The inaugural Mimbres Region Arts Council Silver City Blues Society Benefit Dance will take place at the Old Elks Lodge on April 1st from 7:30 to 11 pm. Silver City favorite Guitar Slim will provide music. Tickets are $20 and will include an Inaugural Membership in the Silver City Blues Society. Call 538-2505
There will be a Motorcycle Run Fundraiser for Calvary Christian Academy on April 2nd from 9 am to 3 pm beginning at the parking lot of the Baptist Church, 2300 N Swan Street. The Run will also include lunch and a raffle. The cost is $20 per bike. Call 519-8692
There will be a spring kite flying day and picnic northeast of Glenwood at the Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths of Route 159 on April 2nd from noon until dusk. Admission is free and there will be a kite raffle at 2:30 pm. Call 313-1002. Sponsored by the Gila National Forest
The Mimbres Region Arts Council announces the fourth and final Indie/Folk series concert for the 2015-16 season. Sam Baker will perform April 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Buckhorn Opera House. Tickets are available at the Arts Council Office, Gila Hike and Bike, Leyba & Ingalls Arts, and online at mimbresarts.org
The Grant County Shriner’s Spaghetti Dinner 2016 fundraiser will be held at the Silver City Masonic Lodge, 11 Ridge Road, on April 3rd from 11 am to 2 pm. The cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12, and children under 6 eat free. Proceeds benefit Shriner's Hospitals for Children. Call [...]
Big Brothers Big Sister Mountain Region will hold Bowl for Kids’ Sake at the Silver Bowling Center on April 3rd. Teams of 5 sign up and agree to raise funds to help support the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program. Call 449-2728
USSSA Summer League registrations will be held from 5 to 6:30 pm at the PNM Building, 3815 North Swan, Wednesdays in March through the 23rd, and April 6th. The 2016 USSSA season begins May 26th and runs through early July. Call 313-2303
There will be a Brown Bag Program entitled “Filling in the Big Ditch” on April 7th from noon to 1 pm at the Silver City Museum Annex. Dave Menzie will present the story of the Big Ditch in the context of geological processes and through photographic documentation of the formation of the ditch. Call 538-5921
The Grant County Community Concert Association is pleased to present Stringfever on April 7th at 7 pm in the WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater. Stringfever puts on a show including everything from Brahms to the Beatles. Admission is $20 for adults, and tickets are available at Blackwell’s Antiques, Western Stationers or online at gcconcerts.org
The Greenlee County Spring Rampage will be held April 8th and 9th at the Greenlee County Fairgrounds in Duncan, Arizona. There will be a Junior Rodeo on the 8th, as well as team roping, mud drags, a car show and much more on the 9th beginning at 7:30 am for registrations. Call 928-359-2032
