Nelson Boswell Reading Series
The series closes out its 2024-25 season with a reading by poet Sylvia Chan, a disabled writer, educator, and activist who works with foster and crossover youth, with an opening presentation by MFG candidate Sangamithra Nataraj.
Expose yourself to the arts at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 25, at the Creative Media Theater, Room 171, Milton Hall, NMSU. Info: 575-646-4403
Fabulous Finale – Classical Trio
The El Paso Symphony Orchestra’s 94th season comes to an end under the baton of Bohsulav Rattay, with special guest, the winner of the 2024 Borderland Chopin International Piano Competition Kiron Atom Tellian.
Take a classical break at 7:30 p.m., April 25-26, at the Plaza Theater Performing Arts Center, 125 W. Mills Ave., El Paso. Info: 915-532-3776
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Mesilla Valley Film Society presents Germany’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, about an investigating judge in Tehran who grapples with paranoia following the death of a young woman.
Go international at 7:30 p.m., April 25-May 1, at the Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla. Info: MesillaValleyFilm.org
157th Annual St. Francis de Paula Fiesta
Celebrate over a century and a half of history and culture with a rosary at Round Mountain, a horseshoe tournament, a dance and Queen coronation, parades and processions, and ending with a full day of food, games and vendors.
Celebrate small town culture 12-5 p.m., April 26-28, at St. Francis de Paula Church and Fiesta Grounds, 303 Encino St., Tularosa. Info: 575-585-2720
¡Mira! Las Cruces Festival
The spring festival returns to showcase and celebrate the city and surrounding area’s culture, cuisine, art, outdoor recreation and music, this year featuring a drone show, Lucha Libre performances, dance groups and more.
Get in touch with culture from 2-9:30 p.m., Saturday, April 26, at the Plaza de Las Cruces and surrounding streets in downtown Las Cruces. Info: 575-541-2444
Jon Pardi
The country music staple brings his high-energy, high-volume live Honkeytonk Hollywood Tour to Las Cruces, packed with fiddle, twang, steel guitar and contagious charisma, along with opening acts Corey Kent and Kassi Ashton.
Get your twang on at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 26, at the Pan American Center, 1810 E. University Ave., Las Cruces. Info: 575-646-1420
Super Secret Improv Show
Get ready for “spontaneous ensemble theatre” at its most fast-paced and unexpected, with a blend of short form improv games, followed by a full-length, one-act play, all entirely based on audience suggestions
Comedy is turned on its ear at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 26, at the Black Box Theater, 430 N. Main Street, Las Cruces. Info: 575-523-1223 or SuperSecretImprovShow@gmail.com
The Wailers featuring Aston Barrett Jr.
Be there when the legendary Wailers take the stage, displaying their reggae, ska, and rocksteady influences, characterized by socially conscious and politically charged lyrics that blend into powerful, upbeat tunes.
Relive the beat at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 27, at Whiskey Creek Zócalo, 11786 HWY 180 E., Arenas Valley. Info: WhiskeyCreekZocalo.com
Blue Velvet
The Mesilla Valley Film Society presents David Lynch’s neo-noir mystery thriller that leads a young man on an investigation related to a mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Enter the Lynchword at 7:30 p.m., Sunday April 26, at the Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla. Info: MesillaValleyFilm.org
Ilya Yakushev
The virtuoso, award-winning Russian pianist gives an intimate performance that will astound and mesmerize, just as he has at major venues on three continents playing everything from Haydn to Gershwin.
Get your ivories tickled at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, at WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater, 1101 N. Kentucky St., Silver City. Info: 575-538-5862
