Visit Las Cruces Live

Celebration of Authors

With the Celebration of Authors event happening Sept. 21, Diego Salazar, president of the Las Cruces Writers group, stopped by Visit Las Cruces to discuss how attending can polish one's writing skills and learn how to publish one's written work. The free event will be taking place at the Elks Lodge, 3000 Elks Drive, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and in addition to the workshops, books from local authors can be purchased with the opportunity to have them signed.

NM Best Showdown Cornhole Tournament

Test your cornhole throwing skills against other cornhole players when the NM Best Showdown 2024 Cornhole Tournament takes place. The largest cornhole competition in the southwest pits baggers against baggers at the Las Cruces Convention Center Aug. 30-Sept.1.

Atomic-Powered Tattoo Talk with Aaron "Xombi" Valenzuela

Choosing what one wants for a tattoo is an important choice, so one must decide where and who to apply their design with the same level as significance. The Atom Bomb Studio in Las Cruces has been meeting the highest tattoo artist skills for over 12 years. Tattooist Aaron Valenzuela, who runs the tattoo parlor, talks on what the place offers to everyone who is looking to have their bodies graced with ink under their skin.

Artistically Speaking with Local Artist Anahy Nuñez

Anahy Nuñez said she has been doodling with her artistic expressions since she was young, but upped her artistic brush when she painted the mural titled "Con Amor" with her husband on the exterior of the Visit Las Cruces building. She sat down at VLC to give her insight on how she came up with her vision on what people see when they visit Las Cruces.

Barbara Hubbard Proposed a Las Cruces Amphitheater

Local living legend Barbara "Mother" Hubbard not only brings major musical concerts to Las Cruces, but she wants them to play in a large amphitheater. She stopped for her third time to Visit Las Cruces to discuss what, how, and why Las Cruces wants and needs an amphitheater large enough to hold more people to be entertained with big shows.

The Iconic Eyeconik Records & Apparel Store

If you're looking to score a rare copy of your favorite band on vinyl, look no further than Eyeconik Records & Apparel. That's where one goes to search for a used record when in Las Cruces. And relive your memories of inserting quarters to battle Space Invaders or navigate the busy road and floating logs to complete your Frogger journey in the store's arcade. The owner of the store located at 224 N. Campo, Justin Tyskewicz, and his son, Jackson, stopped by the Visit Las Cruces office to chat about the vinyl revival.

Reaching New Heights with the Spaceport America Cup

Over 6,000 participating rocketeers from across the globe travel to Las Cruces every year to match their rocketry building skills in the Spaceport America Cup, the world's largest intercollegiate rocket engineering conference and competition. Steve Taylor, the Spaceport America Cup president, beamed with excitement when he called in to talk about this year's event. June 17-22 is when the rockets are slated to blast off from the Spaceport America vertical launch area.

Picacho Peak Brewery

The manager of Picacho Peak Brewery, David Rodriguez, shares what makes Picacho Peak Brewery unique from the other craft breweries located in the Las Cruces area. Not only do the beers, spirits, and wines separate them from the others, but it offers lawn games, is the most dog friendly, and has the largest beer. garden in the state, he said.

Las Cruces -- The Place for Division 1 Collegiate Sports

Where does one go to watch live NCAA Division I level sports when visiting the Southern New Mexico area? Las Cruces! The City of Crosses houses New Mexico State University, and the school is where Adam Young directs its sporting broadcast department. He sat down at the Visit Las Cruces podcast studio to talk about NMSU's football, basketball, baseball and the other university sports programs that draws locals and visitors to come and check out the collegiate competition here.

Come Again to Experience the ¡Mira! Celebration

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 27, to attend this year's ¡Mira! held in Downtown Las Cruces. Downtown Main Street and the plaza will be turned into a blocks long celebration of local art, music, vendors, entertainment, cars shows, food trucks and much more that highlights the unique culture of Las Cruces and Southern New Mexico.