Community Calendar

This event takes place on the second Saturday of even numbered months.

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)

A state-of-the art driving simulator will be available for young people ages 15 and above to experience in a safe, but very realistic set-up, the dangers of distracted driving.

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 Las Cruces Really Really Free Market is back, hosted by a group of local volunteers who believe in mutual aid, community care, and resource sharing.

This isn’t a sale or a swap — it’s a free community event where anyone can give or take items like clothes, books, household goods, toys, and more. There’s no money, no bartering — just people helping each other out.

Join us the first Saturday of every month from 10am - 2pm at 1701 Missouri Ave (Peace Lutheran Church).

We do this because we believe our community already has enough — enough resources, enough support — if we just find ways to share it.

If you’d like to get involved, donate, or have questions, email us at lascrucesrrfm@proton.me

“Flowers, Flowers, Flowers,” is the theme for the August 2025 exhibit at the Deming Art Center. This will be a “scentsational,” bright and beautiful display of the exquisite nature of flowers.
There will be a time to meet the artists on Sunday, August 3, 2025, from 1-2:30PM. The exhibit will be up from August 2-29, 2025. Please see our Facebook page, call 575-546-3663 or check out our website at www.demingarts.org 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.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is a nationwide, nonprofit Conservation Organization. This fundraiser banquet will help support conservation of wildlife habitat and improvement in hunter access opportunities. All kids will win a prize. We have an excellent live auction, silent auction, and general raffle with lots of great outdoor gear.

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.

Al-Anon is for family and friends affected by someone else's drinking or drug use.

Based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film directed by Tim Burton, BIG FISH tells the story of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest...and then some! Edward's incredible, larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him - most of all his devoted wife Sandra. But their son Will, about to have a child of his own, is determined to find the truth behind his father's epic tales. Overflowing with heart and humor, BIG FISH is an extraordinary musical that reminds us why we love going to the theatre - for an experience that's richer, funnier, and bigger than life itself.