The Silver City Art Association First Friday Gallery Walk is from 5-7 p.m., July 7. During First Friday walks, SCAA downtown galleries stay open until 7 p.m. to hold receptions, and feature art demonstrations or other special activities. For a map showing SCAA downtown gallery locations, look for the big red dots, or to find out more about SCAA galleries, studios, and independent artists, see silvercityart.com.  more

The New Mexico Spaceport Authority settled a lawsuit by a former employee who alleged discrimination and retaliation, just before a trial was scheduled to begin July 31, according to court documents. … more

The Mesilla Valley Film Society is bringing a series it calls "Atomic Fest" to the Fountain Theatre Aug. 4-11. The weeklong film festival will showcase films that explore the bomb and its legacy … more

Comic book and multimedia dealers from across the country will gather Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 19-20, at the Las Cruces Comic Con. The event, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, will offer a … more

British engineers from BAE Systems and its partner, U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, recently released results of a June test at Spaceport America, adding to the spaceport’s growing list of … more

Sweetpea, a Sulcata aka African spur-thighed tortoise, is one Las Cruces resident who is not fond of cold. While Sweatpea is 24 years old, he is but a child in Sulcata years. The breed is the third … more

“Frank Peacock Retrospective – Then to Now” is a Doña Ana Arts Council (DAAC) exhibition featuring 55 years of artwork by the acclaimed Las Cruces artist. The show is Aug. … more

Celebrate Authors 2023 will be in the Roadrunner Room on the second floor of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1. Friends of the Branigan Library (FBL) is .... more

Black Box Theatre (BBT), 430 N. Main St., will host two performances of “Ruddigore; also known as “The Witch’s Curse,” 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6. … more

Agave's Artist Gallery’s August artist of the month is ceramicist and jeweler Lisa Carlson of Las Cruces. Carlson earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts at the University of Texas … more

Clay artist Catherine Russo hates to look for things. Walking through her space, The Seedboat Center for the Arts in Silver City, everything is in order, in place, ready to be used. “I am so aesthetically … more

Agave Artists Gallery in Mesilla is a cooperative gallery featuring contemporary art in multiple media: oil, acrylic, water media, fabric, paper, assemblage art, photography, mixed media, pastel, … more

Please join us in visiting southern New Mexico artists in their web-based galleries. While we can’t yet go to these galleries and studios and spend our time perusing the amazing work of … more

Lisa Alden has always loved art and has been creating since childhood. Before formal training in art she worked in hospitality and medical career fields and in 2000 earned a B.S. in chemistry from … more

Maria Aragon is a self-taught artist working mainly in oil paint on either canvas, artist's board or paper. She is a symbolist who combines figures from the West, including the Americas, with symbols … more

Jean-Robert P. Béffort is a mixed-media assemblage sculpture and collage artist who lives in Silver City and operates a 4,000 square-foot contemporary studio and art gallery called … more

Mary Beagle has primarily worked with oil on canvas; her paintings reflect her love of native and Latino cultures and celebrations. She incorporates geometric or native designs into her compositions … more

Margaret Bernstein was meandering through a profession of words, interviews and teenagers when, on a whim, she fell suddenly into experimenting with paints and brushes in Las … more

Victoria Chick established her painting studio near Silver City after a 40-year art career as studio artist, registered art therapist and a combined 15 years as adjunct instructor at the University … more

Ruth Drayer's work is non-objective; she is painting color and color relationships and has developed her own technique. Rather than beginning with an idea, Drayer textures her blank canvas with a … more