El Paso Scene Weekly for Feb. 8-14, 2010
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Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Pet Adoptions — The Humane Society of El Paso,4991 Fred Wilson, has 150 “single” dogs and cats looking for love during a special Valentine’s Adoption singles match-up Feb. 10-14. All adult singles are $60; each comes spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and licensed. New family pictures with pets to be part of the No More Lonely Hearts Lovers Club are $2. The Humane Society is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Information: 532-6971.
El Paso Friends of Jazz — The society’s 7th annual Valentine’s Dinner Dance is 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 13, at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, featuring a buffet dinner from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and live music by Azucar. Proceeds benefit the society’s Mary and Eddie Davis Scholarship Fund. Tickets: $35. Advance purchase recommended, as past two events sold out. Information: 592-1357 or elpasofriendsofjazz.org.
Senior Love Conference — El Paso Community College’s Senior Adult Program’s 15th annual conference “Live, Love and Care for Yourself” is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at EPCC Administrative Service Center Auditorium, 9050 Viscount, featuring workshops, exhibitors, volunteer awards, door prizes and special senior performances. Admission is free, but participants must register for a conference pass to participate. Information/registration: 831-7801 or maryy@epcc.edu.
Valentine Ball — The Hotel Paisano,207 North Highland in Marfa, Texas, will host a Valentine’s Ball and silent auction benefiting the Marfa Volunteer Fire Department 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in the hotel ballroom, featuring the big band sounds of Ron Thielman’s High Society Orchestra and dessert buffet provided by various Marfa restaurants. Tickets: $45 ($80 couple) in advance; $50 ($90 per couple) at the door. Information/advance tickets: (432) 729-3669 or 1-866-729-3669.
Valentine dinner and dance — Santa Lucia Catholic Church, 518 Gallagher, will host its annual Valentine dance 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 13, at the church’s Centro Amistad Hall, featuring a dinner, live music by the Tejas Band and lots of door prizes. Dinner served at 7 p.m.; dance begins at 8 p.m. Cost: $20 ($40 per couple) in advance; $45 per couple at the door. Information: 592-5245.
Valentine’s Dance — USA Dance, Chapter 5017, will host its Valentine’s dinner and dance 6:15 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at Santa Teresa Country Club, 75 Feathermoon, in Santa Teresa, featuring dinner, dance lessons and entertainment with David Cerros Band. Dressy/casual attire, singles welcome. Tickets: $35 ($30 members); please purchase by Nov. 25. Send payment (by Feb. 8) to USA Dance, care of Louise Rice, 634 Copperfield Lane, 79912. Information: Louise Rice, 833-8496, John Hanson, 581-2839 or desertdance@yahoo.com.
Valentine’s Dinner and Dance — East El Paso Lions will host their Valentine’s dinner and dance Saturday, Feb. 13, at Hacienda Gardens, 7958 Alameda. Dinner is 7 to 8:30 with dancing 9 p.m. to midnight. BYOB. Admission: $35 ($60 couples). Tickets/information: 592-6184 or 526-0001.
‘Amor y Desamor’ open mic — The poetry open mic event is 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at The Percolator, 217 N. Stanton, hosted by El Paso poet “La Rana.” The event also features live belly dance, a “love altar” area a “bears of regret” art piece where participants can nail their old Valentines and other regrets, and more. Admission is free. Information: 276-8819 or arte_viva@hotmail.com.
Bob Burns and Mike Caranda Orchestra — The big-band style orchestra led by Bob Burns will host a Valentine’s Afternoon Tea Dance 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at its new location at El Paso Country Club, 5000 Country Club Place. The band has been presenting Sunday afternoon “Tea Dances” since 1984 and features all ballroom styles, including tango, waltz, jitterbug, swing, chacha, mambo, polka, rumba and more. Full bar and country club menu available for dancers. Admission: $15. Information: 799-5684 or (575) 525-9333.
MUSIC AND DANCE
UTEP Department of Music — Performances are 7:30 p.m. in the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, unless otherwise listed. Tickets: $5 ($3 seniors/military/non-UTEP students; free for children, unless listed otherwise. Information: 747-5606 or utep.edu/music.
• UTEP Wind Symphony — Monday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Americas Cup Cheer and Dance Competition — The annual competition is Feb. 12-13, at Americas High School Blazer Gym. Dance competition is 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, and cheer competition at 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Sponsored by the National Cheerleaders Association and National Dance Alliance. Competition is open to all grade levels including elementary, middle, junior high and high school, all-star, recreation and studio. Awards given in all categories and divisions. Registration: $30 per team. Information/registration: 937-2800/937-3044.
The public is invited. Spectator admission (per competition): $5 ($4 students; $2 ages 5 and younger).
Ballet Folklórico Aires Internacionales — The group features dances from Mexico and around the world during its 11th anniversary gala performance at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13-14, at the Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission: $5. Information: 731-0951.
The company presents regional dances from Panama, Spain, Argentina, Cuba and Mexico.
ALSO THIS WEEK
Boy Scouts Centennial Celebration — Boy Scouts of America will celebrate 100 years of Boy Scouts Monday, Feb. 8, at Cohen Stadium, honoring area scouts, parents and volunteers. Boys age 6 to 20 and girls 14-20 interested in scouting are encouraged to attend; free birthday cake for everyone attending and bounce house offered on site. The public is welcome; first 2,000 children through the gate receive a free sparkler. Parents encouraged to bring lighters, as all sparklers will be lit at the same time in honor of scouting. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. with a Fireworks show begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Information: 667-1621 or yuccabsa.org.
Donations are also encouraged for the “Scouting for Food Drive” to help fill local food banks.
‘Chicano Power! Legacy of the Chicano Movement in El Paso’ — La Mujer Obrera and Mercado Mayapán will host an exhibit and celebration of Chicano heritage 1 to 7 p.m. Feb. 6-28, at the Festival Marketplace, 2101 Myrtle.
Events include forums of the Guadalupe Treaty and Chicano Movement of El Paso, music by Mariachi Flores Mexicanas, Alacranes Mojados, cultural group Ceiba, and Radio la Chusma, Danza Azteca, Folklorico Tonatiuh, round table discussions, Words of Wisdom Chicano/a Poetry Slam, and a low rider show. Admission is free. Information: 532-6206 or mercadomayapan.org.
EPCC Black History Month — El Paso Community College will host events in February in celebration of Black History Month. All events begin at 7 p.m. at Transmountain Campus Forum Theater, Gateway North and Diana. Admission is free. Information: 831-6359.
• Monday, Feb. 8: “In the Spotlight” with Bob Snead and Chester Lampkin. Author/artist/actor Snead will present the story of Lt. Henry O. Flipper, the first African-American graduate of West Point. Lampkin is a meteorologist for KTSM Channel 9.
ON STAGE
‘Riverdance’– Broadway in El Paso presents the farewell tour of the Emerald Isle showcase Feb. 12-14, at the Plaza Theatre, for a special five-show run. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $35, $55 and $65 ($31.50, $49.50 and $58.50 for military, seniors and educator). (Ticketmaster).
‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ – Travel in time from 1960 to 1970 chronicling the dawning liberation of women in the musical Feb. 5-21 at UTEP Dinner Theatre. Just as Dusty Springfield, Petula Clarke, Cilla Black and Lulu were independent women with major careers, English and American women were redefining themselves in the face of changing attitudes about gender. Features such songs as “1, 2, 3,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Diamonds are Forever” and “Downtown.”
Dinner shows begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; dinner matinee performance is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7; non-dinner matinees are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 and 21. Tickets $26-$38 dinner shows; $12-22 non-dinner matinee. Information: 747-6060.
Tickets $26-$38 dinner shows; $12-22 non-dinner matinee. Information: 747-6060.
‘Little Women’ – Kids-N-Co. presents the classic Alcott tale through Feb. 14 at Kids-N-Co. Performance Space. 1301 Texas. Directed by Lynne DuMond. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $7 ($5 children) at the door. Information: 351-1455 or kidsnco.org.
The story by Louisa May Alcott, inspired by her own childhood with three sisters, is set in post-Civil War Massachusetts. Each of thefour March girls struggle to overcome character flaws: Meg, vanity; Jo, a hot temper; Beth, shyness; and Amy, selfishness.
‘Souvenir’ – El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents Stephen Temperly’s comedy about the notoriously bad soprano Florence Foster Jenkins Feb. 12-March 6. Directed by Ivan Sandlin. 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.
The two-character play is set in a Greenwich Village supper club in 1964, where Cosme McMoon, a mediocre pianist who teamed up with Jenkins in 1932, sentimentally recollects her life. Jenkins was a wealthy socialite who despite her utter lack of musical talent, became the talk of New York and a cult favorite with her hilariously off-key recitals with McMoon. Her bizarre career culminated in a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1944, and she died a month later.
‘Love Letters’ — Well-known El Pasoans Mary Jane Windle and Pat Haggerty will star in a special dinner show presentation of A.R. Gurney’s sentimental play at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Adobe Horseshoe Dinner Theatre, 1500 Main Street in San Elizario. Directed by Jan H. Wolfe. Dinner served at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25, $35 and $45 with catered dinner; $10 for show only. Tickets/information: 594-8424 or AdobeHorseshoe.com.
SPORTS
Casa Ford Tuff Hedeman West Texas Shootout — Four Time World Champion Bull Rider and El Paso native and four-time World Champion Bull Rider Tuff Hedeman presents the World Championship bull riding event at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12-13, at the El Paso County Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. Both nights feature CBR Champion Hugo Pedrero of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Tickets: $15-$75; military discounts offered. (Ticketmaster) Information: 544-9000 or CBRbull.com.
A free tailgate party, with live entertainment, begins in the parking lot at 5 p.m.
UTEP Men’s Basketball - Home games are at the Don Haskins Center. Tickets: $9-$25. Information: 747-5234 or utepathletics.com.
• Saturday, Feb. 13 — East Carolina, 7 p.m.
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — The 2009-2010 live horse racing season runs through April 20. Race days are Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (and Wednesday, Feb. 17). First post is 12:25 p.m. each race day. General admission is free to the track and casino. First post time is 12:25 p.m. Turf Club seating is $7.
Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. General admission and parking are free. Information: (575) 874-5200.
• Saturday, Feb. 13 — El Diario Handicap. 3-year-olds and up.
Fillies and mares.
• Sunday, Feb. 14 — Curribot Handicap. 3-year-olds and up.
Southern New Mexico
New Horizons Pops Concert — The New Horizons Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Oscar Butler presents its first pops concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at NMSU’s Atkinson Recital Hall, featuring songs such as “Star Wars Medley” by John Williams, “The Syncopated Clock” by Leroy Anderson and “Night on Bald Mountain” by Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky. Special guests are La Cella Bella, four female cello players who specialize in arrangements of popular music, from the Beatles to Metallica. Admission is free. Information: (575) 523-9101 or nhsocruces.com.
Joel and Victoria Osteen’s ‘Night of Hope’ — The pastors of the largest church in America will hold a worship event at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at Pan American Center in Las Cruces. Attendees will hear an inspirational message of hope and God’s love from the Osteens along with music of Dove Award winning Cindy Cruse Ratcliff, Steve Crawford and the Lakewood Band and Ensemble. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets: $15. (Ticketmaster)
Osteen reaches one of the largest audiences in the U.S. and across the globe. He and Victoria are the pastors of America’s largest church, the 40,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston.
Mountain Top Mardi Gras — The Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce will bring a little New Orleans to the mountain community Feb. 12-14 with its 8th annual Mardi Gras celebration, “Tell A Love Story.” The family celebration will include costumes, children’s parade, bead throwing, masks, and Cajun style food, piñata bash, shopping and more 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday under a heated street tent on “Burro-bon” Street, with an auction on Sunday. Admission is free for all events. Information: (575) 682-2733 or cloudcroft.net.
The introduction of the 2010 Mardi Gras King and Queen is 4:30 p.m. Friday followed by a performance of the “Mardi Gras Mambo” by the Mardi Gras Court, “Crazy Hat” Walking Parade, Cajun’ tasting food contest, shoebox float decorating, music and more under the tent on Burro Street.
A “Fais-Do-Do” (family dance) is 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday at The Lodge’s Red Dog Saloon with live music to be announced. Admission is free (costume optional).
The official Mardi Gras Parade is 2 p.m. Saturday along Hwy 82 and Burro Street.
A Fat Tuesday Community Appreciation Pot Luck is 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Old Brick School House.
Chocolate Fantasia – The 11th annual celebration of arts and sweet delicacies is noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in historic downtown Silver City. Local art galleries, shops and other sites will offer chocolate creations made by local professional and amateur chocolatiers. Participants can select 20 chocolate creations from several shops and galleries. Live music offered at several locations. The Monsoon Puppet Theatre will host a puppet parade down Bullard Street. Sponsored by the Mimbres Region Arts Council. Tickets: $20 (includes 20 chocolate treats and a map of locations); available in advance the MRAC Office, 1201 Pope Street. Tickets/information: (575) 538-2505 or mimbresarts.org.
X’ocotal, an evening of “xtreme chocolate indulgence,” is 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Gila House, 400 W. Market, featuring wine by St. Clair winery and hors’ d’oeuvres by Rob Connoley of the Curious Kumquat. Cost for both afternoon and evening events: $75 ($50 MRAC members).
For the Love of Arts Fiesta — The town of Mesilla will host its 8th annual art show 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in the Old Mesilla Plaza, as part of For the Love of Art Month. Artists and artisans include Latana Bernier, Greta Burger, Frances de Garcia Conklin, Pamela Enriquez Courts, Ramon Escalante, Rudy Lucero and Jovita B. Thomas. Live music 2 to 3 p.m. by the Border Jazz Trio. Admission is free. Information: (575) 524-3262.
In 1999, February was declared For the Love of Art Month in Las Cruces in an effort to promote art and the business of art.
‘mARTi Gras’ 2010 — The Ruidoso Council for the Arts’ 6th annual fundraising Mardi Gras celebration 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca. The “Big Easy-style” family-oriented celebration of the visual and performing arts features music and dancing, gumbo cook-off, live & silent art auctions, mask contest, “Art in Action,” exhibits and sales, and children’s activities. Tickets: $10 ($5 age 12 and under). Information: (575) 257-7272 or ruidoso.net/martigras.
La Catrina Quartet — Las Cruces Friends of Chamber Music present the ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. Hailed by Yo Yo Ma as “wonderful ambassadors for music,” the string quartet is famed for its unique blend of Latin-American and standard repertoire. The ensemble is currently Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at NMSU. Tickets: $10. Information: (575) 523-7714.
LCSO Chamber Orchestra Concert — The Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Lonnie Klein, presents a special chamber orchestra concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Rio Grande Theatre in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall, featuring guest artist Bracha Malkin, violin. Selections include Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Mozart’s Symphony Nov. 40. Tickets: $15 ($5 students). Information: (575) 646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com.
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts — Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. (about 12 miles north of downtown Ruidoso). Free public guided tours are 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays (except show dates). Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or spencertheater.com.
• Lee Greenwood — 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Appearing with his multi-instrumental band, the award-winning “God Bless the USA” singer/songwriter has also won distinction for country hits like “IOU,” “Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands,” “Hearts Aren’t Made to Break” and “It Turns Me Inside Out.” Tickets: $56-$59.
‘Love Letters’ — The 10th annual Valentine’s Day production is 5 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Black Box Theatre at 430 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. No Strings Theatre Co. continues its tradition of A.R. Gurney’s evocative, touching and frequently funny lifetime exchange of letters between Andrew Makepiece Ladd III and Melissa Gardner. Refreshments served after the show. Tickets: $10 ($9 students and senior over 65). Reservations (available after Jan. 9) recommended. The production often sells out. Reservations/information: (575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.
The annual production stars No Strings regular Toni Marie and Resident Designer Peter Herman.
King of the Cage — The fighting event is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino, Mescalero, N.M. (near Ruidoso). One of the largest mixed martial arts event series in the world, King of the Cage features intense, no-holds-barred fighting competitions. Tickets: $65-$100. Age 21 and older welcome. (Ticketmaster). Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemountaingods.com.
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