March 31
- April 1
Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra Classics Series – Classic V with Pianist Ralph Votapek,
and the world premiere of composer Reinhard Seehafer’s “Land of Enchantment”
New Mexico
State University Music Center Recital Hall, North Horseshoe Circle and
Espina Street. 8 pm March 31 and 3 pm April 1. Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue, I Got Rhythm; Barber: Essay No. 1, Op. 12; Chavez:
Symphony No. 2 Sinfornia India. Classics Series: $120, $150, $185
for six concerts. 505-646-3709. jylenewright@lascrucessymphony.com
or www.ticketmaster.com or www.lascrucessymphony.com
April TBA
2007 Spring
Showcase of Homes
Call for location
and times. 505-526-6126.
April TBA
La Vina
Blues and Jazz Festival
La Vina Vineyard,
south on N.M. 28 in La Union. Call for time. A weekend of good
music and good wine hosted by New Mexico’s oldest winery. 505-882-7632.
stark@lavinawinery.com or www.nmwine.com
April TBA
Run Old
Mesilla (ROM)
Mesilla Plaza.
Call for time. 505-524-7824. doneugenia@aol.com
April TBA
Sky Safari
Location: TBA.
Call for time. View night sky at closer range. High-powered
telescopes, expert guidance provided. 505-522-3120. www.las-cruces.org/Public-services/museumnh/index.html
April 01
Mesilla
Valley Track Club 5K Run/25K Bike/500 Swim
Call for time
and location. 505-524-7824. doneugenia@aol.com
April 1 -
30
Cowboys
and Hatters Exhibit Opening
New Mexico
Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, north corridor.
Museum hours: Monday - Saturday, 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday, noon - 5
pm. Focuses on the historical use of the hat by real cowboys in comparison
with the hats worn by movie cowboys, and shows how a costume accessory
indicates status, vocation and myth. Museum admission: adults $5, seniors
(60 and over) $3, children (ages 5 - 17) $2, children 4 and under
are admitted free. 505-522-4100. www.frhm.org
April 1 -
30
Joan Jensen
Art Exhibit
Las Cruces
Convention and Visitors Bureau, 211 N. Water Street. Monday - Friday,
8 am - 5 pm. 505-541-2444. www.lascrucescvb.org or cvb@lascrucescvb.org
April 5
2006 - 2007
Associated Students New Mexico State University Cultural Series presents,
Gangbe Brass
Rio Grand Theatre,
211 N. Downtown Mall. 8 pm. General admission $12.50, students, faculty
and staff $10, season passes $60. 505-646-1420/505-532-2060/915-544-8444.
www.ticketmaster.com or panam.nmsu.edu or www.nmsu.edu/~music/
April 6
Pops 4 Kids
Family Concert
New Mexico
State University Music Center Recital Hall, North Horseshoe Circle and
Espina Street. 7 pm. Will feature fun themes to appeal to children
presented by the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. Children will be
able to play with and learn about instruments at a musical instrument petting
zoo at 6 pm before the performance. $5 fee. 505-646-3709.
jylenewright@lascrucessymphony.com or www.ticketmaster.com or www.lascrucessymphony.com
April 7
Las Cruces
Farmers & Crafts Market “Spring Eggstravaganza"
Downtown Mall
and Las Cruces Avenue. 8 am - 12:30 pm. Local growers and artists
selling produce, honey, herbs, baked goods, spices, salsa, Chile ristras,
landscape plants, artwork and crafts. This event will also include a free
craft table for kids who will be making bookmarks and having a leprechaun
scavenger hunt. Take a stroll through the Farmers and Crafts Market while
listening to the sounds of Irish music or just sit down and watch the people
walk by. This will be the perfect opportunity to pickup some sweet treats
and unique crafts. Free and open to the public. 505-541-2288. ohennessey@las-cruces.org
or fcmarket@las-cruces.org
April 7
New Mexico
State University Aggies Women's Track and Field
New Mexico
State University Avenue campus, on University Avenue. 11 am. 505-646-1420/866-672-8524.
www.nmstatesports.com or www.ticketmaster.com
April 7
101 Gold
Spring Fing Egg Hunt
Young Park,
1905 E. Nevada Avenue. Call for time. 505-527-1111.
April 7
Trinity
Site Tour
San Antonio,
New Mexico, 137 miles north of Las Cruces, exit I-25 on U.S. 380.
Call for times and directions. The second of two annual trips to
ground zero where the first atomic bomb exploded on earth. Only open first
Saturday in April and October. 505-678-1134.www.wsmr.army.mil/pao/TrinitySite/trinst.htm
April 13
38tth Annual
New Mexico State University Jazz Festival
New Mexico
State University, Music Center Recital Hall, North Horseshoe Circle and
Espina Street. 8 pm. Featuring Mike Tomaro. $7, Seniors $6,
Students $4. 505-646-1420. www.nmsu.edu
April 13
- 15
High Noon
Soccer League 7th Annual Border Cup Soccer Tournament
High Noon Soccer
Complex, 2501 Tashiro Road. Call for time and schedule. http://www.zianet.com/soccerlc/#Tournaments
April 13
- 29
"Big Love"
by Charles Mee
Black Box Theatre,
430 North Downtown Mall. Directed by Ceil Herman. 50 brides have
escaped from Greece to avoid forced marriage to 50 brothers. A madcap re-imagining
of "The Suppliant Women" by Aeschylus. Call (505) 523-1223 for performance
times, prices and reservations. http://www.no-strings.org
April 14
& 15
Volksmarch
Walk
East Picacho
Walk in the Country, East Picacho Elementary School, 4450N. Valley Drive,
Las Cruces, NM. Along roads & irrigation canals in the country north
of the City of Las Cruces. Trail is flat & level. No wheel chairs.
OK for strollers with large wheels. Free unless walking for credit.
505-521-7304. lizjohn@zianet.com or www.zianet.com/dpiland/SunCountry/
April 14
- 15
Rhythm Nights
Court Youth
Center, 4100 Court Avenue. Saturday dinner 6 pm, show 7:30 pm, $30.
Sunday show only 2:30 and 6 pm, $10. Ballroom, Latin and swing dance showcase.
505-496-3397.
April 19
2006 - 2007
Associated Students New Mexico State University Cultural Series presents,
Niyaz
New Mexico
State Universty Music Center Recital Hall, North Horseshoe Circle and Espina
Street. General admission $12.50, students, faculty and staff $10, season
passes $60. 505-646-1420/505-532-2060/915-544-8444. www.ticketmaster.com
or panam.nmsu.edu or www.nmsu.edu/~music/
April 20
- 22
Border Book
Festival
Old Mesilla
Plaza, south on Highway 28. Call for times and locations. Book fair,
including book vendors, storytelling and children’s parade highlight the
week’s events. The Border Book Festival is the longest running book
fair in New Mexico. Featuring a trade show, panels, workshop, readings,
a children's parade and a storytelling and activity tent, this unique festival
reaches aduiences of all ages and backgrounds. 505-523988/505-524-1499.
www.borderbookfestival.org or bbf@zianet.com
April 20
- May 6
And Then
There Were None (originally Ten Little Indians) by Agatha Christie – comedy/mystery
Las Cruces
Community Theater, 313 North Downtown Mall, just north of Las Cruces Avenue.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. In this superlative
mystery comedy (originally titled Then Little Indians) statuettes of little
soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon
fall to the floor and break one by one as those in the house succumb to
a diabolical avenger. A nursery rhyme tells how each of the ten "soldiers"
met his death until there were none. Eight guests who have never
met each other or their apparently absent host and hostess are lured to
the island and, along with the two house servants, marooned. A mysterious
voice accuses each of having gotten away with murder and then one drops
dead - poisoned. One down and nine to go! $8 adults,
$7 students, $5 children under 6. Season tickets and senior discounts available.
By Agatha Christie, directed for LCCT by Larry Chandler. 505-523-1200.
www.lcctnm.org
April 21
Annual Frontier
Day
Fort Selden
State Monument, 13 miles north of Las Cruces on I-25, exit 19. 8:30
am - 4:30 pm. Highlights demonstrations of 1865-91 Indian Wars military
life including cavalry, infantry, artillery and camp life. Further demonstrations
illustrate the daily life and trials of women at the post and children's
period games and toys, as well as historic/contemporary musical entertainment.
Take a trip back in time with a visit to Fort Selden State Monument. Staff
dress up and recreate life in the Old West as they honor the Buffalo Soldiers,
an all black cavalry sent to Fort Selden to protect settlers from the Apache
raids after the Civil War. 505-526-8911/800-429-9488. www.nmculture.org
or selden@zianet.com
April 22
Las Cruces
Concert Ensemble
St. Paul's,
255 West Griggs Avenue.7 pm. St Paul’s “Sunday Afternoons” concert
series co-sponsored by New Mexico State University’s Department of Music
focuses on professional level performances. Dr. Jones is a professor at
University of Texas at El Paso. Open to the public and admission
is free, but an offering for the performers will be received. For details,
call Dr. Douglas Weeks, Series Director, 505-526-6689.
April 22
Symphonic
Band & Symphonic Winds – Season Finale
New Mexico
State University, Music Center Recital Hall, North Horseshoe Circle and
Espina Street. 8 pm. $7, Seniors $6, Students $4. 505-646-1420.
www.nmsu.edu
April 23
- 25
New Mexico
State University Aggies Women’s Golf WAC Competitions
New Mexico
State University Golf Course, on University Avenue. All day event.
505-646-1420. www.nmstatesports.com or www.ticketmaster.com
April 24
- 25
New Mexico
State University Aggies Men’s Baseball vs Hawai'i-Hilo
New Mexico
State University, Presley Askew Field, corner of Stewart Street and Locust
Street. 6:05 pm. 505-646-1420. www.nmstatesports.com or www.ticketmaster.com
April 27
- 28
The Best
of Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major
New Mexico
State University, Music Center Recital Hall, North Horseshoe Circle Street
and Espina Street. 8 pm. Featuring combined choirs, orchestra and four
soloists. Reserved seating, $10, $12, $15. 505-646-1420. www.nmsu.edu
April 27
- 29
Gus Macker
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
Hadley Complex.
Call for time. 505-523-2681. http://www.macker.com/
April 27
- 29
New Mexico
State University Aggies Men’s Baseball vs Hawai'i
New Mexico
State University, Presley Askew Field, corner of Stewart Street and Locust
Street. Friday and Saturday at 6:05 pm and Sunday at 1:05 pm. 505-646-1420.
www.nmstatesports.com or www.ticketmaster.com
April 27
- May 6
New Mexico
State University Theater Arts/Southwest Theater Company (ASTC) presents,
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - a ferocious drama
New Mexico
State University, Hershel Zohn Theatre. Call for times. George
and Martha invite Nick and Honey to their house for what seems like a pleasant
evening of conversation. But when George and Martha begin to bicker,
Nick and Honey are caught in the middle of a bitter and volatile game with
a shocking resolution! $15 adults, $13 students and seniors, $10
children. 505-646-4515/505-646-5766/800-525-ASTC. http://theatre.nmsu.edu
or www.nmsu.edu
April 28
British
Car Days
Old Mesilla
Plaza, south Highway 28. Call for time. British Car Show with
old collectibles to new models. Free admission and open to the public.
505-524-8887/505-647-0122/505-524-3262 ext. 117. www.mesilla-nm.org
or kmedina@_tom@comcast.net