APR. Your monthly guide to community entertainment, recreation & culture • • • • • • • • • • • • • CANCELED? POSTPONED? RESCHEDULED? STILL HAPPENING? This issue of El Paso Scene recaps the status of events impacted by the corona-virus crisis. Our “Here’s the Ticket” listings includes events scheduled for the next six months and beyond. — Pages 8-10 ‘Stage Talk’ columnist Carol Viescas shares how community theatres responded to the shut- down of local stages. — Page 22 • • • • • • • • • • • • • Curl up with a good book Independent bookstores are alive and well in El Paso. — Page 15 on the cover “All At Once” by Susan Ryde For more information, see “Behind the Scene” on Page 4 APRIL 2020 www.epscene.com Page 2 El Paso Scene April 2020 March Madness fundraiser (April 6), El Note to all readers Paso Zoo’s Brew at the Zoo (April 18) APRIL april 2020 Many Easter weekend (April 10-12) As of press time all events through mid- events also have been canceled, includ- April had been canceled or postponed. ing hikes up Mt. Cristo Rey. No official INDEX ROUNDUP See separate listings for rescheduled word was available regarding the annual concerts and other touring shows, sport- Northeaster Parade. Roundup 3-7 ing events, community theater and other Following are events that remain Behind the Scene 4 categories. Updates will be provided at scheduled for late April and early May; epscene.com and on the El Paso Scene Here’s the Ticket 8-10 we’ve included events that have been Facebook page. Dance 10 rescheduled from April to later dates. El Paso events canceled or postponed Program Notes 11 Keep in mind that any event listed for with no new dates scheduled include Music 12 April and early May is subject to cancel- Kermezaar (April 4-5), the EPCC Spring lation or postponement Sports 13-15 Arts Festival, the El Paso Symphony’s Feature: Independent Bookstores 15-17 Ladybug Release — Ramirez Pecan time, there was no official word on its sta- Keep on Bookin' 17 Farm, 13709 North Loop in Clint, invited tus. Admission is free; immunizations are At the Museum 18 RESCHEDULED: El Paso Comic the public to take part in the interactive $10, Information: 937-2018. Nature 19 Con — The convention has been release of about 50,000 ladybugs through- Southern New Mexico Earth Gallery Corner 20 rescheduled for Oct. 2-4 at the El Paso out the weekend, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Day Celebration — The City of Las Southwest Art Scene 21 Convention Center. Special guests to be Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19 and Cruces was scheduled to celebrate the Stage Talk 22 announced. Information: (575) 405-0461, April 25-26. As of press time, no final 50th anniversary of Earth Day in April with [email protected], elpasocomic- decision had been made on the status of On Stage 23 a month-long “Earth Day, Every Day” cel- con.com and on Facebook and Twitter. teh event. Call to confirm. Information: Film Scene 24 ebration of environmentally friendly activi- The convention was originally scheduled 851-2003, ramirezpecanfarm.weebly.com. Liner Notes 25 for April 17-19. ties and events. Check on status of events. El Paso FishNet 25 Lower Valley Health Fair — The The main event is scheduled for 5 to 8 RESCHEDULED: La Viña Spring 38th annual health fair was scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the History Lessons 26 Wine Festival — La Viña Winery, Downtown Plaza de Las Cruces, 100 N. Taking a Look Back 26 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 18, at 4201 S. NM Highway 28 in La Union, Montwood High School, 12000 Main, with plant-based food vendors, fami- Scene User’s Guide 22 N.M. The annual spring celebration of live Montwood, with about 100 agencies pro- ly activities, and entertainment featuring music, arts and crafts, food and wine has viding free health screenings, information music by A. Billi Free and Radio La Advertiser Index 34 been postponed until June. Originally booths and Family Fun walk. As of press Subscription Form 34 scheduled for April 18-19. Please see Page 4 April 2020 El Paso Scene Page 3 April Roundup admission per day (through March 20); or El Paso Scene, the impact of the $35 for both days. Designated driver Cont’d from Page 3 coronavirus crisis came slowly and admission; $10 per day. Limited amount of Fthen surged dramatically, parallel- Chusma. Admission is free. Information: one-day VIP tickets available for $80; avail- ing the path it’s taken everywhere else. (575) 541-2177 or on Facebook at able at suncitycraftbeerfest.com. The first cancellations came March 12. snmearthday. We lost a full-page for an April UTEP The main event also features a “Circle of CANCELED: The Lights at event. Meanwhile, events scheduled for — El Paso Community College mid-March started cancelling. By March Solutions,” interactive space divided into EPCC was scheduled to present the annual event 16 we sent our usual Monday email eight areas highlighting various issues. highlighting light creations from EPCC and newsletter, but most of the events listed Full schedule of activities for the month were marked “Canceled” or “Postponed.” area students, April 25, on the Valle at available at VisitLasCruces.com or at the By March 23, there were simply no Verde Campus, 911 Hunter, with live per- Las Cruces Convention & Visitors Bureau, events at all to report so we simply sent formances, food, family activities and 336 S. Main. information on closings that we had also more. The event was canceled just as El posted on our Facebook page. POSTPONED: ‘First Paso Scene was going to press. The tough decision was whether to pub- lish the April edition of El Paso Scene. of upcoming events, re-openings and Thanksgiving’ — The 29th annual Information: 831-2402 epcc.edu. As a monthly newspaper dedicated to other changes. reenactment of the First Thanksgiving of Special thanks to our news editor, Lisa History Preservation Month — upcoming local events, what do you do the Southwest of Juan de Oñate and his when nearly all events that month have Tate, who had the duty of contacting so The National Trust for Historical expedition of the first Spanish settlers in been cancelled or postponed? many of our sources to get what was Preservation has designated the month of this area in April 1598 is presented by El In the end we decided to publish. After almost always news of another cancella- May as Preservation Month. Full list of El tion or closing. We hope for much more Paso Mission Trail Association at the all, newspapers have been described as Paso area events on Facebook at “the first draft of history,” and there is a positive content in the May issue! Socorro Mission, 328 S. Nevarez (at Preservation Month EPTX. value to documenting the impact of this Also on a positive note, Lisa chose a Socorro Road). The April 22 event has perfect time to write about El Paso’s and Events subject to change of cancelation: crisis on local entertainment and culture. been postponed and is now planned to be Maybe you won’t find much to do in this Las Cruces’ independent bookstores. • Guided Tour of the San Elizario Historic rescheduled in May as part of History issue, but you will at least realize part of Most of them remain open during this District 1 p.m. Sunday, May 3, starting at Preservation Month. Information: 851- the scope of this crisis. Every event that’s crisis. Now more than ever we need some Los Portales Museum, 1521 San Elizario. good books to curl up with. Her feature 9997, visitelpasomissiontrail.com. or on been cancelled, every concert that’s post- • Historic Texas Cemeteries: A Cultural poned, every museum or gallery that’s story begins on Page 15. Facebook at Preservation Month EPTX. Tour 10 a.m. Friday, May 8, at Magoffin closed, represents a loss of time, energy * * * POSTPONED: Rio Grande Home State Historic Site Visitor Center. and money that people invested to pro- vide us with things to do and see. At least no one canceled the annual crop Festival — San Elizario Genealogy and Tacos and Rides Fundraiser Car Furthermore, we don’t know at this time of poppies on the Franklin Mountains this Historical Society’s 4th annual festival of how long the crisis will continue. There spring. In fact, thanks to our mild winter Show — Ysleta High School Alumni art, culture, history and heritage, originally are a number of events scheduled in later with plenty of rain, we’ve had one of our Association hosts the car show 11 a.m. to scheduled for April 24-26, in the San April that have not been canceled. We’ve best crops ever of Mexican poppies along 4 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Ysleta VFW the slopes of the Franklins. Thankfully Elizario Historic District, has been also tried to provide you with as compre- Post 10354, 9170 Cananoa, benefiting its hensive list as possible on the new dates our hiking and mountain bike trails also rescheduled for Sept. 4-6. Information: scholarship fund. Food and music available; scheduled for various events and con- remain accessible, so we can still enjoy 851-1682, theriograndefestival.com, or them as long as we keep a proper “social food plates available for $7. Registration at certs. In addition, we’ve listed other sanelizariohistoricdistric.org. events scheduled for May and beyond — distance” from fellow hikers and bikers. 9 a.m.; $20 early bird; $25 day of event. just so you can look forward to the day Thanks go to Susan Ryde for this Las Cruces Showcase of Homes Information: 637-0318 or on Facebook.