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The hillside neighborhood rises above Silver City overlooking the town, crowned by La Capilla, the small chapel that has watched generations come and go from its perch above the streets below. For more than 150 years, people in Silver City have...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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5/29/26
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As I reviewed Chapter 3 from the book “Unpacking Silver City” for this month’s historical excerpt, I was again reminded how a good story carries the narrative and personalizes the experience we have as we consume content.
The story of Sinovia...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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5/28/26
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MERGE
Newly opened art space in Silver City
302 N. Bullard St.
MERGEart.org
Open Thursday through Saturday noon-5 p.m.
Informal arts institution located in a historic storefront space. MERGE aims to function as a storefront and...
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5/28/26
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The Silver City CLAY Festival returns once again, but this year in June. The weeklong celebration moves from traditional July dates to June 15-21 and takes place in venues throughout Silver City, New Mexico.
Organizer Lizzie Slegeir says, “The...
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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5/28/26
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June 21, the Summer Solstice, also is international Make Music Day. Celebrating the beginning of summer, thousands of music making folks sing and play melodies throughout city streets and parks worldwide.
Silver City is just one of these...
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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5/28/26
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The rotors of the MV-22B Osprey cut through the East African night as red cabin lights illuminated Marines, aircrew, and mission equipment inside the aircraft.
Somewhere below us stretched the Horn of Africa; vast, distant, and beautiful in a way...
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Senior Airman Michelle Ferrari49th Wing Public Affairs
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5/27/26
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Entertainment is essential for human well-being. It serves as a necessary release for mental and emotional stress while fostering social connection, creativity, and cognitive stimulation. It acts as a vital reset button so you can return to your...
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Faith HutsonDona Ana Historical Society
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5/21/26
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The New Mexico State University Theatre Department and the American Southwest Theatre Company (ASTC) May 14 awards dinner at NMSU honored students for their work on shows during the 2025-26 season and for their leadership and during the...
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Mike CookFor the Las Cruces Bulletin
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5/21/26
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The applause inside Popejoy Hall had barely settled when Mia Lopez Berkson started trying to process what had happened.
Weeks earlier, the recent Organ Mountain High School graduate had been on stage dressed as Scuttle in “Disney’s The Little...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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5/21/26
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The first time Tom Hutchinson’s family met Katy Griggs, it didn’t go quietly. She spotted his grandfather from across the room and called out to him like an old friend, drawing the attention of nearly everyone nearby.
Then she crossed the space...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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5/13/26
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The Tour of the Gila 2026 cyclists wind their way through Silver City.
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5/7/26
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As an amateur history researcher, I have identified many veterans of America’s wars who ultimately came to reside in Doña Ana County. Among them is a particularly remarkable man who came from France, fought valiantly in the Civil War, and made Las...
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Sal PatricoloDoña Ana Historical Society
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5/7/26
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Branigan Cultural Center
501 N. Main St., Las Cruces
Open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
There is no admission charge.
Land of the People: Ndende bì Ke'ya
From April 4-June 27, we are...
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4/30/26
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In the long memory of the Southwest, music does not begin on a stage. It rises from kitchens, from packed dirt dance floors, from weddings that stretch deep into the night, where the sound of an accordion carries across generations and the rhythm...
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Brian D’AmbrosioFor Desert Exposure
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4/30/26
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May in Silver City begins and ends with a bang. It’s an exciting month on the events calendar. It’s one of the reasons this is an exciting place to be.
May begins with the final days of the Tour of the Gila, one of the most challenging and iconic...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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4/30/26
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By the time anyone thought to write them down, they were already there.
A name in a newspaper. A laundry on a street. A restaurant with rooms upstairs. A garden just beyond town. Fragments — scattered, partial, sometimes misspelled or...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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4/30/26
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Paul Maxwell didn’t spend his life as an artist. For decades, his work centered on science, engineering, and public service. Painting came later, shaped by everything that came before it.
“I set my brushes aside and followed a career in...
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Elijah Rey Reyes
Las Cruces Bulletin | 4/30/26 |
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Greta Burger builds her work in layers, combining glass and metal into pieces that take shape as they come together, often without a fixed plan.
“It just kind of starts to take shape,” Burger said.
Burger is one of several local...
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Elijah Rey Reyes
Desert Exposure | 4/30/26 |
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Friday, May 1, 2026
Playing at the Fountain Theatre, located at, 2469 Calle De Guadalupe, Mesilla, NM 88046, Ghost Elephants | Dir: Werner Herzog • 99 min • Not Rated • Documentary / …
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4/29/26
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