El Paso Scene January 2016

JAN.
Your monthly guide to community

entertainment, recreation & culture
The goofy, the

bad & the weird
El Paso Scenes 9th annual
Gecko Awards highlight
the lowlights of 2015
See Page 23
January cover artist:Bob Adams.
Left:Evening Shadows.Top right:Cold Day on the Rio

Grande.Bottom right:Sanctuary. All paintings are acrylics.
Best CDs of 2015
Liner Notes columnist Brian

Chozick lists the top albums of
the past year. See Page 38
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Tequila & Margarita Festival Sunland

Park Racetrack & Casino hosts the tequila and
music festival noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16,
with more than 60 brands of tequila available
for sampling. Live music by Blaze of Glory (The
Bon Jovi Experience), Mariachi Los Toritos and
Mainstreet. Admission is free; $10 for 10 samples. Information: 1-800-572-1142 or sunlandpark.com.
Days of Remembrance Bridal, Quince
& Sweet 16 Fair The 26th annual event
is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at El Paso

Convention Center, presented by Elegant
Penguin Productions. The event features wedding gowns, quince and sweet 16 dresses, ballrooms, photographers, tuxedos, florists, jewelers, skincare, eye care, DJs, bakers and more.
Samples and giveaways offered. Admission: $5;
January 2016
free for children under 5. Information: 7404349 or bridalquince.com.

All door proceeds benefit the Child Crisis
Center of El Paso.
Spring Home Show The El Paso

Association of Builders presents the annual
event Jan. 22-24 at the El Paso Convention
Center. The show features booths providing
exhibits, demonstrations, and more. Hours are
1 to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday
and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $6.95
($3.75 for ages 11-16; free for ages 10 and
younger). Promotions include buy one, get one
free coupon and 95 Friday admission (see
website for details). Information: 1-800-7564788, ext. 46 or HomeShowElPaso.com.
Southern New Mexico
Las Cruces Anime Days The 7th annu-
al anime convention is Saturday and Sunday,

Jan. 23-24, at NMSUs Corbett Center
Student Union. Hours are 9:15 a.m. to 7:30
p.m. Saturday, and 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Badge prices are $30 for both days, $20 for
Saturday only, $15 for Sunday only. Free for
age 12 and under with adult. Information, registration: lascrucesanimedays.org.
Events include an anime murder mystery,
Kirei Cosplay Cafe, anime magic show and
dealers room. Special cosplay guest is Ginny Di.
Also offered are video exhibits, panels and
workshops, gaming room, artists alley, live
games, karaoke, dance and charity events.
A Chocolate Affair KISS-FM hosts its
Las Cruces Bridal Showcase Helping
Last Thursdays The Downtown monthly

evening art walk includes nearly two dozen
pubs, restaurants, stores and galleries.
Admission is free to most events. Information:
facebook.com/EPDAD.
Mardi Gras in the Clouds The

Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce will bring a
little New Orleans to the mountain community
Feb. 5-7 with its 15th annual Mardi Gras celebration, Cirque Du Mardi Gras. The family
celebration includes food, music, vendors,
games a parade and more. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 682-2733 or coolcloudcroft.com, or on Facebook.
5th annual evening of chocolate delicacies 6 to

9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at Camino Real
Hotel, 101 S. El Paso, with samples from 12
area chocolate vendors. This years theme is
Candy Land. A Chocolate Liqueur Lounge
also offered for ages 21 and older. Tickets: $20
by Jan. 8; $25 Jan. 9-27; $30 day of event
(includes samples). VIP passes are $30 through
Jan. 27; $40 day of event. Tickets available
online at holdmyticket.com.
Lights on the Lake The display of holiday lights at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta, runs
through Jan. 4. The lights are next to the lake,
and lit from sundown to 10 p.m. each night.
Food vendors available on weekends. Car entry
fee is $2 Friday through Sunday, free Monday
through Thursday.
Hands Event Planning hosts its bridal and special event show 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
31, at Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E.
University Ave. in Las Cruces. Admission: $5 in
advance; $7 at the door. Free admission with
donation of gently used prom dress for the
Cinderella Prom Dress Project. Information:
(575) 522-1232 or lascrucesbridalshowcase.com.
Chocolate Fantasia Mimbres Region Arts

Councils 27th annual celebration of arts and
sweet delicacies is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
El Paso Scene
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JANUARY
INDEX
Roundup
Behind the Scene
Scene Spotlight
Sports
Program Notes
Taking a Look Back
Viva Jurez
Music, Comedy
Dance
Heres the Ticket
Feature:
2015 Gecko Award
At the Museum
Nature
El Paso FishNet
History Lessons
Southwest Art Scene
Gallery Talk
On Stage
Stage Talk
Liner Notes
Film Scene
Keep on Bookin'
February preview
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32-34
34-35
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El Paso Scene Users Guide 30

Scene Distribution Points 40
Advertiser Index 42
Subscription Form 42
Page 3
Scene Spotlight highlights events

advertised in this issue.
Fitness Center Open Houses El Paso

Parks and Recreation Departments fitness
centers will hosts open house and fitness
events through the month of January. The
department is also taking applications PreSchool and Daycare. Page 20.
Jan. 2 and 12: Pat ORourke Center
Jan. 9: Don Haskins Center and
Galatzan Center
Jan. 14: Nolan Richardson Center
El Paso Chamber Music Festival El
Paso Pro-Musicas 2016 Chamber Music
Festival runs Jan. 7-29 at several locations
in El Paso and Las Cruces, featuring The
Tempest Trio, Ralph Kirshbaum, Zuill
Bailey, Paul Jacobs, Quint Quintet and
more. Page 44.
A special EPPM 100 event, Argentine
Nights, is Jan. 28 at El Adobe Studio.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts

Premier Series. Pages 3, 22 and 36.
Jan. 15: Sawyer Brown
Jan. 23: Bettman & Halpin
Feb. 14: Cascada de Flores and
Chocolate Buffet
UTEP Basketball Home games are at

Don Haskins Center. Page 34.
Mens:
Jan. 1: Rice
Jan. 3: North Texas
Jan. 21: Florida Atlantic
Jan. 23: FIU
Womens:
Jan. 7: Middle Tennessee
Jan. 10: UAB
Jan. 28: Southern Miss
Jan. 30: Louisiana Tech
The Hollow The Agatha Christie

mystery is Jan. 8-30, at El Paso Playhouse,
directed by Frieda Voeks. Page 31.
Joseph Magoffins Birthday Magoffin

Home State Historic Site celebrates the
birthday of Joseph Magoffin Jan. 9, with
free cake and ice cream for visitors. Page
18.
Transfiguration of Dreams El Paso

Society for Musicians of the Future presents classical guitarist Danielle Anaya Jan.
9-10, at the Philanthropy Theatre as part
of El Paso Community Foundations Jewel
Box Series. Page 21.
Spring French Classes Lcole de

Alliance Franaise dEl Paso begins it
Spring 2016 French Classes Jan. 11 for
adults and Jan. 16 for children. Page 24.
El Paso Live Page 25.
At the Plaza Theatre:
Jan. 12: The Colleen and Josh Show
Feb. 13: Mariachi Vargas with special
guest Yolanda Del Rio
Page 4
Crossland Gallery Showing Jan. 15Feb. 13 at the gallery of El Paso Art

Association is con.FIGURE.ation.two figurative award show and sale. Artist submissions for being taken through Jan. 6.
Page 5.
The EPAA general meeting is Jan. 24
with an artist demo from Frank Valdez.
Artist submissions for Colors of Song
music inspired art accepted through
March 8.
Strike Up The Band El Paso Wind
Symphony performs Jan. 15 at UTEPs
Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Page 17.
Tequila & Margarita Festival

Sunland Park Race Track & Casino hosts
the festival Jan. 16 with more than 60
brands of tequila available for sampling and
live music. Page 12.
El Paso Psychic Fair The psychic fair
featuring more than 12 professional readers from throughout Texas and New
Mexico is Jan. 16-17 at Hawthorn Inn.
Page 39.
Variations on Friends El Paso

Symphony Orchestra presents guest artist,
renowned cellist Zuill Bailey performing an
EPSO co-commission of Tales of
Hemingway by Michael Daugherty Jan.
22-23, at The Plaza Theatre in conjunction with the EPPM Chamber Music
Festival. Page 31.
El Paso Rhinos Superhero Weekend
El Paso Rhinos Hockey hosts superhero-themed activities, including an auction of special game-worn jerseys Jan. 2931 at Sierra Providence Events Center.
Page 14.
Hal Marcus Gallery A free Yes, We
Kandinsky writing workshop with Mnica
Gmez is Feb. 4. Page 35.
The Hal Marcus exhibit featuring his new
piece for El Paso Symphony Orchestra,
Green Cellist, now runs through Jan.
24 at El Paso Museum of Art, with a lecture with visuals Jan. 14.
Little River Band The classic rock legends perform Jan. 30 at The Plaza
Theatre. Pages 9 and 25.
EPSMF Young Musicians Competition

Applications are being taken through
Jan. 30 for El Paso Society for Musicians
of the Futures Young 2016 Competition,
open to classical musicians age 8-19. Page
15.
Belly Dance with Nisreen Classes for

kids and youth are offered at Don Haskins
Recreation Center, with instructor who
trained in Turkey, Egypt and Morocco.
Page 41.
Chocolate Fantasia Mimbres Region

Artist Councils annual gourmet chocolate
event featuring 20 locally made handcrafted samples is Feb. 6 throughout
Downtown Silver City. Page 35.
ts ironic that the college football

bowl game with the worst weather
this season may have been our own
Sun Bowl. A hailstorm pelted the field
and fans in the early first quarter, then
turned into increasingly heavy snow.
Meanwhile, the temperature at Sun Bowl
stadium was actually dropping during the
early afternoon.
At one point the TV commentators
couldnt see what was happening and
asked What happened to the football?
when a punter was merely practicing his
kick.
I made it to halftime at the game, but at
that point asked myself, Under what
definition of a good time does this
qualify? and headed home in what
became almost a blizzard.
The snow continued through the night
and by the following morning El Paso
had transformed into a true winter wonderland.
Over a half-foot of wet snow blanketed
homes on that Christmas weekend, draping the branches of every tree. Frosty
clouds enveloped our mountains until the
sun finally broke through, revealing them
dressed in their finest white.
I couldnt resist taking my dog Buddy
for a run that Sunday morning along the
snow-packed irrigation ditches and river
levee. He bounded like a gazelle, barely
able to clear the snow piled as high as
his terrier torso.
The snowstorm of December 26-27,
2015 will be remembered, perhaps not as
our biggest, but certainly as El Pasos
most beautiful winter storm.
***
Throughout the year, I clip newspaper
articles and give them to our news editor,
Lisa Tate, for her Gecko file. She also
scans the TV news and other sources for
the raw material that eventually is sifted
into our Gecko of the Year Awards.
We had a tough time deciding which
deserved top billing this year. I was
pushing for the UMC-Childrens
Hospital imbroglio, while Lisa argued
that collectively, El Pasos construction
snafus deserved the supreme Gecko.
I had to give in after the West Side suf-
January 2016
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El Paso Scene
fered its greatest traffic jam, at least in

my memory, this past month. Traffic was
bad enough due to the simultaneous construction on both I-10 and Paisano. Plus
there was another project underway on
Mesa at I-10 just east of Doniphan. On
the afternoon of Dec. 15, I-10 was shut
down because of a fatal accident forcing
all the eastbound traffic off the freeway
near Mesa in the Upper Valley. At the
same time construction crews on Mesa
near the off-ramp had broken a water
main and had to close additional lanes of
Mesa.
The traffic pouring off the freeway had
nowhere to go and backed up for miles.
The resulting gridlock reminded me of
why I never moved back to Southern
California!
Unfortunately, traffic jams are likely to
get worse on the West Side for the next
couple of years as construction crews
add frontage roads along I-10 and also
connect the Border Highway (Loop 375)
from Downtown, eventually connecting
to I-10 near Sunland Park Drive.
***
This months cover artist is Bob
Adams, who is one of the mainstays of
the local art community in El Paso,
including the El Paso Art Association
and Plein Air Painters of El Paso.
If you are an artist or photographer with
an El Paso Scene cover possibility,
please send your images to me at
randy@epscene.com. You can also send
your 2015 snow images for next winters
consideration!
Randy Limbird
Editor and Publisher
(915) 542-1422
Albert Martinez
Advertising &
Circulation Director
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Lisa Kay Tate

News Editor
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Yvonne T. Herrera, Will Summers
Advertising Associate:
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Circulation Associate:
Randy Friedman
Contributing Writers:
Carol Viescas, Brian Chozick,

Myrna Zanetell, John McVey Middagh
Walter Schaefer, Jay Duncan
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Feb. 6, in historic downtown Silver City. This

years theme is Around the World. Tickets
sell out every year. Tickets: $25 for 20 individual pieces of chocolate. Information: (575) 5382505 or mimbresarts.org.
Downtown Ramble The City of Las
Cruces hosts an evening of music and art 5 to 7

p.m. the first Friday of the month at art venues
of in a seven-block stretch of Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Information: (575) 647-0508.
Heart of the Desert Pistachios &

Wines 7288 U.S. Hwy 54/70 in
Alamogordo, N.M., hosts wine down events

5:30 to 8 p.m. the second Wednesday of the
month with live music, wine, and hors doeuvres. Admission: $10; age 21 and older welcome. Information: (575) 434-0035,
heartofthedesert.com or on Facebook at New
Mexico Pistachios.
New Years Eve
Ardovinos New Years Eve Bash
Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One Ardovino

Drive in Sunland Park, will ring in 2016
Thursday, Dec. 31. Live music by Jamielynn
Amato and Jim Marshall. DJ and dancing begins
at 11 p.m. Cost for the four-course dinner is
$100 per person plus gratuity. Festive dinner
attire. Complimentary midnight champagne
toast and party favors. Reservations recommended; space fills quickly. Information: (575)
589-0653, ext. 3, or ardovinos.com.
Forum Ballroom New Years Eve

Dance Tejas Band is featured at the
Thursday, Dec. 31 dance, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at

The Forum, 3800 Mattox (at Hawkins). Cost is
$45 per person, which includes party favors,
beer and set-ups, door prizes and menudo.
Information: 598-4220.
Inn of the Mountain Gods New years

Eve Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and
Casino in Mescalero, N.M. will host a 1920s

themed New Years Eve gourmet dinner and
concert beginning at Thursday, Dec. 31, with
entertainment by the Art Deco and His Society
Orchestra at 9 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. with
dinner, live DJ at 8 p.m. followed by dinner
served at 8 p.m. Midnight countdown celebration follows entertainment; 1920 attire recommended. Tickets: $125 (Ticketmaster).
Information: 1-800-545-9011.
New Year Dance A New Year Dance at

Garibaldi Ballroom, 10780 Pebble Hills, is 9
p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, with music
by Sabor, complimentary setups, party favors,
soft drinks, beer and snacks. BYOB. Tickets:
$37 ($70 couples. Information, table reservations: Manny Gandara, 875-7940.
New Years Eve Milonga Paso del
Norte Tango Club, 111 Rio Flor, hosts its New

Years party and dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 31, at Sunland Dance Studio,
inside Sunland Winery, 1769 Victory Drive.
Admission: $15 per person; table reservations
(up to 8 people) available for $10 more.
Information: pasodelnortetangoclub.com or
sunlandballroom.com.
Beginners Tango Lesson at 9, followed by
Tango Social Dancing 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. featuring live music by Tango Noir. Tango show at
10 a.m. with champagne toast and balloon drop
at midnight.
New Years at The Lodge The resort

in Cloudcroft will host its New Years Eve
January 2016
events, Thursday, Dec. 31, with adult party at

the Lodge Pavilion, with champagne toast and
midnight breakfast buffet. This years theme is
Superheroes. A special New Years Eve buffet
and New Years Day brunch also offered. Call
for reservations and cost. Information: 1-800395-6343 or thelodgeresort.com.
For a good cause
Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive
The 16th annual citywide effort to restock area

food pantries runs Jan. 5-18, with several
organizations participating. Canned and other
nonperishable food items can be dropped off at
various locations throughout town, including
local grocery stores, public library branches,
City Hall, and other locations. The food will
then be collected, sorted and distributed
among agencies serving the less fortunate
including the Salvation Army, the Opportunity
Center for the Homeless, El Paso Rescue
Mission and others. Information: 543-5468.
In conjunction with the food drive, all El Paso
Public Library drop off locations will offer
Food for Fines Jan. 2-16. Each canned good
donated will substitute for $1 of library fines
during this time.
Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball El Paso

Chapter, The Links Inc. hosts its 9h annual
black tie dinner gala 6:30 to 10 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Jan. 23, at EPIC Railyard Event
Center, 2201 Mills.
Social hour is 6:30 p.m. with buffet served
7:30 to 10 p.m., King and Queen Coronation
ceremony at 9 p.m. with silent auction and
dancing throughout the evening. Attire is cocktail with masquerade masks. Tickets $60; available via 987-1669 or 821-4267. Information:
linksinc.org.
Proceeds benefit student scholarships and
community service programs.
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Golden Hearts Benefit Banquet
Golden Retriever Rescue of El Pasos benefit

banquet is 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at El
Paso Marriot, 1600 Airway, with guest speaker
Luis Carlos Montalvn, author of the New York
Times bestseller Until Tuesday-A Wounded
Warrior and the Golden Retriever that Saved
Him, and the follow up childrens book
Tuesday Tucks Me In. VIP mixer begins at 6
p.m. Tickets: $65 ($75 VIP mixer tickets, limited amount); available online at
holdmyticket.com. Information: (575) 522-1232
or grrep.org.
Montalvn is a 17-year veteran of the U.S.
Army. Capt. Montalvn served multiple tours
abroad and his service awards include two
Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, the Army
Commendation Medal for Valor and the
Combat Action Badge. He travels with his service dog Tuesday, the recipient of the 2013-14
American Kennel Club Humane Fund Award
for Canine Excellence - Service Dog.
A book signing for Tuesday Tucks Me In is 4
to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at Barnes & Noble at
Fountains at Farah.
Golden Retriever Rescue of El Paso is a nonprofit rescue organization dedicated to rescuing
Golden Retrievers.
Blanket Drive El Paso Fire Department
and Extreme Weather Task Force is collecting

new blankets to very young, elderly and/or ill in
need through the winter months. The purpose
is to helps prevent cold weather and carbon
monoxide emergencies in the El Paso area.
Recommendations for those in need of blankets
are also being taken. New blanket donations
can be dropped off any time at local fire sta-
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tions or El Paso County Sheriff substations.

Information: 834-5772 or
graciela.ortiz@dfps.state.tx.us.
Those in need of blankets may call 2-1-1
Texas for assistance. Persons who qualify
include infants under one year of age, the ill
and disabled and those who qualify for
Medicare, Medicaid, SSI and RSDI.
El Paso Humane Society Regular

adoption hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, at 4991 Fred Wilson. All pets are
spayed/neutered, microchipped, licensed and
vaccinated. Adoption fees: $100 (additional $10
for pets four months age or older for city
rabies certificate). Information: 532-6971 or
hselpaso.org.
Dog adoptions Huckleberry Hound Dog
Rescue, a no kill, non-profit shelter, hosts

adoptions are 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays
and Sunday, at the shelter, 3910 Square Dance
(at Montana). Information on Facebook at
Huckleberry Hound Dog Rescue Of El Paso.
Bazaars and fairs
El Paso Psychic Fair The fair is 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16-17 at

Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway, at Boeing.
Admission: $5 for both days (private readings
not included with admission). Free admission
with active duty military I.D. Information: 3456245 or elpasopsychicfair.com.
The fair features aura photos, handmade New
Age crystal and gemstone jewelry, Feng Shui
products, and readings by 12 or more professional psychic readers and mediums from
across Texas and New Mexico. Readings
offered in English and Spanish.
La Via Sunday Market La Via

Winery, 4201 S. NM Highway 28 in La Union,
N.M., one mile north of Vinton Road, hosts a
farmers market featuring local food producers
noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, with art, crafts, jams
and jellies, food trucks, wine and more. No
outside alcohol allowed. Dog friendly.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 502-4074
or lavinawinery.com.
Provost Gun Show The El Maida
Provost Guard gun, small antique and

Southwest art show is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
30-31, at the El Maida Shrine Temple, 6331
Alabama. Includes new, used and antique
firearms and accessories, knives, coins,
Southwest jewelry, military surplus and collectibles. Food concessions available.
Admission: $5 (under 10 free). Age 18 and
younger must be accompanied by a parent or
legal guardian. Information: 241-1761.
Farmers Market at Ardovinos Desert

Crossing The 14th annual market runs
Saturdays year-round at Ardovinos Desert

Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park,
N.M. Winter hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Well
behaved pets on leash welcome; brunch available for purchase on patio 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Information: (575) 589-0653, ext. 3.
Art a la Cart Inni Heart Eatery (formerly
La Tierra Cafe), 1731 Montana, hosts the

monthly event noon to 4 p.m. the last Saturday
of the month, with vendors, entertainment,
food, and a Kids Activity Corner. Information:
533-8890 or Facebook at Inni Heart Herminia
Escajeda.
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Downtown Artist and Farmers Market

The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural
Affairs Departments market for area artists
and regionally grown agricultural products is 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday in the Union Plaza
District along Anthony Street. Information:
212-1780 or elpasoartsandculture.org.
Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market
More than 230 permanent vendors in arts,

crafts, produce, baked goods and other food
items are offered at the market 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays along a 7block area of Main Street, Downtown.
Information: (575) 541-2288 or lascrucesfarmersmarket.org.
Tabla Pop Up Mercado The mercado
is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first and third Saturday

of each month (during the Downtown Farmers
Market), at 115 S Durango, Suite D, with art,
music, fashion, baked goods, pet goodies,
soaps, skincare, handmade objects, food and
more. Admission is free. Information on
Facebook at tablapopupmercado.
Something for everyone

Teen Camp Registration for the City of
Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Departments

Teen Camp is ongoing at Meerscheidt
Recreation Center, 1600 E Hadley. The camp
is limited to teens grades 6-8. Student ID
required upon registration. Camp runs noon to
5:15 p.m. Monday through Friday, Jan. 4-8.
Participants need to bring a lunch and a snack.
Cost: $90 per participant. Single day enrollment is available at $15 per day. Additional
costs for field trips. Information: (575) 5412454.
Also offered is all day Winter Camp for youth
7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Jan. 4-8, at Frank
OBrien Papen Community Center and East
Mesa Recreation Center, 5589 Porter
Participants need to bring lunch and a snack.
Water and Gatorade provided. Cost:$90; $15
per day.
English GED Course The free GED
preparation course is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Thursdays, Jan. 5-May 12,
at EPCCs Valle Verde Campus. integrating
College and Career Exploration to prepare student for completion of GED and transition into
postsecondary education. Includes math, integrated reading and writing, academic advising
and access to free online GED study. Must be a
U.S. citizen or resident with valid Texas identification and Social Security number, and TABE
test of 9.0 average. Information, registration:
831-7782.
El Paso Parkinson Support Group

The support group open to all Parkinsons families and the public, meets at 10;30 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9, at Sierra Hospital 1625
Medical Center, lower level. This months seminar features professionals of Trinity Health,
who will coach on four lifestyle changes to promote wellness: Heart Health, Brain Health,
Blood Sugar, Weight Management and
Inflammation. Admission is free. Information:
861-6758 (advance reservations receive a low
glycemic cook book).
El Paso Crohns & Autoimmune

Disease Support Group The support
group meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of the

month (Jan. 19) on the campus of Tech
University Health Sciences Center, 4800
Alberta, in the Academic Services Building,
Room 211. Parking available next to the clinic.
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Information: Carrie Wilkie, (214) 708-2989,

ccwilkie@elpasocrohns.com.
How to do Business in Mexico
Better Business Bureau hosts the lunch and

presentation noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
20, at Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One
Ardovinos Drive in Sunland Park, N.M.
Alejandro Toulet, senior partner at Toulet,
Gottfried, Davila y Martinez, will talk on real
estate, taxation, labor and manufacturing. Cost:
$25 for accredited businesses, $30 others.
Information, RSVP: 577-0195.
Document shredding Better Business
Bureaus free paper shredding event is 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m. (or until the truck is full), Saturday,
Jan. 23, at Sams Club Cielo Vista,7001
Gateway West. Bring up to three boxes of documents for shredding; old checkbooks, paperclips and staples okay. Donations accepted.
Information: 577-0195 or bbb.org.
Latinitas In Progress Latinitas hosts the
education series that aims to familiarize senior

high school Latinas with college and equip them
with the means to succeed in their personal
and professional life 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 23,
at El Paso Public Library Main Branch, 501 N.
Oregon. The series consists of five learning sessions, volunteer opportunities, and a mentorship component. Members who complete at
least five workshops and 10 hours of community service are eligible to apply for a college
scholarship. Admission is free. Information:
219-8554 or hwntelpaso@gmail.com. Web:
LasLatinitas.com.
Sessions taught at partner colleges and community centers one Saturday a month during
January 2016
the school year from January to May.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at

UTEP Spring 2016 classes begin Monday,
Feb. 8 for the popular UTEP program that

offers non-credit classes for people age 50 or
older.
The membership program is part of UTEPs
College of Liberal Arts and supported in part by
the Bernard Osher Foundation. Registration
runs Jan 8-29, and is $70, plus $25 for the onetime OLLI life membership fee ($25 late fee
after Aug. 21).
Classes include arts and crafts, history, languages, literature, music and physical activities.
Members may take as many classes as they
want. No grades, no tests, no term papers, no
required homework. The fee includes parking
permit, UTEP library card and discounts to
UTEP events. Classes are open to residents of
El Paso, Jurez and southern New Mexico age
50 or older, and meet afternoons Mondays
through Fridays.
The Institutes office is in Miners Hall, Room
209. Office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday. A catalog of classes is available
at all public library branches. Free parking available in the Sun Bowl Visitors Area. Information:
747-6280, 747-8848 or olliatutep.org.
Rascals at Rulis Rulis International

Kitchen, 4176 N. Mesa, welcomes wellbehaved and leashed pets 2 to 6 p.m. the third
Saturday of the month. One dollar per all
drinks sold at this time will be donated to The
Humane Society of El Paso. Information: 3134806 or on Facebook.
Texas Western BBQ Festival participants The barbecue festival, planned the
Spring of 2016, seeks sponsors, BBQ joints,

food trucks, classic rock and country bands to
perform on the main stage, vendors and more.

Date and location to be announced.
Information: Carlos, 626-4299 or txwbbqfestival@gmail.com.
Bridge leagues Duplicate bridge events
are hosted at Decker Bridge Center, Unit 159,

2216 East Yandell. Admission: $6. Information:
544-6565 or elpasobridge.com. Managers:
Peggy Craig, 581-0371 or Jack Neumann, 2048897.
Disaster Room 915 The areas first
Fort Bliss
Anyone entering Fort Bliss must have a valid

drivers license, car insurance and registration.
Check beforehand to see which gates are open
to the public. Public access is available through
the Sheridan, Chaffee and Buffalo Soldiers gates
to West Bliss, and Biggs and Old Ironsides gates
to East Bliss.
Biggs Laser Tag Youth age 16 and
younger can participate in a Laser Tag event 6

to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at Biggs Park, 11388
Sergeant Major Blvd. on East Fort Bliss. Cost:
$10; includes equipment rental. Information:
744-1532.
escape room experience is open 3 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays through Sundays, at 1112 Myrtle.
Groups must find clues, solve puzzles and
codes, open locks and master other mysteries
in under 60 minutes to escape the scenario.
Cost: $15 ($12 per person for groups of 5 to
10). Information: disasterroom915 or on
Facebook.
Tower Day Climbers age 10 and older
group for parents meets 10 a.m. to noon the

first Saturday of the month at Leona Ford
Washington Recreation Center, 3400 E.
Missouri, to relax and spend time with friends
who are parents. The center offers free activities for kids including basketball, foosball, Xbox, Ping Pong, and a computer room. Parents
welcome with or without partners. Admission
is free; snacks available. Information: 791-2114.
Late Night Laser Tag Soto Fitness
El Paso Parents meetup The social
GED classes High School Equivalency
Program (HEP) and UTEP host free GED classes and tests for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their immediate families Mondays
through Fridays at UTEPs Graham Hall, Room
206, 500 W. University. Class times are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (flex times).
Open enrollment. Information: 747-5567 and
studentaffairs.utep.edu/hep.
El Paso Scene
can have unlimited use the Tango Tower, 10

a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Biggs Park,
11388 Sergeant Major Blvd. on East Fort Bliss.
The Tango Tower is a 50-foot tall, six-sided
structure with over 20 different high elements.
No reservations required; all needed equipment is provided. Cost per person: $10.
Facility on Fort Bliss will host the event at 10
p.m. Friday, Jan. 22. The obstacles will be set
up and the lights turned off for laser tag fun
throughout the two-story gym. Cost $10, open
to the public. Information: 744-1532.
Right Arm Night Right Arm Night
begins at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, at Pershing

Pub, Building 243 Club Road on West Fort
Bliss, with free snacks and drink specials.
Challenge Course Day Challenge
Course Day family event, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Saturday, Jan. 30, at Fort Blisss Soldier Activity

Center, 20732 Constitution, for ages 14 and
above to use the course. Information: 7441532. Cost: $10 per person.
Children under 14 can be evaluated for permission if they properly fit in the harness.
Friday at The Fire Fort Blisss Freedom
Crossing hosts free live music featuring local

performers 6 to 1 p.m. Fridays, at the outdoor
fireplace. Bands perform 7 to 9 p.m., with DJ
music before and after. Information: 564-5311
or freedomcrossingatfortbliss.com.
Catholic Women of the Chapel The
CWOC meets 9 a.m. Fridays (except holiday

weekends) at the Religious Activities Center,
Building #449 on Fort Bliss. Information: fortblisscwoc@gmail.com.
Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club 3730 Roy
Johnson Lane. Rifle and pistol shooting competitions are held almost every weekend. Visitors
can watch for free. Food available at the clubhouse snack bar. To get there: Take Railroad
Drive to Deer; turn right. Information: 5682983 or blissmwr.com/rodandgun.
Old Fort Bliss Building 5054, corner of
Pershing and Pleasanton Roads, Fort Bliss. The

Old West days of the Soldiers of the Pass are
relived through replicas of the original adobe
fort buildings and military artifacts,
Magoffinsville Post 1854 to 1868. Hours are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; by
appointment only Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 568-4518 or 588-8482 or on
Facebook at Old Fort Bliss.
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LAlliance Franaise dEl Paso The
nonprofit cultural institute, founded in 1964,

promotes French culture and offers francophiles the opportunity to use the French language in a variety of activities. Information: 5851789, 497-5196 (Spanish), cgomez@afofelpaso.com, afofelpaso.com or on Facebook at
AllianceFrancaiseElPaso.
A Pot Luck and Galette de Rois is Saturday,
Jan. 16, in celebration of Epiphany at United
Presbyterian Church, 224 N. Resler. Installation
of 2016 Board of Officers will be held.
Spring 2016 French classes begin Monday,
Jan. 11, for adults, and Saturday, Jan. 16, for
children at 1035 Belvidere St #200. Schedule
online at afofelpaso.com.
Singles in the Son - The group develops
friendships among Christian singles ages 30 to

50. Bible study held Tuesday nights. Weekend
events subject to change. All denominations are
welcome. Membership is free. Information:
Andy, 471-1997, SinglesInTheSon@yahoo.com
or on Facebook.
Saturday, Jan. 2: Dinner and bowling
Saturday, Jan. 9: Dinner and pool
Saturday, Jan. 16: Dinner and dancing
Saturday, Jan. 23: Dinner and UTEP basketball
Saturday, Jan. 30: Dinner and El Paso Rhinos.
Gay Friends group The newly formed
group for gay and bi men will be hold an organizational and meet and greet potluck at 7
p.m. Friday Jan. 8, at one of the members
homes. Information, RSVP: Ted, 247-8062.
Germania Club The Germania Club of El

Paso hosts a New Years luncheon at 11:30
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at Golden Tee, at Fort
Blisss Underwood Golf Course, 3200 Coe.

Newcomers welcome. Information, reservations: 755-5471.
Borderland IONS The Borderlands
IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) Community

Group meets noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16,
at Doris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd.
Michael Grady of the Insight Meditation Society
in Massachusetts will host a workshop on the
Transformative Power of Mindfulness.
Admission is free and open to the public; donations accepted for speakers travel expenses.
Information: 526-6297 or noetic.org.
IONS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
advancing the science of consciousness and
human experience to serve individual and collective transformation.
El Paso Retired Teachers luncheon

All retired teachers and school personnel are
invited to a luncheon meeting at noon
Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Wyndham Hotel,
2027 Airway. A program on Border Security on
Terrorism will be presented by the FBI.
Members are asked to bring a Valentine for a
shut-in. Cost: $17. Reservations: 253-5792.
Discover El Paso The nonprofit group,
founded in 1973, is dedicated to promoting

things to do and see in and around El Paso.
Information: discoverep.org.
The monthly General Meeting and luncheon
is noon Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Country Inn (former Holiday Inn), 900 Sunland Park Drive.
Reservations: 598-6376.
Apple Users Group The El Paso Apple
Users Group is open to anyone interested in

Apple Macintosh computers. EPAUG is a
hands-on club for Apple Computer, iPad, and
iPhone users to share information and ideas.
The groups monthly meeting and demonstra-
El Paso Scene
tion is 9:30 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of

the month at St. Pauls Lutheran Church basement, 1000 Montana (enter in alley). Admission
is free for visitors. Information: 239-7846 or
epmug.org.
Dona Ana Photography Club (DAPC)
The club hosts free photography programs 7

to 9 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the
month at Southwest Environmental Center,
275 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.
Information: (575) 522-1691 or
daphotoclub.org.
PFLAG El Paso The El Paso chapter of
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and

Gays, PFLAG El Paso, offers four meetings a
month in various locations. The meetings are
open to the LGBT community and straight
allies. Admission is free. Information: 209AMOR (2667) or pflagelpaso.com.
Meetings are 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Eastside, first Wednesday of the month at
Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church, 2155
Wedgewood.
Westside, second Thursday of the month at
University Presbyterian Church, 244 North
Resler
Central, fourth Sunday of the month at St.
Pius Ministry Center, 1059 North Clark Drive.
International Coin Club El Pasos only
coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first

Monday of the month at St. Pauls United
Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere. Business
meeting starts around 6:30 p.m. Numismatic
presentations start at 7 p.m. with auction to
follow. Visitors always welcome, and admission
free for first-time visitors. Information: 5336001 or elpasocoinclug.com.
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Area attractions
Wyler Aerial Tramway The state park
tramway, 1700 McKinley, gives passengers a

view of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico from
Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is $8
for adults and $4 for children 12 years and
under. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed
Monday through Thursday. Information: 5629899. To get there: Take Alabama to McKinley
and turn toward the mountain.
The First Day Hike is 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1.
Last Sunday hike is 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 31,
beginning in the tramways parking lot.
Tombaugh Observatory NMSUs
Tombaugh Observatory in Las Cruces hosts

open house each Friday nearest the time of the
first quarter moon from September to May,
weather providing. Programs begin with a short
presentation, followed by guided observing
through telescopes. Information: (575) 6464438, or (575) 646-6278 to confirm the observatory will be open that evening.
Upcoming open houses are scheduled for 7
p.m. Friday Jan. 22 and Feb. 12.
Indian Cliffs Ranch The working cattle

ranch in Fabens offers a childrens zoo, buffalo,
longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets and
the Fort Apache playground. Its also home to
the famous Cattlemans Steakhouse.
Information: (915) 544-3200 or cattlemanssteakhouse.com.
McDonald Observatory The University
of Texas at Austin-run observatory is located at

3640 Dark Sky Drive, near Fort Davis, Texas.
January 2016
Visitor Center open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily

(closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Years Day). Information: (432) 426-4138.
The observatory offers daytime tours and
solar viewing at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily.
Twilight programs begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
Fridays and Saturdays (plus Wednesday, Dec.
30). No Star Parties in December; the popular
stargazing events resume at 7 p.m. Tuesdays,
Fridays and Saturdays in January.
Viewing Nights on the 36-inch Research
Telescope are 6:30 p.m. Friday through
Sunday, Jan. 8-10 and 6:45 p.m. Jan. 29-31. A
Special Viewing Night on the Harlan J. Smith
107- inch telescope is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 13.
Reservations required for all programs. Day
Pass (includes solar viewing and tour): $8 ($7
senior, military and age 6-12); solar viewing
only; $5 ($7 senior, military and age 6-12); twilight program: $5 and $6, depending on program; Star Party $12 ($10 senior, military; $8
age 6-12). Age 5 and younger admitted free to
most programs.
Reservations, event schedule available online
at mcdonaldobservatory.org.
To get there: Observatory is 185 miles from
El Paso. Take Highway 118 from I-10 south at
Kent, for a 39-mile drive to observatory. The
observatory and Fort Davis are on Central
Time.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino

1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive),
Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Sunday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Friday and
Saturday. Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m.
everyday. General admission and parking are
free. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunlandpark.com.
Live racing season runs through April 19. Post

time is 12:45 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and
Tuesday through Feb. 16, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19April 19. Nine races held each race day.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta

Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Free childrens
activities daily. Admission is free. Information:
859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
Plaza Theatre Tours The free weekly
tours are noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Plaza,

125 W. Mills in Downtown El Paso. Meet
under the Plaza marquee. Information: 5340660.
San Elizario Historic District The district at 1500 Main Street in San Elizario on the
Mission Trail features four art galleries, seven
artists studio/galleries, three gift shops, the
Historic San Elizario Chapel, the Portales
Museum and the Veterans Museum. Most locations open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 851-0041,
594-8424 or SanElizarioHistoricDistrict.com.
Spaceport America Visitor Center
Spaceport America, the worlds first purposebuilt, commercial spaceports new Spaceport
America Experience tour is open for visitors at
301 S. Foch, in the historic hot springs district
of Truth or Consequences, N.M., with educational and interactive space exhibits, tour tickets and official Spaceport America merchandise.
Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Tours to Spaceport America depart promptly
at 9 a.m. Thursday through Monday, returning
at 1 p.m. No tours Tuesday or Wednesday.
Tour cost: $49.99 ($29.99 age 18 and younger).
El Paso Scene
Information/group reservations: 1-844-72SPACE. Discounted admission rates online at

spaceportamerica.com/experience.
Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery
430 La Via Road (off NM 28 between

markers 8 and 9), in Chamberino, N.M. Tasting
room open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through
Monday. Information: (915) 241-4349 or sombraantigua.com.
Free live music on the patio offered 2:30 to 6
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, with food truck
most Saturdays; bring a picnic basket Sunday.
Open mic sessions are 6 to 9 p.m. the second
Friday of each month.
Sunland Winery 1769 Victory Lane in

Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Thursday through Saturday and 3 to 9 p.m.
Sunday; live music and free wine tastings.
Information: (575) 589-1214.
La Via Winery New Mexicos oldest
winery is just across the state line from El Paso,

at 4201 S. NM Highway 28, one mile north of
Vinton Road. Information: (575) 882-7632 or
lavinawinery.com.
The tasting room and patio are open for sales
and tasting of wines from noon to 5 p.m.
Thursday through Tuesday (closed
Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily tour is
offered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment only; the
$10 fee includes tasting.
Zin Valle Vineyards 7315 Hwy 28 in
Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tastings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday.
Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com.
Free music and wine tasting is 1 to 4 p.m.
selected Sundays featuring local talent. Bring a
picnic.
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El Paso Rhinos - El Pasos Junior League ice
hockey team home games are at Sierra

Providence Events Center, next to the
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Regular game time
is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets; $20 glass seats; $15 center
line; $10 bluelines; $5 general admission. information: 479-PUCK (7825) or
elpasorhinos.com. Upcoming home games:
Jan. 29-31: Ontario Avalanche.
Feb. 12-14: San Diego Sabers
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
1200 Futurity Drive, Sunland Park. Live racing

season runs through April 19. Post time is
12:45 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and
Tuesday through Feb. 16, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19April 19. Nine races held each race day.
General admission and parking are free.
Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday.
Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunlandpark.com.
January handicap and stakes races: Bold Ego
Handicap Jan. 2; Challenger Six Handicap Jan. 3;
Pepsi Cola Stakes, Jan. 10; Albert Domnguez
Memorial Handicap, Jan. 16; The Shue Fly, Jan.
17; Winsham Lad Handicap, Jan. 23; The
Enchantress Stakes, Jan. 24; El Paso Times
Handicap and Riley Allison Derby, Jan. 30;
KOFX Radio Handicap, Jan. 31.
To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from
I-10, go south (left turn coming from
Downtown) and follow the signs
Southwest Grapplefest 23 Combat
Sports Club hosts the largest Grappling and

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu event in the Southwest 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at Las Cruces
Convention Center, 680 University, in Las
Cruces, with competitions for kids, youth,
teens and adults. Spectator admission is $15.
Registration: $40-$64, depending on division
and event; available online at combatsportsclub.com.
The double elimination tournament awards
custom medals to all placers 1st through 4th.
Gi and NoGi divisions are open to competitors
of all ages and skill levels.
Weigh-in is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday or 8 to 9 a.m.
day of event. No event-day registration.
Tuff Hedeman West Texas Shootout

Four-time World Champion Bull Rider and
El Paso native Tuff Hedeman presents the 10th

annual World Championship bull riding event at
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the El Paso County
Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. This event sells out
every year. Tickets: $15-$75 (Ticketmaster).
Information: 1-800-745-3000 or CBRbull.com.
Harlem Globetrotters The famed wiz-
ards of basketball celebrate their 90th

Anniversary World Tour at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 14, at NMSUs Pan Am Center, Las
Cruces. Tickets start at $27 to $247 VIP
(Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1420 or
PanAmCenter.com.
A Magic Pass 30-minute interactive event is
12:30 to 1 p.m. before the game, when fans
can spend time on the court with the
Globetrotters. Separate ticket required: $22.
The Globetrotters star-studded roster features Big Easy Lofton, Ant Atkinson, Hi-Lite
Bruton, Thunder Law, Bull Bullard and Cheese
Chisholm plus female stars TNT Maddox and
Sweet J Ekworomadu.
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College sports
UTEP Mens Basketball - The Miners
home games are at the Don Haskins Center.

Tickets: $8-$50 (Ticketmaster).Information:
747-5234 or utepathletics.com.
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1: Rice
3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3: North Texas
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21: Florida Atlantic
7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23: FIU
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4: Marshall
3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6: Western Kentucky
UTEP Womens Basketball - Home
games are in the Don Haskins Center. Tickets:

$5 (Ticketmaster). Information: 747-5234 or
utepathletics.com.
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7: Middle Tennessee
5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10: UAB
1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17: UTSA
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28: Southern Miss
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30: Louisiana Tech
NMSU Mens Basketball Home games
are in the Pan American Center in Las Cruces.

Game time is 7 p.m. except as notes. Ticket
information: (575) 646-1447 or nmstatesports.com.
Thursday, Jan. 14: Missouri-Kansas City
Saturday, Jan. 16: Chicago State
Saturday, Jan. 30: UT Rio Grande Valley
Thursday, Feb. 4: Grand Canyon
Saturday, Feb. 6: Utah Valley
NMSU Womens Basketball Home
games are at Pan Am Center in Las Cruces.

Game time is 7 p.m.; 2 p.m. on Sundays. Ticket
information: (575) 646-1447 or nmstatesports.com.
7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4: Western New
Mexico
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7: Utah Valley
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9: Grand Canyon
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21: Seattle U
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23: CSU Bakersfield
Tejanos baseball The Tejanos of El Paso

Community College opens its 2016 season at
noon Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30, with
doubleheaders against Scottsdale Community
College.
Next doubleheader begins at noon Tuesday,
Feb. 2, against Eastern Arizona.
Home games are at the Valle Verde Campus
Baseball Field, off Hunter. Admission is free.
Bicycling
El Paso Bicycle Club All rides are free
and open to the public; helmets required.

Information: elpasobicycleclub.com. Ride
schedule at meetup.com/elpasobicycleclub.
Repeat riders are encouraged to become a
member of the club; dues are $18 a year or
$25 per family ($30/$40 for two years). Join at
elpasobicycleclub.com.
El Paso Puzzler The endurance moun-
tain bike race is Sunday, Jan. 17 at Bowen

Ranchs Round House, 2.6 miles north of US54
on Martin Luther King Jr. (Farm to Market
Road 3255). Mountain bike races of 13, 35 and
50 miles offered. Hosted by the Border
Mountain Bike Association. Registration: $55
for 13- and 35-mile race; $65 for 50-mile race.
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Information: elpasopuzzler.com or on
Facebook at El Paso Puzzler Mountain Bike
Race.
For the 2016 El Paso Puzzler the course goes
counterclockwise around the mountain. 35 and
50 mile riders will be going north to Hitt
Canyon crossing east to west, and then returning to the east side of the mountain over
Mundys Gap.
Start time is 8 a.m. (50 mile), 8:10 a.m. (35
mile) and 8:20 a.m. (13 mile). Cost (by Dec. 1):
$65 for 50 mile; $55 for 35 mile race; $45 for
13 mile. Late fee after Jan. 1 of $10. Register
online at texassportsreg.com.
Packet pick-up is 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
16, or 6:30 to 7;30 a.m. the morning of the
race, at the race venue.
EP Cyclists The bicycle group offers rides
for all levels. Weekend rides offer options of

various paces and distances. Starting times and
locations are posted at facebook.com/epcyclist.
For more information: Manny Valadez, 8612311 or epcyclists.com.
Ride Your Bicycle El Paso Chucks
Bicycle Repair, 3029 Montana, hosts a variety

of rides free of charge. Information: 791-2006
or chucksbicyclerepair.com. Helmets required
for all rides.
Tuesday night rides begin at 7 p.m. at 3029
Montana. Explore downtown streets and parks.
8-10 miles, 45 minutes. Easy pace for beginners
and intermediates. Couple-friendly.
Check website for other road and mountain
bike rides, and monthly free repair class.
Recreational Sports
First Tee Winter Session First Tee of
Greater El Paso hosts programs at Ascarate

Golf Course, 6900 Delta. Space is limited on
most classes. Fee: $65, except as otherwise
listed. Information, registration: thefirstteegreaterelpaso.org.
Home school sessions are 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, Jan. 12-March 1.
Wee Ones Class is 11 to noon Saturdays, Jan.
16-March 5, for ages 4-6.
All other classes are Saturdays, Jan. 16March 5:
Special Kids is 12:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Fee
$30.
Par/Birdie/Eagle is 2 to 4 p.m., Saturdays for
students that have certified for the class.
Beginner Player is 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturdays,
for those new to the program.
Mini Sports Basketball League The

City of El Paso Parks and Recreation
Department registration for the next co-ed
Mini Sports Basketball League for ages 4-7
offered at all city recreation centers. League
games begin Saturday, Jan. 16. Registration
fee: $40 per child. Youth scholarships available.
Information: 544-0753 or elpasotexas.gov.
Archery classes for beginners The
Archers of El Paso Club hosts two-hour supervised shooting classes 9 to 11 a.m. every
Saturday at the Archers of El Paso Range, in
Northeast El Paso off Martin Luther King at
Stan Roberts. Bows and arrows provided for
the seminar. Youth and adults age 7 and older
welcome; parents must be present for kids age
16 and younger. Reservations required; limited
number of spaces available each month. Cost:
$20. Information, reservations: Ricardo Urias,
487-8199 or r.uri2000@yahoo.com.mx (specify name, phone number, age, right or left handed).
Runs and walks
El Paso Marathon Training 5K

Beginner and Intermediate Training Group for
the El Paso Marathon 5K Feb. 21 meets for
seven weeks, 6 p.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 4, at Up and
Running, 3233 N. Mesa. Training focuses on
building endurance, strength and speed.
Headlamps and safety lights needed, as group
will be will be training in the dark. Limited to
the first 20 runners; participants must be able
to run 2 miles non-stop. Cost: $99.95; for program. Information: Coach Sabrina, upandrunningsabrina@earthlink.net. Online registration
at RaceAdventures.com.
Fort Bliss Half Marathon The 13-mile

race is 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Soto
Physical Fitness Center, Bldg. 20751
Constitution on East Fort Bliss. Cost: $35 halfmarathon ($10 active duty soldiers).
Information: 744-5790 or raceroster.com.
Packet pickup is 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.
8, and 6 to 8:15 a.m. at Soto Gym.
Run for Jesus The 5K run and 1-mile

walk begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Cielo
Vista Church, 3585 N. Lee Trevino.
Registration: $20 (advance only for 5K; $25
Please see Page 12
50 Plus Walking Program City of Las

Cruces Parks and Recreation offers its 0-60 in
12 weeks program designed to improve cardiovascular health and stamina with self-paced
walks for ages 50 and older, 8 to 9 a.m.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Jan. 4March 30, Frank OBrien Papen Community
Center, 304 W. Bell. Every fourth week is a
field trip walk at another location. Fee: $36;
includes tracking progress for 12 week program; registration opens Jan. 4. Information:
(575) 541-2455.
Polar Plunge The 5th annual Freezin for

a Reason cold weather swim benefiting Special
Olympics Texas-El Paso Area 19, is 9 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9, at Wyndham El Paso Airport,
2027 Airway. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
Cost: $60 ($30 17 and younger). Information:
533-8229 or sotx.org.
All money raised used to support year-round
training and competitions for the more than
1,500 athletes in the Greater El Paso area.
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race day entry for walk). Register at raceadventuresunlimited.com.

Packet pickup 8-4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at the
church, or beginning at 7:15 a.m. on race day.
Super Scholar Run Clint ISDs 5K run

and 1 mile walk is 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at
Horizon Middle School, 400 N. Kenazo in
Horizon City. Registration by Jan 7: $20 per
event ($10 students and per person); $25 after
Jan. 8. Race day registration is 7:15 to 7:45 a.m.
Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Packet pick-up: noon-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7,
at Clint ISD, 14521 Horizon; and noon-6 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 8, at Up and Running, 1475 George
Dieter, Suite O.
YWCA Race Against Racism The 5th

annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day 10K and 5K
race and 1-mile family fun walk is 9 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 18, at the Mary Ann Dodson
Camp, 4400 Boy Scout Lane. Cost: $20 10K
and 5K ($25 race day); $15 for military, students and groups of 10 or more ($20 race day).
Information: Chris Rowley, 478-5663; or
YWCA, 533-2311. Online registration at
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Packet pick up is noon to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 16, at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa.
Race day registration and packet pick up is 7:30
to 8:15 a.m. at the race site.
Free pancake breakfast for all participants.
Non-racer tickets: $5 ($3 children under 12).
Loretto Academy Nun Run The 5K

competitive run, 5K walk and 1-mile family fun
walk are Saturday, Jan. 30, at Loretto
Academy, 1300 Hardaway. Events begin at 9
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a.m. Cost: $25 advance; $30 Jan. 25 through

race day. Proceeds benefit benefiting nuns in
Pakistan and Villa Maria. Information: 566-8400
or Facebook.
St. Mark ACTS Run for Faith St.

Marks Catholic Church hosts its 6th annual 5K
run and 1-mile walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
30, at St. Mark Catholic Church, 11700 Pebble
Hills. Information:
raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Race for CARE The 5K run/walk and 1mile fun run is 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the
historic Mesilla Town Square, Mesilla, N.M.
Entry fee: $30 advance, $35 late. Information:
carelascruces.org. Registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com.
Proceeds benefit CARE (Cancer Aid Resource
& Education, Inc.), a nonprofit organization
whose mission is to provide assistance to cancer patients in Doa Ana County receiving
treatment for any type of cancer.
Super Bowl Sunday Run The Las
Cruces Running Club will host the annual 1 mile

fun run, 5K and 5 mile race 7:30 to 10 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 7, at 4399 Dripping Springs Rd. in
Las Cruces (corner of Sonoma Ranch Blvd).
Entry fees: $20 by Jan. 15. Registration at
eventbrite.com.
Information: lascrucesrunningclub.com.
Cupids Chase 5K The 5K run benefiting

Community Options is 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb.
13, at Old Mesilla Plaza, 2114 Calle de Santiago
in Mesilla. Registration: $30 by Feb. Feb. 12,
$40 on race day. Information: (575) 532-9275.
Online registration at cupidschase.org.
Running clubs:
Run El Paso maintains information on local

races at runelpaso.com.
El Paso Triathlon Club is open to everyone

interested in triathlons and similar events,
including the Southwest Challenge Series.
Information on training programs, get-togethers: elpasotriclub.org. Challenge series: southwestchallengeseries.com.
Hash clubs combine trail running with social
(i.e. beer-drinking) activities. Runs are marked
with chalk, and are open to runners of all levels. Clubs have modest dues, and first run is
free to new-comers.
The Border Jumper Hash House Harriers
meet at various locations. Information:
bjhash.com.
The El Paso Hash House Harriers have one
or more runs a week. Information: 252-5646.
Meet-up spots listed at elpasohash.com.
Winter sports
Public Ice Skating Skating offered 7 to
10 p.m. Fridays, noon to 3 p.m. and 7 to 10

p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the Sierra
Providence Event Center next to the Coliseum,
4100 Paisano. All ages welcome. Admission
(includes skate rental): $8 ($6 military).
Spectator admission is free. Information: 479PUCK (7825) or elpasohockey.org.
Holiday on Ice hours run through January. See
website for full list of hours.
Ski Apache Ruidosos 750-acre ski and
snowboarding area, now in its 51st season, has

11 lifts and 55 trails on the slopes of Sierra
Blanca, with a base elevation of 9,600.
The ski area, if weather permits, is open
Thanksgiving weekend through March. The 24hour Ski Apache Snow Report number is (575)
257-9001. Information: (575) 464-3600 or skiapache.com.
El Paso Scene
Lifts are open from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

depending on weather conditions. All-day lift
tickets are $67 ($60 age 60-69; $58 age 13-17;
$47 12 and younger; $56 military and $42 for
military child; free for ages 70 and older.
(Prices slightly higher on peak days). Season
passes: $305-$700. Call or check website or
multiple-day or half-day skiing prices.
Gondola Rides are $17 ($11 age 6-12; free for
five and younger)
Rental packages available.
The Ski Apache Wind Rider is an hour-long
zip-line adventure that begins at over 11,000
feet, spanning 8,900 feet in three sections,
reaching speeds of up to 65 mph. Cost is $75
for adults, $68 children and senior, $62 military.
Minimum age is 10; height and weight limits
also apply. Reservations required.
Ski Apache is 130 miles from El Paso, and the
drive takes about 3 hours. From Alamogordo,
take U.S. 70/54 north to Tularosa, then follow
U.S. 70 east to Ruidoso. Turn left on NM 48
and go six miles north. Take NM 532 to the ski
area its a slow, winding 12-mile climb.
Ski Cloudcroft The southernmost ski
area in the United States is two miles east of

Cloudcroft on U.S. 82, has 26 trails with two
ski lifts, plus a tubing lift, rental shop,
Mustards Last Stand restaurant, vertical drop
700 feet, snowboarding, tubing with elevations
of 8,350 to 9,050 feet. Information/snow conditions: (575) 682-2333, skicloudcroft.net or on
Facebook.
Lift tickets: $35 ($25 age 12 and younger for
full day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $28 ($20 age 12 and
younger) for half day 1 to 4 p.m. Ski, and snowboard rentals available, and beginner ski school
packages offered.
Tubing available for $20 per day; $14 half day
(weekends only).
January 2016
El Paso Pro-Musica Chamber Music

Festival El Paso Pro-Musica presents its
annual festival Jan. 3-29 at various venues in El

Paso and Las Cruces. Performers include
Tempest Trio, Zuill Bailey, Ralph Kirschbaum,
Shaie Wosner, and Paul Jacobs, as well as a performance of Tales of Hemingway in conjunction with El Paso Symphony Orchestra. Tickets
per performance: $20 ($20 seniors/military; $5
students); EPSO tickets $15-$40, EPPM 100
performance $100. Information: 833-9400 or
eppm.org.
Festival packages: $175 ($140 senior/military,
$35 students for all nine shows) $125 ($100
senior/military; /$25 student) for six El Paso
concerts; $50 ($40 senior/military; /$10 student) for three Las Cruces concerts; $50 ($40
senior/military; /$10 student) for eight El Paso
and Las Cruces concerts. Packages do not
include EPPM 100.
Featured performances:
The Tempest Trio performs at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 8, at Western Hills United
Methodist Church 524 Thunderbird in El Paso;
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at NMSUs
Atkinson Music Recital Hall and 2 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 10, at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.
The internationally acclaimed trio is composed
of pianist Alon Goldstein, violinist Ilya Kaler and
cellist Amit Peled (who performs on the 1733
Gofriller Cello of Pablo Casals).
Back to Bach, Zuill Bailey performs works
by Bach at noon Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Rio
Grande Theatre in Las Cruces, and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 24, at Church of St. Clement, 810
N. Campbell in El Paso.
The Beethoven Cycle featuring distinguished
cellist Ralph Kirshbaum and pianist Shai Wosner
is 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at El Adobe
Recording Studio, 5301 El Paso Dr. in El Paso;
and Saturday, Jan. 16, at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts
January 2016
younger, UTEP students, faculty and staff).

Information: 747-7795 or utep.edu/music.
Wind Symphony Concert El Paso
Recital Hall.
Kirshbaums long career includes major
awards spanning back to 1969, performances
with the worlds leading symphony orchestras
and teaching positions in the United States and
England. Wosner, originally from Israel, is winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and was
named a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
Grammy-winning organist Paul Jacobs performs at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at Trinity First
United Methodist Church. Jacobs was the first
organist to receive a Grammy, which he did in
2011 for Best Instrumental Soloist
Performance.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Bohuslav Rattay, performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, Jan. 22-23, in the Plaza Theatre,
with guest cellist Zuill Bailey.
The Quint Quintet performs Argentine
Nights at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at El
Adobe Recording Studio in a special EPPM 100
event. The Quintet, famed for its Nuevo
Tango music, also performs at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 29, at NMSUs Atkinson Music
Recital Hall.
Free Bachs Lunch performances are noon
every Thursday in January at El Paso Museum
of Art:
Jan 7: Tempest Trio
Jan. 14: Ralph Kirshbaum/Shia Wosner
Jan. 21: Back to Bach with Zuill Bailey in
celebration of the 10th anniversary of the
Bachs Lunch series.
Jan. 28: Violinist Phillipe Quint of the Quint

Quintet.
A Music Film Series of music-related films are
2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 9 and 23 at
International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana.
Admission is free; donations welcome.
Jan. 9: A Cry for Peace, A documentary
about the life and vision of the great cellist
Pablo Casals.
Jan. 23: The Sun Also Rises, the film based
on the story of Ernest Hemingway.
Transfiguration of Dreams El Paso
Society for Musicians of the Future presents a

multimedia collaboration of music and dance
featuring classical guitarist Danielle Anaya at 7
p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9-10,
at the Philanthropy Theatre in the Plaza Annex,
as part of El Paso Community Foundations
Jewel Box series. Tickets: $16 (Ticketmaster).
Information: 533-4020 or epcf.org.
This performance marks a new creative journey for Anaya coinciding with the release of her
first solo album, Renaissance to Romantic: 3
Centuries of Music.
The concert features pieces ranging from the
Renaissance period to works by 20th century
Cuban Leo Brouwer, and will include dancers
and multi-media projections.
Tempest Trio The string trio performs at

2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at UTEPs Fox Fine
Arts Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 ($3 seniors, military, non-UTEP students) and free ages 6 and
El Paso Scene
Wind Symphony, directed by Ron Hufstader,

performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at
UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. El Paso
Wind Symphony, now in its 20th season, is a
professional concert band made primarily of
residents of the Greater El Paso Area, most of
whom are band directors in public and private
schools. Tickets: $10 ($5 students, military,
seniors). Information:
elpasowindsymphony.com.
Next concert is Friday, Feb. 5.
Valinor Quartet Las Cruces Civic
Concert Association presents the quartet and

its unique blend of jazz and classical at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Rio Grande Theater,
211 N. Main in the Las Cruces Downtown
Mall. Tickets: $25. Information: (575) 4057429, or lascrucescca.org.
The classical element is highlighted by Sergei
Teleshev on accordion, fused with jazz by
members of the International String Trio, Ben
Powell, Slava Tolstoy and Greg Feingold.
Members of Valinor have also performed all
over the world including Cheltenham
International Jazz festival and the Nagano 1998
Winter Olympics.
EPSYOs Concerto Competition El

Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras host their
annual concerto competition Monday, Jan. 18,
at University Presbyterian Church, 244 N.
Resler. Open to all young musicians who live in
the El Paso region (within 60 miles of El Paso)
up to the age of 22 as of Jan. 18. Performers
must be a EPSYOs member or be enrolled in
their school music program. Applications must
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Program notes
El Paso Symphony Orchestra

Variations on Friends The Symphony,
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be received by Jan. 11. Application, information: 525-8978 epsyos.org.
Applicants will be notified of their audition
time, and should be available 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on the day of the competition.
The grand prize winner will perform with the
El Paso Symphony Orchestra on the Side by
Side Concert March 20 in the Plaza Theatre.
The EPSYOs Prize winner will have the opportunity to perform with the EPSYOs on their
season finale concert May 14 in the Plaza
Theatre.
under the direction of maestro Bohuslav Rattay,

performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan.
22-23, in the Plaza Theatre, with guest cellist
Zuill Bailey. Selections include Brahms
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, op.
56a; Michael Daugherty Tales of Hemingway
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra and Elgar
Enigma Variations op. 36.In conjunction with El
Paso Pro-Musicas Chamber Music Festival.
Tickets: $15-$40. Information: 532-3776 or
epso.org.
Tales of Hemingway composer Michael
Daugherty evokes the turbulent life, adventures, and literature of American author and
journalist Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).
Commissioned by a consortium of symphony
orchestras, the works world premiere was on
April 17, 2015, with the Nashville Symphony
Orchestra with Zuill Bailey, solo cello.
Opening notes are presented at 6:30 p.m.
each night by resident conductor Andy Moran
in the Philanthropy Theatre next to the Plaza.
The Organ Symposium The next sym-
posium is at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at

Western Hills United Methodist Church, 524
Thunderbird, for those wishing to perform
organ music. Program is free. Non-players are
welcome to attend the performance.
EPSYOs Winter Concert The El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras, directed by

Andres Moran, performs at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
31, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Program

details to be announced. Tickets: $13 ($8 students, seniors and active duty military. All seats
general admission. Information 525-8978.
Tickets available online at epsyos.org.
King Michael El Paso Symphony
Orchestra presents a tribute to Michael

Jackson, The King of Pop, at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 27, at the Plaza Theatre. Ages and older
welcome. Tickets: $40, $60, $70 and $85
(Ticketmaster). Information: 532-2776 or
epso.org.
The show stars three of the best Michael
Jackson tribute artists in the world, accompanied by Broadway and Las Vegas Dancers,
Urban Dancers, Las Vegas Singers, and the King
Michael Band, led by two-time Grammy-winner
bass guitarist Ron Simpson.
The multi-media spectacular includes Michael
Jacksons greatest hits: Billie Jean, Beat It,
Thriller, Man in the Mirror and more.
Border Chorders The El Paso mens
barbershop and a cappella group rehearses at

7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays at University
Presbyterian Church, 244 N. Resler. Director is
Anthony Bartholomew. Singers in all male vocal
ranges welcome. Information: Gayle Hageman
822-3000 or barbershop.org.
The Border Chorders are the El Paso chapter
of the Barbershop Harmony Society and were
established in 1947. Prior choral singing experience and voice lessons are not required.
El Paso Choral Ensemble El Paso

Choral Ensemble holds open rehearsals at 7
p.m. every Tuesday at St. Albans Episcopal
Church Hall, 1810 Elm Street, in El Paso.
Persons who love to sing and are willing to
make a serious commitment are most welcome. All voices are needed (alto, soprano,
bass, tenor, baritone, and mezzos).
Information: director, Carl Smith: 261-3963 or
drcarlwsmith@yahoo.com.
Sungold Chorus The El Paso Sungold
Chorus of the Sweet Adelines rehearses fourpart harmony 7 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays at All
Saints Church, 3500 McRae. All ladies interested in making good friends and good music are
invited. All ages and levels of musical background welcome. Information: 740-3216 or
epsungold.org.
The womens chorus is dedicated to the performance of four-part barbershop harmony,
musical education, and community involvement.
The chorus is looking for new members to be
a part of this long-standing organization that
provides entertainment and education throughout the region. No prior musical background is
necessary.
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January 2016
ANNS ESTATE LIQUIDATORS
Bat Mastersons story

ranks with Wyatt Earp Taking a Look Back
at Masterson was a man who did
some bad things, but most say he
did more good than bad. He hunted
buffalo, fought Indians, scouted for the
Army, served as a sheriff and federal
marshal. He liked to gamble and partnered or owned outright several saloons.
He was a gunfighter and in his later
years became a journalist.
I believe he should have been talked
about more in history than Wyatt Earp.
But when asked to write his own story
he replied, If the story is to be told, its
Wyatts to tell. But this column is about
Bats story.
He was baptized Bartholomew
Masterson, born in Canada to Thomas
and Catherine Masterson on Nov. 26,
1853. He was raised on a farm, the family moving a number of times until settling in Wichita, Kanas.
During the years 1873-74 is when Bat
found himself hunting buffalo, operating
out of Dodge City, Kansas. When he and
his party crossed over into restricted
Indian lands, a large contingency of
Comanche and Kiowa attacked in what
became known as the Battle of Adobe
Wells. Twenty-eight buffalo hunters
defended the trading post in Hutchinson
County in the Texas Panhandle, a spot in
the middle of nowhere. The raid was led
by Quanah Parker, the son of a white
woman, and more than 300 Indians followed him.
Bat Masterson was 20 years old at the
time. Later that year he enlisted in the
Army as a scout and served during the
Red River War, where the Army
launched a campaign to force all the
Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne,
and Arapaho to live on reservations in
Indian Territory.
When his enlistment was up Masterson
stayed in Texas until January 1876.
During this time he was involved in a
bloody gunfight that altered his life. He
was badly wounded when a corporal in
the Army shot him because of the affection he was showing a certain dance hall
worker. The soldier and young woman
died in the fight. When Bat recovered he
went back to Dodge City and worked
briefly as a policeman. He worked at different enterprises until he had enough
money to invest in another saloon, as he
had in Kansas, Arizona and Colorado.
As a gunfighter Bat Masterson was
involved in a number of shootouts; he
lived in the west during a violent and
lawless time. Outside of the battles with
Indian tribes, it is told he used his gun
only six times against other men, much
less than some others like Dallas
Stoudenmire, Wild Bill Hickok and John
Wesley Hardin.
Bat abandoned the West and went to
New York in 1902, and was later
appointed Deputy U.S. Marshal for New
York State by President Theodore
Roosevelt. He worked at this for $2,000
a year from March 1905 until August
1909.
Journalism had become part of his life
earlier when he met brothers Alfred and
William Eugene Lewis. Alfred was an
investigative journalist and novelist.
January 2016
Back in town!
by John McVey Middagh
Now taking appointments for estate sales

F rom ma jor est at e sal es t o sma ll h ouseh old
s al e s , I t a k e c a re o f e v e r y de t ai l - ad ve r t i s i n g
t o c le a n u p - fo r o n e re as o n a b le c o mmi s si o n .
Call Ann Tillery at (915) 231-9019 or 777-2639 anntillery79@yahoo.com
Bat Masterson in 1879
William Eugene became the president of

the New York Morning Telegraph. Bats
career as a writer had started back
around 1883 and didnt end until his
death in 1921. The last part of his life,
Bat wrote a column as a sports writer.
He was often seen ringside at some of
the bigger fights of the time and he frequently enjoyed the lights of Broadway.
While in New York Bat wrote a number
of short stories, including five studies in
1907 on Ben Thompson, Wyatt Earp,
Luke Short, Doc Holliday and Bill
Tilghman.
In all the different articles written about
Bat Masterson, not much is ever mentioned about marriage or a wife, but one
paragraph stated that in 1888 he was in
Denver, Colorado, managing and then
purchasing The Palace Theater. There
he met a club swinger and singer named
Emma Walter. The pair lived together
and maybe married in November of
1891, but there are no records of a marriage. Their partnership lasted until his
death.
Bartholomew Masterson died of a heart
attack, while writing at his desk October
25, 1921. He was 67.
Both Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp in
their later years became quite the curmudgeons. Neither wanted to talk much
of their early life in the shoot-em-up
Wild West; they both drank too much,
but still managed to get into trouble once
in a while.
Masterson and Earp were friends for
many years going to the aid of one
another often. Another name comes up
when reading about the two and that is
Luke Short. A fancy dresser, man of
short stature, gambler and gunfighter; it
is said that he killed 14 men and was
only wounded once himself. More about
him in a later column.
But nowhere did I find that Bat
Masterson was ever in El Paso. How
could that be?
John McVey Middagh is a former
saddle shop owner and amateur
local historian. You can reach him
at jmiddagh@yahoo.com.
El Paso Scene
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All phone numbers listed are in Juarz.
Cibeles Convention Center Av.
Toms Fernndez 8450, between Calle

Portales and Antonio J. Bermudez, Zona
Campestre.
The center offers three New Years Eve
options:
Dinner at Salon Cibeles, music by Sentimiento
Latino, 695 pesos per person (no children
under 10). Complimentary glass of wine; guests
can bring their own bottle.
Dinner at Salon Olimpo, with music by Grupo
Cliche. 550 pesos.
Dinner at Jardin Terraza Restaurant; price
varies.
Expo Boda y Quince is 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan, 10. Booths, raffles, fashion shows.
Admission is 50 pesos.
Expo Educarte opens at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan.
24. Over 40 schools, from preschool to university, will be represented. Admission is free.
Centro de Convenciones Las Anitas

Waterfill zone. Information: 6821486 or
6820693. Expo Boda y XV begins at 10 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 10. Admission is free.
La Rodadora The interactive childrens

museum is in the citys Parque Central. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays
and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission: 65 pesos (around $5). Information:
52-656-558-2415 or larodadora.org.
3D Theater admission: 30 pesos ($2.50 US).
Theater/museum combo is 79 pesos ($6.25
US). Family package is 299 pesos. Beginning
Jan. 15 is a movie on prehistoric sea monsters.
The museum features 120 permanent interactive exhibits. Exhibits include opportunities to
explore the origins of life, the formation of the
planets, how the deserts were formed, paleontology, history and heritage and traditions, with
a focus on art and expression.
Opening Jan. 12: An exhibit on Mother
Teresa of Calcutta including her clothes, Nobel
Peace Prize and photographs. Included in
museum admission or 30 peso for exhibit
alone.
Auditorio Benito Jurez Ignacio

Ramirez and Vicente Guerrero, one block from
Parque Borunda. Tickets at donboleton.com.
The play Dracula is at 7 and 9 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 22. Tickets: 200, 250 and 300 pesos.
Intensamente theater for children is 1 and
3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31.
Los Folkloristas Amigos de la Fundacion
Mascareas opens its 2016 Matices Culturales

series with the traditional Latin American music
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pioneers at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Centro

Cultural Paso del Norte in Juarez. Tickets information: 612-4075. In El Paso: 544-5118. Web:
fmascarenas.org.
Centro Cultural Paso del Norte - Av.
Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the

Red Cross. Information: 1730300 or
ccpn.com.mx (Facebook: ccpnteatro). Advance
show tickets at donboleton.com.
The play Doctora Juguetes is at 4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 24. Tickets: 150 to 250 pesos.
Comics La India Yuridia and Miguel Aguirre
perform at 6:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24. Tickets:
250 to 350 pesos.
The play Porque los hombres aman a las...
with nationally renowned actors Gabriel Soto,
Marjorie de Souza and Aleyda Nuez is at 4:30
and 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27. Tickets: 300
to 550 pesos.
Soda Sinfonico, a Soda Stereo tribute band,
performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29. Tickets:
250 to 450 pesos.
Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera

(MUREF) Old Customs House, Zona
Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave. Jurez.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Information: muref.org, inah.org or
Facebook.
Now showing: De Torreon at Torreon,
photographic exhibit of the Mexican Revolution
era.
Every Sunday is Dominggueana, with guided
tours and puppet shows beginning at 1 p.m.
Permanent exhibitions in nine rooms highlight
the Mexican Revolution. Displays include the
Francisco Madero carriage, Pascual Orozco hat,
Francisco Pancho Villa displays and a scale
model of Jurez-El Paso during the Mexican
Revolution.
Audio guide available for 50 pesos.
Museo del INBA - Circuito Jose Reyes
Estrada, Zona Pronaf. Admission is free.

Information: 616-7414, Bellasartes.gob.mx.
The IV Biennial Ciudad Jurez/El Paso Biennial
exhibit presented by S-Mart runs through
Feb. 7. The 44 artists in the exhibit have
works on display at both INBA and the El Paso
Museum of Art.
Bazar Del Monumento The weekly
bazaar is noon to 4 p.m. Sundays at the Benito

Jurez Monument downtown, Vicente
Guerrero and Constitucion Avenues. Art,
antiques, books and more sold and traded. The
event also features live music.
Jurez correspondent Walter Schaefer

2 022988 (cobracollectionag@hotmail.com or
walteraleisterschaefer@gmail.com)
January 2016
New Beginnings Singing Out Las

Cruces presents their winter concert at 7::30
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16-17,
at First Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo in Las
Cruces. The choir will enhance with song a
story written and directed by Tom Smith, professor of Theater at NMSU. Admission is $10
at the door. Information:
singingoutlascruces.org.
The Night of Jan. 16th Winter Fest
The benefit concerts for Isaiah House of El

Paso and Down Syndrome Coalition at
Saturday, Jan. 16, both Tricky Falls and Bowie
Feathers, 209 S. El Paso. Donations will be
accepted. Information: 351-9909. Online tickets at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com.
Bowie Feathers show begins at 5 p.m. featuring Alabama Deathwalk, Gila Monster,
Ralpheene, Lunas, Gabe Gonzalez, Wake Up,
Sleeper, and Simeon Beardsley.
Tricky Falls show begins at 6:30 p.m.
with All That Bleeds, Collisions, Todoroki,
Dayluta Means Kindness, PRIS and Dubois.
Fine art featured by Lula-Squid, Lost Love
Vintage, Jazz Torrez and Toasty Tees.
Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society
The society presents Noteworks at its

monthly concert series at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
17, at First Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo in
Las Cruces. The music begins after a short
business meeting. Admission: $8 ($5 members;
$1 students with ID). Coffee and dessert
reception precedes the concert at 6:30 p.m. in
the foyer. Information: Larry Brooks, (575)
640-8752 or mvjazzblues.net.
The evening concert will feature music from
Noteworks new CD Sauzon. Noteworks
features trumpeter Mike Middleton, bassist
Curt Bushaw and pianist Billy Townes.
Featured musicians from New Mexico are Las
Cruces percussionist Ruben Galvan and Santa
Fe saxophonist Dan Borton.
Mariachi Real de El Paso recruiting

El Paso Community Colleges Mariachi Real de
El Paso is seeking recruits proficient in violin,
trumpet, guitar, vihuela, guitarron and vocals.
Participants must be able to read music, and
vocalists must have some training and be able
to match pitch. Classes begin 6 to 8:40 p.m.
Wednesdays, Jan. 27, in Room A1201 on the
Valle Verde campus. Information: Anji MorganThornton, (575) 650-3200 or
amorgant@epcc.edu.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casinos
Live Entertainment The racetrack and
casino, 1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park

Drive), Sunland Park, N.M. Offers live entertainment at on select dates. No cover.
Information: (575) 874-5200 or SunlandPark.com.
A New Years Eve party featuring Fungi
Mungle is 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 31, with free party favors.
Friday, Jan. 1: La Magiztral Sonora 9 p.m.,
and La Sonora Blu, 10 p.m. to midnight.
Saturday, Jan. 2: 80s Station, Americas
Premier 80s cover band from Las Vegas.
Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
122 S. Pueblo Rd. Live music nightly. Age 18

and older welcome. Information: 860-7777 or
speakingrockentertainment.com. Free entry.
Special events (all at 8:30 p.m.)
Shoot to Thrill: A Tribute to AC/DC, 8:30
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2.
January 2016
Britains Finest: A Tribute to The Beatles,

8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.
Aeromyth: A Tribute to Aerosmith, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9.
Journey Unauthorized: A Tribute to Journey,
Led Zepplica A Tribute to Led Zeppelin,
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16.
Desperado A Tribute to The Eagles, 8:30
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21.
Livin On A Prayer A Tribute to Bon Jovi,
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23.
Rumours A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac,
Pink Droyd A Tribute to Pink Floyd, 8:30
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30.
Every Other Tuesday Doa Ana Arts
Council hosts a variety of musical performances

6:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at the historic
Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Las
Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575)
6403.
Jan. 5: Twisted Hams (blues, rock and indie
rock).
Jan. 19: Flat Blak, power rock trio.
La Parada The monthly grassroots event

celebrating local culture and lifestyles is the first
Friday of the month at 501 Bar and Bistro in
the San Carlos Building, 501 Texas. January
event to be announced. Information: 351-6023
or on Facebook at laparadaep.
Live Music at Sombra Antigua

Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery, 430 La
Via Road (off NM 28 between markers 8 and
9), in Chamberino, N.M. hosts free live music
2:30 to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Food
trucks available most Saturdays; bring a picnic
basket Sunday. Information: (915) 241-4349 or
sombraantigua.com.
Ardovinos Live Music Ardovinos

Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Dr. in Sunland
Park, hosts live music at 7;30 p.m. every Friday
and Saturday. Information: (575) 589-0653.
Sunland Winery 1769 Victory Lane in
Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m.

Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Thursday through Saturday and 3 to 9 p.m.
Sunday. Live music each night; call for lineup.
Information: (575) 589-1214.
Railroad Blues 504 W. Holland, Alpine,

Texas. Most performances begin at 10 p.m.
Admission varies. Information: (432) 837-3103
or railroadblues.com.
Folk Fury KTEP, 88.5 FM, features three
hours of acoustic and folk music with an

emphasis on recordings by local musicians and
occasional live appearances by them from 7
to 10 p.m. Saturdays. Hosts are Dan Alloway
and Gregg Carthy. Requests: 747-5153.
Comedy
El Paso Comic Strip 1201 Airway.

Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
7:30 p.m. Sunday. Closed Jan. 31. Ticket prices
vary; VIP booths are $10 more per tickets;
available at ticketweb.com.
Information, reservations: 779-LAFF (5233),
laff2nite.com or on Facebook at El Paso Comic
Strip.
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The 29th Annual New Years Eve Party and

Show is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, with
Sadiki Fuller and Sean McBride. Tickets: $15$25, reserved.
Special One Night Only event featuring
Raymond Orta is 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Tickets: $17.50-$27.50.
Pablo Francisco returns for a special engagement at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, and 8 and
10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30.
Tickets to be announced.
Jan. 1-3: Sadiki Fuller with feature act Sean
McBride.
Jan. 6-10: Steve Trevino with feature act
Steve Garza.
Jan. 13-24 acts to be announced.
Colleen and Joshua Evans The
YouTube comedy sensations perform at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 12, at The Plaza Theatre. The
newlyweds have over a billion views online and
millions of dedicated fans around the world.
Tickets: $35 (Ticketmaster).
Colleen, who sometimes appears as her
wacky alter ego, Miranda Sings, has been on
tour in theaters worldwide and is happy to
Contra Dance The Southern New

Mexico Music and Dance Societys Holiday
contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.
15, at Mesilla Community Center, 2251 Calle
de Santiago in Las Cruces, with music by the
Muletones and caller Lonnie Ludeman. The
dance begins with beginners lessons at 7:30
p.m.; no partner needed. Cost: $6 ($4 youth;
$15 family). Information: (575) 522-1691 or
snmmds.org.
The contra dances are old-time dances done
in long lines, accompanied by live music and
callers.
The Firebird and My Mozart The

UTEP Department of Theater & Dance presents it faculty choreographed dance concert
Feb. 12-21, at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Wise
Family Theatre. Show time is 7:30 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets: $14 ($11 UTEP faculty/staff, seniors,
military groups of 10 or more, UTEP alumni
with valid card, and non-UTEP students; $9
UTEP students. Information: Information: 7475118, theatredance.utep.edu or on Facebook.
Firebird choreographers are Lisa Smith and
Myron Howard Nadel. This allegorical story
based on a Russian folk tale about the triumph
of good over evil marked the first collaboration
between Sergei Diaghilevs Ballet Russes and
the great composer Igor Stravinsky. The
Firebird will by complemented by My
Mozart, choreographed by Nadel.
Big Band Dance Club The club sponsors dances 8 to 10 p.m. selected Thursdays or
Fridays, at the Court Youth Center, 402 W.
Court, in Las Cruces. Age 21 and older welcome. Beginners, singles and couples welcome;
no dance partner necessary. Membership
encouraged but not required; dress code. Cost:
$7 (CD music nights); and $9 ($7 members) on
live music nights. Information: (575) 526-6504
or bigbanddanceclub.org.
Beginners group dance lesson at 7 p.m. led
by John Giusto; free with paid admission.
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finally be able to bring her husband along for

the ride. Joshua, who also sings when he is not
in front of the camera, is known for his
YouTube channel JoshuaDTV.
Laughterhours Trivia Challenge

Laughterhours Comedy hosts weekly trivia
challenge nights hosted by local comedians at
various venues in El Paso. The shows are set
up in a live video game format. Admission is
free. Information: laughterhourscomedy.com.
Current schedule (subject to change; check
website to verify):
8 p.m. Tuesdays at Barmen Kitchen & Patio
Bar, 4130 N. Mesa
8 p.m. Tuesdays at Funkmeyers Rec Room,
1506 Lee Trevio, Suite B-1
8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Jacks Beach House,
11240 Montwood
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Craft House Pub &
Grub, 5020 N. Desert.
Laughterhours also presents Karaoke
Superstar at 9 p.m. Wednesdays at Funkmeyers
and Jacks; and 9:30 p.m. Thursdays at Pint &
Peanut, 518 W San Antonio.
Adal Ramones The Mexican comedian
and TV-host bring his hilarious act to El Paso at

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at The Plaza
Theatre. Tickets: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 and
$69.50 (Ticketmaster).
Saturday Night Milonga Paso Del

Norte Tango Club hosts milongas 8 to 11 p.m.
Saturdays, at Sunland Dance Studio, 1769
Victory Lane, Sunland Park. Dancers Studio,
111 Rio Flor, beginning with an easy lesson and
ends with a challenge step. Party starts at 9
p.m. No partner needed. Cost: $8 (includes
free lesson, free beverages and party).
Information: pasodelnortetangoclub.com or
facebook.com/TangoEP.
Belly Dance Classes with Nisreen

Nisreen has trained in Turkey, Egypt and
Morocco. Information: 204-7228.
Kids and Youth Classes are offered Fridays at
Mind Body Studio, 631 N. Resler Ste B201.
Class for ages 5-9 is 4-5 p.m. ($5 per class);
class for ages 10-15 is 5-6 p.m. ($6 per class.
Class for ages 15 and older is 7-8 p.m.
Wednesdays at the Northeast YWCA at 9135
Stahala.
Belly dance classes Kareesha

Willowhosts belly dance classes for all levels 7
to 8 p.m. Tuesdays at El Paso Conservatory of
Dance, 1060 Doniphan Park Circle, Suite H.
Cost: $30 per month ($10 drop ins).
kareeshawillow@yahoo.com.
Sunland Dance Studio The studio at

1769 Victory Lane, hosts lessons in Tango,
Latin Dance, Ballroom, Salsa and other styles.
Information: (575) 589-0130 or sunlandballroom.com.
A Ballroom Sampler is 6 to 7 p.m. every
Thursday, to learn a new ballroom dance each
week. Cost: $10 ($8 with class card). No partner needed.
Friday Night Swing classes are 8 to 9 p.m.
every Friday, to learn dances from the 40s,
50s and 60s. No partner needed. Cost: $10.
Information: 227-8953 or 422-3338.
Tango Choreographer and dancer Jorge
Torres will host workshops Saturday and
Sunday, Feb. 20-21.
January 2016
For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster,

call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com.
The UTEP Ticket Center number is 747-5234.
Many clubs sell tickets through other ticket
websites listed. Unless indicated, prices listed
do not include service charges.
Colleen and Joshua Evans The

YouTube comedy sensations perform at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, at The Plaza Theatre. The
newlyweds have over a billion views online and
millions of dedicated fans around the world.
Tickets: $35 (Ticketmaster).
Colleen, who sometimes appears as her
wacky alter ego, Miranda Sings, has been on
tour in theaters worldwide and is happy to
finally be able to bring her husband along for
the ride. Joshua, who also sings when he is not
in front of the camera, is known for his
YouTube channel JoshuaDTV.
Wayne The Train Hancock The
roadhouse country musician performs at 9 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 14, with Raw Deal, Ian
Rosewood and Nino Infierno at Mesa Music
Hall, 151 N. Mesa. Tickets; $12 in advance;
$15 at the door. Information: 599-8585 or on
Facebook.
Lil Wayne The Grammy-winning rapper
and his Dedication Tour come to El Paso at

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at El Paso County
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano, with special guest
rap duo Rae Sremmurd. Tickets: $36.76-$96.75
(Ticketmaster).
Lil Waynes sixth Grammy-winning album,
Tha Carter III, reached multiplatinum status
with hits like A Milli, and Lollipop.
Killing Joke The punk band performs at 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Tricky Falls, 209 S. El

Paso, with guest The Soft Moon. Tickets: $20
general admission; $100 VIP (includes sound
check meet & greet, t-shirt and signed poster).
Information: 351-9909 Online tickets at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com.
The origins of Killing Joke lay in the Matt
Stagger Band. Paul Ferguson was drumming for
the group when he met Jaz Coleman (vocals,
keyboards) in the late 70s. The duo recruited
bassist Youth, who had previously played
with the punk group the Rage, and guitarist
Geordie to complete the bands lineup.
Play Me: The Music Of Neil Diamond

Chris Waggoner performs a 75th Birthday
Celebration tribute to Neil Diamond at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Rio Grande Theatre,
211 N. Main in the Las Cruces Downtown
Mall. Waggoner and his ensemble The
Diamondettes cover dozens of the singers
hits. Tickets: $22 reserved; $32 premium.
Information: (575) 523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
Robert Mirabal Doa Ana Arts Council,

in association with Heritage Hotels and
Resorts, continues its New Mexico Heritage
Series with Grammy winner Robert Mirabal, at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces, with his new show River. Tickets:
$32 Main Floor; $22 Balcony. Student rush tickets (with Student ID) available for $10, ten minutes before show time. Information:(575) 5236403 or RioGrandeTheatre.com.
The Native American flute player will bring
with his unique brand of world music merging
indigenous American sounds with those of
Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
January 2016
Mark Nizer Doa Ana Arts Council presents the world-renowned entertainer, and his
unique brand of original comedy, world-class
juggling, movement, music and 3-D technology
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at the Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces, as part of its Variety Series. Tickets:
$37.50 main floor; $27.50 balcony (include 3-D
glasses). Information: (575) 523-6403 or
RioGrandeTheatre.com.
Nizers philosophy is the impossible is possible, the improbable is probable.
Rock of Ages UTEP Dinner Theatre
presents the rock musical by Chris DArienzo
Jan. 29-Feb. 14, celebrating the 1980s rock
hits of the glam metal era. Show time is 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, Sunday dinner
shows are 2:30 p.m.; non-dinner show Sunday
1:30 p.m.; matinee dates to be announced.
Tickets: $31.50-$44.50 dinner shows; $17.50$27.50 non-dinner matinees. Information: 7476060 or utep.edu/udt.
Little River Band The bands 40th
Anniversary Tour comes to the Plaza Theatre

at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. The Little River
Band set a record for having hits in the Top 10
for six consecutive years. They also garnered a
rare status with over 5 million airplays on
American radio for Reminiscing. Tickets: $30,
$45 and $60 (Ticketmaster).
Little River Band claimed their place in
America as one of the great bands of the 70s
and 80s. Between 1976 and 1983, their chart
successes in the U.S included the singles
Lady, Cool Change, Lonesome Loser,
Its a Long Way There, Help Is on Its Way,
Happy Anniversary, The Night Owls,
Take It Easy On Me, Man On Your Mind,
We Two and The Other Guy.
Hits & Grins Grant County Community
Concert Association presents an evening of

country and comedy at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
2, at WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium in Silver
City. Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and
younger). Information: (575) 538-5862 or
gcconcerts.org.
Nashville songwriters Steve Dean, Victoria
Venier and Broadcast Hall of Famer Bill Whyte
serve up a mix of comedy and song using
unique instrumentation including gandolin,
ganjo, cajon and more.
Valentines Super Love Jam The
Intruders, Heatwave, GQ, El Chaicano and

more perform for this years event, at 7:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at UTEPs Don Haskins
Center. Tickets: $28.50 and $38.50
(Ticketmaster).
Pepe Aguilar The popular mariachi bal-
ladeer performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at El

Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano.
Tickets: $59.50, $79.50 $99.50 and $125.
(Ticketmaster).
Aguilar is the son of famed cowboy singer
Antonio Aguilar and singer Flor Silvestre. His
lovers mariachi style uses traditional instrumentation such as guitars, trumpets and accordions.
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan El
mejor mariachi del mundo returns at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Plaza Theatre, with
special guest Yolanda del Rio. Mariachi Vargas
de Tecalitlan, formed in 1898 in the town of
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Recreation
Centers
S wim Fun with
Aquatics
After School
Youth Development
(915) 544-3556
Open Gym
Recreation Swimming
Water Aerobics & Hydro Spinning
Classes Lap Swimming
Boxing (Armijo, Carolina,

Pavo Real & San Juan)
Racquetball (Pavo
Real & Gary Del Palacio)
Armijo
700 E. 7th St.
544-5436
Carolina
563 N. Carolina
594-8934
Chihuahuita
417 Charles Rd.
533-6909
Don Haskins
7400 High Ridge
587-1623
Galatzan
650 Wallenberg
581-5182
Gary Del Palacio
3001 Parkwood
629-7312
Leona Ford
Washington
3400 E. Missouri
562-7071
Marty Robbins
11620 Vista del Sol
855-4147
Multipurpose
9031 Viscount
598-1155
Nolan Richardson
4435 Maxwell
755-7566
Pat ORourke
901 N. Virginia
533-1611
Pavo Real
9301 Alameda
858-1929
Rae Gilmore
8501 Diana Dr.
751-4945
San Juan
701 N. Glenwood
779-2799
Seville
6700 Sambrano Ave.
778-6722
Veterans
5301 Salem Dr.
821-8909
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Check out our Fitness Centers!
All recreation centers and several senior centers have weights and cardio equipment.
Fitness Classes of all kinds are offered with qualified instructors. Classes include
Aerobics (Salsa, Zumba, Kickboxing), Dance (Folklorico, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Line
Dance), Boxing, Judo, Karate, Tai Chi and Yoga. Discount rates for ages 60 and older.
Please call your recreation center for details, schedules and fees.
INDOOR HEATED POOLS

Armijo
911 S. Ochoa, 79901 543-9598
Delta
4451 Delta, 79905 542-0087
Hawkins
1500 Hawkins, 79925 594-8031
Leo Cancellare
650 Wallenberg, 79912 ~ 584-9848
Marty Robbins
11600 Vista Del Sol, 79935 855-7456
Memorial
3251 Copper, 79930 565-4683
Pat ORourke
901 N. Virginia, 79902 533-8317
JANUARY2016 FITNESSCENTEROPENHOUSES
Come in and try our weight rooms during these FREE
open house events in January. Staff will be on-hand to
answer any questions about the weight room or rates.
Saturday, January 2
Tuesday, January 12
New Year New You, Rec Olympics

Pat ORourke Recreation Center
901 N. Virginia St.
10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
Information (915) 212-0127
Free fitness assessment
Saturday, January 9
Weight Room Open House

Don Haskins Recreation Center
7400 High Ridge Dr.
9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 9
Weight Room Open House

& Fitness Day
Galatzan Recreation Center
650 Wallenberg Dr.
10:00 a.m. 1 p.m.
Thursday, January 14
Open House Fitness Room Orientation

Nolan Richardson Recreation Center
4435 Maxwell Ave.
1:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
PRE-SCHOOL and DAYCARE
VETERANS (Northeast)
5301 Salem Dr.
(915-822-8859)
GALATZAN (Westside)
650 Wallenberg Dr.
(915-842-8754)
Pre-School: Ages 3-5

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
$165 per Month
$60 annual registration fee
Daycare Full-Time: Ages 2-5

7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
$315 per Month
Daycare Part-Time: Ages 2-5

Up to 6 hours a day
$210 per Month
Higher fees apply to non-residents
El Paso Scene
Therapeutic & Instructional

9031 Viscount, 79925 598-1163
Veterans
5301 Salem, 79924 821-0142
William W. Cowan
8100 Independence, 79907 860-2349
General Admission
Youth &Seniors (60+):$1

Adults: $2
Pool Parties
Rentals start at $50/hr
Senior Centers
Eastside
3200 Fierro, 591-4292
Father Martinez
9311 Alameda, 860-9131
Grandview Park
3134 Jefferson, 566-1217
Happiness
563 N. Carolina, 592-87123
Hilos De Plata
4452 Delta, 533-3207
Memorial Park
1800 Byron, 562-4260
Polly Harris
650 Wallenberg, 581-9525
San Juan
5701 Tamburo Ct., 772-8365
South El Paso
600 S. Ochoa, 577-9870
Wellington Chew
4430 Maxwell, 757-2523
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Tecalitlan by Gaspar Vargas and others, has

appeared in 200 movies, recorded dozens of
albums of pasodobles, valses, bailables, polkas
and danzones. Tickets: $35-$100
(Ticketmaster).
and TV host bring his act to El Paso at 8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 25, at The Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 and $69.50
(Ticketmaster).
Ramones hosted the Mexican television show
Otro Rollo, which was produced by Televisa
and televised in 53 other countries, including
the United States.

epso.org.
Jackson tribute artists in the world, accompanied by Broadway and Las Vegas Dancers,
Urban Dancers, Las Vegas Singers, and the King
Michael Band, led by two-time Grammy-winner bass guitarist Ron Simpson.
Riverdance: The 20th Anniversary
World Tour Jam Theatricals and El Paso
Live present the international Irish dance phenomenon March 4-6, at the Plaza Theatre,
composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya
Doherty and directed by John McColgan.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $45
and $70 Information: 231-1111,
ElPasoLive.com/Broadway or on Facebook at
Broadway in El Paso.
Gary Clark Jr. The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist
brings his The Rise of Sonny Boy Slim Tour
to El Paso Tuesday, March 8, at Tricky Falls,
209 S. El Paso. Tickets: $30. Information: 3519909. Online tickets at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com.
Joe Satriani The rock guitar virtuoso per-
forms his Surfing to Shockwave 2016 Tour,

an evening spotlighting his 30-year career at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Abraham
Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $29.75 $45, $55 and
$90.(Ticketmaster).
Luke Bryan Current CMA & ACM

Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan brings his
highly anticipated Kill the Lights tour to Las
Cruces at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at
NMSUs Pan American Center, with special
guests Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch.
Tickets: $39.75 and $74.75 (Ticketmaster).
Yanni The world music legend and his
world-renowned orchestra will perform audience favorites from throughout his career as
well as newly reworked arrangements of the
classics 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at
the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $69.50 and $99.50
(Ticketmaster).
Sesame Street Live Make a New

Friend The Sesame Street Live annual
Easter week shows are March 25-27 at the

Abraham Chavez Theatre. Presented by VEE
Corporation. Showtimes are 2 and 6:30 p.m.
Friday, 10:30, 2 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15, $25, $32 and $60
(Ticketmaster); all children over age 1 must
purchase ticket. Information: 1-800-745-3000
or sesamestreetlive.com.
January 2016
STOMP Jam Theatricals and El Paso Live

present the hit musical at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 30, at the Plaza Theatre.
The eight-member troupe uses everything but
conventional percussion instruments matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans,
Zippo lighters, hubcaps to fill the stage with
magnificent rhythms. Tickets; $37.50-$62.50.
information: 231-1111, ElPasoLive.com/
Broadway or on Facebook.
TobyMac The Christian rocker headlines
the Hits Deep Tour is 7 p.m. Sunday, April

3, at UTEPs Don Haskins Center, with Britt
Nicole, Building 429, Colton Dixon, Capital
Kings, Finding Flavor and Hollyn. Presented by
Food for the Hungry. Tickets on sale soon:
$8.25-$62.75 (Ticketmaster).
Carrie Underwood The multiple

Grammy Award winning country pop singer
fame presents her Storyteller Tour at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 16, at NMSUs Pan American
Center in Las Cruces, with opening acts Easton
Corbin and the Swon Brothers. The performance will be a 360-degree experience in the
round. Tickets: $40.50 and $70.50.
(Ticketmaster).
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat Jam Theatricals and El Paso
Live conclude its 12th Broadway in El Paso season with the landmark Tim Rice and Andrew
Lloyd Webber musical reimagining of the
Biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers and the
coat of many colors at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
April 26, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $40$65. Information: 231-1111,
ElPasoLive.com/Broadway or on Facebook at
Broadway in El Paso.
Celtic Woman: Destiny Tour The
World Music Artists return to El Paso at 7:30

p.m. Friday, May 13, at The Plaza Theatre, celebrating Ireland and the Celtic heritage through
traditional Irish anthems, pop standards and
original music. Tickets: $49 and $75
Ticketmaster). Information: celticwoman.com
The Cure The legendary gothic new wave

band returns to El Paso at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
May 17, at UTEPs Don Haskins Center, with
special guest The Twilight Sad. Tickets: $19.25,
$49.25, $59.25 and $69.25 (Ticketmaster).
The Piano Guys The Piano Guys bring

their highly original blend of classical music with
pop to El Paso at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2,
at Abraham Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $49.50,
$59.50 and $69.50
Venues & series
Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso. Listings also
cover shows in Bowie Feathers. Information:

351-9909 Online tickets at trickyfalls.com and
ticketfly.com. Advance tickets for some shows
available at Tricky Falls or Bowie Feathers, All
That Music and Video, Eloise and 7th Layer.
Infinate In Azmuth The progressive math
core band performs Saturday, Jan. 2, with In
Wakes, UNI and State Limbo. Admission is free
($3 for age 20 and younger).
Leftver Crack The American punk band
performs at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, with
Pears, Days N Daze and Krigblase. Tickets: $15.
Frankie Boots and the County Line The
alt folk/rock and American band performs at 8
p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, with Eddie B and the West
Texas Three. Admission is free.
Snailmate The electronic rap duo performs at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, with Kili
& The Dew, and Trost House. Age 21 and
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older only. Tickets: $3 at the door.

Winter Fest begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
16, in both Tricky Falls and Bowie Feathers,
benefiting Isaiah House of El Paso and Down
Syndrome Coalition for El Paso.
Killing Joke The punk band performs at 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, with Soft Moon.
Tickets: $20 general admission; $100 VIP
(includes sound check meet-n-greet, t-shirt and
signed poster). See separate listing.
Trivium The heavy metal band performs
at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29. Tickets: $16.
Kevin Gates The rapper performs at 8
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3. Tickets: $25.
Nile The metal band performs at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 6. Tickets: $21.
Hinder The multi-platinum selling rockers
perform at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, with Sons
of Texas and Within Reason. Tickets: $21.
Marty Friedman The metal guitar legend
and former Megadeath guitarist performs at 8
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, with guest Holy Grail.
Tickets: $21.
Atmosphere The hip-hop due performs at
7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, with special
guest Welcome to Texas. Tickets: $25.
Gary Clark Jr. The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist
brings his The Rise of Sonny Boy Slim Tour
to El Paso Tuesday, March 8. Tickets: $30.
Wolfmother The Australian rockers presents their Gypsy Caravan Tour Monday, March
21. Tickets: $22.50.
Lowbrow Palace 111 E. Robinson.
Doors open at 9 p.m. (show time at 10 p.m.).

Tickets are regularly $3 more for ages 16-20.
Online tickets at lowbrowpalace.com.
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Broken Gold The post punk band performs Wednesday, Jan. 13, with the Peach
Kings and Castle Video. Tickets: $8-$10.
An EP Release Party for Volta is Friday, Jan.
15, with Sayverse, Sets and Lily Jacks. Tickets:
$5 at the door; age 18 and older event.
Bright Light Social Hour The Austin psychedelic rockers perform Saturday, Jan. 16.
Tickets: $10-$12.
Saintseneca The folk band performs
Saturday, Jan. 23, with Des Ark. $12-$15.
All Them Witches The Nashville psychrock band performs Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Tickets: $10-$12.
Maajr The electronic rock/pop artist performs Saturday, Jan. 30. Tickets: $8-$10.
Guy Blakeslee The former frontman of
the LA psych-rock band the Entrance performs
Sunday, Jan. 31. Tickets: $10-$12.
Saving Abel The rock band performs at 9
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4. Tickets: $17-$20.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra with Lower
Dens The New Zealand rock band and
American indie pop band perform Friday, Feb.
5. Tickets: $15-$17.
Hawthorne Heights The American rock
band performs at 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11,
with Mest, Handguns and London Falling.
Tickets: $18-$20.
Brazilian Girls The NYC electronic band
performs Saturday, Feb. 13. Tickets: $15-$17.
Bag Raiders The Australian electronic
band performs at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, with
Plastic Plates. Tickets: $15.
Radiation City The indie rockers performs
at 11 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, with Deep Sea
Diver. Tickets: $10-$12.
Beacon The Brooklyn electronica duo
perform Monday, Feb. 22, with Natasha
Kmeto. Tickets: $10-$12.
Sumac The rock band performs at 9 p.m.
Tuesday, March 1, with Black Spirituals.

Tickets: $10-$12.
French Horn Rebellion The electro rock
duo performs at 7 p.m. Monday, March 21,
with Mystery Skulls.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and

Casino Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8
p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets sold

through Ticketmaster. Information: 1-877-2775677 or innofthemountaingods.com.
The annual New Years Eve Party is
Thursday, Dec. 31; with music by Art Deco
and his Society Orchestra; 1920s dress encouraged. Tickets: $125.
Clay Walker The country star performs
Saturday, Jan. 16. Tickets start at $25.
Merle Haggard The country music legend
performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Tickets:
$40-$80.
Peabo Bryson The R&B, soul singer performs a romantic Valentines dinner show
Saturday, Feb. 13. Dinner served at 7 p.m.;
performance at 8 p.m. Tickets: $50.
Hellyeah The heavy metal supergroup
performs Saturday, Feb. 20. Tickets: $30-$60.
Cole Swindell The country singer known
for hits like Let Me See Ya Girl performs
Saturday, Feb. 27. Tickets: $40-$80.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts

1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo.
Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
The annual chocolate buffet featuring
Cascada de Flores is 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14.
Tickets: $20-$40.
Sawyer Brown performs at 8 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 15. This country band has more than 50
chart singles, and is winner of CMA, ACM and
CMT Awards. Tickets: $55-$70. VIP Tickets:
$130. with special pre-show party with meet
El Paso Scene
and greet for first three rows of seats in center

orchestra.
Bettman & Halpin Trio performs at 7 p.m.
Jan. 23. Bettman & Halpins music takes the listener from up-tempo down home fiddlin to
soulful sorrowful ballads, to super hooky
folk/pop with catchy melodies and lyrics.
Tickets: $10-$30
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts
Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12

miles north of downtown Ruidoso).
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
or spencertheater.com.
Pre-show buffets are at 5 p.m.; cost is $20.
Cinderella Moscow Festival Ballet presents its version of the classic fairy tale at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 28. Under the artistic direction
of Sergei Radchenko, this company of 50 professional dancers shares the age-old, rags-toriches fairy tale with lyrical charm and physical
enchantment. Tickets: $39-$79.
Flashdance: The Musical The romantic
and dramatic Broadway hit inspired by the
1983 movie is 7 p.m. Feb. 14. Tickets: $39$75.
Zepparella: A Tribute to Led Zepplin
The all female Zeppelin powerhouse is 7 p.m.
Feb. 27. Tickets: $20-$30.
NM Tech Performing Arts Series

Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico
Techs Macey Center in Socorro, N.M. All seats
general admission. Information: nmtpas.org.
Presidential Chamber Music Series III: String
Quartets is Monday, Jan. 18. Admission is free.
Street Corner Symphony performs Friday,
Jan. 29. The a cappella group based out of
Nashville, Tenn. were runners-up on the second season of TVs Sing-Off. Tickets: $18 ($16
seniors, $14 youth.
January 2016
The goofy,
the bad
& the weird
El Paso Scenes 9th annual
Gecko Awards honor 2015s
strangest, dumbest and most
outrageous news items
Graphic design by Marcos Ochoa
By Lisa Kay Tate

hroughout the past year, El Paso
Scene once again scoured local
papers, television and radio stations
for the most face-to-palm-inducing regional news item.
El Pasos construction woes, the
Childrens Hospital bankruptcy battle and
the team of Larry Romero and Tommy
Gonzalez earned our Gecko of the Year,
Runner-up and Newsmakers of the Year
awards, respectively (see separate stories).
Heres the rest of best of the worst and
weird in 2015:
El Paso made the

national news when
a fight over a discounted television at a
local Wal-Mart resulted in
an elderly woman being
trampled upon by two
other rabid customers, and one off-duty
police officer getting punched and choked
trying to subdue an angry shopper.
Black eye Friday
The City of El Paso and a subcommittee

for the El Paso Animal Shelter were having trouble helping ease the citys shelter
into reduced euthanasia and eventually nokill status, because current software couldnt determine how many thousands of animals were being killed in the past year.
Dog and cat lives dont matter
NASCAR racer Kurt Bush, after being

accused of domestic abuse by his ex-girlfriend, El Paso native Patricia Driscoll,
said she was a trained assassin with experience killing drug lords. He cited a case in
El Paso where Driscoll left their hotel
wearing camouflage and combat boots.
and returning that evening in a trench coat
and a blood-splattered evening gown.
Maybe she was one of the Avengers
El Paso Fire Department cancelled a show

by electronic artist Steve Aoki shortly after
midnight because of a sewage leak at the
The night the music died
January 2016
Gecko of the Year:

construction woes
El Pasos ongoing constructionrelated mishaps, misunderstandings

and mess-ups made many wonder if the
city is moving ahead at all. The yearlong
frustration of delays and disappointments
over various hoped-for city improvements earned these construction woes
the collective Gecko of the Year Award.
Hopefully by next years Gecko
Awards, most of these will be merely
memories of bumps on the road to
progress.
No single project caused more dismay
than the renovations at San Jacinto Plaza.
While it took private enterprise less than
a year to tear down City Hall and build a
baseball stadium, the city has managed to
stretch the plaza project into a multi-year
fiasco. The plaza was originally supposed
to be ready by Christmas 2014; not only
did that fail to come to pass, but the
plazas beloved Christmas tree was nearly killed by construction work.
By May 4 of this year, the contractor
was being charged late fees. Hopes for
the traditional holiday decorations and
tree-lighting ceremony were dashed again
in December 2015 dues to ongoing
delays over completion of the canopy at
the center of the plaza, which required
special cables from Germany.
Also this year:
A contractor out of Mexico suddenly
abandoned a $154-million I-10 expansion
job, causing a scramble to find a replace-
venue. Aoki was able to move to another

location, only to be shut down at 2 a.m. by
the El Paso Police Department.
Researchers from New Mexico State
University, after testing several forms of
bug spray, oils and perfume, found
Does it also repel pesky admirers?
ment company to complete a section

alongside I-10 near Executive Center .
Another $2.5 million in projects involving a pedestrian overpass and a walkway
were delayed in September because they
werent ready when it was time to turn in
the funding applications.
An American flag mural at a new
Canutillo school had to be painted over
because its colors violated the earth-tone
color scheme of the neighborhood. An
agreement was later reached that allowed
the mural to be completed.
Construction for the long-anticipated
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, originally
expected to open by the spring of 2015,
was delayed by over a year because its
site had to be re-engineered.
Texas Department of Transportation
officials raised concerns that city staffers
may have allegedly asked contractors to
justify reimbursements for federally
funded projects after the fact.
Victorias Secrets Bombshell Eau de
Parfum is a great way to repel mosquitoes.
Sunland Park Councilor Francisco Jayme
was under investigation by the FBI for
swindling a couple in a series of real estate
transactions including selling his fore-
Sunland Park Diaries: Part I
El Paso Scene
Renovation of El Paso County

Sportspark, which started in October
2012 and was supposed to be competed
in mid-2013, has been mired in contract
disputes. The county finally chose a new
contractor to finish the project, hopefully
by Spring 2016.
West Side commuters found themselves spending more time than ever
waiting in traffic in recent months
due to simultaneous construction
projects on I-10 and Paisano Drive.
The addition of frontage roads along
the freeway and continuation of
Loop 375 on the West Side had to be
done at the same time because of funding
requirements, officials explained. Drivers
might want to invest in audiobooks and
satellite radio the projects are expected to last several years.
The public artwork of artist Margarita
Cabrera was also in the spotlight several
times this year. City officials ordered the
removal of her controversial sculpture
Uplift, (that included gun fragments
confiscated from drug traffickers) just as
it was being installed on the new roundabout on Country Club Road. This resulted in accusations and legal threats that
lasted until November. At press time, an
agreement reportedly had been reached to
re-install a slightly redesigned version of
the sculpture.
In August, another version of the sculpture was removed from the Art Windows
display at the El Paso Airport for what
Cabrera said were censorship issues
regarding the information that accompanied the piece.
closed home without a clear title. The
councilor was ousted from his home in
May after not paying rent for more than
seven years, owing around $1 million.
Josh Klever Winkler, DJ for the group

Yelawolf, was arrested for public drunken-
Never drink and DJ
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ness, assaulting an events promoter and

resisting arrest when he fell over several
times during his performance at the Texas
Showdown and Tattoo Music Festival.
Happiness is
El Paso in
your rearview mirror?
According to
U.S. Census
estimates released this year, El Paso was
the top city Americans ditched from
2013 to 2014. Nearly 8,500 left the city to
live other places during that time.
Both El Paso and Las Cruces dropped in
ranks in the latest Milken Institute rankings for Best-Performing Cities in the
nation, due to poorly performing
economies. El Paso dropped from 53rd to
121st in one year in large metro areas, and
Las Cruces dropped from 55th to 120th in
the small metro rankings.
Maybe this was why
Sunland Park City councilor Daniel De

Los Santos, 22, was indicted on two
counts of giving alcohol to a minor for
supplying beers for his teenage girlfriend
and a friend.
Sunland Park Diaries: Part 2
According to VA data, El Paso veterans

had a waiting period of 17 days on average
for mental health appointments, nearly
twice the waiting time of every other area
in Texas.
Dishonoring our vets
A 61-year-old man was left homeless

when he was evicted from a Lower Valley
nursing facility during a smoke break.
The man stepped outside for a cigarette
only to find the door locked and his personal items removed from his room. His
family had to take him to a hospital while
looking for another care facility.
Tender loving meanness
Maybe the list-makers

had too much to drink
The Delaware-based on-line magazine,

24/7, posted an article in November listing
the drunkest cities in each state, and both
El Paso and Las Cruces shared top honors
for Texas and New Mexico respectively. El
Paso also took the lists top honors as
drunkest city in the nation. But the listing
apparently was a mistake, and El Paso was
taken off the list, leaving Corpus Christi as
the most inebriated city in Texas.
A ranking by the online publication
TotalBeauty.com, listed El Paso as having
the ugliest men in the nation, based on of
lack of gyms, obesity, smoking and sales
of contraceptives and sex toys.
and this is why we drink
A health study conducted by the Robert Wood

Johnson Foundation
and the University of
Wisconsin Population
Health Institute found
or maybe this is the reason
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Among the various news stories

contending for top Gecko honors,
none consistently made headlines
more than the dispute between El
Paso Childrens Hospital and
University Medical Center.
In May, Childrens Hospital filed for
bankruptcy blaming a failure to mediate a dispute with UMC over millions
due in unpaid rent. At one point,
Childrens Hospital claimed the debt
really wasnt for rent at all, but was a
ploy to receive federal funding.
A settlement was finally reached in
December, after seven months of
embarrassing legal battles between the
two as well as the resignation of
several Childrens Hospital board
members and UMC CEO Jim Valenti
(effective in 2016).
The big winners appeared to be the
attorneys and consultants, who earned
millions of dollars in fees while the
battle raged, although those fees are
still in dispute. The big losers, according to former bankruptcy lawyer and
trustee Andy Krafsur, are taxpayers
who give up over $48 million in back
rent owed by Childrens Hospital.
Oh ... and one of the provisions in
the agreement that Childrens Hospital
insisted on was one that barred
Krafsur from serving on a future El
Paso Children's Hospital board.
For complexity and confusion that
made the Childrens Hospital financial collapse El Pasos own version of
The Big Short, this story received
the 2015 Gecko Runner-up Award.
Runner-up: Childrens Hospital
El Paso Countys cases of sexually transmitted disease, especially Chlamydia, far

exceeded both statewide and national
rates.
El Paso State Rep. Joe Pickett was named
one of the states ten worst lawmakers by
Texas Monthly, due to his creating a
scene in a recent legislative session.
Pickett had another member of the legislature removed on suspicion of improperly
registering witnesses. After an investigation, the Texas Rangers found no fault by
Pickett and recommended changes in the
witness registration process.
Picking on Pickett
Due to a typographical error the city

said was later corrected, a consultant hired
to calculate its demographic makeup
counted the citys Latino population at
around 43 percent.
Maybe the consultant was drunk
The publication U.S. News & World

Report had to amend their list of colleges
and universities ranked by enrollment of
Hispanic students, when it failed to
include UTEP in the list. UTEP is, in fact
No. 2 in the nation in Hispanic enrollment.
Cant anyone do their lists right?
A Facebook picture posted by Mexican

President Enrique Pea Nietos staff had a
picture of him in Downtown El Paso with
the caption Hoy en Ciudad Juarez.
These border cities all look alike
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January 2016
Geckos
phones security feature, which snapped a

clear selfie of the robber when he tried
to unlock the phone.
El Paso Water Utilities television campaign

fell under criticism because some said its
tagline El Paso Water Utilities Water
Forever contradicted the utilitys continued message of water conservation.
There goes the neighborhood
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This campaign dried up fast
According to an audit from the Office of

Inspector General, the Housing Authority
of the City of El Paso had the highest
number of people in the state of Texas living in public housing while exceeding the
maximum amount of income to qualify for
the housing. Three families exceeded this
amount by $40,000.
A 44-year-old man was arrested by U.S.
Customs and Border Protection officers
when they found a dollar bill-sized condom filled with heroin in his rectum.
Smack in the crack
A feature story about window shadings,

which ran in the El Paso Times in
February 2015, included speculations over
what kind of shading palettes might best
be used in the White House should either
McCain or Obama win the 2008 election.
Guess we held that story too long
While UTEP head basketball coach Tim

Floyd was serving a one-game suspension,
the Miners blew a 24-point lead against
Southern Miss (a team struggling with several losses that season), who came from
behind to beat the Miners by three points.
As a result, the Miners dropped to third
place in the C-USA play.
Dropping the ball
A mugger who robbed a man outside a

convenience store on Airway, making
away with his cell phone, triggered the
Say Freeze
January 2016
Las Cruces resident Luz Reza filed paperwork to change her last name to
Skywalker. The 20-year-old Star Wars fan
hopes to become a DEA agent.
Princess Leia wanted a sister
Finally, here are some of this years reasons to bring up the old questions of Who
watches the watchman? including:
A former U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Officer, after being reported on
Peeping Tom suspicions by one family,
was arrested for aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon, evading arrest and possession of marijuana, all in one night.
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent was
found guilty of attempted murder for
shooting his estranged wifes boyfriend, as
well as on counts of domestic violence.
Two individuals who managed to keep

their names in the news throughout the
year, and not in a good way, were El
Paso City Rep. Larry Romero and City
Manager Tommy Gonzalez. Together
they earned the Gecko Newsmakers of
the Year award.
Their joint exploits included the highly
criticized attempt to replace the citys
financial advisors with a company that
Romero once worked for; authorizing
speed bumps on Stanton Street in front
of Cathedral High School without seeking council approval, a request pushed
for by Romero, a Cathedral alumnus;
other controversial street projects
approved by Gonzalez and requested by
none other than Larry Romero, including repaving streets that were not on an
approved list, and the removal of a
recently built roundabout. Romero also
Gecko Newsmakers of the Year
Officers (& others) behaving badly
Individuals representing both El Paso

police and a firefighter (who referred to
the cops as pigs) became part of a juvenile social media squabble exchanging
ugly memes and remarks on Facebook.
Army Lt. Col. Dr. Richard Rooney pled
guilty for his role in a $7.3 million health
care fraud scheme, involving getting paid
by surgical-implant companies in exchange
for using their devices.
El Paso Scene
was criticized for being part of the City

Council majority that gave Gonzalez a
generous raise.
Romero also got in the news for nominating then withdrawing the nomination
of former County Commissioner Carlos
Aguilar to the City Plan Commission.
Aguilar had been implicated, but never
charged in a countywide corruption
investigation.
Gonzalez meanwhile was in the middle
of the city missing out on more than $40
million in possible funding for transportation projects through the
Metropolitan Planning Organization,
after the MPO deemed it ineligible or
deprogrammed. He also raised the ire
of the El Paso Historical Commission
when he announced the city would turn
down a $56,000 grant from the Texas
Historical Commission, saying there was
no guarantee it would benefit Downtown
revitalization and investments.
An off-duty police officer was arrested

on suspicion of drunk driving after he
crashed his Explorer into a wall on the
Border Highway.
The Doa Ana County Treasurer was
asked to step down after he was accused of
offering an employee money for sex.
Three Parkland High teachers and a
Parkland Middle School aid resigned after
their district, Ysleta ISD, investigated possible drug use. This included one teacher
testing positive for morphine (a drug the
teacher claimed was for an abscessed
tooth) and a custodian testing positive for
cocaine.
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Centennial Museum University at
Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30

Tuesday through Saturday. Closed through Jan.
4. Admission is free. Information: 747-8994,
747-6669 or museum.utep.edu.
Showing through Jan. 16: Juntos Art
Association exhibit, Icons and Symbols of the
Borderland, featuring familiar icons that
include Pancho Villa, La Virgen de Guadalupe,
and Cabeza de Vaca; and symbols such as
jaguars and monarch butterflies in an exhibition
rooted in the personal and collective consciousness of border life.
Permanent exhibits on the Third Floor focus
on the history of the Chihuahuan Desert. The
Chihuahuan Desert Gardens on the museum
grounds have more than 800 species of plants
native to the region.
The Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit is open to the
public for viewing 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Wednesday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first Sunday
of the month (Jan. 3). A museum representative will be on hand to answer questions.
El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study

Center 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday.
Admission is free. Information: 351-0048 or
elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
The museums annual Members Meeting is at
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in conjunction
with the commemoration of International
Holocaust Remembrance Day. During the
meeting, the winners of the inaugural Henry
Kellen Founders Award will be announced to
honor an outstanding volunteer or supporter.
Resistance fighter and survivor Maria Spronk
Hughes and her daughter Yvonne Ward
Hughes will present their book, The Red
Handkerchief, a memoir of Marias wartime
experiences, Thursday, Feb. 11.
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso

(west of U.S. 54). Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sundays,
Mondays and city holidays. Admission is free.
elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/.
Weekly archery and atl-atl (spear thrower)
demonstrations are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturdays.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. For exhibit

information, see Southwest Art Scene.
El Paso Museum of History 510 N.
Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday

through Saturday (until 9 p.m. Thursdays), and
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays and
city holidays. Museum admission is free, except
for selected exhibits. Information: 351-3588 or
elpasotexas.gov/history.
Jaime Knoedler, Community Engagement
Coordinator for the museum, will host a free
Teacher Professional Development inside look
at the DIGIE 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16,
Learn to create an account, upload photographs and explore different ways to use it in
your classroom.
Museum Selfie Day is 9 to 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 20. Take a selfie with a
favorite exhibit or object, post on Facebook;
winner gets a prize. Participation is free.
Showing Jan. 28-March 16: For All the
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World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle

for Civil Rights. In September 1955, shortly
after 14-year old Emmett Till was murdered by
white supremacists in Money, Mississippi, his
grieving mother, Mamie Till Bradley, distributed to newspaper and magazines a gruesome
black-and-white photograph of his mutilated
corpse. The mainstream media rejected the
photograph as inappropriate for publication,
but Bradley was able to turn to African
American periodicals for support. Bradley
explained that by witnessing with their own
eyes the brutality of segregation, Americans
would be more likely to support the cause of
civil rights.
Showing through May 29: Drawing on the
Past: El Paso during Artist Tom Leas
Childhood, 1907-1924.
The museums DIGIE (Digital Information
Gateway in El Paso) is a first-in-the-nation
interactive digital wall that examines El Pasos
people and cultures on giant 3-D touch-sensitive TV screens. Guests can upload photos at
digie.org and share their culture, history, heritage, family and more. The wall is open 9 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Monday to Sunday. Admission is free.
The museums Mini DIGIE will be at Veterans
Recreation Center, 5301 Salem, through Jan.
5, during regular center hours. Information:
821-8909.
Insights Science Center 521 Tays
Street (former Alamo Elementary). Hours are

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday,
and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5.50
($3.50 ages 4-12), with $1 discount for military
and family. Information: insightselpaso.org, 5340000 or on Facebook at InsightsElPasoScience
Center.
A Ray Day Chess Day and Stimuli event is 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2. Players can
compete against local chess expert Ray
Fourzan. Awards for players who win or last
the longest against Fourzan. Participants must
bring a board, pieces and score sheet. Stimuli
events begin at 9:30 a.m.
Chess classes for players of all ages are noon
to 2 p.m. Sundays, starting Jan. 10, with
instructor Jose Plasencia. Cost: $40/four weeks.
Register at 783-7203 or
realplasencia@yahoo.com.
Maker Movement Takeover is noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 24, featuring DIY projects for
your home. Learn to make brush bots, play
with Makey Makeys, build light covers and discover more ideas for the home as well as
Internet tips. Participation is free with Insights
admission.
Exhibits include Electrifying Energy, Tales
Told by Trees, Science of Natural Disasters,
Earth: Pole to Pole, Space and Space
Exploration, Fun with Physics and Young
Scientists at Work.
Los Portales Museum and Visitor

Center 1521 San Elizario Road. The museum is operated by the San Elizario Genealogy
and Historical Society, and is housed in an
1850s Territorial-style building across from the
San Elizario church. It offers gifts, family trees,
historical artifacts as well as information on the
First Thanksgiving and the Salt War of 1877.
Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is
free. Information: 851-1682.
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Museum
Las Cruces area
Magoffin Home State Historic Site

1120 Magoffin. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday. Visitors can begin
their tour at the Visitor Center across the
street (1117 Magoffin, a recently restored 1901
home). Tours on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m.
Spanish language tours offered Thursday
through Saturday; call for availability. Cost: $4
($3 ages 6-18). Admission is free to Visitor
Center. Group tours available with advance
registration. Information: 533-5147 or visitmagoffinhome.com.
A celebration of the birthday of Joseph
Magoffin is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. Learn
about this early pioneer and his contributions
to El Paso. Free cake and ice cream.
Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las

Cruces. hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday. Information: (575) 541-2154, lascruces.org/museums or on Facebook.
Showing through Jan. 23:
Remembering the Mays, an exhibit celebrating local history and one of Las Cruces
pioneering families.
The Beggars of Venice, by Ed Smith. The
suite of drawings captures the many characters
of the most present but often unnoticed residents of Venice, Italy.
The monthly History Notes Lecture Series is
1 p.m. the second Thursday of each month.
The 2016 series will focus on Latino American
history in the Southwest. Schedule to be
announced.
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National Border Patrol Museum and

Memorial Library 4315 Transmountain
Drive. The museum, in Northeast El Paso just

west of U.S. 54, features the history of the
Border Patrol with uniforms, equipment, photographs, guns, motor vehicles, airplanes, boats
and other items, including hands-on exhibits for
kids. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and major
holidays. Admission is free. Information: 7596060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com.
Rafael Garcas Boxing Museum The

boxing museum named for The Legend
Rafael Garca is now open at 6519 N. Mesa.
The museum shows his achievements, as well
as those of boxing and Lucha Libres greats,
along with art and other exhibits. Information,
hours: 346-5085.
San Elizario Veterans Museum and

Memorial Walk 1501-B Main Street in
San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission
is free. Information: Ann Lara, 345-3741 or Ray
Borrego, 383-8529.
Tigua Indian Cultural Center 305
Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta

Mission. The center features a museum on the
Tigua tribe, offering a glimpse of five centuries
of Pueblo history and tradition. Hours are 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Free childrens activities daily. Admission is
free. Information: 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org.
U.S. Army Heritage Center of the

NCO Building 11331, Staff Sergeant Simms
St., Biggs Army Airfield. Equipment and uniforms used by sergeants and other NCOs
through the years are displayed. Admission:
free. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Information: 744-8646.
War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport
Road, Doa Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and
military; free for children under 12.
Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-airmuseum.com.
The warbirds of World War II and Korea, and
other historic military aircraft, are displayed in
a 54,000-square-foot building and surrounding
area. The collection of more than 30 aircraft
and 40 automobiles includes the P-51 Mustang,
P-38 Lightning, A-26 Invader and the German
Fieseler-Storch. Among later aircraft are the F86 Sabre and MiG-15s.
To get there: Take the Artcraft exit off
Interstate 10, head west to Santa Teresa and
follow signs to the airport and museum.
January 2016
Branigan Cultural Center Branigan
Las Cruces Museum of Nature and

Science 411 N. Main in the Las Cruces
Downtown Mall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. during the First
Friday Ramble. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Information: (575) 522-3120 or lascruces.org/museums.
The family Science, Nature, and Art Program
(SNAP!) program is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Saturday in the atrium.
Animal Encounters are 11:30 a.m. Saturdays.
Evolved presentations are 3 p.m. Fridays,
with a lecture and craft or hands-on activity,
for all ages.
Family Science Saturdays are 10 a.m. every
Saturday, for all ages.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the nature center
is 5 to 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month as
part of the Downtown Ramble.
Free hands-on activities based on the PBS
program FETCH! are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturdays at the Farmers Market.
Pre-K Thursdays are 9 a.m. every Thursdays,
for ages 6 and younger. Topics on a rotating
schedule, and include Planeteers!, Grandma
Monas Science Story Time, Nature Kids and
Dinosaur Train.
Free Pre-K Thursdays are 9 a.m. every
Thursday, for ages 3 to 5.
Planeteers is 3 to 5 p.m. second Thursday of
month. Jan. 14: Explore the Solar System.
Science Cafe round table discussions are 5:30
p.m. the last Thursday of the month. Use
Water Street entrance after 5 p.m.
Las Cruces Railroad Museum The
museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N.

Mesilla (at Las Cruces avenue west of the
Downtown Mall). Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. during the First
Friday Ramble. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Admission is free. Information: (575) 647-4480
or museums.las-cruces.org.
Brown Bag lectures are noon to 1 p.m. the
second Tuesday of the month.
Rail Readers Book Club meets at 11 a.m. the
third Wednesday of each month.
Family Game Day is 10 a.m. to noon the second Saturday of each month. Families can try
out early 20th century games and puzzles.
Mrs. Pricketts Story Time is 11 a.m. the second Thursday of each month for all ages.
Related activity for preschool children follows.
Young Rail Readers Club meets 3 to 4 p.m.
the third Wednesday of the month, for third
through fifth grade students. Free.
Learn to play Train Dominoes 1 to 4 p.m.
the fourth Saturday of each month.
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NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hours

are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 for
adults, $4 seniors 60 and older; $3 children age
4-17; free for museum members, veterans and
children age 3 and under. Information: (575)
522-4100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
The monthly Culture Series presents a closer
look at the museums new exhibit: In a
Nutshell: Growing Nuts in New Mexico with
local historian and researcher Chris Schurtz at
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. The evening will also
feature nut samples. Admission: $2 donation.
The exhibit, which runs through Sept. 26,
covers each of the states top nuts pions,
peanuts, pecans, and pistachios and how and
why they are grown and harvested.
A childrens activity, Its Just Nuts, is 9 to
11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, for ages 7 to 12,
Explore the relationship between birds and
squirrels with New Mexicos nut trees, dissect
pine cones and make peanut butter pine cone
bird feeders. Fee: $5; registration required.
The annual Antique Treasures Day behindthe-scenes look at the museums preservation
program and collections is noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 31. Tour the museums storage
room of more than 10,000 artifacts. Visitors
are invited to bring in objects this year to learn
more about them and how to preserve them.
Showing through April 3 in the Arts Corridor:
Linda Hagen: Light Affects. A love of animals,
the West, and nature inspire the paintings of
the Las Cruces artist.
The museum also features domestic animals
on site. Pony rides for children offered 10 a.m.
to noon Saturdays, near the Horse and Cattle
Barn. Tickets: $5 per ride (available in the
lobby or near the barn).
NMSU Art Gallery D.W. Williams Art

Center, 1390 E. University, Las Cruces. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Admission is free. Parking free on
weekends and after 5 p.m. on weekdays.
Information: (575) 646-2545 or uag.nmsu.edu.
NMSU Museum Kent Hall, University at

Solano, Las Cruces. noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday. Admission is free. Information:
(575) 646-5161 or nmsu.edu/museum/.
White Sands Missile Range Museum

and Missile Park Exhibits feature the
Trinity Site, the V-2 rocket and more. An outdoor Missile Park displays rockets and missiles
tested on the range. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Closed on federal holidays. Free admission. Visitors must provide a
current license, car registration and proof of
insurance. Information, directions: (575) 6788824 (local call) or wsmr-history.org.
Also
Deming Luna Mimbres Museum 301

S. Silver, Deming, N.M. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is
free. Information: (575) 546-2382, 1-800-8484955 or lunacountyhistoricalsociety.com.
Geronimo Springs Museum 211 Main
in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Hours are 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 ($2.50 students 6 to 18; free for ages 5 and younger).
Family rates: $15. Information: (575) 894-6600
or geronimospringsmuseum.com.
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Hubbard Museum of the American

West 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to
Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours are

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday
(closed Tuesday and Wednesday). Docent-led
tours of permanent exhibits are 10 a.m.
Fridays. Admission: $7 ($5 for seniors, military;
$2 children 6-16; free for children 5 and
younger and museum members). Information:
(575) 378-4142 or hubbardmuseum.org.
Museum of the Big Bend Sul Ross
State University (Entrance 3), Hwy 90 in

Alpine, Texas. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Guided tours available. Admission is
free, donations accepted. Information: (432)
837-8143, museum@sulross.edu or museumofthebigbend.com.
Showing through March 31: Tom Lea: A
Retrospective. Over 20 original works of art
from the El Paso Museum of Art.
Through Aug. 31: Jim Bones: 50 Years of
Bagging Light in the Big Bend. In 1965 Bones
began a lifelong career working with a largeformat camera that makes 45 inch transparent slides. He has published several books of
photography. He has lived throughout Texas
and New Mexico, and currently lives in Alpine.
New Mexico Museum of Space

History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The
museum features the International Space Hall

of Fame and the Tombaugh IMAX Dome
Theater and Planetarium.
Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4
ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free). Call
for school tours and group ticket arrangements. Information: (877) 333-659, (575) 4372840 or nmspacemuseum.org.
The Launch Pad Lecture Series runs the 9 to
11 a.m. the first Friday of each month. The
Jan. 8 topic is Seeing the Invisible Universe:
Exploring with SOFIA with museum educator
Michael Shinabery and science educator Jeff
Killebrew of the New Mexico School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired . Admission is free;
coffee and donuts provided.
For IMAX schedule, see Film Scene.
Combo tickets available (included museum
entrance and one IMAX ticket): $10 ($9
seniors and military, $7 children.
Registration is open for the museumss summer science camps for kids in grades K-9.
Sacramento Mountains Historical

Museum U.S. 82 across from the
Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and
Saturday. Admission: $5 ($3 ages 6 to 12).
Information: (575) 682-2932.
Silver City Museum 312 W. Broadway,
Silver City, in the historic H.B. Ailman House.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the first Friday of
the month. Admission: $3 suggested donation.
Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947
(out of town), or silvercitymuseum.org.
Toy Train Depot Alameda Park, 1991
N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. An actual

train depot built in 1898, the building now
houses more than 1,200 feet of model railroad
track and hundreds of model and toy trains.
Hours are noon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday. Admission: $4. Information:
(575) 437-2855, toytraindepot.homestead.com.
The 1/5 scale train track offers rides around
Alameda Park 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday. Cost: $4.
January 2016
Franklin Mountains State Park Most
hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the

Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on
the west side of the park (east of I-10).
Entry fee is $5 per person, free for age 12 and
under (with family). Correct cash or check
only. Group rates available. Hours are 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441 or on
Facebook at FranklinMountainsSP.
Guided hikes and bike rides are $3 additional
fee ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free). Bring water,
snacks, sturdy shoes/boots, hiking stick, maps
and binoculars. Dogs welcome on leash on
some hikes. Reservations required: 566-6441
ext. 221, 224 or
adrianna.weickhardt@tpwd.state.tx.us.
Guided Beginners New Years Mountain
Bike Ride is 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1.
New Years Day Hike is 10 a.m. Friday, Jan.
1, to Schaeffer Shuffle Trail.
Womens Hike to West Cottonwood Springs
is 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16.
Peak Fitness Challenge Hike to North
Franklin Peak is 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23.
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park UTEPs
Center for Environmental Resource

Management offers free guided walking tours
and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands
Park in El Pasos Mission Valley. Tours last
about two hours. Information: 747-8663 or riobosque.org.
Bird tour is 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9.
Community workday is 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
16.
Introductory tour is 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17.
Bird survey is 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside
Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan
American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles.
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society
The societys monthly meeting and program

is at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at the Centennial
Museum on the UTEP campus. El Paso Zoo
veterinarian Dr. Vikki Milne will discuss the
zoos efforts to help injured raptors recover.
Open to the public. Information: Scott, 5816071 or trans-pecos-audubon.com.
The societys annual Awards dinner and program is Saturday, Feb. 20.
A Martin Luther King weekend birding trip to
Phoenix is Friday through Monday, Jan. 15-18.
Open to the public. Information: Mark Perkins,
637-3521.
Franklin Mountains Wilderness

Coalition and Friends of the Rio
Bosque The two nature groups will hold a
joint annual meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.

20, at the El Paso Club, 18th floor Chase
Tower, 201 E. Main. Cash bar with buffet dinner. Cost is $25. Reservations (by Jan. 13):
Send check to Pat White, Treasurer, FMWC,
10525 Texwood, El Paso TX 79925.
Speaker is David Soules, who played a major
role in the creation of the Organ Mountains
Desert Peaks National Monument.
Gene Roddenberry Planetarium The
El Paso Independent School District

Planetarium, 6531 Boeing (District
Administration Building), hosts monthly evening
programs for the public. Admission is free; but
seating is very limited. Tickets available on a
first come, first-serve basis 30 minutes prior to
the show (no large groups). No advance tickets
January 2016
given away; dates and times subject to change.

Information:grplanetarium.weebly.com.
The next program is at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan 22:
Earth, Moon & Sun. The planetarium program also will visit the winter sky as seen from
El Paso.
El Paso Zoo 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo
Entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Zoo admission is $12 for ages 13 to 59; $9 for
ages 60 and older and active duty military
(including spouse) with ID; $7.50 ages 3 to 12;
and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo members
admitted free. The Zoo will be closed New
Years Day. Information: 532-8156, 521-1850
or elpasozoo.org.
Meet The Keeper talks are 10:30 to 3:15
p.m. at various locations throughout the zoo.
African Star Train ride tickets are $2 plus
tax ($1.50 for children and society members).
Asian Elephant Training Encounters scheduled
at noon daily.
Christmas Tree Recycling The City of
El Paso Environmental Services Citizen

Collections Sites will accept Christmas Trees
Dec. 26 through mid-January. Hours are 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Information: 212-6000 or elpasotexas.gov/environmental-services.
Locations:
Westside/Upper Valley, 121 Atlantic
Central, 2492 Harrison
Northeast, 4501 Hondo Pass (entrance off
Stahala)
Eastside, 1034 Pendale
Southside, 4200 Delta.
Marie Otero Salon

& Florence Street Gallery
1015 N. Florence
at Arizona
2 blocks north
of Montana
588-4247By Apppointment
Where hair, makeup

& art come together
Hair & Makeup by Marie
Marie Otero has over 30 years of salon experience

and is a frequent fashion consultant
for local film and television productions
Youth Plus 1 Hiking Program The
City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation

Department offers a Youth + 1 (parent) hiking
program for ages 12-15 that provides hikes in
length from 3 to 7 miles. Participants required
to wear hiking boots, hats, a backpack, and
bring water and a lunch. Hikes are 3 to 7 miles
long, and take place every other Saturday to
sites such as Dripping Springs, Filmore Canyon,
Soledad Canyon, Branson Canyon and more.
Admission is free, but space is limited. Register
at Frank OBrien Papen Community Center,
304 W. Bell. Information: (575) 541-2454.
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic

Site The site is famed for many Native
American rock paintings and unique geology.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission: $7
(free for children 12 and younger). Additional
activity cost for tours (including morning hike):
$2 (free for age 4 and younger). Information:
857-1135 or texasstateparks.gov. Reservations
are recommended for the self-guided area and
for camping: (512) 389-8900.
Tours offered Wednesday through Sunday, by
prior arrangement at 849-6684 or 857-1135.
Participants must carry at least one bottle of
water per person. Pets not allowed on tours,
and may not be left unattended in vehicles.
Pictograph tours are 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.;
rock climbing/bouldering tours are 9:30, 10 and
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; hiking tours are 9, 9:30 and
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. during winter months, by
advance request only.
Birding tours are 8:30 a.m. on the third
Saturday of the month (Jan. 16, Feb. 20).
Advance sign-up encouraged.
Bring water and good shoes for all hikes.
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To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S.

Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco
Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775.
North Mountain is available for self-guided day
use, for up to 70 people at a time; reservations
recommended. There is an annual orientation
program for visitors. Guided access is offered
to the rest of the site. Picnicking allowed at ten
tables closest to headquarters. Wood and charcoal fires are not permitted. Bicycles permitted
only on designated paved areas. Pets allowed
only in camping or picnic areas. Call for reservations and other information: 857-1135.
There are campground sites with water and
electric, as well as water-only tent sites.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park

5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. All events free
with park admission, unless listed otherwise.
Hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday; call for seasonal variations. Day use fee:
$5 per vehicle ($40 annual pass). Information:
(575) 523-4398.
Audubon Bird Walks are 7:15 a.m. Saturdays,
led by park volunteers.
Ranger-led Nature Hikes are 2:30 p.m.
Sundays.
Fitness in Nature walks with the Second
Chance Walker Program are 8:30 a.m. every
Saturday beginning at the Visitor Center.
Bring binoculars, water, sunscreen; wear hiking shoes.
White Sands National Monument

The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles
southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70.
Visitor Center hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

through Jan. 3; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 4-March
12. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through
Feb. 22. Entrance fee: $5 age 16 and older.
Free for children. Information: (575) 479-6124,
ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to
nps.gov/whsa.
Sunset strolls are offered daily one hour
before sunset (4 p.m. through Jan. 3; 4:15
p.m. Jan. 9-22, and 4:30 p.m. Jan. 23-Feb. 5).
The 2016 Step into the Past series of the year
begins the yearlong party celebrating 100 years
of conservation, and the history of the National
Park Service, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, with
Lets Celebrate! The National Park Service is
turning 100 years old.
Lake Lucero Tour is 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30.
Reservations required; accepted one month in
advance on the park website. Program fee; $8
($4 age 15 and younger).
Skins and Skulls mammal identification talks
are 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the Visitor
Center.
Tent talks are 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
110 miles east of El Paso on the way to

Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the
highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749
feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good
for one week and all trails. Pine Springs Visitor
Center hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Camping is $8 per site per night. Information:
(915) 828-3251 or nps.gov.
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park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the

Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information:
(575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave.
Winter hours: Visitor Center open 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily; tours available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Last entry into cave via natural entrance is
2 p.m. with last entry into cave via elevator
3:30 p.m. (be in line to exit cave by 4:30 p.m.).
Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2
hours for Big Room tour of the Caverns. Cost
is $10 (free or ages 15 and younger). The
parks audio self-guided tour is $3 extra (also
available in Spanish).
Other guided tours are available; call or check
website for details.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State

Park 1504 Miehls Drive N., Carlsbad, N.M.
Admission: $5 ($3 ages 7-12; free for 6 and

under). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last entry
at 3:30 p.m.). Information: (575) 887-5516.
First Day Hike is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 1. Walk the 1.3 mile interpretive trail.
The zoo features animals native to the
Chihuahuan Desert, in natural desert surroundings. A large greenhouse is devoted to succulents and cactus from around the world. The
headquarters building includes exhibits on minerals, history, archaeology and other subjects.
New Mexico State Parks Day-use fee
is $5 when visiting any state park. Camping

fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for developed
site (electrical hookup $4 extra). All programs
are free with park entrance, unless otherwise
listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or
nmparks.com.
Leasburg Dam 12712 State Park Road in
Radium Springs, two miles off Interstate 25 at
Exit 19. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for day use.
Information: (575) 5244068.
First Day Hike is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 1, with a moderate walking tour of the
Mogollon trail and visit geothermal springs
located along the riverbed at Leasburg Dam.
Dark Sky Observation is 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9,
Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Information:
(575) 744-5923.
El Paso Scene
Historic First Day Hike is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 1, beginning at overlook on SR
51/177. Park fees waived for the event.
Rockhound State Park, five miles south of
Deming on State Road 11 and then east on
Rockhound Road (State Road 141) for nine
miles. Day use hours: 7:30 a.m. to sunset.
Information: (575) 546-6182 or (575) 7445998.
First Day Hike is 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan.
1, at the Jasper Trail.
A Star Party is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
6.
Caballo Lake State Park, 60 miles north of
Las Cruces on Interstate 25. Information: (575)
527-8386. A Bird Photography guided hike with
photography instruction is 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 24. Participants are invited to stay for a
potluck.
Percha Dam State Park, 60 miles north of Las
Cruces on Interstate 25.
A Bird Photography guided hike with photography instruction is 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
23. Participants are invited to stay for a
potluck.
City of Rocks 327 Hwy 61, in Faywood,
N.M. Information: (575) 536-2800.
The 5th annual First Day Hike is 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, in the Pegasus North area.
Moderate hike.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National

Monument 44 miles north of Silver City
on NM Highway 15 in the middle of the majestic Gila Wilderness, the first and one of the
largest wilderness areas. Entrance fee: $5 per
person; $10 per family. Information: (575) 5369461 or nps.gov/gicl.
The trail to the cliff dwellings is open from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. year round. Everyone must be
off the trail by 5 p.m. Visitor center is open 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Alameda Park Zoo Alameda Park, 1321

North White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70),
Alamogordo. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Admission: $2.50 ($1.50 ages 3-11 and 60 and
older; free for ages 2 and younger).
Information: (575) 439-4290.
Aguirre Spring Campground The
Organ Mountain recreational area, run by the

federal Bureau of Land Management, is off U.S.
70 about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Fifty-five
family camping and picnic sites, plus two group
areas. Day-use fee is $3 per vehicle.
Information: (575) 525-4300.
Dripping Springs Natural Area The

recreational area is at the base of the Organ
Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road.
The visitor center and main trail is open 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. for the winter months.
Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets allowed
(except for assistance animals). Information:
(575) 522-1219.
Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso
Desert Botanical Garden 4200
Doniphan (across from Frontera). Hours are 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission: $3 (free for members). Information:
584-0563, keystoneheritagepark.org or elpasobotanicalgardens.org.
The parks 2-acre Botanical Garden, funded
by the Rotary Club of El Paso and the Junior
League, features native plants, amphitheater,
butterfly garden, wedding garden, childrens
maze, and a Butterfly House.
Keystone Heritage Park has 189 species of
migratory and local birds, and a 4,500-year-old
archaeological site.
The site is open for bird watching 9:30 a.m. to
noon the second and last Saturday of the
month.
January 2016
political science professor at a

prominent Christian university
was put on administrative leave
recently for declaring that Muslims and
Christians worship the same God.
The highly publicized incident sparked
another round of debate over the differences between Islam and Christianity.
Interestingly, even many conservative
Christians are divided on the question:
Some, especially Catholics, agree that
both religions worship the same Creator;
others consider the contrasts too great to
call each others God the same God.
As is often the case when the answers
are so much at odds, the problem is the
question itself. Asking whether the
Muslim Allah and the Christian God are
really the same does not lead to a meaningful understanding.
Imagine a banquet hall filled with people celebrating the 60th birthday of a
company owner. Everyone in the room
knows the guest of honor. Some are
family and some are employees.
Because the honoree is well-known,
even the caterers and banquet hall workers know him.
Everyone is honoring the same person.
But their relationships with that person
vary widely.
The mans family know him in intimate, personal ways and see him as a
loving, kind father and husband. His
industry colleagues may view him as a
friendly competitor, someone they
respect but dont entirely trust. His
employees might view him as a stern
taskmaster and might be attending the
Haunted History The nonprofit Paso del
Norte Paranormal Society offers a variety of

ghost tours. Age 13 and older welcome,
unless otherwise listed. Youths must be accompanied by an adult age 21 or older.
Information/reservations: 274-9531 or
help@ghosts915.com. The Societys offices are
at the Ghosts915 Paranormal Research Center,
108 E. San Antonio.
Concordia Cemetery Ghost Tours are 9 to
11 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 2 and 9, at the cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell. Meet at 8:30 p.m. at the
Yandell entrance. Proceeds benefit restoration
and preservations efforts for the cemetery.
Tickets: $15.
Downtown Ghost Tour is 9 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 16. Meet at 8:30 p.m. at 108 E.
San Antonio. Tickets: $15.
Haunted Brothel Tour is 9 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 23. Meet at 108 E. San Antonio
at 8:30 p.m. Cost: $15, adults only.
Fort Bayard tours Fort Bayard Historic
Preservation Society hosts walking tours of the

historic fort 9:30 a.m. Saturdays, Jan. 9 and
23, at Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark,
six miles east of Silver City, N.M. Meet at the
museum (House 26) beginning at 9:15 a.m.
Tour takes about 90 minutes. Admission is
free. Information, group tours: (575) 388-4477
(575) 388-9123 or fortbayard.org.
The 2016 Fort Bayard Membership Dinner is
Saturday, Jan. 16, at Silver City Womans Club,
411 Silver Heights (on Hwy 180) in Silver City,
N.M. Social time begins at 6 p.m., dinner
begins at 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker is author
January 2016
party simply out of duty, in fear that

their absence might be noticed.
The caterers and banquet hall workers
simply acknowledge him as someone
important, although they have virtually
no relationship with him at all and the
next day he will be far from their
thoughts.
Is the 60-year-old honoree the same
person to everyone? Of course but
they cant really celebrate him the same
way because their relationships with him
are so different.
Its relationship, not religion, that
defines how we worship God.
There are Christians whose relationship
with God seems so foreign from my
own that its hard to believe that we
have anything in common. There are
people who adhere to other religions
whose relationship with God seem very
close to my own.
Maybe some find that theologically
hard to defend. But go back to my banquet analogy. The 3-year-old granddaughter who idolizes the guest of honor
may know him less than anyone else in
an intellectual sense, but her relationship
may be the richest of all.
Randy Limbird is editor of

El Paso Scene. Comments?
Send to randy@epscene.com
Thomas Phillips, coauthor of The Black

Regulars, 1866-1898. Information, reservations: (575) 388-4477 or (575) 388-5862.
Harvey Girls of El Paso The Harvey

Girls of El Paso Texas 1906-1948 hosts monthly meetings 2 to 4 p.m. the second Monday of
the month at the Union Depot Passenger
Station, 700 San Francisco. The Jan. 11 program is Harvey Houses of Texas, presented
by Patricia Kiddney. Admission is free.
Southwest Chapter of Railway &
Locomotive Historical Society The
society meets 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at

Tosca Stone Oven Pizzeria, 4017 N. Mesa.
Program is Connecticut Yankee Soldiers ride
the railroads to the Southwest to chase Pancho
Villa presented by Ric Brightman. Open to the
public. Information: 591-2326.
El Paso Corral of the Westerners
The monthly dinner program is 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 15, at Country Inn and Suites, 900
Sunland Park Dr. Program is Vignettes of El
Pasos Wild Women presented by Bob
Chessy. Cost: $20. RSVP needed by Jan. 11:
759-9538. Information: 591-2326.
EPHS Centennial Legacy Series El
Paso High School Alumni Association will celebrate the schools centennial with a series of
presentations at the school, at 800 E. Schuster,
All performances begin at 7 p.m. on selected
Thursdays and are free. Jan. 21: Architecture
and Trost. Information: 526-2250 or
friedalee@aol.com.
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containing sketches of the composers friends.
January 22/23, 2016, 7:30pm

Plaza Theater
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Agave Rosa Gallery 905 Noble. Hours

Saturday. Information: 533-8011 or
agaverosagallery.com. Showing through Jan.
30: Metamorfosis, a collective exhibition by
30 local artists from Ciudad Juarez, who belong
to the Artistas Unidos De Juarez Association.
Art Avenue Gallery The gallery space is
at 1618 Texas, Suite E. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5

p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Information: 2134318 or theartave.com.
Showing through Jan. 9: Mestizoan,
abstract paintings by Erin Galvez inspired by reconceptualizing traditions. She will conduct a
workshop Thursday, Jan. 7, at the gallery. See
Gallery Talk, Page 35.
Bert Saldana Art Gallery 1501 Main

Street in the San Elizario Arts District. Hours
are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to
4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 479-2926 or bertsaldana.com.
Chispa de El Paso The new gallery will

present primitive abstracts and psychedelic
memories on canvas and prints at the Art
Junction, 500 West Paisano, Studio #30, 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays,
Jan. 7-30. Information: 449-1582 or chispadeelpaso.artistwebsites.com and
chispa.artspan.com.
Crossland Gallery The El Paso Art

Associations gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in the
Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturdays. Gallery closed through Jan. 5.
Admission is free. Information: 534-7377,
office@elpasoartassociation.com or
CrosslandArtGallery.com.
Showing Jan. 15-Feb. 13: The 2nd annual
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conFIGUREation two figurative exhibit and

sale. This years judge is UTEP Professor of Art
Tom Birkner.
Opening reception is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 15; with a book signing by El Paso author
Jim Murphy for his new book Favorite El
Pasoans Past and Present.
Artwork based on the human figure or portrait accepted through Jan. 6.
El Paso Art Association EPAAs general

meeting is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at the
Crossland Gallery, 500 W. Paisano (at Durango)
in the Art Junction. El Paso and Los Angeles
artist, Frank Valdez will do an oil painting demo
using a live model. Everyone is welcomed to
bring their sketch pads to draw and take notes.
elpasoartassociation.com.
El Paso Museum of Art One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays.
Admission is free. Information: 212-0330 or
elpasoartmuseum.org.
Showing Jan. 31-May 22: Desert Triangle
Print Carpeta, an exhibition by self-styled art
agitator KRRRL (Karl Whitaker).
Showing through Jan. 24: Hal Marcus: Lyric
Modern.
Showing through Jan. 29: Marc Chagall,
The Green Violinist (Modern Masters Series)
IV Biennial Ciudad Jurez/El Paso Biennial by

S-Mart runs through Feb. 7 at the museum
and the Museo de Arte de Cd. Juarez. Featured
artists from both Mexico and the United States
will have one piece featured at each museum.
Showing through May 1, Cristos, Vrgenes y
Santos: Highlights from the Hamilton
Collection, with 158 retablos and other items
from the collection of retablo collector and historian Nancy Hamilton.
Artists on Art with Roya Mansourkhani runs
through May 6.
Drop-in Art Workshop for all ages is 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2.
Monthly Spark Saturday activities are 10:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. Most activities
are free.
Winter adult classes begin Jan. 23. See museum site for schedule.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and

Gift Shop Award-winning impressionist
Alberto Escamillas studio is at 1445 Main

Street in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 11:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday; and 12:30 to 4 p.m.
Sunday and by appointment. Information: 8510742 or 474-1800, or albertoescamilla.com.
The gallery is also the home of the studio and
gallery of Debra DeSantis.
Hal Marcus Gallery 1308 N. Oregon.
The gallery specializes in local and early El Paso

art. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
El Paso Scene
Wednesday and Friday; noon to 7 p.m.

Thursday or by appointment. Information: 5339090 or halmarcus.com.
Monica Gomez will host the free writing
workshop, Yes, We Kandinsky, 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 4.
The Hal Marcus/Lyric Modern exhibit runs
through Jan. 24, at El Paso Museum of Art,
One Arts Festival Plaza. A lecture with visuals is
6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, in the auditorium.
International Museum of Art 1211
Montana. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Free guided tours available. Admission
is free. Information: 543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
Showing Jan. 31-Feb. 28: Rio Bravo
Watercolorists for our annual juried exhibition,
Wonderful World of Watercolor. Opening
reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, with
awards ceremony at 3 p.m.
See Film Scene Page 40 for Saturday film
series.
La Galeria de la Mison de Senec
The Ysleta Independent School Districts gallery

is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Closed for winter
break through Jan. 3. Admission is free.
Showing through Jan 14: 18th Annual Virgen
de Guadalupe Exhibit.
Showing Feb. 1-19: Black History Art Show.
Awards Presentation is 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 19.
Layered Patience New abstract and
contemporary works by Beverly Widener are

featured at Ageless MedSpa, Salon & Gallery,
5700 N. Mesa Suite D, through Feb. 1.
Please see Page 33
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Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to
7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Information: 5851300 or 471-9464.
Rubin Center UTEPs Stanlee and Gerald

Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to Sun
Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
(open until 7 p.m. Thursday) and noon to 5
p.m. Saturday. Information: 747-6151, rubincenter.utep.edu or on Facebook at
RubinCenter.
Showing through Feb. 27: Territory of The
Imagination: At the Border of Art and Space, a
collaborative project that looks at the work of
artists who engage in disruptive, alternative,
and collective interactions with space and space
technology.
Projects include:
Being Aerosolar by Tomas
Saraceno.Renowned international contemporary artist Saraceno believes people can float
into space with balloons, from space stations
hovering in the upper atmosphere.
Astrovandalistas Inverse Imaginary .01.
Laser Chat is based on NASA projects that
use light to transmit data over large distances.
Matters of Gravity, Artists reflecting on
Gravity by its Absence. Two years of reflection and a few seconds in zero gravity were the
origins of a series of artist works completed in
Star City, Russia.
Art In Orbit, a collection from an
Ecuadorian exhibit featuring seven contemporary postcolonial space agencies.
Saturday. Information: (575) 532-9310 or

adobepatiogallery.com.
Chaos Collaboration Las Cruces Parks
and Recreation Departments Teen Programs

art exhibition runs Feb. 1-4, for public viewing
at the Frank OBrien Papen Community
Center, 304 W. Bell. The art exhibition features
original artwork and poetry by Las Cruces
teens grades 6 through 12. Artist reception and
poetry is Friday Jan. 29. Information; (575)
541-2455.
Firebird Rising Fine Art 330 W.
Mountain in Las Cruces. The new gallery is

founded by visual artist Michael C. Gutierrez.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday
through Sunday. Information: (575) 303-2434

or info@firebirdrising.com.
Las Cruces Arts Association Works by

member artist will be on exhibit through
February at Cafe de Mesilla, 2190 Avenida de
Mesilla in Mesilla. Opening reception is at 11
a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5.
The Association also sponsors the Art-OnEasels Gallery in the Community Enterprise
Center, 125 N. Main. Information: 1-810-8743333.
LCAA featured artist for January is Judy Licht,
whose paintings on silk will be featured at Cafe
de Mesilla, and at the Art-On-Easels Gallery
during the Arts Ramble 5-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1,
and at the Farmers Market Saturday, Jan. 16.
Las Cruces Museum of Art 491 N.

Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. during the
First Friday Ramble. Closed Sunday and
Monday. Information: (575) 541-2137 or lascruces.org/museums.
Showing through Jan 16: Paul Outerbridge:
New Photographs from Mexico and California,
1948-1955. Outerbridge (1896-1958) is
regarded as one of Americas earliest masters
of color photography. The exhibition is comprised of 35 images that were never printed
during the artists lifetime.
Showing Feb. 5-April 2: Graphicanos:
Please see Page 34
Sol Goddess Designs Art Gallery &

Studio Open by appointment; call Deana
Hicks, 241-8808 or email

deanahicks2@elp.rr.com.
Paint Yourself Picasso Style 2-hour classes
are offered in January at three locations. Create
a 16x20 canvas acrylic artwork. Cost is $35,
supplies included. Call or email for reservations.
11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Ardovinos
Desert Crossing. Mimosa included, brunch
available.
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at Wine
Attitude, 6633 N. Mesa. Free wine tasting,
bring your own food.
3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at Desert Roots
Artists Market & Gallery, 1001 S. Solano, Las
Cruces. Bring your own wine to taste and
share.
Sunland Art Gallery 5034-D Doniphan,
in Placita Santa Fe. The co-op gallery features

original paintings and photographs, jewelry,
prints and gift items by 15 local artists. Hours
Saturday. Information: Cil Abeyta, 584-3117 or
474-0053.
Westside Art Guild The guild meets at
10 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 11, at Polly

Harris Senior Center, 640 Wallenberg. Artist
Candy Mayer presents Art, Etc. by Candy
Mayer, with a discussion of the application of
drawing, perspective and collage in her artwork. The public is welcome; admission is free.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
Adobe Patio Gallery and Studio

1765 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. The
gallery features works by Carolyn Bunch,
Anthony Pennock, Kelley S. Hestir, Cheryl
Derrick and other local and regional artists.
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Contemporary Latino Prints from the Serie

Project.
The family Science, Nature, and Art Program
(SNAP!) program is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Saturday, in the atrium between the Museum
of Art and Museum of Nature and Science.
Class registration through Jan. 16 for Studio
Programs is 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
Saturdays. Registration must be done in person.
Classes for children and adults range from
drawing, painting, collage and mixed media. Full
class brochure at tinyurl.com/hznrwoo.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery
2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across

from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily. Information: (575) 522-2933 or

mesillavalleyfinearts.com.
Januarys featured artists are tile artist Bonnie
MacQuarrie and pastel and oil artist Kay Susin.
Rio Grande Theatre 211 Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces. Gallery in theatre lobby.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
riograndetheatre.com.
Showing in January is digital photography by
Michael Stephens. Photographs were originally
taken at Arches and Canyonlands National
Parks, then subjected to a technique known as
light painting. No opening reception in January.
The Big Picture Gallery 311 N. Main
Street, in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall.

Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Information: (575) 647-0508.
Showing in January is Faces, etc... works by

artist Carmen Navar. This show will present an
array of her newest works of the figure and
face. Artist reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan.
1, as part of the Downtown Ramble.
Tombaugh Gallery First Unitarian
Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S.

Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Information:
(575) 522-7281 or uuchurchlc.org.
Showing through Jan. 22: Steel and Wings,
new works by Las Cruces artists Jill Somoza
and John Northcutt. Somozas paintings display
the simple lines of juxtaposed panels combined
with curved wood. Northcutts sculpture is
minimal kinetic and viewer participatory. Artist
reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8.
Also
An Evening with the Artist Mimbres

Region Arts Council presents a jewelry show,
Playful Intent, with Karen Lauseng, at 6:30
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Western New
Gallery Talk
Contd from Page 35
Tomor related that he was pleasantly surprised to learn that the museums curatorial team had lined up a full series of exhibitions, several of which were the same ones
that were shown in El Paso.
The Norman Rockwell exhibition just
closed and earlier in the year, they had the
traveling exhibition from the Dixon
Gardens. Like the EPMA which has a
wonderful permanent collection, including
the Kress Collection and art of Tom Lea,
Mexico Universitys Parotti Hall in Silver City as

part of its monthly art lecture series. Admission
is free; light refreshments served beginning at
5:30 p.m. Information: (575) 538-2505.
Art Hop MainStreet Truth or
Consequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m.

the second Saturday of each month (Jan. 9) in
the downtown gallery district. Information torcmainstreet.org.
Cloudcroft Art Society Gallery The
gallery in the Red Brick Schoolhouse is at

Burro Avenue and Swallow Place in Cloudcroft,
N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information
on Facebook at Cloudcroft Art Society.
Deming Arts Center 100 Gold Street in

Deming, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575)
546-3663 or demingarts.org. Showing Jan. 229: City Zen, works by printmaker, photographer and digital designer Carmen Ruiz. Her
work often reflects life in her native Argentina,
as well as the urban experience in the USA.
Reception is 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3.
the Tampa museum also has a very impressive permanent collection of antiquities
ranging from Roman sculpture dating from
the mid 7th century B.C. to the 3rd
Century AD. Our senior curator was a
Getty scholar who created a recent exhibition based on this collection.
Our most recent traveling exhibition,
which is on loan from the Museum of
Contemporary Art in San Diego, features
works by Cristo to include a wrapped portrait of Jeanne-Claude. ... Now 80 years
young, Cristo graciously accepted our
invitation to be present at the opening
reception, which was a sellout of some 400
tickets.
On the personal side, Tomor emphasized
that he still considers El Paso to be his
hometown and hopes to visit soon. Right
now my challenge is getting settled into
the new job so I am taking a lot of staycations long weekend escapes to visit
nearby attractions.
The EPMA is still one of the jewels of
the community, and it will continue to
blossom and grow if local residents take
an interest and support the museum and its
staff. I was especially proud that the
Hispanic community has also become
actively engaged.
Regarding news of his replacement,
Tomor relates that he has heard through
the grapevine that a recruiter has been chosen and the position posted.
Uplift sculpture
On another positive note, by the time this

column goes into print, it is likely that the
City of El Paso and artist, Margarita
Cabrera will have resolved the conflict
generated by the removal in May 2015 of
her Uplift sculpture from the roundabout
on Country Club in the Upper Valley.
As many of you may recall, the Uplift
sculpture was in the process of being
installed when City Manager Tommy
Gonzales ordered its removal in response
to a complaint from local residents that the
sculpture contained gun fragments.
If both parties agree to terms of the final
settlement, the city will refabricate the
sculpture in accordance with the design
first approved by the city council, and
reinstall the piece at the original site.
Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer

specializing in the visual arts.
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January 2016
Dale Walker: author, editor
t is with a heavy heart that I share the

news of author Dale Walkers passing
on December 8, 2015.
Walker, who had recently turned 80, was
one of the most versatile and respected
members of the El Paso writing community, known not only for his contributions to
the University of Texas El Paso during his
27-year career there, but also as a prolific
writer recognized both regionally and
internationally. He authored or edited nearly two dozen books focusing on military
and western history, served as consulting
editor for Forge Press, and penned an
amazing 2,000 articles that appeared in
130 local and national newspapers and
magazines.
In an El Paso Times article on his passing, UTEP President Diana Natalicio lauded Walker as an invaluable presence at the
university. He held the position of director
of the universitys News and Publications
Department from 1966 to 1989. He later
served as director of Texas Western Press,
UTEPs book publishing department, until
his retirement in September 1992. It was
Walker who wrote the initial letter to the
royal family that helped establish the longstanding relationship between UTEP and
the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Walker was indeed a writers writer,
known for his dedicated leadership in a
number of professional alliances, including
Western Writers of America, where he
served two terms as president and was also
a four-time recipient of the groups prestigious Spur Award. He was also a member
of the Texas Institute of Letters and the
National Authors Guild.
Walker enjoyed literature in almost every
form. However, he was most passionate
about the works of Jack London. Over the
years, he built a collection that included
first editions of all but three of London
works. While writing articles about
London, he met and established a friendship with Londons immediate family.
An observation from El Paso writer Elroy
Bode, a longtime friend, provides what is
perhaps the best insight into Dale Walkers
life. Books and words were the cornerstone of his life.
Erin Galvez
El Paso is home to an amazing number of

truly talented artists, which may be a surprise to some. My pledge beginning in
January 2016 is to help acquaint readers
with as many of them as is possible.
One of these is Erin Galvez, who moved
from Portland, Ore. to El Paso in 2014.
The vivacious Galvez, who earned her
BFA in Studio Art at Cal State
Sacramento, has become an active member
of the El Paso Art Association, setting up
studio space in the Art Junction, and participating in a number of EPAA exhibitions
including the 2015 Arts International.
Her latest achievement is a solo exhibition that opened Dec. 3 and will hang
through Jan. 9, at Art Avenue Gallery at
1618 Texas. Entitled Mestizoan, it showcases an evocative collection of 17 colorful serapes. The artist relates that the
title was inspired by her personal heritage.
In the Philippines, a mestizo is someone
of mixed race, and since I am half Filipino
and have a Spanish surname, I felt this
focus was very appropriate. My exhibition
January 2016
has to do with the concept of people of

mixed races finding their identity in a
place that was not their original home. The
exhibition title came about when my friend
Frank Valdez, a native El Pasoan, said my
paintings reminded him of serapes. Im
very interested in color and design so I
created a series of paintings that while
visually embodying the serape, explore the
theme a bit more abstractly.
Most of these works are painted on panels of repurposed wood that are about 15
inches by 15 inches. The artist has also
experimented with a surface created by
putting canvas on illustration board.
Galvez begins by covering the surface
with a layer of silver leaf, a time-consuming process as the sheets come in very thin
5-inch squares. From there, she builds up
her composition by alternating layers of
glaze and acrylic paint, putting down a
layer of paint and then a glaze layer, which
gives each a separation. Radiant in their
depth, some works may have as many as
60 layers when completed.
Those wanting to know more about
Galvezs techniques may register for a Jan.
7 workshop at the Art Avenue Gallery. For
more information, call 213-4318.
Michael Tomor
I had the pleasure of talking via phone

with former El Paso Museum of Art
Director Michael Tomor just a few days
prior to Thanksgiving, and as one would
expect, he is doing well and happily settling in to his new position at the Tampa
(Fla.) Museum of Art.
Since early 2015 the Tampa museum has
been transitioning from a municipal museum to a private facility. During that period
there had been a major turnover of personnel so the board has had to rebuild staff
and programs. Tomor said his expectations
in his new position as director are very
similar to what he was able to achieve during his tenure as director of the EPMA.
His primary goal is to increase financial
support by helping to build a sense of
community and making the museum a
more relevant part of life in Tampa and the
surrounding area.
I like the community of Tampa. It is
closely connected to St. Petersburg, and
the whole area is going through some
major development projects to bolster the
quality of life. A lot has been accomplished to turn Tampa into a destination
location and the downtown is thriving. For
me, the community is on the move with a
consistent set of achievements which
makes it an exciting place to live and
work.
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Tumblewords Project The writing
workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Saturdays at Memorial Park Public Library,
3200 Copper. Workshops are free; donations
for the presenter are encouraged. Information:
328-5484 (Donna Snyder), 566-1034 (library),
tumblewordsproject@yahoo.com or on
Facebook at Tumblewords.
Jan 2: Down & Dirty with artist Victor
Hernndez. In this workshop, he will do quick
sketches of volunteers from the participating
writers, who will be writing and reading aloud
throughout the workshop.
Jan. 9: Escape with Writing with
McKinley Cougar. Cougar is a musician/songwriter and hip-hop artist who performs with
his modern jazz band, Jupiters Junkies. He has
been featured on more than 15 albums and has
released three of his own, Armed and
Endangered, Strategic Illusion, and 33rd &
3rd: The Fiery Furnace.
Jan 16: Lets Rave! with Sandra Torrez.
Torrez, a poet, fiction writer and digital photographer, will give an overview of rave culture
and music. Participants can find writing inspiration along laser beams.
Jan. 23 and 30: Political Writing Around
the World with poet Robin Scofield. Scofield is
the author of Sunflower Cantos and And the
Ass Saw the Angel. Her next full-length collection, Drive, comes out this year.
Feb. 6: Yes we Kankinsky! with Mnica
Gmez. Gmez, a writer, poet, and
singer/songwriter with three solo CD, will use
images from the El Paso Museum of Arts
Modern Masters Series. She will bring high
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quality posters of ten masterpieces painted

between 1879 and 1931 by seven artists featured in six exhibitions. Participants will write
ekphrastic pieces in response to the visual art.
Barnes & Noble (West Side) 705
Sunland Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday. Information: 581-5353.
Childrens storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays.
Sisters in Crime The Eastside chapter of

the book discussion group supporting women
mystery writers meets 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 5, to discuss Little Black Lies by Sharon
Bolton at St. Paul Methodist Church, 7000
Edgemere. The group meets the first Tuesday
of each month, and is open to anyone. A $12
donation may be asked to cover utilities/maid
service. Information: 629-7063 or
labodda9@aol.com.
LGBT book group The bimonthly book
group meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of

each odd-numbered month at OUTright GLBT
Center, 211 W. Yandell. Includes potluck supper. Information: 566-5549, 861-2909 or 4719396 or Facebook at ElPasoGLBTBookGroup.
The Jan. 18 discussion is on The Berlin
Stories by Christopher Isherwood.
Reading the Easel Book Club The El
Paso Museum of Arts book group meets 4

p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in
the museums board room to discuss art-related books. Cost: $10 per session (free for
museum members), includes admission to all
exhibits. Space is limited; call to hold a seat.
Information: 212-0300 ext. 65.

The Jan. 21 book is 33 Artists in 3 Acts by
Sarah Thornton, which surveys the lives and
works of 33 contemporary artists, including Ai
Wei Wei, Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman.
Barnes & Noble (East Side) The
Fountains at Farah, 8889 Gateway West, Suite

120. Information: 590-1932.
My Favorite Teacher Contest is Jan. 4-March 1.
Ticket to Ride is 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23.
Learn to play the strategy board game.
A book signing and reading with Purple Heart
recipient Capt. Luis Carlos Montalvn for his
book Tuesday Tucks Me In is 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 5. His service dog, Tuesday, will
also be present.
Childrens storytime is 11 a.m. every
Saturday.
Books Are Gems 7744 North Loop Ste
B (behind Compass Bank). The nonprofit

organization sells and gives away new and used
On stage
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hits of the glam metal era. Show time is 7 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday, Sunday dinner
shows are 2:30 p.m.; non-dinner show Sunday
1:30 p.m.; matinee dates to be announced.
Information: 747-6060 or utep.edu/udt.
Friday and Saturday dinner shows: $41.50
($39.50 UTEP faculty-staff, military, children,
groups of 20 or more; $34.50 UTEP students).
Wednesday, Thursdays and Sunday dinner
shows: $46.50 ($44.50 and $31.50 for discounted categories). Sunday non-dinner shows:
$27.50 ($25.50 and $17.50).
El Paso Scene
books. Books are sold for $1-$2, and children

who come to the store may receive five free
used books. Teachers can also receive free
books for their classroom. Hours are 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday. Information: 8455437 or booksaregems.org.
Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) 700 S.
Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Information:

(575) 522-4499.
My Favorite Teacher Contest is Jan. 4-March 1.
Ticket to Ride is 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23.
Learn to play the strategy board game.
LEGO Skyline and Architecture Studio Build is
at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, for adults and
teens (ages 14 and up). build the stores new
LEGO Skyline in-store display. LEGO
Architecture build with Architecture Studio
bricks afterward.
Childrens storytimes are 10 a.m. Fridays and
11 a.m. Saturdays.
Neon Psalms Las Cruces Community
Theatre, 313 N. Main, Las Cruces Downtown

Mall, presents the Thomas Strelich comedy Jan
22-Feb. 7. Directed by Algernon DAmmassa.
Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $9-$12.
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
The setting of this offbeat play is an isolated
trailer near the Calfifornia site of the worlds
largest open pit Borax mine. A fragile truce
betweena retired heavy equipment operator,
and his born-again wife is disrupted by the
unexpected arrival of their daughter, a divorcee
in her thirties. Lost and bottomed out, she
moves home just to get back on her feet and
finds herself trapped in a comic but progressively brutal crossfire between her parents.
January 2016
The Hollow El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, presents the Agatha Christie mystery

Jan. 8-30. Directed by Frieda (K) Voeks.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $11 ($9 seniors; $8 students and military). Information: 532-1317 or
elpasoplayhouse.com.
The play combines murder, mystery and a
love triangle. The victim had a mistress, ex-mistress and a wife.
33 (a kabarett) No Strings Theatre
Company presents a performance written and

performed by Bremner Duthie, with original
direction by Dave Dawson at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 9, in the Black Box Theatre, in the Las
Cruces Downtown Mall. Duthie sings nine
songs from the era, with new arrangements
from his jazz quartet. Tickets: $12 ($10 students, seniors over 65). Reservations: (575)
523-1223; show information: 33kabarett.com.

In the ruins of a Cabaret theatre, an actor
tumbles onto a darkened stage. When the lights
come up he finds himself alone. His friends and
colleagues have disappeared, arrested by the
authorities. Only their shattered stage props
and glittering torn costumes remain. The actor
turns to run and vanish into the night, but an
audience has slipped through the broken door,
and they expect a show. So, he gives them the
show of their life. He uses all his talents to joyously recreate the acts of the missing company.
Shooting Star No Strings Theatre
Company presents the love story by Steven

Dietz Jan. 15-31 at Black Box Theatre in Las
Cruces. Directed by Ceil Herman.
Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m., 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 24 and 31; 7
p.m. Thursday Jan. 28. Tickets: $12 9$10 students/seniors over 65; $8 all seats Thursday).
Reservations: (575) 523-1223.
Two college sweethearts who have not seen
each other for many years since their breakup
in the 70s meet by chance in an snowed-in airport. What follows is humorous, surprising, and
touching.
Rock of Ages UTEP Dinner Theatre
presents the rock musical by Chris DArienzo

Jan. 29-Feb. 14, celebrating the 1980s rock
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Hollow is lesserknown mystery by

Agatha Christie
hink of Agatha Christie and the

titles The Mousetrap and Ten
Little Indians come to mind
where theater is concerned.
Mousetrap has been running in the
West End of London since October
1952 and is famous for its typical
Christie twist ending. Indians is a distant runner-up, but has had a movie
made from its book.
In January, El Paso Playhouses Frieda
Granato takes on one of Christies lesser-known pieces, The Hollow.
The well-known ones have been done
so many times everyone expects them,
said Granato, who has been acting and
directing for more years that she cares
to admit. Recently a few more of her
plays have been released and doing this
one will hopefully open the door for
the newer ones to follow and gain a
larger following.
The Hollow is different in several
ways, Granato said.
Yes, it has murder and mystery but
adding a love triangle will catch peoples attention, I think. Though its complicated, the audience will pick it up
quickly.
The play centers on the murder of a
very busy John Cristow who has an exmistress, a current mistress and a wife.
Who could possibly want him dead?
There are others who wish him dead
and who have a motive but the murder
has to be solved by the ingenious
Inspector (played by a woman this time)
and her assistant Sgt. Penny, Granato
said.
Usually, rehearsing for a January show
is difficult because of the holidays.
It seems like the best actors are
always doing a show somewhere. In
casting this show, I knew that, Granato
said. So I have had to practice patience
until those other shows were either finished or almost done. This makes
rehearsing without a full cast rather difficult. I constantly ask myself Who do
I have tonight? Which scenes can I
work on that dont require all twelve of
my actors?
Those actors include some familiar
faces and some new ones.
January 2016
We have some veteran actors like

Marguerite Caruthers and Jonathan
Schwind who are old hands at doing
Agatha Christie plays, but we also have
some newbies like Melissa Mitchell,
Ricky Perchez who are new to the
Playhouse, Granato said. There is
Norman Lewis who hails from New
York and is a veteran actor and has
done off-Broadway shows. What a talent! We also have a reunion group
comprised of four of the five women
who starred in last years production of
Five Women Wearing the Same
Dress.
She has been pleased with the
progress.
I have tried to be as true to the script
as possible. With the exception of a few
phrases that would be known only to an
English audience, I have kept it wordfor-word. Ive kept the set minimal
without too much fluff to distract the
audience. Some shows require a great
deal of furniture and decoration, but
with this show, the actors carry the load.
Theyve got to hold the attention of
everyone through their actions and characterization.
She says her biggest joy has been
watching the camaraderie developing in
the cast that continues to grow with
each rehearsal.
Although this can be a wonderful
feeling, it makes the end of the run so
difficult. Its like breaking up a family. I
like to think that each of my actors feel
the same way.
Carol Viescas is a veteran of

community theater and teaches
journalism at Bel Air High School.
El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana,

presents The Hollow Jan. 8-30.
elpasoplayhouse.com.
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Top 20 2015
1. Scott Weiland and Wildabout,

Blaster, Softdrive Records
While its bittersweet to give this the No. 1 nod

in light of Weilands recent passing, theres no
other place it belongs in 2015. He explored
some avenues like a bit of jangle pop, garage
guitar and T. Rex glam. It also echoes his past
works, from the hard alternative edge of his
first band to the down and dirty rock of his last
to the softer side of his solo releases.
2. Ike Reilly, Born On Fire,

Rock Ridge Music/ Firebrand
Reilly goes far beyond the traditional as he

packs a punch behind every single utterance
and crosses all boundaries. This is filled with
plenty of heat from love to lust to drinkin to
drugs and championing the underdog, he spins
it like no other.
3. Buckcherry, Rock N Roll,

F Bomb Records
They continue to shake the earths core with

their rattling thunder, a throwback to everything
great about the genre with deep blues roots and
even a horn section on Tight Pants, which is
a surefire radio hit. The disc comes on like lava
spewing out of a volcano at a million miles an
hour conquering any life form in its path.
4. Damnwells, Damnwells,
Rock Ridge Music
This sound is flavored with a sharp resonance

of Paul Westerberg, a dollop of Soul Asylum
and a slick shine of pop. The absolute highlight
of the disc has to be their marathon of disgust
with reality television done in a Jim Carollesque People That Died tune on Kill Me.
5. Chip ZNuff, Strange Time,

Cleopatra Records
This strange time features tales of rock n roll

excess on a slightly psychedelic adventure
including his classic Beatlesque pop with a
heavy hand of Cheap Trick steeped in for maximum flavor. So what could be better than the
10th track on the album? A Beatles cover tune
with special guest Robin Zander.
6. Cracker, Berkeley To
Bakersfield, 429 Records
This is the bands tenth disc and with that they

are extremely ambitious by celebrating the
milestone with a double set, Berkeley to
Bakersfield. The Berkeley platter also serves
as a reunion and Bakersfield has us slipping
on our best pair of cowboy boots with their
brilliant brand of honky-tonk and alt. country.
7. Rhett Miller, The Traveler,

ATO records
He is hot off the heels of his bands 2014 career

highlight disc, Most Messed Up, which is
still an absolute must have for those who have
criminally ignored it. His backing cast is the
Black Prairie. This one takes on a much more
decidedly alt. country route complete with
mandolin, dobro, accordion and fiddle. Of
course his pop sensibilities are not completely
absent; the tracks have the instantly recognizable Miller shine.
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8. Jason Isbell, Something More

Than Free, Southeastern
Records
On this collection Isbells southern sound is

truly distinct and he continues to demonstrate
why he needed to step out on his own: He is
undeniably a brilliant solo singer songwriter.
His low, rasp- tinted vocals cover it all, from
getting sparse and dark, to acoustic folk on a
few, and sipping on some twang.
9. Keith Richards, Crosseyed

Heart, Republic Records
While he isnt breaking new ground on his solo

front, it is wonderful to be reminded what he
can do without the help of his usual crew. The
disc is filled with classic Keith-branded rockers, a hint of reggae, a backbone of blues, and a
few smoky ballads.
10. Stereophonics, Keep the

Village Alive, Stylus Records
It might be a touch mellower in spots than

some of their past endeavors, but it still has
three-quarters tank full of guitar-driven rock.
They start off with a bang in the form of Cest
La vie, an anthem that should be blaring from
every sound device in existence, and from there
the abundance of overflowing brilliance is
almost too much to handle.
11. Everclear, Black is the New

Black, End Records
This is harder, heavier, punched up to eleven,

without a trace of ballad to be found anywhere.
The guitar crunch is pure unadulterated riffage,
the bass doesnt stop thumping, and the drums
keep this engine pounding from start to finish.
12. Bottle Rockets, South

Broadway Athletic Club,
Bloodshot Records
They are fine example of why it is essential

that their name is mentioned right along alt.
country greats like Gram Parsons and Uncle
Tupelo. The fuzzed-out, feedback-riddled guitar
combined with that twanged-out drawl, provides the soundtrack to life in rural America. It
covers all the important topics from life
workin on the line building cars, to lovin your
dog, and plain ol doin Big Fat Nuthin at the
end of a hard days work. They helped to establish the roots rock scene, oh so long ago.
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January 2016
Film scene
Liner Notes
The Nut Job 2 (Open Road) Animated.

Voices of Jeff Dunham, Joe Pingue, Rob
Tinkler. Directed by Cal Brunker. The continuation of Surlys adventures.
Ride Along 2 (Universal) Glen Powell,
Olivia Munn, Ice Cube. Directed by Tom
Story. Sequel to the 2014 film.
3 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
(Paramount) Max Martini, John Krasinski,
David Giuntoli. Directed by Michael Bay.
Jan. 22:
The Boy (STX) Rupert Evans, Lauren
Cohan, Ben Robson. Directed by William Brent
Bell.
Dirty Grandpa (Lionsgate) Robert De
Niro, Julianne Hough, Zac Efron. Directed by
Dan Mazer.
Risen (Sony) Tom Felton, Maria Botto,
Joseph Fiennes. Directed by Kevin Reynolds.
Jan. 29:
The Finest Hours (Disney) Chris Pine,
Ben Foster, Eric Bana. Directed by Craig
Gillespie.
Kung Fu Panda 3 (20th Century-Fox) CG
Animation. Voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie,
Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Alessandro.
(Continuation of franchise begun in 2008).
13 Guster, Evermotion, Ocho

Mule/Nettwerk Records
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DVD Releases
Dec. 29:
Hitman: Agent 47. R
Jan. 5:
Infinitely Polar Bear. R
Sicario. R
Irrational Man. R
The Visit. PG-13
The Walk. PG
Jan. 12:
The Martian. PG-13
Hotel Transylvania 2. PG
expedition and there is plenty more to keep digging for.
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The sounds on this one quickly evoke more

Beach Boys and less Grateful Dead by combining rich harmonies, pop layering and a percussive thread that always punches things up, making them instantaneously infectious.
14. Collective Soul, See What

You Started by Continuing,
Vanguard Records
Singer Ed Roland and company have once

again created a completely solid disc of
anthemic rock to keep your air guitar strumming for days, with no Guitar Hero needed.
The slick production and extraordinarily hookladen arena rockers are churned with proper
quantities of soloing, pop and glam, while still
managing not to be overcome by them.
15. Drive By Truckers, Its Great

to Be Alive, ATO Records
Spread across 3 CDs, this captures the band on

a three-night stint at San Franciscos Fillmore
Auditorium. The three-hour-plus set goes by in
the blink of an eye as the band is for the most
part in full throttle mode throughout, and the
pace is somehow even more amped up on the
final disc. Of course there is plenty of storytelling, ramblings, and rants, as expected at any
of their shows.
17. Jesse Malin, New York

Before the War, One Little
Indian
It has been five long years since we last heard

from this man, but the former glam punk genius
is continuing on his road trip of re-invention.
Hes now so far from where he started that
those out-of-control reckless abandon sounds
are somewhere in a very distant land.
18. Craig Finn, Faith In the

Future, Partisan Records
This is a slight departure, being more of a

stripped-down, singer-songwriter situation. It
isnt loaded with undeniable catchy riffs that
hook you in on first listen. This one is a slow
burn that seeps into your consciousness with
multiple plays.
19. Ben Folds, So There, New

West Records
This includes eight chamber rock songs, and

ends with a concerto for piano with the
Nashville Symphony Orchestra. The rock songs
find him back in fine form with his unique lyri-
cal interplay of rage, cheer and heavy doses of

sarcasm. Track seven, F10-D-A, whose lyrics
(mysteriously missing from the liner notes) are
particularly amusing, certainly warrants several
replays.
20. Rolling Stones, Live at the

Tokyo Dome, Eagle Vision
You knew it was coming it has been here in

one form or another, solo members or as a
band. I wont go a year without including the
Worlds Greatest Rock n Roll Band in any
best-of list. This show is Live at the Tokyo
Dome, and it truly will transport you as if you
are at the show yourself, from the opening
pounding drums of Continental Drift complete with a fireworks blast, straight into Start
Me Up. Buckle up, because you are in for one
incredible ride.
Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin

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16. Minus 5, Dungeon Golds,

Yep Roc Records
This supergroup delivers a mountainous chunk

of garage rock, a pinch of punk and a landslide
of pop. This release pushes the band past a
bakers dozen, so if you are not acquainted with
them, you have struck gold on your very first
Jan. 19:
Straight Outta Compton. R
The Diary of a Teenage Girl. R
The Intern. PG-13
Everest. PG-13
Jan. 26:
Goosebumps. PG
Feb. 2:
The Last Witch Hunter. PG-13
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Telon de Arena
Sunset Film Society hosts film presentations at

2 p.m. Saturdays at International Museum of
Art, 1211 Montana. Presentations will include
commentary, anecdotes and facts behind the
films. No movie Jan. 2. Admission is free.
Popcorn, beverages, candy and snacks available
for purchase. Information: 543-6747 (museum),
internationalmuseumofart.net.
The society will present a serial chapter at the
beginning of each screening. Featured through
Jan. 30 is the 1938 series Superman.
This month the society partners with ProMusica on Jan. 9 and 23, and Honorary Consul
Of Spain and the Missions of San Antonio
UNESCO on Jan. 16.
Jan. 9: Pablo Casals: A Cry for Peace
(2002). An in-depth documentary about the life
and vision of the great Spanish cellist Pablo
Casals, who resolved early on to dedicate himself and his work to the cause of world peace.
Jan. 16: Texas before the Alamo. This saga
of Texas in the period of New Spain, filmed in
historic locations in Texas, Spain, Mexico and
Louisiana, and is about the founding of Texas
and the Spaniards who established the missions, presidios, villas and the Camino Real.
Confirmed guests in attendance include
writer, producer and director Bill Millet; coproducer Dr. Felix Almarax; Ambassador
Miguel Angel Fernandez de Mazarambroz;
Antonio Castillon, Mayor of Guerrero, Coahuila
and his brother Jorge Castillon; and Honorary
Consul Of Spain (El Paso) Martha Vera.
Jan. 23: The Sun Also Rises (1957), starring Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner and Errol
Flynn, based on the 1926 novel by Ernest
Hemingway about a group of expatriates living
in 1920s Paris in a search for self-identity.
Jan. 30: Amadeus (1984), starring F.
Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Tom
Hulce. Screenplay by Peter Shaffer (adapted
from his play). In Vienna during the latter half
of the 18th century, composer Antonio Salieri
battles but cannot equal the genius of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Winner of eight Academy
Awards, including Best Actor for Abraham
(who grew up in El Paso).
Pax Christi Film Series The series
presents A Universal Approach to Peace at 3

p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at the Mother Teresa
Center, 2400 E. Yandell. Discussion will follow.
Admission is free, donations accepted.
In this film, the Dalai Lama speaks of how a
deep understanding of our shared human
nature can help us transcend differences and
work toward peace.
Jays Pix Presents Film historian Jay
Duncan and the Sunset Film Society host the

monthly film series at noon Sunday, Jan. 17, at
Ardovinos Desert Crossing Gallery (in main
restaurant), One Ardovino Drive in Sunland
Park. Admission is free but reservations strongly recommended; RVSP via
sunsetfilmsociety.org.
This months film is the 1934 movie, Its A
Gift, with W.C. Fields. Directed by Norman
Z. McLeod. Fields is a small-town grocery store
owner who buys an orange grove unseen and
travels west to California with his family.
Also featured is Fields short The Dentist.
Fields encounters a difficult female patient and
some surprises.
El Paso Scene
Short film contest Borderlands Media
announces its short film contest, asking the

question What Is Your Definition of Sin? for
filmmakers in New Mexico and West Texas.
Submission deadline is Jan. 31. A $5,000 cash
prize will be awarded to the winner. Top submissions, including the grand prize, will be considered for distribution via the anthology
model. Information: (575) 652-3832; contest
guidelines online at borderlandsmedia.com.
Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle de
Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in

Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the
Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at
7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Closed Dec. 31. Admission:
$7 ($6 seniors, military and students with ID;
$5 children and society members); $5 on
Wednesday. Information, schedule: (575) 5248287 or mesillavalleyfilm.org.
Jan 1-7: Suffragette. A story of the foot
soldiers of the early womens suffrage movement in England. Starring Carey Mulligan,
Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben
Whishaw, Meryl Streep, and Brendan Gleeson.
Jan. 8-14: Brooklyn. Saoirse Ronan plays a
timid immigrant from Ireland to New York City
whose heart is soon torn between a magnetic
Italian (Emory Cohen) and a charming lad
(Domhnall Gleeson) back home.
Jan 15-21: Room. A 5-year-old boy (Jacob
Tremblay) and his mother (Brie Larson) escape
from the enclosed surroundings that the boy
has known his entire life.
Jan 22-28: Theeb. During World War I, a
young Bedouin boy joins his brother to guide a
British officer to his secret destination.
The Jan. 28 screening at 1:30 p.m.; no evening
screening that day.
New Mexico Museum of Space

History 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The
museums Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater

tickets are $6 ($5.50 for seniors and military;
$4.50 ages 4-12). Ages 3 and under free for all
shows. Museum/IMAX combo tickets available.
Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840
or nmspacemuseum.org. Currently showing:
National Geographics Sea Monsters: A
Prehistoric Adventure. The film brings to life
the marine reptiles of the dinosaur age.
Showtimes are noon at 4 p.m.
Journey Into Amazing Caves. Expert cavers
explore unusual caves, from ice caves in
Greenland to underwater caves in the jungles
of Mexico. Show times are 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The New Digital Star Show is 11 a.m., 1 and
3 p.m.
Jays Film Forecast Film historian Jay
Duncan prepared this list of top monthly

Coming Attractions for movie fans, listed by
studio and release date (subject to change):
Jan. 8:
Families Directed by Harald Zwart.
The Forest (Gramercy) Natalie Dormer,
Taylor Kinney. Directed by Jason Zada.
The Revenant (20th Century-Fox) Tom
Hardy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Domhnall Gleeson.
Directed by Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu.
Postponed from Dec. 25.
Jan. 15:
The 5th Wave (Columbia) Chlo Grace
Moretz, Liev Schreiber, Maria Bello. Directed
by J Blakeson.
Please see Page 39

January 2016
UTEP Mens Basketball - Don Haskins

Center. Tickets: $8-$50 (Ticketmaster).
Information: 747-5234 or utepathletics.com.
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4: Marshall
3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6: Western Kentucky
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18: Southern Miss.
4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20: La. Tech
UTEP Womens Basketball - Don
Haskins Center. Tickets: $5 (Ticketmaster).

Information: 747-5234 or utepathletics.com.
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11: Florida Intl.
4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13: Florida Atlantic
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25: Old Dominion
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27: Charlotte.
FEBRUARY
PREVIEW
Wind Symphony Concert El Paso

Wind Symphony, directed by Ron Hufstader,
performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at
UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets: $5$10. Information: elpasowindsymphony.com.
Valentines Super Love Jam The
Intruders, Heatwave, GQ, El Chaicano and

more perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at
UTEPs Don Haskins Center. Tickets: $28.50
and $38.50 (Ticketmaster).
Chocolate Fantasia Mimbres Region Arts

Councils 27th annual celebration of arts and
sweet delicacies is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 6, in downtown Silver City. Tickets: $25
for 20 pieces of chocolate. Information: (575)
538-2505 or mimbresarts.org.
Tuff Hedeman West Texas Shootout
The 10th annual World Championship bull
riding event is 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the
El Paso County Coliseum, 4100 Paisano.
Tickets: $15-$75 (Ticketmaster). Information:
CBRbull.com.
El Paso Rhinos - El Pasos Junior League ice
hockey team home games are at Sierra

Providence Events Center, next to the
Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Regular game time
is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets; $5-$20. Information: 479PUCK (7825) or elpasorhinos.com.
Feb. 12-14: San Diego Sabers
Feb. 26-28: Oklahoma City Blazers
The Firebird and My Mozart The
Harlem Globetrotters The famed wizards of basketball celebrate their 90th

Anniversary World Tour at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 14, at NMSUs Pan Am Center, Las
Cruces. Tickets start at $27 to $247 VIP
(Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1420 or
PanAmCenter.com.
Spanish Colonia Art Market Spanish

Colonial Art Society in Santa Fe hosts its first
Las Cruces market 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20-21, at
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor.
Admission: $5; $8 couples; ages 12 and
younger free. Information: (505) 982-2226 or
spanishcolonial.org.
Sun City on Tap The beer festival and
tasting event featuring more than 100 beers

from more than 50 craft breweries from
throughout the world is 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Venue at
Southwest University, 6500 Montana.
Admission: $25; cost includes eight beer sample tickets; souvenir sampling glass and live
music. Information americaontap.com.
Participants must be 21 or older; designated
driver admission is $10 at the door.
UTEP Department of Theater & Dance presents it faculty choreographed dance concert
Feb. 12-21, at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Wise
Family Theatre. Show time is 7:30 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets: $9-$14. Information: 747-5118, theatredance.utep.edu or on Facebook.
The Museum Rocks Gem & Mineral

Show The 4th annual gem and mineral
ladeer performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at El

Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano.
Tickets: $59.50, $79.50 $99.50 and $125.
(Ticketmaster).
Lucia Catholic Church, 518 Gallagher, will host

its annual Valentine dance 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13, at the churchs Centro
Amistad Hall, featuring a dinner and live music
by The Starliners. Cost: $30; reservations recommended. Information: 592-5245 or santaluciachurch@sbcglobal.net.
Safari Nights Gala El Paso Chapter of
Pepe Aguilar The popular mariachi bal-
Valentine dinner and dance Santa
Cupids Chase 5K The 5K run benefiting
Community Options is 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb.

13, at Old Mesilla Plaza, 2114 Calle de Santiago
in Mesilla. Registration: $30 by Feb. Feb. 12,
$40 on race day. Information: (575) 532-9275.
Online registration at cupidschase.org.
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan El
mejor mariachi del mundo returns at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Plaza Theatre, with
special guest Yolanda del Rio. Tickets: $35$100 (Ticketmaster).
January 2016
show is Feb. 20-21, at New Mexico Farm &

Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping
Springs Road in Las Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Information: (575) 522-4100 or lcmuseumrocks.com.
and TV host bring his act to El Paso at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25, at The Plaza Theatre.
Tickets: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 and $69.50
(Ticketmaster).
the Safari Club International hosts its 13th

annual gala, auction and expo at 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27, at El Maida Shrine, 6331
Alabama. Tickets: $100 ($40 ages 12-17; age
12 and younger admitted free but must acquire
a ticket); available at 478-8505 or online at scielpaso.org.

epso.org.
Jackson tribute artists in the world, accompanied by Broadway and Las Vegas dancers.
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Affordable Health Ins.
32
Alma Calderon
19
Ananda Yoga
10
Alliance Franaise
Alpha Auto Center

Anns Est. & Movg Sales
24
8
15
Elegant Consignments
17
Executive Singles
14
Escamilla Gallery
Flickinger Center
Fountain Theatre
Frozert
Around and About Tours
Geico
Ardovinos Pizza
14
ATMAS Healing
37
19
Belly Dance w/ Nesreen
41
Bertha Valdez, M.A.P.
31
Bingo Plus
21
Books Are Gems
14
Cattleman's
27
Bruces Air
Cecila Burgos LPC
The Cleaners
El Paso Art Association
E Paso Comm. College
El Paso Live
El Paso Playhouse
El Paso Pro-Musica
El Paso Psychic Fair

El Paso Rhinos
EPSMF
EPSMF
El Paso Symphony
El Paso Scene
26
29
30
EP Wind Symphony
Ardovinos Desert Crossing 24
Bert Saldana Art Gallery
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Advertiser Index
6
3,22,36
Furrs Family Dining
Hal Marcus Gallery
40
11
27
16
35
Hans Martial Arts
42
KTEP
38
Inside Out Designs Inc.
La Tierra Caf
27
Leos Mexican Food
37
Lucy Aquirre-Barrios
14
Little River Band
Magoffin Hall
29
Marie Otero
29
25
MegaMates
41
28
7,17
31
44
39
14
15
21
31
Magoffin Home St. Hist Site 18
The Marketplace
Mesa Street Antique
41
Mesilla Book Center
39
Mustard Seed Caf
38
Mimbres Regn. Arts Council 35
Naydas Gems & Stones
One World
Parks & Recreation
16
34
20
Paseo Christian Church
Paulette's Skin Care
Perkins Jewelry Supply
PhiDev Inc
Precision Prosthetics
PTEP
Re-Bath
39
19
18
28
17
37
10
Reidsan Dog Training
18
Rulis Intl Kitchen
26
The Retreat
Smartz Printing
Solar Smart Living
Sombra Antigua
Sunland Park Racetrack
Sunny Smiles
11
24
13
34
12
42
Texas Star Beverage
41
Thunderbird Digital
39
Therapy Matters
Tigua Indian Cultural
21
UTEP Athletics
34
Tippi Teas
UTEP P3
11
16
Vanities
43
Village Inn
19
Walgreens
24
Western Technical
33
Wyler Aerial Tramway
27
Western Traders
39
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n of the Upper Valley

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free for children under 5. Information: 7404349 or bridalquince.com.

Spring Home Show The El Paso

Southern New Mexico

Las Cruces Anime Days The 7th annu-

al anime convention is Saturday and Sunday,

A Chocolate Affair KISS-FM hosts its

Las Cruces Bridal Showcase Helping

Last Thursdays The Downtown monthly

Mardi Gras in the Clouds The

5th annual evening of chocolate delicacies 6 to

Chocolate Fantasia Mimbres Region Arts

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The Hollow The Agatha Christie

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Transfiguration of Dreams El Paso

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EPSMF Young Musicians Competition

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Feb. 6, in historic downtown Silver City. This

Downtown Ramble The City of Las

Cruces hosts an evening of music and art 5 to 7

Heart of the Desert Pistachios &

Alamogordo, N.M., hosts wine down events

New Years Eve

Ardovinos New Years Eve Bash

Ardovinos Desert Crossing, One Ardovino

Forum Ballroom New Years Eve

Thursday, Dec. 31 dance, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at