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Internationally touring Swedish singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik returns to Deming to open her 2026 U.S. tour—Songs, Strings & Stories—with a special performance at the Deming Depot Auditorium on Thursday, March 19 at 4 p.m. Admission is free,...
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Desert Exposure Report
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3/13/26
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The Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective in collaboration with the Future Forge Makerspace, is offering community members free mending of clothes and teaching how to mend clothes. This free program will be held at the Future Forge located at...
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Desert Exposure Report
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3/12/26
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The Las Cruces International Film Festival announced that renowned filmmaker Shane Black will be the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Filmmaker Award at this year’s festival.
The award will be presented in person on April 10, in...
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Bulletin Report
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3/12/26
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Silver City Farmer’s Market
The Silver City Farmer's Market hours will be 9 a.m.-noon starting on March 14.
WNMU Cultural Affairs
Tickets at www.wnmu.edu
For event info go to www.wnmu.edu
WNMU Artist-in-Residence...
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3/6/26
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Imagine going to a fashion show where one of the outfits consists of a pair of floor lamps and is modeled by a local dignitary.
The lampshades were covered in batik fiber art and clothing labels and modeled by a well-known county assessor and...
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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3/4/26
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The fall 2025 semester marked the beginning of WILL’s 20th Anniversary – two decades of lifelong learning in community here in Silver City. Special events and celebrations have been planned.
WILL stands for Western Institute of Lifelong...
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Marcia TinkerDesert Exposure
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3/4/26
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Long before arena tours and platinum records, a woman with a clear, intimate voice stood at the center of American popular music. Mildred Bailey, known in her day as “The Queen of Swing,” was among the most influential vocalists of the 1930s,...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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3/4/26
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There are 40 or 50 people in Cuchillo, depending on where you draw the line. That’s not a punchline—it’s a fact.
Out here in southern New Mexico, where the hills roll toward the Black Range and the night sky belongs to meteor showers, metalsmith...
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Brian D’AmbrosioFor Desert Exposure
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3/4/26
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In the northern reaches of New Mexico, the law grew faint with distance.
On paper, Spanish officials were clear enough: the unauthorized enslavement of Native people was illegal. Orders were issued and reissued, regulations repeated like prayers....
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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3/2/26
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Silver City has never been a one-industry town. From its earliest days, its fortunes rose and fell with forces far beyond its narrow streets and adobe walls. Global metal prices, distant cattle markets, federal budgets, and even the lungs of sick...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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2/23/26
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At 595 South Foch Street in Truth or Consequences, a decades-old lumber mill is slowly being reborn. Purchased by sculptor Otto Rigan and his wife, Stacy Blum Hay, the sprawling structure is being transformed into a live/work art space and...
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Brian D'AmbrosioFor Desert Exposure
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2/7/26
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Friday, February 6 The Town of Mesilla Arts/Crafts & Farmers Market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the plaza. Come see some amazing artists and their talent, and some great produce when in season. …
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2/6/26
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Local artists, along with the ArtForms Artists Association of New Mexico, are set to launch the annual For the Love of Art month. This celebration of art takes place every February, featuring studio tours and various art events.
"We have seen an...
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Bulletin Report
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2/4/26
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It’s easy to get caught up in the news of the day, so much of which is ugly and negative. I’m not sure there isn’t politics in a place like Silver City, but it feels a little different here.
While state legislators convene in Santa Fe this month...
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Kurt JohnsonDesert Exposure
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2/4/26
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Las Cruces Museum of Art
491 N. Main St.
Open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday. There is no admission fee.
Call for art
The Las Cruces Museum of Art is soliciting artwork for an upcoming exhibit....
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2/4/26
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“Mac Schweitzer and Her Art” is the February featured exhibition in Silver City’s Light Art Space Flash Gallery. Curated by Ann Hedlund the exhibition features a selection of prints and drawings by Mac Schweitzer and photos by Silver City...
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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2/4/26
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Silver City’s annual February event, “Chocolate Fantasia,” was always a popular one-day event. It became a very successful two-day gathering in 2025. So, what would make this chocoholic’s dream weekend even better? Three days of luscious chocolate...
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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2/4/26
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Friday, January 16, 2026
January Contra Dance With Seth Levine and "Rave Review" Friday, January 16th (7:15-10 pm) 2251 Calle de Santiago, Mesilla $10 General Admission ($8 under 21) More …
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1/14/26
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Silver City is known as an art destination because of all of the many creative people living here—painters, photographers, print makers, clay artists and fiber artists to name a few.
Among them are two outstanding wood artists—both named Mark....
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Marcia TinkerFor Desert Exposure
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1/12/26
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Neuronal arousal. You may be unfamiliar with the term, but you probably know the feeling. I experienced it the moment I stepped into Cruces Creatives, a maker space where the whir and sparkle of possibilities made me feel like a kid turned loose...
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Paula JohnsonFor Desert Exposure
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1/8/26
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