Monday

•Most city and county offices will be closed Monday to allow employees to observe the Presidents Day holiday.

•The Garrison Flag will be flown Monday at Veterans Memorial Park on Roadrunner Parkway in observance of Presidents Day at 8 a.m. The public is invited. Info: James Turner, (575) 524-6220.

•The Great Southwest Civitan District's luncheon meeting will be at noon Monday at the IHOP Restaurant, 2900 N. Telshor Blvd., and lunch will be provided. Info: John F. Milholland, (505) 286-4863 (home), (505) 980-7494 (cell) or e-mail, milholland93@msn.com.

•Las Cruces Youth Softball Association will elect officers at 6 p.m. Monday at Mesilla Valley Hospice, 299 E. Montana Ave. If you are interested in holding a office and helping with the LCYSA, come to the meeting. Info: Michael, (575) 556-9570.

•Las Cruces Youth Softball Association Coach's meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Mesilla Valley Hospice, 299 E. Montana Ave. If you plan to coach this summer you need to attend this meeting to get all information, paperwork, fees and deadlines. List of players looking to get on a team will be provided also. This year there will be no late entries into the league so come and start getting prepared. Info: Michael, (575) 556-9570.

Tuesday

•The NMSU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Services is hosting a FAFSA Workshop from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in rooms B103 and B104 at O

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ate High School. Financial Aid professionals will be available to help high school seniors and their parents complete the 2011-12 FAFSA. Bring student's and parent's 2010 federal tax return, W2's and 1099's. Deadline to complete the 2011-12 FAFSA is March 1.

•PM Qigong workshop with Marie Mathewson, Ph.D., LMT (No. 5997) will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at DAAC East Mesa Campus. Learn how to end your day with centuries old Chinese methods for stress relief and relaxation. Class fee is $10. To register or info: (575) 527-7527.

•Las Cruces Press Women present "Give a Great Interview for Radio, TV or Newspaper" workshop at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Taste of India Restaurant, 1001 E. University Ave. Cost with buffet lunch (drinks extra) is $10 for members and $13 nonmembers. RSVP or info: e-mail, lcpresswomen@gmail.com

Wednesday

•La Catrina Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Atkinson Recital Hall. Info: Daniel Vega-Albela, (575) 646-5432.

•Mimbres-Paquime Connection will feature Zumba exercise event at 6 p.m. every Wednesday and Monday at the Las Cruces Event Center, 522 E. Idaho Av. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $5 for one hour. Info: (575) 680-6515.

•Ceramics Plus of New Mexico, 901 S. Main St., will extend pinch technique class from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and March 2. Cost for both sessions is $20. Info: (575) 526-9331.

•J. Paul Taylor Academy will hold student registration from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave. The academy is a tuition free public charter school and is open to all children from Las Cruces area who will be entering kindergarten through sixth grade for the 2011 fall school year. A number of spaces are still available. Info: jpaultayloracademy.org.

•The Las Cruces Museum of Art, in cooperation with The Las Cruces Singles Club, will host a "Singles Mingle" from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the museum, 491 N. Main St. Join other singles for an evening of ice breakers, conversation, fantastic art, and non-alcoholic beverages. The exhibition, "Sight Unseen: The Sculpture of Michael Naranjo" will be on display. Info: (575) 541-2137 or website www.las-cruces.org/museums.

Thursday

•Las Cruces Catholic School, 1331 N. Miranda St., will have an open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. LCCS offers an enriched academic curriculum in a spiritually and morally safe setting. The school enrolls students from ages 3 through 12th grade. Learn about Las Cruces Catholic School and St. Mary's High School. Info: (575) 526-2517.

•Science Café will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Las Cruces Museum of Natural History, Mesilla Valley Mall. Featuring "Connecting Vegetation Change and Climate in the Desert Southwest" with Professor Heather Throop, NMSU department of biology. Come learn about connections between atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate change, and vegetation in southwestern deserts.

•The Confucius Institute Speaker Series, "Becoming Mexican in China: Mexican Chinese Families, Transnational Identity, and National Nostalgia, 1910s-1960s" will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Hardman Hall, room 106, NMSU campus. Guest speaker will be Julia Mar a Schiavone Camacho, assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at El Paso. Free and open to the public. Info: Ken Hammond, khammond@nmsu.edu, or (575) 646-1818.

•The Volt Information Sciences Slide Rule Golf Classic will be at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the NMSU Golf Course. Fees are $100 for individual players and $400 per team. The tournament will conclude with an awards luncheon at 1 p.m. To register or info: Tracey O'Neil or Mack Haley, (575) 646-2913.

•New Mexico State University Black Programs will present "Rediscovering Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Manning Marable from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Corbett Center Ballroom. Marable, a national leader in African American and ethnic studies and professor of public affairs, political science and history at Columbia University, will speak about his soon-to-be-published comprehensive biography of Malcolm X. Info: (575) 646-4208.

Friday

The Federated Republican Women of Do a Ana County will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at The Game Restaurant, 2605 S. Espina St. Speaker will be Donna Richmond, executive director of La Pinon Sexual Assault Recovery Service. Buffet luncheon is $9. Reservations accepted until Tuesday Feb. 22. For reservations or Info: (575) 527-5574.

•Black History Reflections, an oral history, starts at 6 p.m. Friday at the American Legion, 1185 E. Madrid Ave. Join the celebration and hear real stories from real people. Sponsored by Do a Ana Branch NAACP. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. Info: (575) 527-5675.

•The 15-Minute Stress Out training, touch therapy to recovering veterans, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday in the Rotary conference room, Mesilla Valley Hospice, 299 E. Montana Ave., and from 3 to 5 p.m. March 1 at Munson Center, 975 S. Mesquite St. Learn a technique that can reduce stress and enhance healing for wounded soldiers; frail seniors; and anyone who needs the healing power of touch in their lives. RSVP: Aurora Ybarra, (575) 528-3035 or e-mail, aybarra@las-cruces.org.

•Intel vice president and New Mexico State University alum Douglas L. Davis will be the featured speaker at the College of Engineering Annual Bromilow Lecture from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday in Thomas and Brown Hall, room 104, NMSU campus. Davis, corporate vice president and general manager of the Netbook and Tablet Group within the Intel Architecture Group, will present his lecture "Moore's Law and its impact on the future of computing." Davis graduated from NMSU in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, earning his master's degree in business administration from Arizona State University in 1992. Free and open to the public. Info: (575) 646-7416.