Mendez/Cordero received a National Endowment for the Arts Award and a fellowship from Mutable Music in New York. Nacha Mendez is a singer/songwriter from Santa Fe, New Mexico whose music was aired on the first annual Latin Grammy Awards on CBS and who has performed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The eighth annual Patty Aragon Green Chile Classic will offer up more than $600 in prize money and some pretty sweet trophies and bragging rights, this event will be slightly different than a typical chile cook-off because it ONLY features green chile, a dish that is ubiquitous in our region but not as well-known outside of New Mexico and southern Colorado.
Much in the same way that Easterners equate the smell of pressed apples with the coming of fall, Southwesterners know it's autumn by the smell of roasting green chiles, usually the Hatch variety from New Mexico, but sometimes Big Jims, which are commonly grown around Grand Junction. Then local band Mitotitos will play from 3-5pm! Nacha Mendez Trio from Santa Fe will get the music going at 1:00-3:00. There will be food vendors, and cold Mexican beer in the cantina. There is a big tent so this event happens rain or shine. The Mountain Chile Cha Cha is a no-admission, all day fall celebration.
FARRAGO MARKET CAFE FREE
The Cha Cha includes a morning trail race for all ages and abilities, a green chile cook off and tasting and a free concert in the park. The 10th annual Mountain Chile Cha Cha will take place on Saturday, September 26 in Town Park downtown in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
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