Farmers and Crafts Market
o Sept. 7 and 10, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
o Sunday Sept. 11, Patriot Day from 5-7 p.m. at the Downtown Civic Plaza
- Museums and Cultural Center: The city of Las Cruces Museum System consists of the Branigan Cultural Center, the Las Cruces Museum of Art, the Las Cruces Museum of Nature & science and the Las Cruces Railroad Museum Free Admission
- Branigan Cultural Center
o Exhibit Thru Oct. 15 features black & white photographs of women in Ecuador, Mexico & Cuba.
o Thru Oct. 12, “Wireless Wizardry,” ‘A History of Radio in the Mesilla Valley’- The Mesilla Valley Radio Club celebrates the unique history of wireless radio in our area with vintage & modern radio equipment.
o Thru Oct. 22, “36 Views of Baylor Canyon” by Thom Sawyer, featuring graphite & color pencil drawings of Baylor Canyon.
· Museum of Art
o The Las Cruces Museum of Art hosts changing contemporary art exhibits, including national, international, juried, traveling and invitational exhibits. The museum runs an extensive art studio class program for all ages.
o Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the “Gordon Brodfuehrer Collection.” An engaging interdisciplinary look at contemporary Japanese Ceramics paired with nature photographs. Continues through Oct. 15.
· Museum of Nature & Science
o Thursday Sept. 8 at 9 a.m. Pre-K program for kids age 3-5.
o Saturday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. “SNAP,” merging artistic creativity with Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics – “Cork Boats”
o Saturday, Sept. 10 at 11:30 a.m. Animal Encounters – “Animal encounters” -
- Thomas Branigan Library – LIBRARY CLOSED SEPTEMBER 5 FOR LABOR DAY
o Toddler Time Wednesday & Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Children’s Kiva.
o Read to Me every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Story time for ages 1-3.
o Mother Goose Time every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Activities for infants & their adults, located in the children’s Kiva.
o Rhythm Round-Up Fridays at 10:30 a.m. in the Roadrunner Room. Music & motion for ages 2-5.
o Library Lab Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in the children’s crafts room. Activities & stories for ages 6-10.
o Branigan Book Club, 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the staff conference room.
o Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. in the computer training lab. Introduction to Computers presents “The Basics.”
o Thursday, Sept. 8 at 2 p.m., iPad Basics. Must have own iPad.
o Sunday, Sept. 11. Sunday library hours 1-5 p.m.
o Sunday Sept. 11. Play Scrabble! Promote Literacy at 1:30 p.m. – $3 suggested donation. All proceeds go to Literacy Volunteers of Doña Ana County.
o New Library Card Unveiling Fiesta with Jamie O’Hara, the Magic Guy – Saturday, Sept, 10 at noon.
Live Theater
· Black Box Theatre http://www.no-strings.org
o “Outside Mullingar” by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Ceil Herman. A softhearted comedy freckled with dark reflections on the unsatisfactory nature of life and the thorns of love thru Sept. 11.
o Prices have changed for the 2016-2017 season, call 523-1223 for information.
· Las Cruces Community Theatre – lcctnm.org
o The theatre will have “Mash” star Loretta Switt. Special event tickets call 523-1200.
· Rio Grande Theatre – riograndetheatre.com
o Coming Soon – Selena Tribute with Karla Perez – National Tour Series #1