Miscellaneous

Farmer's Market at Ardovino's Desert Crossing - May 29, 2010 - October 16, 2010
The 9th annual Farmer's Market continues every Saturday through mid-October, featuring organic and pesticide-free vegetables, locally-made goat cheeses, natural free-range chickens & eggs, native plants, fresh-baked breads, and salsas. Details

Color Play: Exploring the Art & Science of Color - June 5, 2010 - September 5, 2010
The exhibit features an array of color-themed activities & games for the whole family. Visitors can turn a crank to create a neon sculpture, star in a color dance, explore a giant 3-room playhouse, investigate the many uses of blue, and more. Hours: Tue/Wed/Thu/Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-6 p.m., closed Mon. Details

Lynx Exhibits Summer Camps - June 7, 2010 - August 9, 2010
Lynx Exhibits presents a number of themed summer camps. Themes include King Tut, Rainbow Room, Going Buggy!, Under the Sea, and Oh Yuck! Choose from morning or afternoon sessions. Details

50 Years of Fashion - July 22, 2010 - September 16, 2010
The museum pays tribute to local retail giants whose fashions inspired how El Pasoans dressed. The exhibit features vintage apparel from the 1950s to the `90s. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mondays. Details

Unknown Mexico / Mexico Desconocido - July 24, 2010 - September 4, 2010
This exhibit introduces some of the ancient & contemporary cultures of West Mexico, such as the ancient West Mexico Shaft Tomb Cultures, which flourished at the same time as the Aztec & Maya civilizations...and the Tarascan Empire, which flourished from AD 1100-1530...and the 21st century Cora & Huichol Indians living in the Sierra Madre del Norte. The exhibit is based on a 1993 exhibit of original artifacts at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. August 11, September 4 Zip Tours, 2 p.m., presented by curator Richard Durschlag. July 31 "A Musical Journey into Ancient & Modern Latin America" with El Paso musical group Ceiba. Families with children age 6 & up are invited to explore the ancient & modern music and art in regions ranging from Mexico to the Andes. August 15 "Huichol Sacred Pilgramage to Wirikuta," video screening, 2 p.m. Filmaker Larain Boyll Matheson spent 2 years photographing & producing this story of the Huichol making one of their annual pilgrimages to the place where their sacred medicine cactus grows. Commentary by Dr. Richard Durschlag follows. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m.. Details

Dancing in the City - July 24, 2010 - July 31, 2010
The City of El Paso Museums & Cultural Affairs Department presents this outdoor dance series, featuring live, local musical talent, and dance lessons an hour prior to the event (at 7 p.m.). July 31 Live salsa music by Team Havana. Details

YISD Festival of Lights - July 30, 2010 - August 1, 2010
The Yselta Independent School District's annual summer festival for families features food, craft vendors, games, jumping balloons, a rock wall, an obstacle course, and more. The 1000+ students who attended the YISD Fine Arts Summer Camp perform nightly 6-8 p.m. Viva Los Ninos, a production that tells the history of El Paso through the eyes of children, perform nightly at 8 p.m. Details

HEMPformation Session - July 31, 2010 - July 31, 2010
Students for Sensible Drug Policy at UTEP will hold an event that will highlight the benefits of hemp as nutrition, cannabis as medicine, the increase in violence in our border, and how it ties in with the U.S. war on drugs. Speakers from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition will discuss first-hand experience fighting the war on drugs. Other events include art, poetry, spoken word, and free hemp product samples. Details

Harvey Girls of El Paso - August 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010
A program on the history & traditions of the Harvey House System in the Southwest. The Santa Fe Railroad changed train travel across the West in the 1880s. Thousands of young women from the East took jobs in Western railroad towns and became known as the "Harvey Girls." The program includes clips of the 1946 film "The Harvey Girls," starring Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury. The El Paso Union Stationed opened its own Harvey House in 1906 and it operated for over 50 years. Anyone with informatino about the El Paso Harvey Girls is invited to attend and share their stories. Presentations by Deen Underwood (historian), Carolyn Buchanan (EPCC Culinary History instructor), Patricia Kiddney (historian, expert on Victorian social traditions), Prince McKenzie (curator & director of the Railroad & Transportation Museum of El Paso). Samples of Harvey House recipes will be available. Details

UTEP Summer Dance Workshops - August 2, 2010 - August 13, 2010
Aug. 2-6 Rocker Verastique, a jazz, theatre, and dance instructor, has appeared in the original Broadway companies of "Contact," "Chicago," "Victor/Victoria," and "Carousel." He has numerous other Broadway roles under his belt, and spent 6 years with the American Ballet Theatre, 4 years on the TV series "Fame," and the male lead in the Janet Jackson "Nasty" video. Aug. 9-13 Jennifer Conley, a former member of the Martha Graham Company, will teach the Martha Graham Technique. Conley has set numerous Martha Graham dances for various colleges & universities. Details

Fundraising Dinner - August 5, 2010 - August 5, 2010
A fundraising dinner & silent auction for Chef Sara Horowitz, who has been chosen to compete in Food Network's "Best in Smoke" barbecue competition. Proceeds will help Chef Sara and her sous chef get to New York for the competition. The wine dinner begins with a wild thyme potato salad followed by an appetizer of pulled pork with Swiss chard, apple bacon bundles and confetti slaw on a crispy wonton with a smoked red berry BBQ Sauce, The salad course is a smoked pork belly and grilled summer peach salad with chili spiced praline pistachios and sweet orange vinaigrette. There will also be a choice of either a filet mignon with fire roasted raja potatoes served with zucchini and onion strings or a BBQ chicken with a mango sauce. Dessert will be spiced apple pie with lattice crust and vanilla bean ice cream with a cheddar crisp. Chef Sara has appeared on Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and was runner-up in the National BBQ Championship Series on the Versus network. Reservations are recommended. Details

Ballet Technique Workshop - August 7, 2010 - August 8, 2010
The El Paso Conservatory of Dance is offering a 2-day workshop, featuring two guest instructors and one resident instructor with expertise & certification in the Cecchetti Method of ballet training. The program includes daily 2-hour classes for dancers in levels I-II, III-IV, and Intermediate-Advanced. Private lessons & coaching sessions are available upon request. Details

Nutcracker Auditions - August 11, 2010 - August 11, 2010
El Paso Youth Ballet seeks dancers for Corps de Ballet and Principal roles in their December production of "The Nutcracker." Guest choreographer Erick Campos teaches an audition class, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., with a 2nd audition class from 5:30-7 p.m. Registration is a half hour before each class. Wear proper ballet attire;female dancers must have pointe shoes and be proficient on pointe. Dancers age 8-12 are invited to audition for the role of "Clara" Erick Campos teaches audition classes, 9:15-10:30 a.m. and 4:15-5:30 p.m. Registration is a half hour before each class. Details

Expressions Dance Company - August 13, 2010 - August 14, 2010
The local dance company performs. Details

65th Anniversary of the End of WWII - Reenactment - August 21, 2010 - August 21, 2010
Presented by the El Paso Museum of History along with the Friends of Fort Selden, the 79th Infantry Division, and Pittsenbargar's Own SS Living History/Reenactment Groups. Two small patrol skirmishes will take place in Cleveland Square (adjacent to the museum) at 11:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Inside the museum, view a display of original & reproduction small arms and accoutrements of the soldier of the WWII period. Reenactors will also be available to answer questions and demonstrate arms & equipment as well as uniforms that soldiers possessed during the war. Details

Music

Music Under the Stars - June 13, 2010 - August 15, 2010
No glass containers, no pets. Parking available at the El Paso Zoo with free shuttle (6:30-10 p.m.) Aug. 1 Hot Club of Cowtown (western swing). Aug. 8 Azucar (salsa, merengue). Aug. 15 Mariachi Los Toritos. Details

Carlsbad Community Band - August 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010
A free concert by the Carlsbad Community Band, formerly known as the Carlsbad Wind Symphony. Details

Art

Native American Works on Paper - April 11, 2010 - September 19, 2010
This exhibition features works on paper by Native American artists including Gilbert Atencio, Kay B., Arthur Begay, Archie Blackowl, Nat Coriz, Woody Crumbo, Robert Draper, Kananginak, Kiakshuk, R. Naha, and Paul Pletka. The subjects in these works depict ritualistic scenes primarily in flat shapes that were contrary to the popular Euro-American abstract expressionist movement, or the traditional one-point perspective illusion of space in use since the Italian Renaissance. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu open until 9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mondays. Details

SunKoo Yuh - April 15, 2010 - August 7, 2010
SunKoo Yuh is a South Korea native and an associate professor of art at the University of Georgia. Yuh's ceramic sculptures are composed of tight groupings of various forms including plants, animals, fish, and human figures. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu open until 7 p.m., Sat noon-5 p.m. Details

Up Against the Wall: Posters of Social Protest - April 15, 2010 - August 7, 2010
The exhibit is the first in a year-long series of events at the Rubin Center that capitalize on our region as a historical site of the Mexican Revolution and at the same time engage with issues & artists of contemporary importance. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu open until 7 p.m., Sat noon-5 p.m. Details

Solidarity & Struggle: The Politics of Graphic Design in Mexico During & After the Revolution - April 15, 2010 - August 7, 2010
The exhibit consists of 16 historic posters from Mexico's foremost political workshop, Taller de Grafica Popular, on loan from the collection of the UNM Museum of Art. The will display alongside several copies from 1911-12 of the illustrated political magazine "El Hijo," on loan from C.L. Sonnichesen Special Collections Department of the UTEP University Library. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu open until 7 p.m., Sat noon-5 p.m. Details

Dia de los Muertos Exhibit (submissions) - April 17, 2010 - September 24, 2010
All artists living in Dona Ana and surrounding counties (including El Paso) are eligible to submit work for the Branigan Cultural Center's 2010 Dia de los Muertos exhibit (Oct. 19-Nov. 27). All work must reflect the celebration of the Day of the Dead. Artists may submit up to 3 entries. Entries must be submitted on CD or through e-mail as jpeg files (use artist name or artwork title to name jpeg files). Files must be accompanied by a description of the work, title, size, brief description, artist's name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 24. Call for mailing address, or submit entries to e-mail address below. Details

The Holy Family / La Sagrada Familia - April 18, 2010 - October 10, 2010
As part of the El Paso Museum of Art's dedication to an ongoing rotation of focused Mexican retablos exhibitions from its permanent collection, this exhibition explores images of the Holy Family from the 19th century. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mon. Details

Farah Exhibit - May 21, 2010 - November 21, 2010
The El Paso Museum of History presents the 2nd exhibit in the series “Awakening Our Giants and Celebrating our Firsts” with a focus on the Farah Manufacturing Company. The company began as Farah Shirt Manufacturing Company in 1920 and soon became a giant in the U.S. men’s apparel industry. Former Farah employees, customers, and suppliers are invited to share their memories. Hours: Tue-Sat 9-5, Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mon. Details

Summer Art Classes - June 3, 2010 - August 26, 2010
June 3 - Aug. 26 Life Drawing Thursdays 5:30-8:30 p.m. Practice figure drawing skills in this self-guided class. Live nude models are the focus of this class. Age 18 & older only. $5 per session for members, $10 non-members. June 6 - Aug. 1 Wheel Throwing with Clay Sundays noon-2:15 p.m., 2:30-4:45 p.m. (No class July 4). Learn basic wheel throwing skills to enhance individual development through functional & decorative projects. $72 members, $90 non-members. June 12 - Aug. 7 Watercolor Landscapes Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-noon (no classes July 3). Designed to explore scenes from our natural environment. Many classes will meet off-site, such as the Franklin Mountains State Park. Students responsible for transportation & entry fees. $62 members, $77 non-members. Aug. 14 & 15 19th Century Photography Learn alternative methods in photography using 19th century processes. Students will make a pinhole camera and learn how to make a cyanotype and Van Dyke brown prints. $60 members, $76 non-members. Details

Vernacular Houses in Ciudad Juarez: Itinerant Images - July 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010
This unique photographic exhibit is a record of the traditional architecture of Ciudad Juarez and refers to how people have built their houses ever since they occupied the oldes part of what was once El Paso del Norte. Organized by Professor Teresa Estrada of the Architecture Institute of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Funded by a grant from the Chihuahuan Institute of Culture. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mon. Details

Fire & Fiber - July 2, 2010 - July 30, 2010
This show displays works by the Potters' Guild of Las Cruces, collaborating with a variety of fiber artists. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Details

Rio Grande, Bravo! - July 6, 2010 - September 11, 2010
West Texas photographer Jon Smith presents the Rio Grande river in 22 panoramic photographs, whose mural-like scale matches the river's grandeur. Smith spent 3 years traveling and photographing the river, and the exhibit will contain a new view of the river along the border in El Paso. Details

Tom Lea, Genius of the Twentieth Century - July 7, 2010 - July 31, 2010
The exhibit features Tom Lea's illustrations from "Forty Years at El Paso by W.W. Mills" on loan from Wells Fargo Bank. Details

Las Otras Batallas - July 15, 2010 - August 14, 2010
A photographic exhibit featuring new photos from El Diario de Juarez. Details

China's Southwestern Landscape - July 15, 2010 - July 31, 2010
A new exhibit by Anping (Anne) Tao, an artist and assistant professor of Chinese painting at Sichuan University. She excels at modern landscape painting, and many of her paintings have been exhibited in various provincal & national art exhibitions. Details

Postcard Show - Art Talent Search - July 23, 2010 - August 31, 2010
The Hal Marcus Gallery announces a talent search for the upcoming exhibit "El Paso Postcards," opening November 18. Artists must create a "postcard" that would entice people to visit El Paso. Area artists who have previously exhibited are invited to visit the gallery before Aug. 24 and receive up to 3 free, 8"x10" masonite boards ("postcards") that their art must be created on. Entries must be submitted by Aug. 31. Details

Hari Kidd: Entrepreneurs of War - July 25, 2010 - November 29, 2010
Hari (Harry) Matthew Kidd introduced the aesthetics of Modernism to El Paso in the early 20th century. The gouache on paper drawings in this exhibition exemplify the artist's modernist aesthetics, as well as his opinions on war and social inequity. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mondays. Details

Drawing: The Essence of Art - August 5, 2010 - November 5, 2010
This group exhibit is an all black-and-white show featuring area artists taking on subjects ranging from abstract to landscapes to portraits to still lifes. Hours: Tue-Fri 6-9 p.m. Aug. 5 Opening Reception, 609 p.m. Wear black & white! Sept. 30 ARTalk, 7-9 p.m. Details

Chiapas Photo Essays - August 6, 2010 - August 28, 2010
People of Chiapas photo essay by Linda Montoya, who visited Chiapas, Mexico, in 1984 and 2003. Chiapas: People, Architecture, and Landscapes photo essay by Susan Bryant, who belongs to an organization that works to establish relationships with several groups of indigenous peoples in the rural areas of Chiapas. August 6 Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m. August 7 "Volunteer Work in Chiapas," lecture by Susan Bryant, 1 p.m. August 14 Gallery talk by Linda Montoya about her experiences in Chiapas, 1 p.m. People of Chiapas exhibit runs through Aug. 21. Chiapas: People, Architecture, and Landscapes runs through Aug. 28 Details

Earth Water Air Fire: The Work of Carole Feuerman - August 15, 2010 - November 7, 2010
Artist Carole Feuerman works with materials such as bronze, marble, and resin to sculpturally depict the 4 basic elements. Whether casting bronze spheres of earth, or pouring liquid bronze forms of the Greek god of fire, portraying figures floating on air, or swimmers surfacing from the water, the basic elements demonstrate a diverse array of ideas and approaches. Aug. 15 Opening Reception and Gallery Talk, 2:20-3:30 p.m. Book signing with Feuerman follows at 3:30 p.m. Attendees can view the exhibit for free. Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mon. Details

Screen

Harry Brown - July 30, 2010 - August 5, 2010
This 2009 British film stars Michael Caine as a man who dispatches his own form of justice in order to avenge the murder of an old friend. Director: Daniel Barber. Nightly at 7:30 p.m., additional Sunday 2:30 p.m. matinee. Details

The Stalking Moon - July 31, 2010 - July 31, 2010
The CineMatinee series continues with this 1968 classic starring Gregory Peck as a retired army scout who takes in a white woman and her half-Indian son who are on the run from the boy's father - one of the deadliest Indian assassins on the plains. Details

An Inconvenient Truth - August 4, 2010 - August 4, 2010
The Hot Topic Film Series continues with this controversial 2006 documentary about global warming. Details

Plaza Classic Film Festival - August 5, 2010 - August 15, 2010
The world's biggest classic film festival enters its 3rd year with screenings of dozens upon dozens of classic films, including "Jaws," "The African Queen," "A Fistful of Dollars," "The Seven Samurai," "The Godfather," "The Shining," and many others. Director Peter Bogdanovich will be present to introduce his 1971 film "The Last Picture Show." Film historian & journalist Nick Clooney (father of George, brother of Rosemary) will be present to talk about the 1950 film "Sunset Blvd." along with one of the film's stars, Nancy Olson. El Paso native Debbie Reynolds returns to the Sun City to talk about her experiences on "Singing in the Rain." The Alloy Orchestra will provide live musical accompaniment to the newly-restored version of the Fritz Lang classic, "Metropolis." Director and El Paso native Ryan Piers Williams and actress America Ferrera will be present to talk about their newest film, "The Dry Land," which was partially filmed in El Paso. See the attached link for the complete schedule. Details

The Secret in their Eyes - August 6, 2010 - August 12, 2010
This 2009 Argentinean release won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. A criminal court investigator is tormented by the unsolved rape & murder of a young bride in 1974. Director: Juan Jose Campanella. Nightly at 7:30 p.m., additional Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Details

Red Rock West - August 7, 2010 - August 7, 2010
The CineMatinee series contineus with this 1993 film starring Nicolas Cage as a drifter who arrives in the small Western town of Red Rock and is mistaken for a professional killer. Also stars Dennis Hopper, J.T. Walsh, Lara Flynn Boyle. Details

Please Give - August 13, 2010 - August 19, 2010
A New York couple, played by Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt, own a furniture re-sale store, and feel guilty about buying from the children of dead people. Their guilt leads them to give money and doggie bags to the homeless. Nightly at 7:30 p.m., additional Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Details

Redskin - August 14, 2010 - August 14, 2010
The CineMatinee series continues with this 1929 silent color film, made when the American West was still unknown territory. A Navajo man whose partial assimilation into white society finds himself neither Indian nor white, just "redskin." Filmed in Acoma Pueblo, outside Albuquerque. Details

Ondine - August 20, 2010 - August 26, 2010
This 2010 Irish film stars Colin Farrell as a recovering alcoholic fisherman who nets a mysterious woman who may be a selkie, a mythical seal-like creature that can take human form. Nightly at 7:30 p.m., additional Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Details

One Man's Hero - August 21, 2010 - August 21, 2010
The CineMatinee series continues with this 1998 film starring Tom Berenger as Army Sergeant John Riley, who revolts against his superior officer and flees with a group of fellow Irishmen and joined a regiment in the Mexican army during the Mexican-American War. The regiment came to be known as Los San Patricios. Details

The Wind Journeys - August 27, 2010 - September 2, 2010
This 2010 Columbian release tells the story of an aging accordion player who, after his wife's death, vows to never again play the instrument. He reluctantly takes a young musician with him on a trek north to return his instrument to his mentor. Nightly at 7:30 p.m., additional Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Details

The Spanish Room - August 28, 2010 - August 28, 2010
The CineMatinee series continues with this 2010 documentary about Yjastros - the American Flamenco Repertory Company, based in downtown Albuquerque. The special guest at the screening is filmmaker Chris Roybal. Details

Stage

Romeo & Juliet - July 23, 2010 - August 1, 2010
The UTEP Department of Theatre & Dance presents the classic tale of star-crossed lovers by William Shakespeare. Directed by Chuck Gorden. July 30, 31 at 8 p.m., Aug. 1 at 2:30 p.m. July 31 anyone w/ valid military ID gets 1free ticket for each $8 ticket purchased. Details

The Wise Men of Chelm - Auditions - August 8, 2010 - August 9, 2010
Director Francesca Moor will hold auditions for the upcoming production of this stage adaptation of Jewish folk tales, adapted by Sandra Fenichel Asher. Roles are available to actors & actresses age 10 to adult who will play numerous varied characters. Acrobatic skills are a plus. Performances will take place Oct. 2-24. Details

Shakespeare in the Park - August 20, 2010 - August 29, 2010
Shakespeare on the Rocks presents Shakespeare in the Park. August 20 & 28 Othello. August 21 & 29 Twelfth Night. August 22 & 27 Romeo & Juliet. Fri & Sat at 7 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Details

Words

Eastside Sisters in Crime - February 2, 2010 - November 2, 2010
The Eastside Sisters in Crime are a monthly reading & discussion book club that supports women mystery, crime, and detective writers. They meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. Free to the public. Aug. 3 Nancy Herndon "Acid Bath." Sept. 7 Susan Dunlap "Pious Deception." Oct. 5 Dana Stabanow "Prepared for Rage." Nov. 2 Tana French "In the Woods." Details

Tumblewords Project - July 10, 2010 - July 31, 2010
July 31 Going Gonzo presented by Deb Hoag, professional writer and clinical psychologist. She is the author of "Crashin' the Real," and her new novel, "Dr. Gonzo," is coming out at Burning Man, the first week of September. Details

Poetry & Videos - July 30, 2010 - July 30, 2010
The event features videos by Leon Le la Rosa; discussion from Dr. Deh Hoag; poetry by Lawrence Welsh, Donna Snyder, Ray Ramos, and Jen Schugert; video remixing by Rene Lopez and Tipo, and mixing with DJ Kidmonks. Bring your own cheese. Details

The Rails of El Paso - August 12, 2010 - August 12, 2010
An illustrated lecture on the past & future of the rails of El Paso - the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroads. Ron Lieman talks about what became of the 6 railroads that once served El Paso, and how the change from steam to diesel power in the 1950s altered the face of the downtown yards. Details