Community Calendar

SCRTD Launches New Magenta Route Connecting Las Cruces MVITT to the Butterfield Community Center

Las Cruces, NM, The South Central Regional Transit District (SCRTD) is expanding transit access in Doña Ana County with the launch of the new Magenta Route, beginning Monday, December 15, 2025.

The new service will connect the Mesilla Valley Intermodal Transit Terminal (MVITT) in downtown Las Cruces to the Butterfield Community Center, offering residents a reliable, affordable transportation option for work, school, medical appointments, and essential services.

“This new route strengthens regional connectivity and improves mobility for underserved communities,” said David Armijo, Executive Director of SCRTD. “The Magenta Route will give Butterfield residents dependable access to opportunities in Las Cruces while improving connections across our transit network.”

Magenta Route Highlights

• Begins service December 15, 2025

• Connects Las Cruces MVITT ↔ Butterfield Community Center

• Provides service to surrounding neighborhoods along the corridor

• Enhances access to jobs, schools, healthcare, shopping, and community services

• Offers direct connection to local and regional bus routes at MVITT

With the addition of the Magenta Route, SCRTD continues its mission to expand transit coverage, reduce mobility barriers, and support regional economic development.

December, 2025, is the time for the annual Holiday Gift Boutique at the Deming Art Center. Local artists and crafters fill the gallery with one of a kind gifts items. Come, browse, shop and find wonderful, unique gifts for family and friends this holiday season. The Gallery is located at 100 S. Gold in Deming, NM and the hours are 10AM-4PM Monday – Friday, and 10AM – 1PM Saturday, (closed Christmas Day). The boutique will run from December 2-30, 2025, and there will be a time to meet the artists and crafters on Sunday, December 7, from 1-2:30PM. For more information call 575-546-3663, visit our website at www.demingarts.org or see our Facebook page.
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.

Open Mic headquarters - come see us and play/sing/dance the night away. Fun fun fun for all 🎸🎶🥁🎹 and if you don’t do any of those, no biggie, come anyway! #biggestlittlestageinnewmexico #bestofmesilla #experiencemesilla #musicatitsbest #theogs #churrachos #slushies

Sign ups @ 5pm FCFS
Music starts @ 6pm - 10pm

Food and beverages available for purchase. No outside food or drink allowed at anytime.

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.

The Parkinson's Support Group Monthly Meeting is open to the public and provides information to people in our community who have been diagnosed with, or care for persons with Parkinson's Disease. We start at 9:00 a.m. with Social time, and the meeting begins at 9:45 a.m. We usually have a guest speaker. This meeting takes place the third Tuesday of each month.

The Parkinson's Support Group Monthly Meeting is open to the public and provides information to people in our community who have been diagnosed with, or care for persons with Parkinson's Disease. We start at 9:00 a.m. with Social time, and the meeting begins at 9:45 a.m. We usually have a guest speaker.

This meeting takes place the third Tuesday of each month.
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Social time with coffee and goodies followed by a speaker on a topic of interest to the Parkinson's community. Caregivers as well as those diagnosed with Parkinson's are cordially invited.

December, 2025, is the time for the annual Holiday Gift Boutique at the Deming Art Center. Local artists and crafters fill the gallery with one of a kind gifts items. Come, browse, shop and find wonderful, unique gifts for family and friends this holiday season. The Gallery is located at 100 S. Gold in Deming, NM and the hours are 10AM-4PM Monday – Friday, and 10AM – 1PM Saturday, (closed Christmas Day). The boutique will run from December 2-30, 2025, and there will be a time to meet the artists and crafters on Sunday, December 7, from 1-2:30PM. For more information call 575-546-3663, visit our website at www.demingarts.org or see our Facebook page.
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.

Al-Anon is for family and friends who have been affected by another's drinking or drug addiction.

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.