OCT.

Your monthly guide to community

entertainment, recreation & culture

EP Coliseum still
makes memories
El Paso County Coliseum
marks its 75th anniversary
this year, and remains a
major venue for sports,
concerts, festivals and
more.
Page 23

Harvest, Halloween
Our October Roundup
has full listings of
Halloween and Day of
the Dead events, plus
corn mazes and haunted
houses.
Pages 6-7

Tom Lea Month

Celebrate the legacy of
El Pasos famed artist at
various events through-
out the month, and
travel the Tom Lea Trail.
Pages 9, 35

Ringo Starr at Plaza

The former Beatles drum-
mer brings his superstar
band to El Paso.

My El Paso by
Page 40

Mark Yerrington
OCTOBER
Clockwise from top: Pilgrims Mt.
Cristo Rey,Indian Dancer Ysleta 2017
Missionand Father Rahm. w w w. e p s c e n e . c o m
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October 2017
ROUNDUP
Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta Texas
Parks and Wildlife will host its 13th an43nual
fiesta highlighting the animals and plants of the
Chihuahuan Desert 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 30, at Franklin Mountains State Parks
Tom Mays Section (off of Transmountain Road
on the west slope) Admission is free.
Information: 566-6441 (Franklin Mountains
State Park); 240-3311, or
chihuahuandesert.org.
Village Vibes Music Festival The
Village of Vinton and Keep Vinton Beautiful
hosts the 2nd annual music festival Saturday,
Sept. 30, at Dr. Applegate Park, 7966
Quejette, in Vinton. The festival will showcase
a variety of musicians and artists, along with a
local food trucks and vendors. Headliner is the
Chamanas. Doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10
in advance; $15 at the gate; $5 kids in advance.
Information: 886-5104 or villagevibesmusicfes-
tival.com.
Miner Dash and Family Fitness Fiesta
The 8th annual event kicks off UTEPs
Homecoming festivities 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday,
Oct. 1, at UTEPs Centennial Plaza.
The Fitness Fiesta offers physical activities
and health screenings, including jumping bal-
loon, inflatable obstacle course, zumba, yoga
and more. Cost: $5. A 5K run and 3K walk
begin at 8 a.m., plus a 5K wheelchair race.
Register minerdash.utep.edu.
Sunrise Yogafest Representatives from
10 local yoga studios will share the benefits of
breath control, meditation and specific body
postures 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, in
UTEPs Sun Bowl Stadium. The family-friendly
event will feature two mega sessions, three
super sessions and more than 20 workshops.
Patrons may enter through the stadiums north
gate. Tickets: $10; $5 for UTEP students and
staff (Ticketmaster). Information: 747-5234.
UTEP Football & Homecoming - The
2017 homecoming game against Western
Kentucky is at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at Sun
Bowl Stadium. Tailgating events begin at 3
p.m. Tickets: $10-$30. information: 747-5234
or 1-800-745-3000. Event information: 747-
8600 or alumni.utep.edu.
Homecoming Pageant is 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 1, at Magoffin Auditorium.
Pep Rally is noon Wednesday, Oct. 4, on
Centennial Plaza, with the Homecoming
Dance at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6.
Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner is 6:30
p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at the Don Haskins
Center. Tickets: $100. Information: Judy
Heredia-Perry, 747-6361 or
jheredia@utep.edu.
October 2017
Open House at Alumni Lodge is 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at Peter and Margaret de
Wetter Center. Self Guided campus tours are
1 to 4 p.m. at various locations.
The 100th Anniversary of Old Main celebra-
tion is 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at the Old
Main Building, outdoor entrance.
Chalk the Block The 10th anniversary
outdoor art event is Oct. 6-8 throughout
Downtown El Paso. The event includes vari-
ous art projects, art vendors, live music, per-
formance art, interactive kids zone, food and
refreshments chalk and street artists and
more. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is free. Information: 212-
0110, chalktheblock.com or on Facebook.
This years artists include:
Wish Tree from Yoko Ono, New York-
based Tokyo artist.
Life Cube by Scott Cohen, New York.
Spheres of Influence, created by Curime
Batliner and Jake Newsum of Los Angeles for
the Mextropoli Festival in Mexico City.
Vertical Line Garden by Coryn Kempster
and Julia Jamrozik of Buffalo, N.Y. and
Toronto.
Cycle Sonic performance by Squonk
Opera of Pittsburgh.
Rocking the Rez Pow Wow Ysleta del
Sur Pueblos 8th annual pow wow is 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-8,
11200 Santos Sanchez. Admission is free.
Information: 859-7700, 860-7777 or on
Facebook at rockingtherez.
St. Lukes Country Fair The 34th
annual fair, featuring the popular Great
Dachshund Stampede, is 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7, at St. Lukes Episcopal
Church, 7050 McNutt in La Union, near
Canutillo. The event includes Dachshund races
and an all-other breeds race. Pets on leash
welcome. Events include arts and crafts, food
booths, big barn sale, kids games, bake sale,
pie baking contest, and performances by
school choirs and ballet folklorico. Route 66
performs live music 4 to 7 p.m. Admission is
free; canned food item donation for Canutillo
Food Bank encouraged. Information: Bridget
Griggs, 204-7365 or stlukeslaunion.com.
Races are 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m.; races
offered for other breeds as well.
A Blessing of the Animals is at noon.
El Paso Fall Home and Garden Show
El Paso Association of Builders hosts the
10th annual show is Friday through Sunday,
Oct. 13-15 at the El Paso Convention Center,
with special guest celebrity landscaper Ahmed
Hassan seen in DIY Networks Yard
Crashers. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is $7.50 ($6.50 seniors over
65; free for age 16 and younger and active
duty military with ID); $1 off adult admission
with donation of canned goods. Information:
778-5387. Full schedule and admission
coupons at ElPasoHomeAndGarden.com.
Adoptions by Animal Rescue League of El
Paso, and mammograms (Saturday only).
Chamizal Festival The festival celebrat-
ing the rich cultural history of this area through
storytelling, pottery demonstrations, music,
dance and theater performances 1:30 to 6
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Chamizal
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial.
Admission is free; native crafts available for
sale. Information: 532-7273.
Please see Page 5
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Scene Spotlight highlights events
advertised in this issue.
Get The Led Out The American Led
Zeppelin tribute performs Oct. 14 at
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts in
Alamogordo. Page 44.
Michael Martin Murphey The cowboy
music legend performs Nov. 18 at Flickinger
Center in Alamogordo. Page 2.
Tom Lea Month Several events are
planned during the month of October in cel-
ebration of the El Paso artist, including lec-
tures, demonstrations, tours, exhibitions and
family activities. Page 22.
Hike up Cristo Rey The annual hike
guided by El Paso Scene editor Randy
Limbird is Oct. 14 at historic Mount Cristo
Rey in Sunland Park. Page 34.
Crossland Gallery Showing Sept. 29-
Oct. 22 at El Paso Art Associations gallery is
1.2.3. Friends, with opening reception
Oct. 22. Page 7.
Ardovinos Desert Crossing Farmers
Market Winter hours are 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturdays beginning Oct. 7. Page 5.
St. Lukes Country Fair St. Lukes
Episcopal Church hosts its annual fair and
Dachshund Stampede Oct. 7 at the church
in La Union. Page 31.
El Paso Live! October at the Plaza
Theatre. Page 19.
Oct. 7: Forever Tango
Oct. 22: Russian Grand Ballets Swan
Lake
Oct. 25: Shopkins Live!
Oct. 27: Bobby Bones and the Raging
Idiots
Alazan Artists The Alazan Artists fine
art show and sale is Oct. 7-31 at
International Museum of Art, with opening
reception Oct. 7. Page 35.
La Union Maze The 2017 corn maze
celebrates El Paso Chihuahuas weekends
through Nov. 5 in La Union. Page 24.
El Paso Fall Home and Garden Show
The shows 10th Anniversary is Oct. 13-15
at El Paso Convention Center with celebrity
landscaper Ahmed Hassan. Page 3.
La Via Harvest Wine Festival The
annual festival is Oct. 14-15 at La Via
Winery in La Union with live music, food,
arts and wine tastings. Page 13.
Made in El Paso: A Culinary Experience
Tom Lea Institute and EPCCs Culinary
Arts hosts dinner/auction Oct. 20 at EPCCs
Administrative Service Center, featuring
celebrity chefs including former White House
Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier. Page 25.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra EPSO,
Bohuslav Rattay, conductor, performs an
evening of the music of Beethoven Oct. 20-
21 at the Plaza Theatre, with guest pianist
Yefim Bronfman. Page 27.
Frankenstein El Paso Playhouse pres-
ents Mary Shellys classic horror Oct. 20-
Page 4
Nov. 5, directed by Becky Condra. Page
38.
Upcycled Art Fair The art fair featuring
repurposed and upcycled art is Oct. 21, at
The Marketplace at Placita Santa Fe. Page 8.
A Holiday open house is Oct. 29.
Hal Marcus Gallery Showing through
Jan 12 is el paso miniatures, small works
by several regional artists. Page 28.
The gallery will take part in the Sunset
Heights Tour of Homes Oct. 26.
The Cats Meow The Snake Charmer
and Belly Dancer present the annual dinner
theatre Oct. 28 at Country Inn, featuring Na
Imah and Senee Barraza. Workshops also
planned that day Page. 16.
Shakespeare on the Rocks The
Shakespeare festivals 29th season runs
weekends Oct. 28-Nov. 12 at Chamizal
National Memorial. Page 39.
Oct. 28-29: Anthony & Cleopatra
Nov. 4-5: Much Ado About Nothing
Nov. 11-12: Richard III.
Howl-O-Wine Dog Walk Pets Alives
13th annual dog walk and pet costume con-
test is Sunday, Oct. 29 at La Via Winery in
La Union. Page 16.
Las Artistas The annual fine arts and
craft show is Nov. 18-19 at Epic Railyard
Event Center, with more than 90 juried
artists. Page 39.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra TSO pres-
ents their rock holiday show The Ghosts of
Christmas Eve, the best of TSO and more,
Dec. 6, at UTEPs Don Haskins Center.
Page 36.
Southern New Mexico
Mesilla Valley Maze The Las Cruces
maze on Picacho is open weekends Sept.
30-Oct. 20, with pumpkin patch, picnic
grounds and family activities. Page 6.
Trotando Pasos Ajenos The exhibit,
on Social Justice & Inequalities in the
Borderlands runs Oct. 6-Jan. 6, at Branigan
Cultural Center in Las Cruces. Opening
Reception is Oct. 6. Page 31.
Red Hot, Red Dot 2017 Silver City Art
Associations Artfest is Oct. 7-9, with gallery
events and fashion show, and Oct. 13-15
with Studio Tours, throughout historic Silver
City. Page 37.
Ruidoso Oktoberfest The 36th annual
family event featuring authentic German
food, drink and entertainment is Oct. 20-21
at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Page 20.
Fountain Theatre The theatre on
Mesilla Plaza hosts special screenings of
Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the
World (Oct. 21), and Roger Carmens A
Little Shop of Horrors (Oct. 31). Page 40.
Renaissance ArtsFaire Doa Ana Arts
Councils 46th annual renaissance fair is Nov.
4-5 at Young Park in Las Cruces with more
than 100 artists, entertainment, food booths
and more. Page 15.
Veterans Day Car Show New Mexico
Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences
hosts its annual car show Nov. 4. Page 33.
A Scoop the Loop event is at the New
Healing Waters Plaza Nov. 3.
El Paso Scene
I
first met Bob Moore back in 1986,
when we were both interviewing for
job vacancies at the El Paso Times.
When I read the other day about his res-
ignation as editor of the Times, it
brought back many memories.
Back then, the El Paso Times was the
most dysfunctional workplace I ever
encountered. The person who held the
title of editor was no longer in charge;
her actual job was editorial page editor.
A husband and wife served as co-manag-
ing editors, but those titles didnt mean
much. The wife ran the operation, while
husband occasionally tried to act like a
boss but was pretty ineffective. The city
editor seemed perpetually distracted and
prone to assigning oddball stories.
There were two openings for assistant
city editor. One would oversee the New
Mexico staff (the former jobholder quit
to join a monastery really). The other
opening was for a night-shift editor.
I got the New Mexico job. Bob Moore
got the night desk. As the night editor, he
had to handle the late-breaking news and
last-minute decisions. He had an old-
fashioned hard-news sensibility and
always kept his emotions in check, pro-
viding a stable presence no matter the
chaos around him. Within the first year,
most of the upper management problems
were fixed and for several years, the
Times got better and better. Bob had a lot
to do with that.
I left the Times in 1993 and started the
El Paso Scene. Bob rose to managing
editor at the Times, then later worked as
executive editor of the Fort Collins
newspaper for several years before
returning to the El Paso Times as the top
editor. He increasingly took on the role
of a community leader along the way.
Unfortunately, Bobs growing career
was stymied by shrinking newspaper
resources. Daily newspapers all over
have suffered drastic declines in reader-
ship and advertising, and as a result have
had to decimate their newsroom staffs.
The El Paso Times circulation has
dropped by about half since Bob and I
came here 31 years ago, and the news-
room today is a shadow of what it was.
October 2017
El Paso Scene is published by Cristo
Rey Communications as a monthly guide
to entertainment, recreation and culture in
the El Paso area. Copies are provided
free at selected locations. Subscriptions
are $10 a year, sent by 3rd class mail.
Circulation: 40,000 copies.
Deadline for news for the
November issue is Oct. 16
The November issue comes out Oct. 25
El Paso Scene
P. O. Box 13615
El Paso, Texas 79913
PH: 542-1422
E-mail: epscene@epscene.com
2017 Cristo Rey Communications
Apparently the corporate powers-that-
be ordered Bob to make one more round
of cuts and he decided enough was
enough. A front page story announced
Bobs resignation effective Oct. 5.
My hope is that Bobs passion for jour-
nalism hasnt been extinguished by the
economic woes of the newspaper indus-
try, and that he will find some opportuni-
ty to put it to continuing use in El Paso.
***
Weve displayed numerous paintings
and photographs of Mount Cristo Rey on
our cover over the years, but this is the
first one that depicts the annual fall pil-
grimage. This years pilrimage will be
Sunday, Oct. 29.
I noticed Mark Yerringtons Pilgrims
Mt. Cristo Rey at a past Celebration of
Our Mountains art exhibit at Ardovinos
Desert Crossing. We finally connected
with each other and I asked if we could
feature his works on the cover. For infor-
mation about Mark, contact him at 309-
7237 or email mry1708@yahoo.com.
***
El Paso Scenes own Hike Up Cristo
Rey is also coming up this month. Join
us at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, for our
16th annual Hike Through Time. Well
talk about some history and geography as
we walk the 2.5 miles up to the monu-
ment. Details are on Page 5. A small
donation ($3 adults, $1 children) is
requested to benefit the Mt. Cristo Rey
Restoration Committee.
Randy Limbird
Editor and Publisher
(915) 542-1422
Albert Martinez
Advertising &
Circulation Director
(915) 920-7244
Lisa Kay Tate
News Editor
(915) 542-1422 ext. 4
Editorial Associates:
Yvonne T. Herrera, Will Summers
Advertising Account Executive:
Roman Martinez
Circulation Associate:
Randy Friedman
Contributing Writers:
Carol Viescas, Brian Chozick,
Myrna Zanetell, Jay Duncan,
John McVey Middagh
Subscription Form is on Page 42
Visit El Paso Scene Online at
www.epscene.com
sponsored by Phidev, Inc.
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October Roundup
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Feria El Paso The event hosted by El
Paso County Sheriff Foundation is Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. 14-15, at El Paso County
Coliseum with food, games, music, carnival
ride, car show and more. Gates open at 4
p.m. both days Admission is free. Information:
Chris Acosta, 479-0797; Larry Guerra, 667-
1267 or on Facebook at EPSheriffsFoundation.
Saturdays performers are Azucar, Phat Soul,
and Second Wind. Sundays performers are
Xplosion, Starliners, and Little Mike and the
Blues Kings.
Food Truck Throwdown Anthony
Texas hosts its 3rd annual food truck cook off
with Food Truck Revolution and Food Truck
Circus and other vendors Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 14-15, at Anthony Municipal
Park, in Anthony, Texas. Trucks compete for
cash prize. Also featured is live music, free
kids play area, art and craft vendors. Pets on
leash with valid Rabies vaccinations allowed.
Admission: $5 (free for military with ID and
kids 12 and younger). Information: 497-1769
or bromero@townofanthony.org.
Proceeds help replenish funds for the
Anthony Police Food Pantry and the Anthony
Parks and Community Events Fund.
La Via Fall Wine Festival The annual
fall celebration is noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 14-15, at La Via Winery, 4201
S. NM Highway 28 in La Union, N.M. (one
mile north or Vinton Road), with more than
20 wines available for tasting and purchase.
Admission: $20 ($10 ages 12-20; free for chil-
dren under 12). Admission for adults includes
October 2017
OCTOBER
a commemorative glass and tasting. Everyone the Sunset Heights Neighborhood
under 21 must be accompanied by adult par- Improvement Association to improve neigh-
INDEX
ent, guardian or spouse. No pets or picnic borhood residences.
baskets allowed. Information: (575) 882-7632 Tickets: $10 ($5 ages 10 and younger); avail-
or lavinawinery.com. able in advance at the Hal Marcus Gallery,
Saturdays performers are Frank Zona & 1308 N. Oregon, and day of tour at the
Urban Edge at noon; 24/7 Blues Band at 2:15 Gallery and the Burges House, 503 W.
p.m. and 24/7 Slick Reynolds at 4:30 p.m. Yandell. Information: Hal Marcus Gallery, 533- Roundup 3-12
Sundays performers are Twisted Hams at 9090 or sunset_heights_assoc@yahoo.com. Behind the Scene 4
noon; Dusty Low (Country) at 2:15 p.m. and Locations: Scene Spotlight 4
Tom Foster Morris (Country) at 4:30 p.m. Powell Home, 655 Upson Heres the Ticket 13-15, 17
Blough Brickey House, 1029 Upson
Mount Cristo Rey: Hike Through Time
Kohlberg House, 525 Corto Way Program Notes 16-17
A hike with presentations on Mount Cristo
Burges House, 603 W. Yandell Dance 17
Rey and local history is offered at 8 a.m.
De Leon Home, 700 W. Yandell Music 18
Saturday, Oct. 14, at Mount Cristo Rey,
Sunland Park, N.M. Length: 5 miles round trip
Medrano Home, 837 W. Yandell Viva Jurez 18
(2-3 hours). Cost: $3 ($2 for children) dona-
McGregor Home, 1013 W. Yandell
Sports 19-22
Marcus Home and Gallery, 1308 and 1319
tion requested for the Mt. Cristo Restoration
Oregon El Paso FishNet 22
Committee. Information: 542-1422. No reser- Feature:
vation is required. Concordia Cemetery Walk Through
The hike is sponsored by El Paso Scene. History The annual living history tour is El Paso County Coliseum 23-25
Hike leader is Randy Limbird, editor and pub- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Nature 26-27
lisher of El Paso Scene, and is also part of the Concordia Cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell At the Museum 28-30
Celebration of Our Mountains. Security is pro- (between Boone and Stevens). Proceeds ben- Taking a Look Back 30
vided by the Mt. Cristo Rey Restoration efit the cemetery. Admission: $5; discount for
Keep on Bookin' 31
Committee. military, students, seniors over 60; free for age
The 5-mile hike is easy to moderate, and is 6 and younger. Information: -2326 or concor- Southwest Art Scene 32-34
suitable for all ages. Meet at the large parking diacemetery.org. Gallery Talk 35
lot at the trailhead to Mt. Cristo Rey off Volunteers dress in period costume and History Lessons 36
McNutt Road (NM 273). Take the Racetrack share historical vignettes in character of many On Stage 37-38, 40
exit off Paisano and cross the Rio Grande. of Concordia Cemeterys eternal residents.
Stage Talk 38
Sunset Heights Tour of Homes and Hueco Tanks Interpretive Fair The Film Scene 39
Landmarks The El Paso County
Liner Notes
22nd annual Interpretive Fair begins at 8 a.m.
40
Historical Society will host the 14th annual to 9 p.m. to Saturday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tour of Homes noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Sunday, Oct. 21-22, at Hueco Tanks State November preview 41
14, with eight locations in the neighborhood Historic Site, 6900 Hueco Tanks Road, with a
Scene Users Guide 41
between Downtown and UTEP. Residents will variety of programs such as Native American
give guests a personal walk-through of these dancing and drumming, storytelling and cultur- Advertiser Index 42
properties. Pedi cabs available. Funds go to Subscription Form 42
Please see Page 6
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al presentations, and historic games with
Texas Parks and Wildlifes Buffalo Soldiers pro-
gram. Pictograph, birding, nature, and recre-
ational tours will go out both days, with a
stargazing program Saturday evening. Food
and beverages can be purchased on site.
Admission is free. Information: 857-1135 or
texasstateparks.gov.
Red Ribbon Block Party Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo will host its annual drug-free family
event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at
the YDSP Community, 9314 Juanchido, with
food, games, live music and more. Admission
is free. Information: 858-6118 or
Ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
Sunset Heights Block Party The 10th
annual party is noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
21, along the 500 block of Prospect, with sev-
eral bands, DJs, art vendors and food trucks.
Admission is free. Information: 996-1880 or
thesunsetheightsblockparty@gmail.com.
Texas Archaeology Month El Paso
Museum of Archaeology at Wilderness Park,
4301 Transmountain, hosts free family events
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in celebration of Teas Archeology Month noon
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, with a pottery fir-
ing demonstration, archery, mock excavations,
hands-on activities, films and more.
Information: 755-4332 or archaeology.elpaso-
texas.gov.
Twisted Taco Truck Challenge The
inaugural food truck challenge is Saturday,
Oct. 21, at Ascarate park, 6200 Delta, with 15
of the best taco trucks participating. Other
events include the Punk Rock Flea market,
lucha libre wrestling, taco eating contest, live
music, games, kids zone, Chihuahua costume
party, drink tents and more. Admission $5 in
advance; $10 at the gate; free for active duty
military with ID and kids under 15. Tacos: $2
each; VIP tequila tent tickets are $50. Tickets
at eventbrite.com.
Turkish Festival Raindrop Foundation
will host a food and craft fair 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 21, at Raindrop Turkish House
in El Paso, 10767 Gateway West, Suite 610,
featuring authentic Turkish food (gyro, kebab,
baklava, ravioli, plus Turkish coffee and tea),
kids activities, water marbling show, folk dances
and other live performances. Admission is free.
Information: 400-7450 or raindropturkish-
house.org.
El Paso Scene
Border Classic Car Show The all-car
showdown hosted by Los Class Militia is noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at El Paso County
Coliseum, open to all makes and models.
General admission: $9 (Ticketmaster).
St. John Paul II Parish Fiesta 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at the YMCA build-
ing at 6400 Mason Farms road in Sunland Park
(off Westside Drive), with a bilingual Mass fol-
lowed by the fiesta. Food booths, family activi-
ties and more offered. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 332-4496 or stjohnpaulsec-
ondchurch.org.
Sharefest Thousands of El Paso families
will receive free gently used items 8 to 10 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 28, at the El Paso County
Coliseum Pavilion, 4100 E. Paisano. Free park-
ing available. Information: 313-5618 or
epfj@aol.com.
About 200 tables and clothes racks will offer
free dresses, shirts, pants, suits, coats,
sweaters, shoes, purses, toys, blankets, appli-
ances, tools, canned food, furniture and more,
with volunteers assisting, including bilingual
speakers. Everyone is invited to attend. No
documentation is needed.
Caring Pasoans are asked to go through their
homes, and collect any things they are willing
to share with less fortunate families. Take
donations to the nearest library or 7-Eleven
Oct.1-21.
Mount Cristo Rey pilgrimage The
largest pilgrimage each year is on the last
Sunday in October. The 77th anniversary pro-
cession begins at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29.
Gates open at 5 a.m. Information: San Martin
de Porras (575) 589-2106.
Harvest & Halloween
KidX Franken-Tastic Time The family
event is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at
Sunland Park Mall, 750 Sunland Park, lower
level with games, face painting, costume con-
test and more. Admission is free. Information:
sunlandparkmall.com.
Boo at the Zoo The El Paso Zoo, 4001
E. Paisano, will host its 11th annual safe trick-
or-treating event for families with children age
2 to 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 28-29. Zoo admission is $12 for
ages 13 to 59; $9 for ages 60 and older and
active duty military (including spouse) with ID;
$7.50 ages 3 to 12; and free for ages 2 and
under. Information: 532-8156 or
elpasozoo.org.
Halloween Fest at Tramway The
annual Halloween Fest is noon to 5 p.m. at
Wyler Aerial Tramway, Saturday, Oct. 28,
with creepy crawler and bats exhibits. The
annual carved pumpkin contest is noon; bring
pumpkins by at 11:45 a.m. carved and ready to
display. Visitors will vote on favorites, and win-
ners announced at 5 p.m. for tramway sou-
venir prizes. Cost for tramway rides is $8 for
adults and $4 for children 12 years and under.
Information: 562-9899 or 566-6622.
To get there: Take Alabama to McKinley and
turn toward the mountain.
Halloween HorsePower Car, Truck,
Bike Show The Halloween event wraps
up Barnetts 40th Birthday Bash noon to 6
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, with car, truck and bike
show benefitting Hands of Love and Hope, at
Barnett Harley Davidson, 8272 Gateway East,
with a fashion show, Halloween costume con-
test, kids fun zone, food trucks and a beer gar-
den. Admission: $3; free for age 12 and
younger. Information: 449-1032 or elpa-
sostreetscene.com.
As part of the weekend, Barnett will host a
Factory Demo Truck Friday and Saturday, as
well as food trucks on Saturday. Information 1-
800-453-1513 or barnettharley.com.
Howl-O-Wine Dog Walk Pets Alive El
Paso will host its 13th annual fall dog walk
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at La Via
Winery, 4201 S. NM Highway 28 in La Union,
N.M., with a 1-mile dog walk at 1 p.m. around
the grounds of La Via Winery. Registration
begins at noon. The event includes music, cos-
tume contests for dogs, prizes, food vendors,
pet-related products and gifts for sale.
Advance registration: $15 for one dog, $20 for
two dogs (limit of two dogs per person). On-
site registration on day of event is $5 extra.
Military with ID receive $5 discount.
Information, cost: 247-6057,
PetsAliveElPaso.org, or facebook.com/pet-
saliveelpaso.
City Halloween carnivals The City of
El Paso Parks and Recreation Departments
annual Halloween Happiness throughout the
city at area recreation centers Tuesday, Oct.
31. The carnivals include family costume con-
tests, jumping balloons and other types of fam-
ily fun. Call for times. Admission is free.
Pumpkin Patch Pool Dive, noon-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 28, at Armijo Aquatic Center,
911 S. Ochoa.
Halloween Carnival & Zombie Walk, 5-11
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, San Jacinto Plaza.
City senior centers also will offer costume
contests, dances and other events on
Halloween; check for details.
Kern Place Halloween The Kern Place
Associations annual Halloween events are
Tuesday, Oct. 31, at Madeline Park. Time,
information: kernplace.org or on Facebook at
Kern Place Association.
KLAQ Halloween Parade The annual
parade is Tuesday, Oct. 31, at Album Park,
3001 Parkwood, and returns there. The
parade is 1.9 miles and lasts about one hour.
Prizes will be given in various categories. No
entry fee, but entries must display KLAQ.
Parade usually begins at 3:30 p.m., but early
arrival strongly encouraged; pre-registration is
10 to 3 p.m. Information: 544-8864 or
klaq.com.
Haunted Houses
KLAQ Haunted House The annual
haunting The Apocalypse, runs Oct. 5-31 at
Desert Warriors Paintball, 13900 Montana.
Haunted House recommended for ages 14 and
older. Open Thursday through Sunday the first
two weekends in October, and all week long
Oct. 16-31. Hours are 7 to 10 p.m. Sundays
through Wednesdays; 7 p.m. to midnight
Thursdays though Saturdays. Tickets: $15.
Information: 544-9550 or klaq.com.
Terror Trail Haunted House
WinkeyDoodles Paintball Adventures, 401
Anthony, in Canutillo, hosts its two-acre
Terror Trail Haunted House 7:30 p.m. to mid-
night Fridays and Saturdays, and 7:30 to 10
p.m. Sundays, Sept. 29-Oct. 29, plus 7:30
p.m. until last ticket sold Tuesday, Oct. 31.
Ages 10 and older welcome; no costumes may
be worn to the trail. Tickets: $16 general
admission haunted house only; $18 Zombie
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Shoot; combo ticket is $29. Information: 877-
FEAR (3327) or texasterrortrail.com.
Haunted Village The village is open
Saturday and Sunday, 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 21-22
and Oct. 28-29, at Sacramento Mountains
Historical Museum 1000 U.S. 82 in
Cloudcroft, N.M. Call for cost: (575) 682-
2932 or cloudcroftmuseum.com.
Massacre on Marshall Road Haunted
House 1717 Marshall. The Fort Bliss
haunted house is 6 p.m. 10 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, Oct. 6-28, and 6 p.m. to midnight,
Tuesday, Oct. 31. Not recommended for
children under 10. Admission: $5; discounted
price ($3) Oct 27-28. Information: 588-8247.
The Monster Bash family Halloween event is
6 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28.
Choose from, three haunted house experi-
ences; Barely Scary, for $1; Kinda Scary,
for $2; and Massacre on Marshall Road, $3.
Bloody Shakespeare The Playmakers
from UTEP Department of Theatre and
Dance present a 30-minute journey part
haunted house, part classic theatre to the
darkest corners of Shakespeares mind 7, 8
and 9 p.m. Friday and Monday through
Wednesday, and 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
27-Nov. 1, at the Fox Fine Arts Studio
Theatre. Tickets: $9-$14. Information: 747-
5118, theatredance.utep.edu or on Facebook.
Murder, witchcraft, and poetry blend into a
ghoulish mix as guests walk from one chamber
to the next. Proceeds benefit the student
scholarship fund. Mature content.
Mazes & More
El Pasos Corn Maze The 10-acre maze
and pumpkin patch is open for its 3rd season
noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Sept.
30-Nov. 5 at 1100 Old Hueco Tanks Road
(south of I-10 at Exit 35). Admission: $10.95;
$9.95 military/teacher with ID; $8.95 age 3-
11; free for ages 2 and younger. Information:
915-213-4FUN (4386), elpasocornmaze.com
or on Facebook.
Mesilla Valley Corn Maze at Lyles
Family Farms The 17th annual labyrinth
and pumpkin patch is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 30-Oct. 29 at
3855 W. Picacho, Las Cruces. This years
theme is It Aint Corny. Admission: $12
($10 children under 12; free children under 2)
$2 discount for military with ID. Information:
(575) 526-1919, mesillavalleymaze.com or on
Facebook at Mesilla Valley Maze.
Activity tickets (available until 5:30 p.m.) are
$1 each or 22 for $20.
The Fall Festival is 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-8, with live
music, contests and activities for all ages.
The New Mexico Pumpkin Festival is 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-29.
La Union Maze The 12-acre cornfield
maze is open through Nov. 5 for its 17th
season at 1101 Highway 28 in La Union, N.M.,
next to Zin Valle Winery. Information: 549-
1323 or launionmaze.com. Hours are 5 to 10
p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays,
and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays. Also open 11:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9 (Columbus
Day). Cost: $12 ($10 military; $7 seniors 65-
75); $6 for ages 2-5 ($5 military.) Free for
under age two and seniors over 75. Tickets
available in advance at ticketleap.com.
October 2017
The Maze also offers various family activities,
picnic tables and concessions.
October nights feature the Haunted Pallet
Maze (additional $7 person).
Da de los Muertos
Concordia Da de Los Muertos
Concordia Heritage Association and Paso Del
Norte Paranormal Society celebrate Day of
the Dead 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at
Concordia Cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell
(between Boone and Stevens) with revelers
dressed in vintage Mexican clothes complete
with skulls painted on their faces, 10-foot
mojigangas (dancing skeleton puppets), a scav-
enger hunt, live music, food trucks, face
painters, dancers, poetry readings, arts and
crafts and ceremonial offerings. Tickets: $5
($1 age 16 and younger; $2 seniors 60 and
older and military; free for children under 6).
Information: 497-1126, 593-8906,
comaes39@aol.com, concordiacemetery.org
or lallorona915@yahoo.com.
Guests may come dressed as Calacas or
Catrinas (skeletons).
Da de los Muertos Calavera Coalition
hosts its celebration of Day of the Dead at
Old Mesilla Plaza with food, music, stories,
dancing and piatas noon to 7 p.m. Saturday
and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28-29.
Traditional day of the dead altars will be on
display. Admission is free. Information: (575)
647-2639 or calaveracoalition@gmail.com.
Da de los Muertos Artesania:
Patrimonio Cultural La Mujer Obrera
Caf Mayapan, 2000 Texas, hosts its 20th
annual Day of the Dead 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 28. Traditional food, calaveras and catri-
nas, altars and regional Mexican arts, as well as
entertainment by Danza Azteca Omecoatl,
Ceiba, Carambola community music, Amalia
Mondragon and Frontera Bugalu. Admission is
free. Information: 217-1126, mujerobrera.org
or on Facebook at mujerobrera.
Southern New Mexico
Southern New Mexico State Fair
Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 27-Oct. 1,
at the Doa Ana County Fairgrounds, 12 miles
west of Las Cruces off I-10. Grounds open at
9 a.m. Headliners: Tell Runyan Thursday;
Parker McCollum Friday; and Uncle Lucius
Saturday. Tickets: $14 ($10 age 7-14) after 2
p.m. Thursday and Friday, and all day Saturday
and Sunday; free for age 6 and younger: avail-
able at holdmyticket.com. Information: (575)
524-8602 or snmstatefairgrounds.net.
St. Clair Vineyards WineFest New
Mexicos largest winery will host its 23rd
annual Winefest noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, at
1325 DeBaca Road in Deming. Admission: $5;
free for active military and law enforcement.
Information: stclairwinery.com.
Southwestern New Mexico State Fair
Oct. 4-8 at the Luna County fairgrounds in
Deming. Information: (575) 546-5255 or on
Facebook at swnmsf.
Sierra County Fair Thursday through
Sunday, Oct. 5-8, at Sierra County Fair Barn
in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Events
include arts, crafts, livestock, food vendors,
community groups and family activities.
Admission is free. Information: Sierra County
Extension Service, (575) 894-2375 or sierra-
countynewmexico.info.
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Aspenfest Ruidosos celebration of fall
colors is Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-8.
Events include a chili cook-off, arts and crafts
fair, street vendors, Aspenfest Parade and vin-
tage car show. Information: Ruidoso Valley
Chamber of Commerce: (575) 257-7395 or
ruidosonow.com/aspenfest.
Arts and crafts booths will be open 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Boys and
Girls Club of Sierra Blanca, 134 Reese Dr.
Admission: $2 (free for children under 12).
Information: (575) 808-8338.
The Rod Run Car Show is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday at Inn of the Mountain Gods in
Mescalero. Admission is free. Information: Ron
Duscha, (915) 598-0621.
The annual Open Chili Cook-Off and Chile
Society Pod Chili Cook-Off is Saturday at the
Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino. Public
tasting is noon; tasting cups available for a
donation.
Craft Beer and Wine Festival is 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Saturday, at Wingfield Park.
Cloudcroft Octoberfest Art Show
The art show and family event is 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-8, at Zenith
Park in Cloudcroft, N.M. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 682-2733, or coolcloud-
croft.com.
Cultural Bazaar The 7th annual family
celebration of the areas cultural diversity is 9
a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 7, at Branigan
Cultural Center, 501 N. Main in Las Cruces,
with art, dance, clothing, and other customs of
more than a dozen cultures represented in Las
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Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)
541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
New Mexico Fall Festival The week-
end festival is 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday mad
Sunday, Oct. 7-8, at the Mesilla Valley Maze,
3855 W. Picacho in Las Cruces, with live
music, contests, and family activities. Maze
admission: $12 ($10 children; free for children
under 2). Information: (575) 526-1919 or
rootintootinribs.com.
Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium
Cowboy poets, musicians, craftsmen and
chuckwagon cooks meet for the 28th annual
symposium 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
13-15, at Ruidoso Downs Race Track,
Ruidoso Downs, N.M. Admission: $20 ($5
Sunday). Evening concerts and chuckwagon
meal tickets sold separately. Information:
(575) 378-4140 or cowboysymposium.org.
The Symposium offers continuous music,
poetry and storytelling, western demonstra-
tions and more. A variety of childrens activi-
ties, including a Kids Rodeo, are offered. A
Western Expo features 110 vendors .
Evening concerts offered at 7 p.m. Oct. 12-
14. Tickets: $75 Thursday and Friday shows;
$50 Saturday show.
Thursday: Grammy Award winners Asleep
at the Wheel and the legendary Red Steagall.
Friday: Bri Bagwell and Tracy Byrd.
Saturday: Floyd Domino Trio and Mickey
Gilley, with returning favorite Jody Nix.
Chuckwagon lunch is noon Saturday, and
breakfast is 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Cost per plate:
$25 Saturday; $15 Sunday breakfast.
Columbus Day Festival The annual fes-
tival is Saturday, Oct. 14, in the historic village
n of the Upper Valley
585-9296
Upcycled Art Fair
Saturday, Oct. 21
10am-5pm
Sunday Oct. 29 3-6 p.m.
Live Music!
5034 Doniphan Ste B
833-2121
Every Friday
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Every Saturday
11 am - 2 pm magicbistroelp.com
6:30 - 9:30 pm facebook.com/magicbistro
El Paso Scene
of Columbus, N.M. Parade begins at 10 a.m.
followed by all day entertainment, vendors
and games in the Plaza. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 494-0009.
Los Leones de Mesilla Car Show The
annual car show is10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 14, on the Old Mesilla Plaza. Admission
is free for spectators. Information: (575) 524-
3262 or mesillanm.gov.
Czechoslovakian Klobase Festival
Holy Family Churchs annual festival and bar-
becue is all day Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Luna
County Courthouse Park in Deming, N.M.
Information: (575) 546-9783.
Ruidoso Oktoberfest The 36th annual
Lincoln Country version of the German tradi-
tion is Oct. 20-21 at the Ruidoso Convention
Center. German food, beer, wine, music,
games, live music and folk dances abound 5 to
11 p.m. Friday and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Arts and crafts booths will be featured as well
as a Kinderhall. Proceeds benefit Lincoln
County charities.
Admission: $10 per day; $18 for both days;
$6 for ages 13-18 ($10 for two days) and free
for children under 12. Children and teens
must be accompanied by adult. Information:
(575) 257-6171 or OktoberfestRuidoso.com.
High Rolls Apple Festival The annual
open-air harvest festival is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
21-22, at the Community Center, 56 Cottage
Row, in High Rolls, N.M. The festival features
fresh local and other apples, apple pies and
apple butter, arts and crafts, food and drink
vendors, and childrens activities. Admission
and parking is free. No pets. Information:
(575) 682-6044 or highrollsfestivals.com.
Antique Traders
New Mexico Pecan Festival The festi-
val is all day Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21-22,
at the historic plaza in Old Mesilla, N.M. with
live music, pecan desert baking contest, cook-
ing demos, carnival rides, beer and wine gar-
den, food trucks and more. Information:
newmexicopecanfestival.com.
5K Run Like a Nut is 7 a.m. Saturday.
Panchos Car Show Friends of Pancho
Villa State Parks 12th annual car show and
auto parts swap meet is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 21, at Pancho Villa State Park
in Columbus, N.M. Show admission free with
regular park admission of $5 per vehicle.
Information, entry fee for show participants:
(575) 531-2711 or panchovillastateparkfriends-
group.org.
Harvestfest 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
28, on Burro Avenue in Cloudcroft, N.M.,
with hay rides, carved and decorated pump-
kins, a costume contest, parade and trick or
treating. Most activities are free. Information:
(575) 682-2733 or cloudcroft.net.
New Mexico Pumpkin Festival The
9th annual festival celebrating the fall gourd is
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
28-29, at the Mesilla Valley Maze and Lyles
Family Farm, 3855 W. Picacho, Las Cruces.
Corn maze, pumpkin painting, slides, hayrides
to the pumpkin patch and more. Food avail-
able for purchase, and a country store offered.
Winners from the annual coloring and pump-
kin-carving contests will be displayed.
Admission: $12 ($10 children under 12; free
children under 2) $2 discount for military with
ID. Information: (575) 526-1919 or mesillaval-
leymaze.com.
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Tom Lea Month
Tom Lea Month The Tom Lea Institute,
along with other area organizations, celebrates
the life and work of the late El Paso art legend
with various events throughout October.
Admission is free except as noted. For all
reservations, registration and RSVPs, call 533-
0048. See TomLea.com for complete sched-
ule. Highlights include:
Made in El Paso! A Culinary Experience
with celebrity chefs Roland Mesnier, Armando
Pomales, and Sonny Torres dinner and auction
benefitting the EPCC Scholarship Fund and
the Tom Lea Institute is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 20, at EPCC, Viscount Campus Bldg. B.
Reservations required by Oct. 9. Tickets:
$125 ($1,000 table for ten).
Presentations:
Landscape: Summoning the Past through
Works of Art and Current Conservation
Efforts, by Shannon Harris of Texan by
Nature is 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at
Keystone Heritage Park, 4200 Doniphan, fol-
lowed by a tour with Bernie Sargent.
Connections: Heritage Development
Tourism Series 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 13, at El Paso Convention Center, 1
Civic Center Plaza. Space is limited; advance
registration required.
Tom Leas Murals in New Mexico and
Texas in the 1930s lecture by Art Historian
Deborah Rindge, PhD is 11 a.m. Saturday,
Oct. 14, at Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N.
Main in Las Cruces.
The Pottery of Casa Grandes and the Lea
Family Collection by El Paso Museum of
Archeology Director Jeff Romney is 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 29, at the Museum of
Archeology, 4301 Woodrow Bean.
Tours:
Walking Tour of Downtown El Paso and
Tom Leas 1938 Pass of the North mural at
the Historic Federal Courthouse is 2:15 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 13, beginning at El Paso Museum
of History, 510 N. Santa Fe.
Book Signings:
Book signing of A Mexican Dream by
Barbara Cigarroa is 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
7, at Literarity Book Shop in Peppertree
Square, 5411 N. Mesa.
Tom Leas World War II Artwork guided
experience with remarks and book signing by
Adair Margo is 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at
War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa.
Life at the White House presentation and
book signing by Chef Roland Mesnier, former
White House Pastry Chef, is 2 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 21, at Whole Foods Community Room,
100 Pitt. Reservations required.
Book Signing by Adair Margo for The
Notebook of Nancy Lea is 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 28, at Literarity Book Shop in
Peppertree Square.
Family events:
Tom Lea Horsemanship Kids Clinic for ages
4-12 is 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at El Paso
Sheriffs Posse, 1801 McNutt in Sunland Park,
with members of the El Paso Sheriffs Posse.
Cost: $12 per child; reservations required.
Music by San Antonios Michael Martin and
stories by the campfire follow from 6 to 8
p.m.
The Hands of Cant: Horsemanship at the
Pass of the North free family event is 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Compadres
Therapy Inc., 6666 Morrill Road, with horse-
themed activities for all ages.
October 2017
Bazaars and fairs
St. Pius X Kermes 1050 N. Clark. 6
p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, Sept.
29-30. Information: 772-3226.
Art in the Park The City Parks &
Recreation Departments arts and crafts fair is
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept.
30-Oct. 1, at Memorial Parks Reserve area,
3100 Copper. Information: 212-1704.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing One Ardovino Drive in Sunland
Park, N.M. Sept. 30 hours are 7:30 a.m. to
noon. Fall hours begin Oct 7: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Well behaved pets on leash welcome; brunch
available for purchase. Information: (575) 589-
0653, ext. 3, farmersmarketadc@outlook.com
or ardovinos.com.
Oct. 14: Road Runner Food Drive &
Cooking Demo. Both perishable and non-per-
ishable food will be distributed the same day
within Doa Ana County. Chef Patrick Rosser
of El Paso Community College will cook a
ham.
Oct. 28: Da De Los Muertos Kid Trick or
Treating. Bring the kids in costume. Da de
Los Muertos items available as well as trick or
treating with vendors and games.
Guardian Angel Kermess All day
Sunday, Oct. 1, 3021 Frutas. Information:
533-2077.
Our Lady of Refuge Fiesta Noon to
11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1320 Mercantil in La
Union. Kitchen opens at noon, with booths,
games and drinks at 3 p.m. Information (575)
589-0542.
Live entertainment is 3 to 11 p.m. including
San Jose Matachines, Los Diamantes folklorico,
Gadsden High Schools Pantastic Steel Drum
band, mariachis and Cherry disco.
St. Marks Fall Bazaar St. Marks
United Methodist Church, 5005 love Road. 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. Information:
581-4444 or stmarktschurch.tv.
El Paso Psychic Fair The fair is 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14-15, at
Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway, at Boeing.
Admission: $5 for both days (private readings
not included). Free admission with active mili-
tary I.D. Information: 345-6245 or elpasopsy-
chicfair.com.
Western Hills Autumn Bazaar 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Western Hills
United Methodist Churchs Stewart Family
Life Center, 524-A Thunderbird. Information:
581-3547 or westernhillsep.org.
Mission Trail Art Market 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, Veterans Memorial
Plaza in San Elizario. Information: 851-0093 or
missiontrailartmarket.com.
OES Garage Sale 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 21, at Wallace Hughston
Masonic Lodge, 5502 Hondo Pass.
Information: (575) 496-9878.
Upcycled Art Fair 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 21, at Placita Santa Fe, 5024-
5034 Doniphan. All art hand-made with recy-
cled/upcycled materials. Spaces available for
artists. Call or text Tamara at 274-6517, or
Facebook at Upcycled Art Fair.
Downtown Artist and Farmers Market
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays in the Union
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Plaza District along Anthony Street.
Information: 212-1780 or elpasoartsandcul-
ture.org.
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and
Saturdays along Main Street, Downtown.
Information: (575) 541-2288 or lascrucesfarm-
ersmarket.org.
NMSU jewelry sale Jewelry and metal-
smithing program students hold their annual
jewelry sale 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct.
30, in the lobby of Williams Hall 1390 E.
University. Information: (575) 646-1238 or on
Facebook at NMSUjewelrysale.
For a good cause
American Legion Riders 58 3rd
Annual Veterans Run The 12th annual
motorcycle run benefiting local veterans in
need is Sunday, Oct. 1, starting at Barnett
Harley Davidson, 8272 Gateway East.
Registration is 10:30 a.m. to noon with last
bike in at 3 p.m. Cost: $10 per rider; $15 per
rider and passenger. Information: Ivan
Shortfuse Westrick, 373-3284.
EPCC Mentors Dinner John
Quiones, News Veteran and Host of What
Would You Do? is guest speaker for the
annual mentors dinner 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 5, at EPCCs Administrative
Services Center, 9050 Viscount, Building A
Auditorium, as part of El Paso Community
College and Diversity Programs Hispanic
Heritage Celebration. Tickets: $40; available at
all EPCC Campus cashiers or secure.touch-
net.com. Information: 831-3324 or
epcc.edu/hispanicheritage.
A Tasting For Tocando The 4th
annual Tomatoville fundraiser for El Paso
Symphony Orchestras Tocando Music Project
is 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at 750 Linda, to
experience the ultimate BLT, and enjoy fine
wines, beer, live music and a silent auction.
Curated and prepped by Chef Annette
Lawrence and volunteers. Tickets: $75 at
epso.org. Information: 532-3776.
Cowboys for Cancer Research Benefit
The organizations 35th annual dinner,
dance and silent auction is Friday, Oct. 6, at
Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E.
University. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. All pro-
ceeds benefit New Mexico Comprehensive
Cancer Center and at NMSU. Tickets: $100;
$1,200 tables for ten. Information and regis-
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tration: (575) 642-5696 or (575) 642-5693 or
c4cr.com.
Arte Con Corazon El Paso Human
Services Inc.s art auction to benefit former
foster youth is noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
7, at First Baptist Church, 805 Montana, with
works from more than 50 artists and an auc-
tion of gift baskets. Free appetizers, refresh-
ments and music with ticket. Admission: $10;
under 12 free. Information: 533-4200 or elpa-
sohumanservices.org.
Buddy Walk - EPCC Diversity Programs
host its 7th annual walk benefiting Down
Syndrome Coalition and EPCC Scholarships
for Students with Disabilities 9 to 11 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7, at EPCCs Valle Verde
Campus, 919 Hunter. Cost: $15 (free for indi-
viduals with Downs Syndrome); registration at
EPBuddyWalk.org or at the starting point day
of event. Information: 241-1040, dscep.org or
on Facebook.
Kitty Kitchen Glitter Project Save a
Kittens fall fundraiser is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7, at Griggs & Reymond Event
House, 504 W. Griggs in Las Cruces, with
gently used, clean items for cooking and
entertaining for sale. Information: (575)323-
0903 or jackyecats@gmail.com.
Project Save A Kitten events raise funds for
local nonprofit animal organizations that
spay/neuter, adopt, vet, rescue, and otherwise
address the cat overpopulation problem in
Doa Ana County.
Mission Trail Association Fundraiser
El Paso Mission Trail Association hosts it annu-
al fundraiser dance 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
7, at historic La Cueva Theatre, 10180
Socorro Road, in Socorro, Texas. Danzas
Espanola, directed by Nina Gomez, presents A
Spanish Knight of Flamenco Dance and
Zarzuela Arias. Silent auction starts at 4 p.m.;
performance at 4:30 p.m. Cost: $30.
Information: 851-9997 or visitelpasomission-
trail.com.
Riding For Boobs The 6th annual
motorcycle run against breast cancer begins at
10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, staring at Bowl El
Paso, 11144 Pellicano, with stops at The Rock
House, 9828 Montana, Mamacitas Bar & Grill,
1580 Clint Cut Off, and ending at San Elizario
Historic District at 1501 Main. Registration:
$10 single; $15 couples. Information: ridingfor-
boobs.thundertix.com or on Facebook.
Riding for Boobs is a non-profit organization
under the American Cancer Society Making
Strides Against Breast Cancer whom are dedi-
cated to help raise funds for women in the El
Paso Community who have been diagnosed
El Paso Scene
with breast cancer, survivors of families whom
were impacted by the loss of the loved one
due to breast cancer.
The Las Cruces Fun Hunt The 3rd 24-
hour scavenger hunt hosted by Las Cruces
Event Planning is Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-
8, benefiting ACTion Program of Animals.
Teams of up to 8 people get a list of about
250 tasks of things to do, find, take pictures
of, etc. The team that racks up the most
points at the end of the 24 hours wins. There
must be at least one adult (18 or older) on
each team. Cost: $150 per team by 4 p.m.
Oct. 6; $175 after. Download packet at
LasCrucesFunHunt.com. Information: (575)
522-1232.
Registration day is 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday,
Oct. 7; all teams must attend kick off on regis-
tration day. When teams receive their scav-
enger hunt list, their 24 hours begin. A Finish
Line Festival completes the event with food,
and arts and crafts vendors, kids area and
award ceremony.
Tote Couture Fashion Show
Leadership El Paso Class 39, a Program of the
Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce,
hosts the fashion show noon to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7, at EPCC Administrative
Services Center Auditorium, 9050 Viscount
Building A, with lunch, thrifty fashion contest,
auctions, and local celebrities. Cost: $25.
Information: 534-0500.
Walk for Kids Ronald McDonald House
Charities of El Paso hosts the fundraising walk
8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Sunland Park
Racetrack, 1200 Futurity Drive. Registration
and kids zone opens at 8 a.m. with fun walk at
9 a.m. Registration: $20 (includes shirt); Kids
13 and under are free (no shirt). Dogs wel-
come (must be on leash). Registration: walk-
forkidselpaso.org. Information: 542-1522 or
rmhcelp.org.
Da de la Hispanidad Sociedad Cultural
de Espaa and the Honorary Consul of Spain,
Martha Vera, present the 9th annual celebra-
tion in honor of the discovery of the Americas
at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at Coronado
Country Club, with a five-course
Spanish/Basque dinner prepared by world
renowned Chef Mikel de Luis of Bilbao, Spain
in the Basque Country , accompanied by
Spanish wine pairings. Headline entertainment
by La Emi Arte Flamenco of Santa Fe. Also
performing are Euterpe, Hector Serranos Los
Actores and Carlos Otero, poet. Cost: $150
per person ($125 club members); available at
border-heritage.com. Information: 274-9563
or 304-9245.
Special Olympics Casino Night Fund
Raiser Extravaganza Special Olympics
Texas Greater El Paso Area-19 hosts its
fundraiser 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at El
Paso Tennis Club, 2510 St Vrain, with 15 gam-
ing tables (blackjack, craps, and roulette), as
well as a silent auction. Tickets: $40 ($70 cou-
ples); includes $5,000 in play money per guest.
Open to age 18 and older. Information:
Marsha Baray, 533-8229 or mbaray@sotx.org.
A Wild Night...for Wildlife The annual
gala, celebrating the 25th anniversary of
Southwest Environmental Center, is 6 to 10
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, in the new plaza on
Main Street, Downtown Las Cruces, with food
from local restaurants, fine wine, beers, and a
silent auction. Tickets: $50 in advance; $60
day of gala. Information: (575) 522-5552 or
info@wildmesquite.org.
Awesome 80s Gala El Pasoans Fighting
Hungers fundraising gala is 6 to 10 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 14, at Southwest University
Event Center, 6500 Montana, with casino
night, silent and live auctions, door prizes, and
a variety of restaurants serving heavy appetiz-
ers. Live music by Prime: The 80z
Experience. Tickets, information: 298-0353 or
bhernandez@feedingamerica.org.
El Paso Wine and Food Festival
Rotary Club of El Paso hosts the fundraiser
noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Keystone
Heritage Park, 4200 Doniphan. Tickets: $100.
Information: 833-6616 or elpasowinefest.com.
Reserve tasting is 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12.
Location to be announced.
Pink Bra Boutique Rio Grande Cancer
Foundation, 616 N. Virginia, Suite D, hosts the
pop-up boutique for all breast cancer sur-
vivors 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17,
featuring mastectomy clothing options provid-
ed by Amoena, the premier distributor of
mastectomy products. Prizes, giveaways, spe-
cialty vendors, appetizers and treats. offered.
Admission: $20 includes one free mastectomy
bra from the selection. Scholarships available
upon request. Registration: 562-7660, ext. 303
or rgcf.org.
KCOS Wine & Food Classic KCOSs
annual gourmet tasting event is 6 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 19, at EPCC Administrative
Service Center, 9050 Viscount, Building A.
Tickets: $75; $750 tables for ten. Information:
590-1313 or kcostv.org.
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes walk
YWCA El Paso del Norte Region hosts its 8th
annual international mens march, raising to
stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence,
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at San Jacinto
Plaza and Anson11, downtown. Participants
will walk a mile in red womens high heel
pumps to raise money for the cause. Pre-race
activities begin at 4:30 p.m., with awards at
7:30 p.m. Information: 533-2311 or walka-
mileinhershoes.org. Registration at ywcaelpa-
so.org.
Empty Bowls The 25th annual benefit
for El Caldito Soup Kitchen is 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at St. Pauls United
Methodist Church, Alameda and Griggs in Las
Cruces. The event features soup donated by
local restaurants served in soup bowls hand-
made by Potters Guild of Las Cruces. Tickets:
$20 (lunch and bowl). Information: (575) 525-
3831 or elcalditolc.org.
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Murder at the Museum International
Museum of Art, 1211 Montana, hosts its annu-
al fundraising murder mystery party 7 p.m. to
midnight Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20-21. All
proceeds will go directly to Museum. Age 21
and older. Tickets to be announced.
Information: 543-6747 or internationalmuseu-
mofart.net.
El Paso Walk to End Lupus Now
Lupus Foundation of Americas Lone Star
Chapter host the walk at 4 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 21, at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta.
Admission is free; fundraising encouraged.
Information: (210) 651-9480 or elpasolu-
puswalk.org.
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
American Cancer Society will host its annu-
al walk benefiting breast cancer awareness at
9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Cohen Stadium,
9700 Gateway North. Walkers may sign up as
individuals or teams to help raise funds for the
cause. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.
Information, registration: makingstrides.acsev-
ents.org.
Siguiendo los Pasos de Jesus
Siguiendo los Pasos de Jesus, Inc. hosts its fall
fundraising event at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
21, at El Paso Country Club, with a live auc-
tion and more. This years theme is Bringing
Nashville to El Paso, with musical guest Ryan
Beaver. Tickets: $75 ($750 tables).
Information: 449-5883 or spjinc.org.
Vodka & Vino The annual Flights and
Bites black tie gala Tasting Event is 6 to 10
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at El Paso Holocaust
Museum and Study Center, 715 N. Oregon,
featuring premiere vodka tasting and specialty
wine bar. Food catered by three of El Pasos
favorite food trucks, live music and dancing
with Bosse, silent auction, wine pull, and
more. All proceeds support the museum.
Tickets: $50; age 21 and older only.
Information: 351-0048 or elpasoholocaustmu-
seum.org.
Operation Pumpkin The 16th annual
event benefiting the children of Lee and
Beulah Moor Childrens home is 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at Coronado Country
Club, 1044 Broadmoor, featuring 12 area doc-
tors and dentists testing their surgical skills in a
pumpkin carving competition. Participants may
Something for everyone
UTEP Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Most events are free. Information: 747-
5462 or academics.utep.edu/chicano.
Exhibits:
A Latino Comics and Graphic Novels
exhibit runs through Oct. 15 at University
Library, Second Floor Elevator Lobby.
Showing through Dec. 15: George
Rodriguez: Where is Our Exile? exhibit at the
Rubin Center L-Gallery.
Showing through Dec. 16 is the exhibit La
Frontera: A Century of Division and
Resistance at the Centennial Museum.
Da de los Muertos Altars display is Oct.
27-Nov. 3, at the Union Building, and Oct.
30-Nov. 6 at UTEP Librarys Third Floor
Gallery.
Screening of the documentary East LA
Interchange by Betsy Kalin, producer and
director, is 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at UTEP
Librarys Blumberg Auditorium. Question and
answer with Chicano Studies Professor Carlos
Ortega follows.
The play Lengua is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 13, at Fox Fine Arts Building
Basement Level, by Dr. Adriana Domnguez.
Seating is limited.
Bilingual poetry reading with Cuban poet
Vctor Rodrguez Nez and translator
Katherine Heeden is 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 17, at Blumberg Auditorium.
Classical Guitar Recital Black on Brown:
African influences on Latin American guitar
music by John Siqueiros of Chicano Studies
and African American Studies is 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 19, Rubin Center.
Rarmuri Piano Concert by Romeyno
Gutirrez is 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at
Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Blessing of the Animals The free
blessing of pets is 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30,
at St. Francis on the Hill Episcopal Church,
6280 Los Robles. All pets are welcome to
receive a prayer of blessing. Light refresh-
ments will be available for pets and pet par-
ents. Information: 581-9500 or stfrancisonthe-
hillepiscopalchurch.org.
Doa Ana Arts Council Arts Awards
The 30th annual Community Arts Awards
event and gala fundraiser is 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 1, at DAACs new Arts &
Cultural Center in Mesillas Bulletin Plaza,
1740 Calle de Mercado. Entertainment
includes music by Oldies but Goodies and
dance demonstrations by NMSU DanceSport.
Tickets: $25 in advance; $30 at the door; avail-
able at (575) 523-6403, at the DAAC offices,
Participants are invited to take advantage of
photo opportunities during Chalk the Block.
Lunch at 2:30 p.m. at Midici Pizza, 5850 N.
Mesa. Information: worldwidephotowalk.com.
Registration: tinyurl.com/y9jj6q7p or
tinyurl.com/yd2rpxxc.
Southwest Mind-Body & Integrative
Medicine Conference Trans-Pecos
Counseling Association & Community Light
Center hosts the 2nd annual conference to
promote a culture of health and wellness 7:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday Oct. 7, at Hilton
Garden Inn, 111 University. Cost: $40
(includes breakfast). Information: 831-2419 or
elpasooasis.com/conference.
St. Raphael Family Health Fair St.
Raphael Catholic Church, 2301 Zanzibar,
hosts its fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7.
Information: 526-4198.
Compassionate Friends Walk to
Remember Compassionate Friends 4th
annual walk is 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at
Album Park, 3001 Parkwood. Walk is free; but
participants must fill out a registration form:
elpasotcf.org. Information: 740-5496.
Prosperity Workshop Prosperity
expert Edwene Gaines will host a workshop
3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at Unity El Paso,
1420 Alabama. Advance sign-up encouraged:
566-5544.
Cultivate Forum The forum on local
food systems and sustainability is 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 19, at El Paso Community
Foundations Foundation Room, 333 N.
Oregon Street. Admission is free; light refresh-
ments served. Information: Gary Williams,
533-4020 or gwilliams@epcf.org.
The October Forum features four presenta-
tions and a short documentary film, Vey nou
Lagon (Living the Ocean),
Mardi Gras Dance Jefferson High
School hosts a Mardi Gras dance 6 p.m. to 1
a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at El Paso County
Coliseum, 4100 E Paisano, featuring headlining
music by Little Joe y La Familia. Information:
491-3541 or lajeff.com.
Flu and Pneumonia Vaccinations
The Immunize El Paso clinics for eligible
persons ages 6 months and older are at vari-
ous schools and other locations for those on
Medicaid, Childrens Medicaid and Chip
through November. Call for cost, eligibility,
clinic locations, and schedule: immunizeelpa-
so.org.
El Paso Crohns & Autoimmune
Disease Support Group The support
group meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of
the month (Oct. 17) on the campus of Tech
University Health Sciences Center, 4800
Alberta, in the Paul Foster Education Building,
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Marie Otero Hair Studio

bid on finished creations in a live auction.
Silent auction also offered. Age 21 and older
welcome. Ticket information: 544-8777 or
leemoor.org.
1740 Calle de Mercado, Suite B, or daarts.org.
Information: (575) 523-6403 or las-cruces-
arts.org.
Model Railroad show Railroad Model
and Historical Associations Traveling Show

& Florence Street Gallery

Option for the Poor The annual will set up working displays at Cielo Vista Mall
awards dinner, One Community, One in front of Dillards on the lower level, noon

1015 N. Florence
Mission, hosted by Diocese of El Paso Peace to 6 p.m. Sunday Oct. 1. Information: 500-
and Justice Ministry is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9347 or on Facebook.
at Arizona

588-4247
27, at Santa Lucia Parish Hall, 518 Gallagher,
2 blocks north

Wash & Wear Hair!

Mt. West Walk-a-thon Mt. West
of Montana
with keynote speaker and presenter, Fr. Rafael
Family Health Centers 2nd annual weight loss
By Apppointment
Garcia, SJ. Tickets: $35 ($240 table for 8).
Walk-A-Thon is 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1,
Information: 872-8422.

for the Hip, Natural Look

at Album Park, 3001 Parkwood, with snacks
giveaways and informational booths promoting
El Paso Muscle Walk The walk benefit-

Haircut & Blow-Dry $50

healthy lifestyles. Admission is free.
ing Muscular Dystrophy Association is 9 a.m.
Information: 401-4534 or on Facebook.
Saturday, Oct. 28, at Cielo Vista Mall.

Expanded Appointment Schedule!

Information: 584-6355. Online registration at Photo Walk El Paso The 2017 photo
mdamusclewalk.org. walk is 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
7, starting at Indigo Hotel (fifth floor) 325
Kansas, as part of the WorldWide Photwalk. Call today for your appointment
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Room 211. Parking available next to the clinic.
Information: Carrie Wilkie, (214) 708-2989,
ccwilkie@elpasocrohns.com.
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss Outdoor Recreation
Registration on a first come, first serve basis at
the Soldier Activity Center. Information: 744-
1532 or bliss.armymwr.com.
Top Rope Belay Course is 5 to 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Soldier Activity
Center. No experience is required Cost is $8
and open to the public age 14 and older only.
Climbing Movement Course 2-hour class is
5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the
Soldier Activity Center. Cost: $8 and open to
the public, ages 10 and older (ages 10-17 must
Village Inn will have
something good to eat.
Bring your kids for a special treat
And keep them off the streets.
El Paso: 1500 Airway 7144 Gateway East 4757 Hondo Pass 2929 N. Mesa
5863 N. Mesa 7801 N. Mesa 2275 Trawood 1331 N. Zaragoza 3464 Joe Battle
Las Cruces: 1435 S. Valley 445 S. Telshor
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have a parent or legal guardian present).
Top of Texas Hike scenic tour to the highest
point of Guadalupe Peak is Saturday, Oct. 28.
Cost: $35, open to the public. Space is limited;
sign up by Oct. 21.
Fort Bliss Yard Sale The semiannual
post-wide yard sale is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 21, at all housing units on the
all on-post housing area. The sale is free and
open to the public, but only DoD cardholders
are allowed to sell items. Information: 568-
2554.
Club news
Westside Welcome Club The nonprof-
it group is a social, educational and charitable
organization of more than 200 women open to
both newcomers and longtime residents. Each
month the club offers a newcomers coffee and
a luncheon. Information: westsidewelcome-
Trick or treat,
Happy Halloween!
Club Friendship The club meets 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at St.
Pauls Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere.
El Paso Scene
club.com.
The monthly free newcomers coffee is 10
a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at the home of Barbara
Pino, 601 Skyline. No RSVP necessary.
Information: 587-8641.
The monthly luncheon is 11 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 11, at Ardovinos Desert Crossing, 1
Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park. Program is on
Celebration of Our Mountains and Mt.
Franklin State Park with Judy Ackerman.
Newcomers welcome; reservations required.
Cost: $22 by Oct. 5. Information, reservations:
449-2121.
Singles in the Son - The group develops
friendships among Christian singles ages 30 to
50. Bible study held Thursday nights. Weekend
events subject to change. All denominations
are welcome. Membership is free.
Information: Andy, 471-1997,
SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com or on Facebook.
Saturday, Oct. 7: Hueco Tanks hike
Friday, Oct. 20: Dinner and a play.
El Paso Philatelic Society The stamp
club meets 7 to 9 p.m. the second Tuesday of
every month (Oct. 10) at St. Clements
Episcopal Church, 810 N. Campbell (at
Montana). Information: 833-5154.
Germania Club The monthly luncheon is
11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at the
Underwood Golf Course, 3200 Coe, Fort
Bliss. Information, reservations: 755-5471.
Military Order of the World Wars
The monthly social is 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
14, at Great American Land & Cattle Co.,
9800 Gateway North. This month is the
Deceased Perpetual Members Memorial.
Information: 755-4038.
El Paso Quilters Association Show
The show, Quilts on the Border, is 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at St. Andrews
Presbyterian Church, 2155 Wedgewood.
Information:(920) 279-2034.
San Elizario Historic District The dis-
trict at 1500 Main Street in San Elizario on the
Program is Lady Flo, El Pasos Royalty, pre-
sented by Patricia Wickham. Cost: $10
includes program and luncheon. Visitors wel-
come; RSVP: 591-2326.
Discover El Paso The next luncheon
meeting is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24,
at Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One Ardovino
Drive in Sunland Park. Guest speaker to be
announced. Cost: $24 (by Oct. 19). RSVP:
598-6376.
Womans Department Fall Luncheon
Womans Department of the Greater El
Paso Chamber of Commerces fall luncheon
and fashion show is noon, Thursday, Oct. 26,
at Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027 Airway,
with fashions by Steinmart at the Fountains,
silent auction and door prizes. Doors open at
11 a.m. Cost: $35. Information: 549-9912.
LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso
Information: afofelpaso.com or on Facebook at
AllianceFrancaiseElPaso.
An Aperitif Dinatoire is 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
28, at University Presbyterian Church, 244
Resler, to celebrate the beginning of fall. Cost:
$28 ($20 members).
The annual Beaujolais Nouveau dinner is 6
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Thirteen09
Restaurant of El Paso Community College,
9050 Viscount. Cost: $38 ($30 members).
Event information: 585-1789, josette.shaugh-
nessy@gmail.com.
Area attractions
Wyler Aerial Tramway 1700 McKinley.
Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children 12
years and under. Hours are noon to 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Information: 562-9899 or 566-6622.
Halloween Fest is noon to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 28. Last Sunday hike is 8 a.m. Oct. 29,
up Ranger Peak.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
1200 Futurity Dr., Sunland Park, N.M. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through
Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday; and
10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland-
park.com.
Western Playland The amusement park
is at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M.
across from the racetrack. October hours are
2 to 8 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 21.Tickets:
$20.75 42 inches or taller or $15.90 juniors 36
to 41 inches (pay one price); $5 non-rider
admission. Individual ride tickets are $2.50;
rides are 1 or 2 tickets. Information: (575)
589-3410 or westernplayland.com.
Indian Cliffs Ranch The working cattle
ranch in Fabens offers a childrens zoo, buffalo,
longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets
and the Fort Apache playground. Its also
home to the famous Cattlemans Steakhouse.
Information: (915) 544-3200 or cattle-
manssteakhouse.com.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta
Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Free childrens
activities daily. Admission is free. Information:
859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
Native American Dances are on the hour 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Also featured are family-operated gift shops.
Mission Trail features four art galleries, seven
artists studio/galleries, three gift shops, the
Historic San Elizario Chapel, the Portales
Museum and the Veterans Museum. Most
locations open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 851-0041,
594-8424 or SanElizarioHistoricDistrict.com.
Self-guided walking tours and guided tour of
17 historical sites also offered,.
Zin Valle Vineyards 7315 Hwy 28 in
Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free
tastings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through
Monday. Information: 877-4544 or
zinvalle.com. Free music and wine tasting is 1
to 4 p.m. selected Sundays. Bring a picnic.
Oct. 8: Perfect On Paper. Oct. 22: Ricardo
Valencia. Oct. 29: Dusty Low.
La Via Winery 4201 S. NM Highway
28. Information: (575) 882-7632 or lavinawin-
ery.com. The tasting room and patio are open
for sales and tasting of wines from noon to 5
p.m. Thursday through Tuesday (closed
Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily tour is
offered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment only; the
$10 fee includes tasting.
Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery
430 La Via Road (off NM 28 between
markers 8 and 9), in Chamberino, N.M.
Tasting room open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday
through Monday. Information: (915) 241-4349
or sombraantigua.com.
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For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,
call 1-800-745-3000 or go to
ticketmaster.com. Unless indicated, prices list-
ed do not include service charges.
Men are from Mars Women are
from Venus Live! The Off-Broadway hit
comedy is Sept. 28-Oct. 1 at The
Philanthropy Theatre in the Plaza Theatre
Annex. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday and
Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $50 (Ticketmaster).
Jams and Jokes New Mexico R&B band
Phat Soul, and Phoenix comedians Lesha
Renee, Seth Easy Living and Sergio Lloyd
Morning perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
30, at Northgate Optimist Club, 4201 Skyline.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 ( $40
reserved seats) in advance; $30 ($50 reserved)
at the door. Available at eventbrite.com.
Information: Paul, 241-6457; Mimi, 204-8028
or Lamont, 276-9983.
Portion of proceeds benefit Northgate
Optimist Churchs Building Project and One
Family of Hope to assist El Pasos Homeless.
Trapfest Block Party Americas
Premier Trap and Bass Music Tour returns
for its 5th anniversary all-ages block party, fea-
turing Party Favor, Valentino Khan, Riotten,
Havok Roth and special guest Metro Boomin,
8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at North
Mesa and East Main in Downtown El Paso. All
ages event; 21 and older only in bars. Tickets:
$17-$27 general admission; $42-$52 VIP; avail-
able at trapfest.com.
October 2017
Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience
The Long Island Medium star will speak
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Plaza
Theatre. Tickets start at $39.75
(Ticketmaster); does not guarantee a reading.
Disney on Ice: Follow Your Heart
Disney On Ice returns to El Paso County
Coliseum, 4100 Paisano, Wednesday through
Sunday, Oct. 4-8. Thursdays performance in
Spanish. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. nightly, plus
10 a.m. Friday, noon and 3:30 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. Tickets: $20, $25, $30, $55 and
$65 (Ticketmaster). Ages 2 and older must
have ticket (costumes not permitted age 14
and older). Information: 533-9899, disneyon-
ice.com or countycoliseum.com.
Natalia Lafourcade The Grammy &
Latin Grammy winner performs at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Plaza Theatre, featur-
ing acoustic guitar duo Los Macorinos. Tickets:
$27.50-$50 (Ticketmaster)
Forever Tango Luis Bravos interna-
tionally celebrated Broadway musical is 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $45-$75 (Ticketmaster).
Yellow Claw The DJ and record produc-
tion duo from Amsterdam performs at 9 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7, at El Buchanans Event
Centre, 11540 Pellicano. All ages show.
El Paso Scene
Tickets: $16 (Eventbrite.com). Information:
206-3959. ext 105 or Facebook.
Yuri and Pandora The Latin pop leg-
ends and femme power houses perform
together at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at
Abraham Chavez Theatre, featuring three
decades of hits. Tickets: $69, $89 and $109
(Ticketmaster).
Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes
Showtime! El Paso opens its season with the
nostalgic look at Hank Williams at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 13, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Showtime! season tickets are $95
($175 family; $35 students). Individual tickets:
$30; $10 age 6-25 (Ticketmaster). Information:
544-2022 or showtimeelpaso.com.
This tribute to Williams and his influence on
country music is performed by Obie-winning
singer and actor Jason Petty.
Portugal. The Man The group behind
the smash hit single Feel It, Still, bring their
brand of alternative, psychedelic and indie
rock to El Paso at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at
the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $25 to $96
(Ticketmaster).
Lampedusa: Concerts for Refugees
The tour benefiting refugees is 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14, at Abraham Chavez
Theater, with with chart-topping and politically
outspoken artists Joan Baez, Lila Downs, Steve
Earle and Patty Griffin, with special guests and
James McMurtry and others. Tickets: $30 to
$100 (Ticketmaster). Proceed benefit the
Jesuit Refugee Service.
Baez (Diamonds and Rust) was one of the
most influential folk singers of the turbulent
1960s. She was inducted this year into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Downs has won both a Grammy and Latin
Grammy award. Earle is a 3-time Grammy
winner who began his Nashville songwriting
career in 1982. Griffin is a singer-songwriter
whose 2011 album Downtown Church won
a Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel.
Way Out West Fest Country Music
sensation, Jake Owen will headline the 2nd
annual fusion of culture showcasing all that is
great about El Paso at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
14, at Southwest University Park, along with a
Margarita Contest and Chili Challenge. Special
musical guests include with singer/songwriter
Brooke Eden, duo Walker McGuire and
singer/songwriter Canaan Smith. Tickets: $30-
$120; available at
southwestuniversitypark.com. Information:
epwayoutwest.com or on Facebook at
EPWayOutWest.
Owen is has recorded five Top 10 albums
and six No. 1 singles over the course of his 10-
year career. His 2016 album American Love
featured American Country Love Song.
Love and Gravity Acrobatic
Conundrum, Seattles premier contemporary
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circus arts company, performs at 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 20, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211
N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Tickets:
$28 ($18 student, senior, military, age 12 and
younger) at eventbrite.com. Admission
increases at the door. Information:
riograndetheatre.org.
Russian Grand Ballet Presents Swan
Lake The Russian Grand Ballets full-
length classical production of the worlds most
famous ballet, Tchaikovskys Swan Lake, is 6
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Plaza Theatre.
This performance includes the rarely seen
Waltz of the Black Swan and features
Russias brightest ballet stars. Tickets: $28-$75
(Ticketmaster).
Shopkins Live! The popular childrens
figures come to life at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 25, at the Plaza Theatre. Ages 1 and
older require ticket. Tickets: $27-$42.50; VIP
packages: $97.50 and $114.30 (Ticketmaster).
A Perfect Circle The superband comes
to El Paso at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at
UTEPs Don Haskins Center, with opening act
the Beta Machine. Tickets: $45 and $65
(Ticketmaster). VIP packages available at aper-
fectcircle.com.
Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots
The hilarious nationally syndicated radio host
and musician Bobby Bones performs with his
award winning band at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27,
at the Plaza Theatre, with special guests Jillian
Jacqueline and Nikita Karmen. Tickets are $80
(Ticketmaster).
Tim Meadows One of the longest-run-
ning cast members in the 41-year history of
Saturday Night Live performs 7:30 and 10
p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, at El
Paso Comic Strip, 1201 Airway. Age 17 and
older admitted. Tickets: $17.50 general admis-
sion; $27.50 reserved and VIP; available at
ticketweb.com. Information, reservations:
779-LAFF (5233) or laff2nite.com.
I Love the 90s Tour Grammy award
winning rap group Salt-N-Pepa headlines the
tour featuring some of the most iconic names
in rap, hip hop and R&B at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 28, at Southwest University Park.
Tickets: $35-$65; VIP packages $130; Salt-N-
Pepa Meet and Greet Packages $215, available
at the Southwest University Park Box Office
or southwestuniversitypark.com.
Also performing Mark McGrath (lead singer
and songwriter of Sugar Ray), C&C Music
Factory, All-4-One, Snap! (German Eurodance
hip hop group) and Biz Markie (rapper, DJ and
producer).
Ringo Starr The former Beatles drum-
mer brings his All-Starr supergroup to El Paso
8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at the Abraham
Chavez Theater, performing Starrs classics
such as It Dont Come Easy, Photograph,
Little Help from My Friends, Yellow
Submarine, Wings and more. Tickets:
$57.25 to $167.25; VIP packages available
(Ticketmaster).
The band features Todd Rundgren, Steve
Lukather, Richard Page, Gregg Rolie, Gregg
Bissonette and Warren Ham.
Gala of the Royal Horses The Royal
Horses of Europe perform at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Don Haskins Center.
Tickets: $25 to $45 ($5 discount for children
12 and younger and seniors 60 and older
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(excluding VIP). VIP seats (including meet and
greet after the show) are $65 (Ticketmaster).
Ticket information: 747-5234.
Gala of The Royal Horses includes the
Lipizzaner Stallions, the Spanish Andalusian,
Friesian and the majestic Arabian breeds, as
well as recently added quarter horses.
Jeff Dunham The master comedian and
ventriloquist and his slightly demented posse
of puppets performs his Passively Aggressive
Tour at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
Nov. 1-2, at Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Tickets: $50 to $63(Ticketmaster).
Latin 90s Pop Tour Some of the most
popular Latin pop artists of the 1990s perform
at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at El Paso County
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano, with OV7, Aleks
Syntek, the Sacados, Cal, Fey, JNS and a solo
performance by Litzy (formerly of JNS).
Tickets: $38, $50, $65, $80, $100, $120,
$140, $180 and $225 (Ticketmaster).
Paul Anka The legendary singer and
songwriter performs at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
5, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Anka
wrote songs for artist like Frank Sinatra,
Connie Francis and Buddy Holly in addition to
his own hits like Put Your Head on My
Shoulder, Lonely Boy, Puppy Love and
more. Tickets: $59-$169 (Ticketmaster).
Amanda Miguel y Diego Verdaguer
The Argentine husband and wife music stars,
dubbed Latin Americas Sonny and Cher,
presents an all-new show including many of
their popular hits at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
9, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $44, $59, $79
and $97. (Ticketmaster).
Motown the Musical The true
American dream story of Motown founder
Berry Gordys journey from featherweight
boxer to the heavyweight music mogul at 8
p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
10-11, at the Plaza Theatre, as part of the
Broadway in El Paso series. Tickets to be
announced. Information: 231-1111,
ElPasoLive.com/Broadway or on Facebook at
Broadway in El Paso.
Reik One of them most recognized bands
in Latin American performs at 9 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 18, at Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Tickets: $49 to $128 (Ticketmaster).
MC Magic & Lil Rob also Baby Bash
The rappers perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
25, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $45, $90,
$125 (Ticketmaster).
Franco Escamilla The Mexican comedi-
an, musician and announcer, known as The
Master of Sarcasm brings his Por La
Anecdota show to El Paso at 7 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 29, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $39 to
$125 (Ticketmaster).
Lindsey Stirling The YouTube sensation
bring her Warmer in the Winter Christmas
Tour to El Paso at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
29, at Abraham Chavez Theatre. Tickets:
$39.75 to $59.75. VIP experiences range from
$121.50 to $271.50.
Stirling is a classically trained violinist, dancer
and electronic music aficionado. She has
grown from web star to 2017 Dancing with
the Stars contestant.
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Venues & series
El Paso Comic Strip 1201 Airway.
Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 and
9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $6 Thursday, $12 Friday and
Saturday; $8 Sunday, unless otherwise listed.
Age 17 and older admitted. VIP Booths $10
extra; available at ticketweb.com.
Information, reservations: 779-LAFF (5233),
laff2nite.com or on Facebook.
Sept. 28-Oct. 1: Kabir Singh with feature
act Rudy Ortiz.
Oct. 5-8: Brian Scolaro with feature act Alli
Breen.
Oct. 12-15: Willie Barcena with feature act
Rick Izquieta. Tickets: $12 Thursday and
Sunday; $15 Friday and Saturday.
Saturday Night Live alumnus Tim Meadows
performs at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 27-28. Tickets: $17.50 general
admission; $27.50 reserved and VIP.
Nov. 15-19: J.R. Brow with feature act Bob
Khosravi.
Lowbrow Palace 111 E. Robinson.
Surcharge for ages under 21. Tickets at low-
browpalace.com.
The Courtneys The pop group performs
at 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2. $10-$12.
The Cribs English indie rockers, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 3. Tickets: $18-$20.
The Garden The punk duo performs at
10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, with Nico & the
Silent Films, Stangus and Stardust Experience
Obliteration. Tickets: $12-$14.
Middle Kids The Aussie trio performs at
9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. $13-$15.
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Levitation Room Rock band, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 8. Tickets: $12-$15.
The Babe Rainbow The Byron Bay mon-
key disco band performs at 8 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 13, with Maybird. $10-$12.
Trevor Sensor The indie musician per-
forms at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, with
Peter Oren. Tickets $10-$12.
Surf Curse Reno surf rock band, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15. Tickets: $10-$12.
The Midnight Ghost Train The Southern
rockers perform at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17.
Tickets: $8-$10.
Cuco The synth experimental rock musi-
cian performs at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18,
with Shidu and JKE$T. $12-$15.
Hotel Books The spoken word project is
9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, with The
Funeral Portrait. Tickets: $12-$15.
Maxo Kream & Trill Sammy Hip-hop
artists, 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20. Tickets; $7.13
($60 VIP meet and greet tickets)
Mom Jeans. & Walter Etc. The indie rock
bands perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21,
with Sorrytown and Homerun Derby. Tickets:
$8-$10.
Screaming Females Indie rock band, 9
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, with Street Eaters.
Tickets: $10-$12.
Atlas Genius Alt rock band, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 23, with Magic Giant and Half
the Animal. Tickets: $20-22.
Rosetta The metal band performs at 8
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, with North and The
Recovery Mission. Tickets: $12-$15.
Michale Graves Singer-songwriter known
for his work with the reformed Misfits, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 29.
Gondwana Chilean reggae group, 10 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 30, with Fayuca. Tickets: $20-
$25.
El Paso Scene
The Midnight Stroll Austin alternative
rock duo, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. Tickets:
$10-$12.
Rockhouse Bar and Grill 9828
Montana. Age 18 and older only, unless other-
wise listed; $3 fee for under 21. Tickets at
holdmyticket.com. Information: 591-7625 or
on Facebook at RockHouseDiveBarKitchen.
Motograter The nu metal band performs
at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. All ages. Tickets:
$10 in advance; $12 day of show.
Forceps The Brazilians death metal
bands North American Tour is 8 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 15, with special guests La Muerte,
Abysmally Entombed and others. All ages
event. Tickets: $8.
The Prophets of Addiction The rock
band featuring former members of Pretty Boy
Floyd perform at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Tickets: $5.
The Convalescence The death metal
band headlines the This Hell is Here Tour
Thursday, Oct. 26, with Wings Denied,
Shaping the Legacy, Dead Eyes Always
Dreaming and Death Rattle. Doors open at 6
p.m. Tickets: $10. All ages show.
Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso. All shows are
all-ages, unless listed otherwise. Information:
351-9909 or trickyfalls.com,.
Sacred Reich The thrash metal bands 30
Years of Ignorance Tour is 7 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 2, with special guest Byzantine. Tickets:
$23-$26.
Pinegrove The indie rock band performs
7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at The Perch with
Florist and Lomelda. Tickets: $14-$16.
Cut Copy Australian electronic music
band, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3., with Swell
Kids and Cxstle Cvstle. Tickets: $22; $40 bal-
cony.
Mura Masa The DJ and producer per-
forms at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, with Joey
Purp. Tickets: $17-$20.
Dark Tranquillity Swedish death metal
band, 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, with
Warbringer and Striker. Tickets (on sale May
3): $21-$51.
Four Year Strong The pop punk bands
10th Anniversary Rise or Die Trying tour is
6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, with
Seaway, Like Pacific, Grayscale, Life Lessons.
Tickets: $16-$18.
The Full Moon Vampire Ball featuring My
Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is Saturday, Oct. 7,
with vampire burlesque performances. Age 21
and older only. Tickets: $25. VIP tickets with
dinner, cocktails and more are $75.
The Battle of the Bays American Tour fea-
turing death metal godfathers Obituary and
thrash metal band Exodus is Thursday, Oct.
12, with PowerTrip and Dust Bolt. Tickets:
$26-$30.
Oh Wonder The London-based pop duo
performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, with
Jaymes Young. Tickets: $20-$40.
Lords of Acid The post-industrial band
performs at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 with
Combichrist, Christian Death, En Esch and
Wiccid. Tickets: $35.50-$40.
Gojira The French death metal band per-
forms at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, with
Torche and Code Orange. $30-$35.
Crystal Castles The electro duo performs
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, with Farrows.
Tickets: $22.50-$25.
Azealia Banks The American rapper,
singer, and songwriter performs at 8 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 23. Tickets: $25-$30.
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the tenor genre features classically trained
veteran artists, is like Duck Dynasty goes to
Carnegie Hall. Written by opera-veteran
Matthew Lord and arranged by composer
Craig Bohmler. Lord performs with Blake
Davidson and Jonathan Frug.
Grant County Community Concert
Association presents the trio at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 1, at WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium in
Silver City. Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and
younger). Information: (575) 538-5862 or
gcconcerts.org.
The Americas Got Talent finalists also per-
form as the season opener for the Las Cruces
Civic Concert Association at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Rio Grande Theater,
211 N. Main, Las Cruces. Tickets: $25 ($5 stu-
dents with ID). Information: (575) 405-7429,
or lascrucescca.org.
Showtime! El Paso presents 3 Redneck
Tenors at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $30; $10
age 6-25 (Ticketmaster). Information: 544-
2022 or showtimeelpaso.com.
UTEP Department of Music
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine
Arts Recital Hall. Most performances are $5
($3 students/military; free for UTEP ID).
Information: 747-5606 or music.utep.edu.
UTEP Wind Symphony Concert is Tuesday,
Oct. 3.
Choral concert: Kaleidoscope is Thursday,
Oct. 5, celebrating choral classics old and
new, featuring the Chamber Singers, conduct-
ed by Dr. Elisa Fraser Wilson.
Jazz Concert, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10.
UTEP Horn Concert, Wednesday, Oct. 11.
Focus Ensembles Showcase is Saturday,
Oct. 14.
Mariachi Los Mineros perform a Da de los
Muertos celebration Tuesday, Oct. 24.
UTEP Symphony Orchestra performs
Explorations, Thursday, Oct. 26, with music
by Mozart, Beethoven and Falla. Featured
soloist Steve Haddad will perform the inven-
tive Tuba Concert by Gregson.
UTEP Symphony Band, Tuesday, Oct. 31.
El Paso Chopin Piano Festival The
23rd annual series of piano concerts are at 7
p.m. selected Saturdays at Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission is
free, but people are advised to arrive early.
Information: elpaso-chopin.com.
Oct. 7: Mei-Ting Sun. Sun has won top
prizes in many piano competitions, including
the National Chopin Piano Competition and
the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International
Piano Competition.
Oct. 21: Lucy Scarbrough. Scarbrough is
founder and director of the Chopin Festival.
She also founded and is director of the El Paso
Civic Orchestra.
LCSO with Misha Dichter Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lonnie
Klein, opens its season with the guest pianist
Oct. 7-8,at NMSUs Atkinson Recital Hall, fea-
turing Gioachino Rossinis Overture to the
Barber of Seville, Antonin Dvoraks,
Symphony No. 8 and George Gershwins
Concerto in F. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $35, $40
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and $45. Information: (575) 646-3709 or
lascrucessymphony.com.
Spotlight Lunch with Lonnie is 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 6, at Paisano Caf in Mesilla.
Cost: $20.
Christmas Cantata The Gracias Choir
and Orchestra presents its Christmas Cantata
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the
Abraham Chavez Theater. Admission is free,
but tickets are required to enter on a first
come, first serve basis. Tickets: 777-3137 or
elpaso@iyfusa.org.
The show includes three parts: the 0pera
For Unto You is Born a Savoir, the musical
Anna the Matchstick Girl and a performance
of Handels Messiah.
EPCC Fall Music Concert El Paso
Community Colleges Choir, Orchestra, Guitar
Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble perform
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 at EPCCs
Administrative Service Center, 9050 Viscount.
Admission: $5. Information: 877-1700,
epcc.edu or Facebook at EPCCnews.
NMSU Department of Music
Atkinson Music Recital Hall at NMSU.
Information: music.nmsu.edu or Facebook at
NMSU MusicDept.
The 3rd annual Autumn Overture perform-
ances are 7:30 p.m. on four October evenings.
Admission is free.
Thursday, Oct. 12: Journeys with the
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band.
Friday, Oct. 13: Passage of Time with
University and Masterworks.
Friday, Oct. 20: Big Phat Music with
NMSU Jazz Ensemble.
Saturday, Oct. 21: A Musical Legacy, with
NMSU Philharmonic Orchestra.
Music Forum El Paso The forum, now
in its 29th season, presents a piano concert by
Roger Ryerson, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 15, at Temple Mt. Sinai Chapel, 4408 N.
Stanton, with works by Mozart, Liszt, Ravel,
Prokofiev and Sibelius. Admission is free.
Information: 544-3081, 252-4360 or musicfo-
rumelpaso.net.
EPSO Beethoven & Bartk El Paso
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bohuslav
Rattay, performs with guest pianist Yefin
Bronfman at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 20-21, in the Plaza Theatre, featuring
Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 4 and
Bartks Concerto for Orchestra. Tickets:
$16-$45. Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Opening notes are presented at 6:30 p.m.
each night in the Philanthropy Theatre.
United States/Mexico Youth
Philharmonic Orchestra The Bridge
concert of El Paso Symphony Youth
Orchestras (EPSYO) will join orchestra and
chorus members of the Orquesta Sinfnica
Esperanza Azteca Cd. Jurez (OSEA) featuring
more than 300 young musicians, at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 28, at Teatro Victor Hugo
Rascon Banda, Centro Cultural Paso del Norte
in Juarez, and Sunday, Oct. 29, at The Plaza
Theatre, in El Paso. Tickets: $10-$15.
Information: 525-8978 or epsyo.org.
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Hebraic Rhapsody El Paso Pro-Musica
opens its season with Grammy award-winning
cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Elizabeth DeMio
Sunday and Monday, Nov. 5-6 with shows in
El Paso and Las Cruces, with concerts, special
events and master classes for UTEPs Center
for Arts Entreprenuership. Performances are 2
p.m. Sunday at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Recital
Hall, at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Las Cruces (loca-
tion to be announced). Tickets: $25; $20 sen-
iors, military; $5 students. Information: 747-
8163 or eppm.org.
El Paso Society for Musicians of the
Future - Classical musicians ages 8 to 19 are
invited to apply through Jan. 31, 2018 for
this years competition, open to instruments
and voice. Information: 449-0619.
Applications: epsmf.org.
Forever Tango Luis Bravos interna-
tionally celebrated Broadway musical is 8
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $45-$75 (Ticketmaster).
Forever Tango celebrates the passionate
music and dance of Argentina, with six
world-class Argentine Tango couples, a
1930s-style vocalist, and a ten-piece orches-
tra featuring the instrument of tango, the
bandoneon, a 19th century accordion. The
production opened on Broadway in 1990
and has since been seen my more than 7
million people world wide.
Moscow Ballet auditions El Paso
area ballet students age 6 to 18 may audition
for Moscow Ballets Romana Dumanska at at
11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Host
Studios Las Cruces School of Dance, 1390
North Main in Las Cruces and Music and
Alamogordo Academy of Ballet, as part of
the ballets Dance-with-Us program giving
students the opportunity to perform side-by-
side with the pros. The audition is open to
students with a minimum one year of ballet
training. Sign up at nutcracker.com/auditions.
Information: sally@nutcracker.com or (413)
499-1733 x21; or julie@nutcracker.com or
(413) 499-1733 x14.
The Great Russian Nutcracker is at 3 and 7
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, at noon Sunday,
Dec. 24, at the Plaza Theatre.
Look Whos Dancing The annual
dance event is 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at
NMSUs Pan American Center. Community
leaders and local personalities and their
DanceSport partners compete against each
other in a friendly contest. NMSU
DanceSport Company (DSC) students
choreograph the dances, instruct, and per-
form with the local celebrities. Audience
members cast votes for the Peoples Choice
award. Tickets: $14 (Ticketmaster).
Information: (575) 646-2070.
Proceeds help DSC students represent
NMSU at national competitions, produce
shows regionally and share dance locally.
A Night in the 40s Paso Del Norte
Big Band, a 16-piece group, hosts 1940s
style dancing anfd music, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 20, at Shundo Ballroom, 120 N.
Paragon. BOYB; food and snacks allowed.
October 2017
El Paso Choral Society Auditions Heres the Ticket Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin per-
Auditions for its 2017-2018 season run form at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. The troupe
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through Oct. 23 at El Paso Conservatory of
Music, 801 N. Mesa by appointment. Adult with over 100 acrobatic, magical and martial
Joyce Manor & Wavves The emo punk arts performers. Tickets: $18, $28 and $38.
singers of all levels and children ages 10-12 are
show is Tuesday, Oct. 24, with French Vanilla. a-Resolve The alternative rock and metal
encouraged to sign up for 10 minutes with
Tickets: $21-$26. band from Albuquerque performs at 7 p.m.
director Prentice Loftin to sing a song and
RL Grime The hip hop artist performs 8 Friday, Oct. 6. Tickets: $10.
vocalize. Appointments: 479-0156 or audi- p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26. Tickets: $37.50 gen-
Get the Led Out The American Led
tions.epchoirs@gmail.com. Information: eral admission; $85 VIP.
Zeppelin performs at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
epchoralsociety.org. Halloween Cover Show The punk tribute
14. GTLO is a group of professional musicians
The season includes Amahl and the Night event with Two Minds as The Misfits, and
who are passionate about their love of the
Visitors on Dec. 30; a Viennese New Years Intellijents as Rancid and Operation Ivy is 8
music of Led Zeppelin. Its been their mission
Eve Concert on Dec. 31; and Carmina Burana p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. No cover.
to bring the studio recordings of the mighty
on April 28. Issues The metalcore bands Headspace
Zep to life on the big concert stage. Tickets:
Adult singers of all levels and children ages Tour is 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, with special
$27-$37.
10-12 are encouraged to sign up for 10 min- guest Volumes. Tickets: $21-$23. Michael Martin Murphey The cowboy
utes with director Prentice Loftin to sing a Nekromantix The psychobilly band per- and country music legend performs at 7 p.m.
song and vocalize. More audition forms at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, in The Perch
Rehearsals are 7 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Thursday, Nov. 16. Tickets: $15, $25 and $35.
with The Brains. Tickets: $15-$17.
beginning Oct. 23. All concerts will be at the Kreator The German thrash metal band
Abraham Chavez Theater with professional Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and
performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, with
orchestra. Casino Mescalero, N.M. Shows start at 8
1349 and Tombs. Tickets: $26-$30.
p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts through Yapsody.com or Ticketmaster.
Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. Information: Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthe-
(575) 336-4800 or spencertheater.com. mountaingods.com.
Country singer Lorrie Morganperforms at 7 Charlie Daniels and Marshall Tucker The
p.m. Friday, Oct. 20.Morgan has garnered 14 two iconic southern rock bands perform
Top 10 hits, including Five Minutes, Friday, Oct. 6. Tickets: $35.
Admission: $15. Information: 532-2043, 203- Something in Red, Watch Me and What Scotty McCreery The country singer per-
7292, music@pdnbigband.com or on Part of No. Tickets: $39-$69. forms Friday, Oct. 27. Tickets: $25-$45.
Facebook at PDNbigband. Carnaval Fantastique Saturday, Oct. 28.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts Tickets: $29-$99.
1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo. Charley Pride The country music legend
Contra Dance The Southern New Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickinger-
Mexico Music and Dance Societys monthly performs Saturday, Nov. 11. Tickets: $25-$65.
center.com.
contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 20, at Mesilla Community Center, 2251
Calle de Santiago in Las Cruces, with music
by West Texas band The Muletones, and
caller Lonnie Ludeman. The dance begins
with beginners lessons at 7:30 p.m.; no part-
ner or experience needed. Cost: $6 ($4
youth; $15 family). Information: (575) 522-
1691 or snmmds.org.
The dances are usually done in long facing
lines with some moves similar to square
dancing up and down and forward and back
with progressions. The dance form originat-
ed in the 17th century.
The Cats Meow The Snake
Charmer and the Belly Dancer present the
dinner theater featuring Na Imah of Las
Cruces and Senee Barraza of El Paso at 7
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Country Inn
Suites, 900 Sunland Park. Tickets: $37.
Information, registration: 691-1938,
snakecharmerthebellydancer@yahoo.com or
snakecharmerandthebellydancer.com.
The Cats Meow dinner theater is a collec-
tion of eclectic vintage fusions of Belly Dance
as interpreted by regional dancers and per-
formers, characterizing and bringing to life
some of the most important women of his-
tory. Audiences are invited to come dressed
as a favorite vintage character or Shady Lady
of the past.
Workshops that day at Snake Charmer
Studio II in Central El Paso. Cost: $40 per
workshop.
Ashra Baladi: Recognizing and
Interpreting the Egyptian Baladi Progression
is 11:15 a.m. with Na Imah.
Memoirs of The Mata Hari is 9 to 11
a.m. with Senee Barraza.
Night of Contemporary Dance
Olgas Russian Ballet School presents an
evening of dance at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4,
at UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Tickets: $15
($10 seniors, students) (Ticketmaster).
Information: 408-3405 or balletelpaso.com.
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Tzimani The San Diego classic metal band
performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, at
Boomtown, 2430 Wyoming, with local bands
Crash and Indie. Admission is free, age 21 and
older. Information: 261-7330.
La Parada The monthly grassroots event5
p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at San Carlos
Building, 501 Texas. The October event fea-
ture sounds by Peanut Butter Wolf, as well as
DJ Rich, D-Rex, and Tom Laike B2B Jay
French, and Young Deluxe. Live art by Erik
Angel. Tickets: $5 (eventbrite). Information:
351-6023 or on Facebook at laparadaep.
Mesilla Jazz Happening The 17th
annual event is Friday through Sunday, Oct. 6-
8, on the Mesilla Plaza. Bring a lawn chair or
blanket; limited stadium seating available.
Information: mvjazzblues.net.
Fridays performances are 6 to 9 p.m. at six
Mesilla venues: La Posta de Mesilla featuring
Rubin Guiterrez Trio, Double Eagle featuring
Jim Helder Trio, Josefinas Old Caf featuring
Roman Chip and Border Jazz, Hacienda de
Mesilla featuring The Coolside Collective, St.
Clair Winery & Bistro featuring The Derrick
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Lee Quartet and Caf de Mesilla featuring
Jazzman Ross and George Aiuvalasit.
Saturdays performances are 12:45 to 5 p.m.
with Side Effect Organ Trio, Boarder Jazz
Quartet and Havana Quintet.
Sundays music is 12:30 to 6 p.m. with El Paso
Jazz Collective, Speak No Evil, Jazz Unlimited
Big Band and Mack Goldsbury Trio.
El Paso Border Folk Festival Mariachi
Craze hosts the 3rd annual musical celebration
of regional sounds 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct.
13, at Eastlake High School Fine Arts
Auditorium, 13000 Emerald Pass, with Trio
Ellas, Mariachi Alegre, Mariachi Tapatio,
Mariachi Raices de America, and special guest
performances by Steve Carrillo and Joe Baca
of Walt Disney Worlds Mariachi Cobre.
Advance tickets online through Oct. 12: $15.
Tickets at the door: $20. Information: 474-
El Paso Scene
9550 or epborderfest.com.
Miller Lite El Paso Blues and Jazz
Festival The music fest is noon to 9:30
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Chamizal
National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, featur-
ing various performers. Admission is free.
Information: 526-0719 or on Facebook at
epbluesandjazz.
Also
Lane 41 The venue in Bowl El Paso,
11144 Pellicano, hosts live music 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. every Friday and Saturday. Admission is
free. Information: 549-5563; band schedule at
bowl-elpaso.com.
Howling Coyote Open Mic The open
mic event is 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at Center
for Spiritual Living, 575 N. Main, on Las
All phone numbers listed are in Juarz.
Feria Jurez 2017 The fair runs 4 p.m.
to 2 a.m. Sept. 29-Oct. 15 at Plaza de la
Mexicanidad (X monument). Admission is 50
pesos. On Monday through Wednesday,
admission includes free carnival rides.
Headline entertainment offered most nights.
Prices vary; most headline admission is 210 or
315 pesos (315-630 VIP). The Oct. 8 concert
is 840 and 1,260 pesos. Tickets available at
donboleton.com.
Sept. 29: Yuridia
Sept. 30: Banda San Jose de Mesillas
Oct. 1: El Tri
Oct. 4: Leo Dan
Oct. 5: Teo Gonzalez
Oct. 6: Calibre 50
Oct. 7: Conjunto Primavera
Oct. 8: Julion Alvarez
Oct. 11: Los Cadetes de Linares y Miguel y
Miguel
Oct. 12: Musica Electronica starring DJ
Diego Miranda
Oct. 13: Edwin Luna y La Trakalosa de
Monterrey
Oct. 14: Los Rieleros del Norte
Oct. 15: Margarita la Diosa de la Cumbia.
Centro Cultural Paso del Norte - Av.
Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf. Advance show
tickets at donboleton.com.
Los Silver Sinfonico performs Saturday, Oct.
7. Tickets TBA.
Comedian La India Yuridia performs at 6
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2. Tickets: 275-495
pesos.
Piso 2 Casa de Terror 16 de
Septiembre at Gregorio M. Solis. Open 8 p.m.
to midnight, Thursday through Sunday, Oct.
5-29. Admission 45 pesos.
Polo ConSentido The 3rd annual charity
polo tournament is 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 7, at Las Anitas Polo Field on Rio Bravo
in Cd. Juarez, Cost: 100 pesos general admis-
sion VIP Seating: 500 pesos VIP seating; 5,000
pesos VIP table (eventbrite.com). Facebook at
AlianzasEducativasJuarez.
Cruces Downtown Main Street, following the
monthly Downtown Arts Ramble. Doors open
for jam session at 6 p.m.; signup begins at 6:30
p.m. The community event is on the first
Friday of the month. Free admission to partici-
pants and audience. Information: Melody Burns
(575) 525-9333 or bobandmelody@sbcglob-
al.net.
Zin Valle Free Music Sundays Zin
Valle vineyard, 7315 Hwy 28 in Canutillo (3/4
mile north of FM 259), hosts free live music 1
to 4 p.m. on selected Sundays. Guests may
also enjoy wine tastings. Bring a picnic.
Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
Oct. 8: Perfect On Paper
Oct. 22: Ricardo Valencia
Oct. 29: Dusty Low.
Mariachi Sundays in Mesilla The
Town of Mesilla, its business community and
the Las Cruces International Mariachi
Conference host the fall afternoon series 3 to
5 p.m. Sundays through November iat historic
Old Mesilla. Admission is free. Bring folding
chairs or blankets. Pets and alcohol not
allowed. Information: mesillanm.gov.
Auditorio Benito Jurez Ignacio
Ramirez and Vicente Guerrero, near Parque
Borunda. Tickets at donboleton.com.
Carlos Ballarta, a comedian known for his
long hair and oversized sunglasses, performs at
9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. Tickets are 275, 385
and 495 pesos.
Comedian Mike Salazar performs at 7:30
Wednesday, Oct. 25. 330 to 550 pesos.
The childrens show Ksi-Meritos is at 1 and
3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29. 165-275 pesos.
Chupacabras The 20th annual 100K
mountain bike race in Juarez is 8 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14, at Chamizal Monument in
Juarez. Also offered is the Paseo de las
Cabras 60K event. Information: chu-
pacabras100km.com or on Facebook at
CarreraChupacabras.
Estadio Jurez Vive Av Sanders 1450,
Melchor Ocampo, 32380. The rock band
Caifanes performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20.
Tickets: 440-1,095 pesos.
Juaritoz Caf y Horneria Fray
Estebanico, #6593, Col, San Lorenzo. Ana
Julia performs standup comedy show with Jos
Jaritoz at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.
Admission: 100 pesos.
Lienzo Charro Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Av. Del Charro at Henry Dunant. Tickets
at donboleton.com. El Bebeto performs with
Compa Kenny and Cadetes de Linares at 8
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. 300 pesos.
Maraton Internacional The 8th annual
Maraton Internacional Gas Natural de Juarez
(Marathon, Half Marathon) is Sunday, Oct. 22,
starting at Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez.
Registration: $20. Information: maratonde-
juarez.com.
Centro de Convenciones Las Anitas
Waterfill zone. Information: 6821486 or
6820693. Tickets at donboleton.com.
Grupo Codiciado performs at 9 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 27. Tickets: 110-440 pesos.
Remmy Valenzuela y Pancho Barraza per-
form at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. Tickets: 440-
1,980 pesos.
October 2017
FC Juarez vs. Club Necaxa The pro-
fessional soccer friendly rematch is 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Southwest University
Park between Club Necaxa of the first division
Liga MX and FC Juarez of the Ascenso MX.
Tickets: $30-$125; available at
SouthwestUniversityPark.com or at the Park
box offices. Informstion: 533-BASE (2273).
Sun City Roller Girls The Roller Girls
Championships are at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15,
El Paso County Coliseums Judging Arena,
4100 E. Paisano. Tickets: $7 in advance; $10 at
the door ($7 with valid military ID; free for
ages 12 and younger). Information: suncityrol-
lergirls.com.
Harlem Globetrotters The Original
Harlem Globetrotters return at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 22, at NMSUs Pan American Center.
Tickets: $26-$95 (Ticketmaster).
A Magic Pass 30-minute interactive event
starts at 12:30 p.m. Separate ticket: $22.
El Paso Rhinos - El Pasos Junior League ice
hockey teams opening home games of the
season are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27-29, against San
Diego Sabers at Hospitals of Providence
Events Center, next to the Coliseum, 4100 E.
Paisano. Tickets: $5-$30. Free admission to
active military with ID. Information: 479-
PUCK (7825) or elpasorhinos.com.
El Paso Coyotes El Pasos new Major
Arena Soccer League teams season opener is
Saturday, Oct. 28, at the El Paso County
Coliseum. Details and season to be
announced. Coyote Club season passes are
$149. Schedule to be announced. Information:
229-1416, elpasocoyotes.com or on Facebook
and Twitter.
October 2017
College sports
UTEP Football The Miners host
Western Kentucky for Homecoming 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7, at Sun Bowl Stadium.
Individual tickets: $10-$30. Information: 544-
5234 or utepathletics.com.
UTEP Womens Soccer Home games
are at UTEPs University Field. Tickets: $5.
Information: 747-6150 or utepathletics.com.
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29: Charlotte
6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1: Old Dominion
6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15: Middle Tennessee
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19: Marshall.
6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28: UTSA
Miners Hockey Club The 2016-17
Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference
Champions hosts home games at Hospitals of
Providence Events Center, at El Paso County
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Season opener is
7:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
13-14, versus Northern Arizona. Tickets: $7-
$20. Season tickets: $80-$140 ($40
youth/UTEP students). Information: 491-7879
or minershockey.com.
Next home games are 7:30 p.m. Friday and
3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20-21: Texas A&M.
UTEP Volleyball Home games are at 6
p.m. (noon on Sundays) at Memorial Gym,
unless listed otherwise. Tickets: $5.
Information: 747-6150 or utepathletics.com.
Home games:
El Paso Scene
Oct. 13: North Texas
Oct. 15: UTSA
Oct. 27: Louisiana Tech door. Information: (575) 571-5852 or on
Oct. 29: Middle Tennessee State
UTEP Mens Basketball - Don Haskins
Center. The annual Orange and White scrim-
mage is 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Information:
747-5234 or utepathletics.com.
1 p.m Saturday, Oct. 28: Sul Ross State
(exhibition), 1 p.m.
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3: Western New
Mexico (exhibition).
UTEP Womens Basketball - Home
games are in the Don Haskins Center.
Opening home game is 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
29 vs. Sul Ross. Ticket information: 747-5234
or utepathletics.com.
UTEP Athletic Hall of Fame The 14th
Hall of Fame dinner and ceremony is 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 27, at UTEPs Larry K. Durham
Sports Center. The 2017 inductees are
Antonio Davis, Seth Joyner, Blessing Okagbare,
Cynthia Ruelas and Paul Stankowski. Call for
times, cost. Information: 747-8759 or min-
erathleticclub.com.
NMSU Aggies Football New Mexico
State University Aggies host Arkansas State
for Homecoming at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at Aggie
Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces. Tickets: $10-
$30 (Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-
1420 or nmstatesports.com.
Wrestling
Xtreme Cruces Wrestling The live pro
wrestling event is 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday Oct.
14, at Cheer-Tastics, 1220 BarrancaF. eatured
is the XCW debut of former WWE Superstar
and ECW original Super Crazy. Doors open at
4:30 p.m. Admission: $10 ($5. kids) at the
Facebook at XcwInElPaso.
Luchas Frontera Lucha Libre wrestling
sets are 8 p.m. every Friday at El Paso County
Coliseum Pavilion. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $12 ($5 kids) in advance; $15 ($7 kids)
at the door. Information: 850-4002 or emp-
typocketsentertainment.com
New Era Wrestling The Lucha Libre
shows are 7 p.m. Fridays at 10400 Dyer.
Tickets: $8; $5 children (Ticketmaster).
Information: 356-5113 on Facebook at
NewEraEP.
Bicycling
Chile Pepper Challenge The El Paso
Bicycle Clubs annual Big Ride is Sunday, Oct.
1, with ride distances of 100, 61, 40, 27 and
10 miles, all beginning and ending at Grace
Gardens, 6701 Westside Drive. Start times are
7 a.m. (100 mile), 7:30 a.m. (61 mile), 8 a.m.
(40 mile), 8:30 a.m. (27 mile) and 9 a.m. (10
mile). Information: elpasobicycleclub.com.
Entry fees: $40 at packet pickup; and $45 on
race day at Grace Gardens. Entry is free for
riders age 17 and younger if accompanied by
paying parent. Approved helmets are required
for all rides.
Proceeds benefit the El Paso Humane
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Society.
Package pick-up is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.
29, at Desert Fox Cyclery, 6999 Montana; 2
to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Crazy Cat
Cyclery, 5650 N. Desert, and at 6:30 a.m. day
of ride at the race site.
Full Moon Bike Ride White Sands
National Monument, 5 miles southwest of
Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70, hosts a Full
Moon bike ride at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6.
Dress warmly. Reservations begin one month
in advance; space limited. Reservations via
nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $8 per person; $4 ages
15 and younger, plus park entrance fee.
Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236 or
(575) 679-2599, ext. 232.
Gila Monster Gran Fondo The bicycle
rides through the Mimbres Valley and Gila
Wilderness are Saturday, Oct. 14. Options
are 40, 78 and 115 miles. The longer rides
start at 8 a.m., beginning and ending at Gough
Park in Silver City. The 40-mile ride begins
mid-course at 10 a.m. All involve considerable
climbing. Information, registration:
tourofthegila.com or (575) 590-2612.
Entry fee is $100 by Oct. 8, $110 after.
A kickoff dinner is Friday, Oct. 13, for $30,
Cycle for Change The County
Attorneys Office and Villa Maria host the 4th
annual From Surviving to Thriving cycling
event at 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 15, at
Gallegos Park, 7361 Bosque, in Canutillo.
There will be four courses available: 50 miles,
30 miles, a 10-mile family ride; and 1 mile chil-
drens ride. Cost: $40 ($25 military, $10 kids
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12 and younger). Late registration cost: $45.
Information: 546-2016. Registration at
cycle4change.org.
Tour of Las Cruces The 12th annual
50K (31 miles) and 100K (62 miles) cycling
rides are Saturday, Oct. 28. Information:
(575) 541-8271 or ziavelocycling.org. Events
begin at 8 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center
Annex, 2450 S. Telshor, Las Cruces. Cost is
$30; includes lunch. Information: ziavelocy-
cling.com/tour-of-las-cruces. Registration at
newmexicosportsonline.com.
El Paso Bicycle Club All rides are free
and open to the public; helmets required.
Information: elpasobicycleclub.com. Ride
schedule at meetup.com/ElPasobicycleClub.
EP Cyclists The bicycle group offers rides
for all levels. Weekend rides offer options of
various paces and distances. Starting times and
locations are posted at facebook.com/epcy-
clist. For more information: 861-2311 or
epcyclists.com.
Ride Your Bicycle El Paso Chucks
Bicycle Repair, 2625 Missouri, hosts a variety
of rides free of charge. Information: 791-2006,
zlauser@yahoo.com or Facebook. Helmets
required for all rides.
Golf
Fore! the Children Golf Tournament
Community Partners of El Pasos 5th annu-
al charity tournament is 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
7, at Butterfield Trail Golf Club, 1858
Cottonwoods. Registration at 7 a.m. Cost:
$150 ($500 team of four). Information: 588-
3935 or communitypartnersep.org.
First Tee First Tee of Greater El Paso
hosts programs at Ascarate Golf Course, 6900
Delta, unless listed otherwise.Session II runs
Oct. 10-Nov. 18. Information: thefirsttee-
greaterelpaso.org. Registration at
allplayers.com.
Girls Golf event is 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 5. Participation is free. Registration: girls-
golf.org.
Open Practice Session is 4:40 to 6 p.m.
Wednesdays, Oct. 11-Nov. 1. No cost.
Bel Air Highlander Golf Tournament
The alumni scholarship programs 12th
annual tournament begins at 8 a.m. Friday,
Oct. 13, at Painted Dunes Golf Course,
12000 McCombs. Registration open to alumni,
family, friends and supporters. Cost: $100 (4-
man scramble). Information: 258-4410, 740-
1489 or bigredpride.com.
Rhinos Golf Tournament El Paso
Rhinos 9th annual tournament starts with a
shotgun start at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at
Anthony Country Club. Check in at 9 a.m.
Hole in One, Longest Drive, Closest to the
Pin and silent auction planned. Cost: $100
($400 team). Registration: elpasohockey.org.
Information: 499-7825 (PUCK).
Child Crisis Center Golf Tournament
Child Crisis Center of El Paso hosts its
annual Memorial Golf Tournament noon to 6
p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at Fort Blisss
Underwood Golf Complex, 3200 Coe. Cost,
sponsorship: rbooth@childcrisiselp.org.
Information: 562-7955 or childcrisiselp.org.
First Tee Desert Classic Rotary Club
of West El Pasos 8th annual golf tournament
in memory of Jonathan Rogers begins with a
shotgun start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at
Fort Bliss Underwood Golf Course (Sunrise
Course). Four-person scramble format. Cost:
$175 ($600 team of four). Information: 252-
6511 or firstteedesertclassic.com.
Proceeds benefit the First Tee of Greater El
Paso along with other community projects of
the Rotary Club of West El Paso.
JLV Memorial Fund Golf Tournament
The 8th annual golf tournament for mens
cancer awareness begins with a shotgun start
at noon Saturday, Nov. 4, at Ascarate Golf
Course, 6900 Delta. Registration at 11 a.m.
Cost: $75 ($300 per team of four); includes
golf shirt, goodie bags, lunch, dinner
Information: 778-3153, jlvmemorialfund.org or
on Facebook at jlvmenscancerawareness.
Recreational sports
Public Ice Skating Public skating is are
7 to 10 p.m. Fridays, noon to 3 p.m. and 7 to
10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the Sierra
Providence Event Center next to the
Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. All ages welcome.
Times may vary on days of hockey games.
Admission: $10; $8 military (skate rental
included). Skate sharpening, fitting and consul-
tation offered for $5. Spectator admission is
free. Information: 479-PUCK (7825) or elpa-
sohockey.org.
Columbus Day Weekend Fly-In
Several hang-gliding pilots will ride the ther-
mals above Alamogordo at the Rio Grande
Soaring Associations annual fall fly-in Saturday
through Monday, Oct. 7-9. Information:
rgsa.org.
Tour de El Paso walks City of El Paso
Parks and Recreation Department hosts the
free non-competitive walking and running
events for all ages at 8:45 a.m. second
Saturday of each month at various area parks.
Oct. 14: Ventanas Park. 3183 Blue Dirt
Circle. Free t-shirt upon registration (while
they last). Information: 757-2743 or elpaso-
texas.gov/parks.
Motor sports
El Paso Motorplex The drag strip is at
16400 Gateway West, (I-10 Clint exit, #42).
Spectator admission: $5. Car entry: $20.
Information: elpasomotorplex.com.
Southern New Mexico Speedway 11
miles west of Las Cruces exit 132, off I-10.
Take south frontage road to Southern New
Mexico Fairgrounds. Gates open at 5 p.m.;
racing at 7:45 p.m. General admission: $12;
free for age 10 and younger; $30 family pack;
$35 pit passes. Information: (575) 524-7913,
snmspeedway.com or on Facebook.
Monster Trucks Madness Oct. 6-7. Show is
7:30 p.m. both nights; gates open at 5 p.m.
Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday. Pit Party is is 4 to
6 p.m. Saturday. Admission: $15; $5 age 6-10;
free for age 5 and under.
The 18th Annual USRA Fall Nationals are
Friday through Sunday, Oct. 20-22. Gates
open at 5 p.m. Friday (racing at 7 p.m.), 3
p.m. Saturday (racing at 5 p.m.), and noon
Sunday (racing is 2 p.m. Sunday). General
admission: $12; free for age 10 and younger;
$30 family pack; $40 pit pass.
Arroyo Seco Raceway The Southern
New Mexico track is off Hwy 549, off I-10 at
the Akela exit. Information: (575) 494-4794 or
arroyosecoraceway.com.
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Motorcycle Trackdays are Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 7-8 and Sunday, Nov. 5.
Drag Racing is Sunday, Oct. 22 .
ASMA Roadracing is Oct. 14-15.
Chile Challenge Trail Event The 27th
family-friendly 4-Wheel Drive Trail event is
Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 11-14, at
Caballo Lake State Parks Riverside
Campground area. Includes several trail rides
and extreme trail challenges, riverside camp-
ing, pot luck and barbecue, vendor expo,
socials and more. Walk-in registration will be
available on a first-come, first-serve basis until
quotas are full. Daily fees apply. Information:
chilechallenge.org.
Running events
National Border Patrol Museum 5K
National Border Patrol Museum & Memorial
Library Foundations 5K run and 1-mile fun
walk benefiting the museum is 7 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 30, at Old Glory Memorial, 9550
Gateway North. Registration: $20; $15 per
member for teams of 10 or more.
Registration: raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Inforamtion: borderpatrolmuseum.com.
Royal Run for Hope The 5th annual 5K
run and 1-mile walk benefiting Pediatric
Oncology patients at El Paso Childrens
Hospital is 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at the
Health Spot, 4717 Hondo Pass. Registration:
$20; $15 age 12 and younger. Information:
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
WSMR Freedom Triathlon The 10K
run, 40K bike and 400 meter swim is 7 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 30, at White Sands Missile
Range near Alamogordo, N.M. Packet pick up
is 5:45 to 6:45 a.m. Cost: $65 by Sept. 17; $75
after. Registration: itsyourrace.com.
Miner Dash and Family Fitness Fiesta
The 8th annual event kicks off UTEPs
Homecoming festivities Sunday, Oct. 1, at
UTEPs Centennial Plaza. 5K run and 3K walk
begin at 8 a.m., plus a 5K wheelchair race.
Proceeds benefit UTEPs College of Health
Sciences Programs and the Wellness Program.
Entry fee is $25 per division by Sept. 19.
Register minerdash.utep.edu.
Fitness Fiesta is 8 to 11 a.m. Cost: $5.
Groove and Glow 5K Rave Marketing
& Events hosts its 3rd annual Fun-K night
Walk/Run event promoting health and wellness
for all ages at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, begin-
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ning and ending at the Hospitals of Providence Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, 1200
Transmountain Campus, 2000 Transmountain. Futurity. Registration: $25 through Oct. 6 at
Proceeds benefit the Armed Services YMCA. raceadventuresunlimited.com. Information:
Registration: $40 Oct. 1-5; $50 on race day 779-9100.
(on site only). Military discounts available The Las Cruces Walk is 10 a.m. Saturday,
online. Information on Facebook at Oct. 7, at Young Park, 1905 Nevada.
Grooveandglow. Registration at grooveand- Registration is 8:30 a.m. ceremony at 9:30
glow.com. a.m. Information: (505)266-4473 or
The entire event will incorporate dancing, amartinez@alz.org.
running and walking through glow in the dark
move and groove stations booming with music
Sprint for Sparks Texas Tech University
Health Science Center Paul L. Foster School of
from the 70s, 80s, 90s and current hits and
Medicine hosts the 5K race/walk along Scenic
will end with a Get Down & Glow party at
Drive at 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, starting at
the finish line.
Newman Park, 2211 Alabama. Packet pickup
Destiny 5K Destiny Family Christian is 7 a.m. at the assembly area. Cost: $20 ($15
Center, 9615 Dyer, hosts its 3rd annual 5K per person for groups of 10 or more):
walk/run 7 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. tinyurl.com/SprintForSparks-15.
Sanctioned by United States Track and Field. Proceeds benefit the schools Medical
Entry fee: $25; group discounts and sponsor- Student Run Clinic (MSRC) to promote breast
ship packages available. Information 755-7744. health and provide diagnostic testing for
Registration at runforfamily.com. underserved patients in Sparks County.
Proceeds benefit local families in the El Paso
region with various resources for those
Marathon 2 Marathon The annual
marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K runs are
involved with Child Protective Services.
7:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, from the Gage
GEPD Run, Walk and Roll Physical Hotel to Alpine, Texas on Hwy 385. Early reg-
Therapy Association 25th annual 5K run and 1- istration: $95 marathon; $75 half-marathon;
mile Fun Walk and wheelchair event is 8 a.m. $45 10K and $435 5K by Oct. 1; all fees
Saturday, Oct. 7, at Ascarate Park, 6900 increase by $20 after deadline. On-line regis-
Delta. Registraion: $25; $20 military; $30 race tration deadline is Oct. 19:
day registration. Information: Rio Grande marathon2marathon.net or active.com.
Chapter of NCCIA, 298-7241. Registration at
Run Like A Nut 5K The 5K benefiting
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
New Mexico Pecan Festival is 7 a.m. Saturday,
Proceeds benefit El Paso Chapter of the
Oct. 21, at on the historic plaza in Mesilla,
National Spinal Cord Association and
N.M. Registration:
Scholarships for the Physical Therapist and
newmexicopecanfestival.com/5k-fun-run.
Physical Therapist Assistant students.
Iron Soldier Sprint Triathlon The
400-meter swim, 15 mile bike and 5K run is Please see Page 22
7:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Fort Bliss
Aquatics Training Center, 20733 Constitution
Avenue. Cost: $10 active military; $45 all oth-
ers for individual events; $65 relay teams of 2
to 3 persons; additional $10 fee for late regis-
tation. Information: (Fort Bliss IMW) 744-5794
or blissmwr.com/intramurals.
Early registration will be held at Soto, Stout
and Milam PFCs and online at raceroster.com
until Oct. 4. No registration Oct. 5. Late regis-
tration is 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, and 6 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the ATC.
Franklin Wrestling 5K Franklin High
Schools wrestling teams fundraising 5K and 1-
mile walk is 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Franklin
High School, 900 N. Resler. Registration: $20
by Sept. 16; $25 after; team discounts offered.
Register at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Walk to End Alzheimers 5K The 2nd
annual 5K run is 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at
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Running of the Bulls 5K Downtown El
Paso DMDs inaugural 5K run/walk inspired by
the craziness in Pamplona is 9 a.m. Saturday,
Oct. 21, through the streets of Downtown El
Paso, starting at Starr Western Wear, 112
Overland, presented by Amstel X Light. Post-
run BBQ meal, activity zone, prizes, and more
planned. Cost: $30 5K with lunch; $25 run
only; $15 meal only. Registration: raceadven-
turesunlimited.com or downtownelpaso.com.
Las Cruces Monster Run The 4th
annual half marathon, quarter marathon, and
5K competitive run and 1 mile fun run/walk
are 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at Field of
Dreams on Tashiro Road in Las Cruces.
Participants encouraged to dress in Halloween
costumes. Race and costume prizes awardedf
ro various age groups. Proceeds benefit Jardin
de los Ninos. Cost: $50 hlaf marathon; $35
quarter marathon; $25 5K and $10 one mile
fun run. Registration information on Facebook
at lcmonsterrun.
Day of the Dead Series 2017 The
10K, 5K, marathon and half marathon events
are 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-29,
at La Llorona Park on Picacho, in Las Cruces.
Race day packet pick up begins one hour
before start of race time.
Registration per day: $100 marathon; $85
half marathon; $40 10K; and $30 5K.
Registration at mainlymarathons.com.
Run Internacional: The U.S.-Mexico
10K Run The 3rd annual 10K race is 8
a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, beginning at 300
Olivas V Aoy Avenue (at S. Mesa), with a route
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linking El Paso and Jurez. Route goes by
Southwest University Park, San Jacinto Plaza,
through Segundo Barrio and across the
Stanton Street Bridge into Juarez. Entry fee:
$25 through Oct. 25, $30 Oct. 26-27. No
race day registration or packet pickup.
Limited to 1,500 participants. Entry form at
international10K.com.
To cross the border, all runners must have
a passport, permanent resident card or other
government-approved crossing identifica-
tion..
All Souls Urban Trail Races The 9th
annual 10K, 5K trail races and 1-mile fun run
begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, in
downtown Silver City, N.M. Proceeds bene-
fit Grand County food security program.
Information, fees: (575) 574-2902 or on
Facebook at allsoulstrailrace. Registration:
raceroster.com (All Souls Trail Race).
Club Zombie 5K Cielo Vista Optimist
Club hosts the 5K race and 1 mile run, creep
and crawl benefiting the clubs scholarship
fund at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at St. Pauls
Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere.
Registration: raceadventuresunlimited.com.
R.E.D. 5K Spartyka Foundation presents
the Remember Everyone Deployed 5K
race and 1 mile walk at 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov.
5, at EPCC Transmountain campus, 9750
Gateway North. Cost: $25. Information:
spartykafoundation.org; online registration at
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Franklin Mountains Trail Run
The ultra marathon, half-marathon, 5K and
10K trail runs and 6-mile races are Nov. 10-
12, at Franklin Mountains State Park.
Information:
El Paso Scene
L
ately Ive been reading through
the Psalms. No profound reason
behind it it just occurred to me
that I wasnt as familiar with them as
perhaps I should be.
This may sound rather impious, but I
find the Psalms in general hard to relate
to. Seems like David was always talking
about his enemies. Thats understand-
able for someone whos king of a coun-
try surrounded by warring nations, but
not so much for a guy like me living a
relatively quiet life.
I imagine few of us can really identify
with King David, or most other figures
of the Bible. The cultural divide between
then and now is hard to cross. Thats not
to say that there are plenty of great
heroes to admire, but most of us have a
difficult enough time trying to relate to
our parents and grandparents world.
Yet one aspect of the Psalms that is
timeless has nothing to do with the writ-
ers circumstances, and everything to do
with their response. Some of the Psalms
start with woe, some even with despair,
but nearly all of them end with praise.
I remember a speaker from 30 years
ago who summed up the Psalms in six
words: Life is hard, God is good. admits feeling alone, rejected and afraid
One of my favorite modern writers was
M. Scott Peck, who began one of the
biggest best-sellers of the 20th century,
The Road Less Traveled, with similar
words: Life is difficult.
Peck had not yet fully embraced
Christianity when he wrote those words,
but over the years that followed he
referred to himself as having converted.
He later wrote a book on his vision of
the afterlife titled In Heaven as on
Earth and co-authored What Return
Can I Make?: Dimensions of the
Christian Experience.
So basically Peck was making the
same point over the span of his decades
of writing as the Psalmist did: Life is
hard, God is good.
I confess to ignorance when trying to
explain why the world is the way it is,
why we cannot figure out solutions to
our problems and put them into action. I
dont know why life requires all the
effort it does or why even with our best
efforts we dont always succeed. That all
falls under the heading of Life is hard.
What I do know is that no difficulty is
made easier by abandoning faith. Again
and again in the Psalms, the writer keeps
turning back to the stories of Gods
mercy and trustworthiness. The Psalmist
but he still clings to a God worth believ-
ing in. In short, God is good.
Psalm 62:11 sums up all the theology
needed to define this goodness: Power
belongs to you, God, and with you,
Lord, is unfailing love.
Randy Limbird is editor of
El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send to randy@epscene.com
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Brian Kanof / El Paso County Coliseum
Rick Tate
I
n just over a decade, El Pasoans have
seen their entertainment and sports ven-
ues grow tremendously, from the open-
ing of the restored Plaza Theatre in 2006 to
the opening of the new Southwest
University Park baseball stadium in 2014,
as well as many smaller music venues like
Tricky Falls or Lowbrow Palace. Now the
city is in the middle of a major controversy
over a proposed Downtown arena.
Before all of these, however, there was El
Paso County Coliseum, which celebrated
its 75th anniversary in May.
Dedicated May 21, 1942, the Coliseum
and Livestock Exposition Building cost
$321,000. The El Paso Times called the
facility the largest and finest structure of
its kind in the area of the Southwest,
declaring it was practically the same size
as the one in Madison Square Garden.
The massive concrete and steel
Coliseum is now virtually complete, the
Times enthusiastically reported. Literally
hundreds of flags, American and Texas,
and plenty of bunting have been strung
from the great steel network that supports
the buildings roof.
Texas Lt. Gov. H.L Windfield, who dedi-
cated the building along with County
Judge Joseph McGill, called the Coliseum
a sound investment and monument to El
Paso progressiveness.
The ceremony drew a capacity crowd of
7,000, and featured entertainment by Fort
Bliss soldiers, the Texas College of Mines
band, high school dance groups, Boy
Scouts and other organizations.
Today, the Coliseum hosts more than 200
events annually, with an average of two
million guests each year.
The Coliseum has hosted and still serves
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Making memories
for 75 years
El Paso County Coliseum far from
retirement as citys senior venue
for entertainment, sports
Story by Lisa Kay Tate
as home for rodeo, boxing, wrestling and a
variety of local sports teams. As a concert
venue it has welcomed some of the most
popular names in live music of all genres
from Latin to heavy metal to country. Elvis
Presley performed at the Coliseum more
than once, and Selena sold out the venue in
1994. The list of performers continues to
grow each year.
The Coliseum received a $9.5 million
renovation in 2004, with everything from
new seating and parking, to improved air
conditioning, restrooms and seating.
Nearly everyone who has lived in El Paso
in the past seven decades has been to some
event at the Coliseum, and even in its old
age, its still creating memories for years to
come.
Brian Kennedy, CEO and president of the
El Paso Sports Commission, which man-
ages the Coliseum, noted that its location
on Paisano in south-central El Paso makes
it easily accessible for patrons from both
El Paso and Jurez.
Many people from Jurez dont want to
travel too far into the United States, but
when they go to events at the Coliseum, it
is just to the right when they cross the bor-
der, Kennedy said.
While most people think of the Coliseum
for sports and concerts, Kennedy noted that
it also serves as a venue for charity give-
aways, the El Paso County Fair and youth
events such as Kids & Kows & More.
People may come and see a hockey
game at the Events Center, but what they
might not see is the 20,000 kids who come
skating every year for field trips. Some of
these kids have never been ice skating or
seen a real ice rink before.
He said these events are what help the
El Paso Scene
Brian Kanof / El Paso County Coliseum
Coliseum be more than just a venue, but be
part of the border region family.
The Coliseum is El Paso, he said.
Kennedy said the addition of a
Downtown arena shouldnt have any affect
on the Coliseum as the building will con-
tinue to serve its purpose as what he calls a
feeder building, with a seating capacity
of about 6,500, large enough to feel like a
big event, but small enough so everyone
can get a good view of the performer. Even
the farthest seat in the Coliseum is less
than 200 feet away from the artist on stage.
What the Coliseum wants to do, and
what this new building wants to do is so
different, he explained, adding the
Coliseums size is perfect for artists who
dont need the size of the Don Haskins
Center or Sun Bowl.
Kennedy noted that Latin superstars
Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias, who per-
formed together at the Don Haskins Center,
have each performed on their own at the
Coliseum in the past.
The Coliseum still brings in performers
who could easily fill larger venues, such as
Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzman, who
both toured there in the last month. He said
the Coliseum has gained a reputation as a
performer-friendly venue.
We know were not the biggest building
or the newest building, he said, but
were that building that gets things done
and is wonderful to play at.
Having a variety of venues, Kennedy
said, is the sign of a citys progress.
Grownup cities have options, he
explained. They can take a look at the
acts and events coming, and be able to find
what works best. Some work better in
smaller arenas, and some in bigger arenas.
Rick Tate
Brian Kanof / El Paso County Coliseum
Home for the home teams
The Coliseum was built to host
Americas #1 Sport, rodeo, and the first
event held in the building was El Paso
Sheriffs Posse Rodeo in June 1942. The
Coliseum is now managed by the private
non-profit El Paso Sports Commission,
whose mission is to increase the influx of
sports tourism dollars to the El Paso com-
munity through the creation of local tour-
naments, the enhancement of existing tour-
naments and by attracting regional, nation-
al and international events to the El Paso
area.
Today the Coliseum, as well as its adjunct
Hospitals of Providence Events Center, its
judging arena and pavilion are home to at
least five sports teams, not counting the
many annual and traveling sports events,
including professional boxing, wrestling
and bull riding.
The Coliseums main building hosts the
citys newest professional sports team, El
Paso Coyotes indoor soccer league, and its
adjunct 1,000-seat El Paso Events Center is
home ice to two championship hockey
teams, El Paso Rhinos, and UTEPs Miner
Hockey Club.
UTEP Hockey head coach Tom Herman
said the Coliseums event center is a great
venue for hockey.
Its loud, he said, And makes for an
intimate experience for the fans because
they are so close to the ice.
The still young hockey club has already
built a significant fan base, having won the
Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference in
just their second year as a team as well as
making it into the regional finals.
Herman hopes to see even more fans
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come out to their home ice and support this
teams third season, which starts Oct. 13
versus Northern Arizona.
Also making its home at the Event Center
is the El Paso Figure Skating Club, former-
ly Sun City Blades, which hosts lessons
and several exhibitions throughout the
year.
On the wilder side of the sports world,
NEW Era Wrestling lucha libre hosts bouts
every Friday at the Coliseum. Sun City
Roller Girls constructs its own banked
track. Roller Girls Teresita Lopez said the
Coliseums size is just right.
The Coliseum is a great venue for us
because it holds our massive banked
track, she said. The whole thing comes
in about 12,000 pounds, just under six
tons, and we can set up our track inside the
Judging Arena, Coliseum as well as outside
under the Pavilion.
Even outside of the regular seasons,
sports and the Coliseum has been a perfect
site for sports events for sometime. In
1976, NBA great Wilt Chamberlain played
in the International Volleyball Association
at the Coliseum, which was home from
1975 to 1978 to the areas own team, El
Paso-Jurez Sol.
Boxing has also been a mainstay. El
Pasos Gloves Regional Boxing
Tournament celebrated its own 75th
anniversary in January at the Coliseum. It
hosted the notable title fight between
Salvador Sanchez and Juan LaPorte in
1980, the same year Randall Tex Cobb
won a couple of fights at the venue.
This year, El Paso native Tuff Hedemans
12th Championship Bull Riding at the
Coliseum was a nationally televised event.
The Coliseum also saw its share of teams
come and go, including El Paso Buzzards
hockey from 1996 to 2003, as well as
short-lived teams like El Paso Raiders
hockey in 1975-76, and indoor football
teams El Paso Rumble in 2004 and El Paso
Generals in 2009.
Performer, audience favorite
El Paso Coliseum has built a reputation
as a must-stop for among many prominent
touring acts, especially in the Latin music
world.
Playing at the Coliseum is like a rite of
passage for artists, Kennedy said. Once
the artists come here they dont want to
leave.
Pop star Ariana Grande, who played at
the Coliseum in October 2015 with guest
Prince Royce, was told by other artists
you have to play at the Coliseum, he
recalled. On the day of her performance,
she even arrived earlier than announced to
get the feel of the place, and was very
pleased with her experience.
She wasnt the only one. Punk icons
Green Day enjoyed their performance at
the venue earlier this year so much they
stuck around a couple of extra days just to
rehearse in the facility.
Alternative metal heavyweights Nine Inch
Nails even filmed part of their 2007 live
concert DVD, Beside You in Time, at the
Coliseum during their March 28, 2006 per-
formance.
One of the greatest names ever to head-
line in El Paso was Elvis Presley, who
brought his 1956 All Music Show at the
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Coliseum.
The performance
featured Grand Old
Opry star Faron
Young, Jimmy and
Johnny, leading girl
singer Wanda
Jackson and western
artist Gordon Terry.
Tickets to the event
came at a hefty price
of $1.50 in advance
and $1.75 at the door.
Buy now and save a
quarter, the Herald-
Post said.
Presley returned to
the Coliseum in 1973.
Some performances
have even been notable for crowds being a
little too enthusiastic. Thirty Seconds to
Mars lead singer Jared Leto had his nose
unintentionally broken when he ran into
the crowd during the bands aptly named
Taste of Chaos tour at the Coliseum stop
in 2007.
Other notable performances at Coliseum
include Johnny Cash, Juan Gabriel, Ricky
Martin, Slayer, Slipknot, Van Halen, KISS,
Aerosmith, Glen Campbell, No Doubt,
Alejandro Fernandez, Marc Anthony, Ana
Gabriel, Pepe Aguilar, Mana, Foghat, Alice
Cooper, Grateful Dead, Motley Crue, Judas
Priest, Prophets of Rage, Lil Wayne,
Nazareth, Jefferson Starship, Ozzy
Osbourne, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Cheech &
Chong, Electric Light Orchestra and too
many more to list.
The Coliseum also hosts various music
festivals, such as the Great American
Rockabilly Riot, which moved to the
Coliseum this year with headliners like
Tiger Army. The Rio Grande Country Jam
featured acts like Rodney Atkins as part of
El Paso County Fair and Junior Livestock
Show in September. Other unique events
have included the Texas Showdown
Festival tattoo fest and electronic dance
party experiences like Foam Wonderland.
Where memories are made
The Coliseum, often affectionately called
The Barn by local concertgoers, may be
famous for many of the big names who
have performed within its walls, but the
building is also part of many area resi-
dents more personal memories from grad-
uations to family events, festivals, car
shows, trade shows and expos, circuses
and even church and charitable fundraisers.
Many locally organized events have made
use of the Coliseum in the past. Junior
Womans Clubs Spooktacular, Hispanic
Cultural Centers Fiesta de La Flores, El
Pasos Authentic Oktoberfest,
Generation 2K, and El Paso Comic Con
are just a few home grown events to make
use of the site.
If you ask anyone who has lived in the
area for sometime what their first or best
memories of the Coliseum are, they will
have something, Kennedy said. Everyone
has a Coliseum memory.
For some it was their first date with their
current spouse, for others it was seeing a
favorite artist with friends, and others tak-
ing children and grandchildren to their first
ice show or circus.
Peoples experiences start in the parking
lot, he said. People can enjoy a good
show itself, but if they encounter a bad
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experience before or after, that can hurt the
whole memory. We want to take care of
our patrons.
Kennedy even helped with the parking
himself one time, to help his staff make
sure the experience is the best it can be for
both the guests and the staff. In addition,
plans are also underway for additional
parking.
Some people dont realize the amount
of work that goes into hosting an event,
he said, adding some days the dedicated
staff work all night, long after the audience
has gone home, to make sure one stage is
properly taken down, and the venue is
prepped and ready for entirely different
event the next day.
One of Kennedys own favorite memories
was after a Disney on Ice event when he
encountered an audience member, a
woman in her 80s, in tears. He was at first
worried something bad had happened, but
that was not the case.
She told me she was so grateful,
Kennedy said. This was her grandchil-
drens first time at an ice show, and she
remembered bringing her own there for the
first time as well. That is why we do what
we do.
He said he wants to make sure everyone
who works with the Coliseum never for-
gets the importance of those memories,
either.
One thing I do each time Disney on
Ice, comes through, for example, is I tell
everyone on staff during the first perform-
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Courtesy of El Paso County Coliseum
ance to pick any kid in the audience and
watch the look on their face the first time
Mickey Mouse comes out on the ice, he
said. That is the coolest part. That look is
what its all about.
El Paso resident Robert Diaz, who has
attended several concerts throughout the
area, has a quite different favorite memory
of the Coliseum. Oe of his first concerts at
the Coliseum was seeing AC/DC perform
on Oct. 27, 1985, for their Fly on the Wall
Tour with opener Yngwie Malmsteen. The
event, he recalled, was literally a blast.
The band had already been playing sta-
diums and brought their stadium show to
The Barn. I remember just how loud it
was and how it fueled the audience even
more, he said. The encore was the song
For Those About to Rock. As the song
played, two stadium-sized cannons erected
from both sides of the stage. I remember
thinking These are not going to make it.
The cannons actually went through the
roof, which was made of old particle tiles.
(Lead singer Brian Johnson) yells Fire!
Boom! The tiles start coming down onto
the audience. Brian (said), yes, fire again.
BOOM! All the windows in the place shat-
ter. By the time he sang Weeeee Salute
You it was a full-on stock riot. A great
rock memory.
El Paso Scene
Find your team
El Paso County Coliseum and its
neighboring facilities at 4100 Paisano
host several sports teams year round.
El Paso Rhinos: El Pasos Junior
League ice hockey teams home games
are at Hospitals of Providence Events
Center. The season runs October
through March. Tickets: $5-$30. Free
admission to active military with ID.
Information: 479-PUCK (7825) or elpa-
sorhinos.com.
are La Catrinas, Chuco Town Chulas,
Miners Hockey Club: UTEPs hock- Las Diablas, Sexecutioners and Las
ey team and 2016-17 Texas Collegiate
Viudas Negras. Tickets: $7-$10-.
Hockey Conference Champions host
Information: suncityrollergirls.com.
games October through February at
Hospitals of Providence Events Center.
New Era Wrestling: The Lucha Libre
Tickets: $7-$20. Information: 491-7879
style wrestling bouts are 8 p.m. every
or minershockey.com.
Friday at the Coliseums Pavilion.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for
El Paso Coyotes: El Pasos new regular bouts: $8; $5 children.
Major Arena Soccer League team enters Information: 356-5113 or on Facebook
its second season in October. The sea- at NewEraEP.
son opener is Saturday, Oct. 28, at the
El Paso County Coliseum main build-
Also, public skating is 7 to 10 p.m.
ing. Information: 229-1416, elpasocoy-
Fridays, noon to 3 p.m. and 7 to 10
otes.com or on Facebook .
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Event
Sun City Roller Girls: The Roller Center next to the Coliseum, 4100
Girls banked track roller derby general- Paisano. All ages welcome. Times may
ly begins in February with a champi- vary on days of hockey games.
Admission: $10; $8 military (skate
onship bout in October, plus the
rental included). Information: 479-
Naughty vs. Nice bout in November at
the Coliseums Judging Arena. Teams PUCK (7825) or elpasohockey.org.
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Aspencade Vehicles for the Cloudcroft,
N.M. tours depart at 10 a.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, from forest service
parking lot across from the Cloudcroft
Chamber of Commerce. Tour lead to Upper
Carr Canyon (5 miles on Sunspot Highway).
cowboy coffee around the campfire at the
trans-pecos-audubon.com. Wild Texas Film Tour Texas Parks and
end of the tour. Tours are free; participants
Field trips are open to the public. Wildlife Foundation hosts the 2017 Wild Texas
must provide their own transportation.
Information: Mark Perkins, 637-3521 or trans- short film tour showcasing wildlife, adventure,
Information: (575) 682-2733.
pecos-audubon.com. and conservation stories from across the state
A trip to Dell City Valley departs at 6:30 at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, at Alamo
Full Moon Nights White Sands National
a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, from Evergreen Drafthouse, 250 E. Montecillo. The tour will
Monument hosts its final full moon programs
Cemetery, 12400 E. Montana. Bring a lunch. feature Texas wildlife, adventure, and conser-
at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. Rangers will givep-
A tour to Northeast El Paso and Fort Bliss vation short films along with characters from
resent A 3D Journey through White Sands.
Ponds departs at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, the films, filmmakers, wildlife biologists and
Entrance fee: $5 age 16 and older. Free for
from Lowes parking lot at Transmountain other experts. Tickets: $21.65; available at
children. Information: (575) 479-6124, ext.
Road behind Taco Bell. drafthouse.com/el-paso. Information: wildfilm-
236 or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to
nps.gov/whsa. tour.com.
Enchanted Skies Star Party The 24th
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society El Paso Zoo 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo
annual night sky event is Oct. 17-22. Night
The monthly meeting is 7 p.m. Monday, Entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
viewing, lectures, and camping are at Star
Oct. 16, at the Centennial Museum on the
Zoo admission is $12 for ages 13 to 59; $9 for
Village in the Cibola National Forest, 15 min-
UTEP campus. Local ecologist, photographer ages 60 and older and active duty military
utes outside Magdalena, N.M. Professional and
and musician Dr. Paul Hyder will talk on (including spouse) with ID; $7.50 ages 3 to 12;
amateur astronomers will be on hand.
Hybrid Cacti of the Jarilla Mountains, Otero and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo members
Information, registration: (505) 515-5780 or
Co., N.M. Information: Scott, 581-6071 or admitted free. Information: 212-0966 or elpa-
enchantedskies.org.
sozoo.org.
Boo at the Zoo is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. 28-29.
The Wings of the World Bird Show is
12:30 p.m. weekdays and 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.
weekends at the Wildlife Amphitheater.
Wyler Aerial Tramway 1700 McKinley.
Information: 562-9899 or 566-6622. The next
last Sunday hike is 8 a.m. Oct. 29, up Ranger
Peak. Meet in the parking lot for the 1-mile
hike.
Celebration of Our Mountains For
more than 20 years, the celebration has
included hiking, biking, birding, climbing, pho-
tographing, geocaching, studying and celebrat-
ing the natural wonders of the Borderland. For
a full line-up of events, visit celebrationofour-
mountains.org.
Journey through Time at Lake Lucero
Accompany rangers and living history
actors from the New Mexico Farm and Ranch
Heritage Museum 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4,
on a journey through the 10,000 years of
human habitation in the Tularosa Basin.
The four-hour program begins at 9 a.m.
Along the hike to Lake Lucero, colorful char-
acters such as author Eugene Manlove Rhodes
and photographer Ansel Adams will share the
rich history of the basin. Program fee: $8 for
16 years and older, $4 for children.
Reservations are required, accepted starting
Oct. 4 at nps.gov/whsa.
The trail is uneven, rocky, and has a grade of
2-3 percent. See website for details.
Franklin Mountains State Park Most
hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the
Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Drive on
the west side of the park (east of I-10). Entry
fee is $5 per person, free for age 12 and
under (with family). Correct cash or check
only. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Information: 566-6441, Facebook at
FranklinMountainsSP, or tpwd.texas.gov/
state-parks/franklin-mountains.
The 13th annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta is
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, in the
Tom Mays area.
Several non-ranger-led Celebration of Our
Mountains events will be held in the park; $2
entry fee for persons 13 years and over. Visit
celebmtns.org to see meetup locations. Hikes
begin at 8 a.m. at Tom Mays Unit, unless oth-
erwise listed.
Saturday, Oct. 7: Peak Fitness hike to Ron
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Coleman Trail. Meet at Ron Coleman
Trailhead and Carpool to McKelligon Canyon.
Sunday, Oct. 8: West Cottonwood Springs
Saturday, Oct. 21: Aztec Caves Hike
Sunday, Oct. 22: Schaeffer Shuffle
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park UTEPs
Center for Environmental Resource
Management offers free guided walking tours
and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands
Park, 10176 Socorro Rd. in El Pasos Mission
Valley. Tours last about two hours.
Information: 747-8663 or riobosque.org.
Municipal Rose Garden The garden at
3418 Aurora (at Copia) is open to the public 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through November.
Admission is free. Information/rentals: El Paso
Parks and Recreation, 541-4331.
Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso
Desert Botanical Garden 4200
Doniphan. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays. Admission: $3.
Information: 584-0563 or keystone-
heritagepark.org.
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic
Site Ranch Road 2775 off U.S. 62/180
(Montana Ave.). The site is famed for many
Native American rock paintings and unique
geology. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday
through Sunday. Admission: $7 (free for chil-
dren 12 and younger). Admission with tours
or hikes is $9 (13 and over); $2 (ages 5-12).
Information: 857-1135, ext. 0, or texas-
stateparks.gov.
The 23rd annual Interpretive Fair is 8 a.m. to
9 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 21-22. Free entry.
Special events (space is limited; reservations
required):
Rare Plant Tour is 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14. Volunteers lead a tour of
the plant life located in the park.
Rock Art Tour with Dr. David Carmichael is
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14.
Womens Hike is 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday,
Oct. 14. Open to all women.
Hueco Tanks Constellation Tour is 8 to 10
p.m. is Thursday, Oct. 26, with a night of
stargazing, stories, and planetary viewing.
Visitors welcome to bring their own binocu-
lars and telescopes. No reservations needed,
but groups accepted on a first come, first
served basis with a cap visitation at 100 peo-
ple. Gates close at 8 p.m., no exceptions.
Birding hike is 7:30 a.m. third Saturday of
the month (Oct. 21).
Constellation tour is 8-10 p.m. the fourth
Thursday of the month (Oct. 26).
Carlsbad Caverns National Park The
park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the
Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:
(575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.
Winter hours: Visitor Center open 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily; tours available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Last entry into cave via natural entrance
is 2 p.m. with last entry into cave via elevator
3:30 p.m. Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour
and 1-1/2 hours for Big Room tour of the
Caverns. Cost is $10 (free or ages 15 and
younger). The parks audio self-guided tour is
$3 extra (also available in Spanish).
The bat season generally lasts through mid-
October. Daily bat flight talks begin just before
sunset at the amphitheater outside the natural
entrance. Admission is free.
Other guided tours are available; call or
check website for details.
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White Sands National Monument 15
miles southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on
U.S. 70. Visitor Center hours are 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. through Nov. 4. Park hours are 7 a.m. to
8 p.m. through Oct. 7; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct.
9-Nov. 4. Entrance fee: $5 age 16 and older.
Free for children. Information: (575) 479-
6124, ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or
go to nps.gov/whsa.
Sunset strolls are offered daily one hour
before sunset: 5:45 p.m. through Oct. 8; 5:30
p.m. Oct. 9-22; 5:15 p.m. Oct. 23-Nov. 4.
Full Moon Hike is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 4. Reservations required, starting one
month in advance of each hike; online only.
Cost: $8; $4 age 15 and young, plus monu-
ment entrance fees.
The final Full Moon Night program of the
season is 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5.
Journey through Time at Lake Lucero with
rangers and living history actors from the New
Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is
10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.
A Full Moon Bike Ride is 8 p.m. Friday, Oct.
6. Reservations required via nps.gov/whsa.
Fee is $8 per person; $4 ages 15 and younger,
plus park entrance fee.
Sunrise photography is 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
21. Registration required; starting one month
before event. Program fee is $8 ($4 age 15
and younger); reservations required and avail-
able one month prior to tour.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
110 miles east of El Paso on the way to
Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the
highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749
feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good
for one week and all trails. Camping is $8 per
night. Information: (915) 828-3251 or nps.gov.
New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee
is $5 when visiting any state park. All pro-
grams are free with park entrance, unless oth-
erwise listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or
nmparks.com.
Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Information:
(575) 744-5923.Boating Safety Classes are
Saturday, Oct. 14.
Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of
Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff.
Information: (575) 437-8284. Shadows of
Once Great Stars night sky viewing is 7 to
9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. 5000 Calle
del Norte in Mesilla. Information: (575) 523-
4398.
Audubon Bird Walks are 7:15 a.m. Saturdays,
led by park volunteers. Ranger-led Nature
Hikes are 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Fitness in
Nature walks with the Second Chance Walker
Program are 8:30 a.m. every Saturday begin-
ning at the Visitor Center.
Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus, N.M.,
State Roads 11 and 9. Day use hours: 7 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Information: (575) 531-2711. The
12th annual Panchos Car Show is 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.
Leasburg Dam 12712 State Park Road in
Radium Springs, two miles off Interstate 25 at
Exit 19. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for day
use. Information: (575) 5244068.
A History of Nature and Man hikes at LDSP
are 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
11 and 25, and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 28.
Music in the Park is 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 14, with live music and stargazing.
Mammoths to Mescaleros guided hike is 10
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a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1.
Caballo Lake State Park, 60 miles north of
Las Cruces. Information: (575) 527-8386.
The annual 4x4 Rock Climbing Challenge
weekends are Friday through Sunday, Oct. 6-
8, and Oct. 13-15.
A star program is 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 14.
City of Rocks State Park, off Hwy 61 in
Faywood, N.M., about 130 miles west of El
Paso. Information: (575) 536-2800. Star Party
is 6:15 to 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State
Park 1504 Miehls Drive N., Carlsbad,
N.M. Admission: $5 ($3 ages 7-12; free for 6
and under). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last
entry at 3:30 p.m.). Information: (575) 887-
5516. The last Full Moon Walk the season is
6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National
Monument 44 miles north of Silver City
on NM Highway 15 in the middle of the
majestic Gila Wilderness, the first and one of
the largest wilderness areas. Entrance fee: $5
per person; $10 per family. Information: (575)
536-9461 or nps.gov/gicl.
The trail to the cliff dwellings is open from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. year round. Everyone must be
off the trail by 5 p.m. Visitor center is open 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Alameda Park Zoo Alameda Park,
1321 North White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70),
Alamogordo. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Admission: $2.50 ($1.50 ages 3-11 and 60 and
older; free for ages 2 and younger).
Information: (575) 439-4290.
The annual Zoo Boo trick-or-treat event is 9
a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 21.
Aguirre Spring Campground Off U.S.
70 about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Day-use
fee is $3 per vehicle. Information, group
reservations: (575) 525-4300.
Dripping Springs Natural Area Base
of the Organ Mountains at the end of Dripping
Springs Road, about 10 miles east of Las
Cruces. Entrance gate is open 8 a.m. until 5
p.m. Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets
allowed (except for assistance animals).
Information: (575) 522-1219.
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park
The park, part of Asombro Institute for
Science Education, is northeast of Las Cruces,
off Jornada Road. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Information:
(575) 524-3334 or asombro.org.
Area hiking websites A variety of
organizations in the El Paso/Las Cruces area
offers hiking opportunities. Hikes typically are
rated as easy, moderate, or strenuous. Solo or
new hikers are welcome.
Meetup.com offers a variety of groups for
all activities, including the El Paso hiking meet-
up club (meetup.com/El-Paso-Hiking) and the
Las Cruces hiking meetup club
(meetup.com/jornada-hikers)
Celebrations of Our Mountains offers an
ongoing calendar of hiking and related events
at celebrationofourmountains.org/
Elpasonaturally is a blog by Jim Tolbert on
various environmental topics and includes
information about Sunrise Hikers morning
events. Information:
elpasonaturally.blogspot.com or diegotol-
bert@gmail.com.
The El Paso chapter of the Sierra Club posts
its hikes at sierraclub.org/elpaso.
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Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30
Monday through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 747-6667 or museum.utep.edu.
Showing through Dec. 16:
La Frontera: A Century of Division and
Resistance in observance of Hispanic Heritage
Month. The exhibit explores the increased
hardening of the border since 1917 as well
as the resistance to governmental policies and
legislation. Curated by the Department of
Historys graduate public history interns and
features artwork about the border from local
artists.
Bracero Memories, exploring the complex
history of the Bracero Program, which brought
Mexican laborers to work in the U.S. from
1942 to 1964. Using photographs, oral histo-
ries and artifacts, this exhibit presents the
braceros memories, accomplishments and
frustrations while living and working in the U.S.
Presented in collaboration with the Center for
Border Farmworkers.
The Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit is open to the
public for viewing 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Wednesday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first
Sunday of the month. A museum representa-
tive will be on hand.
El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study
Center 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. weekdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Admission is free unless listed other-
wise. Information: 351-0048 or elpasoholo-
caustmuseum.org.
A book signing and discussion with Dr. Edith
Eva Eger is 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at Barnes
& Noble, 705 Sunland Park Drive, for her new
book The Choice.
The museums 3rd annual Flights & Bites
fundraising event, Vodka and Vino is 6 to 10
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, with vodka tasting,
wine bar, food, music, silent auction and more.
Tickets: $50, age 21 and older only.
Showing through Nov. 5: Rebirth After the
Holocaust: The Bergen-Belsen Displaced
Persons Camp, 1945-1950. The photo-docu-
mentary exhibition illuminates the history of
Holocaust survivors in the years immediately
following their liberation from the Nazis.
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso
(west of U.S. 54). Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Tours are 10:30 to
2 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.
Information: 755-4332 or
elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.
Showing through Oct. 31: Paquim and the
Casas Grandes Culture. The exhibition high-
lights Paquims importance as a center of
regional trade and culture during the 13th and
14th centuries AD.
The 20th Biennial Jornada Mogollon
Archaeology Conference is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 13-14. Advance registration is
$35; at the door is $45.
Student registration is $28 (ID required).
The museums 40th anniversary Family Day is
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15.
International Archaeology Day event is noon
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, with a pottery fir-
ing demonstration, archery, mock excavations,
hands-on activities, films and more. Admission
is free.
Robert Dello-Russo presents the talk Water
Canyon: The most important Paleoindian site
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in New Mexico since the discovery of Black
Water Draw? is 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28.
Tom Lea Day is noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
29, in celebration of Tom Lea Month, with
activities for all ages including painting and plas-
tic pottery making. Museum Director Jeff
Romney will give a presentation at 2 p.m. on
Casas Grandes pottery highlighting pieces on
exhibit from the Tom Lea collection.
El Paso Museum of Art For exhibit
information, see Southwest Art Scene.
El Paso Museum of History 510 N.
Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday (open until 9 p.m.
Thursdays), and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: 212-0320 or
elpasotexas.gov/history.
Showing through February in the Wall of
Giants series is First Steps: A
Commemoration of St. Patrick Cathedral and
Cathedral High School.
The museum hosts a Nooks and Crannies of
St. Patricks Cathedral tour 3-4 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 1, at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1118 N Mesa.
Register in the museum gift shop: $10 ($5
museum members).
The museum will host labyrinth making noon
to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in conjunction with
Chalk The Block.
Local author Cristina Casas Palmer will pres-
ent a lecture on her book For Love of Dance
the Early Years of the UTEP Ballet, 6 to
7:30 p.m. Oct. 19. Admission is free; RSVP
requested at 212-3161.
A portrait photography workshop is 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Cost: $55 ($45
members).
A Da de Los Muertos family event is 1 to 5
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in collaboration with
El Paso Public Library. Activities include papel
picado, calaveras and paper flowers
A lecture on Women Resisting Slavery
before the Civil War by UTEP assistant pro-
fessor of history Susan Stanfield is 6 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 26.
Los Portales Museum and Visitor
Center 1521 San Elizario Road. Hours are
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
Information: 851-1682.
Magoffin Home State Historic Site
1120 Magoffin. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Visitors can begin their tour at the
Visitor Center across the street (1117
Magoffin, a restored 1901 home); closed
Sunday. Tours on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m.
Spanish language tours offered Thursday
through Saturday; call for availability. Cost: $7
($6 seniors 65 and older; $4 ages 6-18; free
ages 5 and younger). Family and group rates
available. Admission is free to Visitor Center.
Information: 533-5147, visitmagoffinhome.com
or Facebook.
Victorian Sci-Fi Book and Tea Club is 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 21, to discuss The War of the
Worlds by H.G. Wells, 1898. Cost: $5.
National Border Patrol Museum and
Memorial Library 4315 Transmountain
Drive. The museum, in Northeast El Paso just
west of U.S. 54. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 759-6060 or borderpatrolmuse-
um.com.
San Elizario Veterans Museum and
Memorial Walk 1501-B Main Street in
San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: 383-8529.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta
Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe, offering a glimpse of five centuries
of Pueblo history and tradition. Hours are 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: 859-7700, ysle-
tadelsurpueblo.org.
War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport
Road, Doa Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
military; free for children under 12.
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-air-
museum.com.
Las Cruces area
Branigan Cultural Center Branigan
Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las
Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Information: (575) 541-2154, las-
cruces.org/museums or on Facebook.
Showing Oct. 6-Jan. 6, 2018: Trotando
Pasos Ajenos: Social Justice Inequalities in the
Region. The bilingual exhibit provides an
interactive community experience that pro-
motes awareness and nuanced dialogue about
difficult social justice topics. Opening reception
is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6.
A Cultural Bazaar is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,
Oct. 7, with art, dance, clothing, and other
customs of more than a dozen cultures repre-
sented in Las Cruces.
Showing through Oct. 25: Grand Ole
Opry, black-and-white images by photogra-
pher Gordon Gillingham, providing a rare
glimpse inside the Nashville-based country
music radio show during its postwar prime.
Showing through Nov. 18: A-1 Machine
Shop by Mel Stone, a photographic tour of A-
1 Machine Shop in Las Cruces.
History Notes Lecture is 1 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 12 lecture: Adobe Vernacular:
Confessions of a Mud Junkie by Eric Liefeld.
Las Cruces Museum of Nature and
Science 411 N. Main, Las Cruces. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday (until 8 p.m. Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 522-3120 or
las-cruces.org/museums.
The Haunted Museum is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 28, exploring Halloween myths
and legends.
Las Cruces Railroad Museum The
museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N.
Mesilla. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Thursday); 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5
to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Ramble.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 647-4480
or museums.las-cruces.org.
Brown Bag lectures are noon to 1 p.m. the
second Tuesday of the month. The Oct. 10
October 2017
lecture is The Origin and Mission of the U.S.
Border Patrol Museum, with David Ham, act-
ing director of the National Border Patrol
Museum in El Paso.
NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 for
adults, $4 seniors 60 and older; $3 children age
4-17; free for museum members, veterans and
children age 3 and under. Information: (575)
522-4100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
Jim Eckles, who spent 30 years working in
the Public Affairs Office at White Sands Missile
Range, will present The Range: From
Livestock to Missiles at 7 p.m. Oct. 12.
Border Archives Bazaar is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14. Admission is free; museum
tours are $2 for those attending event.
A film screening of Helluva Way to Treat a
Soldier is 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, about
the looting of the Fort Craig cemetery.
Discussion led by Dr. Jeffery Hanson, who was
the Bureau of Reclamation Archaeologist dur-
ing that time. Admission is free.
Heritage Cooking class for Day of the Dead
Bread is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28,
featuring baking in an 1890s vintage wood-
burning cook stove. Cost: $5 ($4 for senior cit-
izens, $3 for children 4-17).
Showing through Nov. 5: American Plains
Artists 32nd Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale in the
Legacy and Traditions galleries. This celebra-
tion of the Art of the Plains features 104 art-
works in traditional media that depict the
American Great Plains region.
Showing through Dec. 3: On the Wing:
The Avian Photography of Nirmal Khandan.
Also
Hubbard Museum of the American
West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours are
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday.
Admission: $7 ($5 seniors, military; $2 ages 6-
16; $1 Ruidoso Downs residents; free for chil-
dren 5 and younger). Information: (575) 378-
4142, hubbardmuseum.org.
Showing through Dec. 20: Life and Art: The
Wyeth-Hurd Family in the Hondo Valley.
Showing through Dec. 31: 25 Years of the
Hubbard Museum.
Museum of the Big Bend Sul Ross
State University (Entrance 3), Hwy 90 in
Alpine, Texas. Showing through Dec. 17:
Charlie Russell Heads West, exhibit featuring
works by the Cowboy Artist of America.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is
free. Information: (432) 837-8143 or museu-
mofthebigbend.com.
New Mexico Museum of Space
History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission:
$6 ($5 seniors and military, $4 ages 4-12).
Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org.
The Launch Pad Lecture Series is 9 to 11
a.m. the first Friday of each month. The Oct.
6 lecture is The Beep Heard Round the
World: Sputnik 1. Admission is free; coffee and
donuts provided.
See Film Scene for the IMAX schedule.
Combo tickets available.
The museum shuttle for the fall Trinity Site
Tour is Saturday, Oct. 7. Tickets: $70; $60 for
museum members. Reservations: (575) 437-
2840 ext. 41132.
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 Over 50 saddles lost
in valley crime spree
e was ugly in appearance, a long
H scar running down the right cheek
of his round, pockmarked face, and
he was also ugly in the things he did.
There was a picture of him once in a
local newspaper at the end of his crime
spree. I wonder if he ever realized the
pain he caused his victims, if he knew
what he put them through when he stole
their saddles. Didnt he know how
attached a person got to their saddle? He
certainly didnt care.
Back in the middle to late 1970s, this
scoundrel ran rampant through the Upper
Valley. I knew because every person he
hit came by my store, The Cowboy
Trading Post, or called me to see if I had
been sold a saddle lately or to tell me to
be on the lookout for theirs that was
stolen the night before. By the time he
was caught, the count the number of sad-
dles stolen climbed to over 50, and those
are just the ones I learned about.
One such report came from John S.A.
Martin, a farmer in the Vinton area. One
night his dogs were barking and raising
such a ruckus that he got up to see. He
had saddles out in his barn and was
aware of all the thieving that had been
going on. He got his gun and walked out-
side, slowly making his way to the barn.
The dogs would not be quiet; he walked
on, made the rounds, nothing. So, he qui-
eted the dogs and went back to bed.
The next morning he went out to feed
his animals and right away saw the shed
door broken open. John walked over and
sure enough three of his four saddles
were gone; the only one left was an old
English saddle.
How could this happen, when did it
happen? Did he walk right by the thief
while he was hiding there? Was the ban-
dit so cool that he just stepped back into
the dark shadows of the big old cotton-
wood tree alongside the barn? Waiting for
John to walk back into his house, so he
could go about his thieving? Did he have
help or was he loner, how many trips did
this cool character make how did he
do it? These questions plagued John for
years.
Another call came from Christi Lama.
Her barn was broken into and the thief
had to walk across a huge hay field to do
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Sacramento Mountains Historical
Museum 1000 U.S. 82, Cloudcroft, N.M.
Open10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Admission: $5 ($3 ages 6 to 12); $1 military
discount. Information: (575) 682-2932 or
cloudcroftmuseum.com.
Haunted Village is 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 21-22, and Oct. 28-29.
Silver City Museum 312 W. Broadway,
Silver City,. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the
first Friday of the month. Admission: $3 .
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Taking a Look Back
by John McVey Middagh
the dirty deed.
Christi said, The police followed his
trail through the alfalfa to the back irriga-
tion ditch where they thought the thief
had parked his vehicle.
Christi lost her show saddle along with
others, again indicating more than one
trip. Now it seemed certain: the thief
takes only western saddles. He left her
English saddles and all her bridles. Some
of the bridles were expensive did he
not know that much about the horse busi-
ness that he would pass up good bridles,
or is he so selective that he only wants
western saddles?
On another day it was Marsha Moyer on
the phone. Her barn was broken into the
night before. The thief chipped the mortar
away from around the cinder blocks in
the wall, removing just enough of them to
crawl in and take all of her saddles.
Both the El Paso Police Department and
the Doa Ana County Sheriffs Office
were called because half the barn was in
Texas and the other in New Mexico.
They followed the trail to the river levee.
Here again the thief walked some dis-
tance, and had to have made multiple
trips.
More saddles were stolen and the calls
and the people kept coming by the store.
Then one day the word came that the
police task force had arrested a man, and
were certain he was the culprit. He must
have been the one, because the thieving
stopped after the arrest.
He was convicted and sent to a New
Mexico state prison. We never heard any-
more about the case, but we never forgot
about our stolen saddles. Some thought
the thief was part of a wholesale opera-
tion to import stolen saddles to Mexico.
During that time, anyone driving the
roads south of Jurez could see a pickup
truck at every intersection with saddles
lining the truck beds, many selling very
cheap.
Of course we will never know, but the
stealing stopped and it has never been
that bad again.
John McVey Middagh is a former
saddle shop owner. You can reach
him at jmiddagh@yahoo.com.
Information: (575) 538-5921 or silvercitymuse-
um.org.
Showing through Dec. 10: Arte Chicano de
San Vicente 2017. featuring area Chicano
artists by Dayna Griego, Peter Garcia, and
Ruben Gonzales. Artist reception is 3:30 to
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1.
Showing through Dec. 31: 50 Years Ago in
Silver City. A panel discussions is noon to 1
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, on Local policing in
the late 1960s
A 50 Years Ago Program: Turn On Tune In
digital stories presentation is 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14.
Toy Train Depot 1991 N. White Sands
Blvd., Alamogordo. Hours are noon to 4:40
p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission:
$4. Information: (575) 437-2855.
October 2017
Southwest Festival of the Written
Word The literary festival is Thursday
through Sunday, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, in Silver
City, N.M. More than 50 Southwest authors
gather to discuss their lives and works of fic-
tion, non-fiction, poetry, theater and more.
This years theme is Word Travels Fast
Events are free except for Saturdays banquet,
and open to the public; some event spaces
limited. All events are free and open to the
public. Information, full schedule: (575) 313-
3172 or swwordfiesta.org.
Tumblewords Project The writing
workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Saturdays at the Memorial Park Public Library
meeting room, 3200 Copper. Workshops are
free; donations for the presenter are encour-
aged. The group is open to all writers in a
non-critique, non-caustic forum. Information:
328-5484 (Donna Snyder), 566-1034 (library),
tumblewordsproject@yahoo.com or on
Facebook.
Sept. 30: 100 Thousand Poets for Change
with Donna Snyder. Poets, musicians, and
artists around the world will stage events
simultaneously Sept. 30 in the sixth annual
event. Snyder will address the power of poets
to effect change in the world.
Oct. 7: Paranoiac-Critical Method by
Sandra Torrez. Torrez is a poet, fiction writer
and digital photographer. Her workshop will
feature artwork by Salvador Dali and a brief
description of his life and work.
Oct. 14: No Things but in Ideas: Writing
that Dares to Think, with Ann Birch.
Oct. 21: All About Animals, with Annette
Velsquez. Velsquez has three books, From
Inside the Whirlwind - A Poetic Memoir,
Freedoms Quest and Runners Blues. guide to healing, at 5 p.n. Thursday, Oct. 5, at
Oct. 28: On My Altar Place with poet
Raquel Meja, focusing on Day of the Dead
themes.
EPCC Literary Fiesta El Paso
Community Colleges 9th annual celebration of
readers, writers and books is noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14, at El Paso Public Library,
501 N. Oregon, with a childrens corner, book
fair, haunted house, crafts, refreshments and
more. Admission is free. Information: literaryfi-
esta.wordpress.com.
Presenters include Jim Ward, Richard Yaez,
Laura Cesarco Eglin, Sylvia Aguilar-Zleny,
Donna Muoz, Elvira Carrizal-Dukes,
Universal Cypher Hip-Hop student group,
FrontEra Poetry Slam, ForWord, Casa
Octavia, Gen Z Readers and Mark Negrete.
National Novel Writing Month
NaNoWriMos Midnight Kick-off is 11 p.m. to
1 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, at IHOP at 6080
Gateway East, Get a kick-start on a 50,000-
word novel by writing the first 1,667 words.
Admission is free. Information:
NaNoWriMo.org.
Info sessions with El Paso Municipal Liaisons
Sara Polk and Adrian Babst are Saturday, Oct.
14, at El Paso Public Library branches:
Esperanza Acosta Branch, 12480 Pebble
Hills, 1 to 2 p.m.
Memorial Park Branch, 3200 Copper, 3 to 4
p.m.
Dorris Van Doren Branch, 551 East Redd,
4:45 to 5:45 p.m.
Library Association Banquet and
Conference The Border Regional Library
October 2017
Association, District 6 and REFORMA El Paso
Chapters annual fall event is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 20, at 501 Bar and Bistro, 501
Texas, and 8:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 21, at Northwest Campus, 6701 S.
Desert Blvd., El Paso Community College.
Cost: $30 ($25 members); Friday event is free.
Information: 241-7934, brla.info or
txla.org/groups/D6.
Friday features an evening with local authors.
Saturday features multiple workshops with
keynote speech The Entrepreneurial
Imperative: Why Libraries Are Critical to Local
Economies in the 21st Century by Michael
Sherrod.
LGBT book group The bimonthly book
group meets on odd-numbered month. Open
to all GLBT and GLBT-friendly people inter-
ested in book discussions. Includes potluck
supper. Information: 566-5549, 861-2909 or
471-9396 or on Facebook at
ElPasoGLBTBookGroup.
Murder She Read The Eastside chapter
of the book discussion group supporting
women mystery writers meets 7 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 3, to discuss Death in the Off-
Season by Francine Matthews at Rio Norte
Retirement Center Activity Center, 1941 Saul
Kleinfeld. The group regularly meets the first
Tuesday of each month, and is open to any-
one. Admission is free. Information: 629-7063
or labodda9@aol.com.
The Nov. 7 book is The Bat by Jo Nesbo.
Dr. Edith Eva Eger The Holocaust sur-
vivor, therapist, speaker and author will dis-
cuss and sign copies of her acclaimed new
book, The Choice, a memoir and a practical
Barnes & Noble (West), 705 Sunland Park
Drive. Information: 581-5353 (Barnes &
Noble) or 351-0048 (Holocaust Museum).
The Choice weaves Egers personal story
with case studies from her work as a psychol-
ogist.
Reading Art Book Club The book club
of the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N.
Main, meets at 2:30 p.m. the second
Wednesday of each month in the Museum of
Nature and Science classroom; next door.
Meetings are free and open to the public; par-
ticipants do not need to have read the book.
Information: (575) 541-2217, sabdon@las-
cruces.org or las-cruces.org/museums.
The Oct. 11 book is Mad Enchantment:
Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water
Lilies by Ross King, preceded by a screening
of Monet at 2 p.m.
Victorian Sci-Fi Book and Tea Club
The book club devoted to Victorian era sci-
ence fiction meets at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
21, at Magoffin Home State Historic Site, 1120
Magoffin, to discuss The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells, 1898. Victorian era or steam-
punk dress encouraged, but not required.
Cost: $5. Information: 533-5147, visitmagoffin-
home.com or Facebook.
Books Are Gems 7744 North Loop Ste
B (behind Compass Bank). Books are sold for
50-$1, and children who come to the store
may receive five free used books. Hours are
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and
Friday; and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday.
Information: 845-5437 or booksaregems.org.
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 Agave Rosa Gallery 905 Noble (next to
the International Museum of Art). Hours are
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Information: 533-8011.
Aleksander and Lyuba Titovets Art
Show The internationally recognized
Russian artists celebrate their 25th anniversary
in El Paso with an art show 4 to 8 p.m.
Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14-15,
at 804 Don Quixote. Proceeds from the sale
benefit El Paso Symphony Orchestra.
Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Art Avenue Gallery The gallery space
is at 1618 Texas, Suite E. Hours are 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Tuesday through 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, or by appointment Monday and
Saturday. Information: 213-4318,
info@theartave.com or theartave.com.
Showing through Oct. 14: Summer
Memories, paintings and photography docu-
menting a piece of their travels and experi-
ences by Rhonda Dor, Terrance Flores,
Adriana Peraldi and Sirous Partovi.
Arts International El Paso Art
Association hosts the 50th annual Arts
International Juried Exhibition, Texass largest
international juried art exhibit, through Oct.
4 at International Museum of Art, 1211
Montana. Works by more than 60 artists are
featured. Information: 534-7377 or artsinter-
nat.com. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday Thursday and Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free
Bert Saldana Art Gallery The gallery
featuring Southwestern Art is at 1501 Main
Street in the San Elizario Arts District. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 479-2926 or
bertsaldana.com.
Celebration of Our Mountains Art
Exhibit The 17th annual exhibit opens
with a reception at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
28, and runs through December at Ardovinos
Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in
Sunland Park. Information: (575) 589-0653 or
ardovinos.com.
Chamizal galleries Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Franklin G.
Smith Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday; weekends by request.
Admission is free. Information: 532-7273 or
nps.gov/cham/.
Showing through Dec. 22: Diego Rivera
and Frida Kahlo: Una Sonrisa a mitad del
Camino, a photographic exhibition of one of
the art worlds most iconic and controversial
couples.
Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas. One
of the worlds largest collections of perma-
nently installed contemporary art is open for
guided tours at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5 for stu-
dents, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 students).
Information: (432) 729-4362 or chinati.org.
The annual Chinati Weekend is Friday
through Sunday, Oct. 6-8, with tours of the
permanent exhibits 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. Admission is free to most events.
Information: (432) 729-4362 or juddfounda-
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tion.org or chinati.org.
Highlights include the opening of a new wall
painting by Bridget Riley 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, in the museums special
exhibition building.
A talk on Riley by Richard Shiff is 3:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Crowley Theater, and a talk
by Lynne Cooke is 11 a.m. in the Special
Exhibition Gallery.
A film on Bridget Riley in conversation with
author Michael Bracewell is 2 p.m. Sunday in
the Crowley Theater.
Open studios, gallery exhibitions, mercantile
events, and performances throughout Marfa
are 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, with an open studio
tour 6 to 8 p.m. by Rosy Keyser at the Locker
Plant.
Dinner to benefit Chinati is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Arena, with remarks at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $750 ($600 members and area resi-
dents). Seating is limited.
Sunrise at Chinati is 7:30 to 9 a.m. Sunday
with an early morning viewings of Donald
Judds 100 works in mill aluminum and 15
freestanding works in concrete.
Crossland Gallery The El Paso Art
Associations gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in
the Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.
Information: 534-7377, office@elpasoartasso-
ciation.com, CrosslandArtGallery.com, or on
Facebook.
Showing Sept. 29-Nov. 4: 1-2-3 Friends.
Opening reception is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 29.
Life Drawing lessons are offered 5:30-8:30
p.m. Thursdays at the Art Junction upstairs.
Cost: $10; students bring their own supplies.
Dozal Art Gallery The gallery of award-
winning artist Robert Dozal is at 1445 Main
Street in the San Elizario Art District. Hours
are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday, or by appointment. Information: 777-
5237 or robertdozalartwork.weebly.com.
Dream Chasers Club 200 S. Santa Fe.
Information, hours: 342-6357 or dccdream-
chasersclub.com. Opening night is 7 to 11
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 for Manmade
Machinations solo exhibition of paintings by
Ashton Kaleigh, one of the Showcase artists in
this years Chalk the Block lineup.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9
a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and
holidays. Admission is free unless noted other-
wise. Information: 212-0300 or elpasoartmu-
seum.org.
Showing Oct. 6-Dec. 3: Tom Lea
Watercolors and Washes, featuring early and
late works including mural proposals, book
illustrations, artist-correspondent renderings
from World War II, and historical views of the
El Paso Region.
Showing Oct. 13-Feb. 11: Frank Lloyd
Wright: Architecture of the Interior, coincid-
ing with the 150th anniversary of Wrights
birth. His innovative ideas in domestic archi-
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tecture and design are shown through house
plans, photographs and drawings.
Related talks in auditorium (space limited):
Author and UT-Austin professor Anthony
Alofsin will talk about Wright as an architect
and art collector 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
12. Alofsin will sign copies of his book Frank
Lloyd Wright: Art Collector afterward.
Organic Architecture: The Legacy of Frank
Lloyd Wright, by Taliesin West CEO and
President Stuart Graff is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 19.
The Mexican Consulate hosts Altars de
Muertos, (Day of the Dead altars) Nov. 2-5.
Related events:
A kickoff celebration at 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 2, with an elaboratel altar, folklorico
dance, live catrina performances, hot choco-
late and pan de muerto.
Catrinas Master Class with Wayne Hilton is
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2. Tuition:
$35 ($39 museum members).
A Da de Los Muertos Fronterizo celebra-
tion is 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.
Showing through Oct. 8: Spirit Lines:
Helen Hardin Etchings.
Showing through Jan. 7: Gardens of
Earthly and Unearthly Delights. Taking an
expansive view of the garden theme, the
exhibit juxtaposes both historical and contem-
porary art and is composed entirely of works
from the collection of the El Paso Museum of
Art.
A Beer in the Gardens event is 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14, with special beer tasting by
DeadBeach Brewery inspired by the Gardens
of Earthly and Unearthly Delights exhibit. as
well as a hands-on brewing presentation and
exhibit tour. Cost: $20 ($15 members;
includes a commemorative chalice. Age 21
and older only.
Featured through Dec. 10: Tunnel
Runner, a mixed media installation by Abel
Saucedo. Saucedo will give a public presenta-
tion at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26.
Fall art classes for teens and adults are 5:30
to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and 9:30 a.m. to noon
Saturdays, Oct. 12-Dec. 2. Registration: lega-
cy.elpasotexas.gov/art/classes.asp.
EPMA on the Road El Paso Museum of
Art hosts art making and dining events
through December at Fountains at Farah,
8889 Gateway West. Cost: $30 per work-
shops; covers materials, a beverage and light
bites. Information, registration: 225-3625. .
A repujado-metal embossing workshop with
Candie Printz is 6 to 7:40 p.m. Monday, Oct.
16, at Chuys.
Sunset, Mountains and Tumbleweeds jew-
elry workshop is 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov.
6, at Crave.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and
Gift Shop 1445 Main Street in San
Elizario. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, and 12:30 to
4:30 p.m. Sunday and by appointment.
Information: 851-0742 or 474-1800, or alber-
toescamilla.com.
Foto Frontera Visual Stills exhibit
Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe Cultural and
Technology Center, 721 S. Ochoa (first floor),
hosts the 4th annual invitational photography
exhibit by area photographers through Oct.
20, in celebration of Chicano Heritage Month.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Admission is free. Information: 545-
7190, lafe-ep.org or on Facebook.
October 2017
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon.
The gallery specializes in local and early El
Paso art. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday; noon to 7 p.m.
Thursday or by appointment.
Information: 533-9090 or halmarcus.com.
Showing through Jan 12: el paso minia-
tures, featuring works of more than two
dozen artists.
The gallery will also be participating in the
Sunset Heights Tour of Homes noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14.
International Museum of Art 1211
Montana. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday Thursday and Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.
Information: 543-6747 or internationalmuseu-
mofart.net.
Showing Oct. 7-31: The 9th annual Alazan
Art Show and Sale featuring nearly 100 origi-
nal works of art. Featured artists include Lois
Bourgon, Phyllis Davis, Margaret Heath, Wiley
Heath, Virginia Howell, Trish Lopez, Sandra
Martin, Carol Napier, Joann McElroy, Marilyn
Mendeloff, Anne Spier, Ilene Steele, Nina
Cobb Walker and Sandy Young. Opening
reception is 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, with
entertainment by Young El Paso String
Ensemble.
Showing Oct. 8-31: Pictures at an
Exhibition, digital photoart by biographer,
poet and photographer R.L. Palmer. The
exhibit more than 130 of his pieces including
nature images, wildlife, abstracts, and more.
Opening reception 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
8, with drawing to be held.
Showing Oct. 13-27 is the EPISD K-12
Student Art Exhibit Looking at You, Looking
at Me Self Portrait Art Show. . Opening
reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13.
The annual Murder at the Museum fundrais-
ing murder mystery party is 7 p.m. to mid-
night Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20-21. All
proceeds benefit the museum. Age 21 and
older. Call for ticket information.
Artist entries for the 18th annual Sun Bowl
Art Exhibition are being taken through Oct.
25. The exhibit runs Nov. 10-Dec. 31. .
La Galeria de la Mison de Senec
The Ysleta Independent School Districts
gallery is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission
is free. Information: 434-9703, 434-9711, or
on Facebook at YISDFineArts.
Showing through Oct. 5: The Annual
Faculty Art Exhibit.
Artist entries for the annual Virgen de
Guadalupe exhibit are being taken through
Nov. 9.
Pastel Society of El Paso The societys
next meeting is 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at
the International Museum of Art, 1211
Montana. Robert Dozal, owner of Robert
Dozal Fine Art in San Elizario, will host a por-
trait demo. Dozal is a multi-media artist who
specializes in portraits and landscapes in
acrylic, oil, pastel, charcoal and watercolor.
The program is free and open to the public;
bring a sack lunch. Information: 490-3978.
Rio Bravo Watercolorists The groups
monthly meeting is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 18, at Schwartz Branch Library, 1865
Dean Martin. Guest speaker Lisa Hiebert will
demonstrate the methodology for drawing
two-point perspective, using pencils, paper,
pens and rulers. The public is invited.
Information: Linda Parsons, 549-2950.
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Rubin Center UTEPs Stanlee and
Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is off
Dawson Drive next to the Sun Bowl. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
(open until 7 p.m. Thursday) and noon to 5
p.m. Saturday. Information: 747-6151, rubin-
center.utep.edu or on Facebook.
Showing through Dec. 15: Simplified
World by Suzi Davidoff, drawings on found
maps and globes and with an accompanying
hand-drawn animation. Reception and catalog
launch is 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12.
Showing Oct. 12-Dec. 15 in the Rubin and L
Gallery: George Rodriguez: Where is Our
Exile? Seattle-based ceramist George
Rodriguez is a native El Pasoan whose figura-
tive ceramic work engages directly with the
political, social and cultural dimensions of
immigrants, Mexican-Americans and other
communities of color in the U.S. and beyond,
evoking conditions of displacement, longing
and belonging. Opening reception is 5 to 7:30
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12. Artist lecture is noon
that same day.
Showing Oct. 12-Feb. 16: Duality of
Presence, featuring 19 contemporary makers
united by their concern with material speci-
ficity in their work, specifically as a way of
looking at how material itself can communi-
cate complex and distinct narratives. Each
artist is represented by multiple pieces of jew-
elry reflecting this concern. Artist-made videos
can be viewed in the gallery via virtual reality
platforms.
Opening reception is 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 12.
San Elizario Art District Several gal-
leries and artist studios are located 1445 to
1501 Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza
on the Mission Trail. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Information: 474-1800 or 851-0093.
Featured gallery artists include Albert
Escamilla, Robert Dozal, Rob Mack, Palmira
Lopez, Manuel Alvarado, Maria Branch, Bert
Saldaa, Joanna Franco, Melissa Himes, M.
Concepcion, Robert Lichlyter, Amado Pena Jr.
and Arturo Avalos.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Cutter Gallery 2640 El Paseo (at
University), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658 or
thecuttergallery.com.
Showing through Oct. 5: Ebony
Wings and Other Things, paintings by Linda
Gendall. Gendall has always been intrigued by
the large soot-black birds, which visit Las
Cruces annually but stay only a short time. Six
raven paintings form the centerpiece of her
latest exhibit.
DAAC Arts & Cultural Center The
gallery is at the new Arts Council Arts &
Culture Center, 1740 Calle de Mercado.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Information: (575) 523-6403 or las-
cruces-arts.org.
Showing Oct. 1-30: Photographers
Expansion V Exhibition, photography by area
artists Emmitt Booher, Sirous Partovi, James
Rodgers, Paul Schranz and Storm Sermay.
Opening is at the centers gala celebration, 5
to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1. Tickets: $25 in
109, in Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 647-
0508.Showing through Oct. 15 are works by
Carmen Navar and Laurie Churchill.
thetheatregallery Black Box Theatre
lobby, 430 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
Open one hour prior to Black Box perform-
ances. Information: (575) 523-1223.
Showing Oct. 6-29 is an invitational exhibit
in conjunction with No Strings production of
Little Shop of Horrors. The exhibit features
painters Irene Steele, Mary Zawacki and Flo
Hosa Doughtery, fabric artists Abby Osborne,
Ann Angelo and Joan Jensen, weaver Marilyn
Hansen, ceramic artists Lesli Zerr and Joe
Angelo, and photographer Rachel Courtney.
Opening is 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6.
Tombaugh Gallery First Unitarian
Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.
Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday and Saturday. Information: (575) 522-
7281 or uuchurchlc.org.
Showing through Oct. 27: Migration
Towards Stillness, pottery, paintings and tap-
estries by Scott and Susan Goewey. Susan
Goeways works consist of landscape tapes-
tries and paintings. Ceramics artist Scott
Goeway produced functional pottery for peo-
ples everyday lives, and has now added sculp-
tural works and carved porcelain to his pieces.
Artist reception is 1:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 1.
Whats In A Title? The art exhibit by
Paul A. Vakselis, M.D., is Oct. 3-Nov. 30, at
Cafe de Mesilla, 2190 Avenida de Mesilla in
Las Cruces, featuring landscape, inspirational,
architecture and general interest works.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily (closed

Hike Up Cristo Rey

advance; $30 at the door.
Las Cruces Museum of Art 491 N.
Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (until 8 p.m.
Tuesday). Receptions are 5 to 7 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 6 and Nov. 3,. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 524-0000 or on Facebook
at Cafe de Mesilla.

Saturday, Oct. 14
Thursday), 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus
5 to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Ramble. Also
Information: (575) 541-2137 or las-
Deming Arts Center 100 Gold Street

The easy-to-hike trail, with spectacular panoramas of

cruces.org/museums.
in Deming, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Showing through Oct. 21: The biennial

two countries and three cities, leads 2.5 miles to the

Monday through Saturday. Admission is free.
From The Ground Up XXVII exhibit by
Information, details: (575) 546-3663,

summit to the famous statue of Christ on the Cross.

Potters Guild of Las Cruces.
demingarts.org or on Facebook.
Events in conjunction with the exhibit:
Showing Oct. 3-25: Black Range Artists.

The trail will be open 8 a.m. to noon, Sat. Oct. 14

Influence of Ancient Potter talk with
Reception is 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8.

All hikers should begin no later than 9 a.m.

ceramist Glenn Shcwaiger on her travels to
Also in October is the bi-annual Guatemalan
China is 2:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4.

Plan on 2-3 hours for the hike.

Mercado 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.
A panel discussion on the exhibit it 1:30 to 3
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27-28.
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14.

El Paso Scene Editor Randy Limbird will lead

Session Two of the museums Studio Red Dot Red Hot ArtFest and Studio

a guided hike beginning at 8:15 a.m. with talks on

Programs Art Classes run Oct. 18-Dec. 9. Tour The annual event runs Friday

area history offered along the trail and at the summit.

through Sunday, Oct. 7-8 and Oct. 13-15, at
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery
studios and galleries in Silver City, N.M. with
2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across

Security will be provided

art shows, receptions, studio tours, demon-
from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m.
strations, youth activities and workshops.

at the parking lot and on the trail.

to 5 p.m. daily. Information: (575) 522-2933
Headquarters are at Seedboat Gallery, 214 W.
or mesillavalleyfinearts.com.
Yankie, with information, brochures, maps and

No reservations needed.
Receptions are 1 to 4 p.m. the first Saturday
guides, as well as the Independent and Studio
of each month. Octobers featured artists are
Artists Exhibit. Information: (575) 313-9631
Judy Bess, acrylic painter, and Roxana

Requested $3 donation ($2 children) to support

or silvercityart.com.
Quinnell, mixed media.
During the first weekend, galleries will be

the Mt. Cristo Restoration Committee.

Promoting Art in Las Cruces Doa open with special shows, receptions and exhi-
Ana Arts Councils free series is noon Friday, bitions. Music will be in the galleries and on

To get there: Take Sunland Park Drive to Doniphan, turn south,

Oct. 27, at DAACs new Arts & Cultural the streets. Event includes a paint out for plein

then west on Racetrack Drive. Cross the Rio Grande bridge, then
Center in Mesillas Bulletin Plaza, 1740 Calle
turn south on McNutt Road (Highway 273). Go about 1 mile and
de Mercado. Presentation is Right of Use and
Copyright Law for Artists by local attorney,
turn right on road leading to the Mt. Cristo Rey parking lot. Kelly Albers. Admission is free; lunch may be
purchased. RSVP: (575) 523-6403.
Sponsored by El Paso Scene, Celebration of Our Mountains The Gallery at Big Picture The
and the Mt. Cristo Rey Restoration Committee gallerys new location is 2001 E. Lohman, Suite
air painters, with prizes and sales.
The Art Couture Fashion Show is Sunday,
Oct. 8, in the Seedboat courtyard.
The second weekend includes Silver City Art
Association Studio Artists studio tours 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14-15.
Artists reception is 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct.
13, at the Visitor Center.

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Tom Lea Month highlights
trail named after EPartist
I
ts a done deal. On June 12, 2017,
Texas Gov. Greg Abbot signed Senate
Bill 982 into law, officially creating the
Tom Lea History Trail. Modeled on the
Piero Della Francesca Trail in Italy, which
draws millions of visitors each year, the
newly designated route is the only one of
its kind in the United States.
Running through 11 cities in Texas, plus
detours to Las Cruces and Ciudad Juarez,
the trail begins in El Paso and heads east,
creating a heart-shaped route whose high
points include Dallas, Waco, College
Station, Austin and Fredericksburg, and
with legs south to Kingsville and
Galveston Island. Those fortunate enough
to traverse the entire route will gain valu-
able insights into Tom Lea the artist and
the man. The El Paso-based Tom Lea
Institute is highlighting the Trail as its pri-
mary focus during Tom Lea Month
October 2017.
El Paso is the ideal starting point for the
journey, as it was Leas hometown and the
wellspring for his creative life. His father,
Tom Lea Sr., was a prominent defense
attorney who also served two years term as
mayor of El Paso during the height of the
Mexican Revolution. Lea Jr. studied two
years at the Art Institute of Chicago, fol-
lowed by a five-year apprenticeship with
renowned muralist John Norton. By the
time he returned to El Paso in the mid-
1930s, Lea was already a professional
artist with several major works to his cred-
it. Although eastern art centers such as
New York and Chicago had already begun
to move towards modernism and abstrac-
tion, Lea held fast to the genre of realism
tempered with a bit of drama that became
his hallmark style.
Travelers who take time to fully immerse
themselves in the murals, drawings and lit-
erary works to be found along the trail will
soon recognize time-honored themes that
pervaded Leas works, such as enthusiasm
for the states frontier past, admiration of
the heroism in the lives of ordinary people
and beauty in the austere landscapes of the
desert Southwest.
An outstanding example of the role every-
day people played in the history of the
region can be found in the mural Pass of
the North. Gracing the walls of the El
Paso Federal Courthouse, it pays tribute to
the unwritten heroism of those who first
settled this remote frontier. Twelve feet
high and 53 feet in length, the mural
depicts an array of individuals which have
come to be known as the Twelve
Travelers, a larger than life collection of
figures that includes a U.S. soldier, a
Franciscan priest, Mexican vaquero, pio-
neer settlers and Apache Indians. Honoring
these forerunners, Lea wrote, O, Pass of
the North, now the old giants are gone, we
little men live where heroes once walked
the untrammeled earth.
Traveling the El Paso segment of the Tom
Lea Trail will not be complete without
viewing Southwest, the 20-foot long
mural in the El Paso Public Library, and a
visit to the Tom Lea Gallery at the El Paso
Museum of Art. In conjunction with Tom
Lea Month 2017, the EPMA has mounted a
special exhibition entitled, Tom Lea:
Watercolors and Washes, which will be on
October 2017
display in the Peter and Margaret de Wetter
Gallery from Oct. 6 to Dec. 3, featuring a
selection of both early and later works.
Visitors can view personal memorabilia
that will include mural proposals, book
illustrations and renderings from WWII,
plus historical views of the El Paso region
such as the iconic Sunset Grocery.
Lea also served as a war correspondent
for Life Magazine. Although most of the
82 works that portray his illustrative skills
are archived in the U.S. Army Center of
Military History at Fort Belvoir, Va., a
reproduction of his famed work, The 2000
Yard Stare, remains on display at the
National Museum of the Pacific War in
Fredericksburg.
Lisa Pugh, director of the Tom Lea
Institute, gave some good news for Leas
Borderland enthusiasts: In two years the
Institute has plans to bring the entire col-
lection to El Paso in conjunction with the
75th Anniversary of the landing on the
Pacific island of Peleliu, which Lea record-
ed with detailed insight and historical
accuracy.
Another special exhibition, Casas
Grandes Pottery and Painted Watercolors
from the Tom Lea Collection, will be on
view at El Paso Museum of Archeology
Oct. 1-31. Jeff Romney, director of the
museum, will present the lecture, The
Pottery of Casas Grandes and the Lea
Family Collection Sunday, Oct. 29, pro-
viding insights into the pottery collection
amassed by Tom Lea Sr. during the 1920s.
The collections dates back to the Casas
Grande Medio period 1200 to 1450,
Romney said. In 1928, his son created a
catalog of 20 watercolor paintings based
on pieces from his fathers collection. Our
exhibit will include 10 of these watercolors
plus their corresponding pottery: nine poly-
chromes (vessels painted with red and
black designs on white or tan backgrounds)
and a plain ware effigy piece, which were
loaned to us by Toms son, James Lea.
Romney added that the museum will
hold an open house from noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15 to celebrate its 40th
El Paso Scene
many people have come into our lives, not
only making us feel welcome but also sup-
porting us as artists. Each and every one
will remain in our memories forever.
Lyuba added, Needless to say, we
wouldnt be celebrating 25 years here if
my uncle and my parents had not been
brave enough to come to a new country,
and if El Paso art lovers and collectors
such as the Wechters had not embraced us
as part of their family. Thank you, El Paso!
Come to celebrate with us and support
great art.
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer
anniversary. In addition to museum tours, a specializing in the visual arts.
variety of activities will entertain and
inform the younger generation.
Titovets 25th anniversary
Although it seems like just yesterday
when Sasha and Lyuba Titovets emigrated
from Russia to make their home in El
Paso, the couple is now presenting a 25th
anniversary exhibit at the home of Janet
and Randy Wechter at 804 Don Quixote in
the Upper Valley. The exhibition, com-
prised of about 25 paintings, mostly new
October 7-31
work, will be on display 4 to 8 p.m.
Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, October 14-
15. The exhibition will also serve as a
fundraiser for the El Paso Symphony
International Museum of Art
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Reminiscing about events since their
arrival in El Paso in 1982, Lyuba shared, Opening Reception
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Trinity Site Tour The fall tour to the
site of the first atom bomb explosion is
Saturday, Oct. 7, at White Sands Missile
Range. Admission is free. Information: White
Sands Public Affairs (575) 678-1134 or
Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301
wsmr.army.mil.
Transmountain. Registration at the door is $45
Enter off U.S. 380 on the north end of the
per person. Student registration is $28 per stu-
range (Stallion Gate) from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Site
closes promptly at 3:30 p.m. Must show a
dent (ID required). Information: 755-4332 or
archaeology.elpasotexas.gov.
photo ID at the gate.
Border Archives Bazaar Border
Jornada Mogollon Conference The
Regional Archives Group hosts a free event for
20th biennial Mogollon Conference is 9 a.m. to
the community to interact with historical col-
5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14, at El
lections from the border region 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at NM Farm & Ranch
Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road
in Las Cruces. Bazaar is free; discounted
museum admission for those attending event.
Information: (915) 747-6839, (575) 646-4756
or on Facebook at BRarchives.
The bazaar features historical manuscripts,
photographs, maps, publications, films and
more from more than a dozen libraries,
archives, and museums of the El Paso and
southern New Mexico area. Archivists, librari-
ans and museum curators will be on hand to
discuss and answer questions about archives,
regional history, and preserving documents.
Scan stations will provide free (limited) digiti-
zation services for family photographs, docu-
ments, and audiovisual materials brought in by
the public.
Chamizal Asks: What Do You Think?
A viewing of film footage of U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexicos President
Adolfo Lopez Mateos convening in Juarez will
be presented by park rangers at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission is
free. Information: 532-7273.
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Mexico in WWI lecture Heribert von
Feilitzsch, author of Felix A. Sommerfeld and
the Mexican Front in the Great War, will talk
about the role of Mexico in WWI at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Armory on
Highway 180 (across from Santa Clara, N.M.).
Sponsored by the Fort Bayard Historic
Preservation Society. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free; donations welcome.
Information: (575) 388-4477, (575) 574-8779
or (575) 388-4862.
Harvey Girls of El Paso The Harvey
Girls of El Paso Texas meet 2 to 4 p.m. the
Monday, Oct. 9, at Union Depot Passenger
Station, 700 San Francisco. Program is Hobo
Codes of Railroad Travel, presented by
Patricia Kiddney. Visitors welcome. Admission
is free. Information: 591-2326 or harveygirlsel-
paso.weebly.com.
Southwest Chapter of Railway &
Locomotive Historical Society The
society meets 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
11, at St. Timothys Lutheran Church, 11050
Montwood. This months program is Rock
Island Line Coming into El Paso presented by
Steve Heetland. Visitors welcome. Cost: $10
for program and dinner. Information: 540-
9660.
El Paso Genealogical Society The
society meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at All
Saints Episcopal Church, 3500 McRae.
Program is Unraveling the Mystery of Old
Photos. Information: 591-2326.
El Paso Corral of the Westerners
The monthly dinner program is 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 20, at Country Inn and Suites,
900 Sunland Park Dr. Program is Historic
Ysleta - People and Places presented by
Joseph Longo. Cost: $20. Visitors welcome,
but RSVP needed by Oct. 16: 759-9538.
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
The Rio Grande Chapter meets at 10 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 13, at War Eagles Museum, 8012
Airport Road in Santa Teresa. Visitors wel-
come. Information, cost: 570-5770.
Fort Selden State Monument 1280
Fort Selden Rd in Radium Springs, 13 miles
north of Las Cruces. Open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday through Monday. Admission is $3;
(ages 16 and under free). Sunday admission for
NM residents is $1. Information: (575) 526-
8911 or nmmonuments.org.
Voices From The Past Moonlight tours are 6
to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, with ghost stories
and legends of New Mexico. Meet historical
figures from the past. Group tours leave every
15 minutes. Admission: $5 (free for kids) at
the door. Cash or check only.
Chamizal National Memorial 800 S.
San Marcial. The National Park Service oper-
ates the memorial on land once claimed by
Mexico as part of a decades-long dispute over
the international boundary. The visitor center
has an exhibit on the history of the Chamizal
dispute, including a video presentation. Park
grounds and picnic area open 7 a.m. to 10
p.m. daily ; visitors center hours are 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturday.
Admission is free. Information: 532-7273 or on
Facebook at ChamizalNationalMemorial.
Tales, Tails and Tots stories visits with park
mascot Chami are 11 to 11:30 a.m. for ages 3-
October 2017
The Importance of Being Earnest
The UTEP Department of Theater & Dance
opens its season with Oscar Wildes trivial
comedy for serious people Sept. 28-Oct. 8,
at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre.
Directed by Kim McKean. Show time is 7:30
p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $14 ($12 UTEP faculty and
staff, seniors, military, groups of 10 or more,
alumni (with card) and non-UTEP students; $9
for UTEP students. Information: 747-5118,
theatredance.utep.edu or on Facebook.
Dont Drink the Water Las Cruces opens its season with Las Cruces artist Brack
Community Theatre, 313 N. Main, Las
Cruces, presents the Woody Allen comedy
Sept. 29-Oct. 15. Directed by Christopher
Lininger. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $15
($12 student, senior, military; $10 age 12 and
younger). Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcct-
nm.org.
Annie Sun City Musical Theatre, 3733
Shell Suite C, presents the musical at 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 29-Oct 1. Tickets: $15; $12 students,
military; $10 age 12 and younger. Information:
suncitymusicaltheatre.com or on Facebook.
Equivocation American Southwest
Theatre Company opens its season with the
Bill Cain play at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29-Oct 1, at
NMSUs Center for the Arts, 1000 E
University Ave. Tickets: $17. Information:
(575) 646-4515 or nmsutheatre.com.
Real Women Have Curves El Paso
Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents the
Josefina Lopez play at 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29-Oct 1.
Tickets: $11 ($9 seniors; $8 students and mili-
tary). Information: 532-1317 or elpasoplay-
house.com.
Little Shop of Horrors No Strings
Theatre Company presents the smash hit
musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Oct. 6-29 at Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces.
Directed by Diane Thomas. Performances are
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., 2:30
p.m. Sundays Oct. 15, 22 and 29; and at 7
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26. Tickets: $15 ($12 stu-
dents and seniors over 65; $10 all seats
Thursday. Reservations: (575) 523-1223.
A Charlie Brown Christmas auditions
Kids-N-Co. hosts auditions for its holiday
production 3:30 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, at
First Presbyterian Church, 1340 Murchison. A
Charlie Brown Christmas will be directed by
Arazelia Sally Perez, with musical direction
by A.J. Kumar. Tentative performance dates
are Nov. 24-Dec. 10. Other audition times:
867-4179.
Cabaret for a Cause auditions Las
Hermanas de Sangre seeks performers for a
cabaret show coinciding with an art opening 7
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-8.
Information: pimdance@gmail.com.
Breakneck Julius Caesar and
Breakneck Hamlet No Strings
Theatre Company and Tim Mooney Repertory
Theatre present Breakneck Julius Caesar at
2:30 p.m. and Breakneck Hamlet, at 8 p.m.
October 2017
Sunday, Oct. 8, at Black Box Theatre, 430 N
Main Street in Las Cruces. Tickets: $15 ($12
students and seniors over 65). Reservations:
(575) 523-1223 and no-strings.org.
Breakneck Hamlet cuts what is usually a
four-hour play down to a single hour with a
single actor. Rather than the usual melancholy
Dane, Mooneys Hamlet fights like hell
throughout, with barely a second-long pause
through the entire performance.
Earth Aural Rover 1 Project El Paso
Community Foundations Jewel Box Series
Morrows remote-controlled, sound-record-
ing, music-making rover at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 8, at the Philanthropy Theatre (next to
the Plaza). The program features an introduc-
tion by Morrow, a musical performance of the
rover, and a short film about EAR1s travels to
places such as the White Sands National
Monument. Presented by Impact | Programs
of Excellence. Tickets: $16 (Ticketmaster).
Information: 533-4020 or epcf.org.
Failure: A Love Story Coronado High
School Thunder Theatre presents Phillip
Dawkins quirky, artistic and hilarious look at
the Roaring 20 Oct. 12-14, at the high
schools Lee Ross Capshaw Theatre,
100Champions Place. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, and 2:30 and 7 p.m.
Saturday. Admission: $5 in advance; $7 at the
door. Information: 474-2952.
The Addams Family UTEP Dinner
Theatre, Student Union West, opens its sea-
son with the ooky spooky musical Oct. 13-
29. Dinner shows are at 7 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
15. Non-dinner matinees are Sunday 2:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 and 29. Tickets: $33.50 to $43.50
Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday dinner per-
formances; $36.50 to $48.50 Friday and
Saturday, and $19.50 to $29.50 no-dinner
matinees (Ticketmaster). Information: 747-
6060 or utep.edu/udt.
Everything will change for the family on the
night they host a dinner for Wednesdays nor-
mal boyfriend and his parents.
Playhouse auditions El Paso Playhouse,
2501 Montana, hosts auditions Oct. 15-16 for
A Christmas Story. Show dates are Dec. 1-
10. Information, audition times: 532-1317 or
elpasoplayhouse.com.
Dolores Kids-N-Co. presents the bilin-
gual original play by Lluvia Almanza & Orlando
Rodriguez at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 20-Nov. 5, at
First Presbyterian Church, 1340 Murchison.
Directed by Eurydice Saucedo. Tickets: $7 ($5
children, students, senior citizens, military),
available at the door. Information: 274-8797 or
on Facebook at El Paso Kids-n-Co.
Jose Luis is a young boy who lost his sister,
Dolores, at a very young age. As his family
prepares to honor her on Da de los Muertos,
he bumps into an old friend, Juan. The thing is,
Juan has been dead for quite some time now.
Frankenstein El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, presents Mary Shellys classic Oct.
20-Nov. 5. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Directed by
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Becky Condra. Tickets: $11 ($9 seniors; $8
students and military). Information: 532-1317
or elpasoplayhouse.com.
Set in 19th-century Switzerland, this classic
tale of horror and suspense details the ill-fated
experiments of Dr. Frankenstein as he
attempts to fathom the secrets of life and
death.
Mariachi Girl American Southwest
Theatre Company presents the bilingual musi-
cal by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce about achiev-
ing ones dreams Oct. 21-22, at NMSUs
Center for the Arts. Performances are 7:30
Retired Serrano
stays busy with
full fall schedule
A
lthough he is officially retired,
that doesnt mean that theater
maestro Hector Serrano has
stopped working in theater. In fact, he is
busier than ever.
He has two projects that begin this
month.
The first is an entremes or one-act
Spanish play that will be part of the
Dia de la Hispanidad or Hispanic
Day Celebration, Oct. 13 at Coronado
Country Club.
El Muerto, by Francisco Bernardo
de Quirs, is a short comedy piece first
produced by Serranos Eden Enterprises
several years ago.
Its basically about a girl in love with
a guy, Serrano explained. But her
brother refuses to let her marry him.
She gets her friend, the pharmacist, to
convince the brother hes dying. Thats
the joke. When he thinks hes dying, the
brother gives the girl permission to
marry whoever she wants.
Serrano was asked by Honorary
Consul of Spain Martha Vera to do the
entremes. He had previously produced
the first play ever done in what is now
the United States a story written in
1598 about baptizing the natives as
part of the Rio Grande Festival in San
Elizario that Vela helped organize.
The challenge for the show has been
the rehearsal schedule. El Muerto
only has three characters the brother,
the pharmacist and the sister. But the
two male actors arent in El Paso most
of the week.
Gerry Saucedo, who plays Lorenzo,
the brother, is an airline steward for
American Airlines and is only in El
Paso a day or two a week when he
comes to see family. Gustavo Urrea,
who plays the pharmacist, El Boticario,
owns a trucking business, so he is in
and out of town. Lorely Rodriguez
plays the girl, Eurasia. She rehearses
with each man separately for now, with
Urreas wife, Viridiana, standing in for
the missing character.
They really are an amazing group.
They are ALL very flexible, Serrano
said.
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p.m. Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets: $17. Information: (575) 646-4515 or
nmsutheatre.com.
Bloody Shakespeare The UTEP
Theatre and Dance student organization, The
Playmakers, present a 30-minute journey
part haunted house, part classic theatre to
the darkest corners of Shakespeares mind 7, 8
and 9 p.m. Friday and Monday through
Wednesday, and 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
27-Nov. 1, at Fox Fine Arts Studio Theatre.
Murder, witchcraft, and poetry blend into a
ghoulish mix as guests walk from one macabre
chamber to the next. Information: 747-5118,
theatredance.utep.edu or Facebook.
Please see Page 40
While thats going on, Shakespeare on
the Rocks is gearing up for its 29th sea-
son, playing three weekends starting
Oct. 28 at the Chamizal.
The opening show will be Antony
and Cleopatra directed by stage com-
bat expert Daniel Rios, followed by
Much Ado about Nothing, directed by
veteran Jesse Snyder, and finally,
Richard III, directed by Serrano.
A whos who of El Paso actors have
the lead roles. Brian Seely is Antony to
Amanda Vasquezs Cleopatra. Jonathan
Cantrell and Lorely Rodriguez are
Benedict and Beatrice in Much Ado,
and Austin Savage portrays Richard III,
with Vanessa Keyser as Queen
Margaret.
Serrano said he has Dr. Ron Stroud of
EPCC to thank for allowing them use of
a room at the Valle Verde campus to
rehearse. About 30 people make up the
company this year.
I hoped that everybody would be in
all three shows, like a real company, but
some people simply have too many con-
flicts, Serrano said.
It really is a season of threes, he
added. The shows represent all three
Shakespearean genres, tragedy, comedy,
and history. This also will be the third
and final time all three shows will be
produced by the company. SOTR will
offer a season ticket, a flex pass, that
theatergoers will be able to use however
they want.
If you want to see these shows, see
them now, Serrano said, because we
wont do them again.
Carol Viescas is a veteran of
community theater and teaches
journalism at Bel Air High School.
For information on Dia de la
Hispanidad: border-heritage.com. For
Shakespeare on the Rocks, go to
shakespeareontherocks.com
October 2017

Friday Night Flicks The UTEP film
series is offered at 6 p.m. every other Friday
at the Union Cinema, Union Building East,
First Floor. Tickets: $3 ($2 UTEP ID), also at
Ticketmaster.com. Movie combos: $5
(includes hot dog, popcorn and a drink).
Information: 747-5648, sa.utep.edu/osl or on
Facebook at UTEP/OSL.
Sept. 29: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Oct. 13: Cars 3
Oct. 27: Annabelle: Creation
Movies in the Canyon El Paso Live
concludes the 9th annual free movie season at
the McKelligon Canyon Amphitheater Sept.
29-30. Friday: Hotel Transylvania 2. Saturday:
Hocus Pocus. Showtimes are at dusk (about
7:30 p.m.). Concessions available. Information:
534-0674, elpasolive.com,
moviesinthecanyon.com.
Film Salon First Saturday of the month at
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 250 E. Montecillo.
Showing at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 is A
Fistful of Dollars as part of the Kurosawa and
Beyond series. Tickets: $3; drafthouse.com.
Information: filmsalon.org.
The salon will also host a showing of King
Kong at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.
Jays Pix Presents at the Museum
Film historian Jay Duncan and the Sunset Film
Society host films at 2 p.m. Saturdays at
International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana
(enter on Brown). Admission is free.
Concessions sold. Information: 543-6747
(museum), internationalmuseumofart.net.
Oct. 7: Play Misty For Me (1971).Clint
Eastwood made his directorial debut, and
plays a night radio disc jockey in Carmel-by-
the-Sea who receives a phone call requesting
Misty, and a nightmare begins.
Oct. 14: Falling Down (1993). Michael
Douglas plays a middle-age man whose world
falls apart, leading to increasing violence.
Oct. 28: The Others (2001). Nicole
Kidman is a religious mother who moves her
family to the English coast during WW II to
await word on her missing husband, in this
award winning horror-gothic film.
Movie in the Park Kern Place
Associations free movie night is at dusk
Saturday, Oct. 8, at Madeline Park. featuring
Trolls (PG). Information: kernplace.org.
Pax Christi Film Series The series
presents a screening of the documentary
Racing Extinction at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8,
at St. Joseph School auditorium, 1315 Travis.
Discussion will follow. Admission is free, dona-
tions accepted. Information: 740-3962.
Jays Pix Presents Jay Duncan and the
Sunset Film Society presents the 1959 classic
Journey to the Center of the Earth at noon
Sunday, Oct. 15, at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland
Park. The box office hit was based on the
novel by Jules Verne. Interior scenes were
filmed in New Mexicos Carlsbad Caverns.
Admission is free, but reservations strongly
recommended; RVSP via ardovinos.com.
Movie Nite on the Lawns The
Fountains at Farah, 888 Gateway West, hosts
free movies through October at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays, curated by Plaza Classic Film Fest.
Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Admission is
free. Information: fountainsatfarah.com.
October 2017
Botet, Lin Shaye. Directed by Adam Robitel.
The Mountain Between Us (20th Century-
Fox) Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges.
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad.
Same Kind of Different as Me (Paramount)
Jon Voight, Rene Zellweger, Greg
Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle de Kinnear. Directed by Michael Carney.
Guadalupe, south of plaza in Mesilla. The his- Wonderstruck (Amazon) Julianne Moore,
toric theater, operated by the Mesilla Valley Oakes Fegley, Michelle Williams. Directed by
Film Society, features films at 7:30 p.m. night- Todd Haynes.
ly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27:
Sunday. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors, military All I See Is You (Open Road) Yvonne
and students; $5 children and society mem- Strahovski, Danny Huston, Blake Lively.
bers); $5 on Wednesday. Information, sched- Directed by Marc Forster.
ule: (575) 524-8287 or mesillavalleyfilm.org. Cloverfield Movie (Paramount) Elizabeth
Sept. 29-Oct. 5: Manhattan Short Film Debicki, Daniel Brhl, Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Festival. View and vote on the finalist films in Directed by Julius Onah
this 20th annual international festival of short Jigsaw (Lionsgate) Laura Vandervoort.
films. No matinee Sept. 30.
Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig.
Oct. 6-12: The Glass Castle, A young girl
comes of age in a dysfunctional family of DVD/Blu-ray Releases
nomads with an artist mother and alcoholic
father. Starring Bree Larson, Woody Oct. 3:
Harrelson and Naomi Watts. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No
Oct. 13-19: The Trip To Spain. Steve Tales. PG-13
Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a road A Ghost Story. R
trip through Spain, sampling foods and sights. The Book of Henry. PG-13.
Oct. 20-26: Pop Aye. In Thai with subti-
tles. A disenchanted architect bumps into his Oct. 10:
long-lost elephant in Bangkok, then takes his Baby Driver. R
elephant across Thailand in search of the farm Wish Upon. PG-13
where they grew up together. Oct. 26 show The Beguiled. R
at 1:30 p.m., no evening show. The House. R
Oct. 27-Nov. 2: I Dream in Another Oct. 17:
Language. In Spanish with subtitles. A young Girl Trip. R
linguist travels to the jungle of Mexico to
research and save a mysterious indigenous lan- Oct. 24:
guage. No matinee Oct. 28. Personal Shopper. R.
Screening of the documentary Rumble: The
Oct. 31:
Indians who Rocked the World is 4 and 10:30
Kidnap. R
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, about Native
Americans in contemporary music history.
Roger Cormans A Little Shop of Horrors
is at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.
Jays Film Forecast Film historian Jay
Duncan prepared these Coming Attractions
listed by studio and release date (subject to
change):
Oct. 6:
Blade Runner 2049 (Warner Bros.)
Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Ryan Gosling.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve.
The Florida Project (A24) Willem Dafoe,
Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto. Directed by
Sean Baker.
My Little Pony: The Movie (Lionsgate)
Animation. Voices of Emily Blunt, Liev
Schreiber, Kristin Chenoweth. Directed by
Jayson Thiessen.
Una (Eammon) Ruby Stokes, David
Shields, Rooney Mara. Directed by Benedict
Andrews.
Oct. 13:
The Foreigner (STX) Jackie Chan, Katie
Leung, Pierce Brosnan. Directed by Martin
Campbell.
Marshall (Open Road) Dan Stevens, Kate
Hudson, Chadwick Boseman. Directed by
Reginald Hudlin.
Mother! (Paramount) Jennifer Lawrence,
Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer. Directed by
Darren Aronofsky.
The Snowman (Universal) Rebecca
Ferguson, Michael Fassbender, Chlo Sevigny.
Directed by Tomas Alfredson.
Oct. 20:
Geostorm (Warner Bros.) Jeremy Ray
Taylor, Abbie Cornish, Gerard Butler.
Directed by Dean Devlin.
Insidious: The Last Key (Sony) Javier
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On Stage
Contd from Page 38
Jugface The Border Theater presenta-
tion is 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Oct. 27-
29 and Nov. 3-5, at Glasbox, 201 Poplar.
Door open at 7:30 p.m. Ticket information:
412-5283 or bordertheatre.org.
The Rocky Horror Show Sun City Marcial. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Saturday and
Musical Theatre, 3733 Shell Suite C, presents
the Richard OBrien musical Oct. 27-28 and
Nov. 3-4. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. plus spe-
cial interactive midnight shows Saturdays.
Tickets: $15; $12 students and military; $10
age 12 and younger (parental advisory strongly
recommended; adult content). Audience par-
ticipation bags: $5. Information: suncitymusi-
caltheatre.com or on Facebook.
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The outrageous musical comedy features a
Transylvanian transvestite, a cryogenically pre-
served motorbiker and Frankensteins monster
in Greek god form.
Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare on
the Rocks presents Antony & Cleopatra
Oct. 28-29 in the first of three weekend
shows of its annual festival Oct. 28-Nov. 12 at
the Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San
brings his band of merry men, officially
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 for full-
time students with valid id, seniors 65 and
older, active military; $6 group rate,10 or
more. Information: 474-
4275,dmills@elp.rr.com, shakespeareonthe-
rocks.com or on Facebook.
Other performances:
Nov. 4-5: Much Ado About Nothing
Nov. 11-12: Richard III.
El Paso Scene
Local: All treats and no tricks
for Halloween at the Plaza
The Plaza Theatre is at it again, supplying
El Paso with legend after legend, from Bob
Dylan to Ian Anderson to the Moody Blues.
The latest comes Oct. 30 via the second
biggest band ever (remember Im a Rolling
Stones fan). The Beatless very own drum-
mer and sometimes vocalist, Ringo Starr,
known as Ringo Starr and his All Starr band,
to town. This is like five bands in one. Not
only is Ringo sure to grace us with some Fab
Four material, but the notable musicians
sharing the stage with him bring their own
musical suitcase. Richard Page of 80s band
Mr. Mister gets some time at the mic, along
with Steve Lukather, who took over lead
vocal duties for Toto in 1997. Rounding
things out are Gregg Rolie, best known for
his early years with Santana and Journey, and
Todd Rundgren, who can pack a house all by
himself. This hits the calendar the day before
Halloween, but the only thing to be fright-
ened about is that Ringo at 77 does a better
job than most musicians half his age.
National: Mark Olson,
Spokeswoman of the Bright
Sun, Glitterhouse Records
Mark Olson, co-lead singer and founder of
the relatively recently resurrected Jayhawks,
has ventured out once again. It was three
years ago when we last heard from this elite
member of alt. country royalty without his
legendary crew. Lending him a hand on this
album is his wife, Norwegian singer Ingunn
Ringvold. The album leans heavily on coun-
try folk, and at the forefront is his unmistak-
able trademarked vocal twang. The arrange-
ments are not the most complex, but they
arent meant to be. He is backed with just a
few instruments a mandolin, violin, at
times a single drum but always with the
sweet sound of an acoustic guitar strum. The
songs storytelling vibe takes us on a feel-
good peace and love journey reminiscent of
60s folk. If youre a fan of his other band,
but this ones got you on the fence, be sure to
check out the lead single Dear Elisabeth.
This track could easily find itself as a stand-
out on any Jayhawks record. Spokeswoman
of the Bright Sun is another bright spot in
the brilliant career of Mark Olson.
Dan Wilson, Re-Covered,
Big Deal Music
Some songwriters make their living crafting
songs for their own bands, and some sell
their gems to others, then there are those that
do both. Butch Walker, formerly of
Marvelous 3 and now solo, seems to have
more success when others carry his tunes.
Sia stepped out on her own after her recipes
constantly struck paydirt on the charts for
many. Then there is Dan Wilson, who
grabbed the golden ring with his band
Semisonic and Closing Time, and even
snagged a Grammy nomination. Pops all-
stars now are taking his cuts to higher
grounds, so Dan has decided to call his hits
back home. These are all found in his new
collection, Re-Covered. The entire disc
takes on a very singer-songwriter feel with
extremely sparse instrumentation. These re-
imagined tunes (or in his case originally
imagined) are presented in a brand new light.
He chose tracks by Taylor Swift, Chris
Stapleton and John Legend, to name a few.
Adeles Someone Like You is by far the Quicksand Interiors
best representation of how he excels at con-
structing something new out of the extremely
familiar. The CD appropriately comes to an
end with a brand new version of his Closing
Time composed almost 20 years ago. As
always a super deluxe version waits for you
with a 56-page deluxe album book pack
designed by Dan with illustrations and sto-
ries about the writing of these songs, but of
course this is limited to only 400 pieces.
Alice Cooper, Paranormal,
earMUSIC
Just over three months ago this legend was
rockin our downtown, and now he has
released an album of brand new originals, 12
to be exact. This is even more impressive
coming from a legend just under 70 years
old. The original shock rocker himself, Alice
Cooper, continues to stir his creepy cauldron
with Paranormal. With all the actual dis-
gust in the world, most of this is more on the
campy side, but then again wasnt it always
that way? (See the official Welcome to my
Nightmare video.) Two tracks in particular
off this new album, Holy Water and
Genuine American Girl, feel as if they
came directly from a musical revue, com-
plete with horn section. Not to disappoint,
there are plenty of real rock n roll
moments; Rats, Dead Flies, Fireball
and the title track all fill the category nicely.
Fallen in Love features ZZ Top guitarist
Billy Gibbons, crafting a brilliant A to Z
mash up that leaves us wanting more in that
vein. The disc concludes with a genuine blast
from the past as Alice is joined on two new
songs by members from his original band.
Collectibles: Natalie Merchant,
The Natalie Merchant
Collection, Nonesuch
She began her career fronting the alternative
college rock band 10,000 Maniacs when she
was barely old enough to drive a car. She
spent just over a decade with them until she
broke out of the asylum in 1993, going solo
with the critically acclaimed and multi-plat-
inum Tigerlily. Ever since she has been
doing things her own way. This is the work
celebrated with Nonesuch Records new col-
lection aptly titled The Natalie Merchant
Collection. The ten-disc compilation col-
lects all her lone studio work along with two
very special treats. One is a set comprised of
four brand-new tracks along with six reinter-
preted cuts from her past catalog all arranged
for a string quartet. The other is a rarities CD
collection featuring 15 rare and previously
unreleased gems culled from 1998 to 2017. It
includes home studio demos, album outtakes,
live tracks and collaborations with the likes
of Billy Bragg, David Byrne and Cowboy
Junkies. Add this to the other Natalie
Merchant must-have, Rhino Records 10,000
Maniacs double platter Campfire Songs,
and you can easily consider yourself certifi-
able when it comes to her and her past.
Keep an eye out for these releases:
Morrissey Low in High School
Stereophonics Scream Above the
Sounds
U2 Songs of Experience
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin
Dice Music. Drop him a line at
tumblindicemusic@netscape.net.
October 2017
A Christmas Fair The Junior League of
El Pasos 44th annual holiday shopping is Nov.
3-5, at the El Paso Convention Center.
Information: 584-3511 or jlep.org. NOVEMber
UTEP Mens Basketball - Don Haskins
Center. Information: utepathletics.com.
Games are at 7 p.m.
PREVIEW
Nov. 3: Western New Mexico (exhibition).
Nov. 10: Louisiana State
Nov. 27: Lamar.

UTEP Womens Basketball - Don

Haskins Center. Information:
utepathletics.com.
1 p.m. Nov. 4: St. Marys (exhibition)
1 p.m. Nov. 11: CSU Bakersfield (exh.)
7 p.m. Nov. 18: Texas A&M CC
5:30 p.m. Nov. 30: New Mexico.
El Paso Rhinos - Hospitals of Providence
Events Center, next to the Coliseum, 4100 E.
Paisano. Information: elpasorhinos.com.
7 p.m. Nov. 3, 5: Superior Roughriders.
7 p.m. Nov. 22, 24-25: Springfield Express.
Paw Pageant The dog pageant is 10 a.m.
Nov. 4, at Cleveland Square, 510 N. Santa Fe.
Information: 235-2022 or on Facebook at
epawsos.
Renaissance Artsfaire The 46th annual
event is Nov. 4-5, at Young Park, Las Cruces.
Admission: $10; free for age 12 and younger;
advance tickets are two for $15. Information:
(575) 523-6403 or daarts.org.
Tournament of Bands Area high school
marching bands perform beginning at 8 a.m.
Nov. 4, at NMSUs Aggie Memorial Stadium in
Las Cruces. Preliminaries end around 5:30
p.m.; finals are 8 to 10 p.m. Tickets: $17; $7
age 6-12 (Ticketmaster).
Veterans Day Car Show The 20th
annual car show is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 4, at
the Veterans Center, 992 S. Broadway, Truth
or Consequences. Spectator admission is free.
Information: (575) 894-4222.
Las Cruces International Mariachi
Conference Nov. 8-12, with workshops,
performances and more. Information: (575)
Care Nov. 10. Information: 858-2588 or
ylm.org.
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Fiesta Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez is
guest speaker at the 27th annual gala event
Nov. 11, Wyndham El Paso Airport. Tickets:
$125. Information: 566-4066.
Speaking Rock 122 S. Pueblo Rd.
Information: 860-7777 or speakingrockenter-
tainment.com.
The heavy alt rock band Drowning Pool per-
forms at 8 p.m. Nov. 11.
Indie rockers Manchester Orchestra per-
forms at 8 p.m. Nov. 18.
EPSYOs Fall Concert El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras, perform at 3
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, Abraham Chavez
Theatre. Information: epsyos.org.
UTEP Football The Miners host
Louisiana Tech for the final home game of the
season at 1 p.m. Nov. 18, at Sun Bowl
Stadium. Tickets: $10-$30. Information: 544-
5234 or utepathletics.com.
El Paso Scene
Las Artistas Las Artistas 48th annual Art
and Craft Show is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18-19,
USERS GUIDE
Publication Schedule Advertising information
Epic Railyard Event Center, 2201 E Mills. Cost:

525-1735 or lascrucesmariachi.org.
ExpoArte 2017 Amigos de la Fundacion
Mascareas annual gala is Nov. 9, at Cibeles
Convention Center in Jurez. Information:
544-5118 in El Paso; 612-3175 in Jurez, or
fmascarenas.org.
Christmas Jubilee The annual Ruidoso
shopping extravaganza is Nov. 10-12, at the
Ruidoso Convention Center. Admission: $2.
Information: ruidosochristmasjubilee.net.
David Nevue The pianist, composer and
recording artist performs for the first time in
El Paso 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 10, at the
International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana.
Admission: $10. Information: 633-4197.
Miners Hockey Club UTEPs hockey
team hosts TCU 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10-11, at Hospitals of
Providence Events Center, 4100 E. Paisano.
Tickets: $7-$20. Information: 491-7879 or
minershockey.com.
Sun Bowl Art Exhibition The annual
show and art competition runs Nov. 10-Dec.
31 at the International Museum of Art, 1211
Montana. Information: 543-6747 and interna-
tionalmuseumofart.net.
YLM Gala Ysleta Lutheran Mission
Human Care hosts its gala dinner, Portraits of
$6; free for age 17 and younger. Information:
319-4541 or lasartistas.org.
Stuff the Truck The Salvation Army
hosts a housewares and clothing drive 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 18-19, at
Barnett Harley Davidson, 8272 Gateway East.
Information: 565-6532 or
salvationarmytexas.org/elpaso.
Western Refining College All-America
Golf Classic The 43rd annual event fea-
turing Americas top college golfers is Nov.
19-21 at El Paso Country Club. Information:
533-4416, ext. 15, or sunbowl.org.
FirstLight Federal Credit Union Sun
Bowl Parade The 81st annual Sun Bowl
Parade is 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov.
23(Thanksgiving Day) along Montana.
Information: 533-4416 or sunbowl.org.
A World of Guitar El Paso Pro-Musica
presents guitarist Nathan Conelius at 7:30
p.m. Nov. 30, in Las Cruces (location to be
announced), and Dec. 1, at UTEPs Fox Fine
Arts Recital Hall. Tickets: $25; $20 seniors,
military; $5 youth. Information: 747-8163 or
eppm.org.
Franco Escamilla 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
29, Plaza Theatre (Ticketmaster).
Lindsey Stirling 8 p.m. Nov. 29, at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre (Ticketmaster).
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Ardovinos Desert Crossing 5 Hal Marcus Gallery 28,32 PhiDev Inc 38

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Around and About Tours 11 Health Matters 41 Psychic Fair 29

ATMAS Healing 37 Hike Up Cristo Rey 34 PTEP 30

Azar Nut Shop 7 Home & Garden Show 3 Reiki & Crystals 18

Baskin Robbins 5 Humane Society of El Paso 28 Renaissance ArtFaire 15

Bert Saldana Art Gallery 16 Inni Heart Eatery 40 Ruidoso Oktoberfest 20

Bingo Plus 24 KTEP 42 Shakespeare on the Rocks 39

Blancas Photos 21 La Union Maze 24 Silver City Art Assn 37

Books Are Gems 11 La Vina Winery 13 St Lukes Country Fair 31

Bruces Air 36 Las Artistas 39 Sunland Park Racetrack 14

The Cats Meow 16 Las Cruces Museums 31 Texas Star Beverage 18

Cattleman's 12 Leos Mexican Food 34 The Cleaners 32

Ceci Burgos Counseling 17 Magoffin Hall 38 Tom Lea Month 22

Chuck's Bicycle Repair 20 Magoffin Home St. Hist Site 33 Trans Siberian Orchestra 36

Clinton A King MD 7 Marie Otero 11 Turkish Festival 36

Collectibles 17 The Marketplace 8 Unity Book store 29

El Paso Art Association 7 Mesilla Book Center 30 UTEP Athletics 26

EPCC 25 Mesilla Valley Maze 6 Vanities 43

El Paso Live 19 Michael Martin Murphey 2 Village Inn 12

El Paso Playhouse 40 Mission Del Rey 37 Vitality Medspa 18,35

El Paso Symphony 27 Moto El Paso 10 Walgreens 40

Escamilla Gallery 9 Mustard Seed Caf 30 Western Traders 29

Get the Led Out 44 Naydas Gems & Stones 26 Wholesale Frames 32

Fountain Theatre 40 NM Veterans Home 33 Wyler Aerial Tramway 30

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