October TBA
2007 Fall
Showcase of Homes
Las Cruces
Home Builders Association, 1001 N. Solano Drive. Various locations throughout
the city (booklet with map, and listing of open houses will be available).
See the showcase of the finest custom homes in Las Cruces built by various
builders. Free and open to the public. 505-526-6126. www.lchba.com
October TBA
Mesilla
Valley Maze
Corn Field,
3855 West Picacho Avenue. Call for time. It’s the most fun
you can have in a corn field. Bring the kids and those that are “kids
at heart” to the rural fun of the Mesilla Valley Maze. Take a hayride out
to the pumpkin patch to look for the perfect Jack-Lantern, then discover
the many twists and turns amazingly cut into a corn field. Saturdays
and Sundays. 505-526-1919. www.mesillavalleymaze.com
October TBA
New Mexico
State University Battle of the Bands
New Mexico
State University, Aggie Memorial Stadium on Payne Street. All day
event beginning at 8 am. Call admission fee. 505-646-2304505-646-1420.
www.nmsu.edu
October 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
October TBA
XPRIZE Cup
Event
Location:
TBA. Call for times and schedules. An event where everyone can come,
experience space and be part of the next generation of spaceflight.
You can watch the next generation of space vehicles fly, talk to astronauts,
see the vehicles up close, fly simulators, learn about the technology,
the curriculum available at all levels of education, know about the careers
available in the contemporary space industry and begin to dissolve the
myth that you will never travel to space in your lifetime. 310-587-3355.
www.xprize.org
October 1
- 31
Margaret
Bernstein 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
October 3
- 7
Southern
New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo
Southern New
Mexico State Fair, west of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Call for time
and schedules. The State Fair has something for everyone; a midway,
an auction, food, music, livestock shows and a cowboy rodeo. 505-524-8602.
www.snmstatefair.org or snmsfr@fastwave.biz
October 6
Trinity
Site Tour
San Antonio,
New Mexico, 137 miles north of Las Cruces, exit I-25 on U.S. 380.
Call for times/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
October 6
- 7
6th Annual
Mesilla Jazz Happening
Old Mesilla
Plaza, south on Highway 28. Free live jazz on the Historic Mesilla
Plaza, accompanied by fine New Mexican wines at the wine garden. Free live
jazz music from 12 noon - 8 pm on Saturday and 12 noon - 5 pm on Sunday.
Sample some of the outstanding New Mexico wineries at $10 tasting glass.
Horse drawn wagons will offer free transportation throughout Mesilla. 505-522-1232.
www.vivamesilla.org or Dawn@HelpingHandsEvents.com or www.nmwine.com
October 12
- 14
25th Annual
Cowboys for Cancer Research Team Roping Event
Friday the
12th dinner and dance at Dickerson's Event Center, 3920 W. Picacho Avenue
- call for time. Team roping event on Saturday and Sunday at the Calhoun
Arena, north of Las Cruces. Call for time, ticket and schedule of events.
505-526-6028/505-642-2693. gwcalhoun@msn.com
October 13
Los Leones
de Mesilla Car Show
Mesilla Plaza.
10 am – 3 pm. 505-523-8519. kmedian_tom@comcast.net
or www.mesilla-nm.org
October 13
& 14
La Llorona
Park River Walk
La Llorona
Park, W. Picacho Ave. & River Levee Road. (East side of the Rio Grande)
Along riverside trails developed by Las Cruces Parks & Recreation;
also Rio Grande River Levee Road with Start-finish at La Llorona Park.
Course is flat & level. Free unless walking for credit. 505-521-7304.
lizjohn@zianet.com or www.zianet.com/dpiland/SunCountry
October 14
Mariachi
Sundays
Old Mesilla
Plaza, south on Highway 28. 4 pm - 6 pm. Free and open to the public.
505-528-7070/505-525-1735. erportil@nmsu.edu or kmedina_tom@comcast.net
October 20
- 21
Annual Cowboy
Days Festival
New Mexico
Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road. Call for time.
Nothing says the old west like the cowboy, and the New Mexico Farm and
Ranch honors the western legend with a weekend festival complete with roping
and riding demonstrations, "cowboy food", music, dancing and cowboy poetry.
Admission charge. 505-522-4100. www.frhm.org or celina.garcia1@state.nm.us
October 21
Mariachi
Sundays
Old Mesilla
Plaza, south on Highway 28. Call for times. Free and open to the
public. 505-528-7070/505-525-1735. erportil@nmsu.edu or kmedina_tom@comcast.net
October 27
Day of the
Dead Reading for the Ancestors
Cultural Center
de Mesilla, 2231 Calle de Parian, Mesilla, 7pm. Join us for this Open Mic.
Free. 505-526-6220, 505-523-3988. www.borderbookfestival.org
October 27
Las Cruces
Farmers and Crafts Market "Costume Capers"
Downtown Mall
and Las Cruces Avenue. 8 am - 12:30 pm. Costume Contest. Local and
in-state growers sell produce in season as well as honey, herbs, baked
goods, spices, salsa, chile ristras and landscape plants. Crafters
from Dona Ana County sell a variety of handcrafted items including jewelry,
woodwork, candles, pottery, fine art, needlework, furniture, leather works,
clothing, birdhouses, knives, photography, and gourds. 505-541-2288/505-541-2554.
ohennessey@las-cruces.org or fcmarket@las-cruces.org
October 27
- 28 and November 2
Annual Dia
de los Muertos
Old Mesilla
Plaza, south on Highway 28. Call for times. Celebrate the Day of the Dead
with lots of music and food. Join the candle light procession as the dead
are remembered. Homemade altars are on display and a giant piñata
is broken open. Free and open to the public. Monday workshop, Tuesday Dia
of the Dead stories and folklore. The celebration also features a procession
to San Albino Cemetery at 6 pm on November 6. 505-647-2639/505-640-5800/505-524-3262.
pkingduck@zianet.com or kmedina_tom@comcast.net or www.oldmesilla.org
October 27
Las Cruces
Farmers and Crafts Market "Costume Capers"
Downtown Mall
and Las Cruces Avenue. 8 am - 12:30 pm. Costume Contest. Local
and in-state growers sell produce in season as well as honey, herbs, baked
goods, spices, salsa, chile ristras and landscape plants. Crafters from
Dona Ana County sell a variety of handcrafted items including jewelry,
woodwork, candles, pottery, fine art, needlework, furniture, leather works,
clothing, birdhouses, knives, photography, and gourds. 505-541-2288/505-541-2554.
ohennessey@las-cruces.org or fcmarket@las-cruces.org
October 28
Rio Grande
Marathon, Marathon, Marathon/M-Rely/Half-M/5K
Call for location,
times and registration. 505-524-7824. doneuguenia@aol.com
October 28
Sugar Skull
Decorating Event
Cultural Center
de Mesilla, 2231 Calle de Parian, Mesilla, 10 am - 5 pm. Dias de Los Muertos
Sugar Skull Decorating workshop with Patricia Minjarez. $5 children under
12, $10 age 12 and older. Join us as we decorate the traditional sugar
skulls for the ancestors. Wear comfortable clothing and bring an apron,
if you have one. All materials provided, and you are welcome to bring
your own beads, sequins, photos, etc. 505-526-6220, 505-523-3988 www.borderbookfestival.org
October 28
Mariachi
Sundays
Old Mesilla
Plaza, south on Highway 28. Call for time. Free and open to the public.
505-528-7070/505-525-1735. erportil@nmsu.edu or kmedina_tom@comcast.net