Desert Exposure

12/22/2025

Rosemary Clooney opens the Silco White Christmas Party onstage at 6:30 pm. tonight, Dec. 22, before the 7 p.m. showing of the famous Christmas movie classic at the Silco Theater in Silver City. She even talked her sister Betty into coming out of retirement for this special event!

Afterwards, they are hustling across town to The Hearth, 1915 N. Swan St. (the old Presbyterian Church) to perform on the opening festival night of "Shaking the Christmas Tree: A Hearth Holiday Festival." The festival will feature youth holiday plays, a winter pop-up Kid's Cafe, and eight nights of community talent showcases!

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (as portrayed by Wendy Spurgeon):
Tonight’s pre-show performance brings to life Hollywood’s beloved songstress, Rosemary Clooney — star of White Christmas, big-band vocalist, and one of America’s most iconic voices of the 1950s. In this nostalgic musical set, Wendy Spurgeon channels Rosemary’s warmth, wit, and velvet tone through classic hits including White Christmas, Sisters, and more. Featuring a special appearance by Kimber Etheredge as Betty Clooney

12/09/2025

As winter wraps its quiet magic around Silver City, You're invited and your family, your friends — to a brand-new holiday tradition at The Hearth
https://www.desertexposure.com/stories/shaking-the-christmas-tree-a-hearth-holiday-festival,149414

11/19/2025

We’re looking for stories of special family or business holiday memories and/or traditions. We’d like to share some in upcoming issues of the Bulletin. If you or someone you know has a fun or uplifting holiday memory surrounding Christmas or Thanksgiving (from a single year or surrounding a tradition) please send an email to [email protected]. Your story can lift and bless the Las Cruces community.

09/25/2025

Its time for the 59th Annual Southern New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo and we want your photos! If you’re out at the fair, take a few shots of your favorite activities and send a photo (or more) our way. We want to share your experience with the community. We’ll post the photos we receive on our social media pages, and we may even select a few for the printed pages of the Bulletin.
One lucky community photographer will be selected at random to receive a pair of tickets to the Oct. 2 NMSU football game against Sam Houston State. So, take your best shot and email it to us at [email protected]. Enjoy the fair.

08/05/2025

No Strings Theater Company, fueled by volunteers and donations, celebrates 25 years in Las Cruces.

No Strings Theater Company, fueled by volunteers and donations, celebrates 25 years in Las Cruces with an upcoming season tailored with familiar and unusual plays, the owner said. Ceil Herman …

07/13/2025

Abundant flora and fauna – including 35 species of rattlesnake! – can be found in Rodeo, NM Near the border of New Mexico and Arizona, more than an hour away from a town, sits Rodeo, …

07/12/2025

Desert Exposure continues its long-standing opportunity to submit creative work.

07/11/2025

Like many people, I know a little about Billy the Kid – he spent some of his growing-up years in Silver City, he was on trial for murder and jailed in a building that’s still standing in …

06/19/2025

Local director Bobbi Master’s says this production of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame is “a ghostly vaudeville set in a post-apocalyptic purgatory.”

Last week, No Strings Theatre Company performed their first night of Samuel Beckett’s one-act play “Endgame” directed by Bobbi Masters at the Black Box Theatre downtown. …

06/14/2025

Celebrate Juneteenth in Las Cruces with the Juneteenth Jazz Arts Festival on Sunday, June 22.

Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society will bring Plaza de Las Cruces to life with jazz music in partnership with the New Mexico Juneteenth Jazz Arts Festival at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 22. …

06/10/2025

Looking for something to do with DAD this weekend?

Cherry Festival Help celebrate the more than 100-year history of cherry growing in the Sacramento Mountains with cherry picking, cherry pie and cherry cider, as well as food, live music, a …

06/10/2025

They might smell but only if provoked.

Where I live in rural New Mexico, I see striped and hooded skunks throughout the year. I see skunk tracks all the time, every day, around my house, in the fine substrate of the road that leads up to …