We are very excited to announce our January streaming event! A ZOOM reading
of William Missouri Downs’ hilarious zany new play, “Karl the Magnificent”
will be ready to stream from January 8 – January 17.

Admission is FREE. If you would like to see it, just e-mail us and we will send you the login
information.

We are using a professional closed captioning service for our streaming
events. We plan to continue Free streaming performances until it is safe
for audiences to return to our theatre.

Happy Holidays from No Strings Theatre Company!

Website:  www.no-strings.org
Email:  nstcbbt@zianet.com

Las Cruces, NM—“The Art of the Crèche” will be a virtual sharing of some of the Crèches or Nacimientos in the collection of Faith Hutson and John Verploegh. This zoom presentation will discuss the recreation of the story of the birth of Christ through the creative eyes of artists. The collection reflects people’s work from around the world who interpret the Christmas story in terms of their own cultural environment, as evidenced by the artist’s use of materials, costume, animals and gifts from the Magi.

The collection comes from the world journeys of Faith and John and their families. Last year, they opened their home, located in the Mesquite Historic Original Townsite, in connection with Epiphany to showcase their collection. With open homes not possible this year, they still want to share select hand-made artwork, both as a gift to the larger community and to showcase pieces by international artists representing some twelve geographical regions and 39 countries including Slovenia, Israel, Peru, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Tanzania.

This presentation is in conjunction with the City’s designation of 2021 as the “Year of the Artist”. The virtual presentation will be given twice; the first showing will be on January 24, 2021 at 3 p.m. and the second on January 31, 2021 at 6 p.m. Please email Faith, lcgarden64@gmail.com if you are interested in attending and she will send you the zoom meeting ID. Also, feel free to share this event information with others, the more the merrier!

Although the virtual event is free to all attendees, a donation through PayPal will support the Mesquite District Art Fund, which supports public art in the south Mesquite Historic District of Las Cruces.

Contact: Faith Hutson, lcgarden64@gmail.com

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library invites you to participate in our discussion of The Great Courses program The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy. This program covers the history of the American West from colonial times to the “closing of the frontier” in the late 19th century. Participants are asked to watch four roughly half hour long episodes available on the library’s Kanopy streaming service every two weeks, and then participate in a Zoom discussion.

Zoom discussions are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 27th. Kanopy can be accessed by going to lascruces.kanopy.com and using your library card number to create an account.

For more information and Zoom invitations, contact the Reference Department at (575) 528-4005 or email library.reference@las-cruces.org or tbaker@las-cruces.org

Las Cruces, NM—“The Art of the Crèche” will be a virtual sharing of some of the Crèches or Nacimientos in the collection of Faith Hutson and John Verploegh. This zoom presentation will discuss the recreation of the story of the birth of Christ through the creative eyes of artists. The collection reflects people’s work from around the world who interpret the Christmas story in terms of their own cultural environment, as evidenced by the artist’s use of materials, costume, animals and gifts from the Magi.

The collection comes from the world journeys of Faith and John and their families. Last year, they opened their home, located in the Mesquite Historic Original Townsite, in connection with Epiphany to showcase their collection. With open homes not possible this year, they still want to share select hand-made artwork, both as a gift to the larger community and to showcase pieces by international artists representing some twelve geographical regions and 39 countries including Slovenia, Israel, Peru, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Tanzania.

This presentation is in conjunction with the City’s designation of 2021 as the “Year of the Artist”. The virtual presentation will be given twice; the first showing will be on January 24, 2021 at 3 p.m. and the second on January 31, 2021 at 6 p.m. Please email Faith, lcgarden64@gmail.com if you are interested in attending and she will send you the zoom meeting ID. Also, feel free to share this event information with others, the more the merrier!

Although the virtual event is free to all attendees, a donation through PayPal will support the Mesquite District Art Fund, which supports public art in the south Mesquite Historic District of Las Cruces.

Contact: Faith Hutson, lcgarden64@gmail.com