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The following events are just some of the events coming up this month. We generally update this list once a month, and stop updating about a month before so we can focus on the print edition instead.
UTEP Softball — Home games are at the Helen of Troy Complex. Ticket information: 747-5347 or utepathletics.com.
• April 2-3 — Southern Miss. Games are 3 and 5 p.m. Friday (doubleheader) and noon Saturday.
•April 24-24 — UAB. Games are 3 and 5 p.m. Saturday (doubleheader) and noon Sunday.
Tejanos baseball — The Tejanos of El Paso Community College’s home games are at noon at the Valle Verde Campus Baseball Field. All games are doubleheaders. Admission is free. Information: 831-2275.
• April 2 — New Mexico Junior College
• April 9-10 — Frank Phillips College
• April 16-17 — Midland College
• April 25 — New Mexico Military
Bill Maher — The ‘politically incorrect’ comic performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at The Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $45.50-$75.50, plus service charge. sold through Ticketmaster. For the last 15 years, Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on “Politically Incorrect,” and for the last seven years on HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him twenty-one Emmy nominations.
El Paso Sports and Health Expo — KROD’s annual family show is Sunday, April 4, at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Several sports card and collectibles tables, and sports-related retailers, UTEP athletics and professional sports teams are featured along with celebrity guests and other activities. Admission is free. Information: 351-4592 or krod.com.
March Madness symphony fundraiser — The 13th annual fundraiser benefiting the El Paso Symphony Orchestra’s education and outreach programs is Monday, April 5, at the El Paso Country Club, featuring the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship finals on several wide-screen televisions.
Denver Brass with Lowell Graham — El Paso Pro-Musica presents its season finale performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, at NMSU’s Atkinson Music Recital hall and Wednesday, April 7, at UTEP’s Magoffin Auditorium. Ticket information: 833-9400 or eppm.org.
The Denver Brass is an energetic evening of music with musicians who have dedicated themselves to presenting fresh and exhilarating concerts of diverse and dynamic music styles. Colonel Lowell Graham, is a renowned recording artist served as the Commander and Conductor of the U.S. Airforce premiere music organization in Washington, D.C. He is also the senior ranking musician in the Department of Defense.
The Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Tour — Apprentices from the celebrated opera perform April 6-8, at Chamizal National Memorial, 800S. San Marcial. Information: 532-7273,
‘La Cage Aux Folles’ – April 9-May 16 at UTEP Dinner Theatre. The theatre presents the award-winning musical version of the comic collision of gay and straight worlds. A gay nightclub manager and his drag queen partner pretend to be a straight couple when the manager’s son brings home his fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents. Written by by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman. Showtime is 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; dinner matinee performance is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25; non-dinner matinees are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 9 and 16. Tickets $26-$38 dinner shows; $12-22 non-dinner matinee. Information: 747-6060.
UTEP Track Invitational — Top-ranked university track teams and other athletes will compete in the annual all-day track meet, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at Kidd Field, UTEP. Information: 747-5347, 747-6841 or utepathletics.com.
Rudolf Budginas — Showtime! El Paso closes its 2009-2010 season with virtuoso pianist at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. From his debut at age nine with the Lithuanian National Symphony to international prominence performing solo concerts worldwide, Budginas’s passion has become to expand the accessibility of classical music to wider audiences. He weaves information and humorous asides in to each performance showing direct musical lines between Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody” to Johnny Cash’s “I Walk The Line,” or even how Billy Joel might have drawn on classical structure to create “Piano Man.” Ticket information: 544-2022 or ShowtimeElPaso.com.
Sgt. Ruben Orozco Torch Run — El Paso County Sheriff’s Officers Association’s 8K Run/2 Mile Walk benefiting Special Olympics Texas Area-19 programs is 8 a.m. Sunday, April 11, at Stanton and Cincinnati, Kern Place. Registration/information: 532-1795 or sotx.org.
‘Fun and Games’ – 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 16 at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. El Paso Wind Symphony closes its 2009-2010 season with a fun and energetic evening of music.Tickets: $12.50 ($7.50 students). Information: 760-5599.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra – The Symphony, conducted by Maestra Sarah Ioannides, presents its “Journey to the Star” 2009-2010 season finale “Epic Romance” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 16-17, in the Plaza Theatre, featuring guest tenor Diego Silva performing Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy,” favorite tenor arias from “La Traviata,” “Rigoletto” and “Faust,” Wagner’s “Lohengrin Prelude, Act III,” Mexican love songs “Júrame” by Maria Grever and “Granada” by Agustin Lara and Strauss’s “Rosenkavalier Waltzes.” Ticket information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Tejanas softball — The EPCC Tejanas’ March home games begin at 1 p.m. at the Valle Verde Softball Field. All games are doubleheaders. Admission is free. Information: 831-2275. Softball office: 831-2367.
• April 16-17 — Odessa College
• April 23-24 — Western Texas College
Fabens Chili Cook-Off — East El Paso Rotary Club, Cotton Valley Lions Club and Pod of the Pass will host their 2nd annual CASI-sanctioned chili cook-off Saturday, April 17, at the Fabens Airport, one mile northeast of Fabens, Texas off N. Fabens Road. The event features chili, salsa and beans cook-offs, non-profits and information booths, arts, crafts and entertainment. Information: 594-7022.
Musicos de Jose – Amigos de la Fundacion Mascareñas 2010 Matices Culturales Series presents the diverse ensemble at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Centro Cultural Paso del Norte in Juarez. Musicos de Jose’s sounds range from Latin jazz to funk. Information: 533-4020 in El Paso; (011-52-16) 12-3175 or 12-4075 in Juarez.
‘Irish Run’ — Cathedral High School’s 5th annual 5K competitive run and 1 mile fun walk begin at 8 a.m., Sunday, April 18. Information: 274-5222, 478-6583 or 724-3642. On-line registation at active.com or runelpaso.com.
Sunland Park Racetrack — The 2009-2010 live horse racing season runs through April 21. Races begin at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission and valet parking is free. Turf Club admission: $7. Information: (575) 874-5200.
Administrative Professionals conference — Positive Directions presents the 9th annual Conference for Administrative Professionals Wednesday and Thursday, April 21-22. Information/registration: 838-1000 or apcsouthwest.com.
‘Of Mice and Men’ — The UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance presents the John Steinbeck tale April 23-May 2, at UTEP’s Wise Family Theatre, 2nd floor of Fox Fine Arts Center. Directed by Joel Murray. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 ($10 non-UTEP students, UTEP faculty, staff and alumni, seniors, military, alumni and groups of 10 or more; $9 UTEP students). All seats general admission. Information: 747-5118 or theatre.utep.edu.
‘The Murder Room’ – El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, present the comic British whodunit by Jack Sharkey April 23-May 15. Directed by Fred Keyser. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/students). Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
Run/Walk For Respect — Arc del Paso will host its 6th annual 1-mile Mini-Walk, and 5K run Saturday, April 24. Information: 588-4927 or 852-8639. On-line registration at active.com.
Junior Ranger Day — Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial, presents family and children’s programs 11 Saturday, April 24, as part of National Junior Ranger Day. Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham.
FloraFest 2010 — The UTEP Centennial Museum’s annual native plant sale is Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25, at the museum Wiggins Road and University Ave. The annual lecture is Friday, April 23, on native plants in the area’s gardens. Information: 747-8994, 747-5565 or museum.utep.edu.
La Viña Blues & Jazz Festival — The annual spring celebration of music, arts and crafts, food and award-winning New Mexico wines is noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25, at La Viña Winery, 4201 S. NM Highway 28 in La Union, N.M. one mile north of Vinton Road on Highway 28. Information: (575) 882-7632.
Special Olympics Spring Games — The Area 19 2010 Spring Games run April 24-May 8, with golf , aquatics, basketball and more. Opening ceremonies are Saturday, May 7, at Irvin High School, 9465 Roanoke. Admission is free. Information: 533-8229 or sotx.org.
EPSYO Season Finale Concert — El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras’ season finale is Sunday, April 25, at the Plaza Theatre. Ticket information: 525-8978 or epsyos.org.
Ronald McDonald House Golf Tournament — The Ronald McDonald House of El Paso will host its 18th annual Golf Tournament and Monday, April 26, with dinner and auction Sunday, April 25. Information: 542-1522 or rmhcelp@elp.rr.com.
YWCA Women’s Benefit — The 2010 benefit is Thursday, April 29, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Details to be announced. Information/reservations: 577-9922, ext. 331 or ywcaelpaso.org.
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