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.

Exhibit:  Animals of the Southwest at New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road.

575-522-4100.  www.fhrm.org

Featuring a collection of pastel paintings of animals by Dinah Swan. Exhibit through August 4, 2019.

Monday through Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 5 p.m.
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 p.m.

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*

Exhibit runs June 1 – August 20, 2019.

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

Saddles and saddle makers are an important part of ranching history in New Mexico and the Southwest. The saddle was the most critical tool of the cowboy; it was one of the most expensive purchases he would make, so he wanted a good, durable saddle that was specific to the work he was doing – whether it was riding the range on a cattle drive, roping and branding calves, or at the rodeo. Cowboys sought out particular saddle makers for their custom orders and based their selections on the makers’ reputations for making exactly what the cowboy needed and used. It would be impossible to talk about all of the important saddle makers in the Southwest. Instead, we will focus on four individuals whose saddles are representative of the many well-known southwestern saddle makers.

This exhibit also provides a leather-stamping activity for children.

Bert paints in watercolor, oil, pastel and pencil. A Texas native, she studied art at Texas Christian University and UT Arlington.  She received her BFA from NMSU and taught high school art for 12 years.  She started drawing horses as soon as she could hold a pencil and continues to produce renditions of things close to her, including animals, family and remembered landscapes.

Naida is a mixed-media artist who combine gelatin monoprinting (hectography) with digital photography.  She produces one-of-a-kind art pieces. She studied biology at Queens College, City University of New York and zoology at the University of Illinois, Urbana.  She is a retired NMSU biology professor.  She has taken several Photoshop-related workshops at the Mesilla Digital Imaging Center at the now defunct Preston Gallery, and printmaking with Ouida Touchon at the El Paso Museum of Art.

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

Runs May 1 – September 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).

“A Universe of Stories” Adult Summer Reading Program.

“A Universe of Stories” is the theme of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library’s 2019 Adult Summer Reading Program. Explore the wonders of our universe and learn about the solar system. Patrons are invited to try something new: learn new facts about space, read a new book, try a new craft, meet new people, and much more!

Summer reading programs aren’t just for kids; adults of all ages are welcome and encouraged to join “Planetary Possibilities,” the adult summer reading challenge. All you have to do to participate is read books, verify your reading with feference staff, and win prizes, what could be better than that?
Every Wednesday in June and July we will feature a different speaker from 2– 3 p.m. in the Roadrunner room. Each program will help the audience learn more about the universe in which we live and will offer new information gained through ongoing research and discovery. While presentations are geared for an adult audience, all interested parties are welcome to attend. All programs are free and are part of the library’s Summer Reading Program.
• June 5—Spaceport America, “The History of Spaceport America.”
• June 12—Genealogy, “Researching a Universe of Family Stories.”
• June 19—Park Ranger Astronomy Program, “Dark Skies, Astronomy, and Your National Parks.”
• June 26—NMSU, “Recent Discoveries in Astronomy.”

For more information about these programs, contact the Reference Department at 575/528-4005 or library.reference@las-cruces.org

Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Water St. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Free. 575-541-2290.

riograndetheatre.org or jvdaphotography.com

Jerry grew up in El Paso, TX and, along with his family, attended many Lucha Libre events in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Jerry fell in love with Lucha and would collect masks and paraphernalia throughout his childhood. After graduating from UTEP in 2008, he moved to Michigan where he works in the automotive industry. In 2015 he landed a 2-year assignment in Mexico. Taking advantage of the change of scenery, Jerry transitioned from automotive and concert photography to Lucha Libre Photography. The images in this collection were taken in various arenas throughout Mexico. Jerry’s work has been featured in magazines, film festivals, and advertising in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. You can find more of his work at: jvdaphotography.com

Slip into a lab coat when the Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., presents “Chemistry Night,” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. June 26, 2019. 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 8 p.m. The program is free to the public.

Chemistry is everywhere! Explore the sights, scents, power, and fun of chemistry with hands-on activities at your own pace. There will be various interactive science crafts and activities. All materials are included.

The Museum of Nature & Science is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, with extended summer hours on Wednesdays until 8 p.m., from June through August. The museum is also open from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. For information, visit the City’s Museum System website or call 575/522-3120.  www.las-cruces.org/museums

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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Fort Selden State Monument, 1280 Fort Selden Road, Radium Springs, NM. 9am-3pm. $10 per child, cash only.

575-202-1638. www.newmexicohistoricsites.org

Spend a summer day learning about life on the frontier. Learn how adobe is made and make your own small building.

Play with toys that kids of the 19th century would have played with and learn how children of the southwest frontier, and Fort Selden, lived. Snacks and water will be provided. Please bring your own sack lunch. Registration is required at least one week ahead.

Class sponsored by the Museum of NM Foundation.

Making Felted Dryer Balls – June 29, 1-3 p.m.

Wool dryer balls are easy to make and serve a very practical purpose: they help decrease drying time by separating clothes in the dryer to allow more air flow using less energy. Participants will be making a set of 3 felted dryer balls to take home. All materials will be provided.  Class fee is $10 and space is limited. To register, or for more information, please contact LuAnn Kilday at 575-522-4100 or luannr.kilday@state.nm.us

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

The Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso, el Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte, The University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University, invite the border community to the concert offer by “Los Pachamama y Flor Amargo”, artists in a genuine way, a masterful and an emotional concert based on the sonorous beauty of Mexico, where children and adults could sing, dance and dream attract by their melodies.

The concert of “Los Pachamama y Flor Amargo” is more than a show, it is an experience full of contrasts.

NMSU Atkinson Recital Hall, 1075 N Horseshoe St., Las Cruces, NM. 88003

7:00 pm. Free Admission. 915-449-7448.

https://www.facebook.com/events/347769682581041/

Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. 7pm. $8. 575-541-2290. riograndetheatre.org

The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut and based on Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 novel of the same name.
The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with Greenstreet appearing in his film debut.
The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette.

Concessions served including snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits.

Los Pachamama

With 30 years of artistic experience and cultural promotion, this group has managed to materialize as one of the best stage expressions in Mexico, combining from popular Mexican music to the most representative Latin American music.

His contribution in Mexican popular music-regardless of having worked in the rural communities of Tabasco sharing experiences with soneros of these places-is his compositions, among which is Agua que Cae del Cielo, inspired by his musical director Fernando Sobrino, which It was included in the album of the famous group Los Folkloristas to celebrate its 40th anniversary. They have been awarded scholarships by the National Council for Culture and the Arts.

Flor Amargo is more than just music, colors, shapes, laughs, dancing, singing, everything as a whole describes her.

Emma Mayte Carballo Hernández, better known as Flor Amargo, was born in the State of Mexico, at age 6 she began studying piano thanks to her mother, but it is until she was 12 that she made her first song called “La vida Loca”.

She studied classical piano at the National Conservatory of Music and is a former participant of La Voz México, first season.

Flor, is a Mexican singer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist. Her proposal involves genres such as katartic pop, a genre she calls without gender, since it involves all sounds and rhythms from pop, cumbia, melodies to classical piano or folk music.

• When: Saturday, June 29, 2019
• Time: 7:00 pm
• Where: Atkinson Recital Hall – NMSU (1075 N Horseshoe, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003)
• Cost: Free admission https://bit.ly/2XaTDw5

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.

June 30
Borderless Brass Band-Variety-El Paso
Powerswitch-Rock-Las Cruces

July 14
Blaze the Nation-Rock & Roll-Las Cruces
Dead Like Disco -Pop Rock-Las Cruces

July 21
Zoltan & the Fortunetellers-Gypsy Jazz-Albuquerque
The Claudio Tolousse Group-Contemporary Jazz-Albuquerque

July 28
Triple Jack-Classic Rock-Las Cruces
Tanner Huston-Country, Folk, Americana-Las Cruces

August 4
Ted Scanlon & Desperado-Western Swing-Las Cruces
Double Shot-Classic Country-Las Cruces

August 11
Boss-R & B, Dance-El Paso
Roger Ortega-R & B, Pop-Hoboken, New Jersey

August 18
Misty Boyce-Original Alternative Rock, Pop-Las Cruces
Meri Dean-Variety-Ramah, 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.