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Las Cruces Symphony ready for 66th season

The Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra is gearing up for its 66th season, which begins in September and continues through spring 2025 with live performances in Las Cruces of beloved popular and classical …

Coming Up This Month

Saturday, July 13 Farmers & Crafts Market of Las Cruces, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Main St. Info: 575-201-3853 ArtVenturous – Sculpture, 10 a.m. at at the Museum of Nature & …

Isabel Deroy-Olson and Lily Gladstone in Fancy Dance

‘Fancy Dance’ addresses missing Indigenous women

Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, the first Native American to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar (for “Killers of the Flower Moon”), stars in a 2023 drama to be screened July 5-11 …

What's Going on in July?

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Dance film premieres at Fountain Theatre

Dark Circles Contemporary Dance is offering a special screening of “Ten-Gallon,” a groundbreaking queer western romance, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 25, at the Fountain Theatre in …

Arts roundup

Doña Ana County hosts Creativity Fest 2024 Doña Ana County will celebrate working artists, area arts and cultural businesses at an inaugural Creativity Fest 2024 from 10 a.m. to …

What's Going on in June?

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Celebrate the Start of Summer During San Juan Day at Lincoln Historic Site

Lincoln Historic Site offers a special mass and lecture in honor of San Juan Day, the traditional Spanish festival marking the start of summer.

What's Going on in May?

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Edward Montes and Karen Buerdsell portray American and Soviet diplomats in “A Walk in the Woods” at No Strings Theatre Company.

No Strings closes season with Cold War drama

The No Strings Theatre Company, located in downtown Las Cruces, is closing its 2023-24 season with a 1987 drama dramatizing diplomatic relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in the …

Las Cruces Public Libraries invites residents to join us from 2- 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8 for a presentation about hiking safety and preparedness at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave.

Take a hike

Hiking 101: Beginning Adventure Las Cruces Public Libraries invites residents to join to a presentation from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8 about hiking safety and preparedness at Thomas Branigan …

Arts Roundup

Fire and Fiber show opens at the Tombaugh Art Gallery The 2024 Fire and Fiber Show at the Tombaugh Art Gallery features artisans and more than 30 artworks. Works vary from elaborate pottery and …

The ensemble of “Sister Act: A Divine Comedy” at Las Cruces Community Theatre, opening May 31 in downtown Las Cruces.

LCCT says ‘Sister Act’ will be second to nun

To close its 2023-24 season, Las Cruces Community Theatre opens a three-weekend run of the musical comedy “Sister Act: A Divine Comedy” on Friday night. With book by Cheri and Bill …

¡Fiesta Latina!

The Western New Mexico University signature cultural event, ¡Fiesta Latina!, returns to the Silver City campus June 6-9.

Spectators gather to watch aerial performances during the 2022 Holloman Legacy of Liberty Air Show and Open House May 7, 2022, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The air show featured aerial acts from the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team, the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team and several legacy aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Antonio Salfran)

Holloman Legacy of Liberty Airshow set for Sunday, June 2

The Legacy of Liberty Airshow will occur at Holloman Air Force Base Sunday, June 2. The airshow is free and open to the general public. According to a news release, gates open at 9 a.m. The …

Arts roundup

Summer Fun: National Paper Airplane Day Las Cruces Public Libraries invites residents to join in from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Albert Johnson Park, at the southeast corner of …

1780 ballet takes a look at AI issues

Borderlands Ballet Company’s 2024 production of the classic ballet, Coppélia, is about to open in Las Cruces. If you haven’t heard of the comic ballet, …

Celebrating 100 years of the Gila Wilderness with Poetry & Song

In southwest New Mexico the world’s first dedicated wilderness was established June 3, 1924. The Gila Wilderness is part of New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, comprising 3 million …

World-class trumpeter to play Mayor’s Jazz Fest

Internationally-known trumpeter Wayne Bergeron, performing with the popular area ensemble Border Jazz Orchestra, is set to headline the 2024 Mayor’s Jazz Fest. Bergeron’s career has …

Chamber music ensemble performs in El Paso, Las Cruces

The chamber music ensemble Camerata del Sol will perform Johannes Brahms’ String Sextet Op. 18, free to the public, in El Paso and Las Cruces this month. Camerata del Sol was founded in …

'Atomic Rocketeer' shows for 2 days at the Flickinger in Alamogordo

"The Atomic Rocketeer" is a 2024 documentary from Larry L. Sheffield that tells the complete story of Wernher Von Braun, the German scientist and his band of German Rocketeers that was acquired by …

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