CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS

The Horizon City/El Paso area is the home of Tom Lea, Leon Metz, and many other artists and writers of regional and national fame. Our museums include:

• El Paso Museum of Art
  
  
• El Paso Planetarium
  
  
• Insights Science Museum
  
  
• El Paso History Museum

The El Paso Zoo was voted “Best Field Trip” in 2007 by readers of El Paso Magazine. It also earned “Best Place To Go for $5 or Under” by What’s Up, El Paso’s weekly entertainment magazine. Additionally, the El Paso Zoo does important scientific and conservation work.

Music is part of life in Horizon City. Among the year's traditional highlights are El Paso Pro-Musica, the International Mariachi Festival, the Border Folk Festival, “Viva! El Paso,” and the International Festival De La Zarzuela. Music lovers can also enjoy performances by:

• El Paso Symphony Orchestra
  
  
• El Paso Chamber Music Association
  
  
• Siglo de Oro
  
  
• El Paso Opera Company
  
  
• Music Under the Stars
  
  
• UTEP faculty, students, and guest artists

Dance is very popular entertainment on the border, and Ballet El Paso, Ballet Folklorico, and many other dance groups perform regularly.

Theater enthusiasts have plenty of options. From the Abraham Chavez Theatre to UTEP to community theaters, El Paso offers a full range of theatrical entertainment at a variety of venues.

McKelligon Canyon, El Paso's natural amphitheater, hosts an annual summer Shakespeare festival. Each year, one of the nation's largest outdoor theater presentations is “Viva! El Paso,” an entertainment extravaganza combining song and dance.

El Paso also has numerous city parks, offering playgrounds, soccer and baseball fields, swimming pools, and more.

Horizon Communities Improvement Association
14200 Ashford • Horizon City, TX 79928
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