Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University kicks off its National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. The program aims to foster a love of reading in Las Vegas. The Big Read kick-off features a performance by legendary Las Vegas cowboy sculptor and...

On Feb. 7, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, Highlands will show a free screening of the John Wayne film version of “True Grit,” a 1969 blockbuster Old Western. Part of the NEA Big Read program.