Feb24th

White Sands International Film Festival to be held in Las Cruces, April 23-26, 2009

Posted at 3:17 pm | Filed Under Event News

The 5th annual White Sands International Film Festival takes place April, 23-26, 2009. Now in it’s fifth year, the festival, has grown to include and offer a uniquely diverse program encompassing a wide range of cinema, educational panels, and workshops, hosted by well recognized and experienced Industry professionals.  This year the WSIFF again focuses on [...]

Feb19th

World-famous author, Salman Rushdie to speak at NMSU

Posted at 4:44 pm | Filed Under CVB News, Event News

Salman Rushdie, an award-winning author who survived a death threat for one of his works, will speak at New Mexico State University’s Pan American Center at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10. The event is free and open to the public as part of the University Speaker Series.
“Sir Salman Rushdie is one of the most [...]

Feb19th

NMSU’s Women’s History Month Goes Green

Posted at 4:09 pm | Filed Under CVB News, Event News

This March New Mexico State University will honor women dedicated to saving the planet with an art show and reception outside the Stras Research and Reading Room at the Branson Library on the university campus.
The event is collaboration between the NMSU library and the Women’s Studies Program and is free and open to the public. [...]

Feb18th

Enjoy Cowboy Days at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, NM

Posted at 3:00 pm | Filed Under Event News

If a hearty breakfast is the best way to start the day, then the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s 10th annual Cowboy Days festival should get off to a good start.
Cowboy Days is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 14-15, and admission is $2 per person. For many, however, the [...]

Feb10th

A Valentine Weekend Organ Concert for the Whole Family

Posted at 3:29 pm | Filed Under Event News

Enjoy an afternoon organ concert on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at First Presbyterian Church, 200 East Boutz Road. 
The 4:00 PM concert will be performed by guest Tom Trenney, a prize winning organist from Birmingham, Michigan.  There is no charge for the concert; however a free-will offering will be received. 
Mr. Trenney received awards for his improvisations [...]

Feb10th

NMSU to Welcome TV Star and hundreds of students to Innoventure Competition

Posted at 3:16 pm | Filed Under Event News

When you are only four feet tall, you often feel like you live in a world that wasn’t made for you. That is what Matt Roloff says at the beginning of every episode of “Little People, Big World,” a TV show about him and his family on TLC (The Learning Channel). High school and middle [...]

Feb10th

Triangular Shawl Weaving at the Las Cruces Museum of Art

Posted at 2:04 pm | Filed Under Exhibit News

Awaken your inner fiber artist and learn to weave a one-of-kind, triangular shawl during a four-day workshop at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main Street. This “hands-on” technique requires no previous weaving experience.
 
Those interested will be able to weave with a minimal amount of yarn. Frame looms are provided & studio time [...]

Feb9th

Off leash dog park construction underway

Posted at 2:34 pm | Filed Under CVB News

The City of Las Cruces has begun constructing the city’s first, official off-leash dog park. The park, located behind Meerschedit Recreation Center, 1600 E. Hadley St., is tentatively scheduled to open in May.
The park will have structured rules for use and etiquette, which the city of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will discuss [...]

Feb4th

Enjoy A Hike Into The Past

Posted at 1:02 pm | Filed Under Event News

The Las Cruces Museum of Natural History invites you for a day trip to the Robledo Mountains Paleozoic Trackway Site on Saturday, February 21st. Participants will leave the museum at 9 a.m., caravan to the site and return by 3 p.m. A limited number of spaces are available for the trip. 
Accompany guides from the Paleozoic [...]