Community Calendar

Based on the hit movie, Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight–A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. But can he get them to the Battle of the Bands without their parents and the school’s headmistress finding out? Rock got no reason, rock got no rhyme… You better get me to school on time!

​Directed by Janet Beatty-Cold

​Based on the Paramount movie by Mike White. Book by Julian Fellows. Lyrics by Glenn Slater. New Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Our first Friends Day of 2025 is on Saturday, February 8, 8:00am - 11:00am
We will be working on the Desert Discovery Trail:
-Help us maintain the trail by pruning plants, fixing rock lining along the trail, wiping interpretive signs, and removing any trash.
-Learn about CDNP iNaturalist project and how to use the iNaturalist app.
· Meet at the upper parking lot near the restrooms
· Bring work gloves, water, and a hat.
· We will have tools, snacks and gloves to share.

2025 Friends of the CDNP Days Schedule:
· April 12: Arroyo Trail
· June 14: Yucca Trail
· August 9: Gateway to the Desert Trail
· October 11: Vista Trail
· December 13: Desert Experience Mini-Trail (ADA-accessible)

The guild has a social atmosphere for people interested in the art of quilting from beginners to professional quilters. Business meeting, show and tell of quilts, different drawings, quilt challenge, break for snacks/drinks before Program. Program is a project workshop at no charge. Facebook page: Paso del Norte Quilt Guild. Guests welcomed. Contact: jsw79904@yahoo.com

The University Art Museum is excited to partner with Santa Fe-based, Axle Contemporary, to present E Pluribus Unum: Mogollon in the UAM’s Mullennix Bridge Gallery from June 5-August 20, 2025.

E Pluribus Unum features over 800 portraits from residents across New Mexico that were collected from August 23rd to October 20th, 2024, while artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman traveled around South-Central and South-Western New Mexico in Axle Contemporary, a mobile art space and solar-powered photography studio. Join us for the opening reception on June 5, 5:30-7:30 PM. Regular hours are Tues.-Sat. 10 AM - 4 PM.

CRUCES presents a vibrant selection of recent acquisitions to the New Mexico State University Permanent Art Collection, showcasing works added to the collection since 2018. This exhibition brings together an eclectic range of media—including photography, sculpture, video, and even piñata paper and raw earth pigments—highlighting the diversity of the collecting practices and introducing contemporary artistic practice of artists from New Mexico and beyond. The exhibition will open on Thursday, June 5th at 5:30 pm in the University Art Museum, and will be open until August 20th, 2025. Join us for the opening reception on June 5 from 5:30-7:30 PM. Regular hours are Tues.-Sat. from 10 AM - 4 PM.

The annual Luna County Fine Arts & Crafts Show will be presented as the June 2025 exhibit at the Deming Art Center. Featured will be local artists and crafters from Luna County. It showcases many different mediums including painting, sculpture, fiber arts, jewelry and more. Anyone living in Luna County is eligible to participate with up to 3 items. The exhibit will be up from June 3-28, 2025. There will be a time to meet the artists on Sunday, June 8, 2025, from 1PM- 2:30PM. The Deming Art Center is located at 100 S. Gold and regular hours are Mon-Fri 10AM-4PM and Saturday from 10AM – 1PM. Please call 575-546-3663, check our website at www.demingarts.org or our FB page for more information. This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join Taylor-Mesilla Historic Site’s Instructional Coordinator Supervisor/Historian Alexandra McKinney on Sat., June 14, 10 a.m. in the Reynolds Store Visitor Center where a one-hour walking tour of the Mesilla Plaza will begin.

The Town of Mesilla is full of fascinating stories. From a rich priest with very particular demands, to Billy the Kid and his defense lawyer who disappeared, to a very unique name for the postal line, and a deadly riot, the history of Mesilla is vital to understanding the history of New Mexico.

Tours are free but space is limited. Register online at https://my.nmculture.org/33079/43433. Call 575-202-1638 for more information.

A 14-week course on the basic attributes of human consciousness, using the Major Arcana of Tarot as a learning tool. This course is not about reading tarot cards or fortune telling. It is about the practical application of attributes you already have. This is a very positive, inspirational, and spiritually oriented course, taken from the Jewish Kabbalah and Hermetic philosophy. Enrollment will close April 2, 2022. Please contact Larry at starmanhome@hotmail.com for more information.

Drawing from the University Art Museum's extensive collection of over 2,200 Mexican retablos, Trinities of Heaven and Earth explores the spiritual and cultural importance of these sacred images. Retablos, small devotional paintings traditionally displayed in Mexican homes, served as vital expressions of Catholic faith and values within the household. The imagery of the Holy Family conveys blessings related to family life, while depictions of the Holy Trinity invoke divine guidance. Together, these themes explore the connection between sacred devotion and earthly life, bridging the divine and the domestic.

The exhibition will open on March 21, 2025, at 5:30 pm in the Margie and Bobby Rankin Retablo Gallery, and will be open until March 7, 2026.