Don't miss Dale Evans riding into Capitan tonight!

Dale Evans, known as “Queen of the West” in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, will be portrayed in a Chautauqua presented by Kay Sebring-Roberts Kuhlmann at Capitan Public Library’s First Friday Program,  August 4,  at 7 p.m. 

This Chautauqua is brought to you courtesy of the New Mexico Humanities Council and the Friends of the Capitan Public Library.

The Chautauqua title, “The Way You Ride the Trail,” comes from Dale Evan’s most famous song, “Happy Trails to You,” composed as a theme song for her husband Roy Rogers, known as “King of the Cowboys.”  Dale appeared with Roy in 28 Western movies, as well as in the popular weekly television show, “The Roy Rogers Show,” during the 1950s and early ‘60s. 

Both Dale and Roy got their start in show business as radio performers before they ever met each other.  Together they recorded music albums, made live guest appearances around the country and raised seven children together.  The couple later hosted a musical variety television show. 

According to playwright/actress Kuhlmann, “at The Way You Ride the Trail Chautauqua, the audience will learn about Dale’s early life on her way to fame.  “She was a trailblazer for women in a number of ways.  

This performance will offer reminiscences of a special era in movies and early television, especially for audience members who are Baby Boomers and upward.  They will also find out some surprising insights into Dale’s life.”

A resident of Ruidoso, Kay Sebring-Roberts Kuhlmann is the author of over 50 history-based plays.  Of these, many are one-woman shows or Chautauquas.

Also a trailblazer in her own right, Kuhlmann is continually adding to her cast of woman portrayals.

Solo stage characters portrayed by Kuhlmann range from four first ladies: Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacki Kennedy and Hillary Clinton; to entertainers: Patsy Cline and Dale Evans; to pioneers: Santa Fe Trail Diarist Marian Sloan Russell; to traitors: Mildred Gillars aka Axis Sally; and first-in-their fields such as dentist Lucy Hobbs Taylor and U.S. Treasurer Georgia Neese Gray. 

After the Chautauqua, refreshments will be served.

See you there!

Kay meeting Roy Roger's son 

New Mexico Humanities Council Chautauquas across the state

Mark your calendar for Next week's First Friday

Summer Reading Program winning readers

Debbie Myers presenting the Top readers left to right:

Navaeh Lueras, Fiona Roberts, Alice Allen 

The summer program's theme was Building a Better World.  Capitan Public Library's program was extremely successful due to Debbie Myers, children program coordinator.  Thanks to the many parents that attended faithfully and assisted with projects.

WoW - Wonders on Wheels. WOW-we had fun and learned a lot.

Walking like a dinosaur

Hands-on display for the kiddos

BIG foot

Geology -  example of a NM strata

By using a tape measure, we learned the size of different dinosaurs

Fun time

Which twin won? Wait, looks like one decided aiming at bro was more fun.

Becoming dinosaurs

catching up on Summer Reading photos - July 17th

 Chris the Curious Scientist - everyone loved him.

Monday, July 24 - Wonder on Wheels at the Capitan Public Library. Everyone invited to come check it out 10 am to 1 pm

The exciting interactive, hands-on exhibits provide a rich, experiential curriculum delivered by trained educators who engage students in diverse subject matters ranging from New Mexico history to folk, native and fine arts, natural history, space science, and more. The WoW program is in partnership with, and will make stops at New Mexico’s public and tribal libraries and offer full family programming at each stop. This unparalleled out-of-the-classroom experience will provide a critical museum-based educational experience to students who live too far away from, or don’t otherwise have access to DCA museums and historic sites.

NO WAY!

At our last First Friday program, this topic came up while enjoying refreshments.  We were all saying "No way! Impossible"  Well...yes way - here's documentation backing up the claim from August 2017 Birds and Blooms magazine.  Still say - NO WAY!  Isn't life full of mysteries? Like the Asombro Institute for Science Education that did a yucca moth program for CPL Summer Reading Program.  Asombro mean "wonder" in Spanish.  Go out and find some asombro today. I dare you.  (P.S. sometimes you can discover something asombro at your library!)

New Prices in the Bookstore Room

Hardbacks..................$2.00
Large Paperback........$1.00
Small Paperback.............50 cents
Children's Books.............25 cents
Audiobooks.................$1.00
VHS................................25 cents
DVDs..........................$1.00
Magazines...................FREE

First Saturday of every month, only $5 for a bag of books

Volunteer!

Local July events - mark your calendar

Come to the library to visit another galaxy- July 7th at 7pm

New Mexico Humanities Council Chautauquas happening around our state. Road Trip! Support the NMHC.

JULY 4th @ the Library

Capitan Public Library will hold its annual bake, book and hot dog sale on Tuesday, July 4.  Bake sale starts at 8:00 a.m.  Starting about 9:00, we will be serving hot dogs and smoked sausage with your choice of toppings, nachos, sodas and bottled water. You can't get a better deal and you can eat your lunch in our cool back yard.  Books will be sold for $5 a bag and if you bring in the card handed out at the parade, you'll get the books free.  This year we will have a specialty table with small electronic items.  Join us as we pay homage to our founding fathers for providing the freedom to enjoy this day of celebration. 

Tiffanie Owen, Current Showcased Artist at the Capitan Public Library

     A native New Mexican, Tiffanie Owen has deep family roots in southern

 New Mexico.  Her interest in art began at  an early age with instruction and

 encouragement from her mother and grandmother.  Later, Owen studied at

 The Art Center in 1994, where she earned degrees in Advertising Art and 

 Computer Graphic Design.  

     In 2008, Owen took over directorship of the Hurd-La Rinconada Gallery 

& Guest Ranch in San Patricio, New Mexico.  This allowed her to meld art into

 her daily life, but the work was still not her own.

     A search for her own artistic voice led Owen to Master Artist, Lou Maestas, 

who instructed her in the technique of oil rub-out.  The origins of this  technique 

are unknown, but what is known about oil rub-out is that it was once a training 

requirement of the Old Masters.  Before learning color theory, students were

trained  to use a limited palette which forces the painter to study values without 

the distraction  of color.  Using only two pigments, darker values are placed first, 

then the lighter values are revealed as the artist “rubs out” the highlights, usually

with a rag or other unconventional tool.  

Owen further explains this art.  “I am attracted to this technique because of 

my life-long love of photography…particularly historic sepia photos.  Quite 

by accident, I have discovered that I can create texture…the look of 

splintered wood, crumbling adobe, the tanned leather of a tipi, or the 

camouflaged plumage of a barn owl.  I think texture adds an extra 

dimension to my paintings the same way that it adds feeling and sensation

 to life.

     “I love to paint historic places…especially those that no longer exist. It is sad 

when old buildings die…they have charm and personality just like people.  

I hate to see history lost to progress,but when I paint the old buildings, it’s like

painting a portrait of a beloved family member who is no longer here…gone, 

but not forgotten.”

Owen is currently the Instructional Coordinator at Lincoln & Fort Stanton 

Historic Sites.  She looks forward to painting some of the historic locations 

in Lincoln County.  With three successful one-woman art exhibitions in the

past and a current member of the Cloudcroft Art Society, she continues to

participate in several CAS art shows.  She also owns a mobile “paint-n-sip”

business called Saucy Paint which allows beginning painters to

 “uncork their inner artist.” 

Tiffanie Owen's art will be on display July through August.

BAG of Books $5 at the library!

Saturday, July 1st, 10am to 2 pm

62nd Smokey Bear Parade - July 4th, 2017
2017 Annual Smokey Bear 4th of July Parade & Stampede Rodeo - Capitan 4th of July Parade begins at 10am.

WHILE in Capitan for the parade - Come on over to the library for the best deal in town.  Feed your family economically and enjoy your lunch in our cool backyard.  We will be serving hot dogs, sausage dogs, nachos, sodas and bottled water.  Top your dogs with chile, onion, and cheese at no extra cost. And find a fine selection of baked goods on sale starting at 8 a.m.  The book room will be open and selling books for $5 a bag.  

See you on the 4th at the library!

A Capitan Tradition, join the thousands that line the street to celebrate out authentic western heritage. Military, antique & custom cars, horse-drawn  wagons, fire trucks, pets, cowboys on horseback, rodeo queens and Smokey Bear. It's the biggest and best 4th of July parade in all of Lincoln County.

2017 Smokey Bear Stampede

The 62nd Annual Smokey Bear Stampede promises to be fun for the whole family. Eight rodeos in just four days plus a dutch oven cook-off, live music, steer wrestling, dancing, bull riding, and

Rodeo starts at 7pm daily.

Fireworks show on July 4th at dusk (fire restrictions and weather permitting)

Schedule of Events: 
Learn more about all the weekend’s events here.

Ticket Information:
There are a variety of tickets available for this awesome four day event. Click on ticket information to learn more about combo tickets, single event tickets, arena tickets and so on.

Dates & Times:
Saturday, July 1st at 5pm to 9pm
Sunday, July 2nd from 10am to 9pm
Monday, July 3rd from 10am to 10pm
Tuesday, July 4th from 10am to 9pm

July event - get your tickets early

1st week of July events - mark your calendar

SRP continues...

Storydancer and retired educator for the Las Cruces Public Schools for 20 years, Terry Alvarez, knows many ways to tell a story. She enjoys telling stories through dance and music to communicate a sense of fun while stressing family and educational values.  Terry Alvarez has been a part of Capitan Public Library's summer reading program for fifteen years or more.

Rapt audience

Game time

Terry Alvarez