Community Calendar

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 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. Join us in the Reynolds Store Visitor Center (2350 Calle Principal) where the walking tour will begin!

Tours are free but space is limited. Tickets must be reserved ahead of time online.

Please call 575-202-1638 for more information.

Is your fear of speaking in public holding you back from your full potential?
Is speaking stressful for you?
Do you wish you could stop worrying about your next presentation at work or in a class?

You're invited to visit a Los Chismosos Toastmasters club meeting, as our guest!

You will learn-by-doing, in a supportive and positive club setting that meets each Thursday on Zoom. The new "Pathways" program from Toastmasters International is designed to provide you with a safe, step-by-step way to learn public speaking skills.

You are free to select a "Pathways" track that most benefits you and aligns with your needs and interests.

When you join Toastmasters, you can stop worrying about your next presentation and get immediate feedback from experienced speakers. You'll discover a positive and supportive group, willing to help you take your first steps toward speaking with confidence.

You will benefit from Toastmasters by learning to:

--Find an immediate connection with your audience;
--Organize your thoughts logically for clarity;
--Energize your speaking with storytelling;
--Find your voice and your unique style to convey your best ideas.

Founded in 1984, Los Chismosos Toastmasters' membership includes faculty, graduate students, and staff at New Mexico State University as well as people in the business community, retirees, and those new to the area.

Join us for a "doggone" good time Thursday, October 2nd 5:30-8:30pm to TOAST THE TAILS at The Grapevine Plaza! Each ticket includes food, spirits, live music & silent auction. There will also be a fashion show featuring Chico's fashions and available SHAS dogs will also strut their stuff on the catwalk. Tickets are available now at www.shaspets.com. Come for an unFURgettable evening while supporting the cats and dogs residing at our no-kill sanctuary! All two-legged guests must be 21 or over. Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome (no retractable leashes, please!).

Tickets are available online at www.shaspets.com until September 30th. Ticket prices increase at the door, if available (we sold out prior to the event last year).

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.

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.

Graduate students of New Mexico State University’s Arts Department present Passage, a mixed-media exhibition in conjunction with Imagining America’s 2025 national conference, Providing Passage: Practicing the Worlds We Want.

Works on display recontextualize transition and the idea of moving from one place to another through a diverse range of mediums—whether examining abandoned architecture as conduits between desolation and habitation, the frustrating liminality between imperfect memory and reality, or the degradation of traditional craftsmanship over time in the wake of globalization—the subject at the heart of each artist’s inquiry revolves around movement.

We invite you to intersect with us for a brief moment along our individual paths through memory, time, and place.

Participating artists: Gracie Beauregard, Sinnae Choi, Ivan Esperanza, Jacob Gyamfi, Allie Hale, Julieanna Lerma, Celeste Croteaux, Ezekiel Martey, Yvette Muchalak, Danny Joe Rose III, and Andrew Williams

Passage will be on view in the Serafino Gallery of Devasthali Hall from Oct. 2nd–5th. Opening reception will be held on Friday, October 3rd, 5–7 PM.

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.