Interested in composting? The Upper Gila Watershed Alliance has organized Climathon Silver City 2021 to be held on Friday and Saturday July 30 and 31st on the WNMU campus. This free 2-day event is open to anyone 14 years old and up. Take part in workshops, site visits, a movie screening, and much more. For [...]
The Silver City Museum is presenting a series of 7 free virtual lectures and forums titled “Unpacking Silver” focusing on themes relevant to local and Southwest New Mexican history. On Saturday, August 7th at 11:00 A.M., view "Health and Medicine" presented by Heather Moreland. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gejajotXT3O9X4toGEh3lw. Zoom Meeting ID 880 6947 0245. For more information, visit www.silvercitymuseum.org.
Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County monthly meeting is Monday August 9th at 10:30 A.M. at Cross Point Church, located at 11500 Hwy 180 East in Silver City. The guest speaker is Ellen Brown, a Gila National Forest Representative that will be talking about fire management now and in the future. Cost for lunch [...]
There’s a Stream Stewardship Workshop this Saturday, August 28th! Join them at the Big Ditch Park (between 6th and Kelly Streets) from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Join in for bagels and coffee - and find out more about how to protect the local watershed. Bring your phone and learn how to use the new [...]
The Silver City Museum is presenting a series of 7 free virtual lectures and forums titled “Unpacking Silver” focusing on themes relevant to local and Southwest New Mexican history. On Saturday, August 28th at 11:00 A.M., view "The Land and the Environment", presented by, Author and Historian, Dr. Stephen Fox. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FKitijXdTqmH9MufWdjHJg. Zoom Meeting Id 846 2767 1024. For [...]
The Western New Mexico University Office of Veteran Affairs is hosting a memorial on the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with an event on campus this Saturday, September 11th, from 8:00 A.M. through Noon at Old James Stadium. For more information visit https://wnmu.edu/events/911-memorial-2/
In Deming, Teen Court will be hosting a “Day of Remembrance” on Saturday, September 11th beginning at 5:00 P.M. with a parade from the Visitor’s Center to Courthouse Park. Along with guest speakers, there will be an official flag raising using the Flag of Honor that has the names of the 2,983 people who lost [...]
The Gila Conservation Coalition welcomes back the public for the 17th Annual Gila River Festival "Connect with the River" from September 16-19, 2021. This hybrid style event will he held in person and virtual in Silver City, the Gila National Forest, and the Gila River. Online registration opens on August 1st, visit https://www.gilariverfestival.org/
The Silver City Museum and the Western Institute for Lifelong Learning is presenting “Uncovering Chihuahua Hill” with new museum curator, Javier Marrufo, on Saturday, September 18th at 11:00 A.M. Javier will talk about his ongoing work on the Chihuahua Hill Oral History project and his personal interest in the project as both a historian and [...]
In Silver City, there is an Alzheimer's Caregivers Support Group that meets at 5:00 PM on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at the First United Methodist Church located at 300 West College Avenue. For more information, call Linda Brake at 575-590-1499.
