Friday 1 August 2014
- Clay Festival Lectures
8am – 2pm / Seedboat Center for the Arts – 214 W Yankie St / Two days of free lectures on CLAY topics from contemporary ceramics to adobe preservation / Free and open to the public / clayfestival.com
- Silver City Woman’s Club
9am – 1pm / Women’s Club Building – 411 Silver Heights Blvd / Donate to our non-profit “New 2 U” Rummage sale / Drop off clean, gently used, items on July 31st thru August 1st
- CLAYplay Youth Workshop
10am – 11:30am and 2pm – 3:30pm / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Ave / Youth will gain an understanding of their heritage fostering cultural pride through personal expression and creativity / Grades 3 – 6 / Limited to 15 spaces / Free / Register 538.3672
- Gila Regional Courtyard Concert Series
Noon – 1pm / Gila Regional Medical Center Courtyard / Bayou Seco will play southwest music / Free
- Basic Computer Skills Class Series
2pm – 4pm / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Ave / Classes every Wed and Fri from July 30 – August 22 / Covers computer hardware basics, computer operation, internet and e-mailing, and Microsoft Office / Register at first class or call 574.5101 / Limit 14 students / Free
Saturday 2 August 2014
- Clay Festival Lectures
8am – 2pm / Seedboat Center for the Arts – 214 W Yankie Street / Two days of free lectures on Clay topics from contemporary ceramics to adobe preservation / Free and open to the public / clayfestival.com
- Silver City Farmer’s Market
8:30am – Noon / Enter at Bullard & 7th Streets – Local produce, eggs, landscape plants, baked goods, various home-grown local products, food vendors / Live music
- Silver City Woman’s Club
9am – 1pm / Women’s Club Building – 411 Silver Heights Blvd / “New 2 U” Rummage sale
- Down to Earth Yoga
10am – 11:30 am / Gough Park – Corner of 12th and Pope Street / Get grounded with Matthew Sommerville / 1 ½ hours of gentle Svastha yoga for everyone / No experience required / Some mats will be available / Free
- Clay Fest Market
10am – 4pm / Murray Hotel Ballroom – 200 W Broadway / Public demonstrations in the adjacent Martha Room
- 3rd Annual CLAY Festival Mud Pie Contest
10am – 11am / Silver City Farmer’s Market – Bullard & 7th St / Bring a pie to the contest table to register / Will be judged on taste, presentation, and creativity / Prizes awarded for 1st through 3rd place / Free
- World Breastfeeding Week
10:30am / Gough Park – By the wall mural / Come latch on and join women and babies around the world to celebrate and support breastfeeding / Prizes and refreshments / Free / 388.5817
- Gila Regional Courtyard Concert Series
Noon – 1pm / Gila Regional Medical Center Courtyard / Bayou Seco will play southwest music / Free
- Clay Fest Archaeology Panel: Clay is Life
1pm – 3pm / WNMU Global Resource Center – 12th & Kentucky St / Free flowing panel discussion with Q & A with prominent archaeologists / Moderated by WNMU Museum Director Cynthia Bettison / Free
- Neo-Mimbreno Exhibit Opening
3pm – 6pm / WNMU McCray Galley – 1000 College Ave / Artwork by WNMU Professor Emeritus Claude W Smith III
- Private ProJECT Outdoor Digital Exhibition & Street Dance
7pm – 10pm / 400 Block of Bullard St / Dancing and music by Brandon Perrault & Friends / Large scale clay and mosaic installations will be digitally projected on the street / Free and open to the public
Sunday 3 August 2014
- 2014 Clay Fest Market
10am – 4pm / Murray Hotel Ballroom – 200 W Broadway / Public demonstrations in the adjacent Martha Room
- Mata Ortiz Pottery: Past, Present, and Future
10am – Noon / Seedboat Center for the Arts – 214 W Yankie St / Free flowing panel discussion / Moderated by Ron R Bridgemon Jr, author of The Magnetism of Mata Ortiz / Free
- Unitarian Universalist of Silver City
10am / 3845 N Swan St / Lynda Aiman-Smith will talk about the inequality of money, power, compassion, greed, and brains / Coffee and conversation after the service
- Adobe Labyrinth Walks & Talks
Noon – 5pm / Historic Waterworks Building – 1721 Little Walnut Rd / The history, designs, and uses of labyrinths / Meditative and fun walks, participants can also walk the Labyrinth individually / Free / 538.5560
- Jesus in His Own Hands
1pm / Woman’s Club – 411 Silver City Heights Blvd / Mariam Weidner, ordained interfaith minister, will speak about the Aramaic words of Jesus
- Mural Dedication
1pm / Murray Ryan Visitor Center – 201 N Hudson St / Celebrate the dedication of Silver City’s newest mural, completed by Diana Ingalls Leyba and students / Free / 538.2505
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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