Main St. Downtown:
- Farmers and Crafts Market
o Wednesday, March 22, 8:30 am to 1 pm.
o Saturday, March 25, 8:30 am to 1 pm
o Wednesday, March 29, 8:30 am to 1 pm.
o Saturday, April 1, 8:30 am to 1 pm
- Plaza De Las Cruces
o Southern NM Annual Baby Expo – Saturday March 25, 9 am to 3 pm
Las Cruces Museum System: Branigan Cultural Center, the Las Cruces Museum of Art, the Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science and the Las Cruces Railroad Museum Free Admission!
- Railroad Museum
o Harvey Girl Costume Mini Exhibit – Saturday, March 4 to April 1
o Coloring Club for Adults – 2nd and 4th Friday of each month from 10 am to noon.
o WWII Pioneers: Women on the Rails Mini Exhibit –Saturday, March 25 – Saturday, April 8.
o Needle Punch Embroidery – Wednesday, March 29 and April 5,
10 am to noon.
o “For the Love of Railroad Architecture” exhibit opening – Through April 1.
- Branigan Cultural Center
o Culture Club: Pi Related Activities – Saturday, March 25, 10 am
o Lecture – “Hillsboro, New Mexico – The Ghost Town that Wasn’t” – Thursday, March 23, 1 pm
- Museum of Art
o Lecture: Collecting Visual Arts in the United States, 1950-90, Wednesday, March 22 3:30 pm
o Artrageous – Plantable Paper: Saturday, March 25, 10 am
o Artrageous – Upcycled Magnets: Saturday, April 1, 10 am
- Museum of Nature & Science
o Animal Encounters: Birds – Saturday, March 25, 10:30 am
o Pre-K Thursdays: Nature Kids: Seed Germination –Thursday, March 23, 9 am.
o Lecture Series: Cannibal Spiders, Sarring Ants, and Murderous Plants – Friday March 31, 2pm
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library library.las-cruces.org; 575-528-4005; 575-528-4010
o Read to Me*—Tuesdays 10:30 am; story time for ages 3—7
o Intro to Computers:—Tuesday, March 21, 2 pm; File Management
o Intro to Computers:—Tuesday, March 28, 2 pm; Internet Basics
o Teen Game Night—Tuesdays and Thursdays 4 pm; games for teens
o Branigan BookClub—Tuesday, March 21, 6:30 pm; Rabih Alammedine. An Unnecessary Woman
o Toddler Time*—Wednesdays & Thursdays 10 am; story time for ages 1—3.
o Mother Goose Time*—Wednesdays 11 am; activities for infants and their adults.
o Fourth Wednesday Happening—Wednesday, Marche 22, 1 pm; Pinterest.
o Rhythm Roundup*—Fridays 10:30 am; Music/Motion for ages 2-5.
o Library Lab**—Fridays 3:30 pm; Activities/Stories for ages 6-10.
o Fourth Sunday Movie—Sunday, March 26, 2 pm.
*Children must be accompanied by their well-behaved adult caregiver
**Caregivers welcome.
Live Theater:
· Black Box Theatre http://www.no-strings.org
o The Conference of the Birds by Peter Brook and Jea-Claude Carriere March 17 - April 2.
o Don’t miss out – local restaurants provide discounts to patrons who present a ticket stub from any NSTC, LCCT or ASTC production.
o Prices have changed for the 2016-2017 season, call 523-1223 for information.
- Las Cruces Community Theatre – lcctnm.org
o The One Act Play Festival – March 30-April 2
- Rio Grande Theatre – riograndetheatre.com
o Latin Comedy Jam – Saturday, April 1, 7 pm
o Viva Espana! – Saturday, April 8, 7:30pm & Sunday, April 9, 2:30 pm