Community Calendar / 14 January 2014

Tuesday 14 January 2014

• Growing Sprouts and Micro-Greens
  Noon – 1pm / Co-op Community Room – End of 6th Street at The Big Ditch / January Forum / Learn simple techniques to provide your own fresh greens all winter long / Light refreshments are served / Free & open to all
• The Silver City Rotary Club Luncheon
  Noon / WNMU Student Memorial Building – 2nd floor – Sunset Room / A speaker will talk about issues of community interest / Guests are welcome / Hot lunch with dessert and coffee available
• Low Vision Support Group
  1pm / Gila Regional Medical Center – 1313 E 32nd Street – Board room / Gadgets and tech that make low vision life easier / Laura Kobert of the NM Commission for the Blind / 388.1108
• The Silver City / Grant County TEA Party Patriots
  6pm / Red Barn Restaurant – Silver Heights Boulevard / Doors open & dinner available at 5pm
• Silver City Town Council
  6pm / Grant County Admin Center – 1400 Hwy 180 East / Liquor License transfer and appointments to Library and Cemetery Board

Wednesday 15 January 2014

• WILL Lunch & Learn: Too Old to Rock & Roll, Too Young to Die
  Noon / WNMU Global Resource Center – 12th Street & Kentucky – ABC Room / James Smith discusses a beginner’s guide to understanding classical music / Bring a lunch / 538.6835 or will-learning.com
• Gin Rummy
  1pm / Yankie Creek Coffee House – 112 W Yankie Street / Everyone invited / Free
• Explora! Family Science
  3pm – 5pm / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Ave / Interactive science exhibits for all ages / Come, explore and go as you need / Free / 538.3672
• WILL Sign Up Social
  5pm / WNMU Global Resource Center – 12th St & Kentucky / Meeting at 5:30pm, course sign-up at 6 pm / Become a Western Institute for Lifelong Learning member, meet course facilitators at the Social, preview the spring course schedule and sign up for courses / WILL members can sign up for as many classes as are available / Free and open to the public / 538.6835 – will-learning.com – info@will-learning.com
• Daughters Rea
  6:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Indie Folk Duo from Yosemite / Free
• Trivia Night
  7pm / Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery – Broadway and Bullard / Every Wednesday with quizmaster Josh White / Food and Refreshments available / no cover charge / Prizes of gift certificates for $15 and $25 / Team of six people max

Thursday 16 January 2014

• Newcomers Club of Grant County
  11am / Luncheon Noon / Silver City Woman’s Club – Silver Heights Boulevard at Yucca / Linda Billings will speak about “Life in Damascus” / For new arrivals  as well as those who are long-standing members of our community / Linda Sylvester 480.518.5839 or lindasylvester@msn.com
• Growing Sprouts and Micro-Greens
  Noon – 1pm / Co-op Community Room – End of 6th Street at The Big Ditch / January Forum / Learn simple techniques to provide your own fresh greens all winter long / Light refreshments are served / Free & open to all
• Greg and Jean Ann
  2pm – 4pm / Yankie Creek Coffee House – Yankie and Texas / Original folk and favorite covers / Free
• WNMU Community Forum
  6pm – WNMU Miller Library / Public Lands: The Breathing Space of the Nation / Potluck follows the forum / 505.717.4330
• 2014 Artist Lecture Series: “A Baroque Feast of Art, Music and Food”
  6:30pm / WNMU Parotti Hall / 4th lecture in the series / Free and open to the public / Presented by Mimbres Region Arts Council – 538.2505 – mimbresarts.org
• 1st Degree Reiki – Talk & Demonstration
  6pm – 9pm / 102 N Bayard Street – corner of Spring / Reiki is a gentle yet powerful healing art where students learn how to channel life force to themselves or another for the purpose of increasing the body’s natural ability to heal, which anyone can learn / Free / Vicki Allen – 388.8114

Friday 17 January 2014

• Gila EDA Roundtable Discussion
  8:30am – 10am / Ft Bayard Room – Grant County Business & Conference Center – 3031 Hwy 180 East / Presentations by Silver City/Grant County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Scott Terry and Silver City School Board President, Trent Petty
  Seed Matters: We Reap What We Sow
• 7pm / WNMU Harlan Hall Room 101 – 12th St / Presented by Gila Native Plant Society George Farmer on why seeds matter and the 12,000 years of relationship between people and plants that transformed the world / Why plant diversity is a critical component to human life and the current perils diminishing that diversity / Free / Refreshments / gilanps.org

Saturday 18 January 2014

• Field Trip with the Grant County Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society
  8am / Silver City Visitors Center – Hudson Street / The Lordsburg Silver Mine District and Fluorite Mines / 534.1393 or rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com
• Free Card Making Workshop
  10am – 4pm / Demonstrations on color schemes, technical tools, themes  / Will walk away with mixed bag of cards / Limited space / Reserve space 682.667.8848
• Museum Volunteer Social
  10am / Silver City Museum Annex – 302 W Broadway / Recognition of Jan White /538.5921
• 9 Breath Method and Prayer Circle with Martha K Everett
  11am –12:30pm / Integrative Health and Wellness Center – 310 W 6th St / Detailed lesson on the 9-Breath Method, followed by the Prayer Circle / All proceeds will be donated to The Grant County Community Food Pantry / 388.2098 or abundancetherapeutics.com
• Thomas Radcliffe
  11am – 1pm / Yankie Creek Coffee House
• Fiddling Friends
  Noon / Silver City Library / 515 W College Ave / These wonderful fiddlers will make your toes tap and your spirit fly! / Jeanie McLerie / 534.0298
• Greg and Jean
  2pm – 4pm / Yankie Street Coffee House
• Book Signing with author Esther Melvin
  2pm / Silver City Museum – 312 W Broadway / Esther Melvin will be signing the book Walking Going – Journey to the Holy Mountains of Nepal / 538.5921 or silvercitymuseum.org
• Tiffany Christopher
  7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / One woman band from Las Cruces / Free
• Twisted Vine Refugees
  7:30pm / Old Elks Club – Texas Street at Market / Entertainment by the Roadrunners

Sunday 19 January 2014

• SC Museum Book Club 
  2pm / Silver City Museum – 312 W Broadway / To Hell on a Fast Horse will be the topic of discussion / 538.5921 or silvercitymuseum.org
• Bridge Community Fund-Raising Dinner
  4pm / First United Methodist Church – 300 W College Avenue / Music by Spare Parts, a barbershop quartet / 538.5754
• Grant County Prostate Support Group
  6:30pm / GRMC Conference Room – 1313 E 32nd Street / Current patients, survivors, and those at-risk for prostate cancer are encouraged to attend / Dave 388.2331

Monday 20 January 2014

• Laughter Club
  12:15pm – 12:45pm / Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd – Texas & 7th Street / Use the physical act of laughter to enhance your health / No jokes are used but lots of breathing, laughing and clapping / Laughter relaxes the body and mind and protects the heart, boosts your immune system, improves your mood and even relieves stress / Sponsored by the Active & Alive program / Free / Mary Ann Finn – 388.0243 / Meets the first, third and fifth Monday of the month
• Open Mic Night
  7pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Free

Tuesday 21 January 2014

• The Silver City Rotary Club Luncheon
  Noon / WNMU Student Memorial Building – 2nd floor – Sunset Room / A speaker will talk about issues of community interest / Guests are welcome / Hot lunch with dessert and coffee available
• Look at all those Stars! (If you can)
  6:30pm / 3^rd Floor WNMU Student Memorial Bld – Classroom / Silver City Astronomical Society hosts Dr Alex Woronow of the Black Range Observatory / Dr Woronow will speak about dark skies for better viewing experience / Free / silvercityofstars@gmail.com

Wednesday 22 January 2014

• Gin Rummy
  1pm / Yankie Creek Coffee House – 112 W Yankie St / Everyone invited / Free
• Annual Hoops 4 Hope
  5:30pm / WNMU’s Intramural Gym / Community members with learning and physical disabilities are invited to fun night of games and basketball court action with members of the Mustang basketball team
• Trivia Night
  7pm / Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery – Broadway and Bullard / Every Wednesday with quizmaster Josh White / Food and Refreshments available / no cover charge / Prizes of gift certificates for $15 and $25 / Team of six people max

Thursday 23 January 2014

• Silver City Greenways/CDT Connector Trail Project (“RTCA Project”)
  10am / WNMU Student Center 3^rd Floor Seminar room – across from snack bar in the Miller Library bldg / Meet with organizers and supporters, including GCEC, NPS, and CDT-Coalition representatives / Learn more about the CDT Connector Trail project and show support for designation of Silver City as the first official “Gateway Community” on the CDT / Sponsored by Gila Conservation Education Center (GCEC) Nancy Cliff / 313.3750 / info@gcecnm.org

Friday 24 January 2014

• Secret Circus
  7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Indie rock from Sweden and Roswell / Free
• The Jesse Lynch Trio: Jesse Lynch’s Jazz 101
  7:30pm / WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater / The Grant County Community Concert Association presents the best in jazz from the 20^th Century / 538.5862 www.gcconcerts.org

Saturday 25 January 2014

• Children’s Chinese New Year Craft Class
  11am – 1pm / The Bayard Public Library – 215 Central Ave / Children of all ages are invited to join the fun! / Please remember that an adult care giver must accompany children aged 9 or younger at all times while at the library / Jody Decker / 537.6244
• Mountain Aire
  2pm – 4pm / Yankie Street Coffee House
• The Loose Blues Band
  6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor  – 510 N Bullard Street / Free
• Secret Circus
  7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Indie rock from Sweden and Roswell / Free
• Astronomical Observations at the City of Rocks
  Sunset / City of Rocks / Please use only red flashlights, approach the Orion Group Campsite with only your auto’s parking lights, and dress warmly in layers / Free / matthewdwilson@q.com

Sunday 26 January 2014

• None

Monday 27 January 2014

• Caregiver Refresher Program
  4:30pm – 7 pm / Location TBA / The 7-week course provides refresher training and vocational development to area caregivers / Facilitated and taught by WNMU nursing faculty, community experts and/or appropriate certified professionals / Free / Registration required / 538.6960 / blackr1@wnmu.edu
• Open Mic Night
  7pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Free

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• Date and time
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• Short description if desired
• Cost, if any
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Note that the list is compiled from list serve participants, various community calendars, and area postings. GCCHC and GMCR do not take responsibility for any missing/incorrect events and we retain the right to exclude unsuitable events.

For additional info contact Kendra Milligan / Public Relations Liaison / Grant County Community Health Council / 388.1198 x10 / healthcouncilgc@gmail.com