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7 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • Back Up, Look Again 38 ORGANIC BYTES • Malware Alert Is our judgement fair? By Elva K. Österreich Email warnings could be scams by Steve Chiang 7 LETTERS • Reaction Time Thoughts from our readers 39 CYCLES OF LIFE • Young Again Cycling can take you back to your youth 8 DESERT DIARY • Misunderstood by Fr. Gabriel Rochelle God, fatherhood and a visit to the doctor 40 RAILROAD DAYS • Celebrate Trains 10 DESERT WARS • Cowboy Action Las Cruces museum events May 6, 7 Shooting competition pits New Mexico against Arizona 43 RED OR GREEN • Dining Guide Restaurants in southwest New Mexico 10 LAUNDRY • Poetry Corner A visit to the laundromat by Charles Scanlon 38 TABLE TALK • Grill 49 in Tularosa Restaurant and tap room adds flavor to town 11 CULTURAL RED • Fiber Arts by Jennifer Gruger DRUM Hubbard Museum show explores seeds, color and healing 46 DUALING WINE FESTS • Labor Day in Las Cruces LESSONS Weekend offers two brewing and imbibing events All Ages. 13 SILVER CITY DANCES • Blues & Bikes Festival Taj Mahal comes to Silver City 46 EVERYBODY WINS • Riding the Back Country All Styles. Horse adventure event raises money for Gila trails All Levels. 16 ARTS SCENE • Happenings LEARN THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR Area galleries get busy for spring 47 MANOUVERING ELDERDOM • Flowers and Motherhood THE MODERN DRUMMER. Hondo woman runs iris farm and raises child 17 ARTS EXPOSURE • Gallery Guide by Vivian Savitt CALL CAROLYN DORN: 575-313-3704 Area arts venues listed 46 WATER • From Faucet to Drain 19 MUSEUM TALK • New Mexico Women Grants received in three Otero County communities New exhibit at Silver City museum by Jan White by Joan E. 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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Back Up, Look Again Is our judgement fair? “I’ve looked at life from both sides now, Yet so many misunderstandings and dam- an ACLU survey said they do not feel com- Desert Exposure reserves the right to re- from win and lose, and still somehow ages are the result of profiling, from racial fortable traveling through a Border Patrol view, edit or refuse letters to the editor. In- it’s life’s illusions I recall. profiling to income profiling. If it is a normal checkpoint. clude your full name, city, state and phone I really don’t know life at all.” human thing to do, why are we looking over What is the point of all this? Just to look number. Only your name and city will appear From “Both Sides Now,” Joni Mitchell our shoulders afraid of officials? Why are again. When you look at someone, realize in print but we need to be able to verify the people spending time in jail because they are perceptions are only skin, or vehicle, deep. author. o you treat people differently, judg- a certain color or race or just wearing certain We need to allow ourselves a second guess, ing them by how they look, and what clothing? a peek beyond the stereotype, a moment of Postcards from the edge Dyou see? “When we have incomplete information, pause before reacting. Hosting travelers? Take them to your fa- Of course you do, supposing you are hu- stereotypes fill that void,” Jack Glaser, asso- vorite place in southern New Mexico and man. ciate dean of the School of Public Policy at A note about our letters catch them with a copy of Desert Exposure Profiling is what we do when we see the University of California, Berkeley, and an I apparently touched some nerves with and send it to us. Traveling? Whether you’re something (or smell it or feel it). It’s what expert in racial profiling and discrimination, my column last month, and “political cor- going to Nebraska, New England or Nepal, we have to go by to function in the outside told a “Discovery News” reporter. rectness” is a touchy subject. Now I fear snap a photo of yourself holding a copy of world. “There are these prevailing stereotypes usage of “racial profiling,” may bring more Desert Exposure and send it to me. Profiling is “the act or process of extrap- that blacks and Latinos are more prone to discussion. Honestly, I love it. The evidence olating information about a person based on crime and that enables people to make an in- that people actually read and think about the Address change known traits or tendencies,” according to ference about an individual because of they things in this paper, all I can say is thank you Our email is the same, editor@deser- Merriam-Webster. belong to.” for being there. texposure.com, but our physical mailing So when you see me driving a vehicle Everywhere you look, there is someone The views and opinions expressed in let- address has changed to Desert Exposure, that is worth $57,000, you make a judgement making statements about others making as- ters to the editor published by Desert Ex- 1740-A Calle de Mercado, Las Cruces, NM, about me. You treat me just a little bit differ- sumptions. A child with a permanent skin posure do not necessarily reflect those of 88005. Please submit letters, food shots and ently, your expectations about my behavior condition is constantly asked what is wrong Desert Exposure or its advertisers. It is the postcards to the email above or to the loca- shift just a little bit. The part about my actual with her. Is this a defect as a human being? responsibility of the reader to research facts/ tion above. car being in the shop because of an accident No, but it will quickly make her feel less than opinions expressed in the letters to the ed- and the insurance rental being a lucky “only other people. itor to form their own opinions from an in- Elva K. Österreich is vehicle we have left.” Does anyone say a word when I travel formed position. editor of Desert Exposure No wonder the woman in Dear Abby last through a border patrol station? Never. But We welcome letters to the editor includ- and delighted to be week hides her wealth from everyone she of the roughly 354,500 New Mexicans live ing your opinions and feedback regarding holding office hours in knows. within the 100-mile zone of the U.S.-Mexi- news, events and issues published here. Tra- Silver City on the second People have those expectations about co border, according to U.S. Census Bureau ditional letters to the editor offer an oppor- Wednesday of the month you based on how much money you have, data, 60 percent of the families in this re- tunity to start a new discussion, share your (May 11) from 10:30 a.m. what you wear, and yes, what color you are gion consider themselves Hispanic or Lati- opinions or provide information you believe to 12:30 p.m. at the Yankie Creek Coffee and what kind of lisp you have. no more than a quarter of respondents to is of interest to other readers. House. Please drop by and say hello. LETTERS

been dark skinned, they would to own up to their own bigotry. The claim that a person can- ters” (April issue), although the To fear or not have been slaughtered without A certain presidential candidate not be “illegal” but only actions rambling one denigrating Obama to fear hesitation. now hypocritically uses the term can be “illegal” is rather unper- was hard to take. But maybe you Mr. Neff could not just turn often, even though he also criti- suasive when it comes from can take a second look at your Editor the page and ignore the story, cizes other candidates as not be- those whose motive is simply to leading line, “If someone from It was disturbing to read a let- but here was a great chance to ing “true conservatives.” redefine language to suit a polit- another country walks across ter from Alan Neff in the April demean an educated person be- If you believe in the worth ical agenda. the border without permission, issue. He referred to an essay cause it was a woman and Afri- and dignity of all human beings Insofar as the term “alien” is what do you call them?” (A Little in the February issue and he can American, an easy target. regardless of their ethnicity, gen- concerned, it is not a matter of a Appropriate Language, Please). stated “If you can’t find anything Mr. Neff’s letter did not der, or sexual orientation, please dictionary definition. The term is I call them criminals, and more interesting or substantial change my opinion of well-writ- do not use this disgusting ex- a legal one, and the word “alien” what makes everyone think it’s to print than Gwendolyn Mintz’s ten articles, but it certainly gave pression, ever. And when you see just happens to be used in Unit- OK for them to supersede others self-righteous harangue … then a definitive picture of Mr. Neff. If anyone else using this or similar ed States statutory law, where it who have been waiting years and I suggest you suspend publica- I saw Mr. Neff coming down the pejorative phrases, just ignore is defined as “any person not a years to become legal citizens? tion.” street, I might be inclined to lock them as the narrow-minded big- citizen or national of the United By the way, as long as you are I had read the essay and all MY doors. ots they are. States.” quoting statistics, where are the thought her remarks were a pos- R. Cauthon Joni Kay Rose Lastly, I appreciate the guide ones that prove illegals boast itive addition to the issue. Many Las Cruces Silver City as to how to refer to people of a much greater propensity for minorities have suffered demean- various nationalities and races, committing misdemeanors and ing remarks, racial slurs and particularly since the column felonies in our country? Tell the outright actions of hatred. That Politically largely conflates race with eth- whole story, please. writer undoubtedly could have Splitting illegal nicity and confuses both with Alan Neff written about many instances correct nationality, all of which are dif- Silver City where racial hatred was directed hairs ferent. Thus, we have “Asian is to her and other minorities. is incorrect Editor OK but to be more specific, it The writer described events Editor While I had the pleasure of would be correct to append the Thank you that have created hardships I first encountered the phrase meeting Elva at a social gather- word American to an origin, as Editor for her, but she did not dwell “politically correct” about 40 ing recently, I was disappointed in Korean American and Indi- I loved your Editor’s Note- on those nor did she overstate years ago. It was meant as a to read her column in the April an American.” However, I am book on appropriate language. events that are everyday occur- joke then, though I never found issue as that column just contin- relieved to hear that “black” is I’ve never seen it laid out so rences even today. it funny and was pleased to see ues the left’s inexorable march now preferred to “African Amer- clearly before, and have to con- Yet, Mr. Neff made the state- it more or less disappear a few toward Orwellian Newspeak. ican,” as it allows me to be ac- fess I never knew exactly what ment “I’m very wary of Afri- years later. Unfortunately many In point of fact, the term “ille- curate and refer to a white who words to use that didn’t offend. can-Americans, too since they years later right-wing bigots gal immigrant” perfectly conveys emigrated to the United States Although I have been using “un- commit a grossly disproportion- somehow dug the expression up the meaning, and everyone un- from South Africa as an “Afri- documented immigrants” lately ate amount of violent crime.” and began using it sarcastical- derstands that it refers to some- can-American.” and am glad to know that’s OK. Where is the factual proof of his ly and pejoratively to put down one who either entered the coun- Peter A. Bookman And by the way, you were very statement? Remember the Okla- people who don’t agree with try in violation of law or who is Tucson brave to give a ride to “Johnny.” homa City bombing, Virginia their narrow-minded views. present in the country illegally. I haven’t been brave enough to Tech (an Asian shooter), Colum- It is a bigoted, nasty, sarcastic It makes no difference that the do that since picking up a cute bine, Newton, Conn., Charleston, expression now being used to former is a criminal offense and No apologies Scotsman with a guitar out of To- SC, Aurora, Colo., Sandy Hook, justify people’s prejudices when, the latter only a civil one. Both Editor ronto in 1969. and many more. like two of the letter writers in are infractions of law, and both You don’t need to apologize Sheila Sowder If the Bundy terrorists had the April issue, they don’t want constitute illegality. for reasonably controversial “let- Silver City 8 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com DESERT DIARY Stood up and misunderstood

PARABLE so he asks: “Do you know me?” to live.” on me.” blood, but it was a Typo. Geerichard shares a religious She replies, “I think you are “What?” the doctor said, just As the woman finishes her • I changed my iPod’s name to experience. the father of one of my children.” as surprised as we were. “He drink the woman to her right Titanic. It’s syncing now. One day God was looking He panics because he remem- must have misunderstood me. says “I would like to buy you a • Jokes about German sau- down at Earth and saw all of the bers the only time he was un- What I told him was, he’s so drink, too.” sage are the wurst. rascally retirees’ behavior that faithful to his wife. healthy he doesn’t have to see The old woman says “Thank • I know a guy who’s addicted was going on... “OMG” he says, “are you the me for another year.” you. Bartender, I want a Scotch to brake fluid, but he says he can So He called His angels and stripper at my bachelor party Needless to say, it’s been my with two drops of water.” stop any time. sent one to Earth for a time. who laid down on the pool table job to go with him to his doctor “Coming up,” says the bar- • I stayed up all night to see When the angel returned, he told and while my buddies watched, appointments ever since. tender. where the sun went, and then it God, ‘Yes, it is bad on Earth; 95 you and your friend covered me Unfortunately, on our last vis- As she finishes that drink, the dawned on me. percent of retirees are misbehav- with whip cream and then licked it, I had to excuse myself for a man to her left says “I would like • This girl said she recognized ing and only 5 percent are not. it off?” minute because I had to go “see to buy you one, too.” me from the vegetarian club, but God thought for a moment Eyes wide, the woman looked a man about a horse,” if you get The old woman says “thank I’m sure I’d never met herbivore. and said, “Maybe I had better at him and said “No, I’m your my drift. When I returned, my you. Bartender, I want another • When chemists die, they bar- send down a second angel to get son’s math teacher.” Dad was walking back into the Scotch with two drops of water.” ium. another opinion.” waiting area. “Coming right up” the bar- • I’m reading a book about an- So God called another angel VISITING “That was quick,” I observed. tender says. ti-gravity. I just can’t put it down. and sent her to Earth for a time. THE DOCTOR “Yeah, well,” my Dad an- As he gives her the drink, he • I did a theatrical perfor- When the angel returned, she Henry Duchene would be bet- swered. says “Ma’am, I’m dying of curi- mance about puns. It was a play went to God and said: ter off if he always went to the “What did the doctor say?” I osity. Why the Scotch with only on words. “Yes, it’s true. doctor with his dad. asked. two drops of water?” • Why were the Indians here “The Earth is in decline; 95 There’s two things my Dad “He said I had to start killing The old woman replies “Son- first? They had reservations. percent of retirees are misbe- does more now than he did when people.” ny, when you’re my age, You’ve • I didn’t like my beard at first. having, but 5 percent are being he was younger. One of them is “What the fudge?” I thought, learned how to hold your liquor... Then it grew on me. good.” go to the doctor, and when he only I wasn’t thinking “fudge.” Holding your water, however, is • Did you hear about the God was not pleased. goes to the doctor, I go with him, “He said you had to start kill- a whole other issue.” cross-eyed teacher who lost her So He decided to e-mail the 5 because he only hears about ev- ing people?” job because she couldn’t control percent who were good, because ery other word, and those miss- “Yes, but not in those exact LEXOPHILIA her pupils? he wanted to encourage them, ing words get him into trouble. words,” my father explained. “He Another delight from the • When you get a bladder in- and give them a little something The last time he saw the doctor told me to get rid of the stress in Packrat Out Back. fection, urine trouble. to help them keep going. by himself, my wife and I were my life. Same difference.” • How does Moses make tea? • Broken pencils are point- Do you know what the e-mail waiting for him in the room Hebrews it. less. said? I was just wondering, be- where old magazines go to die. JUST A DROP OR TWO • Venison for dinner again? • What do you call a dinosaur cause I didn’t get one either. He came back white as a ghost, The Packrat Out Back on the Oh deer! with an extensive vocabulary? A visibly shaken. scene, paying attention. • A cartoonist was found dead thesaurus. FATHERHOOD “What’s wrong, Dad?” my A lady goes to the bar on a in his home. Details are sketchy. • I dropped out of communism CAN BE TRICKY wife asked him, both of us con- cruise ship and orders a Scotch • I used to be a banker, but class because of lousy Marx. A word of caution from cerned. with two drops of water. As the then I lost interest. • All the toilets in New York’s Geerichard. “The doctor said I only have a bartender gives her the drink she • Haunted French pancakes police stations have been stolen. As a gent goes into a super- year to live,” he told us, his eyes says “I’m on this cruise to cele- give me the crêpes. The police have nothing to go on. market he notices a beautiful bugging out like Roger Rabbit’s. brate my 80th birthday and it’s • England has no kidney bank, • I got a job at a bakery be- woman who waves at him and “Oh, my God,” my wife said. today.” but it does have a Liverpool. cause I kneaded dough. says, “Hello.” I asked to see the doctor. The bartender says “Well, • I tried to catch some fog, but • Velcro - what a rip off! He’s rather taken aback be- “Doc,” I said, “my father said since it’s your birthday, I’ll buy I mist. • Don’t worry about old age; it cause he doesn’t recognize her, you told him he only has a year you a drink. In fact, this one is • They told me I had type-A doesn’t last.

POETRY CORNER • CHARLES J. SCANLON Lamentations from a Laundromat

Halved men, we fill my laundromat We use a hot water wash (not mine but for a few hours We circle Deserting After working hours weekly) Silently Forgotten, Rejected To wonder at our leisure Smells fresh as a public pool lock- Bearing our spilling split open guts Aged Silently entering this alien realm why our socks no longer fit er-room Looking not at the other’s and Aging Grimly, we do not separate our col- and no longer match Where eyes run red, while dry Bearing our own Outlaws all ors The Banished Where is that other sock now, We silent halved men wash clothes I recall when quite small The Branded CELEBRATING 12 YEARS where is its pair . . . amidst sideways glances A crucifix The Exile Await the passages of one to the Not a symbol of Triumph The traveler May I pair these two other But utter defeat The alien PILATESDANCING STONES STUDIO now unmatched Silently, without sight, courteously A sign of the Horror we do The immigrant 109 N. BULLARD • SILVER CITY without Before we ourselves pass The Son of Man, the We dare not look, drawing undue attention with loaded basket Prophet and the Prince Not one upon the other to my feet of balled up cloth of Peace, nonviolent We dare not regard A memento of how we One another’s shame-filled Its pair now forever separate May I cross your bow? Treat the God of Gentle Love Woundings entrapped by a shadowy fin Or await your stern wake? Within our Fallen State within an industrial washer I recall how the Cross Being halved men in or hidden within the dusty filter Once one loudly, a welder, Was a Sign of great Shame A laundromat • Pilates – at Any Age! of that large and noisome dryer Daring burst this sentence of soli- The Naked, pierced Body • Banish Back Pain tude A Horror to Behold We ask not why • Increase Bone Density Caught by the ineluctable, draco- Passed cooling cans We wash; we dry • Unfreeze That Neck and Shoulder nian of Beer Stabat Mater • Sculpt Abdominal Muscles inscrutable proceedings As life goes on • Look Taller and Slimmer – NOW! of this Court of Cleansing Yet I drive long home A shame unto which I dared We move on • RELAX! Melt Stress Alone Not to lift mine eyes, upon While yet we have breath • CONNECT – Mind and Body Halved men grim wash clothing And cannot imbibe Duet Packages and One-on-One Instruction alone such false solace We halved men, sentenced We complete the chore 575-534-1261 [email protected] Some pouring in immaculate jugs Within the Laundromat Then, ever alone Carol L. Watson-Brand of purifying bleach until Like Dante’s schismatics divided Widowed, Divorced, Separated We leave Fully Certified Pilates Instructor My laundromat and halved Deserted To the store . . . DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 9

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owboy Mounted Shooting compares. Between the adrena- comes to the Grant County line, the shooting family, and the CFairgrounds in May. challenge of every pattern, it truly The Borderland Pistoleros are makes you a better rider.” a mounted shooting club from Some, like Jesse Peters a mem- New Mexico, while the Tombstone ber since 2002, enjoy CMSA be- Ghost Riders reside in that famous cause “there are so many different Arizona town. The shootout is a levels of competition throughout a Cowboy Mounted Shooting Asso- one-day shoot. ciation event that will pit the New “But my favorite part is getting Mexicans against the Arizonans to meet great people all over the (along with shooters from other country,” Peters said. states, no doubt). It’s a compe- Tracy Kaden takes aim at a And a lot of people agree with tition so big it will carry right on balloon during a Cowboy Action Joyce McKinney a Senior Ladies 6 into Tombstone in September for Shooting event. (Photo by Mark competitor. a rematch. Quigley) “The camaraderie is amazing in The two day Border Wars com- this sport,” she said. “Your most petition takes place on May 21 and fierce competitor will be the first 22, in the Gila foothills of Cliff at one to lend you guns or a horse if the Grant County Fairgrounds David Kaden shows off his skills in Cowboy Action Shooting as he needed.” Arena. Admission is free for all prepares for Border Wars coming up in the town of Cliff May 21 and And of course, in addition to spectators. So bring the family 22. (Photo by Mark Quigley) improving your horsemanship and come watch what this excit- and making friends, there is also ing sport is all about. timed event in which competitors when it’s empty, and then drawing the bonus of winning money and On Saturday May 21, the first wearing two single action .45 cal- the other to complete the course. prizes. pistol shots will take place start- iber revolvers race against the The Cowboy Mounted Shooting You don’t have to be a horse ing at 10 a.m. followed by rifle and clock through a variety of course Association (CMSA) has a variety enthusiast to get caught up in the shotgun. Then on Saturday eve- patterns while firing at balloon of levels of competition for every- Robert Barnard of Las Cruces lure and attraction of the sport of ning there will be a special top 10 targets. one, ranging from novice levels to demonstrates pistol action in Cowboy Mounted Shooting. We shootout, with the top 10 shooters Each revolver is loaded with the seasoned professional. Chavez County. (Photo by Am- encourage guests and spectators from each state battling it out for five rounds of specially prepared There is a Men’s Division, a ber White) to come see what we’re all about the top gun prize. On Sunday, May blank ammunition. Scoring is Women’s Division, and a Senior’s Shooting is for the horsemanship and the admission is always free. 22, the first shot is at 10 a.m. based on the elapsed time plus Division, with classes 1-6 in each practice. If you haven’t had the opportu- What is cowboy mounted penalties for each missed balloon of those divisions. There is also a “The reason I love it the most is nity to share the adventure of shooting? or knocked over barrel. This sport Wrangler Class for those 11 and the never ending challenge,” Hol- this non-tradition entertainment, Cowboy mounted shooting is a requires the ability to control the under. ly Porter, in her second year with mosey on over to Grant County reenactment of the old west 1880s horse through many turns and Why enjoy mounted shooting? CMSA, said. “I’ve ridden many dis- Fairgrounds and enjoy the family and is the nation’s fastest growing speed changes while cocking and Some reasons that people ciplines, and I’ve trained horses a friendly atmosphere and the Old equestrian sport. It is a fast paced, firing the revolvers, holstering one participate in Cowboy Mounted majority of my life, and nothing West cowboy state of mind.

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Memorial Day Weekend keeps the covered stage Saturday don’t miss the after-hours Blues Jam Session at Gough Park in Silver City busy for three days with festival performers, led by Miller & the Other Sin- during the Blues & Bikes Festival. (Photo by Tom ners at the Little Toad downtown (Tickets $15), 9 p.m. Vaughn FeVa Photos) to 1 a.m. Proceeds from the evening events help keep the festival free. MOLLY RAMOLLA GALLERY Saturday starts with the Kneeling Nun Bike run at Fine Art Prints • Sculpture • Handcrafted Unique Crafts 10 a.m., with music from 12:15 to 9 p.m., and Busted Knuckles shows throughout the day. The festival con- Corinne's Rare Gems And Fine Jewelry tinues Sunday May 29, with music from noon to 7 p.m., 203 N Bullard St Silver City NM 88061 featuring New Orleans’ daddy of all brass bands, the 575-538-5538 Dirty Dozen Brass Band headlining. 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The Blues package includes two tick- 27 at dusk, three shows throughout the day on Satur- ets to the Friday Night Kick-Off Dance, two tickets day and two shows on Sunday. to the Saturday night Jam Session featuring festival The 21st Annual Silver City Blues & Bikes Festival artists, two passes to Faywood Hot Springs Resort, a Featured Artist, Jean Beffort, owner of ASpace Gallery $20 gift certificate to Vicki’s Restaurant and a surprise has created a rolling artwork entitled “All Aboard,” fea- gift. A $110 value selling for $75. The Bikes package turing the Grant County legend Madame Millie riding a includes all of the above plus one pass to the Kneeling vintage motorcycle. The framed mixed media mosaic Nun Bike run, and one entry into the People’s Choice collage, measuring 20” x 24”, will be included in the Bike Show (with cash prizes to be given away in three Blues & Bikes Fest raffle. 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ARTS EXPOSURE Arts Scene Upcoming area art happenings

and coordinating an expanded Sil- photography, drawing, painting, ver City multi-day celebration. This printmaking and new media. The year’s winning submission, as well exhibit will be on display through as other entries, will be on display at the commencement ceremony on a Day of the Dead Art Show at Friday, May 13. the Silver City Visitor Center. For a prospectus or to have questions answered email Diana Inghalls Leyba at [email protected] The Dios de Los Muertos events or call her at 575-388-5725. Everyone in Silver City feature a parade is invited to participate in this com- and art show in October, the munity celebration of the lives committee is calling for artists of family and friends gone before. Celebrating 30th Anniversary for the show. (Photo by Sandy Fultz) Students graduating in the Silver City Expressive Arts Department are showcasing artwork in the A “Call to Artists” for submis- end-of-semester exhibition at Mc- sions of original art for the 2016 Dias Cray Gallery at Western New de los Muertos poster contest has Mexico University. Seven stu- been issued by the Dias de los Muer- dents are showing work in differ- tos committee that is organizing ent mediums including sculpture, The month of May at Copper Quail Gallery features potter Jude Wasechek. (Photo by Lanze Hibler) The month of May at Copper Quail Gallery features potter Jude Wasechek. Wasechek creates a variety of forms including mirrors and masks with her clay. She often processes her pieces in raku style, creating brilliant color combinations. The Copper Quail can be found at 211-A N. Texas St. in Silver City. Chris Theulen, photographer, and other graduating students are featured at the Western New Mexico University McCray Gallery through ARTS SCENE continued on page 18 commencement in May. MEMORIAL DAY M A Y 2 7 - 2 9 W E E K E N D

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ARTS EXPOSURE File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help M www.tmatelsonwordpress.com Gallery Guide M Website Design and Development design • content • construction • support Silver City com. Wednesday to Saturday 10 Justus Wright Galeria, 266 W. Ann Simonsen Studio-Gallery, 104 W. a.m.-5 p.m. Court Ave., 526-6101, jud@ Yankie St., 654- 5727. Wind Canyon Studio, 11 Quail Run delvalleprintinglc.com. [a]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. Seventh St., 538- off Hwy. 180 mile marker 107, 574- Las Cruces Arts Association, 3333, [email protected]. 2308, 619-933-8034. Louise Sackett. Community Enterprise Center Azurite Gallery, 110 W. Broadway, Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-4 Building, 125 N. Main St. www. www.tmatelsonwordpress.com p.m. and by appointment. lacrucesarts.org. 538-9048, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 [email protected] | 575.313.1388 a.m.-5 p.m. www.azuritegallery.com. Wynnegate Gallery & Studio, 1105 Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Barbara Nance Gallery & Stonewalker W. Market St., (214) 957-3688. Main St., 541-2137. Tuesday to Studio, 105 Country Road, 534-0530. Monday and Thursday to Saturday Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.- By appointment. Stone, steel, wood 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday 11:45 a.m.-4 4:30 p.m. and paint. Sculpture path. www. p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday by Main Street Gallery, 311 N. Downtown Video Stop barbaraNanceArt.com. appointment. Mall, 647-0508. Tuesday to Friday. 10 Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas, 534- Yankie St. Artist Studios, 103 W. Yankie a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 8671. Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 St., 519-0615. By appointment. Mesquite Art Gallery, 340 N. Mesquite Closing Sat., May 14th p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. www. Zoe’s Gallery, 305 N. Cooper St., 654- St., 640-3502. Thursday to Friday, 11 bluedomegallery.com. 4910. a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 2-5 p.m. Thanks Grant County The Cliffs Studio & Gallery, 205 N. Lyon M. Phillip’s Fine Art Gallery, 221 N. St. and Yankie, (520) 622-0251. Pinos Altos Main St., 525-1367. for 34 Great Years! Diane Kleiss’ encaustic multimedia art. Pinos Altos Art Gallery-Hearst Church MVS Studios, 535 N. Main, Stull Bldg., By appointment. [email protected], Gallery, 14 Golden Ave. Pinos Altos, 635-5015, www. mvsstudios.com. facebook.com/videostopnm www.dianealdrichkleiss.com. 574-2831. Open late-April to early New Dimension Art Works, 615 E. Common Ground, 102 W. Kelly, October. Friday, Saturday, Sunday Piñon, 373-0043. 2320 Hwy 180E • Silver City, NM • 575-538-5644 534-2087. Open by chance or and holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. New Mexico Art, 121 Wyatt Dr., Suite appointment. 1, 525-8292/649- 4876. Wednesday Copper Quail Gallery, 211-A Texas St., Mimbres 1-6 p.m., Thursday to Saturday, 10 Chamomile Connection, 3918 Highway corner of Yankie and Texas streets, a.m.-6 p.m. 35N, 536-9845. Lynnae McConaha. 388-2646. Tuesday to Sunday, 11 NMSU Art Gallery, Williams Hall, REFLECTIONS By appointment. a.m.-4 p.m. Fine arts and crafts. University Ave. east of Solano, 646- Kate Brown Pottery and Tile, HC Cow Trail Art Studio, 119 Cow Trail 2545. Tuesday to Sunday 15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 536- in Arenas Valley. Monday, 12-3 p.m. Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mesquite. 9935, [email protected], or by appointment, (706) 533-1897, Friday to Sunday, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. www.katebrownpottery.com. By www. victoriachick.com. Ouida Touchön Studio, 1200 N. NEW MIRRORS appointment. Creations & Adornments, 108 N. Reymond St., 635-7899. By BY Bullard, 534-4269. Monday to Narrie Toole, Estudio de La Montura, appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon. Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Work by 313-7390, www.narrietoole.com. com, www.ouidatouchon. com. Diane Reid. Contemporary western oils, giclées Quillin Studio and Gallery, behind JUDE WASECHEK Dragonfly Studio, 508 W 6th St., 388- and art prints. By appointment. downtown Coas Books, 312-1064. PM 8646. By appointment. Monday to Thursday and Saturday. MEET JUDE MAY 6 11-5 Four Directions Weaving, 106 W. Bayard Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian Kathryn Allen Clay Studio, 601 Erie St., SHOW DATES: MAY 3 - JUNE 2 Yankie St. Monday, Wednesday, Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano, 537-3332. By appointment. Saturday. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday. 522-7281. Wednesday to Friday 10 noon-3 p.m. 263-3830. Cliff a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. Francis McCray Gallery, 1000 College Unsettled Gallery & Studio, 905 N. Copper Quail Gallery Gila River Artisans Gallery, 8409 Hwy. Mesquite, 635-2285. 211 A N. Texas-Corner of Texas and Yankie in Silver City • OPEN Tuesday – Sunday 11–4 • 575-388-2646 Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. Monday to 180. Eclectic collection of local artists. Friday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Virginia Maria Romero Studio, Friday to Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 4636 Maxim Court, 644-0214. By The Glasserie Studio and Store, 106 BILL NOLDE E. College, Monday to Saturday 11 appointment. [email protected], a.m.-6 p.m. Northern Grant www. virginiamariaromero.com. Guadalupe’s, 505 N. Bullard, 535-2624. County & Catron Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Deming County 100 S. Gold St., Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Casitas de Gila, 50 Casita Flats Road, Deming Arts Center, 546-3663. Tuesday to Saturday 10 Hutchings Fine Art, 406 B N. Bullard, Gila, 535-4455. Saturday and Sunday, a.m.-4 p.m. Downtown Silver City. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment. Gold Street Gallery, 112-116 S. Gold Flower Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 gallery@casitasdegila. com, www. St., 546-8200. Open Monday to p.m. 313-6939. galleryatthecasitas.com. and Leyba & Ingalls Arts, 315 N. Bullard St., Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Call first to be sure they are open. Flourish 388-5725. Monday to Saturday, 10 Mesilla a.m.-6 p.m. Contemporary art ranging Adobe Patio Gallery, 1765 Avenida de Orona Art Studio, 546-4650. By from realism to abstraction in a variety Mercado (in the Mesilla Mercado), appointment. lyntheoilpainter@gmail. of media. www. LeybaIngallsARTS. 532-9310. Tuesday to Saturday, 11 com, www.lynorona.com. Open Reader’s Cove Used Books & Gallery, com, [email protected]. a.m.-4 p.m. Wed–Sat Lois Duffy Art Studio, 211C N. Texas, Galeri Azul, Old Mesilla Plaza, 523- 200 S. Copper, 544-2512. Monday to 534-0822. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 8783. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Photography 11-5 pm Original paintings, cards and prints. p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. by Daniel Gauss. Seedboat Gallery and by Studio LeMarbe, 4025 Chaparral SE, www.loisduffy. com, loisduffy@ Galeria on the Plaza, 2310 Calle de 214 W. Yankie St. • Silver City, NM appointment signalpeak.net. Principal, 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 544-7708. Lumiere Editions, 108 W. Broadway, p.m. Galería Tepín, 2220 Calle de 956-6369. Vintage and contemporary Parian, 523-3988. Thursday to Rodeo Chiricahua Gallery, 5 Pine St., 557- photography. Monday to Friday. Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 2225. Open daily except Wednesday, Mary’s Fine Art, 414 E. 21st St., 956- Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 7315. Mary A. Gravelle. Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. Daily May is BluesFest time! Mimbres Region Arts Council Gallery, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Hillsboro Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 N. Pope The Potteries, 2260 Calle de Santiago, Barbara Massengill Gallery, 894- St. www.mimbresarts.org. 524-0538. Rokoko, 1785 Avenida de 9511/895-3377, open weekends and Molly Ramolla Gallery & Framing, Mercado, 405-8877. by appointment. 203 N. Bullard, 538- 5538. www. ramollaart.com. Las Cruces Chloride Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile, 104 W. Alegre Gallery, 920 N Alameda Blvd., Monte Cristo, Wall St., 734-0493, Broadway, 388- 1811/313-2595. Daily 523-0685. Azure Cherry Gallery & [email protected]. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Boutique, 330 E. Lohman Ave., 291- Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Place@108, 108 Yankie Street. 3595. Wednesday to Thursday 12-5 Seedboat Gallery, 214 W. Yankie St., p.m., Friday to Saturday, noon-8 p.m. Ruidoso 534- 1136. Wednesday to Saturday, Blue Gate Gallery, 4901 Chagar Art Ruidoso Gallery, 575-808-1133, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. (intersection of Valley and and Taylor www.artruidoso.com, 2809 Sudderth info@ seedboatgallery.com. roads), open by calling 523-2950. Drive. Studio Behind the Mountain, 23 Casa Blanka Home Décor & More, Wagon Wheel Lane, 388- 3277. By 1615 N. Solano, Ste. C, 575-526- Alamogordo appointment. www.jimpalmerbronze. 5272. Creative Designs Custom Framing & com. Charles Inc., 1885 W Boutz Rd, 523- Gallery, 575-434-4420, 917 New York The StudioSpace, 109 N. Bullard St., 1888, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Ave. 534-9291. www.jessgorell.com. Cottonwood Gallery, 275 N. Downtown Patron’s Hall/Flickinger Center for Studio Upstairs, 109 N. Bullard St., Mall (Southwest Environmental Performing Arts, 575-434-2202, Lois Duff y's Studio will be open 574-2493. By appointment. Center), 522-5552. Monday to Friday, 1110 New York Ave. 21 Latigo Trail, 388-4557. Works by 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday morning, May 29, for the Barbara Harrison and others. Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo,541-0658. Tularosa Downtown BluesFest Art Walk. Soul River Gallery, 200 N. Bullard St., Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Red Door Gallery and Gifts, 575- 707-490-4367. Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 491-5100, 1201 St. Francis Drive. Tree Spirit Gallery, 206 N. Bullard St., Galerie Accents, 344 S. San Pedro #3, Thursday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 303-888-1358. 522-3567. Monday to Saturday, 10 211-C N. Texas St., Silver City Vibrations Gallery, 106 W. Yankie St., a.m.-6 p.m. Submit gallery information to www.loisduffy.com 575-313-9631 654-4384, starxr@ usa.net. Griggs & Reymond, 504 W. Griggs Desert Exposure, 1740-A Calle de Studio open to the public Saturdays from 10 to 4pm Wild West Weaving, 211-D N. Texas, Ave., 524-8450, Tuesday to Saturday, Mercado, Las Cruces, NM 88005, or by calling 575-313-9631 313-1032, www.wildwestweaving. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. email editor@ desertexposure.com. 18 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com

ARTS SCENE hours, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit is continued from page 16 sponsored by El Paso Electric Company of Las Cruces. Jack LeSage is the LCAA Featured Artist for May. His work is featured at the First Friday Art Ramble from 5 to 7 p.m. on May 6 from and the third Saturday Farmer and Crafts Market from 9 a.m. to noon at the Art On Easels Gallery in the Community Enterprise Center next to the Main Street Bistro in downtown Las Cruces. The Branigan Cultural Center hosts the New Mexico Watercolor Society–Southern Chapter Spring 2016 Juried Member Show, “Our Living Culture.” The exhibit will be on display through Saturday May 21. Comprised of watercolor paintings by more than 20 artists, “Our Living Culture” showcases the various styles of the talented members of the Southern Chap- ter of the New Mexico Watercolor Society. The muse- Artists of Pichaco Hills “Double Rings” is only one of the creative Dick um is located at 501 N. Main St. and is open from 10 2016 Art in the Garden Tour Costa pieces on display at the Deming Art Center. a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit Sunday, May 15th - “11-4” Deming las-cruces.org/museums or call 575-541-2154. s 5 Gardens with Master Gardeners May 2016 at the Deming Art Center will feature a l P H il 18 Artists with Original Artwork “Two Person Show” with realist painter Linda An- ic o ac h derson and wood artist Dick Costa. Anderson has always loved all things western, especially horses, and Preview at Artists of Picacho ARTin the her lack of formal training did not stop her from learn- Garden Hills on Facebook ing to draw them. Since moving to Deming, Linda has Details in Events at: begun painting horses again and is inspired by the ar- www.artistsofpicachohills.com eas western heritage, vast openness and beautiful sun- rises and sunsets. Costa’s love of woodworking began when he was a young man watching his father carve 3D fish and whales. The show runs from May 3-27, with an artist reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Bob Rockwell, a local Deming author, will also be on hand to promote his new book, “Riding With Villa.” Call for artists: June at the Deming Art Center is the Selected as part of the May Artists Guild show, “Luna County Show.” Luna County artists are wel- Chris Ward’s work is at the Gallery at Big Picture in come. A fee of $25 covers one-three entries and there Las Cruces. will be awards and prizes given. Gallery hours are 10 The Gallery at Big Picture hosts The Artists a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday with extended hours Guild of Southern New Mexico featuring a handpicked Perfect on Thursday evenings until 6:30 p.m. For more infor- selection of small works. This Guild is a regional group mation call 575-546-3663, or visit www.demingarts.org. of established oil painters mentored by The Julie Ford Oliver Art Studio. Jim Turrentine, the owner of the for the Alamogordo Gallery at Big Picture, has observed these dedicated Creative Designs Custom Framing and Art artists for the past four years and greatly admires the Summer Gallery is also sponsoring “Have A Heart-Donate or commitment they have undertaken to advance their Make Some Art!” in May to raise donations for Kitty skills and talent. This exhibit opens at the artist’s re- Cabin... City New Mexico’s 2016 Benefit. A live art auction will ception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday May, 6 from during be held starting at 5 p.m., Friday May 20 at the gallery the First Friday Art Ramble and continues through the which is currently soliciting donations of paintings, month of May. The Gallery at Big Picture is located at drawings, sculptures, carvings, jewelry, metal works 311 N. Main Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Come See Us! and more. Not all items are guaranteed to be in the to Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. For more live auction. Pre-register at Creative Designs for information, call 575-647-0508. the Pleine Aire Quick Draw that will kick off the The Tombaugh Gallery’s current exhibit “Push- benefit. Registration is $10, bring your own supplies, ing the Edge” features more than 20 fiber artists and you get 45 minutes to render one of the build- from the Mesilla Valley Weavers. The exhibit runs ings between on New York Avenue between Ninth and through Friday May 21, with two opening receptions OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 10th streets, then auction off your piece. Donations and a fashion show. The theme, “Pushing the Edge,” MONDAY-SAT. 10:30-5 • SUNDAY 12-4 will help save an animal’s life. Call Jess at the gallery at reflects the evolving nature of the group over recent 575-388-1737 • 218 N. BULLARD 575-434-4420- or stop by for information on donations years. One special feature of the exhibit will be a fash- HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO or Quick Draw. ion show of colorful wearable art on Saturday May 7, starting at 2 p.m. Mesilla Valley members will display Punkie Garretson, Owner Las Cruces fiber arts of their creation. The Tombaugh Gallery is lo- Light, Color, Space, Motion opens at the Las cated inside the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2000 S. Cruces Museum of Art on May 6, with a reception Solano, and is open 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Wednesday through from 5 to 7 p.m., during the Downtown Ramble. This Friday. For information, call Linda Giesen at 575-636- two-person exhibition, featuring artists Carlos Es- 4516. S YYZYGYZYGY trada-Vega and David Boyd, considers the percep- Handmade in America tion of light, color, space, and motion using three The Mesilla Valley Fine TileTTl unique approaches. Photographer David Boyd’s Arts Gallery located at Windowpane series depicts single moments in time 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, as though seemingly in motion, resulting in complex, Mesilla, across from the visually stimulating scenes. The museum is located Fountain Theatre, features at 491 N. Main St. and is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 two local artists, Frank p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4:30 Peacock and Bob Zolto p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit las-cruces. for May. Peacock is native Frank Peacock’s col- org/museums or call 575-541-2154. son of a New Mexico pio- ors and textures bring neer family and known for light to the Mesilla Val- The members dramatic use of color and ley Fine Arts Gallery. of the Las Cruces texture. Zolto is a retired Arts Association journalist whose interest in photography was reawak- are exhibiting their ened by the New Mexican landscape. He relocated art during their An- from Connecticut to Las Cruces several years ago. The House Numbers nual Members Show, gallery‘s newest artist Michael Nail, is a lifelong New many styles themed “Nature’s Mexican, living in the Las Cruces area for 30 years. Af- Art.” Opening May ter retirement he was able to pursue his art passion AVAILABLE NOW 6 at the first Friday on a full time basis. Mike works primarily in pencil, Downtown Art Ram- charcoal and ink, finding Western Native American 106 N. Bullard St. Silver City ble at the Southwest “Blossom Too” is not forgot- and wildlife themes the subjects he is most drawn to. Environmental Cen- ten in Jack LeSage’s work as The First American Bank, Mesilla, is well rep- 575-388-5472 ter. The exhibit runs it is featured at the SW Envi- www.SyzygyTile.com through June 28 and ronmental Center downtown ARTS SCENE is open during SWEC Las Cruces. continued on page 20 DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 19 MUSEUM TALK • JAN WHITE By the Book Wicked Women of New Mexico is a nod to colorful characters of the Old West. New Mexico Women New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations Silver City Museum exhibit shares stories from history guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to tories of Southwestern other display includes early medical seize wealth. Many wicked women on the New Mexico Women,” is equipment such as a doctor’s bag run from their pasts headed here seeking new starts before and after 1912 statehood. the newest exhibit at the and different medicines of the day. “S Follow the raucous tales of these wild Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broad- The exhibit is filled with artifacts women in a collection that proves crime in way in Silver City of the five cultures including Mim- early New Mexico wasn’t only a boys’ game. The exhibit is housed in the first bres pottery, Apache baskets, Span- small gallery, the hall showcases, ish and Mexican household and trail An� que and Collec� ble 19th and 20th Century and the main gallery in the back. items, religious objects and beauti- Over 120 objects from the Albu- fully woven items of clothing with Original Prints and Drawings querque Museum, the New Mexico some dated to early 19th century American ar� sts History Museum, the New Mexico Nuevo Mexico. Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, In the main gallery, a mercado vi- and ar� sts of the Western New Mexico Univer- gnette explores trade items of many New Mexico sity Museum, and the Silver City cultures. Children can play with Museum’s collection are on display. hands-on objects to set-up a merca- www.victoriachick.com Women’s stories, as well as their do of their own. The children’s in- Cow Trail Art Studio cultural identities, will be captured A mercado vignette at the Silver teractive area will also include large 119 Cow Trail, Arenas Valley, NM in part throughout the exhibit. city Museum displays trade floor puzzles of Mimbres pottery, an The Song Frederick Church Noon - 3 Monday or by appt. Many of the stories of women in items of several cultures as part area to make paper quilt squares, southwest New Mexico have been of the Stories of Southwestern and a new scavenger hunt on foods obscured in history, lost in the tell- New Mexico Women display. the early people ate. ing by predominantly masculine (Courtesy Photo) This exhibit is possible, thanks chroniclers. In some ways, women’s cessity or opportunity, they subvert to a gift from John Frank in memo- HANG ’EM HIGH stories are simply a focused version gender norms and buck historical ry of his wife, Jackie Frank, and her of people’s stories as a whole. And assumptions as to the scope of their contributions to researching wom- PICTURE FRAMING yet women occupy unique niches capabilities. And yet, quite literal- en’s history and her volunteer work FREE CONSULTATIONS across cultures by holding specific ly, certain threads universally bind with the Silver City Museum. 203 N Bullard (corner of Broadway & Bullard) knowledge, performing work, and women’s roles. They process and The Silver City Museum creates 575-313-0641 assuming roles essential to both ba- stitch fibers into clothing, procure opportunities for residents and vis- sic survival and cultural cohesion. food and shelter, tend children and itors to explore, understand, and Within the array of cultures that animals, and maintain medicinal celebrate the rich and diverse cul- have touched southwestern New knowledge. Women are the artisans tural heritage of southwestern New Mexico – Mimbres, Apache, Span- of survival, sustaining their commu- Mexico by collecting, preserving, ish, Mexican, and Anglo – women’s nities through hard, skilled labor. researching, and interpreting the re- Registration Open contributions are as varied and The introductory gallery in- gion’s unique history. For informa- for the 2016 GMS Summer mosaic as the cultures themselves. cludes mining gear, a replica of a tion contact the museum at 575-538- Women are warriors, social orga- Conestoga wagon, a vignette of ear- 5921, education@silvercitymuseum. Enrichment Program! nizers, hunters, potters, explorers, ly household objects, and early 20th org or go to the museum’s website and messengers. Often, through ne- century grammar school items. An- www.silvercitymuseum.org. ILLEGAL ART • DAWN FRANCO Blurring the Lines Graffiti can be fine art in Las Cruces

ocal artist and shop-owners Each year organizers strive to those negative portrayals, negative are currently preparing for the make the event bigger, bringing in words you know – and me, as an L5th annual graffiti and hip-hop more attendees and this will be the artist, a graffiti artist, or street artist, driven art show. first year since its beginning that or aerosol artist, or whatever people Weekly Sessions June 13 through August 5 The “Illegal? Arrowsoul Art Barricade will host. classify it as, the term ‘graffiti’ is il- for children ages 18 months- 12 years Show” is three days of live art, mu- “Among some of the awesome legal, just hearing that word, graffiti Full Day $150/week, 8:30am-3:30pm sic, and culture May 5-7 with the benefits that Barricade Culture Shop can bring up all kinds of different Half Day $75/week, 8:30am-12pm main events at Barricade Culture has presented doing community feelings for different people,” Saba Before and a� er care available, Shop. events like ‘Illegal’ is really a bless- said. 7:30am-5:30pm, extra charges apply Barricade Culture Shop owners ing,” Howard said. “It is always nice The weekend features acts like CYFD accepted Saba Pate and Logan Howard, artists to feel like you’re doing something Wake Self from Albuquerque as well For more info and past organizers expect the fes- bigger than yourself. The only way to as local DJs and artists who have (575) 388-3343, www.guadalupemontessori.org, tival to attract regional artists, fam- really thrive is to do it as a communi- painted nationally. [email protected] ilies and community. ty, so why not have fun while doing The event begins Thursday with it. Barricade seems to be turning out a presentation at New Mexico State to be a place for events like this to University with guest speakers, happen and I hope that this momen- BLACK RANGE ARTISTS live art, and hip-hop performances. tum continues and we can help each Friday there will be a gallery open- other, as a community, blossom.” Present ing at the Branigan Cultural Center The event surrounds the concept showcasing various artists including of street art and presenting graffiti in “Visions of the Black Range” Howard and Saturday is the block more positive aspect, less vandalism UNSETTLED GALLERY party with emcee battles, live paint- association and more artistic appre- ing competitions and musical enter- ciation as well as supporting music May 14th – June 4th tainment, as well as a skate compe- and culture. tition. “It’s criminal (graffiti), it’s all Mesquite St. Historic District 905 N. Mesquite St, Las Cruces, NM Reception May 14th 4pm-6pm Art Demonstrations May 14th, 1pm-3pm, Rhoda Winters May 21st, 1pm-3pm, Megan Lemcke blackrangeart.com [email protected] 20 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com

ARTS SCENE watercolor, fiber, clay and metal Riverbend Hot Springs TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM continued from page 18 sculpture. There will be art demon- MAY 13-15, 2016 strations from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on HOTSPRINGSFESTIVAL.COM resented by gallery members who May 14, Rhoda Winters and from 1 continue to rotate their artwork p.m. to 3 p.m. May 21 with Megan Celebrating Alternative Medicine, on a monthly basis. In addition, Lemcke. A reception will be held Healthy Lifestyles & Sustainable Living the 30 artists of the gallery offer from 4 to 6 p.m. May 14. The Un- t Crystal Clear Hot Springs art in many media’s, which include settled Gallery is part of the Las A festival on top of one of the largest t Workshops original paintings, acrylics, pastels, Historic District, located at 905 N. geothermal aquifers in North America. t Live Music fused glass art jewelry, unique one Mesquite St., Las Cruces. For more t Vendors of a kind woodturning objects, information visit blackrangeart. t Classes stained glass, photography, mixed com or call Unsettled Gallery at t Excursions media, unusual decorated gourds, 575-635-2285. Come soak in the healing. pencil, charcoal and ink, handmade New Mexico Watercolor Soci- textile weavings, art tile, affordable ety – Southern Chapter 2016 Spring natural quality gems stone jewelry, Juried Member Show continues prints, cards, miniature paintings at the Branigan Cultural Center Proud Sponsors: Sierra Vista Hospital and TBA Moore & More. Paid for in part by T or C Lodgers Tax. and handcrafted basket weavings. through Saturday, May 21. Com- For information, call 575-522-2933 prised of watercolor paintings by or visit www.mesillavalleyfinearts. more than 20 artists, Our Living com. Culture showcases the various styles of the talented members of Columbus Animal Rescue the New Mexico Watercolor Soci- Rescued, Abandoned and Abused Animals need loving homes. All are spayed or neutered and have current vaccinations. ety. The exhibit invites viewers to enjoy an assortment of realist and My name is Julio, a male Shepherd, abstract paintings, which showcases the diversity of watercolor as a approx. 15 months old, weight 40 medium. The museum is located at 501 N. Main Street, Las Cruces and lbs. I don’t have a tail. I have lots is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, from 10 of energy and I am a smart, gentle, a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. loving dog, great with all people. I to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. For information, call 575-541-2154 play too hard to be with small dogs “PictoGraff: the Art of WarPrayer” is on display at the but could be with a larger dog, Branigan Cultural Center, a The art of Judy Bess is part of centerpiece for the third annu- or a great only dog, with the Artists of Picacho Hills 2016 al indigenous street art festival. a family of my own. Art in the Garden Tour. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Artists of Picacho Hills 2016 May 7, “PictoGraff: the Art of War- Art in the Garden Tour is from prayer” highlights the historical Call Pat at 575-649-7644 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features 18 value of wall art and expressions artists with original artwork and of the Indigenous mind with live five garden toured with master gar- art demonstrations by local and deners. For information visit www. visiting artists, a music showcase, atYankie-Texas the crossroads of Yankie & Texas ARTStreets in Historic DISTRICT Downtown Silver City artistsofpicachohills.com. live screenprinting, community art- making, and talks on the history of graffiti and street art. The event is taking place in conjunction with the Branigan Cultural Center exhibition of the same name is on display through May 21.. The Branigan Cultural Cen- Seedboat Gallery Yankie Street Artists Copper Quail Galleryy ter also presents “Visions of Our 214 W. Yankie 103 W. Yankie 211A N. Texas Monument: Portraits of the Uncle Will’s Barn is one of 534-1136 519-0615 388-2646 Organ Mountain Desert Peaks Wed-Sat 11am-5pm or by appt Wayne Suggs’ photographs in National Monument,” by Meg the Light Never Lies collection G. Freyermuth. The exhibit is displayed at the New Mexico on display through Saturday June Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. 4. “Visions of Our Monument” Thirty of Wayne Suggs’ photo- features paintings and drawings graphs are featured in an exhibit at inspired during the artist’s term as The Place @ 108 the New Mexico Farm & Ranch artist-in-residence for the Organ Blue Dome Gallery * LOIS DUFFY STUDIO Fine Arts and Folk Art 575-538-2538 211-C N. Texas St., Silver City Heritage Museum called “The Mountain Desert Peaks (OMDP) Downtown: Th urs – Sat & Mon, 11-5 www.loisduffy.com 108 W. Yankie St at 307 N. Texas St. Light Never Lies: Landscape National Monument. Freyermuth’s Th e Lodge: Daily 9-5 575-313-9631 Silver City, NM 88061 at 60 Bear Mt. Ranch Rd. OPEN SATURDAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT 575-388-5262 & Astrophotography of Wayne work explores the importance Suggs.” “Photography is almost of the local ecosystem, the cul- spiritual to me,” Suggs said. “To be tural significance of the land for SPARKS CLINIC EAR, NOSE, THROAT AND ALLERGY PATIENTS immersed in a landscape that holds the people who live here, and the so much beauty is such a privilege. complex personal relationship that I am retiring August 1, 2016. To try and capture that landscape each individual has to the land that as it will never be seen again, with surrounds them. Her dramatic por- Dr. Joseph Giletto is expected to replace me at the same location, that warm fleeting light, the color traits evoke these connections of of the grass and the leaves, the des- people and place within the surre- 1000 N Hudson in Silver City. If you have future appointments at the ert flowers that have bloomed from al desert landscapes of the monu- Sparks Clinic, he will be happy to become your provider. the particularly wet spring, and to ment. freeze it in time to hang on one’s The Potters’ Guild of Las wall is so gratifying.” The Museum Cruces presents the second An- If you need a copy of your chart to transfer is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday nual Spring Sale from 4 to 7 p.m. your care elsewhere, please contact us (575) through Saturday, and noon to 5 on Friday, May 6 and from 9 a.m. 538-0486. p.m. on Sunday at 4100 Dripping to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 in the Springs Road in Las Cruces. For Commons area of St. Paul’s United more information, call 575-522- Methodist Church, 225 W. Griggs. It has been a great honor to take care of my 4100. Sale will features new designs in community since 1994. Thank you for your “Visions of the Black Range” handmade and wheel thrown pot- great generosity of spirit. is at the Unsettled Gallery from tery, mosaic tile work, jewelry, fi- May 14 through June 4. The ex- ber arts and chemonos. There will hibit presents the Black Range be live music at the church during Artists group’s view of the area of the Friday night Ramble and Satur- Twana Sparks, M.D. the Black Range Mountains and day Farmers Market. For more in- features a selection of oil, pastel, formation visit pottersguildlc.com. DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 21 LOVE OF WORK • MIKE COOK Jack of Many Trades DACC professor teaches welding, forges knives, referees roller derby

ose “Pep” Gomez has had a bouts) a week and spends three to til you make sense of it.” rewarding career for the past six hours a week on skates. “It’s re- Each game is comprised of two Jnine years as an assistant ally cool,” he said. 30-minute halves, with a 15-min- professor of welding technology “Life’s never been this good,” Go- ute halftime. Skaters engage in at Doña Ana Community College, mez said. two-minute jams, with 30 seconds which is also where he got his weld- The local league has more than in between. ing technology degree. In his spare 40 members, he said, with nick- Gomez said he and other referees time he makes high-quality, cus- names like General Grant Slam, may call up to 50 penalties a game, tom-forged Damascus knives. Goldy Blocks, Racky Balboa and depending on the skill level of the Several years ago, Gomez real- the Venomous DiMilo (that’s Jos- skaters. But, in the four years he has ized his life was about “metal, met- lene). The league has seven home been around roller derby, Gomez al and more metal,” and he wanted and travel teams of various skill has “never seen a single fight. The “something outside of metal to do” levels, including the Sucias, Chile game is hard enough without that that was mentally and physically Verde, the Rink Rash Revolution- trash,” he said. Few penalties are challenging. So, about three years aries and the Rec’ Hot Chile Pep- deliberate, Gomez said, and gross ago, Gomez became a referee in the pers, the league’s “fun and fitness” misconduct by a player results in local roller derby league. (non-contact) team. immediate ejection. Gomez, 40, was introduced to Crossroads City Derby is one of “All things considered, it’s re- the sport through his wife, Joslene, the top 100 leagues in the world, markably well controlled,” he said. a sign-language interpreter he met Gomez said, and roller derby is one Games typically draw 600 or in one of his classes at DACC when of the fastest growing sports in New more people to Meerscheidt Rec- she was assisting a hearing-im- Mexico. reation Center, 1600 E Hadley Ave., paired student. Joslene is one of “The skill level of these girls to Gomez said. the co-founders of Crossroads City do what they do is remarkable,” he Traditionally a women’s sport, Derby, the women’s flat track roller said. They typically skate 130 laps there are about 400 roller derby derby league in Las Cruces. (five miles) to warm up for each leagues around the country, and the Gomez wasn’t into sports as a game and most can skate a mile in number is growing, he said. And, Jose “Pep” Gomez gets in the face of roller derby participants as kid or young adult, but he had been about four minutes, Gomez said. there are now leagues for men, co- a referee with Crossroads City Derby, the women’s flat track roller an avid skateboarder. Roller derby There are 10 women on the track eds and juniors. derby league in Las Cruces. (Photo by Isaac Anaya) immediately appealed to him be- at one time during a game, along Crossroads City Derby is a non- cause it provided intense physical with seven referees, plus 12 oth- profit and league members are exercise and gave him a place to get er officials who keep track of the active in the community, Gomez his frustrations out and “work past score, game clock, penalties and said, helping to raise money for or- Lone Mountain Natives Nursery problems and concerns,” it required other aspects of the game. “No data ganizations like La Casa, Jardin de Join the effort to create Pollinator Friendly Gardens mental acuity (referees have to is lost,” he said. los Niños and children’s cancer re- Buy pesticide & herbicide free plants and organic soil & fertilizer memorize a 70-page rule book and Games are sanctioned, and final search. The league also raises mon- Plant native for native pollinators make instantaneous judgements on scores are reported to the national ey and looks for sponsors to help the track) and it made him part of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby pay for its travel to tournaments Consult with us and view our native gardens part of “an incredibly diverse group Association, which the Crossroads throughout New Mexico, Texas, Choose hardy native trees, shrubs, perennials, cacti & succulents of good people,” Gomez said. City Derby is part of. The game is Arizona, Colorado and California, Buy from Local Growers, contact us at 575-538-4345 or A certified referee with about “extremely complicated and ex- Gomez said. At the Silver City Farmer’s Market every Saturday $1,000 invested in his equipment tremely structured,” Gomez said, For more information, visit www. www.lonemountainnatives.com (including $600 for his skates), describing it as “pandemonium un- crossroadscityderbydolls.com. Gomez typically referees one or Jose “Pep” Go- Sewing Machine / Serger two games (they used to be called mez, left, works Service & Repair with a student HOME VISITS AVAILABLE. LONG ARM QUILTING SERVICES TOO!! at the Doña Ana Community Col- Oﬀ ering 1000’s Of Yards lege welding lab. (Photo by Mike Of 100% Cotton Fabric Cook)

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Using his welding technology skills, Jose “Pep” Gomez teach- lean arpets!! es welding and creates fine art C C knives. (Photo Courtesy of Pep Gomez) Fred’s Carpet Gomez loves teaching welding at DACC Upholstery Cleaning& ACC Assistant Professor of program, which hasn’t had any until age 23. Then, he said, “I looked Featuring the most Welding Technology Jose turnover in nearly 10 years, Gomez up one day and realized I needed a advanced, powerful D“Pep” Gomez has 135 stu- said – a “shocking amount of sta- skill.” So, he moved to Las Cruces TRUCK-POWERED dents in his various welding class- bility.” and earned both a certificate and a extraction system! es, and says, “I have 135 kids.” Classes are held from 8:30 a.m. degree in welding technology from Commercial & In-Home Total Clean-Up, His students range in age from to 9 p.m. Monday through Satur- DACC. After eight years in the pri- Post-Construction Clean-up, Windows, Walls, 16 (high school students enrolled day, and the program is almost al- vate sector, Gomez returned to Stripping, Waxing, Tile Floors & Grout Cleaning in dual-credit classes that give ways at or above capacity. Classes DACC nine years ago to teach. them college credit) to one return- are held at DACC’s central campus, “I went out and got very useful INTERIOR& EXTERIOR PAINTING ing student in his mid-70s. 3400 S. Espina St. on the NMSU skill sets and then brought them Pressure wash, Prep & Seal for Homes & There are 16 to 22 welding stu- campus. back here,” he said. Business, Log Home & Deck Staining dents in each lab, with entry-level Certified welders are in high de- “Welding has given me every- 25+ years experience. Reasonable rates and students learning and working mand all over the country, Gomez thing good in my life; it really has, quality work. Free estimate/Fair prices. right alongside more advanced stu- said, and can earn high salaries if including my wife,” Gomez said. NM HANDYMAN #03-043886-00-1 dents and student employees, Go- they are willing to “work with their For more information on the SERVING: SILVER CITY, GRA NT COUNTY & RESERVE AND CATRON COUNTY mez said. hands and work hard,” he said. DACC welding program, call 527- Fred Stephens, OWNER/PROPRIETOR Welding Technology Professor Gomez, a native of El Paso, 7590 or visit https://dacc.nmsu.edu/ Home: (575) 533-6460 Cell: (575) 201-8620 David Twitty has 22 years with the worked as a bartender and bouncer weld/. 22 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com

Forgotten Veterans Memorial Park caretaker David Armando Amador, one of the founders of Forgotten Veterans Memorial Park in Grant County, stands before a Huey Pratesi, himself a Vietnam veteran, looks up at the fresh helicopter donated by Holloman Air Force Base for display at the park. For Amador, the Huey brings up feelings of flag he put up on the pole dedicated to the memory of rescue and safety from the Vietnam War stage. (Photos by Elva K. Österreich) the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Grant County veterans remember the forgotten

hen Armando Amador two days so far. Amador wanted buddy, David Borunda, a little lat- lit for special occasions. deployed to Vietnam to sit down and talk for a while. er, at home in Grant County, to a “The three stems represent Wand had been there for “I needed to talk to somebody,” car accident probably related to life,” Amador said. “The large rock 26 days, he was on his way to a he said. post traumatic stress disorder be- stands for the heat of combat. The fire base and spotted a guy who The friend said he had to go, fore PTSD was a name for some- flame stands for everlasting life.” looked familiar marching with a the platoon was marching out, but thing. Two evergreens also stand in platoon going in another direction. he would be back in two days. He The loss of his friends led Ama- the area, they stand for Quevado He called out a name, “Angel,” but asked Amador to provide the beer dor on a long journey of leader- and Borunda in Amador’s mind. the guy didn’t respond. and they would sit and have a long ship. He and others started the Since that first wall went up in Then Amador called his friend’s talk. Vietnam Veterans of America 1999, other silent memorials have nickname, “Anke!” and the man Amador had the beer waiting. Chapter No. 358 in Silver City in been added. There is a 9/11 memo- looked up. But when Angel Quevedo came 1991 where he has served as presi- rial flagpole, a sculpted POW/MIA The old friends, both having back, he was dead. dent all but two years since. empty chair and table with a rose gone to Cobre High School, greet- “I got to put him in a body bag,” Amador’s dream was to hon- and other items, a life-sized statue ed one another and spoke briefly. Amador said. or those lost, including his old of Jesus embracing a soldier and The friend had been there only Amador lost another school schoolmates, with a place to re- a real Huey helicopter – donated member them and the concept of by Holloman Air Force Base – in- the Forgotten Veterans Memorial stalled on a pole above the peace- Mountain Music Park. Land acquiring efforts began ful park path. A memorial sculpture set with in 1992, and, after a big commu- People often tell Amador the lava rocks and a pole with a CHECK US OUT ON CRAIG’S LIST nity push the first wall went up in park is a spiritual, peaceful place. torch provide a lasting tribute New & Used Musical Instruments 1999. For the Vietnam veterans who to the forgotten veterans who Since then things just came to- built it and maintain it, the park is served the United States through Consignments gether, one step at a time, with the also something else. the years. Trade-Ins threads being tied up as everyone “It’s part of the healing process worked to keep building. A sculp- for us,” Amador said. 180 and the park will be on the left 2330 S. Valley Drive ture, three airy green metal leafy For information, or for a tour of where the Huey helicopter can be 523-0603 stems, sits with three flagpoles the park, contact Amador at 575- seen above the trees, the drive is M-F 10AM - 6PM • SAT 10AM - 5PM • SUN 10AM - 2PM behind it. 649-5064 or park caretaker David just a little beyond the park before Large lava rocks are arranged Pratesi at 575-537-3194. the Fort Bayard Medical Center. around the sculpture and a pole Directions: Turn north on Fort Fort Bayard Road is about nine holding a torch stands near and is Bayard Road off of U.S. Highway miles East of Silver City.

A statue of Jesus embracing a soldier is one of the several touching installments at the Forgotten Veterans Memo- rial Park in Grant County near Silver City.

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top with the propaganda your only making your- “Sself look like a dumbf…. Adobe Café is reopening April 17. Their hours are 7am to 8pm. Shop The whole WORLD has seen multi- for storage while enjoying the Adobe’s famous prime rib, BBQ ribs, ple videos of drug gangs with ma- BBQ chicken and brisket. CALL JENNIFER, chines guns and drugs crossing the RESERVE SELF STORAGE SALES MANAGER AND PORTABLE BUILDINGS border.” 575-533-6404 HWY 180, RESERVE, NM GLENN, Dealer/Owner The above is a real response to Next door to Adobe Café & Bakery 575-545-3879 an article of mine about immigration. Unfortunately, far too many Americans share these views. Although the reality of immigration has changed dramatically – the number of Mexicans returning to DEMING Mexico now exceeds those coming here – the emotion is now hotter ART CENTER 100100 SouthSouth Gold,Gold, Deming,Demim ngg, NMNM than ever. In the current political Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm climate in the United States some Maria Lopez, the former mayor or “presidenta” of Palomas with her and Thurs 10:00am to 6:30 pm presidential candidates are doing mother. May Exhibit at the Deming Art Center everything possible to disassociate Bethzaida, the "Two Person Show" featuring Linda themselves from any reasonable granddaugh- resolution of the immigration is- ter of Reina Anderson, realist painter and sue. Cisneros, with Dick Costa, wood artist At the ground level, however, a Donald Trump the picture is totally different. For piñata the more than five years now I’ve been author took to Artists' Reception visiting the border at least once a Palomas with month, mostly to Ciudad Juárez him. May 15th from 1 pm to 3 pm. and Palomas but also Agua Prie- ta, Sonoyta, Naco, Nogales, Sasa- be and Tijuana. The people I meet Bob Rockwell will be signing his new along the highways south of the book "Riding with Villa" during the border and at various humanitarian programs I’ve assisted are strug- on my monthly border trips, I won- lives in New Mexico and travels Artists' Reception gling to survive under conditions der what the writer of the above to Mexico at least once a month we would find hard to imagine and message was thinking. to document and assist a number Deming Arts Center, 100 S Gold St, Deming NM 88030 do so with an extraordinary sense Morgan Smith served as a state of humanitarian programs. He 575-546-3663 Check us out on Facebook of dignity. representative and Commissioner can be reached at Morgan-smith@ This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, When I visit with these people of Agriculture in Colorado, now comcast.net. a division of the Department of Cultural Aff airs www.demingarts.org 24 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com RANDOM ACTS OF NONSENSE • JIM DUCHENE Pancho Villa’s Finger

ho knew one throw- internet etiquette, not one per- yon. Now, what’s the Texas Can- tion hidden in plain sight. covered that the owner would away line about Pan- son offered me a bribe. yon doing in Arizona? That’s There, proudly displayed in be willing to sell me 100 percent Wcho Villa’s finger in my In its own way, Pancho Villa’s part of the mystery. the front window of the estab- of his interest in the Golden last column would trigger such finger reminded me of Arizo- I stopped to see it one time, lishment, was the decrepit digit, Gate Bridge “for the right price.” a massive response? Not since I na’s “The Thing.” What is “The curiosity getting the better of kept in a small white box with a I was also told Elvis comes in on directed the original “Star Wars” Thing?” Glad you asked. Any- me. It was in a nice little home- glass top and sleeping on a bed Wednesdays to play poker with have I received such a tsunami one who’s traveled west on I-10 made museum, and at a buck of cotton balls – assuming a sev- Jim Morrison, Bruce Lee, and of positive emails. This is par- from Las Cruces, New Mexico a pop, the price to enter was ered finger can sleep, that is. Tupac Shakur. He also likes to ticularly impressive when you to Benson, Arizona can’t help right. Personally, I liked that The price was a cool $10,000, talk about why Wednesday isn’t realize that emails didn’t exist but be curious because there museum because they tried to and well worth it. Just imag- pronounced the way it’s spelled. back then. are only 247 billboards on the make what little they had inter- ine all the things you could “What about February?” I “Is it really for sale?” freeway asking you just that esting. do with Pancho Villa’s finger. asked. “Which pawn shop are you question. “The Thing,” the bill- My favorite exhibit was a You could… ah. You might… “He doesn’t care about Feb- talking about?” boards also advertise. “Mystery 1937 Rolls Royce they said was uh. Well, there’s always… no, ruary.” “Has anybody seen my keys?” of the Southwest!” It’s located rumored to have been owned by I guess not. Now that I think The owner showed me sev- Sadly, in a surprise breach of on Exit 322 in the Texas Can- Hitler. Heck, anybody can start about it, there’s really not much eral photographs of the ch- a rumor. I started one back in you can do with the severed upacabra. The creature’s hate- high school and ended up tak- finger of a famous Mexican ful expression looked familiar. ing my best friend’s girlfriend to outlaw except overpay for it. I’ve seen it many times sitting the prom. He tried to get even Ten thousand dollars? Who are across from me in divorce COIN COLLECTIONS with me years later by marrying they expecting to walk through court. The owner then played one of my ex-wives. She made the front door? Michael Jack- video footage for me of the leg- his life a living hell. Be careful son? endary Bigfoot, but, upon closer APPRAISED what you wish for, my friend. Be After careful examination, I inspection, it turned out to be YOU PICK THE PLACE careful what you wish for. determined that the finger was Ron Jeremy. IF I BUY — NO!!! FEES That’s why, when I heard indeed that of the notorious “I see it’s not just his foot Pancho Villa’s trigger finger was bandit, but, unfortunately, it that’s big,” I commented, dryly. FEES ARE NEGOTIABLE for sale at a local pawn shop, was not his trigger finger. It was Reaching under the counter, ANA - K3131056 – Call Jim 575-654-2248 I just had to go see for myself. his nose-picking finger. When the owner brought out a piece My first order of business was I asked him about it, the pawn of the crashed alien spacecraft call… calling the FBI. I knew I would shop owner said, “I wouldn’t from Roswell. It looked like a need help once the truth be- know anything about that. I just sheet of aluminum foil. 575-538-0850 came known. know what I read on the inter- “Of course it does,” the owner “I’d like to speak with Agents net.” explained. “Where do you think Fox Mulder and Dana Scully,” I looked around to see what we got the technology to make I politely asked the agent who other interesting artifacts this aluminum foil? Before Roswell, answered. unique pawn shop offered. The there was no such thing.” Just as politely, he insist- first thing I noticed were wood- And then he said he had ed there were no such agents en slivers from the actual cross something in the back he want- and explained to me that “The Jesus was crucified on. ed to show me. Something so Located 1810 South Ridge Rd. next to Chevron X-Files” was nothing more “Have they been authenticat- rare, no one’s ever seen it. than a fictional television show ed?” I asked. “What is it?” I asked, anxious about government conspiracies. “I have it on good authority,” to know. Hmm … that’s just what I he answered. “An honest politician,” he would expect the FBI to say. “What’s this?” I asked, point- said. “May I ask who’s calling?” the ing out a chest of some kind I got the heck out of there. agent wanted to know. with the words “Little Tykes” That was too much for even “Uh … gotta go!” printed on the side. me to believe. Apparently, I would have to “It’s the lost Ark of the Cove- pursue this particular undertak- nant,” he told me. Born in the southwest, Jim ing myself. “I didn’t know they had plas- Duchene is proud to make it After searching through tic in biblical times.” his home. You can read more some of the seedier bars and “With God, all things are pos- at jimduchene.BlogSpot.com, brothels downtown has to offer, sible.” RaisingMyFather.BlogSpot. I found the pawn shop in ques- In my brief time there, I dis- com, or @JimDuchene.

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MAGIC OF MOGOLLON • JAY W. SHARP Messages from the Past Looking for meaning in the rock art of the area

cross their range, which spanned much of cultural signature. This compares with the con- uous notion about how they nourished the northern Chihuahuan Desert between temporaneous Anasazi Puebloans of the Colora- their souls. The clues leave us largely Aseven and 12 centuries ago, the Mogollon do Plateau. They excelled in community planning, mystified about how they saw their place Puebloan people left us with a stunning legacy of architecture and masonry. It compares, too, with in the universe, explained the origins of their mysterious and evocative images chiseled and the Hohokam Puebloans of the northern Sonoran people, chose their village sites in the desert, scribed or painted on surfaces of stone. They Desert. They made ceremonial platform mounds regarded the epics of their past, commemorated gave us what are apparently visualizations of (in effect, truncated pyramids), sunken oval- the lives of their ancestors, overcame their anxi- Mogollon religious beliefs, life and legend, shaped ball courts, exotic crafts and extensive eties about survival, sought spiritual help for their including, for example, deities, mythologi- irrigation systems the core of their lives. injured and sick, or petitioned their deities for su- cal figures, ceremonial dancers, animals, pernatural intervention and sustenance. birds and symbolic geometric designs. The quest for an understanding We can sense their overriding fears of drought, Indeed, the Mogollon people While the ruins of their villages and the flotsam storm, enemies, disease and perhaps witchcraft. made art on rock “canvases” (as and jetsam of their lives tell us something of how We can imagine the ritual, the ceremony, the well as on ceramic vessels, es- the Mogollons sheltered, clothed, provisioned and pecially in southwestern New defended themselves, their imagery and symbol- MESSAGES Mexico) their hallmark, their ism, although extensive, give us only an ambig- continued on page 30

13 1. Macaw – a Mesoamerican bird – in flight, image located at a site in a small range of hills northeast of Deming. 2. Gog- gle-eyed, snarling Tlaloc-like petroglyph. Such figures are found at many Mogollon rock art sites. This one is located at a site northeast of Deming. 3. Rattlesnake image, located at a site northeast of Deming. 4. Seated mystical figure, possibly a “story teller” figure. Located at a site along a drainage north of Fort Hancock. 5. Image of a feline paw print, possibly a symbol of the collared jaguar. (Some think it may be a clan symbol.) It occurs at various Mogollon rock art sites. This one is located in the Franklin Mountains Texas State Park. 6. Big-horned sheep killed with arrows, Three Rivers. 7. Two masks, pictographs, one horned. Hueco Tanks. 8. Possible trade bearer, and another possible link between the between the Mesoamericans and the Mogollon Puebloans, located at a site in a range of hills northeast of Deming. 9. Google-eyed Tlaloc-like image located on the wall of Tlaloc Cave. Hueco Tanks. It was in this cave that Alex Mares, a Texas Parks & Wildlife Ranger at the time, took shelter from an afternoon thunderstorm and discovered the magic of the site. 10. “Starry-eyed Man” mask. Hueco Tanks. 11. Possible image of a collared jaguar, a symbol of the Mesoameri- can collared jaguar cult. Hueco Tanks. 12. Mesoamerican-style mask petroglyph, located in a small mountain range east of El Paso. 13. Imprint of a human hand – note that this one has six fingers – which recalls hand images tens of thousands of years old in 12 various parts of the world. This im- 5 10 age is located at Three Rivers. 11 6 7

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A small ruin of a Mogollon pueblo, which offers a stark contrast with Anasazi structures. (Photos by Jay W. Sharp)

MESSAGES tural anthropologist with St. Ed- chemists and rock art dating spe- continued from page 29 wards University in Austin, Texas, cialists Marvin Rowe and Marian has suggested Mogollon shamans Hyman ran radio carbon dating celebration, the dance. Obvious- may have chiseled or painted imag- analyses that suggest that Jornada ly, though, we have no artifactual es on stone surfaces and then used Mogollon shamans may have paint- records of the chants of their sha- the figures as a mystical gateway ed some of the images as far back mans and medicine men, the stories to the spirit world. If so, the abun- as the seventh century. Most inves- around their evening campfires, the dance, diversity, distribution and tigators think the Jornada Mogollon sounds of their drums. In the end, stylistic consistency of much of continued painting images at Hueco we can discern little about the non- the Mogollon rock art suggest an Tanks until well into the second mil- material dimensions of their lives. intense, widespread and pervasive lennium. spiritual life across the mountain Computer specialists Evelyn Ceremonial dancer, with a cloud-terrace symbol headdress and a The magic of the rock art foothills and desert basins of south- Billo and Robert Mark, Rupestrian cornstalk wand—an indication that rain and corn were vitally import- Years ago, one summer after- ern New Mexico, western Texas CyberServices, Flagstaff, Arizona, ant. Three Rivers. noon, I sat with Alex Mares, once a and Mexico’s northern Chihuahua used digital techniques to enhance Texas Parks & Wildlife ranger who state. photographs of Hueco Tanks rock many dozens more significant Mo- pictions of Tlaloc suggest strongly is part Native American and part Within this 100,000 square-mile art, offering astonishingly more de- gollon rock art sites with thousands that, in fact, it is he who is being Hispanic, in a small rock alcove – span, which encompasses the Mim- tailed looks at images that we had more images in southern New Mex- represented through the Jornada called Tlaloc Cave – in the heart of bres branch of the Mogollon to the been thought lost forever to time, ico, western Texas and northern (Mogollon) style,” Schaafsma said. the range of basaltic hills at Hueco west and the Jornada branch to the weather and vandalism. Chihuahua. Many of them lie along “(The figure is ) widely represent- Tanks, a state historical park in far east, we find large panels of stone Hueco Tanks holds a treasure the Rio Grande and its tributary ed, occurring at least once in nearly West Texas. Through the narrow that bear “Masks and faces with trove of Jornada Mogollon picto- drainages, near mountain foothills every Jornada Style rock art site or entrance, we could see the creosote almond eyes and abstract decora- graphs. The U. S. Bureau of Land and streams, beside ancient trade site cluster.” and mesquite covered desert floor tion, horns, feathers, and pointed Management’s Three Rivers Petro- routes and even near prehistoric However, at least one other and a black hill immediately to the caps; mythical beings with round glyph Site, located on the western turquoise mines. Almost certainly, scholar, Helen Crotty, has suggested west. staring eyes; large blanket designs; flank of southern New Mexico’s there are many more sites, espe- “…the outsized eyes and the limb- On the ceiling, just above our animals with bent legs and formal Sacramento Mountains, holds an cially in Chihuahua, still awaiting less trapezoidal figure are reminis- heads, hovered several black and decorative patterns on their bodies; even greater abundance of Jornada discovery. cent of the Archaic Barrier Canyon white images of goggle-eyed, limb- horned serpents; flying birds and Mogollon rock art, in this instance, Researchers appear to believe Style figures…” which occur, not in less and trapezoidal-shaped figures spread-winged eagles; turtles, tad- well over 20,000 Jornada Mogol- universally that rock art of cos- Mesoamerica, but in Utah. that seemingly bear unmistakable poles, fish, and insects; corn, cloud lon petroglyphs, or those images tumed dancers, masks, mytholog- Kay Sutherland and another re- connections with Tlaloc, the gog- terraces, and rainbows,” according scribed and chiseled into the rock ical figures and certain symbols searcher, Regan Giese, examined a gle-eyed Mesoamerican god of to Polly Schaafsma, the foremost surfaces. speaks to ceremony, ritual, magic Jornada Mogollon figure of an ani- storm and rains. The figures stared authority on the rock art of the des- The Three Rivers site is, accord- and spirituality, but the scholars run mal painted on the ceiling of a rock down at us as if we had intruded erts of the Southwest. ing to renowned Native American into a wall of frustration when they shelter near Fort Hancock, in west- into their alien world. Investigators have found more art historian J. J. Brody, “…one of try to interpret or even classify the ern Texas, and they declared it is “I got caught in a thunderstorm than 3,000 Jornada Mogollon rock the densest concentrations of art images. clearly the representation of a bear. out in this part of the park late one paintings, or pictographs, at Hueco in any medium anywhere in the For instance, in attempts to ex- Another investigator, John Green, afternoon,” Mares said, “and I took Tanks alone. They have document- world.” plain the figure “X” – one of the sim- examined the same figure, and he shelter in here. It came a real downed images of the Tlaloc storm god, Helen Crotty, well known rock plest and most common abstracted suggested that the figure is the rep- pour. A lot of lightning and thunder. the Mesoamerican Quetzalcoatal art documentation specialist, said, symbols in the rock art of the Mo- resentation of a porcupine. While I waited, rainwater began to plumed or horned serpent deity, “Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and gollon region – one investigator said While acknowledging that much cascade down the slope of the hill elaborately costumed dancers, re- insects are present in a variety of it represents the shape of a roadrun- of the rock art is, without question, above us, and it fell across the en- ligious masks, caricatured faces, recognizable species as well as in ner’s track and that the symbolic in- related to Mogollon spirituality, a trance like a bridal veil. storm symbols, corn stalks, ani- stylized and semi-abstract rendi- determinate direction of the bird’s few researchers have suggested “After a while, the sun came out, mals, birds and reptiles as well as tions. Human figures, especially fac- travel served through magic to that some images may have served and the rays shone right through the many geometric designs. They have es or masks are also abundant and confuse tribal enemies. Another re- to mark prehistoric clans or social veil. Reflections lit up these Tlaloc found more pictographs of deities, seemingly endlessly diverse. The searcher said, no, the “X” can’t be a groupings, territorial boundaries, figures with a shimmering and spar- dancers and masks at Hueco Tanks numerous geometric designs are roadrunner’s track; it’s clearly a pre- important trails and water sites. kling light. It felt supernatural and than at any other place in the entire equally intriguing…” historic shorthand representation The Mogollon peoples left their spiritual.” Southwest. Schaafsma said the “… imagery of the prehistoric collared jaguar signature rock art record in the Kay Sutherland, who was a cul- Some years ago, Texas A&M documents much that is significant priesthood of Mesoamerica, where Jornada and Mimbres regions, but in the history of ongoing religious a similar symbol appears on imag- they also produced two other, less beliefs and practices in the Pueblo es of the jaguar religious figures. A widespread styles – one called “Mo- The American Rock Art Research Association Southwest.” third investigator said, no, no, the gollon Red,” the other, “Reserve Meliha S. Duran, co-author (with “X” can’t be a roadrunner’s track. It Petroglyph” – in the western part The American Rock Art Research Association, founded in Helen Crotty) of the report on the can’t be a jaguar priesthood symbol. of their territory. Both seem to have 1974, supports rock art research, conservation, and public most important archaeological It’s not even an “X.” It’s a “K.” appeared between A.D. 1000 and education. ARARA will hold its annual conference, its 43rd, this year in Las Cruces, at the Ramada Las Cruces Hotel study of Three Rivers, said that the Most investigators believe that 1400. and Conference Center, from May 27 through May 30. The images “…encode important infor- the goggle-eyed figures like those According to Schaafsma, the Mo- conference will include a number of field trips to rock art sites mation on the world view, cosmol- at Hueco Tanks show undeniable gollon Red, usually small reddish within our region. For additional information, visit the inter- ogy, and religion of these peoples roots in the Mesoamerican storm net site ARARA.org. (the Mogollon).” god Tlaloc. 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figures painted in rock alcoves, includes two types of human figures, one wearing a one-horned headdress, the other holding an apparent staff. The style also includes an array of geometric designs. It appears to derive cultural inspiration from the Hohokam peoples to the west. The Reserve Petroglyph style, largely confined to the San Fran- cisco and Tularosa River drainages in Catron County, includes human figures wearing one- Goggle-eyed mystical figure horned headdresses or playing that may have cultural affil- flutes. It also includes human iation with Mesoamerican and animal tracks and geomet- storm god, Tlaloc. Located ric designs. Most impressively, near a rock art site in a small suggests Schaafsma, it includes range on New Mexico’s large animals, perhaps mountain southern border with Texas. lions or coyotes, pecked into Such imagery represents the stone faces high on sequestered Mogollon Puebloan people’s cliff faces. The style evidently cultural signature. (Photo by draws on both the Anasazi and Jay W. Sharpe) Mogollon cultures for artistic in- The view from the top of the waterfall. spiration. branch, centered in the south- Collectively, the Mogollon ern Gila Wilderness, fleeting HIGH PLACES • GABRIELE TEICH peoples bequeathed us great out- glimpses of connections with door galleries of suggestive and distant Mogollon rock art, ce- evocative rock art, but they left lestial watches and shamanistic few keys to its meaning. celebration and ritual. They find, Hiking Dripping Springs, for instance, images of mythical The mystery in other figures, animals and birds simi- dimensions lar to those of Hueco Tanks and Although details remain mys- Three Rivers. Las Cruces terious, scholars, studying the rock art, have come to believe Ancient artistic and Old stomping ground offers new trail the Mogollon Puebloans viewed spiritual roots life from a powerful and perva- In leaving us with galleries e had other plans but friends invited us to sive spiritual perspective. The of extraordinary rock art across join them and since it’s always more fun to archaeologists have found more the northern Chihuahuan Des- Whike with friends we agreed. We – that was evidence in other dimensions. ert, the Mogollon people fol- just husband and myself this time – the kids had oth- They have, for instance, dis- lowed a human tradition that er plans which included homework and “hanging out covered primitive observatories, extends back tens of thousands with friends.” Gone are the times where I would drag or celestial watches, which sug- of years. Our ancient ancestors two moping kids on hikes which not only ruined it for gest many Mogollon religious across much of the world left the adults, but always made me swear to my husband ceremonies might have revolved representational figures in se- afterwards that I would NEVER EVER do that again. around the annual advances and cluded spots – often rock shel- These days they join us if they want to – if not, fine. retreats of the sun, events in ters and caves – in, for instance, For any avid or not-so-avid hiker in Las Cruces, the old the night sky, the passage of the Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia stomping ground would probably be the same: Drip- seasons, and the timely nourish- and South and North America ping Springs. ment or untimely failure of rain- (Some years ago, my wife and I Our friends had decided on the La Cueva hike with fall. We can visualize prehistoric had the privilege of seeing some the Fillmore Canyon extension. So we pulled in the farmers appealing to their dei- of that ancient rock art in a cave lower parking lot, filled out the yellow envelope and ties, through their rock art, for in Andalucía, Spain). Through paid our dues – or in our case, used the access pass. supernatural help with crops in a time, these artists often chose Husband first had to check the back of the car for the diverse landscape which is char- to portray surprisingly similar license plate – who remembers that? Then he asked acterized by dry spring times, subjects, for instance, figures of me for the date. I told him the 30th. Much later at frequent drought, often violent spiritual characters, illustrations home we realized it was only the 28th – of February, late summer thunderstorms, and of humans, illustrations of local which as every Kindergartener knows, doesn’t have – in the higher elevations – early wildlife, outlines and imprints 30 days, not even in a leap year. I hope the rangers frosts. of human hands, speaking, per- forgave us. Archaeologists have found haps, to common connections Since all members of the group (except one) had caches of objects that appear to among us all through time. done this hike before we decided to change it up a bit be sacred. These included, for ex- and get close to the rock on the north side, the way ample, ceremonial prayer sticks For additional reading, many rock climbers do. It was already hot for Febru- (or pahos), ceremonial pipes, see “Archaeology of The ary and the shade was welcome. It is more of a scram- ritual bows and arrows, animal Southwest, Second Edition,” ble than the main route but the trail is obvious. As we effigies, bear and mountain lion by Linda Cordell; “Mimbres got past the La Cueva rock outcropping the trail split fetishes, feathers, plants, crys- Painted Pottery” by J. J. into two routes. The right trail led back around the Looking back at the Canyon. tals and semi-precious minerals. Brody; “Mimbres Pottery” rocks towards the cave on the other side and the left Certainly, the objects had no ap- by Tony Berlant, J. J. Brody, trail took us farther up the hill and down on the oth- for another great photo op. parent practical use. Catherine J. Scott and er side. It meanders through the brush and connects The whole hike took us a little more than two Archaeologists also have Steven A. LeBlanc; “Mimbres with the main trail right by the turn-off to the Modoc hours. Only a small part (beyond the waterfall) was found some evidence that sug- Mythology, Southwestern Mine and Fillmore Canyon. We took a well-deserved hard, the rest I would consider easy to moderate. gests that Mogollon shamans Studies, Monograph No. 56,” break by the waterfall which had quite a lot of water How to get there: Take University Avenue in Las used psychoactive plants to in- by Pat Carr; “Indian Rock due to the recent heavy snowfall in early January. Cruces all the way east towards the Organ Moun- duce trances, a state which, they Art of the Southwest” by Polly With refreshed energy thanks to trail mix and gra- tains, passing A Mountain and the Talavera Subdivi- believed, conveyed them into Schaafsma; “Three Rivers nola bars, we continued on to the top of the water- sion. The road turns into a dirt road at some point, the spirit world. The archaeol- Petroglyph Site: Results of the fall. The trail seemed to diverge into many different then goes back to paved. Turn left into the parking lot ogists have discovered, for one ASNM Rock Art Recording routes but they all led to the top. This part of the hike marked “La Cueva” and stop at the toll post to pay $5 instance, caches of the seeds of Field School” by Meliha S. is by far the hardest but the hiker is rewarded with a per vehicle. The trail is marked all the way, except the the sacred datura, a powerful Duran and Helen K. Crotty; grand view of the canyon, the La Cueva Rocks and part above the waterfall. Simply follow the trail to the hallucinogenic (and potential- “Spirits From the South,” the city of Las Cruces in the background. On top we left of the waterfall up the mountain and turn left on ly deadly) herb that produces The Artifact, Vol. 34, Nos. 1 & oriented ourselves toward the left (or north for those top to get to the trail leading back down. showy white blooms with laven- 2, 1996, by Kay Sutherland. with a compass at hand) and soon found a trail that General advice: Take plenty of water, wear sun- der tints. I’ve drawn heavily on these led us back down via the mine tailings and back onto screen, a hat, and sensible shoes. Avoid the heat of They see, in the fabled pot- sources in preparing this the main trail. A look back onto the waterfall made midday, especially in the summer. tery of the Mogollon Mimbres article. DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 33

THE STARRY DOME • BERT STEVENS Antlia, the Air Pump Constellation born in the Age of Enlightenment

f you have ever had a flat tire the dwarf darker in visible light While Venus is too close to the and then found your spare tire and brighter in infrared. Brown Sun to be seen this month, Mercu- Iwas also flat, you might have dwarfs were originally found with ry will put on a show as it passes wished that a small constellation infrared telescopes where they in front of the Sun on May 9. Most low in our southern sky were with are much brighter than they are of the time, Mercury is north or you. Antlia, the Air Pump, is bare- in visible light. south of the Sun’s disc as it passes ly 25 degrees above our southern between the Earth and Sun. How- horizon, as it gets dark. This is The Planets for ever, if the passage occurs around another constellation created by May 2016 May 8 or Nov. 10, then Mercury French astronomer Nicolas Louis Jupiter is moving slowly west- will be visible against the surface de Lacaille in 1752. He originally ward in Leo at the beginning of of the Sun. The transit this month named it as la Machine Pneuma- the month. On May 9, it stops its will already be in progress as the tique (French for the Pneumatic westward motion and heads back Sun rises. Mercury will reach the Pump). eastward. At midmonth, Jupiter’s nearest point to the center of the Lacaille drew his inspiration disc is 39.0 seconds-of-arc across Sun’s disc at 9:57 a.m. Mercury for this constellation from the in- and it shines at magnitude -2.2. will start leaving the Sun’s disc at vention of a double-barreled air The King of the Gods is two-thirds 12:39 p.m. and will be completely pump by French physicist Denis of the way up in the southeastern off the disc by 12:42 p.m. Be sure Papin in 1676. It was one of 14 sky and sets around 3 a.m. not to look at the Sun without the constellations he created, many Mars is visible all night, shin- appropriate solar filters or you representing newly invented ening at magnitude -1.9. Mars’ disc could be blinded. gineering and scientific instru- is 18.4 seconds-of-arc across Mercury will reappear in the ments symbolizing the Age of En- One of the closest interstellar objects is in the constellation of Antlia, when it reaches opposition on morning sky around May 20 in lightenment. When Lacaille’s 1763 the Air Pump. Dubbed DEN 1048-3956, this brown dwarf is only 13 May 22. This is the largest that the east-northeast just before star charts were published, he light-years away from us. Brown dwarfs are very dim so we can only the disc will appear during this sunrise. It will become higher in had Latinized the name to Antlia see them if they are nearby. With so few of them near us, astrono- year, so it is a great time to look the sky each day. On May 30, the Pneumatica. English astronomer mers have a difficult time estimating their abundance in the galaxy. If at Mars with a telescope. Mars is Messenger of the Gods’ disc will John Herschel suggested shorten- they are very common, they may account for some of the universe’s moving slowly westward across be 9.3 seconds-of-arc across with ing the name to just Antlia, which “missing mass.” the northern panhandle of Scor- a 27 percent illuminated crescent was roundly approved. pius, just entering Libra as the disc. Mercury will be in eastern This constellation is easily vis- compared to the Sun, it is at the In a brown dwarf, the entire month ends. Aries all month, so enjoy Mercu- ible from the latitude of ancient upper end of the range of brown star is involved in convection Saturn is not far east of Mars, ry’s show this month and “keep Greece, but the stars are too faint dwarfs. The smallest brown with hot material comes up from rising around 9:15 p.m. By the watching the sky!” to be included in any constella- dwarf is about 12 times heavi- the core heading toward the time it starts to get light, it is tion. The brightest star in Antlia er than Jupiter. Anything lighter surface. The heavier elements twenty degrees up in the south- An amateur is Alpha Antliae, an orange giant than that is just a gas giant planet, formed from the fusion in the west. The Ringed Planet shines astronomer that varies slightly in magnitude like Jupiter. core bubbles up to the surface at magnitude +0.1 and its Rings for more than from 4.22 to 4.29. It is an old star, Once you reach 12 times the where they cool off and start to tilt down 26.1 degrees with the 45 years, Bert around 370 light-years away from mass of Jupiter, the brown dwarf settle back down again. But some northern face showing. They are Stevens is us. The rest of the stars in this has enough mass to fuse deuteri- of these elements stay on the sur- 41.4 seconds-of-arc across at mid- co-director of constellation are even fainter. um (a proton and a neutron stuck face and form large bands of dust month and Saturn’s disc is 18.3 Desert Moon One of these stars is more than together) into heavier elements. on the surface that help make seconds-of-arc across. Observatory in Las Cruces. 20,000 times fainter than the eye At this point, it creates enough can see at magnitude 17.4. You energy to keep it warm over bil- would think that such a faint star lions of year. Deuterium is no- would be very far away. In reality, where near as common as hydro- the star DEN 1048-3956 is only 13 gen, so there is not enough fuel Looking for a fun, part-time gig? light-years away, one of the clos- in the brown dwarf to make the est interstellar objects to us. It energy a normal star would make. Deliver Desert Exposure! is not a main sequence star, but When the brown dwarf ex- a brown dwarf. Stars like white ceeds 65 times the mass of Ju- dwarfs are the aged remains of piter, it stars fusing lithium into a much larger star, but a brown heavier elements as well, creat- dwarf was never large enough to ing more energy, but still not any- be regular star. where near that of a normal star. Brown dwarfs start out like The heaviest brown dwarfs have other stars as a cloud of dust and a mass just under 80 Jupiters. In gas that slowly collapses into a an object heavier than 80 Jupi- more compact object. If the orig- ters, the core does get hot enough inal cloud is larger, the compact to start fusing hydrogen and we object will have enough mass to have a real star, though a cool one compress the object until it gets to be sure. hot enough for hydrogen to con- Another major difference be- vert into helium through nuclear tween a star and a brown dwarf fusion. It has become a normal is that a star has shells, each with star. If the initial cloud is not large its own chemical composition. enough, the resulting compact The material above and below object will not have enough mass each shell does not mix with the for its core to get hot enough to material in the shell. The material start nuclear fusion in its core. in the core does not mix with the DEN 1048-3956 is only 0.07 material in the shell above it. The times the mass of our Sun, which material on the surface of the star is 73 times the size of Jupiter. does not mix downward with the While this brown dwarf is small shell below it.

Calendar of Events – May 2016 (MST) Contact Desert Exposureʼs 06 1:30 p.m. New Moon distribution coordinator 09 8 a.m. Mercury crosses the Sun’s disc 09 5 p.m. Jupiter stationary Teresa Tolonen, at 575-680-1841 13 11:02 a.m. First Quarter Moon or [email protected] 21 3:14 p.m. Full Moon 22 5 a.m. Mars at opposition 29 6:12 a.m. Last Quarter Moon Our delivery areas cover Silver City, Deming, Las Cruces, Alamogordo, 30 4 p.m. Mars closest to the Earth Truth or Consequences, Ruidoso and more. 34 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com MINDFULNESS • MIKE COOK Structured Meditation SEE VIDEO ONLINE Mindfulness-based stress-reduction instructor has Las Cruces workshops

indfulness is my daily home assignments. mind and body and mobilizing personal experi- MBSR is now utilized in more your own inner resources for “Mence to settle more than 750 medical centers world- comping, growing, and healing.” with thing as they are, things I wide, January said, and major “Nearly three decades of can’t change – like who’s run- multi-national corporations like scientific research at UMass ning for president or dealing Google and Facebook use it for and at medical centers all over with terrorism,” said Mindful- their employees. the world suggest that training ness Based Stress Reduction “MBSR is based on a form in mindfulness and MBSR can (MBSR) instructor Gerri Janu- of meditation known as mind- positively and often profound- ary. fulness,” according to www. ly affect participants’ ability to MAY OPEN HOUSE January is offering her third redwillowlearning.org/MBSR, reduce medical symptoms and nine-week MSBR workshop se- the website of the University of psychological distress while 521 Copper Dr in Tyrone, NM ries this spring in the Rotary Massachusetts School of Medi- learning to live life more fully,” This bright & happy, upgraded 3 BD / 2 BA home Room at Mesilla Valley Hospice, cine Center for Mindfulness. according to www.soundstrue. 299 Montana Ave. The cost of “Mindfulness is a basic hu- com. combines contemporary southwest architecture with a the course is $89 per person, man quality, a way of learning to “It has been confirmed well thought out fl oor plan. which includes a manual and pay wise attention to whatever through research that what we four-disc CD. All proceeds ben- is happening in your life that al- think and feel impacts our im- Sunday, May 15 2pm – 4pm efit the hospice. lows you a greater sense of con- mune system via chemical mes- Classes are “highly participa- nection to your life inwardly and sages from the brain,” said Jen- tory, supportive and structured,” outwardly. Mindfulness is also a nifer Wolkin, a licensed clinical Hosted by January said, and provide sup- practice, a systematic method health and neuropsychologist, Blake Farley port with guided instruction in aimed at cultivating clarity, in- writer, speaker and professor in Associate Broker mindfulness meditation practic- sight and understanding. In the New York City. MBSR increases Hacienda Realty es, gentle stretching and yoga, context of your health, mindful- activity in “the areas of the brain c. 575-313-4777 group dialogue and commu- ness is a way for you to experi- acting as our immune systems’ nication exercises to enhance entially learn to take better care o. 575-388-1921 awareness in everyday life, indi- of yourself by exploring and MINDFULNESS Watch video at www.enchantedsilvercity.com vidually tailored instruction and understanding the interplay of continued on page 35

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appiness for me is Mességué experiencing perceived stress and and/or a first course of salad that gestion or by personal preference, largely a matter of di- “The stomach is a slave that then try to take it down a notch – includes bitter greens. Sadly, many usually sipped slowly but you can “Hgestion” – Lin Yutang must accept everything that is repeat as necessary. salad greens that at one time con- slug it down all at once if you can’t It can be said with some confi- given to it, but which aveng- There are many approaches tained a bitter component have take the intense bitterness (an ac- dence, that most people recognize es wrongs as slyly as does the to stimulating deficient digestive been bred to remove the bitter quired taste, to be sure), kind of the importance of good digestion slave.” — Émile Souvestre function. They include digestive taste. like ripping off a Band-Aid. in regard to overall health and “Let food be your medicine and enzymes, probiotics, hydrochloric Happily, there seems to be a sort The important thing is to taste well-being. This is a good start, but medicine be your food.” — Hippo- acid, vinegar, various and sundry of a neo-bitters revival under way, the bitterness. And I’m sorry to be perhaps even more important than crates herbs and supplements that stim- so that aside from the relatively the one that has to tell this, but that the food we eat and the lengths we Aside from clinical lack of ulate blood flow to the intestines simple and inexpensive options is the bitter truth. go to obtain the best quality provi- function, and injury to, digestive and/or encourage increased se- mentioned above, one can now sions for ourselves and our family, organs, it is the everyday stress of cretions of the pancreas and gall rejoice in custom, hand-crafted, Ron Levy has is the body’s ability to digest and life that is most detrimental to di- bladder and prod sluggish liver small-batch formulas of a variety lived in New absorb that food. And like so many gestive function. When bodies per- function. All may be appropriate heretofore unavailable. Mexico for of life’s little ironies this process ceive themselves to be in constant in their own right; however, one For the more adventurous and over 40 years is deceptively simple but not alto- “fight or flight mode” (an excellent must be cautious when using sup- experimentally inclined there are and continues gether easy. survival strategy when used appro- plements such as enzymes and bitters recipes that you can make to study So, digestion is the normal bio- priately and sparingly) digestive hydrochloric acid, not to suppress at home from easily obtainable in- its natural logical process of breaking down function, along with reproductive, the body’s natural inclination to gredients. treasures. food and absorbing and utilizing immune system and any other bio- produce these elements on its own. Bitters are best taken 15-30 min- He can be its nutrient potential and life giving logical functions not necessary for Perhaps the single most effec- utes before meals. They can also contacted at levrat@earthlink. energy. defense, go on extended hiatus and tive approach to increased diges- be taken between meals for indi- net. Authorities much wiser than if one suffers from deficient digestive function is digestive bitters. myself, including (but not limited tive function it effects everything Why? Because the “bitter princi- to) scientists, doctors, philoso- else on down the line. Improve di- ple” is literally, nature’s dinner bell phers, poets, theologians and heal- gestive function and the likelihood to all the digestive organs – simple, Silver City Zen Center ers, all tell us how proper digestive of improving overall health and elegant, effective. (Ginzan-ji Zen Buddhist Temple) function effects everything in our well-being increase accordingly. When we taste something bitter Meditation Practice (Zazen) Monday-Friday 6:30-7:00 am lives and how what we do in our Michael Moore, much revered (or even think of tasting something daily lives profoundly effects diges- herbalist, writer, composer and bitter, in my case) we immediately Zazen & Dharma Talk Saturday 9:00 am tive function: astute observer of the human pre- begin to produce saliva and other Informal Dharma Call for Retreat Schedule “I have to tell you things that I dicament, addresses the part au- digestive secretions in the mouth. have told you often before; for un- to-induction of stress devices play When swallowed, these secretions til digestion is well established, in deficient organ system function deliver the ineluctable message Resident Priest 506 W. 13th St. (corner of 13th and Virginia) medicine has to be taken.” – Sri when he says, “ Most frequent- that food will soon be arriving and Rev. Dr. Oryu Paul Stuetzer 575-388-8874 Sathya Sai Baba ly it (organ system deficiency) is stomach, intestines, pancreas, gall “I don’t know a better prepara- caused by the habitual and learned bladder and liver must act accord- tion for life than a love of poetry induction of stress or emergency ingly. 2nd Degree Reiki Class and a good digestion.” — Zona responses in the nervous and en- A digestive bitter can be any- in Silver City Gale. docrine systems as a lazy or even thing that tastes bitter. Typically Drawing the Symbols: “Happiness: a good bank ac- necessary means of summoning a this would include bitter herbs Wednesday, May 11th 5PM - 6:30PM count, a good cook and a good usable substitute for missing moti- such as gentian, wormwood, an- digestion.” — Jean Jaques Rous- vation, creativity, emotional health, gelica, barberry and chincona (qui- Class: Saturday, May 14th 9AM - 5PM seau. passion, or psychic energy.” nine) - just to name a few, and var- WITH REIKI MASTERS “Laughter aids the digestion. So perhaps, the single most ious salad greens such as arugula, VIRGINIA NANEZ AND VICKI ALLEN You can eat a huge stew with your effective avenue to improving de- dandelion, endive and chicory. FOR REGISTRATION, LOCATION OR QUESTIONS schoolmates and digest it with no ficient digestive function is mod- In fact, this is why many of the CALL 575-590-0726 OR 575-590-0207 bother at all, whereas you can get ifying that stress response. 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People Choice award winner “A Mountain Bluebird’s Home in the Aspen,” an oil painting by Jackie Blurton, won the much-desired “People’s Choice” award at the Grant County Art Guild’s third annual Southwest Bird Art Show, now showing at the Bear Mountain Lodge. The multi-media exhibit is available for viewing daily through May 20.

MINDFULNESS continued from page 34 command center,” she said. helps you learn to use it. MBSR She also recently completed an “When these parts are stimu- opens up possibilities for peo- MBSR training program in Cali- lated through mindfulness, the ple to think and live in different fornia, and is the only qualified immune system functions more ways.” MBSR teacher in the Las Cruces effectively.” MBSR is “totally secular,” area. January has been prac- “Mindfulness is all about ac- January said. “There is no reli- ticing MBSR for more than five cepting the present moment,” gious aspect to it.” years. January said. MBSR also helps January is a clinical nurse For more information, con- those who practice it to get to specialist with 40 years of ex- tact January at gerrijanuary@ know their bodies better, she perience in health care. She is gmail.com. Visit www.uma- said. “Your body gives you all qualified to teach MBSR by the ssmed.edu/cfm and click on re- this information, and MBSR UMass Center for Mindfulness. search. 36 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com Rosen Method Bodywork Relaxation & Inner Awareness through Gentle Touch Grant County Weekly Events

Anna Dye, M.A. SUNDAYS Gin Rummy — 1 p.m. Yankie Creek Coffee House. Certified Practitioner Archaeology Society — First Sunday of every month, Grant County Democratic Party — Second field trip. 536-3092, [email protected]. Wednesday, potluck at 5:30 p.m., meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sen. Howie Morales’ building, 3060 E. Hwy. 180. 575-519-8591 MONDAYS Ladies Golf Association — 8 a.m. tee time. Silver City By Appointment AARP Chapter No. 1496 — Third Monday, 12:30 p.m. Golf Course. 309 E. College Ave., Silver City Senior Center, 205 W. Victoria. Lego Club — Ages 4-9. 4 p.m. Silver City Public AARP Widowed and Single Persons of Grant Library, 515 W. College Ave., 538-3672. The Treat for Your Feet Your Whole Body will Love. County — Second Monday, 10:30 a.m. Cross Point Prenatal Yoga — 5:30-6:30 p.m. at La Clinica Health Assembly of God Church. All singles welcome. & Birth Center, 3201 Ridge Loop. 388-4251. Free to Contact Sally, 537-3643. patients, $5 for non-patients. Al-Anon family group, New Hope —12:05 p.m. Prostate Cancer Support Group — Third Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, Silver City. 6:30 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Profound Relaxation Contact: Jerry, 575-534-4866; Matt, 575-313-0330; Room. 388-1198 ext. 10. STRESS IS THE MAIN ISSUE IN ALL ILLNESS! Diana 575-574-2311. Open meeting. Storytime — all ages. 10:30 a.m. Silver City Public Professional Foot Massage Art Class — 9-10:45 a.m. Silver City Senior Citizen Library, 515 W. College Ave., 538-3672. Malika Crozier Center. Beginners to advanced. Contact Jean 519- Certiﬁ ed Reﬂ exologist - 23yrs. [email protected] 2977. THURSDAYS Silver City – By Appointment 575-534-9809 Gentle Yoga — 5:30-6:56 p.m. Lotus Center at 211 W. ARTS Anonymous — 5:30 p.m. Artists Recovering i Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. through the 12 Steps. Unitarian Universalist Mom & Baby Yoga — 5:30-6:30 p.m. La Clinica Health Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan St. 534-1329. & Birth Center, 3201 Ridge Loop. 388-4251. Free to De-stressing Meditations — 12-12:45 p.m. New Robert Pittman patients, $5 for non-patients. Church of the SW Desert, 1302 Bennett St. 313- Republican Party of Grant County — Second 4087. Certified Advanced RO L F E R® Monday, 6 p.m. at 3 Rio de Arenas Road (the old Grant County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Center for Healing Arts, 300 Yankie St., Silver City Wrangler restaurant). Society — Second Thursday, 6 p.m. Senior Center, Silver City Squares — Dancing 7-9 p.m. Presbyterian 204 W. Victoria St. Kyle, 538-5706. Appointment or free consultation: Church, 1915 N. Swan St. Kay, 388-4227, or Linda, Group Meditation — 5:30-6:15 p.m. with Jeff Goin at 534-4523. the Lotus Center. 388-4647. 575-388-1481 Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County — Historic Mining District & Tourism Meeting — 575-313-4379 Second Monday, 10:30 a.m. at Glad Tidings Church, Second Thursday, 10 a.m. Bayard Community 11600, Highway 180 E. Info: 537-3643. Center, 290 Hurley Ave., Bayard. 537-3327. Tai Chi for Better Balance — 10:45 a.m., Senior TUESDAYS Center. Call Lydia Moncada to register, 575-534- Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support — First Tuesday, 1:30 0059. p.m. Senior Center. Margaret, 388-4539. TOPS — 5 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, Bayard Historic Mine Tour — Second Tuesday, meet 538-9447. at Bayard City Hall, 800 Central Ave., by 9:30 a.m. $5 Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 11:30 a.m. Lotus Center at 211 fee covers two-hour bus tour of historic mines plus W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. literature and map; call 537-3327 for reservation. Yoga class — Free class taught by Colleen Stinar. 1-2 Compassionate Friends — Fourth Tuesday, 7 p.m. p.m. Episcopal Church fellowship hall, Seventh and Support for those who’ve lost a child. Episcopal Texas. Church, Parish Hall, Seventh and Texas St. Mitch Barsh, 534-1134. FRIDAYS Figure/Model Drawing — 4-6 p.m. Contact Sam, 388- Overeaters Anonymous — 4 p.m. at the Silver City 5583. Public Library. 575-654-2067. Gilawriters — 2-4 p.m. Silver City Public Library. Trish Silver City Woman’s Club — Second Friday, 10:30 Heck, [email protected], 534-0207. a.m., lunch is at noon, 411 Silver Heights Blvd. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — First Tuesday, Kathleen at 538-3452. 11:30 a.m. at local restaurant; email for this month’s Taizé — Second Friday. Service of prayer, songs, location: [email protected]. scripture readings and quiet contemplation. 6:30 PFLAG Silver City — First Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m. at the p.m. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 538- Yankie Creek Coffee House. Confidential support for 2015. LGBTQ persons, their families and friends. 575-590- Woodcarving Club — Second and Fourth Fridays 8797. except holidays. 1 p.m. Senior Center. 313-1518. Slow Flow Yoga — 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lotus Youth Space — 5:30-10 p.m. Loud music, video Center at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-234- games, chill out. Satellite/Wellness Coalition. 5331. Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guild – First SATURDAYS Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. at the Grant County Extension Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners — 6 p.m. Lions Office, 2610 N. Silver Street, North Entrance. Club, Eighth & Bullard (entrance at Big Ditch behind Newcomers and visitors are welcome. 575-388- Domino’s). Newcomers and seasoned members 8161. welcome. Tai Chi for Better Balance — 10:45 a.m., Senior Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support — 10 a.m.-noon. Center. Call Lydia Moncada to register, 575-534- Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room. 0059. Margaret, 388-4539. Blooming Lotus Meditation — 12:45 p.m. Lotus WEDNESDAYS Center at 211 W. Broadway, 313-7417, geofarm@ Al-Anon family group — 6 p.m. at Arenas Valley pobox.com. Church of Christ, 5 Race Track Road, Arenas Valley Double Feature Blockbuster Mega Hit Movie Night (the old radio station). Contact: Tom, 575-956-8731; — 5:30-11 pm. Satellite/Wellness Coalition. Karen 575-313-7094; Dot, 575-654-1643. Open Evening Prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition meeting. — 5 p.m. Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Archaeology Society — Third Wednesday of every Santa Clara. 537-4839, [email protected]. month, October-November, January-April 7 p.m. Kids Bike Ride — 10 a.m., Bikeworks, 815 E. 10th St. Silver City Women’s Club. Summers 6 p.m. location Dave Baker, 388-1444. TBA. 536-3092, [email protected]. Narcotics Anonymous — 6 p.m. New 180 Club, 1661 Back Country Horsemen — Second Wednesday, Hwy. 180 E. Pastoral Counseling Available. 6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Spinning Group — First Saturday, 1-3 p.m. Yada Yada Room. Subject to change. 574-2888. Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, 388-3350. Bayard Al-Anon — 6 p.m. Bayard Housing Authority, Storytime — all ages. 10:30 a.m. Silver City Public 100 Runnels Drive 313-7094. Library, 515 W. College Ave., 538-3672. A Course in Miracles — 7:15 p.m., 600 N. Hudson. Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 10 a.m. All levels. Lotus Center Information, 534-9172 or 534-1869. at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. Curbside Consulting — Free for nonprofits. 9 a.m.- noon. Wellness Coalition, 409 N. Bullard, Lisa All phone numbers are area code 575 except as Jimenez, 534-0665, ext. 232, lisa@wellnesscoalition. noted. Send updates to events@desertexposure. org. com. DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 37

Athena Wolf has many BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH years of experience with the practice of Ayurveda and Mayan healing and is Sharing Ancient Knowledge one of two leaders of the Excuela de Curanderismo. Blending the teachings of two continents (Courtesy Photo) at Escuela de Curanderismo

he Escuela de Curanderismo begins a group of apprentices TJune 18 introducing students La Clinica to a “unique and powerful system Family Health & Birth Center of healing” according to proprietor (575) 388-4251 3201 Ridge Loop, Silver City Athena Wolf. (on 32nd St up the hill from the Hospital) Wolf said apprentices will devel- • Natural Childbirth, including water birth op the intuitive abilities of the heal- With prenatal, postpartum & newborn care • Primary care for the whole family er and learn the knowledge learned Medicaid, Insurance and affordable payments accepted through thousands of years of hu- Mon-Fri 9-5:30 Walk-Ins Welcome man interaction with plants, food Shauna McCosh CNM, FNP www.laclinicanm.org and prayer in the traditions of the Mayans, pre-Inca shamans, Ayurve- da and Kundalini yoga. There are 10 Working in the fresh air of the Gila forests, apprentices of the Escue- two-day gatherings in this course. la de Curanderismo, learn and practice principals of natural healing. “You will be challenged, tested, (Courtesy Photo) nurtured and given tools for mental, emotional and spiritual growth,” constitutions and philosophy, using a month near the town of Mimbres, BECK FAMILY DENTAL Wolf said. “If this path is your call- food as medicine; and much more. New Mexico and is usually attended creating healthy smiles ing at this time, we welcome you “We will learn to heal ourselves, by those who live within a 300-mile and will support the revelation of the Earth and our world,” Wolf said. distance. Jonathan Beck, DDS your individual strengths, gifts and Cindy Ayton, who has gone At the first gathering the group 2109 Pinos Altos Road, 575-534-1133 Silver City, NM 88061 expression.” through the school, said she has will determine the dates for each www.beckfamilydental.com Included in teachings during the never met anyone who was as will- month after. Those completing the [email protected] escuela are knowledge and prac- ing to share her gifts and wisdom as school in a satisfactory manner will tice of plant medicine from several Wolf. receive a certificate. As this is a cu- traditions and in creating reme- “I feel like I have come home to mulative and experiential journey, dies; the ethics of healing; the use myself after a lifetime of searching,” apprentices will not be able to join of yoga, sound and pranayama for she said. “The ways of the Curenda- the 10-session series after it begins. healing; reflexology, kinesiology and ro touch my heart deeply. This is The energy exchange is $200 per energy work; use of the pendulum awakening a path that has been gathering (one weekend). It may be and dousing; human anatomy, the lying dormant deep inside. I am so possible to accept some barter as chakra system and the endocrine grateful.” well if arranged in advance. system; making salves, tinctures, The apprenticeship is led Visit www.curanderahealing. harvesting and drying plant medi- by Wolf and Virginia Nañez. com/escuela-de-curanderismo.html cine, the Spirit of plants; Ayurvedic The escuela meets for one weekend for information and to sign up.

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n the early days with my horse, most always shady at the barn, no where he always acted up a bit. My horse behavior, believing this mal, and as prey animals they he was boarded in a facility in matter how clear the weather was. horse was known as “old bucky” would add value for my natural have an abundance of motion re- IMarin County, California, just Depending on the angle of the sun, because it was impossible to get horsemanship students – if they ceptors to detect any movement north of San Francisco. The barn the season or the inevitable Bay through a ride without at least one knew a particular approach or for possible threats. You probably was situated in a canyon filled with Area fog, it could be downright good buck, and these often came technique was based on the way know they have a 350 degree field redwood trees. Decades before, dark and much cooler at the barn during periods when you transi- a horse actually worked it would of vision, with blind spots direct- local government had thought even in the middle of the day. tioned between different levels of help them learn and improve fast- ly in front and in the rear due to about building a dam at the mouth You had to ride out of this can- light. Like most horse people with er. the set of their eyes on the sides of of this canyon to create another yon to get to the beautiful trails in a problem, I blamed this behav- In this case, perhaps there was the head. Their vision is primarily reservoir to hold water for the the area, and when you reached ior on former owners or previous some science behind my horse’s monocular, with only a small area growing population in the area. the top you would burst out into trainers. It certainly couldn’t be behavior, and maybe given where where they can achieve binocular Fortunately some good sense took brilliant sunshine, often with views my problem, although more often and when it happened maybe it vision like ours, so their depth over and that never happened, and of the Pacific or of downtown San than not I was told it was some- started with vision. perception is limited. These char- this little barn has endured as the Francisco in the distance. All the how my fault this was happening. Most people who have been oldest continuous operating horse trails in the area would move in At the time I was developing around horses know horses have TALKING HORSES facility in the area, still going since and out between sunshine and an interest in the science behind the largest eyes of any land mam- continued on page 39 the 1930s. shady redwood groves. Given the shape of the canyon Over the years, I noticed there and the enormous trees, it was al- were certain spots in our rides ORGANIC BYTES • STEVE CHIANG Malware Alert Recent rash of email warnings could be scams

Malware ening and could well end up being then very “high tech” and expensive Our company has recently re- costly. business. All that leasing became ceived a number of calls regarding Our recommendation is when obsolete and gone with the rise of computer malware infections. you see some dire warnings, either PC and dirt cheap computing, or so This particular malware is a vari- from email, pop up or instant mes- it seems. Or has it? ation of a fairly old theme, in that sages, no matter how convincing, With the recent development a pop up appears on your screen, do a Google search on that warning of services in “the Cloud” and saying your computer has serious first. If it’s a scam, it is almost cer- Saas (Software as a service, which problems. “Problems” can be vi- tain that somebody else had already means you subscribe rather than rus infection, corrupted registry or came across it and posted it on the buy, Office 365 is a prime exam- whatever, they all want you to buy internet. If your computer is locked ple), we are now back to the leas- something to “fix” issues that did up, ask your computer friends to ing rather than buying “game.” The not really exist. do a Google for you. In the event latest development is big web ser- The current variation is more that professional help is desired or vice companies such as AWS (Am- alarming (to victims) in that the needed, the Silver City Chamber azon Web Services) and Microsoft pop up claimed the warning is from of Commerce, 800-548-9378, in our is developing a billing strategy that Microsoft Technical Support and in area has a list of technology compa- charges users by usage. For exam- at least one instance that I know of, nies that will be happy to help. Final ple, if you have a business hosted they have copied a Microsoft logo word: No matter how dire the warn- by AWS, and there are literally tens to make the “warning” appear more ing is, do not panic, chances are you of thousands of those, you will pay authentic. The pop-up would then are looking at a harmless scam. a fix fee for x amount of disk space, ask the user to call a “Microsoft access and CPU cycles, over that Technical Support” hotline imme- Everything old threshold, you will have to pay ex- diately. To make a long story short, is new again tra. if you call, they first will ask for re- When I started in the comput- Needless to say, faster disk mote access to your computer and er business almost 45 years ago, I drives, CPU, memory will be priced eventually $295 to fix all these very worked on mainframe computers, at a premium. My sense is for now, serious “problems”. IBM, Honeywell, Burroughs and overwhelming number of business- A number of observations with the like. Mainframe computers es that use web services/hosting will these latest scams: along with the accompanying disk be well within the given threshold 1) All the calls we received so far drives, tape drives, card readers, and have nothing to worry about. has been from users of Windows 10 card punches often cost millions However, as anybody that had been machines, which may indicate a of dollars. Of course, 45 years ago, in the technology business for some more targeted attack, as Windows millions of dollars was actually time knows, no matter how fast 10 is a newer operation system and worth millions of dollars. Instead of computers or communications get, users are less familiar with it and spending all that money, most com- there will always be software that potentially more gullible. panies leased these systems either requires things to be a lot faster. In 2) The pop up can be geographic directly from the manufacturers or other words, I have a feeling that if specific, in one instance, the warn- more often through some third par- the current billing plan takes hold, WALK-IN CLINIC APPOINTMENTS ing said “there is a big problem in ty leasing companies. bill by usage becomes the norm, it T & TH: 9 - 11:30AM & 2-4PM MONDAY - FRIDAY SW New Mexico.” The leasing arrangement usually will come back and unpleasantly 3) If you have messaging en- involves a usage allowance, which surprise a lot of people. 575.519.2724 abled on your computer, you may means you are allowed x number Happy malware free computing. People Treatments get a warning in the form of a mes- of computing cycles on the CPU Until next time. Adjusting horses by appointment sage rather than a pop-up. and if you are over that limit, you In this Internet Age, our per- will be charged additionally. Very Steve and wife, • Experienced Healer & Intuitive sonal information, such as our lo- much similar to leasing a car. Same Martha, both cations, our surfing habits, can be applies to disk drives, tape drives, high technology • Pain & Inflammation Reduction very public and I fully expect future card readers, etc. There were ac- veterans, live Malware scams to become a great tually meters in these devices that in Mimbres. • Mind & Body Alignment deal more personal. For example, looked just like odometers in cars. They are owners of • Kinesiology you may get a pop up or instant On their monthly or bi-weekly vis- techserviceondemand, message or email that tells you a its, your SE (service engineer or mimbresdesign.com and the • Life Transitions site that you frequent just discov- support engineer) would read and free community forum http:// ered a big security breach and you wrote down the “mileage” of all mimbres.freeforums.net. They DR.LOUISE CASH, D.C. need to call some support hotline the devices in a system log book. can be contacted at steve@ 309 E. COLLEGE AVE • SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO • WWW.REDHATHEALING.COM immediately. All these can be fright- A strangely arcane ritual for the techserviceondemand.com. DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 39

CYCLES OF LIFE • FR. GABRIEL ROCHELLE Feeling Like A Youth Again When You Ride

hat it was like to be 10 athletic training. I bought his bones; body. I used to think that, my- rate than if you are driving. or 12 years old? Was book “Cycling past 50” when I Cycling reduces your risk of self. While most of the bene- You readers know instinc- Wthat when you first was in my mid-50s and it helped diabetes; fit to your muscles is in your tively that cycling supports learned to ride a bike, or was significantly with my attitude Cycling promotes increased thighs, calves, and buttocks, your health when you ride. I it earlier? and my performance. muscle strength; it’s not true that your other assume most of my readers are When I was 10 I was full I recommend that book to- Cycling reduces stress; muscles are untouched by cy- cyclists. of energy, able to run a long gether with a newer one by Roy Cycling decreases chronic cling. You know that you are more time without losing stamina or Wallack and Bill Katovsky, Bike pain (arthritis, back pain); and When we hit an advanced alert, more attentive, your breath, and my muscles were for Life: How to Ride to A Hun- Cycling improves your di- age, however, it is better to add muscles work better and your fairly well developed. dred. The authors are serious gestion, lung function and flex- some weight training to help breathing improves. I had a strong sense of bal- about the title; there are inter- ibility. build upper body strength. Your speed, your stamina, ance, I paid close attention to views in the book with nonage- Some benefits relate to I’m 77 and ride six or seven and your strength increase to- the many things that interested narian cyclists. weight loss and muscle toning. thousand miles a year counting gether. So let’s all do what we me in nature and the city. I was Friel listed 10 major benefits Cycling burns 300 calories an both recreation and transporta- love: get out and ride. healthy, and as far as I can re- to cycling. Basing his conclu- hour. If you cycle at a good rate tion, but I need other exercise member I had no stress at all. sions on a lot of research done for half an hour a day, you will as well. Fr. Gabriel Life was a lark, and every time by sports doctors and trainers, “automatically” lose 11 pounds You may wonder about the Rochelle is I took off on my bicycle it got he offers us this list: a year. I am not a medical doc- merit of cycling in urban areas pastor of St even better. Cycling promotes a healthy tor, but most of us know that relative to air pollution and Anthony of The freedom of mobility was heart; keeping weight down increases traffic hazards. “Environmen- the Desert exhilarating! I remember my Cycling improves blood your health potential and cuts tal Health Perspectives, Au- Orthodox first 25 mile ride when I was 13. chemistry, increasing “good” the risk of diabetes and cancer. gust 2010,” concluded that the Mission, Las What a rush that was! So much cholesterol HDL; Cycling is not the only an- health benefits outweigh the Cruces, an freedom. So far from home and Cycling lowers your blood swer for weight problems, but potential problems on a scale avid cyclist and secretary the constraints folks put on me. pressure; can become an important part of 9:1. for Velo Cruces, the local Joe Friel has been around Cycling decreases your risk of a total answer. Among things, a cyclist’s in- advocacy committee; see since 1980 as one of the pre- of cancer; A lot of people think that creased lung capacity helps ex- Velocruces.org. The church is mier trainers and explorers of Cycling builds stronger cycling builds only your lower punge air pollution at a faster at http://stanthonylc.org.

TALKING HORSES continued from page 38 MAGGIE KNOX Licensed Massage Therapist acteristics are what make it so You say it’s just a sign, maybe call of a horse’s vision and how it af- important to be conscious about him dumb and pull on the reins to fects his behavior and learning how you move and work around make him settle down. is one of the most fascinating Time-Out Massage 526 Hwy 180 West • Silver City, NM horses. Hardly fair. Imagine going aspects of our relationship with The horse’s ability to see detail through life every day with 350 de- horses, and it goes to the root of 575-534-9702 is much worse than ours, in fact grees of monocular vision (rather natural horsemanship. Deep Therapeutic Massage he has to be 50 percent closer to than our 90 degree slice of binoc- Shouldn’t one of the first ques- Swedish and Neuromuscular Therapy something to see it with the same ular vision directly in front) where tions you ask yourself when you Gift Certificates Available NM Lic# 4096 detail we do. So, something we you’re seeing everything behind get unwanted behavior be, “What see in clear detail from say 30 feet and to the sides all the time, but is he seeing?” Is he reluctant to away will appear hazy or blurry to without a whole lot of clarity and go into the trailer because you’re him until he is about 20 feet away. no depth perception until you’re doing it in the dark or your trail- They don’t see details in sta- real close. You’d get some pretty er looks like a dark cave, so he tionary objects as well as objects freaky human behavior with that simply has to be cautious? Does that are moving. Horses have the visual set-up. he balk at a jump or walking over same problems with near or far- Another visual characteristic a log or through a stream on the sightedness that we do, and their of the horse’s eye is that it takes trail because he simply can’t see visual acuity changes as they age almost twice as long for a horse’s it clearly until he’s close enough just like a human’s. Close to 25 eye to adjust when he moves from to where it then becomes a sur- percent of horses are estimated light to dark as it does for our prise? Do you have him faced-up to be near-sighted, meaning that eyes. to a scary object where he literally have to be closer to an object to Horses have better vision in the can’t see it? Do you forget about see it clearly, and nearly 50 per- dark than we do, but it takes a lot his blind spots? Do you restrict his cent are estimated to be far-sight- longer for them to adjust to the ability to move his head and use ed, meaning those horses gain changes in light, and even when his vision as he was meant to be- clarity be being farther away from they do adjust they don’t not have cause you have him on a tight rein something. How often do we fac- the kind of clarity of vision that all the time? WILDWOOD RETREAT tor these qualities into our riding other animals have in the dark. A Maybe being a good leader and and training? horse is going to be very cautious partner for your horse starts with AND HOT SPRINGS Interestingly, a horse’s highest when asked to do anything, even knowing how he works, and then Ages 14 and older welcome visual acuity occurs when he’s the most basic activities, when teaching and riding him based on about seven – before that age vi- light becomes a factor. that knowledge. And, maybe you GILA HOT SPRINGS, NM sual perception is not fully devel- What does a horse do during have to start with how he sees be- (4 Miles South of the Gila Cliff Dwellings) oped and after that things start to periods of visual adjustments to cause that’s what determines just deteriorate (is this ever another light or poor clarity? As you might about everything he does. He lit- * Enjoy & Relax while camping in the Heart of the Gila Wilderness. argument for not starting horses expect, they rely heavily on their erally does not see the world the Take a soak or spend the night. too young and respecting their other senses, smell and hearing, way you do. * age?). while their sight adjusts. Perhaps the old saying, the Open to day soaks and overnight camping. Or stay in one of our Think about all the times So, maybe that jiggy behav- eyes of a horse are the window to * cozy cabins. Call for availability! you’ve been on your horse and ior with my horse when lighting his soul, was based more on phys- he gets nervous about something changed came from a temporary iological facts than emotional or We off er the ideal group facilities for workshops, weddings, retreats you see clearly as no threat. You adjustment in vision where there spiritual beliefs. * or reunions. see a sign or a rock or a backpack was even less clarity in the world by the side of the trail and think around him and there was height- Scott Thomson We have several options available: Rent all or part of the facility nothing of it. But, if he isn’t close ened awareness of any sounds and lives in Silver * with reasonable daily, multi-day or weekly rates. enough, your horse just sees some smells in the area. City and blurry shape. His changes in the behavior teaches natural Retreat Cabin • Daily & Nightly Soaks • Overnight Camping If his head is in the wrong posi- would make no sense to me – I horsemanship tion, he may not see it at all at first, still saw things clearly, I could and Summer Hours: Call for Availability & Info then it just appears when his head take off or put on my sunglasses, foundation Th ursday - Sunday 10 - 6 575-536-3600 moves and surprises him. He has and I could never hear or smell training. You [email protected] no idea what it is and as a prey an- what my horse did. can contact him at hsthomson@ www.wildwoodhotspringsretreat.com imal his instincts say “go on alert.” Understanding the mechanics msn.com of 575-388-1830. 40 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com RAILROAD DAYS Las Cruces Railroad Museum Celebrates Trains

he Ninth annual Railroad working for the railroads, and var- permitting. Two railroad speeders Days celebrate Las Cruces’ ious museums from the area will will also be on display. Trailroading past and present. have information tables. Musical en- Friday, May 6, is Students’ Day Throughout the two-day event, May tertainment will be provided by the with special tours by appointment 6 and 7, Doña Ana Modular Railroad Las Cruces Ukes and the Country for groups, and a variety of fun and Club will have its H-O model train Drifters. educational activities throughout the layouts running and expert modelers In conjunction with the Branigan day. will be on hand to answer questions. Cultural Center, guided mural walks The museum is located at 351 N. The Burlington Northern Santa will be led through the neighbor- Mesilla Street and is open Tuesday Fe Railroad will have a locomotive hood, and information about hobo through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 ¥TENTSITES on display (no rides) on Saturday. signs and symbols will be available. p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., ¥RVSITES¥CABINS¥ Inside the museum, Harvey Girl and Quilter Lynn Moseley will be creat- and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ¥WALKINGTOURS railroad worker re-enactors from ing a hobo signs quilt throughout the For information, visit the website at the Railroad and Transportation day. Demonstrations of steam en- las-cruces.org/museums or call 575- Faywood Hot Springs Museum of El Paso will talk about gines will take place hourly, weather 647-4480. 165 Highway 61 Faywood, NM 88034 for more information call 575-536-9663

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ed or Green? is Desert Exposure’s guide to dining in southwest New R Mexico. The listings here—a sampling of our complete and recently completely updated guide online at www.desertexposure.com—include some of our favorites and restaurants we’ve recently reviewed. We emphasize non-national-chain restau- Red or Green rants with sit-down, table service . With each listing, we include a brief cat- egorization of the type of cuisine plus what meals are served: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner. Unless otherwise noted, restau- Southwest New Mexico’s best restaurant guide. rants are open seven days a week. Call for exact hours, which change frequently. All If we’ve recently reviewed a restaurant, on our website. this issue goes to press. That’s why we urge texposure.com. phone numbers are area code 575 except as you’ll find a brief capsule of our review and a Though every effort has been made to you to help us make Red or Green? even bet- Remember, these print listings represent specified. We also note with a star (*) restau- notation of which issue it originally appeared make these listings complete and up-to- ter. Drop a note to Red or Green? c/o Desert only highlights. You can always find the com- rants where you can pick up copies of Desert in. Stories from all back issues of Desert Ex- date, errors and omissions are inevitable Exposure, 1740-A Calle de Mercado, Las plete, updated Red or Green? guide online at Exposure. posure from January 2005 on are available and restaurants may make changes after Cruces NM 88005, or email editor@deser- www.desertexposure.com. Bon appétit! GRANT COUNTY Mexican: Monday to Saturday L D. Saturday B L, early D. filling).” (July 2011) German specialties, 527-2483. Belgian food: Monday to Friday Silver City JAVALINA COFFEE HOUSE, 117 Market SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1212 E. 32nd St., American lunch and dinner entrées: B L. 1ZERO6, 106 N. Texas St., 575-313-4418. St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse.* 534-9565. Coffee shop, bakery: Monday to Saturday D. BOBA CAFÉ, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. 8, 647- Pacific Rim, South East Asian, Oaxacan JUMPING CACTUS, 503 N. Bullard St. Friday B L, early D, Saturday B L only.* 5900. Sandwiches, salads, casual fare, and Italian: Friday to Sunday D, by Coffeeshop, baked goods, sandwiches, TERRY’S ORIGINAL BARBEQUE, Hwy. Mimbres espresso: Monday to Saturday L D.* reservation only. wraps: B L.* 180 and Ranch Club Road. Barbeque to ELK X-ING CAFÉ, (352) 212-0448. Home- BRAVO’S CAFÉ, 3205 S. Main St., 526- ADOBE SPRINGS CAFÉ, 1617 Silver KOUNTRY KITCHEN, 1700 Mountain View go: L D. style meals, sandwiches and desserts: B L. 8604. Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday B L. Heights Blvd., 538-3665. Breakfast items, Road, 388-4512. “Since 1978, Kountry TRE ROSAT CAFÉ, 304 N. Bullard St., MIMBRES VALLEY CAFÉ, 2964 Hwy. 35, BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Madrid Ave., burgers, sandwiches: Sunday B L, all week Kitchen has been serving up Mexican 654-4919. “The menu ranges from humbler 536-2857. Mexican, American, burgers: 523-9806. Outstanding greenchile B L D.* food that is considered to be some of (but not humdrum) fare like burgers, pizzas Monday and Tuesday B L, Wednesday cheeseburgers. Note: Good food takes CAFÉ OSO AZUL AT BEAR MOUNTAIN the best that can be found in the area. (at lunch and happy hour) and pastas to to Sunday B L D, with Japanese tempura time: Tuesday to Saturday L D. LODGE, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, All the dishes are tasty, unpretentious, seasonal specials like duck confit, rabbit Wednesday D. BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El Paseo 538-2538. B L, special D by reservation attractively presented and reasonably blanquette and Elk osso buco.” (August RESTAURANT DEL SOL, 2676 Hwy. 35, Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L D. Now only.* priced.” (February 2013) Mexican: Tuesday 2012) International eclectic: Monday to San Lorenzo. “Popular and unpretentious serving beer. Café Agogo, 1120 Commerce CHINESE PALACE, 1010 Highway 180E, to Saturday B L D.* Saturday L, D.* food, powered by a huge solar system.” Dr., Suite A, 636-4580. Asian, American, 538-9300. “All the food is cooked to order. LA COCINA RESTAURANT, 201 W. VICKI’S EATERY, 315 N. Texas, 388-5430. (April 2014) Breakfasts, burgers, sandwich, salad, rice bowl: Monday to This means that not only does every dish College Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. American: Monday to Friday L, Saturday B sandwiches, Mexican: Daily B L early D. Saturday L D. arrive at the table freshly cooked and LA FAMILIA, 503 N. Hudson St., 388-4600. L, Sunday B L (to 2 p.m.). * 3 QUESTIONS COFFEE HOUSE, Hwy. CAFÉ DE MESILLA EN LA PLAZA, 2051 steaming, but also that you can tailor any Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday B L D.* WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 35, 536-3267. “Consistently good food Calle de Santiago, 652-3019. Coffeehouse, dish to suit your taste.” (October 2012) LA MEXICANA, Hwy. 180E and Memory Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, based on the success of the family’s Living deli, pastries, soups, sandwiches: B L early Chinese: Monday to Friday L D. Lane, 534-0142. “Carrying on the legacy appetizers, salads: L D.* Harvest Bakery.” (December 2013) Buffet: D. COURTYARD CAFÉ, Gila Regional of unpretentious but tasty and authentic YANKIE CREEK COFFEE HOUSE, 112 Tuesday to Saturday B. CARILLO’S CAFÉ, 330 S. Church, 523- Medical Center, 538-4094. American: B L, Mexican food established many years ago W. Yankie St. Coffee shop, coffee, home- Pinos Altos 9913. Don’t miss the chicken taco special with special brunch Sundays.* at the family’s restaurant in Chihuahua.” made pastries and ice cream, fresh fruit BUCKHORN SALOON AND OPERA on Thursday. Mexican, American: Monday CURIOUS KUMQUAT, 111 E. College (April 2013) Mexican and American: B L. smoothies.* HOUSE, Main Street, 538-9911. to Saturday L D. Ave., 534-0337. Contemporary: Monday L, LION’S DEN, 208 W. Yankie, 654-0353. Steakhouse, pasta, burgers: Monday to CATTLEMAN’S STEAKHOUSE, 2375 Tuesday to Saturday L D.* Coffee shop. Bayard Saturday D. Bataan Memorial Hwy., 382-9051. DIANE’S RESTAURANT, 510 N. Bullard LITTLE TOAD CREEK BREWERY & FIDENCIO’S TACO SHOP, 1108 Tom Foy Steakhouse: D. St., 538-8722. “Always evolving, always DISTILLERY, 200 N. Bullard St., 956-6144. Blvd. Mexican: B L D. DOÑA ANA COUNTY CHA CHI’S RESTAURANT, 2460 S. Locust interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. “The menu offers what they call ‘pub LITTLE NISHA’S, 1101 Tom Foy Blvd., Las Cruces & Mesilla St #A, 522-7322. Mexican: B L D. 2013) Fine dining (D), steaks, seafood, food’—but always with a bit of a twist.” 537-3526. Mexican: Wednesday to Sunday ABRAHAM’S BANK TOWER CHILITOS, 2405 S. Valley Dr., 526-4184. pasta, sandwiches (L), salads: Tuesday to (March 2014) Burgers, wings, salads, B L D. RESTAURANT, 500 S. Main St. #434, 523- Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. Saturday L D, Sunday D only (family-style), fish, pasta, craft beers and cocktails: LOS COMPAS, 1203 Tom Foy Blvd, 654- 5911. Sometimes they even have RC Cola! CHILITOS, 3850 Foothills Rd. Ste. 10, 532- weekend brunch. Wednesday to Monday L D. * 4109. Sonoran-style Mexican, hot dogs, American: Monday to Friday B L. 0141. Mexican: B L D. DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI, The Hub, Suite MARKET CAFÉ, 614 Bullard St., 956- portas, menudo: L D. A DONG, 504 E. Amador Ave., 527-9248. CHINA EXPRESS, 2443 N. Main St., 525- A, Bullard St., 534-9229. “Always evolving, 6487. Organic and vegetarian deli food. M & A BAYARD CAFÉ, 1101 N. Central Vietnamese: L D. 9411. Chinese, Vietnamese: L D. always interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. Wednesday to Monday (closed Tuesday) Ave., 537-2251. “A down-to-earth, friendly, ANDELE’S DOG HOUSE, 2184 Avenida CRAVINGS CAFÉ, 3115 N. Main St., 323- 2013) Artisan breads, pastries, sandwiches, B L. unpretentious place—kind of a cross de Mesilla, 526-1271. Mexican plus hot 3353. Burgers, sandwiches, wraps, egg deli: Monday to Saturday B L early D, MEXICO VIEJO, Hwy. 90 and Broadway. between a Mexican cantina and a 1950s dogs, burgers, quesadillas: B L D. dishes, salads: B L. Sunday L.* “A remarkably extensive menu for a small home-style diner, serving tasty, no-frills ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 Calle del DAY’S HAMBURGERS, WATER & Las DON JUAN’S BURRITOS, 418 Silver roadside food vending stand, and the Mexican and American food at reasonable Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: Monday B L, Cruces St., 523-8665. Burgers: Monday to Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: B L. dishes are not what one normally finds in prices.” (October 2011) Mexican and Tuesday to Sunday B L D. Saturday L D. DRIFTER PANCAKE HOUSE, 711 Silver other Mexican restaurants.” (July 2013) American: Monday to Friday B L D. ANTONIO’S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA, PECAN GRILL & BREWERY, 500 S. Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Breakfast, Mexican food stand: Monday to Saturday SPANISH CAFÉ, 106 Central Ave., 537- 5195 Bataan Memorial West, 373-0222. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. “The restaurant American: B L, breakfast served B L early D. 2640. Mexican, tamales and menudo Pizza, Italian, Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday uses local produce whenever possible, throughout. MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Dr., 538-5533. (takeout only): B. L D. including the pecan wood pellets used EL GALLO PINTO, 901 N. Hudson St., New Mexican cuisine: Monday to Thursday SUGAR SHACK, 1102 Tom Foy Blvd., 537- AQUA REEF, 900-B S. Telshor, 522-7333. in the smoking and grilling. A lot of the 597-4559. “Breakfast dishes are served L, Friday L D. 0500. Mexican: Sunday to Friday B L. Asian, sushi: D. foods and drinks are infused with pecans, all day, along with all the other traditional MILLIE’S BAKE HOUSE, 602 N. Bullard THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, 523- and also with green chiles from Hatch, Mexican favorites like burritos (with a St., 597-2253. “The food is oven-fresh and Cliff 0560. Coffeehouse. processed on site. They even serve green long list of filling options)… plus a vertical innovative.” (November 2012) Soup, salads, D’S CAFÉ, 8409 Hwy 180. Breakfast A BITE OF BELGIUM, 741 N. Alameda St., chile vodka and green chile beer.” (February grill cooks sizzling chicken and carne al sandwiches, baked goods: Tuesday to dishes, burritos, burgers, weekend smoked pastor.” (October 2013) Mexican: Tuesday, Saturday. * meats and ribs: Thursday to Sunday B L. Wednesday and Sunday B L Thursday to NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ, 514 N. Bullard PARKEY’S, 8414 Hwy. 180W, 535-4000. CELEBRATEE ON Saturday B L D. St., 388-3480. Mexican: Monday to Coffee shop: Monday to Saturday. Mom FORREST’S PIZZA, 601 N. Bullard St. Unit Saturday B L D. Lake Roberts J. 388-1225. Tuesday to Friday L D, Slices THE PARLOR AT DIANE’S, 510 N. Bullard LITTLE TOAD CREEK INN & TAVERN, only at lunch time. St., 538-8722. “Always evolving, always 1122 Hwy. 35, 536-9649. “‘Rustic Mother’s Day FRY HOUSE, 601 N. Bullard St. Suite C. interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. 2013) gourmet’… designed to appeal to the ATAT AADOBEDOBE DDELI!ELI! 388-1964. Burgers, sandwiches, homemade pizzas, eyes as well as the taste buds. And this is GIL-A BEANS, 1304 N. Bennett St. paninis: Tuesday to Sunday L D. true of the items on the brunch menu, as SHE’S UNIQUE! Coffeeshop.* PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM, 312 N. well as those on the very different dinner WE’RE UNIQUE! GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver Heights Blvd., Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, ice cream: menu.” (June 2012). Steaks, sandwiches, 388-2323. Chinese: L D. Monday to Saturday.* American: Thursday to Friday D, Saturday LET’S CELEBRATE HER TOGETHER! GRANDMA’S CAFÉ, 900 Silver Heights Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO AND and Sunday brunch and D. Tavern with SPECIAL GIFTS FOR ALL MOTHERS Blvd., 388-2627. American, Mexican: B L.* BREWERY, 101 E. College Ave., 534-4401. soups, sandwiches, Scotch eggs: Daily L TOPAS TREE, 601 N. Bullard St. in The “Q’s Southern Bistro has found its niche D. AND MOTHERS-TO-BE! Hub, Wednesday to Sunday L, Fridays L D. and honed its ‘elevated pub’ menu to SPIRIT CANYON LODGE & CAFÉ, 684 3970970 Lewis Flats Rd. TRYY GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College Ave., 538- excellence to serve its fun-loving, casual Hwy. 35, 536-9459. “For the German OUR FRESHLY Deming, NM ROASTED 3366. Mexican: B L D.* dining crowd.” (October 2010) American, sampler, café customers can choose two COFFEE, GROUND OR WHOLE BEAN. HEALTHY EATS, 303 E. 13th St., 534- steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Monday to meat options from a revolving selection BY THE POUND 9404. Sandwiches, burritos, salads, Saturday L D. that may include on any given day three 575-546-0361 OR HALF POUND. smoothies: L. SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFÉ, or four of the following: bratwurst, roast [email protected] JALISCO CAFÉ, 100 S. Bullard St., 388- 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. American, pork, schnitzel (a thin breaded and fried www.adobedeli.com 2060. “Four generations of the Mesa family Mexican, hamburgers: L D.* pork chop), sauerbraten (marinated roast Restaurant Hours: Mon-Sat Lunch 11:00am-5pm • Dinner 5-10pm • Sun 11am-9pm who have been involved in a restaurant SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1530 N. Hudson, of beef), stuffed cabbage leaves, or roladen Bar Saloon Hours: 7 days a week, 11:30am til Closing that remains family-friendly.” (June 2014) 388-2027. Coffee shop: Monday to (rolled beef with a sausage and onion Full menu all day long! Call for Reservations and Specials 42 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com

2010) Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, University Ave., 522-8409. Deli: B L D. 3434. Pizza: L D. changing nachos and more. Brew pub: L Mesquite St., 524-0003. Mexican: Sunday steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. DICK’S CAFÉ, 2305 S. Valley Dr., 524- DOUBLE EAGLE, 2355 Calle De D.* to Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday. L D.* DELICIAS DEL MAR, 1401 El Paseo, 524- 1360. Mexican, burgers: Sunday B L, Guadalupe, 523-6700. “All the steaks are INTERNATIONAL DELIGHTS, 1245 OLD TOWN RESTAURANT, 1155 S. Valley 2396. Mexican, seafood: B L D. Monday to Saturday B L D. aged on the premises in the restaurant’s El Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and Dr., 523-4586. Mexican, American: B L.* DG’S UNIVERSITY DELI, 1305 E. DION’S PIZZA, 3950 E. Lohman, 521- own dedicated beef aging room … An International: B L D. ORIENTAL PALACE, 225 E. Idaho, 526- array of award-winning margaritas and J.C. TORTAS, 1196 W. Picacho Ave., 647- 4864. Chinese: L D. deliciously decadent desserts.” (March 1408. Mexican: L D. PAISANO CAFÉ, 1740 Calle de Mercado, 2012) Southwestern, steaks, seafood: L D, JOSE MURPHY’S, 1201 E. Amador 524-0211. Mexican: B L D.* Sun. champagne brunch buffet. * (inside Ten Pin Alley), 541-4064. Mexican, PANCAKE ALLEY DINER, 2146 W. DUBLIN STREET PUB, 1745 E. University American: L D. Picacho Ave., 647-4836. American: B L, Bear Ave., 522-0932. Irish, American: L D. JOSEFINA’S OLD GATE CAFÉ, 2261 Calle early D. EL PATRON CAFÉ, 1103 S. Solano Dr. de Guadalupe, 525-2620. Pastries, soups, PEPE’S, 1405 W. Picacho, 541-0277. Mountain Mexican: Tuesday and Thursday, Sunday B salads, sandwiches: Monday to Thursday Mexican: B L D. Lodge L, Friday and Saturday B L early D. L, Friday to Sunday B L. PEPPERS CAFÉ ON THE PLAZA (in the EL SOMBRERO PATIO CAFÉ, 363 S. KATANA TEPPANYAKI GRILL, 1001 E. Double Eagle Restaurant), 2355 Calle De Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: L D. University Ave., 522-0526. Meals created Guadalupe, 523-6700. “Creative handling EMILIA’S, 2290 Calle de Parian, 652-3007. before your very eyes. Japanese: Monday of traditional Southwestern dishes…. Burgers, Mexican, soup, sandwiches, to Friday L D, Saturday D. (plus) such non-Mexican entrées as pastry, juices, smoothies: L D. KEVA JUICE, 1001 E. University, 522- Salmon Crepes and Beer Braised Beef ENRIQUE’S, 830 W. Picacho, 647-0240. 4133. Smoothies, frozen yogurt: B L D. Carbonnade.” (March 2012). Southwestern: Entree Choices Mexican: B L D. LA COCINA, 204 E. Conway Ave., 524- L D. * 11am – 3pm FARLEY’S, 3499 Foothills Rd., 522-0466. 3909. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L. PHO SAIGON, 1160 El Paseo Road, 652- all served with fresh bread & a bear mountain salad Pizza, burgers, American, Mexican: L D. LA GUADALUPANA, 930 El Paseo Road. 4326. Vietnamese: L D. with Sesame Orange Dressing on the side FIDENCIO’S, 800 S. Telshor, 532-5624. 523-5954. Mexican: Tuesday to Saturday B PICACHO PEAK BREWING CO., 3900 W. Spicy Flank Steak Mexican: B L D. L D. Sunday B L. Picacho, 575-680-6394. served with creamy polenta and sauteed veggies FOOD FOR THOUGHT, 920 N. Alameda LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, 1300 N. PLAYER’S GRILL, 3000 Champions Dr. or Ave., 635-7857. Health food, soup, Solano Dr, 541-9617. Mexican: L D. (NMSU golf course clubhouse), 646-2457. Crab Cakes topped with basil tomato remoulade sandwiches, juices, smoothies: Monday to LA NUEVA CASITA CAFÉ, 195 N. American: B L D. served with sauteed veggies Friday B L, early D. Saturday B L. Mesquite, 523-5434. The Tacos Estrella are PULLARO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 901 the bomb. Mexican and American: B L. W. Picacho Ave., 523-6801. Italian: L D. or FORK IN THE ROAD, 202 N. Motel Blvd., LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE MESILLA, RANCHWAY BARBECUE, 604 N. Valley Poached Chicken in a spiced coconut milk sauce 527-7400. Buffet: B L D 24 hrs. 2410 Calle De San Albino, 524-3524. “A Dr., 523-7361. Barbecue, Mexican: Monday topped with fresh mango THE GAME BAR & GRILL, 2605 S. Espina, 524-GAME. Sports bar and grill: L D. restaurant with history hard-wired into to Friday B L D, Saturday D. served with trinity rice and sauteed veggies. the fiber of its being. Through building, RASCO’S BBQ, 125 S. Campo St., 526- or GARDUÑO’S, 705 S. Telshor (Hotel Encanto), 522-4300. Mexican: B L D. menu and ownership, its roots extend all 7926. Barbecued brisket, pulled pork, Spinach rice Gratin with swiss cheese the way back to the 1840s.” (September smoked sausage, ribs. served with roasted veggies GIROS MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 160 W. Picacho Ave., 541-0341. Mexican: B L D. 2011) Mexican, steakhouse: L D, Saturday, RED BRICK PIZZA, 2808 N. Telshor Blvd., GO BURGER DRIVE-IN, 1008 E. Lohman, Sunday and holidays also B. 521-7300. Pizzas, sandwiches, salads: L D. Dessert Choices: LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano Dr., RENOO’S THAI RESTAURANT, 1445 W. Peach Cobbler 524-9251. Burgers, Mexican: Monday to Friday B L. 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, burgers, fried Picacho Ave., 373-3000. Thai: Monday to or chicken: L D, Saturday and Sunday also B. Friday L D, Saturday D. Lemon Bars with Strawberry Sorbet GOLDEN STAR CHINESE FAST FOOD, 1420 El Paseo, 523-2828. Chinese: L D. LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFÉ, 2701 W. ROBERTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 908 E. $32.00 Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. French pastry, Amador Ave., 523-1851. Mexican: B L D.* Reservations a must! 575-538-2538 GRANDY’S COUNTRY COOKING, 1345 El Paseo Rd., 526-4803. American: B L D. deli, sandwiches: Monday to Saturday B L. ROSIE’S CAFÉ DE MESILLA, 300 N. Main St., 526-1256. Breakfast, Mexican, burgers: ASK YOUR SERVER ABOUT OUR WINE AND BEER SELECTION HABANERO’S 600 E. Amador Ave., 524- LET THEM EAT CAKE, 141 N. Roadrunner Parkway, 649-8965. Cupcakes: Tuesday to Saturday to Thursday B L, Friday B L D. 1829. Fresh Mexican, Because good food Saturday SAENZ GORDITAS, 1700 N. Solano Dr., 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road shouldn’t be bad for you: B L D. LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. University 527-4212. Excellent, gorditas, of course, 575-538-2538 • www.bearmountainlodge.com HIGH DESERT BREWING COMPANY, Ave., 521-3505. Italian, pizza: L D. but also amazing chicken tacos. Mexican: 1201 W. Hadley Ave., 525-6752. Life- LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 6335 Bataan Monday to Saturday L D. Memorial W., 382-2025. Mexican: B L D. SANTORINI’S, 1001 E. University Ave., LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 603 S. Nevarez St., 521-9270. “An eclectic blend of Greek and 523-1778. Mexican: B L D. Mediterranean dishes—gyros with different LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce Dr., 521- meats, such as lamb or chicken, hummus 6228. Mexican: B L D.* with pita, Greek salads—plus sampler LOS MARIACHIS, 754 N. Motel Blvd., 523- plates and less-familiar items such as 7058. Mexican: B L D. keftedes and pork shawarma. Vegetarian MESILLA VALLEY KITCHEN, 2001 E. options are numerous.” (July 2010) Greek, Lohman Ave. #103, 523-9311. American, Mediterranean: Monday to Saturday L D. Mexican: B L.* SAVOY DE MESILLA, 1800-B Avenida de MESON DE MESILLA, 1803 Avenida Mesilla, 527-2869. “If you are adventurous de Mesilla, 652-4953. Steaks, barbecue, with food and enjoy a fine-dining seafood, sandwiches, salads, pasta: L D. experience that is genuinely sophisticated, METROPOLITAN DELI, 1001 University without pretension or snobbishness, you Ave., 522-3354. Sandwiches: L D. definitely need to check out Savoy de MIGUEL’S, 1140 E. Amador Ave., 647- Mesilla. The added attraction is that you 4262. Mexican: B L D. can do this without spending a week’s MI PUEBLITO, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., 524- salary on any of the meals—all of which 3009. Some of the hottest salsa in town. are entertainingly and delectably upscale.” Mexican: Monday to Friday B L D, Saturday (March 2013) American, Continental: B L D. and Sunday B L. THE SHED, 810 S. Valley Dr., 525-2636. MILAGRO COFFEE Y ESPRESSO, 1733 American, pizza, Mexican, desserts: E. University Ave., 532-1042. Go for the Wednesday to Sunday B L.* Kenya coffee, stay for the green chile SI ITALIAN BISTRO, 523 E. Idaho, 523- bagels. Coffeehouse: B L D.* 1572. “The restaurant radiates homespun MIX PACIFIC RIM CUISINE AND MIX charm and the kind of quality that is neither EXPRESS, 1001 E. University Ave. #D4, snobbish nor flamboyant. The menu ranges 532-2042. Asian, Pacific: Monday to from classic Italian entrées like Chicken Saturday L D. Piccatta, Chicken Marsala, Frutti de Mare MOONGATE CAFÉ, 9395 Bataan alla Provençal, and Chicken or Melanzane Memorial, 382-5744. Can you say delicious Parmesan to burgers, salads, sandwiches, fried egg sandwich? Coffee shop, Mexican, pizzas and pastas—all tweaked creatively American: B L. in subtle and satisfying ways. Dessert MOUNTAIN VIEW MARKET KITCHEN, offers an amazing variety of cakes, pies, Donations Made 1300 El Paseo Road, 523-0436. cream puffs, brownies and cheesecakes.” at the Restaurant to Sandwiches, bagels, wraps, salads and (October 2014) Italian: Monday L, Tuesday SNAP & other healthy fare: Monday to Saturday: B to Saturday L D. High Desert Human Society L early D. * SIMPLY TOASTED CAFÉ, 1702 El Paseo On May 1st will be MY BROTHER’S PLACE, 334 S. Main St., Road, 526-1920. Sandwiches, soups, Looking for Photos & Stories 523-7681. Mexican: Monday to Saturday salads: B L. From our Customers & Employees Matched by from the past 20 Years Diane's Restaurant L D. SI SEÑOR, 1551 E. Amador Ave., 527- Email - [email protected] NELLIE’S CAFÉ, 1226 W. Hadley Ave., 0817. Mexican: L D. 524-9982. Mexican: Tuesday to Saturday SPANISH KITCHEN, 2960 N. Main St., B L. 526-4275. Mexican: Monday to Saturday NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 2605 Missouri B L D. Ave., 522-0440. Mexican: L D. SPIRIT WINDS COFFEE BAR, 2260 S. NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 310 S. Locust St., 521-1222. Sandwiches, coffee, DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 43

TABLE TALK • JENNIFER GRUGER Grill 49 Restaurant and Tap Room Welcome addition to the revitalization of downtown Tularosa

ric and Karen Gutierrez have deep roots in the Tularosa community and know it well. They Egrew up among the cottonwoods and the acequia and the tradition and culture unique to the Tu- larosa community. Kasey Kaplan grew up in the restaurant business and has been cooking since he was 16. Living in Tu- larosa for 15 years, he brings with him a wide range of experiences from several resort properties and most recently from his family’s restaurant and local favorite, Casa de Sueños on St. Francis Drive. Enter the fourth “silent partner,” 313 Granado Street. Referred to by locals sometimes as the “cantina,” Grill 49 encompasses the History of Tularosa from residents and visitors have counted on this location the name referring to the original 49 blocks of the to serve up a decent meal and a nice refreshment town to the hand-carved bar. (Photos by Jennifer here and there. This building, with a spirit all its own, Gruger) has served as a barroom for most of the past century. A porkbelly and po- It features a hardwood, hand-carved, bar designed in tatoes starter can the early 1980s by architect George Pearl, for whom kick off a hearty the University of New Mexico’s George Pearl Archi- meal at Grill 49 in tecture Hall was named. Tularosa. The restaurant has two full dining rooms, a fire place and a bougainvillea tree growing inside. Out- door patio spaces complete the seating options. craft beers. The bar After the previous proprietors closed the building selection focuses at the end of last summer, nary a day went by when on craft beers from LIVE MUSIC MAY 2016 • NEVER A COVER! you didn’t see someone park, get out of their vehi- local brewers and Every Thursday & Saturday Night • 8-11pm cle and peer in the windows at the beautiful barroom wine from local only to turn away hungry, thirsty and disappointed. wineries, along with MAY 5 LAURA AND THE KILLED MEN (ALT-COUNTRY FROM TUCSON) Finally, the drought is ending, thanks to Eric, Kar- others they have MAY 7 THE FREELOADER BAND (JAZZ/SWING/BLUES FROM DALLAS) en and Kasey, with the opening of Grill 49. Named sampled and agreed MAY 12 DAN LAMBERT for Tularosa’s original 49 blocks, officially registered upon. They do have as the Tularosa Original Town-site District, Grill 49 is plans to open their (UNCONVENTIONAL EL PASO MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST) a combination of the history of the building and the own brewery in the MAY 14 NO RESERVATIONS JAZZ TRIO (FEAT. KRWG’S DERRICK LEE) vision of the human partners involved. future, but in the MAY 19 STRAHAN & THE GOOD NEIGHBORS The decision to open the restaurant came togeth- meantime, are passionate about supporting other lo- er after many conversations over many months. With cal brewers. (FUNKY COUNTRY-SOUL FROM AUSTIN) similar interests in food and beer, it didn’t take long The restaurant offers a full brunch every Sunday MAY 21 BOB EINWECK (TUCSON SINGER-SONGWRITER) for these friends and business partners to create a including a live omelet station, a carving station and common vision for Grill 49. fruit spread along with other standard breakfast and MAY 26 A. BILLI FREE “We wanted to create a place where the food is all lunch items. Special events, such as Mother’s Day (HIP-HOP/NEO-SOUL CHANTEUSE FROM SILVER CITY) from scratch, including the baked goods and we liked will have additional features and hours as well. MAY 28 TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER (ONE-WOMAN ROCK BAND) the idea of the wood fire grill,” Kasey said. “We knew “Feedback has been great,” Kasey said. “One we wanted a small menu, but everything from scratch guest said ‘The braised short ribs are the best I’ve JUNE 2 THE RECEIVER (PROG DUO FROM COLUMBUS, OH) and done particularly well.” ever had.’” Joining Kasey in the kitchen will be Chef Josh The menu is diverse enough to appeal to almost Cox. Friends since high school, these two have a any palate but small enough to enable every item to combination of cooking and service experience that shine through in every meal. TABLE TALK The partners also knew they wanted to feature continued on page 44 OPEN DAILY!! 200 N. BULLARD 200 N. 44 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com bakery: B L D.* SE, 546-0361. “The lunch menu features menu, there’s a mixture of American-style RODEO STORE AND CAFÉ. 195 Hwy. 80, sandwiches, Monday-Saturday L. ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO, 1720 traditional deli-style sandwiches... The ‘comfort’ food items and Southwest-style 557-2295. Coffee shop food: Monday to Avenida de Mesilla, 524-0390. “A dinner menu is much grander, though Mexican dishes which no doubt qualify as Saturday B L. Truth or Consequences showcase for St. Clair wines… rooted in some sandwiches are available then, too. Hispanic ‘comfort’ food. There’s nothing RODEO TAVERN, 557-2229. Shrimp, A & B DRIVE-IN, 211 Broadway, 575-894- the same attention to detail, insistence on Dinner options include filet mignon, flat particularly fancy about the food, but fried chicken, steaks, burgers, seafood: 9294, Mexican, American, Vegetarian, B quality and customer-friendly attitude as iron steak, T-bone, ribeye, New York strip, it’s fresh and tasty. And the prices are Wednesday to Saturday D. L D. the winery.” (July 2012) Wine tasting, bistro: Porterhouse, barbequed pork ribs, Duck reasonable.” (February 2012) Mexican, BAR-B-QUE ON BROADWAY, 308 L D. L’Orange, Alaska King Crab legs, broiled American: Monday to Saturday B L D, CATRON COUNTY Broadway, 575-894-7047, American, SUNSET GRILL, 1274 Golf Club Road salmon steak, shrimp scampi, pork chops, Sunday B L. Reserve Mexican, B L. (Sonoma Ranch Golf Course clubhouse), osso buco, beef kabobs.” (March 2010) PATIO CAFÉ, 1521 Columbus Road, ADOBE CAFÉ, Hwy. 12 & Hwy. 180, 533- BRAZEN FOX, 313 North Broadway, 521-1826. American, Southwest, steak, Bar, deli, steaks: L D.* 546-5990. Burgers, American: Monday to 6146. Deli, American, Mon. pizza, Sunday 575-297-0070, Mexican, Vegetarian, burgers, seafood, pasta: B L D. BALBOA MOTEL & RESTAURANT, 708 Saturday L D.* BBQ ribs: Sun.-Mon. B L D, Wed.-Fri. B L. Wednesday-Sunday, L D. TERIYAKI CHICKEN HOUSE, 805 El W. Pine St., 546-6473. Mexican, American: PRIME RIB GRILL (inside Holiday Inn), BLACK GOLD, 98 Main St., 533-6538. CAFÉ BELLA LUCA, 301 S. Jones, 575- Paseo Rd., 541-1696. Japanese: Monday Sunday to Friday L D. I-10 exit 85, 546-2661. Steak, seafood, Coffeehouse, pastries. 894-9866, Italian, American, Vegetarian, to Friday L D. BELSHORE RESTAURANT, 1030 E. Pine Mexican: B D. CARMEN’S, 101 Main St., 533-6990. Seafood, D. THAI DELIGHT DE MESILLA, 2184 St., 546-6289. Mexican, American: Tuesday RANCHER’S GRILL, 316 E. Cedar St., Mexican, American: B L D. CARMEN’S KITCHEN, 1806 S. Broadway, Avenida de Mesilla, 525-1900. “For to Sunday B L. 546-8883. Steakhouse, burgers: L D.* ELLA’S CAFÉ, 533-6111. American: B L D. 575-894-0006, American, Mexican, the adventurous, there are traditional CAMPOS RESTAURANT, 105 S. SI SEÑOR, 200 E. Pine St., 546-3938. UNCLE BILL’S BAR, 230 N. Main St., 533- Vegetarian, Monday-Friday B L D, Thai curries, soups and appetizers to Silver, 546-0095. Mexican, American, Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D, 6369. Pizza: Monday to Saturday L D. Saturday, B L. choose from, all of which can be ordered Southwestern: L D.* Sunday B L. EL FARO, 315 N. Broadway, 575-894- in the degree of heat that suits you.… CHINA RESTAURANT, 110 E. Pine St., SUNRISE KITCHEN, 1409 S. Columbus Glenwood 2886, American, Mexican, Vegetarian, The restaurant is clean, comfortable, 546-4146. “Refreshingly different from most Road, 544-7795. “Good-quality comfort ALMA GRILL, Hwy. 180, 539-2233. Monday-Friday B L D, Saturday, B L. casual in a classy sort of way, and totally of the Chinese restaurants you find these food. There’s nothing on the menu that is Breakfast, sandwiches, burgers, Mexican: GRAPEVINE BISTRO, 413 Broadway, 575- unpretentious.” (January 2011) Thai, salads, days in this country. Chef William Chu, who really exotic. But all the familiar dishes, both Sunday to Wednesday, Friday to Saturday 894-0404, American, Vegetarian, B L. sandwiches, seafood, steaks, German: L D.* owns the restaurant and does the cooking, American and Mexican, are done well, and B L. JOHNNY B’S, 2260 N. Date Street, (575- TIFFANY’S PIZZA & GREEK AMERICAN is committed to offering what he calls the it’s that care in preparation that lifts the food GOLDEN GIRLS CAFÉ, Hwy. 180, 539- 894-0147, American, Mexican, B L D. CUISINE, 755 S. Telshor Blvd #G1, ‘fresh and authentic flavors of Chinese above the ordinary. This is not a freezer-to- 2457. Breakfast: B. LA COCINA/HOT STUFF, 1 Lakeway 532-5002. Pizza, Greek, deli: Tuesday to food.’” (August 2014) Chinese: Tuesday to fryer type of restaurant.” (September 2012) MARIO’S PIZZA, Hwy. 180, 539-2316. Drive, 575-894-6499, American, Mexican, Saturday B L D.* Sunday L D. American, Mexican, breakfasts: Monday to Italian: Monday to Saturday D. Vegetarian, L D. VINTAGE WINES, 2461 Calle de Principal, EL CAMINO REAL, 900 W. Pine St., 546- Thursday B L, Friday B L D. LATITUDE 33, 304 S. Pershing, 575-740- 523-WINE. Wine and cigar bar, tapas: L D. 7421. Mexican, American: B L D. TACOS MIRASOL, 323 E. Pine St., 544- Other Catron County 7804, American, Vegetarian, Asian, L D. WOK-N-WORLD, 5192 E. Boutz, 526- ELISA’S HOUSE OF PIES AND 0646. Mexican: Monday, Wednesday, PIE TOWN CAFÉ, Pie Town, NM, 575-772- LOS ARCOS STEAK & LOBSTER, 1400 0010. Chinese: Monday to Saturday L D. RESTAURANT, 208 1/2 S. Silver Alley, 494- Saturday B L D, Tuesday B L. 2700 N. Date Street, 575-894-6200, American, ZEFFIRO PIZZERIA NAPOLETANA, 136 4639. “The southern-style fare is a savory TOCAYO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT, Seafood, D. N. Water St., 525-6757. Pizza, pasta, also prelude to 35 flavors of pie.” (April 2012) 1601 E. Pine St., 567-1963. Mexican, dine SIERRA COUNTY LOS FIDENCIOS, 1615 S. Broadway, 575- sandwiches at adjoining Popular Artisan American, barbecue, sandwiches, pies: in or take out: Monday to Saturday B L D, Arrey 894-3737, Mexican, Monday-Saturday B L Bakery: Monday to Saturday L D. Monday to Saturday L D. * Sunday B L. ARREY CAFÉ, Hwy 187 Arrey, 575-267- D, Sunday, B L. ZEFFIRO NEW YORK PIZZERIA, 101 E. EL MIRADOR, 510 E. Pine St., 544-7340. 4436, Mexican, American, Vegetarian, B MARIAS, 1990 S. Broadway, 575-894- University Ave., 525-6770. Pizza: L D. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. Akela L D. 9047, American, Mexican, Vegetarian, “FORGHEDABOUDIT” pizza & wings, APACHE HOMELANDS RESTAURANT, Monday-Saturday B L D. Anthony 115 N. Silver Ave., 275-3881. “Direct from I-10. Burgers, ribs, “casino-style” food: B Chloride PACIFIC GRILL, 800 N. Date St., 575-894- ERNESTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 200 New York City, Bob Yacone and his wife, L D.* CHLORIDE BANK CAFÉ, 300, Wall Street, 7687, Italian, American, Vegetarian, Asian, Anthony Dr., 882-3641. Mexican: B L. Kim Duncan, have recreated an authentic- 575-743-0414, American, Thursday- Seafood, Tuesday-Thursday-Friday L D, LA COCINITA, 908 W. Main Dr., 589-1468. style New York pizza parlor.” (June 2013) Columbus Saturday L D, Sunday L. Saturday D, Sunday L. Mexican: L. Italian, pizza, wings: Monday to Saturday L IRMA’S KITCHEN, B L D, Highway 11, Elephant Butte PASSION PIE CAFÉ, 406 Main, 575-894- D, Sunday D. 575-694-4026, Mexican food. BIG FOOD EXPRESS, 212 Warm Springs 0008, American, Vegetarian, B L. Chapparal GRAND MOTOR INN & LOUNGE, 1721 E. LA CASITA, 309 Taft, 575-531-2371. B L D, Blvd., 575-744-4896, American, Asian, R & C SUMTHINS, 902 Date St. 575-894- EL BAYO STEAK HOUSE, 417 Chaparral Pine, 546-2632. Mexican, steak, seafood: Mexican food. Seafood, B L. 1040, American, Tuesday-Sunday L . Dr., 824-4749. Steakhouse: Tuesday to B L D. PATIO CAFÉ, 23 Broadway, 531-2495. CASA TACO, 704, Hwy 195, 575-744- STONE AGE CAFÉ & POINT BLANC Sunday B L D. IRMA’S, 123 S. Silver Ave., 544-4580. Burgers, American: B L.* 4859, American, Mexican, Vegetarian, L D. WINERY, 165 E. Ninth St., (575)894-2582, TORTILLERIA SUSY, 661 Paloma Blanca Mexican, American, seafood: B L D. HODGES CORNER, 915 NM 195, American, L D. Dr., 824-9377. Mexican: Monday to LA FONDA, 601 E. Pine St., 546-0465. HIDALGO COUNTY American, Mexican, B L. SUNSET GRILL, 1301 N. Date, 575-894- Saturday B L D, Sunday B L. Mexican: B L D.* Lordsburg IVORY TUSK TAVERN & RESTAURANT, 8904, American, Mexican, Thursday- LAS CAZUELAS, 108 N. Platinum Ave. EL CHARRO RESTAURANT, 209 S. P 401 Hwy 195, 575-744-5431, American, Monday B L D. Doña Ana (inside El Rey meat market), 544-8432. Blvd., 542-3400. Mexican: B L D. Mexican, Vegetarian, Seafood, Daily L D, THE RESTAURANT AT SIERRA GRANDE BIG MIKE’S CAFÉ, Thorpe Road. Mexican, Steaks, seafood, Mexican: Tuesday to FIDENCIO’S, 604 E. Motel Dr., 542-8989. Sunday Buffet. LODGE, 501 McAdoo, 575-894-6976, breakfasts, burgers: B L D. Saturday L D.* Mexican: B L early D. THE CLUB RESTAURANT, 101 Club American, Seafood, B L D. MANGO MADDIE’S, 722 E. Florida St., KRANBERRY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT, House Drive, 575-744-7100, American, TURTLEBACK OASIS MARKETPLACE, Santa Teresa 546-3345. Salads, sandwiches, juice bar, 1405 Main St., 542-9400. Mexican, Seafood, L D. 520 Broadway, 575-894-0179, American, BILLY CREWS, 1200 Country Club Road, coffee drinks. American: B L D. Vegetarian, Monday-Saturday B L. 589-2071. Steak, seafood: L D. MANOLO’S CAFÉ, 120 N. Granite St., MAMA ROSA’S PIZZA, 1312 Main St., Hatch YOUR PLACE, 400 Date St., 575-740- 546-0405. “The menu offers breakfast, 542-8400. Pizza, subs, calzones, salads, B & E BURRITOS, 303 Franklin, 575-267- 1544, American, Monday-Saturday L D, LUNA COUNTY lunch and dinner choices, and it’s difficult chicken wings, cheeseburgers, shrimp 5191, Mexican, B L. Sunday L. Deming to convey the immense range of food baskets: L D. PEPPER POT, 207 W Hall, 575-267-3822, ADOBE DELI, 3970 Lewis Flats Road options available. In every section of the RAMONA’S CAFÉ, 904 E. Motel Dr., Mexican, B L. Williamsburg 542-3030. “Lordsburg’s quit Mexican SPARKY’S, 115 Franklin, 575-267-4222, MEXICAN GRILL, Shell Gas Station 719 food treasure offers some unusual takes American, Mexican, Thursday-Sunday L D. S. Broadway, 575-894-0713, Mexican, on traditional recipes.” (December 2012) VALLEY CAFÉ, 335 W. Hall St. 575-267- Monday-Saturday B L. SUNRISE Mexican, American: Tuesday to Friday B L 4798, Mexican, American, B L. Note—Restaurant hours and meals D, Sunday B mid-day D. served vary by day of the week and ESPRESSO Hillsboro change frequently; call ahead to make 1513 N. Hudson Animas HILLSBORO GENERAL STORE, 10697 sure. Key to abbreviations: B=Breakfast; Sunrise Espresso II PANTHER TRACKS CAFÉ, Hwy. 338, Hwy 152, American, Southwestern, L=Lunch; D=Dinner.*=Find copies of nd 548-2444. Burgers, Mexican, American: Vegetarian, Friday-Wednesday B L. Desert Exposure here. Send updates, 1212 East 32 St. Monday to Friday B L D BARBER SHOP CAFÉ, Main Street, additions and corrections to: editor@ Now offering Smoothies Rodeo 575-895-5283, American, Mediterranean, desertexposure.com. TABLE TALK continued from page 43 Now with two convenient locations to serve you! Now with two convenient locations to serve you! be made from scratch, right in the so patiently for the “cantina” to be OurOur premier premier drive-thru location location at at 1530 1530 N. Hudson,N. Hudson, between between Billy kitchen – breads and desserts in- open again, stop and welcome this BillyCasper Casper Medical Medical Center Center and Harvest and Harvest Fellowship Fellowship, Church, and and our our cluded. new team to 313 Granado St. secondsecond location location at at 1212 1212 E.E. 3232nd,nd, at theat the corner corner of Lesley of Lesley and 32 andnd The Macaroni au Gratin is not Hours: Monday through Satur- your normal mac-n-cheese: Wood day 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch and which32nd whichfeatures features at comfortable a comfortable walk-in and walk-in an express environment drive-thru and an express drive-thru window. In addition to our great grilled chicken breast, smoked then reopen from 5 to 9 p.m. for window. In addition to our great espresso drinks, we are now Gouda Mornay with rigatoni and dinner, with entertainment every espresso drinks, we are now offering real fruit smoothies, offering real fruit smoothies, savory pasteries, homemade biscotti, Applewood smoked bacon. Ri- Friday and Saturday nights from 8 savory pastries, homemade biscotti, fresh baked mufﬁ ns and beyes, tenderloin and New York to 11 p.m. Sunday brunch is 10:30 fresh bakedscones muffins to ourand menu.scones to our menu. strip cuts, along with pork loin a.m. to 3 p.m. and then reopening chops are all available from the again for dinner at 5 as well. Silver City’s PREMIER Drive-Thru Espresso Bar! wood-fired grill. The pork belly If you are interested in having .(UDSONs3ILVER#ITY .-s and potatoes starter is like nothing Grill 49 cater samples of the menu -ON &RIAMTOPMs3ATAMTOPM5 you’ve ever had. to your business, or you would Jacob Petty turns out the Grill New Second Location: %nd3Ts3ILVER#ITY .- Whether you’re passing like to apply for a position with 49 sliders at the new Tularosa through Tularosa, or you’re a local Grill 49, email Kasey at kkaplan@ -ON &RIAMTOPMs&2%%7I&I5 restaurant and tap room. (Photo resident who’s been waiting ever live.com or call 575-585-4949. by Jennifer Gruger) DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 45 46 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com

RED WHITE & BREW Wine and Beer Festival Memorial Day weekend brings spirits to Las Cruces

he Red White & Brew Wine Other wineries scheduled to at- and Beer Festival will have tend include Heart of the Desert Tsamples of the best regional Winery, Don Quixote Winery, Koko- wineries and micro brews from May pelli Winery and more. Breweries 28 through May 30 include High Desert Brewing Com- “There’s never been a festival pany, Heart of the Desert Brewery, quite like this,” Event Director Sta- Picacho Peak Brewing and more. ci Mays of Las Cruces Event Plan- The Red White & Brew festival ning said. “We’re bringing together also includes a selection of crafts a wide range of the best wines and and unique food items from many micro brews from throughout the area vendors. Plus, there will be live region, and we’re keeping all right music and dancing all three days. here in town where it’s easy to get Gates open from noon to 6 p.m. Colorado Riders Mike and Jenni Shelton in the lead with local safety riders Donna Tillman, Bob to.” daily, Saturday May 28 through Shelly and Cindi DiCapiteau during the competitive trail ride April 2 and 3 hosted by the Gila The Red White & Brew Wine and Monday, May 30 at the NMSU In- Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen. (Photo provided by Tom Maxfeldt Cow Trail Photogra- Beer Festival takes place at the New tramural Field. Admission is $20 at phy) Mexico State University (NMSU) the gate or $15 in advance online. Intramural Fields in Las Cruces. Adult admission for age 21 and over Mays said by hosting the event in includes a souvenir wine or beer Everybody Wins town, people won’t have to drive so tumbler. Under 21 is free with a far and can enjoy themselves more. parent or legal guardian. All guests Fundraising horse event provides adventure The festival features St. Clair must have a valid photo ID, regard- Winery and its entire family of less of age. Designated Drivers pay in the back country wines, including Blue Teal Vine- just $10 and receive a free bottle of yards, Soleil Mimosa, Voluptuous, water. and other specialty wines. It will More information on the Red also be the exclusive venue for White and Brew Wine and Beer the VIP Experience featuring the Festival can be found at www.red- award-winning wines of DH Les- whiteandbrewfestival.com, or con- combes and the hand-crafted brews tact Las Cruces Event Planning at of Spotted Dog Brewery. 575-522-1232.

WINE & GRAPE GROWERS Fairgrounds Hosts Event Cultivating memories at the Southern New Mexico Wine Festival

or nearly a quarter centu- NMWGGA wine festivals. ry the New Mexico Wine & A free shuttle will be available F Grape Growers Association from the Mesilla Valley Mall all (NMWGGA) has showcased local three days of the festival. Attend- wine producers at the Southern ees can ride free with their advance New Mexico Wine Festival in Las ticket purchase or purchase day of Cruces. This three-day event fea- tickets and ride comfortably to the tures wines from around the state Southern New Mexico State Fair- Nathan Williams of the Silver City area guides his horse through a gate obstacle during a com- including cabernets, merlots, red grounds. Shuttles are scheduled to petitive fundraising event raising money for volunteer work to be completed on Gila National blends to chardonnays, Pinot grigio leave every 20 minutes from the Forest trails. (Photo provided by Tom Maxfeldt Cow Trail Photography) and sweet whites. Don Roser entrance. The festival returns this Memo- “Memorial Day Weekend is rial Day weekend to the Southern about spending time with friends, New Mexico State Fairgrounds from family and loved ones, so we de- noon to 6 p.m. NMWGGA also pro- cided to launched a 2 for $20 pass,” duces the Albuquerque Wine Fes- Chris Goblet, executive director of tival, which correspondingly takes NMWGGA said. “We want folks to place Memorial Weekend at Balloon buy two tickets for Mom and Dad as Fiesta Park. a gift, to buy a ticket for a girlfriend New Mexico Wine & Grape Grow- or boyfriend for a memorable date, ers Association formed to promote, or just gather up a group of friends. protect and foster a thriving wine Two tickets for $20 is our way of en- industry in New Mexico. Member couraging people to bring someone wineries participate in festivals as a special to the share the wine festi- way to interact with customers and val experience.” introduce them to the many vintages Two for $20 passes are available Bob Hall, right, of Silver City and styles they produce, including online at www.nmwine.org. Regular won second place for his novice many award winning wines. admission is $15 in advance and $20 horse Dexster and first place in Most recently, New Mexico win- at the gate. Children under 12 are horsemanship during a compet- eries captured 84 medals at the free with paid adult. itive trail ride at the NAN Ranch 2016 Finger Lakes International For information contact Chris- held April 2 and 3. Vet Judge Jerry Sims of Tucson is on the Wine Competition, including five topher Goblet at 505-660-2951 or Silver City competitor Cathy Brett takes her mule through left. (Photo by Mike Dowd) Double Gold awards. Many of these [email protected] or Amanda the Mimbres River during a trail ride held by the Gila Chap- award-winning wines will be avail- Collier at 575-636-2199 or aman- ter of the Back Country Horsemen. (Photo provided by Tom able for sampling at the upcoming [email protected]. Maxfeldt Cow Trail Photography) DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 47

MANEUVERING ELDERDOM • VIVIAN SAVITT Hondo Woman Raises Iris and a Child Elder motherhood filled with flowers and jewelry

lice Seely has her hands full with 2 1/2 -acres in the How to get there The Hondo Iris Farm and Rio Hondo Valley — home A Gallery is located 23 miles to her Hondo Iris Farm plus a east of Ruidoso on U.S. High- gallery filled with chic Bohemian way 70 at Mile Marker 284 clothing, including her own paint- in Hondo. Open every day ings, textiles and jewelry. in May from 10 a.m. to 5 At age 73, Seely’s appearance p.m.; Tuesday through Sat- reflects an alchemy of drama and urday the rest of the year. inventiveness that many women Admission is free. For infor- seek. Although she describes mation call 575-653-4062. herself as “often hyper and speaking without a filter,” Seely lives a stylish life on land featuring an are Layla’s legal guardians until historic acequia surrounded by she reaches age 14. At that time, nature and manifestations of her Layla may live with whoever she own creativity. chooses or pursue college pre- Chris Camacho, a full-time gar- paratory studies at Westtown, a dener-agronomist, oversees the Quaker boarding school outside grounds, but Seely still checks Philadelphia. on everything. She comes from a As a much younger woman, long line of gardeners and bota- Seely raised a son and two daugh- nists and “knows how a sick iris ters. All three hold college de- looks.” grees. Several years after Alice and “Now,” Seely said, “I am more her second husband, David, had patient. I have raised Layla since moved to Hondo, she envisioned she was four weeks old. The ex- both a gallery and a “destination” perience continues to be a sec- stopover. ond taste of youth — seeing the Her success in this regard is world through her fresh eyes. “ especially apparent in May, when What is septuagenarian moth- the Hondo Iris Farm and Gallery erhood like? Seely is up at 5:30 — located 23 miles east of Ruido- a.m. drinking coffee. Layla at- so — goes full-tilt Iris-o-Rama and tends Head Start kindergarten becomes a prime occasion for a four times a week. Following Mother’s Day frolic in the garden. lunch at school, she may accom- Alice Seely and her daughter, Layla, among the early daffodils. Purchases may include a selec- pany Seely to the jewelry factory tion of 600 iris varieties, as well as where the youngster may string which I take to Head Start. peonies and lilies. There are also beads and play with her i-Pad. Layla prefers to play with items to buy inside the historic “I treat Layla like she’s a big sticks and stones. Ever since she adobe gallery that covers a series person,” Seely said. “And she was a year old, she would gather of colorful spaces. Visitors arrive interacts easily with customers branches and pretend to be a tree. from throughout the U.S. as well — often pointing out, ‘Have you “The medical encyclopedia as Canada and Europe. looked at the clothes? We have fascinates her and she has seen Seely also spends at least 30 some really lovely clothes.’” pictures of babies in utero. Al- hours a week in the nearby facto- “I believe in rules, but don’t though Layla calls me ‘mommy,’ ry where she casts and paints her always follow them,” Seely said. she knows that her biological silver pewter jewelry “faster than “For instance, Layla is not sup- parents also love her and looks any of my employees.” posed to talk a lot during the forward to their visits.” That business took off in l999, news. If she gets too tired, we go Layla’s biological mother is when she designed a menopause into time out. She gets witty, silly 3/4 Navajo; Seely’s step-father be- pin that sold ore than a million and often obnoxious by the end longed to the Cañoncito Band of pieces. of the day.” Navajos, known now as the Toha- “It opened the door to my oth- Seely said David, a retired edu- jiilee. er designs and also helped facil- cator and psychologist, was once “In the Navajo tradition,” Seely itate conversation regarding fe- the principal of an alternative said, “children are surrounded by male change of life,” Seely said. school and keeps her from saying mothers and grandmothers — it’s Approximately 30 museums, “no” too much. a big thing. Once a year we all national parks, gallery shops and “Layla and I cook together,” meet up in Tucson. boutiques also carry the striking Seely said. “I read her chapter “My own mother was like a pieces that are often displayed books and explain the big words. wood nymph and by the time I in matchbooks inscribed with Her vocabulary is outstanding — was 5, I was independent and Seely’s writing. sometimes using words that her felt like an adult. She was an For the last 4 1/2 years, how- Head Start teachers aren’t famil- intellectual, an artist who also ever, Seely’s number one priori- iar with. loved anthropology — as well as ty has been parenting Layla, her “A friend of mine showers a Philadelphia Main Liner who great-grandniece. Alice and David her with gifts and toys, many of disliked the rich. My mother adored Indian and Spanish culture and enjoyed living in Gal- By the Book lup. But as mother and daughter, we didn’t get along until I was “Month to Month Gardening an adult.” in New Mexico” is a basic Layla, on the other hand, loves gardening book with monthly for Seely to lay out her clothes tips specifically for New and help her get dressed. The Mexico climate. It also girl works with Chris in the gar- Blooms at the Hondo Iris Farm in Lincoln County. includes how-to information, den and also washes windows in designs for New Mexico the gallery to earn money to buy “Because of my age,” Seely together from the standpoint of landscapes, and best and i-Pad apps. added, “Layla knows that I can no pets that have died. Fortunately, worst New Mexico plant lists. The gallery welcomes visiting longer lift her and am more apt to we have a large extended family How-to section includes children, Seely said. There are fall. So toys must be kept off the who will take care of her if any- information about New tables brimming with toys that floor. Tricycles cannot be left in thing happens to David and me. Mexico watering, weeds, they can touch – rainmakers, zy- the walkway. Also, since Layla loves astrono- insects, harvesting, fertilizing lophones, mineral specimens and “Since Layla is being raised by my — the idea that everything re- and more. such. older persons, we discuss death turns to stardust appeals to her.” 48 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com 40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS

We’ve Got your Windows Covered! What’s Going On in May Since ® 1976 FRIDAY, APRIL 29 Susie Komara Visit our Las Cruces/Mesilla created this Artist Talk — 6 p.m. at the New “Redpot” Showroom to Mexico State University Museum, quilt as see complete Kent Hall. Hopi-Choctaw artist part of the selec� on of Linda Lomahaftewa shares her Cultural Red Custom Window experience and art. Info: 575-646- show at the 5161. Hubbard coverings, Picacho Peak Brewing Company Museum of Live Music — 8 to 10 p.m. at Shu� ers and the American 3900 W. Picacho Ave. April 29 Dr. Bedding West in Rui- Floyd. Info: 575-680-6394 or www. doso Downs. 2310 N. Temple • 526-2880 • www.SpringCrestNM.com picachopeakbrewery.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 Las Cruces/Mesilla Storytellers of Las Cruces — 10:30 a.m. at the downtown COAS, 317 N. Main St. and Solano COAS, 1101 S. Solano. COAS bookstore locations every Saturday morning. Downtown: Douglas Jackson; Solano: Sonya Weiner. Children who attend will receive a coupon worth $2 off a book of their choice. “Unshakeable,” a one-act show with the Santa Fe Opera — 10 a.m. at the Rio Grande Theatre musicians play some of their award Alamogordo/Otero County in Downtown Las Cruces. The winning music. Tickets available at 22nd Annual Community Earth Day performance is free, no tickets the door: $3 per person. Fair — All day at the Alameda Park required. Info: 575-523-6403. Mesilla Valley Film Society Zoo. Info: 575-415-3494. Centennial High School Band presents “Embrace of the White Sands National Monument Shoppes at Centennial spring Serpent” (“El Abrazo de la Tent Talks — 10-11 a.m. at the market — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 1950 Serpiente”) — 7:30 p.m. daily, Interdune Boardwalk, at the S. Sonoma Ranch Blvd., 1950 S. Saturday Matinee at 1:30 p.m. and Monument, located at 19955 Highway Sonoma Ranch Blvd. Local and Sunday Matinee at 2:30 p.m. at the 70 West (between the cities of regional exhibitors selling wares Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Alamogordo and Las Cruces.) Offered and food. Browse, check out Guadalupe. Spanish/Portuguese/ on weekends from Labor Day to silent auction and raffle items and German/Catalan/Latin w/ subtitles. Memorial Day. Info: 575-479-6124 or listen to Centennial High School Info: 575-524-8287. email [email protected]. TOUR OF THE GILA May 4–8, 2016

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 CITIZEN RACES DAY 5 Silver City to Mogollon Ft. Bayard Loop Tyrone Time Trials Downtown Criterium Races for All Ages Gila Monster Road Race DOWNTOWN EXPO Featuring Kid Zone, Citizen Races, Beer Garden, and Live Music, Saturday, May 7, 8 am – 6 pm Celebrate 30 Years of World Class Bicycle Racing

Silver City, New Mexico paid by Silver City Lodger’s Tax www.TouroftheGila.com DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 49

White Sands National Monument Truth or Consequences/ Skins and Skulls program — Sierra County 3-3:30 p.m. on the Visitor Center Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club Patio at the Monument, located at dance — 6-8 p.m. at New Mexico 19955 Highway 70 West (between Old Time Fiddler’s Playhouse, 710 the cities of Alamogordo and Las Elm St. Mainstream dancing every Cruces.) Join rangers for a 20-minute Thursday evening. Cost is $3 per talk about these amazing animals. person; no charge to come and Info: 575-479-6124 or email whsa_ watch. Visitors always welcome. Info: [email protected]. 575-894-0083 or 575-313-9971.

Truth or Consequences/ FRIDAY, MAY 6 Sierra County Silver City/Grant County Square Dance on Elephant Butte The Gardens at WNMU grand Dam — 11 a.m. at Elephant Butte opening — 6-9 p.m. at the Gardens Dam, Spectators are invited to watch next to Light Hall, 1000 W. College from above. Registered dancers only Ave. in Silver City. Live local music, on the dam. Info: 575-313-9971. beer wine and food available for Old time Fiddlers Playhouse — purchase and free admission. 7-9 p.m. at New Mexico Old Time Tour of the Gila: Downtown Fiddler’s Playhouse, 710 Elm St. Criterium — Takes place on Bullard, Mainstream dancing every Thursday College, Cooper and Broadway evening. Cost is $3 per person; no streets, road Closure is from 5 a.m. charge to come and watch. Visitors to 6 p.m. Info:www.tourofthegila. always welcome. Info: 575-744-9137. com. Hi Lo Silvers Spring Concert — 7 Ruidoso/Lincoln County Nathanial Berman is part of The Mesilla Valley Concert Band concert which plays the “Concerto for Alto p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Cultural Red featuring Seeds Saxophone” in Las Cruces May 1. (Courtesy Photo) 1915 N. Swan Street. Standars from for SAQA and Natural Healing Broad and film are directed by Nada Opening Reception — 2-4 p.m. Ruidoso/Lincoln County surrounding Gough Park will be Ave. This will be the first time the Dates and accompanied by Rhonda at the Hubbard Museum of the Hondo Iris Festival — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. closed 6 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Expect to group will headline shows since Gorog on piano and Bill Baldwinn on American West, 26301 Hwy 70 every day in May in Hondo at Mile see racers on the roads from 8 a.m. their 2015 sold out On My Way bass violin. Free. Info: 575-388-8771. West. Cultural Red is the artists’ Marker 283, U.S. Highway 70, 23 to 2 p.m. Info:www.tourofthegila. Home Tour. Guests Us The Duo Workhorse performs — 8 p.m. interpretation of how the color red miles east of Ruidoso. Info: 575-653- com. will join the group on the road. at the Little Toad Creek Brewery is seen both historically and in a 4062. Trivia Night at the Toad — 7 p.m. Tickets are $35.50, $42.50 & $49.50 & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. contemporary setting Info: 575-378- every Wednesday night at Little plus fees and are available at the performing classic rock with a 4142. MONDAY, MAY 2 Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 Pan Am Center Ticket Office, all southern twist. Info 575-956-6144. Fort Bliss 1st Armored Division Las Cruces/Mesilla Valley North Bullard St. Join quizmaster Ticketmaster outlets, 800‐745‐3000 Band at Spencer Theater — 7 Jeff Dunham “Perfectly Josh White for bar food, beer and and online at Ticketmaster.com. Las Cruces/Mesilla p.m. at the Spencer Theater, 108 Unbalanced” Tour — 7 p.m. at the wine, with no cover charge, and Info: www.ptxofficial.com. PictoGraff: The Art of WarPrayer Spencer Road, Alto. Bringing more NMSU Pan American Center, 1810 prizes of gift certificates for $25 and Mesilla Valley Film Society — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Brannigan than 30 soldier musicians, with E. University Ave. The wildly popular $15. Bring yourself or a team. Info: presents Embrace of the Serpent Cultural Center highlights the vocalists, to the theater. Info: www. and internationally acclaimed comic/ [email protected]. (El Abrazo de la Serpiente) — historical value of wall art and spencertheater.com; 575-336-4800. ventriloquist is loading up the bus 7:30 p.m. daily, Sunday Matinee at expressions of the indigenous mind. along with his cast of characters Las Cruces/Mesilla 2:30 p.m. at the Fountain Theatre, Live art demonstrations by local and SUNDAY, MAY 1 on their “Perfectly Unbalanced” Children’s story time at Tutti 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Spanish/ visiting artists, a music showcase Las Cruces/Mesilla International Tour. Tickets are Bambini — 10:45 a.m. at 300 El Portuguese/German/Catalan/Latin and talks on the history of graffiti and Centennial High School Band $34.50 & $44.50 plus fees and are Molino St. Parents can shop for w/ subtitles. Info: 575-524-8287. street art. Info 575-541-2154. Shoppes at Centennial spring available at www.jeffdunham.com, children’s clothes at half price while market — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 1950 the Pan American Center Ticket the kids enjoy a story. Tutti Bambini S. Sonoma Ranch Blvd., 1950 S. Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, is a non-profit resale shop that raises Sonoma Ranch Blvd. Local and 800‐745‐3000 and ticketmaster. funds for at-risk children in the area. The program, which occurs every regional exhibitors selling wares com. Info: www.jeffdunham.com, Wednedsay, is in collaboration with and food. Browse, check out silent twitter: @jeffdunham, facebook.com/ The Children’s Reading Foundation auction and raffle items and listen to JeffDunham. of Doña Ana County which provides Centennial High School musicians Mesilla Valley Film Society free books for the children. Info: 526- play some of their award winning presents Embrace of the Serpent 9752. music. Tickets available at the door: (El Abrazo de la Serpiente) — Mesilla Valley Film Society $3 per person. 7:30 p.m. daily, Sunday Matinee at 505-469-7505 presents Embrace of the Serpent The Mesilla Valley Concert Band 2:30 p.m. at the Fountain Theatre, [email protected] (El Abrazo de la Serpiente) — concert — 3 p.m. in the Atkinson 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Spanish/ 7:30 p.m. daily, Sunday Matinee at Recital Hall in the Music Center Portuguese/German/Catalan/Latin w/ 2:30 p.m. at the Fountain Theatre, at NMSU. As a special treat, the subtitles. Info: 575-524-8287. “Concerto for Alto Saxophone,” 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Spanish/ Fountain Theatre will be performed by saxophone Portuguese/German/Catalan/Latin w/ TUESDAY, MAY 3 Featuring the best independent, foreign and documentary �ilms in the southwest! soloist Nathaniel Berman. Program subtitles. Info: 575-524-8287. May 2016 highlights include two works by Silver City/Grant County Open Technology Lab — 10 a.m.- May 6-12: Born to be Blue Like us on Alfred Reed. Aaron Copland’s “The THURSDAY, MAY 5 Facebook! noon at the Little Silver City Public May 13-19: 17th Annual Animation Promise of Living,” arranged for Silver City/Grant County Show of Shows Films may be subtitled Library. Bring a laptop of mobile band by Kenneth Singleton, former Tour of the Gila: Inner Loop Road May 20-27: The Man Who Knew Inﬁ nity device for troubleshooting or try out director of bands at New Mexico Race — Some road closures will be **Thurs, May 26 1:30 matinee; no evening show tablets and other devices provided May 27-June 2: Sweet Bean Japanese w/ subtitles State University, will be conducted in effect 6 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Expect by the library. Info: 575-538-3672. ** Sat, May 28 no matinee by Joseph Flores, Centennial High to see racers on the roads from 7:30 School band director. Info: www. a.m. to 12:30 p.m. mesillavalleyconcertband.org. Las Cruces/Mesilla Las Cruces/Mesilla Mesilla Valley Film Society Doña Ana Photography Club Cinco de Mayo Celebration — 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla • www.mesillavalleyfilm.org • (575) 524-8287 presents Embrace of the Serpent meets — 7 p.m. at the Southwest Starting at 4 p.m.; free Latin Dance (El Abrazo de la Serpiente) — Environmentsl Center, 275 Main St. Lessons begin at 7 p.m. at Picacho 7:30 p.m. daily, Sunday Matinee at Las Cruces. Two programs will be Peak Brewing Co., 3900 W. Picacho Visit Old Mesilla, NM 2:30 p.m. at the Fountain Theatre, shown, a travelogue of Barcelona’s at the Grapevine Plaza Event • Antiques • Banks & ATMs • Books • Candy, Coffee & Snacks 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Spanish/ Basilica and a talk abou the general Center. Info: 575-680-6394. methods for solving photo lighting • Clothing & Apparel • Galleries & Fine Art • Gifts, Curios Portuguese/German/Catalan/Latin Grandma Mona’s Science Story Crafts • Furniture & Decor • Health & Personal Care w/ subtitles. Info: 575-524-8287. setup and editing challentes.” Info: Time — 9 a.m. at the Las Cruces www.daphotoclub.org. Museum of Nature and Science at • Jewelry • Museums • Pottery • Real Estate • Wineries Alamogordo/Otero County Mesilla Valley Film Society 411 N. Main Street. For children 3 Call for Vendors: Southern New presents Embrace of the Serpent to 5 on the first Thursday of each Mesilla Book Center Olive Oils Mexico Festival of Quilts — all day (El Abrazo de la Serpiente) — month, Grandma Mona comes to • Books about the West, Mexico, horses, Vinegars cowboys, Native Americans & More at the Otero County Fairgrounds on 7:30 p.m. daily, Sunday Matinee at the museum to read a story relating 2:30 p.m. at the Fountain Theatre, • Children’s books & Toys Gourmet Thursday through Saturday, June to one of the many exhibits in our • Gifts & more 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Spanish/ Foods 23 through 25. Events, displays, museum, followed by a topic- ‘Some of the best books never make the bestseller lists’ food court, classes, lectures, Portuguese/German/Catalan/Latin w/ related activity. No registration On the Plaza • (575) 526-6220 2411 Calle de San Albino subtitles. Info: 575-524-8287. awards, antique cars. Potential required and the event is free. Info: Tue-Sat 11 am-5:30 pm (575) 525-3100 vendors contact Lorraine “Rainee” las-cruces.org/museums or call Sun 1 pm-5 pm, Closed Mon www.therusticolivedemesilla.com Mackewich at First National Bank, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 575-522-3120. 414 Tenth Street. Info: 575-437- Silver City/Grant County Pentatonix 2016 World Tour 4880 or rainee.mackewich@fnb4u. Tour of the Gila: Silver City to — 7:30 p.m. at the NMSU Pan Want your business to be seen here? com. Mogollon Road Race — Streets American Center, 1810 E. University Call Claire at 575.680.1844 • [email protected] 50 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com

Railroad Days at the Las Cruces Live art demonstrations by local and create and more. Info: 575-538-3672. Railroad Museum — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. visiting artists, a music showcase at the museum, 351 N. Mesilla St. and talks on the history of graffiti and Las Cruces/Mesilla street art. Info 575-541-2154. No Strings Theater Company Truth or Consequences/ Family Science Saturday: Music — and Toad Hall Theater Company Sierra County 10 a.m. at the Museum of Nature & present “Agnes of God” — 8 p.m. 67th Annual Fiesta — 10 a.m.- Science, 411 N. Main St. Las Cruces. at the Black Box Theatre, 420 N. 10 p.m. in Downtown Truth or “Earworm Psychology” is the first Downtown Mall (Main St.). “Agnes” Consequences. Parade, rodeo, May subject. Info: 575-522-3120. is a taut psychological drama that dances, tournaments, games and Basic dowsing class — 1-3:30 p.m. unfolds when a dead newborn contents and more. A Film Fiesta at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch baby is found in a waste paper will also take place with movies all Heritage Museum learn how to use basket in a convent. Dr. Martha through the three days of the festival. the four basic dowsing tools and the Livingston is appointed by the court Info: [email protected]. benefits associated with dowsing. to determine if the young novice, The cost is $15, Museum Friends pay Agnes, is psychologically fit to be Ruidoso/Lincoln County $10. Pre-register by calling 575-522- tried. Directed by Ken Forestal. Smokey Bear Days — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 4100. Tickets are $12 regular admission, Capitan, N.M. Music, parade, fun and Mesilla Valley Weavers fashion $10 for students. Info: 575-523-1223 information. Info: 575-354-2748. show — 2 p.m. at the Tombaugh for reservations. Culture Series: Dr. Laurie Moore: Awakening in Gallery, 2000 S. Solano. The fashion Kit Carson and Lucien Maxwell, Alex Burr presents his photographs of Barcelona May 3 for the Doña Communication with Angels, show will contain items that are Ranchers on the New Mexico Ana Photography Club. (Photo by Alex Burr) Masters and Light Beings — 6:30- not a part of the exhibit, but will be Territorial Frontier — 7 p.m. at the 7:15 p.m. at High Mesa Healing available for purchase. Info: www. Interdune Boardwalk, at the MONDAY, MAY 9 New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Center, 133 Mader Lane, Alto. Info: artistsofpicachohills.com Monument, located at 19955 Highway Silver City/Grant County Museum Steven Zimmer recount 575-336-7777. Life Graff Battle and Rap Battle — 70 West (between the cities of Widowed and Single Persons of frontier ranch exploits in 1848-1849. 5 p.m. at Barricade Culture Shop, Alamogordo and Las Cruces.) Offered Grant County — 10:30 a.m. at Cross Info: 575-522-4100. SATURDAY, MAY 7 600 S. Solano is a live graff battle on weekends from Labor Day to Point Assembly of God Church, Silver City/Grant County and rap battle. Info: 575-541-2154. Memorial Day. Info: 575-479-6124 or 11600 U.S. Highway 180 E. Lunch is Truth or Consequences/ Booksigning, “What Makes a Blazin’ Brewfest — 5-9 p.m. email [email protected]. $12. Info: 575-537-3643. Sierra County Rainbow” — noon-1 p.m. at the Downtown Main Street in Las White Sands National Monument Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club Silver City Museum Annex. Ross Van Cruces. Info: 575-520-3572. Skins and Skulls program — 3-3:30 WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 dance — 6-8 p.m. at New Mexico Old Time Fiddler’s Playhouse, 710 Dusen will be signing and talking WWE Live — 7:30 p.m. at p.m. on the Visitor Center Patio at Silver City/Grant County Elm St. Mainstream dancing every about his book. Info: 575-538-5921. Pan American Center, 1810 E. the Monument, located at 19955 Trivia Night at the Toad — 7 p.m. Thursday evening. Cost is $3 per Workhorse performs — 3-6 p.m. University Ave. See Demon Kane, Highway 70 West (between the cities every Wednesday night at Little person; no charge to come and for the Tour of the Gila at the Beer Intercontinental champion Kevin of Alamogordo and Las Cruces.) Join Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 watch. Visitors always welcome. Info: Garden Downtown. performing Owens, WWE Tag Team champions rangers for a 20-minute talk about North Bullard St. Join quizmaster 575-894-0083 or 575-313-9971. classic rock with a southern twist. the New Day, Alberto Del Rio, Rusev, these amazing animals. Rangers will Josh White for bar food, beer and Info 575-956-6144. AJ Styles plus many more. Tickets have pelts, skulls, and other props to wine, with no cover charge, and start at $15 at the box office or at provide an up-close look and feel of prizes of gift certificates for $25 and FRIDAY, MAY 13 Las Cruces/Mesilla www.ticketmaster.com. Info: 575- the elusive wildlife of White Sands. $15. Bring yourself or a team. Info: Silver City/Grant County PictoGraff: The Art of WarPrayer 646-7696. Info: 575-479-6124 or email whsa_ [email protected]. Popcorn Fridays — all day at 614 — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Brannigan [email protected]. N. Bullard St. Free popcorn and food Cultural Center highlights the Alamogordo/Otero County Las Cruces/Mesilla samples. Info: 575-388-2343. historical value of wall art and White Sands National Monument Ruidoso/Lincoln County Children’s story time at Tutti Chico and Friends — 8 p.m. at the expressions of the indigenous mind. Tent Talks — 10-11 a.m. at the Smokey Bear Days— 7:30 a.m.-8 Bambini — 10:45 a.m. at 300 El Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, p.m. Capitan, N.M. Music, parade, Molino St. Parents can shop for 200 N. Bullard St. Info 575-956-6144. fun and information. Info: 575-354- children’s clothes at half price while BRIDGE COMMUNITY 2748. the kids enjoy a story. Tutti Bambini Las Cruces/Mesilla Truth or Consequences/ is a non-profit resale shop that raises Big Band on the Rio Grande EARLY SUNDAY SUPPER Sierra County funds for at-risk children in the area. — 7:30-9 p.m. at Picacho Peak 67th Annual Fiesta — 10 a.m.- The program, which occurs every Brewing Co., 3900 W. Picacho at the 10 p.m. in Downtown Truth or Wednesday, is in collaboration with Grapevine Plaza Event Center. Info: Consequences. Parade, rodeo, The Children’s Reading Foundation of 575-680-6394. dances, tournaments, games and Doña Ana County which provides free Coloring Club for adults — 10 a.m.- contents and more. A Film Fiesta books for the children. Info: 526-9752. noon at the Las Cruces Railroad will also take place with movies all The Reading Art Book Club — 2:30 Museum, 351 N. Mesilla St. Enjoy through the three days of the festival. p.m. at the Las Cruces Museum of the companionship of other women May 15, 2016, 5 p.m. Info: [email protected]. Art, 491 N. Main St. An open, group who want to release their inner artist. Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Coleslaw, Dessert discussion on the book Lisette’s Gentlemen are welcome, also, but and Beverage SUNDAY, MAY 8 List by Susan Vreeland. Reading Art no children, please. BYOB and C - Las Cruces/Mesilla Book Club meetings are free and Bring Your Own Book and Colored Entertainment by “Love That Music” Mesilla Valley open to the public. Join us even if pencils, or use provided materials. Brandon Perralt Chorale benefit concert — 3 p.m., you haven’t read the book. Info: 541- Info: las-cruces.org/museums or call Sunday, May 8 (Mother’s Day) at 2217 or e-mail sabdon@las-cruces. 575-647-4480. First United Methodist Church 211 N. Main St. Directed by Nancy org. Blessing of the Fields — 10-11 a.m. 300 W. College Ave. Ritchey, this concert benefits the The Native Plant Society of New at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Rio Grande Theatre. Tickets $10 Mexico meeting — 7 p.m. in the Heritage Museum celebrate an old $10 dona� on open seating from the Theatre, Spirit Conference Room of the Social tradition with a procession around Center at the University Terrace the Museum grounds to bless the For more info call 597-0065 or 538-5754 Winds, White’s Music Box. Info: 575- Bridge Community is a 501c(3) organization working to build a continuum of care senior living facility in Silver City. 647-2560. Good Samaritan Village, 3011 Buena animals, plants and water. Info: 575- Tour of the Gila: Gila Monster Vida Circle. The Society is a non- 522-4100. Road Race — Streets surrounding profit membership organization Gough Park will be closed 6 a.m. to dedicated to conserving the native SATURDAY, MAY 14 9: 15 a.m. Expect to see racers on flora of New Mexico. The public is Silver City/Grant County Join us for the 2016 the roads from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. welcome to attend. Presentation by Indoor Artisan Market — 9 a.m. Summer Reading Program! Info:www.tourofthegila.com. Beth Bardwell on restoring wetlands to 2 p.m. at the Market Café, 614 June 8 - July 22 Hi Lo Silvers Spring Concert — 3 and riparian areas near Las Cruces. N. Bullard St. Find unique gifts p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Info: 575-523-8413. and support local artisans in the 1915 N. Swan Street. Standards community room at the Market from Broad and film are directed THURSDAY, MAY 12 Café. Hand-crafted mesquite bowls, Read, win prizes, enjoy free activities for all ages by Nada Dates and accompanied Silver City/Grant County quilted bags, jewelry and more. by Rhonda Gorog on piano and Bill Cooperative in a Competitive Interested in selling your wares? Baldwinn on bass violin. Free. Info: Info: 575-388-2343 or charmeine@ Registration begins Monday, May 2 Marketplace community forum 575-388-8771. — noon to 1 p.m. at 614 N. Bullard silvercityfoodcoop.com. St. How does a cooperative Tiffany Christopher — 8 p.m. at the Kickoff event June 8 10:30 AM Truth or Consequences/ business like the Silver City Food Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, featuring special guest Indiana Sierra County Co-op navigate the competitive 200 N. Bullard St. rocking guitarist Bones, Keeper of Legends! 67th Annual Fiesta — 10 a.m.- marketplace? Find out in the singer songwriter. Info 575-956-6144. 10 p.m. in Downtown Truth or community room of the Market Consequences. Parade, rodeo, Alamogordo/Otero County Silver City Public Library Café led by board members of the dances, tournaments, games and Co-op. Info: 575-388-2343, www. White Sands National Monument 515 W. College Avenue, Silver City contents and more. A Film Fiesta silvercityfoodcoop.com. Tent Talks — 10-11 a.m. at the 575-538-3672 | [email protected] will also take place with movies WildWorks — 4-6 p.m. at the Little Interdune Boardwalk, at the silvercitypubliclibrary.wordpress.com all through the three days of the Silver City Public Library, 515 W. Monument, located at 19955 festival. Info: info@annualtorcfiesta. College Ave., Silver City. Space Highway 70 West (between the cities com. for youth to hang out, experiment, of Alamogordo and Las Cruces.) DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 51

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Silver City/Grant County Interpreting the New Hope Al-Anon Family Interpreting the Group — 12:05-1 p.m. at the First historyhistory of of the the SW SW Presbyterian Church, 20th and throughthrough thethe area’sarea’s Swan. This group meets every finestﬁ nest selectionselection ofof Monday. Al-Anon Family Groups are regionalregional books books and for family and friends of alcoholics. BookBook & & Gift Gift Store Store gifts and gifts. This is an open meeting. Info: Jerry: 575-534-4866; Matt: 575-313-0330; 312 W. Broadway 575-538-5921 Diana: 575-574-2311. Silver City,312 NM W. 88061 Broadway 575-538-5921 Silver City, NM 88061Tues—Fri 9am—4:30pmTues—Fri 9am—4:30pm Auditions for Silver City www.silvercitymuseum.org Sat—Sun 10am—4pm www.silvercitymuseum.org Sat—Sun 10am—4pm Community Theatre’s play “And Then There Were None” — 4-6 p.m. at the Market Café, 520 N. Bullard St. Needed for this suspense classic are 8 males and 3 females, any age, with The Blazin’ Brewfest is planned May 7 in Las Cruces and features or without acting experience. craft beers. (Photo by Marcos Reyna) Rehearsals begin week of May Offered on weekends from Labor Day new book, “Riding With Villa.” Info” 23; performances July 8-10 and to Memorial Day. Info: 575-479-6124 575-546-3663. 15-17. Copies of script on reserve or email whsa_interpretation@nps. beginning May 2 at Silver City gov. Las Cruces/Mesilla Library. Info: 575-654-0196. White Sands National Monument Art in the Garden — 11 a.m. to 4 TUESDAY, MAY 17 Skins and Skulls program — p.m. TBD. In the meantime, we hope Silver City/Grant County 3-3:30 p.m. on the Visitor Center you will visit our Artists of Picacho Doña Ana Photography Club Patio at the Monument, located at Hills Facebook page and our meets — 7 p.m. at the Southwest 19955 Highway 70 West (between website www.artistsofpicachohills. Environmental Center, 275 Main St. the cities of Alamogordo and com. Las Cruces. Member photos shown Las Cruces.) Join rangers for a El Paso Jazz Collective monthly on theme night photography and 20-minute talk about these amazing concert — 7 p.m. at First the second print contest. Info: www. animals. Rangers will have pelts, Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo daphotoclub.org. CALENDAR OF EVENTS skulls, and other props to provide Road, across from L.C.H.S. The Book Talk and Signing with Ron May 2016 you an up-close look and feel of Collective will perform Jazz with Hamm — 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the the elusive wildlife of White Sands. a “Led Zeppelin” base. Cost: $5 Little Silver City Public Library, 515 Book Signing with Ross Van Dusen – What Makes a Rainbow Info: 575-479-6124 or email whsa_ members, $8 non-members and $1 W. College Ave., Silver City. Signing Saturday, May 7 from 12 noon to 1 pm in the Silver City Museum and reading from his book “Ross Annex. for sale. Come on down for a fun time with Mr. Van Dusen and [email protected]. for students with ID. The Collective his book. consists of local musicians Chris Calvin, Interpreter of the American Las Cruces/Mesilla Oliver -Trumpet, Colin McAllister- Southwest.” Info: 575-538-3672. Children’s Activity – Macaroni Name Plates and Clothespin Magnets The Native Plant Society of New Vibraphone, Roman Chip- Sax, Saturday, May 21 – 10:30 am to 12 noon at the Silver City Museum. Mexico field trip — 8 a.m. at First Nick Flood -Sax, Allan Kaplan- WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 Kids of all ages can come make a name plate for the door to their National Rio Grande Bank, on the Trombone, Billy Townes- Keyboard, Silver City/Grant County rooms. They will also be making magnets out of clothespins on which to corner of Telshor and University. The Shaun Mahoney - Guitar, Bruno Trivia Night at the Toad — 7 p.m. hang important messages. Meet us in the kitchen at the museum and let’s have some craft fun. public is welcome to attend the walk Avitia- Bass and Ben Guerrero- every Wednesday night at Little around Tortugas Mountain to observe Drums. Info: http://mvjazzblues. Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 New Exhibit: cacti and many other native plants. net/. North Bullard St. Join quizmaster Stories of Southwest New Mexico Women: Stories, Photos, Written Accounts (Letters, Newspapers and Others), and Please bring hat, sunscreen, good No Strings Theater Company Josh White for bar food, beer and Artifacts of Women’s Contributions to the Historical and Cultural walking shoes, snacks, and water. and Toad Hall Theater Company wine, with no cover charge, and Development of the Southwest Region of New Mexico is now open Info: 575-523-8413. present “Agnes of God” — 7 p.m. prizes of gift certificates for $25 and for everyone to enjoy Heritage Cooking Series — 9-11:30 at the Black Box Theatre, 420 N. $15. Bring yourself or a team. Info: p.m. at the New Mexico Farm & Downtown Mall (Main St.). “Agnes” [email protected]. Current Exhibits at the Museum: Ranch Heritage Museum Outdoor is a taut psychological drama that Built to Change: The Evolving History of the Historic Ailman House cooking demonstration followed unfolds when a dead newborn Las Cruces/Mesilla Flood Season: How Silver City’s Main Street Became the Big Ditch The Ailman Family Parlor: An Interactive, Family Friendly Experience by historical presentation and food baby is found in a waste paper Children’s story time at Tutti tasting from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Info: basket in a convent. Dr. Martha Bambini — 10:45 a.m. at 300 El FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE MUSEUM’S WEBSITE AT 575-522-4100. Livingston is appointed by the court Molino St. Parents can shop for WWW.SILVERCITYMUSEUM.ORG OR CONTACT THE MUSEUM AT (575) 538-5921, [email protected]. Family Science Saturday: Music — to determine if the young novice, children’s clothes at half price while 10 a.m. at the Museum of Nature & Agnes, is psychologically fit to be the kids enjoy a story. Tutti Bambini fy y p Science, 411 N. Main St. Las Cruces. tried. Directed by Ken Forestal. is a non-profit resale shop that raises “Rhythm Math” is the second May Tickets are $12 regular admission, funds for at-risk children in the area. subject. Info: 575-522-3120. $10 for students. Info: 575-523-1223 The program, which occurs every Doña Ana Photography Club for reservations. Wednesday, is in collaboration with field trip — The club takes a trip to The Children’s Reading Foundation La Paloma La Paloma Too ghost town Piños Altos. Info: email 311 Marr Truth or Consequences, NM 300 Austin Truth or Consequences, NM [email protected]. 575-894-3148 575-894-2228 http://www.lapalomahotspringsandspa.com SUNDAY, MAY 15 Silver City/Grant County Call us for the Summer Special that starts June 1 The Gila Native Plant Society field Enjoynjoy this UNIQUE and serenesere “gem” in the desert of SW NewNew trip — 8 a.m. at the south parking Mexico. Two historic natural fl ow spring fed bathhouses with indoor private pools and a large springing fedfed outdooroutdoor poolpool calledcalled thethe lot of the Fine Arts Center Theatre on LongHouse. Allow your body to regain peaceeace and stillness in thesthesee the WNMU campus for carpooling. pools long held as sacred and healing waters. Explore our native flora. Free and OuOurr Summer Special will provide discounts fforor open to the public. Info: www.gilnps. lodging and you will have 24 hour access org. to the hot springs. Walk-In SoakerSoakerss Auditions for Silver City are WELCOME from 7am7am Community Theatre’s play “And to 11pm daily. Then There Were None” — 3-5 p.m. at the Market Café, 520 N. Bullard St. Needed for this suspense classic are 8 males and 3 females, any age, with or without acting experience. Rehearsals begin week of May 23; performances July 8-10 and 15-17. Copies of script on reserve beginning May 2 at Silver City Library. Info: 575- Stay overnight in one of our newly renovated contemporary and 654-0196. spacious Paloma Suites or choose a rustic historic cabin room.

Deming/Luna County Artist Reception at the Deming Art Center — 1-3 p.m. at 100 South Gold in Deming. “Two Person” show reception with artists Linda Anderson and Dick Costa. Author Bob Rockwell will be on hand to sign his 52 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com of Doña Ana County which provides FRIDAY, MAY 20 Paulette McWilliams — 8-10 p.m. free books for the children. Info: 526- Silver City/Grant County at Picacho Peak Brewing Co., 3900 9752. Popcorn Fridays — all day at 614 W. Picacho at the Grapevine Plaza N. Bullard St. Free popcorn and food Event Center. Info: 575-680-6394. THURSDAY, MAY 19 samples. Info: 575-388-2343. Truth or Consequences/ Bob Einwick — 8 p.m. at the Little SATURDAY, MAY 21 Sierra County Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 Silver City/Grant County Sierra Twirlers Square Dance N. Bullard St. Info 575-956-6144. Border Wars Cowboy Mounted Club dance — 6-8 p.m. at Shooting Association event — 10 New Mexico Old Time Fiddler’s Las Cruces/Mesilla a.m. at the Grant County Fairgrounds Playhouse, 710 Elm St. Mainstream “Van Gogh,” a play — 7 p.m. at in Cliff. Arizona vs. New Mexico dancing every Thursday evening. the Isabel Crouch Readers Theater competition. Info: http://www. Cost is $3 per person; no charge New Mexico State University. A cmsaevents.com/info/. to come and watch. Visitors always reflection of the life of Vincent Van Children’s Activity: Macaroni name welcome. Info: 575-894-0083 or Gogh through a conversation with his plates and clothespin magnets — 575-313-9971. brother Theo Van Gogh. Admission is 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Silver City free. Info:[email protected]. Museum. Info: 575-538-5921. Heritage Preservation Month Open House — 1-3 p.m. at the El Sol Theater, 406 N. Bullard St. Earth Matters Compasito — 8 p.m. at the Little A show about earthly matters that impact us all! Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. Local duo, brothers Peter and Andrew Dahl-Bredine, 89.1 perform world music ranging from RU F reggae, samba, rumba and salsa to U M Caribbean. Info 575-956-6144. K Alamogordo/Otero County White Sands National Monument Tent Talks — 10-11 a.m. at the Interdune Boardwalk, at the Monument, located at 19955 a n g Highway 70 West (between the cities d r of Alamogordo and Las Cruces.) o s . Offered on weekends from Labor Day t r El Sol Theatre in Silver City is the subject of an open house May 21 r c to Memorial Day. Info: 575-479-6124 e m in honor of Heritage Preservation Month. a g or email whsa_interpretation@nps. m t in g live a gov. Group — 12:05-1 p.m. at the First The program, which occurs every Brought too yyouou bbyy White Sands National Monument Presbyterian Church, 20th and Swan. Wednesday, is in collaboration with Gila/Mimbres Community Radio Gila Resources Information Project Skins and Skulls program — 3-3:30 This group meets every Monday. Al- The Children’s Reading Foundation p.m. on the Visitor Center Patio at New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Upper Gila Watershed Alliance Anon Family Groups are for family of Doña Ana County which provides the Monument, located at 19955 and friends of alcoholics. This is an free books for the children. Info: 526- EVERY Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 10am, Highway 70 West (between the cities open meeting. Info: Jerry: 575-534- 9752. Thursday evenings at 8pm of Alamogordo and Las Cruces.) Join 4866; Matt: 575-313-0330; Diana: Gila/Mimbres rangers for a 20-minute talk about 575-574-2311. THURSDAY, MAY 26 Community these amazing animals. Rangers will Podcasts available: Radio Silver City/Grant County find us on have pelts, skulls, and other props http://gmcr.org/category/earth-matters FaceBook! TUESDAY, MAY24 WildWorks — 4-6 p.m. at the Little to provide you an up-close look and Silver City/Grant County Silver City Public Library, 515 W. feel of the elusive wildlife of White “Diamonds at Dusk” book signing/ College Ave., Silver City. Space Sands. Info: 575-479-6124 or email reading — 4:30-5:30 p.m. Author for youth to hang out, experiment, [email protected]. Catalina Claussen will read from her create and more. Info: 575-538-3672. book at the Silver City Public Library. Mimbres Farms Las Cruces/Mesilla Info: 575-538-3672. Truth or Consequences/ Greenhouse & Nursery Doña Ana Photography Club Sierra County boot camp — 9 a.m.-noon at the WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 Sierra Twirlers Square Dance Club Greenhouse full of LOCALLY grown vegetable, herb and Southwest Environmental Center, Silver City/Grant County dance — 6-8 p.m. at New Mexico flower bedding plants – Artichoke to Zucchini, Alyssum to 275 Main St. Las Cruces. Info: www. Trivia Night at the Toad — 7 p.m. Old Time Fiddler’s Playhouse, 710 Zinnia, and a lot in-between. daphotoclub.org. every Wednesday night at Little Elm St. Mainstream dancing every Family Science Saturday: Music — Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 Thursday evening. Cost is $3 per Nursery full of perennial shrubs - Forsythia, Lavender, 10 a.m. at the Museum of Nature & North Bullard St. Join quizmaster person; no charge to come and Rosemary, 5 colors Butterfly Bushes, Vitex, Lilac, Snowball, Science, 411 N. Main St. Las Cruces. Josh White for bar food, beer and watch. Visitors always welcome. Info: Figs & more. “Note Frequency” is the third May wine, with no cover charge, and 575-894-0083 or 575-313-9971. subject. Info: 575-522-3120. prizes of gift certificates for $25 and “Van Gogh,” a play — 7 p.m. at • 22 Vairieties of Tomatoes $15. Bring yourself or a team. Info: FRIDAY, MAY 27 the Isabel Crouch Readers Theater [email protected]. Silver City/Grant County • 20 Varieties of Hot & Sweet Peppers New Mexico State University. A Popcorn Fridays — all day at 614 reflection of the life of Vincent Van • 4 Varieties of Eggplant Las Cruces/Mesilla N. Bullard St. Free popcorn and food Gogh through a conversation with his Children’s story time at Tutti samples. Info: 575-388-2343. • Many varieties of Chards, brother Theo Van Gogh. Admission is Bambini — 10:45 a.m. at 300 El Miller and the Other Singers — 9 free. Info:[email protected]. Kales, Cabbages Molino St. Parents can shop for p.m. at the Little Toad Creek Brewery • Perennial and Annual flowers children’s clothes at half price while & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. a sweet SUNDAY, MAY 22 the kids enjoy a story. Tutti Bambini blend of blues/gospel/Americana/r&b • Summer & winter squash Silver City/Grant County is a non-profit resale shop that raises with a splash of cayenne pepper. Info Border Wars Cowboy Mounted funds for at-risk children in the area. 575-956-6144. • Varieties of Basils Shooting Association event — 10 • Perennial and annual a.m. at the Grant County Fairgrounds Las Cruces/Mesilla in Cliff. Arizona vs. New Mexico Coloring Club for adults — 10 a.m.- culinary herbs competition. Info: http://www. noon at the Las Cruces Railroad cmsaevents.com/info/. Museum, 351 N. Mesilla St. It’s OK Will be at the Silver City Meganoke — 8 p.m. at the Little to color outside the lines or use Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 unexpected colors! Coloring books Farmer’s Market May 14th N. Bullard St. She is a singer, writer, for adults are among the top selling dancer and mixed media artist. Info books in the country, and women all Open Friday, Saturday & Sunday 575-956-6144. over the country are discovering the joy of Ladies Coloring Clubs. Bring 10:00am ‘til 5:00pm Ruidoso/Lincoln County Your Own Book and Colored pencils, Sunday Under the Stars — 6-11 Closed Monday thru Thursday or use our materials. Info: las-cruces. p.m. at the Inn of the Mountain Gods org/museums or call 575-647-4480. Located at 2290 Highway 61—2 miles Down River from the with live music by the Bandits and Blues & Bikes opening picnic — 6 Intersection of Highway 152 and movie, “The Avengers.” Info: 575- p.m. in Gough Park in Silver City with Highway 61. Look for 464-7777. Las Cruces Blues guitarist C.W. Ayon Author Ross Van Dusen will sign Our Sign in beautiful downtown and Busted Knuckles Harley Stunt his children’s book “What Makes San Juan on the Mimbres River MONDAY, MAY 23 Show. Info: 575-538-8505. a Rainbow,” at the Silver City NMDA Nursery License No. 5170 ©DE Silver City/Grant County “Van Gogh,” a play — 7 p.m. First New Hope Al-Anon Family Museum Annex May 7. Christian Church, 1808 El Paseo DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 53

ON THE TRAIL • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Catwalk Work Proceeding Whitewater Canyon Trail may open Memorial Day

hen flooding took place September 2013 in the Wmountains above White- water Canyon, the Catwalk Trail at the Catwalk National Recreation Area was damaged and declared unsafe for visitors. The Whitewater-Baldy Fire burned approximately 290,000 acres in 2012. The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) report indicated that flooding haz- ard would be highest in the three years following the fire. The For- est Service removed some of the structures crossing Whitewater Creek hoping to mitigate damage caused by flooding. Now, with the funding in place Glenwood District Ranger Anne and the crew out and working Casey walks through the un- daily, the hope is to reopen the cleared trail at Whitewater Creek Catwalk Trail to the public for where the Forest Service is Memorial Day, May 27. It’s been a preparing to open the area once Workers with Bohannan Huston, Inc. out of Albuquerque check and double check every bolt and beam long journey, but now, with Feder- again to visitors in May. as they prepare to put up a new Catwalk above Whitewater Creek in the Gila Wilderness. (Photos by al Land Transportation Program Elva K. Österreich) funding and hundreds of volun- stroller accessibility. teers pitching in, it looks like the At the time the flood happened, Rocks and gravel goal can be reached. the Catwalk was getting about are filtered for The Catwalk, a popular destina- 20,000 visitors a year, Glenwood various sizes tion for tourists, has seen a num- District Ranger Anne Casey said. to be used in ber of renovations through the The closure of the Catwalk proved different stages years. First built in the 1930s by devastating to the nearby town of in the repair of the Civilian Conservation Corps Glenwood and the surrounding Whitewater Can following the path of a water pipe- area. yon Trail leading line built in 1893. The Forest Ser- “All of the restaurants went to the Catwalk vice rebuilt the trail in 1961 and in Whitewater in 2003 a new section was com- ON THE TRAIL Canyon. pleted including wheelchair and continued on page 55

Road, Las Cruces, across from 70 West (between the cities of guardian. Info: www.snmwinefestival. the high school. A reflection of the Alamogordo and Las Cruces.) Offered com or call 360 Events, LLC at 575- life of Vincent Van Gogh through on weekends from Labor Day to 636-2199. a conversation with his brother Memorial Day. Info: 575-479-6124 or Theo Van Gogh. Admission is free. email [email protected]. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Info:[email protected]. White Sands National Monument All American Mountain Festival — Skins and Skulls program — 3-3:30 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at All American Park Ruidoso/Lincoln County p.m. on the Visitor Center Patio at in Ruidoso Downs. Info: 575-446- Ruidoso Downs opening Weekend the Monument, located at 19955 1441. — 1-5 p.m. at the Ruidoso Downs Highway 70 West (between the cities Ruidoso Downs opening Weekend Racetrack and Casino. Info: 575- of Alamogordo and Las Cruces. Info: — 1-5 p.m. at the Ruidoso Downs 378-4431. 575-479-6124. Racetrack and Casino. Info: 575- 378-4431. SATURDAY, MAY 28 Ruidoso/Lincoln County Sunday Under the Stars — 6-11 Silver City/Grant County All American Mountain Festival — p.m. at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Silver City Food Co-op’s 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at All American Park with live music by the Southbound Community Flea Market — 9 in Ruidoso Downs. Info: 575-446- Saints and movie, “The Water a.m.-2 p.m. at 614 N. Bullard St. 1441. Horse.” Info: 575-464-7777. Sell or find a treasure monthly in Ruidoso Downs opening Weekend the backyard of the Market Café, — 1-5 p.m. at the Ruidoso Downs MONDAY, MAY 30 adjacent to the Farmers Market. The Silver City Blues & Bikes Festival takes place over Memorial Day Racetrack and Casino. Info: 575- Silver City/Grant County This event is an opportunity for all Weekend. (Photo Courtesy Jay Hemphill) 378-4431. Farewell Blues Bash — 1 p.m. at community members who live close the Little Toad Creek Brewery & “Create a Song” is the final May and beer tumbler. Under 21 is free by and in outlying areas. No need to SUNDAY, MAY 29 Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. with subject. Info: 575-522-3120. with a parent or legal guardian. All promote your own sale. The Co-op Silver City/Grant County Miller and the Other Sinners and their Southern New Mexico Wine guests must have a valid photo will do all that. Info: 575-388-2343 or Blues Brunch — 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. guests. Info 575-956-6144. [email protected]. Festival — Noon-6 p.m. at the ID, regardless of age. Designated at the Little Toad Creek Brewery & Blues & Bikes Festival — Starts at Southern New Mexico State drivers pay just $10 and receive Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. Miller Las Cruces/Mesilla 10 a.m. with the Kneeling Nun Bike Fairgrounds, 12125 Robert Larson a free bottle of water. Info: www. and the Other Sinners with powerful Southern New Mexico Wine run and continues in Gough Park and Blvd. Tickets are $15 in advance redwhiteandbrewfestival.com or 575- blues. Info 575-956-6144. Festival — Noon-6 p.m. at the Downtown Silver City with booths, and $20 at the gate. Must have 522-1232. Blues & Bikes Festival — Noon-7 Southern New Mexico State music and the Busted Knuckles valid Photo I.D. Must be 21 or be “Van Gogh,” a play — 7 p.m. First p.m. Gough Park and Downtown Fairgrounds, 12125 Robert Larson Harley Stunt Show. Info: 575-538- accompanied by a parent or legal Christian Church, 1808 El Paseo Silver City with booths, music and Blvd. Tickets are $15 in advance 8505. guardian. Info: www.snmwinefestival. Road, Las Cruces, across from the Busted Knuckles Harley Stunt and $20 at the gate. Must have Bluesfest Jam Session — All day com or call 360 Events, LLC at 575- the high school. A reflection of the Show. Info: 575-538-8505. valid Photo I.D. Must be 21 or be at the Little Toad Creek Brewery & 636-2199. life of Vincent Van Gogh through accompanied by a parent or legal Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. Miller Red White & Brew Wine & Beer a conversation with his brother Las Cruces/Mesilla guardian. Info: www.snmwinefestival. and the Other Sinners host guest Festival — 6 p.m. at the NMSU Theo Van Gogh. Admission is free. Southern New Mexico Wine com or call 360 Events, LLC at 575- from all the Blues Fest musicians. Intramural Field. The festival will Info:[email protected]. Festival — Noon-6 p.m. at the 636-2199. Info 575-956-6144. offer samples from the best regional Southern New Mexico State wineries and micro-breweries from Alamogordo/Otero County Fairgrounds, 12125 Robert Larson Ruidoso/Lincoln County Las Cruces/Mesilla May 28 through May 30. Admission White Sands National Monument Blvd. Tickets are $15 in advance All American Mountain Festival — Family Science Saturday: Music — is $20 at the gate or $15 in advance Tent Talks — 10-11 a.m. at the and $20 at the gate. Must have 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at All American Park 10 a.m. at the Museum of Nature & online. Adult admission for age 21 Interdune Boardwalk, at the valid Photo I.D. Must be 21 or be in Ruidoso Downs. Info: 575-446- Science, 411 N. Main St. Las Cruces. and over includes a souvenir wine Monument, located at 19955 Highway accompanied by a parent or legal 1441. 54 • MAY 2016 www.desertexposure.com

As the creek narrows through White- water Canyon, the reason for its name becomes clear.

THE SILCO – YOUR HOMETOWN THEATER YES!! WE ARE OPEN

Giant Arizona sycamores line Whitewater Creek up to the Catwalk Trail. Construction efforts preserve as much of the existing environment as possible as the workers labor around the area. (Photos by Elva K. Österreich) CALL 575-956-6185 FOR SHOWTIMES - VISIT US: WWW.THESILCO.COM

Services medications delivered medical equipment emotional support respite 24-hour availability ADL assistance bereavement support experience compassion Whitewater Creek downstream from Whitewater Canyon where the medical supplies Catwalk Trail is being restored and still needs rehabilitation from damage as the result of the 2012 The Whitewater-Baldy Fire which conﬁ dential burned approximately 290,000 acres and led to floods in 2013. volunteers Irma Santiago, MD ON THE TRAIL local cultural heritage continued from page 54 music therapy under,” Glenwood resident Dar- spiritual support rel Allred said. “There is only one open now and it’s only for breakfast. The motel business is almost nonexistent. It (the Catwalk) used to be the second most visited site in the Gila.” “We are really looking forward to bringing it back for the community’s sake,” Casey said. The design build team comprised of Albuquerque Under- ground, Inc. and Bohannan Huston, Inc. had to take environmental, geological and previous designs seriously as they moved forward with reconstruction. The Whitewater Canyon Trail There are historical and structural above the area of the Catwalk consideration they have to work was damaged in flooding in 2014 around to get the work done. and is on the Forest Service’s list Environmental concerns are for trail redevelopment. constantly monitored said Harley Allsup an engineer with the Forest work doesn’t stop. Allsup said the Service. Forest Service will continue to re- “They monitor the water, con- habilitate the area including the scious of soil migration concerns” trail through Whitewater Canyon he said. above the catwalk and the banks After the Catwalk is open, of the river where the trail starts.

Forest Service Recreation Specialist Bob Shanks talks with students with the BreaksAway program at Montana State University. The college students spent their March spring break providing volunteer labor on the Whitewater Canyon Recreation Trail getting it cleaned up and ready for the reopening of the Catwalk, slated for the end of May. DESERT EXPOSURE MAY 2016 • 55

LIVING ON WHEELS • SHIELA SOWDER Should You Join an RV Club? There’s a club for every interest, from ham radio operators to nudists

ell me, now that you’ve decided while the Comfort Camping Club’s to chuck it all and embrace the members are connected by their love TRVing life, have you decided of the comforts of home, raising the which RV clubs to join? question of why they bother traveling “Are you nuts?” I hear you say. at all. Interestingly, one of the fast- “I’m going to hit the open road, com- est-growing groups is nudist RVers, Six-year-old Grant Stockberger hikes up the slight incline of one of the trails at the Boston mune with nature, be soothed by the which currently have 213,000 mem- Hill Open Space Trail System. (Photo by Brook Stockberger) silence of the wilderness. I don’t need bers. no stinkin’ clubs!” Note for nudist RVers: There are I can almost hear the rustle of 270 clubs, resorts and campgrounds TUMBLEWEEDS • BROOK STOCKBERGER newsprint as you crumble this paper in the US; they are often designated in up in disgust and disappointment. travel directories as “NCN” – no cloth- But wait! Give me a chance. RV ing needed, or as “TFZ” – textile-free Grant County clubs aren’t like your local PTA. They zone. A nude RV adventure is called exist to help you, to make your life a “nakation.” However, if you plan to easier and more enjoyable, not to de- begin your nakation on the drive to Here We Come mand brownies for the bake sale. RV the campground or resort, keep in clubs offer you social activities, edu- mind that nude driving is outlawed in Silver City charms cynical journalist cational seminars, online information, many states. workshops and discounts at parks, Another category of RV clubs is the here is truth in advertising in Silver City. Here ya go: stores, and for fuel. They offer trip strictly social organization. And while “That’s certainly one big ditch,” my Big Ditch Park lives up to its name and, ex- planning, in-person and online discus- many of the broader category clubs Twife, Terri, said as we stood side-by-side cept for the two youths who were trying to roll sion forums where your questions can also include the social aspect, some and peered down through trees off of the park- a giant rock down the steep bank and convinced receive answers and park and product of the smaller ones exist solely for ing lot along Hudson Street, near the town’s Vis- my wife she was about to witness their respec- reviews. Some have roadside assis- this purpose. itor’s Center tive untimely demises, the scene was very neat. tance, magazines, insurance, and the We get many of these groups into “Yep,” was my witty reply. (By the way, I do not think that was the first time Good Sam Club even offers low inter- Rose Valley from New Mexico, Arizo- Then we both yelled in unison: “Grant! Get those particular youths had rolled a big rock into est RV loans. All for $25-75 a year. na and Texas – groups of RVers from a back here.” the Big Ditch. They knew what they were doing. Do I have your attention yet? specific area that enjoy planning and You see, I recently took my Las Cruces-domi- I wanted to join them.) One last thing about the Let’s look at the different types of taking short trips with varying de- ciled family – excluding a 17-year-old who had Big Ditch, it used to be Main Street until one RV clubs and associations. First there grees of organized activities. A good track and field practice – to Silver City during summer day in 1895 when Mother Nature de- are RV manufacturers clubs, in which way to make friends and share expe- the final day of Spring Break. cided to do some impromptu city planning via a all members own the same brand of riences. My 13-year-old daughter, Jessie, was the only flood. You can read about the history on plaques. RV. Whether you own a 40-ft Winneba- My final recommendation, alone who had visited the 23rd-largest town in Choosing a place to eat can be a conundrum go or a 22-foot vintage Airstream, though not strictly an RV club, is the New Mexico consistently thanks to trips with because everyone you ask has their personal fa- there’s a club for you, a place to get National Parks Pass. This gets you, her grandmother. Terri and 6-year-old Grant had vorite eatery. The name “Burgers & Brownies & valuable information on the construc- your car, and up to three passengers never been to Silver City and it had been a long Beer, Oh My” jumped out at me so we grabbed a tion of your rig, its idiosyncrasies and into over 2,000 federally owned parks time since I was in the area. seat for lunch on North Bullard Street. (sometimes) flaws – saves you time, and recreations areas. I must admit a little bit of skepticism rode “Holy heck (or some variation of the phrase), saves you money. In addition, these The pass costs $80/year, but se- along with me behind the wheel of our white they have birch beer,” I exclaimed with delight. I associations often sprout smaller, niors (62+) can buy one for $10 for Kia Soul when, after the requisite bathroom used to drink birch beer back home in the great regional clubs that plan group travel life, and it includes discounts at break/Diet Pepsi retrieval at Taco Bell in Dem- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but in 20 years excursions and the chance to share campgrounds located within many of ing, we turned northwest on U.S. Route 180 to- had never seen it in New Mexico. Jessie and I information in person. the parks. When my husband Jimmy ward Grant County’s county seat. downed a bottle each of the sweet goodness. Next on our list are the invaluable and I spent a couple of winters in Pen- So many people rave about Silver City and The waiter even backed away from our table in- general interest and discount clubs. sacola, Florida we used it frequently its mix of arty eclecticness and Old West charm, stead of turning his back to us. Grant found the Inexpensive to join, this type of orga- to go to the most beautiful, least which the cynical journalist in me couldn’t help practice funny. Plus he loved the idea he had to nization offers discounts to RV parks crowded beach in the area, which just but repeat over and over again in the back of go outside and go into a different building to go in their network in addition to many happened to be on National Park Ser- my head, “It’s just another town with some nice to the restroom. other services and resources. If you vice property. scenery and a bicycle race. Why are we driving “This sure is different,” he said with all the plan much traveling in your RV, it Are you feeling overwhelmed by 100 miles to see nice scenery?” six-year-old seriousness he could muster. Then would be foolish (yes, your read that the number and variety of RV clubs? Now, I did not have any bad thoughts or he giggled. right – foolish!) not to join one of First, figure out what you want. Infor- negative preconceived opinions, I just could The Boston Hill Open Space Trail System these clubs. mation? Discounts? Social opportuni- not get the word “overrated” out of my head. overlooks Silver City and provides numerous The largest of these is the Good ties? Do you want to share an interest I’m this way with just about anything – book, trails through the old mining location. Some Sam Club with over a million mem- or learn a new one? I recommend movie, restaurant, song – that receives a lot of climb, some descend but they give you a great bers. Look it up on the internet and joining a general interest and dis- popular fawning. Just ask my wife, it drives feel for the rugged landscape. you’ll be impressed with all it offers, count clubs, such as Good Sam, and her nuts. What do you say about Penny Park? There’s and it also has many state and re- an association specifically for your But the sun was high, the temperature was a dragon, that’s a good start. There are plac- gional sub-groups that offer group brand of RV before heading out. perfect, I was with my family and I enjoy a good es to climb, swings, slides, balance beams and trips and social opportunities. Other Then as you relax into the lifestyle, road trip. other cool items in the 15,000-foot square park. clubs in this category include Escap- investigate the more targeted clubs And guess what? Silver City charmed me. Nice for a respite for mom and dad while Grant ees, Family Motor Coach Association, online and listen to the recommenda- There is truth in advertising. bounced around. Happy Camper Club, Camp USA, and tions of other RVers you encounter. Beautiful weather? Yep. Shall I go on? Passport America. And maybe, just maybe, if you can’t Beautiful scenery? Yep. Lake Roberts is beautiful and about an hour Then there are the special inter- find a club that suits you, you can Great outdoor trails? Yep. away. Fort Bayard has historic buildings and a est clubs. Do you like kayaking? start your own. Neat parks? Yep. National Cemetery nearby. Fly fishing? Square dancing? Visiting Good food (very important to a man of my Ok, I’m turning into Tolstoy here. I better wineries? Are you single? A family Sheila and husband size) Yep? wrap this up. But, suffice it to say, we all had a with children? Homeschooling those Jimmy Sowder have Diverse stores? Yep. great time, from the kindergartener to the teen children? Christian? Jewish? Afri- lived at Rose Valley And, yes, even an arty, eclectic vibe with an to the mom and dad. We had not even left before can-American? Disabled? LGBT? A RV Ranch in Silver Old West feel thrown into the mix. we discussed what we wanted to do and see on woman traveling alone? Current or City for four years I cannot go into detail about the entire day our next trip. retired military? Then there’s a club following four years because of word counts and deadlines – you Silver City punched my inner-cynic in the gut. for you. Several clubs concentrate of wandering the understand – but trust the rapid-fire portion on group volunteering and, my senti- United States from that follows expresses the fun, kinetic-yet-some- Brook Stockberger can be reached at 575-571- mental favorite, the Florida Potluck Maine to California. She can be how-peaceful nature of my experience. 9063 or [email protected]. 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Dr. Owens provides comprehensive care for disorders of the ears, nose and throat for adults and children. Dr. KǁĞŶƐŝƐƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞĂďŽƵƚƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐĐƵƫŶŐͲĞĚŐĞĐĂƌĞƚŽŚŝƐ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ͕ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐƚŽĂƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐƟŵĞǁŝƚŚŚŝƐĨĂŵŝůǇ. ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƌ͘KǁĞŶƐĞĂƌŶĞĚŚŝƐŵĞĚŝĐĂůĚĞŐƌĞĞĂƚƚŚĞĂǇůŽƌŽůůĞŐĞŽĨDĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ ŝŶ,ŽƵƐƚŽŶ͕dĞǆĂƐ͘,ĞĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚŚŝƐƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐǇƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐĂƚƚŚĞhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨŽůŽƌĂĚŽ,ĞĂůƚŚ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐĞŶƚĞƌ͘,ĞŝƐŽĂƌĚĞƌƟĮĞĚŝŶKƚŽůĂƌǇŶŐŽůŽŐǇ͘ ƌĞĂƐŽĨ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƚǇŝŶKƚŽůĂƌǇŶŐŽůŽŐǇ X^ŝŶƵƐŝƐĞĂƐĞĂŶĚŶĚŽƐĐŽƉŝĐ^ŝŶƵƐ^ƵƌŐĞƌǇ X Hearing and Balance Disorders XWĞĚŝĂƚƌŝĐKƚŽůĂƌǇŶŐŽůŽŐǇ XsŽŝĐĞĂŶĚ^ǁĂůůŽǁŝŶŐŝƐŽƌĚĞƌƐ XŶĚŽƐĐŽƉŝĐ^ŬƵůůĂƐĞ^ƵƌŐĞƌǇ ŽŶƚĂĐƚhƐ EĞǁƉĂƟĞŶƚƐĂƌĞǁĞůĐŽŵĞ͘&ŽƌĂŶĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ŽƌĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟŽŶĐĂůů575-556-1860 KĨĨŝĐĞ>ŽĐĂƚŝŽŶ DĞŵŽƌŝĂůĂƌ͕EŽƐĞΘdŚƌŽĂƚ/ŶƐƚŝƚƵƚĞ ϮϰϱϬ^͘dĞůƐŚŽƌ͕ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͕^ƵŝƚĞϭ >ĂƐƌƵĐĞƐ͕EDϴϴϬϭϭ (West side of Memorial Campus)

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