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Events On Tap For Downtown Las Cruces

  ·         Farmers and Crafts Market

o   July 13 & July 16, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

o   Evening Farmer’s Market, July 13, 6-10 p.m.

  • 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
  • Branigan Cultural Center

o   “Color & Vision exhibit” will run thru August 13. The Artwork of Ailleen Shannon is an exhibit which explores the career of artist Ailleen Shannon who lived in Las Cruces from 1925 until her death in 1964.
o   “Plastics Unwrapped” An exhibit that explores how material culture was rapidly changed by plastics –through August 20.

o   Thursday, July 14 at 1 p.m.: History Notes Lecture – “The Heart of Las Cruces”-The History of St. Genevieve’s Church.

·         Museum of Art

o   Wednesday, July 13 at 2:30 p.m. Reading Art Book club – discussion on “A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire.”

o   Saturday, July 16 at 2 p.m. Artist Demonstration and Workshop with David Alan Boyd.

o   Thru July 16: “Light, Color, Space Motion” by Carlos Estrada Vega & David Alan Boyd.

·         Museum of Nature & Science

o   “Saturday, July 16 at 10 a.m. Family Science Saturday presents Earth Systems – “Atmosphere.”

o   Saturday, July 16 at 11 a.m. presents “SNAP” - Merging Artistic Creativity with Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics presents “Soap Bubble Art.”

o   Saturday, July 16 at 11:30 a.m. presents Animal Encounters featuring “Invertebrates & Athropods.”

  • Thomas Branigan Library -

o   Teen Game Night  from 4 – 6 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, for ages 12-18.
o   Toddler Time – Wednesday & Thursday at 10 a.m. story time for ages 3 and up.

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. Music & motion for ages 6-10.

o   Library Lab – Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in the children’s Crafts Room.

o   Wednesday, July 13 at 1 p.m. in the Roadrunner Room: Teen Screens – Pixels, Rated PG13

o   Wednesday, July 13 at 2 p.m. in the Boardroom – Adult Summer Reading Program – Saving for Adults – It is never too early or too late to start saving.

o   Wednesday, July 13 at 5 p.m. in the Roadrunner Room: Books to Movies, Mr. Holmes rated PG.

o   Thursday July 14 at 2 p.m. in the Boardroom – Pulitzer Prize Book club, “Lovely, Dark, Deep” by Joyce Carol Oates.

o   Thursday, July 14 at 2 p.m. in the Roadrunner Room – Summer Screen, Inside Out rated PG.

Live Theater    

·         Black Box Theatre – http://www.no-strings.org

o   The Gilbert and Sullivan Company of El Paso’s Production of “The Sorcerer” July 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, July 17 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 regular admission and $10 for students and seniors over 65.

o    “Orange You Glad You Came” is the art exhibit in the theatregallery by Margaret Bernstein. Thetheatregallery is open an hour before all performances and by appointment. Call 523-1223 for more information.

·         Las Cruces Community Theatre – lcctnm.org

o   No showings at this time.

·         Rio Grande Theatre – riograndetheatre.com

o   Thru July 22 – Opera Storytellers - A Two Week Camp for 3rd-8th Graders. Singers, dancers, actors stage hands and tech crew needed. No prior experience is necessary.

o    Wednesday, July 13 at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.  “Pero No”, a band which classifies their sound as a blend of folk and rock. Starting in July the free program sponsored by the Doña Ana Arts Council will be changed to every 2nd Wednesday to coincide with other downtown Las Cruces activities like the Night Farmers Market and Crafts Market and Project Main Street. For more information, call 575-523-6403