self-titled album
Josh Wright topped the Billboard Classical
Traditional chart three weeks after its release
in April 2011. He also performed at Dolby
Theater in Los Angeles as part of Americas
Got Talent Season 9. Josh was a prizewinner at
the 2015 National Chopin Competition.
Oct. 10: Lucy Scarbrough. Scarbrough is
founder and director of the Chopin Piano
Festival. She has served three times on the
Chopin Foundation of the United States
Selection Jury for the National Chopin
Competitions, and is winner of the Texas
Minnie Stevens Piper Award.
Pops Under The Stars Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra presents an evening as

well as popular Hollywood television and
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movie tunes, Broadway of patriotic songs, 8

p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Presley Askew
Field on the NMSU campus, including a salute
to veterans, and a grand finale of Tchaikovskys
1812 Overture with a fireworks show. Food,
beverage and beer and wine available. Gates
open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $10; $5 age 6-17;
free for age 5 and younger. Information: (575)
646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com.
UTEP Department of Music
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts

Recital Hall. Information: 747-5606, 747-7795
or utep.edu/music.
Chris Reyman Faculty Recital with Erik
Unsworth and Mack Goldsbury is 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 14. UTEP Commercial Music
faculty members Reyman and Unsworth will be
joined by veteran jazz musician Mack
Goldsbury for a performance of original and
improvised music. Tickets: $8 ($5 seniors, military, non-UTEP students) and $3 ages 6 and
younger, UTEP students, faculty and staff).
The faculty recital series with Larry White,
percussion, is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27.
Professor of Percussion White, who is beginning his 36th year at UTEP, will present works
on marimba and timpani by Keiko Abe, Akira
Miyoshi, Eveyln Glennie, J. S. Bach, and Thomas
Priest. He will be assisted by El Paso Symphony
Orchestra principal bassoonist and UTEP faculty member Cara Luffey, and UTEP Associate
Professor and EPSO pianist Dena Kay Jones.
Tickets: $8 ($5 seniors, military, non-UTEP students) and $3 ages 6 and younger, UTEP students, faculty and staff).
El Paso Society for Musicians of the

Future - Classical musicians ages 8 to 19 are
invited to apply by Sept. 15 for this years

competition, open to instruments and voice.
The societys Instruments for Young Lives program provides new instruments for eligible
young musicians. Information: 449-0619 or
epsmf.org.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra: The

French Connection The Symphony
opens its Classical Concert season at 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19, at the Plaza
Theatre with the masterpiece Rite of Spring
by Igor Stravinsky, and works by Ravel.
Maestro Bohuslav Rattay conducts. Guest artist
is Veronika Bhmov, piano. Tickets: $15-$40.
Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
All-Region Flute Clinic The All-Region
Flute clinic for high school students is noon to

3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Jefferson High
School, 4700 Alameda, sponsored by the El
Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras. Clinic will
be run by Joy Zalkind, El Paso Symphony
Orchestra, 2nd Flute and Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra, Principal Flute. Food
provided by EPSYOs. Cost: $25 at the door,
make checks to EPSYOs. Information: 5258978 or epsyos.org.
Students need a copy of the All-Region music,
their flute, a music stand and pencil.
Music Forum El Paso Music Forum El
Paso presents Legends, featuring Joy Zalkind,

flute, and Dr. Ezequiel Meza, piano, from 2:30
to 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at Trinity First
United Methodist Church, 801 N. Mesa. The
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El Paso Youth Ballet auditions El
Paso Conservatory of Dance, 1060 Doniphan

Park Circle, Suite H, will host auditions for the
El Paso Youth Ballet 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29. Auditions open to ages 12
and older. Information: 760-6062 or epconservatoryofdance.com.
Gala Night Dinner & Dance Garibaldi
Ballroom, 10780 Pebble Hills, will host a dinner

and dance 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29,
with live music by Rhapsody. Tickets: $20 in
advance; $25 at the door on the day of the
event (cash only). Information: 242-9982 or
garibaldiballroom.com/events. Tickets available
via Arturo, 702-1566; Carmen, 242-9982;
Nathan, 603-7841 or Mike, 526-1666.
Romances The El Paso Youth Ballet per-
formance is at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2

p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2-4, at Chamizal National
Memorial. Tickets to be announced.
Information: 760-6062 or elpasoconservatoryofdance.com
Nutcracker auditions El Paso
Conservatory of Dance, 1060 Doniphan Park

Circle, Suite H, will host auditions for its 2015
production of The Nutcracker 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 5. Dancers will have the great
opportunity to perform in El Pasos own
Nutcracker Dec. 4-6 at UTEPs Magoffin
Auditorium. Ages 7 to 9 audition 1 to 2:30
p.m., and ages 10-15 audition 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Arrive 10-15 minutes prior to the class to register. Information: 760-6062 or epconservatory-
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program includes J.S. Bach Sonata for Flute und

Klavier in E-Flat Major, Antonin Dvorak
Romance, Andre Jolivet Chant de Linos, and
Carl Reinecke Sonata Undine. Admission is
free. Information: 544-3081 or musicforumelpaso.org.
Joyce Jones Bruce Nehring Consort pres-
ents the international concert organist at 2:30

p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at The Chapel at
Loretto. Tickets: $20 at the door. Advance mail
order tickets may be purchased by check, plus
$2 postage and handling costs through Sept. 19
to the Organ Symposium, PO Box 3708,
79923. Information: Bruce Nehring, 532-5874.
Jones, long-time professor and organist in residence at Baylor University, is the only woman
organist chosen to play with the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra. She has made appearances in 48 states and 12 foreign countries. She
ofdance.com.
Female dancers should wear a black leotard,
pink tights, pink flats and pointe shoes if applicable. Male dancers should wear a fitted white
t-shirt, black tights and flats.
Saturday Night Milonga Paso Del
Norte Tango Club hosts milongas 8 to 11 p.m.

Saturdays, at Sunland Dance Studio, 1769
Victory Lane, Sunland Park. Dancers Studio,
111 Rio Flor, beginning with an easy lesson and
ends with a challenge step. Party starts at 9
p.m. No partner needed. Cost: $8 (includes
free lesson, free beverages and party).
Information: pasodelnortetangoclub.com or
facebook.com/TangoEP.
Be My Guest Night and Open House is
Saturday, Sept. 5. New guests admitted free
with paying returnee.
Contra Dance The Southern New
Mexico Music and Dance Societys end of summer Tropical contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30
p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Mesilla Community
Center, 2251 Calle de Santiago in Las Cruces,
with music by Little Table Contraband from
and El Paso caller Jeff Lindsey. The dance
begins with beginners lessons at 7:30 p.m.; no
partner needed. Cost: $6 ($4 youth; $15 family). Information: (575) 522-1691 or
snmmds.org.
Dance for Dreams Gathering Dance

for Dreams Yearly Gathering Celebration is
Thursday, Sept. 24, at Sunland Park Winery,
1769 Victory Lane, Sunland Park, N.M, with
dancing to salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia,
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starts at 8 p.m.; dance lessons at 9 p.m.; dancing 9:45 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Dance performances
also planned. Botanas or appetizers for sale;
cash bar. Attire is semi-formal. Information:
Deliris Montanez, (704) 293-4307 or dancefordreamsfoundation.org.
Give your home a make-over with
& Round Dance Association host free square

dancing and dance lessons Friday, Sept. 25
and Oct. 2, at Grace Lutheran Church Hall,
9301 Diana. Learn square dancing and some of
the basic movements as directed by caller Ted
Clements. No experience necessary.
Information: 9751-3309, 821-4102 or
square_dancing.tripod.com.
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Folklorico enrollment Camino Real
Ballet Folklorico, directed by Alice Arriaga

Medina, hosts open enrollment 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6404 N. Mesa, Suite
B4. Classes available for toddler through adult.
Cost: $55 monthly (family packets available)
Information: 309-4636, aliceadanza@msn.com
or epcvpa.com.
Eloisas Ballroom 8825 North Loop,
Suite 116-118. Dances are 4 to 11 p.m. every

Sunday with cumbia, tropical, Tex Mex, grupera, nortea and salsa. Music by Essencia and
Klandestino. Cost: $8 per person. Information:
999-4136 or 500-1586.
Sunland Dance Studio 1769 Victory
Lane. Information: (575) 589-0130 or sunlandballroom.com.

A Ballroom Sampler is 6 to 7 p.m.Thursdays,
to learn a ballroom dance each week. Cost:
$10 ($8 with class card). No partner needed.
Friday Night Swing classes are 8 to 9 p.m.
every Friday, to learn dances from the 40s, 50s
and 60s. No partner needed. Cost: $10.
was the first woman to perform organ at the

Crystal Cathedral and the Grand Teton Music
Festival. She has recorded seven CDs and published 21 books of organ music and arrangements.
NMSU Department of Music Recitals

are in the Atkinson Music Recital Hall at
NMSU. Ticket information: (575) 646-2421 or
music.nmsu.edu.
Faculty recital featuring Lisa Van Winkle, flute
is 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27.
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El Paso Choral Society Auditions El
Paso Choral Society seeks 200 adult singers to

perform Handels Messiah on Dec. 12, at
Abraham Chavez Theatre. September auditions
are by appointment El Paso Conservatory of
Music, 801 N. Mesa, Trinity Hall, 3rd floor.
Audition requirements, rehearsal schedule, and
other information available at
epchoralsociety.org. Evening rehearsals begin
Oct. 5. Schedule an audition at 479-0156 or
auditions.epchoirs@gmail.com.
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With the support of the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
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Alfresco! Fridays The 2015 season of
free outdoor summer concerts are 6 p.m.

Fridays through Sept. 18, at Convention
Center Plaza. Presented by ElPasoLive.com and
sponsored by FirstLight Federal Credit Union.
No outside food or beverages, or pets allowed.
Information: 534-0633 or alfrescofridays.com.
Aug. 28: Trailer Band (country, rock)
Sept. 4: B Series (rock-steady)
Sept. 11: Prime 80s Xperience (retro)
Sept. 18: Fungi Mungle (70s).
Every Other Tuesday Doa Ana Arts

Council hosts a variety of musical performances
6:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at the historic
Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Las
Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)
Sept. 1: Groove Factory (R&B, Funk,
Reggae, Latin, Rock, Jazz, Salsa).
Sept. 15: No Strings Attached. Drummer
Joe Seltzer and his latest power ensemble.
Sept. 29: Danny Ruley (country, rock, jazz).
Artists Den Presents alt-J Experience
alt-Js private performance at the historic

Hollywood American Legion in Los Angeles
featuring exclusive concert footage and a welcome from the band at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept 2, at Cinemark El Paso 14 with XD, 8401
Gateway West. This exclusive concert experience features hits from alt-Js newest album,
Grammy-nominated This Is All Yours, and
their 2012 debut An Awesome Wave.
Tickets: $10-$13. Information: (212) 699-1840
or artistsden.com.
Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
122 S. Pueblo Rd. Live music nightly. The

center hosts tribute bands of various genres
each Thursday. Age 18 and older welcome.
Information: 860-7777 or speakingrockentertainment.com.
Veteran British heavy metal quintet Saxon
performs Thursday, Sept. 3. Their 21st studio
album Battering Ram comes out Oct. 16.
Classic rock band Jefferson Starship performs
at 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19.
Jazz at Sunset El Paso Community
College will host the free outdoor jazz show 6

to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at EPCCs Valle
Verde Campuss Americana Language Village,
919 Hunter with performances by Jorge
Gonzalez Trio, Billy Townes and EP Jazz
Quartet, John Goode (spoken word), El Paso
Jazz Collective, Ruben Gutierrez and Case
Closed, Billy Townes and Michael Hamilton
Group. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. No alcohol or pets allowed. Refreshments will be sold.
La Parada The monthly grassroots event
celebrating local culture and lifestyles celebrates its 5th anniversary 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 4, at 501 Bar and Bistro at the
San Carlos Building, 501 Texas. Cost: $5 age 21
and older; $10 age 18-20. Information: 3516023 or on Facebook at laparadaep.
Featured performers are Astronautica Dot
Fettish (Farewell performance), Jess Rox, The
Real Young Handsome, and Burlesque Dance
with Khaleesi Love Skye, Madame Pearl, Abby
Ripper, Bettie Mae Wiggle and Feisty
Baudelaire/ Art by Francella Salgado and The El
Paso Punk Rock Flea Market.
Sun City Music Festival The 5th annual

electronic music festival is 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5-6, at Ascarate
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Park, 6900 Delta. Tickets: $129 two-day pass;

$189 VIP pass. Information: suncitymusicfestival.com or discodonniepresents.com.
Saturdays headliner is Armin Van Buren and
Sundays headliner is Hardwell.
Other performers include Adam Beyer,
Audien, Borgore, Borgeous, Cashmere Cat,
Chris Liebing, Dash Berlin, Dubfire (Live),
DVBBS, Hot Since 82, GTA, NERVO, Odesza,
Robin Schulz, TJR, Yellow Claw, Zeds Dead,
Bixel Boys, Botnek, Brillz, Claptone, Coone,
Destructo, Felix Cartal, Flower and The Snake,
Galantis, Hector, Ida Engberg, Jack Bass, Jauz,
Kayzo, Lane 8, Liquid Todd, Morten, Riot Ten,
Shiba San, Slander and Trippy Turtle.
Music Talks by Dr. John C. Swingle

Swingle will give a series of talks 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Wednesdays at the Royal Estates of El Paso
multi-purpose room, 435 N. Mesa Hills.
Admission is free, but RSVP requested.
Sept. 9: John Denver. Sept. 16: Sir Edward
Elgar. Sept. 23: The Child Ballads. Sept. 30:
Benjamin Britten.
Under the Frequency auditions Local

television show Under the Frequency will hold
auditions for Season 2 episodes from 7 to 9
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, 17 and 24 at the
Fountains at Farah in the Promenade
Amphitheater, 8889 Gateway West. Producers
will allow 10 bands to perform two songs for
each event. Musicians, Artists and filmmakers
can apply at fountainsatfarah.com. Admission is
free. Information: 225-3620 or fountainsatfarah.com.
Pickamania! Mimbres Region Arts
Council celebrates folk, bluegrass and

Americana acoustic musical traditions at the 7th
annual music festival Sept. 11-13 in Gough
Park, corner of Pope and 12th Streets in Silver
City, N.M. Admission is free. Information: (575)
538-2505 or mimbresarts.org.
The Kick-Off Dance in the historic downtown
district is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday with the Big Ditch
Crickets and special guest, Average Cadavers.
Saturdays performances are 11:30 a.m. to 8
p.m. with Amos Torres, The Gypsy Feet Band,
Dead Pigeons, Truckstop Honeymoon, Birds of
Chicago and The Black Lillies. The Dead
Pigeons also will perform at Saturdays Beer
Garden, 8-10 p.m.
Sundays performances are 11:45 a.m. to 5:45
p.m. with Compasito, Homemade Hoedown
Kids, Lowest Pair, the Bus Driver Tour and the
Claire Lynch Band.
Le Chat Lunatique The virtuoso jazz
group performs 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13,

at Hillsboro Community Center, 316 Elenore,
in Hillsboro, N.M (next to Union Church). Le
Chat Lunatique (The Crazy Cat) was voted
Albuquerques Best Jazz Band 2007 through
2014. Cost: $5. Information blackrange.org.
Le Chat Lunatique blends a repertoire of classic Django Reinhardt and Stphane Grappelli
compositions with western swing, classical, reggae, doo-wop and original songs.
Trans-Pecos Gathering of Music +

Love El Cosmico vintage trailer lodge at
802 S. Highland in Marfa, Texas, hosts the 9th

annual music gathering Thursday through
Sunday, Sept. 24-27, with live music, sandlot
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baseball, camping arts and crafts, vendors,

workshops and other activities. Music is 6 p.m.
to midnight Thursday and Friday, and 6 p.m. to
1 a.m. Saturday. Tickets: $165 three-night pass;
$220 with overnight camping. Information:
(432) 729-1950 or elcosmico.com.
Thursdays performers: Jenny Lewis, David
Garza, Tift Merritt, Ben Kweller, Tina Schlieske
and Joyero
Fridays performers: Mexican Institute of
Sound, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rumba Shaker,
Jessie Baylin, Hotel Brotherhood.
Saturdays performers: Portugal, The Man,
Phosphorescent, Langhorne Slim, Hop Along,
Bee Caves and Rockin Dopsie & the Zydeco
Twisters.
Music series
High Noon Music Series UTEPs free
weekly outdoor brown-bag concert series is

noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at UTEPs Student
Union Plaza, featuring a variety of music.
Information: 747-5711 or utep.edu/union.
Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society
The society presents the Jim Helder Trio as

part of its monthly concert series at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 20, at First Christian Church,
1809 El Paseo in Las Cruces. The music begins
after a short business meeting. Admission: $8
($5 members; $1 students with ID). Coffee and
dessert reception precedes the concert at 6:30
p.m. in the foyer. Information: Larry Brooks,
(575) 640-8752 or mvjazzblues.net.
The Trio has Jim Helder on saxophone,
Derrick Lee on drums, John Hyndman on bass,
and Billy Townes on piano plus special guests.
Live Music at Sombra Antigua
Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery, 430 La

Via Road (off NM 28 between markers 8 and
9), in Chamberino, N.M. hosts free live music
2:30 to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Food
trucks available most Saturdays; bring a picnic
basket Sunday. Information: (915) 241-4349 or
sombraantigua.com.
Mariachi Sundays in Mesilla The
Town of Mesilla, its business community and

the Las Cruces International Mariachi
Conference host the fall afternoon series 3 to 5
p.m. Sundays mid-September through
November in the Plaza at historic Old Mesilla.
Admission is free. Bring folding chairs or blankets. Pets and alcohol not allowed in plaza.
Dates to be announced. Information: (575)
525-1735 or lascrucesmariachi.org.
Sunland Winery 1769 Victory Lane in
Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Thursday through Saturday, 3 to 7 p.m.
Sunday. Information: (575) 589-1214.
Live Music is 7:30 p.m. Fridays 2 to 6 p.m.
Sundays with David Huerta, 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays with Huerta and Lala Ledezma, plus
8 p.m. Thursdays with Ledezma and Team
September 2015
Havana, and free Latin dance lessons. Free

wine tastings.
Sunland Park Racetrack live music
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, 1200

Futurity Drive, hosts free music at 9.m. on
selected weekends. Age 21 and older admitted.
Information: sunland-park.com.
Ardovinos Live Music Ardovinos

Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Dr. in Sunland
Park, hosts live music at 7;30 p.m. every Friday
and Saturday. Information: (575) 589-0653.
Railroad Blues 504 W. Holland, Alpine,
Texas. Most performances begin at 10 p.m.
Admission varies. Information: (432) 837-3103
or railroadblues.com.
Friday, Aug. 28: Crooks
Saturday, Aug. 29: Ulrich Ellison and The
Tribe.
Carrizozo Music Carrizozo hosts free
community concerts each month at Trinity

Methodist Church, 1000 D. Street, in
Carrizozo, N.M. Information: (575) 648-2577
or carrizozmusic.org.
3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30: Southwest
Chamber Winds perform Mozart Quintet on
piano and woodwinds
7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29: Willy and
Friends perform Beethoven String Quartet and
Haydn Surprise Symphony.
Folk Fury KTEP, 88.5 FM, features three
hours of acoustic and folk music with an

emphasis on recordings by local musicians and
occasional live appearances by them from 7
to 10 p.m. Saturdays. Hosts are Dan Alloway
and Gregg Carthy. Requests: 747-5153.
Comedy
El Paso Comic Strip 1201 Airway.

Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $6 Wednesday and
Thursday, $12 Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday;
VIP booths are $10 more per tickets; available
at ticketweb.com. Information, reservations:
779-LAFF (5233), laff2nite.com.
Sept. 2-6: Blame the Comic. This comics
name can be read in two ways: Blame the
Comic or Blame (v.) the Comic. A native
Houstonian, Blame has won several national
comedy competitions. Feature act is Mario
Salazar.
Sept. 9-13: Willie Barcena. Fresh from his
Comedy Central Special Deal with It released
last May, Barcena has written and performed a
one-man show entitled Cry Like a Man.
Sept. 23-27: Jim Tavare, a native of the
United Kingdom and International Star Search
winner. Tavars success as a comedian has
spread to the United States through stand-up
comedy, television shows and films. His film
debut came in 2004 when he played Tom the
Innkeeper in Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban.
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El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Five

inductees will be honored at the 28th annual
Induction and Awards Banquet at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29, Centennial Club, 11199 Sgt.
E. Churchill, Fort Bliss. Inductees are the late
Paul Strelzin, Leo Caraveo, Taylor Paul, Jerry
Valdez and Juan Zaragoza. Tickets are $30.
Information: elpasobaseballhalloffame.org.
The Commencement Round II
Boxing The WPBF World Championship
Boxing event is 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at

Patriot Stadium, 6969 Industrial, an outdoor
arena. El Pasos Abraham Abie Han will take
on Freddy Lopez from Casas Grandes,
Chihuahua, Mexico, in the middleweight main
event. Information: 532-1550.
Gildan Triple-A Baseball National

Championship Game The Champions
Sun City Roller Girls The Roller Girls

bouts are at 6 p.m. the last Sunday of the
month at El Paso County Coliseums Judging
Arena, 4100 E. Paisano. Doors open at 5 p.m.
Tickets: $10 ($7 with valid military ID; free for
ages 12 and younger);. Information: suncityrollergirls.com.
Aug. 30: Las Catrinas vs. Las Diablas and
Sexecutioners vs. Las Viudas Negras
Sept. 27: Las Catrinas vs. Sexecutioners
All American Futurity The running of

the 55th All American Futurity is Labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 7, which marks the end of the
racing season at Ruidoso Downs. From 160 to
180 quarterhorses compete in the trials, with
the 10 fastest advancing to race for a $2 million
purse.
General admission and parking are free;
reserved seating varies; Turf Club admission is
$10; valet parking is $5. Information: (575) 3784431 or (575) 378-4140 or raceruidoso.com.
El Paso Roller Derby El Paso Roller

Derbys Tex Pistols Coed hosts Albuquerque
Roller Derby Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Field
House at Market, 6827 Market. Tickets are $8
in advance, $10 at door ($5 military; free 10
and under). Information: elpasorollerderby.com
or on Facebook. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Kicker El Paso Arenacross The motor-
cycle and ATV event is Friday and Saturday,

Sept. 18-19, at Cohen Stadium, 9700 Gateway
North, hosted by Cycle City Promotions. Pet
passes are $20; $25 day of event; $30 weekend
pass. Information/entry fees: 755-2000 or
cyclecitypromotions.com.
Gates open at 3 p.m. Friday, with practice at
4 p.m. and heats beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Gates open at 9 a.m. Saturday, with a mandatory riders meeting at 10 a.m., practice at
10:15 a.m. Amateur heats begin at 1 p.m. with
Main Events at 7:30 p.m.
Womens championship boxing El
Pasoan Jennifer Han faces Helen Joseph from

Ghana for the currently vacant International
Boxing Federation featherweight title Saturday,
Sept. 19, at the Don Haskins Center.
Preliminary bouts start at 7 p.m. (doors open at
5 p.m.). Tickets are $25, $35, $45 and $65
(Ticketmaster, UTEP Ticket Center).
Han (12-3-1), 32, is an Irvin High graduate
ranked as the No. 2 contender for the title;
Joseph (12-2) is No. 1.
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prices start at $5; available via the Chihuahuas
box offices or online at EPChihuahuas.com.
Best of the Best VI The Mixed Martial
Arts Event is 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at El

Paso County Coliseum. Tickets: $25 general
admission; $80 table seating (Ticketmaster).
College sports
UTEP Football Miners home games are
6 p.m. Saturdays at Sun Bowl Stadium. Season

tickets begin at $55 ($198 for family pack for
two adults, two youths); individual tickets to be
announced. Information: 747-5234, 544-8444
or utepathletics.com.
Sept. 26: Incarnate Word
Oct. 3: UTSA (Homecoming)
The UTEP vs. NMSU game is 6 p.m. Sept.
19, at NMSUs Aggie Stadium in Las Cruces.
Tickets: $15-$30. General admission: $12.
UTEP Womens Soccer Home games
are at UTEPs University Field. Game times are

7 p.m.; 1 p.m. Sunday games. Tickets: $5 general admission. Information: 747-6150 or
utepathletics.com.
Upcoming home games:
Friday, Sept. 11: Grand Canyon
Friday, Sept. 18: Utah Valley
Friday, Oct. 2: Western Kentucky
Sunday, Oct. 4: Marshall
The Sixth Annual Border Bash games are 7
p.m. Friday, Sept. 4 vs. Lamar, and 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 6 vs. Weber State.
NMSU Aggies football The New
Mexico State University Aggies home games

are 6 p.m. selected Saturdays at Aggie
Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces. Tickets: $12$30; general admission $10, unless listed otherwise. Season tickets: $50-$150. Ticket information: (575) 646-1420 or nmstatesports.com.
Sept. 12: Georgia State Tickets: $3-$15.
General admission: $5
Sept. 19: UTEP Tickets: $15-$30. General
admission: $12.
UTEP Volleyball Home games are at
Memorial Gym, unless listed otherwise.

Tickets: $5. Information: 747-6150 or utepathletics.com.
Tuesday, Sept. 15: Texas Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25: North Texas, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 27: Middle Tennessee, 1 p.m.
The Borderland Invitational is Sept. 10-12.
Games are 7 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Friday and noon Saturday.
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of the Pacific Coast League and the

International League will play a single-game
championship be 6:05 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22,
at Southwest University Park i Downtown El
Paso. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. for pre-game fan
fiesta. Tickets range from $5 to $27.
Information: 533-BASE or EPChihuahuas.com.
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Saturday, Sept. 26: UTRGV, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 29: New Mexico, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1: Chicago State, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3: Missouri-Kansas City, 5 p.m.
The NMSU Borderland Classic is Sept. 10-12.
Games are 7 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m., 4 and 7
p.m. Friday; and noon, 2:30 and 7 p.m.
Saturday.
Bicycling
XCel Energy Tour de Ocho Millas

The 5th annual bicycle tour is 8 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 12, at Bottomless Lakes State Park in
Roswell, N.M. Rides of 8 to 64 miles around an
8-mile loop of the Bottomless Lakes State Park.
Registration: $35 (online only; $45 late registration). Under 18 may register for $10 at packet
pickup only. Information: (575) 317-7169 or
tourdeochomillas.com.
Fort Davis Cyclefest The 39th annual
bike tour series is Friday through Sunday, Sept.

18-20, in Fort Davis. The main event begins at
8 a.m. Saturday, with rides of 10, 27, 55 and 76
miles, leaving from Prude Ranch, 5 miles west
of Fort Davis on Highway 118. A finish line
party follows with music, drink, hamburgers,
door prizes and a helmet raffle. Proceeds benefit Fort Davis EMT, Firefighters, and Boy Scout
Troop 30. Information: (432) 426-3237. Entry
fees vary. Online registration at active.com.
The infamous Mt. Locke Hill Climb to the
McDonald Observatory begins at 9 a.m.
Sunday, with 1.5 and 7-mile options.
Unsupported pre-ride of 100K or 200K for
experienced riders is 7:30 a.m. Friday.
Oryx Challenge Bike Tour The 5th
annual 30K and 100K bike events benefiting the

USO are Sunday, Sept. 20, starting and finishing at Fort Blisss Freedom Crossing.
Information: us.uso.org/ElPaso/ORYXChallenge-Bike-Tour-2015/. Registration: $25
through Aug. 14; $30 after. Active duty military:
$15; free for Warrior Transition Battalion
members. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com or uso.org/elpaso.
Full Moon Bike Ride White Sands
National Monument, 5 miles southwest of

Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70, hosts a Full
Moon bike ride at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25.
Dress warmly. Reservations begin one month in
advance; space limited. Reservations online only
via nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $8 per person/$4 ages
15 and younger, plus park entrance fee.
Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236 or (575)
679-2599, ext. 232.
Tour de Ruidoso The 9th annual bicycle
rides benefiting several local nonprofit organizations is 8:10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, near
Ruidoso, N.M. Distance options include 100,
50, 35 and 20 miles. All but the Nearly Flat
20-mile ride involve significant elevation gain.
Start and finish for all events is at the Spencer
Theater in Alto. Register online at active.com.
Registration information (915) 525-3079 or
bicycleruidoso.com.
Chile Pepper Challenge The El Paso
Bicycle Clubs annual Big Ride is Sunday, Sept.

27, with ride distances of 100, 64, 40, 27 and
10 miles, all beginning and ending at Grace
Gardens, 6701 Westside Drive. Start times are
7 a.m. (100 mile), 7:30 a.m. (64 mile), 8 a.m.
(40 mile), 8:30 a.m. (27 mile) and 9 a.m. (10
mile). Information: elpasobicycleclub.com.
The post-ride Chile Pepper Fiesta is 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Riders receive complimentary food
and refreshments at the finish. Other food and
September 2015
beverage, including wine and beer, will be for

sale. DJ music provided.
Entry fees: $30 by Aug. 31; $40 Sept. 1-21 or
at packet pickup; and $45 on race day at Grace
Gardens. Entry is free for riders age 17 and
younger if accompanied by paying parent.
Approved helmets are required for all rides.
Proceeds benefit El Paso Diabetes
Association. Main sponsor is The Foot Institute.
Packet pick-up is 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25,
at Academy Sports (Eastside), 201 S. Americas,
and noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at
Academy Sports (Westside), 801 S. Mesa Hills.
Online registration (through Sept. 24) at
active.com. Route maps and more information
at chilepepperchallenge.com.
Flat tire repair tools (tube/pump) and water
bottles are recommended. All rides are fully
supported with rest stops, route markings and
SAG vehicles. Rest stops offer snacks, water
and port-a-potties.
El Paso Bicycle Club - All rides are free and

open to the public; helmets required.
Information: elpasobicycleclub.com or meetup.com/elpasobicycleclub. Repeat riders are
encouraged to become a member of the club;
dues are $18 a year or $25 per family ($30/$40
for two years). Join at elpasobicycleclub.com.
See website for weekend rides schedule.
Wednesday night rides, a tradition for over 20
years, are leaderless rides of 18-22 miles beginning 5:15-5:30 p.m. from River Run Plaza, 1071
Country Club; and 5:30-5:45 p.m. from Rio
Plaza, 6205 Upper Valley Rd (at Artcraft). The
favorite route is a loop to Gadsden H.S.
Optional dinner afterward at Hello Pizza, 1071
Country Club Rd.
Stormy Edwards Partnership The
two-man golf tournament runs Sept. 11-13, at

Cree Meadows Golf and Country Club in
Ruidoso, N.M. Information, cost: (575) 2575815 or playcreemeadows.com.
Scramble for Ethics Golf Tournament

The 18th annual Better Business Bureau
scramble begins with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 18, at Painted Dunes, 12000
McCombs. Lunch and registration begin at
noon. Dinner and awards at 6 p.m. Entry deadline is Sept. 11. Cost: $150 ($600 foursome);
includes lunch, on-course beverages, dinner
and raffle. Proceeds will go to the BBBs
Center for Character Ethics. Information: 5770195 or communications@bbbelpaso.org.
First Tee Desert Classic Rotary Club
of West El Pasos annual golf tournament in

memory of Jonathan Rogers begins with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Fort
Bliss Underwood Golf Course (Sunrise
Course). Co-ed scramble format. Cost: $175
per player; $700 team of four (includes one
round of play, one fourcaddie, free range balls,
prize drawings, breakfast, lunch and more).
Sponsorships available. Information: 252-6511,
544-5205 or firstteedesertclassic.com.
Santa Teresa Charity Golf

Tournament The 16th annual tourna-
ment is 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Vista

Hills Country Club, 2210 Trawood. Cost: $100
($400 foursome). Hole sponsorships are $100.
All proceeds of our charity tournament support
the Honors Program in the Sunland Park,
Desert View and Riverside Elementary Schools.
Information: (575) 589-2200 or priscila@gpiinc.biz. Online registration at events.r20.constantcontact.com.
Gary del Palacio Golf Tournament
The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Educational Foundations 11th annual scholarship tournament begins with a shotgun start at
11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Underwood Golf
Course, 3200 Coe on Fort Bliss, with team and
door prizes, silent auction, breakfast, lunch and
dinner reception, DJ and other events.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. The tournament
is the primary fundraising event for the chambers Education Foundation. Information:
Alejandra Lopez, 566-4066 or ephcc.org.
Hook a Spouse on Golf Underwood
Golf Complex, 3200 Coe, has created a free

one-hour clinic for women, 10 to 11 a.m. the
Please see Page 24
EP Cyclists The bicycle group offers rides
for all levels. Weekend rides offer options of

various paces and distances. Starting times and
locations are posted at facebook.com/epcyclist.
For more information: Manny Valadez, 8612311 or epcyclists.com.
Ride Your Bicycle El Paso Chucks

Bicycle Repair, 3029 Montana, hosts a variety
of rides free of charge. Information: 791-2006,
zlauser@yahoo.com or chucksbicyclerepair.
com. Helmets required for all rides.
Tuesday night rides begin at 7 p.m. at 3029
Montana. Explore downtown streets and parks.
8-10 miles, 45 minutes. Easy pace for beginners
and intermediates. Couple-friendly.
Check website for other road and mountain
bike rides, and monthly free repair class.
Golf
First Tee First Tee of Greater El Paso
hosts programs at Ascarate Golf Course, 6900

Delta. Space is limited on most classes.
Information: thefirstteegreaterelpaso.org.
Home school sessions are 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, Sept. 8-Nov. 10. Fee: $60.
All other classes are Saturdays, Sept. 12-Oct.
10:
Wee Ones Class is 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 46. Fee: $50.
Special Kids is 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fee
$30.
Par/Birdie/Eagle is 9 to 10:30 a.m., or 4:30 to
6 p.m. Tuesdays, for students that have certified for the class. Fee: $65.
Beginner Player is 11:30 to 1:15 p.m. for
those new to the program. Fee: $50.
Player is 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., or
Wednesdays, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fee: $65.
Battle at Underwood The two-man
best ball tournament is Friday through Sunday,

Sept. 11-13, at Fort Bliss Underwood Golf
Complex. Cost is $125 per person.
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French Classes Beginners to Advanced
Classes for Adults begin Aug. 31 Classes for Children begin Sept. 5
Conversation classes for adults begin Sept. 9
(taught by native certified French teachers)
For information, check our website: www.afofelpaso.com

or call 915-585-1789 or 497-5196 (Spanish)
New location: 1035 Belvidere Ste 200
cgomez@afofelpaso.com
second Wednesday of each month to learn the

game quickly and start enjoying it immediately.
No equipment is necessary for the clinic. Range
balls and golf clubs will be provided by
Underwood Golf Complex. Information: 5681059 or blissmwr.com/golf.
Recreational sports
Franklin Mountain Gun Club NRA

High Power Rifle matches are 9 a.m. the second Sunday of the month (Sept. 13), at Fort
Bliss Bow and Gun Club, Range 9. Several
matches at varying distances. Registration at
8:30 a.m. Fee: $15. Information: 503-7244.
Garand matches held on fifth Sundays of the
month (Aug. 30).
To get there: Take Railroad Drive to Deer;
turn right.
Miracle League Sports Fall season for

tee Ball and baseball begins Sept. 9 and continues through mid-November. Games are
Wednesday and Thursdays for older teams and
Saturday mornings for younger players.
Registration runs through Aug. 29.
Second season of flag football begins Sept.
12. Football camp is 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.
The Miracle League of El Paso is a non-profit
organization that provides individuals, ages 3
and up, with any mental and/or physical challenges, an opportunity to play baseball as a
team member in an organized league.
Volunteers are always needed. Information:
779-4770 or miracleleagueofelpaso.org.
Baseball, softball fitness The Base:
Indoor Baseball & Softball Training Facility,

6801 Commerce, Bldg. 7B, hosts a Human
Performance Center session 10:30 a.m. to
noon Saturday, Sept. 12, geared towards
baseball and softball players ages 7-19. Parents
welcome to attend. Cost: $5 per player.
Information: 781-2299 or baseballsoftballelpaso.com.
Greater El Paso Tennis Association
Adult Fall League for age 18 and older runs

Sept. 18-Dec. 15. Most teams start midSeptember. Deadline to add players is Sept. 21.
Tri-Level League runs Sept. 8 through
November.
Information on GEPTA events, contact
gepta@sbcglobal.net or visit Facebook at
Greater El Paso Community Tennis
Association. League information, Jerry Pippins,
241-8689 or jerry.pippins@att.net.
Motor sports
El Paso Speedway Park 14851 Marina

(off Montana 7 miles east of Loop 375).
Information: 791-8749, epspeedwaypark.com.
Regular season races are 7:45 p.m. Friday
through Sept. 4. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
General admission: $10 (free for age 10 and
under). Family pack: $25 (two adults and four
children under 16). Pit passes: $30.
El Paso Motorplex The drag strip is at
13101 Gateway West, (east of El Paso at I-10

off Clint exit #42). Information: 887-3318 or
elpasomotorplex.com.
Test and Tune begins at 7 p.m. Fridays.
Entry fee is $20; spectator admission is $5.
Drag racing events are Sept. 12 and Oct. 10.
Sand Drag races are Sept. 26.
Autocross Pan Am Sports Car Club of
America SCCA Running Autocross time trials

begin at 7 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Cohen
Stadiums north parking lot, near I-54 and
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Transmountain. Any car in safe running condition can be entered. Drivers must be licensed.
Learn to drive faster, as well as the techniques
involved in braking, accelerating, and cornering.
Cost: $60 per car/driver combination; discounts available with new memberships.
Spectator admission is free. Information: 6911760 or on Facebook at panamscca.
Drive competitively, or for fun. Electronic
timers are used to record drivers lap times,
and a nationally sanctioned handicap system is
used to equalize cars of varying performance
capabilities. The fastest drivers earn medals and
year-end trophies. Courses are set up well
clear of obstacles, and DOT/SNELL helmets
are provided for use.
Southern New Mexico Speedway 11

miles west of Las Cruces exit 132, off I-10.
Take south frontage road to Southern New
Mexico Fairgrounds. Information: 575-5247913 or snmspeedway.com.
The track features modifieds, super stocks,
speed stocks and more. Regular season racing
begins at 7:45 p.m. Saturdays. Gates opens at
5:30 p.m.
Arroyo Seco Raceway The Southern
New Mexico track is located off Hwy 549, off

I-10 at the Akela exit, with drag racing, motorcycle racing, sportscar testing and more. Call
for ticket prices and times. Information: (575)
544-3440, (575) 494-4794 or arroyosecoraceway.com.
Runs and walks
Danny Ray Sanchez Memorial Run

The 5th annual 5K run and 1-mile fun walk
benefiting the Danny Ray Sanchez Memorial
Fund is 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Montwood
High School, 12000 Montwood. Registration:
$20; $15 per person for teams of 10 or more.
Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Packet pick up is 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4,
at Up and Running, 1475 George Dieter, and 7
to 7:45 a.m. at the start line on race day.
Eagle in the Sun Triathlon El Pasos
only USA Triathlon-sanctioned multi-sport

race, with a 400m swim, 12 mile bike ride, and
5K run, is 7 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 6,
starting at the SISD Aquatic Center and ending
at the SAC (Socorro Activities Center), 1257
Southview. Participants may race as an individual or as part of a relay team. Entry fee
includes race shirt, athlete bag, water bottle,
swim cap, post-race snacks and drinks, an
interactive race day Expo and chip timing.
Information: 229-5656. Online registration at
raceelpaso.com/eagle-in-the-sun.
Registration through June 30: $65 individual;
$90 two-person relay; $120 three-person relay.
Registration July 1-31: $70 individual; $100
two-person relay; $135 three-person relay
Registration Aug. 1-Sept. 2: $75 individual;
$110 two-person relay; $150 three-person
relay.
Freedom Triathlon The 7K Run, 40K
Bike and 400M Swim is 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

12, at White Sands Missile Ranges Bell
Gymnasium. Registration: $60 individuals; $70
teams. Information: (575) 678-3374 (local call)
or wsmrmwr.com (click on Bell Gym).
Online registration at active.com.
The Pearl Harbor Triathlon 5K Run/39K
Bike/40M Swim is Saturday, Dec. 5.
German-American Night Run The

21st Annual German-American Oktoberfest
Night Runs 8K run and 5K fun walk is at 6
Please see Page 28

September 2015
El Pasos slingin the brews

Craft beers are catching on as El Pasoans catch up
to the growing taste for specialty and local brews
Story by Lisa Kay Tate
eer is getting more respect. The popularity of craft and specialty beer, as
well as independent and home brewers, has taken hold in El Paso, and consumers are literally drinking it up with
enthusiasm.
More and more national and regional
breweries taking their products to El Paso,
with more area establishments specializing
in the craft beer scene.
Add this to no less than three new local
breweries getting ready to open their doors
in the city, and El Paso is gaining an
increasing esteemed reputation among the
craft beer community.
El Paso has become the primo post for
Texas craft beers, said Adrian Perez, who
serves as craft beer manager and specialist
for L&F Distributors, and shares his
knowledge and enthusiasm for the beverage via his Facebook page, El Paso Beer
Snob. The Go Local feel is strong.
Texas has the highest increase of breweries
in the nation, and have made El Paso their
new home.
Craft beers are defined by the Brewers
Association as beers made by small, independent breweries using traditional techniques, although sometimes combined with
innovative variations.
Perez said the top request from local consumers is for regional brews.
Without the Texas beers taking off, this
would be a dead duck, he said. It also
helps the local independent entrepreneurs
as they mix their own local flavors with
local regional brews.
With El Pasos unique border location,
regional not only includes brewers from
Texas but also from New Mexico.
Silas Sims, a sales representative for
Santa Fe Brewing Company, said Santa Fe
loves El Paso customers, who have been
one of their best distribution destinations.
Overall, El Pasos been a ripe market for
craft beer, Sims said. I really love it
down here. The people here have been
ready for this.
One of El Pasoans favorite regional beer
choices is Freestyle Pilsner, a seasonal
brew from Santa Fe Brewing Company,
both Perez and Sims said.
September 2015
Omar Vasquez draws a craft beer for a customer at Craft & Social, 305 E. Franklin.
Above, left:Texas craft beer breweries are

make headway in the El Paso market
Photos by Rick Tate
People really
proteins and
love that one
foods alike, he
here, Sims said.
said. The truth
It isnt just
is, this has been
local consumers
going on longer
who make brewthat you think,
ers look towards
but its just hitthe area. Perez
ting the market.
said many of the
For years these
out-of-town visibrewmasters
tors who come
brew something
to the border
special for holiarea for dealings
days and special
with the
occasions for
Brewer Albert Salinas is co-owner of Ode
maquiladoras
their personal
Brewing, opening soon at 3233 N. Mesa.
and other indusconsumption,
tries in Jurez
and for the
often stay in El Paso during their visit.
grounds they stand on.
When they come to town they always
Changing peoples tastes for beer can
ask about two things: the local food and
take a little time, Perez said.
the local beer, he said.
The way you speak of a beer has influThe market is getting attention on a corence, he said. This is part of tasting a
porate level as well.
beer using all your senses. This is what we
Brendan Steele, of Specs Wines Spirits
call, bringing the beer to the ear. By
& Fine Foods at 655 Sunland Park Dr.,
describing the beer and having one taste it
said in just the past month, they learned
just by hearing you speak creates curiosity.
the El Paso store is now in the top 25 of
If Im having a beer with you, I hope you
their more than 150 locations statewide in
have a beer with me.
beer sales. He said the reasons El Pasos
He said depending on a persons choice
large international appeal.
of drink, there is a beer for them, too. For
You cant discount the areas proximity
example, those who may enjoy bourbon or
to Juarez, he said. The craft beer market
whisky might like a bourbon barrel aged
in Mexico is taking off as well, and many
ale or stout.
are looking at what is popular here in the
If you like spruce gin, well, perhaps a
United States and following that trend.
mosaic or simcoe hopped beer would be
He said his store now has an entire secenjoyable instead, he said. Depends on
tion devoted to not only craft and specialty the mood and weather, too.
beers, but also organizes them by region,
Educating the palate
so consumers can more easily find Texas,
New Mexico and other regional beers.
Perez said wine used to be the focus of
He said he is looking forward to seeing
what to drink with dinner, but he was
El Pasos craft beer evolution, including
inspired to show that beer also deserved
the development of more local microbrewattention for making a meal special.
eries. He even said it would be wonderful
In April of 2009 I attended a wine dinto see one of them take off enough to marner in El Paso, but wasnt digging it too
ket their beers on a larger scale.
much, Perez recalled. All I could think
Perez said with the increase in awareness
about was what beer would go best with
of craft beers, consumers have noticed the
this putanesca? So, after asking several
flavors of beer are at times more enjoyable
businesses, I created the citys first Beer
than non-carbonated spirits or wine.
Gourmet dinner at Butterfield Golf Course
Brewmasters have noticed their malt and
and Rulis International Kitchen. These
hop characteristics complement different
El Paso Scene
events are fun, educational, and have

spread throughout the city as a fun way to
introduce both the chefs cuisine, and a
new brewery.
Perez has since helped host 88 beer dinners, allowing people to be aware of the
different complimentary and contrasting
flavors beer creates when paired with a
particular chefs food.
Beer is not just, beer anymore, Perez
said, noting there are more than 100 varieties of craft beer. Beer is now asked for
by style and often offered first above spirits and wine in restaurants.
Perez said its always a fun question to
talk about the issue of Beer Snob vs.
Wine Snob, and by no means is criticizing the oenophile.
With beer and food pairing, however,
there are suggestions, but there really are
no set rules. Perez said it really is whatever
the customer prefers.
We beer folks can recommend a beer
style for your meal to make sure you get
the best dining experience, but the keyword is, recommend, he said. Now, we
wont offer you a stout for your fish, but if
thats what you order because thats what
you like, then thats what well give you.
As for what he feels goes well, low contrast foods pair well with low contrast
beers. Fish, turkey, pasta and chicken pair
well with floral, light, crisp, and non-overpowering beers such as two-row lagers,
pilsners, hefeweizens, witts and light fruit
beers. Heavier contrasting food such as
pizza, steak, and meat sauce could also be
enjoyed with a lager or pilsner, he added,
but flavors can be enhanced with a
schwartzbierre, amber, pale ale and if you
go for some spice, IPAs (India Pale Ales)
and dry ales.
Juan Gaytan, organizer of Neighborhood
Beer Tours for event planners D & J
Productions, said there are certain types of
beer that pair well with certain food types.
Meats tend to pair better with porters
and stouts, he said. Appetizers and
chicken go with pilsners, blondes or summer ales. Desserts go with the fruity beers.
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All these beer styles have many choices to

choose from.
He added, however, it is really determined by the individual.
Thats the fun in trying craft beer,
Gaytan said. There is a beer out there for
you. You just have to go out and find it.
There are even craft beers now that
would appeal to the taste of those who
might prefer other spirits.
There are beers that are aged in whiskey
barrels which gives them a whiskey taste.
Beer can be infused or aged with practically anything, Gaytan explained. Most
craft beer establishments will let you taste
for free and this allows a customer to try a
beer at no cost which leads them to try
something new.
While the flavors of craft beer are changing, Gaytan noted some beers have also
changed in alcohol content.
Dogfish has 90 Minute beer that is 12
percent alcohol. Sam Adams has Utopius
beer that is 22 to 28 percent. I just recently
had a 19 percent beer out of the Czech
republic, he said, but added some of these
varieties may take some getting acquainted
with. These beers taste horrible if you
have never had a craft beer before. These
beers are an acquired taste that comes with
time and experience.
Good things brewing
El Pasos closest New Mexico neighbor,

Las Cruces is home to at least three successful breweries, but its closest Texas
brewery, Big Bend Brewing Company, is
four hours away in Alpine.

This is about to change with the opening
of El Pasos first exclusively local breweries since the closing of Jaxons in 2012.
Brewer Albert Salinas is co-owner of Ode
Brewing with chef Norbert Portillo, and is
in the final stages of opening up the
Westside brewery at 3233 N. Mesa, which
will cater to a breakfast, lunch and dinner
crowd with their take on classic American
and pub food, along with several varieties
of locally-brewed beer.
Were hoping to eventually have 12
varieties we brew here, but well be staring
out with five, Salinas said.
Salinas said the trend of microbreweries
has grown significantly in the past years
nationwide, from under 100 in the 1980s
to around 3,000 today.
In addition to Ode, El Paso will soon see
two other breweries opening soon in the
Downtown district, Dead Beach Brewery
at 406 Durango (Downtown) and El Paso
Brewing Company on Texas Street , which
will up El Pasos brewpub count from zero
to three. There is also a smaller brewery,
Sun Brewery, founded last year in
Canutillo.
Salinas said for years El Pasoans were
known for brand loyalty to a particular
macro brewed beer, which isnt in itself a
bad thing, but getting beer drinkers to try
something new hasnt been easy. Once
they discover the tastes and variety of craft
beer, he feels it will win more people over.
El Paso has always been a Bud town,
particularly with the older generations, he
said. Now, when many of the younger
people are going out, they want a craft
beer.
These new El Paso area breweries will
join the three

established breweries in Las
Cruces, most
notably High
Desert Brewery at
1201 W. Hadley.
The brewery
offers 27 brews
on tap, and brews
in smaller batches
of about 200 gallons at a time to
assure freshness.
De La Vegas
Adrian Perez, craft beer manager and specialist for L&F
Pecan Grill, 500
Distributors, is El Paso Beer Snob on Facebook.
S. Telshor, also
maintains a
Brewery, and the
go to drink for sharing the different
family-run Spotted Dog Brewery opened
milestones of life.
its doors in 2014 at 2920 Avenida de
Beer is a social lubricant, Gibson said.
Mesilla. Other nearby New Mexico breweries can be found in Silver City, Socorro
and Artesia.
El Paso Beer Club
Alpines Big Bend Brewing Company
To help area consumers learn more about
continues to maintain a strong presence in
where to find regional craft beers, popular
the El Paso area, as well with popular
and new pubs, breweries and restaurants,
regional varieties like Terlingua Gold Ale,
and what types of craft and seasonal beer
Frontera IPA and 22 Porter, the later
is getting attention, some area enthusiasts
named for the #22 Southern Pacific
are using the world of social media to proRailroad Depot in Alpine.
mote local events and businesses offering
In addition to breweries, there are plenty
of new places to find regional and national craft beer.
El Paso Beer Club is a group of local
craft beers.
craft
beer enthusiasts who want to share
Perez said many of the local craft
their passion with others in West Texas.
accounts, including popular gathering
The group manages several beer-centric
spots like Craft & Social, Hope & Anchor,
websites and apps including
Rulis International Kitchen, Hoppy Monk, ElPasoCraftBeer.com, AlePaso.com and
Block Table & Tap, Steve Os and others,
their latest venture, TXAleTrail.com.
offer craft beer, craft drinks and their own
They also hold the trademark for the sloexclusive food menus. The El Paso comgan BEER (Brew Enjoy Empty Repeat),
munity, in turn, has been very supportive.
and have introduced growlers (a take-out,
El Paso has taken a huge climb in interreusable jug often found in microbrewest in beer flavors and has supported it day eries) to the city.
after day, Perez said. Personally, partakAccording to one club spokesperson
ing in a world of firsts starting beer dinJoe, whose comments are the collected
ners, firkin (small barrel) taps, tap
sentiments of El Paso Beer Club and Ale
takeovers, food truck beer dinners, beer
Paso, said when a new beer is distributed
classes, and the city supporting everything, in cities like Austin, it will sometimes
tells us we have a lot of opportunity and
take its sweet time to make it to El Paso
beer growth potential.
shelves. The club is focused on advocating for its share of these beers to be distributed in El Paso, and have successfully
Do it yourself
done so for a number of years.
Some of the ways the club has done this
Home brewing is also getting its share of
is by organizing beer tastings, tap takeover
participants.
events, and the forthcoming El Paso Beer
Justin Gibson, craft beer representative for Week, with will feature both regional and
L&F Distributors, is also an avid home
national craft beers.
brewer, and said brewing his own beer at
Joe said the reason craft beer is becoming
home has taught him a lot of things includ- more popular in the area can be summed
ing persistence.
up in one word: taste.
The first batch is not going to be very
El Paso is known for its great food and
good, Gibson said. The learning curve
it must be complimented with great beer,
isnt friendly. It takes a lot of time and a
he said, adding there are a wide variety of
lot of patience.
flavors that come with craft beer.
The home brewer movement in El Paso
If you love peaches, there is a beer that
isnt new. The Borderline Brewers, a group is brewed with peaches, he said. The
of home brewers from the El Paso and Las next beer you may try may be brewed with
Cruces area have been around for more
peaches with a slight lemon flavor and so
than 20 years. The group meets periodical- on. This expands your palette allowing you
to continue to follow a certain brewery
ly at each others homes to share tips,
and/or follow a certain craft beer style.
advice and the results of their passion
As for beer tasting and festivals, Joe said
for home brewing. The also provides new
the events give people the opportunity to
and experienced brewers assistance via
web resources, personal assistance and dis- try rare beers, if available, in one location.
Some of these rare beers are only discussion forums. They have also held brewtributed in small amounts around the
ing clinics and demonstration in the past.
Gibson said once one gets the hang of the nation, he said. They also give us a
opportunity to meet the brewers and folks
processes, it is extremely satisfying. Plus
behind the beer and meet other craft beer
getting to share his accomplishments with
others just goes with the nature of the bev- enthusiasts.
erage. Perez said beer has always-been the
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Beer tours and festivals
Those who want to learn more about craft

beer choices and varieties are getting more
opportunities to enjoy new varieties with
September 2015
beer tastings, festivals and other events.

Gaytan hosts events like Neighborhood
Craft Beers tours, along with a Big Brew
event every first week in May, which features around 10 regional breweries offering
beer samples. This event is free for ages 21
and older.
He feels one of the reasons for the rise in
popularity of craft and beers is many beer
drinkers are gaining more discriminating

palates.
People are just fed up or bored with the
macro-brewery selections, their taste buds
are evolving and they are now liking what
is being presented to them, he said.
Macro breweries know this and have
started buying up microbreweries.
There is also a rise in specialty beers, created by macro breweries, which offer new
and different varieties for consumers.
These are not to be confused with craft
beers, however, which come from independent and sometimes smaller or regional
breweries, and the varieties are vast.
He said the tours and other craft beer
events draw a very eclectic crowd.
We get lawyers, doctors, police, housewives, Mr. Moms, brand-new 21-yearolds and older, we get them all, he said.
These tours, he said, focus on two things:
educating the public about the world of
beer, and bringing business to local bar
and restaurants. He said as word of mouth
continues to spread about the events, the
groups always change and grow, although
some participants have been with them
since the beginning.
The great thing about our tours is many
times we have non-beer drinkers wanting
to try it for the first time, but not knowing
what to get. Others that just want to try
something new this gives both the opportunity, Gaytan said. Or sometimes groups
will come to our event because they had
heard of the establishment and have never
been but were nervous to try it alone.
Their most recent event was a
Neighborhood German Beer Tour at the
German Pub, 9530 Viscount, which let participants drink a boot of beer like in the
movie Beerfest. Gaytan said the craft
beer tours promote responsible drinking,
and there was a minimum three people per
boot, as well as a designated driver. Plans
are also in place for a five-course authentic
German meal and beer pairing in
September at the German Pub as well.
Gaytan said there are other events
planned as well.
We will also start our Bar Olympics, a
dive bar tour, wine tour, adult scavenger
hunt and finish the year with a black out
dinner, he said. The Bar Olympics will
take place on the West Side, East Side,
Downtown and Kern Place. The winner of
each site will then compete for the final
Olympics to be held at Tanyas Gridiron in
Central. Central Bar Olympics have
already taken place.
Other events which celebrate some of the
beer varieties in the area include mainstays
like Bliss MWRs Oktoberfest set for Sept.
18-20 as well as the Authentic
Oktoberfest at El Paso County Coliseum
and Oktoberfest Festival at Hoppy Monk.
Other events, often concentrated in the late
summer and fall, include the Taste of El
Paso, Bliss, Brews and Que at Fort Bliss,
Border Beer and Wing Fling, Sun City
Craft Beer Fest, Sun City on Tap beer festival, and Las Crucess spring Blazin
Brewfest beer festival.
Some wine events are welcoming in the
beer crowd as well. Sunland Winerys popular Wine and Art Market events have
evolved into seasonal Wine and Craft Beer
Art Markets, with great success, and
Ardovinos Desert Crossing, known for
their gourmet pairing events of wine and
spirits, have added brew and tap tastings to
their special events.
Beer tastings have also become part of
El Paso Scene
A Quick Beer Pairing Primer
Marina Ardovino of Ardovinos

Desert Crossing said customers have
shown new excitement and interest
toward craft beer, specialty imports,
seasonal beers and local breweries,
which also leads to more beer and
food pairings.
We have experienced an increase in
popularity of porters and stouts during
cooler winter months, which pair well
with our Red Mender tender(loin), our
Desert Crossing rib-eye and our
lamb, Ardovino said. For the summer the IPAs and European flavored
beers are popular and pair well with
some of the lighter fish dishes.
She said Ardovinos Desert Crossing
works to not only find new and
unique craft beers, but to support
regional brewers.
We support local by carrying many
New Mexico beers like Alien Amber,
Santa Fe Brewing Co., and Monks
Beer, and really work at having lesser
known beers on draft to expose guests
to something they may have never
tried before.
Craft beer experts agree, the key to a
good beer and food pairing is finding
something that appeals best to ones
individual tastes, but that doesnt
mean they cant make some suggestions. Here are just a few suggestions,
based on what the experts say, as well
as from local eateries and pubs:
Pilsner: pork, beef, fowl, and vegetables
Amber: pork, beef, fowl,
Porter: pork, beef, and desserts
Pale Ales: fish, cheese, and spicy
food
Hefewiezen: fish, spicy food, and
vegetables
Brown: pork, beef, cheese
Stout: pork, beef, dessert
Saison: pork, beef, fowl, fish, spicy
food, and vegetables
Wheat: pork, beef.
fundraising efforts such as the Foundation

for Las Cruces Museums informal The
Birds, the Bees & the Brews.
Perez said almost every beer festival or
similar event in the area has sold out, and
more and more breweries are bring their
wares to El Paso due to the positive
response they are getting.
I have many brewery visits in El Paso,
almost on a monthly basis. Mostly it being
their first time in our city and not once do
they not compliment the friendliness and
hospitality El Paso offers compared to
other cities, he said. Believe it or not this
helps too. More and more breweries are
venturing west because of the noise consumers are making.
Perez said there are a million percent
more choices in the area than when he
started in the beer industry 17 years ago,
and there are still a lot of new choices
coming to the area soon.
El Paso has had a ladder that leads to
the never ending skies to climb for years in
the craft world, Perez said. Well guess
what, were at the clouds now, and soon
well see the clouds below us.
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p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, Freedom Crossing,

1611 Haan Road, Fort Bliss. A corporate/military team division 8K Run will also be held.
Registration: $20 in advance; $25 day of race.
Cost per team is $150. Information: 568-0259,
744-5794 or ganightrun.com. Online registration at active.com.
Early registration (through Sept. 4) may be
sent to: IMWRF-Sports, P.O. Box 61090, Fort
Bliss, TX, 79906. In person registration at Stout
or Soto Physical Fitness Centers at Fort Bliss.

Online registration at active.com.
Packet pickup is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday
through Friday, Sept. 7-11, at Freedom
Crossing. Late registration and packet pick up is
3 to 5:30 p.m. on race day.
The event, sponsored by German Air Force,
MWR Fort Bliss and FirstLight Federal Credit
Union, will benefit the Helping Hands and
Aid for the Needy, charity organizations.
Food, music and games offered 4 to 8 p.m.
including German coffee and pastries, as well as
soft drinks. Live music by 1st AD Band / Fort
Bliss.
Post-race events and food served at 6 p.m.

including bratwurst, German beer and coffee,
pastries, soft drinks and snow cones. Prize
drawing for a $1,000 travel voucher.
Run/Walk For Respect Arc del Paso
will host its 5K run and 5K and 1 mile walk is 8

a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Ascarate Park,
6900 Delta. Registration begins at 7 a.m.
Registration: $20 in advance; $25 on race day;
$15 Arc members. Car fee for Ascarate park
entrance: $2. Information: 307-5394 or
thearcofelpaso.org. Online registration at
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
This event raises money to open a day program for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Future Engineers 5K Texas Society of
Professional Engineers fundraising 5K competitive run and 5K and 1 mile fun walks are 8 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19, at Up and Running 3233 N.
Mesa. Registration (through Sept. 17): $20 per
event ($15 students, military and ages 60 and
older). Late registration is $25 for all events (no
discounts). Information: 478-5663. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Proceeds benefit UTEP Engineering
Endowment Scholarship Fund.
Franklin Wrestling 5K Franklin High

Schools wrestling teams fundraising 5K and 1mile walk is 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at
Franklin High School, 900 N. Resler. Entry fee:
$20; by Sept. 16; $25 after. Cost is $15 per
person for teams of 15 or more. Registration at
McKelligon Canyon Challenge El Paso

on the Moves 5K run/walk and 1-mile fun walk
is 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at McKelligon
Canyon Amphitheater. Proceeds benefit El
Paso community gardens and activities that
promote health. Registration: $25; $20 military;
$15 ages 12 and younger. Teams encouraged
to give their team a healthy name.
Information: Irish Pugao, 528-0394. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Iron Side Sprint Triathlon Fort Bliss
Sports present the Iron Soldier Sprint Triathlon

with a 400 meter swim/15 mile bike ride/5K
run, at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the
Fort Bliss Aquatics Training Center. Part of the
Southwest Challenge Series. Early registration
will be held at Soto and Stout PFCs, Aquatics
Training Center. Cost: $10 Active-duty, $45 for
all others. Team cost: $20-$30 Active-duty, $65

for all others. Civilians welcome to participate.
Information, visit 568-0259, 744-5794 or
bliss.armymwr.com.
Late registration/Packet Pick Up is 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25 at the Aquatic Training Center,
and 6 to 7 a.m. on race day at the race site;
additional $10 late fee applies.
Masquerade Dash 5K/10K & 1 Mile

Fun Run The 2nd annual event is at 8 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26, at Full Bloom Pediatrics,

4181 Camino Coyote, Las Cruces. Entry fee is
$25; Proceeds Benefit the Hearts for Autism
Fund. Register at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
CCHR Veterans Memorial Race The

8K Run & 1 Mile Fun Walk are at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26, at Western Playland,
Sunland Park. Benefiting the Citizens
Commission on Human Rights. Entry fee $20.
Register at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Royal Run for Hope The 4th annual 5K
run and 1-mile walk benefiting Pediatric

Oncology patients at El Paso Childrens
Hospital is 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the
Health Spot, 4717 Hondo Pass. Registration;
$20 per event ($15 military and children 12 and
younger); $25 after Sept. 20. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Wildcat Mile Run/Walk The annual 1mile event hosted by St. Clements School is
6:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, beginning at Cotton
and Yandell and ending at St. Clements
Gymnasium. Information: 533-4248 or tjacobes@stclements.org.
Destiny 5K Walk/Run For Family Unity
Destiny Family Christian Center, 9615 Dyer,

hosts a 5K walk/run and 1-mile family fun walk
at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Sanctioned by
United States Track and Field. Entry fee is $25
($20 group rate, $15 ages 6-10). Proceeds will
benefit local families. Information 755-7744 or
destiny4me.com.
Forrest Leamon Memorial Run The
5K and 10K runs and 1-mile fun walk benefiting

the Survivors Benefit Fund of the DEA are 8
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at Braden Aboud
Memorial Park, 4325 Riverbend. Registration:
$25 ($30 Oct. 3). Registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Groove and Glow 5K Rave Marketing &

Events in conjunction with Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC),
hosts a Fun-K night Walk/Run event at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10, at Concepcion Street next
to the TTUHSC El Paso campus, 5001 El Paso
Dr. Pre-run activities begin at 5 p.m. Online
registration at grooveandglow.com.
The entire course, which goes through and
around the El Paso Zoo and Washington Park,
will incorporate dancing, running and walking
through glow in the dark move and groove stations booming with music and will end with a
Groove & Get-Down party at the finish line.
Transmountain Half Marathon and 5K
The Spartyka Warrior Runs along

Transmountain Road are Sunday, Oct. 11. Half
Marathon begins at 7 a.m. on the west side of
the Franklins (Northwestern and Paso del
Norte), finishing at Old Glory Memorial flag
(Diana and Gateway East). The 5K is 7:15 a.m.
starting and finishing at Old Glory Memorial.
This Last Hurrah, will be the last
Transmountain Challenge for four years.
Half Marathon Registration is $65 through
Oct. 8; $70 Oct. 9-10; 5K registration: $25
through Oct. 8; $30 Oct. 10-11. No race day
registration or packet pick up.
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El Paso Zoo 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo sum-
mer entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

daily. Zoo admission is $12 for ages 13 to 59;
$9 for ages 60 and older and active duty military (including spouse) with ID; $7.50 ages 3 to
12; and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo members admitted free. Information: 532-8156,
521-1850 or elpasozoo.org.
Elephant Days are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, Sept. 12-13.
Zoo sleepover event begins 6 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 18. Cost is $40 ($36 members).
Participants 7-17 years old must be accompanied by a paid adult. Register with payment by
Sept. 4. Information: 212-2826.
Celebration of Our Mountains For
more than 20 years, the celebration has included hiking, biking, birding, climbing, photographing, geocaching, studying and celebrating the
natural wonders of the Borderland. For a full
line-up of 2015 events, visit celebrationofourmountains.org.
The 15th annual Artistic Celebration of Our
Mountains opening reception is 6 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 24, at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing. Exhibit runs through December.
Upcoming hikes and presentations:
Sunset Hike Loop is 6:30 a.m. Friday;
Palisades Loop hike is 7 a.m. Saturday; and Earl
Birds Loop is 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 28-30, all
beginning at Palisades Trailhead, 2000 East
Robinson.
Burrowing Owls of the Rio Bosque Wetlands
park tour and talk is 7:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4,
hosted by Urban Wildlife Biologist, Lois Balin
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
walk is 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, in the
Robledo Mountains near Las Cruces.
Night Time Is the Right Time, Part 1 presentation by Dr. Paul Hyder on desert ecology is
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5. in the Tom Mays
unit of Franklin Mountain State Park. Part II is
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Chuck
Heinrich Park, 11055 Loma Del Norte.
Red Rock Canyon and 1944 B-24 Crash Site
hike is 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6 an Sept. 13,
meeting at 2401 Memphis Avenue
Bat Watch is Thursday through Saturday,
Sept. 17-19, meeting at 3344 Eileen Drive.
Guided hike at Leasburg Dam State Park, in
New Mexico is 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19.
B-36 Crash Site visit is 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept.
20, meeting at N Stanton dead ends at the
1,000 Steps Trail.
Rock Hunting at Baker Ranch is 7 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.
Help Return the Wolf to Texas Workshop is
9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. Registration
deadline is Sept. 20.
Leasburg Dam State Park moderate hike is
10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 26.
Sunset Panorama View hike is 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 27, to the ridge to view the sunset and a panorama of El Paso, New Mexico
and Juarez, meeting at the Palisades Trailhead
Birding at Keystone Heritage Park is 10:30
a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 2.
The annual Mount Cristo Rey: Hike through
Time is 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.
Indian Uses of the Chihuahuan Desert talk is
10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 3, at El Paso
Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain.
Franklin Mountains State Park Most

hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the
Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on
September 2015
the west side of the park (east of I-10).

Entry fee is $5 per person, free for age 12 and
under (with family). Correct cash or check
only. Group rates available. Hours are 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441 or on
Facebook at FranklinMountainsSP.
Chili cook-off at the park is Saturday, Sept. 5.
The Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta is Saturday,
Sept. 19, with various exhibits and Arts in the
Parks. See separate listing.
National Public Lands Day Arts in the
Park Hike is 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.
Guided hikes and bike rides are $3 additional
fee ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free). Bring water,
snacks, sturdy shoes/boots, hiking stick, maps
and binoculars. Dogs welcome on leash on
some hikes. Reservations required: 566-6441
ext. 221, 224 or
adrianna.weickhardt@tpwd.state.tx.us.
Bark in the Park Bring Your Dog Hike is 7
a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the Lower Sunset
Trail.
Nature Walk Trail Hike is 8 a.m. Friday,
Sept. 11.
Peak Fitness hike is 5:30 a.m. Friday, Sept.
18, Ron Coleman Trail.
Guided Beginners Mountain Bike Ride is 8
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20.
Full Moon Nights White Sands National
Monument, 15 miles southwest of

Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70, hosts monthly
full moon programs during the summer and fall
months. Entrance fee: $3 age 16 and older.
Free for children. Information: (575) 479-6124,
ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to
nps.gov/whsa.
1st Armored Division Band Shock Action
performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.
Intrigue, Science, and Discoveries in White
Sands is 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27.
Natural History Outings The

Southwest Environmental Center of Las Cruces
offers Back by Noon Saturday field trips
departing selected Saturdays from the center at
275 Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. The family
friendly outings showcase some of natural features of the Las Cruces/El Paso area led by an
regional expert in wildlife, plant life, art or
other field. Hikes range from easy to strenuous. Bring sturdy shoes, water and a hat.
Binoculars recommended. The outings are
open to the public, but space is limited; half of
slots in each trip reserved for center members.
Advance registration required; registration
opens three weeks before each hike. Hikes are
free, and open to the public. Some minor fees
may apply. Information, reservations: (575)
522-5552. Hike details available online at
wildmesquite.org.
8 a.m. Sept. 5: Effects of Drought on the
Chihuahuan Desert. Join cowgirl botanist
Kirsten Romig from the Jornada Experimental
Range to trek through the foothills of the San
Andres Mountains. Moderate.
7 p.m. Sept. 12: The Desert After
Dark.Biologist Paul Hyder will lead hikers over
a two-mile portion of the Sierra Vista trail along
the western flank of the Organ Mountains.
Separate meeting place for El Paso hikers. Easy.
7:30 a.m. Sept. 19: Geological Treasures of
Tonuco Mountain. Pecan farmer Paul Dulin will
lead hikers through geological time to visit a
Feldspar/Fluorite mine and views of Native
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American petroglyphs. Moderate to strenuous.

8 a.m. Sept. 26: Migratory Birds of the Rio
Grande Valley. Join photographer and expert
birder Ken Stinnett on a visit to one of the best
birding sites in the region, Leasburg State Park.
Binoculars are strongly recommended. $5 fee
per vehicle to enter the park. Easy.
8:30 a.m. Oct. 3: Medicinal Flora of Dripping
Springs. Led by herbalist Deborah Brandt,
owner of From the Ground Up. Hike a couple
miles in Dripping Springs Natural Area at the
base of the Organ Mountains. $3 BLM fee per
vehicle. Easy to moderate.
The Southwest Environmental Center is a Las
Cruces membership-based organization that
protects and restores native wildlife and habitats in the Southwestern borderlands.
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park UTEPs
Center for Environmental Resource

Management offers free guided walking tours
and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands
Park in El Pasos Mission Valley. Tours last
about two hours. Information: 747-8663 or riobosque.org.
Introductory tour is 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20.
Community Workday is 8 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19.
Faunal Monitoring is 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept.
26.
Bird tours is 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside
Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan
American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.
National Parks presentation A talk on

Americas Public Lands is 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 16, at Chamizal National Memorial, 800
S. San Marcial, as part of its new monthly

Facilitated Dialogue series. Admission is free.
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society
The Societys monthly meeting and program

is at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, at the
Centennial Museum on the UTEP campus. Liz
Walsh, Professor of Biological Sciences, will
present a travel/birding program of her recent
trip to Granada Spain. Open to the public.
Information: Janet Perkins, 637-5269.
Bird-watching field trips are open to the public. Bring a lunch, insect repellent and water.
Information: Mark Perkins, 637-3521.
A trip to Percha Dam, Caballo Dam and
Leasburg Dam is Saturday, Sept. 19. Meet in
the parking lot at the Southwest corner of the
Outlet Mall .
Fall Flower Show The Garden Clubs of

Las Cruces present the Weather or Not
show from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19,
in the Social Center of Good Samaritan Village,
3011 Buena Vida Circle, Las Cruces. The show
is open to the public and admission is free.
Information: 575-522-2073.
The show features new cultivars in horticulture, local flowers and plants and new flower
design trends from Garden Club members and
the NMSU design team.
Public entries are encouraged. Bring entries to
the Social Center 7-9 p.m. Friday or 7-9 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 18-10. Entries should be in clear
glass or brown glass bottles. A limited number
of bottles will be available.
Judging is by certified National Garden Club of
America judges from 9:30 to noon Saturday.
Ribbons will be awarded afterward.
Gila River Festival The Gila
Conservation Coalition will host its 11th annual
river festival, Finding Balance in A Changing

World, Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 2427, at various locations in Silver City, N.M.
Information, registration: (575) 538-8078 Full
schedule online at gilaconservation.org.
Events include kayaking, birding, fly fishing,
guided hikes, field trips and presentations.
Thursdays events include a Take Back the
Rain bike tour of area water projects 1-4 p.m.
Cost is $15. Gila Time Lapse Film Fest is 1 to
2:30 p.m. at WNMUs Light Hall. $5 donation.
Keynote address, Take a Walk on the Wild
Side, is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Light Hall,
featuring special guest Godfrey Reggio, worldrenowned filmmaker and director of the Qatsi
Trilogy. Admission: $10; free for students.
A showing of Reggios Film One in trilogy,
Koyaanisquatis, follows. $5 suggested donation;
free for students.
Saturdays events include the closing reception
for the Landscape of the Gila Art Show, 5:307 p.m. at the McCray Gallery, WNMU. A panel
discussion on Thinking Like a Watershed is 78:45 p.m. at Light Hall. $5 suggested donation;
free for students. Followed by screening of
Reggios Powaqqatsi (Film Two). $5 suggested donation; free for students.
Saturdays events include a brunch presentation with Jack Loeffler on Ed Abbey A
Gadfly with the Wingspan of a Buzzard at 10
a.m. at Vickis Eatery, 315 N. Texas. Cost: $25.
Reservations required.
A screening of Reggios Naqoyqatsi (Film
Three) is 1 p.m. Saturday at Light Hall. $5 suggested donation; free for students.
The Monsoon Kids Puppet & Bike Parade is 44:15 p.m. Saturday, with other kids activities
beginning at 3 p.m. and continuing until 7:45
p.m. in the Historic Downtown area. Street
Party is also Saturday afternoon and evening,
with live music. Food and beer sold.
Gila Time-Lapse Film Fest follows from 7:45
to 9:30 p.m.
We Are the River; The River is us meditation at the Gila River is 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sunday. Free. Meet at Silver City Visitors
Center and carpool to Nature Conservancys
Gila Farm; or meet at 10 a.m. at the Gila Farm.
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic

Site The site is famed for many Native
American rock paintings and unique geology.

Summer hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday
through Sunday; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Thursday. Admission: $7 (free for children 12 and younger). Additional activity cost
for tours (including morning hike): $2 (free for
age 4 and younger). Information: 857-1135 or
texasstateparks.gov. Reservations are recommended for the self-guided area and for camping: (512) 389-8900.
To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S.
Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco
Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775.
North Mountain is available for self-guided day
use, for up to 70 people at a time; reservations
recommended. There is an annual orientation
program for visitors. Call for reservations and
other information, including tours: 857-1135.
White Sands National Monument

The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles
southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70.
Visitor Center hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
through Sept. 13; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 14Oct. 31. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
through Sept. 5; 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 6-Oct.
4. Entrance fee: $3 age 17 and older. Free for
children. Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236
or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to
nps.gov/whsa.
Sunset strolls are offered daily year round one
hour before sunset (6:15 p.m. Aug. 31-Sept. 13;
6 p.m. Sept. 14-27; 5:45 p.m. Sept. 28-Oct. 4).
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Full Moon Hikes are 7:15 p.m. Friday, Aug.

28, and 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.
Reservations required (online only). Cost: $8;
$4 age 15 and young, plus monument entrance
fees.
Full Moon Night programs are 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27,
and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.
A Native American Artist Craft Show and
Demonstration is 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
5, as part of the Step Into the Past series.
Guest artists will teach how they create their
handcrafts and explain the history and meaning
of their artwork.
Full Moon Bike Ride is 8 p.m. Friday, Sept
25. Dress warmly. Reservations begin one
month in advance; space limited. Reservations
online only via nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $8/$4 ages
15 and younger, plus park entrance fee.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park The
park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the

Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:
(575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.
Summer hours (through Sept. 7): Visitor
Center open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily; tours available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Last entry into cave
via natural entrance is 3:30 p.m. through Sept.
7. Last entry into cave via elevator is 5 p.m.
through Sept. 7.
Winter hours: Visitor Center open 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily; tours 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Last
entry into cave via natural entrance is 2 p.m.
with last entry into cave via elevator 3:30 p.m.
Cost is $10 (free or ages 15 and younger).
The parks audio self-guided tour is $3 extra
(also available in Spanish).
The bat season generally lasts through midOctober. Daily bat flight talks (about 15 minutes long) are offered just before sunset at the
amphitheatre outside the natural entrance
Admission is free. Then bats willing visitors are treated to the sunset spectacle of
clouds of bats flying out of the cave entrance.
Star Parties are Saturday Sept. 12 and Oct.
10, immediately after the bat flight program.
Other guided tours are available; call or check
website for details.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
110 miles east of El Paso on the way to

Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the
highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749
feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good
for one week and all trails. Pine Springs Visitor
Center hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Camping is $8 per site per night. Information:
(915) 828-3251 or nps.gov.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State

Park 1504 Miehls Drive N., Carlsbad, N.M.
Admission: $5 ($3 ages 7-12; free for 6 and

under). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last entry
at 3:30 p.m.). Information: (575) 887-5516.
International Vulture Awareness Day is 1-3 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 12, with childrens activities.
March for Parks Public Lands Day is 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, to raise funds.
Raffles, door prizes, information booths, giveaways, solar viewing and childrens activities.
Bottomless Bubblefest Bottomless
Lake State Park, 13 miles east of Roswell, (via

U.S. Hwy 380 and NM Hwy 409), will host its
annual Labor Day weekend event 7 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5-6, featuring
underwater dive poker, underwater games,
snorkeling, beach volleyball, nature hikes,
ranger talks and more. Day-use fee is $5.
Camping fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for
developed site (electrical hookup $4 extra).
Reservations for camping recommended.
Information: (575) 624-6058 or nmparks.com.
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New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee

is $5 when visiting any state park. Camping
fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for developed
site (electrical hookup $4 extra). All programs

are free with park entrance, unless otherwise
listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or
nmparks.com.
Leasburg Dam 12712 State Park Road in
Radium Springs, two miles off Interstate 25 at
Exit 19. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for day use.
Wyoming madam Taking a Look Back

by John McVey Middagh
made enemies
ometimes I wonder if I go on too

much about hookers in El Pasos
early days, but I find it a fascinating subject and its fun seeing people
within hearing distance wonder why Im
talking about these shady ladies.
Actually, the more I read about these
madams and their girls, the more I find
out how much good they did for their
community. I wrote earlier this year
about the first of El Pasos famous
madams: Sarah Borginnis The Great
Western, who came here in the late
1840s. I also mentioned Etta Clark and
Big Alice Abbott, who arrived in El
Paso around the time the railroads came
through here in 1881.
One of the most prominent madams in
the region was Sadie Orchard, who
became quite the entrepreneur in
Kingston and Hillsboro. She had a brothel in both those towns during the mining
boom days of southern New Mexico, as
well as a restaurant, hotel and a stagecoach line that connected to the railhead
in Lake Valley.
Not all the madams of the Wild West
were so well regarded, as I discovered in
a book I found during a recent vacation.
My wife Cecilia and I traversed the
Southwest, driving 3,400 miles in 14
days, along with my cousin Debbie and
her husband, Dick. In Durango, Colo., I
browsed through a local bookstore and
stumbled upon Legendary Women of
the West by Brad Williams. I haggled a
bit, but all I could get was a 10 percent
senior discount off the $20 price.
One story was about Ellen Watson, a
Wyoming pioneer during the 1880s, who
was widely known as Cattle Kate.
After a brief disastrous marriage, she
struck out on her own as a cook and
housekeeper, and eventually acquired a
large herd of cows in Sweetwater Valley,
Johnson County, Wyoming.
Kate was prosperous for a while until
her untimely demise. She was a rough
lady, foul-mouthed, hard drinker, cigar
smoker. She was never liked much by
other women, but got along with most
men just fine.
Jim Averill, a saloon/store keeper, had
invited her to his town because he knew
a lot of cowboys would appreciate her
attention. Most of those cowboys were
always short on cash so they would take
Kate a cow or two. She was glad to take
them as payment for service rendered. It
didnt take long for Kate and Jim to
build up a sizable bunch of cows.
Meanwhile, the big cattle operators
formed an association to stop theft and
to drive the small farmers and their cattle
off the grass they needed for their thousands of cows.
A number of disputes arose between the
association and the couple, who may or
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may not have

gotten married by then.
The association wanted
access to
water on
their land,
and made it
nearly
impossible
for Jim and
Kate to
Ellen Cattle KateWatson
acquire a
brand for their cattle. Eventually they
accused Jim and Kate of cattle rustling,
captured them, put them in a buckboard
and took them to the nearest tree and
hung them both. The lynching of a
woman in particular made a lot of people
mad, and all this was happening toward
the start of the Johnson County War in
Wyoming.
***
What a shock to pick up the morning
paper in early August and the first thing
I saw was that we had lost Bill Rakocy.
He had been such a longtime fixture for
all of us in the artsy world.
I first met Rak many years ago at the
International Museum of Art, watching
him and Mario Parra put together their
room about Pancho Villa and the
Mexican Revolution. After that we traded books at his house on Emory. Going
to his house was a trip; just wandering
through his studio was great. He was a
survivor, flooded out a number of times,
and rebuilding after a fire that ravaged
his home. Rak had no quit in him.
Mostly I will remember him for the
time he wrote his column at the El Paso
Scene. Every month I would wait for the
paper to hit the rack at the Riviera
Restaurant. The first thing Id do is leaf
through the paper toward the back, looking for his column and what he had to
tell us all that month. Maybe a bit of history of our Southwest or a story of his
past it was always a good read.
After he stopped writing the column,
and at the encouragement of my writing
group, I emailed Randy Limbird at the
Scene about filling in for Rak. I
thought of it as a job I had my doubts
about, and as its turned out, Ive had a
good feeling for the last two years,
thinking that maybe seeing Bill
Rakocys place filled is a comfort to
many. I now feel humbled and thankful
for just being able to write in his place
and having known him.
Rak, you will be missed.
Information: (575) 5244068.

Music and the Stars is 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 5, and 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.
The monthly Bird ID Tour is 8 to 10 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26.
Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of
Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff.
Information: (575) 437-8284.
A Harvest Moon Eclipse viewing is 8 to 9:30
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27.
Rockhound State Park, five miles south of
Deming on State Road 11 and then east on
Rockhound Road (State Road 141) for nine
miles. Day use hours: 7:30 a.m. to sunset.
Information: (575) 546-6182 or (575) 7445998.

A Mariachi program is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19.
Bottomless Lakes State Park Around 13
miles east of Roswell, N.M. via US 380.
Information: (575) 624-6058.
Enchanted Evenings presentations are 8 to 9
p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 5.
The Bottomless Bubblefest is 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5-6.
Mesilla Valley Bosque Park 5000 Calle del
Norte, Mesilla. Guided bird tours are first
Saturday of every month.
John McVey Middagh is a former

saddle shop owner and amateur
local historian. You can reach him
at jmiddagh@yahoo.com.
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Agave Rosa Gallery 905 Noble (next to

the International Museum of Art). Hours are 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The
gallery features paintings, sculpture, jewelry
and photography by area emerging artists.
Information: 533-8011 or
agaverosagallery.com.
Opening reception is 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12 for
Mas Alla de Virtudes, works by local artists
Martha Arzabala, Lidia Gonzalez and sculptor
Julio Sanchez de Alba.
Art Avenue Gallery The gallery space is
at 1618 Texas. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday; by appointment only
Monday and Saturday. Information: 213-4318
or theartave.com.
Showing through Sept. 20: Various
Interpretations of Human Interactions: Jason
Lucero. Fresh off his Best of Show win at
UTEPs Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit,
Lucero is the first printmaker to be featured at
the gallery. The 13-piece exhibit showcases the
emerging artists abstract prints inspired by the
El Paso desert landscape and open sky, with a
slant toward something more personal for the
Oklahoma native.
Art in the Heart El Paso Human
Services, Incs. 4th annual Art Show benefiting

the Winchester House is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 3, at the Mustard Seed Cafe, 1140 St.
Vrain (at Arizona). The Winchester House is a
transitional living center for young men 18-25.
Artistic Celebration of Our Mountains

Exhibit The 15th annual juried art show at
Ardovinos Desert Crossings Sunset Hall, One
Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park, opens with a
reception is 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24
and continues through December, with works
inspired by the regions mountains.
Information: (575) 589-0653, ext. 3.
Arts International El Paso Art
Associations 48th annual Arts International

Juried Exhibition, Texass largest international
juried art exhibit, runs Oct. 3-31, at the
Crossland Gallery, 500 W. Paisano, with gala
opening and announcement of awards
Saturday, Oct. 3. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. Saturday. Information: 534-7377 or
crosslandartgallery.com.
Ballroom Marfa 108 E. San Antonio

Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Information: (432)
729-3700, ballroommarfa.org or on Facebook.
Showing Sept. 25-Feb. 14, 2016: pprt.
Taking its title from the name of a fictional
post-iPhone device at the centre of Gary
Schteyngarts 2010 near-future novel Super
Sad True Love Story, pprt is concerned
with labor, play and the uncertain zone
between the two.
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gallery featuring Southwestern Art is at 1501

Main Street in the San Elizario Arts District.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 479-2926
or bertsaldana.com.
mission is free. Information: 532-7273 or
nps.gov/cham/.
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Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas.

Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati
Foundation houses one of the worlds largest
collections of permanently installed contemporary art. The collection is open for guided tours
throughout the year at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5
for students, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 students). Information: (432) 729-4362 or chinati.org.
Sunrise at Chinati tour of Judds works begins
at daybreak Sunday, Sept. 6. Admission: $10.
The 2015 Chinati Weekend is Oct. 9-11.
Crossland Gallery The El Paso Art
Associations gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in

the Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. Information:
534-7377, office@elpasoartassociation.com or
CrosslandArtGallery.com.
Showing Aug. 28-Sept. 19: In the Mix, featuring artists Steve Hastings, Erica Contreras,
John Northcutt, Rachel Murphree, Marina
Savitsky, Glenn Trittenbach and Carmen Navar.
Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug.
28.
The annual Arts International, which runs
Oct. 3-31. Award winners honored at Gala
opening Oct. 3.
El Paso Art Association The associa-
tions next general meeting is 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Crossland Gallery,
500 W. Paisano. Artist Robert Dozal will discuss blending techniques for acrylics on paper,
canvas and other surfaces.
Meeting is free and open to the public.
Information: 534-7377 or office@elpasoartassociation.com.
El Paso Mission Trail Visitor Center

6095 Alameda (at Zaragoza). Hours are 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Admission is
free. Information 790-0661, 851-9997 or visitelpasomissiontrail.com.
Showing through Sept. 29: works by Robert
Dozal.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays.
Admission is free unless noted otherwise.
elpasoartmuseum.org.
Showing Sept. 6-Jan. 3, 2016: Hal Marcus:
Lyric Modern. Marcus specializes in colorful
and lyrical acrylics and mixed media on canvas,
which are variously populated with a panoply of
people he loves and his hometown. Opening
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6.
An Artists on Art Talk with Ivan Tarin is 5:50
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10.
Showing Oct. 2-Jan. 29: Marc Chagall, The
Green Violinist, as part of the Modern Masters
Series. The exhibit is the first in the series to
focus on a single masterpiece, The Green
Violinist. Painted in 1923-24 after Chagalls
first return to Paris, the painting is one of many
pictures in which he created a dream world of
personal imagery founded in his nostalgic
reflections of his Russian homeland.
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Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and

Gift Shop Award-winning Impressionist
and El Paso Hall of Fame artist Alberto

Escamillas studio is at 1445 Main Street in San
Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 11:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. Thursday; and 12:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday
and by appointment. Information: 851-0742 or
474-1800, or albertoescamilla.com.
The gallery is also the home of the studio and
gallery of Debra DeSantis.
Florence Street Gallery The salon and

event house, owned and operated by Marie
Otero, is at 1015 N. Florence. Information:
588-4247.
Showing through September are works by
David Kern. Kern is a longtime El Paso attorney
and also an artist who specializes in geometric
abstract paintings.
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon.
The gallery specializes in local and early El Paso

art. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday; noon to 7 p.m.
Thursday or by appointment. Information: 5339090 or halmarcus.com.
The gallery, established in 1996, is owned and
operated by local artist Hal Marcus and his
wife, Patricia Medici, and managed by Ruben
Vasquez.
Showing through Dec. 31: Remembering
Rak, Tribute exhibit to Bill Rakocy (19242015), with works spanning 70 years.
Reception is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
3.
The gallery will take part in the annual Sunset
Heights Tour of Homes noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3. See separate listing.
The Hal Marcus/Lyric Modern exhibit is Sept.
6-Jan. 24, at El Paso Museum of Art, One Arts
Festival Plaza, with a public opening noon to 5
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6.
International Museum of Art 1211
Montana. The museum is operated by the

International Association for the Visual Arts in
the historic Turney Home. Hours are 1 to 5
p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Free guided
tours available on a walk-in basis. Admission is
free. Information: 543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
Showing through Sept. 2: Sci-Fi Vibrations
by Fernando Rascn, presented in partnership
with Consulate General of Mexico, Centro
Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte. Rascns
murals are located in the Museo Semilla and
the Casa Cuna in the city of Chihuahua, the
Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, and the
Muses Museum of Hermosillo, Sonora.
Showing Sept. 3-Oct. 7:
Works by Marjorie Marji Carrasco, featuring more than 30 pieces in pastel and oils.
Carrasco has traveled extensively through Latin
America including Mexico, Colombia, Panama,
Guatemala, and spent two and a half years in
Ecuador with the Peace Corps. Her favorite
subjects are Indians of Mexico and the
Southwest as well as animals. She is a member
of the El Paso Art Association, the Westside
Art Guild, and the Pastel Society of El Paso.
Reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5.
Color of Woman: John W. MacKenzie.
MacKenzie will be exhibiting his paintings,
drawings and sculptures in myth and lore.
Reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13; an
original drawing will be given as a door prize.
Jays Pix presents the weekly Facts Behind
the Films at 2 p.m. Saturdays. See Film
Scene for details. Information: sunsetfilmsociety.org.
September 2015
Painting the Magoffin Historic

District Magoffin Home State Historic
Site Visitor Center, 1117 Magoffin, will feature

works by the Plein Air Artists of El Paso Sept.
19-Nov. 7. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday. View the Magoffin
Historic District through the eyes of artists
who painted various locations on site.
Admission is free. Information: 533-5147 or visitmagoffinhome.com.
Opening reception is 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19. Painters will be present and have
works for sale. Artists in the show include
Dorian Clouser, Nina Walker, Candy Mayer,
Judy Crumley, Winfrey Hearst, Melinda Etzold,
Santiago Gonzalez, Rami Scully, Carmen Navar
and Krystyna Robbins.
Pastel Society of El Paso The societys
next meeting is 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at

the International Museum of Art, 1211
Montana. The program will be Two ViewsMany Viewpoints. Several months ago, the
member each chose a photo reference, either
a landscape or a still life. They will bring the finished pastel paintings to the meeting. The program is free and open to the public.
Rio Bravo Watercolorists The group
will resume its monthly meetings at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Angry Owl, 4799
N. Mesa. Meeting and lunch, followed by art
demonstration by Dorian Clouser. Membership
by Sept. 30, is $30 a year. RSVP by Sept. 13 to
Connie Weaver, 490-3978.
Rubin Center UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald

Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to Sun
Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday;
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday. Information: 747-6151,
rubincenter.utep.edu or on Facebook at
RubinCenter.
Showing through Oct. 24:
Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a
Landscape, in the Rubin Gallery.
Artist lecture with Victoria Sambunaris is 6 to
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in the auditorium.
UTEP Art Student Workshop with
Sambunaris is planned for noon Friday, Sept.
25, in the auditorium.
Tell Me Something and Take It Back: An
Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, works
by Claire Harvey, Sophie Jodain and Gael Stack
in the L Gallery.
Third Space: Interventions of Art and
Architecture in the El Paso Borderplex, in the
Project Space.
A Mark Making Studio Workshop is 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, instructed by
Therese Bauer, UTEP Drawing Instructor.
Space is limited; registration required.
San Elizario Art District Several galleries and studios are located 1445 to 1501
Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza. 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Information: 474-1800 or 851-0093.
The First Friday ArtWalk is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 4, with artist galleries open late, live
demonstrations and music. A Ghost Tour
begins at 10 p.m.
Featured gallery artists include Albert
Escamilla, Rob Mack, Palmira Lopez, Manuel
Alvarado, Maria Branch, Bert Saldaa, Joanna
Franco, Melissa Himes, M. Concepcion, Robert
Lichlyter, Amado Pena Jr. and Arturo Avalos.
Septiembre Fotos: Visual Stills Along
La Frontera Centro de Salud Familiar La
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Fe Cultural and Technology Center, 721 S.

Ochoa (first floor), hosts the exhibit by 12 El
Paso and Ciudad Juarez photographers Sept.
3-Oct. 16. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Opening reception is 6 to 9
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3. Admission is free.
Information: 545-7190 or lafe-ep.org.
Photographers include Alex Briseo, Jud
Burgess, Mike Darr, Arturo M. Enriquez,
Vallarie Enriquez, Augusto Hernandez, Charles
Horak, Lorraine Kuehnel, Jennifer Lucero,
Edward Nathaniel Reyes, Daniel Ros Lopera
and Federico Villalba.
Southwest Spaces and Stops El
Paso photography of Carol Eastman will display

black and white and color photos of her travels
along the U.S./Mexico border, up the Camino
Real and along old Highway 66 in Arizona,
through Sept. 29, as part of the Community
Exhibits Program at City Hall, 300 N.
Campbell. The exhibit space is in the lobby of
the new City Hall (the former El Paso Times
building). Hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Thursday. Information: 799-9687 or
ceastmanphotos.com.
Sunland Art Gallery 5034-D Doniphan,
in Placita Santa Fe. The co-op gallery features

original paintings and photographs, jewelry,
prints and gift items by 15 local artists. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Information: Cil Abeyta, 584-3117 or
474-0053.
Showing through Sept. 29: Las Tres
Amigas works by Corinne Abeyta-Spinnler,
Candy Mayer and Melinda Etzold. Each of the
artists are known for their vibrant colors in
many media, including acrylics, pastels, watercolors, oils, encaustic and collage. This is their
first joint show together.
Submissions are being taken for the annual El
Paso Scenes show opening in October.
Information: cc2ccmayer@aol.com.
Susan Eisen Fine Jewelry & Watches
5857 N. Mesa, Ste. 19. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. Information: 5840022 or susaneisen.com.
Showing through Sept. 30: Seven paintings
by Southwest artist L. B. Porter and other
artists. Porter, a third-generation El Pasoan,
was a child prodigy, and was tutored in art
starting at the age of 12. He primarily paints
realistic style Southwest landscapes with cowboys and horses, in acrylics and watercolor.
Other artists exhibiting in the show are Nan
Collins, O de Aguero, L. E. Ewen, D. Napps,
and Roberta Smartt.
The Ho Show Local sculptor Ho Barons
surreal sculpture garden at 2830 Aurora (at

Piedras), is visible from the street, featuring
several of his large-scale works. Barons works
are also on display at the El Paso Public Library
and El Paso Museum of Art. Information: 5627820 or hobaron.com.
Westside Art Guild The guild meets at
10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at Polly Harris

Senior Center, 640 Wallenberg, with a presentation on watercolors by Dorian Clouser.
Newcomers welcome. Meetings are the second Monday of the month.
Westside Art Guild The guild will start

its new year with a cat and dog watercolor
demonstration by Dorian Clouser at 10 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 14, at Polly Harris Senior
Center at 650 Wallenberg off S. Mesa Hills.
Meetings are open to the public, WAG meets
the second Monday of the month. Annual

membership is $20. Information: 593-2320.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Aa Studios 2645 Doa Ana Road (Calle

de Oro), Open the second weekend of the
month. The gallery features emerging artists as
well as the multi-media work by gallery owner
Roy van der Aa. September hours are 1 to 5
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 and 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 13; other hours by appointment.
Information: (575) 520-8752.
Showing through Oct. 30 is Natural
Selection by Las Cruces painter Stephanie
Sweet. A group of paintings and mixed media
works ranging from 2003 through 2015, all
Sweets personal favorites, will be displayed
alongside her new series, The Journey of a
Universal Explorer, a series of oil paintings
inspired by her love and obsessive fantasies
about traveling. Opening is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 11.
Blue Gate Gallery The gallery owned by
Flo Hosa Dougherty is at 4901 Chagar, at
Valley and Taylor, in Las Cruces. Hours are 2
to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
Information: (575) 523-2950 or bluegateflodoc@aol.com.
Showing through Sept. 30:
Works by George Zoretich from a private collection. Zoretichs abstract oil, Mountain City,
representing the seven hills of Rome, received
an award in a mid-year show at the prestigious
Butler Institute of American Art.
Fall Art Fiesta The work of colorist oil
painter Bonnie Mandoe will be celebrated noon

to 5 p.n. Saturday through Monday, Sept. 5-7,
at Quesenberry Farmhouse Gallery, 825
Quesenberry in Las Cruces. View Mandoes
recent paintings of historical New Mexico
scenes in vibrant, post-classical color.
Admission is free. Information; (575) 523-9760
or bonniemandoe.com.
The gallery is a half-mile west from the intersection of Picacho and Valley Drive. Travel
west on Picacho, turn south at Quesenberry to
the restored historical farmhouse tucked
behind the rock wall.
Las Cruces Museum of Art 491 N.
Main (Downtown Mall). New hours are 10 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. during the
First Friday Ramble. Closed Sunday and
Monday. Information: (575) 541-2137 or lascruces.org/museums.
The Potters Guild of Las Cruces From the
Ground Up XXVI Regional Juried Ceramics
Exhibition runs through Oct. 24. This years
show features 32 artists exhibiting a total of 54
sculptural and utilitarian ceramic artworks.
Artists reception is 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 11, with an awards presentation at 5:15
p.m. by exhibition juror Marcia Selsor.
The new family Science, Nature, and Art
Program (SNAP!) program is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
every Saturday, beginning Sept. 5, in the atrium between the Museum of Art and Museum
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of Nature and Science. Participants use artistic

creativity while engaging in educational activities inspired by Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics.
Registration is open for 2015 fall art classes
for children and adults with sessions Sept. 9Oct. 21, and Oct. 28-Dec. 16. Tuition: $60$110. Class schedules and registration forms
available at the museum or online at
tinyurl.com/lcmuseumofart.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery
2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across

from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily. The gallery features more than
30 artists in various media. New works displayed every three months. Information: (575)
522-2933 or mesillavalleyfinearts.com.
Septembers featured artists are Arlene J.
Tugel and Sylvia Hendrickson. Tugel, a retired
soil scientist, specializes in watercolors inspired
by her love of earth and open spaces.
Hendrickson works with gourds as her canvas,
using various techniques and materials.
Mesquite Art Gallery 340 N. Mesquite,
Las Cruces. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday

and Friday, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Information:
(575) 640-3502 or mesquiteartgallery.com.
Showing Sept. 3-26: Hawaiian Scene, 18
tropical paintings by Bonnie Mandoe. Mandoe is
best known for her New Mexico scenes, but
also loves Hawaii, where she spent most of her
life. She returned there for two months earlier
this year. Most of the paintings were done
plein air (on site, outdoors). An opening
reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4.
Mandoe also will host at Labor Day Open
Studio noon to 5 p.m. Saturday through
Monday, Sept. 5-7, at Quesenberry
Farmhouse, Mandoes historic home and studio
gallery, 825 Quesenberry, Las Cruces. The
open house will feature her recent New
Mexico historical paintings. Admission is free.
Promoting Art in Las Cruces Doa

Ana Arts Councils free bi-monthly series is
noon Friday, Sept. 25, at the Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
Featured presenters are Cathie Fern, on An
Introduction To SCORE; Cathy Lockman on
Using Social Media For Marketing; Cindy
Breedlove on Organizing For Success and
Pat Breedlove on Marketing And The
Business Of Art. Admission is free. To RSVP,
call (575) 523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
Rio Grande Theatre 211 Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces. Gallery in theatre lobby.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
riograndetheatre.com.
Showing through September are retrospective
photographs and artwork from the last 89
years of the Rio Grande Theatres history, to
help commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the
theaters renovation. Opening reception is 5 to
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, as part of the
Downtown Ramble.
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September 2015
Hal Marcus museum exhibit, new

book highlight his long art career
or El Paso painter Hal Marcus, a

much-anticipated one-man museum
exhibition, Hal Marcus/Lyric
Modern Sept. 6-Jan. 24 at the El Paso
Museum of Arts Dede Rogers Special
Events Gallery, will highlight an already
long and distinguished art career. The exhibition of 42 pieces, including oil and
watercolor paintings, drawings, etchings,
mixed media works and several pieces of
sculpture, presents Borderland art lovers
with the artists unique and diversity works
from 1970 through the present.
Two other factors will enhance the importance of this event for Marcus. The first is
a joint venture with the El Paso Symphony
Orchestra, which commissioned Marcus to
create an original painting to commemorate their 85th anniversary season. This
painting, entitled The Green Cellist,
takes its inspiration from the musical
theme of Marc Chagalls masterwork,
The Green Violinist, on loan from the
Solomon Guggenheim Museum and showing concurrently with Lyric Modern.
Echoing Chagalls dreamlike imagery, the
Marcus painting depicts a supernatural cellist supported by an umbrella floating
above a symphony audience in the restored
Plaza Theater. The monumental 55 by 67
original was auctioned for $17,000 at the
Symphonys gala fundraiser in August.
The artists newly released book, Hal
Marcus Art and Times, will also serve to
enlighten viewers and complement the
exhibition. While Lyric Modern represents a major milestone in Marcus career,
perhaps this biographical volume, authored
by El Paso writer and poet Monica Gomez,
will provide the most enduring insight into
the life and amazing career of this truly
distinctive artist. After reading cover to
cover, three truths stand out: Hals love for
his hometown of El Paso, the major influence of family and his Jewish Arabic heritage, and the sense of creativity that is his
lifeblood.
In her brief introduction to the book, El
Pasos Museums and Cultural Affairs
Director Tracey Jerome captures the overall tone of the book, referring to Marcus as
an inspired spirit and an iconic figure in
the creative community a man who is
truly a son of his hometown.
Book highlights
Born in El Paso in 1951, Hal was one of

five children of Morris and Rene Marcus.
As the eldest son, Hal was doted on by the
female contingent of the family. He confides, I credit their love for instilling me
with the self confidence that has been so
important throughout my life. As the first
male heir, he was also expected to follow
his father and uncle in the family grocery
store business, a factor that would remain
an issue of contention until late in life.
The Marcus family sold their grocery
stores in 1980 and entered into the real
estate market forming MIMCO (Marcus
Investment Management Co.), where Hal
would work for years while continuing to
develop his reputation as an artist.
Art is and remains a dominant life force
for Marcus, who shares, I fell in love with
art at age 15 and have never strayed. The
more I gave to it the more it gave to me.
September 2015
After graduating from Coronado High

School in 1969, Marcus went west to
experience the California scene. While
there he reunited with his high school
sweetheart, Judith Ann Foster, whom he
married a year later. In the mid-1970s they
returned to live on a small farm in El
Pasos Upper Valley. During this period he
painted a work entitled Life in the
Valley. Initially hung in the entry of the
UTEP library, the piece, which depicted a
figure in red overalls soaring above a valley landscape, later acquired an unusual,
controversial history (ask Hal for details).
During this period Hal and Judy purchased the old Victorian house at 1319 N.
Oregon that remains the Marcus residence
to this day. Ongoing renovations have
turned the home into an eye-catching beauty featured in the Sunset Heights Tour of
Homes. The family grew with daughter
Leiliania, son Marco and, lastly, daughter
Nicole Adelaide. Hal and Judy divorced in
1991, but the family remains close. The
girls became professional performers now
living in California. Marco is an entrepreneur and musician also in California.
The book describes how Hals travels in
Mexico enthralled him with the imagery of
the great Mexican muralists, motivating
Marcus to create a monumental work of
his own. His magnum opus, El Mercado
Juarez, a 6 by 12 foot canvas that took
eight years to create, reflects the sights,
colors, tastes and smells he remembered
from weekly shopping trips with his grandmother Latife to the markets in Jurez.
From this point forward the dam was
opened and images burst forth: Avenida
Juarez, El Paso Natividad, The Four
Seasons of El Paso, Nios del Sol and
La Familia helped Marcus gather a
devoted following for works depicting
hometown street scenes and cityscapes.
Marcus also began publishing cards and
calendars featuring his vibrant imagery.
Hal recalls the time after his divorce,
although it was an amicable parting, as a
dark period that became apparent in the
dark colors in his paintings. Through it all,
he remained close to his children. They
formed a family band entitled No U
Turn which performed at local gatherings.
With their support, the darkness passed
and vibrant colors returned to his work.
Enter the future in the form of Aunt Alice
Alligator. Hal was working on a childrens
book Aunt Alice Alligators Animal
Alphabet Album, when he was introduced
to Patricia Medici, who at that time
worked at the El Paso Public Library. The
two worked on the book together. A grant
made publishing possible, costumes were

created and Aunt Alice and her gang made
their debut. Aunt Alice toured schools
through the city promoting literacy, and
later in a variety of locations around Texas,
becoming the El Paso Public Librarys
biggest fundraiser.
In 1996, Hal and his daughter Leiliania
opened his first gallery at 2430 N. Mesa.
When she left to attend college, Patricia
became gallery director. In 2001 she and
Hal married. Two more gallery locations
would follow one at 800 N. Mesa and
the current location at 1308 N. Oregon.
Next year will be a banner year for Hal
and Patricia who will celebrate their 15th
wedding anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the Hal Marcus Gallery.
Over the years, Marcus has made it a
practice to give back to his community by
supporting hundreds of endeavors by institutions that promote worthy causes. To
name but a few, the image La Familia
has been used to raise funds for St. Pius X
Catholic Church, the Texas State Health
Department and the American Heart
Association. Visualize World Peace was
chosen by the National Peace Corps to
promote peace at their Austin conference.
Pass to the Future became the logo and
fundraiser for the Keystone Heritage Park
in the Upper Valley. Most recently, the sale
of prints and the original painting of The
Green Cellist will help the El Paso
Symphony Orchestra.
Perhaps one honor stands out among the
plethora of honors Marcus has received. In
2003, The International Association for the
Visual Arts honored Marcus contributions
to the El Paso arts community by inducting
him into the Artists Hall of Fame.
El Paso Scene
The Green Cellist by Hal Marcus
For those interested in the art and history

of El Paso, this book is a must purchase.
Covering a fascinating and astonishing 250
pages, Hal Marcus Art and Times is
truly a work of art in itself. As colorful as
the artist himself, its contents provide a
small glimpse into the life and inspiration
that continue to motivate the one-of-a-kind
individual known as Hal Marcus.
***
The El Paso Arts community was saddened by the loss of two of its most
admired artists. William Rakocy (Rak to
all who knew and loved him) passed away
Aug. 1 and was interred at Fort Bliss Aug.
17. Tom Moore (uncle of artist Ann James
Massey)o died July 20. Moore will be
remembered as the cartoonist who was the
talent behind the iconic Archie Comics
from 1953 through 1988, as well as
Snuffy Smith, Underdog and Mighty
Mouse. More will be written in later
columns.
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer

specializing in the visual arts.
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The Big Picture Gallery 311 N. Main
Street, in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Information: (575) 647-0508.
Showing through Aug. 31: The Gateway,
works by digital artist Micah Pearson.
Showing through September: Landscapes
Thru My Eyes, by fine artist Alex Rosa. Rosa
will present Tranquility, the largest art work
ever shown in the gallery. In addition Rosa will
offer color matched archival fine-art prints for
sale along with his originals works.
Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 4, as part of the Downtown Ramble.
Tombaugh Gallery First Unitarian
Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.

Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, or by
appointment. Information: (575) 522-7281 or
uuchurchlc.org.
Showing Sept. 6-Oct. 23: Re-Awakenings,
works by Georjeanna Feltha. Feltha has taken a
fresh look at some of her early pieces.
ReAwakenings is about finding that common
thread between art, music, love, spirituality and
life, Feltha said. Opening reception is 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6. A fashion
show displaying designs created by the artist is
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4.
Also
Black Range Art Show The 2nd annual

Black Range Fine Art and Plein Air show benefiting St. Jude Childrens Cancer Research
Hospital is Oct. 9-11 at Deming Special Event
September 2015
Center, 2300 E. Pine, Deming, N.M.

Artist reception is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Show
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Silent auction, art
demonstrations and raffles. Lunch available by
Adobi Deli.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 5464650 or blackrangeart@gmail.com.
Each participating artist will donate 20 percent of sales to St. Jude.
Deming Arts Center The Deming Arts
Councils gallery and gift shop is at 100 Gold

Street in Deming, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 546-3663 or
demingarts.org.
Showing Aug. 29-Sept. 30: Lyn Orona One
Woman show, featuring her painting, sculpture
and jewelry. Artist reception is 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 13.
Purchase Prize Award Show Works
by 26 artists from across New Mexico are featured in Grant County Art Guilds 30th
Purchase Prize Award Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday through Sunday, Sept. 25-27 and Oct.
2-4, at Hearst Church Gallery in Pinos Altos,
N.M. (6 miles north of Silver City on Hwy 15).
This years theme is Open Roads of Realism.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday,
Saturday, Sunday and holidays through Oct.
18. Information: (575) 574-2831 or gcag.org.
Opening reception is 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 22.
This years judge is painter Brian Freeman.
Freeman will host a three-day workshop
Sept.23-35 at Glad Tidings Church, 11600
Hwy 180. Cost: $195 ($180 GCAG members)
weekend; $65 per day ($60 GCAG members)
Information: (575) 538-9462 or (575) 5342899.
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Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society

and Haunted History The nonprofit
organization offers a variety of ghost tours.

Age 13 and older welcome, unless otherwise
listed. All children must be accompanied by an
adult age 21 or older. Information/reservations:
274-9531 or help@ghosts915.com.
Society offices are at Ghosts915 Paranormal
Research Center, 108 E. San Antonio.
The society and Art After Dark present
Buried Treasure, featuring the art and artists
of Ghosts 915 as part of the monthly Last
Thursdays Downtown event (Sept. 24).
San Elizario Ghost Tour is 10 p.m. to midnight, Friday, Sept. 4. Meet at 9:30 p.m. at the
Golden Eagle Gallery, 1501 Main in San
Elizario. Tickets: $15.
Concordia Cemetery Ghost Tour is 9 to 11
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 and 12, 3700 E.
Yandell. Meet at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit
restoration and preservations efforts for the
cemetery. Tickets: $15.
The Sept. 12 tour features a screening of
Ghost Stories of El Paso, Vol. 1, followed by
tour.
Downtown Ghost Walking Tour is 9 to 11
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Meet at 8:30 p.m. at
108 E. San Antonio. Family Friendly. Tour
includes going inside the Palace Saloon, and the
basement of the former museum. Tickets: $15.
Haunted Brothel Tour is 9 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26. Meet at 108 E. San
Antonio at 8:30 p.m. Cost: $15, adults only
(contains adult situations, offensive history and
adult language).
History Notes Lecture Series The
monthly program is 1 p.m. the second

Thursday of each month at the Branigan
Cultural Center, 501 N. Main, north end of the
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. The 2015 series
focuses on American Indian Cultures of the
Southwest. Admission is free. Information:
(575) 541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Sept. 10: The Forgotten Apache of 1852
with Dr. Jeffery Shepherd. The presentation
explores a little-known 1852 treaty between
bands of Apache (Nde) and the United States.
Oct. 8: An Overview of Early Peoples and
the Tribes of the Southwest, with Blackfeet
member Dr. Donald D. Pepion.
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
The Rio Grande Chapter meets at 11 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 11, at Royal Estates, 435 S. Mesa
Hills. This months program is Grand Dames
of El Paso: Josephine Clardy Fox and Allie Davis
Clardy, presented by Betty Phillips and
Dorothy Elder. Luncheon fee: $10.
Magoffin Home Grandparents Day
Grandparents Day is 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

13, at the Magoffin Home State Historic Site
Visitor Center, 1117 Magoffin. All grandparents
are invited to share stories and photos of Old
El Paso, especially about living in the
Magoffin/San Antonio neighborhood. Admission
is free. Information: 533-5147 or visitmagoffinhome.com.
Harvey Girls of El Paso The Harvey
Girls of El Paso Texas 1906-1948 hosts monthly meetings 2 to 4 p.m. the second Monday of
the month (Sept. 14) at the Union Depot
Passenger Station, 700 San Francisco.
Septembers program is a Celebration of Fred
Harveys Birthday, presented by Pres
Dehrkoop. Admission is free. Information: 5912326 or harveygirlselpaso.weebly.com.
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Southwest Chapter of Railway &

Locomotive Historical Society The
society meets 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14,

at Rulis International Grill, 4176 N. Mesa.
Program is Amtrak History in the Southwest,
presented by George Arredondo, retired
Amtrak conductor. Open to the public.
El Paso Corral of the Westerners

The monthly dinner program is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 18, at Country Inn and Suites
(formerly Sunland Park Holiday Inn), 900
Sunland Park Drive. Program is White Sands
Ranches of Days Gone By presented by Dale
Owen. Cost: $20; includes dinner and presentation. Information/RSVP: 759-9538.
Doing Genealogical Research in
Mexican Sources Dr. Rick Hendricks,
the New Mexico State Historian, will give the

lecture on research family history at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26,at the Magoffin Home State
Historic Site Visitor Center, 1117 Magoffin.
Hendricks has written extensively on the history of the American Southwest and Mexico, and
has taught at NMSU. Admission is free.
Information: 533-5147, visitmagoffinhome.com.
Trinity Site Tour The tour to the site of
the first atom bomb explosion is Saturday, Oct.

3, at White Sands Missile Range. At the site,
visitors can take a quarter-mile walk to ground
zero, where a small obelisk marks the exact
spot where the bomb was exploded on July 16,
1945. Historical photos are mounted on the
fence surrounding the area. Food and souvenirs
sold at the site. Admission is free. Information:
White Sands Public Affairs (575) 678-1134 or
wsmr.army.mil.
Visitors also can ride a missile range shuttle
bus two miles to the Schmidt/McDonald ranch
house where the scientists assembled the plutonium core of the bomb. Enter off U.S. 380
on the north end of the range (Stallion Gate)
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Site closes promptly at
3:30 p.m. Must show a photo ID at the gate.
Visitors are encouraged to have a full tank of
gasoline and a spare tire for the trip, which is
85 miles each way.
Scottish Rite Temple tour The
Downtown El Paso historic landmark, 301 W.

Missouri, is open to the public for a free walking tour at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Learn about El Pasos Masonic history, the
design and architecture of the theater.
El Paso Mission Trail Visitor Center

6095 Alameda (at Zaragoza). Hours are 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Admission is
free. Information 790-0661, 851-9997 or visitelpasomissiontrail.com.
Showing through Sept. 29: works by Robert
Dozal.
Chamizal National Memorial 800 S.
San Marcial. The National Park Service operates the memorial on land once claimed by
Mexico as part of a decades-long dispute over
the international boundary. Park grounds and
picnic area open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily for
both foot traffic and vehicles; visitors center
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through
Saturday. Admission is free. Information: 5327273 or on Facebook at
ChamizalNationalMemorial.
Ranger-led walking tours are 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. the first Saturday of each month.
September 2015
BorderSenses Barbed Wire Open Mic
at St. Paul Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere.

Information: 629-7063 or labodda9@aol.com.
8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Rock

House Caf & Gallery, 400 W. Overland.
Tumblewords Project The writing
workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Saturdays at the Memorial Park Public Library
meeting room, 3200 Copper. Workshops are
free; donations for the presenter are encouraged. Information: 328-5484 (Donna Snyder),
566-1034 (library) or on Facebook at
Tumblewords.
Sept. 5: Muze(sic) of the Moment with
Richie David Marrufo, who teaches English at
EPCC and is the current Project Director of
the Barbed Wire Open Mic Series.
Sept. 12: Visual/Lyrical Confluence with
Valentin Sandoval, a local writer, filmmaker,
actor, and entrepreneur. He co-founded his
production and design company, Blackbird
Concepts, and has produced more than 400
commercial spots. His writing credits include
his first collection of poetry, South Sun Rises.
Sept. 19: Swallowing the Pits: Finding
Beauty and Sensuality in Unlikely Ways with
Sarah Walker. Walker is a poet, playwright and
spoken word artist. She is the founder and
organizer of Front Era Poetry Slam. Her most
recent work was staged at the 2015 Exhibitions
in Dis/Connection, hosted by Glasbox.
Sept. 26: 100 Thousand Poets for Change
with Sheela Wolford. Wolford is a professional
writer of newsletters and publications for nonprofits, and is membership manager for KCOSTV. Her workshop will address the power of
poets to effect social change.
Through the 5th annual 100 Thousand Poets
for Change, poets, musicians, and artists
around the world will stage events to take
place simultaneously in the demonstration/celebration of poetry, art and music to promote
social, environmental, and political change.
The Adventures of Rocky Bear

Local childrens book author Paul E. Garcia will
read from his new book at 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 12, at Books are Gems, 7744 North
Loop, Suite B (back half of Compass Bank).
Afterward, the community is invited to participate in activities related to the book. Copies of
the will be available for purchase. Information:
845-5437 or booksaregems.org.
Books are Gems is a nonprofit organization
that sells and gives away new and used books.
Books are sold for $1-$2, and children who
come to the store may receive five free used
books and one new book each month.
Teachers can also receive free books for their
classroom. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Saturday.
LGBT book group The bimonthly book

Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Centers
spring book club discussion is 11 a.m. Sunday,
Sept 20, at the museum, 715 N. Oregon, on
Story of a Secret State: My Report to the
World, by Jan Karski. The discussion will be
moderated by Dr. Z. Anthony Kruszewski,
General Pulaski Society member and professor
emeritus of Political Science at University of
Texas at El Paso. Admission: $5; free for museum members. Light refreshments served; book
available for sale in museum bookstore. Space
is limited, please RSVP. Information: Jamie
Williams, 351-0048 or jamie@elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
This months book club is held in conjunction
with the current traveling exhibit They Risked
Their Lives Poles who Saved Jews during the
Holocaust and Jan Karski: The World Knew,
which tells the true accounts of people who
risked their lives and the lives of their families
to rescue Jewish men, women, and children
during the Holocaust.
of four books of fiction who performed standup comedy based on his work. Cost is $30.
The Festival is funded in part by a New
Mexico Tourism Department TRUE grant.
Sisters in Crime The Eastside chapter of

the book discussion group about women mystery writers meets to discuss Notorious by
Allison Brennan 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1,
group meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of

each odd-numbered month at the new
OUTright GLBT Center, 211 W. Yandell. Open
to all GLBT and GLBT-friendly people interested in book discussions. Includes potluck supper.
The Sept. 21 book is The Danish Girl, by
David Ebershoff. Information: 566-5549, 8612909 or 471-9396 or on Facebook at
ElPasoGLBTBookGroup.
Southwest Festival of the Written

Word The 2nd annual literary festival is
Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 1-4, in Silver

City, N.M. More than 50 Southwest authors
gather to discuss their lives and works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, theatre and more.
Events are free except for Saturdays banquet,
and open to the public. Information, full schedule: (575) 313-3172 or swwordfiesta.org.
Festival Kickoff Event is 7 p.m. Thursday at
WNMUs Webb Theater, with a performance
piece by the Silver City Virus Theater, based on
the poetry of Silver City Poet Laureate Bonnie
Buckley Maldonado. The piece also will be performed Saturday.
Sessions with authors are at various venues in
downtown Silver City Friday through Sunday.
Festival headquarters are at the Murray Hotel,
200 W. Broadway.
Opening ceremony is 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at
WNMUs Light Hall. Special guest is JJ
Amarworo Wilson, who is launching his new
novel Damnificados.
The Festival Marketplace is open 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday
at the Murray Hotel.
Festival Banquet is 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Light
Hall. Keynote speaker is Daniel Chacn, author
El Paso Chapter of the National

Society of Arts & Letters The chap-
ters monthly meeting is 2:30 p.m. Sunday,

Sept. 13, at the International Museum of Art,
1211 Montana. Whoever is interested in learning more about El Paso area writers who have
been or are members of the NSAL are invited
to attend. There also is an auction of musicalthemed centerpieces created by local artists
Flori Korff and Adrienne Palmer.
African-American open mic Poets,
storytellers, singers and songwriters who

respect the history, contributions and presence
of African-Americans are welcome to share
their art through written, spoken and musical
expressions at an open mic 1 to 3 p.m. every
third Sunday (Sept. 20) of them month at the
El Paso Public Library Maud Sullivan gallery,
501 N. Oregon. Information: 599-9891.
Holocaust Museum book club The El

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Centennial Museum University at
Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30

Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 747-8994, 747-6669 or
museum.utep.edu.
Showing through Sept. 19:
Invertebrate Jaws, based on research being
done by UTEP Biological Sciences Professor
Elizabeth Walsh. Walsh will present the lecture
Invertebrate Jaws: No Bones about Them at
4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Engendering Community that highlights the
LGBTQ community of the El Paso/Jurez
region. Based on more than 100 individual
experiences shared in a Women and Gender
Studies oral history project of the same name.
The exhibit will also feature historical and modern-day photographs, publications, costumes
and a collection of vintage 1970s photographs
by Manuel Rivera.
Events in conjunction with the exhibit include:
LGBTQ Symposium is 9:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, with multiple roundtable
discussions on the current state of affairs for
the LGBTQ community. Topics will include
Religion and the LGBTQ Community;
Healthcare and Access; Public Policy & Law;
and the Trans-Community & Culture. Free and
open to the public; reservations recommended
via Angie Moreno at amoreno37@utep.edu.
Information: engenderingcommunity.org
Engendering Community and Stageworks
Ensemble Theater Inc. present Pride Live
theatrical performances directed by Ivan
Sandlin celebrating gay pride and awareness
10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19.
Permanent exhibits on the Third Floor focus
on the history of the Chihuahuan Desert. The
Chihuahuan Desert Gardens on the museum
grounds have more than 800 species of plants
native to the region.
The Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit is open to the
public for viewing 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Wednesday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first Sunday
of the month. A museum representative will be
on hand to answer questions
El Paso Exploreum The citys first liv-
ing laboratory museum for children is at 300

W. San Antonio (south of Convention Center).
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Last
admission is one hour before closing time.
Information: 533-4330, elpasoexploreum.org or
on the museums Facebook page. Admission:
$8 ($6 seniors over 60, and military and educators with ID; free for infants).
The Exploreum includes multiple interactive
exhibits in four theme areas: construction, aviation, role-play and high tech.
El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study

Center 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free unless
listed otherwise. Information: 351-0048 or
elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
Showing Sept. 2-Nov. 1 is the traveling
exhibit Polands Heroes of the Holocaust, featuring Jan Karski. The center will partner with
the Pulaski Society of El Paso to host the presentation of dual traveling exhibits: They Risked
Their Lives Poles who Saved Jews during the
Holocaust and Jan Karski: The World Knew.
The exhibit tells of people who risked their
lives and families to rescue Jewish men,
women, and children during the Holocaust.
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They Risked Their Lives Poles Who Saved

Jews during the Holocaust is based on more
than 400 interviews conducted with Poles who
saved Jews. The World Knew takes a deeper
look at one individual, Jan Karski, who secretly
entered the Warsaw Ghetto and the Izbica
transit camp to witness the persecution and
extermination of Polish Jewry. Karski took his
information to Great Britain and the United
States to appeal to heads of government to act
on behalf of the Jews.
EPHMs Book Club will focus on Karskis
book, Story of a Secret State: My Report to
the World, for its 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20
Book Club discussion. Admission: $5; free for
museum members. Book available for sale in
museum bookstore. Space is limited, please
RSVP. Information: Jamie Williams, 351-0048 or
jamie@elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso

(west of U.S. 54). Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. For exhibit

information, see Southwest Art Scene.
El Paso Museum of History 510 N.
Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday

through Saturday (until 9 p.m. Thursdays), and
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free,
except for selected exhibits. Information: 3513588 or elpasotexas.gov/history.
Opening Aug. 27 is the continuing exhibit
Drawing on the Past: El Paso during Artist
Tom Leas Childhood, 1907-1924. Artist and
author Tom Lea created lasting images of El
Paso history. Landmarks of his childhood are
illustrated within the exhibit by artwork, artifacts, and contemporary maps and photographs
with which Lea would have been familiar.
Showing through Sept. 6: Frankly My Dear:
The Art and Impact of Gone with the Wind.
The selection of correspondence, concept
drawings, storyboards, and costume designs
from the classic movie, owned by the Harry
Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, were part of
their 2014 exhibit on Making of Gone with the
Wind. They will be displayed with Civil War
artifacts and clothing from the museums collections and an official copy of one of Vivien
Leighs costumes.
Pre-K History hour for ages 3 to 5 is 2 to 3
p.m. Thursdays, with storytelling, activities and
crafts. Admission is free. Topics:
The museums DIGIE (Digital Information
Gateway in El Paso) is a first-in-the-nation
interactive digital wall that examines El Pasos
people and cultures on giant 3-D touch-sensitive TV screens. Guests can upload photos at
digie.org and share their culture, history, heritage, family and more. There are currently
more than 7,500 photographs in the database.
The wall is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to
Sunday. Admission is free.
Insights Science Center Insights new
permanent home 521 Tays Street (former

Alamo Elementary). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday through Thursday. Closed Friday.
Information: insightselpaso.org, 534-0000 or on
Facebook at InsightsElPasoScience Center.
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September 2015
Museum
Las Cruces area
Los Portales Museum and Visitor

Center 1521 San Elizario Road. Operated
Downtown Mall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. during the First
Friday Ramble. Information: (575) 522-3120 or
las-cruces.org/museums.
The Prehistoric World Around You exhibit
runs Sept. 4-Jan. 2 in collaboration with
NMSUs Zuhl Collection. Explore the remains
of ancient forests with a variety of specimens.
The new family The Science, Nature, and Art
Program (SNAP!) program, is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
every Saturday, beginning Sept. 5, in the atrium between the Museum of Art and Museum
of Nature and Science. Participants use artistic
creativity while engaging in educational activities inspired by Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics.
Family Science Saturdays are 10 a.m. every
Saturday, for all ages. Septembers topic is
Egg-cellent Eggs:
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by the San Elizario Genealogy and Historical

Society. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Magoffin Home State Historic Site

1120 Magoffin. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday. The adobe homestead, built in 1875 by Joseph Magoffin, tells the
story of a multicultural family that influenced
the development of the Southwest borderlands. It includes authentic art and furnishings
reflecting the daily lives of the Magoffin
family.Tours on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m.
Spanish language tours offered Thursday
through Saturday; call for availability. Cost: $4
($3 ages 6-18). Group tours available with
advance registration. Information: 533-5147 or
visitmagoffinhome.com.
Visitors can begin their tour at the Visitor
Center across the street (1117 Magoffin).
Admission is free to Visitor Center.
Grandparents Day is 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 13, at the Visitor Center. All grandparents are invited to share stories and photos of
Old El Paso, especially about living in the
Magoffin/San Antonio neighborhood.
The Plein Air Painters of El Paso exhibit,
Painting the Magoffin Historic District, opens
with a reception 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
19, at the Visitor Center. Various locations in
the district were painted on site by the groups
members. Exhibit runs through Nov. 7.
Dr. Rick Hendricks, the New Mexico State
Historian, will give a lecture at 6 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 26, at the Visitor Center on Doing
Genealogical Research in Mexican Sources.
Hendricks has written extensively on the history of the American Southwest and Mexico, and
has taught at NMSU.
National Border Patrol Museum
4315 Transmountain. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information: 759-6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com.
San Elizario Veterans Museum and
Memorial Walk 1501-B Main Street in
San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission
is free. Information: Ann Lara, 345-3741 or Ray
Borrego, 383-8529.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta

Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe, offering a glimpse of five centuries
of Pueblo history and tradition. Hours are 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
U.S. Army Heritage Center of the

NCO Building 11331, Staff Sergeant Simms
St., Biggs Army Airfield. Equipment and uniforms used by sergeants and other NCOs
through the years are displayed. Admission:
free. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Information: 744-8646.
War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport
Road, Doa Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
military; free for children under 12.
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-airmuseum.com.
September 2015
Las Cruces Museum of Nature and

Science 411 N. Main in the Las Cruces
Las Cruces Railroad Museum The
NMSU Museum Kent Hall, University at

Solano, Las Cruces. Hours are noon to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday. Admission is free.
nmsu.edu/museum/.
White Sands Missile Range Museum

and Missile Park Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Closed on federal holidays. Free admission. Information: (575) 6788824 (local call) or wsmr-history.org.
Zuhl Museum NMSU Alumni Visitors

Center, 775 College Dr. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 646-3616 (visitor center) or
nmsu.edu/zuhl.
Also
Deming Luna Mimbres Museum 301

S. Silver, Deming, N.M. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 546-2382, 1-800-8484955 or lunacountyhistoricalsociety.com.
museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N.

Mesilla, (at Las Cruces avenue west of the
Downtown Mall). New hours are 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. during the
First Friday Ramble. Admission is free; donations encouraged. Information: (575) 647-4480
or museums.las-cruces.org.
Geronimo Springs Museum 211 Main
4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hours

are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 for
adults, $3 seniors 60 and older; $2 age 5-17;
free for museum members, veterans and children age 4 and under. Information: (575) 5224100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
Henrietta M. Christmas, an independent
genealogist and historian who works mainly
with colonial military records for New Mexico,
will present New Mexico Symbols & Icons at
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, as part of the
museums Cultural Series. Donations will be
accepted for admission.
Showing through Oct. 25 in the Cultural
Corridor: Cheryl Cathcart: In a World of
Horses, 32 photographs of horses from the
U.S. and Europe. Cathcarts images capture the
power, beauty and spirit of horses in New
Mexico and Montana, as well as France, Italy
and Portugal.
Showing through Nov. 29: Native New
Mexico: The Art of Collette Marie. From the
earliest pre-historic cave paintings and rock art
to the present, artists have long found inspiration for their work in animals. For native Las
Cruces artist Colette Marie, the animals and
plants of New Mexico not only provide inspiration but they carry a spiritual meaning as well.
Now showing on long-term exhibit is Wheels
& Gears, collection of wagons, buggies, vehicles and implements.
Beginners Blacksmith workshop is
Wednesdays, Sept. 2-16 and Thursdays, Sept.
3-17. This nine-hour course will teach the
essential skills required to forge tools. Space is
limited. Cost: $150, plus $15 materials fee.
Reservations required.
Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours are

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday
(closed Tuesday and Wednesday). Docent-led
tours of permanent exhibits are 10 a.m.
Fridays. Admission: $7 ($5 for seniors, military;
$2 children 6-16; free for children 5 and
younger and museum members). Information:
(575) 378-4142 or hubbardmuseum.org.
NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Hours are 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 ($2.50 students 6 to 18; free for ages 5 and younger).
Family rates: $15. Information: (575) 894-6600
or geronimospringsmuseum.com.
Hubbard Museum of the American

West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
or nmspacemuseum.org.
The Launch Pad Lecture Series runs the 9 to
11 a.m. the first Friday of each month. The
Sept. 4 topic is Paper Rockets: Spaceships
That Never Got Off the Ground with Museum
Education Director Dave Dooling. Admission is
free; coffee and donuts provided.
The New Mexico Museum of Space History
hosts the communitys annual 9/11
Commemoration Ceremony Friday, Sept. 11.
For IMAX schedule, see Film Scene. Combo
tickets available (included museum entrance
and one IMAX ticket): $10 ($9 seniors and military, $7 children.
International Space Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony and Founders Day activities begin
at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Keynote speaker is
Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden.
Sacramento Mountains Historical

Museum U.S. 82 across from the
Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M.

Summer hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday; 1 to 4 p.m.
Sundays. After Labor Day, hours are 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission: $5 ($3
ages 6 to 12). Information: (575) 682-2932.
Silver City Museum 312 W. Broadway,

Silver City. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the
first Friday of the month. Admission: $3.
Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947
(out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.
Toy Train Depot Alameda Park, 1991 N.

White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. An actual train
depot built in 1898, the building now houses a
gift shop and model shop, Hours are noon to
4:40 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Admission: $4. Information: (575) 437-2855 or
toytraindepot.homestead.com.
Museum of the Big Bend Sul Ross

State University (Entrance 3), Hwy 90 in
Alpine, Texas. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is free, donations accepted.
Information: (432) 837-8143, museum@sulross.edu or museumofthebigbend.com.
Opening for Tom Lea: A Retrospective is 6
to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, with a presentation
on Knowing the North Star: The Life and Art
of Tom Lea by Tom Lea Institute President
Adair Margo at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19.
The museums 2015 Heritage Dinner honoring Miriam and the late Emmett McCoy is 6
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Gage Hotel in
Marathon. Ticket information: (432) 837-8143.
New Mexico Museum of Space
History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The
museum features the International Space Hall

of Fame and the Tombaugh IMAX Dome
Theater and Planetarium.
Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4
ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free).
Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840
NMSU Art Gallery D.W. Williams Art
Center, 1390 E. University Ave, (Williams Hall)

on the NMSU campus, Las Cruces (east of
Solano). Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Admission is free. Parking
free on weekends and after 5 p.m. on weekdays. Information: (575) 646-2545 or
nmsu.edu/artgal.
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Bodas de Sangre/Blood Wedding El

Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents the
classic tragedy by Federico Garca Lorca Aug.
27-Sept. 19 in both English and Spanish.
Directed by Alexander Wright. Spanish language performances are 8 p.m. Thursdays and
Saturday; English language shows are 8 p.m.
Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $10.
Information: 532-1317 or elpasoplayhouse.com.
See Stage Talk, this page.
EPCC Summer Repertory Season El
Paso Community College Performers Studio

closes its summer repertory season Sept. 3-6
with two different shows at the EPCC
Transmountain Campus Forum Theatre. 9570
Gateway North. Proceeds go to scholarships
for Performance Studies students at EPCC.
Admission: $15 general admission: $10 EPCC
staff, non-EPCC students, seniors; $7 EPCC
students. Information: 831-5056, 637-4029 or
forumtheater.wix.com/epcc.
American Idiot is at 8 p.m. Thursday and
Friday, Sept. 3-4. The Tony-winning rock
musical is staged by Artistic Director Keith
Townsend. The story of youthful disillusion is
based on Green Days Grammy-winning album
of the same name. This show includes every
song from Green Days album, as well as several songs from the followup release, 21st
Century Breakdown. Three disgruntled men,
Johnny, Tunny and Will, flee the constraints of
their hometown for the thrills of city life.
Unnecessary Farce is at 8 p.m. Saturday
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5-6. The overthe-top stage comedy by Paul Slade Smith is
directed by Matthew Robert Smith. In an economy motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant. In
the room next door, two undercover cops are
supposed to catch the meeting on videotape.
Bob: A Life in Five Acts No Strings

Theatre Company presents the play by Peter
Sinn Nachtrieb directed by the companys
Artistic Director Ceil Herman through Sept.
6, at Black Box Theatre, 430 N Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces. Performances are 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Sunday August 30 and Sept. 6 7 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 3. Tickets: $12 ($10 students and seniors
over 65; $8 all seats on Thursday).
Reservations: (575) 523-1223.
The play is an absurdist tale of the American
dream and follows one mans odyssey from a
White Castle hamburger stand through the rest
stops of America, on a quest to discover what
it means to be great.
Cloudcroft melodramas Cloudcroft
Light Opera Companys live open-air melodrama performances at Zenith Park on Burro Ave.
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Early
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Ballad of Gopher Gap at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 6, in the Pavilion near Zenith Park, as
part of the Labor Day Hoopla.
The Fall of Wallace Winter The
UTEP Department of Theater & Dance presents the original play by Austin Savage Sept.
16-20, at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Studio Theatre,
directed by Ross Fleming. Show time is 7:30
p.m. Tuesday through Thursdays, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday. Tickets: $14 ($11 UTEP faculty/staff,
seniors, military, non-UTEP students and
groups of 10 or more; $9 UTEP student).
Information: Information: 747-5118, theatredance.utep.edu or on Facebook.
The Fall of Wallace Winter tells the tale of the
American ideal, Wallace Winter, and his falsely
iconic family, which includes his wife, June, as
well as his children Irwin and Autumn.
Pride Live - Theatrical performances directed by Ivan Sandlin celebrating gay pride and
awareness will be presented 10:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Centennial
Museum, University at Wiggins, UTEP.
Admission is free. Information: 747-8994, 7476669 or museum.utep.edu. Presented by
Stageworks Ensemble Theater Inc. in conjunction with the museums Engendering
Community exhibit.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-InThe-Moon Marigolds American
Southwest Theatre Company opens its season

with the Pulitzer Prize and the New York
Critics Circle Award winning play by Paul
Zindel Sept. 25-Oct. 11, at NMSUs Center
for the Arts. Productions are 7:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $5-$17.
nmsutheatre.com.
This compassionate and disturbing play is the
poignant cry of a mother who, along with her
two daughters, searches for meaning and
opportunity in a sometimes cruel world.
Slasher Las Cruces Community Theatre,
313 N. Main in the Las Cruces Downtown

Mall, presents the comedy suspense by Allison
Moore, Oct. 2-18. Directed by David
Edwards. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $9-$12.
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
When shes cast as the last girl in a low-budget slasher flick, Sheena thinks its the big break
shes been waiting for. But news of the movie
unleashes her malingering mothers thwarted
feminist rage, and Mom is prepared to do anything to stop filming...even if it kills her.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz KidsN-Co. presents Michele L. Vaccas adaptation
of L. Frank Baums novel Oct. 2-25 at the

Kids-N-Co. Performance Center, 1301 Texas.
Directed by Paige Hale. Show time is 7:30 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets: $5-$7. Information: 351-1455 or on
Facebook at El Paso Kids-n-co.
A tornado whisks Dorothy to the land of the
Munchkins where she meets a good witch and
a bad witch. She finds that to get back home,
she must journey to see the Wizard of Oz. Her
path takes her past fantastic places, and
endears her to the Scarecrow, the Tin
Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion along the
way.
West Side Story UTEP Dinner Theatre
opens its 33rd season with the musical by

Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and
Stephen Sondheim Oct. 9-Nov. 1. Show time
is 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Sunday
dinner shows are 2:30 p.m.; non-dinner show
Sunday 1:30 p.m. (non-dinner matinees on Oct.
18, 25 and Nov. 1). Tickets: $31.50-$44.50 dinner shows; $17.50-$27.50 non-dinner matinees. Information: 747-6060 or utep.edu/udt.
West Side Story takes Shakespeares story
of Romeo and Juliet and places the star-crossed
lovers in 1950s New York Citys West Side.
Playhouse presents
bilingual Lorca play
orty-plus years ago, the late Joan

Quarm and now-retired EPCC
instructor Hector Serrano brought
bilingual theater to El Paso with the
founding of Teatro Los Pobres. Now
that legacy continues with one of
Serranos former students, Alexander
Wright, who is directing his second
classical Spanish show at El Paso
Playhouse, Bodas de Sangre or
Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia
Lorca.
Last year, he brought another Lorca
classic, La Casa de Bernarda Alba or
The House of Bernarda Alba to the
Playhouse stage with sellout showings
in both English and Spanish.
He said he hopes to repeat his success
again with Bodas.
The Spanish-speaking community
came out in droves to support
Bernarda and I mean, who doesnt
love Lorca? Wright said. I believe it
really does help that most showings are
in English because that is how most
Spanish plays are read and studied,
through the translation, especially at the
high school and university levels.
But when we also provide the opportunity to see the show in Spanish (its
original language) it gives the audience
a chance to experience the production at
its prime. Nothing is the same when
translated from one language to another.
The story stays the same, but you can
definitely notice that the emotion and
play on words is different. Not saying
the English is not up to par, just means
that myself as a director and my cast
need to work a little harder to do it justice.
Wright hopes to keep on doing these
Spanish classics, especially Lorcas,
because he thinks they are important to
keep them alive for generations to
come.
I am a big fan of Federico Garcia
Lorca. I feel his plays contain a lot of
literary elements and themes that create
a story that illustrates and criticizes
the lifestyle and societal pressures of
Spain in the 1930s. He was an activist,
a poet, an artist, writer, and composer,
all while pushing limits in his own way.
Bodas is such an intricate production
with its temptation, deceit and beautiful
poetry intertwined amongst the chaos.
This was the last production Lorca
wrote and was alive to have it produced
(when Bernarda was first produced, he
had already been assassinated).
The play revolves around a Bride and
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Bridegroom who are soon to be married

but whose pasts come back to haunt
them, including a now married ex-lover
of the bride.
Leonardo is considered a member of
the family of killers, Los Felix, Wright
said. He courted the Bride for about
two years prior to his marriage to his
wife but soon shows that he is unhappy
in his relationship and seeks haven in
the arms of another every night. The
conflict occurs when at the wedding
celebration the Bride disappears and
Leonardo is nowhere to be found.
Nature then takes the lead and with a
little help from a friend, the story ends
in a tragic battle for love and truth.
His ensemble cast contains many
familiar faces and some new ones.
Rafaela Graffos, who portrayed
Bernarda in both languages last year,
comes back to play the madre in the
Spanish version.
Our love triangle is made up of
Leonardo played by Aaron Beckford,
the Bride/Novia played by Maria
Cordova-Tirre and the
Bridegroom/Novio played by Freddie
Nevarez, Wright said.
In the English production, Janet
Furtney plays the Mother. Playhouse
and theater vet Carlos de la GarzaGarcia is the Father/Padre in both productions. Newcomers to the Playhouse
stage include Celia Aguilar, Valeria
Hinojosa, Tania Balderas, Ruben
Marquez and Kimberly Dillard.
The play also celebrates Hispanic
Heritage Month, Wright said.
It is impressive that a 70-plus-yearold play such as Lorcas are studied and
produced all over the world. The symbolism, poetry and plots are so well
thought out that it really makes Lorca a
master at his craft. It is an interesting
way of storytelling that no one should
miss in either English, Spanish or both.
Carol Viescas is a veteran of

community theater and teaches
journalism at Bel Air High School.
September 2015
Movies in the Canyon El Paso Live and

Rudolph Dealerships host the 7th annual free
movie season at the McKelligon Canyon
Amphitheater Friday and Saturdays, through
Oct. 3. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring a
blanket or light jacket in case it cools off in the
canyon. Showtimes are at dusk (about 8:30
p.m.). Concessions available (no food or beverages may be brought in). Information: 534-0665
or ElPasoLive.com.
Aug 28: Cinderella (PG, live-action version)
Aug. 29: E.T. (PG, night of full moon)
Sept. 4: The Lego Movie (PG)
Sept. 5: Frozen (PG)
Sept. 11: Jurassic Park (PG-13)
Sept. 12: RV (PG)
Sept. 18: Jumanji (PG)
Sept. 19: Despicable Me (PG)
Sept. 25: Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13)
Sept. 26: Finding Nemo (G)
Oct. 2: Up (PG)
Oct. 3: The Goonies (PG).
Drive-In Film Fest New Mexico
Museum of Space History in Alamogordo hosts

a Summer Drive-In Film Fest at 9 p.m. selected
Saturdays, through Sept. 19. Museum gates
open at 8 p.m. Food vendor on site. Guests
encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Cost: $10 per
carload, at the gate. Information (575) 4372840, 1-877-333-6589 or nmspacemuseum.org.
Aug. 29: The Rocketeer
Sept. 12: H.G. Wells The Time Machine
Sept. 19: The Right Stuff.
Jays Pix Presents at the International

Museum Film historian Jay Duncan and the
Sunset Film Society hosts film presentations at

2 p.m. Saturdays at International Museum of
Art, 1211 Montana. Presentations will include
commentary, anecdotes and facts behind the
films. Admission is free. Popcorn, beverages,
candy and snacks available for purchase.
Information: 543-6747 (museum), internationalmuseumofart.net, or sunsetfilmsociety.org
The last Saturday of each month will be a documentary or dramatic film showcasing of an
artist.
Sept. 5: The Nutty Professor (1963).
Generally considered the finest film by Jerry
Lewis, who starred and directed. His take on
the Jekyll/Hyde theme is also one of his most
personal.
Sept. 12: Vertigo (1958). Largely overlooked upon its original release, this complex
and multi-layered psychological thriller directed
by Alfred Hitchcock is now considered one of
the greatest achievements by the Master of
Suspense.
Sept. 19: Brief Encounter (1945).
Adapted by Noel Coward from his one-act
play, Still Life, is a simple, yet effective love
story, from the director of Bridge on the River
Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor
Zhivago.
Sept. 26: Modigliani (2004). Andy Garcia
co-produced and stars as Italian artist Amedeo
Modigliani. Set in Paris in 1919, this biopic presents his life, centering artistically on his relationship to and rivalry with Pablo Picasso when
they both lived in Paris.
The society will present a serial chapter at the
beginning of each presentation. This months
serial concludes The Adventures of Captain
Marvel (1941). Next months series begins the
original Superman serial (1948).
Pax Christi Film Series The series
presents the documentary Which Way Home

at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Diocesan
Migrant and Refugee Services Mother Teresa
Center, 2400 E. Yandell. Discussion will follow.
The film follows the adventures of several
unaccompanied children on their trek from
September 2015
Jays Film Forecast Film historian Jay
Mexico and Central America to the U.S. border. Hosted by Pax Christi El Paso and the
Peace & Justice Ministry of the Catholic
Diocese of El Paso. Admission is free, donations
accepted. Information: 740-3962 or paxchristiusa.org.
Latino Americans screening The
Branigan Cultural Center presents the first in a

six-part, National Endowment for the
Humanities-supported documentary series
Latino Americans, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
19, at Rio Grande Theatre, N. Main in the Las
Cruces Downtown Mall. The documentary was
originally created for PBS in 2014 by the WETA
public television station. The award-winning
series chronicles the history of Latinos in the
United States, from the 16th century to present day. Open discussion panel with guest
speakers directly following the screening.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154.
Jays Pix Presents Film historian, educa-
tor, writer, archivist, collector Jay Duncan and

the Sunset Film Society host the monthly film
series at noon Sunday, Sept. 20, at Ardovinos
Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in
Sunland Park. Admission is free but reservations strongly recommended; RVSP via sunsetfilmsociety.org.
Septembers feature is director Howard
Hawks 1948 sprawling, epic and powerhouse
Western Red River, starring John Wayne and
Joanne Dru. It is a fictional account of the first
cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the
Chisholm Trail, and marks the star-making film
debut of Montgomery Clift. In June 2008, AFI
listed Red River as the fifth-best film in the
western genre.
Get Reel Film Series The UTEP film

series is in the Union Cinema, Union Building
East, First Floor. Showings are 7 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays. Admission: $2 general
admission; $1 with valid Minder Gold Card.
Combo tickets (include hot dog, small soda and
popcorn) are $5. Tickets available in advance at
the UTEP Ticket Center or at the door.
Schedule to be announced. Information: 7475648 or on Facebook at UTEP/OSL.
EPMA World Cinema Series El Paso
Museum of Art, One Arts Festival Plaza, hosts

screenings of films at 2 p.m. Saturdays.
Donations purchase art books for the museums Algur H. Meadows Library. Seating is limited on a first come, first serve basis.
Admission: $3 suggested donation; free for
members and age 12 and under. Age restrictions may apply. Information, films: 532-1707
or elpasoartmuseum.org.
Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle de
Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in

Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the
Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at
7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors,
military and students with ID; $5 children and
society members); $5 on Wednesday.
Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or
mesillavalleyfilm.org.
Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Ill See You in My
Dreams. A widowed former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age. Stars
Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott and
Malin Akerman. Directed by Brett Haley. No
1:30 p.m. matinee Saturday, Aug. 29.
Sept. 4-10: The Farewell Party. A compassionate comedy about residents in a retirement home who construct a self-euthanasia
device to assist their dying friend end his life in
dignity. Winner of Venices Public Choice
Award and four Ophir Awards (the Israeli
Oscar). In Hebrew, with English subtitles.
Directed by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit.
Sept. 11-17: Amy. The story of six-time
Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse (Rehab),
who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at age
27. Directed by: Asif Kapadia
Sept. 18-24. Jimmys Hall. In 1930s
Ireland, political activist Jimmy Gralton faces
deportation for running a community hall for
the arts. Starring Barry Ward, Simone Kirby,
Jim Norton and Denise Gough. Directed by
Ken Loach.
No 7:30 p.m. screening on Thursday, Sept.
24; a 1:30 p.m. matinee will be shown in its
place.
Sept. 25-Oct. 1: Manhattan Short Film
Festival. Ten short films are shown the same
week around the world. Patrons will be asked
to turn in their vote for the winner, which will
be announced Oct. 5. No 1:30 p.m. matinee
Saturday, Sept. 26.
New Mexico Museum of Space

History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The
museums Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater

tickets are $6 ($5.50 for seniors and military;
$4.50 ages 4-12). Ages 3 and under free for all
shows. Museum/IMAX combo tickets available.
Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org. Currently showing:
National Geographics Sea Monsters: A
Prehistoric Adventure. The film brings to life
the extraordinary marine reptiles of the
dinosaur age, from the giraffe-necked
Styxosaurus and 20-foot bulldog fish
Xiphactinus to the T-Rex of the ocean: the 40foot super-predator Tylosaurus. Narrated by
Liev Shreiber. Showtimes are 11 a.m., 1 and 3
p.m.
Journey Into Amazing Caves. Expert cavers
Nancy Aulenbach and Dr. Hazel Barton explore
unusual caveslike ice caves in Greenland and
underwater caves in the jungles of Mexico as
they search for important clues about the
Earths past and the microorganisms that inhabit its most extreme environments. Narrated by
Liam Neeson. Show times are 10 a.m., noon, 2
and 4 p.m.
Exhibits on display in the Tombaugh Theater:
Earth from Space, featuring 40 beautifully
detailed satellite images of the planet.
The Magic Planet and the ViewSpace Theater
interactive exhibits. The Magic Planet is a 3foot-diameter digital video globe that helps to
explain the world through dynamic digital
media.
El Paso Scene
Duncan prepared this list of top monthly

Coming Attractions for movie fans, listed by
studio and release date (subject to change):
Sept. 4:
Jane Got a Gun (Weinstein Co.) Natalie
Portman, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro.
Directed by Gavin OConnor.
Kitchen Sink (Columbia) Vanessa
Hudgens, Ed Westwick, Mackenzie Davis.
Directed by Robbie Pickering.
No Escape (Weinstein Co.) Owen Wilson,
Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John
Eric Dowdle.
The Transporter Refueled (EuropaCorp
USA) Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray
Stevenson. Directed by Camille Delamarre.
A Walk in the Woods (Broad Green)
Robert Redford, Emma Thompson, Nick Nolte.
Directed by Ken Kwapis.
Sept. 11:
Triple 9 (Open Road) Gal Gadot, Kate
Winslet, Aaron Paul. Directed by John Hillcoat.
Sept. 18:
Black Mass (Warner Bros.) Johnny Depp,
Dalota Johnson, Benedict Cumberbatch.
Directed by Scott Cooper.
Everest (Universal) Keira Knightley, Jake
Gyllenhall, Robin Wright. Directed by Baltasar
Kormkur.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (20th
Century-Fox) Dylan OBrien, Kaya
Scodelario; Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Directed
by Wes Ball. Sequel to The Maze Runner.
Sept. 25:
The Disappointments Room (Relativity
Media): Kate Beckinsale, Lucas Till, Michaela
Conlin. Directed by D.J. Caruso.
Hotel Transylvania 2 (Sony) CG. Animation.
Featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Selena
Gomez, Kevin James. Directed by Genndy
Tartakovsky. Sequel to 2012 hit.
The Intern (Warner Bros.) Robert De
Niro, Anne Hathaway, Nat Wolff. Directed by
Nancy Meyers.
DVD Releases
Sept. 1:
Mad Max: Fury Road / R
Ill See You In My Dreams / PG-13

Sept. 8:
The Age of Adaline / PG-13
Sept. 15:
Furious 7 / PG-13
Cinderella / PG
Love & Mercy / PG-13
Sept. 22:
Pitch Perfect 2 / PG-13
Sept. 29:
Entourage The Movie / R
Poltergeist / PG-13
Oct. 2:
Marvels Avengers: Age of Ultron / PG-13
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Concierto de las Americas The

Juarez-based musicians present Music from
the Decades 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at
EPCC Administrative Services Center
Auditorium, Building A, 9050 Viscount.
Tickets/information: 831-7801.
Special Olympics Double Talk
Extravaganza Special Olympics Texas
october
PREVIEW
Greater El Paso Area-19 hosts its 10th annual

gala fundraiser 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at
Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027 Airway, with
dinner, live entertainment and silent auction.
This years featured performer is ventriloquist
and El Paso native Ronn Lucas and Americas
Got Talent Finalist Charles Peachock. Tickets:
$65. Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org/extravaganza.
Sweeney Todd No Strings Theatre
Company presents the dark and witty Londonset tale of love, murder and revenge Oct. 9-2,
at the lack Box Theatre in Las Cruces. Book by
Hugh Wheeler, music and lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim. Directed by Nora Thomas.
Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded 8 Tonys,
one of them for Best Musical, after its
Broadway premiere. Performances are 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Sunday; 7 p.m. Thursday Oct. 22. Tickets: $8$12 Reservations: (575) 523-1223.
Black Range Art Show The 2nd annual
Black Range Fine Art and Plein Air show benefiting St. Jude Childrens Cancer Research
Hospital is Oct. 9-11 at Deming Special Event
Center, 2300 E. Pine, Deming, N.M. Admission
is free. Information: (575) 546-4650 or blackrangeart@gmail.com.
Groove and Glow 5K Rave Marketing
& Events in conjunction with Texas Tech

University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC),
hosts a Fun-K night Walk/Run event promoting health and wellness for all ages at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10, beginning and ending at
Concepcion Street next to the TTUHSC El
Paso campus, 5001 El Paso Dr. Pre-run activities begin at 5 p.m. Online registration at
grooveandglow.com.
Transmountain Half Marathon and 5K

The Spartyka Warrior Runs are Sunday,
Oct. 11. Register at
Shakespeare on the Rocks The 27th
season run Oct. 16-25, at Chamizal National

Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Show include
Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and the
bilingual adaptation Romeo and Julieta.
Schedule to be announced. Information: 4744275 or shakespeareontherocks.com.
The Festival is produced by Eden Enterprises
in cooperation with the National Park Service
and the El Paso Community College. Hector
Serrano is the festivals artistic director.
Border Legends Concert The 7th
annual concert featuring several of El Paso

areas well-loved and established performers 4
p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 17, at El Maida
Shrine Auditorium, 6331 Alabama. Doors open
at 3 p.m. Proceeds benefit El Maida Shrine
General Fund. Tickets: $20. Available at the
door or in advance at El Maida Shrine or All
That Music. Information: 562-1444, 820-8002
or borderlegends.net.
This years performers are Full Circle, Route
66, Glenn Leffler & Relic, The Henchmen, Rod
Crosby & the Intruders, El Paso Band and Jay
Nye Band.
Sun City SciFi Fan Expo Sun City

SciFis 2nd annual fall expo is Saturday and
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El Paso Scene
Sunday, Oct. 17-18, at Camino Real Hotel,

101 S. El Paso Street. Guests to be announced.
Information: suncityscifi.com or on Facebook.
Latin Heat Wave 2015 The Latin music
festival featuring J Alvarez, Plan B and De La

Ghetto is 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at El Paso
County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Tickets:
$45, $65, $80 and $155. VIP area tickets
(standing room only): $250, includes Early
Arrival Special VIP area next to Stage, Lanyard,
Bracelet, Artist T-Shirt and CDS from Plan B
and J Alvarez (Ticketmaster). Rescheduled from
July 24.
UTEP Athletic Hall of Fame The Hall

of Fame dinner and ceremony honoring the
best of UTEP athletes and coaches is Friday,
Oct. 23, at UTEPs Larry K. Durham Sports
Center. Information: 747-8759 or utepathletics.com.
Indian Food Festival Downtown Arts
District hosts the family-friendly celebration of

Indian food and culture, 5001 years in the
making 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, 2 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2325, in Cleveland Square Park, Downtown.
Enjoy El Pasos finest Indian food, Bollywood
and Fusion dance, along with art, jewelry,
crafts, food for all ages. Information: 244-0036
or epindianfoodfestival.com.
Flying Horse Half Marathon The Half
Marathon and 5K and 10K Runs hosted by Race

El Paso is 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, beginning
and ending at Sunland Park Racetrack and
Casino. Online registartion at raceelpaso.com.
UTEP Football The Miners host Florida
Atlantic at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Sun

Bowl Stadium. Information: 747-5234, 5448444 or utepathletics.com.
Harvestfest Cloudcroft Chamber of
Commerces annual afternoon of family fun is

Cloudcroft, N.M. is 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
25, on Burro Avenue, with hay rides, carved
and decorated pumpkins, a costume contest,
parade and trick or treating. Most activities are
free. Information: (575) 682-2733 or cloudcroft.net.
Average Joe Dog Show Miracle
League of El Paso hosts it inaugural benefit dog

show at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at The
Miracle League Field, 7500 W.H. Burges. Cost:
$20 per dog. Information: 309-5766 or the
Miracle League office, 779-4770.
September 2015
Hike Up Cristo Rey
Local: See Brandon Flowers

achieve the Desired Effect
It is a really special when a terrific band

makes our city a must stop whenever they
tour, and thats the case with The Killers.
This time around the collective isnt on tour,
but lead singer/songwriter Brandon Flowers
is and he will keep up their tradition by stopping by Tricky Falls Oct. 1. His team came
out of the cannon at a death-defying pace,
with hits that just kept on coming off of their
debut Hot Fuss. There was Smile Like
You Mean It, Somebody Told Me, and
Mr. Brightside. That was close to a decade
and a half ago, and although some may only
remember them for those instant gems, they
have built up a pretty substantial catalogue.
There have been four proper LPs, a B-sides
& rarities collection, a concert from the
Royal Albert Hall, and this is Brandons
sophomore effort on his own. His newest is
The Desired Effect and sadly it has not
been able to pull in the masses which is
completely insane because once again he has
created pure brilliance. He continues to take
the best of new wave synth, bountiful guitar
hooks, and layer after layer of memorable
choruses that find themselves embedded for
months. If your desired effect is musical
bliss, then Ill see you at Tricky Falls.
National: Lynyrd Skynyrd,

One More for the Fans, Loud
& Proud Records
Like everyone else who has been part of a

late night hole-in-the-wall bar performance, I
have done the unthinkable and shouted,
Play some Skynyrd, or even quipped,
How bout Free Bird. No shaking your
head in disgust we have all been there,
but now this is all right and encouraged, as
the new Lynyrd Skynyrd set will attest. One
More for the Fans is a celebration of all
things Skynyrd: a blazing 19-track collection
of their biggest hits. The core members are
still there, led by Gary Rossington, Rickey
Medlocke on guitar, Johnny Van Zant on
vocals, and even his late brother Ronnie
joins him via an archival video with an
amazing rendition of Travelin Man. Not
sold yet? No worries, we havent even gotten
to some of the friends the band invited to
join in. A partial list features Gregg Allman,
Cheap Trick, Govt Mule, Jason Isbell,
Jamey Johnson and Robert Randolph to
name a select few. The show was recorded
last November and filmed at Fox Theatre in
Atlanta with this astonishing collection of
artists coming together for one night only.
One More for the Fans is just that.
Whether youre a fan of the honorees or any
of the other dozen plus guests, you are sure
to echo with glee Play some Skynyrd!
Buckcherry, Rock N Roll,

F Bomb Records
The disappearance of Buckcherry for three

years at the beginning of the new millennium
is almost a mere fading blip on the radar at
best. Since their resurrection in 2005, they
have been full steam ahead with half a dozen
releases, even climbing the charts again. This
glorious reunion continues to go above and
beyond any of their previous efforts with
every new release. They continue to shake
the earths core with their rattling thunder.
The latest is Rock N Roll and it could not
be more aptly named. It is a throwback to
everything that is great about the genre with
deep blues roots and even a horn section on
Tight Pants, which is a surefire radio hit.
The disc comes on like molten lava spewing
out of a volcano, conquering any life form in
its path in the blink of an eye. There are a
few ballads, which seems to be a typical pattern maybe they provide singer Josh Todd
a chance to catch his breath. If you need a fix
September 2015
Saturday, Oct. 3
The easy-to-hike trail, with spectacular panoramas of

two countries and three cities, leads 2.5 miles to the
summit to the famous statue of Christ on the Cross.
The trail will be open 8 a.m. to noon, Sat. Oct. 3
All hikers should begin no later than 9 a.m.
Plan on 2-3 hours for the hike.
of rock n roll, then stop your itching and

pick up a copy of Buckcherrys most recent
blend.
El Paso Scene Editor Randy Limbird will lead

a guided hike beginning at 8:15 a.m. with talks on
area history offered along the trail and at the summit.
Collectibles: Queen, The

Studio Collection, Hollywood
Records
For a band that has always had a tremendous

hurdle to be fully embraced by all areas of
the world, they are surprisingly ready to
unleash a colossal collection for America. A
select few groups have managed to capture
that universal appeal, but many are giants in
one territory and fight for the spotlight in
another. While Queen sold out Wembley
Stadium for consecutive evenings throughout
their career, American audiences just werent
getting it. This isnt stopping Hollywood
Records from creating a crowning jewel of a
box set. The latest rides the vinyl tidal wave.
The Studio Collection is a massive 18-platter set covering all 15 of their proper releases. What? 18 for 15? No need to be confused
for this they are taking their two final
recordings and presenting them as double
discs and unedited (they were previously
edited to fit one LP), with a bounty of bonus
cuts including demos, live takes, and alternate mixes. Each album will be 180-gram
weight and presented on colored vinyl with a
different color for each, and of course it has
a108-page hardbound book. The final gem to
be delicately placed is that the entire piece
has been remastered from the original tapes
for optimal sound quality.
Security will be provided

at the parking lot and on the trail.
No reservations needed.
Requested $3 donation ($2 children) to support

the Mt. Cristo Restoration Committee.
To get there: Take Sunland Park Drive to Doniphan, turn south,

then west on Racetrack Drive. Cross the Rio Grande bridge, then
turn south on McNutt Road (Highway 273). Go about 1 mile and
turn right on road leading to the Mt. Cristo Rey parking lot.
Sponsored by El Paso Scene, Celebration of Our Mountains

and the Mt. Cristo Rey Restoration Committee
Alice Cooper, Studio Albums

1969-1983, Rhino Records
How do you commemorate the career of

someone who has been at it for almost half a
century? Well, you start by making sure his
first 15 albums are back in print for all to
hear once again. The honoree is Alice
Cooper. To some he is the master of the
macabre, to others he is tackier than tube
socks and sandals. No matter what side of
the fence you stand on, it is irrefutable that
he has earned the moniker of shock rocker
that has followed him for decades. Before
the likes of Rob Zombie and Marilyn
Manson, and long before Ozzy Osbourne
was chomping on doves and bats, Cooper
was there to terrify the parents of his devoted
fans. Son of a preacher, he decided there was
no better way to rebel than rock n roll. This
is being celebrated in his new Rhino Records
box set, The Studio Albums 1969-1983,
which collects his first 15 platters in full
form, from his debut of Pretties for You to
his first official solo disc, Welcome to My
Nightmare, to his heavily punk-influenced
Zipper Catches Skin, and everything in
between. Several of these have been missing
in action for years, or only available as ultrapricey imports, so to have all these titles in
one clamshell style box is a welcomed addition to any music library.
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin

Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net.
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All American Gun Show

Alma Calderon
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Fountain Theatre
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Gastric Band Hypnosis
Geico
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ATMAS Healing
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Hans Martial Arts
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Black Range Artists
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Baskin Robbins
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EPCC Contg Ed.
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El Paso Live
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El Paso Symphony
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Enterprise Fun Tours
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EPSO Tocando
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Johnson Jewelers
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Elegant Consignments
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El Paso Bicycle Club
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Inside Out Designs Inc.
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El Paso Exploreum
Hal Marcus Gallery
39
DEN Expo
EPCC
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Impact
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El Paso Art Association
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31
Collectibles
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41
Gila Conservation Coalition 35
Ardovinos Desert Crossing 26
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Inni Heart Eatery
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International Museum of Art 21
KTEP
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Magoffin Hall
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Marie Otero
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Perkins Jewelry Supply
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Real Estate El Paso
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Southwest Festival
Sunland Art Gallery
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USO Oryx Challenge
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Walgreens
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20
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Paseo Christian Church
38
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Unity El Paso
23
The Organ Symposium
28
13
Unity Bookstore
Tularosa Wine Festival
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