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“A Sunday Afternoon Recital” Sunday April 23, 2023
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- Published: 13 April 2023 13 April 2023
Sherry and Bruce WootenSunday, April 23 at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 7th & Texas Streets in downtown Silver City, at 3pm-4:30pm with reception to follow.
The series, this being the 3rd one, for 2022-2023 season, is called “A Sunday Afternoon Recital.” Focused mainly on classical music for the first half and then a more meditative, light fare to follow. This recital will feature mainly the vocal artists couple Sherry and Bryce Wooton. Sherry will perform Mozart’s “Alleluja” and Bryce will begin with Faure’s “Les Berceaux,” followed by numerous other art songs. The Silver Chorale’s vocal quartet will perform 3 numbers including “Sicut Cervus” by Palestrina. Ending the first half the Wootons will perform a duet ”O, Divine Redeemer” by Charles Gounod.
Gila Earth Day and Continental Divide Trail Days Festival set for April 22 in Gough Park
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- Published: 06 April 2023 06 April 2023
The Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) and the Continental Divide Trail Coalition will hold the Gila Earth Day x Continental Divide Trail Days festival on Saturday, April 22, 10 am -2 pm at Gough Park in Silver City.
This is the second year that Gila Earth Day will be held in conjunction with Continental Divide Trail Days for an even bigger celebration of our environment and public lands. More than 50 organizations and businesses will showcase their mission, sustainable products, and services that honor the planet.
Earth Day is an annual global event celebrated on April 22 to raise awareness and support for environmental protection and long-term sustainability. This year’s theme is “Invest in Our Planet” which highlights the importance of paving a path towards a prosperous future while focusing on utilizing our time, energy, and resources towards solving climate change and other important environmental issues through individual choice and policy, such as ending plastic pollution, sustainable fashion, and planting trees for ecological restoration. Participants will be able to learn about these issues and participate in related projects at this year’s Gila Earth Day celebration.
Mysterious Creatures of the Gila: An evening of words and images
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- Published: 03 April 2023 03 April 2023
At Diana Ingalls Leyba Studio and Gallery, 315 N. Bullard St., Silver City. Event lasts from 5-7 PM, April 15, 2023.
Join author Marty Eberhardt and artist Elli Sorensen for Mysteries of the Gila, a reading and art exhibit. In Marty Eberhardt’s second mystery in the Bea Rivers series, Bones in the Back Forty, an old skeleton is found in a Tucson botanical garden. Meet some quirky suspects in a little town in southwest New Mexico called Copperton. Marty will read passages that take place in the Gila region. Elli Sorensen offers new work representing the flora, fauna, and landscapes of the Gila River ecosystem.
Marty and Elli are local residents and award-winners. The reading will take place from 5:15-5:45, followed by questions and book signings. Elli’s paintings will be on display and for sale throughout the evening. Light refreshments will be served.
GCCCA presents Seraph Brass April 11, 2023
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- Published: 02 April 2023 02 April 2023
The Grant County Community Concert Association presents Seraph Brass in concert Tuesday April 11 at 7 PM in the WNMU Fine Arts Theater. Winners of the 2019 American Prize in Chamber Music, Seraph Brass is a dynamic brass ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top female brass players. Committed to engaging audiences with captivating programming, Seraph Brass presents a diverse body of repertoire that includes original transcriptions, newly commissioned works, and well-known classics. Check out their performance of Debussy’s Reverie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgVe03JDGFo&t=4s
Seraph released their debut studio album, Asteria, on Summit Records in January 2018, winning a Silver Medal Global Music Award. Seraph Brass performed at the 2019 International Trumpet Guild Conference in Miami, Florida. They will also begin their first residency at the Walton Art Center’s Artosphere Festival in June 2019 alongside the Dover Quartet in the festival orchestra. Seraph has toured extensively as Allied Concert Services artists. Many members of Seraph Brass performed with Adele on her 2016 North American tour.
April Fools Community Dance and Costume Ball, with the Big Ditch Crickets
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- Published: 26 March 2023 26 March 2023
April 1 at the Murray Ballroom, Murray Hotel in Downtown Silver City, 200 West Broadway, Silver City, NM
From 6:30pm to 9pm
$10.00 suggested donation with children 10 and under free. Dance is a benefit for Mimbres Community radio, KURU and will include a silent auction.
A lively, fun, family friendly event! All dances taught or just come enjoy the band!
12th Annual Clay Festival to take place July 10-16,2023
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- Published: 24 March 2023 24 March 2023
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SAVE THE DATE: July 10-16, 2023 Founded in 2011 by Lee Gruber, the Silver city CLAY Festival celebrates and explores interpretations of clay, mud, and earth as the common ground of New Mexico's culture and history. CLAY Festival gathers artists, collectors, educators, and families for a week-long series of events to explore clay in its many forms as well as its impact on our history, present, and future. Each year, internationally acclaimed artists are invited to contribute to the dialogue of clay craft, host workshops, lectures, and jury the International CLAY Juried Exhibition, this year titled GRACE. |
High-flying Fun at Kite Picnic in Glenwood
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- Published: 23 March 2023 23 March 2023
By Cheryl Thornburg
The wide open spaces of Whitewater Mesa are perfect for kite enthusiasts. (Photo by David Thornburg)GLENWOOD -- If you’re looking for some family fun in the great outdoors, head for Glenwood on Saturday April 1 when the annual Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic returns to the wide open spaces on the mesa north of town. Hundreds people of all ages participate in this colorful, family-friendly event. It is sanctioned by the American Kitefliers Association so kite-fliers come from all around the state and the country to show off their spectacular creations.
Last year 168 people participated. There is plenty of space without fences to tangle your kite strings, and room to park for your tailgate picnic.
The event is not just for pros - - everyone from toddlers to senior citizens test their kite-flying skills.
SCHEDULE FIXED: Historical Society of New Mexico annual conference to take place in Silver City March 30-April 1
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- Published: 23 March 2023 23 March 2023
The Historical Society of New Mexico will hold its annual conference in Silver City from March 30 through April 1. Full schedule below in PDF format.
Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a Silver City native, will give a special presentation, "Roots of Dysfunction in the U. S. Congress" on March 31 at 7 p.m. in the Global Resource Center at Western New Mexico University.
And Professor Michelle Hall Kells, of UNM, will make a keynote presentation, "The Public Memory of 'Salt of the Earth,'" on March 30 at 5 p.m. at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Conference and Business Center.
The three-day conference features 35 sessions, the society's largest number ever. More than 90 presenters will explore events, cultures, stories, and perspectives of New Mexico history, from the earliest inhabitants to the recent past.