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CONCERTS
Puddle of Mudd -- The alternate hard rock band performs Wednesday, April 30, at Club 101, 3233 N. Mesa, Suite 300, with special guests Merriwether and Deepfield. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets: $22; available in advance at Club 101, All That Music and ticketbully.com.
Information: 544-2101 or club101.com.
Their hit “Blurry” made it to No. 5 on the Billboard charts as well as No. 1 on the Modern Rock charts. Other hits include “She Hates Me,” “Psycho,” “Famous,” “Control” and “Away From Me.”
Buílle with Karan Casey – ASNMSU Cultural Series present the world music band at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 1 at the Rio Grande Theater, Las Cruces Downtown Mall. Buílle combines the talents of Niall Valley on concertina, Paul Meehan on guitar and Caoimhin Vallely on piano, in collaboration with Karan Casey, one of the most influential (and often imitated) modern folk singers. Their music is based in traditional Irish forms with influences of jazz and classical music. Tickets: $10-$12.50. Information: 544-8444.
Jaci Velasquez and Salvador -- The Latin Christian music artists perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Plaza Theatre for Performing Arts. Tickets: $24-$34, plus service charges (Ticketmaster).
Chris “Crazy Legs” Fonseca -- The comedian performs at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Plaza Theatre for Performing Arts, benefiting El Paso Rehabilitation Center, with special guests “Last Comic Standing” winner Alonzo Bodden and Maryellen Hooper. Tickets: $20, $25 and $30, plus service charges (Ticketmaster).
Freestyle Bomb Concert -- Eight performers are scheduled for the Cinco de Mayo concert Saturday, May 3, at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center, including Shannon, Rob Base, Cynthia, Johnny O, Suzi Carr, Coro, ABY (original Lead singer of TKA), and Nice N Wild featuring David Torres. Tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Tia McGraff -- The Canadian singer/songwriter performs a dinner concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at La Tierra Cafe, 1731 Montana. Now based in Nashville, McGraff’s last show at Magoffin Home played to a sold-out crowd. Cost: $25, reservations required: Marjorie Foster, 592-5122 or Charlie McDonald, (575) 541-1992.
DANCE
‘Dance, Music and Dreams II” -- Coronado High School dance students present their annual spring production at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, in the Chamizal National Memorial Theatre. The production will showcase a variety of dance styles. Admission is free. Information: 834-2460.
Tip-Tap-Toe Dance -- The local dance company presents its annual student recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission is free. Information: 833-8277.
ALSO THIS WEEK
Better Business Bureau luncheon -- Gen. James T. Hill, Ret., is guest speaker at the BBB’s 54th annual meeting 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at Camino Real Hotel. Tickets: $75 ($50 for members). Information/RSVP: 577-0195.
Hill, an El Paso native, is a businessman and former soldier-diplomat whose expertise at the highest levels of government is operational, strategic and political.
Upon retirement, the retired four-star general was one of nine presidential appointees to the 2005 Base Realignment and Base Closure Commission. Hill has strong ties and contacts with opinion and policy makers throughout the government, the military, the defense industry, academia and think tanks, and has traveled and worked in 61 countries worldwide.
Holy Mole! -- El Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain Road in Northeast El Paso (west of U.S. 54), will host a Cinco de Mayo celebration 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3, featuring enchiladas enmoladas (cheese enchiladas in mole sauce), a presentation on the Battle of Puebla (home of mole poblano) and the history of chocolate in the Americas, as well as Mexican music and dance. Admission is free. Enchilada plates with beans and rice): $10; $5 for children. Information: 755-4332.
Victorian Spring Tea -- The annual spring tea at the Magoffin Home State Historic Site, 1120 Magoffin, is Sunday, May 4, in the home’s lawn under trees and tents. Seatings are 1 and 3:30 p.m. Reservations required. No tickets sold at the door. Tickets available at the Magoffin Home or with Pres in the Gift Shop at Charlottes, 5411 North Mesa, in Peppertree Square. Information: 533-5147 or 585-4344.
‘An Inspector Calls’ – El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents the psychological thriller by J.B. Priestly May 2-24. Directed by Lynne DuMond. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military and students; $6 EPCC students with ID). Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
SPORTS
El Paso Patriots Soccer -- The professional soccer team hosts the Austin Aztex Saturday, May 3, at Patriot Stadium, 6941 Industrial. Time to be announced. Tickets: $7 ($5 children). Information/group tickets: 771-6620 or elpaso-patriots.com.
Braden Aboud Memorial Run -- The 5K and 10 K runs and 5K/1-mile fun run/walk benefiting the Braden Aboud Memorial Foundation begins at 8 a.m. Sunday, May 4, in the Zach White Elementary School parking lot, 4256 Roxbury. T-shirts and refreshments offered for all runners. Trophies, special awards and raffles will be also be offered. Early registration (by May 2): $20 ($10 age 19 and younger). Race day registration: $30 ($20 age 19 and younger). Special “sleep-in” registration is $30.
Online registration (through May 1) at active.com or bradenaboud.com.
Packet pick-up is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa (in Rudolph Plaza); and 7 to 7:45 a.m. at the start line on race day. Information: Chris Rowley, 478-5663.
Southern New Mexico
T or C Fiesta 2008 -- The 59th annual fiesta is May 2-4, in Truth or Consequences, N.M. When Hot Springs, N.M., accepted a game show’s invitation for a town to change its name to Truth or Consequences, part of the reward for doing so was to have the show’s host be the guest of honor at a festival each year. Ralph Edwards fulfilled the promise for 50 years, and the community continues to celebrate every first weekend in May. Admission is free, unless listed otherwise. Information: (575) 894-5555 or torcfiesta.com.
‘The Taming of the Shrew’ – American Southwest Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare’s classic comedy April 25-May 4, at the Hershel Zohn Theatre at NMSU. Performances are 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 ($13 NMSU faculty, seniors 60 and older; $10 NMSU students and ages 18 and younger). Information: 1-800-525-ASTC (2782).
Katherine has a reputation for causing trouble, but has she met her match in Petruchio?
Tour of the Gila Bike Races -- The 22nd annual stage bicycle races are April 30-May 4, in Silver City, N.M. More than 500 athletes compete in professional and amateur bicycle races. Registration fees: $100-$140, depending on category. Information: Jack Brennan, (505) 388-3222. On-line registration at tourofthegila.com.
Tour of the Gila attracts more than 500 people to Silver City and includes divisions for all skill levels, as well as activities for all ages and abilities. The top men’s and women’s divisions will race for five consecutive days, covering hundreds of miles.
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Tour – Mimbres Region Arts Council presents apprentices from the celebrated opera 7:30 p.m. May 3, WNMU Fine Arts Theater, Silver City, N.M. Operatic selections from the famed Santa Fe Opera’s best apprentices. Admission: $10 donation. Information: (575) 538-2505.
This year Deborah Selig, Lucia Cervoni, Edwin Vega, and John David Boehr, along with pianist and music director Kirt Pavitt present a new one-hour work by composer John Kennedy.
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