Saturday 8 March 2014
- Silver City / Grant County Symposium on Preparedness
8am – 5pm / WNMU Global Resource Center – 12th Street & Kentucky / Registration & Information – scneighborsalliance.org
- Gila Native Plant Society
9am – Noon / WNMU Campus / Local expert Richard Felger discusses regional native plants with a class and field trip with optional picnic and Q&A after lunch / Sponsored by Gila Native Plant Society / Register / 602.810.8059 / gilanps.org
- Walking Tour of Fort Bayard
9:15am – museum opens / 9:30am – tour begins / Ft Bayard Museum / Hosted by the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society / Focus on Black Jack Pershing at Fort Bayard
- Friends of the Silver City Library Quarterly Book Sale
10am – 3pm / 1510 Market Street / Large selection of Mysteries and Western histories / 85% to 90% less than on Amazon / Hundreds of Craft, Garden and Cookbooks / For those who still have their VCRs, a wide variety of VHS tapes are available / folsilvercitynm@gmail.com
- The Jacob Bennett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
10am / Church of the Good Shepherd on Texas & 7th Streets / Regent Lucy Whitmarsh / 574.8394 or lmwk@dishmail.net
- Craft Class: Soap Making
10am – Noon / Silver City Museum – 312 W Broadway / For crafters aged 8 and older / Limit 10 crafters / Pre-registration encouraged / Parent or guardian attendance required
- Mardi Gras Extravangza
7:30pm – 11pm / Little Toad Creek Brewery – 200 N Bullard at Broadway / Bayou Seco and Silver City String Beans / Jeanie McLerie / 534.0298 – bayouseco@aol.com
Sunday 9 March 2014
- Surrender and Gain Control
10am / Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City – 3845 N Swan St / Volunteer meditation teacher Jeff Goin speaks / Gain control over our lives through understanding that the only thing we have control of is our own mind / Musical guest Brandi Bingham / Please join us / There will be coffee and conversation after the service
- LGBT Brunch
Noon / Rainbow Center – 301 West College Avenue – Suite 5 / All Queerfolk, their families friends, and allies are invited / Bring something to share if you like / Occurs every Sunday
- Lady Mustang Softball vs CSU-Pueblo
11am – 1pm / Mustang Softball Field
- Book Signing and Lecture
1pm -3 pm / Silver City Museum Annex – 302 W Broadway / Come and learn with Dr Victor Acquista author of Pathways to Health, An Integral Guidebook
- Rafael Vigilantics
8pm / Little Toad Brewery – Downtown
Monday 10 March 2014
- The Silver City Grant County Widowed Persons Service
Sign in 10:30am / Meeting 11am / Glad Tidings Church / Terry Humble on History of Mining in Grant County 1800 – 1838 by Helen Lundwall / All singles are welcome / 537.3643
- Silver City New Hope Al-Anon Family Group
12:05pm / First Presbyterian Church – 1915 N Swan Street / Meets on Mondays / 537.3141
- Town of Silver City Swearing-In Ceremony
4pm / Grant County Administration Center – 1400 Highway 180 East / The newly elected officials of the Town of Silver City wil be sworn in / A quorum of the Town Council may be present but no action will be taken
Tuesday 11 March 2014
- 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 / Lunch available
- Silver City Food Co-op March Community Forum
Noon – 1pm / Co-op Community Room – End of 6th Street at The Big Ditch / A presentation by members of the community who attended the 2014 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference / All community forums are free and open to everyone / 388.2343
- Silver City Town Council
6pm / Grant County Admin Center – 1400 Hwy 180 East / Election results / Continental Divide Trail Coalition gateway Community Designation / Special Dispenser Permit for Rotary Auction / Transfer of property WNMU and Silver City / Budget adjustment / Click here for the ToSC agendas, minutes, etc
Wednesday 12 March 2014
- Gin Rummy
1pm / Yankie Creek Coffee House – 112 West Yankie Street / Everyone invited
- Senior Life Cycle
3:30pm / Health Council Office – 214 N Black Street / Community group dedicated to raising the quality of life for seniors in Grant County / Free / 388.1198
- Bayard Al-Anon
6pm / Santa Clara Senior Center – 107 East Street / Meets on Wednesdays / 537.3141
- Trivia Night
7pm / Little Toad Creek – Bullard & Broadway / Every Wednesday with quizmaster Josh White / No cover / Prizes of gift certificates for $15 & $25 / Teams of six people, max
Thursday 13 March 2014
- Silver City Food Co-op Community Forum
Noon – 1pm / Co-op Community Room / A presentation by members of the community who attended the 2014 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference / All community forums are free and open to everyone / 388.2343
- Play Therapy & Your Family
5pm – 7pm / Grant County Business & Conference Center – 3031 Hwy 180 East / Vicki Allen, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, gives an overview of play therapy and sand tray therapy / Free
- Republican Party of Grant County Potluck
6pm / 3 Rio De Arenas Road – 180 East of Silver City / 2nd Thursday of each month / Republicans from across Grant County are encouraged to attend
- Rolling Stone Gem and Mineral Society
6pm – 8pm / Silver City Senior Center – 204 W Victoria Street / Dawn Bell leads a workshop on how to get started in Basic Wire Wrapping for jewelry making / Includes projects in various stages of completion to demonstrate the techniques / Tools, wire and reference books for wire wrapping provided / Begins w/ potluck dinner / Bring plates, utensils and a dish to share / 534.1393 – rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com
Friday 14 March 2014
- Southwest Regional Non-Profit Resource Conference
7:30am – Registration / 8:30am – 3:45pm Conference /
Grant County Business & Conference Ctr – 3031 Hwy 180 East / Better, Stronger, Together: Uniting the Non-Profit Sector / Workshops, networking and curbside consulting / Free / Lunch available / Register by March 7 / research.net/s/SWRnonprofit – 388.1198
- Silver City Women’s Club
10:30am / 411 Silver Heights Blvd / Features Edwards Jones on retirement investing / Free / Pam – 534.0312
- Museum Volunteer Social
1pm / Silver City Museum Annex – 302 West Broadway / Come and meet volunteers and learn about how you can be involved
- St Patrick’s Day Craft Class for Kids
3:30pm – 5pm / Bayard Public Library – 1112 Central Avenue / Please remember that children aged 9 or younger must be accompanied by an adult care-giver while at the library
- Greg and Charlie
6pm – 9pm / Diane’s Parlor – 501 N Bullard / Original folk and favorite folk-rock covers / Free
- Concert Band of the Southwest – Fantasy, Fire! And Folk
7pm / WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater / Bandleader David Kendrick presents their spring concert / Selection of Gershwin, Fantasy Adventure, Broadway, Swing and Cajun music / Free / 388.7874 – concertbandofthesw@gmail.com
- Twisted Vine Refugee Support Group
7:30pm / Old Elk’s Club – Texas Street at Market / The Roadrunners / Tix at door
Saturday 15 March 2014
- The Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society Field Trip
8am / Visitor’s Center – Hudson Street / Traveling south again this month to look for “candy” rock rhyolite, a beautiful cabbing material / Sign in and connect with rides / Please bring lunch, lots of water, chairs, field glasses and a camera / Leaves by 8:30am / 388.2010 or rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com
- Basic Landscaping Principles
9am – Noon / WNMU Campus / James Fitzgerald presents a class and field trip on basic landscaping principles / Sponsored by Gila Native Plant Society / Series 22 Feb – 5 Apr / 602.810.8059 or gilanps.org
- 60th Anniversary of the Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth is the landmark film based on the 1951 strike against the Empire Zinc Mine here in Grant County by Hispanic workers on safety, housing and wage issues, equality with Anglo workers and the demand to be treated with dignity by management / It is doubly significant as the film makers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era
9:45 – 10am / Bus transportation available from Grant County Business & Conference Center
10am – 10:45am / Coffee reception at USW Local 9424 Union Hall – Bayard
11am – 1pm / Historic site bus tour of the area including strike locations
1:30pm / USW sponsored lunch and speakers
- Then and Now:
Salt of the Earth 60th Anniversary Celebration
4pm – 7pm / WNMU – Fine Arts Center Theater / Six local acts – whose original music was selected for a short film promoting Grant County recently – will perform / Greg Renfro will both host and perform along with Melanie Zipin / Dale Rucklos / Rhythm Mystic / Bayou Seco / Andrew Dahl-Bredine / Mike Moutoux / Luis Quiñones /
Panel discussion From Women’s Auxiliary to Women of Steel /
Screening of the film – Salt of the Earth
505.455.2853 – info@afscme18.org – Facebook Salt of the Earth NM / Free Tickets at GMCR and locations throughout Grant County
Sunday 16 March 2014
- LGBT Brunch
Noon / Rainbow Center – 301 West College Avenue – Suite 5 / All Queerfolk, their families friends, and allies are invited / Bring something to share if you like / Occurs every Sunday
- SC Museum Book Signing and Lecture Series
1pm – 3pm / Silver City Museum Annex – 302 W Broadway / Come and learn with Dr Victor Acquista author of Pathways to Health, An Integral Guidebook
- SC Museum Book Club
2pm / Silver City Museum – 312 W Broadway / All southwest genres
- Bridge Community
Early Evening Dinner & Annual Meeting
5pm / First United Methodist Church – 300 W College Avenue / A benefit dinner for The Bridge Community / Hear about where they are in their project and what’s next
- Thai Dinner and a Show
5pm / WNMU Student Center – 2nd floor / Ticket info @ LGBTgrantcounty.com
Monday 17 March 2014
- Silver City New Hope Al-Anon Family Group
12:05pm / First Presbyterian Church – 1915 N Swan Street / Meets on Mondays / 537.3141
- Laughter Club
12:15pm – 12:45pm / Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd – Texas & 7th Streets / 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
- Grant County Community Health Council
3pm / Grant County Admin Center – 1400 180 East / The Health and Wellness Planning Authority for Grant County Board of Commissioners / Welcome new coordinator / Info on 5210 / Hungry in NM / Updates from committees / Open and public w/ a comment section
To include an event on the calendar please send your request to healthcouncilgc@gmail.com and include the following information:
- Event name
- Date and time
- Location with physical address
- Short description if desired
- Cost, if any
- Contact name / phone / email / URL
If you have a recurring event, please send monthly notices which should include the date(s) and requested information from above.
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
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