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Las Cruces International Film Festival

Kelsey Grammer to be honored at 2027 LCIFF

The 12th annual Las Cruces International Film Festival will honor Emmy-winning actor, producer, and director Kelsey Grammer with its prestigious “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment” award on Apr. 15, 2027. Grammer will attend the festival in...

Members of the Crimson Bear Court pose in historical costumes outside a Renaissance-style tent. The group, part of Enchantment Historical Productions, has participated in Las Cruces' Renaissance fair tradition for years and continues to bring historical performances to the community.

Renaissance tradition takes a new turn

Las Cruces' longtime Renaissance fair tradition is taking a different shape this year, with familiar performers and historical activities finding a home at an event where families won't have to pay to get through the gate. Renaissance Gone...

Visitors walk through the renovated gaming floor at Sunland Park Casino on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. The $2 million renovation included new carpeting, updated lighting and a redesigned layout with wider aisles between gaming machines.

Sunland Park Casino gets a new look

Sunland Park Casino is entering a new chapter following a $2 million renovation that has transformed its gaming floor and brought new attractions to the longtime entertainment destination. The improvements include updated interiors, a...

Desert Expressions

Inspiration is just around the corner

The bedroom door was open just a crack. Light spilled through the narrow opening into the darkened hallway, creating a scene that most people might have walked past without a second thought. But Eugenia “Jean” Conway stopped. Something about the...

Desert Expressions

Max Rascon, known professionally as $HMAX, displays two recognitions for his YouTube channel inside his recording studio at Collective Co. in downtown Las Cruces. Rascon is a co-founder of Juarez Music Group, an independent record label.

Building a beat in Las Cruces

Max Rascon knows what it takes to make a beat. Getting that music heard, however, is another challenge entirely. It's one he hopes to make easier for aspiring musicians through Juarez Music Group LLC, an independent record label and...

Desert Expressions

Filmmaker Spencer Proffer on stage at the Rio Grande Theatre with LCIFF Executive Director Ross Marks.

The Day the Music Died

The Las Cruces International Film Festival hosted a special event on Saturday, Oct. 17 at which the documentary film "The Day the Music Died" screened for a Las Cruces audience. The filmmaker who created this work about the iconic Don McLean song,...

Biking into a bigger world

Somewhere along an Ironman course, a cyclist’s derailleur has been ripped from the bike, and the race suddenly looks finished. Dave Baker does not have a repair stand, a well-stocked workbench or much time. So, he finds a gear that will work,...

Murray Hotel finds its future in its past

For years, part of the Murray Hotel's history was hiding in plain sight. As work began on a new restaurant and lounge inside the Silver City landmark, the past emerged on the walls: a mural displaying cattle brands from Grant County ranchers, a...

More than art on display

Donna Popky has had art as a lifelong companion, beginning with childhood drawing lessons in New York City and continuing through a career that included teaching art to children and helping nursing home residents discover the joy of creating...

The entrance to Santa Clara Bike Park welcomes riders to the new facility.

Built for the ride

Santa Clara’s newest park feature wasted little time drawing a crowd as children were trying to ride the new pump track before its grand opening had even begun. The Village officially opened the bike park June 26 after years of planning,...

Uniting people to raise their voices in song

A choir begins with a single voice. One person breathes, opens a mouth and makes a sound. It’s an unusually vulnerable act, Diane Schutz believes, because singers have nowhere to hide. There is no clarinet or flute between them and the...

Artist Marietta Patricia Leis works in her studio. Leis’ upcoming NMSU Art Museum retrospective, “Breathing Lessons,” brings together more than 20 years of her multidisciplinary work.

Finding space to breathe

For Marietta Patricia Leis, color can hold an entire place. The deep blue of Crater Lake, the endless green of northern Thailand and the darkness of an Icelandic winter have followed the New Mexico artist into a body of work spanning...

Local filmmaker's work seen in Silver City

Nadia and James are caught in the midst of a strict anti-immigration America that has brought devastation upon their little family as they seek their way through the struggle.   Will their love surpass the pain that’s ripping their family...

The barefoot girl in pink

One of the images on the ceiling of the Mark and Stephanie Medoff Theatre in the ASNMSU Center for the Arts in Las Cruces is a little barefoot girl in pink. That’s Ruth Cantrell, the one-time head of the NMSU Theatre Department, founding director...

The family that creates together

The laptop doesn’t come out until most of the day's work is already done. Tanishia Womack has put in her hours as a paralegal. Her sons, Michael and Gabriel, have made it through school and whatever else the day demanded. Mixed in somewhere is law...

Mel and Rejina Christopher stand inside the new Las Cruces Arts Gallery, where works by association members are on display.

Art association finds a home

After more than six decades in Las Cruces, a longtime arts organization finally has a gallery to call its own. The Las Cruces Arts Association will celebrate the grand opening of its new gallery Friday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 221 N....

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A DECADE OF TRUST. A MILESTONE TO REMEMBER.

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Congratulations! It's a Boy!!

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Ary T. Riviere, a beautiful baby boy born on December 9, 2025, at 7:30 PM in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Ary weighed 8.6 pounds and measured 19 inches long at birth. He is lovingly welcomed by his parents, Jessica Riviere (Duty) and J. D. Riviere, who reside in Las Cruces, NM. The family is overjoyed to begin this wonderful new chapter together.

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