Events Calendar
Friday, September 2
5:30 p.m.
Artist Talk
Branigan Cultural Center
Featured artist Victoria Chick will give a gallery walkthrough of her solo exhibition Symbols of New Mexico: A Personal Experience, featuring a series of ten large scale paintings that explore New Mexico’s open spaces, diverse plants and animals, and brilliant sunshine.
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Saturday, September 3
8 p.m.
Lonesome Traveler
Spencer Theater
Six talented musicians celebrate the roots of American Folk music, through songs such as Blowin’ In The Wind, Midnight Special, Puff The Magic Dragon, and many more.
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8:30 p.m.
Beto Cuevas
Abraham Chavez Theatre
The Chilean-Canadian singer/songwriter, artist, and actor continues his solo career, belting out the hits, while also singing popular songs from his time as lead singer for La Ley.
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9 p.m.
Adal Ramones & Adrian Uribe: Chavorucos Tour
Plaza Theatre
Together for the first time, two of the most important figures in Mexican entertainment take the stage with monologues, skits, and all the comedic style that has made them famous.
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September 3 – 4
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hatch Chile Festival
Village of Hatch
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the festival that put the Village of Hatch on the map, with a parade, a carnival, live music, games, roasting chile, and a chile eating contest.
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9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Franciscan Festival of the Arts
Holy Cross Retreat Center
The beautiful grounds of the Holy Cross Retreat Center are opened up for lovers of the arts to peruse vendor booths and take in live entertainment by local balladeers on two stages.
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September 3 – 5
12 – 6 p.m.
Las Cruces Harvest Wine Festival
NM State Fairgrounds
This ticketed event features over 100 of New Mexico’s finest wines, direct from 16 New Mexico wineries, giving samples and selling by the glass and the bottle, along with grape stomping, arts & crafts vendors, children’s activities, food trucks, live music and more.
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Thursday, September 8
7 p.m.
Culture Series: Carol Potenza
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
Carol will talk about her process, the ghost stories woven through her novels, how her scientific background shapes her stories, and the unwritten rules that can have a profound effect on a writing career.
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8 p.m.
Travis Tritt
Abraham Chavez Theatre
The Country music legend gets back to no-frills classic Outlaw Country sound with his 2022 tour, in support of his latest album Set In Stone.
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Saturday, September 10
7 p.m.
Movies In The Park: Soul
Apodaca Park
The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department presents Soul, in which a New York jazz pianist suddenly finds himself trapped in a strange land between Earth and the afterlife.
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Sunday, September 11
7:30 p.m.
Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast World Tour 2022
Don Haskins Center
Hailed as the most extravagant and visually spectacular performance of the band’s career to date, with a decades-spanning set list of fan favorites, along with songs from the new studio album Senjutsu being played live for the first time.
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8 p.m.
Interpol
Plaza Theatre
The 90s rock mainstays hit the road in support of their seventh studio album, The Other Side of Make-Believe, which has been called a “masterpiece of sadness, darkness, and introspection.”
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September 15 – 18
1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Cirque du Soleil: OVO
Don Haskins Center
A colorful intrusion into a day in the life of insects, a non-stop riot of energy and movement as, through show-stopping acrobatics highlighting selected insect species’ unique personalities and aabilities, OVO explores the beauty of biodiversity in all its contrasts and vibrancy.
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7 p.m. & 2 p.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Rio Grande Theatre
Blank Conversations Theatre Company presents Oscar Wilde’s comedic send-up of prim and proper Victorian sensibilities, complete with an elaborate plot involving deception, disguise and misadventure, and some of the most bizarre characters to be found on the modern stage.
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Friday, September 16
8:30 p.m.
Amanda Miguel & Ana Victoria Verdaguer
Plaza Theatre
Two of Latin America’s most successful pop artists, and a married couple since the late 70s, the first ladies of song continue to lend support to each other’s million-selling recordings.
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September 16 – 18
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
White Sands Balloon and Music Festival
Ed Brabson Park
Colorful balloons rise up into the air from White Sands National Park, while in town the Red Dirt Music Festival draws locals and visitors by the thousands for a two-day celebration like no other.
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Saturday, September 17
10 – 11 a.m.
STEAMpunk – BB King, Musician
Museum of Nature & Science
Ages 6 and up learn about sound and acoustics with hands-on activities, via the music of the musician who revolutionized Blues music using vibrato, staccato, and string bending.
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Sunday, September 18
2 – 4 p.m.
Celebrate Authors 2022
Thomas Branigan Library
Forty-eight local authors participate in this annual event, started by the Friends of the Branigan Library in 2014, including George Pintar, Bob Worthington, Charmayne Samuelson, Fenton Kay, Jack Eakman, Jan Toomer, Mary Armstrong, Ron Washburn, and many more.
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Monday, September 19
6:45 p.m.
Scorpions: Rock Believer World Tour
Don Haskins Center
Fresh off their sold-out Sin City Nights Las Vegas residency, one of the most iconic and influential hard rock bands of all time hits the road, with Swedish band Thundermother as opening act.
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Friday, September 23
1 – 5:30 p.m.
2022 Community Legacy Conference
Prominent business professionals including attorneys, certified public accountants and financial advisers lead workshops covering topics such as legal aspects of estate planning, income taxes, transfer taxes, life insurance, charitable giving and more.
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5:30 – 8 p.m.
Pride Ride
Preciado Park
PFLAG Las Cruces celebrates Southern New Mexico Pride Week by hosting a meet up and bike ride. In the spirit of diversity, all riders are welcome.
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Saturday, September 24
9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
2022 Community Legacy Conference
Prominent business professionals including attorneys, certified public accountants and financial advisers lead workshops covering topics such as legal aspects of estate planning, income taxes, transfer taxes, life insurance, charitable giving and more.
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10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Salsa Fest
Plaza de Las Cruces
Downtown Las Cruces Partnership presents the annual celebration of spicy cultural condiments, with salsa tasting, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks, live music and more.
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11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Animal Encounters
Museum of Nature & Science
Learn about the diverse world of reptiles and get up close and personal with some of the museum’s scaly residents.
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7 p.m.
Movies In The Park: Ghostbusters Afterlife
Apodaca Park
The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department presents Ghostbusters Afterlife, in which a single mom and her two kids discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters in a small town.
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September 24 – 25
11 a.m.
27th Annual Wine Festival
Lescombes Winery & Tasting Room
Celebrate fine wine and seasonal fun with the largest winery in Deming, featuring winery tours, grape stomping, a cork-pulling contest, live music, arts and crafts, food vendors, and fireworks.
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7:30 p.m.
EPSO presents Yunchan Lim, Piano
Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center
The Gold medalist for the sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition – the youngest ever to win the distinction – showcases his natural, instinctive qualities that have been astounding listeners around the world.
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September 24 – October 30
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Mesilla Valley Maze
Lyles Farm
A family tradition since 1999 and considered the oldest giant corn maze in the state, it features a wide range of attractions that are good old-fashioned fun for the entire family.
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Friday, September 30
8 p.m.
Mauricio Ochmann: Actuando en Vida
Plaza Theatre
One of the most prestigious actors in Latin America opens up about his life and career, through music and testimonial monologue, in a show that is performed entirely in Spanish.
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Farmers & Crafts Market of Las Cruces
Every Wednesday and Saturday, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
The award-winning, outdoor Farmers & Crafts Market spans seven full blocks of North Main Street in Downtown Las Cruces.
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First Friday Art Ramble
First Friday of Every Month, 5-8 p.m.
The Downtown Las Cruces Partnership hosts this monthly event showcasing a dozen participating museums and galleries in the Arts & Cultural District.
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Second Saturday Art Hop
Second Saturday of Every Month, 6-9 p.m.
The City of Truth or Consequences comes alive with local art, downtown in the commercial/hot springs district.
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Branigan Cultural Center
Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This historic locale hosts changing cultural exhibits, as well as educational programs, classes, and other special events.
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Las Cruces Museum of Art
Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hosting a changing slate of exciting contemporary art exhibits, programs for visitors of all ages and an extensive art studio class program.
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Las Cruces Railway Museum
Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Located in a historic Santa Fe Railroad depot, the museum interprets the railroad history of Las Cruces and the impact of the railroad on southern New Mexico.
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Museum of Nature and Science
Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
A museum about looking and understanding – looking up to the stars, looking out to the desert, and looking down to see ancient fossils.
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New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Discover the backbone of New Mexico, via this 47-acre interactive museum that chronicles the state’s 3,000-year history of farming and ranching.
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Amador Patio Bar & Grill
The entertainment district comes alive with diverse restaurant choices, upscale nightlife and live music events.
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Amaro Winery & Taproom
Locally owned and operated winery and tasting room, with a Karaoke night, open mic, and rotating list of live events.
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Boneyard Cantina
Delicious street food paired with Icebox craft beer and appearances by local musicians on the main stage.
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Don Felix
Located on the corner of the Mesilla Plaza, with delicious New Mexican cuisine and live music on the patio.
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Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery
Serving craft beer, craft spirits, killer grub and a mix of local and travelling musical acts to chase the blues away.
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Palacio Bar
A neighborhood watering hole since 1936, they don’t serve food, but the music is lively and the drinks are plentiful.
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Truth or Consequences Brewing Company
A cozy little taproom, featuring craft beers and live music on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons.
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Vintage Wines
New Mexico wines, beers and cigars in Old Mesilla, with a relaxing patio and live music several nights a week.
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September 1 – 28
The Kaleidoscope Eyes of George Mendoza
Doña Ana Arts Council Galleries
A retrospective survey of the colorful and whimsical paintings created by the artist – who lost his central vision as a result of an incurable eye disease in his teen years – since the 1990s when he began to paint full time.
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September 1 – 30, 2022
Nanci Bissell & Steve Martin
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery
The Mesilla gallery hosts educator and painter Nanci Bissell and digital landscape photographer Steve Martin for the month of September 2022.
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Through September 2, 2022
(Ir)regular Evolution: New Works by Rachel Stevens
University Art Museum
From evolutionary theories of meteors sparking life on earth to genetic mutations causing cataclysmic pandemics, Stevens’ new forms explore the (ir)regularities that she is embracing in her own work and in our modern world.
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Through September 2, 2022
Carissa Samaniego: Pray for Rain
University Art Museum
Through experimentation with varied materials and alternate methodologies, Samaniego explores the cultural histories and socio-political issues of life in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Through September 22, 2022
Joe Fauerso: Wait For It
University Art Museum
Employing techniques that upend traditional modes of art-making, San Antonio-based artist Joey Fauerso’s work opens onto questions of identity, gender and representation.
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Through September 24, 2002
Illumination: Crows and Ravens
Branigan Cultural Center
Fourteen large-scale encaustic paintings of these beautiful, intriguing, and intelligent bird make up the exhibit by multidisciplinary Santa Fe artist Catherine Eaton Skinner.
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Through September 24
Symbols of New Mexico: A Personal Experience
Branigan Cultural Center
Silver City painter and printmaker Victoria Chick presents her one-woman show, in which she incorporates landscapes, animals, plants and other uniquely New Mexican ingredients into large, colorful paintings.
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Through October 15, 2022
Icons and Symbols of the Borderland
Las Cruces Museum of Art
Featuring over 80 pieces of artwork by 29 regional artists, this show is stylistically diverse and thematically varied, with participating artists revealing their complex cultural inheritance and points of view about the ever-shifting relationship between the United States and Mexico.
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