Wild & Scenic Film Festival | Monuments to Main Street

Sep 12

Wild & Scenic Film Festival | Monuments to Main Street

September 12, 2017
Las Cruces

Hosted by Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival is the ultimate night of environmental and adventure films that will transport you to the farthest reaches of the globe and inspire you to make a difference in your community and world.

This moving festival is coming to Las Cruces this September as part of Monuments to Main Street. Witness how individuals and communities around the world are taking action and becoming part of the solution on issues ranging from energy, food systems, biodiversity, climate change, the protection of wild lands and waters, and more. The festival is designed to explore today’s top issues and celebrate the natural and human world in all its diversity – all through film.

Get inspired this September 15 at the Rio Grande Theatre! #WildScenicLasCruces

Dates:

September 15

Time:

7pm

Location:

Rio Grande Theatre

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june, 2022

01jun10:00 am30(jun 30)4:00 pm"Seasons of Enchantment: Painting the New Mexico Farm and Ranch" Exhibit

Event Details

The talent of the New Mexico Watercolor Society will be on display in a new art show at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.

“Seasons of Enchantment: Painting the New Mexico Farm and Ranch” features 28 works of art by members of the society. A public meet-and-greet with the artists is planned for 12 to 2 p.m. on April 23. Entry is free to this reception and the art show only. Admission to see the rest of the Museum is $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens, and $3 for children 4 to 17.

These watercolor paintings celebrate the daily life of New Mexico farmers and ranchers and their families, evoking a sense of time and place. They elevate the ordinary to extraordinary and reflect the wonder of the landscape and its people.

The paintings include rural landscapes, livestock, farming and ranching scenes, and wildlife.

Artwork from members of both the Albuquerque and Las Cruces chapters of the New Mexico Watercolor Society have been selected by Juror Lynn McLain, AWS, NWS. The Society honors and celebrates the medium of watercolor through the support of highest aesthetic standards, education of the public, promotion of community engagement, and facilitation of member development. The Albuquerque chapter began in 1969 and the Southern Chapter celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

The artists whose works were selected for this show include New Mexico Watercolor Society members John Glass, Laurel Weathersbee, Barbara McGuire, Susan Davis, Patricia Black, Jay Leutwyler, Junko Nakao, Robert Highsmith, Richard Harris, Penny Thomas Simpson, Tina Little, Dorian Clouser, Mark Cirzan, Dave Cook, Tina Stallard, Rachel Murphree, Bonnie Deming, Rebecca A. Johnson, and Nancy Frost Begin. More information about the New Mexico Watercolor Society can be found here: www.nmwatercolorsociety.com

The show will be on display in the Museum’s Arts Corridor through July 30, 2022. www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. The 47-acre interactive museum brings to life the 4,000-year history of growing food and fiber in this region. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, it features livestock, indoor and outdoor exhibits, barns, greenhouse, gift shop, and demonstrations. 4100 Dripping Springs Road in Las Cruces, N.M. 88011, (575) 522-4100. Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The Museum is supported by the Friends of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.

Time

1 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - 30 (Thursday) 4:00 pm

Location

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

4100 Dripping Springs Road

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01jun10:00 am30(jun 30)4:00 pm“Her Land: Women in Agriculture” Exhibit

Event Details

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces pays tribute to women making a difference in New Mexico agriculture with a rotating wall display in the central corridor.

The exhibit is called “Her Land: Women in Agriculture” and the new featured exemplar is 21-year-old Sophia Moreno of La Union, N.M.

Sophia grew up on a small, family farm along with her parents, Fred and Sharon, and younger sisters Monique and Nadette. They raise mostly meat, milk, and fiber-producing livestock, as well as horses. Sophia has served as both the Southern New Mexico Fair Rodeo Queen and Miss Rodeo New Mexico Teen.

An ambassador for the sport of rodeo, Sophia and her sisters also participated in 4-H, including horse shows, barrel races, ranch riding events, shooting sports, horse judging, wildlife, hippology, and parliamentary procedure. She received a horse judging scholarship to Clarendon, College in Clarendon, Texas. She is currently in the Ranch and Feedlot Operations program there and will earn an Associates Degree in Animal Science.

Sophia’s plans include becoming a veterinarian specializing in equine and bovine reproduction. She also wants to have a family, which she hopes to raise on her own ranch someday, passing along the skills, knowledge, and traditions that she gained through the first chapter of her life.

The exhibit will be changed about every six months to feature a different woman involved in New Mexico agriculture.

“Museums typically focus on the stories of our ancestors and their incredible accomplishments,” said Museum Executive Director Heather Reed. “We often forget to look around to see that history is unfolding right in front of us within our communities and our state. Her Land spotlights the amazing feats and contributions of modern-day women and showcases the young women working on the future of agriculture. This ongoing project will rotate every few months and will allow us to record history in real time for generations to come.”

The first person featured in the exhibit was Felicia Thal, a longtime rancher in northeastern New Mexico who passed away last year at the age of 92.

575-522-4100. www.frhm.org

Time

1 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - 30 (Thursday) 4:00 pm

Location

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

4100 Dripping Springs Road

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10jun(jun 10)10:00 am30(jun 30)4:00 pmPray For Rain Exhibit

18jun(jun 18)10:00 am25(jun 25)2:00 pm2022 Annual Fiber Extravaganza

Event Details

Where: New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. 4100 Dripping Springs Road.

When: June 18, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

What: Demonstrations are a big part of the event, with the following planned: Natural dye, Colcha embroidery, quilting, twining, sewing, weaving, triangle loom weaving, embroidery, basket weaving, and rigid heddle weaving. The High Canyon Weavers & Spinners Guild will be here to offer demonstrations of wool carding, inkle loom weaving, and table loom weaving. Guests can try table loom weaving and there will be a limited number of tiny looms and yarn to distribute. The weekly education program for children – All Aboard the Ag Wagon – will feature a fiber arts craft activity from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Food trucks will be on hand, as well.

Who: Volunteers from throughout the area will provide demonstrations. The Bureau of Land Management will have a yucca bracelet making activity, and the Oveja Project will have interns demonstrating wool spinning. Tye Lightfoot of the United States Department of Agriculture will be in the Museum’s theater to talk about cotton processes.

Why: To showcase the creative talents of those involved in fiber arts and share the historical importance of these skills.

Admission: $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and $3 for children 4 to 17. 575-522-4100. www.frhm.org

Time

18 (Saturday) 10:00 am - 25 (Saturday) 2:00 pm

Location

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

4100 Dripping Springs Road

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21jun(jun 21)9:00 am25(jun 25)5:00 pm2022 Spaceport America Cup

24jun7:00 am7:30 am"Heart and History" Walking Tours

Event Details

To encourage walking and enjoying the historic buildings in Downtown Las Cruces, the City’s Community Development Department has begun conducting “Heart and History” walking tours on the first and third Friday of every month.

The walking tours are from noon to 12:40 p.m. on those Fridays. The tours will depart the west side of City Hall at 12:10 p.m.

In June, July and August walks will be from 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. to avoid the heat of the day.

There is no cost to participate in any of the walks, and the public is always welcome. But individuals in the public will need to sign a release waiver before joining.

From the west side of City Hall, the tours will travel a route that will go north to Albert Johnson Park, cross west across north Main Street and then south on Main Street to Amador Avenue. The tour will then head west for a short distance on Amador before turning north onto Water Street.

The tour will then conclude by going east on Griggs Avenue and then north on Church Street before returning to the west side of City Hall.

Eight stops along the tour will include the tile mosaics and murals at Albert Johnson Park, at the southeast corner of Main Street and Picacho Avenue; the former Mama B’s building at the southwest corner of Main Street and Picacho Avenue; the Branigan Cultural Center, 601 N. Main St.; the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St.; the Amador Hotel, 180 W. Amador Ave.; the former Doña Ana County Courthouse, 251 W. Lohman Ave.; Plaza Las Cruces, 100 N. Main St., which was the former site of the historic Hotel Rouault before it was demolished in 1971; and, finally, the Doña Ana County Municipal Courts Building, 135 E. Griggs Ave., which also served for years as Las Cruces’ main post office.

For information, contact Robert Messenger, Active Transportation Planner, by calling 575/528-3209 or by email at rmessenger@las-cruces.org