Community Calendar / 28 March 2014

Friday 28 March 2014

• Medicare Info
  9am – 11am / HMS La Vida – 110 W 11th Street / Volunteers available for Medicare questions / Applications for medication assistance / 534.0248
• Medicare Workshop
  Noon / Mimbres Senior Center / Covering Medicare Preventive Services, Fraud information, and Medicare Savings Programs
• New Mexico Century of Leadership in Space Exploration
  6pm / WNMU Parotti Hall – behind the Fine Arts Center / Loretta Hall, author and Space Ambassador for the National Space Society, shares New Mexico’s crucial contributions to manned space flight since Robert Goddard arrived in Roswell in 1930 / Loretta’s award-winning book – Out of this World – available and author will sign / 538.6835 or will-learning.com or info@will-learning.com

Saturday 29 March 2014

• Guatemalan Mercado
  9:30am – 3:30pm / Mimbres Region Arts Council – 1201 N Pope Street at 12th / 538.2505 or mimbresarts.org
• Elroy Limmer on Planting, Pruning and Plant Maintenance
  10am – Noon / WNMU / Sponsored by Gila Native Plant Society / Register at 602.810.8059 / gilanps.org
• Sprint Gathering of Women
  10am – 4pm / Bear Mountain Lodge – 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road / Networking, visiting, hiking and classes / 590.2181 or 388.0243

Sunday 30 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
• Shamanic Journeying
  2pm – 5pm / Red Hat Healing Center – 309 E College / This guided journey teaches you how to travel in your etheric body / 536.9335 – curanderahealing.com/workshops.html

Monday 31 March 2014

• Silver City New Hope Al-Anon Family Group
  12:05pm / First Presbyterian Church – 1915 N Swan Street / Meets on Mondays / 537.3141

Tuesday 1 April 2014

• Silver City Rotary Club Luncheon
  Noon / WNMU Student Memorial Building – 2nd floor – Sunset Room / There will be speakers / Guests are welcome / Lunch available
• Chess Club
  4pm / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / All ages
• The Silver City/Grant County TEA Party Patriots
  5pm / Red Barn  – Silver Heights Boulevard / Three members of the Gila/San Francisco Water Commission will present and focus on the Commission’s preferred uses of the 14,000 acre-feet of water at issue under the Arizona Water Settlements Act (AWSA)

Wednesday 2 April 2014

• Medicare Info
  9am – 11am / HMS La Vida – 110 W 11th Street / Volunteers available for Medicare questions / Applications for medication assistance / 534.0248
• Storytime
  10:30am / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Ages up to 5 years
• Gin Rummy
  1pm / Yankie Creek Coffee House – 112 W Yankie Street at Texas / Everyone invited / Free
• After School Art Class
  3:30pm – 5pm / Above Leyba & Ingalls – 315 Bullard Street / Focus will be on drawing and painting / Every Monday and Wednesday. / Call 388.5725 for more info
• Lego Club
  4:30pm / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Ages 4-10
• Silver City Photo Club
  7pm / Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall – 3845 N Swan Street / Photographs by members and guests on monthly theme challenge of “Shadow” will be exhibited via projection / April meeting will also feature a presentation with Q & A on close-up photography / Photographers of all skill levels are invited / walt.szymanski@gmail.com
• Trivia Night
  7pm / Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery – Broadway and Bullard / Every Wednesday with quizmaster Josh White / No cover charge / Prizes of gift certificates for $15 and $25 / Teams of six people max or join a team

Thursday 3 April 2014

• Brown Bag program
  Noon – 1pm / Silver City Museum Annex – 302 W Broadway / Aldo Leopold and the Southwest: The Start of the Most Significant Career in Twentieth-Century Conservation with Stephen Fox / 538.5921 or go to silvercitymuseum.org
• Awna Teixeira with Ja Speed
  7:30pm / The Toad on Bullard and Broadway / Canadian songwriter and musician / Banjo, and accordion, guitar and bass
• Pavlo
  7:30pm / WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater / The Grant County Community Concert Association brings back Pavlo and his band for a concert / Pavlo, with his unique style of Mediterranean music / Last performed here in 2009 / Tickets at Alotta Gelato &  Western Stationers / gcconcerts.org / 538.5862

Friday 4 April 2014

• Medicare Info
  9am – 11am / HMS La Vida – 110 W 11th Street / Volunteers available for Medicare questions / Applications for medication assistance / 534.0248
• SWNM Audubon
  7pm / WNMU Harlan Hall – Corner of 12^th and Alabama / Ray Torres from the Forest Service will talk about the 50^thAnniversary of the Wilderness Act / Light refreshments after the meeting / All are welcome to attend / 388.2386

Saturday 5 April 2014

• Drip Irrigation Workshop
  10am – Noon / WNMU Campus / George Farmer offers drip irrigation in a field workshop / Sponsored by Gila Native Plant Society / Register at 602.810.8059 or www.gilanps.org
• Special Lecture: Histories of Chihuahua Hill
  1pm / Silver City Museum Annex – 302 W Broadway / Helen Jaurequi, Ardene Rickman and Librado Maldonado / Lecture in conjunction with the new exhibit, Faces and Places of the Chihuahuan Desert / 538.5921 or silvercitymuseum.org
• The Grant County Educators and Friends of Senator Morales
  3pm – 6pm / Grant County Convention Center – 3031 Highway 180 E / Be a part of re-shaping the future of NM with Senator Morales’ campaign / Kids activities provided / 519.0153 or trinitolar@yahoo.com / Justin Wecks at 313.5779 or horjwex@aol.com
• Greg and Charlie
  6pm – 9pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard Street / Original folk-rock and favorite folk-rock covers / Free

Sunday 6 April 2014

• Steve Smith and Tim May
  2pm / The Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Library Concert Series continues w/ vocalist Smith and Nashville guitarist May / Original, traditional and swing music / Free

Monday 7 April 2014

• After School Art Class
  3:30pm – 5pm / Above Leyba & Ingalls – 315 Bullard Street / Focus will be on drawing and painting / Every Monday and Wednesday / 388.5725
• Lego Mindstorms Robot-Building Club
  4pm / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Ages 10+

Tuesday 8 April 2014

• Giving Thanks To Women’s Courage
  10am – Noon / Silver City Woman’s Club / Sponsored by El Refugio, Silver City Woman’s Club and AAUW of Grant County / Part of Victim Rights Week / Restore the balance of justice for women, men and children / How a community can develop the courage to change the lives of its people / Film Screening of My People Are My Home about the Midwest, women, love for the earth, compassion for one another and the human struggle for freedom
• Silver City Rotary Club Luncheon
  Noon / WNMU Student Memorial Building – 2nd floor – Sunset Room / There will be speakers / Guests are welcome / Lunch available
• Silver City Food Co-op April Community Forum
  Noon – 1pm / Co-op Community Room – behind the Co-op storefront / A class on making tempeh – a traditional cultured soy product / Tea and light refreshments will be served / Free and open to everyone / 388.2343
• Chess Club
  4pm / Silver City Public Library –  515 W College Avenue / All ages

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