In this exhibit, you will learn about women’s clothing from the pioneer days of the 1870s to the Depression Era of the 1930s. The exhibit focuses on clothing worn for “everyday” as well as special events like weddings, funerals, and baptism. Under garments are included, as well as accessories such as hats and gloves. Lots of dresses and lots of historic photographs.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road.  575-522-4100.  www.frhm.org

Monday through Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm.
Sunday: Noon to 5 pm.
Daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The barns close at 4 p.m. each day, but visitors may still walk to see the livestock until 5 pm.
Admission rates
Adults: $5
Senior citizens (60 and over): $4
Children 4-17: $3
Active U.S. military & veterans: $2
Children 3 and under and museum members with card: Free* New Mexico seniors are admitted free on Wednesdays.
* Admission rates may differ for special events

The exhibit will be in the Museum’s Legacy gallery through March 3, 2019.

Art with the Las Cruces Museum of Art and the Nature Center, 491 N. Main St.

On Saturday, December 1, from 1pm to 3pm join Destry Kissick, interim Curator of Living Collections at the Museum of Nature & Science, as we explore the origins of scientific names and the taxonomic classification of select birds featured in the exhibition Birds in Art. Afterwards participants are invited to tour the gallery and identify the birds that were highlighted during the presentation.

Birds in Art is a traveling exhibition organized by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, and showcases international artists interpreting birds and related subject matter. The exhibition opens in the Museum of Art on Tuesday, November 20 and will be on display until January 12, 2019.

The museum is located at 491 North Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturdays from 9am to 4:30pm. For additional information, visit our website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call 575-541-2137.

Roxana works in pencil, pen and ink, mixed media and acrylic on canvas. Born and raised in the mountains of western Montana, she has a BA in art and elementary education from the University of Montana.

Rami, is a graduate of the University of Washington, the state where she was born and raised.  She has taught drawing and design classes, batik and tie-dye workshops and ceramics.

Gallery hours Mon-Sun 10 am to 5 pm.  For more information, call 575-522-2933 or visit our website: www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com

Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery located at 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla, NM.

Artventurous at the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

Join us every Saturday morning from 10am to 12pm in the connector between the Museum of Art and the Museum of Nature & Science for a hands-on art making experience! Each month features a different art appreciation theme and a different subject each week. December’s theme is “Holiday”:

December 1: Snowman Spoons
December 8: Snow Globe Ornament
December 15: Winter Tree Cards
December 22: Holiday Reindeer
December 29: New Year’s Noise Makers

The museum is located at 491 North Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturdays from 9am to 4:30pm. For additional information, visit our website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call 575-541-2137.

Artventurous at the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

Join us every Saturday morning from 10am to 12pm in the connector between the Museum of Art and the Museum of Nature & Science for a hands-on art making experience! Each month features a different art appreciation theme and a different subject each week. December’s theme is “Holiday”:

December 1: Snowman Spoons
December 8: Snow Globe Ornament
December 15: Winter Tree Cards
December 22: Holiday Reindeer
December 29: New Year’s Noise Makers

The museum is located at 491 North Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturdays from 9am to 4:30pm. For additional information, visit our website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call 575-541-2137.

Event Name: WIP Pre-Christmas Bash

Event Description: Work in Progress Pre-Christmas Bash and Ugly Sweater Contest at The Warehouse Saturday, December 22nd from 10:30 pm to 1:30 am . We’ll be playing our favorite Christmas songs, new songs, and our favorites from our set.

1st Place: Caliche’s Frozen Custard Mug + $20 Gift Card 2nd Place: $10 Allen Theatres Gift Certificate 3rd Place: WIP Bracelet + Sticker

Event Address/location: The Warehouse Bar 1490 E. Missouri Ste. B. 88001.

Event Times: 10:30 pm – 1:30 am

Admission: $5

Event Phone Number: 575-649-3688

Event Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/562023424247511/

Discovering Leasburg Dam State Park
Mon. December 24, 2018 (Christmas Eve)
10am – 12:30pm

Come out and join a ranger led hike at Leasburg Dam State Park and learn about the unique geology, hydrology, geothermal and plant and animal activity along this stretch of the Rio Grande. Hike is easy to moderate, approximately 2.5 mile round trip with an elevation gain/drop of about 200ft from campground down to riverbed. Find out about what the Rio Grande and the Mesilla Valley have in common with only 4 other river valleys in the world. Learn about ranger led efforts to restore native flora and fauna.
Meet Ranger at Park Visitor Center. Day Use Fee of $5 per vehicle does apply.

575-524-4068 – alex.mares@state.nm.us

For directions, including a park map, visit http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/leasburgdamstatepark.ht

Running/walking event. Marathon, Half-Marathon, 50K, 10K and 5K. Walkers welcome, no time limits, no runner left behind.
La Llorona Park

Picacho Ave., GPS coordinates: N 32.310001, W 106.826308)
Regular start is at 7am with an optional early start at 6am for Half-Marathon, Marathon and 50K.

For details and pricing, visit our website, DeadRunning.net. Contact: hanne@deadrunning, for special local discounts for NM, El Paso and Juarez, residents.
575-644-1663  –  DeadRunning.net

Event Date: Dec 26, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Event Name:  Holiday Series
Event Description:
Running/walking event. Marathon, half-marathon, 50K, 10K and 5K. Walkers welcome, no time limits, no runner left behind.
Event Location:  La Llorona Park
Event Address: 3440 West  Picacho Ave.
Event Time:  7AM, optional early start 6:00AM
Event Admission:  Check website for current pricing
Event Phone Number:  575-644-1663
Event Website:  deadrunning.net

•Show date: December 29, 2018
•Admission $10
•Doors open at 7:00 pm, show at 8:00 pm
•Concessions served including snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits

Ring in the New Year with a night of contemporary jazz at the Rio Theater with the Las Cruces Jazz Collective. Featuring Abby Nayra on vocals, Orlando Madrid on saxophone, Jesus Fuentes on piano, Adriel Hernandez on bass, and Derrick Lee on drums.

An eclectic ensemble comprising five of the finest performer/composers at work in the New Mexico area today, the LCJAZZ Collective’s mission is to perform fresh arrangements of works tailored to the inspirations of the members in the group honoring the jazz tradition and newly composed pieces by each Collective member. Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring music’s greatest figures while championing jazz’s up-to-the-minute directions, the Collective embodies LCJAZZ’s commitment to jazz as a living, ever-relevant art form.

Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main Street. 8 pm. www.riograndetheatre.org