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    <title>Cruces Creatives upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Friday (2026-09-11)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789270</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-09-11)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6280712</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-09-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wood Shop Safety Training (2026-09-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic Wood Shop&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Safety Training&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_0940.JPG" width="283" height="212" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is the basic required safety course for using the Wood Shop. After completing this course you will be able to use the table saw, the sliding compound miter saw, the band saw, the drill presses, sanders, and more.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;Instructor: Kim Seifert&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6758591</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CNC Advanced Training (2026-09-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 30px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CNC Router Advanced&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 30px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Already a bit familiar with the CNC Router?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Then increase your skills by learning how to cut a miniature 3D relief of the Organ Mountains into wood to take home with you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 23px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If you need assistance with a specific project, beyond what was taught in this class, please talk to Michael Petersen or contact him at [email.com]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 23px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 23px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After the training, Non-members get a one-time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;$10 off a new membership!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(must sign up directly after training)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 23px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 23px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Seeking suggestions: If there is a specific topic or tool you would like to see a class offered on, please inform Michael so we can assess interest and attendance levels to determine what would be most beneficial to offer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6760433</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Member Training (2026-09-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/White%20Photo%20Simple%20Traveling%20Facebook%20Ads.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us to learn about the makerspace and to gain full access to your membership privileges!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We will:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
- Have an introduction to the makerspace and with one another&lt;br&gt;
- Have a deep tour of the building, learning where specific tools and safety devices are&lt;br&gt;
- Learn additional tips, tricks, need-to-knows about Cruces Creatives&lt;br&gt;
- Finish paperwork and systems needs with membership fees, licenses, getting into our communication system, and receiving your RFID card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bring your state license and your phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;. A drink and a snack may be good additions as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6760544</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-09-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-09-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adult Beginning Stained Glass (2026-09-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This class teaches the basic process of creating stained glass artwork, including safety measures, picking out a pattern, selecting glass and colors, how to score(cut) glass and assembly.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginners&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will make a simple project and learn, pattern cutting, color choices for the project, cutting (scoring) glass, grinding, foiling of glass, and soldering (assembling).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;No experience needed!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/Stained%20Glass%20candle%20.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Priced at $30 to cover cost of materials. Members get a 10% discount!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6758613</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Embroidery Advanced Training (2026-09-16)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Embroidery Machine Advanced Training&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;This class will address how to create your own embroidery file from scratch and send it to the embroidery machine!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;Prerequisite: Must have taken Embroidery Machine Training&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/embroidery.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Payment is due at registration (online registration requires payment within 15 minutes in order to reserve space in the class). Cancellations are only available until 48 hours before class. Refunds are only available if class is properly cancelled.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Wednesdays (2026-09-16)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789280</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-09-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789400</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

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    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Crochet Club (2026-09-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/C%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="315" height="315"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Welcome to the Cruces Creatives Crochet Club!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us in the Textile Lab every Thursday from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Whether you are brand new to crocheting or an experienced crocheter, all are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Work on your own project, or take up one of our go-to projects, such as a beanie or scarf.&amp;nbsp; We will explore different patterns, styles, and methods of crocheting to meet the desires of those in attendance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bring your yarn and hooks, or make use of ours. Come every week, or show up when you want to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are not a member of Cruces Creatives, please make a donation. Non-members, please ring the door bell upon arrival as the doors are locked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6052681</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Friday (2026-09-18)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789270</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-09-18)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6280712</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-09-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wood Shop Safety Training (2026-09-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic Wood Shop&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Safety Training&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_0940.JPG" width="283" height="212" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is the basic required safety course for using the Wood Shop. After completing this course you will be able to use the table saw, the sliding compound miter saw, the band saw, the drill presses, sanders, and more.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;Instructor: Kim Seifert&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6758595</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Charitable Crafting Project (2026-09-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/creatives9v2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;The Charitable Crafting Project makes textiles for good causes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In a collaborative effort, participants work hands-on, each participating as they can.&amp;nbsp; Participants with higher levels of skills in a particular area can guide those with lower skill levels, and we'll make as many garments as we have the time, materials, and labor to make.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This is a free program using donated materials. If you’d like to be involved, you can&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Help make clothing by sewing or assisting during the charitable crafting sessions&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Donate fabric or other sewing supplies by dropping them off at Cruces Creatives during business hours. The project can use yarn, fabric pieces of ½ a yard or longer, inner facings and linings, and other sewing supplies and notions.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Donate new children's clothing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ages:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;18 and older, or 14-17 with a parent or guardian present&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;About the facilitator:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Dina Honeycutt has been sewing and practicing other textile crafts for about 45 years, making clothing and toys for friends, family, and charitable projects. She especially enjoys cooperative work for its opportunities to share knowledge and skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6767211</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>3D Printing Training (2026-09-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3D Printing Training&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Learn how to use the Bambu brand 3D printers!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Discover how to find and print your own unique 3D plastic models that range from novel to useful that you can take home with you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_3660.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If you need assistance with a specific project, beyond what was taught in this class, please talk to Michael Petersen or contact him at &lt;a href="mailto:m.petersen@crucescreatives.org" target="_blank"&gt;m.petersen@crucescreatives.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NO Prerequisites&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Seeking suggestions: If there is a specific topic or tool you would like to see a class offered on, please inform Michael so we can assess interest and attendance levels to determine what would be most beneficial to offer.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class is led by Cruces Creatives Tech Assistant and Instructor:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Michael Petersen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6760442</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Serger Training (2026-09-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Serger&amp;nbsp;Training&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/image%20(1)%20copy%202.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="160"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Textile Area Safety Training must be completed first!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Sergers are 4 thread sewing machines commonly used when finishing edges and working with knit fabrics.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This class will address the basic safety requirements of using this machine, how to thread, and basic trouble-shooting techniques.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Payment is due at registration (online registration requires payment within 15 minutes in order to reserve space in the class). Cancellations are only available until 48 hours before class. Refunds are only available if class is properly cancelled.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Instructor: Cruces Creatives Volunteer&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Please reach out if you would like to schedule a special session of this training&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6759653</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Orientation (2026-09-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Volunteer Information Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Led by Eileen Condon, this meeting will cover all aspects of volunteering at Cruces Creatives.&amp;nbsp; This meeting serves as your orientation whether you are looking for a way to engage community, boost project based learning for young people, or support our mission to “help just about anyone make just about anything”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After general information is presented, there will be time to ask personalized questions about how you fit into our volunteer programs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Current available Volunteer Pods are scheduled for Wednesday and Friday, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Weekly attendance is required to maintain a free membership via Volunteering.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6798056</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-09-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-09-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Family Night Volunteer Orientation (2026-09-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Family Night Volunteer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Orientation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Intended for individuals who would like to participate in family nights as a volunteer activity facilitator, this meeting will discuss the logistics and commitments which accompany this special volunteer opportunity.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Like other volunteer options which qualify you for membership, we are expecting a commitment of approximately 12 hours a month. Most hours will be self-scheduled, but&lt;/font&gt; we &lt;strong&gt;need you to be available once a month on Tuesday evening&lt;/strong&gt; for a readiness check, and &lt;strong&gt;once a month on Friday evening&lt;/strong&gt; to lead your activities with the families.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Agenda for orientation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
- schedule for Tue and Friday evenings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;- themes for upcoming family nights&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;- project assignments (and their due dates)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;- conversation about materials&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;- housekeeping details&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;If you have questions you would like answered in advance of this meeting, please reach out to Sandy at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org" target="_blank"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6835360</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Laser Basics Training (2026-09-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Laser Basics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Interested in how to use the Laser Cutter &amp;amp; Engraver and how it works?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;You can learn by cutting and engraving your own custom designed acrylic key ring name tag to take home with you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 23px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NO Prerequisites&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 23px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 23px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After the training, Non-members get a one-time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;$10 off a new membership!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(must sign up directly after training)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Wednesdays (2026-09-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789280</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-09-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789400</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
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      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505587</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Textile Area Safety Training (2026-09-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic Textile Area Safety Training&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/CC%20Sewing%20Machine.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="201"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is the basic required safety course for using the Textiles Area. After completing this course you will be able to use the basic level sewing machines, cutti&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ng tools, and pressing tools.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This class is intended to review safety guidelines, introduce housekeeping rules, and tour notions and materials. If you are hoping for additional sewing instruction Marty invites you to stay after class for questions or extra instruction.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Payment is due at registration (online registration requires payment within 15 minutes in order to reserve space in the class). Cancellations are only available until 48 hours before class. Refunds are only available if class is properly cancelled.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;Instructor: Cruces Creatives Volunteer&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Crochet Club (2026-09-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/C%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="315" height="315"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Welcome to the Cruces Creatives Crochet Club!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us in the Textile Lab every Thursday from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Whether you are brand new to crocheting or an experienced crocheter, all are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Work on your own project, or take up one of our go-to projects, such as a beanie or scarf.&amp;nbsp; We will explore different patterns, styles, and methods of crocheting to meet the desires of those in attendance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bring your yarn and hooks, or make use of ours. Come every week, or show up when you want to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are not a member of Cruces Creatives, please make a donation. Non-members, please ring the door bell upon arrival as the doors are locked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6052681</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Friday (2026-09-25)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789270</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-09-25)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6280712</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Family Night Green Room Huddle (2026-09-25)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;At quick 30 minute meeting to build the team vibe and have a moment to settle and collect in preparation for family night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Welcome and introduce partner organizations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review the menu and the activities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review room assignments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Distribute any materials that were ordered that have not already been handed over&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833409</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friday Family Night: Nature Diorama (2026-09-25)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Come join our STEAMM team for an evening of make-and-take projects!&amp;nbsp; This free event is intended to give both youth and adult makers the opportunity to work projects side-by-side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;[Image coming soon]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join us to have all the fun of a creative project without the clean up! Friday Family Nights are an opportunity to bond and build, and make more than just memories.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Funding provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department &amp;amp; NMSU STEM Outreach!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No school affiliation is required to attend.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833102</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-09-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wood Shop Safety Training (2026-09-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic Wood Shop&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Safety Training&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_0940.JPG" width="283" height="212" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is the basic required safety course for using the Wood Shop. After completing this course you will be able to use the table saw, the sliding compound miter saw, the band saw, the drill presses, sanders, and more.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;Instructor: Kim Seifert&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>3D Advanced Training (2026-09-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3D Printing Advanced Training&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Build upon the skills learned in basic 3D Printing Training!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Learn how multicolored prints are made using the AMS, and using the software to paint your models.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Must have completed basic 3D Printing Training&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Advanced 3D printing description.Learn how multicolored prints are made using the amS and painting in the software&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Advanced 3D printing description.Learn how multicolored prints are made using the amS and painting in the software&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_3660.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If you need assistance with a specific project, beyond what was taught in this class, please talk to Michael Petersen or contact him at &lt;a href="mailto:m.petersen@crucescreatives.org" target="_blank"&gt;m.petersen@crucescreatives.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Seeking suggestions: If there is a specific topic or tool you would like to see a class offered on, please inform Michael so we can assess interest and attendance levels to determine what would be most beneficial to offer.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class is led by Cruces Creatives Tech Assistant and Instructor:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Michael Petersen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adult Beginning Stained Glass (2026-09-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This class teaches the basic process of creating stained glass artwork, including safety measures, picking out a pattern, selecting glass and colors, how to score(cut) glass and assembly.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginners&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will make a simple project and learn, pattern cutting, color choices for the project, cutting (scoring) glass, grinding, foiling of glass, and soldering (assembling).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;No experience needed!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/Stained%20Glass%20candle%20.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Priced at $30 to cover cost of materials. Members get a 10% discount!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-09-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-09-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-09-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Laser Advanced Training (2026-09-30)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Laser Advanced&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A bit familiar with the Laser Cutter &amp;amp; Engraver already, but want to level up your skills?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Then use the rotary attachment to engrave an image or label on a glass jar to take home with you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 23px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After the training, Non-members get a one-time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;$10 off a new membership!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(must sign up directly after training)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6760503</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Wednesdays (2026-09-30)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789280</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-10-01)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-01)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Crochet Club (2026-10-01)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/C%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="315" height="315"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Welcome to the Cruces Creatives Crochet Club!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us in the Textile Lab every Thursday from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Whether you are brand new to crocheting or an experienced crocheter, all are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Work on your own project, or take up one of our go-to projects, such as a beanie or scarf.&amp;nbsp; We will explore different patterns, styles, and methods of crocheting to meet the desires of those in attendance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bring your yarn and hooks, or make use of ours. Come every week, or show up when you want to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are not a member of Cruces Creatives, please make a donation. Non-members, please ring the door bell upon arrival as the doors are locked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Friday (2026-10-02)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-10-02)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Room Reservation - New Mexico Robot Combat Competition (2026-10-02)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Room Reservation&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;span id="eventDetailsHeader_eventTitle"&gt;The Spooks Begin - New Mexico Robot Combat Competition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="eventDetailsHeader_eventTitle"&gt;Multipurpose Room, Jewelry Studio, and Little Class Room&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6810137</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Room Reservation - New Mexico Robot Combat Competition (2026-10-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Room Reservation&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;span id="eventDetailsHeader_eventTitle"&gt;The Spooks Begin - New Mexico Robot Combat Competition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="eventDetailsHeader_eventTitle"&gt;Multipurpose Room, Jewelry Studio, and Little Class Room&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6810137</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Spooks Begin - New Mexico Robot Combat Competition (2026-10-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest Hosted Event&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doors Open for spectators at 9:00am&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;For more information click this link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/9332" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0039" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;The Spooks Begin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#00AEEF" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/NMRC_Logo.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="188"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join us for a Robot Combat Competition!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Whether you're competing, or just wanting to spectate, all are welcome!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/9332" target="_blank"&gt;Competitors register here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;For event specific questions send an email to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:nmrobotcombat@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;nmrobotcombat@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6810089</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Johnson-Su Bioreactor Construction and Filling Field Day (2026-10-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/CC%20Bioreactor%201.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;At this Field Day, you’ll learn how to build and fill a Johnson-Su Bioreactor—a low-maintenance, no-turn composting system designed by Dr. David Johnson and Hui-Chun Su. It’s ideal for dry climates, using up to six times less water than traditional composting and requiring no tractor or heavy equipment. The resulting compost is microbe-rich and helps restore soil health. We will be helping Andre at Og Farms set up his reactor and fill it so that he can use the microbe-rich compost on his crops.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Participation is free, and if you’d like to build your own bioreactor, you can purchase a kit at cost ($80 full-scale, $40 half-scale, $20 2’x2′). Payment can be made during registration. If you’re taking a kit home, please bring a truck or large vehicle for transport.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="435" data-end="706"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;This is a free field day, but participation is capped at 15 people. To save your spot, please preregister.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="435" data-end="706"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Saturday October 3, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;9:00 AM - 4:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Og Farms 615 ojito de madrid Anthony NM 88044&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p data-start="253" data-end="297"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong data-start="253" data-end="271"&gt;9:15 – 9:30 AM&lt;/strong&gt; |&amp;nbsp; Intro plant-microbe symbiosis&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p data-start="347" data-end="387"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong data-start="347" data-end="365"&gt;10:00 AM – 1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt; | Build and fill one bioreactor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to wear/Bring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Sun protection&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Water Bottle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Gloves&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Bug Repellent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This free field day is made possible thanks to generous support from the McCune Charitable Foundation, Nusenda Foundation, and #NoRegrets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-10-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="bulletList" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Charitable Crafting Project (2026-10-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/creatives9v2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;The Charitable Crafting Project makes textiles for good causes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In a collaborative effort, participants work hands-on, each participating as they can.&amp;nbsp; Participants with higher levels of skills in a particular area can guide those with lower skill levels, and we'll make as many garments as we have the time, materials, and labor to make.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This is a free program using donated materials. If you’d like to be involved, you can&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Help make clothing by sewing or assisting during the charitable crafting sessions&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Donate fabric or other sewing supplies by dropping them off at Cruces Creatives during business hours. The project can use yarn, fabric pieces of ½ a yard or longer, inner facings and linings, and other sewing supplies and notions.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Donate new children's clothing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ages:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;18 and older, or 14-17 with a parent or guardian present&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;About the facilitator:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Dina Honeycutt has been sewing and practicing other textile crafts for about 45 years, making clothing and toys for friends, family, and charitable projects. She especially enjoys cooperative work for its opportunities to share knowledge and skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6767213</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Member Training (2026-10-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/White%20Photo%20Simple%20Traveling%20Facebook%20Ads.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us to learn about the makerspace and to gain full access to your membership privileges!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We will:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
- Have an introduction to the makerspace and with one another&lt;br&gt;
- Have a deep tour of the building, learning where specific tools and safety devices are&lt;br&gt;
- Learn additional tips, tricks, need-to-knows about Cruces Creatives&lt;br&gt;
- Finish paperwork and systems needs with membership fees, licenses, getting into our communication system, and receiving your RFID card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bring your state license and your phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;. A drink and a snack may be good additions as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doors will unlock at 1:45p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6827933</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Room Reservation - New Mexico Robot Combat Competition (2026-10-04)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Room Reservation&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;span id="eventDetailsHeader_eventTitle"&gt;The Spooks Begin - New Mexico Robot Combat Competition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="eventDetailsHeader_eventTitle"&gt;Multipurpose Room, Jewelry Studio, and Little Class Room&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6810137</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-06)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-06)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-06)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Wednesdays (2026-10-07)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789280</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-10-08)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789420</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-08)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Crochet Club (2026-10-08)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/C%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="315" height="315"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Welcome to the Cruces Creatives Crochet Club!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us in the Textile Lab every Thursday from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Whether you are brand new to crocheting or an experienced crocheter, all are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Work on your own project, or take up one of our go-to projects, such as a beanie or scarf.&amp;nbsp; We will explore different patterns, styles, and methods of crocheting to meet the desires of those in attendance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bring your yarn and hooks, or make use of ours. Come every week, or show up when you want to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are not a member of Cruces Creatives, please make a donation. Non-members, please ring the door bell upon arrival as the doors are locked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6052681</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Friday (2026-10-09)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789270</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-10-09)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6280712</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-10)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Member Training (2026-10-13)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/White%20Photo%20Simple%20Traveling%20Facebook%20Ads.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us to learn about the makerspace and to gain full access to your membership privileges!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We will:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
- Have an introduction to the makerspace and with one another&lt;br&gt;
- Have a deep tour of the building, learning where specific tools and safety devices are&lt;br&gt;
- Learn additional tips, tricks, need-to-knows about Cruces Creatives&lt;br&gt;
- Finish paperwork and systems needs with membership fees, licenses, getting into our communication system, and receiving your RFID card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bring your state license and your phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;. A drink and a snack may be good additions as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6827937</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-13)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-13)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-13)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Wednesdays (2026-10-14)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789280</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Creatives Connection (2026-10-14)</title>
      <description>&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;A casual monthly meetup for makers, artists, and creative minds at Cruces Creatives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/AC9C17A6-E70A-46AE-A072-F2A1ADFA3710.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="214" height="214"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;No pressure—just real conversations about what you’re building, what you’re learning, and what you’d love to explore next. Bring your curiosity, bring your stories, and a snack if you’d like.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;Let’s swap ideas, trade skills, and spark new projects together!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;(This Hangout is lead by, Cruces Creatives Member, Chris Reese)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6510265</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-10-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Crochet Club (2026-10-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/C%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="315" height="315"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Welcome to the Cruces Creatives Crochet Club!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us in the Textile Lab every Thursday from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Whether you are brand new to crocheting or an experienced crocheter, all are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Work on your own project, or take up one of our go-to projects, such as a beanie or scarf.&amp;nbsp; We will explore different patterns, styles, and methods of crocheting to meet the desires of those in attendance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bring your yarn and hooks, or make use of ours. Come every week, or show up when you want to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are not a member of Cruces Creatives, please make a donation. Non-members, please ring the door bell upon arrival as the doors are locked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6052681</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Friday (2026-10-16)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789270</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-10-16)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-10-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Charitable Crafting Project (2026-10-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/creatives9v2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;The Charitable Crafting Project makes textiles for good causes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In a collaborative effort, participants work hands-on, each participating as they can.&amp;nbsp; Participants with higher levels of skills in a particular area can guide those with lower skill levels, and we'll make as many garments as we have the time, materials, and labor to make.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This is a free program using donated materials. If you’d like to be involved, you can&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Help make clothing by sewing or assisting during the charitable crafting sessions&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Donate fabric or other sewing supplies by dropping them off at Cruces Creatives during business hours. The project can use yarn, fabric pieces of ½ a yard or longer, inner facings and linings, and other sewing supplies and notions.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Donate new children's clothing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ages:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;18 and older, or 14-17 with a parent or guardian present&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;About the facilitator:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Dina Honeycutt has been sewing and practicing other textile crafts for about 45 years, making clothing and toys for friends, family, and charitable projects. She especially enjoys cooperative work for its opportunities to share knowledge and skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-20)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-20)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-20)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Wednesdays (2026-10-21)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789280</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-10-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789420</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505587</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Crochet Club (2026-10-22)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/C%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="315" height="315"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Welcome to the Cruces Creatives Crochet Club!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us in the Textile Lab every Thursday from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Whether you are brand new to crocheting or an experienced crocheter, all are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Work on your own project, or take up one of our go-to projects, such as a beanie or scarf.&amp;nbsp; We will explore different patterns, styles, and methods of crocheting to meet the desires of those in attendance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bring your yarn and hooks, or make use of ours. Come every week, or show up when you want to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are not a member of Cruces Creatives, please make a donation. Non-members, please ring the door bell upon arrival as the doors are locked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Volunteer Pod - Friday (2026-10-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Pod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Those who are interested in earning their membership for Cruces Creatives, or are interested in supporting our programs, or are looking to make new friends in our fantastic, artistic community are invited to participate in this volunteer pod.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tasks vary widely and training is always included.&amp;nbsp; Some common tasks include soldering LEDs and hobby motors, using the laser or Cricut to prepare project materials, light janitorial and organizing work, and plenty of cutting, counting and bundling!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The efforts of our volunteers make all the difference in the programs we are able to offer.&amp;nbsp; We literally cannot do it without you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" style=""&gt;Volunteer Pods are scheduled quarterly.&amp;nbsp; New volunteers must attend orientation. You can register for orientation via the Event Calendar. Please contact Eileen Condon at e.condon@crucescreatives.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789270</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-10-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6280712</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Family Night Green Room Huddle (2026-10-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;At quick 30 minute meeting to build the team vibe and have a moment to settle and collect in preparation for family night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Welcome and introduce partner organizations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review the menu and the activities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review room assignments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Distribute any materials that were ordered that have not already been handed over&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833410</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friday Family Night: Spooky Adornments (2026-10-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Come join our STEAMM team for an evening of make-and-take projects!&amp;nbsp; This free event is intended to give both youth and adult makers the opportunity to work projects side-by-side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;[Image coming soon]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join us to have all the fun of a creative project without the clean up! Friday Family Nights are an opportunity to bond and build, and make more than just memories.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Funding provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department &amp;amp; NMSU STEM Outreach!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No school affiliation is required to attend.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833115</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-10-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-27)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-10-27)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-27)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-10-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789429</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Crochet Club (2026-10-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/C%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="315" height="315"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Welcome to the Cruces Creatives Crochet Club!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us in the Textile Lab every Thursday from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Whether you are brand new to crocheting or an experienced crocheter, all are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Work on your own project, or take up one of our go-to projects, such as a beanie or scarf.&amp;nbsp; We will explore different patterns, styles, and methods of crocheting to meet the desires of those in attendance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bring your yarn and hooks, or make use of ours. Come every week, or show up when you want to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are not a member of Cruces Creatives, please make a donation. Non-members, please ring the door bell upon arrival as the doors are locked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6052681</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>FiberArts Friday (2026-10-30)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calling all Fiber-artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="" alt="" src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMAG6432.jpg" border="0"&gt;Bring your current work-in-progress or unfinished object and join us in the Textile Lab every Friday for an open work session. The lab tools and equipment will be available or participants can bring their own. Socialize with like-minded members and advance your own work. All fiberarts welcome from applique to weaving and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-10-31)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-10-31)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-11-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-11-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-11-05)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789429</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-05)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505587</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-11-07)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-07)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Member Training (2026-11-07)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/White%20Photo%20Simple%20Traveling%20Facebook%20Ads.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us to learn about the makerspace and to gain full access to your membership privileges!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We will:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
- Have an introduction to the makerspace and with one another&lt;br&gt;
- Have a deep tour of the building, learning where specific tools and safety devices are&lt;br&gt;
- Learn additional tips, tricks, need-to-knows about Cruces Creatives&lt;br&gt;
- Finish paperwork and systems needs with membership fees, licenses, getting into our communication system, and receiving your RFID card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bring your state license and your phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;. A drink and a snack may be good additions as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doors will unlock at 1:45p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6827939</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-11-10)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-11-10)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-10)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Creatives Connection (2026-11-11)</title>
      <description>&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;A casual monthly meetup for makers, artists, and creative minds at Cruces Creatives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/AC9C17A6-E70A-46AE-A072-F2A1ADFA3710.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="214" height="214"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;No pressure—just real conversations about what you’re building, what you’re learning, and what you’d love to explore next. Bring your curiosity, bring your stories, and a snack if you’d like.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;Let’s swap ideas, trade skills, and spark new projects together!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;(This Hangout is lead by, Cruces Creatives Member, Chris Reese)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6510268</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-11-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789429</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505587</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-11-14)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-14)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Member Training (2026-11-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/White%20Photo%20Simple%20Traveling%20Facebook%20Ads.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us to learn about the makerspace and to gain full access to your membership privileges!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We will:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
- Have an introduction to the makerspace and with one another&lt;br&gt;
- Have a deep tour of the building, learning where specific tools and safety devices are&lt;br&gt;
- Learn additional tips, tricks, need-to-knows about Cruces Creatives&lt;br&gt;
- Finish paperwork and systems needs with membership fees, licenses, getting into our communication system, and receiving your RFID card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bring your state license and your phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;. A drink and a snack may be good additions as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6827941</link>
      <guid>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6827941</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-11-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</link>
      <guid>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Woodworking (2026-11-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Intro to Woodworking: Building Skills &amp;amp; a Beginner Project (Ages 10+)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In this 10-week beginner woodworking class, students will get a hands-on introduction to the craft of woodworking under the guidance of instructor Doug Roby. The class begins with the fundamentals: learning to identify and safely use hand tools and power tools, understanding wood types and properties, and mastering essential shop safety practices that will serve as the foundation for everything that follows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Once students have built a solid safety and skills base, they'll put their new knowledge into practice by designing and constructing a small woodworking project of their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn, follow safety guidelines, and get a little sawdust on your hands. By the end of the class, students will walk away with a finished project they built themselves and a solid foundation in woodworking basics they can build on for years to come.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Class runs 10 weeks and is designed for students ages 10 and up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</link>
      <guid>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6806907</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-11-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789429</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505587</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Family Night Green Room Huddle (2026-11-20)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;At quick 30 minute meeting to build the team vibe and have a moment to settle and collect in preparation for family night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Welcome and introduce partner organizations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review the menu and the activities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review room assignments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Distribute any materials that were ordered that have not already been handed over&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833412</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friday Family Night: Paper Crafting (2026-11-20)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Come join our STEAMM team for an evening of make-and-take projects!&amp;nbsp; This free event is intended to give both youth and adult makers the opportunity to work projects side-by-side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;[Image coming soon]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join us to have all the fun of a creative project without the clean up! Friday Family Nights are an opportunity to bond and build, and make more than just memories.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Funding provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department &amp;amp; NMSU STEM Outreach!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No school affiliation is required to attend.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833118</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-11-21)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-21)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
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        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING (2026-11-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/mini-pumpkins-1385371-640x480.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cruces Creatives will be closed to visitors for the Thanksgiving holiday to allow our team to visit family and friends.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Members can still access the building.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-11-28)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-01)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-12-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-03)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-12-05)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-05)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Member Training (2026-12-05)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/White%20Photo%20Simple%20Traveling%20Facebook%20Ads.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us to learn about the makerspace and to gain full access to your membership privileges!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We will:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
- Have an introduction to the makerspace and with one another&lt;br&gt;
- Have a deep tour of the building, learning where specific tools and safety devices are&lt;br&gt;
- Learn additional tips, tricks, need-to-knows about Cruces Creatives&lt;br&gt;
- Finish paperwork and systems needs with membership fees, licenses, getting into our communication system, and receiving your RFID card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bring your state license and your phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;. A drink and a snack may be good additions as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doors will unlock at 1:45p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6827944</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-08)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Creatives Connection (2026-12-09)</title>
      <description>&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;A casual monthly meetup for makers, artists, and creative minds at Cruces Creatives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/AC9C17A6-E70A-46AE-A072-F2A1ADFA3710.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="214" height="214"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;No pressure—just real conversations about what you’re building, what you’re learning, and what you’d love to explore next. Bring your curiosity, bring your stories, and a snack if you’d like.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;Let’s swap ideas, trade skills, and spark new projects together!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" align="center"&gt;(This Hangout is lead by, Cruces Creatives Member, Chris Reese)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6510273</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-12-10)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789430</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-10)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505587</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-12-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-12)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Member Training (2026-12-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/White%20Photo%20Simple%20Traveling%20Facebook%20Ads.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us to learn about the makerspace and to gain full access to your membership privileges!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We will:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
- Have an introduction to the makerspace and with one another&lt;br&gt;
- Have a deep tour of the building, learning where specific tools and safety devices are&lt;br&gt;
- Learn additional tips, tricks, need-to-knows about Cruces Creatives&lt;br&gt;
- Finish paperwork and systems needs with membership fees, licenses, getting into our communication system, and receiving your RFID card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bring your state license and your phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;. A drink and a snack may be good additions as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6827945</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-15)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;blockquote&gt;
          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/blockquote&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Homeschool Pod (2026-12-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;Homeschool Pod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course introduces students to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) through an interdisciplinary approach that will increase awareness, build knowledge, develop problem solving skills, and potentially awaken an interest in pursuing a career in STEM.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  Please direct message Alexia Lawrence and Malerie Moore on Slack for information on payment, and how to enroll. Don't have Slack yet? Email Alexia at &lt;a href="mailto:alawrence@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;a.lawrence@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/3A.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6789430</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Thursday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-17)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505587</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth 3D Printing: Middle School (2026-12-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Curious about 3D printing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Want to be part of making a difference in other's lives?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D1C1D"&gt;Join us to learn 3D design, printing, and modeling all while creating practical things for your community. Build some things for yourself, and build many things for distribution through partner organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1529.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Skills developed in this class will include:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="bulletList" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;how to operate design software&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;loading the 3D printer&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;selecting the correct filament&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;troubleshooting design and printer issues&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;
    &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;business communication skills: how to offer your services and clarify details needed for providing excellent products&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Regular attendance is required for all 12 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;. We want students to make the most of this course as our funding is attendance based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunches will be provided through FYI+&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Thanks to funding from New Mexico Public Education Department and NMSU STEM Outreach these classes are free to students attending these middle schools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lynn&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Mesa&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;MVLA&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Picacho&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Vista&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Camino Real&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sierra&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Zia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in attending these classes, but do not attend the above middle schools, please send an email to Sandy Smith at &lt;a href="mailto:s.smith@crucescreatives.org"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;s.smith@crucescreatives.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and she will add you to the waitlist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
In the event that the class does not fill from the target schools, we may be able to offer the spots to other students&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6799827</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-19)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505601</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS (2026-12-24)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6698176</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tuesday Community Bike Shop (2026-12-29)</title>
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    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Guest Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;www.velocruces.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hub Community Bike Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Led by Velo Cruces&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://crucescreatives.org/resources/Pictures/VeloCruces.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn from volunteer mechanics by getting hands-on experience&amp;nbsp;repairing bikes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Children welcome with adult supervision.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come in any time between &lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10am and 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; on Saturdays, 1pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1pm and 4pm on Thursdays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Used adult and child bikes are available for sale to support the kids bike giveaway,&amp;nbsp;Hub Community Bike Shop,&amp;nbsp;and local bike programming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.velocruces.org/"&gt;Velo Cruces&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a 501c3 organization.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6505575</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Family Night Green Room Huddle (2027-01-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;At quick 30 minute meeting to build the team vibe and have a moment to settle and collect in preparation for family night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Welcome and introduce partner organizations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review the menu and the activities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review room assignments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Distribute any materials that were ordered that have not already been handed over&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833414</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2027 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friday Family Night: Birds (2027-01-29)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Come join our STEAMM team for an evening of make-and-take projects!&amp;nbsp; This free event is intended to give both youth and adult makers the opportunity to work projects side-by-side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;[Image coming soon]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join us to have all the fun of a creative project without the clean up! Friday Family Nights are an opportunity to bond and build, and make more than just memories.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Funding provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department &amp;amp; NMSU STEM Outreach!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No school affiliation is required to attend.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833121</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Family Night Green Room Huddle (2027-02-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;At quick 30 minute meeting to build the team vibe and have a moment to settle and collect in preparation for family night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Welcome and introduce partner organizations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review the menu and the activities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review room assignments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Distribute any materials that were ordered that have not already been handed over&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833415</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2027 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friday Family Night: Spies &amp; Secret Codes (2027-02-26)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Come join our STEAMM team for an evening of make-and-take projects!&amp;nbsp; This free event is intended to give both youth and adult makers the opportunity to work projects side-by-side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;[Image coming soon]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join us to have all the fun of a creative project without the clean up! Friday Family Nights are an opportunity to bond and build, and make more than just memories.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Funding provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department &amp;amp; NMSU STEM Outreach!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No school affiliation is required to attend.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833123</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2027 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Family Night Green Room Huddle (2027-04-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;At quick 30 minute meeting to build the team vibe and have a moment to settle and collect in preparation for family night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Welcome and introduce partner organizations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review the menu and the activities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Review room assignments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Distribute any materials that were ordered that have not already been handed over&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833416</link>
      <guid>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833416</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2027 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friday Family Night: Bugs &amp; Flowers (2027-04-23)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Come join our STEAMM team for an evening of make-and-take projects!&amp;nbsp; This free event is intended to give both youth and adult makers the opportunity to work projects side-by-side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;[Image coming soon]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join us to have all the fun of a creative project without the clean up! Friday Family Nights are an opportunity to bond and build, and make more than just memories.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Funding provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department &amp;amp; NMSU STEM Outreach!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No school affiliation is required to attend.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833124</link>
      <guid>https://crucescreatives.org/event-6833124</guid>
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