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PUBLISHER Richard Coltharp Contents 575-524-8061 [email protected] 5 POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE • Las Cruces Arts Fair brings fine art to town EDITOR Desert Exposure Travels Elva K. Österreich A visit to Kathmandu with Barbara and George 20 WHAT’S OUT THERE? • The Moth Man 575-680-1978 Hiding in plain sight by Jennifer Gruger [email protected] 5 ABOUT THE COVER • Mike Groves Las Cruces photographer designs film fest poster 22 STARRY DOME • Volans, the Flying Fish ADVERTISING Another fish in the stars by Bert Stevens COORDINATOR 6 LETTERS • Fly-over questions Pam Rossi 575-635-6614 Keep UNM Press in New Mexico 23 BODY, MIND SPIRIT • Grant County Events [email protected] Weekly happenings in Grant County ADVERTISING SALES 7 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK •Its All in the Silver City Story 24 FRESH AIR • Hitting the Trail Start conditioning for April trail ride Ilene Wignall 575-313-0002 Words and tales [email protected] by Elva K. Österreich 24 CYCLES OF LIFE • What’s Under Our Feet? DISTRIBUTION 8 DESERT DIARY • A Horror Story Talking pedals by Fr. Gabriel Rochelle Fear of needles and a cat COORDINATOR by Prinnie McCourt 25 TAX ASSISTANCE • Volunteer Tax Programs Teresa Tolonen 575-680-1841 WNMU, AARP available to help with taxes [email protected] 9 ARTS EXPOSURE • One Million Bones LAYOUT AND DESIGN Invitation to participate in an art 25 HIGH PLACES • Ancient Artwork Stacey Neal and Monica Kekuewa installment Petroglyphs in Albuquerque by Gabriele Teich COLUMNISTS 10 HONORING, REMEMBERING • 26 TALKING HORSES • The Power of Repetition Fr. Gabriel Rochelle, Marjorie Record Registrations Inspiration from an unlikely source by Scott Thomson Lilly, Sheila Sowder, Scott Bataan Memorial Death March sees Thomson, Bert Stevens, Jim record numbers 27 RAISINGDAD • The Toilet Paper Holder Duchene Fixing things around the house with Jim and Henry Duchene WEB DESIGNER 10 ABOUT TIME • Daylight Saving Ryan Galloway Time Turns 100 A history and reminder by Mike Cook 28 PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • 1740-A Calle de Mercado Basketball Love Las Cruces, NM 88005 11 ON SCREEN • Las Cruces International Film Festival Who’s your hoops Cinderella? 575-524-8061 Ralph Bakshi and “Fritz the Cat” by Richard Coltharp www.desertexposure.com
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(Photo by Elva K. Österreich) EROSION CONTROL - TREE CLEARING ABOUT THE COVER: The official commemorative poster for the 2018 Las Cruces Inter- national Film Festival (March 7-11), created by artist and photogra- TOP SOIL - FERTILIZER pher Mike Groves, is featured on the cover. See Page 11 for festival details. Groves is best known for his awe-inspiring landscapes of the Or- gan Mountains, White Sands and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge – his favorite haunts. A native new Mexican, Groves has lived in Las Cruces since 1953. In high school, he became inter- ested in photography and took his first sunset photos. Although he never had formal training in photography, he had a good eye for it. He studied and experimented. As his skills developed, so did his love [email protected] of the local scenery, especially the Organ Mountains. He is particu- larly proud of his triptychs and panoramic images. 6 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com Letters to the Editor
Fly-over information posed fly over program (Decem- of whether the Air Force activi- cerns should be addressed. would move all book inventory too scant ber, January and February Des- ty would make those fears real. There are many claims being out of state, as well as customer ert Exposures). The other individual comments made, but with no facts. The ma- service, shipping orders, manag- Editor, While Senator Howie Morales are based on predisposed opin- jor issues are: What are the actu- ing inventory, credit collection, I have carefully read the three has reasonable concerns, they ions, (Flag Waving vs WAR IS al limits (latitude and longitude) and royalty reporting. What this latest comments on the pro- are ifs, and he shows no details EVIL). I have worked with the of the proposed area? What low means is loss of jobs for UNM military for my whole career, but altitude limits would be imposed Press shipping and warehouse I have a retired engineer’s objec- so private pilots can use the sky staff, customer service, and an- Mis Amigos Pet Care Center tive view — study the facts first underneath? Would nighttime ticipated loss of revenues for then decide. operations be included? Would its regional publishers, who Every proposal like this re- actual ammunition be used (lead will need to have their books quires an Environmental Impact and/or depleted uranium) which shipped from out of state to its Statement (EIS) which unfortu- could be consumed by cattle, customers — many located in nately is conducted by “experts” etc.? Would supersonic veloci- the Southwest region. paid for by the government to ties (sonic booms) be involved? How can UNM possibly con- protect us from the government. Are we talking transit flight or sider this? For years UNM Press Boarding Daycare Training Grooming Retail I see no mention of its existence, air combat activities? has been the pride of our state Certified Trainers and Pet Care Technicians Follow us on Facebook which is where many of the con- I’m sure there are other minor and has been a cornerstone 11745 Hwy 180 E, Silver City, NM www.misamigospetcare.com 575-388-4101 issues, but until these are under- of excellence, not only in the stood, the risks/non-risks to the Southwest, but throughout the Services affected residents can’t be prop- world? medications delivered erly evaluated. The rest is biased As someone who ran the Bor- oratory. der Book Festival in Las Cruces medical equipment Bert de Pedro for over 25 years, one of the lon- emotional support Silver City gest running book fairs in New Mexico, I know the enormous respite Let’s keep New value of UNM Press’s worth, and 24-hour availability now, as a southern New Mexi- Mexico press, in NM co bookseller, a member of the ADL assistance Editor, American Bookseller’s Associ- bereavement support As a graduate of both New ation and a founding member Mexico State and the Universi- of its Diversity Task Force, this experience ty of New Mexico, as a national, news is terrible. compassion international, as well as a New In addition, you may not know Mexican author and bookseller, it, but the American Bookseller’s medical supplies and as someone who believes in Association will be holding its confidential the creative, artistic and cultur- 2019 Winter Institute in Albu- al legacy of New Mexico, I was querque January 22-25, the first volunteers Irma Santiago, MD stunned to learn that the Univer- time ever thousands of book- local cultural heritage sity of New Mexico is consider- sellers, writers, and publishers ing outsourcing the distribution music therapy of books from UNM Press and LETTERS spiritual support sending them out of state, which continued on page 7
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Blossoming in the Desert It’s All About the Story
t is the year of the story, ap- Cruces Downtown Art Ramble opening feature of the Las Cru- time together. Tranquilbuzz in parently. Across our moun- Letters starts at 5 p.m. on the first Friday ces International Film Festival Silver City hosts story tellers Itainous desert world, on of the month. These events, and March 7-11. More than 150 films, for the Words and Music series walls, on big screens and in cof- We would like to hear others like them, offer the op- both feature length and short, from 2-4 p.m. every third Satur- fee houses, stories live to be told from you, so please portunity to explore the stories will flash across the screens at day of the month all year. Silver and heard. don’t hesitate to share of these communities, and get Allen Theatres Cineport 10 in City co-poet laureate Beate Sig- I look at the artwork around your thoughts. in some friendly chatter as well. Las Cruces during festival days, riddaughter arranges readers southern New Mexico and I We welcome letters to Some of it may be political, sure, several of them New Mexico for the event which is usually see stories everywhere. A re- the editor including but it is a politics that generates based stories. followed by an open mic oppor- cent show at the Doña Ana Arts your opinions and feed- thought and conversation rather Legendary animator Ralph tunity for those attending. Council reflected so many differ- back regarding news, than violence. Bakshi also chose to live in New Beck’s Coffee in Las Cruces ent stories and pathways. The events and issues pub- In January, the story of the Mexico, near Silver City, for the hosts a second-Tuesday-of-the- artists’ group, the Insighters, lished here. Traditional braceros, Mexican workers beauty and the people, whom he month “Story Slam,” inviting told stories in multiple medi- letters to the editor offer brought to the U.S. to work the likes. people to join in and share re- ums, in so many ways. A bronze an opportunity to start fields from 1942 to 1964, was Bakshi, whose story can be al-life experience along the lines statue, similar to the mermaid in a new discussion, share displayed, and told, in Deming at found in this issue, began be- of “The Moth” and “Risk!” sto- Copenhagen bay, but then, the your opinions or provide the Historical Museum and the fore there were computers and ry telling podcasts. Leave your tag names the piece “MS” and information you believe Deming Art Center. Sculpture by cartoons were created by hand, judgements at the door and be reality sets in. The statue is an is of interest to other Diana LeMarbe and paintings by painstakingly cel by cel. But prepared to hear all kinds of lan- absolutely accurate depiction of readers. Jeri Desrochers supported sto- even Bakshi says, “how you do guage. Each month has a theme the disease capturing the melt- Desert Exposure reserves ries told by Raymond Cobos and it wasn’t the issue, what you of its own and audience-chosen ing degeneration and the sad- the right to review, edit others about the days of the bra- choose to do is more important winners get prizes. ness in one painful and simple or refuse letters to the ceros. The story/display goes to than how. I don’t see that hand You don’t have to look far to rendition. editor. Include your full the Las Cruces Branigan Cultur- drawn is any better than today, find stories; they are in your Four books, by Sherry name, city, state and al Center from June through Oc- its about what you choose to backyard, in your heart and Doil-Carter, stretch from top phone number. Only tober if you missed it in Deming. make, (the story you choose to all around you. They make the to bottom of the wall. Side by your name and city will Storytelling on film also inun- tell).” world bigger and closer, a thread side “Clouds, Flowers & Sacred appear in print, but we dates the amazing landscapes of Bakshi’s work too is featured of connection, weaving through Messages,” “Ancient Records,” need to be able to verify southern New Mexico, attract- at the Las Cruces Film Festival, community. “Random Messages” and “Bits the author. ing film crews here and film fes- his classic animation “Wizards” “After nourishment, shelter and Pieces,” each fold accordion The views and opinions tivals as well. and “American Pop” will be and companionship, stories are style and tell the stories as titled expressed in letters to Film director Rod McCall is screened on March 9 and he will the thing we need most in the through pieces of paper and oth- the editor published inspired by southern New Mex- be on hand for Q&A following world.” — Philip Pullman er media asking creative consid- by Desert Exposure do ico and talks about how the the shows. eration of the reader. not necessarily reflect landscape becomes a character Other film festivals celebrate Elva K While the Insighters exhibit those of Desert Expo- and part of the story in his film stories in southern New Mexico, Österreich is no longer graces the walls at the sure or its advertisers. “Rose.” McCall has a home in including the Desert Light Film editor of Desert Arts Council gallery space, it still It is the responsibility Hillsboro and spends as much Festival in Alamogordo on Fri- Exposure and resonates with the creative arts of the reader to re- time as he can there. day April 27, inviting youth from would love to across the area. Storytellers of search facts/opinions “New Mexico is an extremely across the state to submit their meet Desert all types and dispositions make expressed in the letters visual place,” McCall told me. films; and The Borderlands Film Exposure our area rich in a culture that to the editor to form “The landscape has a life of its Festival, Oct. 2-7, held in Las readers during her office hours shares a common drive to listen their own opinions from own. It’s free and open and has Cruces and other southern New in Silver City on Thursday, and look at things more deeply an informed position. gorgeous light. You can put any Mexico venues, celebrating the March 22, at the Tranquilbuzz than the surface. kind of story into a New Mexico uniqueness of the world we live Coffee House, located at the Silver City is the most recent landscape and the landscape be- in, and this year’s theme, “wom- corner of Yankie and Texas community to add an art walk for a while now. Alamogordo comes a character. I think every en.” streets. If that is not a good time, event to its monthly slate of Downtown Nites begin at 6 p.m. artist finds the place they sort of Stories themselves are crop- Elva will be glad to arrange events beginning 3 to 7 p.m. on the third Friday of the month; flower. That’s what New Mexico ping up in small venues too, the another day to meet and you March 24. Alamogordo, Truth or the T or C Art Hop also begins does for me.” tradition of gathering around can always reach her at editor@ Consequences and Las Cruces at 6 p.m. only on the second “Rose,” starring Cybill Shep- the fire, um … gathering in the desertexposure.com or by cell have been holding the evenings Saturday of the month; and Las herd and James Brolin, is the coffee house, to share tales and phone at 575-443-4408.
LETTERS continued from page 6 from across the U.S. and other not only unacceptable, it is un- a haven for the arts and artists, poorer than before, and bereft UNM, as well as the Board of Re- countries will be convening in thinkable, and unconscionable! and which, by the way, supports of this valuable and important gents, and those who know and New Mexico. This conference Look at the writers who have tourism and connection and humanistic interaction between love UNM Press to speak up and is the major event for all Amer- published through UNM Press communication between peo- our students, faculty, the com- stand up now. ican booksellers! How can the and you will see a pantheon of ple? munity and those who know and Now is no time to lose faith in Regents and the President of great world writers. We need the As someone who loves UNM love our state, and yes, those our ability to heal the world, one UNM gut the Press at this pivotal Press to stay in New Mexico. It Press and our cultural life in who have come to us knowing story and one book at a time. time in our cultural history as we is our pride and lifeblood. New Mexico, it is important for we represent the best of creative Denise Chávez welcome booksellers from the What does this all say about us to reflect on what this means life. Author and Bookseller world to our state? The timing is a state that declares itself to be for us as a people. We will be I would ask the President of Las Cruces
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DESERT DIARY • PRINNIE MCCOURT DECLUTTER&STAY COMPLIANT! Needles: A Horror Story Go DIGITAL for2018! cannot bear to watch a nee- IV paraphernalia home. dle penetrate flesh. It’s not Two mornings later I pounded Iso much the pain, but the a picture hook into my wall and Doing business in SouthernNMand West invasion: a cold metal point in- hung up the IV bag. serted through the skin, with Next, I prepared Polly for the Texas forover15years, our locallyowned possibilities of air bub- procedure. I wrapped her bles, infection, death. up in a towel like a “kitty and operated family business offers the This is about burrito” to limit her following solutions foryou: my horror when movements. I had faced with the been assured the IV •MEDIA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECURE unavoidable ne- procedure would INFOR ATION DESTRUCTION cessity to plunge take less than forty a needle numerous minutes. •OFFFICERECORDS MANAGEMEENT times into a loved The knob to one’s skin. open the flow • ON/OFF SITE SHREDDING SERVIICES Polly is a tailless of fluid was black and white fe- so stiff • MORE THHAN 1.25 MILLION CUBIC-FOOT ral cat born under my I had to porch 150 years ago. use both STORAGE FACILITY An anonymous coy- hands. Then I pulled ote taught Polly invalu- the cover off the • CLIMATE CONTROL VAULT able survival skills needle, releasing a high arcing when she was a kit- stream of sodium chloride over •DOCCUMENT SCANNINNG ten. The price of tu- i - everything in its vicinity. tion was her tail. I reached down for Polly, but But not all perils come from she had escaped from the “bur- the outside. An ulcer formed in rito” and was sauntering over to Polly’s left cornea and a month her water dish to hydrate her- American Document ago it ruptured, making it neces- self. sary to remove her eye. On the next try I held Polly Far from being dev- firmly and inserted the needle Services astated by her loss, from the left side. A sec- Polly reveled in her ond later my right hand felt new status as “indoor wet. The needle 300A N. 17th St. Las Cruces, NM 88005 cat,” with 24-hour had gone all buffet, litter box, the way maid service and through her 647-0060 www.adslcnm.com endless pamper- skin and out LC3-XNSP45574 ing. the other side. Then the vet dis- Five tries covered she had kid- later I had al- ney problems. most synchro- Polly now needs to nized the cat, the be hydrated — given needle, and the escap- liquids through an ing liquid enough so IV — which means I was able to insert sticking a hollow nee- the needle successful- dle under her skin so flu- ly. ids can flow into her body. But in my next attempt I “Give her 250 milliliters of so- missed the cat and plunged the dium chloride a day, three days needle deep into my finger. With- a week.” The vet held up a large out thinking, I pulled it out and bloated plastic bag of fluid and inserted it back into my patient. hung it on an IV stand above I sat there, imagining lethal cat the table where Polly lay, held germs coursing through my sys- by an assistant. The vet slipped tem. the needle effortlessly into the Hours later I still had 50 milli- scruff of Polly’s neck, opened liters of fluid to go. the knob on the tubing, and fluid Was it because the bag re- began to drip rapidly under her leased liquid in very slow, hesi- skin. tant drops? Or maybe because Then the doctor handed the the new bag I’d just hung up be- needle to me. “Your turn.” fore our break had drained dry? I closed my eyes and pushed I’d forgotten to close the tubing in the needle. I felt it jab through by rolling down the knob. her flesh and heard her skin pop. Who knows? “Any questions?” But I have overcome my hor- I shook my head, too numb to ror of needles. Now I just hate think, wanting only to cry. them. I took my cat, the bag, and the
Juried Student & Thesis Exhibit Thursday, April 5 Opening Reception 4::30 p.m. | WNMU McCray Gallery Free to the Public
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One Million Bones are being unpacked and prepared to be carried to their final installation resting place. (Photos By Jay Hemphill) ARTS EXPOSURE One Million Bones Find a Home Invitation out for people to participate in art installment
ne Million Bones is a ico University in late September in the One Million Bones – Sil- people are encouraged to visit to participate, and some locals large-scale social arts 2017, the One Million Bones proj- ver City project, which is being the lodge, load up a bag, and hike to the site — with packs full Opractice combining ed- ect found a permanent home. installed at its permanent site make the peaceful trek to the of ceramic bones — on a regu- ucation, hands-on art making When the partners in Bear above Bear Mountain. From 10 bones’ permanent resting spot. lar basis. Recently a horse pack and public installations to raise Mountain Arts offered to host a.m. to 4 p.m. on Community It’s a hands-on way to remem- train spent three days carrying awareness of ongoing genocides One Million Bones in a perma- Day, people will gather to carry ber victims of genocide and 21,000 pounds of bones to the and mass atrocities. Over four nent installation at Bear Moun- more of the handcrafted ceram- mass atrocities and mindfully meadow. years, the One Million Bones tain Lodge, 60 Bear Mountain ic bones to the meadow where reject the recurrence of such For information call 575-538- team collected handcrafted Ranch Road in Silver City, lec- they’ll lay for eternity. evils. 6353 or email Jennifer.olson@ bones for a three-day installa- ture organizer Faye McCalmont Until every bone is placed, People travel from out of state wnmu.edu. tion event on the National Mall facilitated the installation of in Washington, D.C., on June One Million Bones in a meadow 8-10, 2013. at Bear Mountain and is coor- The one million bones collect- dinating the ongoing effort to ed were crafted by students, edu- allow community members to SAVE cators, artists and activists from create and place their own hand- around the world, and were laid crafted bones at the site. % out as a hopeful symbol of our “This project is the type of in- 20 off common humanity. Each bone terdisciplinary project that will represents a call to action, a sto- be integrated into Western New Green Fees ry and a voice. Mexico University’s evolving ap- with this ad! As a result of an Edwina and plied liberal arts and sciences Charles Milner Women in the curriculum,” WNMU Expressive Arts lecture given by One Mil- Arts Department Chair Michael lion Bones founder Naomi Na- Metcalf said. tale and project manager Susan On Saturday, March 10, the McAllister at Western New Mex- public is invited to participate
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Participants in the 2017 Bata- HONORING, REMEMBERING an Memorial Death March marathon it the road for the Record 26.2-mile event. (Photo by Tabitha Ross- man) Registrations Bataan Memorial Death March sees high numbers egistrations for the in prisoner-of-war camps from a 2018 Bataan Memorial lack of proper food, water and RDeath March at White medical care. Sands Missile Range have out- The 29th annual memori- stripped the number of partici- al march is Sunday, March 25, and pants signed up last year by more will include civilians, members of than 700. That could make this U.S. military, Wounded Warriors Doña Ana Arts Council presents the 8th Annual year’s event the largest on record. and Bataan survivors. A record 7,200 partici- Many marathon enthusiasts pants joined the 2017 memorial consider the Bataan Memorial that commemorated the 75th an- Death March one of the toughest Doña Ana Arts Council presents the 8th Annual niversary of the brutal march at marathon- length events in the the beginning World War II. After United States. Marchers compete Doña Ana Arts Council presents the 8th Annual 75,000 American and Filipino Sol- in teams or as individuals. In the diers surrendered to invading Jap- “heavy” division, each participant anese forces April 9, 1942, their carries a 35-pound rucksack over captors marched them more than 26.2 miles. The event also features 60 miles through treacherous jun- a 14.2-mile, non-competitive route. gle and into captivity. Thousands Participants may register online died along the way, and many died at bataanmarch.com.
ABOUT TIME • MIKE COOK Daylight Saving Doña Ana Arts Council presents the 8th Annual Time turns 100
on’t forget to set your clocks ahead (spring for- Dward, fall back) before you go to bed Saturday night, All images © 2018 Featured Artist: Nancy Frost Begin March 10. Daylight Saving Time
three-dimensional wood Monster Box All images © 2018 Featured Artist: Nancy Frost Begin (DST) 2018 begins at 2 a.m. Sun- day, March 11. And break out your party hats: three-dimensional wood Monster Box All images © 2018 Featured Artist: Nancy Frost Begin DST celebrates its 100th birthday in the United States this year. March 16–18, 2018 British entomologist George Vernon Hudson (1867-1946) in- MarchLas Cruces 16–18, Convention Center 2018 vented DST, presenting it to the March680 E. University16–18, Avenue 2018 Royal Society of New Zealand in Las Cruces Convention Center 1895. The U.S. adopted DST in U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms 1918. Charles P. Higgins turns for- ward the Ohio Clock for the LasTickets Cruces (good Convention for 2 day admission): Center “How did a guy who spent most TICKETS: $10/door | 2/$15 in advance first Daylight Saving Time in of his free time studying bugs $10680 at the E. Universitydoor or 2/$15 Avenue in advance 1918, as U.S. Sens. William M. daarts.orgat www.daarts.org | 575-523-6403 or 575-523-6403 come up with the idea of day- Calder, R-New York, Willard light saving time?” asked writer Saulsbury, Jr., D-Delaware, and Tickets (good for 2 day admission): Joe Satran in a 2012 article in the Joseph T. Robinson, D-Arkan- Huffington Post. “It all began be- sas, look on. $10 at the door or 2/$15 in advance cause Hudson became frustrated pedia said. because dusk came so early in “Daylight saving time was re- three-dimensional woodat Monster www.daarts.org Box or 575-523-6403All images © 2018 Featured Artist: Nancy Frost Begin Fabric/Weaving • Mixed Media • Painting/Drawing summer that it interfered with his pealed in 1919, but standard time evening bug-collecting rounds — in time zones remained in law, Porcelain/Pottery/Glassoriginal work by over 100 • regional Print/Photography artists his day job was at the Wellington with the Interstate Commerce Post Office. He figured the prob- Commission having the authority Wood/Metal/Sculpture lem might be solved if the clock over time zone boundaries.” March 16–18, 2018 were advanced two hours in sum- Congress enacted the War Time original work by over 100 regional artists mer and then shifted back in the Act, reinstating DST Feb. 9, 1942 Las Cruces Convention Center winter, when he wasn’t bug-hunt- to conserve energy resources. The ing anyway.” Amendment to the War Time Act original680 E. work University by over 100 regional Avenue artists “The history of standard time ended DST Sept. 30, 1945. It was in the United States began Nov. re-established by the Uniform 2018 Featured 18, 1883, when U.S. and Canadi- Time Act of 1967, which mandat- Tickets (good for 2 day admission):Local Artist an railroads instituted standard ed that DST start the last Sunday Nancy Frost time in time zones,” according to in April and end the last Sunday in $10 at the door or 2/$15 in Beginadvance Wikipedia. “Before then, time of October. at www.daarts.org or 575-523-6403 day was a local matter, and most Because of the energy crisis due cities and towns used some form sparked by OAPEC’s 1973 oil em- of local solar time, maintained by bargo, DST began earlier on the some well-known clock (for ex- first Sunday in January in 1974 the ample, on a church steeple or in a last Sunday in February in 1975. jeweler’s window).” Since 2007, DST has begun the Standard time in time zones second Sunday in March and end- was established in federal law ed the first Sunday in November. with the Standard Time Act of Only the states of Arizona (except March 19, 1918, which also estab- for the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii original work by over 100 regional artists lished daylight saving time, Wiki- do not use DST. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 11
ON SCREEN • BY ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Innovative Animator Featured Ralph Bakshi’s career has routinely left a trail of dust
alph Bakshi created the full-length animated Rfilm “Wizards” (1977) If you go to prove that adult animation wasn’t all about sex and vio- WHEN: March 7-11 lence. That was only five years WHAT: Feature-length, after he created “Fritz the Cat” short films, documenta- (1972), the first adult animat- ries and student films; ed film, X-rated, which was all workshops, lectures, about sex and a bit about vio- panels, parties and pre- lence. sentations But that’s Bakshi, regardless WHERE: Various lo- of the consequences. cations, most films Bakshi will receive the Out- screened at Cineport 10 standing Achievement in Ani- INFO: www.lciffest.com or 575-646-6149 mation Award during the 2018 Ralph Bakshi Film festival featured animator Ralph Bakshi creates characters Las Cruces International Film on his easel from his studio near Silver City. (Courtesy Illustra- Festival presented by New Mex- do something other than what shi said no. tion) ico State University March 7-11. (the mainstream) was doing. I “The studio wanted to hire LCIFF will screen his films “Wiz- got yelled at a lot. It (departing LA writers,” he said. ards” at 5 p.m. and “American from the norm) wasn’t the easi- Bakshi was introduced to MARIAH'S Pop” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 9, est thing to do in those days. I’m New Mexico through his friend- at the Allen Theatres Cineport not sure that it’s easy today.” ship with World War II car- Copper Quail Gallery 10, followed by a question and The artist in Bakshi, who toonist Bill Mauldin. Mauldin, "Something for Every Audience" answer session. turns 80 this year, hardly relates two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Presents Born in 1938 in Palestine, to today’s need to conform, as hailed from High Rolls Moun- Bakshi was taken to the U.S. as in collecting “Likes” on Face- tain Park in the Sacramento "FOLK ART NICHOS" a small child. As a boy in Brook- book. Mountains. By lyn, it was all about the Sunday “If you are going to do anima- “He was one of my idols,” Pierre Nichols comics. tion, it doesn’t matter what ev- Bakshi said. & “When I was 14 or 15, the eryone else is doing. You should Bakshi occasionally lectures Jerry Howell comic strips in the Sunday pa- do what you want to do.” at New Mexico State Universi- Reception: Friday, March 2, 5-7pm pers were a big deal, I couldn’t Bakshi was creating, direct- ty’s Creative Arts Institute, for Showdates: March 1-31, 2018 get enough,” Bakshi said. “Then ing, writing animated stories which he has the utmost admi- OPEN WED – SUN I made the decision to go to and processing them before ration. Like us on On the corner of Texas and Yankie Follow us on art school. It all started when I computers did the work. “They are doing tremendous Facebook in Downtown Silver City, NM Instagram wanted to be a cartoonist.” “It was all done by hand,” he work there. It is sensational. facebook.com/mariahscqg 575-388-2646 instagram@copper_quail He attended the High School said. “But how you do it wasn’t They started with nothing and of Art and Design and followed the issue. What you choose to now are at the top of the line that with a career start at Ter- do is more important than how. for animation. It’s a great envi- rytoons, for 10-12 years. He ani- The computer is not any better ronment out here in the West.” We’ve Got Your Windows Covered! mated 95 episodes of “The Dep- or worse. I don’t see that hand Bakshi lives on a mountain, uty Dawg Show.” drawn is any better than today.” on the edge of a national park, Then Bakshi made a change Bakshi is the creator behind in the wilderness. In 40 minutes and never looked back. HBO’s “Spicy City,” the first he can be in Silver City. Since “’Fritz (the Cat)’ brought me animated series for adults, and “I love every minute. No cars. ® 1976 to Hollywood, but I was perfect- voiced three of the characters. No traffic. It’s amazing. I always ly happy before that,” he said. The series ended after six epi- wanted to drive my pickup Visit our Showroom to see “That was the thing that made a sodes when HBO wanted to re- truck with a dust trail rising be- complete selecti on of huge difference, the decision to place Bakshi’s writers and Bak- hind me.” Custom Window coverings, Shutt ers and Bedding SCREEN ICON • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH 2310 N. Temple • 526-2880 Energetic Influence www.SpringCrestNM.com Actress’s most important role might be offstage
am Grier was down in Grier and her mom go to Santa the barn with her horses Fe for the Indian Market every PMaxwell and Nora, both year. 300 N. Arizona on adopted, when she had to head “I love going down there, eat- the corner of Yankie & Arizona to the house to answer my call. ing my way from all the differ- in Downtown Silver City Her Colorado home is more of ent vendors,” she said. “We just Is Proud to Present a ranch than a mansion. She eat our way through Santa Fe. said people are surprised when They show us pictures of their “connected” they find a home where you can families and I contribute to the a collection of works wash the floors with a hose and art community. The Film Photograpy dogs rule the territory. She’s even been to Las Cru- “I have lots of dirt and trees,” ces, which she labeled “the art of she said. “It scares people away. colony of the world.” catherine bialopitrowicz Guys go, ‘Where’s the pool.’ But Grier, 69, is perhaps best- Pam Grier there is just a creek. I am on my known for her lead role in own well – fresh bottled water.” When Grier came down to Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Grier will attend the Las Cru- New Mexico to work on “Rose,” Brown” (1997), which he wrote ces International Film Festival this down-to-earth “Hollywood” with her in mind – before he in March, where she is part of type drove. ever met her. But she started the introduction to “Rose,” a “It was a great road trip,” much earlier, earning fans in Gallery Hours film she shot with fellow ac- she said. “I love to smell the a bevy of ’70s “blaxploitation” Wednesday - Saturday tress Cybill Shepherd in Truth earth, eat the food, see people films in mostly bad-ass roles, 10AM – 5PM or Consequences in 2016. – smiles, frustration, bug bites – like the 1974 “Foxy Brown,” and by appointment She will also participate in everything. where she poses as a prostitute For information call 406-790-0573 a diversity panel and hobnob Actually, she comes to New [email protected] or Facebook with friends Shepherd and Mexico regularly. Her sister INFLUENCE James Brolin. has a home in Albuquerque and continued on page 14 12 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
BORDERLINES • MARJORIE LILLY Pre-raid Visit Positive in Flavor Pancho Villa stopped for breakfast in Deming
n Saturday, March 10, there’s an upcoming com- Omemoration of Pancho Villa’s March 9, 1916, attack on Co- lumbus. What’s intriguing, in enor- mous contrast to that historical event, is what happened on Aug. 27, 1914, a year and a half earlier, when Pancho Villa stopped for breakfast in Deming. That morning in 1914, Villa and Gen. Alvaro Obregon, possibly the two greatest generals in the Mexi- Generals John J Pershing, Pancho Villa and Alvaro Obregon pose can Revolution, stepped off a train for a photo at Fort Bliss, Texas in 1913. Pershing later led the ex- from El Paso at 8 p.m. and later pedition that unsuccessfully chased Villa and his men down into met with a mostly cheerful crowd Mexico following an assault on Columbus. (Public domain photo) of Deming people. The Deming Headlight estimated that “half the 19th Cabalgata absolute courage had won many town” came to see Villa, who was battles for the revolution. the more popular of the two. Binacional, Fiesta Soon after the Deming appear- They were on their way to No- de Amistad, and ance, in September, a famous en- SNOWDENEXTERMINATING gales, Sonora for a peace mission counter between the two generals Serving Southwest New Mexico since 1951 among various revolutionary in- Raid Day occurred when Obregon visited dividuals, including President Ve- Friday, March 9 Villa at his home in Chihuahua nustiano Carranza and Gov. Jose • 10 a.m.: Memorial service City, Mexico. Villa grew suspicious Deming 575-546-9052 Maria Maytorena of Sonora. at Memorial Garden behind of his purpose, which in reality Deming newspaper accounts the Depot Museum spon- was to turn some of Villa’s gener- Silver City 575-388-9300 sored by Columbus Histori- The Deming Graphic gave a als and troops away from him. He Las Cruces 575-526-9300 cal Society long, leisurely description of the • 6 p.m.: Film: “Pancho threatened to execute Obregon by FAX 575-546-8307 visit. This was surrounded by Villa: Itinerary of a Pas- firing squad. Some of illa’V s associ- PO Box 230, Deming, NM 88031 sion, One Man’s Obsession www.snowdenexterminating.com Toll Free 1-800-471-9052 notes on the growing, optimis- ates rushed to get Villa’s wife, Luz tic farm town, with remarks on to Wake a Nation” at the Corral, to dissuade her husband, Tumbleweed Theater, 205 church ice-cream socials, a dis- Broadway, Columbus which she did by reminding him cussion on an alfalfa fungus, and of the sacred duties of hospitality. on the arrest of a Chinese man for Saturday, March 10 Villa tearfully apologized to “aiding and abetting the smuggling • 10 a.m.: Remembrance Obregon, then later in September of Chinese from Juarez.” Ride/Parade. Starts at Port of ordered that he be assassinated Entry United States/Mexico There was a grimmer tone in an Border. on a train trip. But the second plot article on the recent outbreak of • Noon to 4 p.m.: Ballet Folk- failed due to the efforts of some of World War I, described as a “Ger- lorico de Mexico: Universi- Villa’s own men. Corner Florida & Columbus Hwy. man siege” on Paris. dad Autonoma de Chihua- Col. Rodolfo Fierro was part The U.S. press was positive hua music and dancing at of Villa’s staff that stopped off in PO Box 191, Deming NM 88031 the Village Plaza downtown about Pancho Villa at that time, Columbus Deming. He was not so much a col- (575) 546-3922 contrary to its position after the • 1-3 p.m.: Pancho Villa onel as he was an infamous body- 1916 raid. They made him out to State Park, reenactment guard, or executioner, often by Vil- be a kind of Teddy Roosevelt or and lecture topics changing la’s side. He was tall and wolf-like, a Robin Hood. The two Deming each hour and some said he was “like a son” • 3 p.m.: Pershing and Villa newspapers were also upbeat, look-alike contest to Villa. He was feared and hated with the Headlight calling him a even among Villa’s troops. “man of peace” and “a man of the rights.” Fierro died in October 1915, a people.” He told them to return home few months before the March 1916 Villa and Obregon went to the and work together after the ani- raid on Columbus. Casas Grandes Harvey Hotel for breakfast, and mosities. residents cherish the story that he “a band of ninety pieces enter- “Those who have no homes or drowned in the mud of the Laguna tained the crowd,” according to lands there, I will provide for,” he Casas Grandes outside of town. the Deming Graphic. They’d come promised. But Villa’s biographer Friedrich on a special train guarded by both Giants of Mexican history Katz is vague about exactly where American and Mexican soldiers. The newspapers didn’t seem to that drowning occurred. The American soldiers carried be completely aware of the great The director of the “prepa,” guns, and “afforded every protec- historical status of the men pres- or high school in Palomas, Joel tion against possible assault on ent at this event, probably because Carreon, claims his grandfather DEMING the visitors by Federal (anti-Revo- it was too early for the judgment told him Fierro died in the tiny ART CENTER lutionary) sympathizers along the of history. settlement of Guzman, about an 100 South Gold, Deming, NM route.” Pancho Villa was fresh from the hour south of Palomas, in the La- Mon thru Sat 10:00 am to 4:00 pm When Villa spoke to the crowd, largest and bloodiest victory of guna Guzman. There are probably only Americans shouted “Viva Vil- the revolutionaries, the siege on many competing stories about Fi- March Exhibit: Annual Student Shows Elementary Students • March 1 - March 8, March 12 -14 la” and applauded. Many of the Zacatecas that he led on June 23. erro’s death. Reception Saturday, March 3 • 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Mexicans had fled revolutionary That battle definitively turned the Obregon was accompanied on fightingin Mexico and remained tide against the campaign of Pres- this trip by Julio Madero, brother Quilting Bees Quilt Show • March 9, 10, 11 silent. Deming artist Paul Hoylen ident Victoriano Huerta and the to the famous Francisco Madero 10:00 am to 4:00 pm all 3 days • Demos, items for sale remembers a now-deceased Dem- federal army. Villa was at the sum- known as “the apostle of Mexican ing woman named Patty Israel mit of his powers when he passed democracy” to all Mexican school- Trunk Show March 10 at 1:00 pm who was 4 years old at the time through Deming, but his strength children. He was the leader of the Quilt drawing during trunk show and stood close to Villa — she said was to decline drastically by the revolution until he was assassinat- Call for info and to register 575-546-3663 she was “terrified” of him. time of the raid on Columbus. ed on Feb. 22, 1913, in what is now Villa addressed the people: “Re- Obregon, as Carranza’s top known as the Decena Tragica (Ten Intermediate and High School Students gardless of your former adher- general, had just days before, on Tragic Days). March 15 - March 30 ence to despotic rulers or selfish Aug. 13, signed the peace treaties It was a rather staggering line- Artists Reception Saturday March 17 revolutionaries, I regard you all of Teoloyucan, State of Mexico, up of people to make an appear- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm as Mexicans, and I consider all, with the federal commanders. He ance in the small desert town of as such, my brothers. I have been had much less charisma and elo- Deming. Sculpture Clay Classes • March 23 and 24 struggling for the people because I quence than Villa and inspires a lot Call for info 575-546-3663 love them and would serve them. less admiration among the masses Borderlines Deming Arts Center, 100 S Gold St, Deming NM 88030 Their faults and virtues I know. then and now. (To this day people columnist 575-546-3663 Check us out on Facebook Having fought on the battlefield say things like, “If Villa was here, Marjorie Lilly This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, for them I am going now to con- he would take care of things.”) But lives in Deming. a division of the Department of Cultural A airs www.demingarts.org tinue a political struggle for their Obregon’s hyper-intelligence and DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 13
SOUTH OF THE BORDER • MORGAN SMITH Pancho Villa Remembered AMLO for President could cause more trouble for U.S./Mexico relations ne of the few efforts at a plan and presents it clearly and of New Mexico products go to United States/Mexico bor- calmly. In short, he was far more Mexico. This creates thousands of Oder reconciliation takes impressive than I had expected. jobs in our state. In addition, there place in the towns of Palomas, If Trump keeps bashing Mexico, is a huge opportunity for business Mexico and Columbus, and is large- AMLO’s chances of winning will growth at the Santa Teresa border ly a Mexican effort. I’m referring to continue to rise and I believe that crossing (and less so at Colum- the annual Cabalgata Binaciónal will be bad for both Mexico and bus). These are important factors Villista which happens on March 9 the United States. When he left in a state that is lagging dramatical- and 10. The theme for this event is the podium, the music came back ly behind all its neighbor states and “Uniendo Fronteras de la Sierra al on. This time it was “Black Magic that has one of the weakest econ- Desierto” or “uniting frontiers from Woman” by Carlos Santana. Anoth- omies in the United States. Yet I the mountains to the desert.” Hun- er surprise. don’t see any of the candidates for dreds of Mexican riders — men, Since then I have interviewed office this year talking about this, women and children — ride north dozens of Mexicans on my month- or about how to protect NAFTA, The cavalcade travels from Palomas, Mexico to Columbus in to Palomas from a variety of Mexi- ly trips to Juárez and Palomas, and or how to facilitate border cross- 2017. (Photo by Morgan Smith) can towns to the south. On Friday the support for AMLO continues ings in Santa Teresa and Palomas evening, March 9, they will cele- City from 2000-05 and left office AMLO also said he’d double the to grow. Part of this is due to dis- where trucks now wait for hours. brate their arrival with a unique with an approval rating of 84 per- minimum wage which is now only illusion with the current president It’s as if Mexico didn’t exist. fiesta in Palomas’ town plaza. cent. In 2006, he ran for president about $5 a day. That compares to whose popularity rating has been as On Saturday morning, March as the candidate for the PRD or Par- more than $10 an hour here in San- low as 12 percent and he is viewed Morgan Smith lives in Santa Fe 10, the Mexican riders will cross tido de la Revolución Democrática ta Fe. In other words, a worker in as more unpopular than Trump. and writes frequently on border the border and join up with riders or Party of the Democratic Rev- Santa Fe earns in a half hour what Part of it is, of course, Trump. issues. He can be reached at who had ridden south from Co- olution and lost very narrowly to a worker in Mexico earns in a full Roughly 45 percent of all exports [email protected]. lumbus. Together, they will form a Felipe Calderón. Feeling that he day. cavalcade and return to Columbus had been cheated, AMLO refused Most impressive were his ideas Paul Wilson where there will be another fiesta. to concede and had his support- for enhancing the natural advan- It’s a very moving sight and I will ers block the Zócalo in downtown tages of each region of the coun- Seedboat be there once again to see it. Mexico City for several months, try including tourism along the These riders are committed to causing enormous economic hard- Caribbean; the automobile indus- Gallery this theme of uniting instead of ship to the many poorer Mexicans try, which is world class; a special dividing our frontiers. But I don’t who make their living there. This economic zone in the Tehuantepec Flower believe one strong Mexican presi- abuse of the very people he said he area; forestry in the south; two new & dential candidate shares that view was fighting for is what leads me to refineries so that gas doesn’t have Flourish and that’s a danger we should be believe he’d be a terrible president to be imported; and an expanded aware of. both for his country and for the “free zone” in the north as a way to Open United States. stimulate business with the United Elections coming up In 2012, he ran again, came in States. He also spoke of the need Wed thru Sun Mexico will hold elections July second with 31.6 percent of the for improved infrastructure, as has 11-5pm 1. There are 500 open seats for the vote compared to 38.15 percent for Trump. Chamber of Deputies, 128 for the Nieto, and again claimed he had Many of these ideas will be very Zuni Nights 214 W Yankie St. Silver City Senate and, most important, one been cheated. AMLO has formed difficult to achieve, but AMLO has acrylic & mixed media on canvas 575•534•1136 for president. Although the presi- his own party. One reason for his dential election has generated little leaving the PRD was its support for press here in the United States, it reforms in the areas of education We Understand Care, could have profound and poten- and the energy industry, reforms tially very negative implications for that are very controversial but, in We Practice Compassion. our country. my opinion, great steps forward for The leader in the polls is Andrês Mexico. Offering a Continuum of Care in the Las Cruces Community! Manuel López Obrador, better Waiting for him to arrive that day known as AMLO, the candidate in El Paso, I was expecting to see a of the relatively new National Re- radical, angry man who was going We continue to build on our time-proven reputation for quality care, generation Movement or Morena to spend much of his time attack- Party. ing Donald Trump regarding immi- state-of-the-art rehabilitation and recovery protocols. Our modern A former and very popular gration and the wall. AMLO is now mayor of Mexico City, he ran for way ahead in the polls with about facilities form a continuum of care to meet all of your needs. president in 2006 and 2012, losing 45 percent and every time Trump very narrowly the first time and attacks or insults Mexico, AMLO’s Independent Living • Senior Living • ShortStay Care • LongTerm Care claiming that he had been cheated, rating go up. which may have been true. He is When he suddenly appeared, • Specialized Alzheimer’s Care • Rehabilitation Services • Physician Services viewed as a populist demagogue, however, the music shifted from as anti-American and as opposed Mexican music to The Joker by the to several of the very important Steve Miller Band. As AMLO slow- reforms enacted by the current ly made his way to the podium, we president, Enrique Peña Nieto. One heard “I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, relates to allowing foreign invest- I’m a midnight toker.” Curious! ment in the energy field. The other Despite having run for president takes the power to hire and train twice, he is only 63 years old, sev- teachers away from the teachers’ en years younger than Trump and unions and make the process truly very vigorous and fit looking. 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San Jacinto Plaza in El Paso, Texas four top billionaires have as much ® waiting for Andrés Manuel López wealth as the bottom half of the Obrador, better known as AMLO, population and the wealth of Car- candidate for the president of Mex- los Slim, the world’s richest man ico. with about $55 billion, equals six Genesis CareLine (866) 745-CARE | www.genesishcc.com AMLO was the mayor of Mexico percent of Mexico’s GDP. 14 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
What’s Your Las Cruces? Visit the Branigan Cultural Center January 19 - March 17, 2018 and join the conversation! Help us tell a more complete story! The interactive exhibit invites visitors to share photos, stories, and more through questions posed at different stations. Selected images and stories will be posted within the exhibit and on the museum’s social media sites for public viewing.
Cybill Shepherd and Pam Grier walk together on the set of “Rose.” Both women will be part of the Las Cruces Internation- al Film Festival opening celebrations March 7, as “Rose” is the opening feature. (Courtesy photo)
Branigan Cultural Center INFLUENCE 501 N Main St • Las Cruces, NM 575.541.2154 • www.las-cruces.org/museums continued from page 11 Facebook: @LCMuseums • Instagram: #LCmuseums seeking revenge against gang- a part of more than 40 projects Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 10-4:30, Sat 9-4:30 • FREE Admission sters who killed her boyfriend. after 1997 listed in IMDB, from But, between those roles “The Wild Thornberry’s” to the and “Jackie Brown” she nev- “L Word.” er stopped appearing in mov- In “Rose” she plays a lifeline, ies and television shows. She Lily, between a woman with played in “The Love Boat,” a potentially deadly illness, “Night Court,” “Crime Story,” played by Cybill Shepherd, and “Miami Vice” and numerous her desperation. other television projects while “When (director Rob McCall) talking part in a least 20 mov- and his casting people contact- ies during that time. She also ed me and sent me the role, I spent four years in live theater hadn’t met him and didn’t know on stage. his work,” Grier said. “How can “I do like theater, I spent four I make the project successful? years in theater,” Grier said. It was right on the page, it was “They called me ‘The Black Stel- so wonderful. I have lived this la.’ I didn’t know I was going to with my late sister. My charac- be that good to do seven-eight ter brings some life and won’t months and fill up the theater let her give up.” every time. I can do this while I Grier’s character, Lily, has have some brain cells left.” much in common with the ac- Then, “Jackie Brown.” Grier tress herself, who lives by the tells the story about being in maxim, “I will always attempt Los Angeles and meeting Taran- to save a life, even mine.” tino. She actively takes leading “He said, ‘I’m writing a movie roles in organizations that focus for you, as soon as I finish it I’ll on helping people and animals. send it to you,’ and I said thank She works with Dining Out for you, and I was thinking, ‘yeah Life, a yearly event when 3,000 right.’” “When it arrived ... tears restaurants in 60 cities donated welled up and I was so moved. their full day’s take to support Here was a person who said he people living with AIDS, and is was going to do something, and involved with Pilots and Paws, a he did.” group flying rescued animals to Working with Tarantino was forever homes throughout the amazing too, she said. country. “I got to work with old She has worked hands-on friends; Bridget Fonda, Michael with Hip Hop for Humanity, Keaton, etc. The preparation with rescued horses and the was intense, not everyone gets blind and donates trained dogs to work with him. He doesn’t and dog vests to police depart- like rigid actors. I guess I was ments. a fit. Listening to him, I could Is she done? Not even close. hear his beats and play his sym- “I hope we get our series back phonies and that doesn’t work on the ground,” she said. “I’m with everyone.” working with David O. Russell, Did Grier slow down after who is developing a show for that? Not even close. She was Robert De Niro.” DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 15
SILVER CITY filled with 300-plus local artists. ARTS EXPOSURE Info: 575-682-5676. CARRIZOZO Arts Scene • “A Rose is a Rose is a Rose” Upcoming area art happenings at the Malkerson Gallery, 408 12th St. in Carrizozo is on display as and Yankie streets is featuring she wants people to embrace the at 917 New through April 2. The show includes “Night Walk” by Bruce Bloy “Folk Art Nichos” by Pierre whole of humanity and to recog- York Ave. in Carrizozo artists’ interpretation took Best of Show in the 2017 Nichols and Jerry Howell. Their nize the commonalities that unite Alamogordo, of “The Rose” by Gertrude Stein. bird show in Silver City. hand-crafted collection will be on us all as one. For “connected” she features its Info: 575-648-2598. display March 1-31. A reception is showing gelatin silver prints, March exhib- • The Grant County Art is from 5-7 p.m., March 2. Light Fuji crystal archive prints, and var- it, “Inspired LAS CRUCES Guild “5th Annual Southwest snacks and refreshments will be ious other alternative processes. by Nature,” • Las Cruces Birds Show” in Silver City fea- provided. Info: 575-388-2646. Info: [email protected]. with photo- artist Kath- Lynda Brugman tures bird-related art. Southwest • The Place graphs by Lyn- leen Deasy is DEMING is “Inspired New Mexico has over 362 species at the Palace by Nature,” at da Brugman. showing her of birds that reside or migrate Gallery hosts • The annual Student Art Alamogordo’s Brugman’s oil/mixed me- here. They are the artistic inspi- an opening re- Show is the featured exhibit at Creative De- work is an dia paintings ration for the show which opens ception during the Deming Art Center in March. signs. exploration on sculpted on March 1 at Bear Mountain “The Silver Art Area elementary students will be of the natu- and texturized Lodge. An opening reception will Walk” on Sat- exhibiting their art March 1-14, ral world, providing a window canvases at Kathleen The Place at the Deasy’s “Advi- be held from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, urday, March with a reception 1-3 p.m. on Sat- through which others may share Aa Studios, Palace brings sor” is one of March 1 at the lodge. The show “Tree of Life” by 24, with “The urday, March 3. The intermediate, her deep appreciation of nature March 8 the texturized will be on display and open to the Meg Streams as Quartet,” middle school and high school stu- and experience its infinite varia- through April canvases at public daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through one of its March four visual dents exhibit is March 15-31, with tions and beauty. A reception open the 8. The open- Aa Studios this March 31 at Bear Mountain Lodge, “Quartet” pieces. artists who a reception 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, to the public will be held from 6-8 ing reception is month. 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, Sil- work in dif- March 17. Also, March 9-11 the p.m. Friday, March 16. Regular from 5-8 p.m., ver City. Info: 575-534-9400 or visit ferent media. Joseph Holguin is Deming Art Center hosts the an- hours are Monday to Friday 10 March 9. Aa Studios is located on www.gcag.org. best known for his artistic wood nual Quilting Bees Quilt Show. On a.m. -5 p.m. Info: 575-434-4420. Calle de Oro behind the house at • Students and faculty of West- turnings utilizing local woods and is March 10 is a trunk show and at 2 • The Tunnel Stop Gallery is 2645 Doña Ana Road, Las Cruces. ern New Mexico University’s driven by the desire to create wood p.m., is the drawing for the raffle located approximately one mile Info: 828-467-9060. clay department will hold the turnings with near flawless finish- quilt. The center is located at 100 S east of the tunnel on U.S. Highway • “Politics on Paper: Art with 13th Annual Friends of Clay es. Meg Streams who placed Best Gold St. in Deming. Regular gallery 82 heading toward Cloudcroft. The an Agenda” from the SUArt Col- Pottery Sale from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in Show, Best of Division and won hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday gallery is open 9 a.m.-6 p.m., seven lection, featuring works from the Saturday, March 24 at 204 N. Bul- the Sponsors Choice at the 2018 through Saturday. Info: 575-546- days a week, year-round. There is Syracuse University Art Galleries, lard in downtown Silver City, next Running of the Gourd competi- 3663 or www.demingarts.org. a large garden room where many is on display in the Las Cruces to the Pink Store. The sale features tion in Casa Grande, Arizona, will different classes are held year- Museum of Art through Saturday, pottery and clay art works donated display her winning entry and a ALAMOGORDO/ round (jewelry, pottery, stained April 7. An opening reception will by current and former WNMU clay new collection of cut and painted CLOUDCROFT glass, spinning and weaving, Tai- students, faculty and profession- gourds. The Place at the Palace • Creative Designs Custom Chi, flute playing and more). The ARTS SCENE al potters. All proceeds from the partner, Ginna Heiden, a multi-tal- Framing & Gallery, located building is 5,000 sq. ft. and it is continued on page 16 sale will be used for the benefit of ented artist, will showcase her new Western’s clay program. Info: 575- jewelry work as well as her new se- 313-7278. ries of paintings of acrylic abstrac- • Artist Linda tions. Julie Enos, a well-known Joanou’s work and loved Silver City photogra- can be found at pher, will showcase Silver City and a)s p...”A”© e the surrounding area through her Contemporary eye’s view in prints and cards. A Studio•Art•- reception will be held 5 -7 p.m. and Gallery, 110 W. refreshments will be served. The 7th St. in Silver Place is located at 201 Bullard at “Lizzy,” a City in March. the corner of Bullard and Broad- stainless Gallery hours steel ribbon way in downtown Silver City and 1950 Hwy 180 East Open Mon.–Sat. are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. creation, is up is open seven days a week from 10 Silver City, NM 575-313-1507 9am–5pm Fridays, 10 a.m.- for March at a.m. to 5 p.m. 5 p.m. Saturdays the Silver City • Finn’s Gallery has Cather- and 11 a.m.-4 a)s p...”A”© e ine Bialopiotrowicz, a documen- Spring 2018 is here! p.m. Sundays and Contemporary tary photographer, beginning on Opening March 12!! by appointment. Studio•Art•- March 3, showing “connected,” HAPPYShop Country Girls MOTHER’S Nursery where we make you ourDAY! priority! Info: 575-538- Gallery. with an open house reception We are greared up and ready for a wonderful season. 3333. 5-8 p.m. Bialopiotrowicz believes • Mariah’s Copper Quail that Devine consciousness ex- Lots of new items from plants to decor. Gallery at 211 A. N. 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ART SCENE year ago and fell in love. “Abstract border region and its people. Bran- continued from page 15 painting has allowed me to create igan Cultural Center is open 10 with no expectations, no limita- a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and be held 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2. tions,” she said. The show opens 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Info: CARNEY FOY, CPA The exhibition highlights a selec- with an artist’s reception 5- 7 p.m., 575-541-2154, museums.las-cruces. tion of works on paper by noted Saturday, March 3. The DAAC Arts org. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT artists focused on social and po- & Culture Center is in the Bulletin • The Me- litical commentary. The show fea- Plaza at 1740 Avenida de Mercado, silla Valley tures works made as early as the Suite D. Info: www.daarts.org. Fine Arts 1600s up to the present day. The in- • The New Mexico Watercol- Gallery, P.O. Box 2331 (575) 388-3111 cluded drawings, etchings, photo- or Society-Southern Chapter 2470-A Calle 212 N. Arizona Street (575) 388-2770 graphs, and other print media sati- and The Las Cruces Arts As- The works of de Guada- Silver City, NM 88062 [email protected] rize or expose topics ranging from sociation are holding a joint art Yvonne Postelle, lupe, Mesilla, political conflict and war to issues exhibition which is being present- like “Stormy,” across from of social unrest. The museum is ed during the production of “Mid- are up at the the Foun- located at 491 N. Main Street and dletown,” a play by Will Eno, Mesilla Valley tain Theatre, is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday directed by Autumn Gieb, and per- fine Arts Gallery features through Friday. Info: las-cruces. formed by the No Strings The- in March. the works org/museums or 575-541-2137. atre Company at the Black Box of Yvonne • “March Theatre, 430 North Main Street in Postelle and Mike Shalett in Moments,” March. The play runs March 2-18. March. Postelle is noted for her an art exhibit The theme of the exhibit is life in beautiful landscapes and Shalett at South- our hometown anywhere in the works in photography has become west Envi- USA. An opening reception is slat- self-taught making lariat baskets. ronmental ed 5-7 p.m., March 2. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Center in • The University Art Gallery Monday to Sunday. Info: 575-522- “Catci,” an oil Las Cruces at at New Mexico State Univer- 2933 or mesillavalleyfinearts.com. painting by Mary Zawacki, stands 275 main St. sity presents “Wendy Red Star: • Rokoko Art Gallery pres- ADOBE TECHNIQUES, LLC for Plant a Flow- opens March The Maniacs (We’re Not the ents the opening of a mixed me- Concete Pumping & Decorative Gravel, er Day at the Las 2 in conjunc- Best, But We’re Better Than dia exhibit titled “Opposites Cruces South- tion with the The Rest)” as its major exhibition Attract.” The exhibit closes Sat- Shotcrete, Slabs, Block Laying, west Environ- for Spring, 2018. On view through urday, March 17. The gallery is in Bobcat, Dirt, Gravel and Pavers Downtown mental Center. Art Ram- March 16, the site-specific exhibi- Mesilla at 1785 Avenida de Merca- 575-574-5956 ble 5-8 p.m. tion will visually materialize and do. Info: A.me at 575-522-5553. LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED (#367590) This exhibit is being presented mesh memories of the past and • Las Cruces artist Connie June FREE ESTIMATES by the 10 a.m. Artists and the art present in Red Star’s investigation Garcia (1950-2017) had a creative ROHAN STITES, OWNER relates to eight moments that oc- of her Apsáalooke (Crow) Indian flair and a love of art that is evi- WWW.ADOBETECHNIQUES.COM cur in March. These moments in- father’s life in rock music. Info: dent in her work. Featured in the clude World Wildlife Day, National [email protected] or 575-646- Farm & Ranch Heritage Muse- Plant a Flower Day, the Ides of 2545. The University Art Gallery’s um’s Arts Corridor through April Sneeze Weeds Studios March and National Walk in a Park hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 1, she expressed her creativity QUALITY FREE MOTION LONG ARM QUILTING AND SEWING MACHINE Day. Info: 828-467-9060. 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, through tile, foil, drawing, contem- AND SERGER SERVICE AND REPAIR • The and the gallery is located at 1390 E. porary painting, cards and more. Doña Ana University Ave., Las Cruces. Connie began creating her artwork TONS OF 100% COTTON QUILTING FABRIC, BATTING, BUTTONS, Arts Coun- • “MakeShift,” an exhibition in the 1970s, starting with batik ZIPPERS, THREAD, MACHINE AND HAND SEWING NEEDLES! cil Arts & put together by partners and artist art, which she sold at art shows Call Cindy For Info!! 575-538-2284 Cultural duo Ramon and Christian Carde- throughout the U.S. The museum, Visit Us on Center’s Trish Hall fo- nas, who together form the artist 4100 Dripping Springs Road in Las Facebook! gallery in Me- cuses on her collaborative Lxs Dos, continues Cruces. Regular hours are 9 a.m.-5 abstract world CALL CINDY FOR INFORMATION AND APPOINTMENTS silla features at the Branigan Cultural Center, p.m., Monday-Saturday and noon- 575-538-2284 [email protected] at The Doña Ana Trish Hall’s Arts Council 501 N. Main St. through March 10, 5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 575-522-4100, show, “My 2018. The exhibit comes from the www.nmfarmandranchmuseum. ASKA Arts & Cultural AL artists’ need to create and express org. AD PO Abstract Center’s gallery HE TTE D R Letha Cress Woolf World,” for in Las Cruces. themselves using materials and re- • Go Green at Mas Art, 126 U Y M March. Hall source available to the them. The S. Main St., Las Cruces, for the Artist-Potter says she has always had a creative work is ethnographic in nature, Downtown Arts Ramble, Friday, S M IL N V E R C I T Y, 907-783-2780 side but discovered painting ab- describing the socio-cultural rela- March 2. The reception is from 5-7 stract art in acrylic a little over a tions of the United States/ Mexico p.m. Info: 575-526-9113. NOW SHOWING AT “THE PLACE AT THE PALACE” CORNER OF BROADWAY AND BULLARD IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SILVER CITY. ARTS EXPOSURE email: [email protected] Art Quilt Donation Landscape quilt includes 50 native plants
lli Sorensen, a well-known local artist, has made a do- Enation to the Gila Native Plant Society of a magnificent quilt. Painted and quilted on silk and measuring 78 inches by 44 inches, the quilt depicts a colorful land- scape including 50 native plants of the Gila region (an accompanying key identifies all the plants). The Seedboat Gallery, 214 West Yankie St. in Silver City, has the quilt on display through the end of March. The quilt is designed to be part of a fund-raiser drawing. silk face, first in wax resist and the free-motion style. The quilt is “My intent is to create a project then filled in using brushes with bound and finished by hand and has which will perform both visually permanent professional textile pig- rod pockets so that it may be hung and financially for the organiza- ments, she said. The piece is then for display. tion while engaging and educating heat-set and washed to remove Suggested donations for the the public as to their mission.,” So- the wax. Next it is shaded and fin- drawing are $5 each ticket or five rensen said. “It is my hope that oth- ished with permanent textile cray- for $20. The quilt will be displayed, er artists are inspired to think out- ons and pencils mixed with aloe. and raffle tickets sold at community side the box in donating their work Once again, the face is heat-set and events in Silver City over the course to benefit the causes they desire to placed on a quilt frame along with of the year until the drawing at the support.” light-weight silk, wool and tencel Gila Native Plant Society meeting Hand-drawn illustrations are batting and a cotton backing piece. on Oct. 19. For tickets contact the placed on a stretched one-piece It is then quilted with a machine in society at [email protected]. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 17
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photography. Monday to Friday. Pinos Altos be sure they are open. ARTS EXPOSURE The Makery, 108 W. Yankie, 590-1263, Pinos Altos Art Gallery-Hearst Church Orona Art Studio, 546-4650. By www.makerysvc.com. Freestyle Gallery, 14 Golden Ave. Pinos Altos, appointment. lyntheoilpainter@gmail. weaving studio and school of fiber, 574-2831. Open late-April to early com, www.lynorona.com. Gallery Guide book and paper arts. Thursday to October. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Reader’s Cove Used Books & Gallery, Monday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 200 S. Copper, 544-2512. Monday to Silver City Elemental Artisans, 406-B Bullard St., Mariah’s Copper Quail Gallery, 211-A Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Photography Alaska Mudhead Studio-Gallery, 371 215-593-6738 Texas St., corner of Yankie and Texas Mimbres by Daniel Gauss. Camino de Vento in Wind Canyon. Finn’s Gallery, 300 N. Arizona St., 406- streets, 388-2646. Open 11 a.m. to 4 Chamomile Connection, 3918 U.S. Studio LeMarbe, 4025 Chaparral SE, By appointment, Letha Cress Woolf, 790-0573 p.m., Tuesday - Thursday and Sunday, Highway 35N, 536-9845. Lynnae 544-7708. By appointment. potter, 907-783-2780. Francis McCray Gallery, 1000 College 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and 10 a.m. McConaha. By appointment. Rodeo [a]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. Seventh St., 538- Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. Monday to to 5 p.m. Saturday. Fine arts and crafts. Kate Brown Pottery and Tile, HC Chiricahua Gallery, 5 Pine St.,557- 3333, aspace.studiogallery@gmail. Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mimbres Regional Arts Council 15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 536- 2225. Open daily except Wednesday, com. The Glasserie Studio and Store, 106 Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 9935, [email protected], 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Barbara Nance Gallery & Stonewalker E. College Ave., 590-0044. Monday to 1201 N. Pope St. 538-2005. Tuesday www.katebrownpottery.com. By Studio, 105 Country Road, 534-0530. Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. to Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. www. appointment. Hillsboro By appointment. Stone, steel, wood Guadalupe’s, 505 N. Bullard, 535-2624. mimbresarts.org. Narrie Toole, Estudio de La Montura, Barbara Massengill Gallery, 894- and paint. Sculpture path. www. Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Molly Ramolla Gallery & Framing, 203 313-7390, www.narrietoole.com. 9511/895-3377, open weekends and barbaraNanceArt.com. Leyba & Ingalls Arts, 315 N. Bullard N. Bullard, 538- 5538. www. ramollaart. Contemporary western oils, giclées by appointment. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas, 534- St., 388-5725. Monday to Saturday, 10 com. and art prints. By appointment. 8671. Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 a.m.-6 p.m. Contemporary art ranging Moonstruck Art Gallery, 110 W. Yankie Ruidoso p.m. www.bluedomegallery.com. from realism to abstraction in a variety St., featuring fiber, mixed media, Bayard Art Ruidoso Gallery, 575-808-1133, The Cliffs Studio & Gallery, 205 N. Lyon of media. www. LeybaIngallsARTS. pottery, and jewelry. 575-654-5316. Kathryn Allen Clay Studio, 601 Erie St., www.artruidoso.com, 127 Rio St. St. and Yankie, 520-622-0251. By com, [email protected]. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.10 537-3332. By appointment. Ruidoso. appointment. Lois Duffy Art Studio, 211C N. Texas, a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday-11 a.m. to 5 Cliff The Adobe, 2905 Sudderth Drive, 257- Common Ground, 102 W. Kelly, 534- 534-0822. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. p.m. Gila River Artisans Gallery, 8409 Hwy. 5795. Monday through Saturday, 10 2087. Open by appointment. or by appointment. Original paintings, Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile, 104 180. Eclectic collection of local artists. a.m.-5 p.m. Cow Trail Art Studio, 119 Cow Trail in cards and prints. www.loisduffy. com, W. Broadway, 388-1811/313-2595. Friday to Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. DJ’s Jewelry, 618 Carrizo Canyon Arenas Valley. Monday, 12-3 p.m. or [email protected]. Monday to Friday, 8:30 -10 a.m. Road, 630-1514. Monday by appointment, 706-533-1897, www. Lumiere Editions, 108 W. Broadway, The Place is at 201 N. Bullard St. in Northern Grant County through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. victoriachick.com. 956-6369. Vintage and contemporary Silver City. & Catron County Specializing in turquoise, Native Seedboat Gallery, 214 W. Yankie St., Casitas de Gila, 50 Casita Flats Road, American traditional, New Mexican 534- 1136. Wednesday to Saturday, 11 Gila, 535-4455. By appointment. contemporary and estate jewelry. a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment.info@ gallery@casitasdegila. com, www. Earth-N-Stone, 2117 Sudderth Drive, seedboatgallery.com. galleryatthecasitas.com. Ste. 14, 257-2768., 808-1157. Pottery Studio Behind the Mountain, 23 studio/gallery of Alan Miner. Wagon Wheel Lane, 388- 3277. By Mesilla Gazebo Potters, 2117 Sudderth Drive appointment. www.jimpalmerbronze. Galeri Azul, Old Mesilla Plaza, 523- No. 7, 808-1157. Pottery classes, com. 8783. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 workshops, wheel time, kiln firing, Studio Upstairs, 109 N. Bullard St., 574- p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. works by local potters. 2493. By appointment. 21 Latigo Trail, Galeria on the Plaza, 2310 Calle de Josie’s Framery, 2917 Sudderth 388-4557. Works by Barbara Harrison Principal, 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 Drive, 257-4156. Framing, gallery and others. p.m. representing regional artists and Soul River Gallery, 400 N. Bullard Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470 photographers. St., 303-888-1358. Monday and Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. Daily LongCoat Fine Art, 2825 Sudderth Wednesday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; 10 a.m.- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Drive (at Mechem), 257-9102. 5:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. The Potteries, 2260 Calle de Santiago, Monday through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 Wild West Weaving, 211-D N. Texas, 524-0538. Tuesday to Saturday, 11 p.m. Contemporary Masters and 313-1032, www.wildwestweaving.com. a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. historical works of art. Burnett Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rokoko, 1785 Avenida de Mercado, Interiors showroom. Wind Canyon Studio, 11 Quail Run 405-8877. Mountain Arts, 2530 Sudderth Drive, Road off Hwy. 180, mile marker 107, 257-9748, www.mountainartsgallery. 574- 2308, 619-933-8034. Louise Las Cruces com. Daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sackett. Monday and Wednesday, 9 Blue Gate Gallery, 4901 Chagar Tanner Tradition, 624 Sudderth Drive., a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment. (intersection of Valley Drive and Taylor 257-8675. Monday through Saturday, Wynnegate Gallery, 1105 W. Market Road, open by appointment, 523- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Quality Native Street; 575-534-9717; hours are 2950. American art and jewelry. Saturday & Sunday, noon – 4 p.m.; also Camino Real Book Store and Art Thunder Horse Gallery, 200 Mechem Gallery, 314 South Tornillo St. 523- open for Red Dot Tour, artist showings, Drive, Ste. 1, 257-3989. info@ 3988. Thursday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 and by appointment. thunderhorsegallery.com. Tuesday p.m. Zoe’s Studio/Gallery, 305 N. Cooper St., to Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Bronze Cottonwood Gallery, 275 N. Downtown 654-4910. By chance or appointment. sculpture by Rory Combs, Sarinova Mall (Southwest Environmental Glass and fine art. Center), 522-5552. Monday to Friday, The White Dove, 2825 Sudderth Drive, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. No. A (at Mechem), 866-257-6609, Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo, 541- www.thewhitedove2825.com. Daily, 0658. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 9:30 a.m-4 p.m. Authentic Native p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. American jewelry and artifacts. Justus Wright Galeria, 266 W. Court Kenneth Wyatt Galleries of Ruidoso, Ave., 526-6101, jud@delvalleprintinglc. 2205 Sudderth Drive, 257-1529, com. Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. www.kennethwyatt.com. Fine art by Las Cruces Arts Association, the Wyatt family. Community Enterprise Center Building, 125 N. Main St. www. Ruidoso Downs lacrucesarts.org. Pinon Pottery, MM. 26465 U.S. Hwy. Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. 70, 937-0873, 937-1822, www. Main St., 541-2137. Tuesday to Friday, pinonpottery.com. Pottery by Vicki 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.- Conley and other area artists, fine art 4:30 p.m. by Anita Keegan and Virgil Stephens. Main Street Gallery, 311 N. Main St., 647-0508. Tuesday to Friday. 10 a.m.- Alamogordo 5 p.m., Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Creative Designs Custom Framing Mesquite Art Gallery, 340 N. Mesquite & Gallery, 575-434-4420, 917 New St., 640-3502. Thursday to Friday, 11 York Ave. a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 2-5 p.m. Patron’s Hall/Flickinger Center for M. Phillip’s Fine Art Gallery, 221 N. Performing Arts, 575-434-2202, Main St., 525-1367. 1110 New York Ave. New Dimension Art Works, 615 E. Piñon, 373-0043, 410-925-9126. By Tularosa Appointment. Horse Feathers, 318 Granado St. 575- NMSU Art Gallery, Williams Hall, 585-4407. Art, southwest furniture University Ave. east of Solano, 646- and decor. 2545. Tuesday to Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 The Merc, 316 Granado St. 505-238- p.m. 6469. Art gifts by regional artists, Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mesquite. books. Friday to Sunday, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Ouida Touchön Studio, 2615 Calle Carrizozo de Guadalupe, 635-7899. By Heart of the Raven, 415 Twelfth St., appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon. 937-7459, www.JudyPekelsmacom. com, www.ouidatouchon. com. Functional and decorative pottery, Quillin Studio and Gallery, behind classes. downtown Coas Books, 575-312- 1064. By appointment only. Lincoln Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian Old Lincoln Gallery, across from Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano, Visitor’s Center in Lincoln, 653-4045. 522-7281. Wednesday to Friday 10 Coffee bar featuring 45 New Mexico a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. artists. Tuesday through Saturday 10 Unsettled Gallery & Studio, 905 N. a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mesquite, 635-2285. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m.; Thursday to Friday, 10 San Patricio a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hurd La Rinconada, MM 281 Virginia Maria Romero Studio, U.S. Hwy. 70, 653-4331, www. 4636 Maxim Court, 644-0214. By wyethartists.com. Monday through appointment. [email protected], Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Works by www. virginiamariaromero.com. Peter Hurd, Henriette Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, N.C. Wyeth and resident artist, Deming Michael Hurd. Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold St., 546-3663. Tuesday to Saturday 10 White Oaks a.m.-4 p.m. White Oaks Pottery, 445 Jicarilla Gold Street Gallery, 112-116 S. Gold Drive (three miles past White Oaks), St., 546-8200. Open Monday to 648-2985. Daily 10 a.m-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Call first to Porcelainpottery by Ivy Heymann. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 19
ARTS EXPOSURE Arts Fair Returns he Doña Ana Arts Council’s Las Cruces Arts Fair, the area’s most expansive collection of Tfine art, returns for the eighth year to the Las Cruces Convention Center March 16 through 18. One hundred artists from across the country, some returning favorites and other first-time exhibitors, will offer work in numerous categories, including fiber arts, jewelry, mixed media (including cre- ations made from recycled materials), prints/pho- tography, porcelain/pottery/glass, painting/drawing and woodwork/ metalwork/sculpture. Award-win- Eagle Mail Services ning local artist, Nancy Frost Begin, will be the fea- A MAIL & PARCEL CENTER tured artist at this year’s event. UPS • FedEx • US Mail • Private Mailboxes The fair kicks off from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, March Re-Mailing • Fax • Copy • Notary 16, giving collectors the first opportunity to see and buy work directly from the artists. The Las Cruces Denise Dewald, Owner Open 9–5 Mon–Fri Arts Fair continues from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Satur- 2311 Ranch Club Road Ph (575) 388-1967 day and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday. There will Silver City, NM 88061-7807 Fax (575) 388-1623 be entertainment Friday evening and Saturday and food and beverages will be available to purchase. [email protected] In addition, each exhibiting artist will contrib- ute an item to a silent auction, which will close at 2 p.m., Sunday. All fair proceeds benefit DAAC’s many children’s art programs. Admission is $10 for any two days: Friday eve- For the second year, a Quick Art contest will be ning, Saturday, or Sunday. Advance tickets may part of the fair, giving spectators the chance to see be purchased at the discounted price of 2 for $15 artists create a work of art on the spot, then buy through March 16, and are available at Hold My the newly-crafted work by silent auction. New this Ticket, at the Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo Road, year will be the youth Quick Art contest for artists or at the DAAC office, 1740 Calle de Mercado, aged 18 and under. Interested artists should con- Suite B-D. Children aged 12 and under are admit- tact DAAC for details on registering. Space in each ted free. category is limited to twenty artists. Adult Quick For more information, go to www.daarts.org; Art will be at 11 a.m. – noon, Sunday, followed by email [email protected]; or call the DAAC office youth Quick Art from 1 – 1:30 p.m. at 575-523-6403. Beauty on Broadway Calling artists, filmmakers, vendors a skin care salon • The 2018 Desert Light Film que’s Open Space Visitor Center lo- tion with varying levels of com- Specializing in Festival, held on Friday, April 27, cated at 6500 Coors Blvd. NW. Ex- mitment and obligation. Interested in Alamogordo is welcoming young hibit runs July 7 through Sept. 30. artists can email founder, Darryl anti - aging facials filmmakers to submit their work to Contact [email protected] Willison at greatrepnm@gmail. the festival. Desert Light is open for information. com. to all New Mexico high school and • The Tombaugh Gallery calls • Borderlands Film Festival, Now introducing middle school students, including for submissions from artists within a multi-city celebration bringing students who attend public, pri- a 300-mile radius of Las Cruces for the best in independent films from Dr Schrammek’s vate or charter schools, or who 2019 exhibitions. Non-traditional around the world, is calling for Original Green Peel are home schooled. Submit films media or subject matter is wel- submissions are currently being anytime until Friday, March 16. En- come. Submissions, postmarked by taken through Film Freeway for Gift Certifi cates are available try fees are $5 per film. For more April 1, must include a letter of pro- the six-day event in southern New information, contact K. Jan Wafful, posal with information about the Mexico, Oct. 2-7. Festival organiz- Anette Wuensch Otero County Film Liaison at jwaf- artist, type of work to be shown and ers also looking for sponsors and 107 East Broadway [email protected] or Joan USB flash drive containing eight volunteers to help bring the dream Silver City, New Mexico Griggs at [email protected]. representative images as JPG files. to life. For more information visit Phone: 310.488.3167 • The Southern New Mexi- For group shows, supply a list of all www.BorderlandsFilmFestival. co Festival of Quilts held in Al- members and one or two images org. To discover more, call 575-408- Please call for an appointment amogordo is accepting vendor ap- from each member. If a show theme 9026 or send an email to info@Bor- plications for a June 21, 22 and 23 is being considered, explain the derlandsFilmFestival.org. event. The event includes classes theme fully. Applicants will be no- • The Branigan Cultural Cen- and workshops with Ricky Tims, tified by May 1 and show dates will ter seeks proposals for exhibits Earth Matters Sue Rasmussen and Pam Holland be discussed. Artists who prefer to with themes of cultural and his- A show about earthly matters that impact us all! as well as quilt show and vender send an electronic submission may torical significance relating to the booths. Contact Rainee Mackewich contact Judy Licht at jelicht@gmail. Southwest to be presented in 2019. at 575-437-4880 for information. com for instructions. Address sub- Branigan Cultural Center is accept- 89.1 • New Mexico Potters and missions to Judy Licht, Committee ing submissions from artists (solo RU F Clay Artists (NMPCA) is call- Chairperson, c/o Unitarian Univer- and group), from formal and infor- U M ing for entries into “Resonations salist Church of Las Cruces, P.O. mal scholars, and cultural heritage K in Clay - Life on the Bosque.” This Box 7749, Las Cruces, NM 88006. organizations. Proposals will be show is open to all ceramic artists Gallery Website: www.uuchurchlc. accepted through April 7. To ap- over the age of 18 residing in New org/2011/10/tombaugh-art-gallery. ply, complete the form at www. Mexico. Clay must be the primary • The Las Cruces Museum of surveymonkey.com/r/LCMS2018. medium - functional and sculptural, Art, in collaboration with the Uni- Proposals must be received by 5 a from traditional to contemporary, versity Art Gallery at New Mexico p.m. on Saturday, April 7. Appli- n g d r realistic to conceptual, small to State University, seeks submissions cations must include a brief, one o . large, and pedestal to wall, focusing for “Here and Now,” a regional ex- to four paragraphs, narrative, in- s r t c on the Bosque’s changing four sea- hibition to feature art in all media. cluding artist statement or group’s r ea m sons broadly interpreting nature’s The exhibition will be presented by mission, eight to 10 jpg images of m g i at cycle of life on the Rio Grande the Museum of Art and the Univer- proposed work (or those of similar n g live River: wildlife, bird migrations, sity Art Gallery May 11 through July style and quality) and linear and/ Brought to you by agriculture, from seed to harvest, 21, 2018. Online submissions will or square footage needs. Exhibits Gila/Mimbres Community Radio Gila Resources Information Project and farm to table. Exhibit jurors be accepted Jan. 15 through March will run for a 6- to 12-week period. New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Upper Gila Watershed Alliance are Virgil Ortiz, Camilla Trujillo, 30. For more information, visit uag. Incomplete or late proposals will and Kim Eichhorst, PhD. Apply at nmsu.edu/hereandnow. not be accepted. For information, EVERY Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 10am, www.nmpca.com/claybosque. Sub- • The MERC, a fine art and gift visit las-cruces.org/museums or Thursday evenings at 8pm Gila/Mimbres mission deadline is April 20. The shop co-operative, 316 Granado St. call 575-541-2154. The Branigan Community Radio Gallery Opening Reception is July in Tularosa, is seeking new artists. Cultural Center is located at 501 N. Podcasts available: find us on http://gmcr.org/category/earth-matters FaceBook! 7, 2018, from 2-4 p.m. at Albuquer- There are two levels of participa- Main Street. 20 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
WHAT’S OUT THERE? • JENNIFER GRUGER The Moth Man Hiding in plain sight
oth populations in the Southwest are declining. This is place during the day. The only time left to insect hunt was bad. Other animals eat moths and moths propagate eco- at night. Moths tend to be most active at night. Logical. Msystems. Without moths, the ecosystem and the animals It wasn’t until he enrolled at Michigan State University in it will suffer. that he realized entomology was an option. His academic Also, one of the most renowned experts on moths in the world, adviser asked him if he would ever be interested in devel- who lives right here in southern New Mexico, is declining. Actually, oping insecticides. When that question was met with a re- he’s really fine. Super handsome and charming and witty, but some sounding “No!” from the young bug lover, the advice was White Sands National Monument (Photo by Elva K. Österreich) day, he’s going to decline. It’s the cycle of life thing. “change your major.” So, he ended up with a Bachelor of Third, and perhaps the most important, most people don’t know Science degree in Natural Resources (Environmental Sci- these terrible things are happening. ence) and a minor in Entomology. Along the way, Metzler met an angel named Patricia. There Why Moths? seems to be more to the story for this awkward, bug-loving geek, but the gist of it is that he learned the first thing to do with a girl Eric Metzler, moth expert extraordinaire, has already discovered was to take her moth collecting. If she couldn’t make it through that more than 50 new species of moths, and he has published papers in first date, there would really be no point in going on. Pat and Eric scholarly journals to describe 13 of the new species found in Carls- married in 1967. bad Caverns National Park and White Sands National Monument. Ultimately, he was able to serve the Ohio Department of Natural (In 10 years of taking samples from White Sands National Monu- Resources for 26 years. During this time, he was called upon for ment, he averaged six new species of moths each year.) As recently his entomology experience to conduct trainings and seminars and as July 2017 he received the John Adams Comstock Award from promoted insects as a natural resource. Until his influence started The Lepidopterists’ Society for his contributions to the Society and to take hold, the Department of Agriculture in Ohio just wanted to the study of Lepidoptera. kill all the insects. Metzler was able to persuade the Department “Like all little kids, I chased butterflies,” Metzler said. “I just never that active, functioning ecosystems depended on the presence of outgrew it!” insects. When Metzler retired (the first time) in 1996 he was named He admits to collecting any insect he could in the beginning, but Ambassador of Natural Resources by Ohio’s Governor George Voi- Eric Metzler (Courtesy Photo) over time developed an affinity for moths and butterflies. novich. Metzler grew up in Hart, Michigan, a tiny town of about 2,000. His After his first retirement, Metzler intensified his study of butter- species. First, a little about how moth species are identified. To the mother was encouraging, but his father, not so much. Father was flies and moths. He worked for The Nature Conservancy, the Smith- untuned eye many of the moth species look alike, (pic). The only born blind and possibly influenced by his own negative experiences sonian, the Ohio Biological Survey, the Wisconsin Department of way to tell one species from another is to look at the genitals. The with insects growing up, didn’t see the enthusiasm and fascination Natural Resources, and others. In October 2005, he was inducted colloquial description would be “lock and key.” In other words, if as a fruitful pastime for his son. Despite this, or perhaps because into the Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame for his efforts in pro- the parts don’t fit, the moths can’t mate. In the old days, you had to of it, Metzler developed a stubborn streak on behalf of his hobby. moting insects as a natural resource. He is especially proud of his dissect the abdomen, pull out genitals and put them on the slide to The truth is, Metzler had very little encouragement at all, from book for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which included a new study and diagram them. Now, we can use genetic testing with the anywhere, to pursue his passion. This proved to be a pattern hypothesis on the biogeography of butterflies and moths of the incredible advances in DNA research, but it is expensive and the throughout his formative years and into adulthood, even in his pur- northern tall-grass prairies. bulk of it happens in Canada, Metzler said. suit of higher education. With an exception in junior high school, While Ohio was good to Metzler and gave him opportunity to In February of 2007, Metzler found an undescribed species out where he had the good fortune to have Ms. Gretta Immer as his blaze his trail, it was not so good for his wife. At the specific recom- at White Sands. It was a pure white moth and he called his friend, 7th grade science teacher. An assignment was issued to complete mendation of her physician to move to Southern New Mexico, they Don Lafontaine, who is a specialist of this particular the group of a scientific display of insects. Ms. Immer had a clear policy about began to research the options. Again, Metzler’s pragmatism and moth. His colleague was skeptical, despite receiving photographs, not giving students A+ grades. (Metzler recalls it was something to personal style of picking his own path came into play. For three slides with dissections and all the appropriate diagrams and arrows do with grading on a curve and fair vs. not fair.) Nevertheless, his years they took their Christmas vacations in southern New Mex- and such. In the end, Metzler named his newfound species after his project received an A+. ico. They visited Carlsbad, Deming, Cloudcroft and Ruidoso, but doubtful, but humbled friend, Euxoa laphontianei. Reflecting back, Metzler admits he would have liked more en- Alamogordo had just the right climate and they fell in love with the As another example, upon the advice of John Newman, a special- couragement but without it, he developed a stick-to-it-iv-ness and a mountains almost instantly. ist in moths at Michigan State, Metzler started buying books early in pragmatism that has served him well, as it turns out. Moths were not a factor in selecting their new town. his career. Based on this advice and his overall regard for Newman, Through the rest of middle school and into high school, Metzler “Moths live anywhere,” Metzler said. Metzler offered to name his first newly discovered moth in 1975 af- withstood peer pressure like crazy. In a small town full of jocks, In July 2005, the Metzlers moved to Alamogordo. As early as Au- ter him. Newman said, “Don’t you dare,” so Metzler waited until he because sports were the expected path, he remained stubborn and gust, Metzler found himself at a Native Plant Society meeting where died. Pictured here and declared a new species in 1992, Lithophane bull-headed about his commitment to jockeying for insects. he met Renee West, a biologist at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. joannis. This led to moth studying and volunteering opportunities at both But still, why moths? Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands National Monument where he The declining moth works closely with David Bustos, a biologist and manager at the Pragmatism kicked in when Metzler needed a part- monument. Back to the problem at hand. Metzler gives the example of the time job like any high school kid. Peddling papers “David (Bustos) is one of the best bosses I’ve ever had,” Metzler Nevada Buck Moth. It was once so common, National Park Service or clerking in retail stores were all jobs that took said. “He is so intuitive for such a young man.” personnel wanted to eradicate it from the monument. In 2015, new Metzler’s work in Carlsbad continued from 2007 to the present genetic techniques showed it to be a different species. Efforts to while he also pursues endeavors at the find the moth in 2017 showed it was not present. There is no expla- monument. nation and Metzler said it could be a short-term phenomenon or it could be permanent. Back to the moth There is also the marked absence of the common little gray moths that we are accustomed to seeing around our porch lights A lepidopterist cannot name a new spe- and screen doors seasonally. cies after him/herself, even if he or she was “The moth was so ubiquitous I failed to take notice of the num- for sure the first person to verify the new bers,” He said. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 21
Metzler’s Moth Facts • Yucca flowers re- quire yucca moths for pollination. There is no other way for them to pollinate. • Almost 10 percent of the identified species of moths in White Sands Nation- al Monument live no other place on Earth. • A lepidopterist cannot name a new species after him/ herself, even if he or she was for sure the first person to verify the new species. • There is no sci- White Sands National Monument (Photo by Elva K. Österreich) entific difference between butterflies and moths. With- He explains that he was more infatuated with the nourishment the moths were providing to a content Mediterranean gecko living in the last two to in the cracks of his brick veneer. For 10 years, Metzler and his wife three years, new delighted in watching the gecko get fat every season. Then, two genetic research years ago, the little gray moths stopped appearing at the lights. The shows there is no gecko is gone as well. These are just two examples of dramatic changes that clearly genetic differences indicate change of the ecosystem Is imminent. between the two. The differences we Next on the moth trail used to identify only Metzler still regularly presents papers at professional scientific applied to North meetings and conducts the “MothaPalooza,” an educational event America. for all ages, at White Sands. He is also a pretty regular attendee at • Moths don’t really the monthly trail walks hosted by the Native Plant Society of New like to eat sweaters. Mexico – Otero Chapter. When asked what is next on his path, Metzler answered quickly, There are so many species. First, a little about how moth species are identified. To the “Getting people interested in what I do,” but went on to explain it synthetic materials untuned eye many of the moth species look alike, (pic). The only is a huge challenge because the employment prospects in lepidop- and we keep ev- way to tell one species from another is to look at the genitals. The terology are so bad. colloquial description would be “lock and key.” In other words, if “There are only a handful of people in the world that can do what erything clean, the the parts don’t fit, the moths can’t mate. In the old days, you had to I do, and especially in the United States,” he said. moths and the cat- dissect the abdomen, pull out genitals and put them on the slide to To keep the moth agenda going locally, because it is inevitable erpillars don’t favor study and diagram them. Now, we can use genetic testing with the that at some point, Metzler’s trail-blazing hardheadedness will them. incredible advances in DNA research, but it is expensive and the come to an end, we need a moth prodigy. Someone to try to just bulk of it happens in Canada, Metzler said. scratch the surface of the volumes of knowledge in Metzler’s head. • 1 in 10 species of In February of 2007, Metzler found an undescribed species out He meets a student now and then who has the interest, but then, every plant OR spe- at White Sands. It was a pure white moth and he called his friend, something more engaging comes along. cies is a moth. Don Lafontaine, who is a specialist of this particular the group of He also says will we need a different agenda overall. Metzler • Entomology: the moth. His colleague was skeptical, despite receiving photographs, summarized simply, “We need a national agenda that feels (sci- slides with dissections and all the appropriate diagrams and arrows ence) is more important than building bombs.” branch of zoology and such. In the end, Metzler named his newfound species after his Metzler also suggests we need more science enthusiasts in the concerned with the doubtful, but humbled friend, Euxoa laphontianei. public eye. Champions like astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill study of insects and As another example, upon the advice of John Newman, a special- Nye the Science Guy, the crew who blows stuff up on Myth Busters arachnids and other ist in moths at Michigan State, Metzler started buying books early in and Michael Stevens (Google “vsauce” – you won’t regret it!). his career. Based on this advice and his overall regard for Newman, Metzler feels fortunate be a product of the 60’s, when the United bugs you might Metzler offered to name his first newly discovered moth in 1975 af- States was pouring money into science in light of our space race think are insects but ter him. Newman said, “Don’t you dare,” so Metzler waited until he with Russia. Today, he is hesitant to even suggest anyone take up aren’t. died. Pictured here and declared a new species in 1992, Lithophane lepidopterology “unless you have a day job.” • Lepidopterology: joannis. the branch of zoolo- What to do? The declining moth gy dealing with but- If you are inspired by the world of insects, moths terflies and moths. Back to the problem at hand. Metzler gives the example of the or otherwise, Metzler said there is a need for expertise • The only way to Nevada Buck Moth. It was once so common, National Park Service in the area of entomology information collection, storage, personnel wanted to eradicate it from the monument. In 2015, new processing and management. A young person could marry a career truly tell one species genetic techniques showed it to be a different species. Efforts to with technology and what their love of insect hunting very well. from another or to find the moth in 2017 showed it was not present. There is no expla- “What I’m doing in my evangelism, is I’m trying to reach that one identify a new spe- nation and Metzler said it could be a short-term phenomenon or it person,” he said. “When I was in school, no one did that for me.” cies is to study the could be permanent. Currently Metzler is teaching courses at NMSU in Lepidoptera, There is also the marked absence of the common little gray the study of butterflies and moths, (lepis is scales, pteron is wings, genitals. It’s called moths that we are accustomed to seeing around our porch lights so together – scaled wings!) “lock and key” … and screen doors seasonally. The best resource we have right now is Eric Metzler’s email ad- if the parts don’t fit, “The moth was so ubiquitous I failed to take notice of the num- dress. Send questions to [email protected] – He does respond and they can’t mate. bers,” He said. appreciates the interest. (Photos by Jennifer Gruger) 22 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
THE STARRY DOME • BERT STEVENS Volans, the Flying Fish
here is an old saying re- from the point of impact. As the that is 10.3 seconds-of-arc across garding a fish out of water, shock wave moves outward, it and it is ninety-six percent illumi- Tbut there is one fish that strikes other gas clouds, com- nated. Venus gleams at magnitude purposely leaves the water for up pressing them and causing them -3.9. Mercury’s disc is 43 percent to 45 seconds, flying fish. These to form additional massive stars. illuminated and it is 7.5 seconds- fish favor warmer oceans, using The ring of star formation moves of-arc across as it shines at mag- their elongated fins as wings to outward from the impact point. nitude -0.1. carry then through the air away Inside the ring, the new massive Jupiter rises in the east-south- from their predators. Their typi- stars rapidly use up their nuclear east around 11:30 p.m., shining at cal flight carries them around one fuel and die out, leaving the inte- magnitude -2.3. It is in central Li- hundred and sixty feet. They have rior of the ring populated only by bra moving slowly eastward at the even been known to land on the smaller, fainter stars. The ring of beginning of the month, but turns deck of a ship. massive star formation continues back westward in the last half of Flying fish were spotted by to move outward from the impact the month. The King of the Gods’ Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon point. The strong ultraviolet light disc is 40.8 seconds-of-arc across. Keyser and Frederick de Hout- from these stars causes the hydro- It is 28 degrees above the south- man, who reported their observa- gen gas cloud near it to fluoresce, west as it starts to get light. tions of these fish along with their The southern constellation of Volans, the Flying Fish, never rises dotting the blue-star ring with re- The God of War moves from catalog of far southern stars back above our southern horizon. It was not defined until after explor- gions of red glowing hydrogen. south-central Ophiuchus to cen- to Petrus Plancius, who incorpo- ers had cataloged the stars in the southern hemisphere in the late Off center within the ring is the tral Sagittarius during the month, rated Volans, the Flying Fish, into 15th century. Even though it is near the Milky Way, its small size yellowish core of the original spi- approaching Saturn as the month his late 1597 celestial globe, one allows it to encapsulate only a few galaxies and no other deep ral galaxy, indicating the impact end. It rises around 2:30 a.m. Mars sky objects. One of them Is the ring galaxy known as the Lind- of twelve new constellations he point was off to the side of the is 34 degrees above the southern say-Shapley Ring. created from the newly cataloged original galaxy. The ring should horizon as it gets light, shining at southern stars. continue to expand for anoth- magnitude +0.6. Its disc is 7.4 sec- Calendar of Events – March 2018 (MST) Plancius’s original Dutch name er 300 million years before the onds-of-arc across at midmonth. for the constellation was Vlieg- 1 5:51 p.m. Full Moon shockwave fades and the massive The last planet rises around endenvis. In 1603, the name was 5 11 a.m. Mercury 1.4 degrees north of Venus star formation comes to an end. 3 a.m. and it is 34 degrees above 9 3 a.m. Jupiter stationary changed by German celestial car- 9 4:20 a.m. Last Quarter Moon the southern horizon as it gets tographer Johann Bayer to the 11 2 a.m. Daylight Savings Time begins The Planets light. Saturn shines at magnitude 15 9 a.m. Mercury farthest from the Sun (18 degrees) Latin Pisces Volans. In 1844, En- for March 2018 +0.6, moving slowly eastward in glish astronomer John Herschel 17 7:12 a.m. New Moon north-central Sagittarius. Its disc 20 10:15 a.m. March Equinox, Spring begins proposed shortening it to Volans, Mercury and Venus are close is 16.1 seconds-of-arc across, 22 11 a.m. Mercury stationary since there were already two oth- 24 9:35 a.m. First Quarter Moon together in the evening sky at the while the rings are 36.6 seconds- er constellations with “pisces” in 31 6:37 a.m. Full Moon beginning of the month appear- of-arc across and they are tilted the name, Pisces and Pisces Aus- ing over the western horizon as it down 25.6 degrees. tralis. the Large Magellanic Cloud. More Like all galaxies, the stars in the gets dark. They are both coming The Earth reaches the March Volans is a roughly trapezoi- detailed observations with larg- two galaxies are so far apart that out from the far side of the sun. Equinox on March 20, when the dal constellation, 76th out of the er telescopes and latter with the they harmlessly pass each other During the month, they get high- length of day and night will be 88 official constellations in size. Hubble Space Telescope showed with only a few rare collisions. er in the sky each night as they equal. At 10:15 a.m. that day, the The stars that compose this con- that this object was a galaxy in its The dust and gas clouds in both move away from the Sun. Mer- center of the Sun crosses the celes- stellation are fourth magnitude own right. galaxies are disturbed by the un- cury reaches a high point on the tial equator traveling from south to and fainter. There are two double The Lindsay-Shapley Ring, also stable gravitational fields caused 15th and then turns back toward north. While Spring starts in the stars that can be split with a small known as AM 0644-741 or PGC by the changing positions of the the Sun while Venus continues to Northern Hemisphere, Autumn telescope, Gamma Volantis and 19481 is part of a group of four two galaxies. The distortion of the move upward. starts in the Southern Hemisphere. Epsilon Volantis. galaxies located about three mil- gas clouds is most pronounced Both planets start the month So, enjoy our warming weather Being a small constellation, lion light-years away from us. It where the core of the intruder gal- in far eastern Aquarius and they and “keep watching the sky”! there are only a few deep sky is 1.7 minutes-of-arc in diameter, axy passes through the disc of the immediately move eastward into objects here, all galaxies. Among which corresponds to a ring that larger galaxy. western Pisces. Venus clips the An amateur them is one called the Lind- is 150,000 light-years across, larg- The dust and gas clouds near corner of Cetus while Mercury astronomer say-Shapley Ring. Located in the er than our own Milky Way. The the impact point begin to col- stays in Pisces. At midmonth Mer- for more than southwest corner of Volans, it ring is very blue, with red regions lapse, rapidly forming new stars, cury turns back westward and it 45 years, Bert was discovered in 1960 by Eric scattered along it. including many massive stars. ends the month in central Pisces. Stevens is M. Lindsay and Harlow Shapley Ring galaxies form from a nor- The sudden formation of so many Venus, meanwhile, moves into co-director of when they observed a nebulous mal spiral galaxy that suffered a massive, hot, blue stars creates a western Aries as the month ends. 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BODY • MIND • SPIRIT Grant County Weekly Events
SUNDAYS pot-luck dinner at 6 p.m., Hurley Ave., Bayard. 537- Archaeology Society — First convening for business at 7 3327. Sunday of every month, field p.m. Locations vary. 536- Little Artist Club — 10:30- trip. 536-3092, whudson43@ 3092, whudson43@yahoo. 11:30 a.m., Silver City Public yahoo.com. com. Library, 515 W. College Babytime Sing & Play — 1 Avenue. Free creative fun MONDAYS p.m., Silver City Public for children ages 0-5. No AARP Widowed and Single Library, 515 W. College registration necessary. 538- Persons of Grant County Avenue. Stories, songs, 3672 or ref@silvercitymail. —10:30 a.m., second rhymes and movement for com. Monday, Cross Point infants 0-12 months and TOPS — 5 p.m. First Assembly of God Church. All their caregivers. Free, no Presbyterian Church, 1915 singles welcome. Contact registration necessary. 538- Swan, 538-9447. Sally, 537-3643. 3672 or ref @silvercitymail. Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 11:30 Al-Anon family group, New com. a.m.-12:45 p.m., Lotus Hope —12:05 p.m., First Back Country Horsemen — 6 Center at 211 W. Broadway, Presbyterian Church, 20th p.m., second Wednesday, Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. and Swan St., Silver City. WNMU Watts Hall, opposite WildWorks Youth Space — 4 Open meeting. Contact: 534- CVS Pharmacy, Hwy. 180. p.m. For children ages 10+ 4866 or 574-2311. Subject to change. 574-2888. Space for youth to hang Meditation for Beginners — A Course in Miracles — out, experiment, create and 5:30 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 7:15 p.m., 600 N. Hudson. more. Free, no registration W. Broadway. Jeff, 956-6647. Information, 534-9172 or necessary. Silver City Public www.lotuscentersc.org. 534-1869. Library, 515 W. College Silver City Squares — Dancing Future Engineers — 4-5 p.m. Avenue, 538-3672 or ref@ 7-9 p.m., Presbyterian Silver City Public Library, silvercitymail.com. Church, 1915 N. Swan St. 515 W. College Avenue. Free Yoga class — Free class • Banish Back Pain Kay, 388-4227, or Linda, creative construction fun with taught by Colleen Stinar. • Increase Bone Density 534-4523. Lego, K’NEX, and Strawbees! 1-2 p.m. Episcopal Church PILATES For children ages 6-12, no fellowship hall, Seventh and DANCING STONES STUDIO • Sculpt Abdominal Muscles TUESDAYS registration necessary. 538- Texas. 574-5451. 109 N. BULLARD • SILVER CITY • Posture and Stride Retraining Alzheimer’s/Dementia 3672 or ref@silvercitymail. Support —1:30 p.m., First com. FRIDAYS Duet Packages and One-on-One Instruction Tuesday, Senior Center. Gilawriters — 1:00-3 p.m., Alzheimer’s Caregivers 575-538-1256 Margaret, 388-4539. Silver City Food Co-op’s Support Group — 10:20 Bayard Historic Mine Tour Market Café Community [email protected] a.m.-12:30 p.m., First Friday, Carol L. Watson-Brand —9:30 a.m., Second Room, 615 N. Bullard St. Hidalgo Medical Center. Ask Tuesday, meet at Bayard City Contact Trish Heck, trish. at the front desk for the room Fully Certified Pilates Instructor Hall, 800 Central Ave. $5 fee [email protected] or call 534- number. 388-4539. Free covers two-hour bus tour of 0207. senior care service available historic mines plus literature Gin Rummy —1 p.m. at from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the and map. Call 537-3327 for Tranquil Buzz, corner of Silver City Senior Center. Call Yankie and Texas Streets in Silver City Zen Center reservation. Gigi at 388-1319 for more Silver City. Figure/Model Drawing — 4-6 information. (Ginzan-ji Zen Buddhist Temple) p.m. Contact Sam, 388- Grant County Democratic Overeaters Anonymous — 7 5583. First Tuesday, 6 p.m. Party —5:30 p.m., potluck; Meditation Practice (Zazen) Monday-Friday 8:00 am p.m., First United Methodist at the headquarters, next to 6:20 p.m., meeting, second Church. 654-2067. Zazen, Kinhin & Dharma Talk Saturday 9:00 am the Chevron/Snappy Mart in Wednesday, Sen. Howie Silver City Woman’s Club — Arenas Valley. Dan Larson, Morales building, 3060 E. Dokusan (interview with teacher) by appointment 10:30 a.m., second Friday, 654-4884. Hwy. 180. 654-6060. 411 Silver Heights Blvd. Multiple Sclerosis Support Ladies Golf Association — 8 Monthly meeting, lunch is at Resident Priest th th Group — 11:30 a.m., first a.m. tee time, Silver City Golf 506 W. 13 St. (corner of 13 and Virginia) noon. Lucinda, 313-4591. Rev. Dr. Oryu Paul Stuetzer 575-388-8874 Tuesday at a local restaurant; Course. Women’s Al-Anon Meeting: email for this month’s Prostate Cancer Support Women Embracing location: huseworld@yahoo. Group —6:30 p.m., third Recovery — 5:30 p.m., com. Wednesday, Gila Regional La Clinica Health and Birth PFLAG Silver City — First Medical Center Center, 3201 Ridge Loop, Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the Conference Room. 388-1198 Unitarian Universalist ext. 10. Silver City. Contact: 313- Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan. Storytime — 10:30 a.m., Silver 7094 or 313-1032 Confidential support for City Public Library, 515 W. LGBTQ persons and their College Avenue. For children SATURDAYS families. 575-590-8797. ages 0-5, no registration Alcoholics Anonymous Republican Party of Grant necessary. 538-3672 or ref@ “Black Chip” —11 a.m.- County — 6 p.m., second silvercitymail.com. noon, First United Methodist Monday, 3 Rio de Arenas Grant County Federated Church. Road (the old Wrangler Republican Women – 11:30 Double Feature Blockbuster restaurant). a.m., Third Wednesday, Mega Hit Movie Night Slow Flow Yoga — 11:30 a.m.- WNMU Cafeteria, Sunset — 5:30-11 pm., Satellite/ 12:45 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 Room. 313-7997. Wellness Coalition. W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, Evening Prayer in the 404-234-5331. THURSDAYS Eastern Orthodox Tradition Southwest New Mexico ARTS Anonymous —5:30 — 5 p.m., Theotokos Retreat Quilters Guild – 9:30 a.m., p.m., Unitarian Universalist Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, first Tuesday, Grant County Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan St. Santa Clara. 537-4839. Extension Office, 2610 N. Artists recovering through the Kids Bike Ride — 10 a.m., Silver Street, North entrance. 12 Steps. 534-1329. Bikeworks, 815 E. 10th St. Newcomers and visitors are Blooming Lotus Meditation Dave Baker, 388-1444. welcome. 388-8161. — 5:30 p.m., Lotus Center, Narcotics Anonymous — 6 211 W. Broadway. 313-7417, p.m., New 180 Club, 1661 WEDNESDAYS [email protected]. Hwy. 180 E. Al-Anon family group — 6 De-stressing Meditations Spinning Group — 1-3 p.m., p.m., Arenas Valley Church — Noon-12:45 p.m., New First Saturday, Yada Yada of Christ, 5 Race Track Road, Church of the SW Desert, Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, 388- Arenas Valley 1302 Bennett St. 313-4087. 3350. (the old radio station). Open Grant County Rolling Stones Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 10- meeting. Contact: Karen 313- Gem and Mineral Society 11:30 a.m., Lotus Center, 7094 —6 p.m., second Thursday, 211 W. Broadway. All levels. Archaeology Society — 6 2045 Memory Lane, Silver Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. p.m., third Wednesday every City. Anita, 907-830-0631. month, October-March at Historic Mining District & All phone numbers are area the Woman’s Club, 313 Tourism Meeting — 10 a.m., code 575 except as noted. Hwy. 180; April-September second Thursday, Bayard Send updates to events@ meeting begins with a Community Center, 290 desertexposure.com. 24 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com Seedling Sale: State program offers spring opportunity The New Mexico State For- the seedlings for conservation estry Division NMSF Conserva- purposes. Seedlings can be or- tion Seedling Program annual dered online at www.nmforest- spring sale is underway. More ry.com or with a mail-in appli- than 53,000 tree and shrub cation form. 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or the 36th year in a row, dividuals, couples and families, Western New Mexico Free Tax who return year after year to re- FUniversity students are ceive the service, Barfitt said. offering tax help to seniors and Preparation for “We take care of many elderly low-income families here in one people who are getting Social Se- of New Mexico’s most rural and Seniors curity, low-income families that underserved areas. This free ser- In addition to the WNMU get earned income credit and dis- vice, called the Volunteer Income volunteer program, AARP abled or limited English-speaking Tax Assistance Program and sup- offers free tax preparation for people,” she said. ported by Tax Help NM, is for seniors The Volunteer Income Tax people whose household income AARP, in cooperation with Assistance Program at Western is $54,000 or less and for those the Internal Revenue Service, New Mexico University ends who are 65 years or older. is also helping file Federal and/ April 6. A Western New Mexico University student helps a visitor with her The Tax Help NM volunteers or New Mexico State income People may go to Light Hall on tax filing. (Courtesy photo) — Western New Mexico Uni- taxes, for free, for seniors 60 the Western New Mexico Uni- versity business and accounting and above, and taxpayers with versity campus (1000 W. College students by day — are certified low income. Ave.) for help filing their taxes be- by the IRS and are trained to help Many seniors can receive tween 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Mon- Robert Pittman taxpayers identify tax credits. Low Income and Property Tax days and Wednesdays, between Certified Advanced ROLFER “The Volunteer Income Tax rebates from the State, even if noon and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays or ® Assistance Program benefits our they don’t need to file a Feder- between 3 and 6 p.m. Thursdays. Center for Healing Arts, 300 Yankie St., Silver City students and community,” said al Return. Service is on a first-come, first- Dr. Laurie Barfitt, the Western The free service will be served basis. Appointment or free consultation: New Mexico University faculty provided at Watts Hall, cor- Each individual must bring an member who sponsors this pro- ner of Highway 180 and Swan original Social Security card, a 575-313-4379 gram. “Students can walk out of Street. The service is by ap- picture ID, W-2s or 1099s from all here with their degrees saying pointment only. You can sign employers and a bank account that they’ve done 50 to 100 tax up in person at the Silver City with routing number for direct returns already. The community Library or Silver City Senior deposit, which is optional. benefits because they don’t have Center. More information about the to pay for this service as long as Volunteer Income Tax Assistance they meet the requirements.” years, the student volunteers Program provided by the School Local certified public accoun- served 1,604 people, filing 2,959 of Business at Western New tant Linda McGee initiated the returns and bringing $1.5 million Mexico University is available at program at Western New Mexico back to the community through sb.wnmu.edu/tax. University in 1982. Today, West- the Volunteer Income Tax Assis- The Western New Mexico Uni- ern New Mexico University stu- tance Program at Western New versity students who volunteer dents donate an average of 400 Mexico University. with the Volunteer Income Tax hours during the few weeks the The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program are certified service is offered annually. Assistance Program at Western by the IRS and are trained to help Over the last three recorded New Mexico University aids in- taxpayers identify tax credits.
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Ancient Artworks on the Hills PRIVATE APPT. WALK-IN CLINIC Viewing petroglyphs in Albuquerque – with binoculars AVAILABLE T & TH: 9 - 11:30AM & 1-2PM ne of my personal goals is 575-519-2724 to see all National Monu- Oments in New Mexico. CHRONIC PAIN TREATMENTS Visiting Albuquerque recently we decided to check out the Petro- • NEC S OULDER • POSTURE glyph National Monument. Situ- • LOWER BAC • TRAUMATIC BRAIN ated on West side of town, only a few miles off of I-40, it’s easy • EADAC ES IN URY TBI to reach. The website (https:// • SOFT TISSUE “My Mission is to Help You www.nps.gov/petr/index.htm) Get Your Life Back.” informed us about the unique na- DR. LOUISE CASH, D.C. ture of this particular monument: There is a visitor center, but you NEW ADDRESS! 301 W. COLLEGE AVE. can’t see any petroglyphs there. COLLEGE STREET PLAZA #7, GROUND FLOOR • SILVER CITY, NM Then there are four trail heads at different locations. Each offers a different hike where you can see hundreds of petroglyphs. We chose the Rinconada route, with two miles the longest hike. The description rated it as moderate to difficult, but we Strange petroglyphs can be found all over Petroglyph National found it relatively easy because Monument near Albuquerque. (Photo by Gabriele Teich) it was on flat ground. The only simple circles to very elaborate area. One can easily see where thing that might make it hard drawings. Just look at the human they got their inspiration. for some people is the fact that shape with the big lumpy feet. You need some time to spot in some areas the trail travels Was that modeled after an actual the petroglyphs among the thou- through soft sand. It was rec- person with really fat feet? Was sands of lava rock boulders ommended to bring binoculars, it mocking someone? And what strewn all over the slope — and so we came prepared. The pho- about the one doing an elaborate then find them through your tos were all taken with extreme yoga pose? Maybe he/she was a binoculars, which can make the zoom. The petroglyphs are pretty contortion artist? They also date hike time hard to estimate. We far away. If you’ve visited Three from very different time periods. did the round in an hour and Rivers National Monument, Archeologists can tell the ap- thirty minutes. I am certain we where you get up close and ba- proximate date by the color of missed a great many petroglyphs sically wander amongst them, the rock underneath and to what but that seemed inevitable with you might be disappointed here. degree they have weathered But there are plenty of petro- over time. Some were made by HIGH PLACES glyphs here. They range from Spaniards herding sheep in the continued on page 37 26 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
TALKING HORSES • SCOTT TOMPSON The Power of Repetition Inspiration from an unlikely source
don’t spend a whole lot of named Darius Foroux. Foroux Connecting some of his words still wearing the right clothes to than repeating bad, wrong or time on the internet, pre- describes himself as “an author, to what I see as essential quali- be around horses and practic- negative things, and they know Iferring instead to spend as entrepreneur and a podcaster.” ties for good horsemanship, here ing safe habits at all times? Do they never know it all no matter much time as possible outside, He lives in the Netherlands and are a few things that jumped out you go back to the most basic how experienced they are.” moving around and doing things, holds undergraduate and gradu- at me from an article titled “All steps and exercises in the round I heard something like this or playing with horses. I don’t ate degrees in business and mar- Strength Comes from Repeti- pen or under saddle to test your from an early mentor who said carry a smart phone and hope to keting. Much of what he discuss- tion.” posture, positioning and move- every day you go to the barn or never perfect the smart phone es and presents comes from his “The biggest mistake you can ment? Have you become a robot ride, it is a new and different day. gait that is seen so often these studies of very successful peo- make is to ignore the basics. that just goes through the mo- You’re not the same, your horse days – head tipped forward, eyes ple from all walks of life, includ- This is true no matter what you tions with no self-evaluation of isn’t the same, the weather is dif- down, thumbs flying, all with al- ing accomplished athletes. One do, where you live or who you your techniques or observation ferent, the light is different, etc most no consciousness of what’s of his businesses is giving sem- are. When you ignore the foun- of your horse’s responses? etc. If you don’t see it that way going on around you. inars on improving performance dation of what makes you good, This reminds me of something and skip a step, take a shortcut, But every now and then some- and maximizing your potential. whether that’s being a good per- I read years ago, from John Ly- just go through the motions or ig- thing pops up on the screen that If interested, you can find him at son, athlete, friend, entrepre- ons. He said “good horseman- nore some signs, simply because catches my interest and inspires www.dariusforoux.com. neur, student, etc., you will nev- ship is like good baking. If you you feel you’re experienced, my thinking about how to help There is nothing in his work er be consistent.” get the ingredients right, your know it all and have done it a people be better with their hors- about horses, horsemanship, “You don’t get to the highest cake is always pretty good. And million times, that’s when some- es. Usually this comes from a great riders or trainers. But, in levels of sport or anything else you might bake that cake a hun- thing bad happens to you or your source completely unrelated to an odd way, I think some of his in life without having the ba- dred times and it always comes horse. His advice was to always horses, where a philosophy or words are spot on in terms of sics in order. Without the basics out great, but if you mess up the go to the barn with the attitude point of view about life in gener- what it takes to be good with in place you will never achieve ingredients just once, you end that you’re a beginner and this al or some other activity seems horses, and indirectly what our your full potential, and there’s up with something you can’t eat. is your first time with this horse, to fit the profile of what it takes horses need from us. Like just only one way to master and im- Point is, make sure the basic in- and the horse is green. This will to be good with horses. about everything else in life, the prove the basics – repetition.” gredients are right all the time. force you to pay attention to Such is the case with an article formula for success with horses There’s a lot of meat in these And here’s the point with horses every detail, to slow down and I read recently from a gentleman is pretty much the same. comments for anybody, and es- – the basic ingredients are in us, observe, and to be more precise pecially for horse owners. Every not the horses.” with and aware of the basics of great horseman, rider or train- Or maybe this from Craig good horsemanship. er I’ve ever studied has always Cameron: “People always say a There is a quote in this article talked about how you have to horse learns through repetition, from another source that really be instinctive, comfortable and but who needs the repetition? stood out, coming from of all consistent with all the little and You and I do. To be good at any- people, the late Muhammed Ali. most basic things, and that you thing, you need to practice and The Greatest once said, “it’s the should constantly revisit these do it every day. Learn to use your repetition of affirmations that steps to make sure you’re still tools, your ropes, your leads. leads to belief. And once that smooth, competent and prac- Good horses and good handlers belief becomes deep conviction, ticing good habits. Are you still all come from the same place, things begin to happen.” In other handling your equipment the good preparation.” words, according to Mr. Foroux, way you were taught? Are you Perhaps there is no single “when you recognize and repeat thing more frustrating in teach- the basics, you not only become ing horsemanship than not rec- great, you will stay great. Never National Center for Frontier Communities & PNM Century Grant ognizing you have to master and think you’re smart enough or maintain the basics in order to you’ve made it, and never un- present advance, and more importantly, derestimate the power of repeti- communicate with your horse. tion. And never take advice from This means practice and repe- people who haven’t successfully Sustaining Your Nonprofit titions, and it means re-visiting done something themselves, be- things on a regular basis to make cause only the successful ones Join us to create a sure all is in order. I know of no have continued to learn, still other activity where this kind of consider themselves beginners basic, repeatable competence is and never forget the basics of concrete plan for your more important because your what made them successful in partner in this activity is a horse, the first place.” nonprofit to leverage an animal that absolutely de- Maybe this guy has never pends on your consistency, skills been on a horse or witnessed resources, endure and clarity of communication. the magic that can happen with Every single gesture or move- an accomplished horseman and challenges & thrive ment you make means some- a horse, but he certainly has hit thing to a horse, so you better on the essence of what it takes well into the future. make sure your basic “language” to get good and stay good with skills are good. horses for riders of any age, More from Foroux: “I meet experience or ability. After all people all the time who think these years working with horses FREE they know everything. In fact, and people, if I see these kinds When: Thursday, April 26 most of us often think to our- of traits in a student, whether selves, I already know that or they’re just starting out or have from 9am – 4pm I already did that. We think we been at it for decades, I know know everything so we forget we’ll have a great time together, Where: HMS Community the basics as they don’t seem we’ll learn a lot from each oth- important and that’s when we er and their horses will be very Health Center screw up. You should remind happy. These are the kinds of yourself that people who think students and owners that make 1007 N. Pope St. in Silver City they know everything are the this journey fun. 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RAISINGDAD • BY JIM AND HENRY DUCHENE The Toilet Paper Holder
emember back in Janu- but that giant lizard’s got noth- too much information. I’ll do tease my father and gave me a sitting on his commode. “She ary when I told you how ing on my father when it comes what I need to do first and apolo- perfectly raised single eyebrow doesn’t.” Rmy father was constant- to breaking things. So, when gize later if I have to. of disapproval. I left and made my way to the ly breaking the shower curtain I asked my wife why, I really “Huh?” my father said, turning “Don’t do it,” it advised. Her scene of the crime. Entering his rod? Well… wasn’t expecting an answer, but our way, but keeping one eye on eyebrow generally gives me sanctum sanctorum, I felt like In- “Honey,” my wife said to me, she was kind enough to provide the TV. good advice, and I always come diana Jones. again giving me her sweetest one for me anyway. “We need to go into your bath- out ahead when I follow it. Too The holder should have smile. “You need to repair the “Because Dad says the house room to fix the toilet paper hold- bad I never do. been bolted onto the side of the toilet paper holder in Dad’s bath- cleaner broke it.” er.” “...maybe the maid used your sink cabinet, which is made out room.” I tried to raise one eyebrow at “You’re going where to fix toilet,” I told him, “and, when of one-inch plywood. It wasn’t. “What?” I said, almost spitting her, the way she does when she’s what?” he asked. she got up, she used the toilet Instead, there were two large out my coffee. irritated with me. Failing mis- “We’re going to fix the toilet paper holder for support, and holes where the toilet paper I would have sprayed it out in erably, I looked in the direction paper holder in your bathroom.” her weight broke it.” holder used to be. It was just as a comedic double-take except of my father. He was watching My father turned back to the “She’d better not be using my I thought: when he was getting for two reasons: 1) it’s expen- baseball, his favorite pastime, TV. This information didn’t even toilet,” he warned us. up from his porcelain throne, he sive, and 2) it’s delicious. I may and ignoring our entire conver- deserve one eye’s worth of atten- “I’m not saying she does, but if used the holder for support, and be cheap — I mean, frugal — sation. If my wife had whispered tion from him. she’s gotta go, she’s gotta go.” his weight pulled it out of the but I also appreciate perfection. she was going to Costco, he’d “Yeah,” he said, waving us off, “If she’s gotta go, she’d better wood. Gourmet coffee is too precious a have already been at the car, but “your maid is rough. She cleans not be going in my bathroom.” Trust me, I watch CSI. commodity to be wasted trying this particular conversation was too hard.” “Okay, Pop,” I told him. He was As I was reinstalling the hold- to be funny. of no interest to him. “Maybe it wasn’t her,” I chimed getting agitated at the thought of er, I looked up to make sure the But I digress... “I’ll take care of it,” I assured in. our cleaning lady using his toilet, shower curtain rod was secured “Why?” I asked my lovely wife. her. “Yeah, it was her.” so I backed off a little to let him properly. That’s when I got a bril- Actually, I knew why. It was “Dad!” my wife called out, “How do you know?” settle down. liant idea. I ran it past my wife, my father. Godzilla may have wanting to include him. “I just know.” “Don’t worry, Dad,” my wife lumbered through downtown To- Personally, I’ve learned it’s bet- “In that case...” I began, slowly. added, trying to distract him RAISING DAD kyo knocking down skyscrapers, ter not to confuse my dad with My wife knew I was about to from the image of our maid continued on page 28
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PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • RICHARD COLTHARP Love & Basketball Who’s your hoops Cinderella? ’ll even give up my four when Coach Lou Henson’s team criticism to referees. season tickets to the New made it to the Final Four in March When a game is close and the “IYork Knicks. Courtside! 1970. They also made the Sweet clock is dwindling, the tension, And you know how I feel about Sixteen in 1992. the passion and the excitement basketball! That’s gotta be L-O- The Aggies are having a fantas- can boil over. If you’ve ever been V-E!” — From the soundtrack to tic 2017-18, and are in position to in a gym when the game is won the movie “Mo Better Blues” win their first NCAA tournament on a last-second shot, there is no game since 1993. At this writing greater exhilaration (or disap- Have you ever seen a basket- the Aggie men were 22-3, while pointment, depending who you’re Celebrating 16 Years! ball hoop up close? Held it in your the Aggie women were 12-11. rooting for) in sports. hand? The other college team in our This month, Americans all over It seems so big and round you region is Western New Mexico will be handed blank brackets rep- wonder how you could ever miss University. The Mustangs and resenting 68 teams for the NCAA a shot. Lady Mustangs are struggling a bit tournament. DATURA Indeed, at 18 inches, the diam- this year, but it’s always fun to at- Some know exactly what this Celebrating 16 Years! eter of a basketball rim is nearly tend their games live. means. Others will look at it like Facials • Body Treatments • Spa Manicures & Pedicures twice the diameter of a men’s reg- If you look at the New Mex- ancient hieroglyphics. Refl exology • Aromatherapy • Waxing ulation basketball, which is 9.5 ico Activities Association’s re- Fans and non-fans alike will fill inches. cord books on its website, which out the brackets with their picks But as someone who has missed shows state championships go- for the games. Serious students at least 200,000 baskets over the ing back to 1921, you’ll see a lot of the game will agonize for our course of 47 years of playing bas- of representation from southern hours and study every source in ee ing r ketball, I can attest it happens New Mexico in basketball. they can to make their selections. and ric more often than not. In the past 22 years, the follow- Hoops neophytes or non-fans will are inera a Which makes it a lot like love. ing boys teams from our region choose teams based on what type our in uenc ing o ution u uriou The most critical segments of have made it to the state finals of college they represent, or be- erum e e cream the high school and college bas- at least once: Lordsburg, Mesilla cause they like the mascot. Often and natura ketball seasons take place in Feb- Valley Christian School, Las Cru- as not, the neophyte will do just as penetrating ruary, the Love Month, and March, ces High School (at this writing well as the expert. BareMinerals® Beauty and Skin Care moi turi er a month our culture has now undefeated and ranked No. 1 in And that is why it’s called March Open Tuesday-Friday Cheri Crane equated almost exclusively with the state), Centennial, Dexter, Madness; the tournament is al- 108 E. Broadway Owner/Therapist basketball. Who among us has not Hagerman, Tularosa, Oñate, May- ways rife with upsets, goats and In Silver City, NM 575-534-0033 heard the term March Madness? field, Alamogordo, Deming and Cinderellas. If your Cinderella Visit our website: daturatherapeuticdayspa.com Even though I should not at my Socorro. loses in the first round, don’t be age, I still play basketball on a reg- On the girls’ side, during the surprised. The odds of filling out ular basis, because I love the game same time frame, state finalists a perfect bracket are about 1 in 2 • We can guide you in making so much. have included Tularosa, Mayfield, billion. informed decisions about your care to maintain your dignity, comfort and When I arrived in southern New Lordsburg, Socorro, Deming and So get to watching. quality of life. Mexico in 1995, in Alamogordo, Hot Springs (Truth or Conse- Whether you’re watching your • Our care can be provided in the place I quickly found a group to hoop quences). kid’s middle school game, a New you call home. If you experience with, usually on Tuesday eve- One of the beauties of basket- Mexico high school tournament symptoms that cannot be managed nings. I also quickly discovered ball is it can be enjoyed on levels game, traveling to Las Vegas to at home we can provide 24 hour nursing care at our in-patient hospice the great culture of basketball from basic to complex. The prima- watch the NMSU Aggies play in care unit, La Posada. we have down here. Alamogordo ry concept could not be simpler. the Western Athletic Conference • Hospice care in a covered benefit was a boys basketball hotbed at “Put the damn ball in the hole,” Tournament, or going to San Anto- under Medicare, Medicaid, VA and that time, and made the state fi- said Henry Iba, the legendary nio to watch this year’s Final Four, most insurance. We will inform you if nals in 1996, 1997 and 1998. One coach of Oklahoma A&M (later you’ll have fun. there are any out of pocket expenses. of the most memorable games Oklahoma State, my alma mater). This is the time to fall in love • Your hospice care benefit includes I’ve attended on any level was in Fans at any level can comprehend with basketball. the care provided by your specialized care team, medications, and durable Alamogordo’s Tiger Pit in 1996, and cheer that. medical equipment. when Alamo beat Mayfield in six At the same time, the game can Richard overtimes. Because of foul-outs, be infinitely deep and complicated Coltharp – 299 E. Montana • Las Cruces, NM 88005 Contact us at 575-523-4700 or www.mvhospice.org visit our website mvhospice.org the Trojans played the last over- for those who appreciate it at that 6-2, 180 – is time with just four players, includ- level. publisher of ing David Moseley, who went on Because the players are not en- Desert Exposure to a great college career playing cumbered by bulky uniforms, hats and the Las www.LaPosadaLiving.org for Stanford. or helmets, it’s easy to see their Cruces Bulletin. 575-523-4700 The “major league” team in our emotions, which helps fans get He once made 31 consecutive 299 Montana Ave., region, of course, is the New Mex- emotional too. In many settings, free throws and, from 1982- Las Cruces ico State University Aggies, who particularly small high school 1986, he could actually dunk a Our Family Committed to Your Family may have helped launch southern gyms, you can hear the coaches basketball. 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“I Feel Like RAISING DAD continued from page 27 I’m at and she agreed. think it was some kind of grand it does other things as well. Re- “I don’t want bathtub handles,” plan to get him out of the house, cently, my father admitted to us Home!” my father told us. you’d be right. I took the op- without actually admitting to us “But, Dad,” my wife said, portunity to install the bathtub how much he liked the hand sup- – JEANNE WURGLER, LA POSADA RESIDENT “they’ll make it easier for you to handles, making sure one was in port. get in and out of the tub.” reach of the toilet. When they got “Why didn’t you install them “I don’t want them, and I don’t back my wife looked at me, and I before?” he told me. “Like I need them. You’ll be wasting gave her a little nod. wanted you to.” Mountain Music your money.” “Dad,” she told him, “guess My wife nodded her head, “Pop,” I lied, “we’re installing what? We installed the bathtub agreeing with him. CHECK US OUT ON CRAIG’S LIST them in our bathtub, too.” handles you wanted.” And you know what? New & Used Musical Instruments “Well, I don’t care if you need That was a nice try, but my Nothing has broken since. handles to get in and out of your father wasn’t born yesterday. I Consignments bathtub, but I don’t.” know, I’ve seen his birth certifi- When my wife and father are Trade-Ins “Dad,” we both said, but it was cate. busy shopping at Costco, you no use. “Good thing you’re rich,” he can find me being frugal at 2330 S. Valley Drive His mind was made up. said, sarcastically, “because RaisingMyFather.BlogSpot. 523-0603 And then one day my wife said you’ve just wasted your money.” com, JimDuchene.BlogSpot. M-F 10AM - 6PM • SAT 10AM - 5PM • SUN 10AM - 2PM the magic word “Costco.” If you Time may heal all wounds, but com, or @JimDuchene. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 29
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GRANT COUNTY to Saturday B L D. sandwiches, baked goods and now Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burg- AQUA REEF, 141 N. Road- Silver City FORREST’S PIZZA, 601 N. Bullard St. serving barbecue on Saturdays: ers, appetizers, salads: L D. runner Parkway, 522-7333. 1ZERO6, 106 N. Texas St., 575- Unit J. 388-1225. Tuesday to Friday L Tuesday to Saturday. TRANQUILBUZZ CAFÉ, 112 W. Asian, sushi: LD. 313-4418. Pacific Rim, South East D, Slices only at lunch time. NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ, 514 N. Yankie St. Coffee shop, coffee, THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesil- Asian, Oaxacan and Italian: Friday to FRY HOUSE, 601 N. Bullard St. Suite Bullard St., 388-3480. Mexican: home-made pastries and ice cream, la, 527-5155. Coffeehouse. Sunday D, by reservation only. C. 388-1964. Monday to Saturday B L D. fresh fruit smoothies. ADOBE SPRINGS CAFÉ, 1617 GIL-A BEANS, 1304 N. Bennett St. THE PARLOR AT DIANE’S, 510 A BITE OF BELGIUM, 741 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-3665. Coffeeshop. N. Bullard St., 538-8722. Burgers, DOÑA ANA COUNTY N. Alameda St. No. 16, 527- Breakfast items, burgers, sandwich- GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver Heights sandwiches, homemade pizzas, Las Cruces & Mesilla 2483, www.abiteofbelgium. es: Sunday B L, all week B L D. Blvd., 388-2323. Chinese: L D. paninis: Tuesday to Sunday L D. ABRAHAM’S BANK TOWER com. Belgium and American BURGERS & BROWNIES & BEER, GRANDMA’S CAFÉ, 900 Silver PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM, 312 RESTAURANT, 500 S. Main St. 434, food: Daily B L. OH MY! 619 N. Bullard St., 575- Heights Blvd., 388-2627. American, N. Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, 523-5911. American: Monday to 597-6469. Mexican: B L. ice cream: Monday to Saturday. Friday B L. BOBA CAFÉ, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College Ave., Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO AND ANDELE’S DOG HOUSE, 1983 8, 647-5900. Sandwiches, salads, CAFÉ OSO AZUL AT BEAR 538-3366. Mexican: B L D. BREWERY, 101 E. College Ave., 534- Calle del Norte, 526-1271. Mexican casual fare, espresso: Monday to MOUNTAIN LODGE, 60 HEALTHY EATS, 303 E. 13th St., 534- 4401. American, steaks, barbecue, plus hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas: Saturday L D. Bear Mountain Ranch Road, 9404. Sandwiches, burritos, salads, brewpub: Monday to Saturday L D. B L D. BRAVO’S CAFÉ, 3205 S. Main St., 538-2538. B L, special D by smoothies: L. ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 526-8604. Mexican: Tuesday to reservation only. JALISCO CAFÉ, 100 S. Bullard St., REVEL, 304 N. Bullard, 388- Calle del Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: Sunday B L. 388-2060. Mexican. Monday to Satur- 4920. Elevated comfort food. Monday B L, Tuesday to Sunday B BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Madrid CHINESE PALACE, 1010 Highway day L D Sunday B. Weekdays LD, weekends L D. Ave., 523-9806. Outstanding green- 180E, 538-9300. Chinese: Monday JAVALINA COFFEE HOUSE, 117 BD, closed Wednesdays. to Friday L D. Market St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse. COURTYARD CAFÉ, Gila Re- JUMPING CACTUS, 503 N. Bullard SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFÉ, gional Medical Center, 538-4094. St. Coffeeshop, baked goods, sand- 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. Ameri- ountain o can, Mexican, hamburgers: L D. ar dg American: B L, with special brunch wiches, wraps: B L. e e Sundays. KOUNTRY KITCHEN, 1700 Moun- tain View Road, 388-4512. Mexican: SUNRISE ESPRESSO, DIANE’S RESTAURANT, Monday to Sunday B L D. 1530 N. Hudson, 388-2027. 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. LA COCINA RESTAURANT, 201 W. Coffee shop: Monday to Sat- Fine dining (D), steaks, sea- College Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. urday B L, early D. food, pasta, sandwiches (L), LA FAMILIA, 503 N. Hudson St., SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1212 salads: Tuesday to Saturday 388-4600. Mexican: Tuesday to E. 32nd St., 534-9565. Cof- L D, Sunday D only (fami- Sunday B L D. fee shop, bakery: Monday to ly-style), weekend brunch. LA MEXICANA, Hwy. 180E and Memory Lane, 534-0142. Mexican Friday B L, early D, Saturday B L only. March is DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI, and American: B L. The Hub, Suite A, Bullard St., LITTLE TOAD CREEK TAPAS TREE, 601 N. Bullard St. in Wine Pairing Month! 534-9229. Artisan breads, The Hub, Wednesday to Sunday L, pastries, sandwiches, deli: BREWERY & DISTILLERY, 200 N. Bullard St., 956-6144. Fridays L D. Monday to Saturday B L TERRY’S ORIGINAL BARBEQUE, Burgers, wings, salads, fish, Special dinners all month! early D, Sunday L. Hwy. 180 and Ranch Club Road. pasta, craft beers and cock- Barbeque to go: L D. Please view menus online. DON JUAN’S BURRITOS, 418 Silver tails: Monday to Sunday L D. Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: VICKI’S EATERY, 315 N. Call for reservations MEXICO VIEJO, Hwy. 90 and B L. Texas, 388-5430. www.vick- today! DRIFTER PANCAKE HOUSE, 711 Broadway Mexican food stand: iseatery.com Fresh...made Silver Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Break- Monday to Saturday B L early D. just for you!. Saturday-Sun- 575.538.2538 fast, American: B L, breakfast served MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Dr., day breakfast; Mon- 538-5533. New Mexican cuisine: throughout. 575.538.2538 • 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Rd. Monday to Thursday L, Friday L D. day-Saturday lunch; and EL GALLO PINTO, 901 N. Hudson Friday-Saturday dinner. P.O. Box 1163 • Silver City, NM 88062 St., 597-4559. Mexican: Tuesday, MILLIE’S BAKE HOUSE, 602 N. [email protected] Bullard St., 597-2253. Soup, salads, Wednesday and Sunday B L Thursday WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 www.BearMountainLodge.com
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$5 nacho platters APPETIZER SPECIALS $5 car bombs, jager bombs, $4 Grumpy Leprechauns! & Jamesons Irish WhiskeY MARCH 17. music. food. prizes. $7 Irish Lamb Burger Corned Beef & Cabbage Brie Cheese Bangers & Mash & Chips Spuds Diane’sGuinness Parlor on Tap! Collect shamrocks from 5 participating locations - get a Pint Glass! Lamb Hand Pies While supplies last - must be 21 or older to participate. Pick up your game card at any participating location starting at 2pm! visit your favorite bars & restaurants Call Corre Cantinas Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery for a SAFE RIDE Live Music SHOTGUN CALLIOPE 8pm 575-388-3180 corned beef n cabbage all day. open LATE runs 5pm-1am prizes.party favors.green drinks.great beer. 30 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com chile cheeseburgers. Tuesday to DELICIAS DEL MAR, 1401 El GARDUÑO’S, 705 S. Telshor (Hotel MIGUEL’S, 1140 E. Amador Ave., 1720 Avenida de Mesilla, 524- Saturday L D. Paseo, 524-2396. Mexican, seafood: Encanto), 532-4277. Mexican: B L 647-4262. Mexican: B L D. 2408. Wine tasting, bistro: L D. BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El B L D. D. MI PUEBLITO, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., SUNSET GRILL, 1274 Golf Club Paseo Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B DICK’S CAFÉ, 2305 S. Valley Dr., GIROS MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 524-3009. Mexican: Monday to Road (Sonoma Ranch Golf Course L D. Now serving beer. 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sun- 160 W. Picacho Ave., 541-0341. Friday B L D, Saturday and Sunday clubhouse), 521-1826. American, day B L, Monday to Saturday B L D. Mexican: B L D. B L. Southwest, steak, burgers, sea- CAFÉ A GO GO, 1120 Com- DION’S PIZZA, 3950 E. Lohman, MILAGRO COFFEE Y ESPRESSO, food, pasta: B L D. merce Drive, Suite A, 522- 521-3434. Pizza: L D. GO BURGER DRIVE-IN, 1733 E. University Ave., 532-1042. THAINDIA, 1445 W. Picacho Ave., 0383, www.cafeagogonm. DOUBLE EAGLE, 2355 Calle De Home of the Texas Size Bur- Coffeehouse: B L D. 373-3000. Thai: Monday to Friday com. Bistro with an eclectic Guadalupe, 523-6700. Southwest- rito, 1008 E. Lohman Ave. , MIX PACIFIC RIM CUISINE AND L D, Friday-Saturday LD. menu. “We have a passion ern, steaks, seafood: L D, Sun. Las Cruces, NM 88005, 575- MIX EXPRESS, 1001 E. University for delicious food and it re- champagne brunch buffet. 524-9251. Monday - Satur- Ave. D3, 532-2042. Asian, Pacific: Anthony flects in our dishes:” Monday DUBLIN STREET PUB, 1745 E. day, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Spe- Monday to Saturday L D. ERNESTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 200 to Saturday L D. University Ave., 522-0932. Irish, cializing in Relleno Burritos MOONGATE CAFÉ, 9345 Bataan Anthony Dr., 882-3641. Mexican: American: L D. and Other Mexican Food Memorial, 382-5744. Coffee shop, B L. CARILLO’S CAFÉ, 330 S. Church, EL SOMBRERO PATIO CAFÉ, 363 Mexican, American: B L. LA COCINITA, 908 W. Main Dr., 523-9913. Mexican, American: Mon- S. Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: GOLDEN STAR CHINESE FAST MOUNTAIN VIEW MARKET 589-1468. Mexican: L. day to Saturday L D. L D. FOOD, 1420 El Paseo, 523-2828. KITCHEN, 1300 El Paseo Road, CHACHI’S RESTAURANT, 2460 S. EMILIA’S, 2290 Calle de Parian, Chinese: L D. 523-0436. Sandwiches, bagels, Bayard Locust St.-A, 522-7322. Mexican: 652-3007. Burgers, Mexican, soup, GRANDY’S COUNTRY COOKING, wraps, salads and other healthy fare: FIDENCIO’S TACO SHOP, 1108 B L D. sandwiches, pastry, juices, smooth- 1345 El Paseo Rd., 526-4803. Amer- Monday to Saturday: B L early D. Tom Foy Blvd. Mexican: B L D. CHILITOS, 2405 S. Valley Dr., 526- ies: Tuesday to Sunday L D. ican: B L D. NELLIE’S CAFÉ, 1226 W. Hadley LITTLE NISHA’S, 1101 Tom Foy 4184. Mexican: Monday to Saturday ENRIQUE’S MEXICAN FOOD, 830 HABANERO’S 600 E. Amador Ave., Ave., 524-9982. Mexican: Tuesday Blvd., 537-3526. Mexican: Wednes- B L D. W. Picacho, 647-0240. Mexican: B 524-1829. Fresh Mexican: B L D. to Friday B L. day to Sunday B L D. CHILITOS, 3850 Foothills Rd. Ste. L D. HACIENDA DE MESILLA, 1803 NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 2605 LOS COMPAS, 1203 Tom Foy Blvd, 10, 532-0141. Mexican: B L D. FARLEY’S, 3499 Foothills Rd., Avenida de Mesilla, 652-4953. Missouri Ave., 522-0440. Mexican: 654-4109. Sonoran-style Mexican, DAY’S HAMBURGERS, Water and 522-0466. Pizza, burgers, American, Steaks, barbecue, seafood, sand- L D. hot dogs, portas, menudo: L D. Las Cruces streets, 523-8665. Burg- Mexican: L D. wiches, salads, pasta: L D. NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 310 S. M & A BAYARD CAFÉ, 1101 N. ers: Monday to Saturday L D. FIDENCIO’S, 800 S. Telshor, 532- Mesquite St., 524-0003. Mexican: Central Ave., 537-2251. Mexican PECAN GRILL & BREWERY, 5624. Mexican: B L D. HIGH DESERT BREWING Sunday to Tuesday, Thursday to and American: Monday to Friday B 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. THE GAME BAR & GRILL, 2605 S. COMPANY, 1201 W. Hadley Saturday. L D. L D. Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, Espina, 524-GAME. Sports bar and Ave., 525-6752. Brew pub: OLD TOWN RESTAURANT, 1155 SPANISH CAFÉ, 106 Central Ave., steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. grill: L D. L D. S. Valley Dr., 523-4586. Mexican, 537-2640. Mexican, tamales and American: B L. menudo (takeout only): B. INTERNATIONAL DELIGHTS, 1245 ORIENTAL PALACE, 225 E. Idaho, SUGAR SHACK, 1102 Tom Foy El Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and 526-4864. Chinese: L D. Blvd., 537-0500. Mexican: Sunday International: B L D. PAISANO CAFÉ, 1740 Calle de to Friday B L. J.C. TORTAS, 1196 W. Picacho Mercado, 524-0211. Mexican: B L Ave., 647-1408. Mexican: L D. D. Chapparal JOSE MURPHY’S, 1201 E. Amador PEPE’S, 1405 W. Picacho, 541- EL BAYO STEAK HOUSE, 300 (inside Ten Pin Alley), 526-8855. 0277. Mexican: B L D. Paloma Blanca Drive, 824-4749. Mexican, American: L D. PHO A DONG, 504 E. Amador Ave., Steakhouse: Tuesday to Sunday B JOSEFINA’S OLD GATE CAFÉ, 527-9248. Vietnamese: L D. L D. 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. PHO SAIGON, 1160 El Paseo Road, TORTILLERIA SUSY, 661 Paloma Pastries, soups, salads, sandwich- 652-4326. Vietnamese: L D. Blanca Dr., 824-9377. Mexican: es: Monday to Thursday L, Friday to Monday to Saturday B L D, Sunday Sunday B L. PICACHO PEAK BREWING B L. KATANA TEPPANYAKI GRILL, CO., 3900 W. Picacho, 575- 1001 E. University Ave., 522-0526. 680-6394. www.picachope- Cliff 304 N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM Meals created before your very akbrewery.com D’S CAFÉ, 8409 Hwy 180. Break- EatDrinkRevel.com eyes. Japanese: Monday to Friday L fast dishes, burritos, burgers, PLAYER’S GRILL, 3000 Herb 575-388-4920 D, Saturday D. weekend smoked meats and ribs: KEVA JUICE, 1001 E. University, Wimberly Drive. (NMSU golf Thursday to Sunday B L. 522-4133. Smoothies, frozen yogurt: course clubhouse), 646-2457. PARKEY’S, 8414 Hwy. 180W, Weekdays B L D. American: B L D. 535-4000. Coffee shop: Monday to LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, RANCHWAY BARBECUE, 604 N. Saturday. lunch 11-2 1300 N. Solano Dr, 541-9617. Mex- Valley Dr., 523-7361. Barbecue, dinner 5-9 ican: L D. Mexican: Monday to Friday B L D, Doña Ana LA NUEVA CASITA CAFÉ, 195 N. Saturday D. BIG MIKE’S CAFÉ, Thorpe Road. Mesquite, 523-5434. Mexican and RASCO’S BBQ, 125 S. Campo Mexican, breakfasts, burgers: B L D. Weekends American: B L. St., 526-7926. Barbecued brisket, brunch 9-2 LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE ME- pulled pork, smoked sausage, Mimbres SILLA, 2410 Calle De San Albino, ribs. ELK X-ING CAFÉ, (352) 212-0448. dinner 5-9 524-3524Mexican, steakhouse: L RED BRICK PIZZA, 2808 N. Home-style meals, sandwiches and D, Saturday, Sunday and holidays Telshor Blvd., 521-7300. Pizzas, desserts: B L. Closed Wednesday also B. sandwiches, salads: L D. RESTAURANT DEL SOL, 2676 LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano Dr., ROBERTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, Hwy. 35, San Lorenzo. Breakfasts, 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, burgers, 908 E. Amador Ave., 523-1851. burgers, sandwiches, Mexican: Daily fried chicken: L D, Saturday and Mexican: B L D. B L early D. Sunday also B. ROSIE’S CAFÉ DE MESILLA, LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFÉ, 2701 W. 300 N. Main St., 526-1256. Break- Pinos Altos Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. French fast, Mexican, burgers: Saturday BUCKHORN SALOON AND pastry, deli, sandwiches: Tuesday to to Thursday B L, Friday B L D. OPERA HOUSE, Main Street, 538- Sunday B L. SAENZ GORDITAS, 1700 N. 9911. Steakhouse, pasta, burgers: LET THEM EAT CAKE, 1001 E. Solano Dr., 527-4212. Excellent, Monday to Saturday D. University Ave. Suite D4, 680-5998. gorditas, of course, but also Cupcakes: Tuesday to Saturday. amazing chicken tacos. Mexican: Santa Teresa LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. Monday to Saturday L D. BILLY CREWS, 1200 Country Club University Ave., 521-3505. Italian, SANTORINI’S, 1001 E. University Road, 589-2071. Steak, seafood: pizza: L D. Ave., 521-9270. Greek, Mediterra- L D. LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 6335 Bataan nean: Monday to Saturday L D. SALUD DE MESILLA, 1800 Memorial W., 382-2025. Mexican: LUNA COUNTY B L D. Avenida de Mesilla B, 323-3548. Deming LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 603 S. Neva- American, Continental: B L D. ADOBE DELI, 3970 Lewis Flats rez St., 523-1778. Mexican: B L D. THE SHED, 810 S. Valley Dr., Road SE, 546-0361. Bar, deli, LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce 525-2636. American, pizza, steaks: L D. Dr., 521-6228. Mexican: B L D. Mexican, desserts: Wednesday to BALBOA MOTEL & RESTAURANT, LOS MARIACHIS, 754 N. Motel Sunday B L. 708 W. Pine St., 546-6473. Mexican, Blvd., 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. SI SEÑOR, 1551 E. Amador Ave., American: Monday to Friday L D, MESILLA VALLEY KITCHEN, 2001 527-0817. Mexican: L D. Sunday B. E. Lohman Ave. #103, 523-9311. SPANISH KITCHEN, 2960 N. BELSHORE RESTAURANT, 1030 E. American, Mexican: B L. Main St., 526-4275. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. Pine St., 546-6289. Mexican, Ameri- METROPOLITAN DELI, SPIRIT WINDS COFFEE BAR, can: Tuesday to Sunday B L. 1001 University Ave., 522- 2260 S. Locust St., 521-1222. CAMPOS RESTAURANT, 105 S. 3354, www.metropolitandeli. Sandwiches, coffee, bakery: B L Silver, 546-0095. Mexican, Ameri- com. Sandwiches and cater- D. can, Southwestern: L D. ing: L D. ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO, CHINA RESTAURANT, 110 E. 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GETTING NUTTY • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH No Weevils Here Industry vigilant in protecting pecan crop
oña Ana County is the largest pecan-producing Dcounty in the nation, ex- pecting to harvest about 100 mil- lion pounds this year on some 30,000 acres. Thus, said Doña Ana County horticulture extension specialist Jeff Anderson, “A lot of effort is made … through the university to protect the pecans.” Keeping the potentially dev- astating pecan weevil out of the area is a primary concern of the Western Pecan Growers Associ- ation (WPGA). The Department LIVE MUSIC MARCH 2018 • NEVER A COVER! of Agriculture has placed a quar- antine on pecans coming from Every Thursday & Saturday Night • 8-11pm eastern New Mexico counties 3/1: ALAN RAINTREE – JAZZ/CLASSIC ROCK Chaves, Curry, Eddy and Lea, 3/3: CHRISTOPHER SMITH-ESCARCEGA where the WPGA has money set Extension Agent Jeff Anderson holds up genetically different pe- SOUL/BLUES/MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST aside to fight the weevil. It takes cans. The left one is from East Texas, harvested for pecan flour. three years minimum once the The larger one is a healthy, average-sized, Doña Ana County 3/8: MOMENT’S NOTICE – BLUES/ROCK pest has been discovered to be pecan. (Photo by Elva K. Österreich) 3/10: COLE MITCHELL – GUITAR DUO declared free of it. The pecan weevil is also na- and they can be down in the “We produce a very fine pe- 3/15: DERRICK LEE GROUP – JAZZ ENSEMBLE tive to the eastern United States ground for two or three years can. We have a great reputation 3/17: ST. PADDY’S DAY! IRISH BAND from Texas to Georgia. before they come up. That’s the for bug-free, great pecans. But 3/22: ROGER WENDOVER – SOLO GUITAR (IOWA) Pecans from non-quarantined big problem.” we are encouraging the public: parts of New Mexico and the Anderson asks homeowners Don’t bring pecans here. Enjoy 3/24: ETHAN ECKART – SOLO GUITAR West are welcome in Las Cruces to bring pecans to the extension our pecans, keep our industry (KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI) for processing. office for inspection if they sus- safe.” 3/29: SAGE GENTLE WING – SOLO GUITAR Pecan weevils are not good fli- pect a worm or other pest is in- For information call The Doña 3/31: CAJÓN BROTHERS – ECLECTIC ENSEMBLE ers, so if they appear, Anderson side. Residents should put sam- Ana County Cooperative Exten- says, it’s because people have ples of the pest and the pecans sion Service at 575-525-6649. brought pecans from elsewhere. in a baggie and freeze it before The New Mexico Division of Ag- If they are not worth eating, bringing them in. riculture can also be contacted people might throw them in the “You have to be vigilant,” An- about pecan weevil concerns at backyard. derson said. “My job is to inspect 575-646-3007 or blewis@nmda. “People might think, ‘Oh, these and then take them to the nmsu.edu. these have bugs I’ll put them out entomologist if i don’t know to the birds to eat,’” Anderson what it is.” said. “Then the little larvae, as Doña Ana County pecans are soon as they pop out, they hit extremely healthy and nutri- the ground, burrowing down, tious, Anderson notes. Get your TABLE TALK Pecan Fantasy red&green on! Baking contest features nutty treats
he Karin Davidson Pecan ry. Entries should be delivered Restaurateurs: Food Fantasy Contest on Sunday, March 4, between 9 Twill again be sponsored a.m. and Noon to the ballrooms Lock in your local listing by the Western Pecan Growers at Hotel Encanto, 705 S. Telshor, Association on Sunday, March Las Cruces. 4, in conjunction with the 2018 All entries will be judged on Basic listings with essential Western Pecan Growers Con- Sunday afternoon. Leigh Fox ference at Hotel Encanto de Las and Marge B. Fletcher sponsor information will be $36 per Cruces. the youth and adult awards of Youth and Adults can choose $250 each for the best tradition- year. Expanded listings from 14 different categories to al pecan pie. First Place Blue enter their home baked items all Ribbons in all categories will up to 10 lines will be of which must contain pecans. receive $40. Outstanding Adult The food categories include: will receive $200. Outstanding $48 per year. quick breads, yeast breads, iced Youth will receive $100. Ho- cakes, un-iced cakes, cheese- tel Encanto de Las Cruces will Restaurant advertisers cakes, drop, bar and other cook- present a Best of Show award already on a retail ies, decorated cupcakes, other of $250. Results and samples of pies, tarts, unusual desserts and entries will be displayed from 9 contract with Desert of course the traditional pecan a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, March pie. Participants can bake en- 5. Exposure get a free tries for as many categories as In addition to the website, en- listing. they would like to enter with one try forms will also be available exception; in the Traditional Pe- at Hotel Encanto on Sunday can Category, persons may only morning. Any Food Fantasy enter one pie. questions? Call Karim Martinez Check Food Fantasy infor- at 575-525-6649 or Carol Koenig mation on the website, https:// at 575-526-2952. Contact John To get your updated listing in the www.westernpecan.org, for White at 575-640-7555 for infor- guide, call Angel at 575-524-8061. details and for the minimum re- mation about the Western Pecan quired servings for each catego- Growers Conference. 32 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
It was dumb luck that Yvonne has her snappy cam out when the geese lift off in front of sunrise-lit By getting down to Mama Duck’s level and using the zoom fea- mountains overtopped with dark clouds. Two seconds later, everything changes. (Photos by Yvonne ture on her snappy cam, Yvonne catches Mama Duck in profile as Lanelli) well as her ducklings in a park. Sneeze Weeds Studios WINGING IT! • YVONNE LANELLI QUALITY FREE MOTION LONG ARM QUILTING AND SEWING MACHINE AND SERGER SERVICE AND REPAIR Just a Snappy Cam? TONS OF 100% COTTON QUILTING FABRIC, BATTING, BUTTONS, ZIPPERS, THREAD, MACHINE AND HAND SEWING NEEDLES! Taking great bird pix by point-n-shoot Call Cindy For Info!! 575-538-2284 Visit Us on y photographer Facebook! friend Thomas takes CALL CINDY FOR INFORMATION AND APPOINTMENTS jaw-dropping bird and 575-538-2284 [email protected] M wildlife pictures, closeups so close you can almost caress in- dividual feathers. And why not; his camera and lenses cost more than my pickup truck. But if your camera kit didn’t cost five figures, you can still capture great images. How? Here are seven tips to get you started. First, remember the most ba- sic of photography principles: Your subject must be in focus. Even the most simple of snap- py cams (the popular “point and shoot” cameras) or camera phones will focus perfectly IF you pay attention to how the autofocus feature works. Read your Owner’s Manual and prac- Quaker Meeting for Worship tice shooting the same subject Yvonne, left, feeds an ostrich at Nairobi Animal Sanctuary in Nai- Sundays 10-11a.m. from different distances and an- robi, Kenya, thus giving the viewer a sense of the bird’s size. gles to get the feel of how your African starling: Temporarily meeting at For more info: 575 590-1588 camera works best. Using the zoom 1507 Combs Circle, Silver City, NM [email protected] Use the zoom feature to get feature on her up close. When I took a picture snappy cam, of an African starling six feet Yvonne imaged away from me, I zoomed in in- this African starling before Open Your Mind stead of walking toward him it flew away. Join with us for which would have frightened our Sunday morning service him away. 10:00 AM I also zoomed in on the mama Enjoy Fellowship & Stimulating Topics duck and her ducklings plus lay Children Welcome down on my stomach for a bet- Unitarian Universalist ter angle. This shot was relative- ly easy since the ducks were in Fellowship of Silver City a park and so were accustomed 3845 North Swan Questions: (575) 538-0101 to humans. Which brings me to my fourth tip: Image animals and birds in Valley Community Church sanctuaries and zoos. The pic- Arenas Valley-Silver City, NM ture of me with the ostrich was combination of birds’ postures pond, rising sun illuminated 19-A Racetrack Rd. taken at the Nairobi Animal and stark-naked branches con- their white bodies against brown Sanctuary in Nairobi, Kenya. trasts with fading evening light mountains that glowed reddish EASTER SEASON Yes, it’s hokey, but the viewer to create an eerie mood. in the sunrise. Dark brooding CELEBRATIONS gets an idea of the bird’s size. Another trick for special ef- clouds lent an otherworldly feel. And while my cousin was taking fects is to “pan” or move with I snapped it. Two seconds later this pic, another photographer a moving subject. That’s how I the birds flew away and a cloud was zooming in on only the os- caught three geese in flight at obscured the sun. Dumb luck. trich’s head, giving the impres- Bosque del Apache National Wild- Remember, owning an expen- March 25 Palm Sunday 10 a.m. sion that the bird wasn’t sur- life Refuge. I focused on the birds sive camera does not make you March 30 Good Friday 6 p.m. rounded by a fence and people. then followed them with my cam- a good photographer; it only April 1 Resurrection 10 a.m. Mama Duck also illustrates era, clicking the shutter until they makes you the owner of an ex- A Post-Easter Special Event! another tip: Shoot the bird’s face flew out of range. It helped that pensive camera. So enjoy your either looking straight at the the background was dull which snappy cam or phone cam and On Sunday, April 8 at 10 a.m. camera or in profile. made the birds stand out. take great pix! Join us for a visual tour through the Keen to try special effects? Bonus tip: Take advantage of Holy Land by the Reverend Deacon Here are my two favorite tricks. dumb luck. One early morning at Novice birder Yvonne Lanelli Beth Noland of Edgewood, To create a mood, try a silhou- Bosque, the rising sun was be- ([email protected]) enjoys New Mexico ette effect by taking advantage hind me as I faced the Chupade- the challenge of imaging For More Information Leave message 575-538-9311 of dull light and bare branch- ra Mountains and low dark flying critters in southern Website: www.vccsilvercity.com es. That’s what I did with these clouds in the west. As a huge raft New Mexico and around the two vultures, also in Kenya. The of snow geese lifted off a large world. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 33
CELEBRATION Rootin’, Tootin’, Shootin’ Museum hosts 19th Cowboy Days
owboy Days returns to wool to create a shawl that will Several living history charac- the New Mexico Farm & be raffled ($1 each). The entire ters from the museum and Fort CRanch Heritage Museum process should take about four Selden Historic Site will be inter- in Las Cruces for the 19th year hours and the activity will take acting with the public, as well. with a new activity, and a home- place inside the museum’s Sheep Pony rides for kids ($5), me- coming performance by country & Goat Barn. chanical bull rides ($3), mini- music’s Josh Grider. The Borderland Pistoleros train rides ($3), and stagecoach Cowboy Days is March 3-4. Cowboy Mounted Shooting rides (donation) are offered The fun is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. group will have competition both days. The pony rides are on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 at the museum’s Roping Arena from 9-10 a.m. and noon-3 p.m. p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 each day with a session in the each day, while the others are for everyone 5 and older. There morning from 10:30 to 12 and continuous. There are also free are no discounts or passes. one in the afternoon from 3 to 5. children’s craft and gold-panning The popular festival is the Another popular activity in- COWBOY Coyboy Shooting competition held at the 2017 Cowboy Days. museum’s annual tribute to the volving livestock is the Parade (Courtesy Photo) state’s ranching heritage. of Breeds, which takes place continued on page 39 “Cowboy Days is the muse- twice each day, at noon and at um’s biggest event of the year,” 2 p.m. The different breeds of said Museum Director Mark beef cattle are brought in to Santiago. “We have a variety of the round and guests can learn activities and entertainment for about their different character- Foothills Arabians the entire family, and we add istics and origin. something new each year.” Pat Howard’s working dogs We are an 80 acre full service The new activity is Sheep to will do herding demonstrations facility offering... Shawl. At 10 a.m. on Saturday, throughout the day on Sunday. one of the museum’s Debouillet Demonstrations on both days • Boarding, Breeding and Training sheep will be sheared. The wool include chuck wagon cooking will be carded, and then spun by (with free samples), blacksmith- • Easy Forest Access three demonstrators. A weaver ing, wood carving, weaving and will then use the yarn from the the Back-Country Horsemen. • Large Pens With Shelters and Pasture Options • All Horses Have Room to Run!
“50 Years Aspiring to Horsemanship” OWNERS BOB AND FLO HALL WEBSITE: foothillsarabians.com 27 EMERALD DRIVE EMAIL: [email protected] SILVER CITY, NM 88061 575-654-6431 Do you live in Ruidoso?
The Challenger Center will participate in the Las Cruces Space looking for a part time gig? Festival April 12-14. (Courtesy Photo) ADVENTURE ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Space Festival Event to bring space down to Earth
ircling the Earth in my orbital space- “C ship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!” – Yuri Gagarin, first human in around the world, Firth noted, space. as the anniversary of human space flight by Russian cosmo- Southern New Mexico is so re- naut Yuri Gagarin. Activities are lated to the history of space ex- planned for NMSU and off-cam- ploration and the future of space pus. commercialization that a group On Friday, the second day of of organizations has decided to the festival, Mesilla Valley Mall inaugurate the Las Cruces Space will host a showcase of space Festival, April 12-14. activity: Booths will line the “It is going to be a local cel- mall and businesses are invited ebration of our space heritage to take part with space-relat- and the activity that goes on ed activities, promotions and here that is space related,” said products. In the evening the Rio Jonathan Firth with the Space Grande Theatre shows space-re- Festival organizing group and a lated movies. vice president at Virgin Galactic. On Saturday, the City of Las Contact Desert Exposureʼs Distribution Coordinator “The theme is ‘Making Space for Cruces has agreed let the group Everyone,’ so everyone can join Teresa Tolonen, at 575-680-1841 in.” SPACE or [email protected] April 12 is a date celebrated continued on page 39 34 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS What’s Going On in March
THURSDAY, MARCH 1 FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Silver City/Grant County Silver City/Grant County Winter Film Series: “Los Miner- Travis Callison performs — 6:30 os” — 7 p.m. at the Santa Clara at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main National Guard Armory. Part of the St. Pinos Altos. Exploring the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation wilderness of the human spirit with Society series “By the Sweat of song and poetry. Info: 210-247- Their Brows: The Life of the Miner.” 4000. Info: 575-388-4862. Sofia Talvik — 8-11 p.m. at the Alamogordo/Otero County Little Toad Creek Brewery and BYU Theater Ballet — 7-10 p.m. Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. Silver at The Flickinger Center of Per- City. Swedish musician singing soft forming Arts, 1110 New York Ave. pop and folk music. Info: 575-956- Info: [email protected]. 6144. Deming/ Luna County Las Cruces/Mesilla Columbus Historical Society Feed Your Mind Seminar: “Every- Memorial Service — 10 a.m. at thing You Want to Know About the Depot Museum in Columbus. the Nile But Were Afraid to Ask” In remembrance of the Americans — 5:30-7 p.m. (with refreshments whose lives were lost during the starting at 4:30) at the Doña Ana 1916 raid on Columbus. Info: 575- County Arts & Cultural Center, at 531-2620. the Bulletin Plaza, 1740 Avenida de Mercado, Suites B-D. Bill Key will Las Cruces/Mesilla speak having lived and worked in Sofia Talvik brings some Nordic flavor to the Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery on March 1. Las Cruces International Film Egypt for over 20 years. Info: www. Announced” — 7:30 p.m. at the munity Theatre production. Info: Earth” — 7 p.m. at the Santa Festival — 10 a.m.-9 p.m. at daarts.org. Penney Playhouse, 405 Bullard St. 575-313-6883. Clara National Guard Armory. Part Cineport 10, 700 S. Telshor Blvd. in Silver City. A Silver City Com- 9Oscars Party — 5- 10 p.m. at of the Fort Bayard Historic Preser- in Las Cruces. Daily narrative and FRIDAY, MARCH 2 munity Theatre production. Info: the Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard vation Society series “By the Sweat documentary shorts, feature-length Silver City/Grant County 575-313-6883. St. in Silver City. Dressing up is en- of Their Brows: The Life of the narrative films and documentary Peter Fletcher classical gui- Stig — 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek courages, Vicki’s Eatery is catering. Miner.” Info: 575-388-4862. features. Also workshops and tarist— 6 p.m. at the Silver City Brewery, 200 N. Bullard, down- Info: 575-956-6185. panels are featured. Info: LasCru- Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., town, Silver City. Progressive jazz/ Las Cruces/Mesilla cesFilmFest.com. Silver City. Solo recital featuring funk from Boston. Info: 575-356- Las Cruces/Mesilla Las Cruces International Film “Rock On … Illustrating THAT repertoire that runs the gamut from 6144. Food Fantasy Contest — 9 a.m.- Festival — 10 a.m.-9 p.m. at Song”— 1-2 p.m. at the NMSU Art Renaissance Period through the noon drop off at the ballrooms Cineport 10, 700 S. Telshor Blvd. Gallery, 1390 E. University Ave. Las 20th Century. Info: 575-538-3672. Ruidoso/Lincoln County at Hotel Encanto, 705 S. Telshor in Las Cruces. Daily narrative and Cruces. A visual journaling work- Sam Madan — 6:30 at the Buck- Vines in the Pines — noon-6 p.m. Drive, Las Cruces. Held in conjunc- documentary shorts, feature-length shop. Info: 575-646-2545. horn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos at the Ruidoso Convention Center, tion with the 2018 Western Pecan narrative films and documentary Altos. Info: 210-247-4000. 111 Sierra Blanca Drive, Ruidoso. Growers Conference, results and features. Also workshops and SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Birds, butterflies and dragon- Wine from New Mexico wineries samples of entries will be displayed panels are featured. Info: LasCru- Silver City/Grant County flies of Southwest New Mexico: while you shop through more than Monday, March 5 from 9 a.m.-5 cesFilmFest.com. Tommyknocker10 — 8 a.m.-6 Where and when to find them 30 local vendors with handmade p.m. Info: www.westernpecan.org. Feed Your Mind Seminar: “The p.m. starting at Fort Bayard. A 10- — 7 p.m. Western New Mexico goodies, crafts and more. Info: Fine Art of Craft Beer” — 5:30-7 hour mountain bike race/relay that University, Harlan Hall Room 219, 575-257-7395. TUESDAY, MARCH 6 p.m. (with refreshments starting at can be done as solo, duo or team. at the corner of 12th and Alabama Las Cruces/Mesilla 4:30) at the Doña Ana County Arts Info: ziarides.com/event-register/ streets. Southwestern New Mexico Alamogordo/Otero County Paul Schranz, a Retrospective of & Cultural Center, at the Bulletin tommyknocker10/. Audubon Society program with COPE Benefit Legends of Song & his Work — 7 p.m. at the South- Plaza, 1740 Avenida de Mercado, March Book Sale with the Tony Godfrey who studies and Dance II— 7-10 p.m. at The Flick- west Environmental Center, 275 N. Suites B-D. Dr. Stuart Munson Friends of the Silver City Public photographs all forms of wildlife. inger Center of Performing Arts, Main St. in Las Cruces. Preston Art McGee is the presentor. Info: www. Library Bookstore — 10 a.m.-2 Info: [email protected]. 1110 New York Ave. Info: films@ Center director Schranz is present- daarts.org. p.m. at the FOL Bookstore, 1510 Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is flickingercenter.com. ing a photography retrospective Panel Discussion: Considering Market St, Silver City, in the big Announced” — 7:30 p.m. at the with the Doña Ana Photography Contemporary Art — 5:30-6:30 yard on Market Street across from Penney Playhouse, 405 Bullard St. Las Cruces/Mesilla Club. Info: www.daphotoclub.org. p.m. at the NMSU Art Gallery, 1390 Cheyenne Street. Info: folsilver- in Silver City. A Silver City Com- 19th Annual Cowboy Days — all “Scarlet” with Ballet 5:8 — 7 E. University Ave. Las Cruces. Info: [email protected]. munity Theatre production. Info: day at the Farm & Ranch Museum, p.m. at the New Mexico State Uni- 575-646-2545. One Million Bones project — 10 575-313-6883. 4100 Dripping Springs Road in Las versity Atkinson Recital Hall. Ballet Cruces. Info: 75-522-4100. adaptation of “The Scarlet Letter,” Alamogordo/Otero County “That’s Them! My all-time favor- performed by a Chicago dance Launch Pad Lecture: We’re Gon- ite band in pictures”— 1-2 p.m. company. Info: 315-725-4752. na Do What? Bizarre Rescues in at the NMSU Art Gallery, 1390 Space — 9 a.m. at the New Mexi- E. University Ave. Las Cruces. A co Museum of Space History. visual journaling workshop. Info: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 575-646-2545. Silver City/Grant County Ruidoso/Lincoln County Melissa A. Murphy book signing “NASA Images: What is Revealed The World-Famous Popovich — 1-3 p.m. at Spirit Winds Coffee of Our World and the Cosmos” Comedy Pet Theater — 7-9 p.m. Bar, 2260 S. Locust St., Las Cru- Lunch & Learn — WNMU, Global at the Spencer Theater for the Per- ces. Murphy will be signing copies Resource Center, ABC Room, N. forming Arts, 108 Spencer Road, of her first book, “Like Mother, Kentucky and W. 12th streets, Alto. Info: 575-336-4800. NOT Like Daughter.” Info: msmelis- Silver City. Program with Fred Fox. [email protected]. Info: 575-538-6835. Las Cruces/Mesilla Poetry Slam — 7-10 p.m. (doors Intro to the Film Industry seminar “Middletown”— 8 p.m. at the open at 6 p.m.) at Art Obscura, — 6-9 p.m. at WNMU, 1,000 W. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. 3206 Harrelson St. Las Cruces. College Ave. Silver City. Faith Las Cruces. New play exploring the Competitive event organized by Hibbs-Clark with Good Faith universe of a small American town. NMSU’s English Graduate Student Casting presentation. Info: www. Info: 575-623-1223. Organization. Info: stockwel@ goodfaithcasting.com. nmsu.edu. SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Classic Film Series – “One Flew Las Cruces/Mesilla Silver City/Grant County Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” — 7 p.m. Las Cruces International Film Fort Bayard Walking Tours — at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Festival — 7 p.m. at Cineport 10 9:30 a.m. starting at the Fort Ba- Main St. info: www.riograndethe- at Mesilla Valley Mall in Las Cruces. yard Museum, Building 26 on the atre.org. Festival kicks off with “Rose” a west side of the Parade Ground. film starring Cybill Shepherd, Pam Info: 575-388-4477. SUNDAY, MARCH 4 Greer and James Brolin. Info: Las- Peter & Andrew Dahl-Bredine Silver City/Grant County CrucesFilmFest.com. — 6:30 at the Buckhorn Saloon, Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Info: 210- Announced” — 2:30 p.m. at the THURSDAY, MARCH 8 247-4000. Penney Playhouse, 405 Bullard St. Silver City/Grant County Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher appears March 2 at the Silver Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is in Silver City. A Silver City Com- Winter Film Series: “Salt of the City Public Library. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 35 a.m.-4 p.m. at Bear Mountain Las Cruces International Film Lodge, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Festival — 10 a.m.-9 p.m. at Road in Silver City. The public is Cineport 10, 700 S. Telshor Blvd. invited to gather and help carry in Las Cruces. Daily narrative and handcrafted ceramic bones to the documentary shorts, feature-length meadow where they will lay for narrative films and documentary eternity. Info: 575-538-2538. features. Also workshops and Native Plant Pre-Sale — 10 panels are featured. Info: LasCru- a.m.-1 p.m. at the WNMU ABC cesFilmFest.com. Room in the Besse-Forward Global Buffalo Roast Fundraiser: Mesa Resource Center on the corner of of Sorrows presentation — Din- 12th and Kentucky streets in Silver ner at 5:30 p.m., program at 7 City. Gila Native Plant Society p.m. held at the New Mexico Farm members will be on hand to help and Ranch Heritage Museum. The decide which plants work best in program is about the archaeology, the yard. Orders can also be made history and ghosts of Awat’ovi on line. Info: www.gilanps.org. Pueblo presented by James F. Missy & Heine Andersen — 7:30 Brooks. The fundraiser supports at the Pinos Altos Opera House, Human Systems Research, Inc. 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Timeless Info: 575-524-9456. blues. Info: 210-247-4000. SUNDAY, MARCH 11 Truth or Consequences/ Daylight Savings Time Begins Sierra County The Chili Cook-Off in Pie Town March 17 is a fundraiser for Fire and EMS services. Second Saturday Art Hop — Alamogordo/Otero County 6-9 p.m. in Downtown Truth or The Art of Wine at Heart of the Consequences. Info: promotions@ Desert — 1-4 p.m. at 7288 U.S. torcmainstreet.org. Highway 54/70 between Tularo- Hungrytown, folk duo — 7 p.m. sa and Alamogordo. Supervised atYankie-Texas the crossroads of Yankie & Texas StreetsART in Historic DISTRICT Downtown Silver City in the Courtyard at La Paloma acrylic painting on canvas while Hot Springs and Spa in Truth or enjoying Heart of the Desert wine. Consequences. Free concert. Info: Info: 575-434-0035. 575-894-3148. Las Cruces/Mesilla Deming/ Luna County Las Cruces International Film Tranquil Buzz Festival — 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at Blue Dome Gallery Camp Furlong Day/Cabalgata Co ee House 575-538-2538 Binacional — 10:30 a.m.-all day Cineport 10, 700 S. Telshor Blvd. in Seedboat Gallery 112 W. Yankie Downtown: 214 W. Yankie in Columbus at various locations. Las Cruces. Closing day, viewing [email protected] urs – Sat & Mon, 11-5 Gallery & Studio of all award-winning films. Info: 534-1136 at 307 N. Texas St. Festivities, lectures and reenact- Wed-Sat 11am-5pm or by appt 106 W. Yankie LasCrucesFilmFest.com. e Lodge: Daily 9-5 ments in recognition of the Pancho at 60 Bear Mt. Ranch Rd. 303-916-5045 Villa raid on Columbus in 1916. Info: 575-531-2711. MONDAY, MARCH 12 Stars in the Parks: Rockhound Silver City/Grant County State Park — Sunset 6:25 p.m., Widowed and Single Persons program start 7:35 p.m. at Rock- of Grant County — 10:30 a.m. Mariah’s Copper hound State Park. Presenter Mike at Cross Point Assembly of God, LOIS DUFFY STUDIO Quail Gallery FINN’S GALLERY 11600 U.S. Highway 180 E. The 211-C N. Texas St., 211A N. Texas Corner of Yankie Nuss leads star watching as Sirius Silver City and Canopus transits and Androm- speakers are Rebecca Dow and www.loisdu y.com 388-2646 & Arizona 575-313-9631 Tues- urs & Sunday 11-4, Open urs-Sunday eda is setting. Info: www.astro-npo. Howie Morales. All singles are Friday 11-5, Sat. 10-5, N SA R A S R A IN M N Closed Mondays 406-790-0573 org. welcome. Info: 575-537-3643. Woodcut Design w/Phillip Parotti Las Cruces/Mesilla — 5-7 p.m. at Leyba & Ingalls Creating Better Photographs Arts, 315 N. Bullard St., Silver City. — 9 a.m.-noon at the Southwest Two-day workshop, second day is Environmental Center, 275 N. Main Wednesday. Info: www.leybaingal- St. in Las Cruces. Workshop on sarts.com/classes. Silver Smiles improving photographs through composition, lighting, rules of pho- TUESDAY, MARCH 13 tography and when to break them Las Cruces/Mesilla Dr. Caytlyn Foy Bonura with the Doña Ana Photography Story Slam at Becks — 7 p.m. Club. Info: www.daphotoclub.org. at Beck’s Roasting House &
• Family Dentistry • Teeth Whitening • Root Canal treatment • Extractions • Children’s Dentistry • Dental Crowns & Fillings • Replacement Teeth • Porcelain Veneers • Accepts most PPO Dental Ins. Silver Smiles 575-534-3699 Mon. - Fri., 8AM - 5PM, CLOSED WED. Silversmilesdental.com [email protected] Caytlyn Bonura, DDS Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is Announced,” performances are at 1608 N. Bennett St., Silver City, NM the Silver City Penney Playhouse March 2-4.
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Creamery, 130 N. Mesquite St. Las Pie Town/Catron County Rocks State Park. Three days of Cruces. Info: 575-556-9850. Chili Cook-Off — 1 p.m. at Pie fighting for the dominion of the Silk Town Fire and EMS. Fundraiser Road with the Society for Creative WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 for EMS and fire departments. Top Anachronism. Info: sca-lascruces. Truth or Consequences/ prize $100. Info: 575-772-2666. org. Sierra County Mountain Aire Folk Music — 6-9 Hungrytown, folk duo — 7 p.m. Las Cruces/Mesilla p.m. at Diane’s Parlor, 510 N. in the Courtyard at La Paloma Las Cruces Arts Fair — 10 a.m.-5 Bullard St. in Silver City. Info: 575- Hot Springs and Spa in Truth or p.m. at the Las Cruces Convention 534-9911. Consequences. Free concert. Info: Center. Fine art venders and var- 575-894-3148. ious activities and drawings. Info Alamogordo/Otero County Concert Band of the Southwest www.daarts.org. Kevin Johnson-Ventriloquist/ — 7 p.m. at Cobre High School Comedian — 7-10 p.m. at The Auditorium, 1300 Tom Foy Blvd., SUNDAY, MARCH 18 Flickinger Center of Performing Bayard. Features Roman Chip, Las Cruces/Mesilla Arts, 1110 New York Ave. Info: soloist on alto saxophone. Info: Las Cruces Arts Fair — 10 a.m.-4 [email protected]. 575-388-7874. p.m. at the Las Cruces Convention Center. Fine art venders and var- SATURDAY, MARCH 24 Casting agent Faith Hibbs-Clark leads an introduction to the film Alamogordo/Otero County ious activities and drawings. Info Silver City/Grant County industry seminar in Silver City March 7. Wine Down Wednesday at Heart www.daarts.org. Siege of the City: The Silk Road of the Desert — 6-9 p.m. at 7288 Hall at WNMU, on the corner of Contra Dance with Southern The Havana Quintet — 7 p.m. 2018 — All day at the City of U.S. Highway 54/70 between 12th and Alabama streets. A Gila New Mexico Music and Dance at First Christian Church, 1809 Rocks State Park. Three days of Tularosa and Alamogordo. Papa Native Plant Society presentation — 7:30-10:30 p.m. at the Mesilla El Paseo Road in Las Cruces. A fighting for the dominion of the Silk Jim’s Cook Shack on site providing by Hanna Blood. Info: gilanative@ Community Center, 2251 Calle de Mesilla Velley Jazz & Blues Society Road with the Society for Creative dinner options, Cheri Chandler gmail.com. Santiago, Mesilla. The Big Ditch concert. Info: 575-640-8752. Anachronism. Info: sca-lascruces. performing piano classics. Info: Crickets from Silver City will be org. 575-434-0035. Ruidoso/Lincoln County playing, and lively Lewis Land from TUESDAY, MARCH 20 Pottery Sale — 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cheech and Chong live at the Inn Carlsbad will be calling. Beginners Ruidoso/Lincoln County at 204 N. Bullard in Downtown FRIDAY, MARCH 16 of the Mountain Gods — 8-10 and newcomers are welcome. Info: Tuesday Night Bouldering at Bo- Silver City next to the Pink Store. Silver City/Grant County p.m. at 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, 575-522-1691. nita Park — 6-9 p.m. at the Bonita WNMU’s clay department holds its Hungrytown, folk duo — 6 p.m. Mescalero. Info: innofthemountain- Park Events Center at the south- 13th Annual Friends of Clay sale. at the Silver City Public Library, 515 gods.com. SATURDAY, MARCH 17 west corner of the intersection of Info: 575-313-7278. W. College Ave., Silver City. Re- Silver City/Grant County Highways 37 and 48 on Ballpark Silver Art Walk — 3-7 p.m. becca Hall and Ken Anderson have Las Cruces/Mesilla Permaculture Silver City — 1-3 Loop. Info: 575-336-4404. throughout downtown Silver City earned a reputation for quality and Las Cruces Arts Fair — 5-8 p.m. p.m. at the Commons, 501 E. 13th and in the back streets as well. authenticity in their songwriting and at the Las Cruces Convention Cen- St. in Silver City. Info: permacul- Las Cruces/Mesilla Info: [email protected]. performances. Info: 575-538-3672. ter. Fine art venders and various [email protected]. Doña Ana Photography Club “Wildly Cultivating” a native activities and drawings. Info www. Words and Music — 2-4 p.m. at Photo Competition — 7 p.m. Alamogordo/Otero County plant garden — 7 p.m. at Harlan daarts.org. Tranquilbuzz Coffee House, 112 at the Southwest Environmental CHINS Fun Run — 9 a.m.- 1:30 Yankie St. Event features au- Center, 275 N. Main St. in Las p.m. begins at the Fraternal Order thors Robert Froese and Leonore Cruces. Photos will be judged and of Eagles, 471 24th St., Alamogor- Hildebrandt, followed by open mic discussed and monthly theme “Un- do. All modes of transportation are for words and music. Info: sigrid- derexposed” will be shared. Info: welcome. Info: 575-921-3602. [email protected]. www.daphotoclub.org. Stars in the Parks: City of Rocks Ruidoso/Lincoln County Bear Creek State Park — Sunset 7:18 p.m., THURSDAY, MARCH 22 Robert Early Keen — 7 at the Spencer Theater of the Performing program start 8:30 p.m. at City of Silver City/Grant County Motel & Cabins Arts, Alto. Info: 575:336-4800. Rocks. Presenter Bill Nigg leads Siege of the City: The Silk Road star watching as Sirius and Ca- 2018 — Begins at the City of nopus transits and Andromeda is Rocks State Park. Three days of SUNDAY, MARCH 25 setting. Info: www.astro-npo.org. fighting for the dominion of the Silk Silver City/Grant County Road with the Society for Creative Siege of the City: The Silk Road Alamogordo/Otero County Anachronism. Info: sca-lascruces. 2018 — All day at the City of Sertoma Top O’ the Mornin’ 5k org. Rocks State Park. Three days of Run & Walk — 8-11 a.m. begins “Two on Tap” — WNMU Fine Arts fighting for the dominion of the Silk Fabulous getaway nestled in the tall pines of Pinos Altos at the corner of First St. and Scenic Theater Center, 1,000 W. College Road with the Society for Creative •Fireplaces • Secluded Balconies Drive. Packet pick up is March 16 Ave. Silver City. Presented by the Anachronism. Info: sca-lascruces. • Porches from noon to 5 p.m. at Bank 34, Grant County Community Concert org. 500 E. 10th St. Alamogordo, in the • Telephone & WiFi Association with two performers Community Room downstairs. Info: reinvigorating classic song and Alamogordo/Otero County • Satellite TV 575-491-2568. dance genre. Info: 575-538-5862. Bataan Memorial Death March • Barbeque Grill St. Patrick’s Day Showcase — — Held at White Sands Missile • Hot Tub in Cabana noon-4 p.m., at the Civic Center, Las Cruces/Mesilla Range. A 26.2-mile course hon- • Meeting Room 800 E. First St. in Alamogordo. Feed Your Mind Seminar: “Im- oring the soldiers who defended • Cabins with Kitchens are available Shop from local businesses enjoy- pressionism” — 5:30-7 p.m. (with the Philippines at the outbreak of ing life music, cocktail and a snack World War II. Info: bataanmarch. • Gift Shop • Pet Friendly • Venue for Events refreshments starting at 4:30) at the station. Info: ashtriahackworth3@ Doña Ana County Arts & Cultural com. gmail.com. Center, at the Bulletin Plaza, 1740 Classy Glass at Heart of the The Pink Follies — 7-10 p.m. at Avenida de Mercado, Suites B-D. Desert — 1-4 p.m. at 7288 U.S. Gerald Champion Regional Medical Kathleen Key is the presenter. Info: Highway 54/70 between Tularo- Center. Info: [email protected]. www.daarts.org. sa and Alamogordo. Supervised enamel painting on wine glasses FRIDAY, MARCH 23 and bottles while enjoying Heart of the Desert wine. 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Send a resume and letter of interest to Richard oltharp, 1 0 A alle de Mercado, Las ruces NM 8800 , or email to richard lascrucesbulletin.com Folk duo Hungrytown can be heard in Truth or Consequences at Las Palomas Hot Springs Resort and Spa March 10 and 14, then at the Silver City Public Library on March 16. DESERT EXPOSURE MARCH 2018 • 37
HIGH PLACES continued from page 25 over 300 reportedly there. with artwork that wasn’t good Seeing these ancient artworks enough. Someone should look always makes me wonder: Why into that. did they do that? Were they If you go, check out the web- bored? Were they recording site first. It tells all about the stories for future generations? whereabouts of the trailheads, Were they communicating with available amenities and opening other tribes coming through at hours. different times? Was everyone As always: Enjoy the trails! allowed to do art or was the task reserved for certain indi- Of German viduals? In that case I person- origin, ally know a few people these Gabriele Teich days who would have snuck out has called and done ‘forbidden’ art. The Las Cruces urge for self-expression can be her home for strong. Luckily we have other almost 20 media today and don’t need to years — and find some dark rocks to chisel loved every minute of it, designs on. On the other hand hiking the mountains in the I doubt that the paintings on immediate surrounding area canvas or paper done today will and all over this beautiful still be around in a couple hun- state. In this historic photo, military personnel are seen moving “Jumbo” to Trinity Site. What remains can dred years – unless they are true still be seen at Trinity Site today. (Photo courtesy National Park Service) master pieces and make their way into a museum. So maybe Mesilla Book Center • Books about the West, Mexico, horses, TUMBLEWEEDS • CATHY HARPER that’s what we see at the Petro- cowboys, Native Americans & More glyph National Monument, too. • Children’s books & Toys A museum of their best piec- • Gifts & more ‘Some of the best books never make the bestseller lists’ es. And what happened to all On the Plaza • (575) 526-6220 Hit the Road to Trinity Site the other pieces? Maybe they simply overturned the rocks Tue-Sat 11 am-5:30 pm Motor coach Tour April 7 Sun 1 pm-5 pm, Closed Mon
n July 16, 1945, a tre- Saturday in April and again on um’s marketing department or Fountain Theatre mendous explosion in the first Saturday in October. online, and include the round Featuring the best independent, foreign and documentary films in the southwest! Othe New Mexico desert White Sands Missile Range hosts trip to Trinity Site, guided tour, marked the beginning of the end the annual events because this brownbag lunch, and guided March 2018 March 2-8: I, Tonya March 30-April 5: In Between of World War II. The world’s first national historic site is on the tour of the museum,. The tick- **NOTE: Saturday, Mar. 31 no matinee; atomic bomb was detonated on north end of the normally highly et price is $75 per person, or March 9-15: Phantom Thread Hebrew & Arabic w/ subtitles that day at Trinity Site, on the restricted range. Special inter- $65 for museum members. To March 16-22: Call Me By Your Name north end of what is now White pretation at the site is provided reserve tickets or for more in- March 23-29: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Sands Missile Range. by Missile Range staff. All visi- formation, call 575-437-2840 ext. Thursday, Mar. 29 1:30 matinee, no evening show The New Mexico Museum tors must have government is- 41132 or visit nmspacemuseum. of Space History hosts a motor sued photo identification, such org. 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla • www.mesillavalleyfilm.org • (575) 524-8287 coach tour to the site each April as a driver’s license or passport. and October as part of a fund- “If you’ve never been to Trini- raiser for its Foundation. Mu- ty Site, this is the way to travel. seum volunteer and renowned On the coach, you’ll be able to local historian Pete Eidenbach enjoy the trip comfortably and will accompany guests on the learn about the bomb and Trin- coach, giving an in-depth talk on ity Site from our guest travel the bomb and its history, along guide Pete Eidenbach,” said Mu- with unique insight into local seum Executive Director Chris history. Once on site, guests en- Orwoll. The roughly 140 mile joy a brown bag lunch, visit to round trip from Alamogordo to the McDonald House and go on Trinity Site crosses through a a walking tour of Trinity Site. large area of White Sands Mis- On the way back, guests enjoy sile Range. There are no facil- a special onboard showing of ities and no stopping along the Trinity: The Atomic Bomb Mov- route once the caravan has left ie. Once at the museum, guests Tularosa, although the muse- will be treated to a guided tour um’s motor coach does have on- to wind up the day. board restrooms. Trinity Site is open to the pub- Limited advance tickets are lic twice each year, on the first on sale now through the muse-
TUESDAY, MARCH 27 refreshments starting at 4:30) at Silver City/Grant County the Doña Ana County Arts & Cul- Second Annual President’s tural Center, at the Bulletin Plaza, Chamber Music Series: Featuring 1740 Avenida de Mercado, Suites Willy Sucre and Friends — 7 p.m. B-D. Kathleen Key is the presenter. at Light Hall Theater, WNMU. Info: Info: www.daarts.org. 575-538-6469. SUNDAY, APRIL 1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 Silver City/Grant County Alamogordo/Otero County “Mind Over Matter” exhibit Wine Down Wednesday at Heart opens — 5-7 p.m. at Common of the Desert — 6-9 p.m. at 7288 Ground, 102 W. Kelly St. in Silver U.S. Highway 54/70 between City. Artists Luanne Brooten and Tularosa and Alamogordo. Papa Paula Geisler featured in exhibit Jim’s Cook Shack on site providing through May 1. Info: 575-534- dinner options, Noisy Water Band 2087. performing Blue Grass. Info: 575- 434-0035. TUESDAY, APRIL 3 1515 W. AMADOR • 575-523-9595 “We are dedicated to providing you with the fi nest products and Ruidoso/Lincoln County MON. - FRI. 8 A.M. - 6 P.M. • SAT. 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. service in the industry. Stop in, meet our staff, and explore our “Amazing Grace” — 7-9 p.m. at WWW.CASEYCARPETOFLASCRUCES.COM beautiful selection of fl oor and window covering options!” THURSDAY, MARCH 29 Gina Hoff man Schweinebraten Las Cruces/Mesilla the Spencer Theater for the Per- Vice President forming Arts, 108 Spencer Road, Casey Carpet of Las Cruces, Inc. Feed Your Mind Seminar: “Im- *% OFF discount applies to materials only on select items; cushion, labor, installation charges, freight and delivery are additional. All offers are for retail only; no contract/commercial. Prior orders exempt. See store for details on all offers and warranties. Offer expires 3/31/18. Participating stores only. Prices shown are for materials only; cushion, labor and installation charges are additional. Not all merchandise is available in all stores. Photos are representational only. Actual merchandise may not exactly match pressionism” — 5:30-7 p.m. (with Alto. Info: 575-336-4800. photos shown. Although we make every effort to ensure that our advertising is accurate, we cannot be held liable for typographical errors or misprints. **Financing provided by Synchrony Bank. See store for details. Subject to credit approval. FAME-40082. 10/16. 38 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
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LIVING ON WHEELS • SHEILA SOWDER Back to Nature, Close to Home
he suggestion for this arti- cle came from Carol Czu- Tjko, owner of Soul River Studio, an art gallery in down- town Silver City that also features unique home décor and distinc- tive jewelry and accessories. Car- ol occasionally escapes the stress of daily life by heading for an iso- Cowboy Action Shooting provides featured entertainment at lated little campground within an Cowboy Days. (Courtesy Photo) easy drive from home. “Sometimes I need to cater to COWBOY preciation Society Interna- my introspective side,” she told continued from page 33 tional Chili Cook-Off, which me. “And there are so many rus- debuted last year, will return tic campgrounds right here in our activities. for both days. Tasting for the area.” Enchantment Historical Pro- public is from 2-3 p.m. on Sat- After hunkering down for the ductions performs a gunfight urday, and from 1-2 p.m. on winter, many RVers might be re-enactment each day at 11 Sunday (or until the chili runs yearning for a little adventure a.m. The shows, which feature out), and the cost for the sam- about now, a change of scenery. authentic firearms with blanks, ples is $5. The money raised Whether you’re snow birds who portray both historical events on Saturday will benefit the can’t head back to your summer and dime novel drama. The Friends of the Museum, and the base yet, or fulltimers who live group also produces The Amer- funds raised on Sunday benefit permanently in the area, or may- ican Fashion Show, illustrating Broken Promises, a non-profit be just occasional RVers, you feel the evolution of fashion from organization seeking to end pet the need to get away from civiliza- colonial times through the 20th animal overpopulation in Las tion for a while without having to Century, and, “Daniel F. Beat- Cruces and Doña Ana County. drive too far from your base. One ty: Purveyor of Pump Organs, About 20 competitors from of the best resources for a near- Great RV parking locations can be found at Rockhound State Clocks, and Sewing.” Skits will New Mexico and Texas are ex- to-home wilderness experience is Park (pictured) as well as at City of Rocks and Pancho Villa State be in the museum’s Theater pected for the sanctioned chili the New Mexico State Parks. Park. (Photo by Sheila Sowder) each day. cook-off. There are at least seven state of the rocks they find. eW stopped campsites (with water), some The cowboy musical per- The New Mexico Farm & parks with overnight RV ac- at the visitors’ center and found seemingly tucked right beneath formers include Eddy Harrison, Ranch Heritage Museum is lo- commodations within a two- more information about rocks overhanging rock formations. Kenny Arroyos, Voz Vaqueros cated at 4100 Dripping Springs hour drive from most points in than we’d bargained for, includ- If a campsite can be considered and Tom Foster Morris. Ollie Road in Las Cruces. For more the Desert Exposure coverage ing the fact that Rockhound was charming, these definitely quali- Reed, Stephen Zimmer and information, call 575-522- area. Whether you’re looking the first park in the United States fy. And imagine the otherworld- Tom Estes of the Western Writ- 4100 or visit www.nmfarman- for a weekend experience or the to allow collecting of rocks and ly experience of being among ers of America also will be on dranchmuseum.org. The mu- maximum two weeks stay, for minerals for personal use. Out- the boulders on a moonlit night. hand to talk about their books seum is a division of the New variety, natural settings, nearby side the center is a lovely Native Would I be brave enough to wan- and sell and sign copies. Mexico Department of Cultural outdoor activities, and the sen- Plant Demonstration Garden that der around in the dark? Probably The Cowboy Days Chili Ap- Affairs. sation of wilderness camping, I vowed to revisit when the plants not, but the more adventurous it’s hard to beat our state parks. are in bloom. would certainly enjoy a mystical SPACE And talk about cheap! New Mex- We drove on up into the RV meander through the shadows. continued from page 33 ico seniors can buy a year-long Park and were impressed with The RV park itself is built on NM State Parks camping pass the layout — so much privacy, a various levels, which gives it a use the downtown plaza, shar- for $100 ($180 for non-senior in- small shelter on each site. Lovely certain whimsical feeling that ing with the International Fair state; $225 for out-of-state). With landscaping. Then we reached the matches the atmosphere of the in the morning and spreading the pass, your camping site rang- top site. OH MY GOD!! The view!! rocks. Full hookups on many of to the full plaza in the after- es from free for a primitive site to A backdrop of the Little Flori- the sites, restrooms and showers. noon, Firth said. $8 a night for full amenities. da Mountains, and a vista that Good views of the rocks and of While Las Cruces Space Fes- But before extolling the praises includes the Cobre Mountains, the surrounding desert. tival organizers are ensuring of what seemed to be the perfect Burro Mountains, Victoria Moun- Obviously, the main attractions core activities for the event, get-away, I thought I’d better take tains, and others. I could imagine are hiking through and climbing they invite interested busi- a first-hand look. So, husband sitting outside my RV, sipping a over the rocks. However, there’s nesses, organizations and indi- Jimmy and I set off to explore cold drink, and watching a spec- also excellent mountain biking, viduals with ideas for shows, Pancho Villa, Rockhound, and tacular sunset. Heavenly! birding, and wildlife viewing. displays and exhibits to partic- City of Rocks, all within 90 min- For those campers that want Occasionally an astronomy club ipate. utes of both Silver City and Las more than to sit and gaze at the comes out on a moonless Sat- “So, people can join in if they Cruces, all with RV sites, but each view, there are hiking trails, lots urday night, sets up large tele- want to,” Firth said. “If they totally different in setting and am- of wildlife to spy on, interpretive scopes, and invites the public to want to say, ‘I want to set up an Jonathan Firth biance. and educational programs, and a stargazing adventure. Watch the art show,’ or ‘I want to do this,’ South of Columbus, on NM-11 occasional special events. For Desert Exposure event listings then they can. if you would like to join let us a few of miles from the border even more stunning scenery, the for dates and times. “We are not going to define know.” crossing, Pancho Villa State Park Spring Canyon Recreational Area And here’s an idea. Do you everything that happens. We Email the Las Cruces Space commemorates an attack by this at the south end of the park pro- have a few months available? are going to throw the doors Festival at [email protected] Mexican general back in 1918. vides another area for hiking and Want to perform a public ser- open and say these are the op- for information or visit www. Why is this the only state park to picnicking. vice while enjoying a free stay portunities, these are the dates, lcspacefestival.com. be named after an enemy military We finally tore ourselves away at a unique spot? All our state leader? Find out at the well-orga- from Rockhound, got a little parks need camp hosts to greet nized park museum. Dubbed “a lost on the way back to Deming arriving campers and give them jewel in the desert” in one of its (okay, full disclosure, we ended information, for which they re- reviews, the park is accentuated up by Akela Flats on Highway 10, ceive a free campsite. If you’re Spay / Neuter Awareness Program throughout by an assortment of so watch those road signs), and interested, check out the emnrd. desert plants that attract a large headed up 180 to City of Rocks state.nm website. Financial Assistance for Low-Income Pet variety of birds and butterflies. It State Park. As we turned onto Owners in Grant, Catron, and Hidalgo Counties features RV sites with water and Highway 61 and approached the Sheila and electricity, restrooms and show- park, it didn’t look all that impres- husband, 388-5194 ers, gardens, playground, and sive, a bunch of large boulders Jimmy Sowder, plenty of hiking trails. congregated on a square mile of have lived at or 297-9734 Driving north on NM-11, we the Chihuahuan desert. But the Rose Valley turned east onto Rockhound closer one gets, the more awe- RV Ranch in in Mimbres 519-2762 Road (SR-141) about 5 miles some it becomes. Large sculp- Silver City for email: [email protected] south of Deming. Another nine tured rock formations, some as four years following five years miles and we turned into Rock- high as 40 feet, formed by volca- of wandering the US from www.snap-sw-nm.org hound State Park, known pri- nos over 30 million years ago. Maine to California. She can marily as the place amateur rock Around the circumference of be contacted at sksowder@aol. Sponsored by Diane’s Restaurant hunters can keep up to 15 pounds the main grouping of rocks are com. 40 • MARCH 2018 www.desertexposure.com
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