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Contents Publisher & Editor David A. Fryxell (575) 538-4374 • [email protected] 6 Editor’s Notebook • Campaign Cons 31 Body, Mind & Spirit • Surviving Sepsis The worst of this year’s political ads. By David A. Fryxell Taming a deadly immune response. NIH News in Health Creative Director & Silver City Advertising Sales 7 Letters 32 Body, Mind & Spirit • Detox Your Kitchen Lisa D. Fryxell Our readers write. Keep cooking safe with these five tips.By Eliza Cross (575) 538-4374 • [email protected]

8 Desert Diary 34 Body, Mind & Spirit • Weekly Events Advertising Sales Pickles, ponderings and other reader tales. Grant County support groups, classes and more. Silver City: Ilene Wignall 10 Tumbleweeds 35 The Starry Dome • , the Lizard (575) 313-0002, [email protected]­ New critter photos, movie magic in What to watch in the skies this month. Las Cruces/Mesilla: Playas and the Top 10. By Bert Stevens Kristi Dunn (575) 956-7552, [email protected] 12 Arts Exposure • Wizard in Wood 36 Ramblin’ Outdoors • Big Deming: Mimbres Valley artist Meg Streams Brother Is Over Us Marjorie Lilly carves everything from birds to fish to Who owns those forest photons? (575) 494-5095, [email protected]­ replicas of ancient pottery. ➤ By Larry Lightner By Peggy Platonos Web Designer 37 Red or Green? • Dining Guide David Cortner 14 Arts Exposure • Arts Scene Restaurant guide for Southwest New Latest area art happenings. Mexico. Columnists Linda Ferrara, Henry Lightcap, Larry Lightner, 17 Arts Exposure • Gallery Guide 40 Red or Green? • Table Talk Marjorie Lilly, Vivian Savitt, Bert Stevens, Where to find art in our area. Restaurant news. Scott Thomson

18 Talking Horses • Saying 41 40 Days & 40 Nights P.O. Box 191 Goodbyes Complete area events guide for Novem- Silver City, NM 88062 Losing good friends and great teachers, all of them horses. ber and early December. (575) 538-4374 By Scott Thomson www.desertexposure.com 42 The To-Do List 20 The Lively Arts •Still More Sounds of Silver City Don’t-miss events this month. Meet more of the people behind the performances who make this small-town music scene so big. By Twana Sparks 46 Continental Divide • My Hang Ups Do these junk calls and phone scams ring a bell? 22 Southwest Wildlife • Winning the Shell Game By David A. Fryxell The desert box turtle has found ways to survive in the arid Southwest. By Jay W. Sharp Desert Exposure is published monthly and distrib- uted free of charge at establishments throughout 24 Popular Culture • To Infinity and Beyond Southwestern . Vol. XIX, number 11, For Frank Carter, owner of Deming’s Infinite Possibilities About the cover November 2014. Mail subscriptions are $19 for 6 is- comic books and more store, “funny books” are serious busi- “Rock-Ola” by Linda sues, $37 for 12 issues. Single copies by mail $4. All ness. By Paul Hoylen Gendall. Read more contents copyright © 2014 Continental Divide Pub- about Gendall in this lishing LLC. All rights reserved. No portion of this 26 100 Hikes • Hunting for Hiking Real Estate month’s Arts Exposure publication may be reproduced without written per- Exploring Trail 96 near Lake Roberts with Robin Thomas. section. mission. All rights to material by outside contribu- By Linda Ferrara tors revert to the author. Views expressed in articles, advertisements, graphics and/or photos appearing in 27 Borderlines • Farmworkers and Fears Desert Exposure do not necessarily reflect the views Checking in at the entronque, plus echoes of repressions of the editors or advertisers. past. By Marjorie Lilly Desert Exposure is not responsible for unsolic- ited submissions of articles or artwork. Submissions 28 Henry Lightcap’s Journal • Moderation, with a Bullet by mail must include a self-addressed stamped Can you own guns without being a gun nut? envelope for reply or return. It will be assumed By Henry Lightcap that all submissions, including e-mail letters, are intended for publication. All submissions, including 29 Body, Mind & Spirit • The Power of Emotional Mirrors letters to the editor, may be edited for length, style If you don’t see me, do I not exist? By Bina Breitner and content.

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The dragonflies are in... Ancients & Antiques Editor’s Notebook • David A. Fryxell Trinkets & Treasures Kathy Anderson Campaign Cons Rare Bead Investor, Designer The worst of this year’s political ads. Jewelry at Molly Ramolla Gallery Hat adornment at the Raven’s Nest ith another election season almost behind ployers who are paying more. But a sampling of us, thank goodness, our senses can soon rates in key cities by the Kaiser Family Foundation Corner of Broadway & Bullard begin to recuperate from the barrage of found that 2015 premiums have actually dropped Email: [email protected] Wlies, half-truths and simply pointless charges assault- 0.8%. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said ing us in campaign commercials. So many politi- that unexpectedly low premiums in 2014 mean cians’ TV ads this year have vied for the worst or at Obamacare will actually cost $104 billion less least the silliest. than originally projected. The CBO concluded that Sen. , for example, apparently believes Obamacare is doing more to force insurers to run that the reason the nation needs Kirtland Air Force leaner than employers are. Base is to keep his favorite coffeeshop in business. That revision also further deflates claims that Rep. Steve Pearce blames his Democratic opponent the ACA will lead to higher deficits. The General for, well, associating with prominent Democrats and Accounting Office (GAO) issued two very different getting donations from trial lawyer and unions. (It’s calculations of the law’s impact on the deficit. One unclear how that is ethically worse than the much predicted a 1.5% decrease in the deficit as a share of larger sums Pearce has raised from the oil and gas Gross Domestic Product over the next 75 years, at- and finance industries.) That opponent, Rocky Lara, tributable to Obamacare. The other, which assumed spent much of her campaign assailing Pearce’s sup- that all the law’s cost-containment measures would port for Congressional perks instead of taking issue be phased out starting in 2019, projected a 0.7% defi- with his record of votes on policies important to New cit increase. Understandably, GOP candidates refer Mexico. (Then she promised to “come home every only to that scenario, often adding a $6.2 trillion price weekend.” Has she checked the flights from Wash- tag computed not by the GAO but by Republican Sen- ington to New Mexico?) ate staff. In the governor’s race, Gov. Susanna Martinez Lost in the noise and distortion is the fact that 19 has probably convinced voters that opponent Gary million people have health insurance today who did Blackwell’s King IS the “Casanova conman.” King’s sadsack cam- not before the passage of the controversial legisla- paign has at least been too cash- tion, according to the American Antiques & Gifts strapped to air many annoying Hospital Association. That in- ads. Contact us! cludes 8 million enrolled through Festive decor But the most noxious TV com- PO Box 191 the federal insurance exchange. Silver City, NM 88062 for the mercials have been the fearmon- In states wise enough to also take gering montages aired by GOP telephone (575) 538-4374 advantage of the law’s Medicaid Holidays Senate candidate Allen Weh. email: expansion (such as New Mexico, Running against Udall as “a busi- [email protected] thanks to Gov. Martinez), cover- nessman, Marine, husband and [email protected] age of the neediest has sharply father,” Weh should be ashamed [email protected] expanded under the ACA. of the disconnect between his The percentage of uninsured supposed high principles and his nationwide has dropped from televised trash. (We’re not even going to comment 17% to 14%, and in New Mexico from 20% to 15%. on his web video exploiting the beheading of a US As more people sign up for coverage, more insurers journalist.) are joining the exchanges—further increasing com- petition and putting downward pressure on rates. otably, Weh’s commercial linking Udall to Mark Epstein, chief medical officer for New Mexico “Obamacare” crams more half-truths, decep- Health Connections, told the Albuquerque Journal tions and outright falsehoods into a single 30 that New Mexico has seen a “dramatic” reduction in Nseconds than anything else we suffered through dur- the number of people without insurance coverage, a ing the 2014 campaign. It’s correct in asserting that shake-up in the “stale and staid insurance industry,” Udall supported the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But and downward pressure on premiums—all thanks to Open 7 days a week that’s pretty much the ad’s last accurate statement. Obamacare. Consignments Encouraged 575-388-1737 Much of the commercial simply barks scary Punkie Garretson 218 N. Bullard words. Showing a protester with a sign that reads, he resultant braking of the rise in healthcare owner Historic Downtown Silver City “It’s Not Working” does not prove that Obamacare is costs has also led to downward revisions of not working. Repeating a headline, “Lie of the Year,” expected Medicare spending. The Medicare from Washington Post conservative blogger Jennifer Tsavings projected in 2019, notes the New York Times, Rubin does not make it so. Blaring the words “Bank- “exceed what the government is expected to spend ruptcy,” “Raised Debt,” “Raised Premiums” and this year on unemployment insurance, welfare and “Higher Taxes” across the screen does not amount to Amtrak combined.” a public-policy argument. You may also hear—in Pearce’s ads, for one—the Fred’s Carpet Moreover, those claims are largely at odds with tired distortion that Obama cut $716 billion from reality. The most credible is the criticism that Medicare. According to the nonpartisan PolitiFact & Obamacare did not fulfill promises that if you like website, “Obamacare does not literally cut funding Upholstery Cleaning your insurance, you can keep it. But let’s be clear on from the Medicare budget, but tries to bring down what really happened: Some people with insurance future health care costs in the program.… The goal is Featuring the most that did not meet the ACA’s standards were forced get health care providers to increase their efficiency advanced, powerful to buy increased coverage. They did not “lose” cov- and quality of care instead of cutting benefits for se- TRUCK-POWERED erage; under Obamacare, after all, no one can be niors.” For GOP candidates to complain about these denied health insurance, even with a pre-existing cost savings is especially disingenuous, since the pre- extraction system! condition. Many were able to qualify for subsidies ferred plan of Republicans in 2012, Wisconsin Rep. Commercial & In-Home Total Clean-Up, that didn’t exist before the ACA, while enrolling Paul Ryan’s budget, assumed the very same $716 in superior insurance plans. (A fair criticism that billion in savings. Post-Construction Clean-up, Windows, Walls, Weh fails to make in his ad is that the rollout of the Stripping, Waxing, Tile Floors & Grout Cleaning Healthcare.gov website for obtaining those subsi- o go ahead, “blame” Sen. Udall for 19 million INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING, dies was seriously botched.) more insured, slowing healthcare costs and How big of a problem was “losing” insurance un- possible deficit reductions. Oddly, none of those Pressure wash, Prep & Seal for Homes & der Obamacare? Insurers estimated that 6 million Sfacts show up in Allen Weh’s commercials. Businesses, Log Home & Deck Staining people would have to change their coverage. That The lesson to be learned? If you don’t already sounds like a lot. But according to a study published have a DVR that lets you fast-forward through cam- 25+ years experience. Reasonable rates and in Health Affairs, it’s roughly the same as the churn paign commercials, get one before 2016. k quality work. Free estimate/Fair prices. (6.2 million) that occurs naturally every year in the NM Handyman #03-043886-00-1 individual health-insurance market. Serving: Silver City and Grant County & Reserve and Catron County David A. Fryxell is editor of Des- laims of “higher premiums” are hard to re- ert Exposure. Fred Stephens, owner/proprietor fute because health-insurance costs have kept rising every year for a long time. Anec- Home: (575) 533-6460 Cell: (575) 201-8620 Cdotal evidence can easily find individuals or em- DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 7 Letters Gear up Shooting, Shots & Wind Our readers write. for Talking About Guns The human body is a complicated machine, with saw your paper during a short vacation trip to (I believe) a beautiful and powerful Mystery animat- Silver City (a really lovely town!). I enjoyed your ing it. But beyond that, even medical science is not so winter article calling for a “conversation” on gun rights black and white as you insinuate. I feel you dismiss I(Editor’s Notebook, October). The issue is important many people, and their very real concerns for their to me, so I try to read widely from all sides. own health or the welfare of their children, by indi- hiking I could name a dozen thoughtful writers on the cating we are just so many Chicken Littles. other side of the issue. If you’re sincere about hav- Donna Clayton Walter ing a conversation, why not read and engage with the Santa Fe arguments of the other side? What do you think? If and you choose not to, that’s hardly the fault of the pro- Editor’s note: As acknowledged in the column, no liberty writers. vaccine—or any medical treatment—is completely People who believe in gun control obviously want safe. But the ratio of serious adverse reactions to to take rights from Americans one small slice at a beneficial effects for the most common vaccines is biking! time. And with each slice they’ll say, “Don’t resist— about 1 to 40,000; moreover, the risk of vaccine- we’re just being reasonable!” The final goal (as you caused autism (the focus of much of the irrational strongly hinted in your article) is to leave US citizens fear of vaccination) is precisely zero. Unfortunately, with no more gun rights than people in the UK. I’m unlike other medical procedures that affect only the glad that voters and judges won’t let that happen—at patient, when individuals choose to roll the dice and GILA HIKE & BIKE least not in most parts of the country. skip vaccination for themselves or their children, they Adventure Down! In the last century, rogue governments have killed also put others at risk. Corner of College & Bullard tens of millions of their own people who lacked the Open 7 days a week 575-388-3222 means to resist. If that doesn’t convince you of the Thinking Green folly of gun control, I guess nothing will. s I’ve read the debates about the climate I’m all in favor of “conversations” and “compro- (“Powerful Blows,” July), I’ve often had mis- NEW LISTING mise” to make our gun laws better. (I wouldn’t mind givings. It seems like a lot of stuff is on the Spectacular views, better background check laws, if they are written InternetA and quoted widely without anyone actu- very carefully. But if I loan a pistol to a neighbor or ally verifying either the author or what is said. My ex- tasteful 3br, 2 bath cousin so they can take a safety class or practice perience included working with very sharp scientific home with great their marksmanship, that should not and engineering people; I’m neither outdoor living space. make me a felon. If gun control advo- (economics, finance and history is my MLS 31575 $239,999. cates try to pass a bill to criminalize interest), so I was fortunate that some everyday, normal behavior like this, of these people were able to present I’ll resist with all my might. So will their expertise in “shirtsleeve” fash- Immaculate home millions of other gun owners. On the ion. I thought I’d pass a couple of with updated kitchen, flip side of the coin, our gun laws for items along. 3br, 2 bath on interstate travel are broken—they In the early 1980s, one of my co- Manhattan Park Drive. need to be fixed so that good people workers was a “technical” (chemis- MLS 30077 don’t face felony charges for harmless try, physics, engineering) whiz who behavior. If gun control advocates are worked with NASA. NASA had pre- only $89,899. sincere about some “compromise” sented the beginnings of this climate Lovely home on 5 acres and give-and-take, this is one obvious debate in exhaustive detail to Con- adjoins National Forest. area where they could advocate for gress. This co-worker summed it up more freedom to improve legal pro- as follows: The atmosphere around 4 BR 3 bath, great tections for the innocent.) the acts like a lung through views and outdoor Sadly, I detect little appetite for give and take on which our living planet exchanges, primarily, energy living space. the left—just a one-way demand for average citizens with the universe. Like a human, the lung needs to be MLS 31443 to give up their rights one slice at a time. If I’m mis- kept clear of debris. Our fouling of the air acts like $575,000. taken about that, maybe you’ll return to this topic in cigarette smoke in the human lung. The earth cannot future editions of the paper. properly exchange energy through a polluted lung David E. Reedy and will start “running a fever,” seeking to re-estab- Fort Bliss, Texas lish the needed balance. To achieve the balance the Colleen Stinar earth will likely use increased volcanic, earthquake (575) 574-5451 Editor’s note: Thanks for your thoughtful com- and climatic adjustments. These adjustments will be [email protected] ments. When the issue is characterized as “obvious- more violent and volatile as the problem progresses. ly” wanting “to take rights from Americans one small We won’t kill the earth, but it will, if necessary, kill us. 110 E. 11th St. slice at a time,” however, it’s difficult to see a way A fellow I’ve known since childhood spent 35 Silver City, NM forward. Isn’t it possible that gun-control advocates years as an engineer with an electric utility. He re- sincerely seek to reduce the carnage of firearms tired and then installed electric-generating windmills See my listings at www.colleensilvercityrealestate.com violence, with as little intrusion on individual rights for seven years. He’s married to a lady whose family as possible? Your comments on background checks lives in Europe and has members who are engineers suggest that, on the flip side, some gun owners are in the electric utilities there. He assures me that not willing to contribute to such a conversation, which only is the current technology able to totally replace was exactly the point—and hope—of the column. our fossil and nuclear electric generation plants, it would simplify our electric distribution system and Your Body, Your Choice? cut our costs sharply. Several European, Latin Ameri- feel I need to respond to your Editor’s Notebook can and Asian countries are rapidly reaching a 100% (September) on the glories of your DPT shot. It is “green energy” system. They have also restructured not so much that I am offended by your decision their transportation systems to be “fossil free.” Ito get this injection. Your body, your choice. But I do These are people I personally know to be honest, find arrogant and presumptive your subtitle to this competent and nonpolitical. I trust their judgment piece, “Why do people ignore the science behind vac- and recommend their advice. cines and the subjects of other false controversies?” Charles Clements I almost hear you snickering behind your hand, “If Las Cruces k only these silly people would just stop freaking out and get their kids vaccinated!” As a child, I contracted several major diseases, namely smallpox, mumps and polio—yes, polio!—from Let us hear from you! Write Desert Exposure the very vaccines that were supposed to protect me. Letters, PO Box 191, Silver City, NM 88062, or email [email protected]. Letters are Yes, doubtless more of the human race survives due subject to editing for style and length (maximum to these medical inventions. But there are costs, not 500 words, please), and must be in response to just to people with super-sensitive immune systems or content that has appeared in our pages. Deadline atypical response, but in the cost of longterm mutations for the next issue is the 18th of the month. and such, of which we know only the tip of the iceberg. 8 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

Desert Diary “What can you never eat for breakfast? Lunch and dinner. “What looks like half an apple? The other half. “If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what Pickles and Ponderings it will become? Wet. “How can a man go eight days without sleeping? Plus the secrets of a happy marriage. No problem—he sleeps at night. “How can you lift an elephant with one hand? osing the battle of the sexes… We seem to And this report from the older front of the battle You will never find an elephant that has only one have more than the usual quota of ethnic jokes of the sexes, sent in by GeraldH: hand. this month, though none (we hope) uniquely of- “A man and woman were married for many years. “If you had three apples and four oranges in one Lfensive to the ethnicity in question. Much as we al- Whenever there was a confrontation, yelling could hand and four apples and three oranges in the other ways say with blonde jokes (of which we currently be heard deep into the night. The old man would hand, what would you have? Very large hands. have a shortage—get sending, folks!), feel free to shout, ‘When I die, I will dig my way up and out of “If it took eight men 10 hours to build a wall, substitute the ethnicity of your choice. In this batch, the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest how long would it take four men to build it? No time we’re pretty sure, the real butt of the jokes is the op- of your life!’ at all—the wall is already built. posite gender—as in this from The Packrat Out “Neighbors feared him. The old man liked the fact “How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete Back, “The Italian Secret to a Long Marriage”: that he was feared. Then one evening, he died when floor without cracking it? Any way you want—con- “At St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Adelaide, he was 98. After the burial, her neighbors, concerned crete floors are very hard to crack.” Australia, they have weekly husbands’ marriage sem- for her safety, asked, ‘Aren’t you afraid that he may inars. At the session last week the priest asked Gi- indeed be able to dig his way out of the grave and ove and marriage… Another story about a useppe, who said he was approaching his 50th wed- haunt you for the rest of your life?’ Giuseppe—perhaps long before his marriage in ding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share “The wife said, ‘Let him dig. I had him buried up- the previous joke? This one’s from Jess Hos- some insight into how he had managed to stay mar- side down—and I know he won’t ask for directions.’” Lsinaround in Arenas Valley: ried to the same woman all these years. “Giuseppe excitedly tells his mother he’s fallen in “Giuseppe replied to the assembled husbands, epartment of uncontrollable desires… love and that he is going to get married. He says, ‘Just ‘Well, I’va tried to treat her nice, spenda da money on The easily offended will want to skip this one for fun, Mama, I’m going to bring over three women her, but, best of all is, I took her to Italy for the 25th from Old Grumps. It’s technically a “Pol- and you try and guess which one I’m going to marry.’ anniversary!’ Dish joke,” but we don’t think people of Polish will The mother agrees. “The priest responded, ‘Giuseppe, you are an be among those offended, as it’s not quite the usual “The next day, he brings three beautiful women amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please funny of that sort: into the house, sits them down on the couch and they tell us what you are planning for your wife for your “Yossel Zelkovitz worked in a Polish pickle facto- chat for a while. He then says, ‘Okay, Mama, guess 50th anniversary? ry. For many years, he had a powerful, almost uncon- which one I’m going to marry?’ “Giuseppe proudly replied, ‘I gonna go pick her trollable desire to put his penis in the pickle slicer. “Mama says immediately, ‘The one on the right.’ up.’” “Unable to stand it any longer, he finally sought “‘That’s amazing, Mama! You’re right. How did you professional help from the factory psychologist. Af- know?’ Then there’s this brief caution from new corre- ter six months of intense therapy, however, the frus- “Mama replies: ‘I don’t like her.’” spondent Jose in Las Cruces: trated therapist gave up. He then advised Yossel to go “Don’t believe silence is golden! ahead and do it, otherwise he would probably never And this (which could also have gone under our “A quiet man is a thinking man. have any peace of mind. The next day Yossel came “Kids” category) came courtesy of CharlesC: “A quiet woman is usually mad at you.” home from work very early. His wife, Sacha, became “A little boy was attending his first wedding. After alarmed and wanted to know what had happened. the service, his cousin asked him, ‘How many women “For the first time, Yossel tearfully confessed to can a man marry?’ her his tormenting desire to put his penis in the pick- “‘Sixteen,’ the boy responded. le slicer. He went on to explain that today he finally “His cousin was amazed that he had an answer so went ahead and did it, and he was immediately fired. quickly: ‘How do you know that?’ “Sacha gasped and ran over to her husband. She “‘Easy,’ the little boy said. ‘All you have to do is quickly yanked down his pants and shorts only to add it up, like the pastor said: 4 better, 4 worse, 4 find a normal, completely intact penis. She looked up richer, 4 poorer.’” and said, ‘I don’t understand. What about the pickle slicer?’ now thyself… We completely agree with Pop “Yossel replied, ‘I think she got fired, too.’” on this one: “Jed and Arlo met in a bar and struck up a We’re in a pickle—we need your jokes! Send them Kconversation. Jed happened to mention how strange to [email protected]. it was that people often refer to him as a ‘dumb bass’ even though he doesn’t resemble a fish. Arlo was ids say the darnedest things… The student amazed; he too was frequently referred to as a ‘dumb who purportedly submitted these answers on bass’ and there was nothing fishy about him. Before an exam got a zero, but The Packrat Out Back departing they agreed to look further into this phe- Kargues he should have gotten 100% for his wit: nomenon. “In which battle did Napoleon die? His last battle. “Sometime later, after they had both identified “Where was the Declaration of Independence scores of people with the same story, they decided Postcards from the edge… Going places? Take along a copy of Desert signed? At the bottom of the page. to have a convention. The meeting went well up until Exposure and snap a photo of yourself holding it “on location”—like “River Ravi flows in which state? Liquid. the very end. They all wanted to stay in touch but Carol Vaughan and Laura Wiest, shown here on their trip up the Inter- “What is the main reason for divorce? Marriage. there were so many of them none could remember coastal Waterway from Florida to Warren, Rhode Island. “What is the main reason for failure? Exams. all the others. So they asked for suggestions to help

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Tumbleweeds Life in a State of Nature More reader critter photos.

ust because it’s autumn, heading for winter, doesn’t mean the animals aren’t still Jout and about. As readers con- tinue to share their snapshots of the wildlife of all kinds they spot out in our “Southwest zoo,” how- ever, we do have a heavy dose of cold-blooded critters, which soon will be less prominent hereabouts until spring.

Gordon Berman of Las Cru- ces tells us, “This Texas horned lizard has been hanging out near the Dripping Springs Visitor Cen- ter in the Organ Mountains.”

Excellent Home for the Price Very well maintained 3bd/2bath $135,000 MLS 31633 manufactured home (Inactivated title). Set on over an acre with detached garage and storage shed. Newer pellet stove.

MLS 31245 $95,000 This friendly toad was photographed This colorful snake was shared by Dennis Lane: “While hik- by Barbara Gorzycki, aka pet-sitter ing up Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, I came across this rare Frumpy Fox, who writes: “This nice per- Sonoran mountain kingsnake. This non-poisonous snake often This a great home for the money. Seller will give $5000.00 allowance. Bring your animals to son hangs around the back porch and eats other snakes, including rattlesnakes on occasion. They have this .65 acres. House is a double wide with a always close to water. His whole family the ability to also climb trees while hunting for prey. They are tag. Home is huge. Owners have done many for years now will show up from time to one of the more striking of the snakes we have in the Gila. This upgrades already. time, and they like to sit on the pipe to particular individual was at least a meter long.” the water spigot.” MLS 31585 $108,000

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Arts Exposure • Peggy Platonos Wizard in Wood Mimbres Valley artist Meg Streams carves everything from birds to fish to replicas of ancient pottery.

f there is such a thing as a gene that carries wood- carving skills, Mimbres Valley artist Meg Streams definitely has it—a legacy from her father, William ISugden, who was a master woodcarver specializing in birds. His work was of such high quality that it regularly won awards at the Ward Foundation World Bird Carving Championships. “Dad was known as ‘the Bird man of Bucking- ham,’” she says. “He was a medical doctor there in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, a general practitioner, and an avid birdwatcher. So his patients kept bring- ing him injured birds. I grew up with baby robins, blue jays, cardinals, goldfinches, owls, all kinds of ART GALLERY birds all over the house—live birds as well as the J Fine Art Gallery • Picture Framing ones he carved out of wood.” It took awhile for the woodcarving gene to mani- 99 Cortez Ave. Hurley, NM • (575) 537- 0300 W fest itself in Meg, however. Though her father did his woodcarving in an easy chair right in the living Mimbres Valley artist Meg Streams holds two of her “The Golden Hour” room with the family, night after night throughout carvings: a gourd “pot” from her “Ancient Trails” The Gallery Group Show with artists her childhood, she didn’t start carving until she was collection, and one of her exotic fish woodcarvings. in college. (Photo by Peggy Platonos) Thomas Holt Thia Utz “I was at Penn State University, majoring in Large Karen Danhauer Ginna Heiden Animal Production, and I started carving little farm my dad treated me like the son he never had. So we animals for my friends who were raising and show- spent a lot of time fishing together. All our vacations, Carmela St. Claire ing prize-winning animals—sheep, horses, pigs, when I was a kid, were devoted to birdwatching and Opening: November 8,2014 cows. I just gave the stuff away,” fishing in different parts of the she says with a laugh. country.” 1:30pm - 5:00 pm She did keep a few pieces for The very first fish Meg carved Show Dates: November 8 - November 23 herself, though, and they prove took first place in a competition at that her woodcarving skills had the local woodcarving club. “All been quietly incubating in those the other carvers were men,” she hours she spent seeing her dad recalls. ”They were not pleased.” coax realistic figures of birds She quickly proved it was not Saturday, December 6 from pieces of wood. When she just beginner’s luck. She entered from 10 am to 4 pm did finally try her hand at carv- her carvings in much bigger com- at the Hillsboro ing, those skills emerged already petitions, including the Global well-developed—nothing crude Aquatic Carving Challenge held in Community Center or primitive about those early ani- Florida. mal figures of hers. But she didn’t “At the time, this was the big- Gift and Craft Vendors, get serious about carving until she gest competition for fish carvings, $49.99 Fine Art Show, returned home several years after and it was open to carvers from Music, Food college, reeling from the after- all over the world,” Meg explains. shocks of a failed marriage. “Right from the beginning, I was and much, much more— “I went down to my dad’s a consistent winner, taking first or we’ll all be celebrating! workshop in the basement and second place.” started carving as ‘therapy.’ The In 1994, at the World Fish Carv- On Highway 152 first thing I did was a carving of an ing Championships, Meg’s carv- just 17 miles west of I-25 avocet, a shore bird with long legs ing of a trio of fancy goldfish won and a long beak. It was very deli- Best in World in the Intermediate at exit 63 “Golden Girls,” Streams’ wood- cate work. My dad was thrilled. carving of a trio of red-capped Division. He was just full of praise—said fantail goldfish that was judged “I guess about this time I was it was better than he could have “Best in World” in the Intermedi- getting real serious about my carv- done,” Meg recalls. “I didn’t really ate Division at the 1994 World ing,” she says. believe it was better than he could Fish Carving Championships, Given the exacting standards have done, but I did believe he held in . (Photo courtesy of judging in these major fish carv- VICTORIA CHICK was sincere when he said it, and Meg Streams) ing competitions, one would have Cow Trail Art Studio that made me feel good.” to be extremely serious about carving to stand any chance at all. eg soon moved on to carving fish. “I had al- “The judging is based on accuracy, as well as art- ways been an avid fisherman,” she explains. istry,” Meg explains. “You have to have the correct “I was the third daughter in the family, and number and size of scales on your carving, the cor- M rect size and placement of fins, gills, etc. Composi- tion counts, too, and the judges look for movement, but it has to be the kind of movement a fish of that particular species could and would make.” She adds with a laugh, “Of course, all this was a good excuse for my dad and me to go shad fishing on the Delaware River or trout fishing in local Penn- sylvania streams, lake fishing in Canada, even scuba diving in local quarries. I had to study and take mea- surements on real fish, after all. We’d take photos of the fish we caught.” For more exotic types of fish, Meg made regular trips to local pet stores to study the fish imported for aquariums. “I arranged with the stores to freeze any fish that died and save the carcass for me.”

Elk Country from New Mexico Label Series, 24"x 24" Acrylic ventually, Meg’s passion for woodcarving took 119 Cow Trail, Arenas Valley a back seat to marriage and family. She married Open Mondays noon to 3 p.m. veterinarian Dale Streams in 1994, and their Efirst daughter, Emily, was born in 1996, the second, or by appointment The carousel horse the artist is still in the process of Hannah, in 1998. victoriachick.com • 760-533-1897 carving. (Photo courtesy Meg Streams) “When Dale and I got married and had our two DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 13 girls, time for carving just disappeared,” she says. Still, she managed to find bits of time here and Gifts made by there to work on a major project that continues to be a work in progress: a full-size wooden car- hand... ousel horse, with intricate symbols worked into its harness, each representing a person who has Yours or Mine! been important in Meg’s life. It’s clearly a labor of love. Since buying property on what was originally the GOS ranch, building a home there, and mov- Bullard & 7th Downtown Silver City ing to the Mimbres Valley in 2012 with their girls, (575) 388-3350 • yadayadayarn.com Dale and Meg have both launched their own busi- Open Tues- Sat 11-5, Sun 11-4 nesses. Dale’s old-style house-call Mimbres Valley Mobile Veterinary Service is proving to be much in demand. Meg helps as his assistant, while also do- ing some serious carving for her “Second Nature” business. That carving increasingly reflects her new surroundings. Shared Studio Space and Gallery “Once we moved to the Valley, I was introduced to the ancient Mimbres pottery and the Southwest wild- Open Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm life,” Meg says. “I had also seen gourd art in some Southwest magazines and it intrigued me, so I started Gourd art created using woven pine needles and The Wherehouse deer antlers. (Photo courtesy Meg Streams) experimenting with it.” 305 S. Texas Street he results of that experimentation include a in archaeological circles as “sherds”) embedded in series of antique-looking gourd “bowls” carved them. Dubbed the “Sherds Series,” the collection was sss305.com in such a way that they appear to have color- displayed, by invitation, at the New Mexico State Ar- Tful broken bits of ancient Mimbres pottery (known chaeological Society Meeting in April. In the “Ancient Trails Series” she is currently working on, Meg transforms drab gourds into extraordinarily realistic repli- It's About Time for Art! cas of ancient Mimbres utilitar- ian bowls and vessels. Her work painstakingly re-creates in wood the pottery pieces that have been dug up from local sites, restored as much as possible and turned over to the museum at WNMU in Silver City, where they are now permanently on display. “It’s a way for people to own a piece of what looks like ancient ARTS EXPOSURE continued An assortment of carved gourds decorated with antlers, twigs, dried on next page flowers and other natural items. (Photo courtesy Meg Streams)

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tors could see that yes indeed, there must be a gene ARTS EXPOSURE continued COME TO CLIFF, NM for woodcarving. k Hwy 180, 30 miles N of Silver City pottery without breaking the law,” Meg says of this Meg Stream’s carvings will be on display and CAFE and GALLERY new series of carved gourds. Featuring authentic- available for purchase at the Silver City Holiday looking cracks and missing pieces, these gourd Market, just in time for Christmas. This juried art Gila River bowls look so much like the fragile old originals that event will be held on Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. D’s people are often afraid to handle them, she reports. at the Old Post Office Building, 412 W. Broadway. She is also willing to show her work at her studio Artisans Now a member of the New Mexico Gourd Society in the upper Mimbres Valley by appointment. She CAFE based in Albuquerque, Meg hopes to show some of 7am to 3 pm Thurs-Sun Gallery can be reached by telephone at (575) 536-9629 or her gourd art in next year’s New Mexico State Gourd by email at [email protected]. Breakfast, Lunch, Desserts 10am to 3pm Fri, Sat, Sun Competition. She also showcased her work at last month’s Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival, where visi- Peggy Platonos is a Mimbres freelance writer.

Arts Exposure HANG ‘EM HIGH SALE PICTURE FRAMING Arts Scene All Prints and Picture Framing is The latest area art happenings. 20% o for the month of November 203 N Bullard Silver City & Grant County 575-538-5538 — FRAMING 654-0334 eyba & Ingalls Arts will celebrate Dia de Los Muertos on Saturday, Nov. 1, 5-7 p.m., with works by gallery artists and an altar to departed Lpets. 315 N. Bullard, 388-5725, www.LeybaIngalls ARTS.com. The first annual Mimbres Valley Youth Art Show will be Nov. 1-8 at Valle Mimbres Market in the Mimbres. The juried show features two- and three-di- mensional art from school-age children of the valley. Proceeds from the art sale will benefits the children of the Mimbres Valley. The show will be open Sat- urday, then Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 4-8, 12-6 p.m. 2739 Hwy. 35 (1.5 miles off Hwy. 152). Copper Quail Gallery will open two new shows on Nov. 4, with a reception Nov. 8, 1-5 p.m.: “Homage to Culture” by Rebecca Kerr and “Range of Vision” by Jan Fell. The show runs through Dec. 1. 211A N. Texas, 388-2646. Potter Romaine Begay will be the next presenter in the Mimbres Region Arts Council’s Artist Lec- ture Series, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at WNMU’s Parotti Hall. The San Vicente Artists will open their group show at the MRAC Wells Fargo Bank gallery on Nov. Ansel Adams, photographed by George Waters II, 7, 4-5:30 p.m. The show will be on view through Dec. part of the ‘Fragile Waters” show at the Las Cruces 1. 538-1509. Museum of Art. Western art by Narrie Toole will be featured through Dec. 31 at Western Bank. and crafts people will include pottery, glass, photog- “From the Unconscious Mind,” a new show of raphy, jewelry, fiber arts, cut-paper art, toys, block- We carry the finest in art supplies as well as art for the discriminating collector acrylics by artist Nan Rogier, opens with a recep- printed linens, letterpress prints, watercolor and oil 315 N. Bullard tion on Saturday, Nov. 8, 4-7 p.m., at Molly Ramolla paintings and more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Take Hwy. 152 to LEYBA & INGALLS Gallery. Rogier began her pursuit of art 12 years the Mimbres, Hwy. 61 South to Royal John Mine Road Silver City, NM ago, at the age of 52, when her twin sister gifted her (between mile markers 19 and 20). Follow signs 2 1/2 (575) 388-5725 with a box of paints. Soon after she moved to Silver miles. www.studiosalemimbres.com. ARTS City five years ago, her work captured the interest On Dec. 13, the Silver City Holiday Market will www.LeybaIngallsARTS.com of artist Molly Ramolla, who feature handmade goods became her mentor. Her art crafted by local artists. 10 projects “the unconscious a.m.-5 p.m. 412 W. Broadway. shards of her womanhood, SilverCityArtists.com. MOLLY RAMOLLA GALLERY awareness and never-ending evolvement.” 203 N. Bullard, Las Cruces & Mesilla 538-5538. n conjunction with the JW Art Gallery will exhibition “Fragile Wa- feature “The Golden Hour,” ters,” the Las Cruces a group show with artists IMuseum of Art welcomes Thomas Holt, Karen Danhau- exhibiting photographers er, Thia Utz, Ginna Heiden Ernest H. Brooks and Doro- and Carmela St. Claire. The thy Kerper Monnelly, and ex- show opens with a reception “Momma” by Linda Hagen, part of Unsettled hibition curator Jeanne Falk Nov. 8, 1:30-5 p.m., and con- Gallery’s month-long animals theme. Adams (daughter-in-law of tinues through Nov. 23. 99 Ansel Adams) on Nov. 7, Cortez Ave., Hurley, 537-0300. 5-7 p.m. Organized by Photokunst, “Fragile Waters” Mark your calendars for next month’s 34th An- contains 117 black and white photographs, many not nual Mimbres Hotsprings Ranch Studio Sale, previously exhibited. The exhibition will be on dis- Dec. 6 and 7. Works by more than two-dozen artists play through Jan. 18. 491 N. Main St., 541-2137, www. las-cruces.org/museums. NEW SHOWING BY This month Mesquite Art Gallery will feature photographs ARTIST NAN ROGIER by owner Mel Stone and original art by various artists. 340 N Mes- "FROM THE UNCONCIOUS MIND" quite St., 640-3502. Acrylics The Tombaugh Gallery will celebrate the utilitarian as well as OPENING RECEPTION the decorative use of baskets in SAT, NOV. 8, 4 TO 7. an exhibit opening Nov. 2 at 11:30 REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED a.m., with a demonstration Nov. 15 at 11;30 a.m. Works by artists 203 N Bullard, SC,NM 88061 • 575-538-5538 Marilyn Hansen, Jan Harrison, Lin DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 15

Bentley Keeling, Dee Knudson and Jan Severson are based on the weaving techniques found in basketry, DOUBLE FEATURE combining traditional and innovative construction methods. 2000 Solano Dr., 522-7281. at “Nature—the Artist’s Palette” opens at the Cot- tonwood Gallery in the Southwest Environmental Center on Friday, Nov. 7, 5-7 p.m. The exhibit in- Rebecca Kerr’s cludes work from 12 local artists, members of the Ten O’Clock Club, who gather at 10 a.m. on the 10th “HOMAGE TO of each month. Main and Las Cruces St. CULTURE” The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery will feature artists Bert Gammill and Lori Shalett this month. Gam- mill is a mixed media artist and Shalett is a gemstone jeweler. The gallery will also host a “Rush to the Holi- days” show and sale Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1-4 p.m. Jan Fell’s with demos by Ouida Touchon, Sylvia Hendrickson “RANGE OF VISION” and Bonnie MacQuarrie. 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933, www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com. The Rio Grande Theatre will host an artist re- Reception: “Floating World” by Jeanne Rundell, featured in the ception for Mike Nail, Nov. 7, 5-7 p.m. Nov. 8, 1-5 pm The West End Art Depot presents “Two Artists: Border Artists show at the Adobe Patio Gallery. Chris Bardey & Kelley S. Hestir,” featuring installa- 312-9892, www.we-ad.org. Show runs November 4 - December 1 tions by two members, with an opening reception The Old Tortilla Factory in Mesilla will host a Open Daily Nov. 7 from 6-9 p.m. Bardey’s “9 Year Deviation” will Fall Fiber and Arts Festival, Nov. 8-9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 211A N. Texas • 575-388-2646 • Corner of Texas & Yankie in Silver City 11-4 feature prints, photos, drawings and paintings from 635-8914, www.tresmanosweaving.org. 2005 to the present. Hestir presents mixed media sculpture in “Animals & Allegory.” 401 N. Mesilla St., nsettled Gallery celebrates animals and art th th to benefit the Doña Ana County Humane So- Antique and Collectible 19 and 20 Century ciety this month. Works by Kathleen Squires, Original Prints and Drawings U“All Things Bright & Beautiful,” opens with a recep- tion on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 4-6 p.m. On Nov. 15, American artists from 4-6 p.m., poets/writers will present representa- and artists of tive readings about “All Creatures Great and Small” New Mexico in the gallery. Small artworks created by local artists for the “All Creatures Great & Small” event will be in www.victoriachick.com the gallery for viewing and sale. On Nov. 22, 10 a.m.-4 Cow Trail Art Studio p.m., there will be pets for adoption, along with train- 119 Cow Trail, Arenas Valley, NM Mondays Noon - 3 or by appt. ers demonstrating how to guide your critter to find Albert Groll “Temples of New Mexico” its place in your family. 905 N. Mesquite St., www. unsettledgallery.com. Las Colcheras Quilt Guild’s meeting Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. features Master Quilter Susan Cleveland from Westcord, Minn. ($5 donation for non-members.) Cleveland will also give workshops on Nov. 10 and 11. The Common Thread “Juarez” by Kelley S. Hestir, part of a show at the West End Art Depot. ARTS EXPOSURE continued on next page A fiber arts gallery—where art meets craft

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ARTS EXPOSURE continued Good Samaritan’s Activity Center, 3011 Buena Vista. Our Cover Artist 521-0521, [email protected], www.lcqg.org. over artist Linda Gendall lives in Las Cru- The Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum opens a ces. She grew up the daughter of a forest new exhibit on Nov. 14, “Cheryl Cathcart: In a World ranger and naturalist in Montana, living of Horses,” featuring 32 photographs of horses from Con remote mountain ranger stations, and later the US and Europe. A reception with the photogra- lived adjacent to the Cheyenne reservation. “The pher will be held Jan. 8, 5:30-7 p.m., with a lecture to sights and sounds of this time in my life indelibly follow. 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, www. influenced me and charted, in large part, my path nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. through life,” she says. “My father took me on Naida Zucker, biologist and artist, will demon- horseback into the natural world and taught me strate gelatin monoprinting at the Las Cruces Arts the secrets and science of all that we saw. My les- Association meeting, Sunday, Nov. 16, at 1:30 p.m. sons and memories of the plants, animals, textures Community Enterprise Center, 125 N. Main St. and colors are an integral part of me to this day. The Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces begins its 34th “The illumination in my current body of work Annual Holiday Sale with a gala opening at a new mirrors what I have learned to see in early morn- location on Friday, Nov. 21, from 2-6 p.m. The sale ing and evening light, now in New Mexico.” k continues on Saturday, Nov. 22, with expanded hours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be functional pottery, sculpture and wall decorations, jewelry, pillowcases two new shows are featured in a reception Nov. 9, and handmade prints for sale, plus a quilt raffle ben- 1-3 p.m.: a “Recycled Show,” supported and judged efitting the Empty Bowls Project and the El Caldito by the Keep Luna County Beautiful Project, and a soup kitchen. Twenty-two members are participating “Mail Art Show,” which will include a silent auction this year including Jan Archey, Wendy Baldwin, Mary of chairs decorated by artists. 100 S. Gold, 546-3663. Barce, Mari Blacker, Bernita Davis, Jessika Edgars There will also be an Art Fest on Saturday, Nov. 15, and the NMSU Ceramics Guild, Maggie Garet, Mary 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Custom House Gardens, 304 S. Giardina, Mary Ann Hendrickson, Linda Kirby-Grose, Silver. Mary Lou LaCasse, Myra Beth Landers-Chidester, Rudy Lucero, Mary Ann Matros, Darlene Nelson, John Sierra County and Kris Northcutt, Linda Reeder-Sanchez, Randy and he Hillsboro Historical Society Education Jeannine Summers, Cindy Waddell and Barbara Wil- Center continues an exhibition of photo- liams. Las Cruces Homebuilders Association Event graphs of Apache rock art, through Jan. 4. The Hall, 2825 N. Main St. (immediately T exhibit highlights photographs behind Citizen’s Bank on Temple taken at Apache sites in New Mex- Street). pottersguildlc.com. ico and Arizona by Christopher This year’s Picacho Studio Adams, district archaeologist with Tour will be held entirely in the the Gila National Forest. Main ambiance of the Quesenberry Street, Hillsboro. Farmhouse Studio, Nov. 29-30, Hillsboro’s annual holiday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Artists will include celebration, Christmas in the Wanda Sparks and Bonnie Man- Foothills, takes place on Satur- doe, plus vintage Navajo jewelry. day, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 825 Quesenberry St., 523-9760. the Hillsboro Community Center. Adobe Patio Gallery will be Highlights of the festival include featuring the Border Artists in an a wide array of vendors selling exhibit, “Small is Beautiful,” Dec. specialty arts, hand-crafted gifts 6-Jan. 17, with an opening 6-8 p.m. and food items, the annual raffle In addition to the members of the of an original work of art, and Border Artists, special guest art- the popular $49.99 Art Show and “Chessie with Pyramids,” featured ists Margaret Barrier, Mary Rob- Sale. The $49.99 Art Show and at Mesquite Art Gallery. ertson and Robin Labe will be fea- Sale began years ago as a way for tured. Small and intimate works Hillsboro’s many artists, authors of art 15 inches or under will be on exhibit and for and craftspeople to give back to the community sale in this holiday show. 1765 Avenida de Mercado, at Christmas time. Each item in the show will be 532-9310. sold for $49.99 to a winning ticket holder, and all The Black Box Theatre’s lobby thetheatregallery items are guaranteed to be worth more than that. will have a reception for a show of gourd artwork by Raffle tickets can also be purchased for a chance to Karen Currier on Dec. 5, 5-7 p.m. 430 N. Downtown win an original framed watercolor painting of hum- Mall, 523-1223. mingbirds especially created for the event by Hills- Aa Studios is calling for regional artists to exhib- boro artist Inga McCord. The winning ticket will be it in 2015. Proposals are due by Nov. 15. 2645 Doña drawn at the Community Center at 3:45 p.m. k Ana Road, 520-8752, [email protected].

Luna County All phone numbers are area code 575 except as he Deming Arts Center continues its Guate- noted. Send gallery news to: [email protected]. mala Mercado on Nov. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., featur- Ting unusual, colorful handmade items. Then Yankie/Texas

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Vicki’s Eatery 315 N. Texas • 314-5890 Molly Ramolla Sat. Breakfast: 7-10:30am, Yankie Street Artists Four Directions Weaving Artesanos Gallery Gallery & Framing Seedboat Gallery Corner of Broadway and Bullard Sat. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm. 103 W. Yankie 106 W. Yankie 211B N. Texas 214 W. Yankie Sun. Breakfast: 8am-2pm. 519-0615 538-5538 or 654-0334 263-3830 519-0804 www.ramollaart.com 534-1136 Weekdays: 11am-2:30pm. www.fourdirectionsweaving.com Wed–Sat 11am-5pm or by appt. DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 17

appointment. lyntheoilpainter@gmail. Hillsboro Arts Exposure com, www.lynorona.com. Barbara Massengill Gallery, Reader’s Cove Used Books & 894-9511/895-3377, Fri.-Sun. 10:30 Gallery, 200 S. Copper, 544-2512. a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Photography Chloride by Daniel Gauss. Monte Cristo, Wall St., 743-0190. Gallery Guide Studio LeMarbe, 4025 Chaparral Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. k SE, 544-7708. Submit gallery information to— Silver City Dr., 519-4880. Sat. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., a.m.-5 p.m. Rodeo Desert Exposure, PO Box 191, Silver Ann McMahon Photography, 125 April-Dec. www.stainedglasssource. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, Chiricahua Gallery, 5 Pine St., City, NM 88062, fax 534-4134, email Country Road. By appointment. www. gallery. 2470 Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. 557-2225. [email protected]. AnnMcMahon.com. Studio Behind the Mountain, 23 Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ann Simonsen Studio-Gallery, Wagon Wheel Lane, 388-3277. By ap- The Potteries, 2260 Calle de San- 104 W. Yankie St., 654-5727. pointment. www.jimpalmerbronze.com. tiago, 524-0538. Artesanos, 211-B N. Texas St., The StudioSpace, 109 N. Bullard St., Rokoko, 1785 Avenida de Mer- 519-0804. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 534-9291. www.jessgorell.com. cado, 405-8877. Sun. 12-6 p.m. Studio Upstairs, 109 N. Bullard St., Las Cruces A Fund Raiser to Benefit Bridge Community [a]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. 7th St., 538- 574-2493. By appointment. Alegre Gallery, 920 N Alameda 3333, [email protected]. Susan Szajer Studio, Sanctuary Blvd., 523-0685. Late Afternoon Azurite Gallery, 110 W. Broadway, Road, 313-7197 By appointment. Azure Cherry Gallery & Boutique, 538-9048, Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tatiana Maria Gallery, 305 & 307 330 E. Lohman Ave., 291-3595. Wed.- www.azuritegallery.com. N. Bullard St., 388-4426. Thurs. 12-5 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 12-8 p.m. Fundraising Dinner op at rt Barbara Nance Gallery & Stone- T H A , 115 N. Bayard. Blue Gate Gallery, 311 Old walker Studio, 105 Country Road, 21 Latigo Trail, 388-4557. Works Downtown Mall, 523-2950. Tue.-Fri. 10 with entertainment by The Hi-Lo Silvers 534-0530. By appointment. Stone, steel, by Barbara Harrison and others. a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-noon. rsa inor wood and paint. Sculpture path. www. U M , 303 N. Texas St. “The Charles Inc., 1885 W Boutz Rd, barbaraNanceArt.com. little blue box of eccentricities.” 523-1888, Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, November 16 ibrations allery Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas, V G , 106 W. Yankie Cottonwood Gallery, 275 N. 534-8671. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., St., 654-4384, [email protected]. Downtown Mall (Southwest Environ- at 4:00 p.m. (due to Daylight Savings Time) Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. www.bluedomegal- Wild West Weaving, 211-D N. mental Center), 522-5552. Mon.-Fri. 9 lery.com. Texas, 313-1032, www.hosanaeilert. a.m.-5 p.m. First United Methodist Church Clayful Hands, 622 N. California, com. Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri.- Creative Harmony, 220 N. Campo 534-0180. By appointment. Phoebe Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. St., 312-3040. Weds.-Sun. 12-5 p.m. 314 W. College Ave., Silver City, NM ind anyon tudio Lawrence. W C S , 11 Quail Cruz Nopal, 1175 W. Picacho, Claymoon Studio, 13 Jade Dr., Run off Hwy. 180 mile marker 107, 635-7899. Thurs.-Sat.10 a.m.-6 p.m. or Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Salad, 313-6959. Marcia Smith. By appoint- 574-2308, (619) 933-8034. Louise by appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon. Dessert and Beverage ment. Sackett. Mon., Weds. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and com, www.ouidatouchon.com. by appointment. The Cliffs Studio & Gallery, 205 Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Pas- $10 per person donation Lyon St. & Yankie, (520) 622-0251. Wynnegate Gallery & Studio, 110 eo,541-0658. Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Diane Kleiss’ encaustic multimedia art. By W. Yankie St., (214) 957-3688. Mon., Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. appointment. [email protected], www. Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. 11:45 Galerie Accents, 344 S. San Pedro For more information , please call 575-538-5754 dianealdrichkleiss.com. a.m.-4 p.m., Tues.-Wed. by appoint- #3, 522-3567. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 Bridge Community is a project to bring a continuum Common Ground, 103 W. Kelly, ment. p.m. ankie t rtist tudios 534-2087. Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Y S . A S , 103 W. Gallerie Cramoisie, 1695 Hickory of care senior living facility to Silver City. Common Thread, 107 W. Broad- Yankie St., 313-1032. By appointment. Loop, 524-9349. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4:30 way, 538-5733. Mon., Thurs, Fri. and Zoe’s Gallery, 305 N. Cooper St., p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Retail and gallery 654-4910. Griggs & Reymond, 504 W. Griggs space for fiber arts. www.fiberartscollec- Tyrone Ave., 524-8450, Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 tive.org. Moonstruck Art Studio, 501 p.m. Copper Quail Gallery, 211-A Texas Covellite Dr., 956-5346, 654-5316. By Justus Wright Galeria, 266 W. St., corner of Yankie and Texas, 388- appointment. Court Ave., 526-6101, jud@delval- 2646. Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fine Sun Dawg Studio, 501 Malachite leprintinglc.com. arts and crafts. Ave., 388-3551. By appointment. J.T. MacRorie Studio, 639 S. San Cow Trail Art Studio, 119 Cow Pinos Altos Pedro, 524-1006. Trail in Arenas Valley. Mon. 12-3 p.m. as ruces rts ssociation Hearst Church Gallery, Gold St., L C A A , Com- or by appointment, (706) 533-1897, munity Enterprise Center Building, 125 www.victoriachick.com. 574-2831. Open late-April to early- October. Fri., Sat., Sun. and holidays, N. Main St. www.lacrucesarts.org. Creations & Adornments, 108 N. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Bullard, 534-4269. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 Main St., 541-2137. Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.- p.m. Work by Diane Reid. Mimbres 4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. hamomile onnection Dragonfly Studio, 508 W 6th St., C C , 3918 Lundeen Inn of the Arts, 618 S. 388-8646. By appointment. Highway 35N, 536-9845. Lynnae Mc- Alameda Blvd., 526-3326. Daily 8 Four Directions Weaving, 106 W. Conaha. By appointment. a.m.-6 p.m. ottage tained lass ore Yankie St. Mon., Wed-Sat. 11 a.m.-4 C S G & M , Main Street Gallery, 311 N. p.m., Sun. 12-3 p.m. 263-3830. Cedar Lane off Hwy. 35, 536-3234. Fri. Downtown Mall, 647-0508. Tues.-Fri. Francis McCray Gallery, 1000 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 2-5 p.m. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ate rown ottery and ile College Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. K B P T , HC Mesquite Art Gallery, 340 N. Mes- Gallery 400, Gila House, 400 N. 15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 536-9935, quite St., 640-3502. Thur.-Fri. 11 a.m.-5 Arizona, 313-7015. Tues.-Sat., 1-6 p.m. [email protected], www.katebro- p.m., Sat. 2-5 p.m. www.gilahouse.com. wnpottery.com. By appointment. M. Phillip’s Fine Art Gallery, 221 Guadalupe’s, 505 N. Bullard, 535- Narrie Toole, Estudio de La Mon- N. Main St., 525-1367. 2624. Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. tura, 313-7390, www.narrietoole.com. MVS Studios, 535 N. Main, Stull 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Contemporary western oils, giclées and Bldg., 635-5015, www.mvsstudios.com. Howell Design & Gallery, 200 W. art prints. By appointment. New Dimension Art Works, 615 Market St., 388.2993. www.anthony- Reese-Benton Arts, 3811 Hwy. 35, E. Piñon, 373-0043. howell.com. 536-9487. By appointment. New Mexico Art, 121 Wyatt Dr., Jeff Kuhns Pottery, 3029 Pinos Bayard Suite 1, 525-8292/649-4876. Weds. Altos Road, 534-9389. By appointment. Kathryn Allen Clay Studio, 601 1-6 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Leyba & Ingalls Arts, 315 N. Erie St., 537-3332. By appointment. NMSU Art Gallery, Williams Hall, Bullard St., 388-5725. Mon.-Sat. 10 T. Ali Studio, 421 E. Elm St., 537- University Ave. east of Solano, 646- a.m.-6 p.m. Contemporary art ranging 3470. By appointment. 2545. Tues.-Sun. from realism to abstraction in a variety Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mes- of media featuring artists Crystal Fore- Hanover Fierro Canyon Gallery, 4 Hermosa quite. Fri.-Sun., 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. man Brown, Romaine Begay, Christana Quillin Studio and Gallery, behind Brown, Susan Brinkley, Gordee Headlee, St., 537-3262, www.fierrocanyongal- lery.com. Thurs.-Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Downtown COAS Books, 312-1064. Diana Ingalls Leyba, Dayna Griego, Mon.-Thurs., Sat. Constance Knuppel, Mary Alice Murphy, La Garita, 13 Humboldt, 537-6624. By appointment. Studio 309, 309 E. Organ Ave., Phillip Parotti, Betsey Resnick, Teri Matel- 649-3781. By appointment. son, Joe Theiman, Zoe Wolfe, Melanie Hurley Studio 909, 909 Raleigh Road, Zipin. www.LeybaIngallsARTS.com, JW Art Gallery, Old Hurley Store, 541-8648. By appointment. [email protected]. 99 Cortez Ave., 537-0300. Weds.-Fri. 9 Tierra Montana Gallery, 535 Lois DeLong Studio, 2309 Paul a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., N. Main St., 635-2891. Tues.-Sat., 11 Place, 388-4759. By appointment. www.jwartgallery.com. a.m.-5 p.m. Lois Duffy Art Studio, 211C N. Cliff Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian Texas, 534-0822. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Gila River Artisans Gallery, 8409 Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano, Original paintings, cards and prints. Hwy. 180. Eclectic collection of local 522-7281. Weds.-Fri. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or www.loisduffy.com, loisduffy@signal- artists. Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. by appointment. peak.net. Unsettled Gallery & Studio, 905 Lloyd Studios, 306 W. Broadway, Northern Grant County & Catron County N. Mesquite, 635-2285. (303) 378-0926. Weds-Sat. 11 a.m.-7 Virginia Maria Romero Studio, p.m., Sun. 12-5 p.m. lloydstudios.com. Annie’s on the Corner, Hwy. 180 and Adair, Luna, 547-2502. 4636 Maxim Court, 644-0214. By Lumiere Editions, 108 W. Broadway, appointment. [email protected] , Casitas de Gila, 50 Casita Flats 956-6369. Vintage and contemporary www.virginiamariaromero.com. photography. Mon-Fri. Road, Gila, 535-4455. Sat.-Sun. 10 La Mesa Mary’s Fine Art, 414 E. 21st St., a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment. gal- 956-7315. Mary A. Gravelle. [email protected], www.galleryat- La Mesa Station Gallery, 16205 S. Hwy. 28, 233-3037. Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 Mimbres Region Arts Council thecasitas.com. illow allery p.m., Sun. 1-4 pm. Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 W G , Hwy. 15, Gila Hot N. Pope St. www.mimbresarts.org. Springs, 536-3021. By appointment. Columbus Molly Ramolla Gallery & Fram- Mesilla Art on the Western Edge, at ing, 203 N. Bullard, 538-5538. www. Adobe Patio Gallery, 1765 Windwalker Guest Ranch B&B, Hwy. 11 ramollaart.com. Avenida de Mercado (in the Mesilla north, mile marker 7, 640-4747. Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile, Mercado), 532-9310. Tues.-Sat. 11 Deming 104 W. Broadway, 388-1811/313- a.m.-4 p.m. Art Space Gallery, 601 S. Silver, 2595. Daily 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Galeri Azul, Old Mesilla Plaza, 546-0673. Mon., Fri. 12-6 p.m., Sat. Seedboat Center for the Arts, 214 523-8783. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., [email protected]. W. Yankie St., 534-1136. Weds.-Sat 11 Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. info@ Galeria on the Plaza, 2310 Calle St., 546-3663. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 seedboatgallery.com. de Principal, 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 p.m. Silver Spirit Gallery, 215 W. p.m. Gold Street Gallery, 112-116 S. Broadway, 388-2079. Galería Tepín, 2220 Calle de Gold St., 546-8200. Stained Glass Source, 11 Oakridge Parian, 523-3988. Thurs.-Sun., 11 Orona Art Studio, 546-4650. By 18 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com The UPS Store Talking Horses • Scott Thomson Under new ownership! We want to invite you in to meet the new owners. Saying Goodbyes Located at 2340 US Hwy 180 East Losing good friends and great teachers, all of them horses. (in the Albertson’s Shopping Center) 575-534-8487 | Fax 575-534-8491 he past few months have been a sad time at that are two or even younger and putting them into [email protected] End of the Road Ranch, the rescue facility here training and even competition will almost surely Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 6:00 pm in Silver City where I’m the volunteer trainer. lead to physical and mental issues in the future. Ace Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Closed Sunday Donna & Baldo Holguin, owners TWhen you deal with the horse-rescue world, you proved to me that bringing them along when they are come to accept that these are the horses that no- actually ready to handle the challenge makes the pro- body wanted. Too old, lame or just too expensive to cess easier and far more enjoyable for the horse and keep, for whatever reasons they have ended up at the human—and gives them a better chance to stay the ranch. Regardless of how they got here, it doesn’t sound and healthy for life. stop you from becoming pretty attached to each one. Sadly, Ace had a rare congenital defect (a weak- We’ve lost three of our favorites in recent months. ness that could cause an epiploic foramen entrap- As a horseman committed to listening to and learn- ment in the intestines), completely undetectable, ing from horses, each of these horses taught me that most likely would appear at some point in his something valuable. life. If it did, it would probably be fatal. Carol John- Cheyenne was the matriarch of the ranch, at least son, founder of the ranch, called (I was actually out 37 years old. She was one of the first horses that on the trail on my horse, Cody) to say Ace was pretty came to the ranch back in 2005. We know she was sick and on his way to the vet. I got there as soon as I abandoned at one point in her life, then fell into a could, but only just in time to say a goodbye and hold living situation where she was by herself and getting him as he was put down. In less than 24 hours he had little care. gone from the most majestic horse at the ranch to Cheyenne had a pretty specific role at the ranch. passing over to horse heaven—reminding me once ATTENTION!!!!! She was the official “greeter” and head of equine re- again that for all their power and strength, horses are lations. During the day she would be turned out on incredibly fragile. Western Stationers the property, free to roam and investigate any and all OFFICE SUPPLIES activity. If some volunteers were hard at work, she’d ax was a gelding that came to the ranch is now taking requests for special orders for 2014 tax come over to check out the tool cart and make sure a few years ago when he was seized from everything was being done right and to her specs. 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But where the sprays and masks were kept, not mov- there was one thing I really like about him: He re- ing until someone came over to attend to her needs. minded me of my horse Cody. He had a bit of a stal- Hauling! nna & Friend When she needed a little beauty treatment, she would lion-like personality—lots of ear pinning and definite Yard Work! a s stand where the grooming items are kept and wait opinions about things. The first time I had my wife, H patiently for her appointment. To make sure every- Alana, do a little work with him, he took exception to Organizing! one knew there was still a little left in the tank, she’d a simple request that every horse should know, and Rototilling! walk down to the front gate, then trot or canter back. proceeded to pin his ears, charge her and practically She was stiff, but you could feel her joy in just being run right over her. Being the top horsewoman that and More... able to do it at her age. she is, she explained to him the error of his ways, Cheyenne taught me the incredible power of but all I could do was laugh to myself about the same non-verbal communication. She wasn’t the fastest, Call today for a Free Estimate. kind of reactions I’d seen in the early days with my 575-538-5863 the strongest or the biggest horse at the ranch. She horse. wasn’t even the alpha mare. But, she made things Max was also quite the ladies man, also like my happen, reassured other horses, and pretty much got horse. In fact, we had Max live with another gelding her way with the simple body language of the horse. in a large field in the middle of the mare herd, and I More important, she taught me about our respon- swear he talked to every girl out there every day. sibility to make the hard choices for our animals. Where Ace showed me the positives of starting NOT TOO EARLY TO START Horses have no real say in their lives. Based on their horses when they’re ready, Max revealed the negative THINKING ABOUT GETTING QUILTS nature, I don’t think most of them would ever choose results of the way most horses are started and used. QUILTED FOR CHRISTMAS. the lives they have. These animals do not deserve This was a horse that was obviously started young GET IN LINE NOW!!!!! suffering and selfishness. When Cheyenne was full and worked hard. He was braced and resistant to any of life one day, but looking at us the next and say- request, probably handled roughly and made to do Call or email Cindy (575-538-2284) [email protected] ing, “It’s time and I’ve had a great life,” I was proud things his whole life, and his body was worn out and and moved that the owners of the ranch did the right used up long before it should have been. He was sore Sewing machine repair & long arm quilting thing. Cheyenne passed away with the dignity and re- and in constant pain to some degree. At first he was spect she deserved. suspicious of the humans at the ranch, but he grew to appreciate and seek out the kindness and love of ce was a nine-year-old gelding that came to the volunteers, knowing that nothing more would be the ranch as a foal with his mother, Salty, a asked of him. My gut said he could have been every BARBARA DUFFY mare destined for slaughter from one of the bit as good as my horse with the right person from PMUA factories. the start. Associate Broker He was a special horse. Big and powerful with We lost Max to a horrible colic from a displaced Office: 575-388-1921 ext. 23 Cell: 575-574-2041 beautiful gaits. For me, he was the perfect person- dorsal colon. Toll Free: 800-368-5632 Fax: 575-388-2480 ality mix, one you rarely get—a left-brained (think- These three horses are really missed, all for slight- email: [email protected] ing) extrovert. He was fun, playful and full of beans. ly different reasons. But this is what we do in the res- I could play with him only off and on, at most may- cue business. We try to give them better lives. We try be two hours per week. But he was a blank slate, to learn from them so we can do better for the next physically and mentally mature, and even with such arrivals. Hopefully we can encourage a few more a small amount of time and attention, I’ve had few people to try harder with their own horses, or to help horses that took to things as quickly as he did. High- us with the horses that come our way. k level sensory work, ground driving, first saddling, first rides—it just didn’t matter. It was all new and fun. There was little dust or drama at any step along You can learn more about End of the Road Ranch DandelionSherri D. Lyle,Wish proprietor at www.endofthero- the way. Whatever excitement we did have was more adranchnm.com or on Antiques and Consignments the “yippee, I feel good” kind rather than fear or re- Facebook. sistance. 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the Farmers Market (Saturday mornings May to Oc- The Lively Arts • Twana Sparks tober) and at Diane’s Parlor, in the company of Greg Renfro (see “More Sounds of Silver City,” May) and Jeff Ray, sometimes with Paul DeMarco on flute. He Still More Sounds of Silver City occasionally plays related instruments such as man- Meet more of the people behind the performances who make dola, tenor guitar and the mandocello. this small-town music scene so big. onni Boi is a very popular hip hop artist born and raised in Silver City. His other-life name is Sonny Sierra and he supports himself working Editor’s note going musical performance “within the parameters Sat the solvent extraction plant at a local mine. Not : In our April and May issues, Twana Sparks introduced us to a rich variety of people who of the noise ordinance.” Locals and tourists could quite 21 years old, he has been writing poetry for make up Silver City’s unusually lively music scene. enjoy anyone who chose to play. It would be particu- seven years, and started putting it to a beat about a (You can read both articles on our website.) Inevita- larly welcoming for “shy players, or those who don’t year into composing. His fan base is huge, spread all bly, though, she wasn’t able to cover everyone, so want to play in bars,” he adds. He currently hosts over the state, and he has been invited to Ohio in De- this month she profiles more local music-makers. Open-Mic in the Open, in Gough Park on Sundays cember for a listen by producers seeking new talent. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. He invites any interested musi- “Hip hop” as a term originated in Harlem in the he Rolling Rocker, Lorenzo Medina, is one cians to play. 1940s, but the hip hop of today be- of the more intriguing solo musicians in the Despite his identification with came mainstream in the 1980s; it Southwest. Adopted at age three, he grew up Billy the Kid, Medina’s personal involves a stylized rhythmic beat, Tin Pinos Altos. He may be heard frequently on street style is every hair in place, ex- Medina likens himself often with African overtones. As corners and in the Big Ditch Park in Silver City. acting philosophical language, a culture, it also involved break Harris tweed jacket with a vest. to Lou Reed, who dancing, rapping (emceeing), Looking good, feeling profes- “sort of stabbed at graffiti and the use of turntables sional, giving all his effort are and vinyl records essentially as part of the journey to selfhood. A the Establishment, percussion instruments (“turnta- delightful human being and musi- until they liked him.” balism”). Vinyl is out and the “con- cian, Lorenzo Medina is worth a troller” is made with electronic listen. Catch him on the street, in “platters” now. the Big Ditch Park or at his stand- For Sonni Boi, his rapped poet- ing gig, at Silver City Beverage Company, 2005 Hwy. ry to a beat is a way to express himself, his situation, 180E, 5-7 p.m. on the second Friday of every month. goals, where he would like to go with this life. He has Check him out on Facebook, too. avoided the image and themes of the big-name rap- pers, who dwell primarily on money and women. Ap- ocal mandolin phenomenon Charlie Alfero parently many people in their teens to their thirties started life in White Plains, NY. He says there find his words easy to relate to, and like his spirited wasn’t much music in the house because his approach. He is a solid-muscle, high-energy guy, with Lmuch older siblings had foregone their lessons on his philosophy tattooed on his skin, “Music is life.” piano and trumpet and there was no desire to go His family is very supportive of his passion. through that again. He was discouraged from (or Hip hop artists do not often perform solo do- maybe forbidden) taking up an instrument early on. ing spoken word only, unless at a rap competition. In his teens and 20s he was enamored of the guitar, Nor do they perform with a band. Although Sonni but claims he was never much good at it. Boi can work keyboards or a drum machine, he is Born to an Italian father and German mother, really “all about the lyrics.” A disc jockey or DJ is he has deep ties to their home countries. His Ger- involved to hype for the performer and keep the Lorenzo Me- Though not a “street musician,” he says he is a musi- man is near fluent and his Italian dina has spent cian who enjoys street playing. He can be found most passable. He also loves to cook, the last three often in front of Encore at 704 N. Bullard in Silver especially Italian, from “scratch,” years develop- City next to his outdoor market of American-Made- making his own pasta and sauces. ing his musical collectibles-more-or-less business. When living in Albuquerque, he presence as the His electric guitar riffs are amazing. He processes used this skill to lure great guitar- Rolling Rocker, some of them by an effects technique using a Boss ists from around the city to gather traveling the ME-25. I would have guessed his inspiration to be Car- at his home for Friday-night jam old routes of los Santana, but he credits Velvet Underground, Led sessions. It was there he graduat- Billly the Kid. Zeppelin, Spanish and Arabic scales. He plays many ed from guitar to self-taught rock- (Photo by TJ “cover” songs (already made popular by other art- and-roll/folk mandolin. Though Muniz) ists) as well as originals. When he is just letting the that instrument is more common- day and passersby inspire him, he considers himself ly used in bluegrass numbers, Al- to be playing the soundtrack of downtown Silver City. fero says he has never been very This sounds like a meditation and a rhythmic random attracted to that genre. flow of consciousness, a “ surreal sonic sculpture” in His professional life has been his terms. For Medina, this sometimes creates visions dedicated to the right of people or daydreams while he’s playing. He also does some to have health care access. Armed Sonni Boi is a rising star in the New Mexico hip hop scene, and hopes vocals and plays a mean wood-saw blade. with backgrounds in psychology to break into national notoriety soon. (Photo by TJ Muniz) Medina says he hit a personal rock bottom in 2011 and civil rights, he moved to the and is using music as a spiritual journey of growth area to create Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS), origi- show lively. Early on, Sonni Boi reached out to an- and a different way of thinking. “It isn’t just the nally in Lordsburg. He says he never envisioned the other local talent, DJ Millagram, also known as Ma- music,” he says, “but the whole process of develop- great expansion that concept would undergo. HMS rio Garcia, to help him craft his art. DJ Millagram ing the music, creating a tour circuit all around the now has clinics in six towns, dental services and a also became his manager. They often perform to- state”—connecting to people and Family Practice Residency. A gether. If his usual DJ is not available, Sonni Boi reaching inner and outer goals at policy, research and develop- can bring his show mix to the gig, and a knowl- the same time. He uses his music ment service called the Center edgeable person can run it through the computer to support his antiques business for Health Innovation (CHI) is his for his backup cadence. and vice versa. His annual tour current focus. The beat pattern is quite complex, with hooks encompasses most of the old When he arrived in Silver City, (choruses) and drops (dead air with no sound except stomping grounds of Billy the the corps of musicians who im- the vocals) and sound effects. Getting a poem into Kid (with whom he identifies), mediately sought his accompani- memory and repeating it at high speed with a wild from Silver City to Santa Fe, to ment, plus community projects meter behind it takes a lot of practice. When a show the Taos plaza and back through such as Penny Park, let him know is getting near, Sonni Boi spends a good deal of his Truth or Consequences. he was in the right place to live. day reviewing difficult words and phrases, and trying Mostly self-taught, Medina He plays as often as possible at to make each verse second nature. I clocked him at labels his music as “post avant- 120 words a minute in his Rap Battle with garde,” in the same sense that Young Swagga in Albuquerque in 2013. Jackson Pollock used to be He initially promoted his music by cutting edge with creatively Facebook, Twitter and other social media new-style art, but became main- and by walking around town with his CDs, stream. He likens himself to Lou asking people to take a listen. His current Reed, who “sort of stabbed at the project, soon to be a CD, is called “Small Establishment, until they liked Above: Charlie Alfero brings his Town Kid, Big City Dreams.” He believes him.” mandolin to life at Glenwood- many young people in little towns find it He would like to see the Big stock. Right: Performing with Greg hard to reach beyond the inherent limits, Ditch Park used as a stage for on- Renfro. and turn to sports and education and the DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 21

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Life’s Hazards he desert box turtle has an effective defense mecha- nism. As the Smithsonian TNational Zoological Park points Male desert box turtle crawling across desert rocks. The heavy back legs assist the male in mounting the female during mating. (Photo by out, “When frightened, box turtles Jay W. Sharp) retract their head, tail and limbs into their shell and clamp it shut. They wait in this position until the Habitat and Diet perceived threat is gone. While juveniles have several anging across much of the Chihuahuan and So- predators, very few species can prey effectively on noran Deserts, the desert box turtle occupies adults due to this defense technique.” Moreover, their the driest habitat of any of the related species “shell has great regenerative powers. A case was re- Rof box turtles in the world. It seeks out the sandy ported in which the carapace of a badly burned box lower drainages, open plains and bajadas of the arid turtle underwent complete regeneration.” scrublands. It occasionally occurs in the lower for- Nevertheless, the desert box turtle, especially ested slopes of the mountain ranges. The turtle may when young and vulnerable, may fall prey to any either dig its own burrow or appropriate a rodent of several animals or reptiles, and it has, at all ages, Desert box turtle atop a rock surface. It is partially retracted into its shell burrow or simply seek shade for shelter from exces- become a frequent victim of development, road con- and can retract completely, a highly effective defensive position it will sive heat. It becomes most active near sunrise or sun- struction, increased traffic and personal collection. maintain until all perceived danger has passed. (Photo by Jay W. Sharp) set or after a shower. Through the colder months, it (A few years ago, here in Las Cruces, I rescued a des- may excavate or appropriate a burrow a foot or so ert box turtle from the curbside of a busy urban city deep for hibernation street that it had intended to cross.) The turtle has Omnivorous, the diurnal desert box turtle feeds become a protected species in some locations. on an array of reptiles, crayfish, insects, worms, The turtle faces a difficult time recovering from House & Hound eggs, carrion, berries and succulent plants (including environmental stress. When its population has been “When you’re not there, we will be.” prickly pear cactus pads and fruit). It may scavenge depleted, the slow-moving turtle—which, individual- for food by digging with its clawed front legs through ly, has a range of only a few acres—may have a hard Nancy & Carlos Perez the dung of the larger grazing animals. It may even pet and house sitting service consume mushrooms that would poison humans— [email protected] who should, therefore, not in turn eat the flesh of the desert box turtle. While the turtle will drink (and 575-313-9610 even swim) if it’s near water, it meets most of its liq- 575-313-2157 uid needs from its diet. Tess Cook, with the Box Turtle Care and Conser- vation group, notes that the box turtles “may have developed alongside the great herds of grazing ani- WINDOWSWINDOWS mals on the North American prairies. Their powerful front legs and strong claws are perfectly made for DOORSDOORS tearing apart manure piles in search of dung beetles CABINETSCABINETS and grubs.” Life Cycle he desert box turtle mates in the spring or fall. 1902 N. Swan Street • Silver City, NM The female can store sperm and produce sev- 575-534-4110 eral egg clutches over several years from a sin- Desert box turtle consuming a dead bird. (Photo by Tgle mating. She may also effectively store a clutch, Michael M. Sharp) DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 23

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Female desert box turtle apparently laying eggs. The hatchlings, when they emerge, will have been left to fend for themselves. (Photo by Jay W. Sharp) time finding a mate and replenishing its numbers. As Cook summarizes, “Box turtles are a long- lived species of reptiles with a low egg/clutch num- ber, high hatchling mortality rate and ever-shrinking habitat.” Ornate box turtle hatchling. Closely related to the des- ert box turtle, this offers a good measure of the small size—and, consequently, the vulnerability—of hatch- lings of both species. (Photo by Michael M. Sharp)

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Popular Culture • Paul Hoylen To Infinity and Beyond For Frank Carter, owner of Deming’s Infinite Possibilities comic books and more store, “funny books” are serious business.

nfinite Possibilities is the one and only comic thief who stole my light looks like.” The culprit hesi- book/action figure/toys/card shop in Deming. It tated, but Raven, Frank’s eldest son, calmly walked is owned by Frank Carter and Nancy Holtz. The up to and yanked the mask off. Frank: “You don’t Istore is well-named as it seems to have an infinite look so bad now, do you? Why’d you steal my light?” number of comic books, action figures, Pokémon Thief: “Because my homies thought it would be a Marvel favorites. Frank even owns a 1941 issue of cards, toys and more. good idea.” Frank: “Well, it turned out not to be such Superman. The windows of this downtown store are full of a good idea, didn’t it? A good idea would be for you He also says he admires Batman’s stamina, resil- masked mannequins, gargoyles, stuffed dragon toys to not come around here again. I never forget a face.” iency, perseverance and pluck. “Batman was fighting and Halloween masks. Once in- Scared, the thief handed over the stolen items and crime a whole generation before Spider-Man even side, you feel overwhelmed and pedaled off into the night. swung onto the scene,” he says proudly. “That has to perhaps a bit claustrophobic from count for something.” the boxes of comics, wall-to-wall rank Carter knows a lot about being bullied. To Frank, the caped crusader has all the right action figures, life-size plastic Raised Catholic by his mom in Brooklyn, he qualities. He considers Batman the “ultimate Boy skeleton, four-foot-tall stuffed was taught not to fight but to appear meek and Scout, because he’s always prepared. Being Batman, ET doll, a Battle Cat hobbyhorse, Fmild. Frank was the original Wimpy Kid and was bul- you have to be super-intelligent and resourceful. He a Chucky doll in cowboy gear lied throughout elementary school and into junior is constantly studying, researching, analyzing and astride a stuffed toy horse, alien high. He recalls a time when a gang of bullies, spot- learning so that he’s ready to face any situation from and Darth Vader masks, and grue- ting his new clean white shirt and pants, tossed him an advantageous position.” some Halloween masks hanging into a swampy pond. When Frank finally emerged Frank understands Batman’s state of mind when from the ceiling, plus many more after almost drowning, his hair, face, hands and confronting a villain—after all, he too knows what items too numerous to mention. clothes were green from algae. But, unlike the Hulk, it’s like to fight evil. “To fight bad guys, you have to Infinite Pos- It’s a Batcave chock-full of stuff. Frank Carter Frank didn’t show any rage or super-strength. Terri- become a little bad yourself,” he says. “The differ- sibilities owner compares his store to the Batcave because it con- fied of such episodes, Frank spent much of his time ence is that the good guys know when to rein it in, Frank Carter tains just about any kind of action figure or toy you at school in the principal’s office—the only place he go home, clean up and kiss the wife and kids. Villains (above) and could possibly want. He collects at least two of ev- felt safe. can’t or won’t.” scenes from in erything—one for himself, the other for a potential The turning point came when Frank was 13. That’s He adds, “Batman’s no Superman, but he uses his and around the customer. Infinite Possibilities is a colorful Noah’s when he decided not to take any more bullying. After brains and attitude to compensate.” store. Ark for comics, action figures, cards, toys and horror being beaten up a few times, the bullies got the mes- Frank summarizes a scene from a Batman/Spider- movies. sage. Man crossover comic book that epitomizes Batman’s Frank admits to being A few years later, the fam- attitude: The duo are riding in the Batmobile. Spider- greedy. “I collect anything ily moved from New York Man feels a little put-upon when Batman asks him and everything. I want it to Virginia Beach, Virginia. for advice on capturing the villain, Carnage. Spider- all,” he cackles, rubbing his Frank continued defending Man sighs and replies, “Captain America asks me hands together. At home, himself. He remembers a har- for advice. The Avengers ask me for advice. Even Carter has cow skulls and rowing incident that is still Super—…” The scowl Spidey sees on the caped tarantulas—cow skulls be- legendary today: One week- crusader’s face freezes him in mid-sentence. The cause he saw them in a Clint end, he and a Special Forces webbed wonder slithers down into the seat and in a Eastwood Spaghetti Western Vietnam vet friend, out of meek, mouse voice says, “Sorry, sir, it was just a little and tarantulas because of boredom, decided to visit a joke.” This quote is Frank’s all-time favorite comic- the scene in Dr. No in which drug-infested bad neighbor- book line. James Bond blows away a hood. They came to a section tarantula crawling on his of town that even the police rank became a Batman fan in Brooklyn at about bed. “I want what my heroes hesitated to go into. The age three or four when his mom would take him had,” Frank explains. two went in unarmed and to the movies. “The best part was when they’d His customers want what unescorted. Immediately a Fshow black-and-white ‘Batman’ episodes from the they had as kids. He enjoys group of dopers begin push- 1940s following feature films.” seeing their jaws drop when ing drugs on Frank and his He went “batty” when the “Batman” TV series de- they lay eyes on a comic or friend, but they refused. buted in 1966 and the Batman movie based on the toy that was theirs as a child. Frank was wearing his fa- show came out. One of his happiest moments was Frank compares the experi- vorite Batman T-shirt, which at the age of six when he got to sit inside the actual ence to seeing a long-lost should have been an indica- Batmobile with his hands on the wheel at the 10 and friend after a lengthy ab- tion about how he felt about 2 position. That came about at a promotional stop for sence. drugs, but the gang wouldn’t the movie in New York. take no for an answer. When This Batman freak has been collecting Batman nfinite Possibilities is also a kind of “no bullies” someone menacing put a hand on Frank, all hell broke memorabilia ever since. His collection includes a zone—Kryptonite for bullies and other bad guys. loose. Inspired by the Batman shirt and the popular complete costume, the complete collection of TV Captain America’s line, “I don’t like bullies,” from 1960s “Batman” TV series, Frank and his sidekick and movie cards, movies, lunch boxes, Pez dispens- Ithe first Captain America movie could just as easily punched out everyone around. Pow! Zap! Crunch! ers, action figures, cereal boxes, cookies, pajamas, have come from Frank’s lips. Slam! It was life imitating art. posters and 15 boxes of comic books. One of his One night the shop was a sanctuary for a kid flee- From that moment on, the two crimefighters be- favorites is a 1994 “Spawn/Batman” crossover issue ing from a couple of abusive adults. Frank provided came the go-to guys for put out by the Image safety and security for the juvenile; the two boys anyone needing protec- Company, with story by knew enough to stay out. tion from bullies and Frank Miller and art by Another time, a man in his early 20s wearing a gangsters. The mayhem Todd McFarland; Frank skull mask and riding a bike picked up Frank’s flash- and melée of that day considers McFarland a ing red light that was sitting outside in front of the were suddenly folklore. “primo” artist because store. In an instant, Frank and his Young and old all over of his attention to detail. two teenage sons chased after the southern Virginia still Batmobile toys are also thief. With his long blond hair and talk about that famous collected, and Frank mustache, Stevie Ray Vaughn-like fight—adding their is still trying to get his black hat, and thin, wiry frame, own embellishments, hands on a real Bat- Frank looks more like a rock star no doubt. Incidentally, mobile, “any year, any than a crimefighter. But don’t tell Frank still has that Bat- model.” the crooks that. man T-shirt, though it’s a Of course, Infinite The crime-fighting team fol- little the worse for wear. Possiblities has room lowed the thief around the block for more comic book characters. In it you’ll find Su- to a dead end alley. The ensu- t’s no surprise, then, that Batman is Frank’s fa- perman, Captain America, the Justice League, Thor, ing dialogue could have come vorite superhero. He prefers DC comics to Mar- X-Men, Wolverine, the Avengers, the Hulk, Nick Fury straight out of a Hollywood ac- vel, partly because DC’s most popular heroes and Spider-Man, to name a few. tion movie. Frank: “Take off your Ihave been around much longer. DC’s Superman But be warned: The store doesn’t deal with sub- mask, punk.” Thief: “Why should and Batman both debuted in 1939, compared to the scriptions, so only back issues are available. The pre- I?” Frank: “I want to see what the early-1960s debuts of Spider-Man, X-Men and other ferred method of business is through trade, which DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 25

Frank has been doing since childhood. sombreros and piñatas. In a way, Infinite Possibilities is like a comic book “Infinite Possibilities would not exist without my and toy museum, as many of the items aren’t for sale kids,” Frank says frankly. The two boys and girl are or trade. A couple of prized possessions are a pen a big asset; they are his Alfred, Robin and Batgirl and ink drawing of Spidey by John Romita, Jr., and combined. The teenage trio are named after legend- Spawn #1 signed by artist Todd McFarland. But the ary and mythological birds: The oldest boy is named best thing is free: You come away rich from all the Raven; the younger one, Wakinyan Tanka, the myste- comic book, TV and movie lore that Frank so enthu- rious and powerful Sioux Thunderbird; and the girl siastically imparts. is named Phoenix, for the magical firebird that rises from its own ashes. Their father says, “I’m proud of rank Carter has been collecting since he was a them all. They know the difference between right little boy. He started with Matchbox cars, then and wrong.” feverishly sought all the trading cards from the You will find Frank and his teen titans at Infinite F1960s “Batman” TV series and movie. He fondly re- Possibilities day and night. It’s the only downtown members racing a friend to business open evenings. The the local 7-11 to purchase store also serves as a game a Slurpee cup featuring the center, hang-out pad, and latest superhero edition. counseling center. People of Now in his 50s, Frank still all ages come to Frank for can’t stop this habit. He’s advice in their school, job like Doctor Octopus, Spider- or personal lives. “For some Man’s foe, except Frank uses reason, they come to me for his “tentacles” to grab good their ‘Frank fix,’” he says. stuff like comics. Frank’s fix is comic books In 1993, when attending and horror films. The items Virginia’s Tidewater Com- in the store have a higher munity College, Frank col- value than the monetary one. lected a girlfriend named They have a powerful, almost Nancy. They shared similar magical hold on him. “In the interests and hobbies, and end, it’s not about the mer- soon became a duo. Frank chandize; it’s about the stuff and Nancy put their resourc- itself,” he admits. es, collections, powers and The items in Infinite Possi- passions together to open bilities’ huge inventory aren’t a comic book/action figure/ just products, but friends. card/toy store in 1994. The And Frank Carter has an in- name, “Infinite Possibilities,” came after the couple finite number of friends.k engaged in a six-to-seven-hour brainstorm. The shop was ideally located in Virginia Beach and saw heavy traffic from summer tourists, plus soldier and sailor Infinite Possibilities is located at 117 S. Gold St. comic-book collectors. in Deming, (575) 545-9279.

Frank’s family relocated to Deming four years Deming author and artist Paul Hoylen was pro- ago due to the failing health of Nancy’s father. Be- filed himself in our December 2012 issue (“Comic ing adaptive and resourceful, the couple began col- Anthropologist”). lecting things that have a Southwest and Mexican flavor: cow skulls, canteens, scorpions, guitars,

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Borderlines • Marjorie Lilly Farmworkers and Fears DEMING Checking in at the entronque, plus echoes of repressions past. ART CENTER 100 South Gold, Deming, NM had heard that there were changes in the treat- the Ayotzinapa Teachers College on Sept. 26 caused Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 am-4:00 pm ment of farmworkers down in the three towns such a profound disturbance in Mexico is that they near the entronque, a T in the road 20 minutes virtually coincided with the anniversary of the mas- November Events Isouth of Palomas. sacre at Tlaltelolco in Mexico City on Oct. 2, 1968, So I went down a couple of weeks ago to check which killed at least 300 people. Recycled Show supported and judged by Keep Luna County Beautiful Project things out. Rosa in Colonia Modelo said things were There are interesting ways this event resonates and different now. People there were not being denied with Mexican history. work any more when they wished to work only eight Remarkably, one of the most prominent student Mail Art Show "Take a Seat" silent auction of chairs decorated by artists hours a day, as they were last year. leaders at the time of the Tlaltelolco massacre died Reception- November 9, 1 - 3 pm But this wasn’t something that could be confirmed on Sept. 27 this year, one day after the disappear- easily. As in New Mexico, farmworkers have a great ances in Ayotzinapa. Art Fest variety of experiences, and people contradict each This was Raul Alvarez Garin, an activist from Saturday, November 15, 9 am - 4 pm other a lot. birth. His grandfather was an aide to Mexican revolu- Custom House Gardens – 304 South Silver Jose Antonio Rodriguez, who works sometimes in tionary leader Alvaro Obregon, and his parents were the fields, claimed ranchers are fairer this year. “They Communists. His wife was the daughter of Valentin The Guatemala Mercado don’t require people to work longer than they want Campa, one of the leaders of the Mexican railroad October 31 and November 1—10 am to 4 pm to,” he said. strike of 1959, who was still in jail when the Tlaltelol- The Mercado has jewelry, clothing, fabrics, purses, bags and gift He also thinks workers from other states some- co massacre happened. items handmade by the ladies from Guatemala. All items are times are allowed to work less than they did before, The government leader who put Campa in jail was a ordably priced. Start your Christmas shopping early. because of sicknesses that have occurred when peo- Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, government secretary at the For more information contact 575-546-3663 ple work long hours. time, who was later the Mexican president who insti- This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, No one else seemed aware of the change. gated the Tlaltelolco massacre. a division of the Department of Cultural A airs At a memorial in Mexico City for Tlaltelolco on ut one thing has come clear: Local people are Oct. 2, people chanted for Alvarez Garin: “Se ve, se usually not willing to work more than eight siente/ Raul está presente.” (He’s seen, he’s felt/ Raul Tharp’s Flowers hours a day, while people, mostly Indians, who is present). I don’t have any doubt he was there. Serving Deming & Luna County Bhave come from southern states like Oaxaca usually Since 1955 work “de sol a sol” (from sun-up to sundown). here is one frayed, thin thread of the lineage of A man who didn’t want his name used said he’s the recent events that runs back all the way to Holiday time is seen local people stop working at 3 p.m. and wait Chihuahua. the perfect time to say, near the fields to get a ride home later. TIt doesn’t make any news now, but on Sept. 23, “I miss you” Monze Lozano, who lives in Colonia Victoria, said 1965, there was a failed guerrilla attack on the army he’s actually frustrated because “sometimes I work base at Madera, Chihuahua, a few hours south of the with flowers. just two hours.” New Mexico border. 1205 Columbus Road, Deming • 575-546-9501 People know outsiders come north to do a kind I have a 2008 article from the Heraldo de Chihua- of blitz in the fields for a few months before they go hua detailing the way the owners of a Madera com- home again to their poorer states. That’s why they’re pany called Los Cuatro Amigos had threatened and willing to work longer hours. sometimes killed small farmers who wouldn’t sell Zeferino Hernandez claimed that he and his wife them their land, before the time of the attack. Consultcnt Agency working together in Victoria make between $30 and This attack was the first Cuban-inspired guerrilla • Simultaneous Interpretation and Translation Services Conference Training Workshops etc. $100 a day. But back in Veracruz they make just $20 rebellion in Mexico and, with the brutal repression Interpretación Simultánea y Servicios de Traducción en: Conferencias, Entreameientos, Talleres, etc. a day cutting cane. that followed, can be considered the wellspring of “la • Computer Documents. Documentos en Computadora. • Immigration Medical Exams. Exámenes Médicos de Inmigración. Jose Martinez from Guerrero said there isn’t any guerra sucia,” or dirty war in the 1960s and 1970s. • Notary Public Services. Servicios Notariales. work back home other than the maintenance of his “La Liga Comunista 23 de septiembre” was named Louis J. Luna. LBSW/CEO milpa, a home-based cornfield. In Victoria he was for this event and called their publication Madera. Phone: (575) 544-8712 Fax: (575) 544-0072 PO BOX 792 staying with his wife and two-month-old baby in kind One prominent alumnus of the Ayotzinapa Teach- e.mail: [email protected] Deming, New Mexico of a shabby motel where other Guerrerenses live. ers College in Guerrero was Lucio Cabañas, a guer- www.lunaconsultantagency.com 88031 One faucet outside provided all residents with rilla leader in the early 1970s. His guerrilla group was water. Pretty teenage girls were chatting in Mixteco called the Army of the Poor. La Liga tried to incor- Malinda Mahnke and giggling helplessly while they washed clothes at porate Lucio Cabañas into their organization, but he Qualifying Broker a row of sinks. rejected the offer. He never became part of the Liga 504 S. 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They Lilly lives in Deming. PO Box 191, Deming NM 88031 Nhadn’t heard of the famous 1968 massacre at Tlal- (575) 546-3922 telolco, either, or of the 1995 mas- sacre of 17 rural activists at Aguas Blancas in Guerrero by police and Daily Specials soldiers. Millions of poor people all over Mexico, including Chihuahua, and even in Deming, live in a kind of *Reviewed in Desert Exposure located inside different time zone, or zone of ig- norance, and haven’t heard about Now El Rey Meat Market these repressive events, partly be- Serving 108 N. Platinum cause of the repression itself. Beer & Wine Deming, NM Part of the reason the disap- pearances of the 43 students of 11-7 Tues.-Sat. • 11-4 Sun. (575)544-9100 28 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

Henry Lightcap’s Journal • Henry Lightcap Moderation, with a Bullet Can you own guns without being a gun nut?

hen one adopts a mailing address in the Land Second Amendment pointed out the wisdom of the of Enchantment, it’s assumed that there are forefathers in employing rather unequivocal language. some subtle eccentricities at play that have Others pointed out the part about the arms being re- Wprevented the acquisition of a more tony address. For served for a “well regulated militia.” Most gun owners example, there is a humble man about a half-mile like myself are rather poorly regulated, and have no in- from me who shares his crumbling mud home with tention of joining a militia. Gun advocates feel this is a 16 goats, a situation that wouldn’t exactly fly in Scotts­ ploy by our normally trustworthy government to take dale. My neighbor has 12 cars (four of which actually away our arsenals before implementing their grand run), two boats, a meth trailer and what appears to be scheme of complete subjugation and making us wear Anglican Church and the remains of a charred zeppelin of some sort on his government-issued skirts. Gun-control weenies think Retreat House of the Holy Trinity estate. In Spanish, there is a saying (or dicho): no me this is the way to make criminals and crazy people A Traditional Anglican Community importa. It means one doesn’t really care what other comport themselves better in mixed company. people think. That might explain the bat-crap crazy If you’re heading in the wrong direction, levels of fanaticism surrounding gun ownership in our eanwhile, I am shunned by my gun-totin’ God allows U-turns. arid little slice of heaven. neighbors for not carrying my gun with me Now, before all the flinty-eyed, freedom-loving wherever I go. They look at me suspiciously Anglicanism is very old, starting in England in 1531. pistoleros start cranking out rage-filled retorts about Mwhen I can’t repeat the brand or model of my guns, Today there are 80 million diverse Anglicans worldwide. constitutional rights and communism, it’s important because I don’t know. They speak in terms of muzzle to understand I take no umbrage with the possession velocities and grains and capacities, and I speak in 1801 Alabama Street at Old St. Mary’s of a shooting iron. Like most well-adjusted desert terms of how loud the damned things are. The Very Rev. Henry Hoffman, Rector rats, I grew up around firearms. A gun is pretty much On the other hand, the fact that I own guns make The Rev. Joan Eng, Deacon treated like a specialized tool around the farm, like a some of my more civilized friends suspicious and un- Phone (575) 313-5797 email: [email protected] good crowbar or a come-along winch for tightening a easy about my latent right-wing, militia-loving tenden- Weekly Services on Sundays at 3:00pm barbed-wire fence. A gun is need- cies. When it comes to guns, I am Healing and Prayer Anointing, Wednesdays 12 Noon ed when it’s time to butcher a hog, a man with no country, and it feels or to aerate malicious squirrels A gun is pretty like I’m supposed to make a stand behind the barn. Many New Mexi- one way or the other. cans bring out their shotguns and much treated like I’ll tell you where I stand: Be- hunting rifles in the autumn, and a specialized tool hind the guy with more guns than trudge through the forest looking a Quentin Tarantino movie, and for edible critters. When finished, around the farm, like a in front of the dude who smells the gun is put aside, cleaned (may- good crowbar… like a lawyer. I don’t need to join be), and put back in the pickup’s the NRA or promise to give up Quaker Meeting gun rack or in the closet until it’s my guns only when they are pried needed again. from my cold, dead fingers. (If anything is ever going for Worship I just don’t understand fanatical devotion to all to pried from my cold, dead fingers, it’ll probably be things gun. a teenage bottle of single malt.) I don’t need to equip Sundays 10-11 a.m. A funny thing happened to the family gun—some- myself with a gaggle of guns that can deliver enough where along the line, it became a political statement. lead to stop an advancing hoard of freedom-hating for more info: 575-538-3141 As the government began running out of things to Bedouins. I will, however, haul out my meager col- [email protected] restrict and regulate, the focus eventually turned lection to pop some holes in vacant beer cans, just to guns, which research has proven are somewhat often enough to keep the weenies nervous about dangerous. Criminals and crazy people have always my boomstick ownership. I couldn’t care less what found guns a convenient way to compel others to pay brand my guns are, but I know what caliber ammuni- attention to them, and politicians are experts at as- tion to buy, and that’s enough to keep the beer cans signing blame to everything except the criminals and and the weenies frightened. the crazy people. So there has been a lot of energy What could be more fitting with the New Mexico expended on limiting access and ownership of guns no-me-importa attitude than in America, despite that pesky Second Amendment, that? k which says, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Henry Lightcap packs heat As bloviating politicians argued the finer points (just don’t ask him what of gun ownership, Americans who actually read the kind) in Las Cruces. 6

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Body, Mind & Spirit • Bina Breitner The Power of Emotional Mirrors If you don’t see me, do I not exist?

t’s tricky getting hold of who we “are”—am I what addictions; maybe someone is depressed, or angry, you see, and how you treat me? Am I what I feel? or grieving inside; maybe people are ambitious and Am I however I fit in my culture’s ideas of what’s focused on their place in the world. Any of those pos- Idesirable or good? sibilities will affect your view of yourself. Probably all of the above, and that’s OK if there is If your parents are struggling with their relation- enough congruence. If the way I feel or perceive is ship, you probably learn that what you should do is similar to what you see of me and what my culture take care of things yourself, not add to their worries, approves, I don’t have to think about it. The images and have minimal needs (which aren’t important any- of me in my own mirror and in yours aren’t that dif- way). You hope your responsible behavior will ease ferent. their stress and help them get along better. You may But if my perspective is fundamentally other than even feel it’s up to you in some measure to keep the that of my culture or my immediate group, I have a family intact. problem. I feel marginalized, not “normal.” And if If a parent is depressed, you might look gray to you treat me badly, I may believe you’re not “seeing” yourself, vague, not well-lit or clear. That‘s how your my worth. Do I not deserve to be treated well? Am parent sees you, because he or she doesn’t have I defective? In either of those cases—being differ- enough vitality to see you in better focus. Again, ent or being mistreated—I’m forced to choose you may learn to feel responsible, because, af- between my own sense of self, my perspec- ter all, your parent is doing his or her best, tive, my “authenticity” (I can’t shut myself and you’re steadier—of course you should up forever) and my need to belong. I carry a bigger load. Besides, if you take can’t accept being marginalized or enough of the burden onto yourself, feeling defective without slipping Some part of maybe your parent will feel happier. into despair. I have to fight back, you knows there’s If your parents are regularly somehow. more of you than stoned, you may feel distant, not In the rare families in which what you do or how very connected, less important. differences are enjoyed without They’re in a primary relationship prejudice, they don’t cause much well you do it, but with their substance; is anyone no- distress. All the other children are that’s what the ticing the effect on you? You per- Celebrating athletic and lively, but George is a mirror is ceive correctly: You’re secondary. 10 Years PILATESDANCING STONES STUDIO sensitive introvert. OK, so they tease showing. But does that mean you are second- 109 N. Bullard • Silver City him, but the parents set the tone, and ary? 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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued Note for the holidays: During special family times t isn’t news that we learn to see ourselves in re- such as Thanksgiving or the December celebra- lation to others. We notice what our parents ap- tions, mirroring can be more powerful. You’re prove of; we believe those qualities or behaviors being reflected back to yourself not only by indi- Celebrating 13 Years! Iare what make us valuable. The mirror has highlight- viduals but also by the “group” attitudes, values ed those aspects of us as being important. But what and narrative of your family. 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If ages of yourself you saw in its mirrors, are real, but you’re respectful and interested, the old habit will they may not be what you see of yourself in the other awaken and begin to trust you. At that point, you can rooms you’ve entered since. ask questions or make suggestions: “Yes, you felt life- But that childhood room is the most powerful. less and hopeless around your depressed father. That You had no context, knew nothing of the existence was terrible, wasn’t it? I wonder if you were feeling Available in of other mirrors, believed anything you saw or his depression, helping him carry it....” “Did you feel Silver City heard. The people in whose mirrors you saw your- sorry for him?” “Did you want to help him feel bet- Exclusively at Datura self weren’t Rick and Helen. 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How safe is the world, and are you compe- Once you’ve settled down, begin to wander around Massage Therapy tent, or attractive, or worthy? What, if anything, would your larger house. What other rooms are there? What Swedish, Deep Tissue, Reflexology, Lymph-Drainage, make you more important or valuable? Those assump- have you cared about? Look at your important rela- Hot Stone, Geriatric and Pregnancy tions are in your body, not so easy to alter. tionships, old and current, as well as your devotions, You can’t change by trying. (You can, but it won’t be they work, family, spiritual life, learning... wher- Ear-Coning last, because it’s superimposed. You’re putting nice ever you’ve found interest and meaning in your life Ionic Foot Baths paint on a moldy wall.) Instead, turn more fully to- since you emerged from that childhood room. Kathryn Brown RN, LMT ward the uncomfortable beliefs. Revisit that early How do you look in these other rooms, to yourself NM RN #52305, LMT #4796 room, which felt so huge. Nobody else has access to and also to others? What do these mirrors show of you? that room; only you can go there (now in memory). Is it possible those reflections are just as real, even It’s up to the present “you,” today, to engage those more accurate, that the early mirrors were “fun-house learned habits. What did you see in those old mirrors, mirrors”? How much do these later images resemble, or and what did you infer about yourself? All you’re do- differ from, the images of you in the childhood room? ing is saying out loud what’s been dormant (and pow- The answer to that last question will determine how Holistic Therapies erful) within you for decades. So say it, cry, hit the strenuous your updating journey will be. If there are REJUVENATE pillow, scream in despair... just tell the truth. 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Body, Mind & Spirit • NIH News in Health Surviving Sepsis Taming a deadly immune response.

any people have never heard of sepsis, or munity-acquired pneumonia,” Angus says. Scientists they don’t know what it is. But sepsis is are still working to understand why some people one of the top 10 causes of disease-related with infections develop severe sepsis or septic shock Mdeath in the . The condition can arise while others don’t. suddenly and progress quickly, and it’s often hard to recognize. esearchers are exploring new ways to di- Sepsis was once commonly known as “blood poi- agnose, reverse or prevent this serious and soning.” It was almost always deadly. Today, even costly condition. Treatment for sepsis is most with early treatment, sepsis kills about one in five Rsuccessful if the condition is spotted early and then affected people. It causes symptoms such as fever, treated quickly with antibiotics to fight the infection chills, rapid breathing and confusion. and with fluids to maintain blood pressure. Anyone can get sepsis, but In a large NIH-funded clinical the elderly, children and infants trial of sepsis care, Angus and his are most vulnerable. People with colleagues found that a relatively weakened immune systems, se- simple strategy worked as well vere burns, physical trauma or at preventing deaths as did more long-term illnesses (such as dia- complex and costly approaches. betes, cancer or liver disease) are “The study helped to clarify that also at increased risk. a lot of the treatment steps we’d been using are essential, but the t one time, sepsis was extra steps with sophisticated and thought to arise from invasive procedures aren’t always an overgrowth of bacteria or other germs in necessary to improve survival,” Angus says. theA bloodstream. We now know that sepsis actually Sepsis is a health emergency that requires swift springs from two factors: first an infection (such as medical care. See a doctor or get emergency assis- pneumonia or a urinary tract infection) and then a tance if you feel unwell and have a combination of powerful and harmful response by your body’s own the symptoms listed in the accompanying box. k RED HAT immune system. CHIROPRACTIC “With sepsis, the fight between the infection and the body’s immune response makes the body like a The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plays a battleground,” says Dr. Derek Angus, a critical-care major role in finding better ways to diagnose, DR. LOUISE CASH treat, cure or prevent diseases. The practical physician at the University of Pittsburgh School of health information in NIH News in Health is • Cold LASER Therapy Medicine. “In the case of severe sepsis, that fight re- reviewed by NIH’s medical experts and based on sults in vital organ dysfunction, which puts one’s life research conducted either by NIH’s own scientists • Gentle Chiropractor in peril.” or by our grantees at universities and medical Severe sepsis can damage essential organs like schools around the country. • Humans, Horses & Hounds the liver and kidneys. An even more extreme disor- der occurs when blood pressure plummets—a condi- •Medical Intuition tion known as septic shock. “With septic shock, the immune response that’s trying to fight infection can actually lead to a dangerous drop in blood pressure,” Signs of Sepsis Sepsis can be hard to spot, because its early Gift Certificates Available! Angus says. As blood pressure falls, tissues become symptoms are similar to many other conditions. starved for oxygen-rich blood. Organs can fail, which Medical personnel look for these signs: Give the gift of health. could lead to death. • Fever or low body temperature (hypother- By some estimates, severe sepsis or septic shock mia) strikes nearly 1 million Americans each year. At least Humans, Horses & Hounds • Chills 200,000 of them die in the hospital shortly afterward. • Rapid heart rate Many who survive recover completely. But others Silver City Walk-in Clinic — 575-519-2724 • Difficulty breathing have lasting problems, including permanent organ Tues & Thurs 9-11:30 & 2-4 • Skin rash damage and thinking difficulties (such as problems Written referral required • Confusion and disorientation with planning, organizing, and multitasking). from animal's veterinarian • Light-headedness caused by a sudden drop Sepsis can be triggered by many types of infec- in blood pressure RED HAT CHIROPRACTIC tions. “But the most common cause of sepsis is com- 309 E. COLLEGE AVENUE • SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO www.redhathealing.com 32 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

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Body, Mind & Spirit Grant County Weekly Events Home Sundays Treatment for those in need of healing. Grant County Rolling Stones Archaeology Society—First Sun. Vicki, 388-8114, or Virginia, 388- Gem and Mineral Society—2nd Thurs. of every month, field trip. 536-3092, 4870. 6 p.m. Senior Center, 204 W. Victoria [email protected]. Slow Flow Yoga—11:30 a.m. St. Kyle, 538-5706. Bingo—1st and 2d Sun. Doors open 5:30-7 p.m. First Church of Harmony, Historic Mining District & Tour- 12:30 p.m., games start 1:35 p.m. 609 Arizona St., Becky Glenn, (404) ism Meeting—Second Thurs. 10 a.m. Benefits Salvation Army and Post 18 234-5331. Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley charities. American Legion Post 18, 409 Social Services—Noon. Red Barn, Ave., Bayard. 537-3327. W. College Ave. 534- 0780 707 Silver Heights Blvd. 538-5666. Progressive Pilates—5:30-6:30 Holistic Presentations—11 a.m. TEA Party Patriots—2nd and 4th p.m., 315 N. Bullard, 2d fl. 519-8948. PeaceMeal Coop Deli. 534-9703 Tues. 6 p.m. Red Barn Steakhouse, 708 TOPS—5 p.m. 1st Presbyterian BOARD CERTIFIED Prayer and Study in the Eastern Silver Heights Blvd. 388-4143. Church, 1915 Swan, 538-9447. PULMONARY DONALD J. STINAR, M.D. Orthodox Tradition—Sunset. The- Wednesdays Women’s Cancer Support roup otokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Archaeology Society—Third Weds. G —1st Thurs. 6-7 p.m. GRMC Santa Clara. 537-4839, theotokos@ of every month. Oct.-Nov., Jan.-April 7 Conference Room, 1313 E. 32nd St. BOARD CERTIFIED zianet.com. p.m. Silver City Women’s Club. Summers 388-1198, ext. 10. CRITICAL CARE Mondays 6 p.m. location TBA. 536-3092, whud- Vinyasa Flow Yoga—11:30 a.m First Church of Harmony, 609 Arizona AARP Chapter #1496—Third [email protected]. St., Becky Glenn, (404) 234-5331. BOARD CERTIFIED Monday. 12:30 p.m. Senior Center, Back Country Horsemen—2nd 110 E. 11th Street Yoga class—Free class taught INTERNAL MEDICINE 205 W. Victoria. Contact Marcia Fisch, Weds. 6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical 388-1298 Center Conference Room. Subject to by Colleen Stinar. 1-2 p.m. Episcopal SILVER CITY, NM 88061 Church fellowship hall, 7th and Texas. AARP Widowed Persons—Second change. 574-2888. BOARD CERTIFIED (575) 388-0184 Mondays. 10:30 a.m. Glad Tidings Bayard Al-Anon—6 p.m. Bayard Fridays SLEEP MEDICINE (575) 388-0186 Fax Church. Contact Sally, 537-3643. Housing Authority, 100 Runnels Dr. Overeaters Anonymous—6 p.m. Al-Anon—12:05 p.m. First Presby- 313-7094. Gila Regional Medical Center confer- terian Church, 1915 Swan, Silver City. A Course in Miracles—7:15 p.m., ence room. 313-9400. Contact Valerie, 313-2561. 600 N. Hudson. Information, 534-9172 Silver City Woman’s Club—2d Art Class—-9-10:45 a.m. Silver or 534-1869. Fri., 10:30 a.m., lunch 12 p.m. 411 City Senior Citizen Center. Beginners to Curbside Consulting—Free for Silver Heights Blvd. 538-3452. Matthew Sommerville advanced. Contact Jean 519-2977. nonprofits. 9 a.m.-noon. Wellness Taizé—2d Friday. Service of prayer, Yoga Therapist Gentle Yoga—5:30-7 p.m. First Coalition, 409 N. Bullard, Lisa Jimenez, songs, scripture readings and quiet con- Church of Harmony, 609 Arizona St., 534-0665, ext. 232, lisa@wellnesscoali- templation. 6:30 p.m. Episcopal Church Becky Glenn, (404) 234-5331. tion.org, of the Good Shepherd, 538-2015. Yoga Therapy Old-Time Country Dancing—3rd Food Addicts Anonymous Woodcarving Club—2d and 4th Bringing Body and Mind into Balance Mon., 7-9 p.m. Pin Room, Silver Bowling Women’s Group—6:30 p.m. 1000 N Fridays except holidays. 1 p.m. Senior Center. Free. Hudson St., 519-1070. Center. 313-1518. Ping Pong—5:30-7 p.m. Grant Gin Rummy—1 p,m. Yankie Creek Youth Space—5:30-10 p.m. Loud 575-535-2681 County Convention Center. Beginners Coffee House. music, video games, chill out. Satellite/ yogahridaya.com 7-8 p.m. Grant County Democratic Party— Wellness Coalition. Silver City Squares—Dancing 2nd Weds. Potluck at 5:30 p.m., meet- Saturdays 7-9 p.m. Presbyterian Church, 1915 ing at 6:30 p.m. Sen. Howie Morales’ Alcoholics Anonymous Begin- Chronic Pain, Spinal Issues, Injury Recovery, Stress building, 3060 E. Hwy. 180. N. Swan St. Kay, 388-4227, or Linda, ners—6 p.m. Lions Club, 8th & Bullard Management, Depression/Anxiety, Diabetes, Digestive Disorders. 534-4523. Ladies Golf Association—8 a.m. (entrance at Big Ditch behind Domino’s). Tai Chi for Better Balance—1 tee time. Silver City Golf Course. Newcomers and seasoned members p.m., Senior Center. Call Lydia Moncada Lego Club—Ages 4-9. 4 p.m. Silver welcome. to register, 534-0059. City Public Library, 515 W. College Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support— Tuesdays Ave., 538-3672. 10 a.m.-noon. Gila Regional Medical Ping Pong—5:30-7 p.m. Grant Alcoholics Anonymous—Men’s Center Conference Room. Margaret, group, 7 a.m. Unitarian Fellowship Hall. County Convention Center. Beginners 388-4539. 7-8 p.m. 3845 N. Swan. Jerry, 534-4866. Blooming Lotus Meditation— Prostate Cancer Support Group— Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support— 12:45 p.m. First Church of Harmony, 1st Tues. 1:30 p.m. Senior Center. 3rd Weds. 6:30 p.m. Gila Regional 609 Arizona. 313-7417, geofarm@ Margaret, 388-4539. Medical Center Conference Room. 388- pobox.com. 1198 ext. 10. Bayard Historic Mine Tour— 2nd Double Feature Blockbuster Mega Republican Party of Grant Tuesday. Meet at Bayard City Hall, 800 Hit Movie Night—5:30-11 pm. Satel- Central Ave., by 9:30 a.m. $5 fee cov- County—Third Weds. 6 p.m. Red Barn. lite/Wellness Coalition. Storytime—All ages. 10:30 a.m. Sil- ers two-hour bus tour of historic mines Evening Prayer in the Eastern Or- ver City Public Library, 515 W. College plus literature and map; call 537-3327 thodox Tradition—5 p.m. Theotokos for reservation. Ave., 538-3672. Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Traumatic Brain Injury Support Compassionate Friends—4th Tues- Clara. 537-4839, theotokos@zianet. day. 7 p.m. Support for those who’ve Group—3:30-5 p.m. All-Purpose Room, com. Billy Casper Wellness Center, Hudson lost a child. Episcopal Church, Parish Kids Bike Ride—10 a.m., Bikeworks, Hall, 7th and Texas St. Mitch Barsh, St. & Hwy. 180. James, 537-2429, or 815 E. 10th St. Dave Baker, 388-1444. Danita, 534-9057. 534-1134. Narcotics Anonymous—6 p.m. Figure/Model Drawing—4-6 p.m. Thursdays New 180 Club, 1661 Hwy. 180 E. Contact Sam, 388-5583. ARTS Anonymous—5:30 p.m. Art- Spinning Group—1st Sat., 1-3 Jane Papin Kiwanis Club—Noon. Red Barn, ists Recovering through the Twelve Steps. p.m. Yada Yada Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, Reconnective Healing & Reconnection Practitioner 708 Silver Heights Blvd., 590-0540. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3845 388-3350. Los Comadres Cancer Support N. Swan St. 534-1329. Storytime—All ages. 10:30 a.m. Sil- Consciously connect to the transcendent power Group—1st Tues. 6 p.m. Business and Cancer Support Group—1st Thurs. ver City Public Library, 515 W. College 6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center of Healing, for You, your Family & Pets. Conference Center, 3031 Hwy. 180 E. Ave., 538-3672. (next to Ace). 388-1198 ext. 10. Board Room. 388-1198 ext. 10. Vinyasa Flow Yoga—10 a.m. All Multiple Sclerosis Support De-stressing Meditations— 12- levels. First Church of Harmony, 609 www.thereconnection.com Group—First Tuesday. 11:30 a.m. at 12:45 p.m. New Church of the SW Arizona St., Becky Glenn, (404) 234- local restaurant; email for this month’s Desert, 1302 Bennett St. 313-4087. 5331. k 111 S. Bayard • Silver City, NM location: [email protected]. Gila Writers—2-4 p.m. Silver City All phone numbers are area code 575-534-9770 • [email protected] Reiki Circle—First Tuesday of the Public Library. Trish Heck, trish.heck@ 575 except as noted. 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The Starry Dome • Bert Stevens Earth passes through the thickest part of the stream on the afternoon of Nov. 17, so the best opportunity to see these meteors will be either the morning of Nov. 17 or the morning of Nov. 18. Leonid meteors Lacerta, the Lizard appear to radiate from the Leo in the eastern sky shortly before it starts to get light. So Plus the planets for November. dress warmly, lean back in a comfy chair to watch for these meteors streak across the heavens, and “keep ere in the desert south- watching the sky”! k west, we have all seen lizards running around on Hthe ground, but there is also a liz- An amateur astronomer for more than 45 ard in the night sky. Just over half- years, Bert Stevens is co-director of Desert Moon Observatory in Las Cruces. way up in the northeastern sky is a little grouping of not very bright forming Lacerta, the Lizard. The brightest star in this constel- lation, Alpha Lacertae, is just mag- nitude 3.76. This blue-white star is spectral class A1 and is located 102 light-years away from us. Lacerta is a star-poor area be- tween Andromeda and the bright For a larger, print- able version of stars of Cygnus. Even though the the star map, visit Milky Way goes through it, the www.desertexpo- stars forming this constellation sure.com. are fourth-magnitude or fainter. Because there is nothing to attract The celestial lizard, Lacerta, can be found between the stars of Cygnus the eye to this area, there is no and Cassiopeia high in the northeastern sky. Look for a diamond- mythology related to this constel- shaped group of fourth- and fifth-magnitude stars that form the center of lation. It was outlined in 1687 by this constellation. Lacerta is a recent constellation that was created to Polish astronomer Johannes Hev- fill this relatively star-poor area of the sky. elius in his Firmamentum Sobies- cianum sive Uranographia. This atlas also outlined Eventually, the magnetic field lines are pulled too far nine other , six of which are still in use. and they snap apart, releasing a tremendous amount Hevelius, considered the “Father of Lunar Topog- of energy in a flare. The lines reconnect with closer raphy,” had spent four years carefully observing the poles and the process can start again. lunar surface and creating charts showing the fea- When this happens on our Sun, we have a solar tures he saw. When he created Lacerta, he gave it an flare. These are very bright and last about halfan alternate name, “Stellio” (the stellion), a Mediterra- hour or less. The same thing happens on a , nean lizard called the starred agama because of its but since flare stars are dim red dwarfs, a solar-like star-like dorsal spots. This alternate name soon fell flare could easily double the brightness of the star, into disuse, leaving just Lacerta. making the flare easily visible to observers. Among the faint stars of Lacerta is a While there are over 3,500 known flare stars, EV called EV Lacertae. It glows at magnitude 10.2, with Lacertae stands out. On April 25, 2008, NASA’s Swift a reddish spectral class of M3.5. It is a star Gamma Ray Burst Monitoring satellite picked up a 16.5 light-years away from us, making it the 50th clos- record-setting flare from this star. It was thousands est star to the Earth. But this star does not shine with of times more powerful than any . EV’s a constant light. Its brightness varies, sometimes youth and rapid rotation allowed the magnetic field slowly, and sometimes brightening suddenly in what to store a tremendous amount of energy before it is called a flare. was released in a tremendous flare. Flare stars are generally dim red dwarfs, typically a 10th of the mass of our Sun. They are very young The Planets for November stars, still in the process of forming. Stars begin their aturn and Venus are hanging out with the Sun life when a cloud of dust and gas is pulled together by this month, so they will not be visible in our its own gravity or is compressed by a passing shock night sky. Venus will be back in the evening sky (575) 531-0124 wave from a nearby supernova. As the gas and dust Snext month. Standard time begins on Nov. 2, so times become more compressed, they get hotter and also here are MST. spin more rapidly, much like an ice skater bringing Mars is a tiny 5.3 seconds-of-arc across this in her arms. The smaller the cloud gets, the hotter month. You can find it 26 degrees up in the south- it gets and more rapidly it west as it gets dark, set- spins. Watch the Skies ting around 8:30 p.m. Mars SINCE EV Lacertae is in the spends the whole month in Nov. 1, 7 p.m. MDT—Mercury greatest last stages of this pro- Sagittarius, moving from distance east of Sun (19 degrees) 1970 cess. It shines with the the west side of that con- Nov. 2, 2 a.m.—Daylight Saving Time ends light from being very hot stellation to the east side. Nov. 6, 3:23 p.m. MST—Full Moon as it continues to be com- It passes just one degree Nov. 14, 8:15 a.m.—Last Quarter Moon pressed. When it gets com- north of Kaus Borealis, the Nov. 17, 4 p.m.—Leonid meteor shower pressed enough, it will be top star in the Teapot as- Silver City Zen Center peaks (Ginzan-ji Zen Buddhist Temple) hot enough for its core to terism, on Nov. 3. It shines Nov. 18, 2 a.m.—Saturn in conjunction with start fusing hydrogen into with a reddish glow at mag- Meditation Practice (Zazen) the Sun helium, the normal pro- nitude +1.0. Monday -Friday 6:00 am Nov. 22, 5:32 a.m.—New Moon cess that powers a star. Jupiter is moving east- Zazen and Dharma Nov. 29, 3:06 a.m.—First Quarter Moon But while EV has not quite ward in western Leo this Saturday 9:00 am reached maturity, it still month. It shines at magni- Dokusan (Pastoral Counseling) has a magnetic field, just like our Sun, and can have tude -2.2, the brightest object in the night sky except by appointment flares, also like our Sun. But its flares can be a thou- for the Moon. At midmonth, the King of the Gods’ Resident Priest: 506 W. 13th St. (corner of 13th and Virginia) sand times bigger than we see from our Sun. disc will be 38.0 seconds-of-arc across and it will rise Rev. Dr. Oryu Paul Stuetzer 575-388-8874 Stars are not solid bodies. On a solid body like at 11:15 p.m. in the east-northeast. Jupiter is becom- our Earth, the amount of time it takes to rotate once ing a better observing target as it gets toward opposi- around its axis is the same whether you are near the tion next February. pole or on the equator. But gaseous bodies like stars Mercury has already popped out of the morn- The Center for Inner Peace, LLC do not rotate as a rigid body; different latitudes travel ing twilight as the month begins, 11 degrees up in at different rotational speeds. On young stars like EV the east-southeast as it starts to get light. During the NATH Certified Hypnotherapy School Lacertae, rapid rotation makes this effect even more month, it moves eastward from central Virgo, across • Hypnotherapy • Classes pronounced. Libra and ends the month just after entering western • Past Life Regression Magnetic field lines run from a local north pole to Scorpius. On Nov. 1, it will be magnitude -0.5 with a • Life Between Lives a local south pole. If the poles are at different lati- disc 6.8 seconds-of-arc across that is 57% illuminat- • I AM Wowed™ Program tudes, the poles start out close together, but different ed. Its disc will become fuller as the month goes on. rotational speeds will slowly pull them apart. 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[email protected] DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 37 Red or Green Southwest New Mexico’s best restaurant guide. ed or Green? is Desert Exposure’s guide to a brief capsule of our review and a notation of which dining in southwest New Mexico. The listings issue it originally appeared in. Stories from all back here—a sampling of our complete and recently issues of Desert Exposure from January 2005 on are Rcompletely updated guide online at www.desertexpo- available on our Web site. sure.com—include some of our favorites and restau- Though every effort has been made to make rants we’ve recently reviewed. We emphasize non-na- these listings complete and up-to-date, errors and tional-chain restaurants with sit-down, table service . omissions are inevitable and restaurants may make With each listing, we include a brief categorization changes after this issue goes to press. That’s why we of the type of cuisine plus what meals are served: urge you to help us make Red or Green? even better. 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GRANT COUNTY El Gallo Pinto, 901 N. Hudson a restaurant that remains family-friend- Silver City St., 597-4559. “Breakfast dishes are ly.” (June 2014) Mexican: Mon.-Sat. L D. served all day, along with all the other Javalina Coffee House, 117 Market Adobe Springs Café, 1617 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-3665. “Under new traditional Mexican favorites like burritos St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse.* ownership and refocusing on what has (with a long list of filling options)… plus Kountry Kitchen, 1700 Mountain made it a longtime Silver City favor- a vertical grill cooks sizzling chicken View Road, 388-4512. “Since 1978, ite: excellent breakfasts and lunches.” and carne al pastor.” (October 2013) Kountry Kitchen has been serving up (April 2011) Breakfast items, burgers, Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. Mexican food that is considered to be sandwiches: Mon.-Thur. B L, Sat. & Sun. Gil-A Beans, 1304 N. Bennett St. some of the best that can be found in the B L D.* Coffeeshop.* area. All the dishes are tasty, unpreten- Golden Star, 1602 Silver Heights tious, attractively presented and reason- Alotta Gelato, 619 N. Bullard St., 534-4995. Gelato, desserts and hot Blvd., 388-2323. “If you sometimes long ably priced.” (February 2013) Mexican: drinks: All day.* for the guilty pleasures of the Chinese Tues.-Sat. B L D, Mon.-Sun. B L.* food served at a mall food court—think La Cocina Restaurant, 201 W. Col- Billy’s Wild West BBQ & Steak- A Fund Raiser to Benefit Bridge Community Panda Express—or just want your lege Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. house, Hwy 180E, 388-1367. “A free- wheeling mixture of barbequed ribs and wontons without waiting, there’s good La Familia, 503 N. Hudson St., 388- Late Afternoon brisket, freshly made pasta and pizzas news…. Normal appetites will find the 4600. Mexican: Tues.-Sun. B L D.* baked in a genuine Italian brick oven three-item combo tough to finish, so La Mexicana, Hwy. 180E and featuring a wide range of innovative plan on leftovers whether you’re eating Memory Lane, 534-0142. “Carrying Fundraising Dinner toppings.” (November 2010) Barbecue, in or taking out. All of it’s plenty tasty, on the legacy of unpretentious but tasty steak, pasta, pizza: Tues.-Fri. D. Sat. L and you can enjoy it just like in the food and authentic Mexican food estab- with entertainment by The Hi-Lo Silvers D. Italian nights Weds., Sat.* court.” (February 2007) Chinese: L D. lished many years ago at the family’s Grandma’s Café, 900 Silver Heights restaurant in Chihuahua.” (April 2013) Bryan’s Pit Barbecue, Mimbres Valley Self Storage and RV Park, (660) Blvd., 388-2627. American, Mexican: Mexican and American: B L, closed Tues. Sunday, November 16 247-3151 or (660) 247-3160. “Authen- B L.* Lion’s Den, 208 W. Yankie, 654-0353. tic Southern-style barbecue.…. Brisket, Green Turtle Noshery, 601 N. Coffeeshop. at 4:00 p.m. (due to Daylight Savings Time) pork ribs, chicken and sausage dinners, Bullard St. in The Hub, 200-6895. “The Little Toad Creek Brewery & Dis- pulled pork and chopped brisket sand- menu varies somewhat from day to day, tillery, 200 N. Bullard St., 956-6144. First United Methodist Church wiches.” (August 2010). Now also BBQ and reflects the seasonal availability “The menu offers what they call ‘pub tenderloin and smoked turkey. Barbecue: of local fruits and vegetables. Most of food’—but always with a bit of a twist.” 314 W. College Ave., Silver City, NM L D. the items on the menu are vegetarian, (March 2014) Burgers, wings, salads, but several non-vegetarian dishes have fish, pasta, craft beers and cocktails: Café Oso Azul at Bear Mountain Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Salad, turned out to be popular and are likely Weds.-Mon. L D. * Lodge, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, 538-2538. “Bear Mountain Lodge to remain regular options.” (July 2014) Mexico Viejo, Hwy. 90 and Dessert and Beverage blends food, art and natural beauty into Baked goods, organic breakfast and Broadway. “A remarkably extensive a memorable experience that pleases all lunch items: Thurs.-Sat. B L, Sun. B L menu for a small roadside food vending $10 per person donation the senses.… The menu changes daily, brunch. stand, and the dishes are not what one with entrées that are always imaginative Grinder Mill, 403 W. College Ave., normally finds in other Mexican restau- For more information , please call 575-538-5754 and tasty—comfort food in a form that 538-3366. Mexican: B L D.* rants.” (July 2013) Mexican food stand: Bridge Community is a project to bring a continuum most of our mothers would never have Healthy Eats, 303 E. 13th St., Mon.-Sat. B L early D. thought of producing.” (March 2011) B 534-9404. Sandwiches, burritos, salads, Mi Casita, 2340 Bosworth Dr., of care senior living facility to Silver City. L, special D by reservation only.* smoothies: L. 538-5533. New Mexican cuisine: Mon.- Jalisco Café, 100 S. Bullard St., Chinese Palace, 1010 Highway DINING GUIDE 180E, 538-9300. “All the food is 388-2060. “Four generations of the cooked to order. This means that not Mesa family who have been involved in continued on next page only does every dish arrive at the table freshly cooked and steaming, but also that you can tailor any dish to suit your taste.” (October 2012) Chinese: Mon.- Fri. L D. Courtyard Café, Gila Regional Medical Center, 538-4094. American: B L, with special brunch Sundays.* Curious Kumquat, 111 E. College Ave., 534-0337. “A hotspot of modern culinary innovation. Lunch features soups, salads and sandwiches. Dinners are elaborate, imaginative, exotic five- course culinary creations. Entrées always include vegetarian and vegan options… plus others determined by what local ranchers have available.” (July 2010) Contemporary: Mon. L, Tues.-Sat. L D.* Diane’s Restaurant, 510 N. Bul- lard St., 538-8722. “Always evolving, always interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. 2013) Fine dining (D), steaks, seafood, pasta, sandwiches (L), salads: Tues.-Sat. L D, Sun. D only (family-style), weekend brunch. Diane’s Bakery & Deli, The Hub, Suite A, Bullard St., 534-9229. “Always evolving, always interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. 2013) Artisan breads, sandwiches, deli, baked goods: Mon.- Sat. B L early D, Sun. B L.* Don Juan’s Burritos, 418 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: B L. Drifter Pancake House, 711 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Breakfast, American: B L, breakfast served through- out. 38 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

DINING GUIDE at reasonable prices.” (October 2011) Boba Café, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. 8, continued Mexican and American: Mon.-Fri. B L D. 647-5900. “The signature Bubble Tea is Spanish Café, 106 Central Ave., just the beginning of an inventive eating 537-2640. Mexican, tamales and experience. The menu—with a long list Thurs. L, Fri. L D. menudo (takeout only): B. of soups, salads, sandwiches, appetiz- Millie’s Bake House, 215 W. Sugar Shack, 1102 Tom Foy Blvd., ers, wraps and ‘other stuff’—is the same Yankie, 597-2253. “The food is oven- 537-0500. Mexican: Sun.-Fri. B L. for lunch and dinner, although Tuesday La Cocina fresh and innovative.” (November 2012) Cliff through Thursday nights Boba lays on La Cocina Soup, salads, sandwiches, baked goods: Authentic Mexican Food at Its Best D’s Café, 8409 Hwy 180. Break- special Caribbean fare and Friday Tues.-Sat. * fast dishes, burritos, burgers, weekend nights are Asian-themed, with sushi.” Nancy’s Silver Café, 514 N. Bul- smoked meats and ribs: Thurs.-Sun. B L. (June 2009) Sandwiches, salads, casual Bring in this ad lard St., 388-3480. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. Parkey’s, 8414 Hwy. 180W, 535- fare, espresso: Mon.-Sat. L D.* B L D. for 10% o 4000. Coffeeshop: Mon.-Sat. Bradley D and William B, 2540 The Parlor at Diane’s, 510 N. El Paseo Road, 652-3871. American Any meal for Bullard St., 538-8722. “Always evolv- Hurley comfort food: L, D. Gateway Grill, 2705 Hwy. 180E, ing, always interesting, Diane’s has it Bravo’s Café, 3205 S. Main St., 537-5001. “From Friday Steak Night to the month of Nov. all.” (Sept. 2013) Burgers, sandwiches, 526-8604. Mexican: Tues.-Sun. B L. everyday American and Mexican food, homemade pizzas, paninis: Tues.-Sun. Break An Egg, 201 S. Solano Dr., worth hitting Hwy. 180 for.” (December Dine-in, carry out and free delivery L D. 647-3000. “Dedicated to owner Janice 2011) American and Mexican: Sun.- Pretty Sweet Emporium, 312 N. Williams’ love of movies and theater, Thur. B L, Fri.-Sat. B L D.* La Cocina's menu is available at restaurant.com Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, ice movie posters and stills dot the walls. 201 W. College • 388-8687 • Mon-Sun 11-9 cream: Mon.-Sat.* Lake Roberts The menu uses groan-inducing but fun Q’s Southern Bistro and Brewery, Little Toad Creek Inn & Tavern, movie-related puns, such as “The Om- 101 E. College Ave., 534-4401. “Q’s 1122 Hwy. 35, 536-9649. “‘Rustic mies,” for the nice selection of omelets. Southern Bistro has found its niche and gourmet’… designed to appeal to the Lunch offers a full range of sandwiches, honed its ‘elevated pub’ menu to excel- eyes as well as the taste buds. And this is salads, burgers and a few wraps. Por- lence to serve its fun-loving, casual din- true of the items on the brunch menu, as tions are done right—just enough to fill ing crowd.” (October 2010) American, well as those on the very different dinner the gap without emptying your wallet.” steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Mon.-Sat. menu.” (June 2012). Steaks, sandwich- (Sept. 2008) Breakfasts, burgers, salads, L D. es, American: Thurs.-Fri. D, Sat.-Sun. sandwiches: B L. Red Barn, 708 Silver Heights Blvd., brunch and D. Tavern with soups, sand- Burger Nook, 1204 E. Madrid 538-5666. “From the friendly staff wiches, Scotch eggs: Daily L D. Ave., 523-9806. Burgers: Tues.-Sat. L D. to the down-home food—steaks, of Spirit Canyon Lodge & Café, 684 Burritos Victoria, 1295 El Paseo course, plus chicken, seafood, burgers, Hwy. 35, 536-9459. “For the German Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L D. sandwiches and a sampling of superb sampler, café customers can choose two Café Agogo, 1120 Commerce Dr., Mexican fare—you might be settling meat options from a revolving selection Suite A, 636-4580. Asian, American, in for lunch or dinner at an especially that may include on any given day three sandwich, salad, rice bowl: Mon.-Sat. large ranch house.” (October 2009) or four of the following: bratwurst, roast L D. Steakhouse: L D.* pork, schnitzel (a thin breaded and fried Café de Mesilla en la Plaza, 2051 Sabor, 1700 Mountain View Road, pork chop), sauerbraten (marinated Calle de Santiago, 652-3019. Coffee- 388-2737. Mexican, sandwiches: B L D. roast of beef), stuffed cabbage leaves, house, deli, pastries, soups, sandwiches: Shevek & Co., 602 N. Bullard St., or roladen (rolled beef with a sausage B L early D. 534-9168. “If sampling new types of and onion filling).” (July 2011) German Carillo’s Café, 330 S. Church, 523- food is part of the adventure of traveling specialties, American lunch and dinner 9913. Mexican, American: Mon.-Sat. for you, you only have to go as far as entrées: Saturday midday D. L D. Shevek & Co. Restaurant in Silver City to Mimbres Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, 2375 take a culinary tour around the world.” Elk X-ing Café, (352) 212-0448. Bataan Memorial Hwy., 382-9051. (May 2013) Mediterranean: Fri.-Tues. Home-style meals, sandwiches and des- Steakhouse: D. D.* serts: B L. Cha Chi’s Restaurant, 2460 S. Lo- Silver Bowling Center Café, 2020 Mimbres Valley Café, 2964 Hwy. cust St #A, 522-7322. Mexican: B L D. Memory Lane, 538-3612. American, 35, 536-2857. “You won’t go home Chicago Southwest, 3691 E. Mexican, hamburgers: L D.* hungry from the Mimbres Valley Café, Lohman, 521-8888. Gourmet hot dogs Streetside Food, College and Bul- an oasis of down-home good food in a and smoothies: Mon.-Sat. L D. lard. “Its menu rarely offers more than friendly atmosphere. The menu is simple Chilitos, 2405 S. Valley Dr., 526- three or four items on any particular and hearty, a blend of American and 4184. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. day, yet it features an eclectic variety Mexican.” (Jan. 2009) Mexican, Ameri- Chilitos, 3850 Foothills Rd. Ste. 10, of food from all over the world on a can, burgers: Mon.-Tues. B L, Wed.-Sun. 532-0141. Mexican: B L D. revolving basis.” (October 2014) Fusion: B L D, with Japanese tempura Wed. D. China Express, 2443 N. Main St., Mon.-Sat. L. Restaurant Del Sol, 2676 Hwy. 35, 525-9411. Chinese, Vietnamese: L D. Sunrise Espresso, 1530 N. Hudson, San Lorenzo. “Popular and unpreten- Chinese Kitchen, 2801 Missouri 388-2027. Coffeeshop: Mon.-Sat. B L, tious food, powered by a huge solar sys- #29, 521-3802. Chinese: L D. early D. tem.” (April 2014) Breakfasts, burgers, Ciros Mexican Restaurant, 160 Sunrise Espresso, 1212 E. 32nd St., sandwiches, Mexican: Daily B L early D. W. Picacho Ave., 541-0341. Mexican: 534-9565. Coffeeshop, bakery: Mon.- 3 Questions Coffee House, Hwy. B L D. Fri. B L, early D, Sat. B L only.* 35, 536-3267. “Consistently good food Cravings Café, 3115 N. Main St., Terry’s Original Barbeque, Hwy. based on the success of the family’s Liv- 323-3353. Burgers, sandwiches, wraps, 180 and Ranch Club Road. Barbeque to ing Harvest Bakery.” (December 2013) egg dishes, salads: B L. go: L D. Buffet: Tues.-Sat. B L. Day’s Hamburgers, Water & Las Three Dogs Coffeehouse, 503 N. Cruces St., 523-8665. Burgers: Mon.- Bullard St. Coffeeshop, baked goods, Pinos Altos Sat. L D. Buckhorn Saloon and Opera sandwiches, wraps: B L.* De La Vega’s Pecan Grill & Brew- House, Main Street, 538-9911. “‘The Tre Rosat Café, 304 N. Bullard St., ery, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. Buck,’ as most locals affectionately call it, 654-4919. “The menu ranges from hum- “The restaurant uses local produce has a history of satisfying at the dinner bler (but not humdrum) fare like burgers, whenever possible, including the pecan plate with its long-favored menu including pizzas (at lunch and happy hour) and wood pellets used in the smoking and generous slabs of meat, hearty green pastas to seasonal specials like duck grilling. A lot of the foods and drinks chile stew with kick and ‘honest pours’ at confit, rabbit blanquette and Elk osso are infused with pecans, and also with the full bar.” (December 2010) Steak- buco.” (August 2012) International green chiles from Hatch, processed on house, pasta, burgers: Mon.-Sat. D. eclectic: Mon.-Sat. L, D.* site. They even serve green chile vodka Vicki’s Eatery, 315 N. Texas, and green chile beer.” (February 2010) 388-5430. “Sandwiches both cold and DOÑA ANA COUNTY Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, grilled, wraps and salads that satisfy in Las Cruces & Mesilla steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. a homey yet sophisticated way. Don’t Abraham’s Bank Tower Restau- Delicia’s Del Mar, 1401 El Paseo, miss the German potato salad.” (Dec. rant, 500 S. Main St. #434, 523-5911. 524-2396. Mexican, seafood: B L D. 2009) American: Mon.-Fri. L, Sat. B L, American: Mon.-Fri. B L. DG’s University Deli, 1305 E. Uni- Sun. B (to 2 p.m.). * A Dong, 504 E. Amador Ave., 527- versity Ave., 522-8409. Deli: B L D. Wrangler’s Bar & Grill, 2005 9248. Vietnamese: L D. Dick’s Café, 2305 S. Valley Dr., Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, Andele’s Dog House, 2184 Aveni- 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sun. B L, appetizers, salads: L D.* da de Mesilla, 526-1271. Mexican plus Mon.-Sat. B L D. Yankie Creek Coffee House, 112 hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas: B L D. Dion’s Pizza, 3950 E. Lohman, W. Yankie St. Coffeeshop, coffee, home- Andele Restaurante, 1950 Calle del 521-3434. Pizza: L D. made pastries and ice cream, fresh fruit Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: Mon. B L, Double Eagle, 2355 Calle De Gua- smoothies.* Tues.-Sun. B L D. dalupe, 523-6700. “All the steaks are Bayard Antonio’s Restaurant & Piz- aged on the premises in the restaurant’s Fidencio’s Taco Shop, 1108 Tom zeria, 5195 Bataan Memorial West, own dedicated beef aging room… An Foy Blvd. Mexican: B L D. 373-0222. Pizza, Italian, Mexican: array of award-winning margaritas and Little Nisha’s, 1101 Tom Foy Blvd., Tues.-Sun. L D. deliciously decadent desserts.” (March 537-3526. Mexican: Wed.-Sun. B L D. Aqua Reef, 900-B S. Telshor, 522- 2012) Southwestern, steaks, seafood: L Los Compas, 1203 Tom Foy Blvd, 7333. “Las Cruces’ smashing, elegant D, Sun. champagne brunch buffet. * 654-4109. “If you want to know how sushi restaurant is more than dinner—it’s Dublin Street Pub, 1745 E. Univer- special a hot dog can be… these a dining adventure…. Though Aqua sity Ave., 522-0932. Irish, American: Sonora-style hot dogs are masterpieces Reef bills itself as serving ‘Euro-Asian L D. that please the eye as well as the taste cuisine,’ the menu feels (delightfully!) El Ahuua’s, 1001 E. University buds. First, the beef hot dogs are hard-core Asian, excelling in the fresh Ave., 556-9484. Mexican: B L D. wrapped in bacon and grilled, then and raw.” (April 2008) Asian, sushi: D. El Patron Café, 1103 S. Solano Dr. nestled into a special soft, ever-so-slight- Arabella’s, 1750 Calle de Mercado, Mexican: Tues.-Thur., Sun. B L, Fri.-Sat. ly sweet bun custom-made especially 526-1313. Cuban, Italian: D. B L early D. for Los Compas at a state-of-the-art Baan Thai Kitchen, 1605 S. Solano El Sombrero Patio Café, 363 S. bakery located in Palomas. The dogs Dr., 521-2630. Thai: Tues.-Sat. L D, Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: L D. are topped with beans, melted cheese, Sun. L. El Tiburon, 504 E. Amador, 647- guacamole, mustard, ketchup, grilled The Bagel Shop, 1495 S. Solano 4233. Mexican, seafood, steak: L D. and raw onions, diced tomatoes, and Dr., 521-4784. Bagels: Mon.-Sat. B L. Emilia’s, 2290 Calle de Parian, 652- then the whole thing is finished off with The Bean, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, 3007. Burgers, Mexican, soup, sand- decorative squiggles of mayonnaise.” 523-0560. Coffeehouse. wiches, pastry, juices, smoothies: L D. (May 2012) Sonoran-style Mexican, hot A Bite of Belgium, 741 N. Alameda Empire Buffet, 510 S. Telshor Blvd., dogs, portas, menudo: L D. St., 527-2483. Belgian food: Mon.-Fri. 522-2333. Asian: L D. M & A Bayard Café, 1101 N. Cen- B L. Enrique’s, 830 W. Picacho, 647- tral Ave., 537-2251. “A down-to-earth, Blue Agave Café, 1765 S. Main St. 0240. Mexican: B L D. friendly, unpretentious place—kind of a (inside Best Western Mission Inn), 524- Farley’s, 3499 Foothills Rd., cross between a Mexican cantina and 8591. Southwestern: B. 522-0466. Pizza, burgers, American, a 1950s home-style diner, serving tasty, Blue Moon, 13060 N. Valley Dr., Mexican: L D. no-frills Mexican and American food 647-9524. Bar, burgers: Sat.-Sun. L D. Fidencio’s, 800 S. Telshor, 532- DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 39

5624. Mexican: B L D. Sat.-Sun. B L. 523-1572. “The restaurant radiates Fork in the Road, 202 N. Motel Milagro Coffee y Espresso, 1733 homespun charm and the kind of quality Alotta Words about Blvd., 527-7400. Buffet: B L D 24 hrs. E. University Ave., 532-1042. Coffee- that is neither snobbish nor flamboyant. ALOTTA GELATO Join us Downtown at the 24th Lighted Christmas Parade on Game Bar & Grill, 2605 S. Espina, house: B L D.* The menu ranges from classic Italian 524-GAME. Sports bar and grill: L D. Mix Pacific Rim Cuisine and Mix entrées like Chicken Piccatta, Chicken Saturday November 29th at 7:00 PM! Garduño’s, 705 S. Telshor (Hotel Express, 1001 E. University Ave. #D4, Marsala, Frutti de Mare alla Provençal, Gobble gobble! Pumpkin Pie gelato is back, Egg Nog and Pepper- Encanto), 522-4300. Mexican: B L D. 532-2042. “For a true taste of Tokyo, a and Chicken or Melanzane Parmesan to mint Stick ought to be back by the time you read this! Our loyal Go Burger Drive-In, 1008 E. classic curry, a Vietnamese tidbit or big burgers, salads, sandwiches, pizzas and Lohman, 524-9251. Burgers, Mexican: bite of Australia—all served up with the pastas—all tweaked creatively in subtle customers wait all year for these seasonal favorites, and they’re only Mon.-Fri. B L. sophistication of San Francisco—head to and satisfying ways. Dessert offers an available for a limited time. Any of them (or all of them!) would be a Golden Star Chinese Fast Food, Mix Pacific Rim Cuisine for an interna- amazing variety of cakes, pies, cream welcome finale to a Thanksgiving dinner, or we can hand-pack your 1420 El Paseo, 523-2828. Chinese: L D. tional dining experience that satisfies.” puffs, brownies and cheesecakes. Italian: choice of 30-plus incredible flavors, including dairy-free fruit flavors and sugar-free Good Luck Café, 1507 S. Solano, (March 2008) Asian, Pacific: Mon.-Sat. Mon. L, Tues.-Sat. L D. ones sweetened with Splenda® (and yes, we can pack several flavors into each 521-3867. Mexican, seafood: B L early L D. Simply Toasted Café, 1702 El Paseo insulated pint or quart container). There are no turkeys here, folks: authentic Italian D. Moongate Café, 9395 Bataan Road, 526-1920. Sandwiches, soups, gelato, low in fat but bursting with great tastes, made on the premises with imported Grandy’s Country Cooking, 1345 Memorial, 382-5744. Coffeeshop, salads: B L. El Paseo Rd., 526-4803. American: B Mexican, American: B L. Si Señor, 1551 E. Amador Ave., flavorings and fresh ingredients. L D. Mountain View Market Kitchen, 527-0817. Mexican: L D. Remember that we also carry delicious dessert items such as Key Lime bars, Guacamole’s Bar and Grill, 3995 120 S. Water St., 556-9856. Sand- Spanish Kitchen, 2960 N. Main St., Raspberry Streusel bars, Chocolate Chip brownies, Triple Lemon Cheesecake, cookies, W. Picacho Ave., 525-9115. Burgers, wiches, bagels, wraps, salads and other 526-4275. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. flourless Chocolate Raspberry Torte, and big honkin’ slices of three-layer Carrot pizza, salads, sandwiches, Hawaiian healthy fare: Mon.-Sat.: B L early D. * Spirit Winds Coffee Bar, 2260 S. Cake— plus hot and cold drinks to go with them. Lastly, we have gift certificates appetizers: L D. My Brother’s Place, 334 S. Main Locust St., 521-1222. Sandwiches, cof- Hiebert’s Fine Foods, 525 E. St., 523-7681. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. L D. fee, bakery: B L D.* available in any amount for any occasion (and plenty of such occasions are coming in Madrid Ave. #7, 524-0451. Mexican, Nellie’s Café, 1226 W. Hadley St. Clair Winery & Bistro, 1720 the weeks ahead). American: B L D. Ave., 524-9982. Mexican: Tues.-Sat. Avenida de Mesilla, 524-0390. “A ALOTTA GELATO is open 7 (count ‘em!) days a week, beginning at Noon every High Desert Brewing Company, B L. showcase for St. Clair wines… rooted in day until 9:00 PM (Sunday through Thursday) or 10:00 PM (Friday and Saturday)— 1201 W. Hadley Ave., 525-6752. Brew Nopalito Restaurant, 2605 Mis- the same attention to detail, insistence on pub: L D.* souri Ave., 522-0440. Mexican: L D. quality and customer-friendly attitude as sometimes even later. (Note that we will be closed on Thanksgiving Day but will re-open International Delights, 1245 El Nopalito Restaurant, 310 S. the winery.” (July 2012) Wine tasting, as usual on Friday November 28th.) Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and Inter- Mesquite St., 524-0003. Mexican: Sun.- bistro: L D. Come on down to the most delicious destination in Silver City and gobble some of national: B L D. Tues., Thurs.-Sat. L D.* Sunset Grill, 1274 Golf Club Road the best gelato anywhere, from the oldest gelato store in the Land of Enchantment! Japanese Kitchen, 141 Roadrunner Old Town Restaurant, 1155 S. (Sonoma Ranch Golf Course clubhouse), Parkway, 521-3555. Japanese: L D. Valley Dr., 523-4586. Mexican, Ameri- 521-1826. American, Southwest, steak, Thanks for reading! As a token of our esteem for you, our valued customer, bring this J.C. Tortas, 1196 W. Picacho Ave., can: B L.* burgers, seafood, pasta: B L D. ad for 25¢ off any size gelato for each member of your party. 647-1408. Mexican: L D. Oriental Palace, 225 E. Idaho, Teriyaki Bowl, 2300 N. Main St., Jesse’s Kansas City BBQ, 230 S. 526-4864. Chinese: L D. 524-2055. Japanese: Mon.-Sat. L D. Church, 522-3662. Barbecue: Mon., Paisano Café, 1740 Calle de Mer- Teriyaki Chicken House, 805 El Visit us online at: www.alottagelato.com Tue., Thurs-Sat. L D. cado, 524-0211. Mexican: B L D.* Paseo Rd., 541-1696. Japanese: Mon.- Alotta Gelato - 619 N. Bullard St., Jireh’s, 1445 W. Picacho. Mexican, Pancake Alley Diner, 2146 W. Fri. L D. American: B L early D. Picacho Ave., 647-4836. American: B Thai Delight de Mesilla, 2184 in Downtown Silver City -575-534-4995 Jose Murphy’s, 1201 E. Amador L, early D. Avenida de Mesilla, 525-1900. “For the (inside Ten Pin Alleys), 541-4064. Mexi- Parker’s BBQ, 850 E. Madrid adventurous, there are traditional Thai can, American: L D. Ave., 541-5712. Barbecue carryout: L, curries, soups and appetizers to choose Josephina’s Old Gate Café, 2261 early D. from, all of which can be ordered in nyon Hungry for a Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. “A Passion Ultra Lounge, 201 E. the degree of heat that suits you.… Ca Lo delicious change of pace. There are University Ave. (inside Ramada Palms), The restaurant is clean, comfortable, it d great meal? r g a variety of classic deli sandwiches to 523-7399. Steaks, burgers, salmon: L D. casual in a classy sort of way, and totally i e We’re open all winter. choose from, all served on freshly baked Pepe’s, 1405 W. Picacho, 541- unpretentious.” (January 2011) Thai, p bread, as well as the soup of the day in 0277. Mexican: B L D. salads, sandwiches, seafood, steaks, S Inge is cooking her a cup or bowl, and salads.” (October Peppers Café on the Plaza (in the German: L D.* great German Specials! 2008) Pastries, soups, salads, sandwich- Double Eagle Restaurant), 2355 Calle Tiffany’s Pizza & Greek Ameri- es: Mon.-Thur. L, Fri.-Sun. B L. De Guadalupe, 523-6700. “Creative can Cuisine, 755 S. Telshor Blvd #G1, 684 HWY 35 Saturdays Katana Teppanyaki Grill, 1001 E. handling of traditional Southwestern 532-5002. “Greek as the Parthenon, near Lake Roberts University Ave., 522-0526. Japanese: dishes…. [plus] such non-Mexican the only pure outpost of Greek food for 12 to 3pm Mon.-Fri. L D, Sat. D. entrées as Salmon Crepes and Beer 200 miles…. When the food arrives, it’s www.spiritcanyon.com Reservations appreciated Keva Juice, 1001 E. University, 522- Braised Beef Carbonnade.” (March in portions that would satisfy a Greco- 4133. Smoothies, frozen yogurt: B L D. 2012). Southwestern: L D. * Roman wrestler.” (February 2005) Pizza, 575-536-9459 We can do private parties of Kim-Chi House, 1605 S. Solano, Pho Saigon, 1160 El Paseo Road, Greek, deli: Tues.-Sat. B L D.* HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE 8 or more by reservation. 652-4745. Korean: Tues.-Sun. L D. 652-4326. Vietnamese: L D. Ump 88 Grill, 1338 Picacho Hills Kiva Patio Café, 600 E. Amador Pit Stop Café, 361 S. Motel Blvd., Dr., 647-1455. “An authentic taste of Ave., 527-8206. Mexican, Southwest- 527-1993. Mexican, American, steak: the Emerald Isle in a delightfully authen- ern, American: B L D. Mon.-Sat. B L D. tic pub atmosphere.” La Cocina, 204 E. Conway Ave., Player’s Grill, 3000 Champions (December 2008) 524-3909. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L. Dr. (NMSU golf course clubhouse), 646- Irish pub: L D. La Guadalupana, 930 El Paseo 2457. American: B L D. Valley Grill, The Café Oso Azul at The Lodge Road. 523-5954. Mexican: Tues.-Sat. B Pullaro’s Italian Restaurant, 901 1970 N. Valley, 525- L D. Sun. B L. W. Picacho Ave., 523-6801. Italian: L 9000. American: B L La Mexicana Tortilleria, 1300 N. D. D, Friday fish fry. THANKSGIVING Solano Dr, 541-9617. Mexican: L D. Q’s, 1300 Avenida De Mesilla, Vintage Wines, La Nueva Casita Café, 195 N. 571-4350. Brewhouse with steak and 2461 Calle de Prin- Bear Mesquite, 523-5434. Mexican and pasta: L D. cipal, 523-WINE. Mountain MENU American: B L. Ranchway Barbeque, 604 N. Valley “The atmosphere is Thursday, La Posta Restaurant de Mesilla, Dr., 523-7361. Barbecue, Mexican: casual and relaxed, Lodge 2410 Calle De San Albino, 524-3524. Mon.-Fri. B L D, Sat. D. the handful of tables November 27, 2014 “A restaurant with history hard-wired Rasco’s BBQ, 5580 Bataan Memo- situated snugly as into the fiber of its being. Through rial E. (inside Shorty’s gas station). in a real French Served Noon to 6pm building, menu and ownership, its roots Barbecued brisket, pulled pork, smoked bistro to encourage extend all the way back to the 1840s.” sausage, ribs. conversation. Kick off (September 2011) Mexican , steakhouse: Red Brick Pizza, 2808 N. Telshor the evening with wine FALL STARTERS L D, Sat.-Sun. and holidays also B. Blvd., 521-7300. Pizzas, sandwiches, and tapas inside, or Homemade pimento cheese, celery sticks, watermelon pickles, and local pistachios Las Trancas, 1008 S. Solano Dr., salads: L D. wrap up the night 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, burgers, Renoo’s Thai Restaurant, 1445 W. out on the charming, SOUP COURSE fried chicken: L D, Sat.-Sun. also B. Picacho Ave., 373-3000. Thai: Mon.-Fri. cozy patio with a CARROT GINGER SOUP Le Rendez-vous Café, 2701 W. L D, Sat. D. dessert wine or port.” Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. French Roberto’s Mexican Food, 908 E. (June 2008) Wine ENTREE CHOICES pastry, deli, sandwiches: Mon.-Sat. B L. Amador Ave., 523-1851. Mexican: B and cigar bar, tapas: (PLEASE CHOOSE ONE) Let Them Eat Cake, 2001 E. Lohm- L D.* L D. HERB ENCRUSTED ROAST TURKEY served with APPLE DRESSING or an, Suite 136, 649-8965. Cupcakes: Rosie’s Café de Mesilla, 420 Ave- Wok-N-World, APPLE SAUSAGE DRESSING and BOURBON GRAVY Tues.-Sat. nida de Mesilla, 526-1256. Breakfast, 5192 E. Boutz, Lorenzo’s Pan Am, 1753 E. Uni- Mexican, burgers: Sat.-Thurs. B L, Fri. 526-0010. Chinese: OR versity Ave., 521-3505. “Homey, classic B L D. Mon.-Sat. L D. PORK TENDERLOIN stuffed WITH CRANBERRIES in a PORT WINE SAUCE Italian fare.… Also features ravioli Saenz Gorditas, 1700 N. Solano Zeffiro Piz- OR dishes, in half and full portions, served Dr., 527-4212. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. L D. zeria Napoletana, with salad and a basket of warm, fresh Santorini’s, 1001 E. University 136 N. Water St., Vegetarian Cassoulet- butternut squash, white beans, and roasted veggies in a bread. Save room for dessert.” (July Ave., 521-9270. “An eclectic blend of 525-6757. “Owner béchamel sauce 2008) Italian, pizza: L D. Greek and Mediterranean dishes—gy- Gary Ebert and his Los Compas Café, 6335 Bataan Me- ros with different meats, such as lamb very attentive and ENTREES INCLUDE morial W., 382-2025. Mexican: B L D. or chicken, hummus with pita, Greek efficient staff serve APPLE-CRANBERRY SAUCE, COCONUT MILK SWEET POTATOES, Los Compas Café, 603 S. Nevarez salads—plus sampler plates and less- up gourmet-style GREEN BEANS WITH LEMON BUTTER, HOMEMADE BREAD, and St., 523-1778. Mexican: B L D. familiar items such as keftedes and pizza on hand-tossed Los Compas, 1120 Commerce Dr., pork shawarma. Vegetarian options are crusts.” (August Fresh Pear and Romaine salad with BEAR MOUNTAIN CRACKERS 521-6228. Mexican: B L D.* numerous.” (July 2010) Greek, Mediter- 2009) Pizza, pasta, DESSERTS Los Mariachis, 754 N. Motel Blvd., ranean: Mon.-Sat. L D. also sandwiches at 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. Savoy de Mesilla, 1800-B Avenida adjoining Popular (PLEASE CHOOSE ONE) Maria’s, 1750 N. Solano Dr., 556- de Mesilla, 527-2869. “If you are Artisan Bakery: MARBLED PUMPKIN CHEESE CAKE WITH MEMBRILLO WHIPPED CREAM 9571. Mexican: B L D. adventurous with food and enjoy a Mon.-Sat. L D. OR Mesilla Valley Kitchen, 2001 E. fine-dining experience that is genuinely Zeffiro New Lohman Ave. #103, 523-9311. Ameri- sophisticated, without pretension or York Pizzeria, 101 TIRAMISU -LAYERS OF CHOCOLATE CAKE, CREAM CHEESE, can, Mexican: B L.* snobbishness, you definitely need to E. University Ave., STRAWBERRIES AND A BIT OF GRAND MARINER Mesilla Valley Pizza & Subs, 3961 check out Savoy de Mesilla. The added 525-6770. Pizza: COFFEE OR TEA E. Lohman Ave. #21, 521-9293. Pizza, attraction is that you can do this without L D. COST IS $38.00 PER PERSON sandwiches: Mon.-Sat. L D. spending a week’s salary on any of the Anthony eson de esilla meals—all of which are entertainingly M M , 1803 Avenida Ernesto’s Mexi- RESERVATION ONLY (CHOOSE ENTREE AND DESSERT WHEN RESERVING) de Mesilla, 652-4953. Steaks, barbe- and delectably upscale.” (March 2013) can Food, 200 An- cue, seafood, sandwiches, salads, pasta: American, Continental: B L D. thony Dr., 882-3641. L D. The Shed, 810 S. Valley Dr., 525- Mexican: B L. WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER NEW MEXICO’S OWN etropolitan eli M D , 1001 University 2636. American, pizza, Mexican, La Cocinita, 908 Ave., 522-3354. Sandwiches: L D. desserts: Wed.-Sun. B L.* GRUET PINOT NOIR, Jemez Springs Chardonnay OR Miguel’s, 1140 E. Amador Ave., Sheba Grill, 2265 S. Main St., 525- DINING GUIDE CHAMPAGNE . Other beers and wine available 647-4262. Mexican: B L D. 1100. Indian, Middle Eastern: Mon.- Mi Pueblito, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., Thurs., Sat.-Sun L D, Fri. D. continued on next 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road 524-3009. Mexican: Mon.-Fri. B L D, Si Italian Bistro, 523 E. Idaho, page 575 538 2538 • www.bearmountainlodge.com 40 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

DINING GUIDE Manolo’s continued Café, 120 N. Granite St., 546- 0405. “The menu SUNRISE W. Main Dr., 589-1468. Mexican: L. Table Talk offers breakfast, Chapparal lunch and dinner ith the new year, Diane’s Bakery & ESPRESSO El Bayo Steak House, 417 Chapar- choices, and it’s 1513 N. Hudson ral Dr., 824-4749. Steakhouse: Tues.- difficult to convey Deli will be moving “back home,” out Sun. B L D. the immense of its spot in The Hub and once again Sunrise Espresso II Tortilleria Susy, 661 Paloma range of food Wsharing space with Diane’s longtime downtown nd Blanca Dr., 824-9377. Mexican: Mon.- options available. 1212 East 32 St. Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. In every section Silver City restaurant location, 510 N. Bullard. Now offering Smoothies Doña Ana of the menu, Shevek & Co. will be celebrating the French there’s a mixture Big Mike’s Café, Thorpe Road. wine harvest with a Beaujolais Nouveau Party, Mexican, breakfasts, burgers: B L D. of American- style ‘comfort’ Nov. 21-22, 5-9 p.m. Reservations recommended. Radium Springs food items and Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, will be a family-style cel- Country Cupboard, 827 Fort Selden Now with two convenient locations to serve you! Southwest-style ebration, 12-6 p.m.; reservations required. 602 N. Rd., 527-4732. American: B L D. Mexican dishes Our premier drive-thru location at 1530 N. Hudson, between Billy Santa Teresa which no doubt Bullard, 534-9168, silver-eats.com. Casper Medical Center and Harvest Fellowship Church, and our Billy Crews, 1200 Country Club qualify as His- Café Oso Azul at Bear Mountain Lodge will Road, 589-2071. Steak, seafood: L D. panic ‘comfort’ nd nd celebrate Thanksgiving with a special menu, 12-6 second location at 1212 E. 32 , at the corner of Lesley and 32 food. There’s p.m., by reservation only. The restaurant is now LUNA COUNTY nothing particu- which features at comfortable walk-in and an express drive-thru larly fancy about featuring New Mexico wines including Gruet pi- Deming the food, but it’s not noir, Jemez Springs chardonnay and cham- window. In addition to our great espresso drinks, we are now Adobe Deli, 3970 Lewis Flats Road fresh and tasty. o ering real fruit smoothies, savory pasteries, homemade biscotti, SE, 546-0361. “The lunch menu fea- And the prices pagne. 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, 538-2538, tures traditional deli-style sandwiches... are reasonable.” www.bearmountainlodge.com. The dinner menu is much grander, fresh baked muns and scones to our menu. (February 2012) The “Country Toad,” Little Toad Creek Inn though some sandwiches are available Mexican, Ameri- then, too. Dinner options include filet can: Mon.-Sat. B L & Tavern in Lake Roberts, will feature a gourmet Silver City’s PREMIER Drive-Thru Espresso Bar! mignon, flat iron steak, T-bone, ribeye, D, Sun. B L. Thanksgiving buffet, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Reservations New York strip, Porterhouse, barbequed Palma’s Ital- required. 1122 Hwy. 35, 536-9649, info@littletoad- 1530 N. Hudson • Silver City, NM • 575-388-2027 pork ribs, Duck L’Orange, Alaska ian Grill, 110 S. Mon.-Fri. 6am to 4pm • Sat. 7am to 2pm King Crab legs, broiled salmon steak, Silver, 544-3100. creek.com. nd shrimp scampi, pork chops, osso buco, “Even if you think Silver City diners in search of mass quantities New Second Location: 1212 E. 32 St. • Silver City, NM beef kabobs.” (March 2010) Bar, deli, you don’t like of Asian food will have to look elsewhere: Asian Mon.-Fri. 6:30 am to 2pm • FREE WiFi steaks: L D.* Italian food, you Balboa Motel & Restaurant, 708 might want to Buffet on Hwy. 180E has closed. W. Pine St., 546-6473. Mexican, Ameri- try this family- El Gallo Pinto in Silver City now has a liquor can: Sun.-Fri. L D. run enterprise, license. 901 N. Hudson St., 597-4559. Belshore Restaurant, 1030 E. Pine with Harold and k St., 546-6289. Mexican, American: Palma Richmond Tues.-Sun. B L. at the helm. In Campos Restaurant, 105 S. Silver, addition to the Send restaurant news and updates to up- 2014 • Fourth Annual 546-0095. “Owner Albert Campos name, Palma [email protected]. prides himself on the authentic Mexican brings to the and southwestern food he cooks up, in- restaurant her spired by his home in the Mexican state Sicilian heritage TAMAL FIESTA Y MÁS of Zacatecas—such as the fantastic BBQ and recipes that Beef Brisket Sandwich, a family recipe. came to the United States with her Animas In Historic Downtown Silver City, New Mexico Panther Tracks Café, Hwy. 338, But the restaurant has much more than grandmother. Harold brings training in 548-2444. Burgers, Mexican, American: Mexican fare.” (June 2007) Mexican, classic Continental cuisine, along with Mon.-Fri. B L D American, Southwestern: L D.* his family’s New England food tradi- Saturday, Cano’s Restaurant, 1200 W. Pine tions.” (Sept. 2010) Italian: L D. Sat. Rodeo Food, St., 546-3181. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. L D. prime rib, Sun. buffet.* Rodeo Store and Café. 195 Hwy. November 29 China Restaurant, 110 E. Pine St., Patio Café, 1521 Columbus Road, 80, 557-2295. Coffeeshop food: Mon.- music, 546-4146. “Refreshingly different from 546-5990. “The famed burgers are Sat. B L. 10am-2pm most of the Chinese restaurants you find ground fresh daily from 85% lean beef— Rodeo Tavern, 557-2229. Shrimp, these days in this country. Chef William a half-pound apiece before cooking— fried chicken, steaks, burgers, seafood: folk art, Chu, who owns the restaurant and does and formed for each order. You can Weds.-Sat. D. Same day as the cooking, is committed to offering adorn your burger in any of a dozen and what he calls the ‘fresh and authentic different combinations of cheese, bacon, CATRON COUNTY Lighted flavors of Chinese food.’” (August 2014) chiles, pico de gallo, sautéed onions, Chinese: Tues.-Sun. L D. barbecue sauce, fresh mushrooms, even Reserve more! Adobe Café, Hwy. 12 & Hwy. 180, Christmas Deming Truck Terminal, 1310 W. ham.” (February 2006) Burgers, Ameri- 533-6146. Deli, American, Mon. pizza, Spruce St., 544-2228. “Indian food is can: Mon.-Sat. L D.* Parade! Sunday BBQ ribs: Sun.-Mon. B L D, offered on a separate menu and you Prime Rib Grill (inside Holiday Wed.-Fri. B L. have to ask for that menu. The list of Inn), I-10 exit 85, 546-2661. Steak, Black Gold, 98 Main St., 533- dishes is not very long, but the spices seafood, Mexican: B D. 6538. Coffeehouse, pastries. and flavor of the dishes that are offered Rancher’s Grill, 316 E. Cedar St., Carmen’s, 101 Main St., 533-6990. are authentically Indian.” (November 546-8883. Steakhouse, burgers: L D.* Mexican, American: B L D. 2013) American, Mexican, Indian: B L Si Señor, 200 E. Pine St., 546- Ella’s Café, 533-6111. American: D, Sun. L buffet. 3938. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D, Sun. B L D. El Camino Real, 900 W. Pine St., B L. 546-7421. Mexican, American: B L D. Sunrise Kitchen, 1409 S. Columbus Glenwood Elisa’s House of Pies and Road, 544-7795. “Good-quality comfort Alma Grill, Hwy. 180, 539-2233. Restaurant, 208 1/2 S. Silver Alley, food. There’s nothing on the menu that is Breakfast, sandwiches, burgers, Mexi- Enjoy tamales, baile folklorico, 494-4639. “The southern-style fare is really exotic. But all the familiar dishes, can: Sun.-Weds., Fri.-Sat. B L. a savory prelude to 35 flavors of pie.” both American and Mexican, are done Golden Girls Café, Hwy. 180, 539- (April 2012) American, barbecue, sand- well, and it’s that care in preparation 2457. “Dig into an honest taste of the mariachis, and more! wiches, pies: Mon.-Sat. L D. * that lifts the food above the ordinary. local scene and a down-home breakfast El Mirador, 510 E. Pine St., 544- This is not a freezer-to-fryer type of res- you’ll surely wish your mama had made. TamalFiestaYMas.org / 575-538-4332 7340. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. taurant.” (September 2012) American, The specials listed up on the whiteboard “Forghedaboudit” pizza & wings, Mexican, breakfasts: Mon.-Thur. B L, Fri. all come with biscuits and gravy, and the Contest for the best tamales! 2020 Hatch Hwy. 26, 275-3881. “Direct B L D. ample menu has all the usual suspects— from New York City, Bob Yacone and his Tacos Mirasol, 323 E. Pine St., omelets, pancakes, French toast and, of wife, Kim Duncan, have recreated an 544-0646. Mexican: Mon., Wed.-Sat. B course, breakfast burritos—clueing you authentic-style New York pizza parlor L D, Tues. B L. into the rib-sticking satisfaction ahead.” on the outskirts of Deming.” (June 2013) Tocayo’s Mexican Restaurant, (Nov. 2007) Breakfast: B. Italian, pizza, wings: Mon.-Sat. L D, 1601 E. Pine St., 567-1963. Mexican, Mario’s Pizza, Hwy. 180, 539- Trophy Platters by Kate Brown • Thanks to Silver City Food Coop Sun. D. dine in or take out: Mon.-Sat. B L D, 2316. “This unpretentious eatery serves Golden Sun Star, 500 E. Cedar St., Sun. B L. up better pizza than you’ll find in many 544-0689. Chinese: L D. Akela a big city. But a recent visit to the tiny, Grand Motor Inn & Lounge, scenic mountain town will forever be re- Apache Homelands Restaurant, 1721 E. Pine, 546-2632. Mexican, membered as the time I had, absolutely, I-10. Burgers, ribs, “casino-style” food: steak, seafood: B L D. the best calzone of my life.” (Nov. 2008) B L D.* Irma’s, 123 S. Silver Ave., 544- Italian: Mon.-Tues., Fri.-Sat. D. Columbus 4580. Mexican, American, seafood: B Other Catron County L D. Patio Café, 23 Broadway, 531- Snuffy’s Steakhouse and Saloon, La Fonda, 601 E. Pine St., 2495. Burgers, American: B L.* Quemado Lake, 773-4672. Steakhouse: 546-0465. “Roomy, bright and airy, D (Dec.-April: closed Mon.-Tues.) La Fonda is no mere taco joint. The HIDALGO COUNTY extensive menu features all the Mexican favorites at bargain prices, plus a wide Lordsburg SIERRA COUNTY range of Anglo fare and a breakfast El Charro Restaurant, 209 S. P Hillsboro that’s worth the drive to Deming. Famous Blvd., 542-3400. Mexican: B L D. Barber Shop Café, Main St., for its fajitas: Choose chicken, beef or Fidencio’s, 604 E. Motel Dr., 542- 895-5283. American, Mediterranean, both, fajitas for two, or try the unusual 8989. Mexican: B L early D. sandwiches: Thurs.-Sat. L. ranberry s amily estaurant stuffed fajita potato or seemingly contra- K ’ F R , Hillsboro General Store & Café, dictory fajita burrito.” (September 2009) 1405 Main St., 542-9400. Mexican, 100 Main St., 895-5306. American and Mexican: B L D.* American: B L D. Southwestern: Sun.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. B L. Las Cazuelas, 108 N. Platinum Ave. Mama Rosa’s Pizza, 1312 Main (inside El Rey meat market), 544-8432. St., 542-8400. Pizza, subs, calzones, “This gem of a restaurant turns out salads, chicken wings, cheeseburgers, Note—Restaurant hours and meals perfectly cooked steaks and seafood, shrimp baskets: L D. served vary by day of the week and as well as a full line of Mexican fare.” Ramona’s Café, 904 E. Motel Dr., change frequently; call ahead to make (June 2011) Steaks, seafood, Mexican: 542-3030. “Lordsburg’s quit Mexican sure. Key to abbreviations: B=Breakfast; Tues.-Sat. L D.* food treasure offers some unusual takes L=Lunch; D=Dinner.*=Find copies of Mango Maddie’s, 722 E. Florida on traditional recipes.” (December Desert Exposure here. Send updates, St., 546-3345. Salads, sandwiches, 2012) Mexican, American: Tues.-Fri. B L additions and corrections to: updates@ juice bar, coffee drinks. D, Sun. B mid-day D. red-or-green.com. k DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 41 40 Days & 40 Nights The tadpoles are here! Bear Mountain What’s Going on in November Lodge Plus a look ahead into early December. We are NOVEMBER de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillaval- Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N. happy to Saturday leyfilm.org. Downtown Mall. www.daphotoclub.org. Day of the Dead NMSU Aggies Football vs. Texas announce the Silver City/Grant County State—Military Appreciation Game. 6 Wednesday Chiricahua p.m. NMSU Aggies Memorial Stadium, Silver City/Grant County Special Thanks to Cinda and AT Cole, Janet 1110th Annual Bazaar—Brunch, bake sale, clothing, crafts, Nancy Wyatt 646-1420, 532-2060, nmstatesports. 56th Annual Hunger for Knowl- Leopard Frog's and Randy Jennings, and Ann McMahon com. edge Dinner—Presented by Emma pottery, garage sale. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. new home. (www.AnnMcMahon.com) for the photo. Garage sale next door 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Rocky Horror Picture Show— Bailey’s WNMU sociology students and Episcopal Church of the Good Shep- Prizes for best costumes. Tickets avail- the AAUW, this fundraising dinner is 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road (out Cottage San) herd, 7th & Texas, 538-2015. able at the door Nov. 1, starting at 5:30 an inspiring and educational look at p.m.; floor seats include prop bags. 7:30 hunger. Proceeds benefit The Volunteer 575 538 2538 • www.bearmountainlodge.com Dia de Los Muertos—Works by gallery artists and an altar to departed p.m. NMSU Center for the Arts, 1000 Center. RSVP. 5-7 p.m. $15. The Com- [email protected] pets. 5-7 p.m. Leyba & Ingalls Arts, 315 E. University Ave., 646-4515, www. mons, 501 E. 13th St. 538-6634. N. Bullard, 388-5725, www.LeybaIn- nmsutheatre.com/events. gallsARTS.com. Tiffany Christopher—One-woman Thursday band. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Fiddling Friends—Young fiddlers Silver City/Grant County ages 5-16 perform. 12:15-12:45 p. m. Hadley, 525-6752. 6Astrological Turning Points—A light-hearted exploration of the astro- Watch: Free. Alotta Gelato. Deming Cable Channels logical cycles of life with The Contrary First Annual Mimbres Valley Guatemalan Mercado—10 a.m.-4 17, 18 & 19 Astrologer, Cassandra Leoncini. 3-4:30 Youth Art Show—Through Nov. 8. p.m. Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold Listen: Opening of juried art show. 12-6 p.m., St., 546-3663, [email protected]. p.m. Free. 614 N. Bullard St. (970) KOOT 88.1 FM 529-3572. closed Sunday and Monday. Valle Mim- Hotel Frankenstein—Put on by All classes are at the CATS/KOOT studio located at 213 N. Bullard bres Market, 2739 Hwy. 35, Mimbres. Deming High School Drama Club. 1 Brown Bag Program—“New Mexican Colcha Stitch Embroidery: From Silver City, NM. Classes start at 5:30 PM and last one hour. Movember & CW Ayon— p.m. $2. Deming High School Audito- Spaces are limited, so please call 534-0130 to reserve a spot 24 hours in advance. “Movember” mustache challenge begins, rium. India to Iberia and to New Mexico” with Monique Durham. 12-1 p.m. Silver City free straight-razor shave, 2-7 p.m. Live Tales From Six Feet Under— Nov. 2014 Classes music with CW Ayon 7 p.m. Little Toad Through Nov. 9. Locally written play Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway, Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bul- featuring some of Deming’s notable 538-5921, www.silvercitymuseum.org. 11/05/14: Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Video Editing! Video editing class for those lard, 956-6144. departed. 7 p.m. $8, 2/$15. Depot The- Romaine Begay—Artist Lecture of you who are more advanced and want more! Series. 6:30 p.m. WNMU Parotti Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit—Pre- ater, 207 N. Country Club Road (next to Hall. mimbresarts.org/artist-lecture- 11/12/14: Audacity Audio Editing! A simple editing program to help you sented by RT Dinner Theater. Tickets Starmax). 545-3131. produce professional audio productions! available at Raven’s Nest Boutique and series-2014-15. Gallery and Yankie Creek Coffeehouse. Sunday Prescription Review—Bring your 11/19/14: Movie Maker Video Editing! Fun ideas to do with your photos! Dinner service at 6:30 p.m., show starts Daylight Saving prescriptions and supplements for review Bring your digital photos in and let’s get creative! by a GRMC pharmacist. Reservations re- at 7:30 p.m. $35 each or $65 per Time Ends Dec. 2014 Classes couple. Non-dining seats $10. Old Elks Las Cruces / Mesilla quired. 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room, 1313 Lodge Gallery and Performance Hall, 243rd Annual Renaissance 12/03/14: KOOT 88.1 FM Radio 101! Learn how to put a radio show together at 315 N. Texas St. ArtsFaire—See Nov. 1. Young Park, E. 32nd St., 538-4870. home. Learn what’s required and what isn’t! Parade Workshop—For 24th An- 1905 E. Nevada Ave., 523-6403, www. Las Cruces/Mesilla 12/10/14: Movie Maker Video Editing! For the video novice! A simple editing nual Lighted Christmas Parade, with tips riograndetheatre.com. Gallery Talk—In conjunction with program to get ya started! on getting your parade entry to really Basketry as Art—Through Nov. 27. “Off the Wall” exhibit. Silvia Marinas. sparkle. Deadline to register a parade Works by Marilyn Hansen, Jan Harrison, 6 p.m. NMSU University Art Gallery. 12/17/14: Camera Operations! Learn all about camera and audio setup, entry is Nov. 7. 10 a.m.- noon. Visitor Lin Bentley Keeling, Dee Knudson, Jan D.W. Williams Hall, University Avenue secrets to a good production and more! Center, 201 N. Hudson. 534-1700, Severson, illustrating the utilitarian as and Solano Drive, 646 -2545, uag. silvercitymainstreet.com. well as the decorative use of baskets. nmsu.edu. Classes are FREE to members! Non-members are charged a $10 fee. WNMU Mustangs Football vs. The artwork is based on the weaving Klas—With Gleewood. High Desert (KOOT 88.1 FM and CATS-where YOU’RE in control!) Adams State University—12 p.m. techniques found in basketry, combining Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525 -6752. For more information: 575-534-0130 WNMU Ben Altamirano Memorial Sta- traditional and innovative construction dium, www.wnmumustangs.com. methods. Opening and demonstration. Friday WNMU Volleyball vs. Colorado 11:30 a.m. Tombaugh Gallery, 2000 Silver City/Grant County Mesa University—7 p.m. wnmumus- Solano Dr., 522-7281. 7San Vicente Artists—Through tangs.com. Dí de los Muertos—12-5 p.m. Dec. 1. Opening for group show. 4-5:30 Las Cruces/Mesilla Mesilla Plaza, 2355 Calle de Guada- p.m. Mimbres Region Arts Council, 10th Annual lupe, 524-3262, www.mesillanm.gov/ 1201 Pope St., 538-2505, info@mim- 43rd Annual Renaissance Arts- tourism/events/category/events. bresarts.org, www. mimbresarts.org. Faire—Through Nov. 2. Spend a week- end with kings and queens. Ongoing New Horizons Symphony—Five SWNM Audubon—Jana Ashling, entertainment at three different areas, operatic arias will be sung by Las a grad student at NMSU, will present royal processions, and the Children’s Cruces native Stephanie Sanchez. Also “Silver City Urban Mule Deer Cap- Gila Winterfest Realm, a large designated area full of on the program: Johann Strauss’ Die ture and Relocation Program.” 7 p.m. family activities and entertainment. Lake Fledermaus Overture, Wagner’s Die WNMU Harlan Hall. 388 -2386, www. canoe rides, horse games, battles, dem- Meistersinger, Rossini’s Barber of Seville, swnmaudubon.org. Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, 11-4 onstrations, music, food and beverages. and Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1. 3 p.m. Las Cruces/Mesilla Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada Ave., 523- Free. NMSU Atkinson Hall, 1075 N. Chris Bardey & Kelley S. Hestir— Gila Community Center/Park 6403, www.las-cruces-arts.org. Horseshoe, 646-2421. Opening for two art installations. 6-9 p. Downtown Gila Crafts for Kids—Children of all Deming m. West End Art Depot, 401 N. Mesilla ages are invited to come by the museum Jam Sessions—Every Sunday. 2-4 St., 312-9892. and create their own Thanksgiving p.m. Free. Historic Morgan Hall, 109 E. Fragile Waters—Exhibiting photog- crafts to take home. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $5 Pine St., 545-8872. raphers Ernest H. Brooks and Dorothy Arts & Crafts - Food - Fun - Music adults, $3 seniors, $2 ages 5-17. Farm Kerper Monnelly and exhibition curator & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Drip- Tuesday Jeanne Falk Adams (daughter-in-law of ping Springs Road, 522-4100, www. Election Day Ansel Adams), as part of exhibit through Vendors Welcome! nmfarmandranchmuseum. org. Polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Jan. 10. 5-7 p.m. Museum of Art, 491 Silver City/Grant County Dí de los Muertos—Through N. Main St., 541-2137, www.las-cruces. www.gilawinterfest.com Nov. 2. Procession at 6 p.m. 12-7 p.m. 4AARP Presentation—Know the org/museums. Mesilla Plaza, 2355 Calle de Guada- facts about the future of Social Security Magic in the Moonlight—Through lupe, 524-3262, www.mesillanm.gov/ and Medicare. Pre-register. 9:30 a.m.- Nov. 13. This Woody Allen romantic tourism/events/category/events. noon. Grant County Business and Con- comedy is set in the 1920s, packed with Land Ho!—Through Nov. 6. Road ference Center, 3031 Hwy 180 E. (877) characters who tool around the South of comedy about two aging buddies va- 926-8300, www.aarp.org/states/nm. France in impossibly high fashion. Colin HOT SPRINGS SOAKING cationing in Iceland. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Las Cruces/Mesilla Firth plays Stanley Crawford, a cynic • TENT SITES Sat. 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 and Sri Lanka, a Travelogue—Photo who prides himself on sniffing out fakes. 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $6 seniors and presentation by Debbie Hands, Nirmal Stanley is on a mission to debunk Sophie • RV SITES • CABINS • students, $5 MVFS members, children Khandan and Frank Gomez. Dona Baker (Emma Stone), an American spiri- • WALKING TOURS and Weds. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle Ana Photography Club. 7-9 p.m. Free. tualist. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Sat. 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $6 seniors and students, $5 Faywood Hot Springs MVFS members, children and Weds. 165 Highway 61 Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guada- Faywood, NM 88034 lupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. Mike Nail—Artist’s reception. 5-7 for more information call p.m. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Down- 575-536-9663 town Mall, 523-6403, www.riogrande- theatre.com. Nature: The Artist’s Palette— Opening for art exhibit of work from 12 local artists, the Ten O’Clock Club. 5-7 p.m. Southwest Environmental Center, Main and Las Cruces St. Company coming? Deming Need a Spare Guestroom? Tales From Six Feet Under— Through Nov. 9. See Nov. 1. 7 p.m. $8, Ease the crowding— 2/$15. Depot Theater, 207 N. Country Ease the stress! Club Road (next to Starmax). 545-3131. Z Each room has a private bath. Saturday Z Delicious homemade breakfast served daily. Silver City/Grant County Z Easy walk to restaurants, shops and galleries. 8Vaccination Clinic—9 a.m.-noon. Z Relax on our sunny veranda or in our garden. The Doña Ana Photography Club presents “Sri Lanka, a Travelogue,” High Desert Humane Society, Cougar 411 W. Broadway Way, 538-9261. Located in Historic Downtown Silver City with photos by Debbie Hands, Nirmal Khandan and Frank Gomez, Silver City, NM 88061 575-388-5485 www.InnonBroadwayweb.com Nov. 4. EVENTS continued on next page 42 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

THE TO DOLINo turkeysST here. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd's e have plenty to be thankful for in this 110th Annual Bazaar month’s roster of events, even before Corner of 7th & Texas Streets Thanksgiving rolls around. Start with the W43rd Annual Renaissance ArtsFaire in Las Cru- Silver City, NM 88061 • 575/538-2015 ces’ Young Park, Nov. 1-2. This blast from the past Saturday, November 1 features all the usual fun, plus a special Children’s Bazaar from 9-1, next door garage sale 8-1 Realm, “royal” processions, lake canoe rides and Brunch served; Bake sale; Clothing “battles.” boutique; Crafts, Nancy Wyatt Pottery In Silver City on Nov. 9, the Grant County and so much more, Community Concert Association takes concert- goers not quite so far back in time with guitarist Something for and songwriter William Florian’s “Those Were the Days” at the WNMU Fine Arts Theater. For- Everyone! merly with the New Christy Minstrels, Florian samples some of the greatest folk and pop songs of the 1960s. Then on Nov. 15, the Mimbres Re- gion Arts Council’s Folk Series continues with Grace & Tony at the Buckhorn Opera House in Located on the corner Pinos Altos. Grace Shultz and Tony White experi- of Market & Black St. mented with an unlikely blend of genres by mix- (704 W. Market St.) ing punk, folk, bluegrass and Texas swing, to cre- William Florian. Silver City, NM 88061 ate what they call “Punkgrass.” That same day in (575) 534-9727 Las Cruces, at the Pan Am Center, country legends earnest in downtown Silver City on Nov. 28 with Wednesday-Friday 1-4, Alabama will perform. the Festival of Trees (through Dec. 7), benefit- Saturday 9-1 That’s also the weekend for the 2014 NMRA ing the Guadalupe Montessori School scholarship Rodeo Finals, at Cowboy Park fund. On Saturday, Nov. 29, Arena in Deming, Nov. 14-15. the 4th Annual Tamal Fiesta Performances are Friday eve- y Más brings tasty tamales to ning and Saturday afternoon, Broadway along with live music, with special youth events, DJ traditional weaving demonstra- dancing Friday night, and a din- tions and folklorico dancers. ner and dance with music by In Gila, it’s the 10th Annual Clay Mac, Saturday night. Gila Winterfest, with arts and ReStore acccepts new and and gently used building materials, Theater takes the stage in Las crafts, food and music at the appliances, furniture, and household items. Items donated to the Cruces beginning with the Tony Gila Community Center/Park. ReStore are re-sold, re-purpoused, and recycled. ReStore saves Award-winning musical The That evening is of course the literally TONS of unwanted items from entering the landfill all Mystery of Edwin Drood, 24th Annual Lighted Christ- year long. The best part about ReStore is that all proceeds go Nov. 20 (preview) through Dec. mas Parade, on the theme of towards building affordable homes within our community. So 7 at the NMSU Center for the “Silver City for the Holidays.” take comfort in knowing that when you donate to ReStore you Arts. Then you can return to the The parade begins on Broadway are participating in saving the planet and ending poverty housing. fictional Texas town of Tuna at at the Grant County Courthouse the Black Box Theatre, Nov. 21- and continues up Bullard Street Dec. 7, in A Tuna Christmas. to Pope Street. We hear a certain November 2014 That’s only the start of holi- 43rd Annual Renaissance Arts- jolly old red-suited gentleman Oct 31-Nov 6—Land Ho!, Dir: Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens, day happenings, which begin in will be there. 95 min. Faire in Las Cruces. k 7-13—Magic in the Moonlight, Dir: Woody Allen, 97 min. EVENTS continued Jan Fell. 1-5 p.m. Copper Quail Gallery, rrmuseum.shtm. 14-20—My Old Lady, Dir: Israel Horovitz, 107 min. 211A N. Texas, 388-2646. Jeremiah Sammartano—Blues. Benefit for Juarez Mission—Pre- 21-27 (Dark 27)—Frank, Dir: Lenny Abrahamson, High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, sentation and a potluck benefit for San Las Cruces/Mesilla English, French, German w/ English subtitles, 95 min. 525-6752. Jose de Anapra Mission in Juarez, by All Things Bright & Beautiful— NMSU Aggies Football vs. 28-Dec 4—The Better Angels, Dir: A. J. Edwards, mission priest Father Miguel Angel Opening for show of artwork by Kath- Lafayette—Homecoming Game. 6 p.m. 95 min. Ramirez and his wife Catherine Hudak. leen Squires. A portion of proceeds from NMSU Aggies Memorial Stadium, 646- 4 p.m. Old St. Mary’s, 1801 Alabama the sale of her work will be donated to 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla • www.mesillavalleyfilm.org • (575) 524-8287 1420, 532-2060, nmstatesports.com. Shows nightly at 7:30- Sunday Matinee at 2:30. St. 519-0558. support the Dona Ana County Humane The Fountain Theatre—featuring the best independent, foreign and alternative Craft Class—“Create Paper Bowls.” Society. 4-6 p.m. Unsettled Gallery, 905 Deming films in the Southwest. Home of the Mesilla Valley Film Society since 1989! For crafters ages eight and older, limit N. Mesquite St., 635-2285, www.unset- Mesilla Valley Swing Band— 10 crafters, pre-registration encouraged. tledgallery.com. 17-piece Big Swing Band. 2-4 p.m. Parent or guardian attendance required. Back by Noon Outing—Park Historic Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine St., November 2014 10 a.m.-noon. $5. Silver City Museum, Ranger Adrianna Weickhardt will lead 545-8872. 312 W. Broadway, 538-5921, www. this short hike to caves on the west side Tales From Six Feet Under— Calendar of Events silvercitymuseum.org. of the Franklin Mountains, including Through Nov. 9. See Nov. 1. 7 p.m. $8, Fort Bayard Walking Tour— the enigmatically named Aztec Cave. 2/$15. Depot Theater, 207 N. Country Thursday, November 6, 2014—Brown Bag program: Walking tours of Fort Bayard National Strenuous, due to lots of loose rock and Club Road (next to Starmax). 545-3131. New Mexican Colcha Stitch Embroidery: from India to Iberia and to New Mexico Historic Landmark. Tours last about two some sharp inclines. Reservations re- with Monique Durham hours. The Fort Bayard Museum is open quired and space is limited. Bring sturdy Sunday 12 noon to 1 pm Silver City Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway from 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.; entrance shoes, water and a hat. 8 a.m.-noon. Silver City/Grant County for a donation of $3 per person or $5, SWEC members free. 522-5552, Day of Mindfulness Retreat— Saturday, November 8, 2014—Craft Class: Create Paper Bowls 9 $10 per family. 9:30 a.m. Fort Bayard, www.wildmesquite.org. Practicing awareness peacefully in the 10 am to 12 noon at the Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway 388-4477. Desert Dash—Half Marathon, 10K, present moment, in the tradition of Thich For crafters aged 8 and older, $5, limit 10 crafters, pre-registration encouraged. From the Unconscious Mind— 5K and Children’s 1-Mile Trail Race Nhat Hanh, the Blooming Lotus Commu- Parent or guardian attendance required. Opening for show of art by Nan Rogier. fundraiser for the non-profit Asombro nity is offering a retreat that is open to Institute for Science Education. 8:30 a.m. the public. Sitting and walking medita- Sunday November 9, 2014—Meet Dustinn Craig, Film Maker 4-7 p.m. Molly Ramolla Gallery, 203 N. $15-$35. Chihuahuan Desert Nature tion, Noble Silence, mindful conversa- Silver City Museum Society Annual Meeting 2 pm to 3 pm, Bullard, 538-5538. Guarding Against Identity Theft & Park, 56501 N. Jornada Road, 524- tion, deep listening, deep relaxation. Global Resource Center 12th Street, on the campus of WNMU Scams—Joe Wlosinski of AARP. 1 p.m. 3334, www.asombro.org/dash. Vegetarian potluck. RSVP. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, November 13, 2014—History and Tradition in the Gila Region Bayard Public Library, 1112 Central Dowsing Class—Learn the basics No cost; gratitude offering only. Axle with Madeleine Carey Ave., 537-6244. of dowsing (questing, divining, water Canyon Ecological Preserve (45 minutes 12 noon to 1 pm, Silver City Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway Klas Ahman—With Amos Torres. 8 witching), how to use the four basic from Silver City, in the Burro Mountains). p.m. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distill- dowsing tools, and the benefits associat- 313-7417, [email protected]. Saturday, November 15, 2014—Adult Craft Class: Making Paper Lamps ery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144. ed with dowsing during the Nov. 8 class, Silver City Museum Society An- 1 pm to 3 pm at The Common Thread, 107 W. Broadway Self Realization Fellowship and then take the advanced class on nual Meeting—Meet Dustinn Craig, $22 to $25, limit 8 adults, pre-registration required Meditation Group—Hatha Yoga 3-4 Nov. 15 if you wish. Frank Geisel is the film maker. 2-3 p.m. WNMU Global instructor. Pre-registration encouraged. Resource Center. 538-5921, www. Saturday, November 22, 2014—Come and Learn how to Grind Corn! p.m. Energization exercises 4:05-4:15 1-3:30 p.m. $15, members $10. (Cash silvercitymuseum.org. 1 pm to 2 pm, at the Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway p.m. Meditation and readings 4:15- 5:15 p.m.; readings from the lectures of or checks only.) Farm & Ranch Heritage Those Were the Days—The spirit A pre-event activity for the Tamal Fiesta. Paramahansa Yogananda. 110 E. 11th Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, and songs of the 1960s with William Ongoing Exhibits at the Silver City Museum: St., 574-5451. 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmu- Florian, guitarist and songwriter. Grant The Golden Hour—Through Nov. seum.org. County Community Concert Association. Gila Wild: A Celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Gila Wilderness and the 23. Opening for a group show with Fall Fiber and Arts Festival—Also 3 p.m. $20, students to age 17 free with 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, now through January 11, 2015 artists Thomas Holt, Karen Danhauer, Nov. 9. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Old Toritlla adult. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. Wilderness: Michael Berman, James Hemphill and Anthony Howell, Thia Utz, Ginna Heiden and Carmela St. Factory, 635-8914, www.tresmano- 538-5862, www.gccconcerts.org. now through November 30, 2014 Claire. 1:30-5 p.m. JW Art Gallery, 99 sweaving.org. Las Cruces/Mesilla amily ame ay Cortez Ave., Hurley, 537-0300. F G D —Old-fashioned Ansel Adams: A Son’s Perspec- For more information: visit us at 312 West Broadway, Silver City, NM, Art Reception—Two shows running games for families. 10 a.m.-noon. Free. tive—Michael Adams will speak about Railroad Museum, 351 N. Mesilla St., call 575-538-5921, or click www.silvercitymuseum.org through Dec. 1: “Homage to Culture” by his father as Ansel Adams’ iconic im- Rebecca Kerr and “Range of Vision” by 647-4480, museums.las-cruces.org/ ages will be projected onto the screen. DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 43

The event will feature items rarely seen St. 534-1393, publicly as part of an exhibit of photo- rollingstonesgms. graphs and personal items. 2-3 p.m. blogspot.com. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Las Cruces/ Mall, 523-6403, www.riograndetheatre. Mesilla com. Bob Ein- all iber and rts estival F F A F —10 weck—Singer- a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Old Toritlla Factory, songwriter. High 635-8914, www.tresmanosweaving.org. Desert Brewing, Deming 1201 W. Hadley, Jam Sessions—Every Sunday. 2-4 525-6752. p.m. Free. Historic Morgan Hall, 109 E. Culture Pine St., 545-8872. Series: Lipan Tales From Six Feet Under—See Apaches—Award- Nov. 1. 2 p.m. $8, 2/$15. Depot The- winning author ater, 207 N. Country Club Road (next to Sherry Robinson Starmax). 545-3131. will talk about the Art Shows Reception—Recycled Lipan Apaches, Show and Mail Art Show. 1-3 p.m. some of the least- Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold St., known people in Fabulous getaway nestled in the tall pines of Pinos Altos 546-3663, [email protected]. the Southwest. The Hillsboro Lipans were plains • Fireplaces• Secluded Balconies buffalo hunt- Stefan Schyga—Latin guitar con- • Porches cert. Schyga has enjoyed a life-long love ers and traders. of the guitar, performing, recording and One of the first Redhead Express performs in Las Cruces Nov. 19. • Telephone & WiFi teaching his unique blend of classical, groups to acquire horses, they • Satellite TV flamenco and jazz. He will be perform- unlikely blend of genres by mixing punk, expanded from eastern New Mexico into ing new original music and material folk, bluegrass, and Texas swing— • Barbeque Grill Texas and Coahuila. 7 p.m. $2. Farm from his upcoming project “La Guitarra “Punkgrass.” 7:30 p.m. $20, members & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Drip- • Hot Tub in Cabana Mexicana.” 3 p.m. $5. Hillsboro Com- $15. Buckhorn Opera House, 32 Main ping Springs Road, 522-4100, www. munity Center, Elenora St., 895-3324. St., Pinos Altos. 538-2505, www.mim- • Meeting Room nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. bresarts.org. Steve Smith and Tim May—$15, • Cabins with Kitchens are available Monday Rockabilly Strangers—8 p.m. Little $10 students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, Silver City/Grant County Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. 430 N. Downtown Mall, 649-1595. Widowed Persons Service—En- Bullard, 956-6144. 10 1-888-388-4515 • (575) 388-4501 tertainment by Nancy Miller. 10:30 a. Friday Star Party—With the Silver City m. $10 lunch. Glad Tidings Church, Silver City/Grant County Astronomical Society. Sunset-10 p. m. La www.bearcreekcabins.com 11600 Hwy 180 E. 537-3643. Esperanza Vineyard and Winery, Mim- 14Calle 66—Live salsa band. 9 Just 7 miles north of Silver City on HWY 15 Las Cruces/Mesilla p.m. $7. Little Toad Creek Brewery & bres, (505) 259-9523, www.laesperan- Las Colcheras Quilt Guild—Master Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144. zavineyardandwinery. com. WNMU Mustangs Football vs. Quilter Susan Cleveland from Westcord, Las Cruces/Mesilla Minn. 6 p.m. $5 donation for non-mem- Black Hills State—12 p.m. WNMU My Old Lady—Through Nov. 20. bers. Good Samaritan’s Activity Center, Ben Altamirano Memorial Stadium, Stars Kevin Kline as Mathias Gold, www.wnmumustangs.com. 3011 Buena Vista. 521-0521, LasColch- self-described as a man born with a [email protected], www.lcqg.org. silver knife in his back. Gold inherits Las Cruces/Mesilla an apartment in Paris that comes with Alabama—The All-America Tour. 7 Tuesday a most unexpected feature: a 90-year- p.m. $50.50, $40.50, $30.50. Pan Am Veterans Day old resident, Mathilde Girard (Maggie Center, 646-1420, panam.nmsu.edu, Silver City/Grant County Smith) and Mathilde’s daughter, Chloe (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com. New Native Food Crops for 11 (Kristin Scott Thomas). Nightly 7:30 Dowsing Class—Advanced class. New Mexico —Also Nov. 13. Presenta- p.m., Sat. 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sun. See Nov. 8. 1-3:30 p.m. $15, members tion by Richard Felger. Food Co-op. $10. (Cash or checks only.) Farm & Earth Matters 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $6 se- 12-1 p.m. 614 N. Bullard St. 388-2343. niors and students, $5 MVFS members, Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Drip- A show about earthly Veterans Day Tribute —Tribute children and Weds. Fountain Theatre, ping Springs Road, 522-4100, www. to Luis Victorio Armijo, World War II 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. matters that impact “Code Talker.” Armijo was raised and mesillavalleyfilm.org. Everett Howl & The Wolves— educated in Grant County, and served Tombaugh Observatory Open Blues. High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. us all! in the Army during World War II. 1 House—8-9:30 p.m. depending Hadley, 525-6752. p.m. Central Elementary School, Santa on weather. Free. NMSU campus, Native American Market—Also Brought to you by: Clara. Tombaugh Observatory. 646-6278. Nov. 16. Saturday 5k Fun Run in the Gila/Mimbres Park. Registration 7-7:45 a.m., starts Las Cruces/Mesilla astronomy. nmsu.edu/dept/html/public. Community Radio Las Cruces Ukes—Every Other open.shtml at 8 a.m. $10 registration fee, prizes. Tuesday. Las Cruces’ only ukulele group Authentic fry bread and Indian tacos for Deming sale. Native American dancers. Pottery Gila Resources takes the stage. 6:30 p.m. Free. Rio 2014 NMRA Rodeo Finals— and other craft demonstrations. Vetted Information Project Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Through Nov. 15. 6 p.m. performance. Native American artisan crafts for sale. Mall, 523-6403, www.riograndetheatre. 9 p.m. DJ music and dance. Youth Silent auction. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 per ve- New Mexico com. events, sign up at Mimbres Valley Feeds. hicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, Wilderness Alliance Veterans Day Ceremony—11 a.m. $5. Cowboy Park Arena. 567-1962. 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. Free. Old Mesilla Parque. 524-3262 ext. Upper Gila Watershed Alliance 116, www.mesillanm.gov. Saturday Readings—Poets/writers will pres- Silver City/Grant County ent representative readings about “All Creatures Great and Small.” 4-6 p.m. Every Tuesday and Thursday Thursday 15Adult Craft Class—“Making Pa- Silver City/Grant County per Lamps.” Limit eight adults, pre-regis- Unsettled Gallery, 905 N. Mesquite St., 10 am & 8 pm 13History and Tradition in the tration required. 1-3 p.m. $22-$25. The 635-2285, www.unsettledgallery.com. Gila Region—With Madeleine Carey. Common Thread, 107 W. Broadway. Deming via [email protected] 12 -1 p.m. Silver City Museum Annex, 538-5921, www.silvercitymuseum.org. 2014 NMRA Rodeo Finals— Broadcasting on 89.1 FM 302 W. Broadway, 538-5921, www. America Recycles Day—Drop-off Slack 9 a.m., performance 2 p.m. silvercitymuseum.org. paper, plastic, glass, tin and aluminum Dinner and dance, music by Clay Mac, New Native Food Crops for New cans and e-waste for recycling. You can 6:30 p.m. $5. Cowboy Park Arena. Podcasts available @ http://gmcr.org/category/earth-matters/ Mexico—Presentation by Richard Felger. also recycle rechargeable batteries and 567-1962. Food Co-op. 12-1 p.m. 614 N. Bullard burned-out CFL bulbs. Learn about the Tumbleweed Rob & The Southwest St. 388-2343. plastic-bag ordinance and get a free Junction—2-4 p.m. Historic Morgan Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral reusable shopping bag. 9 a.m.-noon. Hall, 109 E. Pine St., 545-8872. Society—Meeting and potluck. Bring Office of Sustainability, 1106 N. Pope Art Fest—9 a.m.-4 p.m. Custom your own serviceware and a dish to St., 519-8987. House Gardens, 304 S. Silver. 546- share. 6 p.m. dinner, 6:45 meeting and Grace and Tony—MRAC Indie/ 3663, [email protected]. program. Senior Center, 204 W. Victoria Folk Series. Experimenting with an EVENTS continued on next page 44 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

EVENTS continued Double Clutchers— Sunday Silver City/Grant County Rockabilly. High Desert Brewing, Fundraising Dinner—With en- 16 1201 W. Hadley, tertainment by the Hi-Lo Silvers. Benefits 525-6752. Bridge Community, a project to bring a Home- continuum of care senior living facility Grown—Also to Silver City. 4 p. m. $10. First United Nov. 23. “A Methodist Church, 314 W. College Ave. New Mexico 538-5754. Food Show & International Transgender Day Gift Market,” in of Remembrance—Candlelight vigil to partnership with remember those who have been killed in the New Mexico hate crimes during the past year because Department of Ag- of their gender. 5 p.m. Woman’s Club, riculture and the 411 Silver Heights Blvd. 956-5414. state’s growers. Las Cruces/Mesilla Cooking demon- El Tratado de Mesilla Reenact- strations, a chile ment—2-3 p.m. Free. Town of Mesilla A presentation and a potluck benefit for San Jose de relleno cooking Plaza, 2355 Calle de Guadalupe. 524- contest, book sign- 3262 ext. 116, www.mesillanm.gov. Anapra Mission in Juarez will be held in Silver City ings and more. Mark Dressler—Double bass player on Nov. 8. Above: Drawing by a child in the parish. The first 100 Mark Dressler, backed up by the Mack attendees each Goldsbury Trio, will perform for the day receive a free microphones of Radio Station OKKK, Mesilla Valley Jazz & Blues Society. 7 burlap shopping bag. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat 11/1 Tiffany Christopher (One-Woman Band) broadcasting at a big 275 watts and p.m. $8, $5 members, $1 students. First $5 per vehicle. Farm & Ranch Heritage reporting on various Yuletide activities. Thu 11/6 Klas (Secret Circus) w/ Gleewood (Sweden/Ruidoso) Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo. 640- Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Tuna’s citizens parade across the stage 8752, www.mvjazzblues.net. 522-4100, www.nmfarmandranchmu- Sat 11/8 Jeremiah Sammartano (Blues from Los Angeles) in all their outrageous and irreverent Naida Zucker—Biologist and artist seum.org. glory, commenting on life, politics, Thu 11/13 Bob Einweck (Tucson Singer/Songwriter) will demonstrate gelatin monoprinting at NMSU Aggies Football vs. UL- relationships and what makes them (and the Las Cruces Arts Association meeting. Monroe—6 p.m. NMSU Aggies Memo- Sat 11/15 Everett Howl & The Wolves (Blues) sometimes us) tick. 8 p.m. $12, $10 1:30 p.m. Community Enterprise Center, rial Stadium, 646-1420, 532-2060, students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 125 N. Main St. nmstatesports.com. Thu 11/20 Radio La Chusma (El Paso Mexica-Reggae) N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www. Native American Market—See Second City 50th Anniversary Sat 11/22 Double Clutchers (Rockabilly) no-strings.org. Nov. 15. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $5 per vehicle. Tour—Performing classic sketches 34th Annual Holiday Sale—Also Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, 5000 made famous by names such as Belushi, Thu 11/27 Closed (Happy Thanksgiving!) Nov. 22. Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces. Calle de Norte, 523-4398. Colbert, Fey, Carell and Radner along Functional pottery, sculpture and wall Sat 11/29 Alison Lewis & The Union Suits (Outlaw Country with satire from today’s headlines and decorations, jewelry, pillowcases and from Detroit) Tuesday improvisation. 7:30 p.m. $30-$40. Rio handmade prints for sale. 2-6 p.m. Silver City/Grant County Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Thu 12/4 Bourbon Legend (Uke-Rockers) Homebuilders Association Event Hall, Dances of the World—7 p.m. Mall, 523-6403, www. riograndethe- 18 2825 N. Main St. pottersguildlc.com. Free. WNMU PE Complex Dance Studio, atre.com. Contradance—With the Big Ditch Room 241-247. The Mystery of Edwin Drood— Crickets. 7:30-10 p.m. $6, youth $4. Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m. Las Cruces/Mesilla Mesilla Community Center, 2251 Calle $5-$17. NMSU Center for the Arts, Redhead Express—Las Cruces Civic de Santiago. 522-1691, www.snmmds. 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, Concert Association. Four-sister act org. www.nmsutheatre.com/events. originally from Alaska, now hailing from Frank—Through Nov. 26. Michael Nashville, will soon cut their first album Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhall star Rodeo with renowned producer Paul Worley in a musical comedy about an oddball Fine Arts and Crafts Festival—9 (Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, Band outsider band whose mentally ill front- a.m.-3 p.m. Community Center, 16 Perry, Lady Antebellum). 7:30 p.m. man insists on wearing an expressionless Hickory St. 557 -1400 $20-$55. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. plaster mask at all times. Nightly 7:30 Video Stop Downtown Mall. 522-5474, 405-7429, p.m., Sat. 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sun. Sunday www.lascrucescca.org. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $6 se- Las Cruces / Mesilla niors and students, $5 MVFS members, 23HomeGrown—See Nov. 22. Wednesday children and Weds. Fountain Theatre, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 per vehicle. Farm & 15,000 Movies: Las Cruces / Mesilla 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Drip- 19NMSU Aggies Men’s Basket- mesillavalleyfilm.org. ping Springs Road, 522-4100, www. ball vs. Northern Colorado—7 p.m. The Mystery of Edwin Drood— nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. Rent or Buy! $5 and up. Pan Am Center, 646-1420, Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m. panam.nmsu.edu, (800) 745-3000, tick- $5-$17. NMSU Center for the Arts, Monday etmaster.com. www.nmstatesports.com. 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, Las Cruces / Mesilla US Army Field Band & Soldiers’ facebook.com/videostopnm 11/18 www.nmsutheatre.com/events. 24NMSU Aggies Men’s Basket- Chorus—Founded in 1946 and 1957 ball vs. Stetson—7 p.m. $5 and up. 2320 Hwy 180E • Silver City, NM • 575-538-5644 respectively, the 65-member Concert Saturday Pan Am Center, 646-1420, panam. Band and 29-member Soldiers’ Chorus Silver City/Grant County nmsu.edu, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster. combine to present joint concerts on their 22DKG Craft Show—Holiday com. www.nmstatesports.com. national tours. They have performed in and all-occasion crafts. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. all 50 states and 30 foreign countries Harvest Christian Fellowship Church. Tuesday for audiences totaling hundreds of mil- Fort Bayard Walking Tour—See Las Cruces / Mesilla lions. 7 p.m. Free-$10. Centennial High Nov. 8. 9:30 a.m. Fort Bayard, 388 25DAMN Union—Every Other School. www.Las-Cruces-Arts.org. -4477. Tuesday. 6:30 p.m. Free. Rio Grande by Learn How to Grind Corn—A Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523- Thursday pre-event activity for the Tamal Fiesta. 6403, www.riograndetheatre.com. Steve Potts Silver City/Grant County 1-2 p.m. Silver City Museum, 312 W. 20History of St. Mary’s—A talk Broadway, 538-5921, www.silvercity- Wednesday and Q&A by Silver City author and museum.org. Las Cruces / Mesilla Custom Furniture and Cabinets historian Susan Berry about St. Mary’s Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral 26NMSU Aggies Men’s Basket- Refinishing • Trim and Moldings varied past. Sponsored by Guadalupe Society—Field trip. Contact for details. ball vs. Florida A&M—7 p.m. $5 and Kitchens • Bathrooms • Closets Montessori. 6-7:30 p.m. St. Mary’s. 534-1393, rollingstonesgms.blogspot. up. Pan Am Center, 646-1420, panam. 388-3342. com. nmsu.edu, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster. WNMU Women’s Basketball vs. Self Realization Fellowship com. www.nmstatesports.com. 575-537-2057 University of the Southwest—6 p. Meditation Group—Hatha Yoga 3-4 [email protected]• Bayard, New Mexico m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, www. p.m. Energization exercises 4:05-4:15 Thursday wnmumustangs.com. p.m. Meditation and readings 4:15- Thanksgiving Las Cruces/Mesilla 5:15 p.m.; readings from the lectures of 27 Radio La Chusma—Mexica-reggae. Paramahansa Yogananda. 110 E. 11th High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, St., 574-5451. Friday 525-6752. Stars-N-Parks—National Public Silver City/Grant County The Mystery of Edwin Drood— Observatory program. Mars is low in 28Festival of Trees—Through Dec. Through Dec. 7. Based on Charles Dick- the west. Andromeda is rising in 7. A winter wonderland of beautiful ens’ novel, this Tony-winning musical the northeast and is viewable. The Milky trees and gifts for sale to benefit the follows the exploits of the Theatre Royale Way runs from the southwest to the Guadalupe Montessori School scholar- Music Hall Company as they attempt to northeast in the evening sky. Presenter: ship fund. Grand opening. 10 a.m.-6 complete the unfinished story of Edwin Matt Wilson. Sunset 5:04 p.m., program p.m. 614 N. Bullard St. (former Yada Drood. The audience helps choose start 6:35 p.m. $5 park fee, $3 dona- Yada Yarn). 388-3342, www.guadalu- Freeman Flooring a new ending every night. Preview tion. City of Rocks State Park, 327 Hwy pemontessori.org. in the Silver City Area performance. 7:30 p.m. $5-$17. NMSU 61, Faywood. www.Astro-NPO.org. Las Cruces/Mesilla Center for the Arts, 1000 E. University Beaujolais Nouveau Party—See A Tuna Christmas—Through Free Estimates—Environmentally Friendly Ave., 646-4515, www.nmsutheatre. Nov. 21. 5-9 p.m. Shevek & Co., 602 Dec. 7. See Nov. 21. 8 p.m. $12, $10 com/events. N. Bullard, 534-9168, silver-eats.com. students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 call Daniel Freeman at 536-3078 Las Cruces/Mesilla N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www. Friday 34th Annual Holiday Sale—See no-strings.org. Silver City/Grant County Nov. 21. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Homebuilders The Better Angels—Through Dec. 21Gila Native Plant Society— Association Event Hall, 2825 N. Main 4. The story of Abraham Lincoln’s A.T. Cole on “Human-Caused Climate St. pottersguildlc.com. childhood in the harsh wilderness of Change and Habitat Shallowing as an A Tuna Christmas—Through Indiana and the hardships that shaped Adaptation Tool.” 7 p.m. Free. WNMU Dec. 7. See Nov. 21. 8 p.m. $12, $10 him, the tragedy that marked him for- A Better Chimney Harlan Hall. Room 219. www.gilanps. students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 ever and the two women who guided Serving Southwest NM and Southeastern Arizona org. N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www. him. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Sat. 1:30 and Beaujolais Nouveau Party—Also no-strings.org. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22. Celebrate the French wine USED USED PELLET STOVES USED USED USED All Creatures Great & Small— $7 regular, $6 seniors and students, harvest. Reservations recommended. Small art works created by local artists. $5 MVFS members, children and USED USED USED USED USED USED USED 5-9 p.m. Shevek & Co., 602 N. Bullard, A portion of sales from those pieces Weds. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle USED USED USED USED USED USED USED 534-9168, silver-eats.com. will be donated to DACHS. There will de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillaval- Las Cruces/Mesilla be pets for adoption on the premises, leyfilm.org. Call A Better Chimney Today! 534-2657 A Tuna Christmas—Through Dec. along with trainers demonstrating how to The Mystery of Edwin Drood— www.abetterchimneynm.com 7. The day in Tuna, the third smallest guide your critter to find its place in your Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m. Stoves • Sales • Service • GB98 Lic. # 033328 town in Texas begins, as usual, with family. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Unsettled Gallery, $5-$17. NMSU Center for the Arts, 1800 US Hwy 180 E., Silver City • 575-534-2657 Thurston Wheelis (Algernon d’Ammassa) 905 N. Mesquite St., 635-2285, www. 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, ©DE and Arles Struvie (David Reyes) at the unsettledgallery.com. www.nmsutheatre.com/events. DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2014 45

Saturday treat buffet, dog Silver City/Grant County costume contest, 294th Annual Tamal Fiesta y live and silent The Doorsmith Más—On Broadway in Historic Down- auctions, photo town. Enjoy great food, live music, tradi- booth. 6-9 p.m. Complete Door Replacement and Repair Service tional weaving demonstrations, folklorico $50. Convention dancers, and much more. Competition Center, 680 E. • General Repairs for “Best Tamal” trophy. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. University Ave. • Locks 538-4332, (505) 819-9652, www. 642-2648, www. TamalFiestaYMas.org. donaanacounty- • Screens 24th Annual Lighted Christmas humanesocietyinc. Parade—This year’s theme is “Silver org/home1.aspx. • Security Grills City for the Holidays.” Sponsored A Tuna by the Silver City MainStreet Project. Christmas— • Weather Stripping Parade begins on Broadway at the Through Dec. 7. Grant County Courthouse and continues See Nov. 21. 7 • Grand Portals up Bullard Street to Pope Street. After p.m. $8. Black • Custom Doors the parade, floats will line up along Box Theatre, 430 The Nov. 9 Silver City Museum Society Annual Pope and College Streets in assigned N. Downtown • Free Estimates spaces to announce winners. Deadline Mall, 523-1223, Meeting features filmmaker Dustinn Craig. to register is Nov. 7. 7 p.m. 534-1700, www.no-strings. silvercitymainstreet.com. org. p.m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, www. R Tyler Webb 10th Annual Gila Winterfest— Bourbon Legend—Uke-rockers. wnmumustangs.com. 575-313-6402 Arts and crafts, food, music. 11 a.m.-4 High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, WNMU Men’s Basketball vs. p.m. Gila Community Center/Park. 525-6752. Colorado Christian University—7:30 www.gilawinterfest.com. The Mystery of Edwin Drood— p. m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, Festival of Trees—Through Dec. 7. Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com. $5-$17. NMSU Center for the Arts, See Nov. 28. 614 N. Bullard St. (former Las Cruces/Mesilla call… Yada Yada Yarn). 388-3342 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, A Tuna Christmas—Through Illusion Band—Tejano, oldies, clas- www.nmsutheatre.com/events. Dec. 7. See Nov. 21. 8 p.m. $12, $10 575-538-0850 sic country, dance music. 8 p.m. Little students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Friday N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www. Bullard, 956-6144. Silver City/Grant County no-strings.org. Festival of Trees—Through Dec. 7. Las Cruces/Mesilla 5 Classics Three—Also Dec. 7. See Nov. 28. 614 N. Bullard St. (former A Tuna Christmas—Through Antonio di Cristofano, piano. Prokofiev: Yada Yada Yarn). 388-3342. Dec. 7. See Nov. 21. 8 p.m. $12, $10 Overture on Jewish Themes. Beethoven: Klas Ahman—With Melanie Zipin. students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 Concerto No. 5 “Emperor,” Symphony 8 p.m. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Dis- N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www. No. 8. 7:30 p.m. $35 and up. NMSU tillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144. no-strings.org. Center for the Arts, 1000 E. University WNMU Women’s Basketball vs. Alison Lewis & The Union Suits— Ave. 646-3709, www.lascrucessym- Colorado School of Mines—5:30 p. Outlaw country. High Desert Brewing, phony.com. m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, www. Located 1810 South Ridge Rd. next to Chevron 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. NMSU Aggies Men’s Basketball wnmumustangs.com. Picacho Artist Tour—Also Nov. vs. UTEP—7 p.m. $5 and up. Pan WNMU Men’s Basketball vs. 30. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Quesenberry Farm- Am Center, 646-1420, panam.nmsu. Colorado School of Mines—7:30 house Studio, 825 Quesenberry St. edu, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com. p.m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, www. The Mystery of Edwin Drood— www.nmstatesports.com. wnmumustangs.com. Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m. Small Is Beautiful—Opening for $5-$17. NMSU Center for the Arts, Las Cruces/Mesilla exhibit by Border Artists, through Jan. 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, 10th Annual Old-Fashioned 17. 6-8 p.m. Adobe Patio Gallery, www.nmsutheatre.com/events. Holiday Open House—Santa will ar- 1765 Avenida de Mercado, 532- White Sands rive at 5 p.m. on a holiday-decorated 9310. Lake Lucero Tour—Hike with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad The Mystery of Edwin Drood— ranger to the source of the sands and diesel engine. Santa will be available Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m. learn about the dunefield. Reservations outside on the observation deck for $5-$17. NMSU Center for the Arts, required. 10 a.m. White Sands National visits until 8 p.m. Throughout the eve- 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, Monument, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479 ning visitors can listen to holiday music, www.nmsutheatre.com/events. -6124 ext. 236, www.nps.gov/whsa. view the model trains, take in the festive holiday decorations, and complete a Hillsboro Christmas in the Foothills—Wide craft project. Light refreshments. 5-8 Sunday array of vendors selling specialty arts, p.m. Free. Railroad Museum, 351 N. Silver City/Grant County hand-crafted gifts and food items, the Mesilla St.. 647-4480, www.las-cruces. Festival of Trees—Through Dec. annual raffle of an original work of 30 org/museums. 7. See Nov. 28. 614 N. Bullard St. (for- art, and the popular $49.99 Art Show A Tuna Christmas—Through mer Yada Yada Yarn). 388-3342 and Sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hillsboro Dec. 7. See Nov. 21. 8 p.m. $12, $10 Movember—Mustache awards and Community Center, Elenora St., 895- students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 costume party. Little Toad Creek Brewery 3324. Visit Old Mesilla, NM & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144. N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www. no-strings.org. • Antiques • Banks & ATMs • Books • Candy, Coffee & Snacks Las Cruces/Mesilla Sunday Karen Currier—Reception for show • Clothing & Apparel • Galleries & Fine Art • Gifts, Curios A Tuna Christmas—Through Dec. of gourd artwork in thetheatregallery. Silver City/Grant County Studio Sale—See Dec. 6. Live 7. See Nov. 21. 2:30 p.m. $12, $10 5-7 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. 7 Crafts • Furniture & Decor • Health & Personal Care music includes Jesse Tallman 1 p.m. students/seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www.no- • Jewelry • Museums • Pottery • Real Estate • Wineries 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Take Hwy. 152 to the N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, www. strings.org. Mimbres, Hwy. 61 South to Royal John no-strings.org. Lighting of Christmas Tree—Come Mine Road (between mile markers 19 Olive Oils Picacho Artist Tour—10 a.m.-4 have fun with your family and enjoy Mesilla Book Center and 20). Follow signs 2 1/2 miles. • Books about the West, Mexico, horses, p.m. Quesenberry Farmhouse Studio, some hot chocolate with Santa. 5:30 Vinegars 825 Quesenberry St. www.studiosalemimbres.com. cowboys, Native Americans & More p.m. Free. 541-2000. • Children’s books & Toys he ystery of dwin rood Festival of Trees—See Nov. 28. 614 Gourmet T M E D — The Mystery of Edwin Drood— N. Bullard St. (former Yada Yada Yarn). • Gifts & more Foods Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 2 p.m. Through Dec. 7. See Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m. 388-3342. ‘Some of the best books never make the bestseller lists’ $5- $17. NMSU Center for the Arts, $5-$17. NMSU Center for the Arts, 2411 Calle de San Albino 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, 1000 E. University Ave., 646-4515, Las Cruces/Mesilla On the Plaza • (575) 526-6220 www.nmsutheatre.com/events. www.nmsutheatre.com/events. A Tuna Christmas—See Nov. 21. Tue-Sat 11 am-5:30 pm (575) 525-3100 White Sands 2:30 p.m. $12, $10 students/seniors. Sun 1 pm-5 pm, Closed Mon www.therusticolivedemesilla.com Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown DECEMBER Holiday Open House—5-9 p.m. Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org. Monday White Sands National Monument, 679- Classics Three—See Dec. 6. 3 p.m. Silver City/Grant County 2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, $35 and up. NMSU Center for the Arts, 1Festival of Trees—Through Dec. 7. www.nps.gov/whsa. See Nov. 28. 614 N. Bullard St. (former 1000 E. University Ave. 646-3709, Yada Yada Yarn). 388-3342 www.lascrucessymphony.com. Hats, Menswear, and Accessories WNMU Men’s Basketball vs. An- Saturday Mesilla Valley Half Marathon—7 gelo State University—5 p.m. WNMU Silver City/Grant County a.m. Albert Johnson Park & La Llorona 2470 Calle de San Albino On the Plaza •(575) 647-1148 Studio Sale—Through Dec. 7. Brancheau Complex, www.wnmumus- 6 Park Path, 700 N. Main St., (915) 478- (575) 524-3524 Wed-Sat 11 am -5 pm tangs.com. 34th Annual Mimbres Hotsprings 5663, 541-2216, www.raceadventure- Mon-Thur & Sun 11 am -9 pm Ranch studio sale. Works by more than Sun 12-5pm Las Cruces/Mesilla sunlimited.com. Fri & Sat 11 am -9:30 pm two-dozen artists and crafts people The Mystery of Edwin Drood—See Trans-Siberian Orchestra—Debut include pottery, glass, photography, Nov. 20. 2p.m. $5-$17. NMSU Center of all-new rock opera, “The Christmas Want your business to be seen here? jewelry, fiber arts, cut-paper art, toys, for the Arts, 1000 E. University Ave., Attic,” plus classics and fan favorites. Call Kristi at (575) 956-7552 • [email protected] block-printed linens, letterpress prints, 646-4515, www.nmsutheatre.com/ 7:30 p.m. $34 and up. Pan Am Center, watercolor and oil paintings and more. events. k 646-1420, panam.nmsu.edu, (800) Live music: Fortnightly Bathing & Glee, 745-3000, ticketmaster.com. noon; Glee Maiden, 1 p.m.; Bayou Seco 2 p.m. No pets, please. Take Hwy. Tuesday 152 to the Mimbres, Hwy. 61 South to Silver City/Grant County Royal John Mine Road (between mile Send events 2Festival of Trees—Through Dec. 7. markers 19 and 20). Follow signs 2 See Nov. 28. 614 N. Bullard St. (former 1/2 miles. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www.studio- info by the Yada Yada Yarn). 388-3342 STAR PARTY salemimbres.com. 20th of the at the Vineyard and Winery Festival of Trees—Through Dec. month to: Saturday, November 15 Wednesday 7. See Nov. 28. Gingerbread fun. 614 events@ Silver City/Grant County Sunset till 10:00 pm N. Bullard St. (former Yada Yada Yarn). desertexpo- The SILVER CITY ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 3Festival of Trees—Through Dec. 7. 388-3342. sure.com, fax See Nov. 28. 614 N. Bullard St. (former Self Realization Fellowship will set up several telescopes Yada Yada Yarn). 388-3342. 534-4134, PO Box 191, Silver Meditation Group—Hatha Yoga 3-4 City, NM 88062. to allow you to view the stars. p.m. Energization exercises 4:05-4:15 Come and join us for a glass of wine Thursday p.m. Meditation and readings 4:15- Silver City/Grant County and this unique experience to view the 5:15 p.m.; readings from the lectures of canyons/crevices on the Moon. Festival of Trees—Through Dec. 7. BEFORE YOU GO: 4 Paramahansa Yogananda. 110 E. 11th Here on earth we call them arroyos. See Nov. 28. 614 N. Bullard St. (former St., 574-5451. Note that events listings­ are Children (Less than 21 years of age) are Yada Yada Yarn). 388-3342. Sugar Plum Saturday—Free holi- subject to change and to hu- A 30 minute scenic drive from Silver City. welcome when accompanied by an adult Las Cruces/Mesilla day goodies throughout town. SilverCity- man error! Please confirm all Please visit our website for more information. th nnual ritter hrist Our Regular Wine Tastings 5 A C C - Art.com. dates, times and locations.­ David & Esperanza Gurule owners/vinters mas—Well-behaved, leashed dogs are WNMU Women’s Basketball vs. Fridays - Saturdays 11am-6pm 505 259-9523 • 505 238-6252 welcome. Music, dancing, food, dog Colorado Christian University—5:30 Sundays Noon to 6pm www.laesperanzavineyardandwinery.com 46 NOVEMBER 2014 www.desertexposure.com

Continental Divide • David A. Fryxell n self-defense, we added “Call Blocking” to our business phone, though you can block only a lim- ited number of calls and must pay for the privi- Ilege. That’s right: CenturyLink or Qwest or Century- My Hang Ups Quest or whatever it’s called now makes money from our frustration over unsolicited junk calls. No won- Do these junk calls and phone scams ring a bell? der they’re none too eager to stamp out this scourge! At least on my cellphone it’s both easy and free o then the phone scammer who was trying to After complaining that we were wasting his time, to block callers. But how did they get my cellphone hijack my computer complained, “Why are you Mr. Fake Tech Support hung up, saving me the trou- number in the first place? wasting my time?” ble. I know some people advocate messing with SThis has what it has come to in the era of non- phone solicitors, either as petty revenge or to mini- stop robocalls, “boiler rooms” and sniggering at the o it occurred me to: With the National Security mize the time they have free to call and bother other Do Not Call List. Now the people who interrupt us at Agency apparently knowing everything about folks. Ask them to tell you all about that timeshare dinner time or during a favorite TV program have the us through our phones and computers, why opportunity, then set down the phone and walk away. chutzpah to blame us for wasting their time. Scan’t the government crack down on these unsolic- Feign interest in “fixing” your PC, pretending to fol- But let me back up. We were happily watching ited calls? Our nation’s spies can invade our privacy, low along, until they realize you really are wasting one of the zillion TV shows I’m DVRing (I admit, know when we’re plotting the next Sept. 11 and when their time. Say things like, “I’m so glad you called! Let sometimes I still fall into the anachronistic “taping”) we’re simply watching porn, intercept our take-out me tell you about the problem I’ve been having with for later viewing now that the new fall season has un- pizza orders and, if necessary, change our order for my bowels….” leashed its cornucopia of entertainment. (“Gotham”! pepperoni to a meat that poses less of a risk to the But I seldom have that kind of energy. I just want “The Flash”! The return of “Arrow”! And there are Homeland. to get back to work or to my shows. Why must even a few non-superhero shows crowded onto our But the NSA and even spookier spooks can’t—or these unwanted callers make me look at the phone DVR.) We’re on a tight schedule to watch these pro- can’t be bothered to—keep Mr. Fake Tech Support as though it’s a cobra I’ve unwittingly let into my grams, lest they pile up. Each newly recorded show from interrupting my TV shows. They can’t even find house? Why do I resent every time it rings, only to imposes a sort of burden: “Watch the real Mr. FTS and keep poor Cory or Bernard from feel abashed when it turns out to be our daughter? me!” “No, watch me instead!” being harangued by victims who think he’s called As the simultaneous launch of them. hen citizens despair over the failures of a new football season tears our Think about all those calls from “Credit Card Ser- representative democracy, I think it’s just eyeballs away from non-sports vices.” I know, supposedly companies with whom this sort of thing that feeds a sense of TV fare, the “to watch” list grows you’ve done business—such as your actual credit- W“What’s the use?” If our government can’t protect us ever longer. Some recorded card companies—are technically allowed to evade from something as simple as fake technical support, shows slide off the first screen the Do Not Call List and annoy you. But we’ve gotten “Credit Card Services” or the Fund for Children’s of the list, risking never being calls from “Credit Card Services” on phone lines that Miracles and/or Spurious Breast Cancer Research, watched at all (sorry, “Madam have never been associated with credit cards. (Our what the heck good is it? Why should we trust Uncle Secretary”). fax number, for example, back Sam with the economy or terror- So, as you can understand, the last thing I want before we opted to ditch that an- ism or any of the big stuff, when in the midst of watching one of “my” programs is tiquated technology.) With the National this little stuff is somehow beyond a phone call—especially from a stranger trying to So-called charities, also ex- its ken? scam me. Sure, that’s what the Pause button is for. empt from Do Not Call restric- Security Agency If the FTC or NSA or some But with the minutes ticking away toward bedtime tions, are no better. All those apparently knowing other alphabet-soup bureaucracy (an hour that seems to come earlier with every year I police, fire, sheriff and highway can’t solve this problem, perhaps age), time paused is time wasted. patrol departments that have everything about us we need to turn it over to a more The caller ID (which helpfully flashes on the TV given their imprimatur to tele- through our phones can-do outfit like Apple or Google. screen) gave a Pennsylvania number and the name phone fundraisers—who keep Or maybe we could let Edward “Bernard Cory” (or possibly “Cory Bernard”—hard most of the money they raise, and computers, why Snowden come back home, if only to tell with these double-first-name folks). My sub- anyway—should be ashamed of can’t the government he’d promise to stop the phone sequent investigation of the associated phone num- themselves. (If you don’t know scammers by using whatever ber suggests that poor Bernard or Cory had nothing any better, how can we trust you crack down on these know-how he stole from the NSA. to do with this call, and that his number was being to protect us?) The implied ben- unsolicited calls? Surely a country that can fig- “spoofed.” (Only a few days before, in fact, I’d picked efit to donors, of course, is that a ure out how to let me tape—I up the phone to answer a call purportedly from my- sticker on your car or house will mean, record—both “Gotham” self!) get you off from a traffic ticket or speed the fire and “Big Bang Theory” at the same time can rise to Though a Google search finds a variety of scams hoses. That’s either part of the scam, if false, or far this challenge. k linked to this number, including offers of a “free” worse, if true. cruise, the most common seems to be what we And don’t even get me started on the fringe chari- got—bogus Windows technical support, aiming to ties that call to cadge money, inevitably for breast David A. Fryxell is editor of Desert Exposure. infect or take over the victim’s PC. My oh-so-patient cancer or some children’s “miracle” fund. These Just don’t call him about it when he’s watching his shows. wife answered the phone while I did the important aren’t the respected, well-known charities at the work of pausing the TV. After a moment, though, she forefront of medical research—but the names sound passed the phone to me. According to the foreign- similar. sounding gentleman on the line, our Windows com- Then, oddest of all, there are the frequent calls puter had been reporting some sort of virus or error. where no one is on the other end when you answer. Was I in front of the computer now? Presumably they’re autodialing and the human scam- Resisting the urge to reply that no, it was the time sters have fallen behind the machines. But still, as of night when good citizens were in front of the TV with certain inscrutable email spam, one wonders: trying to watch their programs, I answered mildly, What’s the point? Who benefits from bothering us “We don’t have a Windows computer.” like this?

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Festival of Trees! SAVE presented by GUADALUPE MONTESSORI SCHOOL THELIVE DATE! decorated & undecorated Colorado Spruce, Austrian Pine & Ponderosa Pine trees for sale! Decorated trees by local individuals, families, and organizations on view all week. FESTIVAL OF TREES 2014 Friday Nov. 28 - Saturday Dec. 6 Festival of Trees Pop-Up Store at 614 N. Bullard St. Event space sponsored by the Silver City Food Coop, in the old Yada Yada Yarn building.

Fri. 11/28 Festival of Trees GRAND OPENING on Buy Local Day, 10am-6pm Sat. 11/29 Festival of Trees GALA EVENT with the Lighted Christmas Parade Sat. 12/6 Gingerbread Fun! at the Festival of Trees

Pop-Up Store will offer unique gifts, including high quality new and gently used toys, beautiful and unique crafts, herbal products from the GMS garden, and much more!

Please contact GMS to be a tree decorator, event volunteer, and to donate gently used toys and gift items. [email protected], 575-388-3343