FOOD & DRINK
The Bureau of Land Management and Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peak select artist-in-residence
Recently, the Bureau of Land Management and Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks announced their selection of Las Cruces artist Jane Peacock as this year’s artist-in-residence for the Monument. During May, Peacock will travel throughout the 497,330-acre Monument, capturing images through her impressions on canvas as part of the...
Datebook: May 2024
This month, don’t miss the New Mexico Tamale Festival in Las Cruces, IndigenousWays Festival in Santa Fe, Tacos & Tequila in Socorro, and more!. IF FOOD IS ONE OF THE BEST ways to experience culture, then the New Mexico Tamale Festival cooks up the perfect chance to take a huge bite. The Cinco de Mayo celebration brings together local restaurants, chefs, and food trucks, plus Mexican beer gardens, ballet folklórico performances, live music, and a night mercado from 4 to 10 p.m. on the Plaza de Las Cruces. “Everyone loves tamales,” says Justin Hodges, founder and owner of PartyTenders Inc., which hosts the event. “They bring up fond memories, specifically of the holidays.” Hodges anticipates 15 to 20 varieties of tamales to sample.
La Bohème – an opera about love, art, friendship and heartbreak – comes to Las Cruces
One of the world’s most famous and beloved operas, La Bohème, will be staged in Las Cruces this weekend, telling the tragic story of a group of friends whose lives are forever changed one freezing Christmas Eve in Paris. Conductor Jorge Martinez-Rios will conduct the newly-formed La Frontera Opera Orchestra in two performances, along with four emerging opera stars whose credits include the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice program, Utah Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and numerous other stages. The opera is presented by the Borderland Arts Foundation, formed a little over ago to expand musical opportunities in the border region, including opera.
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