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Leather Tooling Workshop
Leather tooling is a classic Western art and has been used to decorate belts, handbags, saddles, and other leather goods. In this...
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Mar 22, 20141 min read
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Cultural Connections Book Club Reads Silvia Rodriguez’ “Acequia: Water-Sharing, Sanctity, and Place
In 2014 the Branigan Book Club will be pairing books with our monthly History Notes lecture series. Acequia organizations are often...
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Mar 19, 20141 min read
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Acequia Culture in the Mesilla Valley
Acequia Culture in the Mesilla Valley will examine the complex history of communal waterworks maintenance in our area. Although acequias...
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Mar 19, 20141 min read
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Mel Stone Discusses his Photography
A recent transplant to southern New Mexico, Stone lives, works, and operates the Mesquite Gallery in downtown Las Cruces and is a...
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Mar 19, 20141 min read
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Branigan Cultural Center Announces Open Call for Exhibit Proposals
Proposals should be delivered electronically to rslaughter@las-cruces.org by Friday, April 18, 2014 at 5pm. All submissions must be...
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Mar 14, 20141 min read
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Rail Readers to Discuss “The Iron Rail”
This 4th book in the Railway Detective series follows Detective Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming as they investigate a murder that...
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Mar 8, 20141 min read
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“Hoover Dam” Film Screening
The History Channel’s well-known series on Modern Marvels covers great accomplishments of engineering and architecture. The Hoover Dam...
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Mar 6, 20141 min read
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Branigan Book Club to Discuss “The Milagro Beanfield War”
This novel captures the heart of the complex political, cultural, emotional, and economic discourses that characterize water rights’...
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Mar 6, 20141 min read
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Paleoindian Lecture at Branigan
Paleoindians were the first people to enter the Western Hemisphere, beginning around 14,000 years ago. Contemporary with this...
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Mar 6, 20141 min read
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Spring Break Camp at City Museums for Kids
Spring Break 2014 is a cooperative venture among the museums of Las Cruces & Keep Las Cruces Beautiful. The Museum of Art currently...
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Mar 6, 20141 min read
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Hoover Dam Photo Exhibit to Open at the Branigan Cultural Center
This exhibit includes 24 photographs with commentary by the photographer. Subjects include job seekers camped in the desert in Ragtown;...
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Feb 25, 20142 min read
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City of Las Cruces Museums Celebrate Math on Pi Day
The number pi begins 3.14. This 3.14.14 (March 14, 2014), 3-7 pm, the Museum of Nature and Science, Museum of Art, and Branigan Cultural...
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Feb 25, 20141 min read
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Archaeology Day at Branigan Cultural Center
Archaeologists from the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, NMSU, and regional archaeological firms will all be present to...
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Feb 25, 20141 min read
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Take an In-Depth look at Buttons in Hands-on Seminar
This workshop is aimed at adults and will focus on the kinds of historical, economic, and social information that can be revealed through...
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Feb 25, 20141 min read
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Love of Literature Poetry Reading at the Branigan Cultural Center
Slated to read are: Dick Thomas, LeeAnn Meadows, Frank Varela, Christine Eber, Tim Staley, Ellen Roberts Young, John Muir, Joanne...
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Feb 14, 20141 min read
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Native American Musician at the Branigan Cultural Center
New Mexico musician Randy Granger is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording and touring artist. He has an...
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Feb 8, 20141 min read
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Book Club to Discuss “Pie Town Woman” at Branigan Cultural Center
In 2014 the Branigan Book Club will be pairing books with our monthly History Notes lecture series. The following day, February 20, Annie...
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Feb 8, 20141 min read
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Lecture on Josephine Foster, Progressive New Mexican
From 1904 to 1917, Josephine R. Foster distinguished herself as the best newspaperwoman in New Mexico. Initially praised for poems...
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Feb 8, 20141 min read
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New Museum Volunteers Make a Huge Difference at City Museums
by Julie Hansen, Volunteer Coordinator This article is part of a collection of updates in the Winter, 2014 edition of Muse News, the...
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Feb 8, 20141 min read
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All Museums Host Monthly Book Clubs
This article is part of a collection of updates in the Winter, 2014 edition of Muse News, the newsletter of the Las Cruces Museum System....
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Feb 8, 20141 min read
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