DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS NEWS
This week includes three outstanding programs.
Explore the latest online programming from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), bringing the state’s unique blend of cultures into your home through its museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions.
The History and Literary Arts department at the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents the latest online lecture in the series Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque “From Sea To Sand: Holy Week Traditions of Spain, New Mexico and the Philippines” via Zoom on March 20. The presentation will discuss the various traditions of Semana Santa (Holy Week), beginning with their origins in Spain and how they then spread around the world. The lecture will concentrate specifically on two former Spanish colonies – the northernmost frontier of Nueva España, New Mexico, and the Philippines. Register for this free event here.
Editor s note: This is from The Open Stacks, a blog curated by the NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections. Blog posts from The Open Stacks will be printed in the Sun-News monthly. Visit https://openstacks.nmsu.edu/ to learn more about the history of the Mesilla Valley.
The New Mexico State University Archives and Special Collections (ASC) has many interesting historical collections, but the Loretto Academy holding is a gem that catches people’s attention whenever we have a public display of our archival holdings.
A woman attending the 2019 Border Regional Archives Group Border Archives Bazaar, held at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, was in awe that we had the Loretto Academy collection. She had a family member who had attended the once-thriving Catholic school in downtown Las Cruces.
03/03/2021
If our articles (click blue links to read the stories) inspire you to visit White Sands National Park and Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, why not make a full day of it and see both? Along the way, you’ll pass by two local businesses that might have just what you need for a delicious snack to keep you going: pistachios!
You can’t miss this giant pistachio, marking the location of PistachioLand!
New Mexico is one of three states that grow pistachios in the United States, along with California and Arizona. Turns out our Southern New Mexico climate, with hot summers and chilly winters, is perfect for growing pistachios. You’ll find retail stores for two local growers between Alamogordo and Three Rivers on U.S. Highway 54/70 North.
In accordance with COVID-safe practices and public health measures
Headlight staff reports
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Get ready to explore the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum and New Mexico’s other wonderful cultural institutions in person again.
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announced that the state’s eight museums and seven of its historic sites will begin to safely reopen to the public this week, in accordance with COVID-safe practices and public health measures to protect the well-being of patrons.
The Farm & Ranch Museum in Las Cruces reopened on Monday, Feb. 8. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The museum and gift shop are closed on Sunday during this period of partial reopening.