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November Roundup
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Center, with samples from 12 premier restaurants, each paired with either a craft beer or
wine tasting. Cash bar available. Live entertainment, mixology courses and desserts also
offered. Tickets: $32 general admission; $100
VIP (Ticketmaster).
PBS Kids Fiesta — KCOS, El Paso’s PBS
station, and ‘Bob The Builder’ host the 2nd
annual event for area children 1 to 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12, at Southwest University
Events Center, 6500 Montana, with family
entertainment, interactive and educational
booths for kids. Admission is free. Information:
594-5345 or kcostv.org.
International Cultural Festival — UTEP
Office of Student Life hosts its 2016 celebration
of International Education Week Nov. 14-18,
with a food fair, bazaar, lectures and several
other events. Admission is free to most events.
Information: 747-5648, sa.utep.edu/osl or on
Facebook at UTEPOSL.
The International Food Fair is 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, on Centennial Plaza.
Daily events:
Film Festival featuring movies from around
the world is 5:30 p.m. daily at UTEP’s Union
Cinema.
Lecture series is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily in the
UTEP Library’s Bloomberg Auditorium.
International Bazaar and Entertainment is 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday though Friday on the
UTEP Union Plaza.
In conjunction with the event, a series of presentations on various languages is noon to 1:30
p.m. each day at El Paso Public Library’s main
branch; a film festival is 4:30 p.m. daily.
November 2016
FirstLight Federal Credit Union Sun
Bowl Parade — The 80th annual Sun Bowl
Parade, “80 Years Around The World,” begins
at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving
Day), at Montana and Ochoa and proceeds east
three miles to Copia. Review stand tickets
(near First Baptist Church, 805 Montana): $5;
available at all Circle K stores, FirstLight Credit
Union branches and the Sun Bowl Office.
Information: 533-4416.
The El Paso Downtown Lions Club organized
the Parade in 1935, and was held on New
Year’s Day from 1936 until 1978 when the
event was changed to Thanksgiving Day. The
Sun Bowl Parade is the largest community
event in the region.
El Paso Mineral & Gem Club Show —
The annual mineral, gem, jewelry and bead
show is Dec. 2-4 at El Maida Auditorium, 6331
Alabama. The show features hundreds of gems,
minerals, fossils, beads, silver jewelry, tools and
equipment, door prizes, and more. Admission
is free. Information: Gem Center USA, 5337153 or epmgs.com.
Celebration of Lights Christmas Tree
Lighting — The City of El Paso Parks and
Recreation Department and evolve Federal
Credit Union present the 81st annual evolve
Credit Union “Celebration of Lights” Christmas
tree and displays Saturday, Dec. 3, at San
Jacinto Plaza. Details to be announced.
Information: 212-0092 or elpasotex.gov/parks.
The program starts at 4:30 p.m. counting
down to the Tree Lighting at 5:55 p.m., followed by the Celebration of Lights Parade.
Parade begins north of Campbell on Main
Street, and proceeds left on Mesa Street to
Overland, and left on Campbell to Myrtle.
Magoffin Holiday Open House — The
annual holiday season event at the Magoffin
Home State Historic Site, 1120 Magoffin, is 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, with vendors,
choirs and bands, and free kids’ activities. Dress
warm for outside activities. Tickets: $3 at the
door; free for age 4 and younger. Dress warm
for outside activities. Information: 533-5147 or
visitmagoffinhome.com.
Last Thursdays — The Downtown monthly
evening art walk includes nearly two dozen
pubs, restaurants, stores and galleries.
Admission is free to most events. Information:
facebook.com/EPDAD.
Harvest & Halloween
Boo at the Zoo — The El Paso Zoo, 4001
E. Paisano, hosts its 10th annual safe trick-ortreating event for families with children age 2
to 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 29-30. Zoo admission is $12 for
ages 13 to 59; $9 for ages 60 and older and
active duty military (including spouse) with ID;
$7.50 ages 3 to 12; and free for ages 2 and
under. Information: 532-8156, 521-1850 or
elpasozoo.org.
Boo Bash — Cielo Vista Mall, 8401 Gateway
West, hosts its annual family Halloween event 2
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Admission is free.
Information: 779-7070, simon.com.
Mall-wide Trick-or-Treating is 4 to 6 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 31. Families can enjoy collecting
treats from retailers throughout the mall.
New Mexico Pumpkin Festival — The
8th annual festival celebrating the fall gourd is
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
29-30, at the Mesilla Valley Maze and Lyles
Family Farm, 3855 W. Picacho, featuring a corn
maze, pumpkin painting, slides, hayrides to the
El Paso Scene
pumpkin patch and more. Food available for
purchase, and a country store offered.
Admission: $12 ($10 children under 12; free
children under 2) $2 discount for military with
ID. Information: (575) 526-1919 or mesillavalleymaze.com.
City Halloween carnivals — The City of
El Paso Parks and Recreation Department’s
annual Halloween Happiness throughout the
city at area recreation centers 4 to 7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 31. The carnivals include family
costume contests, jumping balloons and other
types of family fun. Admission is free.
Participating centers:
EPCC Fall Festival — El Paso Community
College hosts the family fall festival 6 to 10 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 31, at EPCC’s Valle Verde campus’s Americana Language Village, 919 Hunter,
with jumping balloons, costume contest, carnival rides, food and games, and a magician.
Activity bracelets: $15 for all rides (individual
ride tickets may be purchased). Information:
831-2096.
Halloween Carnival — Women’s
Intercultural Center, 303 Lincoln in Anthony,
N.M. hosts a carnival 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct.
31, with free candy, games and prizes for parents and kids. Information: (575)882-5556 or
womensinterculturalcenter.org.
n: Facebook at Kern Place Association.
Mall-o-ween Sweets Stroll — The safe
Trick or Treat event is 4 to 6 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 31, at Sunland Park Mall, 750 Sunland
Park. Admission is free. Information: 833-5596,
sunlandparkmall.com or on Facebook.
King’s Kastle Party — The Children’s
Ministries at Coronado Baptist Church, 501
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