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Theater

  • Sons of the San Joaquin play Ocotillo tonight

    Submitted photo By EMIL WHITIS Daily Press Staff Writer The Sons of the San Joaquin rolled into town Thursday night rarin’ and ready to showcase their authentic cowboy music in Artesia. “We don’t sing no diddies, just straight cowboy music,” said singer/songwriter Jack Hannah. The group, which is comprised of two brothers, Jack and Joe Hannah, ... more »

  • The Wheel plays the Ocotillo

    Staci Guy Front man Ray Benson of the western swing band Asleep at the Wheel plays to a sold-out crowd at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center Friday night. According to the band’s Web site, asleepatthewheel.com, the band has won eight Grammy awards and has been nominated for a possible ninth this year ... more »

  • Asleep at the Wheel to play Ocotillo

    Submitted photo By: EMIL WHITIS — Daily Press Staff Writer — Eight-time Grammy-winning country swing band Asleep at the Wheel (The Wheel) is slated to perform in the Ocotillo theater at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan 8. According to the band’s founding front man, Ray Benson, it will be The Wheel’s first time serving up a hot slice of Western swing in ... more »

  • Doo Wah Riders set to play Saturday at Ocotillo theater

    Submitted photo ARTESIA — There is no one else like the Doo Wah Riders, according to an Artesia Arts Council press release. For more than 20 years they have been riding their own patch of the musical range throughout the west. They possess the rare combination of many years of experience and youthful energy, ... more »

  • Arts Council begins new season

    By: DAVE BONEAU — Spotlight on Art — The Arts Council begins the new season with a ton of events in September. The first “concert” is a comedian named Will Durst at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Ocotillo Theatre. The cost is $15. I can guarantee that Durst’s material will be clean and funny. Then, on ... more »

  • Hubbard Museum presents ‘Cowboy Jubilee’ in July

    RUIDOSO DOWNS, N.M. — The Hubbard Museum of the American West is presenting its second annual Cowboy Jubilee, a family event commemorating the working cowboy. Activities will take place in the Hubbard Museum parking lot – close to the building with stations on the grassy area by the monument. Ongoing activities from 9 a.m. to noon ... more »

  • Spotlight on Art

    By: DAVE BONEAU — During July, the Arts Council is presenting theatre classes and drawing classes for children at the Ocotillo in downtown Artesia. Lisa Frederick will teach theatre classes for children entering grades first to sixth each weekday afternoon for three weeks from July 13 through July 31. Grades one and two will ... more »

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