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 August 25, 2019.

Meredith’s interest in fabrics and fiber started early, when she first learned to sew. She experimented with painting and drawing through her youth and early adulthood. After some time designing and fabricating costumes for the No Strings Theatre Company, she decided to work with fabric and fiber as an artistic media. She uses primarily recycled fabric, yarns, beads and leather, along with found objects and decorative items from thrift stores.
Kay is an award winning, local artist who was born in South Korea and has lived in New Mexico since 1997. She was trained in traditional watercolor (Sumukhwa) in Korea but she works in all mediums now.  Desert and Southwest landscapes are her favorite subjects and she also enjoys painting still life using a modified pallet knife technique of her own creation.  She has traveled to many countries but has found no comparison to the Land of Enchantment.

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

Runs August 1 – September 1 – 13 – Drawn to the Land:  Peter Hurds NM Exhibit.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd. Mon–Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. $2-5. 575-522-4100. frhm.org

“Drawn to the Land: Peter Hurd’s New Mexico” features 24 paintings and some of the artist’s belongings, including one of his palettes, a pair of chaps, sombrero, guitar, and polo helmet and mallet.

The show, which includes loans from the Hurd La Rinconada Gallery in San Patricio, N.M., and the El Paso Museum of Art, also features a video about Hurd (1904-1984).

Through October 2019, for From the Ground Up XXIX, a biennial juried ceramics show, co-hosted by the Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces. This show features 38 regional artists, including Jan Archey, Vincent Burke, and Suzanne Kane.

Enjoy the exhibit’s opening reception on Friday August 9, 2019. The juror for this year’s show, Naomi Clement, will provide a lecture about ceramic arts from 4:30pm to 5:30pm in the Shannon gallery at the Branigan cultural Center, and the awards ceremony will follow at 6pm to 7pm at the Museum of Art.

The museum is located at 491 N. Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm, and Saturday from 9am to 4:30pm. For the 2019 summer months, the museum is open until 8pm Wednesdays. For additional information, visit the website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call 575.541.2137.

August 21, 2 – 4 p.m. OR 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Get ArtRageous! with Sally Quillen – Basic Watercolor Technique.  Renew your passion for painting with watercolor, or try it for the first time.  Sally is a wonderful, patient teacher who will review the fundamentals of watercolor painting, and you’ll walk away with a beautiful watercolor painting! The class is $35 and includes all materials and light refreshments. DAAC members receive a twenty per cent discount.  Dress appropriately to have fun with potentially messy art materials.

The Dona Ana Arts & Cultural Center is located at 1740 Calle de Mercado in Mesilla, New Mexico.
The mailing address is PO Box 1721, Las Cruces, NM 88004.  For more information, go to www.daarts.org or call the DAAC office at (575) 523-6403.

FREE FUN DOWNTOWN …Join us Wednesday nights at 7pm on the Plaza…

“Swing on the Plaza! Open to all ages!

Enjoy music from good old big band to new age Electro Swing! Don’t know how to swing dance? No worries! There will be a beginners lesson at the start of every event!

The one hour lesson will teach you all the basics of Jitterbug and have you swinging in no time at all!

Afterwards enjoy several hours of swinging fun with the Las Cruces Community!” Come for Dancing and stay for the Fun!! #DLCP #DowntownLasCruces #DowntownMainStreet

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2019 Music on the Plaza Series – Free Admission

The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department is expanding the popular Music in the Park Series for June with the addition of Thursday Night Music on the Plaza.

The series will feature a mix of music including Jazz, Rock-a-Billy, Classic Rock, Blues, and Contemporary, and will feature all local artists.

Thursday Night Music on the Plaza

August 22
Zach Heckendorf-Alternative Folk-Denver, CO
Chris Baker-Americana, folk, rock-Las Cruces

For information on the Music in the Park Series, call the Parks & Recreation Department at 575/541-2550.

Artventurous in August at the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

Come to the Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday in August in the atrium between the Museum of Art and the Museum of Nature & Science for a hands-on arts and crafts experience for the whole family. Each month features a different art appreciation theme and a different subject each week.

August’s theme is “The Art of Sound:”

August 24:   Spin Drums
August 31:   Recycled Rainsticks

The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, until 8 p.m. Wednesday from June through August, and from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

The museum is accessible by RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1, Stop 36.

For information, visit the City’s Museum System website or call 575/541-2137.

The Museum of Nature & Science presents “STEAMpunk –William Gilbert,” Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 11:30am. This program is free and open to the public.

William Gilbert (1544-1603) was an English physicist known as the “father of electricity and magnetism”. Through his research, Gilbert observed the circular motions produced by magnetism and was the first to describe the geomagnetism of Earth, describing magnetic poles and fully understanding how a compass works.

Inspired by his work, participants will explore magnetism through hands-on experiments and activities, including making a simple compass.

“STEAMpunk” is offered monthly, highlighting the work of an historic scientist through hands on exploration. The content and activities are intended for ages 7-12.

The Museum of Nature & Science is located at 411 N. Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm, with extended summer hours on Wednesdays until 8pm (June through August), and Saturday from 9am to 4:30pm. For additional information, visit the website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call (575) 522-3120.

The Branigan Cultural Center will host the lecture “Architecture in Arid American” with Troy M. Ainsworth, Ph.D., at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 24. Henry Charles Trost (1860-1933) designed many buildings in the Southwest in an aesthetic manner befitting the region and its Spanish cultural character. Trost understood the intrinsic value of designing comfortable buildings in a warm climate while recognizing the deeply-rooted influences of Spain and Mexico throughout the borderlands. Through his reference to the Southwest as “Arid America,” Trost indicated a strong understanding of climate and culture, and carried forward the long-standing practices of “architecture without architects” in the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts. Learn about this fusion of cultural characters that built the social and cultural landscape around Las Cruces and the remnants that can still be seen today. This lecture is in conjunction with the Branigan Culture Center’s exhibit Preserving Our Stories: The Mesquite Historic District.

Troy M. Ainsworth is the Historic Preservation Specialist for the City of Las Cruces. In May 2005, he earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Land-use Planning, Management, and Design with a specialization in Historic Preservation from Texas Tech University. He has written and presented numerous papers on architectural history of the Southwestern borderlands, the Mexican Revolution, and borderlands history in general.

Admission to the Branigan Cultural Center is free, as is this program. The museum is located at 501 N. Main Street and is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The Main Street Museums are accessible by RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1 Stop 36. For additional information, visit the website at museums.las-cruces.org or call (575) 541-2154.

The Branigan Cultural Center will host the lecture “Architecture in Arid American” with Troy M. Ainsworth, Ph.D., on Saturday, August 24, at 1pm. Henry Charles Trost (1860-1933) designed many buildings in the Southwest in an aesthetic manner befitting the region and its Spanish cultural character. Trost understood the intrinsic value of designing comfortable buildings in a warm climate while recognizing the deeply-rooted influences of Spain and Mexico throughout the borderlands. Through his reference to the Southwest as “Arid America,” Trost indicated a strong understanding of climate and culture, and carried forward the long-standing practices of “architecture without architects” in the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts. Learn about this fusion of cultural characters that built the social and cultural landscape around Las Cruces and the remnants that can still be seen today. This lecture is in conjunction with the Branigan Culture Center’s exhibit Preserving Our Stories: The Mesquite Historic District.

Troy M. Ainsworth is the Historic Preservation Specialist for the City of Las Cruces. In May 2005, he earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Land-use Planning, Management, and Design with a specialization in Historic Preservation from Texas Tech University. He has written and presented numerous papers on architectural history of the Southwestern borderlands, the Mexican Revolution, and borderlands history in general.

Admission to the Branigan Cultural Center is free, as is this program. The museum is located at 501 N. Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturday 9am to 4:30pm. The Main Street Museums are accessible by RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1 Stop 36. Throughout the 2019 summer months (June through August), the museum is open until 8pm. For additional information, visit the website at museums.las-cruces.org or call (575) 541-2154

Luke’s Wings 2019 Music Explosion with wonderful entertainment.

• The Jimmy Gonzalez Legacy formerly Grupo Mazz.
• Hometown Boys.
• Cautivo Norteño

Tickets Go On Sale – July 27th, 2019. Available at participating Pic Quiks.

General Admission:  $25 – limited VIP Tickets & Packages available & includes dinner.
$30 at the door.
Cash Bar & Food Vendor.

Doors open at 4 pm.

Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Avenue.

For more information or to purchase VIP tickets call:  Felix Cordero at 575-496-9146.
Email:  felixc@zianet.com

Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property – 99th Birthday Salute to J. Paul Taylor.

Sunday, August 25, 3:30 to 5:30pm.

Each year, we honor our friend and civic leader, J. Paul Taylor with a special membership gathering and festive celebration of his birthday. Come greet Mr. Taylor and join the Friends of
the Taylor Family Monument as they work to support New Mexico’s newest historic site! The party will be held in Las Cruces at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. Admission is the membership fee. For more information contact the Friends at ftfm.mesilla.nm@gmail.com.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road.

3;30 to 5:30 p.m. Annual fee of $10.00. 575-649-9088. nmhistoricsites.org/taylor-mesilla

The series will include an eclectic mix of performances from local, regional, and nationally recognized artists. Featured performers include four-time Grammy nominated Arkansas duo Trout Fishing in America, Las Cruces native and national artist Misty Boyce, Colorado singer-song writer Zach Heckendorf, and from Las Cruces, tradition rich and Ozzy approved Mariachi Aguilas, and the talented rock group Cordova. The Music in the Park Series highlights the great talent and diversity of Las Cruces and southern New Mexico music.  Each year more than 70% of the scheduled musicians are from the Las Cruces area.

August 25
Cordova – Rock, Pop-Las Cruces, NM
The Ghetto Blaster – Rock-Las Cruces, nm

The Music in the Park Series will begin at 7 p.m., June 2d through Aug. 25, Sunday’s at Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada Ave.

For information on the Music in the Park Series, call the Parks & Recreation Department at 575/541-2550.

The Museum of Nature & Science presents “Rube Goldberg Machines,” Wednesday, August 28, 2019 from 5pm-7pm. The program is part of the Las Cruces Museum System’s “Summer Wednesdays” evening series. The Las Cruces Museums offer extended hours every Wednesday during June, July, and August, staying open until 8pm. The program is free and open to the public.

Rube Goldberg is famous for his crazy machines that complete normal tasks in an overly complicated way. Participants will build their own Rube Goldberg machine to perform a task in no fewer than 10 steps. All materials are included.

The Museum of Nature & Science is located at 411 N. Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm, with extended summer hours on Wednesdays until 8pm (June through August), and Saturday from 9am to 4:30pm. For additional information, visit the website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call (575) 522-3120.

The Branigan Cultural Center, along with all the City of Las Cruces museums, are open until 8pm Wednesday evenings June through August. On Wednesday, August 28 from 5pm-7pm, join us and other artists alike for a FREE Artist Trading Card night!

Art Trading Cards, or known as ATCs, are mini-sized artworks that are traded locally and around the world. The first of these originated in 1997 when M. Vanci Stirnemann, a Swiss artist, created 1,200 cards to pass out to random people he encountered throughout his day.

You, too, can take part in this form of self-expression and trade your very own art with someone else. Inspire and be inspired with Art Trading Cards. All materials will be provided – just bring your creativity.

Admission to the Branigan Cultural Center is free, as is this program. The museum is located at 501 N. Main Street (RoadRunner Transit bus route 1, stop 36) and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturday 9am to 4:30pm. Throughout the 2019 summer months, the museum is open until 8pm.  For additional information, visit the website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call (575) 541-2154.

August 28, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.: Get ArtRageous! with Linda Elkins – Make a Leather Medicine Bag.  Ease your way into working with leather with this perfect little project where you make a small medicine bag.  A variety of leather, beads and other materials will be provided for you to choose from; if you have some beads or special items you want to work with, bring them too.

The class is $35 and includes all materials and light refreshments. DAAC members receive a twenty per cent discount.  Dress appropriately to have fun with potentially messy art materials.

The Dona Ana Arts & Cultural Center is located at 1740 Calle de Mercado in Mesilla, New Mexico.   The mailing address is PO Box 1721, Las Cruces, NM 88004.  For more information, go to www.daarts.org or call the DAAC office at (575) 523-6403.

Artventurous in August at the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

Come to the Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday in August in the atrium between the Museum of Art and the Museum of Nature & Science for a hands-on arts and crafts experience for the whole family. Each month features a different art appreciation theme and a different subject each week.

August’s theme is “The Art of Sound:”

August 31:   Recycled Rainsticks

The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, until 8 p.m. Wednesday from June through August, and from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

The museum is accessible by RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1, Stop 36.

For information, visit the City’s Museum System website or call 575/541-2137.