Community Calendar

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.

Dona Ana County Manager Scott Andrews will present a "Chartering Ceremony" for a newly-formed Toastmasters club for county employees and the general public on October 14th at 9 a.m. at the Dona Ana County Government Center in the Commissioners Chambers.

"DAC Voices Toastmasters was officially certified by Toastmasters International on September 17th. The event is free and open to the public.

The club meets each Thursday from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at the Dona Ana County Government Center. Guests are welcome!

The club's mission is to provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

Scott Andrews has previously founded Toastmasters clubs in Georgia as well as in Bakersfield, California.

Join us for our monthly volunteer gatherings, held on the second Tuesday of every month from 9:30AM -10:30AM at the Asombro Institute for Science Education office at 401 E College Drive, Las Cruces. This is a great opportunity to meet other volunteers who have worked in the education and STEM realms, have a shared interest in promoting science among K-12 students in our local schools, and have a passion for contributing to the great community we live in! We work on a variety of tasks such as prepping materials for Asombro's education programs, compiling kits for teacher workshops, assembling items for classroom science experiments, and whatever else is needed to increase natural science literacy through engaging, place-based education!

October 2025, at the Deming Art Center will feature the annual DAC Membership exhibit. Anyone who is a member is eligible to participate and there will be a diverse body of work on display. The show will run from October 2-30, 2025. There will be a time to meet the artists on Sunday, October 5, 2025, from 1PM – 2:30PM and the public is invited.

The center is located at 100 S. Gold St., in Deming, NM and is open from 10AM – 4PM, Mon – Fri, and 10 – 1PM on Saturday.

For more information about this event, please call 575-546-3663, check our website at www.demingarts.org or visit us on Facebook.

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 Academy for Learning in Retirement's four-part series in October 2025 will discuss "Museums of Dona Ana County." The dates, topics, and presenters are:
Tuesday, October 7: "When the Walls Talk: Taylor-Mesilla Historic Site", Emily Wilson
Thursday, October 9: "The University Museum at Kent Hall", Dr. Kelly Jenks
Tuesday, October 14: "The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Museum", Dr. Steve Loring
Thursday, October 16: "The NMSU Art Museum", Marisa Sage

Audience members may register for the Academy for Learning in Retirement's four October series or for all 10 presentations either at the ALR website or with cash or check at the door. The presentations will also be available by Zoom. ALR will send announcements and Zoom links to the registrants on the evening before each presentation. Registrants may attend at the auditorium or may log in on Zoom after 10:00 am and each presentation with begin at 10:30 am. Free coffee and cookies will be available in the nearby DACC Student Resources Building from 9:40 am to 10:20 am.

Encouraging Enlightened Dialogue on Current Events

We meet monthly to learn about topics of interest to the group and to learn about the most recent legislation which concerns retirees in New Mexico.

LCAER is an organization who welcomes any and all people and their families who have worked in any capacity in education, from pre-school to university. We are advocates for the security of retired educators. We sponsor yearly projects to benefit the community, especially students. Our yearly dues are only 10 dollars. Those who are still working can become an associate member and enjoy all the activies we are in volved in. We meet once a month on the second Tuesday of the month. Come join us.

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.