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An Impressionist El Paso Artist Alberto Escamilla interprets his Mission Valley surroundings with an impressionist eye, including “Mission San Eli” above and “Moonlight Over the Cotton Field” (left). Escamilla also is part of the growing art district of San Elizario. San Eli Renaissance A P R I L 2 0 1 1 Art and history join hands to bolster Mission Valley community – Page 33 w w w . e p s c e n e . c o m Page 2 El Paso Scene April 2011 April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 3 ne of the perks of this job is meet - ing interesting people you might Onever get a chance to know other - wise. Recently the El Paso Holocaust Museum asked me to host a discussion with Sara Hauptman, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor. Mrs. Hauptman moved to El Paso a few years after the war, then lived in Colorado and came back here in 1997. During World War II, she was jailed and released in France, moved back to her native Belgium, aided the resistance and even worked as a lion tamer for a circus (thus the title of her autobiography, “The Lioness of Judah). Eventually captured by the Nazis, she was sent to a series of Over the years, there has been a gradual concentration camps, including decline in traditional art galleries, and an Auschwitz. increase in individual artist studio gal - She lost her parents and most of her leries, often based at their homes. The other relatives in the death camps, but Studio Tour is a way for people to managed to survive herself thanks to a become familiar with local artists in a combination of some luck and her feisty friendly open-house setting. personality. In the decades since, she not Among the participating studio galleries only published her story but also has spo - is the Hal Marcus Gallery, which will use ken countless times to community groups the April 16-17 weekend of the Tour as and schoolchildren, making sure that the grand opening of its new location at none of us ever forgets the horrors of the 1308 N. Oregon. Hal was one of the first Holocaust. artists to appear on the cover of El Paso Scene over 17 years ago, before he On the cover opened his first gallery on North Mesa. After visiting the Monet to Matisse He has always stayed closed to home, exhibit at the , I and the new gallery (his third) is an easy was inspired to ask Alberto Escamilla to stone’s throw from his provide the artwork for this month’s house. cover. Alberto uses his mastery of the Impressionist style to create images that This just in: seem to transcend time, including scenes As I was writing this column, I received from El Paso’s Mission Valley. Alberto an email from the El Paso Convention was also a natural choice for this month’s and Visitors Bureau about this season’s cover because he is one of the artists Alfresco Fridays lineup, which begins involved in the new San Elizario Historic April 1. We had already sent Page 21 to Art District. You can visit his studio as press, which has all the details except the part of the District’s First Anniversary musical acts. We hate to leave anything Celebration April 8-10, which coincides out, so here are the acts, which start at with the El Paso Artists Studio Tour. 5:30 p.m. Fridays at Arts Festival Plaza: This will be the 3rd year for the Studio • April 01 — Azucar (Latin/Variety) Tour, which this year features 28 loca - • April 8 — Sangre Gitana (Rumba / tions throughout El Paso. Visit the Flamenco) Eastside, Mission Valley, Central and • April 15 — Austin Jimmy Murphy & Northeast studios April 9-10, then check The Blues Alliance (Blues) out the Westside, Upper Valley and • April 22 Frontera Bugalu (Latin) Downtown studios April 16-17. • April 29 — La Explosion Lagunera (Latin Cumbia).

April 2011 Randy Limbird El Paso Scene is published by Cristo Rey Editor and Publisher Communications as a monthly guide to (915) 542-1422 entertainment, recreation and culture in the Albert Martinez El Paso area. Copies are provided free Advertising & at selected locations. Subscriptions are Circulation Director $10 a year, sent by 3rd class mail. Circulation: 40,000+ copies. (915) 920-7244 Lisa Kay Tate Deadline for news for the Associate Editor May issue is April 18 (915) 542-1422 ext. 4 The May issue comes out April 27 Advertising Assistant: Alma Salinas El Paso Scene Editorial Associates: P. O. Box 13615 Noelle Lantka, Mónica Garza El Paso, 79913 Circulation Associates: PH: 542-1422 FAX: 542-4292 Randy Friedman, Gil Garza Stephanie Friedman Office: 316 Arboles, El Paso TX 79932 E-mail: [email protected] Contributing Writers: Richard Campbell, Brian Chozick, Myrna Zanetell, Carol Viescas, Walter Schaefer, Bill Rakocy Subscription Form is on Page 58 Visit El Paso Scene Online at www.epscene.com © 2011 Cristo Rey Communications sponsored by Phidev, Inc.

Page 4 El Paso Scene April 2011 Generation 2000 — Clear Channel ‘Party for the Planet’ — El Paso Zoo, Communications and Adventure Zone presents 4001 E. Paisano, will host special Earth Day APRIL the 24th annual children’s fair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. exhibits and activities 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. APRIL Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10 , at the El Paso Saturday, April 23 , in the zoo’s El Paso Water Convention Center. Specialty booths, games Utilities’ Discovery Education Center. Zoo INDEX and interactive displays aimed at entertaining admission: $10 ($7.50 active duty military and ROUNDup and educating children of all ages. Portion of spouse with ID and ages 60 and older; $6 for Behind the Scene 4 the proceeds benefit the Child Crisis Center. ages 3-12; free for zoological society members January Roundup 5-13, 32 Admission: $6 ($4 12 and younger). Advance and ages 2 and younger). Information: 521- discount tickets available at local Good Times 1850 or elpasozoo.org. Scene Spotlight 6 stores for $4.50 ($3.25 12 and younger). Here’s the Ticket 15-17 ‘Dia de los Niños, Dia de los Libros’ — Information: 880-5777 or generation2000.net. Program Notes 18-19 The 15th annual children’s day/book day 11 Dance 20 Lower Valley Health Fair — The 29th a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at annual health fair is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Washington Park, next to the El Paso Zoo. A Music, Comedy 21-22 April 16 , at Socorro High School, 10150 free new book will be provided to each child Viva Juárez 22-23 Alameda. Children’s immunizations for ages 0 who attends the event, along with other free Sports 24-27 to 18 available ($10 for one shot; $20 for two goodies. Admission is free. Information: 543- Becoming Bicultural 28 or more shots) Bring immunization card; adult 5468 or elpasolibrary.org. In conjunction with Racking Up History 29 vaccines also available. the event, area Boy and Girl Scouts will host a Feature: Adult screenings include cholesterol, blood Scout Expo until 5 p.m. sugar, pap smears, hearing, blood pressure and New Life in San Eliz 33-35 FeatherFest — The 11th annual Family Day – The City of El Paso foot screenings. A Kids Korner include tests for Nature 36-38 Earth Day at the Garden is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Environmental Services Department’s Earth developmental factors such as speech/language, At the Museum 39-41 April 30 , at Keystone Heritage Park, 4200 Day celebration is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, hearing and vision and dental screenings. Doniphan. The event offers tours, nature El Paso FishNet 41 April 2 , at the Municipal Service Center, 7968 A Family Fun Walk is 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. booths and presentations on plants, wildlife, Gallery Talk 42 San Paulo, next to Yucca Park and the Judge Crime Victims’ Rights Memorial Event archaeology and history by local experts, family SW Art Scene 43-48 Edward Marquez Library. Informational booths, — Crime Victims’ Rights Council of El Paso activities and more. Food available for pur - music, games and family activities. Admission is On Stage 49-50 hosts the observation of National Crime chase. Admission: $3. Information: 584-0563 or free. Information: 621-6754. Keep on Bookin' 51-52 Victims Rights Week 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, keystoneheritagepark.org. Stage Talk 52 El Paso Sports and Health Expo — April 17 , at Crime Victims’ Memorial Reading An Arroyo Hike begins at 8 a.m. through the Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Novacek Garden Pavilion, 610 Yarbrough (next to Judge Park and Resler Arroyo. Participants learn History Lessons 53 headlines KROD’s annual family show is 11 a.m. Edward Marquez Library). The names of more about geology and area’s natural habitat. Hike Film Scene 54-55 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 3 , at Sunland Park than 1,300 victims whose names appear on the lasts about two hours; not recommended for Liner Notes 56 Racetrack and Casino. The expo features free Crime Victims’ Memorial will be read. children. Cost: $5. May Preview 57 health screenings, consultations, sports card Admission is free. Information: 934-8999 or ‘First Thanksgiving’ — The annual reen - and collectors’ tables, sporting goods, apparel elpasocrimevictims.org. actment is 5 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , in the San El Paso Scene User’s Guide 50 and more. Also featured is Fighter Physique The event also features an exhibitor and ven - Elizario Plaza, presenting the arrival of the first Advertiser Index 58 LogoBoxing bringing 15 amateur bouts. dor tent with information for the public on Spanish settlers in this area in April 1598. Eden Admission is free. Information: 351-4592 or services available to victims and surviving family Subscription Form 58 .com. members. Please see Page 6

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 5 April Roundup at El Paso County Sportspark, 1780 N. Zaragoza, featuring music, prizes and a per - Cont’d from Page 5 formance by the El Paso Diablos Cheerleaders. Admission is free. Information: 546-2014. Enterprises and El Paso Mission Trail Cook-off participation fee is $25. Registration Association presents the 45-minute historical forms available at epcounty.com. reenactment of the arrival of the first Spanish settlers in the area in April 1598. Admission is Celebrating Easter free. Information: 851-9997 Scene Spotlight highlights events The event is offered in conjunction with the Living Lord’s Supper — Abundant Living advertised in this issue. San Elizario Genealogy and Historical Society Faith Center, 1000 Valley Crest presents its Conference. See “History Lessons” for details. 12th annual live drama at 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 San Elizario Art District anniversary — and 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Sunday, April 16- San Elizario Art District Guild celebrates its Blue Man Group performs 7:30 p.m. April Go Fly A Kite! — Mothers and More hosts a 17 . The dramatic musical presentation of Jesus’ First Anniversary April 8-10 including artist 27-28 at the . family kite-flying event at 10 a.m. Saturday, last Passover meal with his disciples is fashioned demonstrations, talks and more. Page 2 . April 30 , at Francisco Delgado Park, on after Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting. Imperial Ridge behind Franklin High School. Quint Quintet — El Paso Pro-Musica closes Nursery, kids and youth classes offered at each ‘Monet to Matisse’ — The exhibit of Free snacks and drinks, games, prizes, balloon its season with a “Night of Tango” April 22 service. Admission is free. Information: 740- French masterworks from the Dixon Gallery animals and more. Admission is free. at NMSU’s Atkinson Recital Hall and April 8786 or 594-3305. and Gardens runs through May 22 at El Information: meetup.com/mothersand - Paso Museum of Art. Page 59 . 23 at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Page 15 . morewestep. ‘Celebration of Life’ — LifeGate Church, 10555 Edgemere, will host its 78th annual Alfresco! Fridays — The free outdoor con - La Viña Spring Wine Festival — The Guitar Fest — The festival promoting local Easter Weekend exhibition of worship through certs begin are Fridays April 1-Sept. 30 at annual spring celebration of music, arts and guitarists and dancers is April 23 . Page 37 . the arts April 22-23 . The exhibition features Arts Festival Plaza. Page 44 . crafts, food and award-winning New Mexico people from all aspects of the performing and Taste of Frontera — Frontera Land wines is noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Crossland Gallery — Shows at El Paso Art visual arts. All art is family friendly, though not Alliance’s annual meeting and fundraiser is April 30-May 1 , at La Viña Winery, 4201 S. Association’s gallery April 2-23 feature, necessarily religious in nature. Hours are 1 to 5 April 28 , at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing. NM Highway 28 in La Union, N.M. Tents, Bassel Wolfe, Jimmie Bemont, Roselen p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Page 46 . tables and chairs are provided. No picnic bas - Marslender, Ray Alvarado and EPAA Admission is free. Information: 593-1122 or kets, pets or outside beverages allowed. Presidents’ Exhibit. The association’s “Colors ‘The Three Musketeers’ — UTEP LifeGateElPaso.us. Admission: $15 for adults, includes glass and of Spring” Show is April 8-29 at Sunland Department of Theatre and Dance presents All Christian artists are invited to display their nine tastes of wine (or a glass of wine of one’s Park Gallery. Page 5 . Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the Dumas art or perform, with advance notice. choice); $5 ages 12-20; free for ages 12 and adventure April 29-May 8 in the Fox Fine Jack Glatzer — The international touring younger. Be prepared to show ID. Information: — Pilgrimages and Arts Wise Family Theatre. Page 44 . Cristo Rey pilgrimages violinist performs April 4 at Da Vinci School (575) 882-7632 or lavinawinery.com. hikes are planned throughout Easter weekend, for Science & the Arts auditorium. Page 57 . Bella Donna — The Fleetwood Mac and Saturday’s music: Good Friday to Easter Sunday, April 22-24 , by Rubin Center — The 2011 annual juried Stevie Nicks Tribute dinner and concert is • Noon — Mike Hamilton & Friends various groups of all denominations. Security UTEP Student Art Exhibition is April 7-May April 30 at Sunland Park Racetrack and • 2:15 p.m. — PT & The Cruisers and concessions offered throughout most of 7 in the Rubin and L galleries. Page 7 . Casino. Page 20 . • 4:30 p.m. — Kat Crosby Band the weekend. The Mt. Cristo Rey trailhead is Sunday’s music: off McNutt Road (NM 273). Take the Racetrack Waka Flocka Flame — The rap artist per - El Paso Artists Studio Tour — The 4th • Noon — Mike Hamilton & Friends exit off Paisano and cross the Rio Grande. forms for his first time in El Paso April 30 at annual tour is April 9-10 featuring Eastside, • 2:15 p.m. — Big Easy Cohen Stadium. Page 57 . Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Bash — Northeast and Mission Valley artists; and • 4:30 p.m. – Frank Zona & Urban Edge. The 11th annual family event, sponsored by April 16-17 featuring Westside, Upper Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s ‘Beethoven’s Scenic Sundays — El Paso area citizens and Westside Community Church, is noon to 3 Valley and Downtown artists. Page 22 . Last Night’ — The group brings their first their pets are invited to ride, skate, walk or run p.m. Saturday, April 23 , at Francisco Delgado non-holiday show to the area May 5 at El El Paso Convention and Performing Arts on Scenic Drive, from Rim Road to Richmond, Park, on Imperial Ridge behind Franklin High Paso County Coliseum. Page 19 . Center — Chicago ( April 12 ), and Blue 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sundays through September, School. The event includes thousands of eggs, Man Group ( April 27 ) at the Plaza Theatre, Yoga for Life — Spring Session Classes run and 7 a.m. to noon during the fall and winter jumping balloons, face painting and live music. the YMCA Luncheon ( April 27-28 ) at El through May 26 at the Westside Studio. months. Safety barrels will line the area and the Admission is free. Information: 877-8000 or Paso Convention Center and Showtime! El Page 25 . El Paso Police Department will provide security westsidecommunity.org. Paso present Buddy Jewel ( April 29 ) at along this popular path. Admission is free. Easter Family Gathering — The Easter . Page 4 . LYNX Exhibits — Showing through May Information: 541-4416. 29 : “Treasure!” The art show “Hidden event geared towards ages 2 to 10 and their EPSO with Dmitri Berlinsky - The guest Treasures” is featured in Lynx’s Artisan Scout Expo — The Yucca Council’s Boy families is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 23 , violinist joins conductor Sarah Ioannides and Gallery in conjunction with the exhibit. Page Scouts and Girls Scouts of the Desert at First Christian Church, 901 Arizona. Easter the El Paso Symphony Orchestra for its 80th 45 and 46 . Southwest, will host a Scout Expo 10 a.m. to 5 crafts, egg decorating and egg hunt. Admission season finale April 15-16 at the Plaza p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at Washington Park, in is free; donation of canned food items request - Theatre. Page 8 . Summer Zoo Camp — Registration begins conjunction with the annual Dia de los ed for local food bank. Information: 533-6819 April 1 for the 2011 Summer Zoo Camp, Lancer’s Club — Party on the Patio Retro Libros/Dia de los Niños event. Admission is or elpasofirstchristian.org. “Z-Raffes” set for June 6- Aug. 12 at El free. Information: Jack Galindo, 543-5468. Cumbia are Thursdays in April and Rich SpringFest — The 15th annual SpringFest Paso Zoo. Page 18 . A joint camp-out with the Boy Scouts and Girl Martinez One Man Show exhibit is April 15 and Easter Egg Hunt is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Scouts is Friday and Saturday nights, April 29- on the Eastside; Azucar performs April 15 Southern New Mexico Saturday, April 23 , at Young Park, 1905 E. 30 , at Bowen Ranch. Information: David Panko: and an Administrative Professionals Day Nevada, in Las Cruces, featuring children’s Silver City MainStreet — First Fridays 525-9257. event is April 27 on the Westside. Page 55 . “April Fools Day” featuring live music, “Red activities such as giant Legos and a chalk board Hal Marcus Studio and Gallery — The Dot” gallery and studio late hours and cos - Spirit of the Painted Sky Powwow — area, a mural for kids to paint, beading area, Grand Opening and Open House for its new tume contest is April 1 throughout historic The 2nd annual powwow is April 30-May 1 , jumping balloons, Easter Bunny photos, and live location at 1308 N. Oregon is April 16-17 . Downtown; The 25th Annual Tour of the at VFW 812, 2400 Davis Seamon (McKelligon music. Admission is free (small charge for Page 43 . Gila and Celebration of Spring Expo is April Canyon) The event, sponsored by United Inter- Easter Bunny photos). Information: (575) 541- 30 ; May’s First Friday event is May 6 . Page Tribal Nations. About 17 different tribes will be 2550 or las-cruces.org. Sasahara Gallery — Showing through represented. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 5 and 50 . Tropicana Homes Northeaster Parade April 23 is “From the Heart: Then and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. — The 32nd annual parade starts at 10 a.m. Now,” works by Bob Adams; the gallery’s Art Hop — The Truth or Consequences Admission: $2 (free for ages 12 and younger). Saturday, April 23 , at the corner of Hercules first anniversary April 16-17 during the Downtown Gallery District event is second Information: 599-1936. and Diana and continues along Diana to North Westside Studio Tour. Page 46 . Saturday of each month ( April 9 ) in the Events include art, crafts, dress, music and Park Mall. Information: 751-6964. downtown gallery district. Page 28 . food, and a performance by award-winning Krystyna Robbins — The El Paso painter recording artist and renowned Native hosts an open house April 16-17 at her stu - Mimbres Region Arts Council — Antje Easter Egg Hunt — FuntastiCo. Pizza & American flutist Randy Granger. Host Drum is dio at 5070 Yucca during the Westside Studio Duvekot performs for the Folk Series April Games, 2270 Joe Battle, will host a free egg “Smokestack.” Tour. Page 12 . 15 at Buckhorn Opera House in Pinos Altos; hunt at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24 , featuring prizes, candy and one the chance to win a PSP Guatemalan Spring Market and Sale is April Sportspark Chili Cook-off — ‘Elmo’s Healthy Heroes’ — The Sesame Game devise for whoever finds the one golden 16 at the MRAC Gallery; 16th annual Blues Commissioner Anna Perez, El Paso County Street Live annual Easter week shows are egg. Admission is free. Information: 855-2386 Festival is May 27-29 at Gough Park in Silver Sports Commission and El Paso Diablos host April 21-24 at the Abraham Chavez or funtasticofun.com. City. the first ever Sportspark “Just for Fun” Chili Theatre. Page 29 . Cook-off, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , Please see Page 7

Page 6 El Paso Scene April 2011 April Roundup Community Center, 2251 Calle de Santiago, On The Ritz” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 8 , outside years, at least 30 years of age, or be the and other area venues, featuring school out - the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N Main in the Las descendant of a registered Old Timer. Cont’d from Page 5 reach programs, children’s and family story - Cruces Downtown Mall. The awards presenta - This year’s annual celebration is 8 a.m. to 5 telling, writing workshops for teens and adults, tion will be followed by catered supper and p.m. Thursday through Sunday, April 14-17 , at panels, readings, interactive arts workshops and dancing in the newly completed La Placita next the Special Events Center, 2300 E. Pine, in Southern New Mexico more. Admission is by donation, unless other - to the Camunez Building. Musical entertain - Deming. Information: (575) 546-6594. wise listed. Information/schedule: (575) 523- ment sponsored by Mesilla Valley Musical Arts. Archaeology Day — Branigan Cultural Mustang Round-Up — The annual Mustang 3988 or borderbookfestival.org. Cocktails served at 5:30 p.m. along with the Center, 501 N. Main Street in Las Cruces, hosts and Specialty Ford car show is all day Saturday, “Vasundhara” means “One Who Holds dedication of the Clute/Muggenburg Gallery its first-ever day celebrating the work of arche - April 16 , at Alameda Park on White Sands Us/Mother Earth” in Sanskrit. Guests encouraged to dress in period costume. ology 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2 . Blvd. in Alamogordo, hosted by Alamogordo Featured writers include Sandra Cisneros, Tickets: $25 ($20 seniors and students); avail - Visitors can make their own arrowheads, pig - Mustang Club, Inc. Spectator admission is free. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Martín Espada and able at the theatre or through the Doña Ana ment paint, rope, and weaving, as well as grind Information: (575) 442-1402 (evenings) or Cristina García. Arts Council. Information: (575) 523-6403, Las- corn, throw atlatls (a prehistoric weapon), con - alamostang.com. Workshops include a colored pencil workshop Cruces-Arts.org or RioGrandeTheatre.com. struct a coiled pot, start a fire using flint and with artist and master draftswoman Liliana WNMU Great Race — the 44th annual steel, and learn about the importance of Old Timers Celebration — In 1913, a Wilson and a healing workshop with anthropol - race is noon Saturday, April 16 , on the archaeology to unearthing the past. Deming businessman decided that all Luna ogist and healer Margarita Návar. Western New Mexico University campus’s Old Information: (575) 541-2154 or las- County residents age 30 and older should get Elise Capron of the Sandra Dijkstra Agency James Stadium, in Silver City. The competition cruces.org/museums. together once a year and renew friendships. will also discuss the book publishing industry. features teams pushing their cars with one Nearly 100 years later, the Old Timers Smokin’ Oldies’ Car Show — The car team member in the driver’s seat of specially- Doña Ana Arts Council Arts Awards Association is still meeting — and dues are still club will host a show promoting pre-1980 made race cars around the hills of campus with — The council’s 25th annual awards banquet is $1 a year. To be eligible, “old timers” must be American-made vehicles 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. a 1920s Great Gatsby style celebration “Puttin’ 30 years old, have lived in Luna County 10 Saturday, April 2 , at Courthouse Park in Please see Page 8 Deming. The club’s primary purpose is to and enjoy owning, restoring and showing the hard work and care put into their “Smokin’ Oldies.” Admission is free. Information: (575) 546-6243. Entry fee for vehicles is $20 in advance; $25 day of show. Super Saturdays in Colorful Columbus — Luna County Economic and Community Development will host an all-day merchants event throughout Columbus, N.M. the first Saturday of every month ( April 2 ), featuring local merchants and organizations offering spe - cial events, promotions and garage sales. Guests are also invited to enjoy the communi - ty’s Historical Walking Tour and museums. Admission is free. Information: Philip Skinner, (915) 526-2307 or columbusnewmexico.com. T or C Fiesta — The 62nd annual fiesta is May 6-7 in Truth or Consequences, N.M., with various events leading up to the fiesta. Information: (575) 894-5555 or torcfiesta.com. • Miss Fiesta Pageant is 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, in the Ralph Edwards Civic Auditorium, 400 West Fourth. Admission: $5 at the door. • The NMRA-sanctioned Fiesta Rodeo is planned for Saturday and Sunday, April 30- May 1 with team roping and jackpot barrel rac - ing Sunday, May 2 , at the Sierra County Sheriff’s Posse Arena on Rodeo Arena Road. • Fiesta Golf Tournament is Saturday and Sunday, April 30-May 1 , at the Truth or Consequences Municipal Golf Course. Information/registration: (575) 894-2693 or [email protected]. Annual American Indian Week — ASN - MSU hosts the Native American heritage cele - bration Monday through Saturday, April 4-9 , on the NMSU Campus, Las Cruces. The cele - bration is run through NMSU’s American Indian Program in conjunction with United Native American Organization, American Indian Science and Engineering Society and Native American Business Student Association. All events are free and open to the public. Information: (575) 646-4207 or [email protected]. The Miss Native American NMSU Pageant at 6 p.m. Friday, in Hardman Hall Room 106. The Native American Arts and Craft Expo is featured Friday on the first floor of Corbett Center and Saturday outside the University Museum in Kent Hall. Saturday’s expo includes Zuni fetish carving demonstrations and a per - formance from a Native American dance group. Call for hours. Border Book Festival — The 17th annual Border Book Festival, “Vasundhara,” is Friday through Sunday, April 8-10 , at Mesilla

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 7 April Roundup sale. Admission is free. Information: (575) 434- 6296 or [email protected]. Cont’d from Page 7 Also featured is a butterfly release at 11 a.m. A 2-mile Lions Strides Diabetes Awareness pit stops and a water hazard. A week full of walk is 2 p.m. Participants receive a free t-shirt. events and competitions will lead up to the big race Saturday. All events are open to the pub - Ruidoso Kite Festival — Ruidoso Parks lic. Cost: $25. Information/registration: WNMU and Recreation Department and We Cree8 Alumni Affairs (575) 538-6675 or wnmu.edu. hosts the 4th annual family kite flying event is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at corner of Historic Home Tour — The Las Cruces Hull and White Mountain. Information: (575) Symphony Orchestra Guild will host its 19th 257-3006 or ruidosokitefestival.com. fundraising walking tour 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 17 , in Las Cruces, featuring several of ‘First Fridays’ in Silver City — Several of the area’s most beautiful homes. Tickets: $15. historic Downtown Silver City’s restaurants, Information: (575) 646-3709, (575) 524-7390 shops and “Red Dot” galleries will stay open or lascrucessymphony.com. late the first Friday of each month as part of the monthly “First Friday” shopping event. Lincoln County Renewable Energy Information: 1-800-548-9378 or silvercitymain - Conference — The 2011 Conference and street.com. Trade Show is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 22 , at Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Bazaars and fairs Blanca Drive in Ruidoso, N.M. Information: Coda Omness: (575) 257-2120 ext. 367. Rummage sale — New Hope Lutheran The 3rd annual self-guided Lincoln County Church, 4801 Sun Valley, hosts a rummage sale Solar Tour is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 23 . Maps will be available beginning April 16: Saturday, April 1-2 . Information: 755-8009 or Jim Miller, (575) 937-2873. 821-2079. Chile Colorado Cook-Off — Beverly Hills St. Luke Craft Fair — St. Luke’s United Hall, 150 Hermosa in Las Cruces, hosts its first Methodist Church, 9915 Montwood, hosts a ever Chile Colorado Con Carne Cook Off, craft fair benefiting its 2012 Russian Mission noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 23 , featuring a team 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2 . horseshoe tournament, car show, live music, Information: 591-8126 or stlukemethodist.org. food and free tastings. First 100 kids get an St. Paul’s Book Fair — St. Paul’s United Easter Egg with prize; pictures with the Easter Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere, will host Bunny also offered. Admission: $10. (575) 621- its annual book and rummage sale 8 a.m. to 2 9164, (575) 621-7027. p.m. Saturday, April 2 . Admission is free. Application forms for cook-off participants Information: 772-2734. available online at beverlyhillshall.com. Rio Norte Spring Craft Fair — Rio Military Appreciation Weekend — Norte retirement community, 1941 Saul Public demonstrations from Holloman Air Kleinfeld, will host its spring arts and craft fair 9 Force Base, , White Sands Missile a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 9 , featuring sev - Range, Canon Air Force Base, Kirtland Air eral vendors selling homemade gifts, jewelry, Force Base and NM National Guard are art wear, greeting cards and more. Admission is planned Friday and Saturday, April 29-30 , as free. Information: 856-6655. part of a weekend of military appreciation activities at Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, 15 Collectibles show — A sports card, toy, miles northeast of Ruidoso, N.M. Schedule to collectibles show is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, be announced. Information: (575) 336-2828 or April 10 , at the Hyatt Hotel, 6030 Gateway ruidosomaw.org. East (at Geronimo), hosted by J & M • A Military Appreciation Golf Tournament at Sportscards. Information: 591-5050. The Links at Sierra Blanca is Thursday, April 28 . Information: (575) 491-7046. CDA Vendor and Craft Fair — The • The Military Appreciation Weekend Awards Catholic Daughters of America and TNT will Banquet is 6 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at host their monthly craft fair noon to 4 p.m. Ruidoso Middle School. Cost: $12. Sunday, April 17 , at Catholic Daughters Hall, 801 Magoffin, featuring crafts, antojitos and British Car Days Show — The British music. The “Fundraising for a Cause” fair helps Motorcar Club of Southern New Mexico’s 18th local charities and the Leukemia and annual car show is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Lymphoma Foundation. Information: 532-1839. April 30 , on the Old Mesilla Plaza. Several British cars will be on display, including Mini Northeast Country Fair – Northeast Coopers, MGs, Jaguars and Morgans. Christian Academy, 9901 McCombs, hosts its Admission is free to spectators. Information: annual “Old Fashioned Country Fair” 5 to 10 (575) 647-0122 or (575) 526-7807. p.m. Friday, April 29 . Games, arts and crafts and vendor booths, food and entertainment. Celebration of Spring Expo — The 15th Admission is free. Information: 755-1155. annual event of art and music begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 30 , in historic downtown Silver Holy Cross Flea Market — The 7th annu - City, N.M. This year’s event coincides with the al flea market is 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 25th annual Tour of the Gila, and includes area 30 , at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1327 vendors, a beer garden, live music, kids area Miranda, Las Cruces. Over 30 “garage sales” and more. Admission is free. Information: 1- will be set up. Information: (575) 993-9916. 800-548-9378 or (575) 534-1700. Something for everyone Community Earth Day Fair — The 17th annual event is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April Billy The Kid Ride — The inaugural Billy 30 , at Alameda Park Zoo, 1021 N. White Sands The Kid “Iron Bottom Ride” from Mesilla to El Blvd., Alamogordo, with hundreds of exhibits Paso is April 1-3 for horse riders of all ages. on alternative energy and fuels, a mini health The ride features one overnight campout, two fair and screenings, interactive games for kids, days of riding along the Rio Grande, chuck live entertainment planting and growing infor - wagon cooking, a western steak dinner, live mation and a native plant sale from Otero entertainment and more, in the spirit of the County Master Gardeners, breakfast and a tree Please see Page 9

Page 8 El Paso Scene April 2011 April Roundup “Families of Children with Autism: Caring for Everyone’s Needs” with keynote presenter Cont’d from Page 8 Robert Naseef, Ph.D. Cost: $40-$90 by March 24; registration increases by $10 after; CEU same trail rode by Billy The kid 130 years ago. credit available. Registration information: 772- Sponsored by El Paso Sheriff’s Posse. Cost: 9100 or [email protected]. $200 adults; $75 age 14 and younger. Information: “Chip” Johns, (575) 233-4628, ‘Voice of Voiceless’ Awards — Belén, Chris, (480) 544-1062 or Jim (915) 241-4318. Posada del Migrante will receive the 8th annual Friday’s event are on the Old Mesilla Plaza for Voice of the Voiceless Award by Annunciation a reenactment of the trial of Billy The Kid. House at a special dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Saturday’s events begin at 9 a.m. with the ”jail April 2 , at Santa Lucia Parish’s Amistad Hall, break” of Billy The Kid. Participants will then 518 Gallagher. Keynote speaker for the event is be “deputized” and join the posse ride down human rights defender Bishop José Raúl Vera the Rio Grande to hunt down the killer. Steak López who will speak out against the kidnap - chuckwagon dinner, campfire entertainment ping of immigrants and the Mexican govern - and overnight campout that night. ment’s inability to disarm drug cartels. Tickets: The ride concludes Sunday at the El Paso $50; available through Annunciation House. County Sheriff’s Posse stables to capture the Information: 533-4675 or Kid. Includes breakfast and reenactments by Six annunciationhouse.org. Guns and Shady Ladies. Transportation provides Latinitas — The nonprofit dedicated to back to Mesilla to pick up trailers and vehicles. empowering Latina youth offers regular cre - EPCC Spring Arts Festival — The annual ative expression workshops, exhibits and more. spring festival of performing, visual and literary Information: 219-8554 or latinitasmagazine.org. arts offers events at various venues of El Paso • Multimedia Art Classes for grades 4-8 is 1 to Community College throughout the spring 3 p.m. are the second Saturday of each month semester. Most events are free. Information: (April 9 ) at Judge Marquez Public Library. Charlie Miller: 831-2028 or • Latinitas College Conference is 10 a.m. to 3 [email protected]. p.m. Saturday, April 9 , for high school girls • “Art of the Valley” exhibit runs April 1-29 in learning more about college and get tips on           the Mission del Paso campus Cafeteria, 10700 how to get accepted. Girls must bring their Gateway East. own sack lunches. Pre-registration required.. (% #)))&(+#*)% !#(% • A reading in Middle English from Chaucer’s '(!% )$)*(#))) !%-"&& '(!# *  Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at “Canterbury Tales” is noon, Monday, April 4 , UTEP — The popular UTEP continuing edu - (&$ !%%(*&,%)*+%*) in the Valle Verde Campus Amphitheater, 919 cation program offers non-credit classes for #))) -")&(+#*)-!## # Hunter. people age 50 or older. Spring 2011 Second Six !%)*#)&%)*#)& • The Student Art Society’s Student Art Weeks classes begin April 4 . Exhibition runs April 4-27 in the #)))&( !#(%-!## #!%)*#)& Formerly Center for Lifelong Learning, the Administrative Service Center’s Building A +(* ()((% %*!,) program is part of UTEP’s College of Liberal Foyer, 9050 Viscount. &(!!%&($*!&%''#)## (!)*!%  &&(+  Arts and supported in part by the Bernard • A poetry reading with Todd McKinney and Osher Foundation. Spring registration: $60, Carolina Monsisváis is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, plus $25 for one-time CLL membership fee. April 7 , in the Administrative Service Center’s Classes are open to age 50 or older. Boardroom. Information: 747-6280, 747-8848 or • A reading from “Blood Desert” with Renny olliatutep.org. Golden is 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 , in A new course in wine appreciation taught by Room A1510 on the Valle Verde Campus. Victor Poulos is offered through a Partnership • A writing workshop with fantasy author with El Paso Jewish Federation’s Community Maria V. Snyder is 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April Center Campus, 401 Wallenberg, 3:30 to 5 12 , in Room B240 on the Valle Verde Campus. p.m. Thursdays, beginning April 5 . A “Pick Your Poison” reception with Snyder will take place 6 to 8 p.m. that evening in the Better Business Bureau and Torch Valle Verde Cafeteria Annex. Awards — Character First founder Tom Hill • The Chicano theatre presentation, “No is keynote speaker at the BBB’s annual lunch - Aprendio Nada de la Escuela” and other plays, eon meeting and Torch Awards1 11:30 a.m. to is 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, April 13 , in the 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 , at The Summit Valle Verde Campus Amphitheater. Ballroom & Conference Center, 120 N. • A “Chalk The Campus” outdoor art event is Festival. Tickets: $50 ($1,000 corporate tables 1:45 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 22 , in the Mission for 10). Information: Annabelle Estrada, 490- del Paso Campus courtyard. 0762 or [email protected]. • The 2011 Spring Dance Course Showcase is 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 25-26 , in César Chávez Commemoration — the Transmountain Campus Forum, 9570 UTEP’s César Chávez Commemoration events Gateway North. continue through April. Information: 747-5462 • A “Mosaic Motion” dance performance is 7 or academics.utep.edu/chicano. p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 29-30 , in the • The “Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Transmountain Campus Forum. Workers” exhibit is featured through April 15 • The 16th Annual EPCC Poetry Slam is 10 in the University Library, 2nd Floor. a.m. to noon Friday, April 29 , in the Valle • Sock Drive on behalf benefiting Centro de Verde Campus Amphitheater. Trabajadores Agrícolas runs through April 15 . • The 2nd annual ASL Arts Festival Film feature Drop-off boxes for new socks are located at “See What I am Saying” is 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Chicano Studies in Graham Hall 104, Student April 29 , in the Administrative Service Center Development Center, Union West 106. Auditorium. • A César Chávez Volunteer Recruitment Fair • The 2nd annual ASL Arts Festival Artistic is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 7 , at El Workshop is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April Paso Main Public Library, 501 N. Oregon. 30 , in the Administrative Service Center Joyce Meyer — The author and founder of Boardroom. Joyce Meyer Ministries brings her conference International Autism Conference — tour to El Paso Thursday through Saturday, The 12th annual conference is 7:30 a.m. to 4 April 7-9 , at Abundant Living Faith Center, p.m. Saturday, April 2 , at Chapin High School’s 1000 Valley Crest. Meyer’s latest book “Power Auditorium, 7000 Dyer. This year’s theme is Please see Page 10

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 9 April Roundup shredded for free on the spot. Checkbooks, staples, spirals and paperclips will also be Cont’d from Page 9 accepted. Information: 577-0191. Thoughts” is on the New York Times Bestseller Optimist Chili Cook-Off — The CASI- list. Times are 7 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. and 7 sanctioned cook-off benefiting the p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. The confer - Transmountain Optimist Club charities is ence also includes music and praise by Fuzed Saturday, April 16 , in the club parking lot, Worship. Spanish translation available with 5500 T.M. Optimist Road (off Railroad Drive reservations 30 minutes prior to show. near Nations Park). Turn in time and tasting is 2 Admission is free. Information: 532-8543 or p.m. Entry fee for participants: $20; make alfc.com. checks payable to “Pod of the Pass.” Information: 852-3599 or [email protected]. Families with Mental Health Challenges leadership academy — El ‘Overeaters Anonymous’ — The El Paso Paso Rehabilitation Center hosts the six-week Serenity Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous Leadership Academy for Families, 9 a.m. to will host a workshop from the series noon twice weekly April 8-May 13 , at Paso “Recovering from Compulsive Overeating del Norte Children’s Development Center, Using 12 Steps” 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 1101 E. Schuster. The academy provides infor - April 16 , at the Hampton Inn, Artcraft at I-10. mation to parents, foster parents or caregivers Topics include recovery using steps 10 and 11 of children with disabilities. Call for exact days. on OA Service and Traditions. Everyone is wel - Cost: $30. Information: 544-8484, ext. 195 or come; bring a lunch. Admission is free; dona - pdnchildrens.org. tions accepted. Information: 929-7720 or elpa - [email protected]. Web: elpaso.oagroups.org. Cultural funding — The City of El Paso Museums & Cultural Affairs Department seeks Kidney Transplant Support Group — funding proposals for its Fiscal Year 2011-2012 The group for all kidney transplant recipients Cultural Funding Program. Programs include and their families meets at 1 p.m. and 6:15 Operating Support, Project Support, Artist p.m. Wednesday, April 20 , at Las Palmas Incubator and Capacity Building. Information: Medical Center, 1700 N. Oregon, Suite 680. Socorro Diamondstein, 541-4481 or diamond - Recipients learn about post-transplant issues. [email protected]. This month’s topic (rescheduled from past MCAD will offer workshops to discuss guide - meeting) us “Memory, What Memory?” lines, criteria and application process for Fiscal Admission is free. Information: 521-1828. Year funding, Monday, April 11 , in the 7th Girl Scout volunteer training — Girl Floor Conference Room at City Hall, 2 Civic Scouts of the Desert Southwest will host a Center Plaza. Workshops for the Operational “Leadership Essentials” volunteer training 6 to Support Program are 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; 9 p.m. Thursday, April 21 , for anyone interest - Project Support Program are 9:45 a.m. and ed volunteering with the organization. 6:15 p.m.; Community Arts Program are 10:30 Information/location: 566-1500, ext. 208. a.m. and 7 p.m. and Artist Incubator Program 11:15 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Workshop is manda - Science Cafe — National Weather Service tory for all applicants. All applicants must meteorologist Dave Novlan will discuss download guidelines at elpasotexas.gov/mcad. “What’s Going On With This Crazy El Paso Weather” for the UTEP Chapter of Sigma Xi’s ‘Getting Seniors Connected’ – Seniors monthly casual science discussion event 6 p.m. can learn how to use the Social Security web - Thursday, April 21 , at the Carlos M. Ramirez site and other related information at the free TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center, workshops planned throughout the tax season. 10751 Montana. The public is welcome; techni - SSA staff members also will assist those who cal background not needed to attend. are eligible to apply for retirement benefits or Admission is free; refreshments provided. RSVP who may qualify for disability or other benefits. needed as space is limited. Information: 621- Information: Ray Vigil, 1-866-563-9310, ext. 2005 or tech2o.org. 27404, [email protected] or socialsecurity.gov. Locations: Southwest Regional Technology • El Paso Community College Administrative Symposium — The 2011 symposium is 8 Service Center, 9050 Viscount, Building B, a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21 , at the New Room 320/324. Workshops are 10 a.m. to 1 Mexico State University’s Corbett Center, in p.m. Saturday, April 23 and May 21 . Las Cruces, featuring presentations in techno - • Clardy Fox Library Branch, 5515 Robert logical topics from medicine to aviation. Alva. 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 , and 1 Registration begins at 7 a.m. Pre-registration: to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 29 . $25 ($10 college student with ID; $10 high • Richard Burges Branch Library, 9600 Dyer. 3 school students with ID). Cost at the door: to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14 . $35. Information/registration: Tommy Truong, (317) 513-7846 or Yoga for Life — 111 Rio Flor on the West [email protected]. Side (off North Mesa between Thunderbird Featured guest speaker is Dr. James D. and Camille). Information: 778-3542 , 591- Walker of the Institute Scientist at Southwest 3634 or westtexasyogaforlife.com. Research Institute in San Antonio who will An Iyengar Yoga Workshop with Vickie & speak on “Impact Threats in the Space Jerry Aldridge is Friday through Sunday, April Program: The Space Shuttle, New Horizons 15-17 . Cost is $180 for all three days if paid by Spacecraft, and Altair Lunar Lander.” April 8 ($200 after). Single session prices: Administrative Professionals confer - $60 for Friday 6-8 p.m. or Saturday 2-4 p.m.; ence — Positive Directions presents the 10th $75 Saturday or Sunday 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. annual Conference for Administrative Send check to Yoga For Life, 4855 Vista del Professionals 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monte, El Paso, TX 79922. Wednesday and Thursday, April 27-28 , at the Head Start Conference Center, 11670 Chito Document shredding — Better Business Samaniego, in observance of Administrative Bureau will host an identity theft and fraud pro - Professionals Week. Each one-day seminar tection event 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April includes tools for professional and personal 16 , at Sam’s Club Westside, 7970 N. Mesa. Bring up to three bags or boxes of paper docu - ments containing personal identifiers to be Please see Page 11

Page 10 El Paso Scene April 2011 April Roundup Center, on Wiggins Road across the UTEP McCASA Walk — The 7th annual two-mile Library. This year’s theme is “Blast from the Summer Zoo Camp — Registration begins walk, bringing awareness to Month of the Cont’d from Page 10 Past.” Everyone is encouraged to dress in the April 1 for the 2011 Summer Zoo Camp for Military Child, child abuse, sexual assault and formal attire of the era or their choice. A sit- ages 6 to 10 at El Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano. crime victims, is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, improvement, as well as door prizes, and an down dinner precedes the event at 6 to 8 p.m. The week-long camps are 9 a.m. to noon April 2 , at Fort Bliss’s Kelly Park. The walk exhibitor hall. Registration: $175 through April Proceeds benefit UTEP’s Parents and Friends Monday through Friday June 6- Aug. 12 . includes informational booths, deejays, live 8; $199 April 9 and beyond. Special “Package” of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Cost: $15 sin - Campers will learn about conservation and music by the 62nd Army Jazz Band, door rate available through April 8. Early registration gle; $25 per couple (must purchase by April experience live education animals, behind-the- prizes, games, a Teddy Bear clinic and more. encouraged; on-site registration not guaran - 27). Dance only admission is $7 single; $10 cou - scenes tours, crafts, games and more. Cost: Information/registration: ACS Family Advocacy teed. Information/registration: 838-1000 or ples. Tickets available in UTEP Student $95 per week (includes t-shirt and snacks); $85 Program, at Bldg. 2494 Ricker Road, 568-4878 apcsouthwest.com. Development Center Union West, Room 106 for zoo members. Advance reservations need - or 568-9129. Registration forms online at Keynote speaker is Cynthia Kersey, creator of beginning April 1. Information: crivera4@min - ed. Information: 532-8156 or elpasozoo.org. blissmwr.com/fap. the “Unstoppable 30-Day Challenge.” Other ers.utep.edu. This year’s theme is “Z-Raffes,” and campers ACS Family Advocacy Program will also coor - featured guests are comedienne Kat Simmons The prom is open to everyone age 18 and can choose from one of two camps this year: dinate a diaper or Pull-Ups drive and old cell and break-out session leader professional hand - older regardless of sexual orientation. Zebras or Giraffes. phone donation to assist victims of domestic writing examiner Lisa Schuetz. violence during the event. Also featured are mini-massages, lunch and Rebuilding Day volunteers — Rebuilding Irvin High Class 45th reunion — The presentation of the “Administrative Professional Together El Paso Inc. seeks volunteers for its Class of 1966 will host its Pioneers for Christ Chili Cook Off — of the Southwest” Award. 2011 Rebuilding Day event set for Saturday, 45th reunion Oct. 14-16 , at Holiday Inn Bethel Church of God, 4946 Hondo Pass, hosts April 30 . The event features volunteers work - Airport, 6655 Gateway West. All Irvin High its first chili cook off benefiting Pioneers for ‘Beyond the Basics: Lecture Series — ing on home repairs for 16-22 elderly, disabled graduates and friends are invited. Information: Christ youth and children group 10 a.m. to 4 Dr. Sarah Ryan will speak on the “Rwandan and/or lone-income homeowners in El Paso (830) 935-3278 or [email protected]. p.m. Saturday, April 2 . Admission is free. Genocide” 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 28 , who might not otherwise be able to afford Information participating: 474-3975 or at the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Free Tax preparation — United Way work on their homes. A volunteer team meet - epbethelcog.org. Center, 715 N. Oregon. Admission is free; offers free Income Tax Preparation for anyone ing is planned for March; date to be deter - RSVP encouraged. Information: 351-0048, ext. earning $49,000 or less each year. Taxes pre - mined. Monetary donations are also accepted. March Madness symphony fundraiser 28 or [email protected] pared by associates from the United Methodist Information/applications: 832-7010 or rebuild - — The 14th annual fundraiser benefiting the El Church. Anyone interested may call 533-2434, Paso Symphony Orchestra’s education and out - ‘Take Back the Night’ program — A ingtogetherelpaso.org. ext. 226 or visit freetaxeselpaso.org. reach programs is Monday, April 4 , at the El candlelight vigil geared toward raising aware - Shearing Weekend — La Buena Vida Paso Country Club, featuring the NCAA Men’s ness and decrease incidents of domestic and Alpacas Ranch & Yarn Studio, 1090 Highway 28 For a good cause Basketball Championship finals on several wide- sexual violence at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 28 , in La Union, NM. will open to the public for screen televisions. Games begin about 7 p.m., on the Geology Lawn on the UTEP campus. Feeding the Nation’s Homeless con - the first time during shearing weekend 10 to 2 pre-game activities and dinner at 6 p.m. Live Admission is free. Information: utep.edu/wrc. cert — KLAQ and Mayor John Cook host the p.m. Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April and silent auctions and raffles will be held. UTEP is one of 10 national Points of Light dinner and concert benefiting the Feeding the 30-May 1 . The public is invited to sign up to Cost: $110 Information/reservations: 532-3776 where participants will light their candles with Nation’s Homeless Foundation is 6 p.m. become a “helper” in giving haircuts to approx - or epso.org. fellow universities, colleges and advocacy cen - Saturday, April 2 , at McKelligon Canyon imately 75 alpacas on Saturday. Sunday’s event The 4th annual March Madness Golf ters from coast to coast and border to border. Amphitheatre, featuring live music by Jon feature demonstration of raw fleece to yarn Tournament is earlier Monday. Hogan Band at 7:30 p.m. Radio La Chusma at 9 Queer Prom and Masquerade – UTEP’s processing, felting, spinning, weaving, knitting p.m. Dinner provided by Biggie’s Smokehouse. Casas for CASA – CASA of El Paso hosts its Queer Student Alliance and the Rainbow Miner and crocheting techniques. Admission is free. Cost: $7, plus service charge. VIP tickets: $20. 24th annual fundraiser, “An Evening in Never Initiative will host its 3rd annual prom 8 to 11 Information: (575) 589-4323 or (Ticketmaster). Labuenavidaalpacas.com. p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at El Paso Natural Gas Please see Page 12

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 11 April Roundup featuring live music, buffet featuring regional tastes, silent auction and live auction with Cont’d from Page 11 Victoria Gutierrez. Proceeds support conserva - tion and restoration of critically important natu - ral land resources in the El Paso region. Neverland” at Thursday, April 7 , Santa Teresa Reservations recommended; tickets also sold at Country Club. Cocktails (cash bar) and silent the door. Tickets are $4r. Information: 526- auction begins at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and 7725, 490-8601 or fronteralandalliance.org. a live auction of one-of-kind playhouses created YWCA Women’s Benefit luncheon — by the area’s finest builders. Tickets: $100 Leigh Anne Touhy, the inspiration behind the ($1,000 table for 10). Information: 546-8146,      motion picture “The Blind Side” is speaker for ext. 5 or casaofelpaso.com. the 18th annual benefit luncheon at 11 a.m. CASA of El Paso trains and supports volun - Thursday, April 28 , at the El Paso Convention   teers from the community to advocate for Center. Minimum donation per person: $100 abused and neglected children who need rep -      (tables of 10 also available). Information/reser - resentation in the family court system.     vations: 533-2311, ext. 250 or ywcaelpaso.org.  ! Celebrity Waiter Spaghetti Dinner — Touhy’s family took in (and later adopted) Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center’s homeless 16-year-old Micheal Oher, helping     12th annual fundraiser is 6 p.m. Thursday, him discover his potential as he earned a foot -   April 7 , at St. Pius X Parish’s Msgr. Arturo ball scholarship to University of Mississippi. He "   Banuelas Community Center, 1050 N. Clark, at now plays as an offensive lineman for the  # Geronimo. Local celebrities, candidates for Baltimore Ravens. The Academy-Award nomi - () $#'$"! # &% #( # office and other politicians will serve as waiters nated movie about the Touhys and Oher, “The !'$% #( #&$"&#%$($ for a night working for tips. Catered by Blind Side,” earned a 2010 Best Actress Oscar  #+$)&$*#'(+! Capetto’s. Proceeds benefit Las Americas’ for Sandra Bullock for her portrayal of Leigh !'$() $  )!   work with immigrant children, battered immi - Anne Touhy. #$   $&   grant women and asylees/refugees. Admission: ‘Corazones de Familia’ Heart Auction ! " ('% $40 (includes dinner and a raffle to win a new — AVANCE-New Mexico first-ever heart auc - &+'(+#&$ #''!$!#( iPad). Information: 544-5126, ext. 23 or las- tion featuring original heart art by 90 area americas.org. artists is 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at KCOS-TV 2011 Auction — The annual Peace Lutheran Church, 1701 E. Missouri in KCOS-TV Auction runs 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday Las Cruces. All proceeds go back into the pro - and 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 9-10 , and April gram to help break the cycle of poverty. 16-17 , to raise money for local public televi - Admission: $5 donation. Information: Margaret sion. Items often include gift certificates to area E. Miller, (575) 532-9330 or AVANCE-NM restaurants, weekend stays at luxurious hotels, (575) 405-2791. jewelry, gift baskets and more. Viewers can watch Channel 13 (El Paso Cable 12, Las Cruces Cable 6) to bid and buy during the Fort Bliss   event. Information: 590-1313 or Anyone entering Fort Bliss must obtain a gate [email protected]. pass. Driver’s license, car insurance and regis - tration required. ‘Walk Like MADD’ 5K — Mothers Against Drunk Driving will host its 5K walk (formerly Fort Bliss 10K — The 10K Run Post called Strides for Change) in partnership with Championship is Friday, April 8 , at Biggs Gym. El Paso Community College 9 a.m. Saturday, Registration begins at 5 a.m. and race begins at April 9 , at EPCC’s Valle Verde campus, 919 6 a.m. There will be age group competition for Hunter. The walk benefits MADD’s Campaign male and females. Competition free to active to Eliminate Drunk Driving, through the sup - duty military and reserve and National Guard port of fundraising pledges made by the partici - soldiers in active status assigned to Fort Bliss; pants. Information: walklikemadd.org. $10 for all others. Results by non-Fort Bliss runners will not contribute to active duty’s Children’s Grief Center dinner — The Commander Cup event standings. Information: Children’s Grief Center’s gala Spring Fundraiser 744-5790, 744-5793 or 744-5800.  Dinner and Auction is 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 14 , at the Coronado Country Club, 1044 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band —    Broadmoor. Tickets: $100 ($1,000 for a table The USO, Family and MWR and TriWest   for 10). Information/reservations: 532-6004. Healthcare Alliance host a free concert by the Animal Rescue League’s ‘Dinner with actor/musician and his band at 7 p.m. Friday, April 15 , at Biggs Park, for all Family and MWR Friends’ — Animal Rescue League of El   patrons, soldiers, family members, retirees and Paso’s 2011 fundraiser celebrating the league’s DoD civilians and their guests. No coolers, 16th birthday is Saturday, April 16 , at Sunland   glass containers or pets are allowed. Park Racetrack and Casino, 1200 Futurity Drive Information: 588-8247. in Sunland Park. “Cat-Tail” hour (cash bar) and The Lt. Dan Band covers everything from !!!  Barket Market silent auction is 6 p.m. with din - Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix classics to ner served 7 to 8 p.m. Tickets: $50 (open seat - contemporary songs by Kelly Clarkson,      ing). Reserved tables for 8 are $400 (deadline is Evanescence, Beyonce, Lonestar, the Zac   April 1). Information: 821-7283 or Brown Band and more. [email protected]. Web: arlep.org. Fort Bliss Easter events — The following   "  ‘Dining Out for Life’ — Participating events are planned in celebration of Easter at restaurants in more than 40 cities, including El Fort Bliss. Information: blissmwr.com. Paso, will donate 25 percent of the day’s sales • Easter Eggstravaganza — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch and/or dinner on Thursday, April 28 , Saturday, April 23 , at Biggs Park. This year’s towards the work of International AIDS theme is “Silly Old Bear” in the ‘Hundred Acre’ Empowerment. Information/participating park. Egg hunts begin at noon for ages 11-14; 1 restaurants: diningoutforlife.com or internation - p.m. for ages 7-10 and 2 p.m. for ages 4-6. An alaids.org. all-day color zone offered for ages 3 and Taste of Frontera — Frontera Land Alliance younger. No glass containers or pets allowed. will host its annual meeting and fundraiser at 6 Admission is free. Information: 588-8247. p.m. Thursday, April 28 , at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park, Please see Page 13

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• Easter Egg Hunt at Rod & Gun — The Rod and Gun Club will host an Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, April 24 . Hunts are 10 a.m. for ages 1 to 4, 11 a.m. for ages 5 to 8 and noon for ages 9 to 12. No mixing of age groups allowed. Hot dogs, chips, jumping balloons and giveaways also offered. Take Railroad Drive to Deer; turn right. Information: 568-2983. • The Centennial Club’s Easter brunch buffet 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 24 . Reservations required. The Easter Bunny and friends from The Hundred Acre Wood will be present for pictures and visits with guests. Cost: $16.95 ($15.95 for seniors, $8.95 for children ages 7-11, and free for children ages 6 and under). Information/reservations: 562- 5969. Club news Germania Club — The Germania Club of El Paso’s Mardi Gras celebration is 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 , at the German Community Center (Soldatenstube), Robert E. Lee Road, Building 5095, Fort Bliss. The regular monthly meeting returns in April. Reservations required. Information: 595-1108 or 755-5471. Singles in the Son - The group develops friendships between Christian singles from 25 to 45 years old. All denominations are wel - come. Information: Andy, 471-1997 or [email protected]. Saturday events: • April 2 — Dinner and a movie • April 9 — hike • April 16 — Dinner and a play • April 23 — Dinner and bowling • April 30 — Dinner and pool. Daughters of the British Empire Spring Tea — The El Paso MacGregor/Chester Chapter of Daughters of the British Empire’s annual Spring Tea is 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3 , at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Hall, 1810 Elm. Traditional afternoon tea served by members of the Chapter, with performance by Empyre Pipes and Drum. Tickets available in advance only from any member of the chapter. No admis - sion or tickets available at the door. Ticket information: 544-4801. Macintosh Users Group — The group’s monthly meeting and demonstration is 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 3 , at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church basement, 1000 Montana (enter in alley). Members Ken and Barry will show the “Handbrake” download. Admission is free for visitors. Information: 566-2201, 564- 5906 or epmug.org. Woodworkers Club of El Paso — The club’s monthly meeting is 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 , at 3228 Sacramento (back of building). This month’s meeting features a demonstration by Ron Oliver of new woodworking tools. Information: 760-6536 or 564-5915. Westside Welcome Club — The group is open to both newcomers and long-time resi - dents. The club’s monthly free newcomers’ coffee is 10 a.m. Friday, April 8 , at 6232 Crucebello Way. Information: 842-8583, 581-2314 or westsidewelcome - club.com. The club’s Spring luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 13 , at Billy Crews, 1200 Country Club Road in Santa Teresa. Speaker is Please see Page 32

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 13 Page 14 El Paso Scene April 2011 For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster, ($15 members). Information/showtime: (575) call 544-8444 or go to ticketmaster.com. The 538-2505, 1-888-758-7289 or mimbresarts.org. UTEP Ticket Center number is 747-5234. Pan Avalanche Tour — The heavy metal tour is Am Center Box Office is (575) 646-1420. Many 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17 , at El Paso County clubs sell tickets through ticketbully.com. Coliseum featuring Stonesour, Theory of a Service charges may be added to listed prices. Deadman, Skillet, Halestorm and Art of Dying. You Hang Up — The Phoenix-based alter - Tickets: $32.50, plus service charges. native band featuring drummer Frankie Muniz (Ticketmaster). (“Malcolm in the Middle”) headlines benefit Camilo Sesto — The Spanish singer/com - concert 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 1 , at Alma poser performs at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 , d’arte Auditorium, 402 W. Court in Las Cruces. at El Paso County Coliseum. Sesto was one of Also performing are Loose Canon and Friday the most prominent Spanish singers in the Nights. Proceeds to towards Court Youth 1970s and the 1980s, and became famous for Center’s efforts in education, music, art and his powerful ballads, pop and rock. He has the community cohesion. Tickets: $10 in advance; world record of more No. 1 hits in the world. $12 at the door. All ages show; zero tolerance Tickets: $49.50 and $125 (Ticketmaster). rule for alcohol. Information: (575) 993-7611. A silent auction of community and student art Psychedelic Furs — The 80s new wave precedes the event 5 to 6 p.m. band performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 21 , at Club 101, 1148 Airway. The band is known for Alexi Delano — The New York-based DJ such iconic 80s hits as “I Ran” and “Love My performs at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 2 , at Wet Way” and will perform their entire hit record Ultra Lounge, 1550 Hawkins. Ages 18 and “Talk, Talk, Talk.” Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 older admitted. Admission: $11 day of show. Available online at ticketbully.com. (ticketbully.com). Information: 449-2066. Information: 544-2101 or club101.com. Juanes — The Colombian rock singer and gui - Sesame Street Live ‘Elmo’s Healthy tarist returns to the border at 8 p.m. Saturday, Heroes’ — The Sesame Street Live annual April 2 at El Paso County Coliseum to pro - Easter week shows are April 21-24 at the mote his latest CD “P.A.R.C.E.” Tickets: $37- Abraham Chavez Theatre. Presented by VEE $77, plus service charges. (Ticketmaster). Corporation. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursday, Jamies Elsewhere — The band 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30, 2 and 5:30 p.m. performs at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 , at The Saturday and 2 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: Hangout, 9300 Carnegie, with guest Divided by $11 and $28, plus service charge. Friday, Love on Repeat, From Mountains, (Ticketmaster). Information: Those Who’ve Fallen Silent, Avindale and sesamestreetlive.com. Hands Held High. Tickets: $8 in advance; $10 ‘The Sound of Music’ — UTEP Dinner at the door. Advance sales available through Theatre presents the Rogers and Hammerstein ticketbully.com. Information: 867-5870. family classic April 22-May 22 . Showtime is 7 Building 429 — The Christian rock band p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; dinner presents its “Listen to the Sound Tour” in sup - matinee performance is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May port of their latest CD at 7 p.m. Friday, April 1; non-dinner matinees are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 8, at Harvest Christian Center, 1345 New May 8, 5 and 22. Tickets $26-$38 dinner Harvest Place, with opening acts Revive and shows; $12-$22 non-dinner matinee. Anthem Lights. Tickets: $15. Information: 585- Information: 747-6060. 9934 or harvestchristiancenter.org. Blue Man Group - Broadway El Paso pres - Cirque Montage — The contemporary ver - ents the eclectic, eccentric musical trio 7:30 sion of “the greatest show on earth” kicks off p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 27-28 at its seven-city New Mexico tour at 7:30 p.m. the Plaza Theatre. With no spoken language, Friday, April 8 , at New Mexico Tech’s Macey Blue Man Group is perfect for people of all lan - Center, 1 Olive Lane, in Socorro as part of its guages, and cultures. Although it is impossible Performing Arts Series. Tickets: $18 ($16 sen - to describe, this unique experience is guaran - ior citizens 65 and over, and $14 for youths 17 teed to be an outing audiences will never for - and under). Advance tickets get a $2 discount. get. This new theatrical touring production Information: (575) 835-5688. includes both new material and classic moments. Tickets: $35, $60 and $70, plus serv - Brantley Gilbert — The country/rock band ice charge. (Ticketmaster) known for their hit “My Kind of Crazy” per - forms at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 9 , at Whiskey Social Distortion — The legendary punka - Dick’s, 580 George Dieter, with opening act billy band performs with Chuck Regan and The Joe Barron Band. Tickets: $10 ($20 ages 18- Sharks 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 , at Club 20); available at ticketbully.com. Information: 101, 1148 Airway. The band’s new CD, “Hard 921-9900. Times and Nursery Rhymes” was just released in January featuring the singles “Machine Gun Chicago — The classic rock band returns to Blues.” All ages show. Tickets: $30 in advance; El Paso at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 , at the $35 day of show. (ticketbully.com). Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $49.50, $59.50 and $79.50. (Ticketmaster) Metales M5 - NMSU Cultural Series Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as Mexico’s leading brass quintet at 8 p.m. April the most successful American rock band of all 28 , the Rio Grande Theatre. time, in terms of both albums and singles, Tickets: $10-$15. Information: (575) 646-1420 according to Billboard charts. or panam.nmsu.edu. The group unites classical and world music, Antje Duvekot - The German-American folk contemporary repertoire and pops arrange - singer/ performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, ments in programs that range through the brass April 15 , at the Buckhorn Opera House in literature and beyond. These five young musi - Pinos Altos, N.M. as part of the Mimbres Region Arts Council’s Folk Series. Tickets: $20 Please see Page 16

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 15 Ticket Bella Donna — The Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks Tribute dinner and concert is Cont’d from Page 15 Saturday, April 30 , at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: cians break the barriers of musical genres as $35 ($250 for table of 8). Information: (575) they take the Blues to the Opera and Bach to 874-5200. the roads of Michoacán. Neon Desert Music Festival — The inau - Ricky Martin — The Puerto Rican megastar gural music festival benefiting Amor Por Juarez (“Livin’ La Vida Loca” and “She Bangs”) returns and Creative Kids is Saturday, April 30 , in to El Paso Thursday, April 28 , at the El Paso , feature 27 local and tour - County Coliseum.” Tickets: $30.50, $50.50, ing bands on four stages, food vendors, local $80.50 and $126 (Ticketmaster). VIP package: artisans and more. $280. Martin’s latest CD “Musica + Alma + Tickets: $25 for first 1,000 sold online at Sexo,” released in February, is his first studio neondesertmusicfestival.com; $35 after ($1 release in six years. from each ticket goes towards El Paso’s Parks Buddy Jewel - Showtime El Paso presents and Recreation Department). All active duty the winner of the 2003 Nashville Star competi - military $25. Ages 5 and younger admitted free tion at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29 , at Abraham if accompanied by ticket-holding adult; no one Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $25 ($10 students under age 14 admitted without adult supervi - with ID; ages 6-25). Information: 544-2022 or sion. Information: neondesertmusicfestival.com. ShowtimeElPaso.com. Lineup includes touring acts Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group featuring the former El Pasoan, Conjunto Primavera — The norteño Monterrey Mexico’s Kinky, Venezuelan rockers group performs a concert and dance at 8 p.m. Los Amigos Invisibles, San Antonio’s Girl In A Saturday, April 30 , at El Paso County Coma, Gobi, and New York’s Designer Drugs, Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. Tickets: $37.50, plus Brazilian indie rock band CSS, Toronto elec - service charge (Ticketmaster). tronic duo MSTRKRFT, plus local bands DA, Lusitania, Radio La Chusma, Mexicans at Night, Frontera Bugalu, Zech’s Marquise, The Royalty, Through the Trees and Bulletproof Tiger. Waka Flocka Flame — The rap artist known for his single “No Hands” performs for his first time in El Paso Saturday, April 30 , at Cohen Stadium, 9700 Gateway North, with guest El Dreamer, Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Also featured is a classic car and bike show, appearances by Swagg Team USA and local performers. All ages show. Tickets: $15; avail - able in advance only from All The Music, El Paso Diablos Ticket Box office or online at dia - blos.com. VIP after-party packages available. Information: 525-5645 or (240) 601-5474. The New Politics — The Denmark rock band known for their hits “Dignity” and “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, at House of Rock East, 8838 Viscount. Special guest to be announced. All ages show. Admission: $10 (ticketbully.com). Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s ‘Beethoven’s Last Night’ — The group brings their first non-holiday show to the area at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5 , at El Paso County Coliseum. Tickets $35.50, $45.50 and $55.50, plus service charges. (Ticketmaster). The performance, based on the group’s album of the same name, takes place in the spring of 1827. Beethoven has completed the manuscript for his Tenth Symphony. As the clock strikes midnight, Mephistopheles appears to collect the great composer’s soul. Tiësto - The “world’s No. 1 DJ” returns to El Paso at 7 p.m. Friday, May 6 , at Cohen Stadium, 9700 Gateway North. From 2002 to 2004, Tiësto was named the “World’s No.1 DJ” by DJ Magazine. His 2007 album, “Elements of Life,” was nominated for a 2008 Grammy. Tickets: $40 general admission. VIP tickets available for ages 21 and older for $70. Information: 755-2000 or diablos.com. ‘Forever Tango’ — The internationally cele - brated Broadway musical hosts a Mother’s Day performance at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 8 , at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Created and direct - ed by Luis Bravo, the production was voted Best Touring Musical by Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle in San Francisco where it played an unprecedented 92 weeks at the Theatre on the Square. Tickets: $45, $55 and $65. Limited Please see Page 17

Page 16 El Paso Scene April 2011 Ticket 8 p.m. All shows on Saturday, unless otherwise listed. Tickets: $32 for dinner and show. Cont’d from Page 16 Information: 533-8890 or latierracafe.com. • April 23 — Danzas Españolas number of VIP tickets available for $100 • May 7 — Amigos de la Guitara (includes admission, post-performance meet- the-artist event plus one cop of the Broadway Speaking Rock Entertainment Center CD. (Ticketmaster) — 122 S. Old Pueblo Road. Shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise listed. Ages 18 and older Yanni — The internationally successful music welcome; 16 and older for outdoor shows. superstar performs Tuesday, May 17 , at Admission is free. Information: 860-7777 or Abraham Chavez Theatre. The live show will speaking-rock.com. introduce some of the music from Yanni’s new • 10 p.m. Thursday, April 28 — George album “Truth Of Touch.” Tickets start at Thorogood. $47.50 (Ticketmaster). • 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 5-6 — Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin Enantos Verdes and Elefante — Fiddler Brashear and guitarist McLaughlin Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 21 , at the Casino — Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8 home of Charlie McDonald in Las Cruces. p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Information: Advance reservations required; BYOB. 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemountaingods.com. Admission: $25. Information: (575) 541-1992 • Dierks Bentley — The Grammy-nominated or (915) 592-5122. country star headlines the Jagermeister The Deftones — The rock band returns to Country Tour Thursday, April 7 . Tickets: $25- the Sun City 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 8 , in El $100, plus service charge. Paso County Coliseum, with Dillinger Escape • Julio Iglesias — The Latin superstar performs Plan and Mexico’s Le Butherettes. Tickets: $28 Wednesday, April 20 . His latest CD, “Numero (Ticketmaster). 1” was released in March. Tickets: $30-$125. • Loretta Lynn — The legendary “Coal Miner’s Rush — The rock legends’ “Time Machine Daughter” performs Thursday, May 12 . Tour” comes to El Paso Tuesday, June 14 , at Tickets: $25-$100. UTEP’s . Tickets: $113.20; • Brett Michaels — The former lead vocalist of includes service charge (Ticketmaster). Poison performs Friday, May 20 . Tickets: Crystal Dreams 7 - The electronic “Paint Tickets: $25-$100. Party” music event is 7 p.m. Saturday, June 25 , Flickinger Center for Performing Arts at Cohen Stadium. Tickets: $15. Information: — 1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo. 755-2000 or diablos.com. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $6-$25, Vans Warped Tour 2011 — The 17th unless listed otherwise. information: (575) 437- annual music and extreme sports event is 2202 or flickingercenter.com. Wednesday, June 29 , at the NMSU Intramural • “Seussical the Musical,” 7 p.m. Saturday, Field. Ticket information: (575) 646-1420. April 2 . Presented by TheaterWorks USA. Web: warpedtour.com. Tickets: $8 ($4 ages 13 and younger). • WonderWorld Montage — The Cirque du Venues & series Soleil-inspired act performs Tuesday, April 12 . Tickets: $6, $10, $15 and $25. Club 101 — 1148 Airway. Advance tickets • Jazz at The Flick — 7 p.m. Thursday, April for most events available at Club 101, All That 28 , featuring performances by NMSU-A, Music, Psycha and online at ticketbully.com, Alamogordo High, Mountain View and unless otherwise listed. Information: 544-2101 Chaparral Middle school jazz bands. or club101.com. • ‘Metales’ M5 Mexican Brass — The brass • Bart B More and Porter Robinson — 9 p.m. ensemble performs Saturday, April 30 . Friday, April 8 . Admission: $11. • Mushroomhead — 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 . Spencer Theater for Performing Arts Tickets: $12. — Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. Information: • Xtreme — The Latin pop duo performs live (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14 , with music by El spencertheater.com. Movimiento. Ages 18 an older admitted. • “The 39 Steps” — The Tony-winning comedy Tickets: $15 in advance; $30 at door. VIP: $50. thriller based on Alfred Hitchcock’s master - • Axwell — The Swedish Dj/remixers perform piece is 7 p.m. April 14 . Tickets: $56 and $59. at 9 p.m. Friday, April 15 . Tickets: $21. • Nikki Yanofsky — The rising jazz star per - • All That Remains — The metalcore band forms at 7 p.m. April 23 . Tickets: $56, $59. performs at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, with • Paul Revere and The Raiders — The “revolu - guests Nonpoint, Hail the Villain, Surrender the tionary” rock ‘n’ roll band performs at 7 p.m. Fall and Years of Cold. Tickets: $20. May 7 . Tickets: $66 and $69. • Psychedelic Furs — Thursday, April 21 . A buffet dinner precedes the show at 5 p.m. Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 day of show. in the Crystal Lobby. Cost: $20. • Morgan Page — The L.A. house DJ performs NM Tech Performing Arts Series — at 9 p.m. Friday, April 22 . Admission: $11. Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico • Social Distortion — The legendary punkabilly Tech’s Macey Center, 801 Leroy Place, in band performs Wednesday, April 27 , with Socorro, N.M. All seats general admission. Chuck Regan of Hot Water Music and The Information: (575) 835-5688 or nmtpas.org. Sharks. Tickets: $30 advance; $35 day of show. • “Perilous Journeys” with Karin Muller — • Take Action Tour 2011 — The hard Friday, April 1 . This Swiss-born author, film - rock/metal tour featuring Silverstein, Polar Bear maker, photographer and adventurer is an Club, and is 6 p.m. expert lecturer for the National Geographic Sunday, May 8 . Tickets: $15. Society and Smithsonian. Tickets: $10 ($8 sen - • Rusko — 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 . iors; $6 age 17 and younger). Tickets: $16. • Montage — Friday, April 8 . Tickets: $18 • Voodoo Glow Skulls — 7 p.m. Tuesday, May ($16 seniors; $14 age 17 and younger). 17 . Tickets: $10. • Metales M5 Brass Quintet — Friday, April La Tierra Dinner Shows — La Tierra 29 . This Mexican brass quintet takes the blues Cafe, 1731 Montana. Doors open at 6 p.m., to the opera. Tickets: $16 ($14 seniors; $12 dinner served at 6:45 p.m. and music begins at age 17 and younger).

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 17 LCSO with Terrence Wilson - Las UTEP Department of Music — Cruces Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts Lonnie Klein, hosts the guest pianist April 2-3 Recital Hall, except as noted. Tickets, unless at NMSU’s Atkinson Music Recital Hall, featur - noted otherwise, are $5 ($3 ing works by Wagner, Liszt and Shostakovich. seniors/military/non-UTEP students; free for Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. children/UTEP ID). Sunday. Tickets: $35-$45. Information: (575) • Symphonic Winds — Tuesday, April 5 . 646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com. • University Orchestra — Tuesday, April 12 , A luncheon with Maestro Klein is 11:30 a.m. conducted by Dr. Lowell E. Graham. Thursday, March 31 , at Ramada Palms Hotel • Symphony Band — Wednesday, April 13 , Conference Center, featuring a preview of the conducted by T. André Feagin. performance’s music. Cost: $16. • Chamber Players — Thursday, April 14 , A Friday at the Symphony dress rehearsal is at conducted by T. André Feagin. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 . Tickets are $15 ($5 • UTEP Percussion Ensemble and students with ID). Pandemonium Spring Concert — Monday, April 18 , directed by Professor Larry White. Third Saturday Recital Series — El Paso Xylophone ragtime music and traditional classi - Conservatory of Music hosts free recitals cal percussion ensemble compositions featured, showcasing their students’ and/or faculty’s followed by the sounds of the Caribbean from music skills the third Saturday of each month in UTEP’s internationally recognized the parlor at Trinity-First United Methodist Pandemonium steel band. Church, 801. N. Mesa, accompanied by • UTEP Choirs and Orchestra Masterworks Esequiel Meza. March performance date to be Series — Tuesday, April 26 , in Magoffin determined. Information: 833-0263 or elpaso - Auditorium featuring choruses from opera and conservatory.org. the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé. Conductors ‘Place of Blest’ — New Hope Lutheran are Elisa Fraser Wilson and William McMillan. Church, 4801 Sun Valley, presents a concert • UTEP Jazz E nsembles — Wednesday, April featuring the New Mexico State University 27 . Women’s and Men’s choirs, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, • Symphony Band and Symphonic Winds April 1 , under the direction of David Klement. Concert — Thursday, April 28 , conducted by Admission is free; love offering taken. T. André Feagin and Ron Hufstader Information: 755-8009 or 821-2079. • 8th Annual Gala — 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, in Magoffin Auditorium. Tickets: $10 ($5 ‘YES’ Choir Music Marathon — Young El UTEP faculty and staff; free for UTEP stu - Paso Singers and friends, will host a fundraising dents). music marathon 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2 , at Peace Lutheran, 1699 Belvidere. Santa Fe Opera — Mimbres Region Arts Participants will sing and play music non-stop Council hosts a performance by the celebrated for eight hours. Admission is free; donations opera at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8 , at Cobre accepted. Information: Dr. Cindy Jay, 227-6002. High School in Bayard, N.M. (near Silver City). Admission is free; donations welcome. ‘Inspirational Sacred Songs’ — A cele - Information: (575) 538-2505 or bration of sacred songs by ten of Dan Wright’s mimbresarts.org. adult students is 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3 , at First Christian Church, 901 Arizona. The celebration Santa Fe Opera – Two young singers fea - includes works by Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Verdi, tured in Santa Fe Opera’s annual Spring Tour, Malotte and Vaughan Williams. The perform - soprano Ashley Logan and baritone Alan ance is also the first of two annual performanc - Dunbar, perform the original short piece es to feature some of the renditions of the “Words and Music” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9 , popular 23rd Psalm, Lord’s Prayer and Ave at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Maria. Admission is free. Information: 542- Las Cruces. The singers will be accompanied 1110. by pianist and music director Kirt Pavitt. Admission is free. Information: (575) 523-6403, ‘Pastiche’ — The Edge of Texas Concert (575) 523-0807 or RioGrandeTheatre.com. Band presents “Pastiche,” a selection of music The show incorporates musical works familiar performed by area musicians, at 3 p.m. Sunday, to all including “Vocalise” by Rachmaninoff, April 3 , at Ross Capshaw Auditorium at “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” from Coronado High School, 100 Champions Place. Annie Get Your Gun by Berlin, and “Crazy Admission is free. Information: 581-0549. World” from Victor/Victoria by Mancini, along Jack Glatzer violin concert — with classical favorites by Rossini, Gounod, International touring violinist Glatzer will per - Mozart and more. form in concert 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, April 4 , St. Mark’s Community Concert — The at Da Vinci School for Science & the Arts audi - 30-member Wind Ensemble and Westside torium, 785 Southwestern. Tickets are $16 ($6 Combined Chorus will perform at 7 p.m. for students). Information: davincieelpaso.org. Sunday, April 10 , at St. Mark’s United Glatzer has played on every continent and in Methodist Church, 5005 Love Road, as part of over fifty countries. His particular interest is its Community Concert Series. The perform - the unaccompanied repertoire for the violin; he ance includes easy-listening, marching band is celebrated not only for his interpretations of music, a suite of hymns and spotlight soloist Bach, Paganini and Bartok but also for his per - Sam Trimble, Principal Trumpet for El Paso formances of Locatelli, Roman, Ysaye, Bloch, Symphony Orchestra. Admission is free; dona - Stravinsky, Elgar, Rochberg and Sculthorpe. He tions accepted. Information: 581-4444 or is one of the very few violinists to perform all loveroad.org. 24 Caprices of Paganini in one concert as well as the complete solo works of Bach in a series of two concerts. Please see Page 19

Page 18 El Paso Scene April 2011 Program notes Tuesday, April 19 , in the Black Box Theatre, Alt, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, 430 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. The April 29-30 , at NMSU’s Atkinson Recital Hall, Cont’d from Page 18 group consists of young local artist who will will full orchestra. Ages 7 and older welcome. perform a variety of vocal pieces from Tickets: $15 and $20 ($5 students); available at Zeke Meza and Friend — Music Forum El Renaissance to contemporary. Admission is Pan Am Box Office (575) 646-1420. Paso presents an afternoon with pianist Zeke free. Information/reservations: (575) 805-7917. Information: (575) 646-2067. Meza, soprano Tia Cordova and tenor Joe The Mass in C calls for tenor, bass and two ‘A Sousa Spectacular’ — El Paso Wind Estala 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10 , at El soprano soloists, orchestra, and double chorus. Symphony closes its season at 7:30 p.m. April Paso Museum of Art, One Art Festival Plaza. The orchestra consists of professional musi - 21 , at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, with a The program features works by Schumann, cians, NMSU faculty and students, Las Cruces salute to “The March King” John Phillip Sousa. Mahler, Puccini and Paul Creston. Admission is community members, and professional instru - The symphony, directed by Dr. Ron Hufstader, free. Information: 755-0724. mentalists from El Paso, under the direction of includes woodwind, brass and percussion. violinist and concert master, Stephanie Meyers. NMSU Department of Music — Tickets $12.50 ($7.50 military, students and Chorus members from NMSU’s auditioned Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at NMSU’s seniors). Information: 760-5599. Atkinson (Music Center) Recital Hall, unless choir, University Singers, will join singers from listed otherwise. Ticket information: (575) 646- Quint Quintet — El Paso Pro-Musica closes the student/community choir, Masterworks 2421 or nmsu.edu/~music/. its season with a “Night of Tango” at 7:30 p.m. Chorus. Friday, April 22 , at NMSU’s Atkinson Recital • Tuesday, April 12 . — Flute Studio Recital. EPCC Musical Extravaganza — The El Hall and Saturday, April 23 , at UTEP’s Fox • Saturday, April 16 — NMSU Campus and Paso Community College Music Department Fine Arts Recital Hall. The quintet was formed Gospel choirs. presents its spring performance 7:30 p.m. by Grammy nominated native Russian violinist • 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17 — NMSU Friday, May 6 , at the Transmountain Campus Phillipe Quint and inspired by the music of Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band Forum, 9570 Gateway North, featuring the El Astor Piazzolla. Highlights include a revolution - • Sunday, April 17 — Senior Recital: Drew Paso Civic Orchestra directed by Lucy ized evening of Argentinean Tango, incorporat - Sato, piano. Scarbrough, EPCC Chorus and EPCC Mariachi. ing elements of jazz and tango. Tickets: $25 • Thursday, April 21 — NMSU Guitar Admission is free. Information: 831-2454 or ($20 senior/military, $5 student). Information: Ensemble epcc.edu. • 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23 — Junior Recital: 833-9400 or eppm.org. Emma Rosenthal, voice. Quint has emerged in recent years as one of • Saturday, April 23 — Senior Recital: Ray the few young soloists to combine a remark - Arreola and Jessie O’Hara, violin. able degree of lyricism, poetry and virtuosity. • 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday, April His stage persona is evocative of a 19th century 29-30 — “Mozart’s Mass in B Minor” per - Romantic performer. The ensemble also fea - formed by the NMSU Choirs. tures Lidia Karminska on bandoneon, Mat • Saturday April 30 — La Cantrina Quartet as Fieldes and Kurt Moroki on bass and Oren part of the faculty recital series. Fader on guitar. • 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1 — NMSU Honors Works by Piazzola performed during the Recital. show include “Invierno Porteño,” “Verano Porteño,” “Muerte,” “Milonga,” “Michealangelo EPSO with Dmitri Berlinsky - The guest ‘70,” “Fugata” and “Concierto.” violinist joins conductor Sarah Ioannides and the El Paso Symphony Orchestra for its 80th Voz Vaqueros — The Singing Men of Las season finale at 7:30 p.m. April 15-16 at the Cruces host their morning Easter Concert at 7 Plaza Theatre. Selections are Sibelius’s a.m. Saturday, April 23 , at Young Park 1905 “Finlandia,” Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, op.82, Nevada. Bring folding chair and warm clothes. A minor and Mussorgsky “Pictures at an Admission is free. Information: (575) 522-1934. Exhibition.” Tickets: $11, $17, $28, $32 and Mozart’s ‘Grand Mass’ — NMSU Choirs $37, plus service charges (Ticketmaster). conclude the academic year with its perform - Student tickets: $6 and $8. Information: 532- ance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Grand 3776. Mass” or “Mass in C,” conducted by Jerry Ann Born in Petersburg, Russia into a family of musicians, Berlinsky performed as soloist with the St. Petersburg Symphony and the Moscow Philharmonic at a very early age. He arrived on the international scene as the youngest winner in the history of the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy. His playing was featured in Emmy-Award documentary “Life on Jupiter” and “New York Canvas.” This is also the farewell performance for Ioannides and Principal Cellist Ida Steadman. Ioannides became the first female conductor and the 6th music director of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra in June 2005. The April concerts will mark the end of her 6th season in El Paso. Steadman will perform her final con - certs with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra after 50 years of service. The “Opening Notes” discussion is at 6:30 p.m. both nights in the Philanthropy Theatre led by Assistant Conductor Andres Moran with Ioannides and Berlinsky. Discussions are free and open to the public. Symphony auditions — The El Paso Symphony Orchestra will hold auditions for assistant principal cello 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , at The Plaza Theatre. One-year con - tract. Applications due by March 25. Information: 532-3776. Audition application and requirements avail - able online at epso.org. La Bella Voce — The vocal group presents its first Spring Voice Recital at 6:30 p.m.

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 19 ‘Gotta Swing! Hollywood’ — Shundo panam.nmsu.edu. Dance Studio presents the stage show 7 p.m. This year’s contestants include Mesilla Mayor Saturday, April 2 , at Chamizal National Nora Barraza, Amanda Cruz of the Hispano Memorial. Admission: $15 ($12 students, mili - Chamber of Commerce, The Rocket 99.5’s tary, seniors). Information: 532-2043 or shun - Lynsey Green, author Audrey Hartley, NMSU’s dodancestudio.com. first gentleman Paul Couture, Pulse Magazine The stage show features some of the greatest editor Lucas Peerman, NMSU Army ROTC music from the ‘20s through the ‘60s and Commander Lt. Col. Andrew Taylor, and beyond. Savonne Griffin of FirstLight Federal Credit Union, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the ‘Huapango’ — Ballet Folklorico Paso del Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce. Norte, one of El Paso’s leading folklorico com - panies performs a gala dance presentation at ‘We are One Dance One Drum’ — The 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. 5th annual student dance and drumming show - Sunday, April 8-10 , at the Chamizal National case is 2 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , at Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission: $10. the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Information: 588-5743. Mall in Las Cruces, highlighting the talent of local dance troupes and celebrating the variety 2011 Dance Marathon - Students from of philosophies and styles in belly dance. more than 30 area schools will dance for 12 Tickets: $8 ($5 matinee). Information: (575) straight hours to raise money for the Children’s 639-1616. Miracle Network 7 p.m. Saturday through 7 This year’s performance features Susan a.m. Sunday, April 9-10 , at El Paso County Jewell, Karuna Warren and Terry Alvarez. Coliseum, 4100 Paisano, featuring live music by Radio La Chusma, The Vibe and Hot Rod International Day of Dance — The 6th Boogie, contests and more. All money raised in annual celebration of dance is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. El Paso benefits sick and injured children at Saturday, April 30 , at Branigan Cultural University Medical Center of El Paso and the Center, Branigan Building, 501 N. Main, new El Paso Children’s Hospital under con - (Downtown Mall) Las Cruces, featuring per - struction. Information: Christina Aragon, 521- formances from local and international dance 7229, ext 2989. troupes from a variety of styles and cultures. Students can register at umcfoundationelpa - Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154 so.org/dancemarathon. or las-cruces.org/museums. Contests include call outs from El Paso ‘Just Dance 2011’ - Viva! El Paso and El celebrities, a Lady GaGa contest, Best Rapper, Paso Association for the Performing Arts pres - Poetry Def Jam Match, Hula Hoop contest, ents its first annual competition and master Michael Jackson moves and more. Prizes classes with Lauren Gottlieb of the hit show include iPods, iPads and other items. “So You Think You Can Dance.” The competi - VIVA! El Paso auditions — Auditions for tion is 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at the the outdoor musical are 9 a.m. Saturday, April Socorro High School Theatre, 10150 Alameda. 9, at UTEP’s Magoffin Auditorium. About 50 Gottlieb will judge. Open to dancers ages 6 and performers age 18 and older (actors, singers older in all dance forms such as ballet, lyrical, and dancers) and 15 technicians are needed for contemporary, hip hop, jazz, folklorico, flamen - the show’s 22 performances Fridays and co, tap or more. Registration deadline is April Saturdays June 3-Aug. 13. Registration is 8 to 9 22. Tickets: $35-$55. Information: 873-0970 or a.m. (technical applications accepted 8 a.m. to viva-ep.org. 4 p.m.) Information: 231-1165. All performers must provide a performance Lessons and classes resume, 8” x 10” headshot and audition in all Belly dance classes — Kareesha Willow, categories. A prepared one-minute monologue who has more than 10 years’ teaching experi - and 16-measure song is requested (accompa - ence, hosts belly dance classes for all levels 7 to nist provided). Wear appropriate dance wear 8 p.m. Tuesdays at El Paso Conservatory of and shoes. Dance, 4400 N. Mesa. Monthly and drop-in Those interested in applying for a technician rates available. Information: 585-6825 or karee - position must have a theatrical work resume. [email protected]. Contra Dancing — The Southern New Belly dance, Yoga classes — Dance Alive Mexico Music and Dance Society’s monthly offers classes Monday through Thursday at contra dance is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 2120 Montana. Instructor is Lorraine Alvarez 15 , at Mesilla Community Center, 2251 Calle Portilla. Yoga classes are 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. de Santiago, Mesilla. The dance begins with Monday through Thursday, and 6 to 7 p.m. beginners lessons; no partner needed. Live Tuesday and Thursday. Belly dance classes are 6 music provided by Deming Fusiliers and callers to 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and 7:15 to are Lonnie Ludeman and Lewis Land. Cost: $6 8:15 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Cost is $50 ($5 age 17 and younger). Information: (575) for eight classes ($10 for drop-ins). 522-1691 or snmmds.org. Information: 566-1742. Look Who’s Dancing 2011 — The Zumba class — The Mind Body Studio, 631 celebrity dance event is 7 to 9:30 p.m. N. Resler Ste 201B (at Belvidere), hosts the Saturday, April 16 , at NMSU’s Pan American hour-long dance fitness class 9 a.m. and 7:30 Center. Las Cruces community leaders and p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. local personalities and their DanceSport part - Mondays and Wednesdays, that incorporates ners compete against each other in friendly Latin and international music and dance move - contest. DanceSport students choreograph the ments. Suitable for all levels. Information: 585- dances, instruct, and perform with the local 6362. celebrities. Tickets: $11 general admission; $16 Ballet classes offered 6:15 p.m. Tuesdays and reserved rows 1-8; $6 students. Thursdays. (Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1420 or

Page 20 El Paso Scene April 2011 ‘Cool Music for a Hot Garden’ — The • Sunday, April 24 — Mariachi Las Caponeras Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert • Friday, April 29 — Inolvidable Gardens at UTEP hosts a series of live music • Saturday, April 30 — BJ Pando La Mezcla events featuring UTEP music students through • Sunday, May 1 — Mariachi Los Galleros. April in celebration of spring. All performances Zin Valle Free Music Sundays — Zin are free. Information: 747-5565. Valle vineyard, 7315 Hwy 28 in Canutillo (3/4 • 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 — Guitar spring concert featuring the popular ‘70s cover Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — mile north of FM 259), hosts free live music 1 Ensemble, solos, trios, quartets band Fungi Mungle 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April Live music is offered 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays to 4 p.m. on selected Sundays. Guests may • noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 — 16 , on the Mesita Elementary School lawn, and Saturdays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sundays in bring a picnic, and enjoy wine tastings. UTEP Mariachi performing at the annual 3307 N. Stanton, with show starting at 6 p.m. the Franklins Lounge. No cover. Information: Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com. FloraFEST Native Plant Sale Bring picnic baskets, blankets and lawn chairs. (575) 874-5200. • April 3 — Carolyne of Liquid Skin. • 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21 — UTEP Jazz Refreshments sold. Admission: $3 ($1 EPISD Disco with local DJs is 6:30 to 10 p.m. • April 17 — Greg Gonzalez Band under the direction of Eric Unsworth. students) in advance (sold at the school); $5 ($2 Sundays. Karaoke offered with Antonio B 8 • May 1 — Dusty L. Alfresco! Fridays — The free outdoor con - EPISD students) at the door. Information: 373- p.m. to 1 a.m. every Thursday. Weekly winners La Viña’s Music On the Patio — La Viña certs begin at 5:30 p.m. Fridays April 1-Sept. 0424, 203-7605 or fungimungle.com. receive gift bag with prizes. Winery in La Union, 4201 S. NM Highway 28, 30 at Arts Festival Plaza (between El Paso • Friday, April 1 — Algo Nuevo UTEP Jazz Ensemble 1 — El Paso Friends one mile north of Vinton Road, hosts live music Museum of Art and Plaza Theatre). This year’s • Saturday, April 2 — Animo of Jazz society presents the ensemble under the 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on selected Saturdays and season has been expanded to 24 weeks and • Sunday, April 3 — Mariachi Raices de direction of Erik Unsworth as part of their Sundays beginning April 9 featuring folk, coun - features both establishes and up-and-coming America. monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 17 , in try and rock ‘n’ roll from “Live By Request.” local bands performing salsa, cumbia, reggae, • Friday, April 8 — Tejas Ardovino Desert Crossing’s Sunset Hall, One Picnics are allowed, but beverages must be classic rock, blues and more. Presented by the • Saturday, April 9 — Asi Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park. Admission is purchased from the winery. Admission is free. El Paso Convention and Performing Arts • Sunday, April 10 — Mariachi Alegre free; food and beverages available to order a la Information: (575) 882-7632. Centers and the El Paso Convention and • Friday, April 15 — Last Minute carte. Information: 321-JAZZ (5299) or elpa - Visitors Bureau. No outside food or beverages, • Saturday, April 16 — River City Band State Line Music — Food Bank sofriendsofjazz.org. or pets allowed. Information: 534-0600, or • Sunday, April 17 — Mariachi Son de Mexico and State Lane BBQ, 1222 Sunland Park Drive alfrescofridays.com. Guitar Fest — The festival promoting local • Friday, April 22 — Skarabajo guitarists and dancers emphasizing the area’s • Saturday, April 23 — Exito Bill and Kate Isles — The American cultural and musical diversity is 7:30 p.m. Please see Page 22 singer/songwriter duo performs 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23 , at Chamizal National Sunday, April 3 , at the Hillsboro Community Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Performers Center, 316 Elenora, in Hillsboro, N.M. as part include Glen Leffler, Armin Harrison, Mariachi of the Hillsboro Sunday Concert Series. Cost: Orgullo de El Paso, Folklorico Mihtotiani, Dave $5 donation. Information: or (575) 895-3300. Hamilton, SAFO and Ysleta del Sur Dancers. KRUXFest 2011 — The non-commercial Proceeds benefit Alzheimer’s awareness. Cost: radio station run by NMSU students will host $15 ($10 seniors and children 12 and younger). its annual music festival starting at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets available at Kirk’s Music Store Friday, April 8 , at Mikey’s Place, 3100 and Olivas Music Store. Information: 383-0487 Harrelson, Las Cruces, featuring headliner or 503-3400. Augustine and local bands, art and film. Ticket Border Chorders — The barbershop quar - information: (575) 646-4640 or kruxradio.com. tet’s 64th annual show featuring a cappella Steve Smith, Chris Sanders and singing by choral groups is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, friends — The bluegrass musicians perform May 1 , at the Chamizal National Memorial, with duo Lynn Adler and Lindy Hearne in a 800 S. San Marcial. The Border Chorders are house concert 7 p.m. Friday, April 8 in Las the El Paso chapter of the Barbershop Cruces. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m.; bring Harmony Society. Admission: $8 ($5 seniors, finger food and a beverage to share. Admission: students and military). Information: 581-5248 $15. Call for location/reservations: (575) 571- or borderchorders.org. 5298 or [email protected]. The Sophisticated Swing Combo — The new combo formed by Bob Burns and Lauren Michaels launches is “Swing into Spring” )'-%' ()') (%*$) ' ( '%#$( *) ( $($ ballroom dance series 8 to 10 p.m. Friday,    (&'%!  April 8 , at the Las Cruces Event Center, 522 )   Idaho. Performances include different styles of    -'       dance music as well as three- and four-part -%*$'*& %"()'-%*'%"*'$ )*'   vocal harmonies. Admission: $10. Information:          Bob Burns (575) 525-9333 or (915) 799-5684. #!$,'&($ +-%*' %#  Mesita’s ‘It’s A Spring Thing’ — The $,. 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$ '#$&  '% $&% &"! "'&' (" "$ '% $&"$ %&$&%   "$! ( ###"!& !& at Arizona, 2 blocks   north of Montana "$  April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 21 Music • April 6-10 – Manny Maldonado • April 13-17 — AG White El Paso Artists Cont’d from Page 21 • April 20-24 — Thea Vidale • April 27-May 1 — Alex “Spigger” presents the Rudolph Chevrolet-Honda out - • May 4-8 — The Greg Wilson. door concert series 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays Studio Tour through August, featuring artists of a variety of Sun City Comedy — The comedy group musical genres, including up-and-comers to hosts events at various venues. Information: well-known performers. Admission is free; all 281-OPEN-MIC, or .02. APRIL 9-10 & 16-17 customers asked to bring non-perishable food Maverick’s Bar & Grill Comedy Open Mic donation or monetary donation for the West Contest is 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 ,       Texas Food Bank. Information: 6999 Montana. Participants can win cash prizes.       WTxFoodBank.org. Open mic events are also 9:30 p.m. • April 20 — Dirty River Boys Wednesdays, April 6, at Starmax, 333 N.       • April 27 — Frontera Bugalu Country Club in Deming, N.M. • May 4 — Radio La Chusma. Amateur Night is 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3   and 17 , at the New Old Plantation, 301 S. &676.)* Comedy Ochoa. Admission $3 (age 18 and older wel - come). *275&0 El Paso Comic Strip — 1201 Airway. The group’s “Traveling Comedy Club” hosts Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 357-*&67 live nationally touring comedy acts at various 8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and .66.32#&00*: venues. Upcoming shows:    7:30 p.m. Sunday. Military admitted free • Hookah Zen, 2293 Divot in Las Cruces 9 $*676.)* Wednesdays and Thursdays. Tickets: $6 p.m. Friday, April 8 . Wednesday through Thursday; $12 Friday and "44*5#&00*: • Maki Sushi Bar, 11680 Pebble Hills, 9 p.m. Saturday, $8 Sunday, unless listed otherwise. Thursday through Saturday, April 14-16 3927392 Reserved tickets at ticketweb.com. • Starmax, 333 N. Country Club, in Deming, Information/reservations: 779-LAFF (5233) or N.M., 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 22 . laff2nite.com. APRIL 16-17 • Federal Courthouse Bar and Grill, 912 Texas, %0-$)641A)917 • March 30-April 3 — Co-headliners Retha 9 p.m. Friday, April 29 9;1:;<14,>144<:- Jones and Jerry Rocha. Both made it to the 5782(7.3257 78).36 • House of Rock, 8838 Viscount, 9 p.m. ;0- 1::176%9)14 semifinals on last season’s “Last Comic  '")1:)67   Sunday, April 24 . $0<;;4-.79)9;1:;C;7<9 Standing.” 47+);176:16$)6  *,,.*$&7*5632 41A)917"1+3<8 <-:;9;1:;1551--576; )6,C9-;<96 47+);176 "1+3<8;15-: 9;<6+;176 '")1:)67 )::-;;-6;-96-?;;7 );)::-;;C   7:;+7/)::;);176 $);<9,)@)5  .(/&55&  97<6,;918 )5 85 85 -:-9;$;<,17 6.795);176 $<6,)@ )5 )<9-4    All phone numbers listed are in Juaréz.     85 85 • 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays : French cuisine class. Cost: 1,200 pesos for four weeks. &0&5(86 78).3&00*5: Centro Cultural Paso del Norte — Av. • 7 p.m. Friday, March 4 and March 18 : Free ->7+);176 !9-/76   Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the showing of a French movie to be announced, APRIL 9-10 Red Cross. Information: 1730300 or &5.* 3-)* with Spanish subtitles. ccpn.com.mx. <-:;9;1:;);1-1+0;4 • 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 : Mardi Gras Party. &7-5:23-2632 • 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3 : “Escuchando al #70,-$;<,17: Costumes required; bring prepared dish or <-:;9;1:;7-)6/:;76 Mimo (Listening to the Mime),” mime show. 79;0$;)6;76   beverage. Free admission. *2$;<,17 '0--416/=- Admission: 75 pesos. Information: 237-6961,   *0.2)&7;30) 379-8816. Cafebreria — Anillo envolvente Prona and 766@*9773   • 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 — Coyorcan (orange building across from Museo 3&532 35.22*'*:7& 4.220*5 Theater performance of “Las Arpias” with INBA). The coffee/book shop promotes local  <979)   <-:;9;1:;14*-@;) actresses Silvia Pasquel, Maria Sorte, Isela Vega, arts and literature. Information: 6116541 or 80.*&++**58;   ")16;-,$3@)6-    Magda Guzman, Gabriela Roel, Aleida Nuñez cafebreria.wordpress.com. and Lorena Herrera. Tickets: 6134444. • 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2 : Art exhibit by

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April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 23 Boxing Smoker — Fort Bliss MWR-Sports Information: (575) 874-5200. will host the 2011 Border Rumble Boxing To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from Smoker featuring active duty military, male and I-10, go south (left turn coming from female, at 6 p.m. Friday, April 1 , at Stout Gym Downtown) and follow the signs. on Cassidy Road. Bouts begin with lower El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame — The weight classes and continue through heavy - Prices Give Em Five Hall of Fame Banquet is weight. Interested individuals with five or less 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 , at in the UTEP amateur fights may participate. Spectator featured Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello vs. 8100 Independence. Union building Tomas Rivera Room. Hospitality admission is free. To enter: Joe Fedak, 744- King of The Cage Heavyweight Champion • Golf — 10 a.m. to noon (individual skills) and hour begins at 5:30 p.m. Ticket information: 5795 or [email protected]. Esteves Jones, as well as Rich “No Love” 1 to 5 p.m. (tournament play) Saturday, April 598-8419 or 598-7535. ‘Carnival Freak Show’ — The Sun City Clementi vs. Josh Hinkle. Tickets: $20, $35, 23 , at Fort Bliss’s Underwood Golf Course. $40, $65 and $75, plus service charge. Roller Girls’ next bout features the premiere of El Paso Roller Derby — The new roller College sports the league’s newest team, Las Diablas, taking (Ticketmaster) derby league takes on the Tall City Roller NMSU Men’s Baseball — The Aggies’ on Las Catrinas at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 3 , at El El Maida ClayBusters Fun Shoot — El Betties from Midland/Odessa at 4 p.m. home games are at Presley Askew Complex, Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Maida Shrine Temple sponsors its annual Saturday, April 16 , at El Paso County Locust and Stewart, Las Cruces. Information: Live music at halftime by Sweetest Downfall. fundraising trap shoot is 9 a.m. Saturday, April Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Doors open at 3 (575) 646-4126 or nmstatesports.com. Doors open at 6 p.m., Tickets: $7. Raffle pro - 9 at the Fort Bliss Rod and Gun Club, east of p.m. Tickets: $6 to $10, plus service charge. • April 1-3 — Northern Colorado. Game time ceeds benefit El Paso Human Services. Railroad Drive and Dyer. Awards offered for (Ticketmaster). Information: 474-1666 or elpa - is 6:05 p.m. Friday, 3:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 Information: suncityrollergirls.com. gold, silver and bronze divisions, as well as high sorollerderby.com. p.m. Sunday. man, woman and junior. Food available, for El Paso Sports and Health Expo — El Paso Senior Games — The 29th annual • April 15-17 — San Jose State. Game time is purchase, and shotguns available, if needed. Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Novacek games for those age 50 and older run through 6:05 p.m. Saturday, 3:05 and 7:05 p.m. The public is invited. Call for entry fee. headlines KROD’s annual family show is 11 a.m. April 16 at various locations, sponsored by the Saturday (doubleheader) and 11:05 a.m. Information: 562-1444. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 3 , at Sunland Park City Parks and Recreation Department and Sunday. Racetrack and Casino. The expo features free Special Olympics Spring Games — The Bravo Health. Applications available at any NMSU Women’s Softball — Home games health screenings, consultations, sports card Area 19 2010 Spring Games’ main events are 8 Recreation or Senior Center with the Parks and are at Presley Askey Complex, Locust and and collectors’ tables, sporting goods, apparel a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7 , at Burges High Recreation Department. Registration: $15 for Stewart, Las Cruces. Information: (575) 646- and more. Also featured is Fighter Physique School, 7800 Edgemere. Events include basket - two events, plus $5 for each additional event. 4126 or nmstatesports.com. LogoBoxing bringing 15 amateur bouts. ball, track and field, tennis and motor activities. Information: 544-0753 or 533-3207. Web: elpa - • 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 4 — New Mexico. Admission is free; autographs from Novacek The “Athlete Village” will feature different sotexas.gov/parks • April 8-9 — Fresno State. Game time is 6 are $10 and $25. Proceeds benefit various games, music and entertainment. Admission is Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — p.m. Friday and 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday. charities. Information: 351-4592 or krod.com. free. Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org The 2010-2011 live horse racing season runs • April 22-23 — Louisiana Tech. Game time is Drafted in 1985, Novacek spent five seasons Opening Ceremonies are 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, through April 19 . Race days are Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Friday and 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday (dou - with the Cardinals then signed with the Dallas May 6 . A Victory Dance follows. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. First post is bleheader). Cowboys as a free agent. He was a key con - April events: 12:45 p.m. each race day. General admission is tributor for Dallas in the early 1990s, assisting • Gymnastic Tournament — 6 to 8 p.m. Tejanos baseball - The Tejanos of El Paso free to the track and casino. Turf Club seating is them to three Super Bowl wins. Thursday, April 14 , at Hanks High School, Community College play home games at the $7. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland- 2001 Lee Trevino. Valle Verde Campus Baseball Field. Games Rogue Warrior Championships — The park.com. • Aquatics Tournament — 9 a.m. to noon, begin at noon (doubleheaders). Admission is live Texas Cage Fighting event is 8 p.m. Friday, Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. Saturday, April 16 , at William Cowan Pool, free. Information: 831-2275. April 8 , at El Paso County Coliseum. The bout General admission and parking are free. Please see Page 25

Page 24 El Paso Scene April 2011 Sports entrance gate into Hueco Tanks park for a bike 16; space limited to 200 riders. Reservations Mountain members must bring their licenses as ride and picnic (leader supplied), along with online only via nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $5 per per - proof of membership. Cont’d from Page 24 options to hike and climb to look at pic - son/ $2.50 ages 15 and younger. Information: Information: (575) 350-5116 or tographs. If you want to enter the park call (575) 479-6124, ext. 236 or (575) 679-2599, [email protected]. On-line registration at • April 15-16 — Luna Community (915-857-1135 or 1-800-792-1112-Option 3) ext. 232. active.com. • April 29-30 — Western Texas College. to reserve an entrance spot. The ride will be Great American Bicycle Race — The ‘We Remember’ Memorial Bicycle about 25 miles at a moderate pace. Either 11th annual race is Saturday, April 16 , in Trek — Texas Peace Officers Memorial Bicycle Tejanas softball — The EPCC Tejanas’ climb to the Border Patrol checkpoint or enjoy Carlsbad, N.M. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m., Trek begins at 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April home games are at the Valle Verde Softball the wide shoulders of Montana. Patty Van Tine, corner of Park Drive and Church Street at the 20 , with a memorial ceremony and symbolic Field. Admission is free. Information: 831-2275. 667-0202 Locomotive. Entry fee: $25 per rider. Two ride-out from the El Paso Police Academy. A Softball office: 831-2367. • 8 a.m. Saturday, April 16 - First B/IG races are offered: 59-mile route at 8 a.m. and memorial flag will be presented to the families • April 8-9 — Clarendon Community College Distance Ride. Meet at Rio Plaza corner of 22-mile route at 8:15 a.m. Both feature rolling of Officer Karl McDonough (EPPD) and Officer • April 15-16 — Midland Community College. Artcraft and Upper Valley. 22 miles. Margaret hills on paved roads. Proceeds benefit Landsun Cesar Arreola (EPSO). The official departure is O’Kelley, 588-3825. UTEP Softball - Home games are at the Homes Caring Hands Fund. Information: 8 a.m. Thursday, April 21 , from the Lowe’s at • 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16 — Meet at Helen of Troy Complex. Ticket information: [email protected] or carlsbadcyclingclub.com. 12100 Montana. The community is invited to Cotton Eyed Joe’s Restaurant off the Clint Exit. 747-5347 or utepathletics.com. come out and help send them off. Admission is Tour the valley missions and return to the Tour of Socorro — The 5th annual off-road • April 9-10 - 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday and noon free; donations accepted for the foundation. restaurant for breakfast. 25 miles, Moderate bicycling event is 7:30 a.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday vs. Houston Information: 564-7307 or eppd.org. Pace. Robin Vaughn, 443-9993. Sunday, April 16-17 , in Socorro, N.M., as part • April 22-23 - 2 and 4 p.m. Friday and noon Participating peace officers will start their trek • 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 17 —Meet at La of the 2010 New Mexico Off-Road Series. The Saturday vs. East Carolina. in El Paso and ride to each National, State, Union Station Restaurant. Ride to Afton Rd. and event features two races, the 8-mile South County and City Department within the state UTEP Tennis — UTEP’s home tennis match - return for breakfast. 45 miles, moderate pace. Baldy Hill Climb Saturday and the Cerrillos del of Texas that lost an officer. These core riders es are at El Paso Tennis Club, 2510 N. St. Vrain Charlie & Rick, 581-9896. Coyote cross-country race Sunday. Pre-regis - will travel 3,000 miles across Texas on bicycle. (in Arroyo Park). Admission is free. • 9 a.m. Saturday, April 23 — Meet at Zin tration strongly encouraged, although race day The trek ends with a special vigil at the Peace Information: 747-5347 or utepathletics.com. Valle Winery (NM 28, 1/2 mile north of FM registration available. Officers Memorial Wall in Austin. The women take on Southern Miss at 8:30 259). Pace and distance determined by riders Cost: $20 per race, $50 for both races by a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9 . (Fast/Moderate/Beginner) - just be back by April 13. Juniors age 18 and younger: $10 per The Women will host a tournament Thursday about 11:30 for cheese & fruit. Winery opens at race, $35 for both. Additional fee of $5 per through Saturday, April 21-23 . Match times to noon. Shelley Weaver, 373-2136. race for one-day USAC membership. USAC- Please see Page 26 be announced. • 9 a.m. Sunday, April 24 — Meet at Artcraft UTEP Track Invitational — Top-ranked & Upper Valley. Ride over Transmountain, up university track teams and other athletes will McKelligon Canyon, to the top of Scenic Drive compete in the annual all-day track meet begins and return. 50 miles, moderate (15-18 mph)      at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16 , at Kidd Field, pace. Breakfast to be decided by riders. UTEP. Information: 747-5347, 747-6841 or Anthony Moye, 253-514-9260.     utepathletics.com. • 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30 — Meet at La Union Station Restaurant on NM 28. Ride to    Bicycling Mesquite, take rollers at Vado and return via #'"& " ) Vinton. Breakfast after. 40 miles, moderate (15-       El Paso Bicycle Club - Club events are 17 mph) pace. Linda Price, 433-4188. !(! ( " $ !(454,'(56',1$)&)+ open to the public; helmets required. • 9 a.m. Sunday, May 1 —Meet at Power  $'$ &+'$%          Information: elpasobicycleclub.com. Shots, 965 N. Resler, and ride Transmountain to Leaderless ‘Wednesday Night Rides’ leave & through Tom Mays Park. Return via the ' &$ (& *!'% (        5:45-6 p.m. from River Run Plaza, 1071 rollers to Anthony and back. 35+ miles, mod - Country Club Rd. 20-24 mile Upper Valley ride, erate pace. Blanca Harp, 422-2238 & Sylvia #$!+)"$     at various paces. Optional dinner afterward at Mejia, 740-9033. 1 ("+)"& / &, Hello Pizza.    • 8, 8:15 and 9 a.m. Saturday, April 2 - 3-in-1 Beginner/Intermediate Group (B/IG) )( 1,#.+, 1,-.+ 1, Ride. Three distances at three different paces, Rides — The El Paso Bicycle Club offers a   $/ special training program for beginning and Can’t find a copy of the Scene? all scheduled to arrive at The Bean in Mesilla at )( 1,. , 1,#.+, 1, the same time (10 a.m.). Group 1 meets at 8 intermediate riders. Weekly rides begin Try going online @ a.m. at River Run Plaza, leaving promptly at promptly at 6 p.m. Tuesdays (5:45 p.m. April www.epscene.com  2/ 5) at Rio Plaza on Upper Valley Road and .( 1, 8:15 for 34-mile ride at about 19 mph (led by All the monthly listings & features Randy Limbird). Group 2 meets at 8:15 across Artcraft. Helmets required; participants should   $/$0'  2/ from La Union Station, leaving promptly at 8:30 park cars in spaces marked for cyclists. Week-by-week recaps of things to do Information: Margaret O’Kelley, 588-3825, or  /( )"& / &,  for 25-mile ride at about 17 mph (led by What’s coming up in future months Margaret O’Kelley). Group 3 meets at 9 in La Bob Lynn, 443-4226. !('0(4'$842/ • 5:45 p.m. April 5 - B/IG Training and Safety Mesa across from Eagle Grocery, leaving 8(0*$3#1*$&.$44(4$.411))(3(' promptly at 9:10 for 12-mile ride at about 15 • 6 p.m. April 12 - How to Shift • 6 p.m. April 19 - Good Riding Habits and  2/6(4'$84+634'$84 mph (led by Terry Campbell). After $5+$/2,10$0&(56',1 Etiquette coffee/snack break, groups will return at rough - 105711' ly similar paces; optional lunch at La Union. • 6 p.m. April 26 - Introduction to Group Randy Limbird, 542-1422. Riding and Pacelines. 312,0)(( 9&.$44(4 • 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 3 — Meet at Artcraft The first B/IG distance ride begins at 8 a.m. &.$44(4 9 &.$44(4 & Upper Valley, ride over Anthony Gap and Saturday, April 16 , at Rio Plaza. 22 miles. 0.,/,5('&.$44(4($&+4(44,10 come back over Transmountain. 45 miles, mod - Fort Davis Hammerfest — The two-day          erate (15-18 mph) pace. Breakfast/lunch option bicycle stage race is Saturday and Sunday, April (!)+'-$)( afterwards. Olac Fuentes, 217-8008. 9-10 , in Fort Davis, Texas. The Texas Cup State +,.&  )+ (  • 8 a.m. Saturday, April 9 — Ride With the Division Stage Race has three stages, including a Wind. Meet at 8 a.m. at River Run Plaza to car - 16-mile hill climb and 16-mile flat time trial avan by car to Columbus, N.M. Then bike back Saturday, and 16, 34, 56 and 74-mile road race 1 ("+)")+%,#)* the 65 miles, hopefully with a typical spring routes Sunday. Races begin at Fort Davis on 0$-#$%$  ++1& +$ " westerly wind. Bike Club will provide a bike Hwy 110, Saturday, and at Prude Ranch on +$-.(*+$&  trailer for up to 12 bikes and a rest stop Sunday. Registration: $65-$80, depending on halfway back. Riders will need to arrange their category and race. Participation free for juniors. )"!)+$! $)&)+ own transportation to Columbus (with either a Information: (432) 699-1718 or 1-800-373-   )13$.. '$84,)2$,'%823,. non-rider driving the vehicle back or splitting 4764. Online registration at active.com.  $)5(3,0*.(4(44,1023,&(4 the driving/riding back with a friend). This is a  )133,2/13$5  2/ ride-as-fast-you-can ride — last year the wind Full Moon Bike Ride — White Sands did its part and the group averaged over 22 National Monument, 5 miles southwest of $51360 $/  2/ mph the whole way. Randy Limbird, 542-1422. Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70, hosts its first (0'&+(&-51#1*$13,)( • 10 a.m. Sunday, April 10 — Hueco Tanks Full Moon bike ride for 2011 at 9 p.m.  ,45$'(.105( Ride. Meet at the wash about a mile before the Saturday, April 16 . Reservations begin March .$41"

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 25    Sports Regional Athletic Fields. Co-ed, Women and Men’s leagues offered; 16 games per division.     Cont’d from Page 25 Cost: $370 per team. Information: 351-6266 or elpasosoftball.com.   SRAM Tour of the Gila Bike Races — The 25th annual stage bicycle races are April Greater El Paso Tennis Association — 27-May 1 in Silver City, N.M. More than 500 Information: 532-5524, [email protected] or athletes compete in professional and amateur elpasotennis.org. Advance registration at tour - bicycle races ranging from 168 to 340 miles in naments.usta.com, Call or visit website for length, including three road races, and individ - other tennis programs. ual time and men’s’ and women’s criterium • EPCC Adult Tennis Tournament is April 13- races. Thousands of dollars in cash prizes 17 at El Paso Country Club, 5000 Country  offered. Registration fees: $115-$150, depend - Club Place. This is the second Grand Prix of ing on category. No refunds after Information: the year. Registration deadline is April 9 (ID#   (575) 388-3222 or racemistress@tourofthegi - 759401311). Information: 581-3422. la.com. Entry forms available online through • The 35th Annual Alamogordo Adult Open is    April 26 at tourofthegila.com. April 16-17 in Alamogordo, N.M. (ID#  !!!& 759501911). Cost: $18 singles; $17 each for Atom Cyclist Bike Club — The club hosts doubles, plus TDM fee. Information: (575) 434-   50-100-mile weekly rides every Saturday and 3565, (575) 415-5267. Sunday from the Atom Cyclist Bike Shop, 1886 • The 7th annual Tennis for the Cure Doubles Joe Battle, Suite 205, for intermediate and   Tournament Championship is May 4-7 . All advanced riders only. Information, ride times: proceeds go to the local Susan G. Komen for & % $ Atom Cyclist, 225-0011. the Cure of El Paso. Information: Jennifer   Viramontes, 532-5524 or [email protected]. Golf Juniors:   Community Golf Courses — El Paso • The O.S.A. Juniors Open is April 21-24 at Coronado Country Club, 1044 Broadmoor.  $"% Community College hosts golf classes for both youth and adults with PGA golf professional Level 6 tournament. Deadline is April 16 (ID#

 Mike Smith at Ascarate Golf Course, 6900 759410811). Cost: $19 singles, $15 per player Delta. Information: 329-0384 or epcc.edu. for doubles. Information: Vedran Vidovic, 584-  &"# "! Adult classes are 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 1171, 584-4083 or [email protected].  &"# $& March 31-April 21 . Registration deadline is • America’s Junior Open is April 27-May 1 at  &" # '!( March 31. Cost: $89. America’s High School, 12101 Pellicano. Level  Junior classes are 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 6 tournament. Deadline is April 23 (ID# Saturdays, April 2-23 . Registration deadline is 759404611). Cost: $18 singles; per player for      Friday, April 1. Cost: $59. $13 doubles, plus TDM fee. Information:     Robert Tapia, 820-6227 or [email protected].    Immanuel Christian School Golf • This month’s 10 and Under “Tennis Nights in Classic — The school’s 2nd annual fundraising America” and Junior Tennis Tournaments are    tournament is 1 p.m. Friday, April 15 , at Vista noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17 , at El Paso Hills Country Club. Cost: $125 per player; Tennis Club, 25 10 N. St. Vrain (in Arroyo $500 team of four; includes dinner. Golf shirt Park). Cost for the non-elimination format for all registering by April 4. Information: 778- tournament is $5 per person. 6160 or 474-4880.  AYSO Region 272 — American Youth Recreational Sports Soccer League’s westside Region 272 will host its early bird registration for current players ‘Final Four’ 3-on-3 tournament — The and their families for the 2011-12 season 8 Fort Bliss Middle School and Teen Program’s a.m. to noon Saturday, April 16 , at Gallegos Final Four 3-on-3 basketball tournament is 1 to Park on Bosque Road in Canutillo, for boys and    10 p.m. Saturday, April 2 , at the YouthPlex, girls age 4-16 (by Sept. 12). New players must Bldg. 195 on Chaffee Road in Fort Bliss. bring birth certificate for age verification. Cost     Divisions offered for ages 11 to 18. Gift cards (for April 16 only): $80 for first player; $70 for    ## for each player on winning teams. second; $60 each for subsequent players resid - Information/registration: 568-2908. %$ $$'( %$ ing in the same household (includes jersey, Youth Football — City of El Paso Parks and shorts, socks, accident insurance and end-of-   Rec’s Spring League for ages 8-14 runs season trophy). Information: Saturday and Sundays, April 3-May 22 at vari - [email protected] or ayso272.org. ous parks. Eight-game tackle football season Volunteer coaches, referees and board mem -     planned; no playoffs. The league will accommo - bers also sought.       date 40 teams. Cost: $560 per team. Gus & Goldie Summer Swim League $   "  "  Information: Martin Chacon or Arturo Valadez — Registration for 2011 summer swim league #     at 747-2743 or elpasotexas.gov. begins 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , at %         The games will be played at Nations Tobin various El Paso aquatic centers. Participants Park, 8831 Railroad and Marian Manor Park, need copy of birth certificate, parent’s driver’s       8343 Clifford Court. license, parent class card and parental acknowl -   Achieve the Dream Volleyball edgement form. Participants may also register Tournament — The tournament benefiting April 17-June 30 during regular aquatic center    the “Achieve the Dream” Foundation is set for hours. Practice begins May 31, with champi -        Monday through Saturday, April 4-9 , at onship July 25-26 at Pavo Real Aquatic Center. Horizon High School, 14651 Horizon Blvd. The Cost: $35. Information/locations: 541-4594 tournament is open to both student and club Parent classes for all swim league parents and $ teams. Cost: $2 per player for student teams participants are at 911 Ochoa, Suite A. Cost: "    and $10 per player for club teams. Game times $5; online payment at elpasotexas.gov/parks. $$!   to be announced. Information: Jose Ramirez, Classes offered 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, April 6, 13 and 27 .   276-7974 or [email protected].   Adult Softball League — City of El Paso El Paso Kickball Spring Season — The Sports and Recreation Department’s adult adult coed kickball league games are Thursdays leagues play Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesday beginning April 21 at Modesto Gomez Park, &#$%#    4600 Edna (off Delta, southeast of I-10/U.S. $$"$# #! $  and Thursdays, April 10-June 19 , at Blackie Chesher, Marty Robbins and Northeast Please see Page 27 El Paso Scene Page 26 April 2011 Sports 658-9650 or snmspeedway.com. Packet pick-up is 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 run is named in memory of Sgt. Ruben Orozco to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 2-3 at Comfort of the El Paso Sheriff’s Office. El Paso Speedway Park — 14851 Marina Suites University, 2101 Triviz, in Las Cruces. Cont’d from Page 26 (off Montana 7 miles east of Loop 375). The Amigo Amblers — The IVV Volksport walk - 54). Open to ages 21 and older in both com - 2011 racing season opens Friday, April 29 , Volksmarch — Las Cruces Sun Country ing club hosts monthly 5K and 10K group walks petitive and non-competitive divisions. Cost: 7:45 p.m. Fridays, and include wing sprints, Striders will host the AVA-sanctioned fitness September through May. Group walks begin at $35 per player (deadline is March 30). super stocks, street stocks, modifieds, super walking event Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10 , 9 a.m. and are followed by a no-host refresh - Information: 274-7903 or elpasokickball.com. trucks, limited late models, and legends. Season along the Rio Grande. Start times are 8:30 a.m. ment or luncheon gathering at a nearby restau - runs through September. Gates open at 5:30 to 1 p.m. for distances of 5 and 10 KM. Trails rant. Participants do not need to be a member Public Ice Skating — Skating offered noon p.m. Admission is $10 ($7 seniors/military with are paved and dirt paths. Pets welcome, but of the group to walk. Participation is free; $4 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the Sierra ID/students age 11-15 or with UTEP ID). Free must be on leash at all times. Registration is for a B award and IVV Credit; $3 for credit Providence Event Center next to the Coliseum, for children 10 and under. Information: 791- free; $3 charge for AVA distance/event book only. Information: 595-2291. This month’s walk 4100 Paisano. All ages welcome. Admission: $7 8749 or epspeedwaypark.com. stamps. Information: derrillrothermich@hot - is Saturday, April 16 at UTEP. (skate rental included). Spectator admission is mail.com or [email protected]. free. Information: 479-PUCK (7825) or elpa - El Paso Motorplex — The drag strip is at Raptor Duathlon — The 5K run, 30K bike Meet at La Llorona Park; Exit I-10 at Motel soicemonitor.com. 13101 Gateway West, (east of El Paso at I-10 race is 8 a.m. Sunday, April 17 , at Holloman Blvd and turn north to Picacho. off Clint exit #42). Drag races are 6 to 10 p.m. Air Force Base Sports & Fitness Center. Cost: Summer Youth Baseball — Registration is Sundays. Spectator admission varies. Wind Triathlon — The 7K run/35K bike and $35 ($55 teams). Information: (575) 572-2391 being taken through May 2 for the City of El Information: 588-8119 or southwestdrags.com. 400 meter swim is 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 9 , or hollomanfss.com. Paso’s Summer Youth Baseball season set for at White Sands Missile Range’s Bell Gym. May 9-July 18 at various city fields. Twelve Run/Walk for Autism — Southwest Runs and walks Participants must be at security gate by 5:30 games planned, including playoffs. Cost per Chapter of the Autism Society of America will a.m. Cost: $50 individuals; $70 teams. No race team: $310 for age 8 and up; $550 for age 10 Triviz Drive 5K Race Series — The City host its 3rd annual awareness and fundraising day registration. Information: (575) 678-3374 and up and 12 and up; and $575 for age 14 and of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation hosts a series 5K run and one-mile family fun walk 8 a.m. or wsmrmwr.com (click on “Bell Gym”). up (includes umpire fee). Information: 534- of three 5K races during April at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30 , at Ascarate Park, 6900 0255 or elpasotexas.gov. Saturday, April 2, 16 and 30 , at the Kohl’s Sgt. Ruben Orozco Torch Run — El Paso Delta. Race-day registration is 7 to 7:45 a.m. Coaches meeting is 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May parking lot, 2500 N. Triviz. Cost: $20 per race County Sheriff’s Officers Association’s 8K Run/2 Registration: $10 to $20, depending on event 5, at Hilos de Plata Senior Center, 4451 Delta. ($30 for all three). Information: (575) 541- Mile Walk benefiting Special Olympics Texas and registration date. Information: 772-9100 or 2563. Ongoing registration at Meerscheidt Area-19 programs is 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday, April [email protected]. Motor sports Recreation Center, 1600 E. Hadley, and also at 10 , at Stanton and Cincinnati, . Race Against Diabetes — The 3rd annual 7 a.m. at the race site on the day of the races. The 8K run begins with a shotgun start at 8 Speedway of Southern New Mexico — 5K run and 5K and 1-mile fun walks are 7 a.m. a.m. Non-competitive walk starts at 8:15 a.m. The track features modifieds, super stocks, MVTC Triathlon — The Mesilla Valley Track Saturday, May 7 , at The Garden, 511 Western Local law enforcement agencies, Special speed stocks and more Saturdays. The Club’s 5K run, 25K bike ride, 500M swim Court in Union Plaza, Downtown. Trophies for Olympics Texas athletes, runners and walkers Speedway is 11 miles west of Las Cruces exit begins at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 3 , at the NMSU overall male and female runners in each age of all levels participate. 132, off I-10. Take south frontage road to Nautitorium, 1492 Stewart, in Las Cruces. category, medals for top three male and Registration: $20 through April 1; $25 race Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. A Pre-sea - Registration runs through April 2. No race day females in each age group. All runners receive day. Free t-shirt and goody bag offered at pack - son scramble is 7:45 p.m. Saturday, April 2 . registration offered. Cost: $58 ($38 juniors; $15 race t-shirt and refreshments at the end of the et pick-up. Race day registration is 6:30 to 7:30 Gates open at 5 p.m. Regular season begins kids) for individuals; $129 teams. Non-USAT race. Registration (by April 28): $20 for com - a.m. at the starting site. Information: 533-8229 Saturday, May 7 . General admission: $10 ($7 members must pay additional $10 for one-day petitive run; $10 for walk ($5 for walk for ages or sotx.org. seniors, military, students age 11-15 or with license ($5 youth). Information: (575) 524-7824 12 and younger). Registration increase by $5 The Torch Run is the largest grassroots NMSU ID; ages 10 and younger free). Prices or [email protected]. per event April 29-May 7. Information: Chris fundraising program for Special Olympics. The may vary for special events. Information: 1-800- Online registration at active.com. Rowley, 478-5663.

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 27 here have our manners gone? Newspaper/magazine Warticles complain about for - gotten manners in the U.S. A recent guest with us from Vienna told me that the same problem exists in Austria and elsewhere on the Continent. Does this loss of courtesy mean it’s becoming old fashioned like the Model-T Ford, black- and-white TV, typewriters and propeller airplanes? Here are a few examples. At School. An Albuquerque psychiatrist attributes growing schoolyard bullying to “the way adults act in public … Today there’s more permission to be rude and nasty with one another … When kids see adults behaving this Manners way, they treat other kids the way they’ve learned at home.” “Relational aggression” is the new term to use for gone AWOL boys who taunt and abuse others who are smaller, different or not part of the • Hispanics get upset if an Anglo in-group. makes fun of a Hispanic’s accent. With technology. Girls seem to rely Unusual? more on cyberbullying. With email, • Wholesome families teach little chil - Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and cell dren courtesy and respect. Not surpris - phone text messaging, a young lady has ingly, teachers report that youngsters in modern technology to defame character, troubled neighborhood schools will act get revenge for supposed slights, cause rudely — just what they learned at intense emotional damage, and even — home. I must say, though, that in my as with one recent college roommate — after-retirement work with at-risk push someone to suicide. youths in an El Paso barrio noted for its poverty, many boys from chaotic homes In politics. After 18 years in the U.S. were still most respectful, even some House of Representatives, Mark Stupak gang members. One day at the gym, of Michigan refused to run for reelec - one lad came out with a cuss word, tion, complaining that Congress is “so which I immediately pointed out to hateful now … Every boundary of him. He quickly said “Sorry.” He gets decency has been crossed.” Others envy courtesy credit. I must say that those his decision. House and Senate leaders who arrived more recently from México used to debate forcefully on the floor, stood out especially with courtesy and then after adjournment gather in learned at home. their various offices to “gab and guz - zle.” Reports say that now such friend - • Handshaking is so Latino, both to liness happens very rarely. begin and also to end a conversation. I have witnessed a man at a funeral home Radio and TV. Current talk radio pro - shake everyone’s hand when entering vides shrill, rude, nasty voices that the room as well as do so before leav - shout loudly and spew profanity at ing — even if the others were strangers. opponents, not officially called “ene - mies.” TV spews the same angry slan - • Hispanic workers polled in plant or der. To debate means to attack and to office report that their worst problem is accuse. It’s modern trench warfare. when an Anglo employer sharply criti - cizes a worker in front of fellow Among Hispanics. The examples above employees. Unusual? But is that resent - represent lost manners on the more ment stronger among Hispanics than extreme edge. I do not know if non-Hispanics? That’s for another to Hispanic radio and TV are similar. In answer. any case, good manners are the bottom line in all healthy relationships, and • The elderly receive special respect. Hispanics just like everyone, every - Families include the old folks in their where, value respect and courtesy . So gatherings and in daily tasks. In fact, how do Hispanics/Latinos emphasize tradition keeps elders in the home those qualities? To be sure, not all rather than putting them in nursing Hispanics all the time show good man - homes. And children learn to respect ners. After all, hispanidad does not con - their elders early. fer sainthood, and bad manners appear • Introductions traditionally follow a in all cultures, but so does courtesy. set pattern taught from childhood. Once And if simple courtesy is the founda - I was introduced to a young man in tion level in our relationships, Latinos Costa Rica who automatically replied, traditionally show what transactional “A sus órdenas ,” or, literally, “I await analysis calls “rituals,” those daily uni - your command.” versal expressions that lubricate our personal interactions. Let me illustrate. To repeat, why this concern about • Just as in polite English with “Sir” civility and decency? Extremely simple. or “Ma’am,” likewise, Señor , Señora or We call it civilization. Señorita are used in Spanish. Outside of close friendships, Hispano adults are Richard Campbell is author expected to use such terms, and youths of “Two Eagles in the Sun: are always expected to with adults. A Guide to U.S. Hispanic Culture.”

Page 28 El Paso Scene April 2011 Edison: Thinker, Racking Up History Inventor, Scientist by Bill Rakocy The following are edited excerpts from Elbert Hubbard’s “Thomas A. Edison” (Roycrafters, E. Aurora, N.Y., c. 1910). The northern cities of Ohio, Norwalk instrument and Elyria, set between Cleveland on the clicked off east and Toledo on the west, were famil - dots and dash - iar to the newsboy Thomas Edison. He es on a long was born in Milan, Ohio, a village a few strip of paper. miles from Elyria. Edison looked on A Mother’s Gift — Her Legacy with open mouth. Down at Lily Dale the other day, a “Would you woman told me that she had talked with like to become the mother of Edison, and the spirit- a telegraph voice had said, “It is true I was a operator?” Canadian schoolteacher, and this at a asked the time when very few women taught, but I agent. Thomas Edison am the mother of him you call Thomas “Sure!” was A. Edison. I studied and read and wrote the reply. And he did and was. and in degree I educated myself. I had A new realistic world had opened to great ambition — I thirsted to know, to Edison. do, to become. But I was hampered and chained in an uncongenial atmosphere. Reasoning, Thinking and Creativity My body struggled with its bonds, so that I grew weak, worried, sick, and It is no doubt that Edison had an insa - died, leaving my boy to struggle his way tiable appetite for any new aspect con - alone. My only regret at death was the cerning electricity in all its varied forms. thought that I was leaving my boy. I His broad reasoning of his life … his thought that through marriage I had awareness of the abstract nature of cellu - killed my career — sacrificed myself. lar structure — chemistry — and solving But my boy became heir to all my the unexplained and unknown was his hunger for knowledge, and he has gift to mankind. accomplished what I dimly dreamed. He Edison was interested in all things and has made plain what I only guessed.” wanted input and awareness — and wanted to know. A Fresh New Time and Life Later in life, as an older scientist and developer of photographs, radio, light Young Edison used to ride up and bulbs and myriad electronic gadgets, down from Detroit on the passenger Edison, in his new commercial company boats and sell newspapers. His standing founded by him, was to continue with with the Detroit “Free Press,” backed up his quest for unknown and undeveloped by his good cheer and readiness to help electricity research. passengers with their babies and bun - dles, gave him free passage on all rail - Edison at Menlo Park roads and steamboat lines. There was a public library at Detroit He moved to the then-secluded spot of where anyone could read, but books Menlo Park to devote himself to experi - could not be taken away. All Edison’s ments, spending an even $100,0000 in spare time was spent at the library, equipment as a starter. Results followed which to him was a gold mine. All his fast, and soon we had the incandescent mother’s books had been sold, stolen or lamp, trolley car, electric pen and many given away. other inventions. It was on the night of When Edison saw the inside of that October 23, 1879, that Edison first library and was told he could read any or turned the current through an incandes - all of the books, he said, “If you please, cent burner and got the perfect light. He Mister, I’ll begin here.” And he tackled sat and looked at the soft, mild, beautiful the first shelf. light and laughed a joyous peal of laugh - ter that was heard in the adjoining Telegraph Station Opens a New World rooms. “We’ve got it, boys!” he cried, and the boys, a dozen of them, came When Edison was 14, his parents, for tumbling in. Arguments started as to economic reasons, vacated Ohio and how long it would last. One said an hour. moved to Sarnia, Canada, where Lake “Twenty-four hours,” said Edison. They Erie joins Lake Huron. all vowed they would watch it without Over at Mount Clemens, Mich., folks sleep until the carbon film was destroyed congregated, and there young Edison and the light went out. It lasted 40 hours. took weekly trips selling papers. On one To be sure Edison’s ability to project such visit, he rescued the little son of the — concepts, ideas and abstract thinking station-agent from in front of a moving into an aspect of hard reality — where train. In gratitude, the man took the boy the abstract for him became the real to his house and told him he must make world as we all accept it, use it and it his home while in Mount Clemens; know it to be.Edison helped to teach us and then after supper the youngster went to look, see and know, and live. down to the station; and what was more, the station-agent took him in behind the Bill Rakocy is an El Paso artist and ticket-window, where the telegraph historian. Information: 584-9716.

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Museum district month’s outreach, Down Syndrome Association Area attractions feet. Cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children of El Paso. A special presentation by Gloria 12 years and under. Tickets sales stop one hour Cont’d from Page 31 Blair with Pasta and More. Reservation deadline Western Playland — The amusement park before closing. Hours of operation are noon to is April 13. Cost: $13 (cash or check only). is at 1249 Futurity Dr. in Sunland Park, N.M. 6 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, and District 1 City Rep. Ann Morgan Lilly. Cost: Information/reservations: 598-0811. across from the racetrack. Tickets: $16.70, plus noon to 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and holidays. $17. Reservations (by April 8): 740-9725. tax (pay one price); $5 non-rider admission; The tram is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. El Paso Paralegal Association — The American Association of University free non-rider passes for ages 2 and younger Information: 566-6622. association’s general luncheon meeting is noon Women — The El Paso Branch of AAUW and age 60 and older, includes train and sky State Park is managed to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 21 , at El Paso Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 9 , at ride admission. Individual ride tickets are $2. by Texas Parks & Wildlife and is also part of 18th Floor Chase Bank Building, 201 Main, fea - Sunset Grocery, 700 Mundy. Master Gardener Information: (575) 589-3410 or westernplay - Franklin Mountains State Park. To get there: turing a talk on “Children and the Courts” with Jim Hastings will talk on “Taking Care of Your land.com. Take Sunland Park Exit 13 from I-10. Take Alabama to McKinley and turn toward the Honorable Yahara Lisa Gutierrez of the 65th Plants After the Freeze.” Lunch follows talk for April hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Saturdays and mountain. Judicial District Court. Admission is free and $10 per person. Information: 592-0877. Friday, April 22, and 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays. open to the public; lunch on one’s own. La Viña Winery — New Mexico’s oldest L’Alliance Française d’El Paso — The Information: 546-5267 or elppa.org. Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — winery is just across the state line from El Paso, group promotes French culture and language in Discover El Paso — The nonprofit group, The copper-domed casino offers slot machines, at 4201 S. NM Highway 28, one mile north of a variety of activities. Information: 585-1789, founded in 1973, is dedicated to promoting and video-machine versions of poker, keno and Vinton Road. Information: (575) 882-7632 or 845-6535 or afofelpaso.com. things to do and see in and around El Paso. other games. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. lavinawinery.com. The monthly dinner is 6:30 p.m. Thursday, The monthly luncheon is noon Tuesday, April Sunday through Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. The tasting room and patio are open for sales April 28 , at Thirteen O Nine Restaurant, 26 , at El Paso Club, 18th floor Chase Tower Friday and Saturday. Lounge is open, with live and tasting of wines from 12 to 5 p.m. EPCC ASC Building B, 9050 Viscount, featuring Bank Building. Reservations required. entertainment and dancing, until 2 a.m. week - Thursday through Tuesday (closed a meal prepared by students of the EPCC Reservations: 584-3126 or 584-3858. ends. Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. every - Wednesdays). Tasting fee is $5. A daily tour is Culinary Art Program. Reservation deadline is A field trip to El Paso Zoo to see the new day. General admission and parking are free. offered at 11:30 a.m. by appointment only; the April 15. Information: Maud, 833-8705. addition including African exhibit is $10 a.m. Information: (575) 874-5200. $10 fee includes tasting. The monthly French film showing is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 . The group will attend a To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from The Spring Wine Festival is noon to 7 p.m. Friday, April 22 . Information: 585-1789. docent-led tour through the exhibit. Cost for I-10, go south (left turn coming from Saturday and Sunday, April 30-May 1 , featur - The spring 8-week session of French classes Discover El Paso members that day is $7.50. Downtown) and follow the signs. ing tastings, live music and more. Admission: for children and adults begins the week of April $15 for adults, includes complimentary glass 11. Information: 566-8042 or 833-8705. ‘ElPasoMommies’ — The new online com - Tigua Indian Cultural Center — 305 and choice of nine tastes of wine (or a glass of munity ElPasoMommies.com hosts its monthly Yaya Road, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta Military Order of the World Wars — wine of one’s choice); $5 ages 12-20; free for meet-n-greet for mothers 10:30 a.m. to noon Mission. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday The El Paso Chapter the Military Order of the ages 12 and younger. Saturday, April 30 , at Kinley’s House Coffee, through Sunday. The center features a museum World Wars will hold its monthly meeting and 2231 N. Mesa. Moms may come with or with - on the Tigua tribe, including its relationship to luncheon at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16 , at the Zin Valle Vineyards — 7315 Hwy 28 in out their kids. Admission is free. Information: the Tiwas of northern New Mexico. Admission Wyndham Airport Hotel. The Chapter will Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tast - ElPasoMommies.com. is free. Information: 859-7700 or announce its “Citizen of the Year.” Information: ysletadelsur.org. ings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday. 755-4038. International Coin Club — El Paso’s only Information: 877-4544 or zinvalle.com. Wyler Aerial Tramway — Texas’ only pub - El Paso Christian Women’s Connection coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first Free Music Sundays are 1 to 4 p.m. selected Monday of the month at Travelodge-La licly accessible mountain tramway gives passen - Sundays featuring local talent including James — The group hosts its April luncheon 11:30 Hacienda, 6400 Montana. Visitors always wel - gers a view of 7,000 square miles, two coun - Springer, Julio Ortiz, Dan Lambert, Greg a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 , at El Paso come, and admission free for first-time visitors. tries and three states (Texas, New Mexico and Gonzalez, Carolyne of Liquid Skin, and Dusty Radisson Hotel, 1770 Airway, with inspirational Information: 533-6001 or 526-3180. Chihuahua) from Ranger Peak, elevation 5,632 Low. Bring a picnic. speaker Lin Wade and a presentation of this

Page 32 El Paso Scene April 2011 The San Elizario Presidio Chapel, left, has long been a popular stop on the Mission Trail. The art distict (above) has added to the area’s attractiveness to visitors, and also has generated business for nearby Licon Dairy (right). Photos by Rick Tate New Life in San Eli El Paso’s most historic community growing in appeal as tourist and art destination Story by Lisa Kay Tate

an Elizario, a community known for The district has also gained the support of they can experience the various types of “Another building is going to be restored what’s old, now is getting attention for one of the Southwest’s most recognizable art and the whole historical area.” to house another restaurant or coffee shop, Swhat’s new. artists, Amado Peña, who opened a gallery She said that those who visit the district but will take a year or two as the adobe is With more than 400 years of history, dat - and art studio in San Elizario with a simi - for the first time have been “awestruck” in bad shape. The building across the street ing back to Spanish colonizers celebrating lar regional appeal as his famous Santa Fe with what they see in the area, even those from us is to open next month and will the First Thanksgiving on the banks of the location. who may already be familiar with the house many tourist items.” Rio Grande in 1598, San Elizario is known These artists and others took part in the Mission Valley. The success of the art district is also for its presidio chapel, scenic plaza, and monthly open-air Mission Trail Art Market “Some say the area reminds them of based on efforts to preserve the surround - the jail that Billy the Kid reportedly broke on the San Elizario Plaza, May through Santa Fe or Old Mesilla,” she said. “This ing historic attractions, including the into to rescue a friend. It even became the November last year, which often features is where one can experience the merging Presidio Chapel, where extensive interior first county seat of El Paso County. 50–75 area artists touting a variety of of art and history. restoration is currently under way, and the For years, San Elizario has struggled to media from pottery and jewelry to painting “We get people from all over El Paso that Billy the Kid Jail. The Old Presidio capitalize on this rich history. Now a blos - and photography. Regional food vendors come out due to hearing about us or seeing Barracks already have a fresh exterior and soming arts district, a new veterans muse - and special historic-district tours were also our ads and want to see for themselves walkway. Also important is developing um and a growing calendar of events are part of the event. what is out here. They often return with supporting businesses, such as the El attracting renewed interest in the Mission The San Elizario Art District will cele - friends or other family members,” Bandito restaurant and cantina, which Valley town. brate its first anniversary April 8–10, Escamilla said. “We also get many tourists recently opened next to the galleries. April in particular will highlight San which coincides with the El Paso Artists who advise us we have a great venue to The Escamillas are hopeful that other Elizario’s renaissance, with the 20th annu - Studio Tour opening weekend. promote our artwork, being in such a improvements will further enhance the art al First Thanksgiving Conference and Rachel Escamilla, who runs Escamilla desirable historical area that also includes district’s appeal. Celebration extended to three days and the Fine Art Gallery and Studio, featuring the a restaurant in walking distance, history “My husband and I would love to see the first anniversary of the arts district. works of her husband, impressionist museum, veterans museum, plaza, and an antique-type lamp posts that are already in Alberto Escamilla, said that the district has old jail connected to Billy the Kid.” the plaza area also be installed along Main The artists arrive been a great experience for them. One rea - The district’s visitor numbers are increas - Street,” she said. “We would also like for son is that all the studios in the area are ing, she said, and this trend should contin - the main traffic to be rerouted so the visi - While long known as a destination for its run independently, yet are surrounded by ue in the future as the district adds more tors can cross back and forth easier to the history and annual special events, San other artists. artists. A San Elizario Artists Guild has different buildings.” Elizario has recently developed another Artists and gallery owners often network formed to help further promote the arts. Other ideas range from planting trees niche: visual arts. or get together for lunch to discuss busi - The district currently has three buildings along Main Street and seeing the historic Last year, Main Street in San Elizario, ness and their work. with galleries and studios, one of which is Adobe Horseshoe Theater reopen on a reg - next to the historic plaza, was transformed “We have a sense of unity for a common being refurbished to allow for even more ular basis as a dinner theater featuring into an arts district with the opening of the cause, the promotion of our work and the gallery and/or studio spaces. Most galleries famous nightclub performers, as it has in Main Street Gallery, Faro Gallery, great historical area,” Escamilla said. “As are open Wednesday through Sunday. the past. Escamilla Fine Art Gallery and Studio, and visitors come by, we each refer them to the “The rent is very reasonable and the area Horseshoe Gallery. other artists and buildings in the area so lends itself to an artistic feel,” she said. Please see Page 34

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 33 San Elizario Cont’d from Page 33 New Life at Licon Licon Dairy has been a mainstay in “It would be great to have music, espe - the Mission Valley for more than 50 cially with local musicians, play in the years. The working family-owned gazebo during the weekends while visitors dairy, complete with gift shop, petting enjoy the shady plaza,” Escamilla said. zoo and fishing pond, has been a long-time favorite stop for families History-culture connection and tourists. As with many businesses Thanks in part to the growth of San in the area, the recent upsurge in Elizario as a historic and cultural destina - activity in San Elizario has generated tion, the 20th annual First Thanksgiving even more visitors. Conference will offer more programs and Dairy representative Eugenio Licon expand to three days, April 29–May 1. said much of the success for the dairy, The conference will again feature the known for its homemade asadero First Thanksgiving reenactment, along cheese, has always been its location. with entertainment, a luncheon, arts mar - “Since our business is located on the ket, and an extensive array of speakers actual Mission Trail, it brings new from UTEP history professor Hal Jackson people every day that are passing to cartoonist Tom Moore. through,” he said. “There is a lot of The reenactment commemorates the interesting history in the Mission arrival of Don Juan de Oñate’s colonizing Valley and it’s almost the only coun - expedition at the Rio Grande near present- try scene left in the El Paso area.” day San Elizario in April 1598. The dairy expects to bring in new Hector Serrano of Eden Enterprises has exotic animals, joining the family of been behind the artistic direction of the exotic birds, bison, camels, alpacas, reenactments for several years. He said goats and more in the coming years, that the reenactment is a fitting celebration and still keeps its fishing pond of the important historical role that San stocked weekly with catfish. Elizario plays in the region’s history. Although the dairy is no stranger to “It is here that the Spanish language, cul - tourists, Licon said the number of ture and Catholic religion first made con - people visiting the business has tact with the local Native Indian culture,” soared dramatically. Serrano said. “The consequences of that “Our out-of-town visitors have really meeting forever changed this area. And it increased since the arts district and all began in San Elizario.” market have been open,” Licon said. Los Portales Museum Director Eloisa “It draws many tourists visiting El Levario said that the San Elizario Paso to the Lower Valley and it has Genealogy and Historical Society is very also has brought up the economy for excited about this year’s presenters and many local area businesses. We also topics, particularly one that combines the have many native El Pasoans that area’s long history with 21st-century tech - leave the city and come back to visit nology. family and always stop for a case of The society “will be presenting a geneal - asaderos to take back.” ogy workshop on Internet resources for And for those who can’t make the research, and invited speakers are Dr. trek down the Mission Trail, the dairy George Torok and Dr. David Carrasco,” is just a click away. Levario said. “The presentation will be an “We are trying to be as available as overview of Spain’s role in the Pass of the we can to our out-of-town cus - North and the history of El Camino Real tomers,” Licon said, “with an online de Tierra Adentro.” store that will ship anywhere in the Other presenters include genealogy . Since we have expert and El Paso Community College launched our website, it has promoted professor Preston King. our business and brought in customers Mission Trail Association officer Cathe from all over the U.S. We usually ship Apodaca said that the conference is a good out hundreds of packages weekly chance to learn aspects of the multicultural from Florida to New York.” heritage and history of the entire El Paso Licon Dairy is at 11951 Glorietta area, not just of San Elizario. She said that Road in San Elizario and is open 6 this year’s participants can expect to learn a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through not only more about the Hispanic, Native Friday and 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday American and Western influences on the and Sunday. Information: 851-2705 or area, but also the importance of the licondairy.com Chinese community to the area and a look at the influence of the railroad. Prince McKenzie of the El Paso Railroad and about our history,” she said. Transportation Museum will join the con - The First Thanksgiving Conference is ference, and living-history performers will one of San Elizario’s established events, represent the famous Harvey Girls who along with September’s Fiesta San worked for Fred Harvey’s chain of railroad Elceario and December’s Mission Trail eating houses. Luminarias and Posada. The community “One thing we are also trying to empha - this year added the Billy the Kid Festival size is the important role Fort Bliss ... in in June and Mestizo Chili and Backyard the development of the area as well,” she BBQ Cook-Off, also in September. said. The Billy the Kid Festival, set this year Apodaca explained that the conference is for June 10–12, highlights famous outlaw not just for historians or persons with an William H. “Billy the Kid” Bonney’s visit interest in genealogy. to San Elizario in 1876 to break a friend “We always try our best to attract people out of the old El Paso County Jail. Last from out of town to attend, but this is also year’s event featured reenactments, ghost for area residents wanting to learn more Please see Page 35

Page 34 El Paso Scene April 2011 San Elizario A quick trip along the Trail 1692 and rebuilt completely in both the served in the Armed Forces during wars Cont’d from Page 34 18th and 19th centuries. The current of the past century. structure was built in 1851. The Missions . All three missions are still Tigua Indian Cultural Center . The cen - tours with Paso Del Norte Paranormal in use today and host regular services. Licon Dairy . The San Elizario dairy ter, 305 Yaya Road (at Socorro Road east Society, a Billy-the-Kid Look-Alike con - Gift shops are available for both the known for its homemade asadero cheese of the Ysleta Mission), features a muse - test, “Western Days” art exhibit, pony and Socorro and Ysleta missions. is at 11951 Glorietta Road. It also fea - um on the Tigua tribe, including its rela - stagecoach rides, family arts and crafts, • San Elizario Chapel — Established in tures an extensive petting zoo and fishing tionship to the Tiwas of northern New and the presentation of the one-act play 1789 as a Spanish presidio, or fort, to hole. Admission is free, with a nominal Mexico, as well as several gift shops and “Midnight Rendezvous: Billy the Kid and protect the Camino Real. San Elizario. charge for fishing-hole use. fresh Indian bread. Admission is free. the Mystery of 1876” at the historic Adobe First county seat of El Paso. Los Portales Museum and Visitor Speaking Rock Entertainment Center . Horseshoe Theater. • Mission Socorro — The first adobe Center . The San Elizario museum is The former casino on the Tigua reserva - The Chili and BBQ Cook-Off, held at the structure in Socorro was built in 1692 but operated by the San Elizario Genealogy tion now hosts free concerts by nationally Peña Gallery, features area cooks vying for was destroyed by floods in later cen - and Historical Society in an 1850s known touring acts year-round. not just the best chili, both red and green, turies. The current recently restored Territorial-style building. It offers gifts, The Bookery. The locally owned book but also beans, brisket, salsa and more. structure dates back to 1843, with addi - family trees, and historical-artifacts infor - and gift store is inside the Mission Trail The Mission Trail Association itself has tions completed in 1873. mation on the First Thanksgiving and the Trading Post, 10167 Socorro Road. relocated to a new home on Main Street in • Mission Ysleta — Spanish and Tigua Salt War of 1877. Admission is free. For more information on the Mission San Elizario. The association has been Indian refugees from northern New San Elizario Veterans Museum and Trail, visit the Mission Trail Association working from a variety of angles to pro - Mexico founded the community in the Memorial Walk. 1501-B Main Street. A at 1501 Main Street in San Elizario or mote the area, from offering tourist infor - 1680s. The first mission was built in memorial walk is dedicated to those who elpasomissiontrail.com. mation, maintaining an exhibit space fea - turing local works that change every 45 days with an artist reception, and working with local schools to develop tours for Elizario veterans from World War I to the schoolchildren. present. The association is also working with the The Veterans Memorial Walk Project newly created Mission Trail Experience offered bricks for purchase that honor and Shuttle service to bring guests from area remember veterans. So far, the Memorial hotels to the valley. Walk displays more than 200 bricks of vet - Apodaca said that having the Mission erans from both San Elizario and else - Trail Association location on the Mission where. Borrego said that veterans from Trail itself has given it the chance to create anywhere could be included in the walk, a “starting point” for many visitors touring regardless of San Elizario ties. the area, helping the association maintain “The Memorial Walk is a tribute to all its goal of exposing the historic area to veterans, for their service,” he said. “The more and more people from all walks of bricks also include some patriotic mes - life. sages.” “That’s our goal,” she said, “to get as Information on purchasing memorial many people interested in the Mission bricks is available at epcounty.com/sanel - Trail as possible.” izariomuseum. “We especially would encourage all Fort A patriotic tribute Bliss personnel, soldiers and their families, to visit historic San Elizario and experi - While San Elizario traces its roots back ence the Southwest culture,” Borrego said. more than 400 years to the earliest Spanish “The veterans museum and the memorial colonizers, its greatest pride is in its veter - walk will show the pride and patriotism ans, who have served in surprisingly high that this small town has toward its soldiers numbers in wars dating back to World War and veterans.” I. The community’s patriotism is reflected Borrego said that first-time visitors are in the church’s stained-glass windows that amazed by how many veterans come from bear images of American and Texas flags San Elizario as well as the number of fam - among its spiritual icons. ilies that sent all their sons into the mili - The community also celebrates Veterans tary service. Day each November with a patriotic “There might not be any other town of parade, ceremony of POW-MIAs, patriotic the size of San Elizario, in the United music by local high school bands, and States, that has produced so many soldiers other family activities. Then in October and veterans,” Borrego said. 2010, the San Elizario Veterans Museum The San Elizario Veterans Museum and opened on Main Street, with the Veterans Memorial Walk’s official dedication is set Memorial Walk honoring hundreds of vet - to take place during the First Thanksgiving erans. events at noon Saturday, April 30. San Elizario Veterans Committee Chair Community and Fort Bliss officials as well Ray Borrego said that the museum was as San Elizario High School’s JNROTC originally just a space in the Los Portales Color Guard, Fort Bliss Band, and veter - Museum and Cultural Center. ans from throughout the county, will attend “A small, one room, probably no bigger the dedication. Borrego encourages anyone than 14’ x 13’, was dedicated to the veter - who supports area veterans to attend. ans of San Elizario,” he said. “Due to the “The veterans museum and the Veterans size, many photos, artifacts and other Memorial Walk (are) the pride of all veter - memorabilia were never displayed.” ans and the county of El Paso,” he said. Borrego said that the Veterans Committee Levario believes that the creation of the and then-County Commissioner Miguel veterans museum, added to the arts district Teran put together an initiative to create a and the increase in special events, should space about four years ago, but it was not be more than enough reason to draw peo - until 2010 that area resident Alfonso ple to the Mission Valley community. Borrego allowed the Committee and the “Come and see the new bigger and better San Elizario Genealogy and Historical veterans museum in a stand-alone build - Society to use, at no cost, a much bigger ing,” she said. “Come and enjoy the beau - room in a building being rented out to tiful art work done by our local artists, and artists and galleries on Main Street. best of all come into the museum and see The current museum features photos, sto - our wonderful display of San Elizario his - ries, artifacts and other memorabilia of San tory and family trees.”

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 35 SunScape Landscape Seminar — Contrasts: The Ice Age and Today.” Harris will UTEP’s Chihuahuan Desert Gardens at the give a look at the regional animals near the end Centennial Museum will host a landscaping of the Ice age compared to those today. seminar 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2 , Admission is free. Non-members welcome; at the museum, University and Wiggins. refreshments served. Information: 587-9589 or Participants learn to use native plants and gar - trans-pecos-audubon.org. dening in harmony with the desert. Non-members and guests welcome on all Registration: $30 (class size limited). Bring field trips. Information: Mark Perkins, 637-3521 lunch; drinks provided. Information: Kay or [email protected]. Mullins, 747-8994 or museum.utep.edu. • A tour of Indian Springs Canyon in the East Franklin Mountains meets at 7:30 a.m. Great American Cleanup — Keep El Paso Saturday, April 9 , at the Taco Bell, 4531 Beautiful’s 2011 cleanup, “Green Starts Here,” Transmountain. Sightings include golden eagles, is 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 2 , citywide. sparrows, hawks, quail, wrens and more. The event draws about 6,000 volunteers each • A Trip to Memorial Park and Arroyo Park year. All supplies available through the Keep El meets at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 23 , at the Paso Beautiful’s Community Tool Sheds at all Garden Center at Memorial Park, 3501 Grant, El Paso Fire Departments. All trash and debris to see orioles, vireos and tanagers. collected will be picked up by Environmental  Services (rolloffs available for large sites). To FloraFest 2011 — The UTEP Centennial       register a site, call the Keep El Paso Beautiful Museum’s annual native plant sale is 9 a.m. to 4 office: 546-6742. Information: kepb.org. p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 16-17 , at the     The Las Cruces Cleanup is 8 a.m. to noon, museum, Wiggins and University. Nursery-      Saturday, April 16 , followed by a volunteer grown native trees, shrubs, flowering perenni - als and other plants will be sold. Proceeds ben -       celebration noon to 1 p.m. at the Wal-Mart on Walton. Information: (575) 528-4723 or las- efit the museum’s Chihuahuan Desert Gardens.     cruces.org/police/klcb/. Admission is free. Information: 747-8994, 747-         5565 or museum.utep.edu. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park — The annual FloraFest lecture is 7 p.m. Friday,         5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. Hours are 8 April 15 , in the UTEP Undergraduate Learning a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 Center, Room 116, featuring Greg Starr, author a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. All events     "#%& !"#  !%   %    of “Cool Plants for Hot Gardens.” Starr will   %  %&   "%&  $ free with park admission. Day use fee: $5 per present a program on plants recommended for      %&   vehicle. Information: (575) 523-4398 or desert gardens as well as share his adventures nmparks.com. Bring water and binoculars. collecting plants and his experiences as a nurs - Birding tours are 7:30 a.m. Saturdays, April eryman. Reception follows at the Centennial 2, 9 and 23 , led by park volunteers. Museum. Admission is free. The “Becoming a Birder Series” is 7:30 a.m. A volunteer training session for those helping Saturday, April 16 and 30 . Park staff will point with sale is 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9 . out common birds and participants walk the Information: 747-8994. park trails and learn what to look for to help identify birds and how to use field guides. Garden Day at Old Fort Bliss —- The A ranger-guided nature hike is 9:30 a.m. day to plan and plant Fort Bliss’s community Saturday, April 16 . garden is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , at the A series of garden and bird talks is 10 a.m. on Old Fort Bliss Museum and Children’s Learning selected Saturdays in the classroom. Center. Learn about different ways of planting, • April 2 — “Growing Gardeners: an water conservation and more from Master Introduction to Home Vegetable Garden Gardeners and other guests. Activities for chil - Basics” with Dr. Stephanie Walker, Extension dren also offered. Information: 568-4518, 588- Vegetable Specialist. 8482 or blissmwr.com/oldfortbliss. • April 9 — “Common Birds, Uncommon Iris Show — The Mesilla Valley Iris Society’s Lives” with Join Nancy Stotz of Mesilla Valley 38th iris show is 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April Audubon. 16 , at the Ramada Palms de Las Cruces, 201 E. • April 30 — “Hummingbirds” with Kristi University Avenue, Las Cruces. This year’s Lane of Wild Birds Unlimited. show is dedicated to Herb and Lillian Lagerfeld. Spring Garden Expo — Doña Ana Master Admission is free. Information: (575) 652-7550. Gardeners will host an expo 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. El Paso Zoo — 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo sum - Saturday, April 2 , at Enchanted Gardens 270 mer entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces, featuring daily. Zoo admission is $10 for ages 13 to 61; hourly presentations, and Master Gardeners to $7.50 for ages 62 and older and active duty answer gardening questions. Admission is free. military (including spouse) with ID; $6 ages 3 to Information: (575) 525-6649. Full schedule 12; and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo mem - available online at aces.nmsu.edu/county/don - bers admitted free. Information: 532-8156, aana/mastergardener/. 521-1850 or elpasozoo.org. Topics covered in the 45-minute workshops The annual Party for the Planet Earth Day include “Roses, irises and daylilies,” “Attracting event is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23 , in Birds and Butterflies,” “Year-round Vegetable the Education Center. Gardening,” “Efficient Water Use in the Easter Egg Day for Animals is Sunday, April 24 . Garden,” “Cacti and Succulents,” “Native and New to the zoo is the Przewalski’s Horse Ornamental Grasses,” “Planting and Pruning Exhibit, with two rare Przewalski’s Horse stal - Trees and Shrubs,” “Herbs” and “Xeriscapes.” lions. Referred to as “the last wild stallion,” the El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society horse roamed the tree-less steppes of — The Society’s monthly public meeting is at 7 Mongolia but became “extinct in the wild” after p.m. Monday, April 18 , at El Paso Garden its last sighting in the wild in 1969. Center, 3105 Grant. UTEP Biology Professor Dr. Arthur Harris presents “Comparisons and Please see Page 37

Page 36 El Paso Scene April 2011 Nature includes park entry fee. Reservations required: 566-6441 ext. 21. or Cont’d from Page 36 [email protected]. • West Cottonwood Springs, Saturday, April 2 . The El Paso Zoo is a 35-acre home to 228 • W. Cottonwood Mine Shaft, Sunday, April 3 . species of animals. About 420 mammals, rep - • Mundy’s Gap, Saturday, April 16 . tiles, amphibians and birds, 106 fish and 294 • Aztec Caves, Sunday, April 17 . invertebrates. Rio Bosque Wetlands Park — UTEP’s Daily encounters include California Sea Lion Center for Environmental Resource Training and Meet the Keeper presentations at Management offers free guided walking tours 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands Asian Elephant Training Encounters scheduled Park in El Paso’s Mission Valley. Tours last about daily. Information: elpasozoo.org/takeaction. two hours. Information: 747-8663 or rio - FeatherFest — The 11th annual Family Day bosque.org. Upcoming events: at the Garden is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, • Bird Tour, 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2 . April 30 , at Keystone Heritage Park, 4200 • A Community Workday is 8 to 11 a.m. Doniphan. Admission: $3. Information: 584- Saturday, April 16 . 0563 or keystoneheritagepark.org. • Monthly faunal monitoring is 8 to 11 a.m. An Arroyo Hike begins at 8 a.m. through the Saturday, April 23 . Park and Resler Arroyo. Participants learn • Wildflower Tour is 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30 . about geology and area’s natural habitat. Hike Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside lasts about two hours; not recommended for Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan children. Cost: $10 (includes water, souvenir T- American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles. shirt and backpack) and $5 (hike only). Hiking Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic shoes recommended. Site — The site is famed for many Native Tours of the Keystone archaeological site will American rock paintings and unique geology. begin at 11 a.m., 12:30 and 2 p.m. A presenta - Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission: $5 tion on the history of the are will be at noon (free for children 12 and younger). Additional and 1:30 p.m. activity cost for tours (including birding tour Area hiking websites — A variety of and morning hike): $1 for ages 5 and older. organizations in the El Paso/Las Cruces area Information: 857-1135 or texasstateparks.gov. offers hiking opportunities. Hikes typically are For park campground reservations, call (512) rated as easy, moderate, or strenuous. Solo or 389-8900. new hikers are welcome. Tours offered Wednesday through Sunday, by • Meetup.com offers a variety of groups for all prior arrangement at 849-6684: activities, including the El Paso hiking meetup The monthly birding tour is 8 a.m. on the club (meetup.com/El-Paso-Hiking) and the Las third Saturday of the month ( April 16 ). Cruces hiking meetup club (meetup.com/hik - Advance sign-up encouraged. ing-261) To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S. • El Paso Ridgewalkers — The group posts its Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco hikes at elpasoridgewalkers.com. Or contact Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775. Carol Brown at 630-1424. North Mountain is available for self-guided • Celebrations of Our Mountains now offers an day use, for up to 70 people at a time; reserva - ongoing calendar of hiking and related events at tions recommended. There is an annual orien - celebmtns.org/calendar tation program for visitors. Guided access is • elpasonaturally is a blog by Jim Tolbert on offered to the rest of the site. Call for reserva - various environmental topics, with a calendar tions and other information: 857-1135. of events that also includes the Sunrise Hikers Natural History Outings — The Tuesday morning group. See Southwest Environmental Center of Las Cruces elpasonaturally.blogspot.com or contact tol - offers several “Back by Noon” Saturday field [email protected]. trips departing on selected Saturdays from the • The El Paso chapter of the Sierra Club posts center at 275 Downtown Mall. Usual departure its hikes at sierraclub.org/elpaso. time is 8 a.m. Bring sturdy shoes, water and a Municipal Rose Garden — The garden at hat. Binoculars recommended. Advance regis - 3418 Aurora (at Copia), opens to the public 8 tration required. Information/reservations: a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Oct. 30 , except (575) 522-5552 or [email protected]. for official holidays. The Garden, which opened Trip details: wildmesquite.org. in 1958, has many types of roses at the sprawl - • April 9 — Bugs of the Organ Mountains trip ing park area with a waterfall, shade canopy hosted by the NMSU Entomology Club. and many other amenities. Admission is free. • April 16 — Tonuco Mountain hike led by Information/rentals: El Paso Parks and Paul Dulin. Features a fluorite mine with possi - Recreation, 541-4331. ble sighting of roosting bats and Native American petroglyphs. Feather Lake Wildlife Sanctuary — • April 23 — Wildflower Discovery at the 9500 North Loop, near Loop 375. The 43.5- base of Blue Mesa in the Sierra de Las Uvas. acre site is managed by El Paso’s Audubon Society. The sanctuary is open to the public 8 Adventure Film Tour — NMSU Outdoor a.m. to noon Saturdays and 2 p.m. to dusk Rec hosts a selection of films encompassing all Sundays. Admission is free. Information: 545- aspects of adventure from serious exploration 5157 or 747-8663. to environmental heroism at 7 p.m. Friday, The next public workday session is 2 p.m. April 15 , at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Saturday, April 2 . Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces, as part of its Adventure Art Series. Tickets: $8 in advance; Franklin Mountains State Park — Most $10 at the door. Information: (575) 646-4746. hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on the Aguirre Spring Campground — The west side of the park (east of I-10). Organ Mountain recreational area, run by the Entry fees are $4 per person, free for age 12 federal Bureau of Land Management, is off U.S. and under (with family). Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 70 about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Fifty-five p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441. family camping and picnic sites, plus two group Guided hikes are available at 9 a.m. on select - ed days. Cost is $7 ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free) Please see Page 38

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 37 Nature Guadalupe Mountains National Park — 110 miles east of El Paso on the way to Cont’d from Page 37 Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 areas. Day-use fee is $3 per vehicle. feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good Information: (575) 525-4300. for one week and all trails. Camping is $8 per Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park — site per night. Information: (915) 828-3251.    The park, part of Asombro Institute for Science        New Mexico State Parks — Day-use fee Education, is northeast of Las Cruces, off & is $5 when visiting any state park. All programs       0)%&, Jornada Road. Admission is free; donation box - 1)#* are free with park entrance, unless otherwise ++& at trailhead. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. /$)#* listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or     Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575) nmparks.com. 524-3334 or asombro.org.           • Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of Dripping Springs Natural Area — The Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff.          recreational area is at the base of the Organ Information: (575) 437-8284. Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road, A Night Sky watch of Dog Canyon at sun - about 10 miles east of Las Cruces. Visitor cen - down is 8 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2 . ter is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entrance gate is A ranger-guided Wildflower and Cactus Hike 201),1)+&'-/./),( open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is $3 per vehi - is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9 . cle. No pets allowed (except for assistance ani - A “Pink Moon” sky viewing at sundown is 8 mals). Information: (575) 522-1219. 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 16 . A Bat Factor talk about the six species of bats White Sands National Monument — that use Dog Canyon is 6:30 to 8 p.m. 8 The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 Saturday, April 23 . miles southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. • Elephant Butte Lake State Park — 7&/0-,#*)6&%&/3)$& 70. Hours are for the Dunes Drive are 7 a.m. Information: (575) 744-5998. to 8:30 p.m. through April 28; 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 73&/"&#/05.&/)&,$& An Easter Egg Hunt for ages 1 to 11 is 10 a.m. beginning April 29. Visitor Center hours are 9 to noon Saturday, April 23 , Lion’s Beach area. a.m. to 6 p.m. through April 17; 8 a.m. to 7 7-+.*#),1/&&#1)0'#$1)-, • City of Rocks State Park, north of Deming off p.m. beginning April 18. U.S. 180. Information: (575) 536-2800. A All visitors must exit the park by one hour ! 88  “Rattlesnake Myths” presentation is 3 to 4 p.m. after sunset. every Saturday.       Entrance fee: $3 age 17 and older. Free for • Rockhound State Park, five miles south of children. Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236       Deming on State Road 11 and then east on or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to  88  Rockhound Road (State Road 141) for nine     nps.gov/whsa. miles. Information: (575) 546-6182.   Entrance fee waived April 16-24 in celebra - A Star Party hosted by Sally Allen is 8:15 to /2$&90)/-4''&/0 tion of National Parks Week. 8" 10:15 p.m. Saturday, April 2 , with the theme -++&/$)#*8,%201/)#*&/3)$&0 The first Full Moon bike ride for 2011 is 9 “Navajo Sky Lore.”  p.m. Saturday, April 16 . Space limited to 200      The annual Desert Alive! Native Plant Sale riders. Reservations online only via hosted by Friends of Rockhound is 8 a.m. to nps.gov/whsa. Fee is $5 per person/ $2.50 ages noon Saturday, April 9 , featuring a plant sale 15 and younger. and nature and bird walks. Lake Lucero tours are offered on the last • State Park, Columbus, N.M., weekend of each month. Upcoming tours are 9 State Roads 11 and 9. Information: (575) 531- a.m. Saturday, April 23 . Participants drive their 2711. Day use hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. own vehicles 17 miles beginning at the Small • Caballo Lake State Park, 60 miles north of Missile Range gate on U.S. 70, 25 miles west of Las Cruces on Interstate 25. Information: (575) the White Sands Visitor Center, then hike 3/4 527-8386. mile to the source of the white sands. A Night Sky presentation is 8 to 9:30 p.m. Reservations required (accepted online only). Saturday, April 9 . Cost is $3 per adult; $1.50 age 16 and under. The annual Egg Hunt is 10 a.m. to noon Carlsbad Caverns National Park — The Sunday, April 24 , for ages 1 to 14, at the park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the Riverside Rally Site. More than 6,000 eggs will Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information: be hidden. (575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave. Alameda Park Zoo — Alameda Park, 1321 Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; tours North White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70), available 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Last entry into Alamogordo. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. cave via natural entrance is 2 p.m. with last Admission: $2.50 ($1.50 ages 3-11 and 60 and entry into cave via elevator 3:30 p.m. older; free for ages 2 and younger). A star party is 6:30 to 10 p.m. the second Information: (575) 439-4290. Saturday of each month. The oldest zoo in the Southwest (established Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2 in 1898) is part of the park that lines hours for Big Room tour. Cost is $6 ($3 for Alamogordo’s main highway. The zoo, covering ages 6-15 or seniors with discount card). The about 12 acres, features about 250 exotic and park’s audio self-guided tour is $3 extra (also indigenous animals. available in Spanish). For an extra fee ($8 adults, $4 youth and sen - Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State iors with card), visitors can go on a ranger- Park — Carlsbad, N.M. Admission: $5 ($3 guided tour of the King’s Palace, Papoose ages 7-12; free for 6 and under). Hours: 9 a.m. Room, Queen’s Chamber and Green Lake to 5 p.m. daily (last entry at 3:30 p.m.). Room; reservations are required. Information: (575) 887-5516. Other special guided tours are available. To get there: Take U.S. 285 north of Carlsbad; follow signs to the park. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Star Party is 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 . Monument — 44 miles north of Silver City The March for Parks Earth Day event is 9 on NM Highway 15. Entrance fee: $3 per per - a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , with special son; $10 per family. Information: (575) 536- exhibits, door prizes, solar viewing and chil - 9461 or nps.gov/gicl. dren’s activities. The trail to the cliff dwellings is open from 9 Living Desert offers visitors an up-close look a.m. to 4 p.m. Daily guided tours are noon; call at the mammals, reptiles and birds that inhabit trailhead station one-half hour before start time the Chihuahuan Desert. to confirm.

Page 38 El Paso Scene April 2011 Centennial Museum — University at Memory” (free for school-age children). Wiggins, UTEP. Changing exhibits are on the Information: 351-3588 or elpasotexas.gov/his - second floor, Lea and Discovery Galleries. tory. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Showing through April 24 : “The Threads of Saturday. Admission is free. Information: 747- Memory or El Hilo de la Memoria,” with 138 5565 or museum.utep.edu. original Spanish documents, maps, and paintings • Showing through April 28 : “Specimens from Spain’s exploration of these territories from North America’s Most Polluted River,” 300 years ago. This the first time the docu - photography of the Rio Grande, text, and river ments have traveled outside of Spain. water art installations by Amanda Keller Konya. In conjunction with the exhibit is the free lec - • Showing through August : “Ben Wittick’s ture series “Threads of Memory: Spain in the Southwest Photographs, 1880-1903,” from the United States.” Centennial’s archives. • George A. Sanchez will discuss “Did my eighth grandfather Santiago Gurule draw that El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study ship?” at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2 . Sanchez is Center — 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m. descended from one of the two Frenchmen to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. who survived the ill-fated La Salle expedition of Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday. the 1680s. Sanchez will talk about his ancestor Admission is free. Information: 351-0048 or who possibly made the drawing of the ship “La elpasoholocaustmuseum.org. Belle” on display in the exhibit. The annual observance of Yom HaShoah • José Luis Punzo Diaz presents “Landscape (Holocaust Remembrance) is 2 p.m. Sunday, and Buildings of the Camino Real de Tierra May 1 , to remember the 11 million people Adentro” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 8 . killed during the Nazi Holocaust and celebrate • Dr. Patricia Fournier-Garcia, presents the lives of the survivors. This year’s theme is “History and Archaeology Along the Silver “Justice and Accountability in the Face of Road” at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14 . Fournier- Genocide: What Have We Learned.” Garcia is professor in the archaeology graduate The museum’s free monthly “Cinema program at the National School of Sundays” series is 2 p.m. the last Sunday of the Anthropology and History in Mexico City. month. April 24 film is “Sometimes in April.” • Jack Blanton will discuss “A Book, A Dr. Sarah Ryan will speak on the Rwandan Manuscript and A Million Dollar Reward: Too Genocide as part of the center’s ‘Beyond the Good to be True” at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16 . Basics” free lecture series 5:30 to 7 p.m. Blanton is a Research Archivist at the Harry Thursday, April 28 , in observance of April as Ransom Center Library, University of Texas at Genocide Awareness Month. Schedule/RSVP: Austin. Museum of History Curator Barbara Education Director Jamie Williams at 351-0048, Angus will also give an illustrated talk on the ext. 28 or [email protected]. history of polo. El Paso Museum of Archaeology — Also now showing: 4301 Transmountain in (west • “Awakening Our Giants: Farah of U.S. 54). Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Manufacturing Company.” through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. • “El Paso: The Other Side of the Mexican Admission is free. Information: 755-4332. Revolution” that looks at this conflict through Showing through Aug. 14 : “Settlement the eyes and ears of contemporary writers and Legacy: Native Americans of the Pass of the journalists, filmmakers, photographers, musi - North.” The exhibit tells the story of the cians, tourists and businessmen. Manso, Suma, Piro, and Tigua Indians who, • “Man-Made Thunder: The History of Racing more than four centuries ago, founded the mis - in the Borderland.” The exhibit includes actual sions and pueblos that evolved into what are racecars, helmets, fire suits, signal flags, race - now the sister cities of El Paso and Juárez. The track programs, photographs, and interactive exhibit, including historic images and cultural advertising displays from MSD Ignition, an El artifacts, is dedicated to the Tigua Indians of Paso company that has produced racecar com - . A zip tour of the exhibit ponents for the past forty years. is 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9 . Free zip tours are 12:15 to 1 p.m. on selected The museum will host a series of free month - Wednesdays. ly lectures with sign-language interpretation at A Workshop on Writing During Medieval and 2 p.m. April 2 and May 15. Renaissance Time with Victor Singleton is 2 • Saturday, April 2 — Dr. David Carmichael, p.m. Saturday, April 23 . Students may try their UTEP Department of Sociology and hand at calligraphy and illumination. Anthropology Associate Professor, will speak Tai Chi classes are 10 to 11 a.m. or 11 a.m. to on the origins and migrations of the Mescalero noon Saturdays, April 2-May 28 . Cost: $20 Apache. ($10 members). Lunch classes are also offered • Sunday, May 15 — Dr. Mario Garza will 11 a.m. to noon or noon to 1 p.m. speak on the Coahuiltecans: The Struggle for Wednesdays, April 6-May 25 . Legitimacy in a Hispanic World. Fort Bliss Museums and Study Center A family tour of the museum for elementary- — Building 1735, Marshall Road (old PX build - school age children and their families is 1 p.m. ing), Fort Bliss. Exhibits range from Civil War Saturday, April 16 . artifacts to the Patriot Missile System. Carmichael will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, April Admission is free. Open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 17 , as part of the El Paso Archeological daily. Information: 568-3390 or 568-5412. Society’s regular monthly meeting. Also on Fort Bliss is Old Fort Bliss, Building El Paso Museum of History — 510 N. 5051, corner of Pershing and Pleasanton, a Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday reproduction of the Magoffinsville Post of 1854 through Saturday (open until 9 p.m. to 1868. Information: 568-4518. Thursdays), and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays. Admission is $6 for “Thread of Please see Page 40

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 39 Museum cases of illnesses represented by mannequin “patients,” learn to examine each patient and -- - Cont’d from Page 39 determine what’s making them sick. A Desert Trek to Prehistoric Trackways Insights El Paso Science Museum — National Monument departs from the museum +%#',(*()"#)$)(& 505 N. Santa Fe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 9 . Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. The monthly hands-on Saturday Science Class Sunday. Admission: $6 ($5 seniors, students and for elementary children is 11 a.m. April 9 .-!! military; $4 ages 4-11). Information: 534-0000 (Blood Typing). or insightselpaso.org. The Scaly Slimy Saturdays, hands-on animal (7".2(%0(3-2)-'$.5-!#./7.&-%62,.-2(:1#%-% Now showing is “Your Spitting Image,” the encounters is 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9 . National Museum of Dentistry exhibit spon - 312.0$%0!/)88!&0.,!-7.,)-.:1)-+!1. The monthly Descubra el Desierto lecture sored by El Paso District Dental Society with series is 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 . Dr. John !-$!1*&.02(%#%-%2."%$%+)4%0%$5)2(2(%/)88! three sections that explore the science of den - Xu of the NMSU Biology Department will dis - tistry and oral health. cuss malaria, how mosquitoes transmit the dis - 2:1 (%#%-%-.22(%/)88! LYNX Exhibits — The exhibit space is at ease, and the use of mosquito control as a pre - ventive measure. ()1.&&%0'..$5()+%13//+)%1+!12 300 W. San Antonio (just south of Convention Center). Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Las Cruces Railroad Museum — The              Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N. 9 p.m. Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Mesilla, (at Las Cruces avenue west of the      Closed Monday. Last admission is one hour Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30         before closing time. p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Admission is Admission is $10 for adults; $8 seniors, mili - (!$.52-  7%0  %$'%5..$ free. Information: (575) 647-4480 or muse - tary and students with ID; and $6 ages 4 to 11. ums.las-cruces.org//rrmuseum.shtm.  -  -  Children 3 and younger are free. Information: Activities for ages 3 to 5 based on the PBS  -  -    533-4330 or lynxexhibits.com. Show Dinosaur Train are 9 a.m. Thursday,    Showing through May 31 : “Treasure!” April 7 . Registration required.    Through nine thematic areas, “Treasure!” .-25..$ Family Game Day is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, .-)/(!- 7%0 explores the history of discovered valuables, April 9 . Families can try their hand at a variety the art and technology employed in hunting    --   -  of early 20th century games. treasure, and the personalities drawn to the Dr. Terry Reynolds presents “Amador       hunt. Visitors start with a thrilling simulator ride Freighting: Before and After the Railroad” at through a gold mine, and then launch into a %1!  %+2!  +!,%$! noon Tuesday, April 12 , as part of its Brown treasure hunt. Special exhibit features include Bag lunch lecture series. more than $500,000 in actual artifacts from .,)-.:1.3019 shipwrecks and other treasure sites. NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum In conjunction with the exhibit is the interac - — 4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. Hours 3-$!7 (301$!7 !, /, tive art show “Hidden Treasures” at El Paso are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 0)$!79!230$!7 !, !, Artisan Gallery. Admission is free to the gallery. noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 ($3 sen - iors 60 and older, $2 for children 5-17; free for Magoffin Home State Historic Site — age 4 and under). Information: (575) 522-4100 1120 Magoffin. The historic building is closed or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. for restorations and repairs to ensure the con - Musical performers Jane Voss, vocals and gui - tinued preservation of the building. Staff is tar, and Hoyle Osborne, piano, from Aztec, available for school outreach programs and N.M., will provide a glimpse of the Depression community presentations. During this time, Era through songs and readings from the top staff may be reached at 533-5147. Restoration writers and wits during that time at 7 p.m. project updates at visitmagoffinhome.com. Thursday, April 14 , as part of the museum’s    National Border Patrol Museum and lecture series. Admission: $2. Memorial Library — 4315 Transmountain A plant sale is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April #! "#$ %" Drive. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through 16 , in the museum’s greenhouse featuring    Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and major herbs and vegetables such as chile and toma - $ $! holidays. Admission is free. Information: 759- toes. Admission is free to those attending sale    6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com. only; access the Greenhouse using the access "!$!" road on the east side of the Museum property. Railroad and Transportation Museum % '(!# %,!)!# !#(%$!)%&%'(&!* Showing April 15-July 31 in the Arts of El Paso — More than 150 years of El Paso Corridor: “Gifts of the Rio Grande,” paintings !**&%!% (!2)#&% )*(+%%!% -('()%*) railroad history are on display at by Las Cruces artist Bonnie Mandoe. Artist’s * !#$0&%.1*)& (!)*!% +(  *%*&% Transit Terminal, 400 W. San Antonio, at reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 21 . Durango. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Showing through Aug. 21 : “The Dust Bowl: through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Dark Times in New Mexico.” The film %,!)!# !#(%!)%&%'(&!*&( %!/*!&%* *+))!#$ 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. “Surviving the Dust Bowl” will be shown at Information: 422-3420 or elpasorails.org. (*!,!*.%)&!#*!&%*&%* +)& !#)&#!() 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 16 and 30 in the War Eagles Air Museum — 8012 Airport museum theater. !%&)' &%.)(#-(%*&()*&( * Road, Doña Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa. Showing through Aug. 28 : “Greetings to &$$+%!*!)!%%*(# (!*&'%'(&)'(!*. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through You: Historic Postcards,” more than 500 post - cards that date back as early as the 1880s.  ,%*!)'(*&%,!)!# !#(%2) &% &&+( Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and military; free for children under 12. Showing through Sept. 18 : “The Origins - ( *$)(*(,#!% $(!!%,%)*&) &- Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-air- and Cultural Significance of the Chile Pepper in museum.com. New Mexico.” !#$)-!* *  %%)*+(!%* !#$ A workshop on “Born and Bread: Making and Las Cruces area Appreciating Historic Food” is 9 a.m. to noon 0&%.1&##&-)* ')*! *.()&!%.&+% $%2)#! Saturday, April 16 , open to adults and children Las Cruces Museum of Natural with parents. Bake in a traditional adobe oven, $(".,!&#%(&$*((&(!)* (&+')#!"*   History — Mesilla Valley Mall, Las Cruces. taste old-fashioned sourdough and discover Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through how this food shaped life in New Mexico. Pre- (%!% )-!##**  %$)(,!)*)& Thursdays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. registration required. Cost: $10 per person. &#(%$&( &*& Fridays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Information: (575) NMSU Art Gallery — D.W. Williams Art ''' &#" ! 522-3120 or las-cruces.org. Center, 1390 E. University Ave, (Williams Hall) Showing through June 5 : “Disease on the NMSU campus, Las Cruces (east of Detectives,” an interactive exhibit that explores infectious diseases. Visitors can study three Please see Page 41

Page 40 El Paso Scene April 2011 Museum Hubbard Museum of the American West — 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to Cont’d from Page 40 Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours: 9        a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. Admission: $6 ($5 Solano). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday for seniors, military; $2 children 6-16; free for     through Saturday. Information: (575) 646-2545 children 5 and younger). Information: (575) or nmsu.edu/artgal.      378-4142 or hubbardmuseum.org. Showing April 15-May 6 : “The Cheated Showing through May 29 in the Greentree       Eye,” 2011 MFA show, featuring works in a Room: “New Deal Art from New Mexico,” variety of media by graduate students in the      images of 40 New Deal paintings and sculp - NMSU studio art program. Opening reception tures by New Mexico artists.     is 5 p.m. Friday, April 15 . Showing through June 12 : “Lost & Found in White Sands Missile Range Museum Collections.”          and Missile Park — Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Videos on a variety of topics are featured at 2 Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the Cope Saturday and Sunday. Free admission. Center. Showing April 1-29 is “Light at the Information: (575) 678-8824 (local call) or Edge of the World” and showing April 30-May wsmr-history.org. 11 is “Cinco de Mayo.” Also New Mexico Museum of Space History — The museum features the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum — 301 International Space Hall of Fame and the S. Silver, Deming, N.M. An actual chuckwagon, Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater and gems and minerals, turn-of-the-century fash - Planetarium, and is located on the northeast ions, military mementos and Mimbres Indian side of Alamogordo off Indian Wells Blvd. art are among the exhibits at the former Currently showing: “Space Frontiers,” a look National Guard Armory. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 at space exploration in New Mexico from p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1:30 to 4 p.m. ancient Native American observatories at Sunday. Admission is free. Information: (575) Chaco Canyon to modern day facilities such as 546-2382, 1-800-848-4955 or deminglunamim - the Very Large Array radio observatory. bresmuseum.com. Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4 Geronimo Springs Museum — 211 Main ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free). in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Hours are 9 Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437-2840 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon or nmspacemuseum.org. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Museum admission: $5 Showing at the IMAX Theater are “Journey ($2.50 students 6 to 18; free for ages 5 and Into Amazing Caves” and “Nine Planets and younger). Family rates: $15. Information: (575) Counting.” See “Film Scene” for details. 894-6600 or geronimospringsmuseum.com. Combo tickets available (include museum The monthly speaker series is 7 p.m. entrance and IMAX ticket): $10 ($9 seniors and Thursday. April 21 . Donation: $2. military, $7 children).

hile education has its “3 R’s”, Christianity has its “3 B’s”: WBelieve, Behave, Belong. The first stage of Christianity was to preach belief. Followers of Jesus accept- ed a radical view of reality: God had lived and taught among us, died and rose from the dead. Believing in Jesus as the Messiah changed everything. The body of Christ-followers, change how Gospel revolutionized how people they believe and behave. understood God, how they related to the We all know fundamentalists who world and to other people. focus on belief but fail in behavior and The second stage, once Christianity belonging — but they may later learn to became established as a dominant reli- more fully live out their faith. Activists gion, was to preach behavior. Belief was who concentrate on doing may implode assumed. Religion became more about by lack of spirituality — then come to a regulating how we lived, about avoiding fuller understanding of what lies behind sin and doing good. Even the evil that the evil they’ve been fighting. Lonely people committed typically was justified people come to church or a Bible study by the appearance of faith, including just to be a part of something, then wars and inquisitions. develop a strong faith. The third stage is most evident in what As useful as the “3 B’s” analysis is, I is known as a post-Christian world, would add a fourth often overlooked in where belief continues but is no longer our Western Christianity: Behold. assumed. The new emphasis is to preach Beholding is what happens when we belonging, being part of a faith commu- stare at a starry night, wrap a newborn nity. In a secular world where all sorts of baby in our arms or just watch an ant behavior are tolerated, Christianity crawl through the grass. To behold remains healthiest in growing networks means to experience beauty and awe. of small groups. terror and fear, wonder and mystery. This triangle of “believe-behave- Beholding is the real beginning of belong” also helps understand how peo- faith, especially as we approach Easter. ple enter the faith and grow as followers Behold this man who acts and talks of Jesus. Some begin with belief, then like no other. Behold him dying on a change how they behave. Some people cross. Behold the empty tomb. focus on doing good and fighting injus- tice, and seek to be with others who can Randy Limbird is editor of encourage them. Some search for rela- El Paso Scene. Comments? tionship, and by becoming part of a Send to [email protected]

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 41 About 450 students seek bachelor’s degree in art at UTEP f Vincent Burke, the current chair of So what might be the career path for stu - right across from our house, so Patricia the UTEP Art Department, were a trav - dents who earn a B.F.A. from UTEP? and I can literally cross the street and be at Ieling salesman, everybody in El Paso “About half of our students major in work.” would own a share of stock in that depart - graphic design, so many go on to work as The additional space offered by a garage ment. That’s because his enthusiasm for design professionals, others become teach - and basement also allows Hal to close what he does and his vision for the future ers, and some end up in other professions down his warehouse on Wyoming. of contemporary art in El Paso are that and pursue art as a second love.” Burke “This arrangement will be much more contagious. In truth, however, each border - said. convenient for customers since all the art - land resident already holds a vested inter - He also noted that UTEP is often a work we have will be at one location. The est in Burke and his students because a springboard to some of the country’s best- thing we love the most is the intimate, first-class art department is a positive known art education programs. neighborhood feel that comes from being reflection on our quality of life here in the “UTEP has a national reputation among in a house once again. With lots on either Sun City. the best grad schools at the M.F.A. level side, we will have plenty of parking, and At present, the department has eight and many of our B.F.A. students receive the gas lamps and widening of the Oregon tenured and two tenure-track faculty mem - full scholarships at acclaimed institutions Street Corridor will also give the area a lot bers, plus a number of full-time lecturers such as Yale, the Art Institute of Chicago of ambiance.” and adjunct professors, community mem - and the San Francisco Art Institute,” he Hal emphasizes that the transition will be uals to teach a few classes, for example, bers and professional artists in their own said. “Students leave UTEP really well completed once Oregon Street as been recipients of the Border Art Residency right, who teach courses in a variety of dis - trained. They not only know about art, but reopened, and the Gallery Tour April grant, cutting-edge artists who provide our ciplines. they know how to create it, making them 16–17 will definitely be at the “Blue students with new ideas and new perspec - Burke enthused, “These are a really highly sought after.” House Gallery.” tives.” dynamic group of people who are not only In addition to the art education and art Additionally, Burke has a strong support committed to education but who are also history majors, the department offers Marina Savitsky at Chamizal: If you system in the form of the Stanlee and creating art (in the marketplace). We also majors in disciplines such as metals, paint - love impressionistic paintings, then be sure Gerald Rubin Center, which is also part of have the flexibility to hire outside individ - ing, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, to get over to the Chamizal to view Marina the art department. Kate Bonansinga, graphic design and drawing. Savitsky’s first one-woman exhibition, director of the UTEP galleries, relates that “We also have a relatively new museum “Life Goes On,” which will hang through the working relationship between the two studies minor, which trains students in the May 14. entities is very close. specifics of how a museum operates, Marina, who hails from Saint Petersburg, “Because the charge of the Rubin Center including such topics as exhibition prac - Russia, had always wanted to be a painter, is to create a visiting artists’ program tices, curatorial work and collections,” but dividing her time between being a which enhances the academic offerings in Burke said. “In addition to art, this com - mother and working as an electrical engi - the art department, I work with the faculty bines really well with other majors, such neer for a large corporation in Russia kept selection committee of the art department as archaeology and history. Because the her more than occupied. It was not until when it comes to choosing outside exhibi - 21st-century museum is considered a about ten years ago when she was recover - tions,” Bonansinga said. “Many depart - nexus of information and a meeting place ing from heart surgery, that she began to ments have only one faculty head, so it’s for ideas, there are many more job oppor - try her hand at art. Since then, she has really important to bring in visiting talent tunities in the museum field than there honed her talents by studying with daugh - so that students can learn from exhibitions were decades ago.” ter Lyuba and son-in-law Aleksander and workshops which offer diverse expert - The public is invited to have a first-hand Titovets, and is a charter member of the ise. These visiting scholars also enhance look at the work of graduating students by Romantic Realists. the cultural fabric of the region with their attending the annual juried Student Art visits.” Exhibition that opens April 7. Bassel Wolfe Exhibition: In recent years, At present, the art department has about “We generally have about 500 entries longtime favorite Bassel Wolfe has exhibit -  450 students working toward either a with 50 to 70 of these being accepted for ed only a limited number of works here in B.F.A. or B.A. degree. The latter includes exhibition. Curators from other areas are El Paso. For this reason, dedicated friends  a major in art education and a newly commissioned to judge which works are and collectors are looking forward to his revamped art history major. While UTEP exhibitable in addition to selecting win - one-man exhibition, which opens in the     does not currently offer a Master of Fine ners,” Bonansinga explained. Bissell Gallery at the Art Junction    Arts degree, its M.A. program is a valu - A concurrent exhibition titled “Making Saturday, April 2. Retrospective in nature, able stepping-stone toward the Ph.D. need - Good” will also hang in the Project Space audiences will have the opportunity to 5 ed to teach at the university level. Burke at the same time that the annual juried stu - enjoy a full range of Wolfe’s talents begin -  6 and Bonansinga are aware that a master’s dent art exhibition is on view in the Rubin ning with works created during his college program in fine arts would attract a wider and L Galleries. This annual event cele - days to those completed in the past few 0&$. ,,(/+")1#$ range of students, and both are hopeful brates the work of graduates from the years. 3* %$/ /, $),.0$ that this will be available in the not-too- UTEP Art Department who have gone on 3'))  '#/ ,)1*!1/44 distant future. to have successful careers in the larger art Congratulations to Shirley Morgan: Her 3 ,/ /0$. .0'/0/ world. This year, the featured artist is wax-pencil portrait of Pope John Paul II, 3. ')/00,1'#,/, Daniel Lehman, who earned his B.F.A. at titled “In Prayer,” is soon to be published #" UTEP in 1993. in print form by the highly prestigious 3,%,)),+ ' .2, $ $ Somerset House Company of Houston. 3 ')) (,"2 ',%. -&2 Arts and ends Just in time for the celebration of Pope          John Paul’s beatification in May, the giclèe prints on paper and canvas should be avail -     "  Hal Marcus Gallery Move: The Hal %#&&%#&#$$ ""'% Marcus Gallery is re-creating itself once able for purchase by mid to late April. & $  again, relocating to what most likely will     come to be known as “the blue house Kudos to Lisa Tate: Last but not least,  #" gallery” at 1308 N. Oregon, just five congratulations to El Paso Scene Associate   blocks north of its former location at 800 Editor Lisa Kay Tate for her “My Kind of  $    & North Mesa. Town” article about the El Paso area from     $ Hal and Patricia are extremely excited the vantage point of Mt. Cristo Rey in the  &  + ! about the move to this lovely vintage February 2011 issue of Smithsonian       home, which is also owned and was Magazine. #)"'#)" &%(&    recently remodeled by their former land -    lords, Reyes and Reyes. Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer   !#%*   Hal comments, “This puts the gallery specializing in the visual arts.

Page 42 El Paso Scene April 2011 El Paso Artists Studio Tour — El Paso 10. Linda S. Noack, Sasahara Studio & Gallery artists are sought for the 4th annual tour (Guest artist: Carmen Navar), 7100 Westwind, Saturday and Sunday April 9-10 featuring #135 (West). Acrylic, pastel, oil, silver-smithed Eastside, Northeast and Mission Valley artists; jewelry, mixed media, prints/cards. Information: and April 16-17 featuring Westside, Upper 584-4222. Valley and Downtown artists. Information: 833- 11. Candy Mayer (Guest artist: Lisa Matta 0636, [email protected]. Full studio list and Brown), 1317 Tierra Roja (West). Acrylics, pas - directions available online at pleinairpainter - tels, pen & ink & collages of El Paso & Mexico sofelpaso.com. 6012. Information: 317-5739. landscapes & still lifes. Prints & cards Tours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8. Stephanie Conroy, 1501 Main. Murals, can - 3. Rick Parra, Desert Studio, 1303 N. Laurel Information: 581-4971. noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, both weekends. vas, furniture & gifts. Information: 329-6567. (east of Downtown). Original acrylic paintings, 12. Terri Wenner (Guest artist: Victor Sponsored by Plein Air Painters of El Paso and 9. Alberto Escamilla, Escamilla’s Fine Art limited edition prints. Information: 307-0319, Penaloza), 477 Oak Tree (Upper Valley). El Paso Scene. Art lovers will be able to Gallery, 1500 Main. Classical impressionist oil 592-9897. Wheel-thrown pottery. Information: 833-4629. browse the private studios, meet the artists paintings, specializing in landscapes-El Paso and 4. Hal Marcus Studio & Gallery, 1308 Oregon 13. Krystyna Robbins, 5070 Yucca Pl. (Upper and shop for fine art. Admission is free with abroad. Information: 474-1800, 851-0742. (new location, Sunset Heights). Hal Marcus Valley). Oil and pastel paintings, watercolors. refreshments served at each studio. 10. Barry Johnson. Peña Gallery, 1456 Main. original paintings, prints, cards & new books by Information: 584-0953. April 9-10 studios: Mixture of painting, woodworking and sculpt - Hal Marcus. Surprise special guest artist. 14. Terry Wright (Guest artist: Lorena 1. Kathryn Johnson (Guest artist: Joe ing. Information: 851-8400. Information: 533-9090. Williams) 630 Gary Lane (Upper Valley). Langston), Kbj Studio, 3147 Wheeling Ave 11. Bert Saldana, Bert Saldana Gallery, 2011 5. Marie Rohde (Guest artist: Katie Lichtl), Mosaics/handpainted tile mosaics. Information: (Central). Acrylics & Oils. Impressionism to Main. Southwest art. Information: 851-6012. Rohde Studios, 3324 North Stanton (Mission 731-6730. Impressionistic Realism. Information: 565-2245. 12. Mark Yerrington, 1501 Main. Hills). Bricolage, assemblage & symbolistic 15. Nina Eaton, 506 Shadow Willow (Upper 2. Ho Baron, 2830 Aurora (Central). Nearly Realism/Impressionism. Information: 309-7237. Desert Rococo style, Pop Art, jewelry. Valley). Photography, El Paso sites. prints, 300 bronze sculptures. Information: 562-7820, The San Elizario Artist Guild will be utilize the Information: 309-3094. ceramic tiles, coasters & magnets. Information: 3. Julie Caffee-Cruz, 4105 Edgar Park Av Mission Trail Shuttle for the eastside artist tour 6. Melinda Etzold, 4332 Donnybrook (Mission 231-9773. (Northeast). Detailed drawings, watercolors, in San Elizario with pickup and return location Hills). Pastels, encaustics, oils and pencil. 16. Bill Rakocy Studio, 4210 Emory (Upper and colored pencil drawings. Information: 307- at Bassett Center. Saturday pickup times are 9 Originals, prints & cards. Information: 219- Valley). 2821, and 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m., and Sunday pick 7280. Adair Margo Fine Art — 215 Stanton, 4. James R. Murphy, 920 Stone Edge Rd. up times are 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. 7. Corinne Abeyta-Spinnler (Guest artist: Cil Suite 602 (Martin Building). Hours are 10 a.m. (Northeast). Vibrant, retro-schemed works. Participants may return on any shuttle on a first Abeyta), 5351 Painted Sky Lane (West). Acrylic, to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Information: 526-0719, come, first serve basis. Cost: $3 per person oil, pastel, watercolor paintings. Prints. Friday. Information: 533-0048 or 5. Sandy Lenderman, 10305 Maxwood Dr. (round trip). Information/reservations: 594- Landscapes, flowers, still life, watercolors. adairmargo.com. (East). Realistic vibrant watercolors, enhanced 8424. Information: 833-0636. Adair Margo Fine Art will host “Windows at with colored pencils. Information: 591-7626. April 16-17 studios: 8. Clarissa Adair (Guest artists: Clarissa’s stu - the Mills” April 4-July 8 , at the Mills Building, 6. Bob Adams, 1900 Solano (East). Southwest 1. Art Junction Art Studios (over 20 artists), dents), Adair Studio & Gallery, 5750 N. Mesa 123 West Mills. See listing below. landscapes, old trucks and desert scenes. 500 W. Paisano (Downtown). Oil, acrylic, (West). Paintings on canvas & panel board. Information: 241-2981. watercolor & mixed media painting, metal Realism to impressionism & abstract. Various Ballroom Marfa — 108 E. San Antonio Stops 7-12 are all in the San Elizario Art District embossing (repujado), jewelry, & sculpture. media, originals, prints & giclees. Information: Street in Marfa. Information: (432) 729-3700 or just off the placita in San Elizario. Information: 534-7377. 471-2271, 587-8648. ballroommarfa.org. 7. Al Borrego, Al Borrego Studio & Gallery, 2. Reggie Watterson (Guest artist, Jimmie 9. Patt Robles, 6609 Los Altos Dr. (West). Showing through Aug. 14 : “The World 1501 Main. Exotic wildlife, wild flowers. Acrylic Bemont), Art Junction , 500 W. Paisano Classical Impressionistic oils. Information: 585- originals and prints. Information: 851- (Downtown). Painting & bronze sculpture. 1152. Please see Page 44

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 43 Art Scene ture, cartoons and photography at the CreArte Art Academy and Studio, 300 N. Resler. Cont’d from Page 43 Bilingual Fashion Design Illustration Classes now offered for ages 12-18. Call for schedule: According to New Orleans,” an examination of 613-7817 or the art and visual culture of New Orleans. artacademybyteresafernandez.com. Featured artists are Jules Cahn, Bruce Davenport, Jr., Dawn Dedeaux, Courtney Egan, Crossland Gallery — El Paso Art Skylar Fein, Roy G. Ferdinand, Srdjan Loncar, Association’s gallery is 500 W. Paisano (in the Deborah Luster, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Noel Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are noon to 4 Rockmore, Michael P. Smith and Dan Tague. p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is This year’s Texas Biennial exhibit features free. Information: 351-2811. “The Synergetic Omni-Solution,” works by Showing April 2-23 : Alyce Santoro April 29-May 1 . Santoro is • Works by Bassell Wolfe in the Bissell Gallery. known as the inventor “Sonic Fabric,” who • Artists of the Month Jimmie Bemont, Roselen combines sound with visual art. Her project in Marslender and Ray Alvarado, Williams Gallery. Marfa will feature demonstrations, lectures, • EPAA Presidents’ Exhibit, featuring works performances, multimedia installations and from 19 past EPAA presidents from 1950 to posters throughout the town. the present in the Cox Gallery. Opening reception for all three shows is 5 to Border Art Residency Spring fundrais - 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2 . er — The residency invites visitors to see Showing April 30-May 28 : works created by Scott McMahon 1 to 5 p.m. • Honored artists for May; painters Linda Saturday, April 16 , during his recent residency. Noack and L.B. McKay. Music and drinks provided and food will be • El Paso County Student Scholarship Art available to purchase from the Drifter Diner. Show, featuring winning entries from the nine Admission is free. Information: 755-2427 bor - area school districts. derartresidency.com. Opening reception is 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, The residency program is at 3125 Highway April 30 . 28, La Union, N.M. To get there, take Vinton Exit from 1-10 west to Highway 28. El Paso Artisan Gallery — Lynx Exhibits, McMahon and sculptor Willie Ray Parish are 300 W. San Antonio. Now showing is the also collaborating on a mobile “camera obscu - unique, interactive art show “Hidden ra” to be completed this month. Renovations Treasures” featuring two works by each of six to a 1940s camping trailer took place in area artists: Jessica Pizana, James Murphy, December 2010. The trailer, retrofitted with a Candy Mayer, George Gonzalez, Ana Karina rotating lens mechanism projects a live image Rodriguez and Elizabeth Genova. Lynx hours of the outside world into the darkened trailer are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, interior. Viewers have the option to manually Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. rotate the lens in order to see a 360-degree Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed projection. The trailer camera obscura will Monday. Gallery admission is free. Information: eventually be parked in different places, taking 533-4330 or lynxexhibits.com in views of various locations. El Paso Museum of Art — One Arts Chamizal galleries - Chamizal National Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9 Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to Abrazos Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday 9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays. through Friday for Paisanos Gallery. Admission Admission is free for most exhibits. “Monet to is free. Information: 532-7273. Matisse” admission is $10 ($5 members; free Showing through April 15 at Los Paisanos ages 12 and younger). The museum offers free Gallery: Southwest paintings by 2011 Siglo de admission to all paid exhibitions for active duty Oro poster artist Carmen Rodriguez. military Personnel and their families as part of Rodriguez’s portrait of Don Quixote was cho - the Arts Blue Star Museums Program (current sen to represent the drama festival. ID needed). Information: 532-1707 or elpa - Showing through May 13 in the Abrazos soartmuseum.org. Gallery: “Life Goes On… “ landscapes by Maria Showing through May 22 : Savitsky. Having lived most of her life in St. • “Monet to Matisse,” an exhibition from the Petersburg, Russia, Savitsky’s work is greatly collection of the Dixon Gallery in Memphis, influenced by the history and design of the Tenn. with 30 paintings and works on paper by cityscapes of her homeland. While working in the most influential artists of the Impressionist the U.S., Savitsky created programs for chil - and Post-Impressionist movements. Renowned dren and adults interested in Russian customs. Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Promoting her culture inspired her to study Alfred Sisley, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, traditional classical painting with her daughter and Pierre-Auguste Renoir will be included as and son-in-law, Lyuba and Aleksander Titovets. well as the post-Impressionist artists Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Cézanne, Georges ‘Colors of Spring 2011’ — El Paso Art Seurat, Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin; and Association’s annual spring show and sale is modern artists of the early 20th century, April 8-29 at Sunland Art Gallery in Sunland Georges Braque and Marc Chagall. Park Mall, featuring works by both new and • “From Paris to North America: American established EPAA members. In addition to fine Impressionism Masterworks” as a companion art works, prints and cards will be available for exhibit to “Monet to Matisse.” The exhibit cel - purchase. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ebrates American Impressionist paintings with Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. more than 30 paintings by artists such as Sunday. Information: 833-4635, 584-3117 or Theodore Earl Butler, William Merritt Chase, elpasoartalive.eznuz.com. Web: elpasoartasso - Frederick Childe-Hassam, Henry Ossawa- ciation.com. Tanner and John Twachtman who were influ - This year’s judge is Rudy Castro, EPCC enced by and adopted the style of French adjunct faculty professor, sculptor, illustrator, oil Impressionism in the last quarter of the 19th painter and cartoonist. Reception and awards century to the first half of the 20th century. ceremony is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 . Centered primarily on the East coast, the CreArte classes — Teresa Fernandez hosts classes for all ages in drawing, painting, sculp - Please see Page 45

Page 44 El Paso Scene April 2011 Art Scene Hal Marcus Studio and Gallery — The gallery is moving to its new location at 1308 N. Cont’d from Page 44 Oregon, behind Lucy’s. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Information: 533- American Impressionist movement grew as 9090 or halmarcus.com. young American artists returned from study in A Studio Tour Grand Opening and Open Europe where they learned to focus on the House for the new location is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. transitory effects of light and contemporary Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 16- subject matter. 17 , as part of the El Paso Artist’s Studio Tour, A Zip Tour of “Monet to Matisse” with featuring refreshments and demonstrations. Museum Director Michael A. Tomor is 12:15 Live music provided by special guest acoustic p.m. Wednesday, April 6 . Admission is free, duo Fragile Balance, consisting of Nick Cooper but space limited to first 40 attendees. and Cruz Lujan. Free Focus Talks for the exhibit continue at The gallery exhibits works by owner Hal 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays through May 4 led by Marcus, a native El Pasoan who has been paint - museum staff members. ing for over 40 years and is famed for such • April 13 – Loraine Arriaga will discuss Alfred locally inspired works as “El Mercado,” “El Sisley Paso Navidad” and “Avenida Juárez.” • April 20 – Alice Parra will discuss Pierre Other featured artists include Teresa Bonnard Fernandez, Bill Sullivan, Manuel Acosta, Bill • April 27 – Georgina Alva will discuss Pierre Rakocy, Candy Mayer, Vincent Peterson, Evelyn August Renoir, The Picture Book (1895). Ainsa, Mark Paulda, Francisco Romero and In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the Mauricio Mora. museum announces the publication and release of the bilingual book “European Treasures from International Museum of Art — 1211 the El Paso Museum of Art” at 12:30 p.m. Montana. The museum is operated by the Sunday, April 3 , featuring comments by Samuel International Association for the Visual Arts in H. Kress Foundation director Max Marmor. A the historic Turney Home. Hours are 1 to 5 book signing follows in the Museum Store, and p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admission is the book will be available for purchase for $55 free. Information: 543-6747 or international - ($35 museum members). museumofart.net. Showing through April 10 : “The Holy Showing in April is “He Says, She Says,” works Trinity/La Santisima Trinidad.” by two area artist couples, Mario and Dora Showing through July 31 : “Humble, Parra and Bill and Nancy Bissell. Powerful and Divine: Renaissance and Baroque The Heritage Gallery (lower level) features Prints.” “The Exhibition: 1910- Showing through Sept. 25 : “Common 1920” featuring murals by Bill Rakocy and Language, Punctuating the Landscape,” project Mario Parra depicting various events from the by Suzi Davidoff and Rachelle Thiewes The Mexican Revolution, a collection of rare, mat - project consists of large-scale photographs on ted photographs and Pancho Villa’s death mask. aluminum, video projections and a published book. The project began when the artists KCOS-TV 2011 Auction — The annual received a joint-residency at an artist’s cooper - KCOS-TV Auction runs 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday ative in Finland. and 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 9-10 , and April The Art Book Bunch meets 4 to 5:30 p.m. on 16-17 , to raise money for local public televi - the third Thursday of each month ( April 21 ) in sion. Items often include gift certificates to area the museum’s seminar room to discuss art- restaurants, weekend stays at luxurious hotels, related books. Cost: $10 per session (free for jewelry, gift baskets and more. Viewers can museum members). Participants must provide watch Channel 13 (El Paso Cable 12, Las their own books. Cruces Cable 6) to bid and buy during the event. Information: 590-1313 or Encaustic International Art Studio and [email protected]. Gallery — 7100 Westwind, Suite 120. The gallery is the studio of encaustic artist Brigitte La Galeria de la Misíon de Senecú — von Ahn. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday The Ysleta Independent School District’s gallery and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information: 833-0454, 581-4737 or brigit - Monday through Friday. Admission is free. tevonahn.com. Information: 434-9711 or yisd.net/finearts. An Encaustic Workshop on Color is 10 a.m. Showing through April 20 : “Un Grito Al to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16 . Artists of varying Vacio,” works by artists from both El Paso and encaustic abilities can create paintings that Juarez depicting the current status of the bor - focus on color. Cost: $40. der culture and community, specifically looking Also on April 16, the gallery will feature artist at the reaction to everyday violence. demonstrations and new artwork as part of the Lancer’s Club East — 3135 Trawood. El Paso Artists Studio Tour. The gallery will Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through remain open until 7 p.m. that that day. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 5:30 to 11 EPAA art classes — El Paso Art Association p.m. Saturday, and 10;30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. offers classes at the Art Junction Gallery, 500 Sunday. Information: 855-7477. W. Paisano. Cost: $65 ($60 EPAA members and Showing April 9-May 4 — Rich Martinez military) for six sessions. Registration/informa - one-man show, hosted by Galleria 300 and Art tion: 534-7377. Worx Productions. The show is a 10-year ret - • Advanced Drawing Composition and rospective of Martinez’s work. Fundamentals Techniques is noon to 6 p.m. Opening reception is 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Mondays beginning April 4 with Don Beene. April 9 . First 50 people who attend receive a • Drawing Fundamentals and Techniques for signed event poster. Exhibit information: 487- Beginners is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, begin - 6545 or Artworx72.webs.com. ning April 5 with Manuel Alvarado. Marjorie Foster School of Art Show — • Photography for Beginners is noon to 2 p.m. The 13th annual show is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays beginning April 6 with Robert Saturday, April 30 , at the Park East Clubhouse, Tibuni. 1725 Mosswood, featuring works by Foster’s • Pastel Portraits with Limited Palette is 3 to 5 students Celia Al-Tahan, Leslie Beeman, Sherri p.m. Thursdays beginning April 7 with Manny C. Guerra. 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April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 45 Art scene First Anniversary with several events Friday through Sunday, April 8-10 , including artist Cont’d from Page 45 demonstrations and talks. Information: 851- 6012. Opening reception is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, with Bonilla, Elora Brotherton, Bertha Burkes, live music, food and a chance to meet the Barbara Goodbrake, Ursula Landrie, Sara Long, artists. Arlene Poyner, Irene Rice, Laurel Roberts, The district will take place in the annual El Lorenza Telles and Lois Wiggins. Entertainment Paso Artists Tour Saturday and Sunday. The provided by folk singer/songwriter Charlie Mission Trail Shuttle service will offer continu - McDonald. Admission is free and the public is ous service to the Art District both days from invited. Information/venue directions: Marjorie Bassett Center. Foster, 592-5122. Sasahara Gallery — 7100 Westwind Drive, Metal Embossing workshops — El Paso Suite 135. Fine art paintings, jewelry, sculpture, artist Maria Almeida Natividad free hosts work - photography, prints, cards and portraits. Art shops for adults and children age 6 and older in classes offered. Hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, creating unique art using the ancient technique and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. of “rebujo,” embossing or pressing shapes into Information: 584-4222 or metal to create a design in this workshop. [email protected]. Web: sasahara - Aluminum metal sheets and other materials will gallery.com. be supplied, as well as various designs. For The gallery will celebrate its first anniversary 4 more information or to schedule a workshop at to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , during the another location, contact Natividad at 203- Westside El Paso Artists Studio Tour. The cele - 2309. bration features gallery owner Linda Noack and • 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at Judge guest artist Carmen Navar. The gallery will be Edward S. Marquez Library, 610 N. Yarbrough. open for the event 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Information: 591-3391. and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. • Saturday, May 21 , at Showing through April 23: “From the Heart: Main Branch, 501 N. Oregon. Time to be Then and Now,” works by Bob Adams. determined. Information: 543-5401. Showing April 1-May 29 : “Contemporary Churches, Modern Missions and Saints,” paint - Pastel Society of El Paso — The society’s ings by Carmen Navar. monthly meeting is 1 p.m. Thursday, April 14 , The gallery will raise money to aid the victims at the International Museum of Art, 1211 from the Japan earthquake/tsunami crisis with a Montana, featuring a special three-hour fundraising raffle through April 16 . Prizes demonstration in pastels by Santa Fe artist include a painting by Carman Navar, painting by Mike Mahon. Mahon, who creates colorful, Linda Noack and a selection of art supplies. realistic people and landscapes of the Southwest, teaches a “process” rather than Sotoa Gallery — 500 W. Overland, part of step-by-step directions. The program is free the Sotoa Office Lofts. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 and the open to the public. Information: 581- p.m. Monday through Friday. Information: 539- 4971. 2083 or sotoa.com. Impressionists Aleksander and Lyuba Titovets Rio Bravo Watercolorists – The group will host a fundraising art show “The Art of will host a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Music” for El Paso Symphony Orchestra 5:30 April 20 , at Vista Hills Country Club, 2210 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 31 . Admission is Trawood. All watercolorists and art lovers invit - free; proceeds from sales benefit the orchestra. ed. Reservations required: 842-9365. Sunland Art Gallery — The El Paso Art Rubin Center — UTEP’s Stanlee and Gerald Association co-op gallery is in Sunland Park Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to Sun Mall, second level across from The Greenery, Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are with 30 El Paso artists represented. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 8.m. Monday through Saturday, Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and noon to noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: 584-3117, 5 p.m. Saturday. Information: 747-6151 or 474-0053 or sunlandartgallery.com. rubincenter.utep.edu. Showing April 8-29 : “Colors of Spring 2011” Showing April 7-May 7 in the Rubin and L El Paso Art Association’s annual spring show galleries: “2011 Annual Juried UTEP Student featuring works by both new and established Art Exhibition,” showcasing works by under - EPAA members. This year’s judge is Rudy graduate students in the Department of Art. All Castro. Opening reception and awards cere - media taught will be represented, including mony is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 . painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, metals and graphic design. Jurors are Ruth Estévez Through Her Eyes Photography (fine arts juror) and Alejandro Magallanes Exhibit - the youth photography exhibit runs (graphic design juror). through April 30 at La Fe Cultural and Showing April 7-May 14 in the Project Technology Center (721 S. Ochoa Rear). The Space: the 2nd Annual UTEP Department of exhibit features photographs by participants Art Alumni Focus Exhibition, “Daniel Lehman: age 10 to 18 in the Latinitas after school clubs. Recent Sculpture.” Lehman earned his B.F.A. Latinitas is a local youth program that uses cre - from UTEP in 1993 and uses both traditional ative multimedia education to empower Latina forging techniques and modern fabrication to youth. Information: 219-8554 or latinitas - create his steel sculptures. His most recent magazine.org. work is inspired by large industrial forms, while UTEP Union Gallery — Second floor, his earlier work was informed by his study of UTEP Union East. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 8 the biological sciences. p.m. Monday through Friday. Information: 747- Opening reception for both shows is 5 to 5481 or utep.edu/events. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 . Award winners Showing through April 11 : “Alegre,” oil for the Student Art Exhibition, including the paintings emphasizing luminosity of the land - winner of the $750 Arlene Smith McKinnon scape by El Paso artist Nina Cobb Walker. Endowment Purchase Award, will be Walker will give a gallery talk on her work at announced around 6 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 . San Elizario Art District anniversary — San Elizario Art District Guild celebrates its Please see Page 47

Page 46 El Paso Scene April 2011 Art Scene Showing April 1-30 : Through May 1 : “My Las Cruces” art show catered by senior students in local high school • “Knock on Wood” exhibit featuring works featuring works celebrating Las Cruces. Artists culinary arts programs. Cont’d from Page 46 created from the hewn trees taken down dur - are Molly Gamboa Barth, Nancy Frost Begin, Submissions are being taken through April 8 ing city revitalization efforts. P.K. Friedell, Mark Hohnstreiter, Carlitta Harvey, for the Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces “From the ‘Windows at the Mills’ — Adair Margo • Las Cruces Arts Association Members Show, Julie Ford Oliver, Melody Sears, Kathleen Ground Up XXV” regional juried ceramic Fine Art will host the window displays featuring featuring mixed media, photography, watercol - Squires, Jo-an Smith and Daphne Wirthlin. exhibit. Open to ceramic artists from the Rocky work by the region’s leading artists April 4-July or, oil pastels, acrylics and more. Mountain region of New Mexico, Texas, ‘From the Ground Up XXV’ call for 8, at the Mills Building, 123 W. Mills. Exhibit • “Enchanted,” photography by Gordon Taylor. Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana artists — The Las Cruces Museum of Art, hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Opening reception for all three exhibits is 5 to and Idaho. Entry fee: $30. 490 N. Water, seeks submissions through In preparation for the grand opening of the 7 p.m. Friday, April 1 , during the First Friday The museum is also taking submissions April 8 for the 2011 Potters’ Guild regional Anson Mills Building Downtown, the gallery has Ramble. through June 10 for its 2012 solo and groups juried ceramic Exhibit. Open to ceramic artists placed art, fashion, jewelry and photography in Archaeology Day events are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. exhibitions. from New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, the promenade windows inside. Each of nine Saturday, April 2 , featuring family hands-on Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Artists Main Street Gallery — 311 N. Downtown plate glass windows has become a “mini- activities, including arrowhead, rope and pig - may submit up to four entries that were com - Mall, Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. gallery,” displaying pottery from Mata Ortiz, ment paint making, corn grinding and more. pleted within the past three years. Fee: $30 for Tuesday through Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 Chihuahua, dresses by fashion design students Informational booths will be featured. one to four submissions. Information: (575) p.m. Saturday, or by appointment. Information: at El Paso Community College, photographs of The monthly “History Notes” program is 1 to 541-2137. Forms available online at (575) 647-0508. Spanish bulls by Joel Salcido, an installation of 2 p.m. Thursday, April 14 . This month’s topic museums.las-cruces.org. A four-month exhibit featuring the works Fred circling birds cut from x-ray film by Julia is “Maude McFie Bloom” with Dr. Jo Tice Barello, jewelry by UTEP art department stu - Chilton opens with a special reception during Bloom. Las Cruces Museum of Art — 491 N. dents, and painted and glazed terra cotta busts the Downtown Ramble 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, The 6th annual International Day of Dance Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to by Estelle Goldman. April 1 . Chilton is the recipient of numerous events featuring local and international dances 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Also on view are John Houser’s maquettes of awards including four from “Watercolor are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30 . Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 541- the XII Travelers sculptures, including Don Juan Magic”. He juried and judged “Sun Carnival Admission is free. 2137 or las-cruces.org/museums. de Oñate and Fray Garcia de San Francisco; a Annual Exhibition” at the El Paso International The Branigan Cultural Center seeks proposals Showing through April 2 : “Sight Unseen: the “tough guy” painting by Gaspar Enriquez, sculp - Art Museum in 2009 and was published in the through April 30 for solo and group exhibi - Sculptures of Michael Naranjo,” a retrospective tural jewelry by UTEP professor Rachelle 2009 “Splash” and holds the A.W.S. title. tions to be presented in 2012. exhibition showcasing 30 years of work in Thiewes and a masterpiece by enigmatic New gallery artists this month include Linda stone, wax and clay. painter Annabel Livermore. Chili Art Show call for artists — Main Gendall, Marie Siegrist and Mel Clarkston and Showing April 15-23 : “All-City High School Adair Margo Fine Art is at 215 Stanton, Suite Street Gallery and The Big Picture in the Las sculptors Kelley Hestir and Tomi LaPierre. Seniors’ Exhibition.” The exhibit features art - 602 (Martin Building). Hours are 10 a.m. to Cruces Downtown Mall seeking works with a work by students graduating from Alma d’Arte, Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery — noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. chili theme through July 15 for the New Las Cruces, Mayfield, Oñate and San Andres 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across Information: 533-0048 or adairmargo.com. Mexico Centennial Chili Art Show. The juried High Schools. Media include ceramics, sculp - from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. exhibition runs Aug. 27-Sept. 27. For ture, printmaking, drawing, painting, photogra - to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon details/prospectus, call (575) 647-0508 or e- Las Cruces/Mesilla phy and mixed media. Opening reception and mail [email protected] and awards reception is 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 15 , Branigan Cultural Center — Branigan include “chili exhibit entry” in the subject line. Please see Page 48 Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday Cutter Gallery — 2640 El Paseo (at through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. University), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154 p.m. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or las-cruces.org/museums. Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658.

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 47 Art Scene Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Information: (575) 522-7281 or uuchurchlc.org. Cont’d from Page 46 Showing April 3-29 : “Time/Space Squared” works by steel sculptor John Northcutt and to 5 p.m. Sunday. New works displayed every multimedia collage artist Roy van der Aa. three months. Information: (575) 522-2933 or Northcutt’s kinetic sculptural work explores mesillavalleyfinearts.com. the concept of the existence of multiple planes April’s artists are Sally Quillen and Ruth Ann within a plane and their interaction. Van der Sugarman. Quillen has been teaching watercol - Aa’s images begin as collections of found ele - or, oil, acrylic and mixed media for more than ments which change context as he combines 20 years. Sugarman’s work is primarily in them in a balance of painting and collage. Both acrylic. artists are members of the Society of Layerists Preston Contemporary Art Center — in Multimedia (SLMM) and ArtForms. 1755 Avenida de Mercado (end of Calle de Artists’ reception is 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mercado). Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Sunday, April 3 , with a gallery talk at noon. through Saturday; or by appointment. Information: (575) 523-8713 or prestoncon - Also temporaryart.com. Through June 25 : metal Art Hop — The Truth or Consequences sculpture by Kevin Box, drawings by Craig Downtown Gallery District Association hosts Dongoski, paintings by Fran Hardy and ceramic the event 6 to 8 p.m. the second Saturday of sculpture by Suzanne Kane. each month ( April 9 ), featuring seven art gal - While working in a foundry, Box developed an leries and other venues in the downtown “organic burnout” technique designed for cast - gallery district. Various receptions, refresh - ing paper that risks each original as it is burned ments and musical entertainment will be fea - out within the ceramic mold. The result is a tured during these monthly events. one of a kind bronze sculpture. Information: (575) 894-0528, TorCart.com. Atlanta artist Dongoski’s work derives from investigations into a gray area between drawing High Mesa Artists Studio Tour — and writing. His most recent body of work, Twelve artists and crafters will be featured at “Durations,” is a return to basic drawing nine locations in the annual open studio tour 10 approaches using basic materials. a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 9- All of Hardy’s work focuses on the natural 10 . All artists and crafters are within a 3-mile world, especially native flora and its preserva - radius in Lincoln County’s Loma Grande, 18 tion. She has produced three educational docu - miles north of Ruidoso and five miles south of mentaries on her creative process in collabora - Nogal off U.S. Highway 37 (watch for signs). 40,000 copies each month tion with her husband, filmmaker Bob Admission is free. Information: (575) 354-0201. Demboski. MRAC Gallery — The Mimbres Region Arts Kane works as a studio artist in clay and El Paso’s Best Advertising Value Council Gallery is in Wells Fargo Bank Building, metal. She has titled the body of work in this 1201 Pope (at 12th) in Silver City. Open during exhibition “Beautiful Cages,” a series that regular bank hours. Information: (575) 538- www.epscene.com/adrates.html brings together her interest in containers, 2505 or mimbresarts.org. space, and narratives regarding human nature. Showing through April 22 : MRAC Print Rio Grande Theatre Galleries — 211 Project. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces, in the theatre Showing April 29-May 21 : “MRAC Members lobby. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Show.” Opening reception is 5-6:30 p.m. through Friday. Information: (575) 523-6403. Friday, April 29 . Showing In April is historical imagery illustrat - Rio Bravo Fine Art — 110 Broadway in ing downtown Las Cruces and the Rio Grande Truth or Consequences, N.M. Gallery hours Theatre over the years, along with memorabilia are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, from the theatre’s long and illustrious down - or by appointment. Information: (575) 894- town reign, as part of the rededication of the 0572 or riobravofineart.net. North Gallery in honor of the theatre’s found - Showing through April 6 : “From The Edge ing families the Clutes and Muggenburgs. A of the Abyss,” contemporary abstract and ink reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 1 . Also paintings on Chinese paper by W.B. Brown. featured is a Literary Open Mic 5:30 to 7 p.m. Showing through April is “Students of Light,” in the Rio Grande Theatre auditorium followed paintings by Hillsboro impressionist David by Comedy Improv by the Ad-Liberaces 7 to Farrell and his students of the Black Range 7:30 p.m. School of Art. Opening reception is 6 to 9 p.m. The official dedication of the gallery will take Saturday, April 9 . Live music provided by place during the Doña Ana Arts Council awards singer/songwriter Mackie Redd. ceremony Friday, April 8 . Farrell will host the two-day painting work - Southwest Jewish Arts Festival sub - shop “The Art of Seeing” 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. missions — Submissions are being taken Saturday and Sunday, April 16-17 . The work - through April 15 for the first-ever juried shop will focus on how to see color and light in exhibit at Temple Beth El of Las Cruces, 3980 nature and represent that understanding in Sonoma Springs. Juror is Joy Miller of Las painting in the impressionist lineage of Monet, Cruces Museum of Art, and works accepted by Chase, Hawthorne and Hensche. Includes artists in New Mexico and West Texas. demonstrations by Farrell as well as a talk on Applications available online at tbelc.org. Saturday evening. All levels welcome. Cost: Information: Susan Fitzgerald, (575) 647-1808. $100. Registration information: (575) 895-3352. The show, celebrating the diversity of Jewish White Oaks Pottery Tour — The arts artists in New Mexico and West Texas, will be tour featuring the artists of White Oaks N.M. is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 12 , with paintings, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23 , at White sculpture, ceramics, drawings, jewelry and fiber Oaks Pottery, 445 Jicarilla Road in White Oaks, art. Jewish noshes and champagne served. The N.M. featuring paintings, woven metal and event also will include works by invited artists functional and nonfunctional porcelain. including Robert Highsmith, Dan Tapper, Rachel Admission is free. Information: (575) 648-2985. Stevens, Alexander Titovets and Debbie Levy. To get there: take Highway 54 three miles Tombaugh Gallery — First Unitarian north of Carrizozo, and turn right at Route Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. 349. Take 349 nine miles to White Oaks (fol - Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. low the signs).

Page 48 El Paso Scene April 2011 ‘Leading Ladies’ - Ken Ludwig’s comedy is through April 9 at El Paso Playhouse, 2501 ‘S.P.A.R.’ — Los Montanas Charter High Montana. The rollicking tale, directed by School Theater Club presents the one-act play Vanessa Keyser, is complete with mistaken by Stephen Gregg at 8 p.m. Friday and identities, mismatched lovers and traveling doc - Saturday, April 29-30 , in the Black Box tors. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, in Las and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 Cruces, directed by Rachel Ribeiro. The play hilariously explores the boundary between real - military and students with ID). Information: ‘An Inspector Calls’ — American ‘Anne of Green Gables’ — The Shining ity and fiction in an age obsessed with reality 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com. Southwest Theatre Company presents J.B. Star Drama Team, performs the classic television. Tickets: $6 ($4 students); available in Priestly’s stylish thriller April 15-May 1 at American story 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday, April ‘The Somewhat True Tale of Robin advance through No Strings Theatre Company. NMSU’s Hershel Zohn Theatre. Showtime is 23 , at Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Hood’ - Kids-N-Co, 1301 Texas, presents a Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223. “frantically funny” retelling of the famous out - 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 Marcial. The team consists of area home- law 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10-$15. Information: 1- schooled students. Admission to be announced. p.m. Sundays through April 10 . Tickets: $7 800-525-ASTC (2782). Information: 532-7372. Please see Page 50 ($5 seniors, students and active military); avail - Set in 1912, the play focuses on the well-to- able at the door one hour before show. do Birling family at their home in Brumley. The Advance reservations accepted for groups of 10 family is visited by Inspector Goole, who ques - or more. Information: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org. tions them about the suicide of Eva Smith. Robin Hood encounters a lovely damsel-in- ‘Barabbas’ — The original play by El Paso’s distress (oddly obsessed with skin conditions), Fred Keyser is April 15-May 7 at El Paso an ever-scheming sheriff who would rather Playhouse, 2501 Montana. Directed by Kate bowl a strike than hit a bull’s-eye; a gold-hoard - Keyser. Ticket Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and ing, bad-guy monarch wannabe; fawning ladies, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 ($10 and a good-natured “Town’s Guy” who man - seniors, military and students with ID). ages to make his way into every scene. Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com. ‘The Return of Herbert Bracewell; The Easter story is told through the point of Why I’m Always Alone When I’m With view of the ultimate outsider. Featuring a score You’ — Las Cruces Community Theatre pres - by Fred Keyser as well. ents the Andrew Johns play 8 p.m. Friday and ‘Wine, Women and Song’ — American Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 1-17 . Southwest Theatre Company hosts its spring Tickets: $10 ($9 students, seniors and military; social 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 , at $8 group rate; $7 ages six and younger). NMSU’s Hershel Zohn Theatre, with local Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org. wines, appetizers and songs from the American In 1909 Herbert Bracewell has retired to the and musical theatre songbook. Tickets: $15. attic of his New York home with plans to stage Information: (575 646-4517 or a comeback in a one-man review of his long, if theatre.nmsu.edu/astc/. undistinguished career. ‘The Sound of Music’ — UTEP Dinner ‘Ugly Apples’ — The Border Theatre pres - Theatre presents the Rogers and Hammerstein ents two thematically linked one-act pieces family classic April 22-May 22 . Showtime is 7 written by Joel Murray and Austin Savage at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; dinner mati - p.m. Friday through Sunday, April 1-3 and nee is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1; non-dinner April 8-10 , at Glasbox, 1500 Texas. Tickets: matinees are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 15 and $7. Information: 412-528 or bordertheatre.org. 22. Tickets $26-$38 dinner shows; $12-$22 Pieces featured are “Forever Change” and non-dinner matinee. Information: 747-6060. “Kitten Kill Lion.” The show contains nudity, When a postulant proves too high-spirited for violence, sexual situations and adult language. the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed ‘Lost in Yonkers’ — El Paso Community naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the College’s Performers Studio closes its season youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spir - with the Neil Simon comedy 7:30 p.m. April 8- it, gradually captures the heart of the stern 9 and April 15-16 , at EPCC Transmountain Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from Campus Forum. Directed by Cornelia their honeymoon they discover that Austria has Patterson. Tickets: $10 ($5 students/seniors/ been invaded by the Nazis. military). Information: 637-4029 or epcc.edu. ‘Spitfire Grill’ — No Strings Theatre Company presents the musical by James Valcq and Fred Alley based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff April 8-24 at Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by Nikka Zeimer. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17 and 24, and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21. Tickets: $10 ($9 students and seniors with ID, $7 all seats Thursday). Information: (575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org. A feisty parolee follows her dreams to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill. ‘Simply Maria or the American Dream’ — Doña Ana Community College presents the one-act by Josefina López at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 14-16 , Dona Ana Community College East Mesa Auditorium, 2800 N. Sonoma Ranch in Las Cruces. Performance followed by a talkback session. Admission: $5 (free for ages 12 and younger). Information: (575) 528-7048 or dabcc.nmsu.edu. Lopez’s first play is a wildly funny story about a young Latina aspiring to be an actress and her dream of going to college.

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 49 Stage Auditions & classes Information: (575) 521-6261 or [email protected]. Web: muirstudio.com. Cont’d from Page 49 The Glasbox — The Border Theatre’s new performance space is at 1500 Texas. ‘Rocky Horror’ auditions — The Hot ‘The Three Musketeers’ — UTEP Information: 424-5283 or bordertheatre.org. PAWtooties group supporting Pets Alive-El Department of Theatre and Dance presents • “New Work Collective” workshops — 2 to 5 Paso, Inc. will host auditions for the shadow Ken Ludwig’s lively adaptation of Alexandre p.m. the second Saturday of the month cast for the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Dumas’s adventure April 29-May 8 , in the Fox through May 14 . Cost: $20 per month: 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre. Showtime is 8 Information: [email protected]. Wednesday, April 5-6 , at Pat O’Rourke p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2:30 • Contemporary Movement Classes — 6 to Recreation Center, 701 Montana. Information: p.m. Sunday. Directed by Chuck Gorden. 7:30 p.m. Sundays. The piece choreographed 539-1578 or [email protected]. The Tickets: $12 ($10 UTEP faculty/staff, seniors, during the class will be performed Friday, April cast will be part of monthly screenings of “The military, groups of 10 or more and non-UTEP 29 . Cost: $40 a month. Information: Rocky Horror Picture Show” beginning in May. students; $9 UTEP students and children age 4 [email protected]. ‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling to 12). Information: 747-5118 or the - • 10-Minute Play Workshops — 11 a.m. to 4 Bee’ auditions — No Strings Theatre will atredance.utep.edu. p.m. the first Saturday of the month; instructed host auditions for musical comedy noon to 3 Join D’Artagnon as he swashbuckles his way by Austin Savage. Admission is free to the pub - p.m. Saturday, April 16 , at the Black Box through the 17th century France with Athos, lic. Information: [email protected]. Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, in Las Porthos and Aramis. From the streets of Paris • Acting Performance Classes — 5:30 to 8:30 Cruces. Information: Tom Smith (575) 635- to the Court of King Louis, the heroes fight p.m. Saturdays, open to all ages and experience 5194 or [email protected]. The play runs bravely against the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu levels. Cost: $100 per month. Information: June 24-July 10 or July 17. to defend the honor of the Queen of France. [email protected]. ‘A Few Good Men’ auditions — El Paso Death Before Dessert — El Paso UTEP Summer Theatre and Dance Playhouse, 2501 Montana, will host auditions Playhouse’s comedy group (formerly “Die camps — The UTEP Department of Theatre, for its final production of the season at 7 p.m. Laughing”) performs mysteries the last Saturday Dance and Film will host its 2011 summer Sunday and Monday, April 17-18 . Information: of the month at Il Posto Italiano Ristorante, camps June 6-24 . Registration begins April 1. 532-1317 or elpasoplayhouse.com. 7128 N. Mesa. Reservations required: 585- Tuition: $200 per camp. Information: Adriana Theatre Scholarship Auditions — 2221. Information: elpasoplayhouse.com. Dominguez, 747-6213 or theatre.utep.edu. UTEP’s Department of Theatre and Dance will Acting Workshop — The Muir Studio of host auditions for scholarships for new and Las Cruces offers an audition acting workshop transfer students by appointment only 4 to 6 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, April 2-30 , for ages p.m. Saturday, April 30 , Wise Family Theatre, 18 and older. Instructor Sam Muir is a profes - 2nd Floor, UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Building. sional actor, director and educator and a mem - Scholarships available for both performance and ber of SAG, AFTRA and AEA. No experience tech/design students. Taped auditions and required; instruction includes a live-stage stu - mailed portfolios also accepted. Call to sched - dent showcase. Cost: $35 per session. ule an audition: Adriana Dominguez, 747-6213.

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Page 50 El Paso Scene April 2011 Barnes & Noble (West Side) — 705 NMSU Dia de los Niños Writers’ Sunland Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Workshop — The NMSU Library will cele - Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10 brate El dia de los niños/El dia de los libros with p.m. Sunday. Information: 581-5353 or bn.com. a writing workshop for adults at 7 p.m. An educator breakfast is 9 a.m. Saturday, Wednesday, April 13 , in the Zuhl Library April 9 , with free refreshments and informa - book “I Am South” was published 2010 and she the first Monday of the month. The meetings Conference Room led by Jennifer Cervantes, tion for all pre-K through grade 12 educators. was nominated her for the Pushcart Prize the include a social, usually a dinner, as well as book author of the popular children’s book “Tortilla Recurring events: publication “Valium” in 2009. discussion. The April 4 book is “The Man Jesus Sun.” Attendees focus on how to write books • Sisters in Crime mystery reading group • April 30 — “Whimsy and Sharps” with Loved” by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr. hosted by for children while considering meets at 7 p.m. Monday, April 11 . Leslie Council. Seeing images by whim stirs Bill Ellis (postponed from March). what appeals to kids and why. Bring paper, pen • West El Paso Rotary Club Book Group meets emotions and entices reactions and ideas in Information/location: 929-9282 or and imagination; the public is invited. at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 , to discuss the writing. Council is a post-EPCC Tejano tribune rgadelante.com. Information: (575) 646-6925 or (575) 646- latest business book titles. journalist and editor, artist, art director and 6087. Poetry Month Celebration — El Paso • Third Monday Book Group will meet at 10 graphic design specialist and photographer. Cervantes’ book has received national Community College will celebrate National a.m. Monday, April 18 , to discuss “The acclaim, including accolades in “School Library Barnes & Noble (East Side) — 9521 Poetry Month with a performance by poets Lacuna” by Barbara Kingsolver. Journal,” “Booklist” and “Publishers Weekly.” Viscount. Information: 590-1932. Todd McKinney and Carolina Monsisváis 5:30 to • En la Sombra de Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz Author Kelley Coffeen will sign her newest 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 , at EPCC’s An Evening with Michael C. Ford — bilingual reading group meets at 1 p.m. Tuesday, cookbook, “300 Best Taco Recipes: From Administrative Service Building A, 9050 Tumblewords hosts an evening with jazz poet April 19 . Tantalizing Tacos to Authentic Tortillas, Sauces, Viscount, as part of the Spring Arts Festival. A Michael C. Ford at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , Children’s storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays: Cocktails and Salsas,” 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, book signing and reception will follow. at the Santa Teresa Country Club. Ford will be • April 2 — Cartooning with guest Jorge April 9 . Coffeen is the author of the popular Admission is free. Information: 831-2630 or joined by local poets Gene Keller, Donna Baeza “Fiesta Mexicali.” epcc.edu. Snyder, Robin Scofield and Leslie Council. An • April 9 — Green Elementary Photogs stu - Recurring events: open mic follows the reading. Admission is free. dents. El Paso Writers’ League — Mystery Little One’s Storytime is 11 a.m. every Friday Information: 328-5484 or tumblewordspro - • April 16 — “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” writer and local teacher L.C. Hayden will pres - with Miss Bonnie. ject.com. • April 23 – Kids-N-Co. Theatre troupe. ent a writing workshop 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Eastside Sisters in Crime reading club meets Ford has published more than 25 books of April 9 , at the Dorris Van Doren Regional Tumblewords Project — The writing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 , to discuss “Catering poetry. Over the years, his work has also Branch Library, 551 E. Redd Road, as part of workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson. included prose, plays and spoken word record - the league’s regular monthly meeting. Visitors Saturdays at Memorial Park Public Library, 3200 Information: 629-7063. ings. A resident of Los Angeles for over 40 and prospective members welcome. Admission Copper. Workshops are free; donations for the years, Ford is a frequent instructor for the Pen Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) — 700 S. is free. Information: 886-3136 or elpasowriter - presenter are encouraged. Now in its 13th USA, Pen in the Classroom Program. He has Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Information: (575) sleague.org. year, the group is open to all writers in a non- performed many times with a wide range of 522-4499. El Paso Writer’s League meets the second critique, non-caustic forum. Information: 328- jazz musicians. Cookbook author and Las Cruces resident Saturday of the month January through 5484 or tumblewordsproject.com. Kelley Cleary Coffeen will sign copies of her November. Annual membership is $40. Chicano(a) Poetic Conspiracy — The • April 2 — ”The Inner Fool” with Gene latest book “300 Best Taco Recipes” at 1 p.m. non-collective group of Chicano(a) poets meets Keller. The Fool, traditionally, is permitted to Writing Round-Up — Texas Mountain Trail Saturday, April 2 . 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , at Jose speak truth to power. Here’s an opportunity to Writers invite all new and published writers to An Educator reception for all pre-K to 12th Cisneros Cielo Vista Library, 1300 Hawkins. practice truth-telling with humor and tears, but the 20th Annual Spring Retreat April 8-10 , at grade educations is 4 p.m. Thursday, April 14 , The group meets the third Saturday of every without fear. Keller has written poems and Paisano Baptist Encampment, nine miles west with guest speaker Jenniver Cervantes, refresh - month; new and veteran poets welcome. songs over six decades. of Alpine, Texas. Learn to hone writing skills, ments and a chance to win a $500 gift certifi - Admission is free. Information: 256-0989. • April 9 — “The Radical Amazement of Pablo sell words, and publish in several venues. Cost: cate. Neruda” with Robin Scofield. Scofield has vol - $135. Information/registration: (432) 837-5489 Yarn Junkies Conversation Group meets at 10 ‘Crafting Stories for Children’ — The unteered and participated in the Tumblewords or texasmountaintrailwriters.org. a.m. Mondays. hands-on writing workshop presented by Chris Project for 15 years. Her chapbook “And the This year’s featured authors are 2008 Poet Children’s storytimes are 10 a.m. Fridays: Eboch and Lois Bradley for those interested in Ass Saw the Angel” was released this year. Laureate of Texas Larry D. Thomas, western • April 1 and 15 — Easter topics exploring the opportunities in children’s litera - • April 16 — “Poetry is a Black and White historian, playwright, poet, songwriter, Texas • April 8 — Earth Day ture from baby books to teen novels is 10 a.m. Movie in Your Mind” with Michael C. Ford. Los Tech instructor Andy Wilkinson and Sul Ross • April 22 — Costumed character “Pancake Angeles poet Ford has published more than 25 professor of English Dr. Beverly Six. Pig” from the book “If You Give a Pig a books of poetry. Please see Page 52 Pancake” Ford will be featured in a reading at the Santa • April 29 — Spring. Teresa Country Club at 6 p.m. that day. • April 23 — “The Cruelest Month” with City of Night Book Club — Rio Grande Donna Snyder. Snyder founded the Adelante hosts the book club and social gather - Tumblewords Project in 1995. Her latest chap - ing for LGBT community and friends at 7 p.m.    !     !       # "   !   "          GREAT SELECTION OF REGIONAL INTEREST & BILINGUAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS SUPPORT      EL PASO’S ONLY     INDEPENDENT        RETAIL BOOKSTORE!    Don’t be fooled by our historic building — we’re full of new books and gifts you can’t find anywhere else! Find out what The Bookery offers that the big chains and online stores don’t.

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 51 Bookin’ l Pasoans will get a chance to Cont’d from Page 51 hear and see a very rare bird this to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16 , at EPCC’s Emonth — an original musical, Northwest Campus Library, 6701 S. Desert written by an El Pasoan. Boulevard. Cost at the door: $45 (written man - And the musical fits with the season. uscript critiques offered for $35 for up to five The show is “Barabbas,” with music, pages). Information: (505) 220-8436 or lyrics and book by longtime theater stal - [email protected]. wart Fred Keyser. It will fittingly be Participants will learn from experts how writ - directed by another longtime theater ers and illustrators work together as well as stalwart, his wife, Kate, at El Paso about characters and conflict. Illustrators can Playhouse April 15–May 7. meet professionals for personal feedback and I say “longtime” because I have tips on perfecting their portfolio. All experience known both for more than 30 years, levels welcome. when we all were youngsters in com - munity theater, when Kate was still Saturday Scribes — West Texas Writing Kate Wasko and dating her husband-to- Spalding and her two young boys, 8 and Project offers area youth in grades 3 through 6 be. 10; and a young boy named Codey an opportunity to explore multiple genres of Fred’s idea for the musical goes back Hicks, age 11. The cast is rounded out reading and writing 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, even further than that. with Manny Monreal, plus three sol - April 16 , at UTEP’s Hudspeth Hall, Room 200. “I started on the original version of diers — Ron Szatkowski, Israel Admission: $20 per student. Information/regis - ‘Barabbas’ while I was still in college Befferril and Tony Gutierrez. tration: Hillary Hambric, 855-3925 or wtwp - — some of the songs date from that “The set is minimalist, with platforms [email protected]. Online registration at aca - period,” Fred Keyser said. “Through the for levels and stage blocks for set demics.utep.edu/wtwp years, I have re-examined the play and pieces.” Fred Keyser said. “The lighting The bi-monthly Saturday Scribes workshop the music over and over again, even as I will be complex to carry the intensity of program is taught by master teachers. have examined my own life and rela - the various moods of the play. The cos - tionships. The play was presented as a tuming is as traditional as we can make The Percolator — 217 N. Stanton (between church drama in 1998, and I ended up it.” Texas and Mills). Information: 351-4377 or writing several new songs for that pro - But director Kate Keyser said that her myspace.com/thepercolator915. duction. The full score continues to challenge wasn’t adhering to the time The “Slam Off” Poetry Slam hosted by Free evolve, with two songs in this current period, but “finding men willing to sing. Hole Slam is 7 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 . production being new.” Watching them grow and hearing them All the past poetry slam winners from the pre - For those unfamiliar with the Easter come together to sing beautifully, and vious year will compete for a panel of five ran - story, Barabbas was the prisoner spared see my and their vision come together dom judges. The winner will be chosen to rep - from crucifixion when Pontius Pilate to bring Fred’s vision together with resent El Paso in the 2011 National Poetry asked the crowd to choose between him mine has been wonderful. It is a beauti - Slam in Boston in August. Admission is free. and Jesus. ful story.” Information: 494-6762 or freeholeslam.com. “The play presents Barabbas as a It’s a story, Kate Keyser said, that El Paso Museum of Art Book Bunch — leader of the Zealots,” Fred Keyser echoes the history of today. The book group meets 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the explained. “A man of violence and “Our retelling is traditional with a third Thursday of each month in the museum’s death, he is prepared for martyrdom by modern approach in the music, as much seminar room to discuss art-related books. the Romans to start a revolution that of what the music says is happening Cost: $10 per session (free for museum mem - will free his country. Instead he finds today in the Middle East, especially in bers). Participants must provide their own himself set free, his martyrdom stolen the one Zealot scene,” Kate Keyser books. The April 21 book is “Dark Water: Art, away from him by a strange man who said. “We still have questions of faith; Disaster and Redemption in Florence” by taught peace instead of bloody revolu - we still have uprisings of who is right, Robert Clark. Space is limited; call to hold a tion. The play is Barabbas’ quest, during who is wrong, what should we believe, seat. Information: 532-1707 ext. 16. the three days beginning with the who should we follow, etc.” Crucifixion and ending at the tomb on She hopes theatergoers come out of Author Richard Yañez — Writer and Sunday morning, to understand who this the theater with one particular message. EPCC professor Richard Yañez will read from man is that died in his place.” “It would be in the song Barabbas and his new book “Cross Over Water: A Novel” 7 Fred Keyser will do the musical direc - Mary Magdalene sing in ‘One Prayer, to 9 p.m. Friday, April 22 , in the Templeton tion, with Ballard Coldwell on piano. One Soul at a Time’ in which Barabbas Suite of UTEP’s Student Union East. A book Keyser said, “Stephen Jones is helping asks, ‘Why was Jesus sent?’ She replies, signing and reception follows the reading. me make sense out of my current ver - ‘He came among us for just the briefest Admission is free. Information: 747-6255 or sion of the score.” time ... he taught us how to love with all [email protected]. But the overall direction falls to his our hearts and souls and minds.’ Barabbas asks, ‘How then can we ‘Poemic’ — The fundraising integration of wife, Kate, who has cast a number of change the world?’ She replies, ‘One poetry and comics is 7 p.m. to midnight new faces in the show. prayer, one soul at a time.’ Saturday, April 23 , at The Glassbox, 1500 “Jesus is a young man who is from St. “It is love not violence that changes Texas. This celebration of two subcultures fea - Pius Church, Juan Garza. He not only people — patience, not holding a man tures a videopoema performance by Leon de la sings in their choir but also with Bruce by his throat. Rosa and Gabriela Duran, a nerd slam, Nehring’s group. He has never acted but “I hope those who come to this show impromptu slam poetry, tacoholics taco truck, is doing a lovely job. Diana Duron, walk away with a sense of hope, a feel - a live comic book reading, live panel painters, Steve Jones and Frank Laverpool are ing of being loved, and a sense of joy.” artists and vendors of all shapes and sizes. the additional mature voices,” Kate Admission: $5. Information: 494-6762 or free - Keyser said. holeslam.com. She also has a range of young new Carol Viescas is a veteran of voices: Jessica Rodriguez; Ramon community theater and teaches ‘I read...Then I Exist’ — Consulate Dominguez; Kat Henry, age 12; Melissa journalism at Bel Air High School. General of Mexico hosts monthly Spanish lan - guage readings of classic writers of Spanish- American and Mexican literature at El Paso Public Library Main Branch, 501 N. Oregon, as ‘Dia de los Niños, Dia de los Libros’ — BPEP School for Authors — Book part of the “I read...then I exist” program. The 15th annual children’s day/book day 11 Publishers of El Paso hosts “How to Write and Selections by noted authors will be read by a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at Publish” workshops 2:15 to 5:15 p.m. Mexican actors: Admission is free. Information: Washington Park, next to the El Paso Zoo. A Saturdays at 912 Texas, Ste C. Registration 544-6489. free new book will be provided to each child deadline is one week prior to class. Gift certifi - • 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28 — Victor Hugo who attends the event, along with other free cates available. Information/registration: 472- Rascón Banda works read by Alberto Estrella. goodies. Admission is free. Information: 543- 7480. • 6 p.m. Thursday, May 26 — Ofelia Medina 5468 or elpasolibrary.org. works read by Regina Orozco.

Page 52 El Paso Scene April 2011 Trinity Site Tour — The semi-annual tour Chicano(a) History and Preservation to the site of the first atom bomb explosion is Project — The monthly meeting of El Paso Saturday, April 2 , at White Sands Missile Chicano(a) History Preservation Project is 1:30 Range. At the site, visitors can take a quarter- to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 30 , at Judge Marquez mile walk to ground zero, where a small Branch Library, 610 N. Yarbrough. Admission is obelisk marks the exact spot where the bomb objective of the project was to locate and exca - of the first Spanish settlers in this area in April free. Information: 258-0989. was exploded. Historical photos are mounted vate one or more prehistoric structures, and 1598. Costumed actors and dancers portray Immigrant history exhibit — The bilin - on the fence surrounding the area. Food and record construction details that would support the Native Americans and Spaniards. gual exhibit “Building A City and a Nation: souvenirs sold at the site. Admission is free. BLM efforts to interpret the site to the public. An arts and crafts fair is Sunday in Veterans Immigration Stories from El Paso, Texas” runs Information: White Sands Public Affairs (575) Students have mapped nine pithouse struc - Memorial Plaza with live entertainment. through May 15 at El Paso Public Library’s 678-1134 or wsmr.army.mil. tures, and used geophysical remote sensing to Presenters include EPCC genealogy expert Main Branch, 501 N. Oregon. Built around five Visitors also can ride a missile range shuttle locate approximately three dozen more. Preston King with a genealogy workshop on border themes, including immigration policy bus two miles to the Schmidt/McDonald ranch Carmichael has 35 years of professional expe - internet resources for research. Dr. George and border culture, the exhibit features historic house where the scientists assembled the plu - rience in archeology and cultural resources Torok and Dr. David Carrasco will present an portraits from the Casasola Studio in El Paso. tonium core of the bomb. Enter off U.S. 380 management, including projects in 12 states overview of Spain’s role in the Pass of the The photos were identified through a commu - on the north end of the range (Stallion Gate) throughout the western U.S., with an emphasis North and the history of El Camino Real de nity outreach program co-sponsored by the from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Site closes promptly at in the Southwest. Tierra Adentro. Other guests include Hal Jackson and Tom Moore, Prince McKenzie on Special Collections Department at the 3:30 p.m. Armendaris Ranch Tours — The Sierra the history of El Paso’s railroad and living histo - University Library and the . A car caravan departs at 8 a.m. from at County Historical Society offers tours of the ry “Harvey Girl” performers. Information: 747-7053 or [email protected]. Tularosa High School’s westside athletic field. historic 300,000-acre ranch, the remaining por - Return arrival at 12:30 p.m. Information: (575) tion of the southern New Mexico Spanish land 437-6120. grant. Tours depart from the Geronimo Springs Visitors are encouraged to have a full tank of Museum in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Cost gasoline and a spare tire for the trip, which is is $150 per person (includes a meal and bever - 85 miles each way. There are no service sta - ages); space is limited. Some walking is neces - tions on the route. Department of Defense sary. Hiking shoes, hat, camera and folding chair police will direct traffic. Pets allowed on leash are recommended. Proceeds benefit the muse - only. um. Cost per tour: $510. Reservations: (575) On July 16, 1945, the U.S. government 894-6600. exploded the bomb at the New Mexico test • Fra Cristobal Mountain. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. site. The tour includes the restored McDonald Saturday, April 16 . House, part of the National Historic Landmark, • Black Mesa Tour — 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. where the plutonium core of the bomb was Saturday, May 14 . Follows some of old Camino assembled. Real to the mesa that overlooks Valverde Scottish Rite ghost investigation — El Battlefield. Paso Ghost Tours will host a paranormal inves - • Bat Caves Tour — 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, tigation of the historic Scottish Rite Temple 8 to June 11 . Visits one of the largest lava tube 10 p.m. Friday, April 8 . The Theatre was built caves in the country to watch thousands of bats Cecilia Burgos, L.P.C. in 1921 and holds stories of the paranormal exit for their evening feeding. LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR including footsteps and full body apparitions First Thanksgiving Conference and seen on the theatre stage. Cost: $25 per per - Celebration — The Genealogy Society of l Children, Young son; space is limited. Proceeds benefit restora - San Elizario’s 20th annual conference “The Pass Adults, & Family tion and preservation of the Masonic section at (El Paso) to the American Dream” is April 29- l Certified Cognitive Concordia Cemetery. Information/reservations: May 1 , at the historic Adobe Horseshoe 1-877-GHOST-10 or elpasoghosttours.com. Theatre and surrounding Plaza in San Elizario. Behavioral Therapist Las Cruces Walking Tours — Enchanted Admission is free. Call for cost of luncheon. l Certified Anger Spirit Journeys host walking tours in Las Cruces Information: 851-9997 or Resolution Therapist elpasomissiontrail.com. at 1 p.m. second third ad fourth Saturday of the l LPC Supervisor month, departing from St. Genevieve’s Church Art reception for the conference’s exhibit is 6 Monument (across from Rio Grande Theatre to 8 p.m. Friday. l Board Member Professional on Main Street). Bring water, sunscreen and a The conference runs 9 a.m. to noon Saturday Counselors of El Paso hat. Cost: $15 (free for ages 10 and younger). with Eden Enterprises’ annual “First Information: (575) 528-9112. Thanksgiving” reenactment is 5 p.m. Saturday (915)525-9246 • April 9 — Mesquite Historic District and in the San Elizario Plaza, presenting the arrival Original Townsite, Neighborhood Walking Tour • April 16 — Mesquite Historic District and Original Townsite, Downtown Walking Tour • April 23 — Alameda-Depot Historic District Walking Tour. History Notes — The monthly program is 1 to 2 p.m. one Thursday of each month at the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main, north end of the Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. The April 14 topic is “Maude McFie Bloom” with Dr. Jo Tice Bloom. Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154 or las- cruces.org/museums. The programs are informal discussions on local and regional history led by staff and volun - teers. El Paso Archaeological Society — The society’s monthly meeting is 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17 , at El Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain. This month’s speaker is UTEP Department of Sociology and Anthropology Associate Professor David Carmichael. Admission is free. Information: 755-4332, 433-4130 or epas.com. Carmichael will provide an update on his ongoing archeological excavations at the Three Rivers site in Otero County, N.M. The primary

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 53 UTEP Cinema Novo Art and Foreign The April 24 film is “Sometimes in April,” a Film Series — Union Cinema, Union drama focusing on the Rwandan genocide in Building East, First Floor. Film showings are at 7 observance of April as Genocide Awareness p.m. Friday and Saturday, unless otherwise list - Month. ed. Admission is $2 ($1 with UTEP, student or Fountain Theatre — 2469 Calle de military ID). Free popcorn. Ticket sales at the Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in door begin 30 minutes before showtime. Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the Information: 747-5481. Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at • April 1-2 — “Somewhere.” A hard-living 7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Get Scene Hollywood actor re-examines his life after his Foreign language films include subtitles. 11-year-old daughter surprises him. Rated R. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors and students with • April 8-9 — “The Concert.” A once-cele - around town! ID; $5 society members and children); $5 on brated Russian conductor of the Bolshoi has hit The Scene comes out the last week of the month. Wednesday. Information, schedule: (575) 524- rock bottom and now work as a depressed Pick up your copy at these and other locations. 8287 or mesillavalleyfilm.org. custodian who drinks too much. He intercepts Or subscribe by mail! See Page 58 for order form. • April 1-7 — “Casino Jack.” Climbing the an invitation meant for his former orchestra to ranks of Washington’s lobbyist community, Jack perform in Paris and masterminds a plan to VILLAGE INN WALGREENS PETLAND Abramoff (Kevin Spacey) wanted more for him - pose as the leader of the group. Unrated. 1500 Airway 1331 George Dieter self, looking for monetary opportunities outside 890 N Resler Dr • April 15-16 — “The King’s Speech.” The 7144 Gateway East of political relationships. With his partner, Jack 5900 N Mesa St BARNES & NOBLE story of King George VI, his impromptu ascen - 4757 Hondo Pass 8050 N Mesa cheats several American Indian tribes and 705 Sunland Park Dr. sion to the throne and the speech therapist 2929 N. Mesa 2800 N. Mesa numerous politicians with his lobbying skills, 9521 Viscount who helped him become worthy of it. Rated R. 5863 N. Mesa 200 N Mesa using that panache and skill to open restau - • April 22-23 — “Summer Wars.” An 11th 7801 N. Mesa 2879 Montana EASTSIDE CAFE rants, plan schools and more. Rated R. grade math genius takes a summer job at the 2275 Trawood 5401 Montana 11251 Rojas Carlos Hisa, Vice President of the Tribal Nagano hometown of a girl he has a crush on, 1331 N. Zaragoza 1100 Geronimo Council of the of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, will VISTA MARKET and finds his world and the world of his family In Las Cruces: 8401 Gateway West a short talk before the Monday, April 4 , show - 5150 Fairbanks 2231 Zaragosa colliding in several ways. Rated PG-13. 1205 El Paseo ing about the loss of the Tigua Community’s 9428 Dyer 121 N. Kenazo, Horizon • April 29-30 — “Black Swan.” A ballet 455 S. Telshor Speaking Rock Casino due to Abramoff 10780 Kenworthy 10005 Alameda, Socorro dancer wins the lead in “Swan Lake” but slowly • April 8-14 — “Inside Job.” Winner of this SUN HARVEST 1210 Wedgewood loses her mind. This role won Natalie Portman CARNITAS year’s Oscar for Best Documentary, director 6100 N. Mesa 3355 N Yarbrough the 2011 Best Actress Oscar. Rated R. 1831 N. Lee Trevino QUERETARO Charles Ferguson speaks at length with journal - FURR’S FAMILY 2950 George Dieter 4001 N Mesa Film Salon — The Film Salon at Trinity First ists, politicians, and financial insiders to offer a BUFFET 11685 Montwood 1451 N Zaragoza United Methodist Church, 801 N. Mesa (at clearer picture of the economic meltdown that 6516 N Mesa 11925 Gateway West 12390 Edgemere Yandell) concludes its series of uplifting films by hit America starting in 2008. Narrated by Matt 119 N. Balboa 1607 N Zaragoza YSLETA ISD Frank Capra with “Meet John Doe” at 7:30 Damon. Rated PG-13. 800 N. Zaragosa 9600 Sims EP FITNESS p.m. Saturday, April 2 , in Resler Hall. • April 15-21 — “Biutiful.” Uxbal (Javier 100 N. Americas Admission is free. Nursery available with two- Bardem) is a caring father of two children but 145 Paragon 8045 N. Loop CLINT ISD also a criminal who oversees a small under - 11330 James Watt day advance reservation. Information: 533- 14300 Horizon LIBRARIES ground empire. His precarious world begins to 12145 Montwood 2674 or filmsalon.org. collapse when he’s diagnosed with a serious ill - 981 N. Resler AVILA’S EL PASO ‘The Gish’ Foreign Film Festival — 1224 Wedgewood ness and told he has only a few weeks left to 6232 N. Mesa INTERNATIONAL Carlsbad Arts & Humanities Alliance presents live. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign the film festival at 7 p.m. Saturdays at Carlsbad DOMINO’S PIZZA ARDOVINO’S AIRPORT Language film, as well as for a Best Actor Oscar ALL LOCATIONS UTEP LIBRARY Museum and Art Center, 418 W. Fox in for Bardem. Rated R. PIZZA Carlsbad, N.M. Some material may not be suit - 865 N. Resler at Redd • April 22-28 — Oscar Nominated Short RIVIERA EPCC CAMPUSES able for children under 13. Admission is free. 206 Cincinnati YMCA’ s Films 2011. This year’s 10 non-documentary RESTAURANT Information: (575) 887-0276. Oscar-nominated shorts, live action and ani - 5218 Doniphan THE EP CONV. CENTER • April 2 — “Bride and Prejudice.” mated, include the two films that won Oscars. HELLO PIZZA MARKETPLACE EP CITY HALL • April 9 — “Al Otro Lado.” • April 29-May 5 — “Poetry.” Yang Mija is a 5034 Doniphan • April 16 — “We Are Family.” River Run Plaza EL PASO LIBRARY charming woman in her mid-sixties who stays • April 23 — “My Name is Khan.” MANDO’S TX TOURISM busy looking after her teenage grandson and ENTERTAINMART 5420 Doniphan CENTER Pax Christi Film Series — The series helping keep house for an older gentleman Sunland Park Dr presents “Earth Days,” a history of the environ - friend. She signs up for a class in writing poetry. THE BAGEL SHOP CTY COURTHOUSE Finding the beauty of the world seems more AVANT-EDGE mental movement in the United States, at 3 3400 N. Mesa THE BOOKERY p.m. Sunday, April 10 , at Diocesan Migrant and elusive, however when she learns her memory 815 N. Resler PHARMACIES EL PASO ZOO Refugee Services’ Mother Teresa Center, 2400 troubles are an early stage of Alzheimer’s and 10060 Rushing 14476 Horizon E. Yandell (between Piedras and Cotton). her grandson has taken part in a violent gang- 1576 Lomaland In Las Cruces related incident. An official selection at the CASA JURADO COAS Hosted by Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace & 2010 Cannes Film Festival. RANCHER’S 4772 Doniphan Mesilla Book Center Justice Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso. Admission is free, donations welcome. CinéMatinee Film Series — The Saturday GRILL WING STOP In Juárez Information: 532-0527. 1757 George Dieter series showcases various themes, including life 7597 N. Mesa Museo INBA • Museo The film is told from the viewpoints of nine 2900 N. Mesa Chamizal • • Museo de la in the West, old and new; notable movies that ANDRE’S PIZZA 9530 Viscount Revolucion de la Frontera individuals who participated in the early stages have been overlooked; and films with New 7000 Westwind 865 Resler • Plan Estrategico de of the movement and the inception of an annu - Mexico connections. Screening are at 1:30 p.m. 9008 Dyer, 8825 N. Loop Juárez • Don Boletin • al Earth Day in 1970. SUNSET Oficina de Convenciones y Saturdays at the Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle BREWERY JJ’S Visitantes • Camara Holocaust Museum Cinema Sundays de Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in Nacional de Comercio • El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Mesilla. Admission: $4 ($1 for Mesilla Valley 4176 N. Mesa 5320 Doniphan Impulsa • Educacion en — Valores • ICHICULT • Center, 715 Oregon, hosts free showings of Film Society members), unless otherwise listed. HAL MARCUS LEO’S Information: (575) 524-8287 (leave message) or 7520 Remcon Academia Municipal • Holocaust, genocide and racism-related films at GALLERY CEMA • Arte en el Parque 2 p.m. the last Sunday of the month. Age 18 mesillavalleyfilm.org. 1308 N. Oregon VALENTINE BAKERY • Biblioteca Arturo and younger not permitted without parent or • April 2 — “Local Hero.” (1983) Eccentric oil 11930 Picasso Tolentino • Centro STAR HORIZON Cultural Paso del Norte • guardian. Admission is free, but seating is limit - boss Burt Lancaster sends Peter Riegert from Centro de Convenciones ed. Information: 351-0048, ext. 24 or elpaso - their base in big city Texas to Scotland, the BAKERY ALL THAT MUSIC Cibeles • Total Fitness • holocaustmuseum.org. 14100 Horizon 1506 Lee Trevino UANE Please see Page 55

Page 54 El Paso Scene April 2011 Film Scene Duncan Jones. • Super (IFC Midnight) — Rainn Wilson, Ellen Cont’d from Page 54 Page, Liv Tyler. Directed by James Gunn. April 8 : planned site of a new refinery in a quiet fishing • Arthur (Warner Bros.) — Russell Brand, village. Mac quickly finds himself beguiled by Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner. Directed by the village and the people. Rated PG. Jason Winer. Remake of 1984 film starring • April 9 — “Gabriel Over the White House” Dudley Moore. (1933). Produced by newspaper magnate • Born to Be Wild (Warner Bros.) — William Randolph Hearst, it stars Walter Documentary about orphaned orangutans and Huston as the president who deals with the elephants, and the people who rescue and raise pressing issues of the era by initiating martial them. Directed by David Lickley. law, firing his weak-minded congress, national - • Ceremony (Magnolia) — Michael Angarano, izing bootlegging, mobilizing the army against Uma Thurman. Directed by Max Winkler. mobsters. Not rated. • Hanna (Focus) — Saorise Ronan, Cate Film historian Jay Duncan discuss this fascinat - Blanchett, Eric Bana. Directed by Joe Wright. ing yet contemporary gem. • Meek’s Cutoff (Oscilloscope) — Michelle • April 16 — “Waste Land.” This 2011 Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano. Academy Award Best Documentary nominee Directed by Kelly Reichardt. was filmed over nearly three years. Renowned • Your Highness (Universal) — Danny artist Vik Muniz journeys from his home base in McBride, Zooey Deschanel, James Franco. Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s Directed by David Gordon Green. largest garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de April 15 : Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band • Rio (20th Century-Fox) — CG Animation. of “catadores” — self-designated pickers of Featuring voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne recyclable materials. Not rated. Hathaway, George Lopez. Directed by Carlos • April 23 — Earth Day double feature. “The Saldanha. Legend of the Pale Male” is about the red-tailed • Scream 4 (Dimension) — Neve Campbell, hawk, a common sight in New Mexico, but a David Arquette, Courtney Cox. Directed by rare one in New York, where one built a nest Wes Craven. Fourth film in the series. on the ledge of a building on Fifth Avenue in • Soul Surfer (Affirm) — AnnaSophia Robb, Manhattan. “Facing the Storm” by Emmy-win - Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt. Directed by Sean ning filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis is a histori - McNamara. cal documentary and a wildlife film about how April 22 : and why the country managed to nearly eradi - • Apollo 18 (Dimension) — Directed by cate 30 million bison from the Great Plains in Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego. less than 50 years, and what’s being done today • Born to Be a Star (Columbia) — Nick to ensure the survival of the wild herds. Cost: Swardson, Christina Ricci, Don Johnson. (includes both films): $6 ($4 MWFS members). Directed by Tom Brady. • Noon, April 30 — “Pat Garrett & Billy The • Haywire (Overture Films) — Gina Carano, Kid,” directed by Sam Peckinpah. In 1881, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender. Directed Sheriff Garrett (James Coburn) is commis - by Steven Soderbergh. sioned to rid the New Mexico territory of his • Madea’s Big Happy Family (Lionsgate) — old gunfighting comrades, including Billy the Kid Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Bow Wow. (Kris Kristofferson). Also starring notables such Directed by Perry. Continuation of the fran - as Harry Dean Stanton, Jack Elam, Slim Pickens chise. and Bob Dylan. • Water for Elephants (20th Century-Fox) — Speakers will be presented by New Mexico Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Farm and Ranch Museum prior to the screen - Christoph Waltz. Directed by Francis Only at Lancers! ing. Historian Scott Green will be on hand to Lawrence. do a “first person” presentation of the life of April 29 : Garrett, while fellow historian Frank Parrish    • Fast Five (Universal) — Paul Walker, Vin will present information about Billy’s activities Party on the Patio Diesel, Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Justin in this part of New Mexico.   Lin.  # 80’s, 90’s Retro & Cumbia New Mexico Museum of Space • Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (Weinstein  History — Alamogordo, N.M. The museum’s Co.) — CG Animation. Featuring the voices of Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater presents: Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Patrick  "  7 p.m. Every Thursday in • “Journey Into Amazing Caves” (11 a.m. and Warburton. Directed by Mike Disa. !  1, 3 and 5 p.m.) Narrated by internationally • Prom (Disney) — Aimee Teegarden, Nicholas April (Trawood) acclaimed actor Liam Neeson, the movie and Braun, Christine Elise. Directed by Joe features new songs and performances by the Nussbaum.   ! &(,)#&(  The Moody Blues. ! '(&'+ (  • “Nine Planets and Counting” a journey DVD Releases   " *& #! through the solar system (noon, 2 and 4 p.m.).  #%%( -& Tickets: $6 ($5.50 for seniors and military; April 5 :   $4.50 ages 4-12). Ages 3 and under free for all • Tron: Legacy / PG    '% "' shows. Museum/Max combo tickets available. • Little Fockers / PG-13 Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840 • Casino Jack / R Tax Relief Party   or nmspacemuseum.org. • I Love You Phillip Morris / R     with Azucar      %  #    Jay’s Film Forecast — Film historian Jay April 8 : Friday, April 15  $ # • The Chronicle of Narnia: The Dawn Treader    Duncan prepared this list of top monthly (Westside)  "  “Coming Attractions” for movie fans, listed by / PG      studio and release date. Release dates are sub - !  April 12 : ject to change.   • Country Strong / PG-13 April 1 :  &+$$'($       • Hop (Universal) — CG Animation and live April 18 : $& (&0./          action. James Marsden and voices of Russell • Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part I    Brand, Elizabeth Perkins. Directed by Tim Hill. / PG-13 ( "$$&$&$#$$+&       • Insidious (Stage 6) — Patrick Wilson, Rose  './    April 19 : Call & Book Your Event Today! Byrne, Ty Simpkins. Directed by James Wan. • The King’s Speech / R • Source Code (Summit) — Jake Gyllenhaal, • Rabbit Hole / PG-13 Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga. Directed by

April 2011 El Paso Scene Page 55 Local: Punk Legends and Nursery Rhymes April 27 at Club 101 About seven years ago, the Social Distortion camp put El Paso on their itinerary of a new tour. It’s that time again, as the legendary band from the early ’80s Los Angeles punk scene will take the stage at Club 101 April 27. They were last heard from in 2004 with the Time Bomb Records release “Sex, Love, and Rock ’N’ Roll.” This was a return to the original label home and the band perhaps got too cozy back in those comfortable slippers, since this was a good but not amazing disc. Now they have packed up and reside with Epitaph records, where they share space with other punks like Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio and New Found Glory. These new close quarters are just the kick in the pants they The Baseball Project, “Volume 2: needed, because they have proven they are High and Inside,” Yep Roc the kings of the castle with “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.” This could very well be The boys of summer have returned and the their best album yet. It is classic Social 2011 baseball season is now in full swing. Distortion, complete with grunts and growls Some say that the thrill of the game is gone, slathered over catchy riffs, with a touch of but one group would fight you to the death twang to keep it spicy. Kick back with your on that claim. That gang is Steve Wynn of favorite beverage and listen up as Mike Ness the Dream Syndicate, Linda Pitmon of and crew spin you a few new tales. Miracle 3, Scott McCaughey of the Minus 5 and the Young Fresh Fellows, and rounding National: Billy Joel, “Live at Shea out the roster is Peter Buck of R.E.M. This is actually their second season when it comes Stadium,” Columbia/Legacy to albums and they recently acquired a rook - Shea Stadium was where the Beatles in 1965 ie out of Brooklyn, N.Y., in the form of The held the most successful concert in rock his - Hold Steady’s Craig Finn. The game plan is tory at that time, setting the standard for basically the same with most of the calls today’s large-scale shows. In July 2008, Billy being for garage rock, while occasionally a Joel brought the curtain down as the last act change up to some Beatle-esque pop. The to play there before Shea Stadium was album is a tribute to baseball, with all 13 demolished. The two-night concerts featured tracks thematically focused on the sport. The hits, rarities, deep catalogue cuts, some of his squad shows more than a passing interest in personal favorites, a few cover versions and the topic, with odes to Pete Rose, the Red one-of-a-kind duets. Some of the biggest Socks, Carl Mays, the Twins and the pastime chart-toppers are missing, but the concerts itself. The Baseball Project’s “Volume 2: were filled with so many surprises you High and Inside” is projected to make every would be hard pressed to ask for more. “Live single person a fan through sport or song, at Shea Stadium” features two CDs and a and they just might get it done. DVD. Things kick off aggressively with his 1976 youth anthem “Angry Young Man,” Collectibles: Material Issue and then he kicks up the East Coast love as “International Pop Overthrow,” Tony Bennett joins him on “New York State Hip-o Select Records of Mind.” The set list moves swiftly through Joel’s 40-plus-year career with some other Their power-pop candle burnt out way before well-known friends, including Garth Brooks, its time, but 15 years after the tragic end of John Mayer, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, John Material Issue, Hip-o Select records honors Mellencamp, and The Who’s Roger Daltrey. their brief and brilliant career with a deluxe The concerts come to a close with, of course, reissue of their debut, “International Pop “Piano Man,” and then he turns the clock Overthrow.” The band really never stood a back to 1965 with Paul McCartney perform - chance to go beyond the college-scene cir - ing “Let It Be” as Billy gleefully sings back - cuit, with this disc arriving at the same time up. Whether it’s in New York or El Paso, the as the grunge-movement explosion. Happy music of Billy Joel is perfect anywhere. pop was not on the minds of the angst-ridden masses, but they did manage to find a few David Lowery, “The Palace ears as they squeaked out a handful of hits. Guards,” 429 Records In large, the lyrical content revolves around the quest for stardom and lost loves, but He has been the force of a few oddly titled above all the topic of most songs was girls. rock ’n’ roll entities. First it was Camper van Lead singer/songwriter Jim Ellison seemed Beethoven and then it was all about a to be consistently preoccupied with that sub - Cracker, and this year he is doing it alone. ject, and somehow he made it work each and David Lowery has been at this game for every time. It might have been the har - more than a quarter-century but never all by monies, or the hooks, or that jangly guitar, his lonesome. After the 2009 rockfest that but their music was simply infectious. As the was “Sunrise in the Land of Milk and title suggests, this was an overthrow, as they Honey,” he has turned the dial down several replaced the old pop guards and took the notches with “The Palace Guards,” a genre to a new height. This updated version singer/songwriter affair with soulful ballads steals most of its genius by adding eight cuts and somber reflections, and the rocking is from the promo-only collection “Eleven sparse. His wry sense of humor and sarcastic Supersonic Hit Explosions,” plus two previ - wit are still here but there is also a more seri - ously unreleased gems. Let Material Issue ous side. There are contemplations on the overthrow your current listening pleasure Middle East, life with the opposite sex and with their brand of international pop. some despondent observations. The connec - Keep an eye out for these releases: tion to his previous efforts is also linked by Ray Davies — “See My Friends” his right-hand man, Johnny Hickman, a guest Steve Earle — “I’ll Never Get Out of on much of the disc. Another notable liner- This World Alive” note credit is to his dear friend and key - Foo Fighters — “Wasted Light” boardist Mark Linkus of Sparklehorse, who Meat Puppets — “Lollipop” took his own life in 2010. Fortunate for us, The Palace Guards have allowed us to pass Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin’ Dice and receive the palatial riches that are the Music. Drop him a line at genius of David Lowery. [email protected].

Page 56 El Paso Scene April 2011 13-15 , at various venues. Information: 845- 2255 or donhaskinsmemorial.com. May Horizon City Bike-A-Thon — The 2nd annual Horizon City Lions Club event is May 14 , and offers two bike rides: 26 miles and a PrEVIEW 2.5 mile family ride. Information: 313-4577. Fabulous Fabens Chili Cook-Off — 10 a.m.to 6 p.m. May 14 , Fabens Airport. Information:594-7022. Amigos de Dressage Horse Shows — May 14-15 , Sunland Park Racetrack. Spectator admission is free. Information: pasodelnorte - dressage.org. “School House Rock” — Kids-N-Co., 1301 Texas. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, May 14-June 5. Tickets: $5-$7. Information: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org. The May 21-22 performances will be at Chamizal National Memorial. See “Here’s the Ticket” and other Mission Trail Art Market — 9 a.m. to 4 sections for additional May events. p.m. May 15 , Veteran’s Memorial Plaza in San Elizario. Information: 594-8424 or mission - Veterinary Community Awards trailartmarket.com. Banquet — 6 p.m. May 3 , Camino Real Hotel. Tickets: $40 Information: 593-1712. EPSYO Season Finale Concert — El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras’ season finale Tennis for the Cure — May 4-7 , El Paso is 3 p.m. May 15 , Plaza Theatre. Ticket infor - Tennis and Swim Club in Arroyo Park. mation: 525-8978 or epsyos.org. Information: 532-5524. Braden Aboud Memorial Run — The 5K ‘Dance to the Music’ — Coronado High and 10 K runs and 5K/1-mile fun run/walk begin School dance students perform at 7:30 p.m. at 8 a.m. May 15 , Zach White Elementary May 6 , at the Chamizal National Memorial. School parking lot, 5265 Roxbury. Information: Admission is free. 533-7529. Lucy G. Acosta Humanitarian Awards Dolly Dingle’s Tea Party — El Paso — LULAC Project Amistad will hold its annual County Historical Society will host its 7th annu - awards dinner May 6 , Camino Real Hotel. al tea party for girls 1 to 4 p.m. May 15 , Information: 731-5948. Burges House and Gardens, 603 W. Yandell. Gallegos Flamenco Dance — 7:30 pm. Information/reservations: 533-3603. May 7 , Chamizal National Memorial. Families in Crisis Walk/Run — 5K com - Information: 532-7273. petitive race and 1-mile fun walk 8 a.m. Party with Fernie Lechuga and Azucar Saturday, May 21 , at Sunland Park Racetrack. — The dinner and dance is 7 p.m. to midnight Information: 544-8777 or leemoor.org. May 7 at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Armed Forces Day — The Fort Bliss The performance features a special tribute to observation is May 21 . Admission is free. Eydie Gorme featuring Dora Reyes. Admission: Information: 568-4505. $30 in advance (cash only), includes dinner and dessert. Information/reservations: 471-0849. Sunset Heights Tour of Homes — The neighborhood festival 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Chivas El Paso Patriots Soccer — Mundy Park with the Tour of Homes noon to 4 Home games are 8 p.m. at Gary Del Palacio p.m. May 21 . Information: 443-2196. Field of Dreams, 6941 Industrial. Information: 771-6620 or chivaselpaso.com. Feast in the Middle East — May 21-22 , • May 7 — West Texas United Sockers at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian • May 19 — New Orleans Jesters Church and the Summit Ballroom, 120 N. • May 21 — Baton Rouge Capitals Festival. Information: 584-9100 or 544-2570. ‘Mariachis for Mom’ — EPYSO presents Art in the Park — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May an afternoon of mariachi music 2 p.m. May 8 , 21-22 , at Memorial Park, 1701 N. Copia. El Paso County Coliseum. Tickets: $10, $45. Information: 252-9031 or 240-3310. Information: 820-2952 or myspace.com/epyso. K-9 Classic — The Humane Society of El Pierre Donore — Access France and Eden Paso’s 22nd annual one-mile pet walk is 8 a.m. Enterprises present the French singer/song - to 1 p.m. May 22 , at Eastwood Park, 3001 writer at 7 p.m. May 8 , Chamizal National Parkwood. Information: 532-6971, Ext. 12 or Memorial. Cost: $20; $5 for students. humanesocietyelpaso.org. Information: 875-1696 or access-france.biz. ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ — Kids Excel’s ‘Estampas y Recuerdos 2011’ — Ballet dance performance is May 12 , Plaza Theatre. Folklorico Tonatiuh performs at 7 p.m. Friday Information: 351-6999 or kids-excel.org. and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 27-29 , Chamizal National Memorial. Tickets: $10 El Paso Diablos Baseball — Game time is 7:05 p.m. (Sundays 6:05 p.m.), Cohen Stadium. KLAQ International Balloonfest — The Information: 755-2000 or diablos.com. annual festival is May 28-30 , Wet N Wild • May 12-15 — Kansas City T-Bones. Waterpark in Anthony, Texas. Information: 544- • May 16-18 and May 27-28 — Amarillo 9550 or .com. • May 23-26 — Shreveport-Bossier Captains. This year’s concert headliners include hard Don Haskins Youth Basketball rockers HellYeah Saturday and alternative rock Tournament — YMCA El Paso hosts the band Finger Eleven Sunday. Monday’s bands to tournament for boy and girls age 8-18, May be announced.

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