The Las Cruces Museum of Art is excited to announce two dynamic word-based events inspired by its new exhibition, Clyde Butcher: Lifeworks in Photography. These events include a poetry workshop and an open mic event featuring poetry created during the workshop. The ekphrastic poetry workshop is scheduled for Saturday, September…
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The Branigan Cultural Center is excited to announce a new exhibit, The Ballard Photo Studio: A Portrait of Community, featuring more than 200 portraits and other photographic works by Las Cruces photographer Jim Ballard. These works offer a snapshot of the Mesilla Valley community between 1930 and 1950. The images…
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The Branigan Cultural Center is pleased to announce that it will offer a Death Café series during the month of October. The Death Cafés are scheduled for every Wednesday in October from 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – exact dates are October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2024. The conversations will be…
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The City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department will host Spooky Splash Movie Nights from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday nights in October, at the Las Cruces Natatorium, 1401 E. Hadley Avenue. There will be swimming and a Halloween-themed movie for a different age group each Friday night….
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The City of Las Cruces Parks maintenance will be removing cottonwood trees at Salopek Park on 464 Salopek Boulevard. Maintenance will include the removal of six to seven declining cottonwood trees due to a severe mistletoe infestation, two of which are dead. The work will start on the east end of…
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The Las Cruces Police Department’s next Bridging the Badge livestream, scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24, will focus on Operation Not in Vain, a months-long multi-agency project that’s targeting violent and property crimes, persons with outstanding warrants, repeat offenders, traffic enforcement and quality of life crimes. LCPD Deputy Chief Eric Urenda…
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The Art Bus Shelter art exhibit is looking for artists. Art could be featured at one of six Las Cruces bus shelters. Apply today. Art Stop Public Art Exhibit Applications
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The City’s Parks and Recreation Department is offering swimming lessons twice weekly Oct. 3-25 at the Las Cruces Regional Aquatic Center, 1401 East Hadley Ave., and at the Las Cruces Natatorium, 1405 E Hadley Ave. All classes will be Thursdays and Fridays, with eight classes held each session. Classes for each division…
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Toss No Mas is a community-wide cleanup effort that utilizes volunteers who contribute to the improvement and beautification of the local environment. Individual volunteers, groups, businesses and civic organizations are encouraged to participate. KLCB is collaborating with Keep Dona Ana County Beautiful, the Town of Mesilla, the South-Central Solid Waste Authority and…
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Las Cruces City Council met in regular session on Monday, Sept. 16, and accepted a New Mexico Department of Transportation grant for bicycle and pedestrian trails, voted to reimburse a developer for a new park in Metro Verde and denied an appeal to a Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to…
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The City’s Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Program, part of the Parks and Recreation Department, is inviting volunteers to participate in the Toss No Mas community-wide cleanup event on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. Toss No Mas is a community-wide cleanup effort that utilizes volunteers who contribute to the improvement and beautification of the local environment….
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Las Cruces City Council met in regular session on Monday, Sept. 16, and accepted a New Mexico Department of Transportation grant for bicycle and pedestrian trails, voted to reimburse a developer for a new park in Metro Verde and denied an appeal to a Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to…
READ MORE An 11-year-old student has been charged for allegedly posting a threat on social media that suggested gun violence would occur Tuesday at Sierra Middle School. The 11-year-old girl, who police will not publicly identify because of her age, was charged with making a threat of a school shooting. She received…
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Las Cruces police have arrested two students suspected of making online threats to carry out shootings at local schools. A 13-year-old boy was arrested for making online threats to carry out a shooting at Camino Real Middle School. A 15-year-old girl was arrested for making a similar threat directed toward…
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The Las Cruces Fire Department will host three practice Physical Ability Tests designed to provide valuable insight into what is required, physically, to become a firefighter. The practice tests, open to the public, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on three consecutive Saturdays: Sept. 28, Oct. 5 and…
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