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Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos — The Calavera
Coalition hosts Day of the Dead at Old Mesilla
Plaza with food, music, stories, dancing and
piñatas noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
Oct. 28-29. Traditional day of the dead altars
will be on display. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 647-2639 or calaveracoalition@gmail.com.
Concordia Día de Los Muertos —
Concordia Heritage Association and Paso Del
Norte Paranormal Society celebrate Day of the
Dead 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at
Concordia Cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell, with
revelers dressed in vintage Mexican clothes
with skulls painted on their faces, 10-foot mojigangas (dancing skeleton puppets), scavenger
hunt, live music, food trucks, face painters,
dancers, poetry readings, arts and crafts, and
ceremonial offerings. Tickets: $5 ($1 students
16 and younger; $2 seniors 60 and older and
military; free for ages under 6). Information:
274-9531 or concordiacemetery.org.
‘Día de los Muertos’ — Altar displays and
other Day of the Dead activities are Oct. 30Nov. 2 throughout Downtown Silver City.
Information: (575) 388-5725.
Sunday’s events include mariachi music, 1 to 3
p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. p.m.; storytellers 2 to 3
p.m.; a parade at 3:30 p.m. A screening of “The
Book of Life” is 7 p.m. at Silco Theater.
A Día de Los Muertos talk by Dr. Felipe de
Ortego y Gasca is 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct.
31, at WNMU Fine Arts Theatre followed by a
performance by Ballet Folklorico de la
Universidad Autonoma de Cd. Juarez.
Mariachi Canto a Mi Tierra de la UACJ performs at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Silver City
Museum. An Ofrenda Procession is 7 to 9 p.m.
beginning at Silver City Museum proceeding
through downtown Silver City to Miller Library
for ofrendas, talks and WNMU’s Mariachi Plata.
An artist lecture on Papel Picado by Catalino
Delgado Trunk is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
2, at WNMU’s Parotti Hall, followed by a
reception for Trunk’s show and a community
ofrenda at WNMU’s McCray Gallery.
Southern New Mexico
Southern New Mexico State Fair —
The fair is Wednesday through Sunday, Sept.
28-Oct. 2, at the Doña Ana County
Fairgrounds, 12 miles west of Las Cruces off I10. Admission to fair and special events
includes the Speedway, rodeo and live entertainment. Tickets: $10-$12 per day: available
online at holdmyticket.com. Information: (575)
524-8602 or snmstatefairgrounds.net.
Aspenfest — The Village of Ruidoso’s celebration of fall colors is Saturday and Sunday,
Oct. 1-2. Events include a chili cook-off, arts
and crafts fair, street vendors, Aspenfest
Parade and vintage car show. Information:
(575) 257-7395
The Aspenfest Parade starts at 10 a.m.
Saturday, at Sudderth and Mechem.
Information: ruidosonow.com/aspenfest.
Arts and crafts booths will be open 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Boys and
Girls Club of Sierra Blanca, 134 Reese Dr.
Admission: $2 (free for children under 12).
Information: (575) 808-8338.
The Rod Run Car Show is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
Admission is free. Information: (915) 598-0621.
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The Ruidoso Chili Society’s 34th annual Chili
Cook-Off is noon Saturday at the Ruidoso
Downs Race Track. Public tasting is noon
Sunday Information: (575) 390-6184.
Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival — The
11th annual celebration hosted by Mimbres
Valley Health Action League is 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at San Lorenzo
Elementary School grounds, on NM 35 in the
Mimbres Valley, N.M. with live music, community greenhouse tours, farmers’ market, arts
and craft fair, storytelling and poetry, kids activities and more. Information: (575) 536-9821,
(575) 536-3687 or mimbresharvestfest.com.
NMSU Homecoming — The New Mexico
State University Aggies’ Homecoming game is 6
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, against UL Lafayette.
Tickets: $50-$150 (Ticketmaster). Information:
(575) 646-1420 or nmstatesports.com.
Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner is 5 to 8
p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Tickets: $50. Parade is
10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1.
Pinos Altos October Fiesta — The
mountain village of Pinos Altos, N.M. will host
its 18th annual fall fiesta 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 1. Information: (575) 574-8394
or pavfr.org/octoberfiesta.
St. Clair Vineyards WineFest — New
Mexico’s largest winery will host its 22nd annual wine fest noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon
to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1-2, at 1325 DeBaca
Road in Deming, with family activities, music,
door prizes, arts and crafts, silent auction, winery tours and various contests. Fireworks at 7
p.m. Saturday. Admission: $5 (includes souvenir
glass; free for active duty military and law
enforcement with ID. Information: 1-866-3367357 or stclairwinery.com/winefest2016/.
Southwestern New Mexico State Fair
— The fair is Oct. 5-9 at the Luna County fairgrounds in Deming. Information: (575) 5465255 or on Facebook at swnmsf.
Sierra County Fair — The annual county
fair is Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 6-9, at
Sierra County Fair Barn in Truth or
Consequences, N.M. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 894-2375 or sierracountynewmexico.info.
Elephant Butte Dam Centennial —
Truth or Consquences and Elephant Butte
Dam Historic District celebrate of the 1916
completion of the dam. Information:
ElephantButteAdventures.com or on Facebook
at ButteCentennial.
A 10-course gourmet dinner on top of
Elephant Butte Dam is Saturday, Oct. 15, with
regional food, music and dancing and fireworks.
Tickets are limited: Reservations: (575) 7445567 or shane@lagorico.com.
Other events:
• Dam Site Book Festival is Oct. 7-9.
• “Lights the Night” event with food, music,
dancing, luminarias and more is Friday, Oct.
14, at the historic Fish Hatchery.
• Wooden Nickel Makers Mart community
craft fair is Oct. 15-16, at Windy Roads Park.
Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium
— Cowboy poets, musicians, craftsmen and
chuckwagon cooks meet for the 27th annual
symposium 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 79, at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, Ruidoso
Downs, N.M. Hosted by the Hubbard Museum
of the American West. Admission: $25. Evening
concerts and chuckwagon meal tickets sold
separately. Tickets, information: (575) 3784140 or cowboysymposium.org.
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