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The goofy, the bad & the weird El Paso Scene’s 8th annual Gecko Awards highlight the lowlights of 2014 — See Page 23

Roundabout Art Margarita Cabrera is sculpting “Uplift” for Upper Valley project. — See Page 35

Best CDs of 2014 Liner Notes columnist Brian Chozick lists the top albums of the past year. — See Page 39

On the cover: “Loteria El Paso” by Candy Mayer JANUARY 2 0 1 5 www.epscene.com Page 2 El Paso Scene January 2015 2210 Trawood. Check-in 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive — Open to all golfers. Cost: per person; includes The 15th annual citywide effort to restock area January 2015 green fee, cart, range balls, prizes, goodie bag, food pantries runs Jan. 5-19, with several breakfast burrito bar and luncheon. organizations participating. Canned and other Information: Bill Greenawald, 443-5589; Vista nonperishable food items can be dropped off at JANUARY Hills Country Club, 592-6565 or various locations throughout town. The food ROUNDUP vistahillscc.com. will then be collected, sorted and distributed INDEX • Rotary Sun Bowl Football Team Luncheon is among agencies serving the less fortunate Roundup 3-10, 19 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 26, at the El Paso including the Salvation Army, the Opportunity Convention Center. Doors open at 11 a.m. Center for the Homeless, El Paso Rescue Behind the Scene 4 The starting lineups from both teams are intro- Mission and others. Information: 543-5468. Scene Spotlight 6 duced at 11:30 a.m. and the head coaches are Collection bins will be located at Big 8 food Here’s the Ticket 11-14 highlighted as well. Tickets: $50; tables for stores, City Hall One Stop Shop (300 N. Viva Juárez 14 eight $450 (eight guests, or six guests plus two Campbell), County Courthouse, El Paso football player from each team). Information: Juvenile Justice Center, Public Libraries, Wal- Program Notes 15 533-4416, ext. 200 or 504-9013. mart Stores and Neighborhood Markets. Music, Comedy 16 Dance 17 Mount Cristo Rey Hike Through Time El Paso Psychic Fair — The fair is 11 a.m. — A guided hike is at noon Sunday, Dec. 28, to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 17-18, at Taking a Look Back 18 at Mount Cristo Rey, Sunland Park, N.M. Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway, at Boeing. El Paso FishNet 19 Length: 5 miles round trip (2-3 hours). Cost: $5 Admission: $5 for both days (private readings Sports 20-22 ($2 for children) donation requested for the not included with admission). Free admission Feature: Mt. Cristo Restoration Committee. with active duty military I.D. Information: 345- Hyundai Sun Bowl — The 81st annual 8th annual Gecko Awards 23-25 Information: 541-1422. No reservation is 6245 or elpasopsychicfair.com. football classic begins at noon, Saturday, Dec. Nature 26-28 27, with the Arizona State Sun Devils from the required. The fair features aura photos, handmade New Pac 12 and Duke Blue Devils from the ACC A presentation on the history of the monu- Age crystal and gemstone jewelry, spirit writ- At the Museum 29-31 both bringing 9-3 records to the game. ment will be given at the summit. ing, Feng Shui products, and readings by 12 Southwest Art Scene 32-34 Country superstar band Lonestar will provide The four-story-tall statue of Christ on the professional psychic readers and mediums from Gallery Talk 35 cross was built in 1938-40 by sculptor Urbici the halftime entertainment. across Texas and New Mexico. Readings Keep on Bookin' 36 Tickets: $22, $32, $42, $52 and $62 Soler. The mountaintop is 4,576 feet above sea offered in English and Spanish. On Stage 37-38 (Ticketmaster). Captain’s Club tickets: $652. level, in Sunland Park, N.M., near the junction Sun City on Tap — Townsquare Media Information: 533-4416, 1-800-915-BOWL or of Mexico, Texas and New Mexico. Stage Talk 37 hosts the beer festival and tasting event featur- sunbowl.org. The hike is sponsored by Destination El Paso ing more than 100 beers from more than 50 History Lessons 38 The 3rd annual Sun Bowl Sky Party is 9 to and El Paso Scene. Security is provided along craft breweries from throughout the world 1 to Liner Notes 39 11:30 a.m. that day at UTEP’s South Stadium the trail and in the parking lot. 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Film Scene 40,42 Parking Garage with food and drinks, live The 5-mile hike is easy to moderate, and is Venue at Southwest University. Admission: music, games, giveaways and both university suitable for all ages. February preview 41 $20; cost includes eight beer sample tickets; bands. Admission is free. Meet at the large parking lot at the trailhead souvenir sampling glass and live music. El Paso Scene User’s Guide 35 Other Sun Bowl events: to Mt. Cristo Rey off McNutt Road (NM 273). Additional samples available for purchase. Advertiser Index 42 • The Sun Bowl Golf Challenge is 9:30 a.m. Take the Racetrack exit off Paisano and cross the Rio Grande. Subscription Form 42 Friday, Dec. 26, at Vista Hills Country Club, Please see Page 5

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 3 ne of the most fascinating examples of new media this past year was the podcast titled “Serial,” created and hosted by Sarah Koenig. OMany of you may not be familiar with “Serial,” and a few may still be confused about what a podcast actually is. So here’s the basic explanation: A podcast is a show that people can download from the internet for listening or watching on their computer or digital media devices, such as iPods, smartphones and tablets. “Serial” is a 12-part podcast that launched in early October 2014, and new episode were released weekly until the advanced at a lightning pace. Old media final podcast in December. It was an struggle to survive, while new media are investigation into a 1999 Baltimore mur- patchworking their economic support. der case in which a high school student But “Serial” also shows what doesn’t was accused and eventually convicted of change: The power of story. Koenig is a killing an ex-girlfriend. The in-depth master storyteller, so good in fact that she reporting by Koenig takes more twists was able to hook listeners for a dozen and turns than a steep mountain road, but episodes without ever giving them any there’s no real destination. At the end, promise of a clear ending. both Koenig and nearly all the podcast’s This past month I listened — in person listeners still aren’t sure who did it. — to Joe Hayes tell stories on behalf of a The show was an overnight success, at local nonprofit group, Books Are Gems. least by podcast standards. It was the No. Joe, based in Santa Fe, is the best-known 1 download on iTunes for weeks. A sure storyteller in the Southwest and is author sign of its popularity: Saturday Night of many children’s books (“The Day It Live did a parody of it. Snowed Tortillas,” “El Cucuy” and two The initial funding came from one main dozen others, many of them published by sponsor, a local public radio station and El Paso’s own Cinco Puntos Press). “This American Life,” a popular public With just his voice and animated expres- radio show (and podcast) produced by Ira sions, Joe can keep a roomful of kids and Glass. The success of the show led to a adults entranced. Watching him mesmer- fundraising campaign that resulted in ize his audience reminded me that good enough listener donations to ensure a sec- storytelling doesn’t need technology, and ond season. it’s never outdated. I wanted to call attention to “Serial” * * * because it is one of the success stories of Thanks go to Candy Mayer, for sharing this new age of internet-driven journal- her new work, “Loteria El Paso” with El ism. But it also shows how the new forms Paso Scene for the first cover of 2015. of journalism are changing so quickly, Candy not only is one of El Paso’s most and how difficult it is to predict what prolific artists, but also one of the most may come next. often featured artists on the Scene cover. When radio and television came along * * * in the 20th century, they changed journal- If you grabbed a copy of the Scene ism but did so slowly. Newspapers early, there’s still time to join us at noon, remained successful for many decades in Sunday, Dec. 28, for our hike up Cristo spite of growing broadcast news audi- Rey. See Page 3 for details. ences. But with the internet, change has

Randy Limbird January 2015 Editor and Publisher El Paso Scene is published by Cristo Rey (915) 542-1422 Communications as a monthly guide to entertainment, recreation and culture in the Albert Martinez El Paso area. Copies are provided free at Advertising & selected locations. Subscriptions are Circulation Director $10 a year, sent by 3rd class mail. (915) 920-7244 Circulation: 41,000 copies. Lisa Kay Tate Associate Editor Deadline for news for the (915) 542-1422 ext. 4 February issue is Jan. 19 The February issue comes out Jan. 28 Editorial Associates: Yvonne T. Herrera, Will Summers El Paso Scene Adverting Associate: Roman Martinez P. O. Box 13615 El Paso, Texas 79913 Circulation Associates: Randy Friedman, Gil Garza PH: 542-1422 FAX: 542-4292 Office: 316 Arboles, El Paso TX 79932 Contributing Writers: E-mail: [email protected] Carol Viescas, Brian Chozick, Myrna Zanetell, John McVey Middagh Walter Schaefer, Jay Duncan Subscription Form is on Page 42 Visit El Paso Scene Online at www.epscene.com © 2015 Cristo Rey Communications sponsored by Phidev, Inc. Page 4 El Paso Scene January 2015 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at Fountains at Las Cruces Bridal Showcase — Helping Hilton Garden Inn New Year’s Gala — January Roundup Farah, with samples from area chocolate ven- Hands Event Planning hosts its bridal and spe- The hotel, 6650 Gateway East, hosts a Cont’d from Page 3 dors. Tickets: $$10-$20 (includes samples); cial event show 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. Masquerade Ball New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, available online at holdmyticket.com. 25, at Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. Dec. 31. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Dinner, Information americaontap.com. New this year is the Chocolate Liqueur University in Las Cruces. Admission: $5 in Dance and Stay package is $229 for two, and Participants must be 21 or older; designated Lounge for ages 21 and older. advance; $7 at the door. Free admission with includes a 5-course dinner, champagne toast, driver admission is $10 at the door. donation of gently used prom dress for the party favors, overnight stay (with late checkout Cinderella Prom Dress Project. Information: at 2 p.m.) and a cook-to-order breakfast for Days of Remembrance Bridal, Quince Southern New Mexico (575) 522-1232, lascrucesbridalshowcase.com. two. Information, reservations: 772-4722. & Sweet 16 Fair — The 25th annual event Christmas on the Pecos — One of is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at the America’s top holiday traditions, the boat tour Downtown Ramble — The City of Las New Year’s Eve Party-Tango — Paso del Socorro Entertainment Center, 11200 Santos along the Pecos River runs through Dec. 31 in Cruces hosts an evening of music and art 5 to 7 Norte Tango Club, 111 Rio Flor, hosts its New Sanchez, presented by Elegant Penguin Carlsbad, N.M. The 22nd annual event show- p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Las Year’s party and dance 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Productions. The event consists of wedding cases the winter wonderland of more than 100 Cruces Downtown Mall. Information: (575) Wednesday, Dec. 31, with Argentine Tango, gowns, quince and sweet 16 dresses, ball- festively decorated houses. Twelve to 15 tours 523-2950. Latin and Ballroom dance, buffet dinner and a rooms, photographers, tuxedos, florists, jewel- are offered nightly 5:15 to 9:30 p.m.; ticket midnight champagne toast to 2015. Admission: ers, skincare, eye care and more. Samples and office opens at 4:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve $25 per person. Information: 227-8953, 422- giveaways offered. Special guest is WE TV’s The 40-minute tours depart from Pecos River 3338 or pasodelnortetangoclub.com. wedding guru, David Tutera, showcasing his Village Conference Center, 711 Muscatel. The Ardovino’s New Year’s Eve Bash — new spring line of gowns and his book. village includes a gallery full of Southwestern Ardovino’s Desert Crossing, One Ardovino ‘Rio’ — Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Admission: $5; limited VIP tickets available for gifts and refreshments and holiday lights. Ticket Drive in Sunland Park, will ring in 2014 Casino in Mescalero, N.M. will host its New $35. Information: 740-4349 or are $15 Sunday through Thursday and $20 Wednesday, Dec. 31, with a four-course Dinner, live Year’s Eve gourmet dinner and concert begin- bridalquince.com. Admission fees benefit the El Friday and Saturday; $10 and $15 for ages 2-11 performance by Jessica Flores & Cross Town, DJ Julio and party ning at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, with Paso Child Crisis Center. (under 4 free with lap pass). Tickets should be favors, with a midnight champagne toast. Festive dinner attire. entertainment by Pink Flamingo Group. Doors The fair will celebrate its 25th anniversary purchased in advance; many dates are sold out. Tickets: $95. Reservations recommended; open at 7 p.m., dinner served at 8 p.m. Tickets: with a gala event 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Information: (575) 628-0952; Carlsbad space fills quickly. Information: (575) 589-0653, $125 (Ticketmaster). Information: (800) 545- Jan. 17, at Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027 Chamber of Commerce at (575) 887-6516 or ext. 3, or ardovinos.com. 9011 or (575) 464-7090. Airway. See separate listing. christmasonthepecos.com. El Maida New Year’s Eve — El Maida New Year’s at The Lodge — The resort Spring Home Show — The El Paso Murder Mystery Weekend — The Lodge Shrine, 6331 Alabama, hosts a New Year’s Eve in Cloudcroft will host its New Year’s Eve Association of Builders presents the annual in Cloudcroft, 601 Corona Place, hosts its fall show celebration beginning at 7 p.m. events, “A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party,” event Jan. 23-25 at the El Paso Convention mystery weekend Friday through Sunday, Jan. Wednesday, Dec. 31, with live music by Wednesday, Dec. 31, with a Children’s New Center. The show features booths providing 23-25, with buffets, champagne reception, gifts Rhapsody Band. Cost: $30 ($50 couples); Year’s Eve pizza and slumber party at 7 p.m. exhibits, demonstrations, and more. Hours are and prizes. Information/reservations: (575) 682- includes champagne, party favors and drink set the Lodge Trestle, and adult party 9 a.m. to 1 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday 2566, 1-800-395-6343 or thelodgeresort.com. ups. BYOB. Information: 562-1444. a.m. the Lodge Pavilion, with champagne toast and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: and midnight breakfast buffet. A special New Las Cruces Anime Days — El Paso Anime Forum Ballroom New Year’s Eve Year’s Eve buffet and New Year’s Day brunch $5.95; free for ages 12 and younger). — Tejas Band is featured at the Coalition hosts the 6th annual anime conven- Dance also offered. Call for reservations/cost. Information: 1-800-756-4788, ext. 46 or Wednesday, Dec. 31 dance, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at tion, Chibi Edition, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Information: 1-800-395-6343 or thelodgere- HomeShowElPaso.com. The Forum, 3800 Mattox (at Hawkins). Cost is Jan. 24, at NMSU’s Corbett Center Student sort.com. A Chocolate Affair — KISS-FM hosts its Union. Information/preregistration: lascruce- $75 per couple, which includes party favors, 4th annual evening of chocolate delicacies 6 to sanimedays.org. beer and set-ups, door prizes and posole. Information: 598-4220. Please see Page 6

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 5 cussion of her top ten ways of getting in shape French classes — L’Alliance Française d’El January Roundup for the new year 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Paso hosts French classes for adults and chil- Cont’d from Page 5 Jan. 14, at El Paso Public Library’s Main dren beginning Jan. 26, as well as conversa- Branch, 501 N. Oregon, Downtown. Learn to tion classes for adults. Page 25. get in shape after the holidays, as well as some simple strategies to get on the path to healthy Competition for Young Musicians — El Something for everyone weight balancing long term. Admission is free. Paso Society for Musicians of the Future host Loya Light Show — The brilliant display of Information: (602) 670-4648 or integrativeheal- a competition for classical musicians age 8 to 450,000 holiday lights choreographed to music ingworks.com. 19 in all instruments and voice categories. Scene Spotlight highlights events is featured at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. Wednesday Deadline to apply is Jan. 30. Page 15. Women Hall of Fame nominees — advertised in this issue. through Sunday Dec. 24-20, at 12001 Paseo The society also hosts an instruments de Oro (one block north of Montwood, off Nominations are being taken through Jan. 16 ‘Cocktail Hour: The Show’ — Ballets With awards program for young musicians. Bob Mitchell). Parking available at Montwood for the 2015 El Paso Commission for Women A Twist performs their inventive show Jan. Deadline to apply is Jan. 15. Page 43. High School. Admission is free. Hall of Fame. The organization is committed to 30 at The Plaza Theatre, presented by El recognizing and honoring the achievements of Shundo Dance Studio — January classes The 7-minute spectacle, now in its 10th year, Paso City Ballet. Pages 2 and 4. women in El Paso County. Persons may nomi- include Samba, Bachata, Swing, Step, won a $50,000 grand prize Dec. 9 as the best family Christmas light display in the country in nate a woman who has had a significant long- ‘Classical Mystery Tour’ — El Paso Merengue, Salsa, Cha Cha, Cumbia and “The Great Christmas Light Fight,” competi- term impact on the El Paso community, either Symphony presents the tribute to The Social party dance, as well as unlimited group tion, sponsored by ABC television. The professionally and/or as a volunteer. Beatles Feb. 28 at The Plaza. Page 2. classes. Page 7. Eastside home is the residence of El Paso busi- Information: Ceci Carpio, 594-3981 or cxcar- The Symphony’s next show is “Winter Hal Marcus Gallery — Showing in January nessman Fred Loya. [email protected]. Web: elpasowomen.org. Whirlwind” Jan. 23-24 at the Plaza, with the is “Retro Rak,” works by Bill Rakocy from The Induction Banquet is Saturday, March 28, Cypress String Quartet. Pages 2 and 4. — the 1940s and 1950s. Work is being accept- ‘Winter Wonderland’ Village display 2015 at the Wyndham El Paso Airport Hotel, Hundreds of figurines make up one of El Paso’s UTEP Basketball — The Miner men’s team ed for the spring 2015 exhibit, “All You Can 2027 Airway. All nominees will be recognized most elaborate holiday displays, “Winter home games are Dec. 30 vs. Sul Ross, Jan. Eat.” Page 20. at the banquet along with their nominators. Wonderland,” on exhibit 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8 vs. Louisiana Tech and Jan. 10 vs. Amado Peña Gallery — Showing Feb. 1- weekdays through Dec. 31, in the auditorium Bassett Place — The mall at 6101 Gateway Southern Miss. Page 40. 28 at the San Elizario gallery is “Bert Saldaña: of the MacGuire Administration Building of the West celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Miner Women’s basketball home games are Visions of The West.” Artist’s reception is Lee and Beulah Moor Children’s Home, 1100 Information: 772-7479 or Dec. 28 vs. Alcorn State, Jan. 2 vs. North Feb. 7. Page 22. Cliff Dr. The exhibit, donated by Dorothea shopbassettplace.com. Texas, Jan. 4 vs. Rice and Jan. 17 vs. UTSA. Purvis, consists of hundreds of festive figurines American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life sign UTEP’s Stanlee and Gerald Rubin El Paso Ballroom Dance Academy — A and continues to grow bigger every year. up is noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 17-19, in front of the Center — Showing Feb. 5-April 25 is Salsa Social is Jan. 9, and a Dance Party is Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Finish Line. Those who sign up are eligible to “Citizen Culture: Artists and Architects Jan. 24. Page 13. Information: 544-8777 win tote bags and t-shirts. Shape Policy.” Page 10. ‘Five Women Wearing The Same Dress’ Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Days of Remembrance 25th EPCC Spring classes — El Paso — El Paso Playhouse presents the comedy UTEP — Registration is Jan. 5-29 for the Anniversary Gala — The gala celebrating Community College is now taking registra- by Alan Ball Jan. 9-31. Page 14. popular UTEP program that offers non-credit 25 year of the bridal, quince and sweet 16 tion for its Spring 2015 Continuing Education classes for people age 50 or older. Spring 2015 expo is 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Jan. 17, Historic Clothing Workshop — Magoffin classes including Children’s College and adult classes begin Monday, Feb. 9. at Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027 Airway with Home State Historic Site hosts “Historic Personal Enrichment classes. Page 9. The membership program is part of UTEP’s dinner, drinks, VIP section, and music by Clothing of the 1800s-1920s” Jan. 10 as part UTEP P3 — UTEP offers several continuing College of Liberal Arts and supported in part Sha’vonne. Special Guest David Tutera of WE of its second Saturday workshops. Page 15. TV’s “Celebrations” will make an appearance. education and personal enrichment classes by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Registration: Portion of the proceeds will benefit the Child La Tierra Café — The café hosts several for youth and adults. Pages 26 and 34. $60, plus $25 for the one-time OLLI life mem- dinner shows during its concert season. Art a bership fee ($25 late fee after Jan. 29). Crisis Center of El Paso. Tickets: $100; avail- la Cart art markets are the last Saturday of Introduction to Greek Dance — Members may take as many classes as they able at 740-4349. Information: the month. Page 16. Instructor Nisreen hosts Greek dance les- want. No grades, no tests, no term papers, no bridalquinceguide,com. • Jan. 10: Aaron is Juan Gabriel sons for kids and adults at St. Nicolas required homework. The fee includes parking The Days of Remembrance Bridal Quince and • Feb. 14: Flamenco Duende Gitano. Church. Page 11. Nisreen also hosts Belly permit, UTEP library card and discounts to Sweet 16 Expo is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday Dance classes. Page 33. UTEP events. Classes are open to residents of Jan. 18, at Socorro Entertainment Center, Fragile Balance — El Paso Society for El Paso, Juarez and southern New Mexico age 11200 Santos Sanchez. Ardovino’s Farmers’ Market — Musicians of the Future presents acoustic 50 or older, and meet afternoons Mondays Ardovino’s Desert Crossing in Sunland Park LIGHT Center — The community benefit guitarists Cruz Lujan and Nico Cooper Jan. through Fridays. hosts its Farmers’ Market Saturday mornings organization is at 810 Gato Road. Information: 11 at the Philanthropy Theatre. Page 13. The Institute’s office is in Miners Hall, Room year round. Page 25. 231-0066 or lightelpaso.com. El Paso Live events — Page 4. 209. Office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Monday John Freedom, author of “Heal Yourself with • Jan. 13-14: Chicago: The Musical at The Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino — through Friday. A catalog of classes is available EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) will host Plaza Theatre. Live racing season is underway with races at all public library branches. Information: 747- a special seminar 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, • Jan. 29: Kevin Hart at Abraham Chavez held Friday through Monday. Page 19. 6280, 747-8848 or olliatutep.org. Jan. 17. EFT is a method for rapidly dissolving Theatre. El Paso Exploreum — El Paso’s first living Small Group Fitness Training — El Paso emotional distress and trauma by tapping on acupoints. Cost: $95 by Jan 16 ($170 for two); Crossland Gallery — Showing Jan. 16- laboratory children’s museum offers a new YMCA’s will host small group fitness for all lev- $125 per person at the door. Feb. 14, at El Paso Art Association’s gallery Inspiration Station where “creative invention els to get in shape after the holidays Jan. 12 Ongoing events: is “con.FIGURE.ation” award show and sale, is key.” Page 20. through March at all three YMCA branches. • Yoga: 6 to 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. with opening reception Jan. 16. Deadline to Times vary. Cost: $120 ($80 members); $20 Escamilla Fine Art Gallery — The fine art Hema, 540-3691. enter art is Jan. 6. Page 34. discount for those registering before Jan. 9. studio and gallery is also home to the gallery Information: Bowling Family YMCA, 755-9622; • Aura Cleansing: 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays. Psychic Fair — The fair featuring profes- of Debra De Santos. Page 29. Westside YMCA, 584-9622, Loya Family Hema, 540-3691. sional psychics and readers from Texas and Dog Adoptions — El Paso Humane Society YMCA, 590-9622 or elpasoymca.org. • Pranic Healing Clinic: 3 to 6 p.m. the first Sunday of the month. Linda, (575) 649-8081. New Mexico is Jan. 17-18, at Hawthorn Inn. hosts dog adoptions every Saturday at El QuiltWeek — American Quilter’s Society, • Vegetarian Cooking Class: 7 to 9 p.m. the Page 12. Paso Saddle Blanket. Page 36. the largest quilting membership organization in second Tuesday of the month. Sobha, 231- ‘Romeo & Julieta’ — KCOS hosts the bilin- the world, host the debut of AQS QuiltWeek in 0066 gual adaptation in celebration of its upcoming Southern New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Jan. 14-17, at the • Full Moon Meditation: 7:30 p.m., night of the series Shakespeare Uncovered. Page 43. Travis Tritt — The country star presents a Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 Second full moon. Lynn, 449-0619. St. NW, Albuquerque, N.M. More than 500 El Paso Rhinos — El Paso’s hockey team rare acoustic solo show Jan. 22, at the • Book Club: 2 to 4 p.m. the third Sunday of quilts will be on display with more than takes on Springfield Express Jan. 23-25, at Flickinger Center in Alamogordo. Page 3. the month. Christine, (575) 639-4664. $50,000 in prizes to be awarded for quilting Sierra Providence Events Center. Page 30. • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Support Chocolate Fantasia — Mimbres Region excellence at the event. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 Group: 6 to 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the Belly Dance Extravaganza — Dance Alive Arts Council’s annual downtown stroll fea- p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. month. Sobha, 231-0066. Enterprises and Lorriane’s annual gala per- tures 20 handcrafted chocolates Feb. 7 in to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: $11-$35. • Family Movie Night: 7:15 p.m. the fourth formance is Jan. 24 at The Chamizal Silver City. Page 26. Information: (505) 898-8689 or quiltweek.com. Friday of the month. Lynn, 449-0619. National Memorial, featuring Kareesha Fountain Theatre — Mesilla Valley Film ‘Shape Up for 2015’ — Integrative Healing Willow. Willow will host a workshop that Society hosts nightly screenings at the the- Works hosts Health Coach Connie K for an day. Page 7. atre in Historic Mesilla. Page 40. Interactive Power Point Presentation and dis- Please see Page 7 Page 6 El Paso Scene January 2015 opment. No fasting required; drinking plenty of January Roundup water the day prior to the visit is recommend- Cont’d from Page 6 ed. Information/consent forms: 307-3354. Web: crbcm.blogspot.com. Rascals at Rulis’ — Rulis’ International Art and Culture: Image and Icon — Kitchen, 4176 N. Mesa, welcomes well- The 6-week class is offered 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. behaved and leashed pets 2 to 6 p.m. the third Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 11, via OLLI at Saturday of the month (Jan. 17, Feb. 21). One UTEP. Fiber artist and anthropologist Lin dollar per all drinks sold at this time will be Bentley Keeling will explore art’s role in culture donated to The Humane Society of El Paso. and society through an examination of some of Information: 313-4806 or on Facebook. the world’s great historical art and through a sampling of artworks produced today. Open to Bagua Circle Walking Meditation — El Paso area residents over 50. Registration is Center for Internal Arts, 5757 Montoya Drive, Jan. 5-30. Cost for OLLI is one-time member- hosts the seminar on meditation style, 9 to ship fee of $25; $60 per semester registration noon, Sundays, Jan. 18-Feb. 15. Bagua Circle fee. Information/location OLLI at UTEP, 747- Walking is a meditation from the ancient Taoist 8848,747-6280 or OLLIatUTEP.org monastic tradition The Heaven Single Palm Change was the core moving meditation prac- After School Fall Program — The City of tice of the Taoist monastic tradition in ancient El Paso Parks and Recreation Department’s China. Cost: $175. Information/registration: 2014-2015 After School Program continues Steve Barowsky, 584-4730, through the school year at local recreation cen- [email protected] or centerforin- ters and selected EPISD and YISD elementary ternalarts.com. schools throughout the city. The program runs from school dismissal time to 6 p.m. and is Latinitas — The nonprofit dedicated to open to age 6-12. Cost: $5 per week per child empowering Latina youth offers regular cre- at public school sites; free at recreation cen- ative expression workshops, exhibits and more. ters. Information/list of centers: 544-0753. Latinas offices are at 10935 Ben Crenshaw Register online at elpasotexas.gov/parks. #207. Information: 219-8554, latinitaselpa- The After School Program at Recreation [email protected] or LasLatinitas.org. Centers is now called “Connect” and is free to • A free Healthy Chica workshop is 10 a.m. to participants and is tailored to be a drop in 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at El Paso First, 1145 activity for children at the same age level. Westmoreland, for girls ages 10-17. The day features guest speakers and workshops. Girls Alzheimer’s support groups — will have an opportunity to participate in a yoga Alzheimer’s Association El Paso offers support workshop, session on healthy eating, dance les- groups for caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s son and fitness activities. and other dementias at several locations • A College Chica workshop is 10 a.m. to 2 throughout town. Caregivers can exchange p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, on the UTEP campus. practical information, discuss challenges and Girls age 9-17 are invited to discover the coping, share feelings, needs and concern and importance of college and get an insider’s view learn about available resources in the commu- of college life, with an opportunity to tour the nity. Information: 1-800-272-3800. UTEP campus, meet college student mentors, Bridge leagues — Duplicate bridge events attend workshops on the importance of educa- are hosted at Decker Bridge Center, Unit 159, tion and participate in activities to start prepar- Dance Alive Enterprises & Lorraine present 2216 East Yandell. Admission: $6. Information: ing for college. Co-hosted by UTEP Center for Belly Dance Extravaganza 2015 544-6565 or elpasobridge.com. Managers: Civic Engagement. Admission is free. Pre-regis- Peggy Craig, 581-0371 or Jack Neumann, 204- ter at laslatinitas.com. 8897. Dancers & Music from the Southwest LiveStrong at the YMCA — The small Chamizal Junior Ranger Saturday group program that helps adult cancer sur- featuring Dance Alive and Special Guests Crafts — Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. vivors reclaim their health and well-being fol- San Marcial, invites families to explore various lowing a cancer diagnosis meets January Gala Performance world cultures through arts and crafts for kids through March at all three El Paso YMCA age 5 to 11 at 11 a.m. the third Saturday of the branches. Through this program YMCAs are month . The 45-minute Junior Ranger program creating communities among cancer survivors offers a different craft concept each month 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 and guiding them through safe physical activity, centered on cultural diversity. Admission is helping them build supportive relationships, and Chamizal National Memorial Theatre, free, but space is limited. Reservations recom- reducing stress. Morning and afternoon ses- mended. Information/reservations: 532-7273 or 800 S. San Marcial sions offered, enrollment open with all written nps.gov/cham. Tickets: $10 at the door doctor’s approval. Dates and times vary with locations. Participation is free for all survivors. Eat Well! El Paso — City of El Paso or in advance at 2120 Montana. Information: Rebecca Hendricks, 755-9622 or Department of Public Health’s Eat Well! El Information: 566-1742 or 544-0364 elpasoymca.org. Paso initiative matches restaurant owners with Locations: nutrition professionals to create a healthy chil- • Bowling Family YMCA, 5509 Will Ruth. dren’s menu that is low in calories and high on Featuring Information: 755-9622. nutrition. This includes offering meals that meet • Westside YMCA, 7145 N. Mesa. Information: established nutrition standards based on calo- Kareesha 584-9622; rie, fat, and sodium limits, as well as the elimi- • Loya Family YMCA, 2044 Trawood. nation of sugar-sweetened beverages. Information: 590-9622. Information: 771-5845 or EPHealth.com. Willow Volunteer blood samples needed — El Paso Crohns & Autoimmune Greater East Cancer Center, CRBCM, and Disease Support Group — The support Dance Workshop UTEP School of Biology are seeking to meas- group meets at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of ure auto-antibodies in volunteer blood samples the month. Locations vary. Information: Carrie with Kareesha for early detection of cancer research 9 a.m. to Wilkie, (214) 708-2989, “Combos, Drills & Fun” 2 p.m. Monday through Friday through Jan. [email protected]. Saturday, Jan. 24 ~ 2-3:30 p.m. 31, at 11601 Pellicano Dr, #A2. Healthy volun- at the Chamizal Theatre teers and volunteers with a cancer history are El Paso Night Shift Nights — The weekly car and motorcycle club showcase is 8 p.m. Kareesha Cost: $20 invited to donate a sample of blood for a Willow research project to measure auto-antibodies Wednesdays, at Fox Plaza (back parking lot), that occur in the early stages of cancer devel- Sponsored by and by Vaboom Studios, Dance Alive, Timeless Please see Page 8 Cielo Vista Insurance Fashions, Martin’s Books, Perky Press & El Paso Scene January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 7 Plateaux – The Community Cafe and Shop at January Roundup the Banner Building, 217 N. Mesa, Downtown. Cont’d from Page 7 Plateaux, founded by Hector Saenz and Juan Ferret, provides a forum for local artisans to 5559 Alameda. The family event cars and display and sell their creations, and also pres- motorcycles of many types, plus food, live ents other local art, music and literature. music, jumping balloons. No alcohol allowed. Information on Facebook at PlateauxEPT. Admission: $3 per person or car; free for ages 12 and younger. Information: 779-8424. Society for Creative Anachronism — Society for Creative Anachronisms hosts week- El Paso Parents meetup — The social ly Medieval Combat Demonstrations noon to 3 group for parents meets 10 a.m. to noon the p.m. Sundays Eastwood (Album) Park, 3001 first Saturday of the month at Leona Ford Parkwood, near the tennis courts. Washington Recreation Center, 3400 E. Demonstrations are a chance for members of Missouri, to relax and spend time with friends the society to come together and share their who are parents. The center offers free activi- particular interests with other members as well ties for kids including basketball, foosball, X- as the public at large, with the primary focus to box, Ping Pong, and a computer room. Parents practice SCA Combat, mock combats loosely welcome with or without partners. Admission inspired by forms of historical combat practiced is free; snacks available. Information: 791-2114. in medieval Europe and Asia. Admission is free. Fibromyalgia Support Group — The Information: 274-4947 or southernpass.org. group meets 2 to 3 p.m. the first Tuesday of Society for Creative Anachronism is a re-cre- the month at Alternatives Centre for ation society for the Middle Ages. The purpose Behavioral Health, 7760 Alabama as a network is to bring to life the skills, ideals, and beauty of support and resource education for those that represents the best of the Middle Ages. with Fibromyalgia, their families, and friends. The charter of the Society covers the time Guest speakers and group members share their period up to 1600 A.D. own experiences. Admission is free. Wine and Canine — Sunland Winery, 1769 Information: 219-9970 or Victory Lane in Sunland Park, N.M. welcomes alternativescentre.com. well behaved dogs on leash 2 to 7 p.m. the GED classes — High School Equivalency third Sunday of every month. Food and music Can’t find a copy Program (HEP) and UTEP host free GED class- offered; $1 for every drink purchased will go es for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and toward El Paso Humane Society Information: of the Scene? their immediate families Mondays through (575) 589-1214. or hselpaso.org. Fridays at UTEP’s Graham Hall, Room 206, 500 Try going online @ W. University. Class times are 9 a.m. to 3:30 Bazaars and fairs www.epscene.com p.m.; or 9 a.m. to noon and 3 to 7 p.m. El Paso Punk Rock Flea Market — The Monday through Friday (flex times). Open market is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the first Sunday All the monthly listings enrollment. Information: 747-5567 and stu- (Jan. 4) of the month on the corner of Joe & features dentaffairs.utep.edu/hep. Battle and Vista del Sol, featuring handmade items, local artists and other wares, along with PLUS LCGamers — Games of all ages interested in board games, card games and other table top live performances by local bands. Information Week-by-week recaps games are invited to weekly game demonstra- on Facebook at El Paso Punk Rock Flea Market. of things to do tions at Zia Comics and Gaming, 1300 El Paseo Suite E1 in Las Cruces. Call for schedule: (575) Farmer’s Market at Ardovino’s Desert 405-0461 or [email protected]. Get El Paso Scene Crossing — The 12th annual market now Medieval-Themed games — Amtgard, runs Saturdays year-round at Ardovino’s Weekly by email Kingdom of the Burning Lands hosts role-play- Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in Sunland Park, N.M. Winter hours are 9 a.m. to sign up at ing games and crafts 2 to 6 p.m. every Saturday at Memorial Park, 3200 Copper. The club has 2 p.m. This “producers only” market features www.epscene.com/ met every Saturday at Memorial Park for most quality farmers, backyard gardeners and arti- of the past 30 years. Visitors are always wel- sans. Well behaved pets on leash welcome. newsletter.php come; admission is free. Information: 544-2034 Information: (575) 589-0653, ext. 3. or amtgardinc.com. From El Paso, take Race Track Drive across the Rio Grande and across McNutt Road (NM 273), continue past the post office and turn left Move! El Paso walking trails — The City on Ardovino. of El Paso Department of Public Health has Pet adoptions and goodies for dogs every last walking trail loops throughout the city. Each Saturday of the month. trail covers a different walking route that loops Celebrate Hot Tea Month with a healthy tea around back to the starting point. The loops workshop at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, hosted are marked with colorful Move! El Paso ground by April Benson. signage with distances up to 2 miles long. Beer Can Appreciation Day is Saturday, Jan. Information: MoveElPaso.org. 24, with beer samplings. Weekly yoga classes are 9 to 10 a.m. with Mustard Seed Community Café — The Erin from Casa de Yoga. Cost per class: $10. faith-based, pay-what-you-can café is at 1140 St. Vrain (at Arizona). Regular hours are 11 Art a la Cart — La Tierra Cafe, 1731 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays. Montana, hosts an artisans show noon to 4 Information: 440-SEED (7333), mustardseed- p.m. the last Saturday of the month. cafe.org or on Facebook. Information: 533-8890 or latierracafe.com. The café’s mission is to provide nutritious and Downtown Artist and Farmers Market delicious meals regardless of people’s ability to — The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural pay while using local, organic, and sustainably Affairs Department’s market for area artists is 9 grown ingredients whenever possible. Meals a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday in the Union Plaza are prepared by culinary expert Roman Wilcox, District along Anthony Street. Space for about an El Paso native. 53 artists available each month. Information: The Mustard Seed’s Community Garden area 212-1780 or elpasoartsandculture.org. offers training with a Master Gardener at 10 The market now includes a Farmers’ Market a.m. on first, third and fifth Saturdays . with regionally grown agricultural products. Education classes are 11 a.m. every other Tuesday in the cafe. Please see Page 9 Page 8 El Paso Scene January 2015 For a good cause available via Lisa, Lee, 241-6046 or linksinc.org. disabled and those who qualify for Medicare, January Roundup The chapter’s fundraisers have allowed The Medicaid, SSI and RSDI. Chihuahuas ‘A Night of Giving’ Winter Links to respond to the social and economic Cont’d from Page 8 Fire truck pull rematch — The truck pull Banquet — El Paso Chihuahuas; inaugural needs of the students in our community by benefiting Special Olympics Texas-Area 19 ath- La Semilla Food Center and local chefs and Winter Banquet,” A Night of Giving” presented providing fun programs, activities, events, and letes is 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Fire Fighters restaurants will host free healthy cooking by Team 600 ESPN El Paso is 6 to 8 p.m. providing an environment that fosters high Academy, 6800 Delta (at Ascarate Park). demonstrations at 10:30, 11 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Centennial Banquet standards for academics, relationships, and goal Teams must consist of 10 members, one must each Saturday. and Conference Center, 11199 E. Bliss, on Fort setting through a STEM (Science, Technology, be a female and the truck will be pulled 75 feet. Bliss. Chihuahuas field manager Pat Murphy and Engineering & Math) based culture. Having a Heart Community Fair — The first baseman Cody Decker are featured guests Cost: $25 per individual; $250 teams of 10. annual health and information fair is 10 a.m. to at the event that includes a special question and Safari Nights Gala — El Paso Chapter of Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org. 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Carolina answer session. A live auction will also be held. the Safari Club International hosts its 12th Community Center, 563 N. Carolina, with 50 Proceeds benefit Special Olympics Texas-El annual gala, auction and expo at 5 p.m. Friday Club news and Saturday, Jan. 30-31, at El Maida Shrine, booths from a variety of health, mental health, Paso. Individual seats begin at $75; table of 10 — The El Paso Apple 6331 Alabama, with 60 outfitter booths from Apple Users Group educational and social agencies that will offer is $700. Information: 242-2008. Users Group is open to anyone interested in around the world, wildlife artists and outdoor information and services, along with profession- Murphy concluded his fifth season with the Apple Macintosh computers. EPAUG is a equipment specialists. Tickets: $100 ($50 ages al health screenings. Information: 755-7999, San Diego Padres organization in 2014, his hands-on club for Apple Computer, iPad, and 12-17; age 12 and younger admitted free but ext. 112. fourth as a field manager. Murphy posted a 72- iPhone users to share information and ideas. must acquire a ticket). Group tables available 72 mark in the Chihuahuas’ inaugural campaign. The group’s monthly meeting and demonstra- for $400-$1,200; available at 478-8505 or El Paso Mineral and Gem Society Decker hit a team-high 27 home runs, the best tion is 9:30 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of online at scielpaso.org. Rummage Sale — The society’s fundraising in the Padres organization. Originally drafted by the month (Jan. 3) at St. Paul’s Lutheran El Paso Chapter of the Safari Club sales are 9 a.m. to noon the first Monday of the San Diego in 2009 out of UCLA, Decker has Church basement, 1000 Montana (enter in International is one of the newest chapters in month at Memorial Park Senior Citizen’s blasted 135 homers in his career. alley). Admission is free for visitors. Texas, with members from the El Paso, Texas Center, 1800 Byron, behind the rose garden. Also appearing is San Diego Padres General Information: 239-7846 or epmug.org. metro area, west Texas and southern New Information: 740-9937 or 592-8820. Manager A.J. Preller, Hired by the San Diego Padres on August 6, 2014, Preller has extensive Mexico regions. L’Alliance Française d’El Paso — The nonprofit cultural institute, founded in 1964, La Viña Farmer’s Market — La Viña experience in player development and scouting. Blanket Drive — El Paso Fire Department promotes French culture and offers fran- Winery, 4201 S. NM Highway 28 in La Union, Preller previously oversaw the player develop- and Extreme Weather Task Force is collecting cophiles the opportunity to use the French lan- N.M., one mile north of Vinton Road, hosts a ment and scouting departments for the Texas new blankets to very young, elderly and/or ill in guage in a variety of activities. The institute cel- farmer’s market featuring local food producers Rangers. need through the winter months. The purpose ebrates its 50th anniversary this year. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday. Information: is to helps prevent cold weather and carbon Emerald and White Ball Honoring Information: 585-1789, 355-4598 (Spanish), (575) 882-7632 or lavinawinery.com. monoxide emergencies in the El Paso area. Unsung Heroes – El Paso Chapter, The [email protected], afofelpaso.com or on Recommendations for those in need of blankets Links Inc. hosts its 8th annual black tie dinner Facebook at AllianceFrancaiseElPaso. are also being taken. New blanket donations Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market gala “Honoring Unsung Heroes” with dancing French Classes for the 2015 Spring session — More than 230 permanent vendors in arts, can be dropped off any time at local fire sta- and awards recognizing the commitment of begin Jan. 5. Visit afofelpaso.org and Facebook crafts, produce, baked goods and other food tions or El Paso County Sheriff substations. individuals who have made a bright difference for dates and locations. items are offered at the market 8:30 a.m. to 1 Information: 834-5772 or in the community 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, The feast of Epiphany celebration with the p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays along a 7-block [email protected]. Jan. 24, at Centennial Banquet and Conference French tradition, “Galette des Rois” (king’s area of Main Street, Downtown. Information: Those in need of blankets may call 2-1-1 Center, 11999 E Fort Bliss. Mistress of cake) and lunch-buffet is 11:30 a.m., Sunday, (575) 541-2288 or lascrucesfarmersmarket.org. Ceremonies is Dr. Sandra Braham. Tickets $60; Texas for assistance. Persons who qualify include infants under one year of age, the ill and Please see Page 10

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 9 at 637 Skydale. No RSVP necessary. a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at in the noon, Wednesday, Jan. 21, at, Paso del Norte January Roundup Information: 494-8272 or 587-8641. historic Magoffin Home, 1120 Magoffin, featur- Children’s Development Center, 1101 Cont’d from Page 9 The January informal luncheon is 11:30 a.m. ing a talk on the history of early El Paso fami- Schuster, with election of board members and Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Great American lies, especially the women of the mid-1800s. interactive activity with Isabel de Rubiera. Bring Jan. 11, at El Paso Club, 201E Main Street, Steakburger, 701 S. Mesa Hills Drive. Guest a brown bag lunch. 18th Floor, with installation of the 2015 board Borderland IONS — The Borderlands speaker is Paul Whittler, director of the Lee Members and guests welcome, RSVP officers. IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) Community and Beulah Moor Children’s Home. required. Annual membership fees are $12. Group meets 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at Westside Welcome Club — The nonprof- Newcomers and longtime residents are invited Information/RSVP: Mary Yañez, 831-7803. Doris Van Doren Library Branch, 551 Redd. it group, founded in 1978 as a social, education- to attend; pay on one’s own off menu. RSVP: Jeanne Gehringer will speak on the topic of Singles in the Son - The group develops al and civic organization, is open to both new- 231-9212. dowsing for personal use in various settings, friendships among Christian singles ages 30 to comers and long-time residents. Information: American Association of University more than just finding water. Admission is free 50. Bible study held Tuesday nights. All denom- westsidewelcomeclub.com. Women — The El Paso Branch of AAUW and open to the public. Information: 526-6297 inations are welcome. Membership is free. The monthly free friendship coffee for new hosts a Centennial Celebration luncheon 11 or noetic.org. Information: Andy, 471-1997, and longtime residents is 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9, IONS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to [email protected] or on Facebook. advancing the science of consciousness and — The nonprofit group, human experience to serve individual and col- Discover El Paso founded in 1973, is dedicated to promoting lective transformation. things to do and see in and around El Paso. El Paso Mortgage Bankers — The orga- Information: discoverep.org. nization’s monthly educational meeting is 11:30 The monthly General Meeting and luncheon is a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Hilton noon Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Holiday Inn-Sunland Garden Inn, 6650 Gateway East. Dean Inniss Park, 900 Sunland Park. Cost: $22. Information, will talk on “Is there help for the first-time reservations: 584-3126. homebuyer?” Cost: $25 ($20 members), ash or International Coin Club — El Paso’s only checks. RSVP by Jan. 6: elpasomortgage- coin club meets at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first [email protected]. Monday of the month at St. Paul’s United Woman’s Department luncheon — The Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere. Business Woman’s Department of the Greater El Paso meeting starts around 6:30 p.m. Numismatic Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual presentations start at 7 p.m. with auction to Installation Luncheon, “Bridging Our follow. Visitors always welcome, and admission Centennial,” 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, at free for first-time visitors. Information: 533- Woman’s Club of El Paso, 1400 N. Mesa. 6001 or elpasocoinclug.com. Patricia Quinn will be installed as Chairman- Director for 2015. Past Chairman-Directors Area attractions will be honored. Members and guests wel- — Texas’ only come. Cost: $26 (RSVP by Jan 8 to Betty Wyler Aerial Tramway publicly accessible mountain tramway gives pas- McDonald, 9601 Edgemere, 79925. sengers a view of 7,000 square miles, two Information: 755-6193. countries and three states from Ranger Peak, Woman’s Department of the Greater El Paso elevation 5,632 feet. Cost is $8 for adults and Chamber of Commerce, organized in 1923, is $4 for children 12 years and under. Hours are the first such organization in the United States. noon to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. The organization promotes civic programs and to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday through relations between El Paso and Juarez, encour- Thursday. Information: 562-9899. ages improvement of visitor attractions and Hikes begin in the park’s parking lot. Dress facilities, and features programs publicizing El for weather, in sturdy shoes, walking stick and Paso industry. bring water for all hikes: Military Order of the World Wars — • The monthly Last Sunday hike is 8 a.m. The El Paso Chapter will hold its first luncheon Sunday, Dec. 28. Santa hats encouraged. of the new year at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at • A First Day Hike is 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1. the Underwood Golf Clubhouse on Fort Bliss. Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park is part of The luncheon will honor Past Commanders. Franklin Mountains State Park. To get there: Information 755-4038. Take Alabama to McKinley and turn toward the mountain. ANDA meetings — Area Network for Disabilities and Aging’s monthly meeting is at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — 1200 Futurity Dr. (at Sunland Park Drive), Sunland Park, N.M. The copper-domed casino offers slot machines, and video-machine ver- sions of poker, keno and other games. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland- park.com. Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. General admission and parking are free. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland- park.com. Live racing season runs through April. Post time is 12:15 p.m. Friday through Monday. To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from I-10, go south (left turn coming from Downtown) and follow the signs Indian Cliffs Ranch — The working cattle ranch in Fabens offers a children’s zoo, buffalo, longhorns, deer, rattlesnake pit, movie sets and the Fort Apache playground. It’s also home to the famous Cattleman’s Steakhouse. Information: (915) 544-3200 or cattle- manssteakhouse.com. Please see Page 19 Page 10 El Paso Scene January 2015 For event tickets sold through Ticketmaster, Five,” alongside Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld call 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com. and Whoopi Goldberg, and has already com- The UTEP Ticket Center number is 747-5234. pleted production on three other comedies Pan Am Center Box Office is (575) 646-1420. slated for 2015. Many clubs sell tickets through ticketbully.com, Hart starred earlier this year in “About Last holdmyticket.com or other ticket websites list- Night,” a remake of the iconic 1986 film, which ed. Unless indicated, prices listed do not opened to huge box-office success as well. include service charges. Hart is also an executive producer of the show, Real Husbands of Hollywood that premiered its — The DooWop legend Little Anthony third season in September. presents an intimate, one-man show celebrat- In 2013, he starred in “Grudge Match” oppo- ing 56 years in show business and promoting site Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro, and his new book, “Little Anthony: My Journey, My “Think Like a Man Too.” Destiny,” by Arlene Krieger, 7 p.m. Hart’s “Laugh At My Pain” feature film version Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Rio Grande of his comedy tour grossed over $7 million, Theatre, 211. N Downtown Mall in Las and was 2011’s most successful film of those Cruces. Tickets: $45.50 and $34.50 (all seats released in less than 300 theaters. reserved); available at the box office on the 2nd floor of the Rio Grande Theatre or online at ‘Carrie’ — UTEP Dinner Theatre, 2nd floor RioGrandeTheatre.com. Information: (575) Union Building on the UTEP campus, presents 523-6403. the musical based Stephen King’s horror classic Jan. 30-Feb. 15. Carrie features a book by Paul McDermand — Showtime! El Paso Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the clas- presents the percussionist at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, sic film), music by Academy Award-winner Jan. 11, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre, with Michael Gore, and lyrics by Academy Award- Steel Drum and Marimba settings of Caribbean, winner Dean Pitchford. Show time is 7 p.m. jazz and pop favorites. Tickets: $30 ($10 stu- Wednesday through Saturday, Sunday dinner dents) information: 544-2022 or showtimeelpa- show is 1:30 p.m. Feb. 1; non-dinner shows are so.com. McDermand lends his multifaceted Sunday 2:30 p.m. Feb. 8 and 15. Tickets: artistry to film scores, commercial jingles, $31.50-$46.50 dinner shows; $17.50-$27.50 orchestral performances and stage productions. non-dinner matinees. Information: 747-6060 or ‘Chicago The Musical’ — Jam Theatricals utep.edu/udt. and El Paso Live presents the longest-running Cirque Zuma Zuma — Dona Ana Arts American musical at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Council presents the African-style Cirque de Wednesday, Jan. 13-14, at the Plaza Theatre. Soleil, in celebration of Black History Month Tickets: $45-$60. Information: 231-1111, or 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Rio Grande ElPasoLive.com/Broadway. Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las “Chicago” includes a universal tale of fame, Cruces. Tickets: $34 balcony; $45 main floor. fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping Ticket prices increase by $5 day of show. song after another; and the most astonishing “Student rush” tickets available 15 minutes dancing ever seen. The musical has been hon- prior to each show for $10; must show valid ored with six Tony Awards, two Olivier student ID. Information: (575) 523-6403 or Awards and a Grammy. RioGrandeTheatre.com. Dan Bern — The prolific songwriter per- Cirque Zuma Zuma, known for its astonishing forms Jan. 17, at the Buckhorn Opera House acts of physicality, performed for sell-out sea- in Pinos Altos, N.M. as part of the Mimbres sons in Europe and an extended debut run in Region Arts Council’s Folk Series. Showtime to Australia. be announced. Tickets: $20 ($15 members); Brian Roman — Showtime! El Paso closes available 10 days before show at Alotta Gelato, its season with the pop vocalist at 7:30 p.m. Gila Hike & Bike, and L&I Arts or at the door. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Abraham Chavez Theatre. Information: (575) 538-2505 or Roman delivers compelling musical stylings of mimbresarts.org. classic tunes. Ticket information: 544-2022 or Bern has released 18 albums since 1997 and showtimeelpaso.com. built a loyal following based on prodigious touring and output of songs in all forms. He com- ‘Guys and Dolls’ — Jam Theatricals and El posed more than a dozen songs for the Jake Paso Live presents the oddball romantic come- Kasdan/Judd Apatow spoof-biopic “Walk Hard: dy at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11, at the Plaza Theatre. The Dewey Cox Story” and composed songs Tickets: $35 and $60 (Ticketmaster). included in Apatow’s “Get Him to the Greek,” Information: 231-1111, or starring Russell Brand. ElPasoLive.com/Broadway. Set in a mythical New York City, this favorite Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull — Chart- musical features Sarah Brown, the upright but topping artists Pitbull and Erique Iglesias per- uptight “mission doll,” out to reform the evil- form at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at doers of Times Square; Sky Masterson, the UTEP’s Don Haskins Center, with Urban/Latin slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a star J Balvin as opening act. Tickets: $22.75, bet and ends up falling in love; Adelaide, the $92.75 and $122.75 (Ticketmaster). chronically ill nightclub performer whose condi- Iglesias and Pitbull’s critically acclaimed Fall tion is brought on by the fact she’s been 2014 North American Tour sold out arena engaged to the same man for 14 years; and concerts across the country. After Iglesias’ Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiancé, desperate smash single “Bailando,” the show added a sec- as always to find a spot for his infamous floating ond leg of the tour. craps game. Kevin Hart — The comic and actor returns Engelbert Humperdinck — The music to El Paso for two shows, 7 and 10 p.m. legend performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Abraham Chavez 12, 2015, at The Plaza Theatre. The performer Theatre. Tickets: $57 (Ticketmaster). Hart is in the Chris Rock directed film, “Top Please see Page 12 January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 11 Plaza Theatre. Williams hits include “I Believe Ticket in You,” “My Best Friend,” “Good Ole Boys Cont’d from Page 11 Like Me,” “Tulsa Time.” Tickets: $37.50, $45, $50 and $67 (Ticketmaster). has been a legend in the international music industry for the last 40-plus years, with over Ricardo Arjona — The Guatemalan 150 million records sold. Tickets: $45, $55, $75 singer/songwriter performs at 8 p.m. Friday, and $85 (Ticketmaster). March 13, at El Paso County Coliseum. Tickets: $68, $88, $108.50 and $148.50. Josh Grider — Dona Ana Arts Council pres- (Ticketmaster). ents Las Cruces’ own country singer/songwriter at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Varekai’ — The Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Cirque du Soleil brings its show, set in a “capti- Las Cruces. Tickets: $23.50 balcony; $34 main vating forest inhabited by whimsical and floor. Ticket prices increase by $5 day of show. enchanted creatures,” March 18-22 at UTEP’s “Student rush” tickets available 15 minutes Don Haskins Center. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. prior to each show for $10; must show valid Wednesday through Friday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. student ID. Information: (575) 523-6403 or Saturday and 1:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: RioGrandeTheatre.com. $35, $95 and $145 (Ticketmaster). Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan — “El Nelson Illusions — Mimbres Region Arts mejor mariachi del mundo” returns at 8 p.m. Council (MRAC) presents rare and original illu- Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Plaza Theatre. sions from around the world performed by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, formed in 1898 four master magicians at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, in the town of Tecalitlan by Gaspar Vargas and March 28, at WNMU’s Fine Arts Auditorium, others, has appeared in 200 movies, recorded as part of its Performance Series. Ticket infor- dozens of albums of pasodobles, valses, bail- mation: (575) 538-2505, or alexandra@mim- ables, polkas and danzones. Tickets: $30, $40 bresarts.org. and $50. (Ticketmaster). ‘Wicked’ — Back by popular demand, Jam Janis Ian — Doña Ana Arts Council presents Theatricals and El Paso Live present a two- the iconic folk singer and songwriter at 7:30 week run of Broadway’s biggest blockbuster p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at Rio Grande Theatre, May 20-31, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets on 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Tickets: sale Feb. 16: $65-$87.50(Ticketmaster). $34 balcony; $45 main floor. Ticket prices Information: 231-1111, or increase by $5 day of show. “Student rush” ElPasoLive.com/Broadway. tickets available 15 minutes prior to each show Neon Desert Music Festival — The 5th for $10; must show valid student ID. annual music festival is May 22-24 in Information: (575) 523-6403 or Downtown El Paso, from Cleveland Square to RioGrandeTheatre.com. San Jacinto Plaza. Early bird 3-day tickets now Valentine’s Super Love Jam — The nos- available for $60; regular three-day general talgic show featuring several ‘50s and ‘60s admission is $75. Information: neondesertmu- groups is 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at UTEP’s sicfestival.com. Don Haskins Center, with Manhattans, The Chi-Lites, Evelyn Champagne King, Tierra, Venues & series Deniece Williams, Gene Chandler, Barbara — 111 E. Robinson. Lynn, The Originals and Dorothy Moore. Lowbrow Palace Doors open at 9 p.m. and age 18 and older Tickets: $28.50 to $38.50 (Ticketmaster). welcome, unless listed otherwise. Tickets are Jack Hanna’s ‘Into The Wild’ Live — regularly $3 more for ages 16-20. Information: Jack Hanna brings his popular animal show to El 356-0966 or thelowbrowpalace.com. Paso at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Tickets for most event available from hold- Abraham Chavez Theatre. Tickets: $17.50, myticket.com, or from All That Music, The $22.50 and $31 (Ticketmaster). Headstand and Happy House. • King Tuff — The indie rocker performs ‘Classical Mystery Tour’ El Paso Friday, Jan. 9. Tickets: $12. Symphony Orchestra presents the critically • Saint Motel — The indie rock Band (“My acclaimed tribute to The Beatles at 8 p.m. Type”) performs Friday, Jan. 23. Tickets: $10 Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Plaza Theatre. in advance; $12 at the door. Tickets: $30-$75 (Ticketmaster). Information: • Trans-x — The Canadian synth band known 532-3776 or epso.org. for their hit “Living on Video,” performs Friday, Brad Paisley — The famed country super- Feb. 20, with special guest. Call for ticket star brings his “Country Nation World Tour” information (online tickets sold out). tour to the Pan Am Center in Las Cruces at • Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (DRI) — The Texas 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, with special guests thrash metal band performs at 7 p.m. Friday, Parmalee & The Swon Brothers. Tickets: $29, Feb. 27, with Missing Link, Car Bombs and $49 and $59 (Ticketmaster). Terrorists. and Tickets: $12 in advance; $15 at Paisley is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and the door; available at Crooks Skate Shop and entertainer whose talents have earned him The Headstand. three Grammys, two American Music Awards, • A Place to Bury Strangers — The New York 14 Academy of Country Music Awards and 14 noise rock band performs Saturday, March 7. Country Music Association Awards (including Tickets: $10 in advance; $12 at the door. Entertainer of the Year), Since 1999, Paisley Tricky Falls — 209 S. El Paso. All shows are has had 22 No. 1 singles, writing or co-writing all-ages (16 and older), unless listed otherwise. 19 of them. Information: 351-9909 Online tickets at tricky- Rick Springfield: Stripped Down — The falls.com. Tickets for some shows available at ‘80s music icon will treat fans to a special series All That Music, Bowie Feathers, Maria’s Closet, of intimate solo performances with storytelling Eloise and online at holdmyticket.com. Some at 8 p.m. tickets available via ticketfly.com or zanytick- Friday, March 6, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: ets.com. $32, $49 and $53 (Ticketmaster). • South by So What Battle of the Bands is 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17. Area bands perform for Don Williams — The country legend performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, at the Please see Page 13 Page 12 El Paso Scene January 2015 Acts” shows designed for school-aged students. Ticket Performances are at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Cont’d from Page 12 Tickets: $5. Information, reservations: (575) 336-4800 or spencertheater.com. the honor to play at the 8th annual South by So What Festival in Grand Prairie, Texas in March. Flickinger Center for Performing Arts Tickets: $12 general admission. — 1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo. • Cursive — The emo band performs Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickinger- Wednesday, Feb. 25, celebrating the reissue of center.com. their debut album, “The Ugly Organ.” Tickets: • Travis Tritt — The country artist gives a rare $15 in advance; $18 day of show. intimate solo acoustic performance at 8 p.m. • Senses Fail — The post-hardcore band per- Thursday, Jan. 22. Tickets: $55, $85 and $115. forms at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, with guest • Imago dei Academy presents “Baroque to Kublai Khan. Tickets: $14-$17. Broadway” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. • Hotel California Chocolate Buffet — the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Center’s annual Valentine fundraiser is 7 p.m. Casino — Mescalero, N.M. Shows begin at 8 Feb. 12, with live music by the celebrated p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets sold Eagles Tribute Band. Tickets: $14, $25 and through Ticketmaster; prices listed do not $36. include service charge. Information: 1-877-277- • The annual COPE benefit is 7 p.m. Saturday, 5677 or innofthemountaingods.com. Feb. 21. Call for details. • Pink Flamingos — 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. • Dan Franklin Smith — The New York City- 31, as part of New Year’s Eve celebrations. based pianist performs at 7 p.m. Feb. 27. Door open at 7 p.m.; dinner at 8 p.m. Tickets: Tickets: $9, $13 and $18. $125. • Lee Brice — The country star performs NM Tech Performing Arts Series — Saturday, Jan. 10. Tickets: $25-$80. Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico • Tesla — The 80s rockers perform Saturday, Tech’s Macey Center in Socorro, N.M. Jan. 24. Tickets: $25-$65. Information: (575) 835-5688 or nmtpas.org. • All-4-One — The “Dukes of R&B” perform • Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical — The musical at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14. Tickets: $55 based on the classic story of good vs. evil is (includes dinner). 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14. Tickets: $22 • Charley Pride — The country music legend ($20 seniors; $10 youth). performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. Tickets: • Presidential Chamber Music Series III: Guitar $30-$75. Quartets — The chamber performance is 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, featuring violist Willy Spencer Theater for Performing Arts Sucre, guitarist Javier Calderon, violinist — Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12 Kryzystof and cellist Joanna D’Kayser. miles north of downtown Ruidoso). Admission is free. Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 • “Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles” — or spencertheater.com. The tribute show is Friday, Feb. 13. Tickets: Pre-show buffets are served at 6 p.m. for $20 ($18 seniors and $10 Youth). some shows; cost is $20. • ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ — The Broadway musical hit based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of the epic battle between good and evil is 7 p.m. Jan. 15. The cast of 30 performs the tale of “Jekyll and Hyde” with pop-rock score featuring hits like “A New Life” and “This is The Moment.” Tickets: $39-$72. • ‘Swan Lake’ — The Russian National Ballet Theatre presents the classic by Peter Tchaikovsky and Maurius Petipa at 7 p.m. Jan. 30. Premiering in 1877, “Swan Lake” is considered the last of the great 19th century Russian ballets. The Russian Ballet features more than 50 distinguished dancers directed by Elena Radchenko. Tickets: $39-$72. • Vienna Boys Choir — The legendary chorus dating back to 1498 performs at 7 p.m. Feb. 25. Today, there are about 100 choristers between the ages of 10 and 14, divided into four touring choirs, giving more than 300 concerts a year in venues throughout the world. Tickets: $39-$69. • The Australian Bee Gees Show — The multi- media tribute concert is 7 p.m. March 7. The show is a nostalgic trip through the Gibb brothers’ legacy with matching vocals, swirling lights, and impeccable moves. The night will be packed with hits such as “Night Fever,” “ Jive Talkin,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” “Nights On Broadway” and “Stayin’ Alive.” Tickets: $39-$75. • The Buddy Holly Story — “The World’s Most Successful Rock & Roll Musical”, is 7 p.m. March 18. “Buddy” tells the story of the three years in which the young Lubbock man in horn- rimmed glasses became the world’s top recording artist, with a show that features over 20 of Buddy Holly’s hits, including “Peggy Sue,” “That’ll Be The Day” “Maybe Baby.” Tickets: $39-$72. Tickets are available for the Spencer’s “Class

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 13 All phone numbers listed are in Juaréz. Museo del Chamizal — Chamizal Park, Juárez (next to the Bridge of the Americas). Cibeles Convention Center — Av. The museum features archaeological and his- Tomás Fernández 8450, between Calle toric exhibits. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Portales and Antonio J. Bermudez, Zona Tuesday through Saturday. Information: 611- Campestre. 1048. The center offers two New Year’s Eve Showing all month: Photographic exhibition options Wednesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 8 celebrating the 125th anniversary of CILA p.m.: (Comision Internacional de Limites y Aguas), • A dance with Sentimiento Latino Orchestra is the agency in charge of the boundary between 650 pesos per person, includes three-course Mexico and United States. Its counterpart in dinner, grapes and a champagne toast; bring the U.S. is the International Boundary and your own bottle. Formal attire required; no Water Commission. children under 10. • The New Year’s Fest, with all the above Museo del INBA - Circuito Jose Reyes except the dance music is by local DJs, is 450 Estrada, Zona Pronaf. Admission is free. pesos. Information: 616-7414. Showing all month: “Encuentros,” a major exhibition by top Juárez Plaza De La Mexicanidad artists. (Monumental X Explanade) — Boulevard 4 Siglos and Plutarco Elias Calles. La Rodadora — The interactive children’s Events are free. museum is in the city’s Parque Central. Hours Ice skating hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 1- are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays 13. Admission is free. and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission: 65 pesos (around $5). Information: Alianza Francesa de Cd. Juárez - Calle 52-656-558-2415 or larodadora.org. Tlaxcala #2644 Col. Margaritas (at Ignacio 3D Theater admission: 30 pesos ($2.50 US). Ramirez). Cinema Club presents French Theater/museum combo is 79 pesos ($6.25 movies with Spanish subtitles at 7 p.m. Friday, US). Jan. 9 and 23. Admission is free. Bring a cold The museum features 120 permanent interac- dish or beverage to share. #! !# tive exhibits. Exhibits include opportunities to Centro Comunitario Nutricional UACJ explore the origins of life, the formation of the — Donations of clothese, shoes, school bags planets, how the deserts were formed, paleon- ! and other home and school items, new or gen- tology, history and heritage and traditions, with "$$ tly used, are being accepted through Jan. 15. a focus on art and expression. The center plans to open a “free store” for # ## !# ! Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera needy families and homeless persons. (MUREF) — Old Customs House, Zona Information: 171 0189 or (cel) 656 2 111397. Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave. Juárez. !$%'( #$%"#' ""' " Centro de Convenciones Cuatro Siglos Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through "' "'( !$ '( ! &' ## - Cuatro Siglos Boulevard at Arizona. Sunday. Information: muref.org, inah.org or " '( " ! “Educarte 2015,” an expo of various private Facebook. schools, including colleges, is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Guided tours are offered at noon and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18. Sundays. Puppet show is 1 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Centro Cultural Universitario — Permanent exhibitions in nine rooms highlight Plutarco Elias Calles and Av. Hermanos the Mexican Revolution. Displays include the Escobar. Francisco Madero carriage, Pascual Orozco hat, • Lecture on “Se feliz, sonrie” with Cesar Francisco “Pancho” Villa displays and a scale Hernandez, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20. model of Juárez-El Paso during the Mexican Admission: 100 pesos. Revolution. • Lectures and workshops about thanatology, Friday through Sunday, Jan. 23-25. Admission Bazar Del Monumento — The weekly is 270 pesos for all lectures, 500 pesos for lec- bazaar is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays at the tures and workshops. Benito Juárez Monument downtown, Vicente Information: cficcdjuarez.org. Guerrero and Constitucion Avenues. Art, antiques, books and more sold and traded. The — The café- El Rincon De Ana Lucia event also features live rock bands and urban gallery is at Blvd Tomas Fernandez 8215-2A artist shows. (lower level in front of Torres Campestre building). Artist Mario Parra will give a lecture on the — Juárez correspondent Walter Schaefer life of an artist at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. 2 022988 ([email protected] or [email protected])

Page 14 El Paso Scene January 2015 El Paso Pro-Musica Chamber Music A minimum of two students will be selected by Festival — The 2015 festival is Jan. 10-31 at El Paso Society for Musicians of the Future to various locations in El Paso and Las Cruces, receive a step-up musical instrument to sup- featuring world class chamber musicians includ- port their talent and music education. ing Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Scott Rawls, Zuill Information: 449-0619 or epsmf.org. Bailey, Cypress String Quartet and performers Classical Night Fever — Las Cruces from Montreal Chamber Music Festival. Symphony Orchestra presents the ultimate Tickets: $25 per concert; $20 military/senior; disco tribute band the Motor Booty Affair Jan. $5 student, unless otherwise listed. 833-9400 16-18, at NMSU’s Atkinson Recital Hall, with or eppm.org. conductor Lonnie Klein. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Festival packages (include two “concert of Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday. your choice” tickets): $100 ($80 senior/military; Tickets: $35, $45 and $55. Information: (575) /$20 student) for five El Paso concerts; $50 646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com. ($40 senior/military; /$10 student) for three Las The band, along with the symphony, performs Cruces concerts; $150 ($120 senior/military; hits by the Village People, BeeGees, Abba, KC /$30 student) for eight El Paso and Las Cruces & The Sunshine Band and more. concerts. Violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violist Scott EPSYOs Concerto Competition — El Rawls, and cellist Zuill Bailey perform at 7:30 Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras host their p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at NMSU’s Center annual concerto competition Monday, Jan. 19, for Performing Arts in Las Cruces; Friday, Jan. at University Presbyterian Church, 244 N. 16, at Western Hills United Methodist Church, Resler (location subject to change). Open to 524 Thunderbird, in El Paso; Saturday, Jan. 17, musicians up to the age of 22 (as of Jan. 19) and El Adobe Recording Studio, 5301 El Paso who reside within the El Paso/Las Cruces Drive; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at El Paso region. Performers must be a EPSYOs member Scottish Rite Temple Theatre, 301 W. Missouri. or be enrolled in their school music program. Cypress String Quartet performs at 2 p.m. Applications must be received by Jan. 9. Sunday, Jan. 25, at NMSU’s Center of the Application/information: 525-8978 epsyos.org. Performing Arts, and at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. El Paso Symphony Orchestra: ‘Winter 27, at El Paso Museum of Art. Whirlwind’ — The Symphony, under direc- Cypress String Quartet performs with El Paso tion of maestro Bohuslav Rattay, performs at Symphony Orchestra, in an EPSO and Pro- 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23-24 in the Plaza Theatre, in Musical collaborative show at 7:30 p.m. Friday collaboration with El Paso Pro-Musica’s and Saturday, Jan. 23-24, at The Plaza Chamber Music Festival. Selections include Theatre. Tickets: $15-$40; call the symphony Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 4, E-Flat Major, office at 532-3776. Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Janacek’s Montreal Chamber Music Festival performers, “Jealousy”. Tickets: $15-$40. Information: 532- including cellist Denis Brott (director), cellist , 3776 or epso.org. Zuill Bailey, violinist Bella Hristova, and pianist “Opening Notes” discussion with Rattay pre- Asuncion Santiago, perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, cedes the concert at 6:30 p.m. in the Plaza’s Jan. 30 at NMSU’s Atkinson Music Recital Hall Philanthropy Theatre. and Saturday, Jan. 31, at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. UTEP Department of Music — Free Bach’s Lunch concerts are noon Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts Thursdays at the El Paso Museum of Art. Recital Hall. Tickets for most performances are Performers: $5 ($3 seniors, military, non-UTEP students) • Jan. 15: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Scott Rawls, and free ages 6 and younger, UTEP students, Zuill Bailey faculty and staff). Information: 747-5606 or • Jan. 22 — Cypress String Quartet utep.edu/music. • Jan. 29: Montreal Chamber Festival per- • Chris Reyman — Monday, Jan. 26, as part of formers the Faculty Recital Series. The Music Film series is 2 p.m. Saturdays at • UTEP Virtuosi Strings — Tuesday, Feb. 3. the El Paso Museum of Art. Admission is free. Fujii-Cecil Duo — Las Cruces Civic Vocal Recital — Baritone Juan Garza will be Concert Association presents the flute and gui- presented in recital at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. tar duo 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, at the Rio Grande 10, at First Christian Church, 901 Arizona Theatre, 211 N. Main in the Las Cruces (entrance on Ange St.). Arias and art songs will Downtown Mall. Tickets: $20. Information: be sung by the Stephen F. Austin State (575) 521-4051 or lascrucescca.org. University vocal performance major, returning home for the holidays. Information: 565-1110. El Paso Society for Musicians of the Future - Classical musicians ages 8 to 19 are Fragile Balance’ — El Paso Society for invited to apply by Jan. 30 for this year’s com- Musicians of the Future presents cinematic petition, open to instruments and voice. Six music with acoustic guitarists Cruz Lujan and finalists will be chosen. The winner receives a Nico Cooper at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, in $2,000 award and will perform in the 2015 the Philanthropy Theatre of the Plaza Annex, as EPSMF concert. Second place receives $500 part of El Paso Community Foundation’s Jewel and third place, $200. Soloist application fee: Box series. The duo’s music has evolved over $25. Information: 449-0619 or epsmf.org. the years from a classically influenced finger- style to more diverse blend of genres Tickets: Piano Battle — Grant County Community $16 (Ticketmaster). Information: 533-4020, Concert Association presents the dueling 449-0619 or epcf.org. pianos presentation at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium in Silver Instruments for Young Lives — City. Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and Application deadline is Jan. 15 for classical younger). Information: (575) 538-5862 or musicians ages 8-19 with unmet financial need. gcconcerts.org. January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 15 La Tierra Cafe Dinner Shows — The restaurant, 1731 Montana, offers a three- Padre’s Marfa — 209 W. El Paso Street in course meal followed by performance. Call for Marfa, Texas. Admission is free, unless other- time and ticket information: 533-8890 or on wise listed. Information/show times: 432-729- Facebook at latierracafe. 4425 or padresmarfa.com. Saturday, Jan. 10: Aaron is Juan Gabriel The annual New Year’s Eve party with Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock is 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14: Flamenco Duende Gitano. series. Information, reservations: highdesert- ages 18 and older welcome. Information: face- Wednesday, Dec. 31. Tickets: $25-$35. Acoustic Eidolon — The guitar duo per- [email protected]. book/laparadaep.com. forms at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Socorro Entertainment Center — La Parada is an ongoing music, art and social Railroad Blues — 504 W. Holland, Alpine, Hillsboro Community Center on Elenora Street Speaking Rock’s indoor concert venue is at party held the first Friday of the month. Texas. Most performances begin at 9 p.m. 11200 Santos Sanchez (off Socorro Road, 4.5 Admission varies Information: (432) 837-3103 in Hillsboro, N.M. Praised by the press as “a Sunland Park Racetrack live music — miles southeast of Loop 375). Doors usually or railroadblues.com. sumptuous musical feast,” Acoustic Eidolon fea- Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, 1200 open at 6 p.m. Socorro Entertainment Center part of Alpine’s Artwalk Weekend tures Joe Scott on double-neck “guitjo” and Futurity Drive, hosts free music at 9.m. on events are all ages; although under 18 must be • Wednesday, Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve party Hannah Alkire on cello. This dynamic duo has selected weekends. Age 21 and older admitted. accompanied by an adult. Admission is free featuring The Shades performed numerous times in Hillsboro with Information: sunland-park.com. ($10 17 and younger) unless otherwise listed. • Saturday, Jan. 17: Kevin Seale Band their unique blend of celtic, folk, world and • Dec. 26-27: Sim Balkey Tribute bands play each Thursday at 8 p.m. • Saturday, Jan. 24: Drugstore Gypsies latin music. Admission: $5. CDs will be available • A New Year’s Eve show is 9 p.m. Information: 860-7777 or speakingrockenter- for sale, and refreshments will be served. Wednesday, Dec. 31, with music by Chad tainment.com. Information: blackrange.org. Bradford. The New Year’s Eve Party with musical guest Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society Kumbia King All Stars is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Kings X Blues Jam — Blackjack and Full — The society presents Billy Townes and his Dec. 31. Circle hosts blues-only jams 8 p.m. to midnight jazz quartet, as part of its monthly concert the first and third Wednesday of the month at Howling Coyote Coffeehouse — The series at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at First Kings X, 4119 N. Mesa. Bring a guitar and small open mic event is 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo in Las Cruces. amp; drums, bass amp and PA provided. Center for Spiritual Living, 575 N. Main, on Las The One-Person One-Act The music begins immediately after a short Admission is free. Information: 544-4795. “Getting Lucky: business meeting. Admission: $8 ($5 members; Cruces Downtown Main Street. Signup begins Burlesque” — The award-winning solo show $1 students with ID). Information: Larry at 6:30 p.m. This community event (with its Ardovino’s Live Music — Ardovino’s from Susanna Lee (Lucky DeLuxe) is 8:30 and Brooks, (575) 640-8752 or mvjazzblues.net. stage, lighting, and sound system run by profes- Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Dr. in Sunland 9:45 Friday, 8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Saturday, and Billy Townes is a nationally recognized jazz sional sound guy Skip Connelley) is on the First Park, hosts live music at 8 p.m. every Friday 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26-28, at El Paso keyboard artist residing in El Paso. Twenty-four Fridays of the month. Information: Bob Burns, and Saturday. Information: (575) 589-0653. Comic Strip, 1201 Airway, with special guest years and 14 recordings after making his solo (575) 525-9333 or Big Daddy Ike. Tickets: $15; available at tick- Iron Horse Saloon jam sessions - 4930 debut, the multi-talented artist, composer and [email protected]. etweb.com. Information, reservations: 779- Hondo Pass. performer continues to push the boundaries of The “Howling Coyote” is open to acoustic LAFF (5233) or laff2nite.com. • BBQ Blues Band hosts free open blues jam contemporary jazz. He founded his own label, musicians, poets, storytellers, and singer/song- Her standup, storytelling, and unique audience sessions 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays. Information: Shade Records, in 1997. writers, and is free and open to the public for participation games are based on her extensive, 244-0758 or Facebook at bbqblues. material that is family-friendly. Coffee, soft offbeat, and frequently risque personal experi- • Full Circle and Blackjack hosts free jam ses- Steve Smith Trio — The bluegrass musi- drinks and snacks available. ences. As the only female finalist ever in the sions 8 to 11:30 p.m. the second and fourth cians performs his annual house concert event original Portland Comedy Competition, she is ‘La Parada’ — The indoor/outdoor monthly Wednesday of the month. Small amp, bass amp with Trish Cutler at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, also the only artist to write and perform origi- music series is 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at the and drums PA provided. Information: 751-6064 as part of the High Desert House Concerts nal spoken-word burlesque striptease routines San Carlos Building, 501 Texas. Admission: $5, or on Facebook at Full Circle El Paso Texas. since Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1930s. El Paso Comic Strip — 1201 Airway. Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Marie Otero Salon 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $6 Thursday, $12 & Florence Street Gallery Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday, unless listed at Arizona otherwise; available at ticketweb.com. 2 blocks north of Montana Information, reservations: 779-LAFF (5233) or 1015 N. Florence laff2nite.com. By Apppointment • Dec. 26-28: “Getting Lucky.” See separate 588-4247 listing. • The 28th annual New Year’s Eve Party and A New Year ... Show is Wednesday, Dec. 31, featuring Joey Medina and Friends. • Jan. 2-4: Joey Medina with feature act Drew A New Look! Marks. Hair & Makeup by Marie • Jan. 8-11: Felipe Esparza. Tickets; $12 Marie Otero has over 30 years of salon experience and is a frequent Thursday and Sunday, $20 Friday and Saturday. fashion consultant for local film and television productions Gabriel Iglesias — The “fluffy” comedian Where hair, makeup & art come together and regional favorite performs his “Unity through Laughter” Tour at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center. Tickets: $30-$65; VIP packages available (Ticketmaster). Iglesias is one of America’s most successful stand-up comedians and he performs in sold- out concerts across the United States and internationally. His animated standup comedy is a mixture of storytelling, parodies, characters and sound effects that bring his personal experiences to life. On July 11 Iglesias’s highly anticipated standup comedy film, “The Fluffy Movie” hit theaters. He also appeared in 20th Century Fox’s animated film “The Book of Life.” Comedy Night at The Red Room — Refried Comedy EP host free standup comics 8:30 to 10 p.m. every Tuesday, at the Red Room Bar, 317 E Mills, with comics from El Paso and Las Cruces. Information: 532-0466 or on Facebook at RefriedElPaso.

Page 16 El Paso Scene January 2015 Paso Del Norte Tango Club — The club Audience members are invited to visit the hosts weekly Argentine Tango Nights with Plaza concession stand, where cocktails (and dance class are 8 to 9 p.m. Saturdays at mocktails) from the program will be made to Dancer’s Studio, 111 Rio Flor (off Mesa, across enjoy in the lobby. from Bella Napoli Restaurant, followed by The Company Klaus formed Ballets with a Milonga (dance party) through 11 p.m. Twist in association with composer Stephen Beginners welcome, partners not necessary. Gaboury and costume designer Catherine Cost: $7. Information: 532-2043 or pasodel- Zehr.

nortetangoclub.com or on Facebook at Bar Bee • Birdhouses Felt • Purses ‘Dreamscapes’ — UTEP Department of TangoEP. Minerals & Fossils • Whimsical Clocks • Fashion Jewelry • Swap Watches Theatre and Dance presents “Dreamscapes: A Upcoming workshops: Multi Media Dance Event” Feb. 6-15, in the • Tango Workshop with Albert Catala is 6 to 9 Fox Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre. Inspiration p.m. Friday and 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9- for this new production is taken from the work 10, at Pilates Copelia Studio, 3996 Doniphan. of visual artists such as Rene Magritte, Salvador Cost: $100. Information: Patricia, 726-1023. Dali, Remedios Varo as well as writings from • Hugo Patyn and Celina Rotundo Argentine William Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe. Tango Workshops are 2 to 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 Placita Santa Fe, 5034 Doniphan Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Enter through The Marketplace/Magic Bistro to 5:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 31- Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $13 Feb. 1, at Sunland Dance Studio. Cost: $30 per ($11 seniors, military, group, UTEP alumni and workshop; $100 for all four; private lessons non-UTEP students; $9 UTEP students; ages 4- available both days starting at $115. 12): 747-5118 or theatredance.utep.edu. Gifts of All Kinds! Registration: (915) 422-3338 or sunlandball- room.com. Sunland Dance Studio — 1769 Victory Jackets • Soaps • Shawls •Language Scarves Art & Expression Tiles • Hand Lotion • Pouchee Purse Organizers Lane. Information: (575) 589-0130 or sunland- Belly Dance Extravaganza 2015 — ballroom.com. Dance Alive and Lorraine present the annual Classes include Adult Absolute Beginner evening of dance and music at 7 p.m. Saturday, Ballet, Tots in Motion, Seniors 50+ Class, Jan. 24, at the Chamizal National Memorial, The Marketplace Introduction to Argentine Tango, Tango 800 S. San Marcial. A variety of special guests Fundamentals, “Salsa at Six,” Country Western will perform, with featured dancer Kareesha and Latin Dance. See website for full schedule. at PLACITA SANTA FE Willow. Admission is $20. In the of the Upper Valley Kareesha will present a belly dance workshop Belly Dance for Fun and Fitness — n on “Combos, Drills & Fun” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. UTEP Professional and Public Programs offers 5034 Doniphan 585-9296 earlier that day at the Chamizal. Cost is $20. the class, led by longtime El Paso dancer Ticket or workshop information: 566-1742 or Danielle, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and 10-5 Tues.-Sat. 12:30-4:30 Sun. 544-0364. Wednesdays Jan. 5-Feb. 11. Information: 747- Antiques 5142 or ppp.utep.edu. OUT WITH ‘Cocktail Hour: The Show’ — El Paso Rustics City Ballet welcomes New York City’s Ballets Ms. Baker’s Ballet and Dance Studio with a Twist with the Texas premiere of the — 1815 Trawood, Suite B. Information: 740- THE OLD Home Decor show created by Marilyn Klaus, 8 to 10 p.m. 1392 or on Facebook at ElenaBakerDance. Fine Art Friday, Jan. 30, at The Plaza Theatre. “Cocktail New classes for January through May: (CLEARANCE Hour” reinvents the glamour and excitement of Children’s folklorico classes are 5 to 6 p.m. Collectibles classic American entertainment with a fresh Tuesdays and Thursdays, for ages 3 and older. Pottery mix of choreography, music and costume Karate for Children’s classes are 6 to 7 p.m. SALES!) design. Tickets: $20-$60; available online at Tuesday and Thursday. STAINED GLASS bit.ly/ElPasoTicketing. Information: 204-0482 Senior’s Tai Chi is 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. IN WITH Florals or balletswithatwist.com Mondays and Wednesdays. This cinematic, pop-infused performing arts Linens Tango Argentino del Sol — The organiza- experience launches the Mai Tai, Shirley THE NEW tion hosts tango lessons 7 to 9 p.m. every Jewelry Temple, Martini and more off the menu and Tuesday at Mexico Lindo Hall, 123 Carolina (at onto the stage in a series of sparklingly spirited Folk Art Alameda behind McDonalds). Cost: $5 ($8 (VALENTINE’S vignettes. Highlights of the program include couples). Senior and student discounts offered. wearables such quintessential quaffs as the “Mint Julep,” Information: 630-7607 or tangoargentinodel- “Gimlet” and “Margarita,” and special guest ARRIVALS!) FLORALS & More sol.org. appearances by talented young dancers from El Paso’s own D’ansa Jazz Stage. MAGIC BISTRO Lunch 11 am-2:30 pm Tues.-Sun. Dinner 5-10 pm Fri.-Sat.

833-2121 catering available Antique Traders Ten Rooms of Hidden Treasure A Browser’s Paradise! 833-9929 Antiques ~ Collectibles ~ Hats ~ Vintage Clothing Painted Furniture ~ Jewelry ~ Linens ~ Primitives Vintage Toys~ Nostalgia of All Kinds January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 17 A tale of Taking a Look Back by John McVey Middagh

time to go somewhere, and would jump in the back without being told. One 2 Jaspers morning I had to go downtown and I chose to drive the lower road through Smeltertown in my Ford F350 flatbed. used to travel far and wide hunting I must have been preoccupied because western saddles to resell. I remember it started to thunder and rain about one particular trip that took me to halfway to town, The rain was coming Portales, New Mexico, in search of a down pretty hard and the road got slick Iman named Jasper, who reportedly had — which meant the bed of the truck had lots of saddles. to be slick too, but I didn’t think a On that spring day, I pulled up in front thought about it. I did my business in of his house but, couldn’t get all the way town and got back to my store. to the front door because his house was After parking the truck I realized: no completely surrounded by dogs. There Jasper. I couldn’t remember if she went had to be 50 or more, all staked out on with me or not, but she always jumped their own lengths of chain. on the back. My mind must have been The owner of the house certainly didn’t pretty well occupied not to have noticed. need a doorbell, and it didn’t take him I couldn’t find her anywhere. long to venture outside his front door to Days, maybe a week went by, no silence the barking and survey his Jasper. One night I was home asleep and perimeter. Mr. Jasper waved me on; so at about 2 a.m. something was bumping strictly on faith I ventured forward mak- my bed hard enough to wake me up. It ing it to his front door all in one piece was Jasper. and somewhat relieved. Jasper had found her way home. She He and I had visited over the phone but was thin and foot sore but happy to be this was the first time we had ever met back. Jasper didn’t do much the next few face to face. We spent a few minutes days, but eat and sleep. engaging in the usual cowboy small talk. Jasper had found the house and let her- He walked us over to his shed where he self in through the doggy door to wake kept his trading saddles. After quite a bit me up. of more conversation I wound up with a You’re probably thinking, “Oh what a good number of his saddles. We loaded happy ending.” But wait. them all in the back of my truck and I About a year later, another bad storm paid him cash for them, fresh green $100 came up, with lightning and a heavy bills. He invited me into the house. Mr. downpour of rain at the very first boom Jasper never threw anything away. This of thunder. Jasper was underfoot to the man had to be sick. I followed him sin- point of making me mad. I was busy and gle file. He had junk and trash piled kicked her out the front door. She came from floor to ceiling, with just a trail back in each time somebody opened the from the kitchen stove to the bathroom door; this went on a number of times, toilet, to the television easy chair. It me putting her out and her making it scared me just being in there. What a back in. firetrap. Then the storm passed and I hadn’t He was very hospitable, I accepted a paid any more attention to Jasper. It was “canned soda” from him, and he moved closing time. I was going to the truck a stack of magazines, asking me to and no Jasper. I called, nothing, I called please sit down on the couch next to his again, I looked around back but couldn’t easy chair where he sat himself. We find her. It was getting dark and it had made another round of small talk, this been a long day. I tired quickly looking time getting around to bring up all the for her, but had a strange feeling now dogs he had. I told him I needed a looming over me, but thought, “Oh well, Queensland Heeler. she’s spent the night at the store before.” Mr. Jasper jumped up stating, “Not I went home. Next morning back at the anymore.” store still no Jasper. Days and weeks We walked outside where he pointed went by but this time there was no sur- out several puppies, I spotted one right prise reappearance. off and gathered her up; she was small, Thinking though this all again — the blue with a bright smile on her face. I storm, the lightning and thunder and parted with my last $50, got into my Jasper’s her reaction to all of it — she truck, waved farewell while driving out must have been scared to death. I hope of his driveway headed home. On the she didn’t die. I hoped she just ran away way my new puppy fell asleep with her and made another owner a good dog. nose on my thigh, the rest of her chubby She did teach me a lesson: I will never little body spread lengthwise on the seat throw a dog out in the rain anymore. If next to me. anything I’ll let them in and scratch Looking down I thought to myself, “I them behind the ears. I have learned have myself a dog.” there is always tomorrow and life is About that time I started wondering short enough as it is. what to name her. “Jasper” leaped into my head, so from that moment on she John McVey Middagh is a former was Jasper. saddle shop owner and amateur Jasper was a smart dog. She figured out local historian. You can reach him fast when she heard the truck start it was at [email protected].

Page 18 El Paso Scene January 2015 Dec. 31. Cost: $15. Call by Dec. 26 to reserve January Roundup a space. ust out of college and convinced that Cont’d from Page 10 Painting and tasting classes are offered the I had the inside track on spiritual third Friday and Saturday of the month; call for wisdom, I spoke up at a church details. meeting where the elders were present- Tigua Indian Cultural Center — 305 Live Music is 7:30 p.m. Fridays 2 to 6 p.m. ing the next year’s budget and goals. I Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta J Sundays with Sweetwater Band, 7:30 p.m. told them they lacked vision because all Mission. The center features a museum on the Saturdays wit Jack Welch and Shadow, plus 8 that was discussed seemed trivial. Where Tigua tribe. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. p.m. Thursdays with Lala Ledezma and free was the passion, I asked. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free. Latin dance lessons. Free wine tastings. Afterward, the assistant pastor — an give way to the more mundane aspects Information: 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org. Wine and Canine is 2 to 7 p.m. the 3rd elderly, semi-retired minister whose of living out one’s commitment. We find Native American Dances are performed 11:30 Sunday of every month, with food and music. white goatee made him look like Col. ourselves falling short, wondering where a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Well behaved and leashed dogs welcomed. Sanders’ twin — took me aside and the Spirit went, but trying to hold on to Fresh Indian bread is on sale at the center, One dollar from each drink purchased with go kindly shared some true wisdom. the faith we still have. which also offers family-operated gift shops. to the Humane Society of El Paso. He wasn’t defensive or critical of what I’ve been part of at least a couple of I said. But he told me that the Spirit churches where a movement of the San Elizario Historic District — The dis- La Viña Winery — New Mexico’s oldest comes and goes, and while we may Spirit enlivened an entire congregation, trict at 1500 Main Street in San Elizario on the winery is at 4201 S. NM Highway 28, one mile thirst for it, we can’t turn it on like a but then the passion seemed to dry out Mission Trail features four art galleries, seven north of Vinton Road. Information: (575) 882- spigot. after a season. Changes in leadership, artists studio/galleries, three gift shops, the 7632 or lavinawinery.com. Tasting room and I don’t remember how I reacted to his divisions among people, financial issues Historic San Elizario Chapel, the Portales patio are open for sales and tasting of wines words back then, but it’s been over 40 … something always seemed to throw Museum and the Veteran’s Museum. Most from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through years and now I am a lot closer to that water on the fire. locations open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday Tuesday (closed Wednesdays). Tasting fee is pastor’s age than to that college kid’s. Jesus compared the Holy Spirit to wind through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and $5. A daily tour is offered at 11:30 a.m. by And I have to admit that he was right. (“spirit” and “wind” actually are the noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 851-0041, appointment only; the $10 fee includes tasting. I went to college during the “Jesus same word in both Hebrew and Greek) 594-8424 or SanElizarioHistoricDistrict.com. La Viña Farmer’s and Crafters’ Market fea- Movement” era and even on the most in John 3:8: “The wind blows wherever tures local food producers is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Licon Dairy — The dairy’s gift shop popular secular of college campuses, where anti- it pleases. You hear its sound, but you every Sunday. for its homemade asadero cheese products is war protests were an everyday presence, cannot tell where it comes from or at 11951 Glorieta Road in San Elizario and is Sombra Antigua Vineyard and Winery there were growing numbers of students where it is going. So it is with everyone open 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through — 430 La Viña Road (off NM 28 between committing themselves to Christ. My born of the Spirit.” Friday and 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and markers 8 and 9), in Chamberino, N.M. Tasting own conversion experience occurred the One image this verse paints for me is Sunday. The dairy also features an extensive room open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through same weekend of the biggest protest that of being in a small sailboat in the petting zoo and regularly stocked fishing hole. Monday. Information: (915) 241-4349 or som- staged on campus during my college middle of the ocean. Without the wind, Admission is free, with a nominal charge for braantigua.com. years. It was a time when everyone was you’re stuck. But you still try to paddle fishing hole use. Information: 851-2705 or questioning everything, so issues of faith your way forward the best you know licondairy.com. Zin Valle Vineyards — 7315 Hwy 28 in certainly were part of the conversation. how while you wait for the wind. Canutillo (3/4 mile north of FM 259). Free tast- Sunland Winery — 1769 Victory Lane in For many of who were touched by the ings are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Randy Limbird is editor of Sunland Park, N.M. Hours are 6 p.m. to mid- Spirit during that time, there were times Monday. Information: 877-4544 or El Paso Scene. Comments? night Thursday through Saturday, noon to 5 of great excitement and passion, but like zinvalle.com. Send to [email protected] p.m. Sunday. Information: (575) 589-1214. falling in love, those feelings tend to New Year’s Eve party is 7 p.m. Wednesday,

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 19 Hyundai Sun Bowl — The 81st annual Fire truck pull Rematch — The truck pull football classic begins at noon, Saturday, Dec. benefiting Special Olympics Texas-Area 19 ath- 27, with the Arizona State Sun Devils from the letes is 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Fire Fighters Pac 12 and Duke Blue Devils from the ACC Academy, 6800 Delta (at Ascarate Park). both bringing 9-3 records to the game. Teams must consist of 10 members, one must Country superstar band Lonestar will provide be a female and the truck will be pulled 75 the halftime entertainment. feet. Cost: $25 per individual; $250 teams of Tickets: $22, $32, $42, $52 and $62. 10. Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org. Captain’s Club tickets: $652. Information: 533- Tuff Hedeman West Texas Shootout 4416, 1-800-915-BOWL or sunbowl.org. — Four-time World Champion Bull Rider and The 3rd annual Sun Bowl Sky Party is 9 to El Paso native Tuff Hedeman presents the 10th 11:30 a.m. that day at UTEP’s South Stadium annual World Championship bull riding event at Parking Garage with food and drinks, live 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the El Paso County music, games, giveaways and both university Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. This event sells out bands. Admission is free. every year. Tickets: $15-$75 (Ticketmaster). El Paso Rhinos - El Paso’s Junior League ice Information: 1-800-745-3000 or CBRbull.com. hockey team plays home games at the Sierra Providence Events Center, next to the College sports Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Regular game time - The Miners’ is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m. UTEP Men’s Basketball home games are at the Don Haskins Center. Sunday. Tickets; $20 glass seats; $15 center Game time is 7 p.m., unless otherwise listed. line; $10 bluelines; $5 general admission. infor- Tickets: $8-$50 (Ticketmaster). Information: mation: 479-PUCK (7825) or 747-5234 or utepathletics.com. elpasorhinos.com. Home games • Tuesday, Dec. 30: Sul Ross • Jan. 23-25: Springfield Express • Thursday, Jan. 8: Louisiana Tech • Jan. 30-Feb. 1: Dallas Ice Jets • Saturday, Jan. 10: Southern Miss Hobbs-Tuff Hedeman Championship • Thursday, Jan. 29: UAB Bull Riding — Four-time World Champion • Saturday, Jan. 31: Middle Tennessee Bull Rider and Tuff Hedeman presents the Home World Championship bull riding event at 7:30 UTEP Women’s Basketball - games are in the Don Haskins Center. Tickets: p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Lea County $5 (Ticketmaster). Information: 747-5234 or Event Center, 5101 Lovington Hwy, in Hobbs, utepathletics.com. N.M. Ticket information: (575) 391-2900, 1- • 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28: Alcorn State. 800-735-1288 or cbrbull.com. • Friday, Jan. 2: North Texas, 7 p.m. Monster X Tour — The monster truck • Sunday, Jan. 4: Rice, 2 p.m. show is 7:30 p.m. Friday, and 1:30 and 7:30 • Saturday, Jan. 17: UTSA, 2 p.m. p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30-31, at El Paso County • Thursday, Jan. 22: Western Kentucky, 7 Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. Pre-event autograph p.m. pit party with the drivers offered. Tickets, • Saturday, Jan. 24: Marshall, 2 p.m. including Ticketmaster charges, are $26, — Home games $34.15 and $49.50; children 2-11 years are NMSU Men’s Basketball are at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces. $7.15 to $49.50. Family four-pack (2 adults and Game time is 7 p.m. Season tickets: $50-$395; 2 children) available; check for prices. Group single game tickets to be announced prices also available. Information: monsterx- (Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1447 or tour.com. nmstatesports.com. More than a dozen of the 10,000-pound, car- • Saturday, Dec. 27: Colorado State crushing giants compete in various contests, • Tuesday, Dec. 30: Texas Southern such as Tuff Tuffs, Demolition Derby, Mud • Saturday, Jan. 3: UC Irvine Bogs and Quad Racing. Thrill acts include • Tuesday, Jan. 6: New Mexico Highlands Transaurus, Globe of Death and Jet Car • Saturday, Jan. 10: UMKC Meltdown. The event also features Freestyle • Thursday, Jan. 22: Grand Canyon Motocross. • Saturday, Jan. 24: Utah Valley WWE Live — The professional wrestling • Saturday, Jan. 31: Texas Pan American event returns at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at — The Lady NMSU’s Pan American Center in Las Cruces. NMSU Women’s Basketball Aggies’ home games are at Pan Am Center in Tickets: $15, $25, $35, $50 and$95 Las Cruces. Game time is 7 p.m.; 2 p.m. on (Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1420 or Sundays. Tickets to be announced panamcenter.com. (Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1447 or Scheduled WWE Superstars include John nmstatesports.com. Cena, Dean Ambrose, Money in the Bank • Sunday, Jan. 4: Northern New Mexico Contract Winner Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt and • Thursday, Jan 15: Bakersfield International Champion Dolph Ziggler, as well • Saturday, Jan. 17: Seattle U as other WWE superstars and divas. Tejanos baseball — The Tejanos of El Paso Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — Community College play doubleheader home 1200 Futurity Drive, Sunland Park. Simulcast games at noon Fridays and Saturdays at the racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. General Valle Verde Campus Baseball Field, off Hunter. admission and parking are free. Information: Admission is free. Information: 831-2275. (575) 874-5200 or sunland-park.com. • Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Scottsdale Community Live racing season runs through April. Post College time is 12:15 p.m. Fridays through Mondays. • Feb. 4: New Mexico Junior College. To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from I-10, go south (left turn coming from Downtown) and follow the signs. Please see Page 21 Page 20 El Paso Scene January 2015 online at texassportsreg.com or newmexi- Sports cosportsonline.com. Cont’d from Page 20 Packet pick-up is 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, or 6:30 to 7;30 a.m. the morning of the race, at the race venue; addition $10 late for Bicycling registration during packet pick-up. El Paso Bicycle Club - All rides are free 12 Hours of Old El Paso — The Mountain and open to the public; helmets required. Bike race is 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Information: elpasobicycleclub.com or meet- 31, at Franklin Mountain State Park’s Round up.com/elpasobicycleclub. Rides listed below House (Bowen Ranch Roundhouse), off Martin may be subject to change; check website first. Luther King Jr. (2.6 mile north of Highway 54). • 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27: Meet at Kohl’s Details to be announced. parking lot, I-10 at Redd. Ride rollers to Vado — The bicycle group offers rides and back. 38 miles, 17-19 mph. Beto Oronaz, EP Cyclists for all levels. Weekend rides offer options of 915-491-6640. various paces and distances. Starting times and • 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3: Valley Roundabout. locations are posted at facebook.com/epcyclist. Meet at River Run Plaza, 1071 Country Club. For more information: Manny Valadez, 861- Ride McNutt to Airport to Artcraft, La Union, 2311 or epcyclists.com. Anthony Country Club, to Vinton then River Trail to Borderland. Larry 35 miles, 14-16 mph Ride Your Bicycle El Paso — Chuck’s pace (B/IG friendly). Larry Reid, 241-7160. Bicycle Repair hosts Tuesday night rides at 7 • 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4: Meet at Bagel p.m. beginning at Soho Lounge, 500 N. Oregon Shop, 985 N. Resler. Ride over Transmountain (at Franklin). Explore downtown streets and to McKelligon Canyon and back. 40 miles. 18- parks. 8-10 miles, 45 minutes. Easy pace for 20 mph. Olac Fuentes 915-777-7958. beginners and intermediates. Couple-friendly. • Saturday, Jan. 10: Ride TBA. Information: 791-2006, [email protected] or • 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11: Afton Options. Meet chucksbicyclerepair.com. Chuck’s Bicycle at La Union (park at Gallery 28 on NM 28, just Repair is at 700 E. Yandell. south of Vinton Road). 30-mile ride will go part way up Afton and turnaround, 15-17 mph pace, Recreational sports Chuck Turner 915-204-4831. 40-mile ride will go to end of Afton Road, 18-20 mph, Primo Polar Plunge — The 4th annual “Freezin for Julio, 915-526-2824. a Reason” cold weather swim benefiting Special • 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17: The AK-62. Olympics Texas-El Paso Area 19, is 9 a.m. Meet at 316 Arboles Dr. (from Doniphan, take Saturday, Jan. 10, at Wyndham El Paso Lindbergh to Mora). This is the annual do-or- Airport, 2027 Airway. Registration begins at 8 die birthday ride. Layer up but be prepared to a.m. Cost: $60 ($30 17 and younger). shed clothes along the way – SAG vehicle can Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org. take stuff back to the start. The route is a 100K All money raised used to support year-round (62-mile) loop with 4200 feet of climbing: training and competitions for the more than Executive Center to Scenic to McKelligon 1,500 athletes in the Greater El Paso area. Canyon to Transmountain to Tom Mays Park Franklin Mountain Gun Club — NRA to the top of Artcraft, then back through High Power Rifle matches are 9 a.m. the sec- Sunland Park. Coffee and snack stops at Scenic, ond Sunday of the month (Jan 11), at Fort Bliss McKelligon and Tom Mays. Pizza and beer at Bow and Gun Club, Range 9. Several matches the finish. Riders welcome to take shortcuts at varying distances planned. Entry office opens and join us at the finish. Pace will range from for registration at 8:30 a.m. Fee: $15. 16 to 20 mph on the flats, and whatever on the Information: Dale Berry, 503-7244. climbs. Randy Limbird, 915-328-4110. To get there: Take Railroad Drive to Deer; • 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18: The Little AK-33. turn right. Meet at Rio Plaza, 6205 Upper Valley Rd (at Artcraft; park across from shopping center). Archery Classes for beginners — The Ride NM and back, 33 miles, 18-20 mph. Beto Archers of El Paso Club hosts two-hour super- Oronaz, 915-491-6640. vised shooting classes 9 to 11 a.m. every • 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24: La Mesa Hustle. Saturday at the Archers of El Paso Range, in Meet at River Run Plaza, 1071 Country Club Northeast El Paso off Martin Luther King at Road. Ride to La Mesa and back. 44 miles, 18- Stan Roberts. Bows and arrows provided for 20 mph. Rick Rivas, 915-867-7199. the seminar. Youth and adults age 7 and older • 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25: Big Loop. Meet at welcome; parents must be present for kids age 5550 Cory Dr (from Upper Valley Road, take 16 and younger. Reservations required; limited Romer Ray to Cory). Ride to Scenic Drive, then number of spaces available each month. Cost: up and over Anthony Gap. 50 miles, 18-20 $20. Information/reservations: Ricardo Urias, mph. Shelly Mansfield, 915-491-6210. 487-8199 or [email protected] (speci- • 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31: Valley Ramble. fy name, phone number, age, right or left hand- Meet at Starbuck’s at the Outlet Shoppes (I-10 ed). at Transmountain). 15-17 mph, 25 miles. Bob Dream League Soccer — City of Las Clark, 915-204-2513. Cruces Parks & Recreation Department has El Paso Puzzler — The endurance moun- ongoing registration for the Las Cruces Dream tain bike race is Sunday, Jan. 18 at Bowen League Soccer Program for spring 2015 8 a.m. Ranch’s Round House, 2.6 miles north of US54 to 8 p.m. Meerscheidt Recreation Center, 1600 on Martin Luther King Jr. (Farm to Market E. Hadley. Games and workshops run Feb. 7- Road 3255). Mountain bike races of 13, 35 and March 14. The program provides a positive 50 miles offered. Hosted by the Border soccer atmosphere specifically designed for Mountain Bike Association. Registration: $55 players with cognitive or physical challenges ate for 13- and 35-mile race; $65 for 50-mile race. 4-17. Cost: $10. Information: Meerscheidt Information: elpasopuzzler.com or on Recreation Center, (575) 541-2455. Facebook at El Paso Puzzler Mountain Bike The league is open to city and non-residents. Race. Parents or care providers must be present with Start time is 8 a.m. (50 mile), 8:10 a.m. (35 athletes during league activities. mile) and 8:20 a.m. (13 mile). Cost (by Dec. 1): $65 for 50 mile; $55 for 35 mile race; $45 for 13 mile. Late fee after Jan. 1 of $10. Register Please see Page 22 January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 21 Sports including rough terrain, mountain climbs and Cont’d from Page 21 canyons. Water, drinks, gels, crackers at aid Runs and walks stations every 2-3 miles. ‘Mighty Mujer’ Triathlon — Registration Fort Bliss Half Marathon & 5K — The begins Jan. 1 for the all-female “super sprint” 13-mile and 5K races are Saturday, Jan. 10, at benefiting the Center Against Family Violence, Soto Physical Fitness Center, Bldg. 20751 7 a.m. Saturday, April 18, starting at Memorial Constitution on East Fort Bliss. The half- Park Pool, 3251 Copper. Two distances marathon begins at 7:30 a.m.; the 5K at 8:30 offered this year, 300-yard swim/18 mile a.m. bike/3-mile run or 300-yard swim/9.3 mile Cost: $35 half-marathon ($10 active duty sol- bike/2-mile run Teams of 2, 3 or 4 women can diers); $20 for 5Kk ($10 for active duty). compete. Participants must be 12 or older. Information: 744-57940 or blissmwr.com/intra- USAT rules apply. Information: 433-3439. murals. Registration at active.com. $10 late fee Online at raceelpaso.com/mighty-mujer. for registration Jan. 9-10. Packet pickup is 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 and 6 to 8:15 a.m. at Soto Gym. Winter sports Super Scholar Run — Clint ISD’s 5K run Public Ice Skating — Skating offered 7 to and 1 mile walk is 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at 10 p.m. Fridays, noon to 3 p.m. and 7 to 10 Horizon Middle School, 400 N. Kenazo in p.m. Saturdays and noon to 3 p.m. Sundays at Horizon City. Registration by Jan 9: $20 per the Sierra Providence Event Center next to the event ($10 students and per person); $25 after Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. All ages welcome. Jan. 8. Race day registration is 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. Admission (includes skate rental): $8 ($6 mili- Online registration at raceadventuresunlimit- tary). Spectator admission is free. Information: ed.com. 479-PUCK (7825) or elpasohockey.org. Biggest Loser RunWalk — The half The Fountains at Farah Ice Pond — marathon, 5K and Kids Fun Run are 8 a.m. 8889 Gateway West. The Ice Pond skating rink Sunday, Jan. 18, at Field of Dreams, 2501 is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Tashiro Road, in Las Cruces. Information: Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday through biggestloserrunwalk.com. Jan. 5. Special holiday rink hours are 2 to 10 The event features appearances by former p.m. New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 31, contestants from “The Biggest Loser” and and noon to 8 p.m. New Year’s Day, Thursday, Finish Line Festival Entertainment by Season 5 Jan. 1. Information: fountainsatfarah.com. Contestant Dan Evans. Half marathon registration is $60 by Nov. 30; Ski Apache — Ruidoso’s 750-acre ski and $70 by Dec. 31; $80 by Jan. 14 and $99 at snowboarding area, now in its 51st season, has packet pickup site if space available. 11 lifts and 55 trails on the slopes of Sierra Registration for 5K is $35 by Dec. 31; $40 by Blanca, with a base elevation of 9,600. Jan. 14 and $45 at packet pickup site if space The ski area, if weather permits, remains available. open through March. The 24-hour Ski Apache Kids 1-mile Fun Run (ages 4-12) is $10 in Snow Report number is (575) 257-9001. advance; $15 at packet pickup. Information: (575) 464-3600 or skiapache.com. No race day registration. Online registration Lifts are open from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., at active.com. depending on weather conditions. All-day lift VIP Experience packages available. tickets are $67 ($60 age 60-69; $58 age 13-17; Packet pickup is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, $47 12 and younger; $56 military and $42 for Jan. 17, at the Las Cruces Convention Center. military child; free for ages 70 and older. The pick-up event includes food and fitness and (Prices slightly higher on peak days). Season first-time runner presentations, plus Biggest passes: $305-$700. Call or check website or Loser Q&A. multiple-day or half-day skiing prices. Gondola Rides are $17 ($11 age 6-12; free for YWCA Race Against Racism – The 5th five and younger) annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day 10K and 5K race and 1-mile family fun walk is 9 a.m. Ski Cloudcroft — The southernmost ski Monday, Jan. 19, at the Mary Ann Dodson area in the United States is two miles east of Camp, 4400 Boy Scout Lane. Free pancake Cloudcroft on U.S. 82, has 26 trails with two breakfast for all participants. Cost: $20 10K and ski lifts, plus a tubing lift, rental shop, restau- 5K ($15 for military); $15 1-mile walk. Group rant, snowboarding and tubing . rates available. All events on race day: $25. Information/snow conditions: (575) 682-2333, Online registration at raceadventuresunlimit- skicloudcroft.net or on Facebook. ed.com. Lift tickets: $35 ($25 age 12 and younger for Race day registration and packet pick up is full day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $28 ($20 age 12 and 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. at the race site. younger) for half day 1 to 4 p.m. Ski, and snow- board rentals available, and beginner ski school St. Mark ACTS Run for Faith — St. packages offered. Mark’s Catholic Church hosts its 5th annual 5K Tubing available for $20 per day; $14 half day run and 1-mile walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. (weekends only). 31, at St. Mark Catholic Church, 11700 Pebble Hills. Information: Cloudcroft Ice Rink — The ice rink at 751 raceadventuresunlimited.com. James Canyon (Hwy 82), across from Sugarloaves Ultra Vista (SUV) Trail Cloudcroft High School, in Cloudcroft, N.M. is Races — The 30 mile, 60K, 25K, and 4 and 9 frozen over mid-December through early mile runs are. Saturday, Jan 31., in Vado, N.M. March, weather permitting. Usual hours are 3 (2 miles east of I-10 exit 155). Cost: $35 for 30 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday mile, and 60 K;$25 for 25 K and 4 and 9 mile.. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Information: (915) 581-9541, Tubing, hot chocolate and bonfires also fea- [email protected] or markdorion.word- tured. Available for private events. Skate press.com. Online registration at raceadven- rentals: $5. Information/hours: (575) 682-4585 turesunlimited.com. or (915) 449-1200 or on Facebook at After initial one mile on paved road, all races Cloudcroft Ice Rink. are on single-track trail and old dirt jeep road Page 22 El Paso Scene January 2015 The goofy, the bad & the weird El Paso Scene’s 8th annual Gecko Awards honor 2014’s strangest, dumbest and most outrageous news items

By Lisa Kay Tate Graphic design by Marcos Ochoa

t’s time again for El Paso Scene to issue Marisa Marquez, of whom she said made Is it kosher? Iour annual Gecko Awards, an “honor “vicious attacks” on her family and charac- Three Hasidic Jews preparing for a roll” of those who made the best of bad ter over past financial shortfalls in a for- Hawaiian getaway from Brooklyn are fac- judgment, acted on their not-so-best mer campaign. Ness-Garcia also claimed ing drug raps for trying to score 50 pounds behavior, shined the community’s spotlight she was assaulted by two unknown of marijuana from an undercover FBI on the less-than-best places, or were just in assailants at her home, an incident agent posing as a Texas drug dealer. The the wrong place a the wrong time. Marquez was quick to say had nothing to agent told the trio that the crop, which one Who made the listing this year? Top hondo her. of them insisted be referred to as “alfalfa” ors go to the less-than-clean bill of health Even more election year fun between and “vegetables,” was located in El Paso, in this year’s local medical community candidates took place when Justice of the and needed to be trucked to Brooklyn. news. The primary incidents that were in Peace candidate Rosalie Dominguez, who need of some “Geckocare” included: lost the Democratic primary election, filed What happens when you breed a • Providence Memorial Hospital was the 94th in RN turnover. The wait for veterans suit against her opponent Enedina “Nina” bear with a fox? focus of a mass tuberculosis investigation. in El Paso was estimated to be 60 to 90 Serna alleging voter fraud and tampering. Not only was this a scary because about days, longer than all but three VA hospitals The El Paso Independent School District 860 babies born at the hospital may have in the nation. inadvertently caused a stir when it acci- received possible exposure to the disease • A New Mexico woman settled a $1.1 dently sent notes from a brainstorming ses- from an infected worker, but this incident million lawsuit against two doctors and an sion to the media that mentioned closing put them in danger of losing funding from El Paso hospital because she had to under- Bowie High School and consolidating it the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid go two separate body cavity checks in a with Jefferson High School. Services. Three babies tested positive on failed search for drugs after being stopped their TB tests, but fortunately showed no by U.S. customs agents. ‘Cheapo’s Tacos’? symptoms of the disease. Although the • El Paso Children’s Hospital and UMC Elementary school parents protested after hospital escaped what could have been a Foundation backed out of fundraising learning of a new item on the official tragic situation, it still made for a stressful dance party in December when it was dis- Socorro ISD school menu: a hot dog time for several area families. covered the event’s headlining star, DJ wiener served in a crispy taco shell. SISD • Not to worry, though, because even Jessie Andrews, had a second job. As a officials said the item met nutritional despite the TB scare, City Council porn star. requirements, but after the complaints, announced that the medical community agreed to scrap the “taco dog” from future was more than ready to handle any Ebola Runner up is El Paso City Council for the menus. virus outbreak. very mature game of musical chairs, and • University Medical Center CEO Jim demonstrating one is never too old to That’s not all, of course. Here’s the rest of All the pretty aliens Valenti apologized for sending an email to worry about who has cooties. City Rep. the best of the weirdest for 2014: The ex-wife of former El Paso author a county commissioner stating that there Ann Morgan Lilly said she no longer Cormac McCarthy was charged with would be no bonuses this year for him or wanted to sit next to City Rep. Lilly Going four rounds with Mr. Suds assaulting her boyfriend, when they got his staff. In fact, he got a $120,000 bonus Limón because she was distracted by com- El Paso boxer Antonio Escalante, the into an argument about space aliens. and other UMC executives got bonuses ments “Limón keeps making under her one-time No. 1-ranked junior feather- totaling $180,000. Oops, he explained, he breath during the meetings.” Similar con- weight in the world, was arrested four The 2014 “We’re No. 1!” award meant the fiscal year, not the calendar year. flicts occurred between Limón and City times in 2014, on suspicion of driving The National Insurance Crime Bureau That didn’t do much to quell the controver- Rep. Courtney Niland, which would even- while intoxicated, one of which caused a named El Paso as having the highest num- sy over the bonuses, which came during a tually lead to Niland and Lilly sitting at much-publicized boxing match scheduled ber of unrecovered stolen pickups out of time when UMC had to lay off more than opposite ends from Limón for the entire at the Don Haskins Center to be post- the top 10 regions in the United States. 50 workers. duration of the council’s meetings. The poned. After pleading guilty to two of • El Paso’s Veterans Affairs Health Care game of musical chairs was said to cost the three DWI counts before the final incident, Were allso Numbur For was ranked among the worst in the nation city more than $6,800 for a new computer, Escalante and apologized said he does not Time Magazine, in a February story in January out of 128 healthcare systems desk reconfiguration and other equipment. have a drinking problem and “I’m an ath- reviewed by the Office of the Inspector The bickering wasn’t just limited to the based on a Central Connecticut State lete, I don’t touch the alcohol, any of that. University report, listed El Paso as the General. El Paso ranked 123rd in patient council, as State Rep. Lydia Ness-Garcia That’s not me.” care wait times, 118th in mental health and sent a strongly worded letter to State Rep. Please see Page 24 January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 23 Geckos fourth-graders was inappropriate. The sce- They settled the dispute over a and led the officers on a foot chase before narios in the assignment included one game of Pong getting caught. Cont’d from Page 23 where a woman discovers her husband Everyone from film companies to muse- cheating on her, one where a woman learns fourth least literate city in the nation, in ums fought over who should get the riches her son was killed in combat, and one terms of the number of bookstores, resi- dug up in an Alamogordo landfill in June: where a mom mutters “I’m going to kill dents’ educational attainment, newspaper thousands of 1980s era Atari video game you, Tommy” when she finds a window circulation, use of online resources, the cartridges including the E.T. game, consid- broken by her young son. library system and periodical publishing ered one of the biggest commercial gam- resources. ing failures of all time. Can a court be found in contempt? Well, that escalated quickly The El Paso jury courts system came A shoving match turned into a basketball under fire from the Texas Attorney court-storming brawl that took up a large General’s Office for collecting around portion of the court among Utah Valley $300 in court costs per person for finding fans and New Mexico State University people in contempt of court when they players, when an NMSU player made a failed to answer a jury summons. The “direct and hard toss” at an UVU player courts may have unlawfully collected after Utah Valley’s overtime victory. almost $4.7 million in court costs against those who missed jury duty between 2004 Sportsmanship’s for losers and 2013. El Paso Parks and Recreation Department told local media this past The thin white line youth football season had been one of the A former El Paso police officer plead worst in terms of parents arguing and guilty to a federal cocaine charge after he fighting. One fight needed police involve- admitted to tipping co-conspirators about a ‘Wiz’ doesn’t refer to his I.Q. ment when two women, walking to their barroom investigation while he was still Rapper Wiz Khalifa (aka Cameron cars after a game with their 8 and 9-year- serving as an EP County reserve deputy. Thomaz), who was facing a misdemeanor old kids, were attacked by two other possession of marijuana charge when he women from the opposing (and losing) “D’OH!!” of the Year Award was in town headlining the Neon Desert team. Much of the fighting was the result A 41-year-old El Paso man was charged Music Festival, received a warrant for of online trash talking between parents. with DWI when he crashed his car on I-10 arrest when he failed to show up in court. at midnight ... into an active police traffic The rapper was already making friends Foul parking play collision scene. with law enforcement when he took a self- Due to increased Downtown traffic due ie of himself in his detention cell, causing to the new ballpark, the City Council pro- Tacky is the new stylish Bad Samaritan his followers on social media to spread the posed residents of Sunset Heights pay $10 El Paso Chihuahuas earned Minor After finding a wallet accidentally left by photo with the phrase “Free Trap Wiz.” He per vehicle per year to park in their own League Baseball’s Promotion of the Year, a man at a Westside fast food restaurant, a told the officers he needed his cell to call neighborhood, while nearby San Francisco for its “Bark in the Park” event featuring woman was filmed using his credit card to his wife and tell her what happened. neighborhood residents pay $30 per year an auction of limited edition jerseys with a get gas a nearby gas station. She returned for the first vehicle and $200 per year for very, very, very up-close face of a to the station later that day and used the Best … anti-drug … ad … ever! their second. Chihuahua emblazoned across the front. card again. A Las Cruces man, being held on a bench warrant for failing to appear in court, had Hear no mischief Why bother showing up? Taking rivalry too far to be hospitalized when the baggie of what Members of the El Paso Chihuahuas After several cancellations last year, pop After a 28-27 Mayfield win, a brawl was believed to be heroin he had been pulled off a weeks-long prank that icon Morrissey finally made a return visit broke out among the teams in the intra-city stashing in his anal cavity accidently burst involved convincing player Jeff Francoeur to El Paso, but had to cut short his encore football game between Las Cruces High open, causing an accidental overdose. that one of his teammates, a pitcher, was when an overly zealous fan jumped on and Mayfield High. Words escalated into a deaf. stage and put a choke hold on him. fistfight at what was labeled in media pre- Why should New Mexico athletes views as “one of the country’s best high have all the fun? Those lines do get long Next time, write your congressman school football rivalries.” Texas Tech and UTEP fans became the The interim director of the Museum and Two El Paso billboards were vandalized unfortunate stars of the Internet when a Cultural Affairs Department was arrested with hanging mannequins, and a Spanish- Some people are just multi-taskers video of a “mother brawl” among several on a DWI charge in April when they found language warning painted over the board, When Las Cruces Police arrested a pair fans in a tailgate party area about a mile him, according to the report, “asleep “Plato o Plomo (silver or lead),” a slogan of men they suspected of being involved in from the Sun Bowl. behind the wheel with the vehicle engine in Mexico urging police and business own- a domestic disturbance, they learned the on and in gear” at the drive-thru of a ers to take drug cartel bribes or die. The two were allegedly involved in an earlier, None of this is very sporting Whataburger. vandalism turned out to be the work of a unrelated shoplifting incident. The pair Sunlight Enterprises Inc. filed a $3 mil- Las Vegas man, who claimed the message might have gotten away with it, but when lion lawsuit against El Paso Country for Reading is dysfunction-mental was merely a political statement, unrelated they saw officers approaching in response Parents at Pasodale Elementary com- to cartels. to the domestic disturbance call in their Please see Page 24 plained that homework assigned to their apartment complex, they took off running

Page 24 El Paso Scene January 2015 Geckos when the airline they were boarding told them they had to cover their arms before Cont’d from Page 24 getting on the flight. breach of contract on Nov. 10 stating they Insert your own “Weekend at were ordered to work with a flawed plan, Bernie’s” joke here the same day county officials announced Three Juarez men were arrested in March they were taking action against those par- when the police officers who stopped them ties involved in the failure to complete the for speeding discovered a fourth friend in $7.5 million sports park project. the car who had been dead for some time. They unsuccessfully tried to bribe the offi- Not movin’ on out cers with 800 pesos (about $60) to let After a battle for the possession of his them go, and claimed they didn’t seek remains that has been going on since 2012, assistance for their friend because “they a state of appeals court finally ruled, the were out partying.” body of late Jeffersons star Sherman Hemsley will indeed, remain buried in El Fourth time’s the charm Paso. An unemployed man tried robbing an Upper Valley bank, with the note “Give Despicable me me all the money, plz. I need for my kids A manhunt was issued for David and family,” after making three unsuccess- Gillooly, who worked for several non-prof- ful attempts to rob other banks that same its including an El Paso homeless shelter, day. He got out with around $1,500 before for stealing around $200,000 from the being arrested by federal agents. TVP Non-Profit Corporation that provides housing and support to low-income El Bad deal, good advice Pasoans. A victim of a Craigslist scam, in which he sent a supposed car-seller a payment of El Paso horror story $400, had told the seller his mother sus- Three people were arrested on suspicion pected the deal was a scam. When he of corpse abuse, when five bodies, which called the seller a final time to complete French Classes for Adults and Children the deal, the “seller” told him “you should were supposed to have been cremated, BEGINNER to ADVANCED classes will start January 26, 2015 were found in various stages of decompo- have listened to your mother.” sition. The trio had also been accused of Conversation classes for adults transporting bodies to Juarez by using taught by native certified French teachers forged documents. ‘Bad Judge’ the reality show For information, check our website: www.afofelpaso.org The New Mexico Supreme Court forced or call 915-585-1789 or 587-8161 (Spanish) Columbus Village Municipal Judge Javier [email protected] Lozano to resign after several complaints of misconduct, including improperly touching the village’s female mayor, shoplifting and stealing a bell from a home.

Do as I say, not as I do An El Paso political consultant was charged with his third DUI, after being charged with driving under the influence in Scottsdale, Ariz. The same consultant was already facing what he said were Teen driver award goes to ... “bogus” charges of indecency with a child. While trying to escape pursuing officers, a 14-year-old El Paso boy, allegedly driv- Setting a good example for the kids ing a stolen truck from a parking lot, A special board meeting at Ysleta crashed the vehicle into a light pole that Independent School District turned into a fell into another car. He then crashed into shouting match when trustees got into a six other parked vehicles trying to get heated disagreement over possible changes away, and finally got out of the truck in a in leadership. The trustees began interrupt- failed attempt to flee the scene on foot. ing and shouting over each other’s comments. One trustee even accused another Not to be outdone by boys of having “bullied” her in earlier meetings. A 16-year-old girl was cited after she had taken her parents’ Honda without their per- Can you hear me now? No? mission, and crashed it into a utility pole A good portion of El Paso City Council’s while sending a text message on her way meeting on the budget and tax rates, to an evening in Juarez. including several motions being made and votes taken, weren’t heard from the public Graffiti needs spell checker or the city clerk, because some of the city A 34-year-old man, claiming to make a council representatives didn’t know how to statement about the death of Daniel Saenz use the microphone system in the new by a local police officer, vandalized the El council chambers. Paso City Hall sign with the words “Daniel Saenz Murded” and “You Tube Too much holiday cheer? Murder ER.” UTEP’s cheerleading coach missed out on That’s a new one the Miners’ Gildan New Mexico Bowl football game because about ten hours Mexican ska band Panteón Rococo, fly- before kickoff he was arrested for alleged ing into the area for the Neon Desert drunk driving. He wasn’t the only Miner music festival, said on their website they "SEPWJOP%SJWF4VOMBOE1BSL /. not cheering that day — the Miners lost 3FTFSWBUJPOT Y were the victims of “tattoo discrimination” 21-6. January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 25 Christmas Tree Recycling — The City of • The 12 Hours of Old El Paso Mountain Bike El Paso Environmental Services’ Citizen Race is Saturday, Jan. 31. Details to be Collections Sites will accept Christmas Trees announced. Dec. 26 through mid-January. Hours are 8 a.m. The 24,000-acre park extends north from the to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. heart of El Paso to the New Mexico state line. Information: 621-6700 or elpasotexas.gov/envi- The highest point is North Mt. Franklin, 7,192 ronmental_services. feet above sea level Locations: Rio Bosque Wetlands Park — UTEP’s • Westside/Upper Valley, 121 Atlantic Center for Environmental Resource • Central, 2492 Harrison Management offers free guided walking tours • Northeast, 4501 Hondo Pass (entrance off and other activities at Rio Bosque Wetlands Stahala) Park in El Paso’s Mission Valley. Tours last • Eastside, 1034 Pendale about two hours. Information: 747-8663 or rio- • Southside, 4200 Delta. bosque.org. El Paso Zoo — 4001 E. Paisano. Zoo sum- • Bird tour is 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10. mer entrance hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Introductory tour is 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18. daily. Zoo admission is $12 for ages 13 to 59; Meeting place is a bridge crossing Riverside $9 for ages 60 and older and active duty mili- Canal. Take Americas Ave. (Loop 375) to Pan tary (including spouse) with ID; $7.50 ages 3 to American Drive, turn left and travel 1.5 miles. 12; and free for ages 2 and under. Zoo mem- Other events: bers admitted free. Information: 532-8156, • Friends of the Rio Bosque joint annual meet- 521-1850 or elpasozoo.org. ing with Franklin Mountains Wilderness Giraffe Encounter feedings are 11 to 11:30 Coalition is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan 21, at the a.m. and 2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. El Paso Club, 18th floor, 201 E. Main, El Paso. Tokens are $3 each; available at the encounter Cost is $25; reservations and payments due by site starting at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 10 to Pat White, Treasurer, FMWC, 10525 “African Star” Train ride tickets are $2 plus Texwood, El Paso, TX 79925, tax ($1.50 for children and society members). • A Community Workday is 9 a.m. Saturday, Asian Elephant Training Encounters scheduled Jan. 24 (meet at bridge). at noon daily. • Bird Count is 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 (meet The zoo now includes the Foster Tree House at visitor center). Playground, five tree houses blended into a nat- El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society ural setting for kids of all ages. — The January meeting and program is at 7 The El Paso Zoo is a 35-acre home to 228 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, at the Centennial species of animals. About 420 mammals, rep- Museum on the UTEP campus. Longtime San tiles, amphibians and birds, 106 fish and 294 Antonio birder Brock Huffman will present invertebrates live in a variety of natural habitat “Birds of Chiapas, Mexico,” covering birds exhibits including a Reptile House, South most likely to be seen in the habitat of both the American Pavilion, Americas Aviary, Cisneros highlands and the lowlands. Open to the public. Paraje, Birds of Prey Exhibit, Forest Atrium, Information: Scott Cutler, 581-6071. Asian Grasslands and an Elephant Complex, Nonmembers and beginners welcome to all and the Kalahari Research Station exhibit. field trips Information: Mark Perkins, 637-3521. Franklin Mountains State Park — Most An overnight trip to Bosque del Apache hiking and mountain-biking trails begin in the National Wildlife Refuge is Saturday and Tom Mays area, off Transmountain Road on Sunday, Jan. 24-25. Thousands of sandhill the west side of the park (east of I-10). cranes, snow geese and ducks winter at the Entry fee is $5 per person, free for age 12 and Refuge. Meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, at the Refuge under (with family). Correct cash or check Visitor Center near Socorro, N.M. to bird the only. Group rates available. Hours are 8 a.m. to Refuge and watch the fly-in at dusk. Call for 5 p.m. daily. Information: 566-6441 or on details, lodging information. Facebook at FranklinMountainsSP. Texas Master Naturalist program - Yoga on the Rocks is planned for January; call Texas Master Naturalist Trans-Pecos Chapter for date and time. will host a 14-week course 6 to 9 p.m. weekly Guided hikes and bike rides are $3 additional February through May, 2015 at El Paso Garden fee ($1 ages 5-12; under 5 free). Bring water, Center, 3105 Grant. The program is aimed at snacks, sturdy shoe/boots, hiking stick, maps developing a well-informed corps of volunteers and binoculars. Dogs welcome on leash on to provide education, outreach and service some hikes. Reservations required: 566-6441 dedicated to the beneficial management of nat- ext. 221, 224 or ural resources and areas within the El Paso [email protected]. region. Application deadline is Feb. 1. Cost: New Year’s Day hikes are 9 a.m. at the • $125 (includes all materials). Information, appli- Maze Trail and noon at the Aztec Caves Trail, cations: 860-2515 or txmn.org/trans_pecos. Thursday, Jan. 1. • Women’s Only hike is 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. Mustard Seed Garden — The faith-based, 10, at Aztec Caves. pay-what-you-can café is at 1140 St. Vrain (at • Copper Prospect Mine Tour is 10 a.m. Arizona). Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17. Wednesdays through Fridays. Information: 440- • Nature Walk Trail hike is 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. SEED (7333), mustardseedcafe.org or on 25. Facebook (mustardseedcafe.ep). Mountain Bike rides: The Mustard Seed’s Community Garden area • Beginner’s Ride, 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3 seeks volunteers 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesdays. (guided ride). Master Gardeners will provide free training. • The Puzzler Endurance Mountain Bike Race 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18. Registration ends Jan. 16. See separate listing in Sports. Please see Page 27 Page 26 El Paso Scene January 2015 Chihuahuan Desert area plants and animals. Sunday; call for seasonal variations. Day use Nature Membership is free to all ages. fee: $5 per vehicle ($40 annual pass). Cont’d from Page 26 To join, persons need to visit one of the Information: (575) 523-4398. Nature Club’s Chihuahuan Desert Hot Spots, • Audubon Bird Walks are 7:15 a.m. Saturdays, Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic pick up a flier, and get a stamp. Once they have led by park volunteers. Site — The site is famed for many Native visited at least three of the seven participating • Ranger-led Nature Hikes are 2:30 p.m. American rock paintings and unique geology. Hot Spots, show stamped flier and receive an Sundays. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission: $7 official Chihuahuan Desert Nature Club sticker. • Fitness in Nature walks with the Second (free for children 12 and younger). Additional Sign up available online at Chance Walker Program are 8:30 a.m. every activity cost for tours (including morning hike): chihuahuandesert.org. Saturday beginning at the Visitor Center. $2 (free for age 4 and younger). Information: Participating locations: Chamizal National Bring binoculars, water, sunscreen; wear hik- 857-1135 or texasstateparks.gov. Reservations Memorial, Don Haskins Recreation Center ing shoes. are recommended for the self-guided area and Nature Trail, El Paso Zoo, Franklin Mountains — for camping: (512) 389-8900. State Park (Tom Mays Unit), Hueco Tanks White Sands National Monument The glistening gypsum dunes are about 15 miles Annual First Day Hikes begin at 10:30 a.m. State Park and Historic Site, Rio Bosque southwest of Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. 70. Thursday, Jan. 1, with three levels offered: Wetlands Park, and Wyler Aerial Tramway Visitor Center hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Family friendly, about 1-2 hours, covering State Park. Admission fees apply at some sites. roughly 1.5 miles through Jan. 4; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 5-March 7. • Mild hike: Minimum age of 6, will involve Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso Park hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Feb. uphill hiking, 1-2 hours and about 1.5 miles Desert Botanical Garden — 4200 20. Park open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 1. • Strenuous hike: minimum age of 15, will Doniphan (across from Frontera). Hours are 10 Entrance fee: $3 age 17 and older. Free for involve uphill hiking and climbing, 2-3 hours, a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. children. Information: (575) 479-6124, ext. 236 about 2.5 miles. Admission: $3 (free for members). Information: or (575) 679-2599, ext. 232; or go to Bring water and good shoes for all hikes. 584-0563, keystoneheritagepark.org or elpa- nps.gov/whsa. Tours offered Wednesday through Sunday, by sobotanicalgardens.org. Sunset strolls are offered daily at 4 p.m. prior arrangement at 849-6684. Participants The park’s 2-acre Botanical Garden, funded through Jan. 2; 4:15 p.m. Jan. 3-16; 4:30 p.m. must carry at least one bottle of water per per- by the Rotary Club of El Paso and the Junior Jan. 17-30 and 4:45 p.m. Jan. 31-Feb. 20. son. Pets not allowed on tours, and may not be League, features native plants, amphitheater, Lake Lucero Tours are 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. left unattended in vehicles. butterfly garden, wedding garden, children’s 28 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25; Program fee: Pictograph tours are 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; maze, and a Butterfly House. $8 ($4 ages 15 and younger). rock climbing/bouldering tours are 9:30, 10 and Keystone Heritage Park has 189 species of A free talk and living history performance on 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; hiking tours are 9, 9:30 and migratory and local birds, and a 4,500-year-old “Territorial New Mexico and the Lincoln 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. during winter months, by archaeological site. The site is open for bird County War” is 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, at the advance request only. watching 9:30 a.m. to noon the second and last Visitor Center, as part of the 2015 “Step Into Birding tours are 8 a.m. on the third Saturday Saturday of the month. The Past” series. Program is free. of the month. Advance sign-up encouraged. Keystone’s Chihuahuan Desert Experience “Skins and Skulls” mammal identification talks To get there: Take Montana Avenue (U.S. (immediately west of the wetland) is open daily are 3 p.m. weekends in the Visitor Center. Highway 62-180) all the way into the Hueco from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for walking and Patio talks are 1:30 p.m. weekends in the cen- Mountains then turn left on Ranch Road 2775. bird watching. ter courtyard, and “Skins and Skulls” wildlife North Mountain is available for self-guided day presentations are 3 p.m. weekends. Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park — use, for up to 70 people at a time; reservations The park, part of Asombro Institute for Science recommended. There is an annual orientation Please see Page 28 Education, is northeast of Las Cruces, off program for visitors. Guided access is offered Jornada Road. Park hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to the rest of the site. Picnicking allowed at ten Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575) tables closest to headquarters. Wood and char- 524-3334 or asombro.org. coal fires are not permitted. Bicycles permitted To get there: Take I-25 in Las Cruces and only on designated paved areas. Pets allowed head east on U.S. 70. Take the Mesa Grande only in camping or picnic areas. Call for reser- Road exit (at Oñate High School). Make a U- vations and other information: 857-1135. turn under the highway to head west, and stay Call park for reservations; daily visitation is in the right lane. Turn right (north) on Jornada limited. Road. Follow Jornada Road for 6.4 miles and Area hiking websites — A variety of turn left at the park sign. Follow the entrance organizations in the El Paso/Las Cruces area road to the parking area and trailhead. offers hiking opportunities. Hikes typically are Aguirre Spring Campground — The rated as easy, moderate, or strenuous. Solo or Organ Mountain recreational area, run by the new hikers are welcome. federal Bureau of Land Management, is off U.S. • Meetup.com offers a variety of groups for all 70 about 15 miles east of Las Cruces. Fifty-five activities, including the El Paso hiking meetup family camping and picnic sites, plus two group club (meetup.com/El-Paso-Hiking) and the Las areas. Day-use fee is $3 per vehicle. Cruces hiking meetup club (meetup.com/hik- The Baylor Pass (hiking and horseback riding) ing-261) and Pine Tree (hiking) trails begin at the camp- • El Paso Ridgewalkers — The group posts its ground. Information, group reservations: (575) hikes at elpasoridgewalkers.com or contact 525-4300. Carol Brown at 630-1424. • Celebrations of Our Mountains now offers an Dripping Springs Natural Area — The ongoing calendar of hiking and related events at recreational area is at the base of the Organ celebrationofourmountains.org/ Mountains at the end of Dripping Springs Road • Elpasonaturally is a blog by Jim Tolbert on (the eastern extension of University Avenue), various environmental topics and includes infor- about 10 miles east of Las Cruces. The area, mation about Sunrise Hikers morning events. run by the federal Bureau of Land Management Information: elpasonaturally.blogspot.com or in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy, [email protected]. includes the A.B. Cox Visitors’ Center, several • The El Paso chapter of the Sierra Club posts hiking trails, and La Cueva Picnic Area. its hikes at sierraclub.org/elpaso. The visitor center and main trail is open 8 • Outdoorelpaso.com offers an interactive a.m. to 5 p.m. for the winter months. map, of El Paso County hiking and running Admission is $3 per vehicle. No pets allowed trails, calendar of events and more. (except for assistance animals). Information: Information: 546-2098 or epcounty.com. (575) 522-1219. Chihuahuan Desert Nature Club — Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park — Seven El Paso sites will participate in the new 5000 Calle del Norte in Mesilla. All events free club helping area residents connect to the loca- with park admission, unless listed otherwise. tion natural environment, and learn more about Hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 27 First Day Hike hours are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nature Thursday, Jan. 1. Cont’d from Page 27 Maggie the Bear’s Tenth Birthday Party is 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, with crafts and face Guadalupe Mountains National Park painting. Maggie will unwrap her edible gift at — 110 miles east of El Paso on the way to 3:30 p.m. Visitors who guess her weight cor- Carlsbad, the 86,416-acre park includes the rectly eligible to win one of her paintings. highest point in Texas: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 The zoo features animals native to the feet. Entry fee: $5 for ages 16 and older, good Chihuahuan Desert, in natural desert surround- for one week and all trails. Hours are 8 a.m. to ings. A large greenhouse is devoted to succu- 4:30 p.m. Camping is $8 per site per night. lents and cactus from around the world. The Information: (915) 828-3251. headquarters building includes exhibits on min- The new Salt Basin Dunes Day Use Area is erals, history, archaeology and other subjects. now open daily 8 a.m. to 30 minutes after sunset. Located at the east end of Williams Road, New Mexico State Parks — Day-use fee east of Dell City. is $5 when visiting any state park. Camping The park seeks input for on a Final fees: $8 for primitive site; $10 for developed Environmental Assessment for a new site (electrical hookup $4 extra). All programs Wilderness Stewardship and Trail Management are free with park entrance, unless otherwise Plan for Guadalupe Mountains National Park. A listed. Information: (575) 744-5998 or copy of assessment and plan may be down- nmparks.com. loaded from the NPS Planning, Environment Day use fee waived during First Day Hike and Public Comment site at events. parkplanning.nps.gov. Comments may be made • Oliver Lee State Park, Highway 54 south of online through Jan. 14. Alamogordo at the Dog Canyon turnoff. The park’s headquarters, visitors’ center and Information: (575) 437-8284. museum are at Pine Springs, off of U.S. 62-180. First Day Hike is 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Camping for tents and RVs, a nature trail, and Thursday, Jan. 1, at Dog Canyon. ruins of the Butterfield Overland Mail Station Night Sky viewing is 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, are nearby. McKittrick Canyon Visitor’s Center Jan. 17. is seven miles east of Pine Springs, and offers • Rockhound State Park, five miles south of nature, canyon and geology trails. Deming on State Road 11 and then east on On the north side of the park, accessible by a Rockhound Road (State Road 141) for nine 110-mile drive around Carlsbad Caverns, is miles. Day use hours: 7:30 a.m. to sunset. Dog Canyon Visitor Center and Campground. Information: (575) 546-6182 or (575) 744- One of the best examples of a Permian Period 5998. fossil reef, the national park offers camping and First Day Hike is 8:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, more than 80 miles of trails. Hikes range from Jan. 1, beginning at the Visitor Center. easy, wheelchair-accessible nature trails to • Elephant Butte — Located off Hwy 195. moderate (level, but rocky) canyon hikes to Information: (575) 744-5923. strenuous mountain hikes. First Day hikes are 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Carlsbad Caverns National Park — The Jan. 1, at Elephant Butte Dam and Dirt Dam. park is about 160 miles east of El Paso, off the • Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus, N.M., Carlsbad Highway (U.S. 62-180). Information: State Roads 11 and 9. Day use hours: 7 a.m. to (575) 785-2232 or nps.gov/cave. 9 p.m. Information: (575) 531-2711. Winter hours run through May 21: Visitor • Mesilla Valley Bosque Park — 5000 Calle del Center open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; tours avail- Norte, Mesilla. Guided bird tours are first able 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Last entry into cave Saturday of every month. via natural entrance is 2 p.m. with last entry • Caballo Lake State Park, 60 miles north of into cave via elevator 3:30 p.m. (be in line to Las Cruces on Interstate 25. Information: (575) exit cave by 4:30 p.m.). Closed New Year’s 527-8386. Day. • Percha Dam State Park, 60 miles north of Las Plan 3-1/2 hours for a walk-in tour and 1-1/2 Cruces on Interstate 25. Information: (575) hours for Big Room tour of the Caverns. Cost 744-5998. is $6 ($3 for ages 6-15 or seniors with discount • Bottomless Lakes State Park — Around 13 card). The park’s audio self-guided tour is $3 miles east of Roswell, N.M. via US 380. extra (also available in Spanish). Information: (575) 624-6058. Other guided tours are available; call or check First Day Hike is 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, website for details. Jan. 1, at the Wetlands Trail. • Leasburg Dam — 12712 State Park Road in Gila Cliff Dwellings National Radium Springs, two miles off Interstate 25 at — 44 miles north of Silver City Monument Exit 19. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for day use. on NM Highway 15, the dwellings are in the Information: (575) 524–4068. middle of the majestic Gila Wilderness, the first First Day Hike is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, and one of the largest wilderness areas. The Jan. 1, at the Mogollon Trail. slow, winding mountain road between Silver • City of Rocks — 327 Hwy 61, in Faywood, City and the dwellings takes about 1-1/2 hours N.M. Information: (575) 536-2800. to drive. Long trailers are advised to come up The 4th annual Hike to Table Mountain is 9 the back way via NM 152 and 35 through the a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 1. Mimbres Valley. Entrance fee: $3 per person; $10 per family. Information: (575) 536-9461 or Alameda Park Zoo — Alameda Park, 1321 nps.gov/gicl. North White Sands Blvd. (U.S. 54/70), The trail to the cliff dwellings is open from 9 Alamogordo. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. a.m. to 4 p.m. year round. Everyone must be Admission: $2.50 ($1.50 ages 3-11 and 60 and off the trail by 5 p.m. Visitor center is open 8 older; free for ages 2 and younger). a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Information: (575) 439-4290. Guided tours offered daily 1 p.m. through The oldest zoo in the Southwest (established March 7. in 1898) is part of the park that lines Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Alamogordo’s main highway. The zoo covers Park — 1504 Miehls Drive N., Carlsbad, N.M. about 12 acres, with about 250 exotic and Admission: $5 ($3 ages 7-12; free for 6 and indigenous animals. under). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (last entry at 3:30 p.m.). Information: (575) 887-5516. Page 28 El Paso Scene January 2015 home later in January at 321 Park Street (the begin their tour at the new Magoffin Home former Alamo School). Information: insightsel- Visitor Center across the street. Hours are 9 paso.org or 534-0000. a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Tours The science center was established in 1980. on the hour; last tour at 4 p.m. Spanish lan- Its former location in downtown El Paso was guage tours offered Thursday through Saturday; demolished to make room for the new baseball call for availability. Cost: $4 ($3 ages 6-18). stadium. Group tours available with advance registration. Information: 533-5147 or Centennial Museum — University at A nature trail takes visitors through 17 acres Los Portales Museum and Visitor of Chihuahuan Desert with 200 varieties of visitmagoffinhome.com. Wiggins, UTEP. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 Center — 1521 San Elizario Road. The muse- desert plants. The trail also offers a local pit- Casa Magoffin Compañeros host a new series Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. um is operated by the San Elizario Genealogy house, pueblo ruin and an Apache brush hut. of Second Saturday workshops noon to 4 p.m. Information: 747-8994, 747-6669 or and Historical Society, and is housed in an Weekly Archery and Atl-Atl demonstrations monthly in the new visitor center. The Jan. 10 museum.utep.edu. 1850s Territorial-style building across from the are 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. workshop is “Historic Clothing of the 1800s- Showing through Jan. 15: San Elizario church. It offers gifts, family trees, • Winning photographs from the Centennial 1920s” with NMSU clothing historian Deb El Paso Museum of History — 510 N. historical artifacts as well as information on the Photo Contest. Brunson. Guests are encouraged to wear his- Santa Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday “First Thanksgiving” and the Salt War of 1877. • “A Century of Transformations.” The exhibit toric clothing. All proceeds go to support through Saturday (open until 9 p.m. Thursdays), Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through follows the Texas School of Mines and preservation of the Magoffin Home. and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Museum admission Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is Metallurgy from its opening in 1914, to today’s Registration required by Jan. 3. Cost: $8; cash is free, except for selected exhibits. Admission free. Information: 851-1682. University of Texas at El Paso, a nationally rec- or checks only. for Julius Caesar: $12; $8 students with ID; sen- ognized research university. Magoffin Home State Historic Site — iors 62 and older; $6 per person for groups of National Border Patrol Museum and Permanent exhibits on the Third Floor focus 1120 Magoffin. The adobe home, built around 10 or more (free for museum members and Memorial Library — 4315 Transmountain on the history of the Chihuahuan Desert. The 1875 by Joseph Magoffin, tells the story of a age 5 and younger). Information: 351-3588 or Drive. The museum, in Northeast El Paso just Chihuahuan Desert Gardens on the museum multicultural family that influenced the develop- elpasotexas.gov/history. west of U.S. 54, features the history of the grounds have more than 800 species of plants ment of the Southwest borderlands. It includes A Kids History Camp is 9 a.m. to noon Border Patrol with uniforms, equipment, pho- native to the region. authentic art and furnishings reflecting the daily Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 30-31. Call for tographs, guns, motor vehicles, airplanes, boats lives of the Magoffin family Visitors can now El Paso Exploreum — The city’s first “liv- details. ing laboratory” museum for children is at 300 The new History ‘Scapes family workshops Please see Page 30 W. San Antonio (south of Convention Center). are 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. the second Saturday of Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through the month. Jan. 10: Creating mosaics. Fee: $5 Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Last for child or activity maker, $2 per child with a admission is one hour before closing time. family membership. Parents or guardian admit- Information: 533-4330, elpasoexploreum.org or ted free. Maximum of $15 per family. on the museum’s Facebook page. Admission: • Showing through Jan. 4 is the Festival of $8 ($6 seniors over 60, and military and educa- Trees, featuring decorated trees from business- tors with ID; free for infants). es, community associations and families. The Exploreum includes multiple interactive Showing through Jan. 8: in celebration of exhibits in four theme areas: construction, avia- Native American Heritage Month is an exhibit tion, role-play and high tech. of historic Tigua Indian artifacts, including New is “Shuttle to the Stars,” an exhibit cre- drums, rattles, moccasins, and a war shield, on ated by 11-year-old Riley Tabat. The interactive loan form National Museum Van Wereld solar exhibit offers visitors a chance to sit in Cultuur in the Netherlands. shuttle seats, experience the rumble of a take- Showing through Jan. 10 for the first time in off, and then interactively open a window on the United States: Julius Caesar: Military the solar system. “Pilots” then select buttons to Genius, Mighty Machines.” This interactive identify planets. exhibition features war machines, transporta- tion machines and civil machines, recreated El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study scaled artifacts and computer animations. It Center — 715 N. Oregon. Hours are 9 a.m. covers the epic period from the triumphant vic- to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. tory of Julius Caesar over the Gauls in 52 BC to Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free unless the transformation of Rome from a republic listed otherwise. Information: 351-0048 or into the Roman Empire. The interactive replica elpasoholocaustmuseum.org. machines described by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio A celebration of the life of Sara Hauptman, in the first century BC in his famous work De who died Dec. 17 at age 96, is 2 to 4 p.m. Architectura were built by the Teknoart spe- Sunday, Jan. 4. Hauptman was one of the view cialists under the auspices of La Sapienza, remaining holocaust survivors in El Paso. Her University of Rome. experiences as a young mother fleeing, and Showing through February is “Fifth Wall of eventually being captured by, the Nazis, were Giants: UTEP Centennial Celebration, From told in her memoir, “The Lioness of Judah.” Mines to Minds.” The museum will host the workshop “Write Continuing exhibits: from Wrong: Exploring Values and Tolerance” • “Neighborhoods and Shared Memories,” 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10. Workshop leader composed of cherished photographs, special is Mónica Gómez, author of “Expresserize: mementos and keepsakes from past and pres- Write Answers.” Through discussion, creative ent residents of Chihuahuita and El Segundo writing and reading aloud exercises, participants Barrio. will share personal stories of judgment and Also showing is “The Missions and Their acceptance and examine how those experi- People Wall” which honors the Mission Valley ences have influenced our beliefs and behav- of the Southwestern United States and iors. Admission is free Northern Mexico. The museum depicts Jewish life in Europe before World War II, Hitler’s rise to power, the Insights Science Center — Bassett Place. expulsion of Jews into ghettoes, life in concen- Showing through Jan. 8: “Prehistoric Park”, a tration camps, prisoner resistance to the Nazis Dinosauria exhibition and fossil timeline collec- and liberation of the camps. Also featured is a tion from the Origins Museum Institute, illus- local survivors exhibit. trating the progression of life on earth, from the earliest marine life to dinosaurs, mam- El Paso Museum of Archaeology — moths, saber-tooth tigers and prehistoric man. 4301 Transmountain in Northeast El Paso Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Monday through (west of U.S. 54). New hours are 9 a.m. to 5 Friday; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed p.m. Sunday. Information: 474-0113. Sundays, Mondays and city holidays. Admission Admission; $5 (one adult admission free with is free. Information: 755-4332 or $5 child admission). elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/. Insights plans to move to a new permanent January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 29 • Jan. 31: Crystal Creations: Salt Painting for Museum Kids. Salt comes in a range of natural colors, Cont’d from Page 29 based on the minerals present? Salt can also be dyed, act as an agent to carry pigment, or and other items, including hands-on exhibits for absorb watercolor paint off a canvas. kids. The Border Patrol was founded in 1924 in Additional events planned at the Museum of El Paso. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Science and Nature and the Museum of Art through Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and (see museum listings). major holidays. Admission is free. Information: Also showing through January is 759-6060 or borderpatrolmuseum.com. “Continuing Traditions,” works by Tonio San Elizario Veterans Museum and LeFebre, depicting culture and lifestyle of the Memorial Walk — 1501-B Main Street in Pira-Manso-Tiwa Tiwa Tribe. San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. National Houseplant Appreciation Day events Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. are 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 10, in the Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission museum courtyard, hosted by the Museum of is free. Information: Ann Lara, 345-3741 or Ray Nature and Science. Borrego, 383-8529. Southwest Regional Spinners’ Handspun Wool Competition wool will be on display to the Tigua Indian Cultural Center — 305 public on noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17. Yaya Lane, at Socorro Road east of the Ysleta View different handspun wools and compare Mission. The center features a museum on the qualities of natural and dyed wool. Judges will Tigua tribe, offering a glimpse of five centuries be on hand to answer questions about spinning, of Pueblo history and tradition. Hours are 10 wool production, and the qualities judges look a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. for when assessing the yarn. Admission is free. Information: 859-7700, ysletadelsurpueblo.org. Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science — 411 N. Main in the Las Cruces U.S. Army Heritage Center of the Downtown Mall. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. NCO — Building 11331, Staff Sergeant Simms Tuesday through Saturday, plus 5 to 7 p.m. St., Biggs Army Airfield. Equipment and uni- during the First Friday Ramble. Information: forms used by sergeants and other NCO’s (575) 522-3120 or las-cruces.org/museums. through the years are displayed. Admission: Planeteers! free space program for children free. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through age 3-5 and their guardians is 9 a.m. the first Friday. Information: 744-8646. Thursday of the month. War Eagles Air Museum — 8012 Airport Animal Encounters are 1 p.m. Saturdays. Road, Doña Ana County Airport, Santa Teresa. “Dinos A to Z” presentations are 3 p.m. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Fridays. Sunday. Admission: $5; $4 senior citizens and A behind-the-scenes tour of the nature center military; free for children under 12. is 5 to 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month as Information: (575) 589-2000 or war-eagles-air- part of the Downtown Ramble. museum.com. Free activities based on the PBS program “FETCH! With Ruff Ruffman” are 10 to noon Las Cruces area Saturdays (48 hour advance RSVP encouraged). The museum will also host a series of talks Branigan Cultural Center — Branigan and workshops in conjunction with both the Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las “Fragile Waters” and “Desert Air” exhibits run- Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday ning through January at Branigan Cultural through Saturday. Admission is free. Center: Information: (575) 541-2154, las- • A “Fireworks” flame salt demonstration for cruces.org/museums or on Facebook. families is noon, Saturday, Jan. 3. Showing Jan. 2-31: “The Birds and The • A Desert Waters family water conservation Bees,” by Paul Flippen, inspired by the birth of workshop is noon Saturday, Jan. 10. the artist’s son and explores the complications • A Planet Chaos: Living in Hostile of love, pleasure, and the act of creation – liter- Environment family presentation is noon al and metaphorical, biological and artistic. Saturday, Jan. 24. In conjunction with the exhibit is a mobile- making workshop for ages 10 through adult, Las Cruces Railroad Museum — The inspired by bird and insect wings will be pre- museum is in the Santa Fe train depot, 351 N. sented by at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. Mesilla, (at Las Cruces avenue west of the Participants to create a moving piece of art that Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 reflects the themes of the exhibit. All materials p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Admission is will be provided, but participants are encour- free; donations encouraged. Information: (575) aged to bring images of birds and insects to 647-4480 or museums.las-cruces.org. help them create their mobile. • Family Game Day is 10 a.m. to noon the sec- Showing through January are two photogra- ond Saturday of each month. phy exhibits that highlight the delicate balance • Toddler Story Time is 11 a.m. the third of watery and dry environments: Saturday of each month. RSVP requested. • “Fragile Waters,” photographs of aquatic NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum landscapes by Ansel Adams, Dorothy Monnelly, — 4100 Dripping Springs, Las Cruces. The 47- and Ernest Brooks II. acre museum chronicles the 3,000-year history Docent-led tours of the exhibit are 10 a.m. to of agriculture and rural life in New Mexico. noon Saturdays. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through • “Desert Air,” photographs of the world’s Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: most arid deserts by National Geographic pho- $5 for adults, $3 seniors 60 and older; $2 age tographer George Steinmetz. 5-17; free for museum members, veterans and Family activities are planned during the children age 4 and under. Information: (575) exhibits at noon on selected Saturdays: 522-4100 or nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. • Jan. 17: The Adaptation Game: Animal Life The annual Antique Treasures Day is noon to in Hostile Environments. How do penguins 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25. This is the only day swim in the cold water near Antarctica? What each year that anyone can get a behind-the- are some ways that desert animals conserve scenes look at the Museum’s collections and water? How does a jackrabbit cool off? Test preservation program. Visitors will get a guided out some animal adaptations and see how far they take us in hostile environments. Please see Page 31 Page 30 El Paso Scene January 2015 Museum Also Cont’d from Page 30 Deming Luna Mimbres Museum — 301 S. Silver, Deming, N.M. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 tour into the Museum’s enormous collections p.m. Monday through Saturday. Also open 1:30 storage room where more than 10,000 artifacts to 4 p.m. Sunday during fall and winter months. are housed. Tours are limited in size and begin Admission is free. Information: (575) 546-2382, every 15 minutes. New to the event this year is 1-800-848-4955 or lunacountyhistoricalsoci- a game called “Stump the Curator,” where visi- ety.com. tors are invited to bring in objects, or photographs of objects, to see if the panel of curators Geronimo Springs Museum — 211 Main can identify them. Museum admission applies. in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Hours are 9 Showing through April 5: “Heavy Metal: a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon Vintage Farm Equipment by Richard Ondrovic,” to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5 ($2.50 stu- 28 photographs of the Museum’s vintage equip- dents 6 to 18; free for ages 5 and younger). ment by Richard Ondrovic, a former software Family rates: $15. Information: (575) 894-6600 engineer from New York who now lives in El or geronimospringsmuseum.com. Paso. His photographs emphasize the complex Hubbard Museum of the American shapes that make up the machinery. Artist’s West — 841 U.S. Hwy 70 West, next to reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15. Ruidoso Downs (N.M.) Race Track. Hours are Showing through July 5 in the Traditions and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday through Wednesday Legacies Gallery: “Cowboys: The Real Deal,” (closed Thursday and Friday). Admission: $7 with photographs, stories and objects including ($5 for seniors, military; $2 children 6-16; free a chuck wagon. for children 5 and younger and museum mem- Showing through Oct. 16 in the Cultural bers). Information: (575) 378-4142 or hubbard- Corridor: “Cheryl Cathcart: In a World of museum.org. Horses,” 32 photographs of horses from the Now showing is “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Jar,” U.S. and Europe. Cathcart’s images capture the an exhibition of Hohokam Potter from the power, beauty and spirit of horses in New Anne Stradling Collection. More than 70 intact Mexico and Montana, as well as France, Italy pots dating as far back as 350 AD are featured. and Portugal. Reception and photographer’s lecture is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8. Museum of the Big Bend — Sul Ross The museum also features domestic animals State University (Entrance 3), Hwy 90 in on site, including cattle, burros and occasionally Alpine, Texas. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. horses. Milking demonstrations are at 10 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Blacksmith shop Sunday. Admission is free. Information: (432) open Tuesday through Sunday. Sewing and 837-8734 or [email protected]. Showing weaving demonstrations are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Jan. 18: “Marfa Flights: Aerial Wednesdays. Photographs of Big Bend” by Paul V. Caplo. Pony rides for children offered 10 a.m. to New Mexico Museum of Space noon Saturdays, near the Horse and Cattle History — 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. Barn. Tickets: $5 per ride (available in the Space center hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. lobby or near the barn). Admission: $6 ($5 for seniors and military, $4 NMSU Art Gallery — D.W. Williams Art ages 4-12, children 3 and younger free). Call Center, 1390 E. University Ave, on the NMSU for school tours and group ticket arrange- campus, Las Cruces (east of Solano). Hours are ments. Information: (877) 333-6589, (575) 437- noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, plus 2840 or nmspacemuseum.org. evenings 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Admission is The new Launch Pad Lecture Series runs the free. Parking free on weekends and after 5 9 to 11 a.m. the first Friday of each month. p.m. on weekdays. Information: (575) 646- Admission is free; coffee and donuts provided. 2545 or nmsu.edu/artgal. For IMAX schedule, see “Film Scene.” Opening Jan. 16: “Las Cruces Creates.” Combo tickets available (included museum A Community Weave project is 10 a.m. to 4 entrance and one IMAX ticket): $10 ($9 seniors p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Jan. 5-Feb. 26. and military, $7 children). Marisa Sage, director of the University Art Sacramento Mountains Historical Gallery at NMSU, and guest artist John Garrett Museum — U.S. 82 across from the invite Las Cruces residents to donate an article Chamber of Commerce in Cloudcroft, N.M. of knitted clothing for a large woven tapestry Winter hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and to be built during the course of the exhibit. Saturday. Admission: $5 ($3 ages 6 to 12). Information/donations: (575) 646-6110 or mis- Information: (575) 682-2932 or cloudcroftmu- [email protected]. seum.com. The completed artwork is expected to be at least 9 feet square and will be revealed Silver City Museum — 312 W. Broadway, Thursday, Feb. 26, when Garrett will give a Silver City. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. guest lecture about the process. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In conjunction with “Las Cruces Creates,” is a Saturday and Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. the weaving workshop noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, first Friday of the month. Admission: $3. Jan. 24. Garrett will lead a workshop to teach Information: (575) 538-5921, 1-877-777-7947, anyone of any level how to weave on a loom. or silvercitymuseum.org. No experience is required. Toy Train Depot — Alameda Park, 1991 White Sands Missile Range Museum N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo. An actual and Missile Park — Exhibits feature the his- train depot built in 1898, the building now tory of the Trinity Site, the V-2 rocket, ranch- houses a gift shop and model shop, with more ers on the range and missile optics. An outdoor than 1,200 feet of model railroad track and Missile Park displays rockets and missiles tested hundreds of model and toy trains on display. on the range. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday Hours are noon to 4:40 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday through Sunday. Admission: $4. Information: and Sunday. Closed on federal holidays. Free (575) 437-2855 or admission. Visitors must provide a current toytraindepot.homestead.com. license, car registration and proof of insurance. The 1/5 scale train track offers rides around Information: (575) 678-8824 (local call) or Alameda Park 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday wsmr-history.org. through Sunday. Cost: $4.

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 31 Agave Rosa Gallery — 905 Noble (next to in which artists of the American Southwest the International Museum of Art). Hours are 10 extended the Impressionist vision, including a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The earlier practitioners such as Frederic gallery features paintings, sculpture, jewelry and Remington and later figures such as Fremont photography by area emerging artists. Ellis. The exhibition will compare examples of Information: 533-8011 or agaverosagallery.com. French and international Impressionism from Tacoma Art Museum in Washington (almost 25 Amado Peña Gallery – Renowned artist works by Boudin, Pissarro, Renoir, etc.) with Amado M. Peña Jr.’s gallery is at 12790 Alarcon gram that showcases international artists work- Showing in the Cultural Center Lobby is “Art numerous works of the American Southwest Road in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 ing in film and animation. This year in the north From the Heart,” art by Diego Alvarez, Jose borrowed from local collections and selected p.m. Monday through Sunday. Information: and south galleries Ballroom Marfa will feature Manuel Romero, Leonardo Cancerous and from the holdings of the EPMA. 851-8400 or sanelizariopenagallery.com. two video works, “David” (2012) and “Death Sebastian Rodriguez. The first in the “Modern Masters Series: Showing Feb. 1-28: “Visions of the of a School” (2014), by Los Angeles-based artist Highlights from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Southwest,” works by Bert Saldaña. Artist Chinati Foundation — Marfa, Texas. Nicole Miller. Museum” is “Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso: reception is 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati Birth of Cubism,” showing through Feb. 1. Bert Saldana Art Gallery — The new Foundation houses one of the world’s largest Art Avenue Gallery — The new gallery The exhibit will highlight a pair of powerful gallery featuring Southwestern Art is at 1501 collections of permanently installed contempo- space in Union Plaza is at 518 W. San Antonio, works by Cézanne and Picasso, who have fre- Main Street in the San Elizario Arts District. rary art. The collection is open for guided tours Suite F. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday quently been described as two of the most cru- Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday throughout the year at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. through Friday. Information: 213-4318 or cial figures in the development of modern art. through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5 theartave.com. Showing through April 26: “Body Art: and Sunday. Information: 851-0093 or bertsal- for students, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 stu- The debut exhibition, “Heritage: The Legacy Contemporary El Paso Jewelry.” The exhibit dana.com. dents). Information: (432) 729-4362 or chi- of Francisco Lascurain Labadie,” runs through celebrates contemporary local expressions of Saldana’s works also will be on display in nati.org. Jan. 31. The exhibit highlights works of the jeweler’s art. UTEP’s Metals Program has February at the nearby Amado Peña Gallery, Free winter art classes for ages 4-13 are Dec. Francisco Lascurain (1926-2013) whose warm been and remains the principal center of jewel- 12790 Alarcon Road. 29-30 and Jan. 2-3. Call for details. and richly colored canvases depict his memory production and training in the area. Rachelle ries of the typical urban workers of the ‘30s Chamizal galleries — Chamizal National Crossland Gallery — The El Paso Art Thiewes, who just retired as the program’s and ‘40s. Born in Mexico City, Lascurain was Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Franklin G. Smith Association’s gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in the director, has become celebrated internationally trained in architecture, however, his real pas- Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 for her jewelry making. The exhibition will sion and fascination was painting the common through Friday; weekends by request. Abrazos p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. include several pieces by Thiewes, along with worker in Mexico. hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is Saturdays. Admission is free. Information: 534- selections from 14 other area jewelers, includ- free. Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham/. 7377, [email protected] or ing Susan Eisen, Margie Melby and Helen Ballroom Marfa — 108 E. San Antonio Showing through March 24: in the Franklin CrosslandArtGallery.com. Ellison-Dorion Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. G. Smith Gallery are works by local artists Showing Jan. 16-Feb. 14: Showing through May 3: “Mexican Devotion Thursday through Sunday. Gallery Closed Dec. Francisco Romero and Daniel Padilla. “con.FIGURE.ation,” show and sale, with judge on Tin and Copper: Selections from the 24-25, and Dec. 31-Jan 1.Information: (432) Showing in the Abrazos Gallery is Craig Cully. Deadline to submit work is Jan. 6. McKnight Collection.” For more than 20 years 729-3700, ballroommarfa.org or on Facebook. “Monumental Men for Monumental Times.” A Gala opening is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16. Sarah and Frank McKnight collected retablos Showing through Feb. 22: Artists’ Film temporary exhibit explains the connections Submissions are being taken through Feb. 8, from Northwestern Mexico that they later sold International Exhibit featuring Nicole Miller. between American President Abraham Lincoln for the annual Western Impressions Art Show in their El Paso art gallery. The McKnights Organized in conjunction with Whitechapel and Mexican President Benito Juarez. The and Sale. This year’s theme is “How the West retained some of their favorites and in 2007 Gallery, London, Ballroom Marfa presents the exhibit is in conjunction with plans to place a was ONE/WON.” their collection of 71 retablos was given to the sixth season of Artists’ Film International, a pro- statue of Benito Juarez near the Visitor Center. El Paso Museum of Art by their children. El Paso Artisan Gallery — The gallery is Includes paintings of saints, the Virgin and in the El Paso Exploreum, 320 W. San Antonio. Christ, martyrs, apostles, angels, the Pieta and The gallery features works for sale by local ex-votos from the 17th through the 19th cen- painters, jewelers, crafters and photographers. turies. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Dave Phelps begins his Artists on Art featured Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed Dave Phelps. Phelps’ art is a commentary on Monday. Gallery admission is free. Information: “the overwhelming barrage of information and 533-4330 or elpasoexploreum.org. material goods that confronts us every day.” El Paso Museum of Art — One Arts His repetitive use of everyday materials such as Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9 barcodes emphasizes how much technology a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and plays a role in people’s lives. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to Showing through December 2015: “Drink Up! 9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays. The Art and Culture of Beverages.” Admission is free for most exhibits. Tickets for The EPMA World Cinema Series is 2 p.m. “Renoir to Remington” are $5 (free for age 12 Saturdays in the auditorium, presented by the and younger, EPMA members and active duty museum’s Art Algur H. Meadows Library. military and their family with ID). Information: Admission: $3 free for ages 12 and younger and 532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org. museum members. Age restrictions apply on Showing through Feb. 1: “Renoir to some showings. Remington: Impressionism to the American West.” The exhibit explores the variety of ways Please see Page 33

Page 32 El Paso Scene January 2015 The binational exhibit presented by S-Mart through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Franco, Melissa Himes, M. Concepcion, Robert Art Scene runs Nov. 1-Feb. 7, 2016 at El Paso Museum noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: 474-1800 Lichlyter, Amado Pena Jr. and Arturo Avalos. of Art, One Arts Festival Plaza in El Paso, and or 851-0093. Cont’d from Page 32 Sunland Art Gallery — 5034-D Doniphan, Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juarez. Featured The First Friday ArtWalk is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, in Placita Santa Fe. The co-op gallery features Encaustic International Art Studio and artists will have one piece featured at each Jan. 2, with artist galleries open late, live original paintings and photographs, jewelry, Gallery — 7100 Westwind, Suites 120 and museum. Information: (El Paso Museum of Art) demonstrations and music. A Ghost Tour prints and gift items by more than 20 local 135. The gallery is the studio of El Paso encaus- 532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org; (Museo de begins at 10 p.m. artists. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday tic artist Brigitte von Ahn. Hours are 2 to 5 Arte de Ciudad Juarez) 613-1708 or To get there, take Loop 375 South from I-10, through Saturday. Information: Cil Abeyta, 584- p.m. Thursdays, noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays, or Bellasartes.gob.mx. exit Socorro Rd., drive 7 miles east. 3117 or 474-0053. by appointment. Information: 833-0454 or Featured gallery artists include Albert ‘Jewelry for a Voice’ call for artists — brigittevonahn.com. Escamilla, Rob Mack, Palmira Lopez, Manuel En Voz Alta seeks jewelry artist submissions Alvarado, Maria Branch, Bert Saldaña, Joanna Please see Page 34 Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and through March 21 to participate in the 4th Gift Shop — Award-winning Impressionist annual “Jewelry for a Voice” event. Information: Alberto Escamilla’s studio is at 1445 Main Patricia Garcia, 694-6178, Mary Ceglio, 240- Street in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 2368. p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 11:30 Jewelry artists wishing to create and donate a a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday; and 12:30 to 4 p.m. unique piece of jewelry utilizing a signature Sunday and by appointment. Information: 851- lampwork bead (made by Richard Inman) may 0742 or 474-1800, or albertoescamilla.com. arrange to pick up their bead and competition The gallery is also the home of the studio and instructions from De Franco Designs, Placita gallery of Debra DeSantis. Santa Fe, 5024 Doniphan, Suite 6. Alberto Escamilla’s 2015 calendars are now En Voz Alta is a nonprofit organization that available in the gallery, for $12, plus tax. supports children with hearing loss. “Jewelry ‘FreeStyle’ — The collaborative show by for a Voice” is Saturday, April 25, at El Paso local artists Christina Huber, Candie Printz and Club with a dinner, entertainment and silent Beverly Widener using painting, drawing, auction to benefit children with hearing loss. ceramics and photography runs through Jan. Tickets: $50. 6, at Mark Alan Salon and Gallery, 5700 N. La Galeria de la Misíon de Senecú — Mesa, Suite D. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Ysleta Independent School District’s gallery Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. is at 8455 Alameda. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday through Friday. Information: 434-9703. Monday. Admission is free. Information: 588- The 17th annual Virgen de Guadalupe Art 5618 or 585-1300. Exhibit runs through Jan. 15. Hal Marcus Gallery — 1308 N. Oregon. Northeast Critique Group — The artists’ Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday group meets at 3 p.m. the third Thursday of and Friday; noon to 7 p.m. Thursday or by the month at Opengate Community Church, appointment. Information: 533-9090 or halmar- 9821 McCombs. Bring a recent painting or cus.com. drawing to be critiqued (not criticized). All Showing through Jan. 15: “Retro Rak,” the media welcome. Information: Judy, 755-1443 art of Bill Rakocy from the 1940s and 1950s. or Connie, 490-3978. Marcus will be the guest on “The Healing Power of Art” radio program, hosted by tradi- Pastel Society of El Paso — The society’s tional naturopath Eliezer Ben-Joseph 9 to 10 next meeting is 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at the a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, Radio Newstalk 690 AM International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana. or online at ktsmradio.com. The program, “My Best Pastel,” features mem- The gallery is owned and operated by local bers displaying and explaining the inspiration, artist Hal Marcus and his wife, Gallery Director story and technique behind of their favorite Patricia Medici. pastel paintings. The program is free and open Marcus’s home and studio, located across the to the public. Information: 581-4971. street, are available for personal tours. Rio Bravo Watercolorists – The group’s Holiday Hair Art Sale — The art show is monthly meeting is 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on display through Jan. 6 at Mark Alan Salon Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Gabriel’s Restaurant, & Gallery, 5700 N. Mesa. Gallery hours are 10 1270 Giles. Artist and educator Jennifer a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesdays; 10 Stapher-Thomas will talk on “The Puzzle Pieces a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. of Art.” Elements of art and principles of design Closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. will be discussed and explored. Stapher- Information: 588-5618 or 585-1300. Thomas’s whimsical style has a strong design The art show/sale features painting, drawing, approach. Cost (by Jan. 18): $15 includes meal. ceramics and photography by Christina Huber, Information: (940) 631-7337 or Candie Printz and Beverly Widener. [email protected]. The public is welcome to all meetings. Dues International Museum of Art — 1211 for membership are $35 (check only). Montana. The museum is operated by the International Association for the Visual Arts in Rubin Center — UTEP’s Stanlee and Gerald the historic Turney Home. Hours are 1 to 5 Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to Sun p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Free guided Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are tours available on a walk-in basis. Admission is 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; free. Information: 543-6747 or internationalmu- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. seumofart.net. Saturday. Information: 747-6151, Showing Jan. 18-31: “An Artistic Journey,” an rubincenter.utep.edu or on Facebook at exhibit of photography, wood sculpting and RubinCenter. other media by Darrell McGahhey. Opening Coming Jan. 29-April 25: “Citizen Culture: reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18. Artists and Architects Shape Policy, “featuring works by Ala Plastica, Tania Bruguera, Suzanne ‘IV Biennial Ciudad Juárez/El Paso Lacy, Michael Maltzan, The Medellin Diagram, Biennial’ submissions — Submissions for Antanas Mockus with Futuro Moncada, Laurie the fourth biennial juried exhibit are being Jo Reynolds and Tamms Year Ten. accepted through Feb. 1, from all artists living and working within 200 miles of the border San Elizario Art District — Several gal- between Mexico and the United States. Awards leries and artist studios are located 1445 to include an EPMA purchase prize, an artist’s res- 1501 Main Street near the San Elizario Plaza on idency and a solo exhibition invitation. the Mission Trail. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 33 objects, stained glass, photography, mixed Art Scene media, unique gourds, handmade textile weav- Cont’d from Page 33 ings, copper paintings, art tile, affordable natural quality gems stone jewelry, prints, cards, The Ho Show — Local sculptor Ho Baron’s original print making, wood blocking and minia- surreal sculpture garden at 2830 Aurora (at ture paintings. Piedras), is visible from the street, featuring several of his large-scale works. Baron’s works Tombaugh Gallery — First Unitarian are also on display at the El Paso Public Library Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. and El Paso Museum of Art. Information: 562- Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 7820 or hobaron.com. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, or by appointment. Information: (575) 522-7281 or Westside Art Guild — The guild meets at uuchurchlc.org. 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Polly Harris Senior Showing through Jan. 23: “UU Bee Center, 640 Wallenberg, with a presentation Welcome” show, works by the long-time quilt- on Batik by Scotti Burns. Light refreshments. ing group and associated artists. The “UU Bee All meetings are open to the public. Guild Welcome” is a quilting bee that has met for membership: $20. Information: Candy Mayer, over five years and provides opportunities for 581-4971 or [email protected]. quilters of all skill levels and techniques to gath- Las Cruces/Mesilla er for one to six hours weekly. This show will features a variety of original quilts as well as Adobe Patio Gallery and Studio — other related pieces. Personal items such as 1765 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. The clothing, home wares and sculptural pieces are gallery features works by Carolyn Bunch, included. Anthony Pennock, Kelley S. Hestir, Cheryl Reception with demos and food is 11:30 a.m. Derrick and other local and regional artists. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Information: (575) 532-9310 or Also adobepatiogallery.com. An Evening with the Artist — Mimbres Showing through Jan. 17: “Small is Region Arts Council presents painter Paul Beautiful,” works 15 inches or smaller by mem- Hotvedt at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at the bers of the Border Artists and guests. Western New Mexico University’s Parotti Hall ‘Chaos Collaboration’ call for artists — in Silver City as part of its monthly art lecture City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation series. Admission is free; light refreshments Department is seeking student artists and per- served. Information: (575) 538-2505. formers, grades 6-12, to submit their work for Art Hop — MainStreet Truth or a special free show called “Chaos Consequences sponsors the event 6 to 9 p.m. Collaboration,” an art show and open mic the second Saturday of each month (Jan. 10) in competition for teens, by teens Feb. 20-27, at the downtown gallery district. The event fea- Frank O’Brien Papen Community Center, 304 tures the monthly art opening of new shows W. Bell. Artists should be from Las Cruces. throughout the galleries of Truth or Information/submissions: (575)541-2455. Consequences, including fine arts, pottery, and Public viewing hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. fabric arts. Many shops and restaurants stay Feb. 23-27; artist reception and open mic is 6 open late for this monthly event, with live to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20. music in several locations. Information torc- Las Cruces Museum of Art — 491 N. mainstreet.org. Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to Community Arts Party — The City of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Socorro, N.M. will host its 18th annual arts Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 541- event featuring workshops for all ages 10 a.m. 2137 or las-cruces.org/museums. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in Finley Gym, 202 Showing through Jan. 10: “Fragile Waters,” McCutcheon. Local artists and organizations featuring the photography of Ansel Adams, offer workshops on painting, tie-dye, clay, jew- Ernest H. Brooks II and Dorothy Kerper elry, candle dipping, beading, masks, leather Monnelly. The exhibition was organized by work and more. Wear old clothes; volunteers Photokunst. Guest curator is Jeanne Falk welcome. Admission is free. Information: (575) Adams. 835-5688 or nmtpas.org. Main Street Gallery — 311 N. Downtown Deming Arts Center — The Deming Arts Mall, Las Cruces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Council’s gallery and gift shop is at 100 Gold Tuesday through Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 Street in Deming, N.M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 647-0508. p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is Showing through June is “Evolution of free. Information: (575) 546-3663 or Photographic Printing Mediums,” works by fine demingarts.org. art photographer Don Boyd. In addition to tra- Showing through January is “Lines, Lines and ditional prints on photographic papers, Boyd More Lines,” drawings, paintings, all forms of exhibits images on French-made watercolor print making, photography, electronic design paper, face-mounted acrylic, canvas, aluminum and line work presented on or in clay, wood, and silk. stone or metal by various artists. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery — Rio Bravo Fine Art — 110 Broadway in 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across Truth or Consequences, N.M. Home of the from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. Estate of Harold Joe Waldrum. Gallery hours to 5 p.m. daily. New works displayed every are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through three months. Information: (575) 522-2933 or Sunday, or by appointment. Information: (575) mesillavalleyfinearts.com. 894-0572 or riobravofineartgallery.com. January’s featured artists are landscape artist Showing through Jan. 11: “Abstract Energy,” Rayma Claessen and fabric and needle craft works by Joel Smith. artist Meredith Long. Coming Feb. 14-April 19: “Ornamental New to the gallery is sculptor Jimmie Bemont. Abstraction,” new works, including patterns on The gallery’s 31 regularly featured artists offer paper, collage, ink and paint by Noel Hudson. paintings, fused glass art jewelry, wood-turning

Page 34 El Paso Scene January 2015 Sculpture coming to new roundabout plift, an inspiring creation by local artist Margarita Cabrera, is the latest in a series of public art projects funded by El Paso’s 2 Percent for the Arts Uprogram. Comprised of more than 600 shimmering birds rising 20 feet into the air, this thought-provoking sculpture will permanently adorn the center of the new roundabout under construction at Country Club and Memory Lane in the Upper Valley. Cabrera explains that the composition which enhanced the ambiance of the lobby represents a flock of birds at the moment space for several seasons.) when they begin to take flight: “As the “I wanted the people who purchased birds begin to rise, it is a time of violence these them to enjoy a delicious homemade and confusion before they all come togeth- pie in a container that they could reuse and er in harmony.” keep as a memory of a special holiday.” The intent of her composition, she said, If these Christmas pies are a hit, the artist was to give visual form to the theme relates that she may continue to create new which “springs from the dynamic, violent offerings related to specific holidays. For realities of the US and Mexico border con- instance, how about a cherry pie for that flict contrasted with the bright and creative special Valentine? future that is beginning to take flight.” “‘Uplift’ seemed to be an appropriate title Saving the International in that my sculpture celebrates the uplift- For those of us involved in the El Paso ing of the community, the culture and the art community, it comes as no surprise that individual spirit of the people in both El the future of the International Museum of Paso and Juarez.” Art at 1211 Montana is very tenuous. The The artist chose two unusual and diverse museum building (the former home of the elements to bring the Uplift concept to life El Paso Museum of Art) itself belongs to – the craft tradition of papel picado the City of El Paso, which entered into a (brightly colored paper flags) and metal 30-year agreement to rent the facility to from recycled guns. Because this is a pub- the International Association for the Visual lic art project, Cabrera began by inviting Arts for $1 per year. However, the big people from both sides of the border to hitch to this arrangement is that the associ- participate in three group conversations ation is fully responsible for the mainte- about the violent history of the area. nance of the building, as well as any oper- “These gatherings resulted in a wealth of ating costs. Over the years, the board has designs made by interested community managed to put together an endowment members,” Cabrera said. “By working fund to cover these expenses. El Paso Scene together in this manner, Uplift created a All went well until it became necessary sense of ownership for all those involved to make substantial repairs to the antiquat- and a more intimate awareness of the chal- ed heating and cooling system, which lenges facing our border communities.” would exceed the endowment fund. The USER’S GUIDE Cabrera created unique and personal board so far has been unsuccessful in designs in the papel picado craft tradition negotiating with the city to have these that dates back to the Aztecs, then trans- repairs be considered a capital improve- Publication Schedule Advertising information ferred each of the designs onto the wings ment funded by the city. Partial repairs & Monthly Deadlines A full media kit on El Paso Scene advertising of the birds. The birds are made of steel, have been made in order to keep the facili- rates, sizes and specifications is at with the designs etched onto the wings and El Paso Scene comes out on the Wednesday ty open until ways could be found to raise following the fourth Monday of the month. www.epscene.com/adrates.html. You may then cut out creating lacy patterns that additional money. The deadline for news announcements is the also request a media kit by calling us at 542- echo the light, airy feeling of birds in In October, local artist Lyuba Titovets third Monday of the month. The deadline is 1422, or call our advertising director, Albert flight. suggested that the museum’s focus be Jan. 19 for the February 2015 issue, which Martinez, at 920-7244. The gun fragments came from confiscat- expanded, to encourage more support that will be distributed beginning Jan. 28. The ed guns donated by El Paso County Sheriff would preserve the building as a museum. deadline for camera-ready advertising is Jan. Subscriptions Richard Wiles. By incorporating them into A committee was formed to explore a vari- 21. For ads that require design work, please submit requests by Jan. 14. Mail subscriptions to El Paso Scene are $10 a this sculpture, she said, these guns lost ety of ideas, including a museum that year, $18 for two years and $25 for three their ties to violence and were tuned into would highlight and honor women, espe- years. A subscription form is provided on symbols of peace and hope. cially women artists. Other suggestions Submitting News Page 42. Subscriptions are sent via 3rd class As of this writing, Cabrera was hopeful mail. Copies sent outside El Paso and Doña included turning it into a facility that could El Paso Scene accepts news items by mail the sculpture would be erected prior to the Ana counties may be delayed. be used by other arts-related organizations. (P.O. Box 13615, El Paso TX 79913), email end of January, but delays in the Country For the immediate future, Lyuba empha- ([email protected]) and fax (542-4292). Club project may extend the installation sizes that the first priority is to put the There is no charge for news announcements. into February. El Paso Scene Online museum on a sound financial footing. The All items will be edited for brevity and style. The entire content of each issue is posted on Although she has worked in mediums board has scheduled a series of events that News items should include an event name, our website, www.epscene.com. Besides such as steel and fabric, ceramics remains will not only bring in funds, but also description, time, date, place, sponsoring monthly listings and columns, the entire issue her favorite. attract a new audience to the museum. The organization, information phone number and may be downloaded in PDF format. The web- Always looking for an imaginative way admission prices, if any. Please include a con- site contains a digest of events listed by week first of these were two Christmas concerts tact name and phone number. A “fill in the to bring her sculpture to a variety of audi- held in December showcasing the El Paso and annual calendar listings for each month’s ences, as a seasonal sensation Cabrera blanks” online press release form is at scheduled events. The website also provides a Youth Orchestra, which performed original www.epscene.com/pressrelease.html combined her love for ceramics with her music written by conductor Daniel Rivera. press release form and a media kit on El Paso Scene advertising. enjoyment of cooking by creating a beauti- Look for additional events in 2015. For ful ceramic pie dish filled with an apple or more information, go to the website at Circulation & distribution pecan pie. The custom-designed pie dishes internationalmuseumofart.net or call 915- El Paso Scene publishes 40,000 or more El Paso Scene Weekly come in a variety of colors and feature 543-6747. copies each month, distributed throughout El A weekly digest of El Paso Scene events is Cabrera’s hallmark butterfly on the bot- Paso and also Las Cruces, including area available for free by email, and is also posted tom. (Visitors to the El Paso Museum of Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer Village Inns, Walgreens, EP Fitness, Vista on our website. To request our free weekly email newsletter art will remember the full sized ceramic specializing in the visual arts. Markets, Leo’s, The Cleaners and many more , go to tractor adorned by a myriad of butterflies locations. www.epscene.com/newsletter.php January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 35 Tumblewords Project — The writing month, and is free to anyone to attend workshops are 12:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. although a $1 donation may be asked to cover Saturdays, at the Memorial Park Public Library utilities/maid service. Information: 629-7063 or meeting room, 3200 Copper, unless listed oth- [email protected]. erwise. Workshops are free; donations for the Barnes & Noble (West Side) — 705 presenter are encouraged. Information: 328- Sunland Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. 5484 (Donna Snyder), 566-1034 (library), tum- Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. [email protected] or on Facebook Sunday. Information: 581-5353. at Tumblewords. John Freedom signs his self help book “Heal • Jan. 3: “Poetry, the tree of life” with Selfa Yourself with Emotional Freedom Technique: Chew. Dr. Chew is an editor for Border A Teach Yourself Guide,” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Senses Literary Review and coordinates the Jan. 16. Mexican Contemporary Literature Conference. Children’s storytimes are 11 a.m. Saturdays: Her latest novel, “Silent Herons,” was pub- • Jan. 10: Please, Mr. Panda lished in 2012. • Jan. 17: Hug Machine • Jan 10: “How Travel Influences Writing” • Jan. 24: I Love You Night and Day, read by with Amit Ghosh. Ghosh is co-founder of El Paso Country Day School. BorderSenses, a literary arts organization begun in 2000, and founder of a web development GLBT book group — The bimonthly book company. group meets at 7 p.m. the final Monday of the • Jan 17: “Xicana Lit” with Georgina Cecilia month, Jan. 26, at the new OUTright GLBT Pèrez. Pèrez is an educator, writer, and grass- Center, 211 W. Yandell. Open to all GLBT and roots activist. She is the El Paso organizer for GLBT-friendly people interested in book dis- Librotraficante. cussions. Includes potluck supper. Information: • Jan 24: “Love and more Love” with 566-5549, 861-2909 or 471-9396 or on Azucena Domínguez. Domínguez taught for 36 Facebook at ElPasoGLBTBookGroup. years in the Gadsden and Ysleta school dis- January’s book is “The Prince of Los Cocuyos: tricts. She won first place in the First Annual A Miami Childhood,” by Richard Blanco. Poetry Contest at UTEP in 1973 with “¿Qué es — 7744 North Loop Ste un Chicano?” Books Are Gems B (behind Compass Bank). The nonprofit • Jan. 31: “Healing through Pain II” with organization sells and gives away new and used Yvonne Collins. Collins’ art, poetry and short books. Books are sold for $1-$2, and children stories have appeared in various publications. who come to the store may receive five free Teen Hangout at Armijo — Armijo used books. Teachers can also receive free Library, 620 E. 7th, hosts teen hangouts 4:30 to books for their classroom. Hours are 11 a.m. 6 p.m. every Tuesday, to learn about science, to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; technology, math, engineering, video games, and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Information: graffiti art, movie night’s, young adult literature, 845-5437 or booksaregems.org. painting, music, and more. Open to all tweens — The club and teens. Admission is free(snacks provided). Rail Readers Book Club meets at 11 a.m. on the third Wednesday of Information: 533-1333. the month at the Las Cruces Railroad Museum, Barnes & Noble (East Side) — The 351 N. Mesilla in Las Cruces Participation is Fountains at Farah, 8889 Gateway West, Suite free. Information: 575-647-4480. 120. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, 9 — 700 S. a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Barnes & Noble (Las Cruces) Telshor in Mesilla Valley Mall. Call for special Information: 590-1932. Children’s storytimes holiday hours. Information: (575) 522-4499. are 11 a.m. Saturdays. Children’s storytimes are 10 a.m. Fridays, Sisters in Crime — The Eastside chapter of with special storytimes 11 a.m. selected the book discussion group supporting women Saturdays. mystery writers meets 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, • Jan. 10: Please, Mr. Panda Jan. 6, at St. Paul Methodist Church, 7000 • Jan. 17: Hug Machine Edgemere, to discuss “Gone Girl” by Gillian • Jan. 24: I Love You Night and Day. Flynn. The meeting the first Tuesday of each

Page 36 El Paso Scene January 2015 Five bridesmaids, 1 great comedy he title stirs one’s interest: “Five Women Wearing the Same ‘Ready to Mingle’ — Nora Thomas and Callbacks scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 18. Dress.” It certainly did for Frieda Christa Fredrickson of No Strings Theatre, Information: Mike Wise, Production Voeks, who directs the show at El Paso present an evening of light musical selections Coordinator, (575) 646-5418, or TPlayhouse Jan. 9-31. based on the theme of finding happiness as sin- nmsutheatre.com/auditions. “When I first saw the title it piqued gle girls after coming out of long-term relation- my curiosity and I thought, ‘Not at the ‘Romeo and Julieta’ — Shakespeare on ships, at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, same time, I hope!’” she said. “Then the Rocks and KCOS present four performanc- Dec. 27-28, at Black Box Theatre, 430. N when I read the script, irreverent as it is, es of a bilingual adaptation of Shakespeare’s Lillian Rubio, who’s been active in Main in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall. I immediately identified with several of tragic romance in El Paso and Juarez. The story “Viva El Paso” and the El Paso Opera; Tickets: $10. Reservations (575) 523-1223. the characters. They are funny, yet of Romeo and Juliet is presented primarily in and Ashley Praetor, who was last seen Information: no-strings.org. poignant, and just everyday people.” English with the Capuletos speaking “among in “Night of the Living Dead,” at the Selections include songs from “Wonderful The five women are all bridesmaids at themselves” in Spanish. All performances are Playhouse. The lone male in the cast is Town,” “The Music Man,” “The Last Five the same wedding, thus they are wear- free. Information: 590-1313 or Edward Gallardo III, who recently per- Years,” “Side Show” and “Wicked.” Reception ing the same dress. They hide out in the kcostv.org/shakespeare. formed in “Lacy” at the Plaza Theatre. follows each performance. bride’s old bedroom, avoiding the • 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at Universidad reception downstairs, each with her own The results from her cast, she said, are Acting Classes For Kids — Hollywood Autonomo de Ciudad Juarez’s Gracia Pasquel personal reason. From that come drama, already amazing. Talent Manager Carole Schorr will host acting Theatre, corner of Avenida Hermanos Escobar pathos, and comedy. “Seeing such dynamic characters take classes for ages 6-12, 10 a.m. to noon and Plutarco Elias Calles in Juarez “This is a show about women, their shape and perform as a team — the Saturdays, Jan. 3-Feb. 7, at the Black Box • 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, at La Fe Cultural and lives and their complexity of everyday closeness that has developed among the Rehearsal Hall, 717A N. Mesquite in Las Technology Center, 721 Ochoa (rear building). life,” said Voeks, who has been working cast is just wonderful.” Cruces. Cost: $150 for six-week program. • 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Philanthropy in community theater as an actress, The only hurdle to overcome is Information, enrollment: (310) 663-9284 or Theater in the Plaza Theatre annex, 125 singer and director for decades. I have rehearsing in the season. [email protected]. Pioneer Plaza had the pleasure of performing with her “At this time of year, we have to deal Schorr, an established talent manager in the • 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, at UTEP’s Fox Fine on stage in a number of musicals and with not only work schedules but the Hollywood entertainment industry for over 25 Arts Recital Hall, 500 W. University. directing her in years past. holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas years, now lives in Las Cruces. Performances offered free through national She said, “As I’m now collecting and New Year, all of which require a lot funding to engage new audiences and highlight of extra time. We open Jan. 9, so that ‘Waiting for Godot’ — Dona Ana Arts Social Security — well, you do the the PBS series “Shakespeare Uncovered,” math. This is my fourth season directing doesn’t leave a lot of extra time to Council presents award-winning writer Mark debuting on KCOS Jan. 30, which combines rehearse.” Medoff’s return to the stage in the Samuel at the EPPH but have performed on this history, biography, iconic performances, new stage long before that.” Still, she said, this is a show adults Beckett classic tragicomedy Jan. 6-11, at Rio analysis, and the personal passions of hosts like will want to see. Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las The premise of her newest show poses Hugh Bonneville, Kim Cattrall, Joseph Fiennes, a lot of questions for the audience. “This is an adult-oriented show and Cruces. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Morgan Freeman, David Harewood, and deals with sensitive issues, which may through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: “What makes us a sisterhood? Could it Christopher Plummer, who tell the stories be our common experiences?” Voeks not appeal to everyone. But even in it’s $17.50 balcony; $23.50 main floor. Ticket behind Shakespeare’s greatest plays. seriousness, we see a comic side to the prices increase by $5 day of show. “Student said. “ I think that each of us can identify with at least one of the women on characters and how this helps each of rush” tickets available 15 minutes prior to each ‘Alicia in Wonder Tierra’ — El Paso High them deal with their problems. And show for $10; must show valid student ID. School’s Tiger Theatre Troupe presents the stage. Or maybe one of their experiences. It’s like looking in a mirror or brother, (I mean, sister) do they have Information: (575) 523-6403 or children’s show for all ages at 6 p.m. Friday and them,” Voeks said. RioGrandeTheatre.com. 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23-24, at El Paso High déjà vu – from a safe distance, at least.” Carol Viescas is a veteran of Two wanderers wait by a lonely tree to meet School Theatre, 800 E. Schuster. Admission: $4 Voeks has gathered together an experi- community theater and teaches up with Mr. Godot, who they hope will change ($2 students). Information: 236-2500. enced cast, which includes Lisa Troche journalism at Bel Air High School. their lives for the better. Instead, two eccentric Paso High School 800 E. Schuster from New York, who is performing her travelers arrive, one man on the end of the Loosely based on “Alice in Wonderland,” with first show at the Playhouse; Laura “Five Women Wearing the Same other’s rope. The results are both funny and a touch of “The Wizard of Oz,” the adventures Murden, whose father would read Dress,” written by Alan Ball, shows dangerous. of young Alicia take her on a journey from a scripts to her instead of bedtime stories; Jan. 9-31 at the El Paso Playhouse, Medoff has made his home in Las Cruces Mexican curio shop to an understanding of her Jacqueline Reynolds, who is returning 2501 Montana. Information: 532-1317, throughout his successful career. He received a national heritage. After tripping over some to the Playhouse from San Antonio; elpasoplayhouse.com. Tony Award for “Children of a Lesser God,’ as Mexican pottery, Alicia whirls off on a mystical well as London’s Society of West End Theatre journey to the Aztec temple to find the Pottery Award for Best Play. He was nominated for an Maker who knows what becomes of the souls Academy Award for the film script. who have become trapped in Mexican vases. En route, she meets an armadillo, a Day of the ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dead sugar skull, a soul brother cactus man Dress’ — El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, and the Tree of Heads. presents the comedy by Alan Ball Jan. 9-31. Directed by Freda Voeks. Showtimes are 8 ‘The Odd Couple’ — Las Cruces p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Community Theatre presents female version of Tickets: $7-$10. Information: 532-1317 or the Neil Simon comedy Jan. 23-Feb. 8 elpasoplayhouse.com. Directed by Larry Chandler. Performances are Set at the home of the bride during the newly 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. married couple’s overdone wedding reception, Sundays. Tickets: $9-$12. Information: (575) the five bridesmaids have found refuge in the 523-1200 or lcctnm.org. room of Meredith, the sister of the bride. The Florence Unger and Olive Madison give. a women come to realize, among other things, female edge to Neil Simon’s hilarious comic that they, despite their differences, have more classic. Instead of the poker party that begins in common with each other than any of them the original version, Madison has invited the do with the bride. girls over for an evening of Trivial Pursuit. The Pidgeon sisters have been replaced by the ASTC Spring 2015 auditions — Constanzuela brothers. American Southwest Theatre Company (ASTC) at NMSU Theatre Arts announces auditions for ‘Carrie’ — UTEP Dinner Theatre, 2nd floor its Spring productions “Other Desert Cities” by Union Building on the UTEP campus, presents John Robin Baitz and “Twelfth Night” by the musical based Stephen King’s horror classic Shakespeare, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Jan. 30-Feb. 15. Carrie features a book by 17, at NMSU’s Center for the Arts. Needed are men and women ages 18 and older. Please see Page 38 January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 37 home, she’s at the mercy of her loving, but cru- The play deals with an impending, ill-fated wed- • Feb. 1-2 for “The Dixie Swim Club,” direct- On Stage elly overprotective mother. But Carrie’s just ding set at a country estate in Savannah, ed by Darci Georges. discovered she’s got a special power, and if Georgia. It is a melodramatic black comedy of Cont’d from Page 37 — pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it. manners, full of overblown gestures and witty ‘Waldo The Amazing Hypnotist’ Zemwerk Productions presents the premiere Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic observations. film), music by Oscar-winner Michael Gore, ‘Impossible Marriage’ — No Strings of a new full-length play by Winona Vollace and lyrics by Academy Award-winner Dean Theatre Co. presents the perky new comedy Playhouse auditions - El Paso Playhouse, Feb. 6-8, in the Philanthropy Theatre of the Pitchford. Show time is 7 p.m. Wednesday by Beth Henley, Jan. 30-Feb. 15, at the Black 2501 Montana, hosts auditions at 7 p.m. Sunday Plaza Annex, as part of El Paso Community through Saturday, Sunday dinner show is 1:30 Box Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by Dale and Monday on the following dates. Auditions Foundation’s Jewel Box series. Directed by p.m. Feb. 1; non-dinner shows are Sunday 2:30 Pawley. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and consist of cold readings from the script. Stella Maria Perry, direct from New York City. p.m. Feb. 8 and 15. Tickets: $31.50-$46.50 din- Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com. Showtime is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and ner shows; $17.50-$27.50 non-dinner mati- ($10 students and seniors over 65; $8 all seats • A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” Jan. 4-5. 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $16 (Ticketmaster). nees. information: 747-6060 or utep.edu/udt. Thursday). Reservations: (575) 523-1223. Directed by Alexandra Van Sweringen. Information: 533-4020 or epcf.org. Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she’s an Impossible Marriage is one of many Southern- outcast who’s bullied by the popular crowd, flavored plays by Henley (“Crimes of the and virtually invisible to everyone else. At Heart”) that reflect her Mississippi upbringing. Get Scene around town! The Scene comes out the last week of the month. Pick up your copy at these and other locations. Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society present “Maud Sullivan, First Librarian in Or subscribe by mail! See Page 42 for order form. and Haunted History — The nonprofit Texas.” Cost: $20; includes dinner and presen- organization offers a variety of “ghost tours.” tation. Information/RSVP: 759-9538. VILLAGE INN WALGREENS ¡AY CARAMBA! 1500 Airway 8001 N Mesa Age 13 and older welcome. Tours are $10, 890 N Resler Dr Fort Bayard Membership Dinner — 7144 Gateway East unless otherwise listed. Information/reserva- 5900 N Mesa St Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society will 4757 Hondo Pass ALL THAT MUSIC tions: 274-9531 or [email protected]. 6800 Gateway West host its annual Membership Dinner at 6:30 p.m. 2929 N. Mesa 8050 N Mesa • San Elizario Ghost Tours is 10 p.m. to mid- Saturday, Jan. 17, at Silver City Woman’s Club, 5863 N. Mesa 2800 N. Mesa BARNES & NOBLE night, Friday, Jan. 2. Meet at the Golden Eagle 411 Silver Heights (on Hwy 180) in Silver City, 7801 N. Mesa 2879 Montana 705 Sunland Park Dr. Gallery 1501 Main in San Elizario. Tour will N.M. Guest speaker Liz Mikols will present her 2275 Trawood 5401 Montana include going into the old jail. research on Chaplain Col. Allen Allenworth, 1331 N. Zaragoza 1100 Geronimo CAFE EAST • Concordia Cemetery Ghost Tour is 9 to 11 11251 Rojas who served as “preacher and 3464 Joe Battle 8401 Gateway West p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3 and 10. at the cemetery. teacher” for the 24th regiment of Colored 5150 Fairbanks SU CASA Bring a camera. Meet at 8:30 p.m. at the Troops after he arrived at Fort Bayard in June, In1205 Las ElCruces: Paseo 9428 Dyer 2030 E. Yandell Yandell entrance. Bring $5 worth of school 1888. Cost: $15 per person. RSVP: (575) 388- 455 S. Telshor 10780 Kenworthy supplies for $5 off tour cost. BARON GROCERY 4477 or [email protected]. Information: fort- 1210 Wedgewood • Downtown Ghost Tours are 9 to 11 p.m. 7555 Aculpulco bayard.org. GOLDEN CORRAL 3355 N Yarbrough Saturday, Dec. 27 and Jan. 17 and 24. Meet 4610 Transmountain 1831 N. Lee Trevino VISTA MARKET at 108 E. San Antonio. Tours will go inside the Fort Bayard Tours — Fort Bayard Historic 1460 N Lee Trevino 2950 George Dieter remains of the Palace Saloon, as well as the Preservation Society hosts a guided tour of the FURR’S 11685 Montwood 2231 Zaragosa society’s new office at the Wigwam Saloon. historic fort 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 12390 Edgemere 3920 Doniphan 11925 Gateway West Not recommended for small children. 10 and 24, at Fort Bayard National Historic 1607 N Zaragoza 121 N. Kenazo, Horizon Landmark, six miles east of Silver City, N.M. — EP FITNESS 800 N. Zaragosa 10005 Alameda, Socorro El Paso-Juarez Historical Museum Meet at the 1910 Commanding Officer’s Curator and founder is historian Fred Morales, 145 Paragon 100 N. Americas INT’L BAKERY Quarter and museum (House 26) beginning at 1430 Lee Treviño 6513 N Mesa who hosts historic exhibits, lectures and walk- 8045 N. Loop 9:15 a.m. Tour takes about 90 minutes; wear 12145 Montwood ing tours at various locations. Information: 307- 14300 Horizon walking shoes, sun screen and a hat; water rec- 981 N. Resler YSLETA ISD 3748 or [email protected]. ommended. Birders invited to bring binoculars. 1224 Wedgewood 9600 Sims Morales will give a lecture on “The History of AVILA’S Admission is free, but donations appreciated to the Old El Paso Laundry Building” at 1 p.m. 6232 N. Mesa ESCAMILLA support the preservation, restoration and main- THE CLEANERS GALLERY Friday, Jan. 2, at the building, 901 S. Santa Fe. tenance of the fort. Individual tours may also be ALL LOCATIONS 1445 Main, San Eizario $10 donation requested. ARDOVINO’S scheduled in advance. Information/group tours: PIZZA CLINT ISD ‘Step Into the Past’ — White Sands (575) 956-3294 (575) 388-9123 or BASKIN ROBBINS 865 N. Resler at Redd National Monument presents its series of cul- fortbayard.org. ALL LOCATIONS 206 Cincinnati LIBRARIES tural history programs at 1 p.m. selected Regular museum hours are 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 RIVIERA THE EL PASO Saturdays. Information: (575) 479-6124 or p.m. Admission: $3 ($10 families). INTERNATIONAL nps.gov/whsa. The Jan. 3 program is a free The society’s annual Fort Bayard Membership 5218 Doniphan MARKETPLACE AIRPORT program on “Territorial New Mexico and the Dinner is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Silver HELLO PIZZA 5034 Doniphan City Woman’s Club, 411 Silver Heights in Silver Lincoln County War,” presented by a ranger River Run Plaza UTEP LIBRARY and a living history actor. Learn about the City, N.M. Guest speaker Liz Mikols will pres- MANDO’S EPCC CAMPUSES famous clash of cultures and historic figures ent her research on Chaplain Colonel Allen ENTERTAINMART 5420 Doniphan YMCA’s including Billy The Kid. Allenworth. Cost: $15 per person. RSVP: (575) Sunland Park Dr 388-4477 or [email protected]. Information: THE BAGEL SHOP EP CONV. CENTER El Paso Genealogical Society — The fortbayard.org. AVANT-EDGE 3400 N. Mesa EL PASO LIBRARY society meets 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, PHARMACIES TX TOURISM 2015 at All Saints Episcopal Church, 3500 El Paso Mission Trail Visitor Center — CASA JURADO 14476 Horizon El Paso Mission Trail Association’s center sup- 4772 Doniphan CENTER McRae. Program is “Are You Related to a 1576 Lomaland Buffalo Soldier?” by Wacinque AK Bemende. porting the three historic churches in the WING STOP THE BOOKERY Meetings are open to the Public. Information: Mission Valley — Ysleta Mission, Socorro ANDRE’S PIZZA 1757 George Dieter EL PASO ZOO Barbara McCarthy, 584-2339. Mission and San Elizario Chapel — is at 6095 7000 Westwind 2900 N. Mesa Alameda (at Zaragoza). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 Southwest Chapter of Railway & 9530 Viscount In Juárez p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 HAL MARCUS 865 Resler Museo INBA • Museo Locomotive Historical Society — The p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Information GALLERY Chamizal • Museo de la society meets 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. Revolucion de la Frontera • 790-0661, 851-9997 or 1308 N. Oregon 9008 Dyer, 8825 N. Loop 14, at Avila’s Mexican Restaurant, 6232 N. El Rincon De Ana Lucia • visitelpasomissiontrail.com. JJ’S Telon de Arena • La Mesa. Program is “Historic New Mexico LA TERRAZA 11250 Montwood 5320 Doniphan Rodadora Museo del Niño • Railroads and Mineral explorations” by Steve Harvey Girls of El Paso — The Harvey Impulsa • Educacion en Heetland. Meetings are open to the public. Girls of El Paso Texas 1906-1948 hosts month- LEO’S Valores • ICHICULT • GOOD COFFEE Academia Municipal • Information: 591-2326. ly meetings 2 to 4 p.m. the second Monday of 7520 Remcon 1346 N. Lee Treviño Biblioteca Arturo Tolentino the month (Jan. 12), at the Union Depot 315 Mills — • Centro Cultural Paso del El Paso Corral of the Westerners Passenger Station, 700 San Francisco. 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Page 38 El Paso Scene January 2015 in the game. Even though he is showing a few more wrinkles on his face he won’t be spending Ring in the New Year with Top 20 2014 too much time in a rocking chair. Instead he 1. Hold Steady, “Teeth Dreams,” will be leaning heavily on the rock horse with Razor and Tie fuzz-filled guitars twanged out to the hilt on this alt. country perfected album. For almost all people “Teeth Dreams” can be a real nightmare, but for fans of the Brooklyn- DISCOUNT based “Hold Steady,” it ranks up there with 15. Drive By Truckers, “English dreams of fame and fortune. A new guitarist has Oceans,” ATO Records added fresh blood into the mix for the group’s The band that spins tales of the South with grit, sixth disc, and they seem revitalized to become spit and grime are back in the driver’s seat. the household name that they should be. FABRICS With another member in the convoy making his voice heard, guitarist Mike Cooley takes over from 2. Gord Downie & The Sadies, nearly half the cuts, and for the first time ever “Gord Downie, The Sadies, and grabs the mic on a Patterson Hood-penned INSIDE OUT DESIGNS the Conquering Sun,” Wiener Art track. Whether you travel by way of “English is a return to his mid-’70s masterpieces. Oceans” or “drive by truck” or anything in Gord Downie is running with a new crowd, but Warehouse Prices ... Guitarist Mike Campbell is up front and center between, find your way to their latest disc and not to worry, there is nothing tragic about it and and his talents are not going to waste; the fuzz you’ll be ecstatic you made the trip Designer Quality! he is still extremely hip. The lead singer of the and crunch are firmly in place. Benmont Tench Tragically Hip has added a new cast of charac- is hot off his solo release and the tickling of the ters to back him — and this is no rag-tag group, 16. Eels, “The Cautionary Tales Give your home a ivories is turning into some serious fondling. this is the highly respectable band the Sadies. of Mark Oliver Everett,” Vagrant After a quarter-century the man who has gone new look for 2015! 3. The Old 97’s, “Most Messed 9. Roger Clyne & The simply by a single letter “E” finally brings us Up,” ATO Records Peacemakers, “The deeper into his world by sharing his actual All In-Stock Fabrics Independent,” Emma Java name blazoned across the album. This appears The disc starts off with a classic Rhett Miller 00 00 It is primarily desert rock mixed with a strong to be perfect timing, as the songs share a very countrified tale and then takes us back to the $1. - $10. a yard slant on honky-tonk and a tremendous amount personal side of the Eels leader. This time he beginning with their down-and-dirty cow punk of anthemic radio friendly hooks, making sure has replaced his signature grooves, hooks, loops sound. It should be noted that they may have the cactus needles stick deep and don’t let go. and organized chaos with gentle piano, acoustic been inspired to get a little grimy, since the leg- ONIPHAN R On this go-round, the ballads are kept at a mini- guitar and some pulling of the heartstrings. 4798 D D . endary Tommy Stinson, formerly of the mum, the album is in full party mode, and a Replacements and currently of Guns N Roses, cantina sing-along is infectious within the first UITE joined the party. 17. Bob Mould, “Beauty & Ruin,” S B spin of the disc. Merge Records Corner of Doniphan and Sunset 4. Afghan Whigs, “Do the Beast,” This is slathered with hooks by way of gener- Parking in the rear 10. Counting Crows, ous guitar riffs. His age recently passed the Sub Pop Records “Somewhere Under half-century mark, and he is crafting gems that It has taken Afghan Whigs as long to put out a Wonderland,” Capitol Records are instantaneously accessible and would be at (915) 497-2586 new release as it takes a newborn to get a dri- the top of any rock radio playlist today, if the Open Fridays & Saturdays ver’s license, and for those of you who can’t The band gave us a sneak peak of this new disc format still existed. “Beauty & Ruin” has remember your first passport to freedom that is earlier in the year with their performance at the ruined any chance that Bob Mould won’t con- 10am-4pm 16 long years. “Afghan Whigs are back,” are Socorro Entertainment Center. This is their first sistently deliver, and that’s a beautiful thing. Cash or checks only with proper ID four words I never thought would be said, writ- on their new label, Capitol Records, and with ten or thought. Not only have they returned but stellar tracks like these they are sure to call they are possibly better than ever. Sure, absence Capitol home for a very long time. 18. Slash, “World On Fire,” Dik makes the heart grow fonder, but this is fury Hayd Records soul-drenched rock ’n’ roll at its finest. 11. Rich Robinson, “The The vocals are being handled by Miles Ceaseless Sight,” End Records Kennedy, who first got a shot with the top-hat- ted guitar wizard as a guest on his 2010 star- 5. Better Than Ezra, “All This is his third solo affair and just like its two studded affair. This led to a live disc and a per- Together Now,” End Records predecessors it most likely has his elder brother manent spot in the band. His vocals are not a This latest album could not be more aptly questioning the apparent demise of their band carbon copy of the hip-shuffling singer from named, with almost every track on the album The Black Crowes. While Chris’s albums cer- Slash’s glory days group, but they are more handcrafted for concert setting sing-alongs. tainly are worth buying, it is Rich who consis- than able to ignite the spirit of that original This is the band not only returning to their clas- tently delivers discs that are essential to own. sound. sic sound, but adding a bit more punch on the On “The Ceaseless Sight” he handles all the rocking numbers, a heavier heart-wrenching lead vocals and leaves the listener wondering dose of sincerity for the few ballads, and their why he didn’t handle that duty more often in 19. Ben Ottewell, “Rattlebag,” past tinkering of electronic sounds to create his other gig, since he excels in that capacity. The End Records perfection. This collection is anchored by lush acoustic 12. AC/DC, “Rock Or Bust,” arrangements with his deep, incredibly raspy 6. Foo Fighters, “Sonic Columbia Records voice at the fore, but of course there are several toe-tappin’ tracks to get your hippy-daze dance # ##( Highways,” RCA Records Sixteen albums in, about three chords every groovy onto. Ottewell still has his life jacket Consistently crafting incredible albums, they time, one rhythm guitarist missing, one serious firmly on in the form of Gomez bandmate Ian have managed to amp up the quality on this all- shouter, and somehow it never gets old. The Ball, who joins him on a few cuts. too-brief record. The addition of Rick Neilsen boys could easily draw Social Security but you wouldn’t know it from the rattling speaker. of Cheap Trick, Joe Walsh of The Eagles, and 20. Rolling Stones, “From the '!& ('!& Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, to name a few, makes this one a no-brainer. 13. Enuff Z’Nuff, “Covered in Vault: Hampton Coliseum,” Gold,” Cleopatra Records Eagle Vision Eagle Vision is rolling out some amazing vault 7. Camper Van Beethoven, “El There have been many incarnations over the &$' Camino Real,” 429 Records concerts from the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll years but at least original bassist Chip Z’Nuff band. This 1981 show was in support of their It is being touted as a companion piece to “La (yeah, that’s his name) is still hanging on. That “Tattoo You” album and was the first-ever Costa Perdida,” but where that one was laid- is really all I need, because somehow their music concert broadcast on television. The guys back, trippy, and invited in some good Beach sound hasn’t changed. The songs being inter- were on top of their game, with treats like #&(* ( Boys-esque vibes, this is a far grittier affair. preted here are all over the map, from Prince’s “Neighbors,” “She’s So Cold” and “When The This one pushes it down and proceeds to kick “When Doves Cry,” Billy Squier’s “The Whip Comes Down,” making this another sand in its face. It is a collection that is more Stroke” and Queen’s “Stone Cold Crazy.” This essential piece of your Rolling Stones library. reminiscent of an early Cracker set, incredibly set is more than covered in gold, it is bedazzled "($%"$# )& guitar-driven, with a countrified track and a ska with diamonds and sprinkled with rubies Brian Chozick is owner of Tumblin’ "($%"& ( cut to keep us on our toes. because it is Enuff Z’Nuff and cover tunes, and Dice Music. Drop him a line at "($ %")#* I can’t think of anything better. [email protected]. 8. Tom Petty and the Email in your top 10 of 2014 to be eligible to Heartbreakers, “Hypnotic Eye,” 14. Dan Baird, “Circus Life,” win some FREE music (randomly selected, Reprise Records JCPL limited quantity, while supplies last). Send to The years of anticipation for Tom to rock again As the former frontman for the Georgia the email address above and be sure to include have paid off. This album seriously cooks and Satellites, he was not the most prolific musician your mailing address. January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 39 Film Salon — The Film Salon at Trinity First Donations purchase art books for the muse- United Methodist Church’s Resler Hall Chapel, um’s Algur H. Meadows Library. Seating is lim- 801 N. Mesa (at Yandell), begins the new year ited on a first come, first serve basis. with a series exploring on the cinema’s most Admission: $3 suggested donation; free for dynamic leading men, Steve McQueen. The members and age 12 and under. Age restric- iconic 1960 western “The Magnificent Seven” tions may apply. Information, films: 532-1707 shows at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, in Resler or elpasoartmuseum.org. Hall. Admission is free. Information: 533-2674 Plaza Classic Film Festival — VIP passes or filmsalon.org. are now available for El Paso Community Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Robert Foundation’s annual classic and “semi-classic” Vaughn and James Coburn starred along with movie festival Aug. 6-16, in the Plaza’s Main McQueen. Directed by John Sturges, “The Theatre (Kendle Kidd), Philanthropy Theatre Magnificent Seven” was an Old West remake of and outdoor Festival Plaza. Billed as the Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai.” “world’s largest classic film festival,” the festival Music Film Series — El Paso Pro-Musica presents more than 80 movies of all genres hosts a series of music-related films as part of from the golden age of cinema to more recent the El Paso Chamber Music Festival at 2 p.m. favorites. VIP passes are $200. Information: Saturdays, Jan. 10-31 at El Paso Museum of 533-4020 or plazaclassic.com. Art, One Arts Festival Plaza. Admission is free. Fountain Theatre — 2469 Calle de Information: Information: 833-9400 or Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in eppm.org. Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the • Jan. 10: Before Sunrise. A romance between Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at a young American and a French student. The 7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday and soundtrack features the Bach Goldberg 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Theatre closed Dec. 31. Variations. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors, military and students • Jan. 17: August Rush A young couple — an . with ID; $5 children and society members); $5 Irish guitarist and a cellist — leave in their wake on Wednesday. an orphan infant with remarkable musical tal- The 25th patron admitted free and small pop- ent. The film is the Series tribute to Robin corn is 25¢ for all on 25th day of each month, Williams. to celebrate the Society’s 25th anniversary. • Jan. 24 and 31 films to be announced. Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or Jay’s Pix Presents — Film historian, educa- mesillavalleyfilm.org. tor, writer, archivist, collector Jay Duncan and • Dec. 26-30: “Diplomacy.” A historical drama the Sunset Film Society host the monthly film that follows the relationship between German series at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at Ardovino’s military governor of occupied Paris Dietrich Desert Crossing, One Ardovino Drive in von Choltitz and Swedish consul-general Raoul Sunland Park (Gallery, Main Restaurant). Nordling. Admission and parking is free; but reservations • Jan. 2-8: “The Disappearance of Eleanor strongly recommended; RVSP via sunsetfilmso- Rigby.” Once happily married, Conor (James ciety.org. McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) sud- This month’s show is a Comedy Cavalcade, denly find themselves as strangers longing to with “Anarchists and Knuckle-Heads,” the understand each other in the wake of tragedy. wacky worlds of the four Marx Brothers and • Jan. 9-15: “Tracks.” Robyn Davidson’s inter- the Three Stooges. national bestseller about her nine-month trek The afternoon features the Marx Brothers through the Australian outback, starring Mia 1933 classic “Duck Soup,” a sustained stream Wasikowska. of lunacy and biting satire posing the leaders of • Jan. 16-22: “1,000 Times Goodnight.” A top two fictional European countries waging war war photographer, played by Juliette Binoche, because they can. Features “Zeppo,” who left must weather a major emotional storm when the act afterwards. Contains many memorable her husband refuses to put up with her danger- set pieces, including the famous “mirror ous life any longer. sequence.” • Jan. 23-29: “Force Majeure.” High up in the Also showing are three original Three Stooges French Alps, a family of four slowly crumbles shorts, “Men In Black,” “Three Little Beers” after an instance of cowardice. and “Calling All Curs.” • Jan. 30-Feb. 5: “The Immigrant.” A romantic tale about a Polish nurse-turned-prostitute. Pax Christi Film Series — The series Starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and presents “Waging Peace: Muslim and Christian Jeremy Remmer. Alternatives,” a film on the 1993 Parliament of World’s Religions, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan 11, at New Mexico Museum of Space Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services’ History — 3198 SR 2001, Alamogordo. The Mother Teresa Center, 2400 E. Yandell. museum’s Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater will Discussion will follow. Hosted by Pax Christi El host its “Farewell” showings of classic IMAX Paso and the Peace & Justice Ministry of the films in their original format as the theater pre- Catholic Diocese of El Paso. Admission is free, pares for its new high-resolution, giant screen donations accepted. Information: 740-3962. digital projection system. Tickets: $6 ($5.50 for This hour-long documentary, narrated by seniors and military; $4.50 ages 4-12). Ages 2 Ellen Burstyn, looks at the distrust and animosi- and under free for all shows. Museum combo ty between Muslims and Christians. It also tickets available. Information: (877) 333-6589 shows persons in those faith communities or (575) 437-2840 or nmspacemuseum.org. learning to understand one another and work • “Journey Into Amazing Caves” is 10 a.m., together. noon, 2 and 4 p.m. • “Tornado Alley” is 1 and 3 p.m. EPMA World Cinema Series — El Paso Museum of Art, One Arts Festival Plaza, hosts screenings of films at 2 p.m. Saturdays. Please see Page 42 Page 40 El Paso Scene January 2015 El Paso Rhinos - El Paso’s Junior League ice hockey team plays home games at the Sierra Providence Events Center, next to the Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano. Regular game time FEBRUARY is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets; $20 glass seats; $15 center line; $10 bluelines; $5 general admission. infor- PREVIEW mation: 479-PUCK (7825) or elpasorhinos.com. Home games • Jan. 30-Feb. 1: Dallas Ice Jets • Feb. 6-8: Tulsa Oilers • Feb. 13-15: Springfield Express • Feb. 20-22: Dallas Snipers • Feb. 27-March 1: Oklahoma City Blazers. UTEP Men’s Basketball - The Miners’ home games are at the Don Haskins Center. Game time is 7 p.m. Tickets: $8-$50 (Ticketmaster). Information: 747-5234 or utepathletics.com. • Thursday, Feb. 12: Charlotte • Saturday, Feb. 14: Old Dominion • Saturday, Feb. 21: UTSA ‘Rent’ — El Paso Community College’s Theater Ensemble presents the hit Broadway UTEP Women’s Basketball - Home musical Feb. 19-March 1 at the EPCC games are in the Don Haskins Center. Tickets: Transmountain Campus Forum.Showtime is 8 $5 (Ticketmaster). Information: 747-5234 or p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. utepathletics.com. Children 7 and older welcome. Ticket informa- • Thursday, Feb. 5: Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m. tion: 831-3205 or epcc.edu/theater. • Saturday, Feb. 7: FIU, 2 p.m. • Thursday, Feb. 26: Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m. ‘Almost, Maine’ — El Paso Playhouse pres- • Saturday, Feb. 28: Southern Miss, 2 p.m. ents the play by John Cariani Feb. 20-March 14. Directed by Corey Dlask. Showtimes are 8 ‘Dreamscapes’ — UTEP Department of p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Theatre and Dance presents “Dreamscapes: A Tickets: $7-$10. Information: 532-1317 or Multi Media Dance Event” Feb. 6-15, in the elpasoplayhouse.com. Fox Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre. Inspiration for this new production is taken from the work ‘Other Desert Cities’ — American of visual artists such as Rene Magritte, Salvador Southwest Theatre Company presents the Dali, Remedios Varo as well as writings from comedy by Jon Robin Baitz, Feb. 20-March 8, William Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe. at NMSU’s Center for the Arts. Showtime is Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $13 Tickets: $5-$17. Information: (575) 646-4515. ($11 seniors, military, group, UTEP alumni and Janis Ian — Doña Ana Arts Council presents non-UTEP students; $9 UTEP students; ages 4- the iconic folk singer and songwriter at 7:30 12): 747-5118 or theatredance.utep.edu. p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at Rio Grande Theatre, Chocolate Fantasia – Mimbres Region Arts 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Council’s annual celebration of arts and sweet Information: (575) 523-6403 or delicacies is 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, RioGrandeTheatre.com. in historic downtown Silver City. Tickets sell EPSYOs Winter Concert — The El Paso out every year. Tickets: $20 for 20 individual Symphony Youth Orchestras, directed by pieces of chocolate. Information: (575) 538- Andres Moran, perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2505 or mimbresarts.org. 22, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets information ‘Love Letters’ — El Paso Playhouse pres- 525-8978 or epsyos.org. ents its Valentine’s Day performance of A.R. El Paso Michelob Ultra Marathon and Gurney’s play Feb. 13-14. Directed by 1/2 Marathon — The 67th annual multi- Alexandra Van Sweringen. Showtimes are 8 state marathon and half-marathon and Jarritos p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. 5K run/walk is 7 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. Tickets: $7-$10. Information: 532-1317 or Information: 274-5222 or elpasomarathon.org. elpasoplayhouse.com. Heroes for the Homeless luncheon — — Santa Valentine dinner and dance Dallas Cowboys running back is keynote speak- Lucia Catholic Church, 518 Gallagher, will host er for the the Salvation Army’s fundraising its annual Valentine event 7 p.m to 12:30 a.m. luncheon at noon Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Saturday, Feb. 14, at the church’s Centro Centennial Club and Banquet Hall on Fort Bliss. Amistad Hall. Cost: $30. Information: 592-5245 Tickets: $100 (tables for 10 are $1,000- or [email protected]. $1,500). Tickets/information: Rose Lucero, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan — “El 544-9811. Murray recently set the record for mejor mariachi del mundo” returns at 8 p.m. consecutive 100-yard games. Friday, Feb. 14, at the Plaza Theatre. Mariachi Black History Month Parade and Rally Vargas de Tecalitlan, formed in 1898 in the — The annual Inter-Club Council Black History town of Tecalitlan by Gaspar Vargas and oth- Month Parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. ers, has appeared in 200 movies, recorded 28, at Montana and Pershing. The rally immedi- dozens of albums of pasodobles, valses, bail- ately follows the parade at Mary Webb Park. ables, polkas and danzones. Tickets: $30, $40 Admission is free. Information: 241-6046. and $50. (Ticketmaster). ‘Classical Mystery Tour’ El Paso WindSync — Grant County Community Symphony Orchestra presents the critically Concert Association presents the innovative acclaimed tribute to The Beatles at 8 p.m. wind quintet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Plaza Theatre. WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium in Silver City. Tickets: $30-$75 (Ticketmaster). Information: Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and younger). 532-3776 or epso.org. Information: (575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.

January 2015 El Paso Scene Page 41 Film Scene Jan. 23: • Black Sea (Focus) — Jude Law, Jodie Advertiser Index Cont’d from Page 40 Whittaker. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Alliance Française 25 EP Psychic Fair 12 Mind/Body Studio 18 The Boy Next Door (Universal) — Jennifer Jay’s Film Forecast — Film historian Jay • Lopez, John Corbett, Kristin Chenoweth. Alma Calderon 11 Escamilla Gallery 29 Mustard Seed Café 12 Duncan prepared this list of top monthly Directed by Rob Cohen. Ananda Yoga 41 Executive Singles 14 Nayda’s Gems & Stones 17 “Coming Attractions” for movie fans, listed by • Mortdecai (Lionsgate) — Olivia Munn, studio and release date (subject to change). Antique Mall - El Paso 12 Flickinger Center 3 Paseo Christian Church 16 Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor. Directed by Jan. 2: David Koepp. Ardovino’s Des. Crossing 25 Fountain Theatre 40 Perkins Jewelry Supply 32 • Leviathan (Sony Classics) —Vladimir • Red Army (Sony Classics) — Documentary Vdovichenkov. Directed by Andrey Ardovino’s Pizza 39 Fragile Balance 13 PhiDev Inc 28 about the Soviet Union’s Red Army hockey Zvyagintsev. team. Directed by Gabe Polsky. Around and About Tours 21 Furrs Family Dining 33 Precision Prosthetics 33 • A Most Violent Year (A24) — Oscar Issac, Jan. 30: Jessica Chastain. Directed by J.C. Chandor. ATMAS Healing 22 Gastric Band Hypnosis 24 PTEP 25 • Coming Home (Sony Classics) — Li Gong, • The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death Daoming. Directed by Yimou Zhang. BeadCounter 17 Geico 31 Real Estate El Paso 43 (Relativity) — Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, • The Lazarus Effect (Relativity) — Evan Phoebe Fox; Directed by Tom Harper. Beauty Solutions 8 Green Lyon's Lounge 21 Reidsan Dog Training 24 Peters, Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass. Directed Jan. 9: Belly Dance Extravaganza 7 Hal Marcus Gallery 20 Rubin Gallery 10 by David Gelb. • Taken 3 (20th Century-Fox) — Liam • Max (Warner Bros.) — Robbie Amell, Lauren Belly Dance w/Nisreen 11,33 Hans Martial Arts 31 Shundo Dance Studio 8 Neeson, Maggie Grace, Forest Whitaker. Graham, Thomas Hayden Church. Directed by Directed by Olivier Megaton. Bert Saldana Art Gallery 22 Health Matters 35 Silver City MainStreet 10 Boaz Yakin. Jan. 16: • Project Almanac (Paramount) — Amy Bingo Plus 7 Heaven’s Best 7 Smartz Printing 21 • Blackhat (Universal) — Chris Hemsworth, Landecker, Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia. Viola Davis, William Mapother. Directed by Books Are Gems 8 In Vogue Healthcare 18 Sombra Antigua 27 Directed by Dean Israelite. Michael Mann. Bruce’s Air 30 Inside Out Designs Inc. 39 Stained Glass Overlay 27 • Escobar: Paradise Lost (RADiUS-TWC) — DVD Releases Jodh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac, Benicio del Caboots 42 Kaplan College 22 Sunland Park Racetrack 19 Jan. 6: Toro. Directed by Andrea Di Stefano. Cattleman's 14 Katz Beads 40 The Cleaners 28 • Paddington (TWC-Dimension) — Live- • No Good Deed / PG-13 Cecila Burgos LPC 35 KCOS13 43 Tigua Indian Cultural 27 Action & CG Animation. Hugh Bonneville, Sally • Love is Strange / R Hawkins, Jim Broadbent. Directed by Paul • Boyhood / R The Dance Connection 2 KTEP 36 Unity Bookstore 37 King. Based on the series of popular children’s Jan. 13: El Paso Art Association 34 La Tierra Café 16 UTA TCCA 5 books of “Paddington Bear” by Michael Bond. • Gone Girl / R • Spare Parts (Lionsgate) — Alexa PenaVega, • A Walk Among The Tombstones / R EP Ballroom Dance 13 Leo’s Mexican Food 42 UTEP Athletics 40 Marisa Tomei, Jamie Lee Curtis. Directed by EPCC 9, 13 Lizard Juice E-cig 21 UTEP P3 Cont'g Ed 34 Sean McNamara. Jan. 20: • Still Alice (Sony Classics) — Julianne Moore, • Annabelle / R El Paso Exploreum 20 Magoffin Hall 32 UTEP P3 Pers. Enrich. 26 • The Boxtrolls / PG Kristin Stewart, Alec Baldwin. Directed by El Paso Live 4 Magoffin Home St. Hist Site 5 Vanities 44 Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. • The Drop / R El Paso Playhouse 14 Marie Otero 16 Village Inn 14 • The Wedding Ringer (Miramax) — Josh Gad, Jan. 27: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Alan Ritchson. Directed • Fury / R El Paso Rhinos 30 The Marketplace 17 Walgreens 40 by Jeremy Garelick. • The Judge / R El Paso Saddleblanket 11,36 MegaMates 41 Western Traders 12 EPSMF 15,43 Mesa Street Antique 33 Wyler Aerial Tramway 33 EPSO 2 Mesilla Book Center 37 Elegant Consignments 17 Mimbres Regn. Arts 26 " " !

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