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{{/_source.additionalInfo}}These releases come from other sources than the Grant County Beat. This category will include events in and news releases from Grant, Catron, Hidalgo and Luna counties.
We are so excited for the 2025 Silver City Community Film Festival, taking place October 2 - 5 at the historic Silco Theater. Last year's inaugural festival featured 16 filmmakers, 30 films, and approximately 200 attendees. We were thrilled with the response. The festival was a tremendous success, thanks to the support of sponsors like you!
In its second year, the Silver City Community Film Festival has expanded its geographic boundaries for film submissions to include El Paso to Tucson, from east to west, and Albuquerque to Chihuahua, from north to south. The festival welcomes the diversity of this Southwest Crossroads region in an intimate yet powerful festival setting, highlighting the talented filmmakers of this area and providing opportunities for valuable connections and collaborations. While we will always remain dedicated to providing a platform for our local community to showcase their films, we are excited for the growth of the 2025 festival.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
The regular board meeting of the Upper Gila Valley Arroyos Watershed District will be held Wednesday, July 23, 2025; 9:00 at the Cliff/Gila Fire Station, Cliff, New Mexico.
To request a copy of the agenda or for more information, please call 575-38o8-1569 or email
The Beat has received emails from readers wondering why we no longer post the police blotters.
First, Dispatch told us it took too much time and they are short-staffed.
Then one police department said it would be willing to share them, but couldn't figure out how to provide them to the Beat through the new system.
Then, a commissioner has been trying to find out why the Beat can no longer receive and post the blotters.
Today, the commissioner said he is being told that the Beat may have to issue an IPRA (inspection of public records act) request.
Pipsqueak the Gophersnake shows kids how wonderful and friendly snakes are; photographed by Jeff Smith.Local nonprofit Advocates for Snake Preservation is co-organizing the worldwide awareness week, which includes a July 19 event in Santa Clara with live, friendly snakes and educational videos
SILVER CITY, New Mexico — The inaugural World Snake Week takes place this month and you can participate in Grant county or online.
Advocates for Snake Preservation (ASP) is part of the team organizing the first-ever World Snake Week, which takes place July 13-19. More than 50 in-person and online events will be coordinated internationally by conservation groups, scientists, zoos, museums, and herpetological societies. These special events will celebrate the world of snakes.
Leah Klearman repaired Dani Leingang's summer dressThe Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective (SWFAC) in collaboration with the Future Forge Makerspace, is offering community members free mending of clothes and teaching how to mend clothes. This free program will be held at the Future Forge located at 307 East College Ave on Saturday, July 19, 2025 from 10 am to 12 noon.
Did you know that 66% of unwanted clothes and textiles wind up in the landfill? Or that less than 15% are recycled and the rest, 19% are burned? Mending Our Ways is a program to help reduce clothing waste by teaching community members how to mend and offering free mending of clothes. On the 19th, community members can bring one item that needs a simple repair like replacing a button or a tear in a shirt or pants.
Mending clothes is one of the methods we can all do to keep good clothing out of our landfill. SWFAC members will be on hand to mend the items, and community members who learn how to mend with the SWFAC members, will receive a small sewing kit.
July 20, at 10:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street – "Kundalini Yoga: The History and the Mystery"
Kundalini Yoga is an ancient practice rooted in Vedic and Tantric traditions dating back as far as 7,000 years, integrating breath, movement, and sound. Dr. Colleen Jiron will trace the origins of that practice to the present day, with a focus on common threads that have stood the test of time, as well as basic tenets and philosophy. She will conclude with some research findings in bioenergetics and the rationale and benefits of a yoga breath technique.
Dr. Colleen Jiron is a retired Clinical Neuropsychologist and public-school librarian as well as a Kundalini Yoga teacher with 14 years of experience and more than 50 years of personal practice. She has authored historical and speculative fiction (Indie Award Finalist) and nonfiction reference books on neuropsychology, self-help, and the use of plant medicines. She and her husband relocated to Silver City in 2023 to be closer to family.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
The regular monthly board meeting of the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District will be held Monday, July 21, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the NRCS Building; 3082 32nd Street Bypass; Suite C; Silver City, NM 88061. The meeting is open to the public.
To request a copy of the agenda or for more information, please call 575-388-1569 or email
Many know Dan Crow from his song "Walk Outside," the theme song from the popular family film Milo and Otis. A composer of over 300 children's songs, Dan has 95 songs published with the Walt Disney Music Company. His songs have been sung by Winnie the Pooh, Bambi, and Dumbo as well as Milo and Otis. He was nominated for the cable TV industries prestigious ACE award for his work on Welcome to Pooh Corner on the Disney Channel. His songs have been widely recorded by many other performers for kids and have been translated into five languages.
Dan Crow's career as a children's musician spans several decades and mirrors the progress of much of children's music. Going from local audiences to national audiences and back again, Crow has consistently produced sincere and tuneful music for kids from preschool to elementary age.
Crow grew up in the Denver area and received a bachelor's degree in education in Colorado, as well as a master's in speech communication at the University of New Mexico. He then went on to start a career as a public school speech therapist in Virginia.
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