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The 5-mile hike is easy to moderate, and is
january 2018 suitable for all ages.
Meet at the large parking lot at the trailhead
Twelfth Night – The Celebration of Twelfth
Night and Southern War Practice is 10 a.m. to
9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at Bethel Family
to Mt. Cristo Rey. To get there, take McNutt
ROUNDUP Road (NM 273) about 1 ½ miles south of
Sunland Park Drive, turn right on Cristo Rey
Ministries, 6301 Alabama. This year’s event,
presented by the Barony of Citadel of the Roundup 3-9
Road.
Southern Pass, is a medieval festival that Behind the Scene 4
includes a bazaar, medieval arts and sciences
Scene Spotlight 4
Community Scavenger Hunt — The and a target archery range. A five-course feast
#EP Unit citywide scavenger hunt runs Jan. 1- also offered. This year’s theme is “The
History Lessons 15
31, open to everyone. Participants may take Wonders of Jerusalem,” and will celebrate Viva Juárez 15
part in multiple family-friendly activities, hosted Muslim, Jew and Christian cultures. Admission: Here’s the Ticket 10-12
by Continuing the Revolution. Participation is $20 ($10 ages 6-17, free for 5 and under); $50 Program Notes 13-14
free. maximum per family. Feast is $10 ($5 age 6- Music 14
Dance
Teams of 3 to 6 participants may register and 17). Feast reservations: Lord Rafael Chavira
14
read complete rule list on Facebook at EP hunt. (505) 803-8033 (call 1-9 p.m.). Merchant fee is
Information: 228-0404 $15. Information at southernpass.org. Sports 16-18
ContinuingTheRevolution915@gmail.com. War practice will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Feature:
Continuing the Revolution is a community Memorial Park. 2017 Gecko Awards 19-21
coalition that strives to connect individuals of all
Tequila & Margarita Festival — Sunland Nature 22-23
Mount Cristo Rey Hike Through Time backgrounds and beliefs.
Park Racetrack & Casino, 1200 Futurity Dr. (at At the Museum 23-24
— A guided hike is at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 31,
at Mount Cristo Rey, Sunland Park, N.M. Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive — Sunland Park Drive), Sunland Park, N.M., hosts Gallery Talk 25
Length: 5 miles round trip (2-3 hours). Cost: $5 The 18th annual citywide effort to restock area the 2nd annual tequila and music festival 3 to 9 Southwest Art Scene 26-28
($2 for children) donation requested for the food pantries runs Jan. 2-15. Canned and p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, with premium tequila
Keep on Bookin' 28
other nonperishable food items can be dropped brands available for sampling. Admission is free;
Mt. Cristo Restoration Committee.
off at various locations throughout town, $20 for 10 tickets to sample premium tequilas Liner Notes 29
Information: 542-1422. No reservation is
including local grocery stores, public library and flavored margaritas. Information: 1-800- On Stage 30
required.
The hike is led by El Paso Scene Editor Randy branches, City Hall, and other locations. The 572-1142, sunland-park.com or on Facebook. Film Scene 31-32
Limbird, who will provide commentary on area food will then be collected, sorted and distrib-
Days of Remembrance Bridal, Quince Stage Talk 32
history and geography. A brief talk on the histo- uted among agencies serving the less fortunate,
& Sweet 16 Expo — The 28th annual event Taking a Look Back 32
February preview
including the Salvation Army, the Opportunity
ry of the monument will be given at the sum- is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at El Paso 33
Center for the Homeless, El Paso Rescue
mit.
Mission and others. Information: 212-3201 or
Convention Center, presented by Elegant El Paso FishNet 34
The four-story-tall statue of Christ on the Penguin Productions. The event is the largest
elpasolibrary.org.
Scene User’s Guide 34
cross was built in 1938-40 by sculptor Urbici and longest running of its kind, with more than
El Paso Public Library’s Food for Fines pro-
Advertiser Index 34
Soler. The mountaintop is 4,576 feet above sea 95 vendors with wedding gowns, quince and
gram will give patrons the opportunity to pay
Subscription Form 34
level, in Sunland Park, N.M., near the junction sweet 16 dresses, ballrooms, photographers,
of Mexico, Texas and New Mexico. library fines by donating canned and nonperish-
The hike is sponsored by Destination El Paso able food during the event. Fines reduced by
$1 for every can of food donated up to $5 per Please see Page 5
January 2018
Française d’El Paso hosts its first French with a 1920s theme. Page 6.
classes of 2018 beginning Jan. 8 for begin- = Randy Limbird
ning and intermediate adults, and Jan. 13 EPSMF Young Musician Competition Editor and Publisher
for adults and children. Page 33. El Paso Scene is published by Cristo
Rey Communications as a monthly guide
— El Paso Society for Musician of the (915) 542-1422
=
UTEP Basketball home games: Page Future host is taking applications through to entertainment, recreation and culture in Albert Martinez
20. Jan. 31 for its 2018 Young Musicians the El Paso area. Copies are provided Advertising &
Men’s Basketball: Competition for ages 8-19. Page 9. free at selected locations. Subscriptions Circulation Director
are $10 a year, sent by 3rd class mail. (915) 920-7244
• Jan. 11: FAU Applications for the New Instrument
Circulation: 40,000 copies. Lisa Kay Tate
• Jan 13: FIU Awards accepted through Jan. 31.
Deadline for news for the
Women’s Basketball: Applications for the Young Composers News Editor
veterans and their family create a happier and Information: 541-4416 or district2@elpaso-
safer home. Guest speaker is Janelle Contreras texas.gov.
Presented in collaboration with the
El Paso Pro-Musica Chamber Music Festival.
from the Center Against Sexual and Family ‘Recycle Right, El Paso’ Contest — City
Violence. Information: 298-1107 or projec-
SUPPORTED BY
Beverly and Ken Jinkerson of El Paso Environmental Services Department
tamistad.org. hosts its 2018 “Recycle Right, El Paso” public
This meeting will provide information on how service announcement video contest for local
to distinguish PTSD from Intimate Partner high school students. Interested students create
Violence (IPV), and how to respond to PTSD-
Buy Tickets at epso.org or (915) 532-3776
a 30-second PSA video with the theme
related violence and assist families in formulat-
ing Family Safety Plans.
EPSO is presented with the support of the City of El Paso Museums and
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Here’s the Ticket Saturday, Jan. 13, with Freddy Towers. • Radio Moscow — Psychedelic rock band, 10 Righteousness Tour is 8 p.m. Tuesday, March
Tickets: $10-$12. p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, with Amplified Heat. 13. Tickets: $15 early bird ($80 VIP).
Cont’d from Page 11
• Travesura – The California band performs at Tickets: $15-$18. • Calexico — The Tex-Mex indie rock band
9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, with Miijas. $8-$10. • Black Sabbitch — The all-female Black performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, with
• The Dirty River Boys — The Austin indie
• Badflower — The LA rock band performs at Sabbath Tribute performs at 10 p.m. Saturday, Ryley Walker. Tickets: $25-$30.
bluegrass band originally from El Paso performs
9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, with Kat Suicide and Feb. 10, with arsonkill. Tickets: $10-$12.
at 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30. $12-$15.
the Candance. Tickets: $10-$12. • Mako — LA DJ duo, 9 p.m. Wednesday,
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
• Hodge Twins — Edgy comedy team per- — 1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo.
• The Octopus Project — The Austin “indi- Feb. 14. Tickets: $15-$20.
forms at 8 and 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11. Age Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickinger-
etronica” band performs at 9 p.m. Thursday, • Money Chicha — The Austin chicha band
18 and older admitted. Tickets: $25 ($50 VIP). center.com.
Jan. 18, with New Fumes. Tickets: $10-$12. performs at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, with
• “The Mother F***er with the Hat — Players
Dos Santos. Tickets: $10-$12.
• Brass Transit, The Chicago Tribute performs
• Madam X — The Paris singer performs at
on the Wall present the play by Stephen Adley at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18. The Toronto
10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, with J^HIR. • J.I.D. + Earthgang — The hip-hop artists
Gurgis at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12- band’s show includes all the hits from Chicago’s
Tickets: $8-$10. perform at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, with
13. Tickets: $12; $10 student; $8 military. golden age with horns, rocking rhythm section
• Adam Jodorowsky — French-Mexican musi- Chaz French and Lute. Age 16 and older admit-
• JD Samson — The DJ performs at 11 p.m. and vocals that transport audiences back to the
cian, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23. $15-$20. ted. Tickets: $15 (VIP $65).
freewheeling days of 1969-1976. Tickets: $18,
• Jerry Folk and SAINT WKND — The elec-
$28 and $38.
tronic artists’ “Foreign Affair Tour” is 9 p.m.
• Bettman & Halpin and Chocolate Buffet —
Tuesday, March 6. Tickets: $12-$15.
The folk/Americana duo perform for the annual
• Thunderpussy — Rock band, 9 p.m. Monday,
Valentine’s Day event at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
March 12. Tickets: $10-$12.
10. Tickets: $10, $20 and $30. Information:
• Shopping — The post-punk band performs
(575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
10 p.m. Friday, March 16, with French Vanilla.
• ABBA Mania — The world’s No. 1 touring
Tickets: $8-$10.
ABBA tribute concert comes to Alamogordo at
• Kolars — The pop/rock group performs at 9
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. Tickets: $19-$40.
p.m. Sunday, March 18, with Escondido.
Tickets: $12-$15.
• ‘The Great Gatsby’ — National Players pres-
ent the play based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso
book at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. This fast-
UFO — Japanese psychedelic rock, 9 p.m.
paced adaptation of Fitzgerald’s novel brings
Thursday, May 3. Tickets: $10-$12.
the Jazz Age of New York to life. Tickets: $10,
Rockhouse Bar and Grill — 9828 $20 and $30.
Montana. Information: 591-7625 or on
Facebook at RockHouseDiveBarKitchen.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and
• New Year’s Eve concert with Hyproglo
Casino — Mescalero, N.M. Shows start at 8
p.m. Age 21 and older admitted. Tickets
begins at 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31. No cover.
through Yapsody.com or Ticketmaster.
• The Brazilian metal band Claustrophobia per-
Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemoun-
forms at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2. Special guests:
taingods.com.
La Muerte, Hereafter the Wave and Soren.
• La original Banda El Limon — One of the
Admission: $10.
oldest and most revered groups in Mexican
Club Here I Love You — 115 S. Durango. banda performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19.
Specializing in electronic and DJ music. Most Tickets: $29-$89.
events are 18 and older, unless listed other- • Warrant and Winger — The popular metal
wise. Tickets on eventbrite.com. Group dis- bands perform Saturday, Jan. 20 (Rescheduled
counts offered for most shows. Information: from Aug. 4). Tickets: $35 to $65.
307-7736 or on Facebook. • Josh Turner - The country star performs
• Amythyst Blvd performs at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23. Tickets: $29-$89.
Wednesday, Jan. 10, with Emily Hardtke • Cheech & Chong — The comedy duo per-
As the City Sleeps, The Anhedonians and forms Friday, March 16. Tickets: $29-$89.
LUNAS. • Mariachi Vargas de Tecatlán — Friday, April
• Bryan Kearney — The Irish DJ makes his El 6. Tickets: $29-$89.
Paso debut with a 3-hour set for the club’s 2-
year anniversary at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13,
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts
— Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. Information:
with local support Ado and Gusso. Tickets: $25
(575) 336-4800 or spencertheater.com.
($4 minor fee at the door).
Pre-show buffets begin two hours prior to
• Take the Ride with Lee Reynolds & Porkchop
show; cost is $20.
is 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Tickets: $17.95.
• “Stomp” — The explosive hit musical is 7
• George Fitzgerald performs at 9 p.m. Friday,
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1. The eight-member
Feb. 2. Tickets: $17.95
troupe uses everything but conventional per-
• Volac’s Russia Style North American Tour is
cussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden
10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16. Tickets: $14.71.
poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters,
• Billy Kenny’s “Milky Way Tour” is 9 p.m.
hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent
Saturday, Feb. 24. Tickets: $17.95.
rhythms. Tickets: $39-$69.
Tricky Falls — 209 S. El Paso. Information: • The Ten Tenors — Australia’s most debonair
351-9909. Tickets at trickyfalls.com, holdmyt- musical export performs at 7 p.m. Thursday,
icket.com or ticketfly.com. Feb. 22. Tickets: $39-$69.
• Yung Gleesh — The hip-hop artist performs
at 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, with Y$P,
NM Tech Performing Arts Series —
Performances are 7:30 p.m. at New Mexico
KlayKoH JayoH, Mic, Rob$ta, Benny St. and
Tech’s Macey Center in Socorro, N.M.
Quince. Tickets: $15 general admission: $55
Information: nmtpas.org.
VIP meet and greet.
• Presidential Chamber Music Series presents a
• Strfkr —The Portland indie rockers perform
History of Tango with QTango Monday, Jan.
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31. Tickets: $20-
29. Admission is free.
$22.
• Scaffolding Theatre presents the musical
• Grails — The experimental rock band per-
“Five Course Love” Friday, Feb. 9. Tickets:
forms at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at The
$18 ($16 senior; $8 youth)
Perch. Tickets: $14-$17.
• Popovich’s Comedy Pet Theatre is Friday,
• Nothing More — The metal band’s “The
Feb. 23. Tickets: $20 ($18 senior; $10 youth).
Stories We Tell Ourselves” Tour is 7 p.m.
The 23rd annual Community Arts Party begins
Tuesday, Feb. 27, with The Contortionist and
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, with arts work-
Big Story. Tickets: $17 general admission ($75
shops for all ages. Admission is free.
and $125 VIP packages).
• Hippie Sabotage — The EDM group’s Path of
Border Beats
soprano Lisa Vroman, baritone William Sharp based on musical excellence, academic achieve-
and pianist Shane Schag perform at 7:30 p.m. ment and unmet financial need. Application Howling Coyote Open Mic — The open
Saturday, Jan. 27, at Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, deadline is also Jan. 31. mic event is 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, at Center for
presented by the UTEP Department of Music. The Original Music/New Ideas Young Spiritual Living, 575 N. Main, on Las Cruces
Tickets: $5 ($3 students/military; free for UTEP Composer Competition call for original scores Downtown Main Street, following the monthly ‘Wheel Spit Dog’ — El Paso poet/folk
faculty, students and staff). Information: 747- for solo piano is open to ages 9-16 (Junior Downtown Arts Ramble. Doors open for jam singer Gene Keller wrapped up his 70-plus
5606 or music.utep.edu. Division) and ages 17-25 (Emerging Division). session at 6 p.m.; signup begins at 6:30 p.m. years of wisdom and reflection as a gift to
Cash awards. Application deadline is March The community event is on the first Friday of listeners in this new CD of 15 songs. If
EPSYOs Winter Concert — El Paso 15. Call 449-0619 or email the month. Free admission to participants and you’re wondering about the title, you won’t
Symphony Youth Orchestras, directed by sjackson@epsmf.org. audience. Information: Melody Burns (575) find out until track 14, but it’s well worth
James O. Welsch, performs at 3 p.m. Sunday, 525-9333 or bobandmelody@sbcglobal.net. the wait. Keller has fought through strug-
Jan. 28, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $15 El Paso Wind Symphony — The wind The “Howling Coyote,” now in its 13th year, gles of his own blues to find joy in the
($10 students, seniors, active duty military). All Symphony directed by Ron Hufstader, per- is open to acoustic musicians, poets, story- details of life, accepting his flaws as well as
seats general admission. Information: 525-8978 forms at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at UTEP’s tellers, and singer/songwriters for material that anyone else’s along the way. The easiest
or epsyos.org. Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets: $10 ($5 stu- is family friendly. way to get a copy is to email him at
dents, military, seniors). Information: elpa- Lasagna dinner served 5:30 to 7 p.m.; suggest- streetoftrees@gmail.com.
Young People’s Concerts — The El Paso sowindsymphony.com. ed donation is $5.
El Paso Wind Symphony is a professional con-
Symphony Orchestra presents its 77th season ‘Sunday in the 40s’ — Paso Del Norte Big Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society
of free programs for area fifth-graders at 10:30 cert band made primarily of residents of the
Band, a 17-piece group, hosts 1940s style danc-
Greater El Paso Area, most of whom are band — The society presents Dassanova at its
a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday through ing and music 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at
directors in public and private schools. monthly concert series 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21,
Friday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, at the Abraham Chavez Shundo Ballroom Dance Studio, 120 N.
at First Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo in Las
Theatre. The program is presented in collabo- Border Chorders — The El Paso men’s Paragon, Suite 201. All ages welcome; BYOB,
Cruces. The music begins after a short business
ration with Carnegie Hall’s Link Up Program. barbershop and a cappella group rehearses at food and snacks. Admission: $15. Information:
meeting. Admission: $10 ($5 members; $1 stu-
The public is invited on a space-available basis; 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays at University 532-2043, 203-7292, music@pdnbigband.com
dents with ID). Coffee and dessert reception
call for availability. Information: 532-3776 or Presbyterian Church, 244 N. Resler. Directed or on Facebook at PDNbigband.
precedes the concert at 6:30 p.m. in the foyer.
epso.org. by John Eby. Singers in all ranges welcome. The Toasters — The New York ska band Information: Larry Brooks, (575) 640-8752 or
More than 15,000 fifth-grade students from Information: 309-6954 or barbershop.org behind hits like “Don’t Let the Bastards Grind mvjazzblues.net.
the El Paso area are treated to the free con- You Down” performs at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Dassanova consists of Daniel Rivera on tenor
certs each year. Sungold Chorus — The El Paso Sungold 20, at Paulina’s Badlands, 7792 Franklin, with and alto sax, guitar; Fernie Lechuga on keys;
Chorus of the Sweet Adelines rehearses four- guests the Valley Rats, the Pinsetters, Manny Flores on bass, melodica and percus-
El Paso Society for Musicians of the part harmony 7 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays at All Sinbuenos and Kat Suicide. Tickets: $10 in sion. and Byron Mutnick on drums. Their
Future - Classical musicians ages 8 to 19 are Saints Church, 3500 McRae. All ages and levels advance; $12 day of show. Information: 771- sound is a fusion of Latin Jazz from Cuba,
invited to apply through Jan. 31 for this year’s of musical background welcome. Information: 0997 or on Facebook. Mexico and Brazil.
competition, open to instruments and voice. 740-3216 or epsungold.org.
Independent Pizzerias
daily for both foot traffic and vehicles; visitor’s
center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays
through Saturday. Admission is free.
Information: 532-7273 or on Facebook at
— Pizza Today
Southwest Chapter of Railway & free. Information: 591-2326 or harveygirlselpa-
ChamizalNationalMemorial.
Locomotive Historical Society — The so.weebly.com.
“Tales, Tails and Tots” stories and visits with
society meets 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10,
El Paso Genealogical Society — The park mascot Chami are 11 to 11:30 a.m. for
at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 11050 ages 3-6 the fourth Saturday of each month.
society meets 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at
Montwood (off Lee Trevino). Program is
PIZZA
St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 7000 Edgemere
“History of Toy Train Museum in Alamogordo, El Paso Mission Trail Visitor Center —
(off Airway). Program is “A Review of
New Mexico.” Train buffs welcome. Program El Paso Mission Trail Association’s center sup-
American Ancestors.org new databases” pre-
and dinner cost: $10. Information: 540-9660. porting the three historic churches in the
Fine Beers & Wines
sented by Barbara McCarthy. Visitors encour-
Mission Valley — Ysleta Mission, Socorro
El Paso Archaeological Society — The aged to bring old photos for an interactive pro-
Mission and San Elizario Chapel — is at 6095
KERN PLACE
society’s monthly meeting is 2 p.m. Saturday, gram. Information: 591-2326.
Alameda (at Zaragoza). Hours are 10 a.m. to 3
Jan. 20, at El Paso Museum of Archaeology,
206 Cincinnati • 532-9483
El Paso Corral of the Westerners — p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Admission is
4301 Transmountain. Author and scholar free. Information 790-0661, 851-9997 or vis-
The monthly dinner program is 6 to 9 p.m.
WEST SIDE
Carlos Aceves speaks on the Xinachtli Project. itelpasomissiontrail.com.
Friday, Jan. 19, at Country Inn and Suites, 900
Admission is free; the public is invited. Seating
865 N. Resler • 760-6000
Sunland Park Dr. Program is “New Mexico’s
is limited. Information: 449-9075 or epas.com. Fort Bayard tours — Fort Bayard Historic
Other Notorious Lawman - Elfego Baca” pre-
Preservation Society host walking tours of the
EAST SIDE
The Xinachtli Project provides a method and
sented by Kenneth Smith. Cost: $20. RSVP
practice of teaching which incorporates the historic fort Saturday, Jan. 13 and 27, in
needed by Jan. 15: 759-9538.
1879 N. Zaragosa • 856-9111
knowledge of ancient Mesoamerican cultures December, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fort
into today’s classrooms. Old Fort Bliss — Building 5054, corner of Bayard National Historic Landmark is six miles
All phone numbers listed are in Juaréz. • ‘Como Quieras Perro Amame,’ a musical
comedy in which two disappointed lovers are
Hysteria Beer & Rock — Ignacio Mejía thrown together, is at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Monday,
127 y F. Villa. Advance tickets at Feb. 12. Tickets: 242 and 330 pesos (440 VIP).
donboleton.com. • La Catrina Quartet performs at 7 p.m.
• Transmetal Death/Metal Fest with Resurrect, Thursday, Feb. 15. Tickets: 110, 216 and 324
Plague, Anesthesia, Nite Demons and MX pesos.
PunkMetal is 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13. • Gravity Falls, adventure/mystery show for
Tickets: children, is at 12:30 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
200 pesos in advance, 250 at the door. 18. Tickets: 165, 220 and 275 pesos.
• Nostra Morte performs at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 27, with guests Morganna and Devil Dogs. Centro de Convenciones Anita —
Tickets: 545 pesos. Waterfill zone. Information: 6821486 or
6820693. Tickets at donboleton.com.
Centro Cultural Paso del Norte - Av. • Javier Rosas and his band, La Artilleria
Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the Pesada, perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27.
Red Cross. Information: 1730300 (Facebook: The grupero singer survived an assassination
CCPasodelNorte). Advance show tickets at attempt in Sinaloa nearly two years that critical-
donboleton.com. ly injured him and killed a cousin and a driver.
• “Coco El Musical” children’s show is at 12:30 Tickets: 165 and 440 pesos (660 and 825 VIP)
and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21. Tickets: 165-275 • ‘Las Locuras del Tenorio’ is at 7 p.m.
pesos. Saturday, Feb. 10. Over one dozen comics
• “Masha y El Oso” live children’s show is perform in the new version of José Zorrilla’s
noon and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Tickets: 275- play. Tickets: 220, 550 and 770 pesos (990 and
385 pesos (495 VIP). 1,210 VIP).
• ‘Hijas de su madre’ comic play by Patricia • Cornelio Vega y si Dinastia perform at 8 p.m.
Reyes Spindola is at 7 and 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sunday, Feb. 18. Tickets: 165, 330, 440 pesos
Jan. 31, starring Susana Dosamantes, Spindola, (660 and 990 VIP).
Aylin Mujica, Lourde Munguia, Gina Varela and
Aida Pierce. Tickets: 275, 385 and 495 pesos. Tan Solo — Amigos de la Fundacion
• ‘¡A Vivir!,” one-man show featuring Odin Mascareñas’s Matices Culturales performance
Dupeyron is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7. series opens its 2018 season with with the fla-
Tickets: 385 and 495 pesos (605 VIP) menco show directed by Manuel Reyes at 8
• Singer and multi-talented musician Nicho p.m. Saturday, Jan 27, at Centro Cultural Paso
Hinojosa performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. del Norte in Juarez. Ticket information: 544-
Tickets: 275-495 pesos (550 VIP). 5118, fmascarenas.org or on Facebook at
MaticesCulturales.
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called the ‘Meditations on the Life of for the deportation and ultimately the mur-
Christ,’ the first illustrated, printed book in der of hundreds of thousands of Jewish
Italy. It was a bestseller at the time,” she men, women, and children in Auschwitz.
explained. Tickets are $10 ($6 for seniors, students
n September 2017, the El Paso The second, “Mystics, Martyrs and and military). To purchase tickets, send a
Museum of Art welcomed Elizabeth Almsgivers, Celebrating Lent Through the check to the Jewish Federation, 7110 N.
Dwyer as the Kress Interpretive Centuries”, which focuses on the peniten- Mesa, El Paso, TX 79912. To purchase by
Fellow, a position in which she will share tial season of Lent, will open Feb. 1. credit card, contact Brenda Ehrlich at 203-
her expertise for 10 months on behalf of Those interested in learning more about 3334.
the museum’s Kress Collection. the Kress Collection can go to the
The collection consists of works donated Foundation website, www.kressfounda- Tom Lea at Marcus Gallery
to the museum in 1961 from the Kress tion.org and select the heading “Browse
Foundation, which distributed about 3,100 the collection,” where you will find an Hal Marcus has announced that his
works of art nationwide from the collec- alphabetical listing of cities that received gallery at 1308 N. Oregon now represents
tion started by founder of Kress stores. The Kress artwork. It also allows you to bring the art of Tom Lea.
El Paso Kress store was a long-time leader up a picture of the artwork. The EPMA “We have 26 originals and 13 signed
among the national chain of stores, and website: www.elpasoartmuseum.org also prints by Tom Lea spanning from the
therefore the city received a particularly offers photos of the works in the muse- 1930s to the 1990s. We have watercolors,
generous donation of 57 works, which has um’s permanent collection. drawings, oils and a good selection of
now grown to 59. signed prints. This collection is from the
Holocaust Remembrance
the stories these pieces tell us.” James Lea Estate via the Tom Lea
“One of the benefits of having been gift-
Works in the European collection span Institute,” Marcus explained.
ed with a portion of the Kress Collection is
the time frame of more than five centuries. In commemoration of International Tom Lea (1907-2001) is El Paso’s most
that the Kress Foundation provides on-
The oldest painting is a Madonna? and Holocaust Remembrance Day, the El Paso famous artist, famed not only for his paint-
going support in the form of free conserva-
child created in the last half of the 13th Holocaust Museum and the El Paso Jewish ings, but also his wartime work for Life
tion and restoration of the collection,” El
century, while the most recent were paint- Federation Film Series present a screening magazine and also as author of two books
Paso Museum of Art Senior Curator
ed in the 1700s. This includes the famous of “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” Sunday, that were made into movies.
Patrick Shaw Cable explained.
Bellotto work, “Entrance to a Palace,” Jan. 28, at Alamo Drafthouse. The presen- “Some of these works have been pub-
“Additionally, they also offer a program
1762-1765. tation will begin with remarks at 2 p.m. lished in books and some have never been
which allows museums to apply for Kress
“One of the most remarkable things is the International Holocaust Remembrance seen before,” Marcus said. “They can be
Interpretive Fellowships. EPMA Director
sheer number of Christian works in the Day is Jan. 27, and marks the anniversary viewed on our website,
Victoria Ramirez suggested we look into
collection – 36 out of the 59 pieces,” she of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau www.halmarcus.com, by clicking ‘Early El
this opportunity, and our application was
said. “For this reason, my approach will be concentration camp in 1945. The com- Paso’ in the ‘Artwork’ tab. Scroll down
approved in late summer. Once we were
to rehang the works using three themes: memoration seeks to honor all who per- until you see his name.
awarded these funds, it was up to our
Gallery 1, ‘Madonna and child’; Gallery 2, ished and suffered, and to sustain the
museum staff to choose a recipient.
‘Saints and sacred stories’ and Gallery 3, memory of those events. Myrna Zanetell is a freelance writer
Following a nationwide search, based upon
‘Rise of secular art.’ As opposed to reli- “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” is the true specializing in the visual arts.
her qualifications, Elizabeth Dwyer
gious themes, paintings in this (last) cate-
became our final choice.”
gory include portraiture, as well as pas-
Dwyer is a perfect example of the
toral, mythical and architectural land-
rewards of exposing children to the fine
scapes.”
arts at an early age.
Cable, the museum’s senior curator,
“When we were young, my mom often
added, “It has been years since these paint-
took my sister and me to museums, visits
ings were originally installed. Currently
which we called ‘vacation days.’ By the
the works are hung in chronological order
time I was 13, I had decided that I wanted
according to the time period in which they
to work in a museum so that I could create
were created without any further explana-
these same days for others.”
tion. The themes Elizabeth has chosen
The Southern California native pursued
should make the collection more engaging
this vision as an Ackerman Scholar, earn-
and will hopefully give up a better oppor-
ing a BA in Art History at UCLA with a
tunity to reconnect with the public to
minor in Italian. She completed internships
remind them how important these works
at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in
really are.”
Venice, the Victoria and Albert Museum in
Dwyer echoes this intent. “When it
London, and New York’s Metropolitan
comes to his interest in art, Samuel Kress
Museum of Art, which affirmed her inter-
was remarkable. His initial goal was to
est in Italian art of the Renaissance period.
collect one piece by each of the artists
Dwyer continued her education by earning
named in Giorgio Vasari’s the ‘Lives of
a MA and PhD in Renaissance Art and
Painters, Sculptors and Architects.’ Over
Architecture as a Presidential Fellow at the
time he expanded this scope to include art
University of Virginia, graduating in
that extended into the 18th century. All
August 2017.
told, he built a collection containing 3,100
“With the conferral of my doctorate I was
objects which he distributed to more than
eager to share my knowledge of this field
90 museums, universities and public insti-
with others,” Dwyer said. “I am so fortu-
tutions. The largest gift was more than
nate in having the EPMA select me as their
1,800 pieces of art to the National Gallery
Interpretive Fellow. I arrived in El Paso in
in Washington, D.C.”
mid-September 2017, and in the coming
As part of this project, the El Paso
months my assignment is to completely
Museum of Art’s European galleries will
reinterpret and reinstall the museum’s
be closed in early March and will reopen
Samuel H. Kress Collection of European
on May 3.
Art encompassing 59 superlative works of
“In anticipation of closing these areas,”
art. It’s a tremendous project, one that I am
Dwyer said, “I’ve been working with the
honored to undertake with the aid and
curatorial staff in planning several themed
insight of my colleges here at the EPMA.”
exhibitions drawn from our permanent col-
Regarding her vision for the collection,
lection.”
Dwyer said, “In the process of reinterpret-
The first, which opened Dec 14, is titled
ing the collection, I will look at the works,
“O Holy Night: The Nativity in
rethinking the stories we want to tell and
Renaissance Italy.” It explores how the
‘The Grid’ — Human Nature Contemporary Improv Comedy Show — Jesters League
Ballet presents a new work that explores the of America, hosts its first improv show of the
visceral reality of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the year 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at
1980s through dance at 7 p.m. Friday and Glasbox, 210 Poplar. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19-21, at the Mature content. Admission: $6 at the door; $5
Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San on the league’s Facebook page by clicking
Marcial. Admission: $10 Information: 213-8410. “attending.” Information: (813) 785-6664.
The Jesters League of America is a group of
‘A Chorus Line’ — UTEP Dinner Theatre, improv comedians who perform live, unscript-
in the UTEP Student Union West building, ed comedy throughout El Paso.
presents the Michael Bennett musical, winner
of the 1976 Tony Award for Best Musical and ‘On Golden Pond’ — El Paso Playhouse,
the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Jan. 26- 2501 Montana, presents the Ernest Thompson
Feb. 11. Show time is 7 p.m. Wednesday drama Feb. 9-March 4. Directed by Veronica
through Saturday; non-dinner matinees are Flores. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Sunday 2:30 p.m. Feb. 4 and 11; dinner mati- Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 ($12
nee is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Tickets: seniors 62+, students, military). Information:
$33.50 to $43.50 Wednesday, Thursday and 532-1317 or elpasoplayhouse.com.
Sunday discount dinner performances; $36.50
mong the bad men of our Jordan Bridges, Pablo Schreiber. Directed by DVD/Blu-ray Releases
‘Photograph 51’ is
Salcido, and sentenced him to hang. But
he became known as a good cowboy,
F
Chacon cut his way through a 10-inch
reminded of the classic book “Flatland,” nor a climb up the ladder of manmade
in which a hexagonal citizen of a two- progress. The point is not so much how EPCC 33 The Marketplace 11 Vanities 18
dimensional universe is lifted from his the end will unfold, but rather that there
plane of existence by a three-dimension- is both an end and a new beginning that El Paso Live 3 Mesilla Book Center 23 Village Inn 27
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