Local Events
Local tourist information and events.
Toys for Tots campaign has begun
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 24 October 2023 24 October 2023
The 2023 Grant County Toys for Tots campaign has begun! As in the past few years, our community continues to deal with increasing challenges that brings each of us his or her own struggles. However, Toys for Tots has remained committed to the promise to bring each child that may be experiencing his or her own troubles the joy and hope of Christmas.
In 2022, Toys for Tots local campaigns and Marine Corps Reserve units distributed 24.4 million toys (up from 2 million in 2021) reaching 9.9 million children throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
Book Launch: Upward Spiral Women's Anthology
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- Published: 20 October 2023 20 October 2023
On Friday, October 27, from 5-6 pm MDT, at the Seedboat Gallery Southwest Word Fiesta proudly presents the launch of an exciting book of poetry Upward Spiral: Poems of Reflection and Renewal. Upward Spiral is an anthology of poems by four Silver City women. Its theme “spiraling upward” speaks to the momentum of transformative thought. Exploring the elements of Air, Fire, Water and Earth, the poems evoke the forces of the natural world, instilling both love and concern for our future. The poets’ whirling energy infuses this collection with a bold kindness. Upward Spiral awakens, empowers, and inspires.Upward Spiral is presented by Mercury Heartlink Independent Publishing.
The poets include: Shelly Barnett, Leonore Hildebrandt, Pamela Warren Williams, and Lynne Zotalis
SW Word Fiesta - Prof. Daniel Chacon Present a Prose Workshop
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 20 October 2023 20 October 2023
Daniel Chacon, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), will lead a prose workshop titled "The Writer and the Brain" at the Murray Hotel Ballroom on Saturday, October 28, 10-11 AM.
Chacon describes his session as follows: "In this workshop we will look at some metaphors of the human brain, such as the triune brain with the prefrontal cortex, the animal brain, and the reptile brain. We will treat these metaphors as creative ways to think about intelligence and creativity. And then we will discuss protocols on how we can engineer our own understanding of the brain in order to enter into that state of flow that all writers seek, where time and space disappear and we are completely immersed in the process.
We will consider various writing exercises that may help us go beyond the default mode of consciousness, the ennui and boredom of everydayness, that state of mind that impedes the human brain from achieving wonder and imagination."
The SW Word Fiesta Presents: A Gathering of Readings & Music
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 19 October 2023 19 October 2023
On Sunday, October 29, 1:30 - 3:00 pm MDT at the WNMU Miller Library the 2023 Southwest Word Fiesta will end with a special gathering of words and music. Three authors will share readings from their books -- two of the authors will read from newly-debuted books. The celebrated duo known as MoonShine will entertain following the readings.
Heather D. Frankland will read from her new poetry chapbook, Midwest Musings. Midwest Musings, inspired by a dual perspective of home, explores roots that anchor and scattered thoughts on place and identity. The poems in this chapbook find magic in the mundane, whether that be in recounting an old story, loving a creek, or saving a luna moth. Readers come to a understand that no matter where you move, the roots of home run deep.
Elise Stuart, author of My Mother and I, We Talk Cat, and Poet Laureate Emerita of Silver City and Grant County, writes of Midwest Musings: “Frankland’s unique voice brings the ordinary alive. Her keen observations are revealing and honest.”
Sounds of Silence Tribute
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- Published: 19 October 2023 19 October 2023
The Grant County Community Concert Association presents Sounds of Silence Tribute, a concert that journeys back in time to the 1970s Greenwich Folk Village Scene. The concert will be held in the WNMU Fine Arts Theater starting at 7 PM.
Award-winning musicians Steven Delopoulos and Johnny Phillips, founding members of Burlap to Cashmere, are known for their unique sound, energetic live shows, and introspective lyrics underscored by their remarkable musicianship. The concert features music of Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, John Denver, Cat Stevens, Don McLean, and more. Some of the most notable songs include The Boxer, American Pie, Country Roads, Blowin’ in the Wind, Peace Train, and Sounds of Silence. For more details on this concert go to gcconcerts.org.
Silver City Museum Mexican Folk Art
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- Published: 16 October 2023 16 October 2023
Sunday October 29, 2023 the Silver City Museum will be having a Mexican Folk Art presentation and workshop. See PDF below:
Silver City Día de los Muertos Celebration
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 15 October 2023 15 October 2023
Annual Dia de los Muertos Parade. Music - Food - Face Painting
See PDF below for information about parade and parade applications.
Southwest Word Fiesta Presents: Three Kinds of Oral History
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- Published: 13 October 2023 13 October 2023
On Saturday, October 28, from 5:30-6:30 pm MDT, at the Silver City Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway Silver City, NM three presenters will explore local oral history via three different communities.
Dr. Douglas Dinwiddie will speak about the hundreds of oral history interviews conducted by Louis Blachly in Grant County in the 1950s. Dr. Dinwiddie wrote his doctoral dissertation about Blachly and his Pioneers Foundation Oral History Collection.