Friday, September 13
Paws, Claws, and Hooves Fundraising Event, 6:30 p.m. at New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd, Las Cruces. Info: 575-521-4794
Illusion Band, 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek, 200 N Bullard St, Silver City. Info: 575-956-6144
Saturday, September 14
Big Brothers Big Sisters 2024 Mudd for Matches Tournament, 7 a.m. at Blue Moon Bar & Grill, 13060 N. Valley Drive, Radium Springs. Info: 575-449-2728
Alamogordo Fire Department presents the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, 7 a.m. at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, 3198 State Rte 2001, Alamogordo. Info: 505-459-9730
Suicide Prevention Community Fair, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Moose Lodge #2081 parking lot, 514 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Info: 575-524-1088
Sierra County Farmers Market, 8:30-11:30 a.m. at 300 Riverside Dr., Truth or Consequences. Info: 575-894-1968
Farmers & Crafts Market of Las Cruces, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Plaza de Las Cruces, Downtown Las Cruces. Info: 575-201-3853
NARFE Breakfast Legislative Program Update Session, 8:30 a.m. at Good Samaritan Village, 3011 Buena Vida, Las Cruces. Info: 575-382-7686
Lumberjack Day, 9 a.m. at Zenith Park, 1001 James Canyon Hwy, Cloudcroft. Info: 575-921-4737
3rd Annual Gratitude Walk/Run, 9 a.m. starting at Horseshoe Park on the NMSU Campus. Info: NMSU.link/gratitude-2024
Mayor’s Bike Ride, 9 a.m. at La Llorona Trail, off Calle de Norte and the east levee road. Info: VeloCruces@gmail.com
Out of the Darkness Community Walk, 9 a.m. at Young Park, 850 S. Walnut St., Las Cruces. Info: 575-496-8532
Farmers Market of Otero County, 9-11 a.m. at Tractor Supply, 2900 N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. Info: 575-430-2081
Silver City Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at 1120 N. Main St., Silver City. Info: SilverCityFarmersMarket.info
Mimbres Valley Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., at the Mimbres Marketplace, 2743 NM-35, Mimbres. Info: 520-678-8577
Salsa Festival, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. at Luna County Courthouse Park, 700 Silver Ave., Deming. Info: 575-546-2674
Children’s Butterfly Garden Re-Emergence, 1 p.m. at Silva Creek Botanical Gardens, Virginia and State Streets, Silver City. Info: gilanps.org/scbg-home/
Fundraiser for Historic Phillips Chapel and Clarence Fielder Scholarship Fund, 1-3 p.m. at Phillips Chapel, 638 N. Tornillo St., Las Cruces. Info: 575-521-4794
Second Saturday Art Hop, 6-9 p.m. on MainStreet, Truth or Consequences. Info: 575-894-1968
CW Ayon in Concert, 6 p.m. at Downshift Brewing Company, 2408 B Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso. Info: 575-257-5300
The Chris Chandler Show, 7 p.m. at Whiskey Creek Zócalo, 11786 Hwy 180 East, Arenas Valley. Info: 575-388-1266 or WhiskeyCreekZocalo.com
Astronomy League Public Star Party, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at New Mexico Museum of Space History, 3198 State Rte. 2001, Alamogordo. Info: 575-437-2840
Rhythm Mystic, 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek, 200 N Bullard St, Silver City. Info: 575-956-6144
September 14 & 15
Diez y Seis de Septiembre, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Old Mesilla Plaza, Calle Principal, Mesilla. Info: 575-524-3262
Chiricahua-Peloncillo Heritage Days, 9:30 a.m. at Geronimo Event Center, Night Hawk Rd., Rodeo. Info: HeritageDays@VTC.net
Sunday, September 15
Heritage Day Vintage Car Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Zenith Park, 1001 James Canyon Hwy, Cloudcroft. Info: 575-921-4737
Jenny Don’t and The Spurs Daytime Honky-Tonk Dance Party, 4 p.m. at Whiskey Creek Zócalo, 11786 Hwy 180 East, Arenas Valley. Info: 575-388-1266 or WhiskeyCreekZocalo.com
Mesilla Valley Jazz & Blues Society presents Footprints, 6:30 p.m. at Alma d’Arte Charter High School, 402 W. Court Ave., Las Cruces. Info: MVJazzBlues.net
Monday, September 16
Friends of the Library Book Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Roadrunner Room, 200 E. Picacho Ave., Las Cruces. Info: 575-528-4000
Tuesday, September 17
Academy for Learning in Retirement (ALR) presents AI, Cybersecurity, Block Chains and Us: Dr. Gaurav Panwar on Practical Cybersecurity Essentials, 10:30 a.m.-noon at DACC Auditorium, Doña Ana Community College, 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd., Las Cruces. Info: 575-527-7509
Los Leones de Mesilla Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m. at La Posta Restaurant, 2410 Calle de San Albino, Mesilla. Info: 915-613-6315
Full Moon Nights presents Rio Grande Revelers, 7 p.m. at White Sands National Park. Info: 575-479-6124
Swing on the Plaza, 7-11 p.m. at Plaza de Las Cruces, Downtown Las Cruces. Info: 575-541-2290
September 17 & 18
40th Annual Career Expo Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Corbett Center Student Union, 3rd Floor Ballrooms, NMSU Campus. Info: 575-646-1631
Wednesday, September 18
Farmers & Crafts Market of Las Cruces, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Plaza de Las Cruces, Downtown Las Cruces. Info: 575-201-3853
2nd Annual Borderplex Veteran Service Provider Summit and Veteran Resource Fair, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Starlight Event Center, 6650 Continental Dr., El Paso. Info: MilitaryVetAffairs@elpasotexas.gov
Can Your Food Choices Save the Planet? by Clifford Kinnear Jr., 12 p.m. at Natural Grocers, 3970 E. Lohman Ave., Las Cruces. Info: 575-522-1711
Western Institute for Lifelong Learning presents Spoken Word Readings by Lynne Zotalis, Pamela Warren Williams, and Shelly Barnett, 12-1 p.m., at the WNMU Besse-Forward Global Resource Center ABC Room, Info: 575-538-6835 or will.community/lunchlearn
Know Your City Seminar Series: City’s Financial Service, 6-8 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 700 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Info: 575-528-3003
Film Las Cruces presents The Wrap, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Info: 575-541-2290
September 18-21
2024 Cliff-Gila Grant County Fair, 9 a.m. at the Grant County Fairgrounds, 10 Arena Rd., Gila. Info: 575-590-7587
Thursday, September 19
Community Resource Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Doña Ana Community College East Mesa, 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd., Las Cruces. Info: avanza@dacc.nmsu.edu
Alejandro Brittes Trio with Gertie Lopez and T.O. Boys, 7 p.m. at Light Hall Theater, 1000 W. College Ave., Silver City. Info: 575-538-6300
Bri Bagwell in Concert, 7 p.m. at Downshift Brewing Company, 2408 B Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso. Info: 575-257-5300
International Pirate Day Karaoke Outdoor Patio Party, 7 p.m. at Little Toad Creek, 200 N Bullard St, Silver City. Info: 575-956-6144
Daughters of the American Revolution present Thomas E., Chavez, PhD, 7-8 p.m. at The Murray Hotel ballroom, 200 W. Broadway, Silver City. Info: SCDAR250@gmail.com
September 19 – 22
Otero County Fair and Rodeo, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. at the Otero County Fairgrounds, 401 Fairgrounds Rd., Alamogordo. Info: 575-434-0788
