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Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" (R) 6:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
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10:00am - 04:00pm 32nd Annual Purchase Prize Art Exhibit :: Arts & Music
Purchase Prize Art Show open to the public.
Location Pinos Altos Art Gallery
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02:00pm - 03:00pm Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Elise Stuart :: Arts & Music
"Memoir: Readings from her new memoir, My Mother and I, We Talk Cat." Elise Stuart was Silver City's Poet Laureate from 2014 to 2017. During her term, she promoted expanding the power of the written word in our community, giving voice ...
Location Javalina Coffee Shop
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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02:00pm - 03:00pm Southwest Festival of the Written Word: M. John Fayhee :: Arts & Music
"Outdoor Writing" M. John Fayhee is the author of 12 books and has twice been a finalist in the Colorado Book Awards. He edited the Mountain Gazette for 13 years, was a contributing editor at Backpacker Magazine for 10 years. He ...
Location Old Elk's Club
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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02:00pm - 03:00pm Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Ron Hamm and Stephen Fox :: Arts & Music
"Delving into Others' Lives, a Conversation about Writing Biography"Ron Hamm began writing biography with obituaries (the genre in brief) as a copy boy on his Indiana home town newspaper. Following the Marine Corps, Hamm's United Press/Associated Press career allowed him ...
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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02:00pm - 03:00pm Word Travels Fast: Mark Medoff to Talk About His Career :: Arts & Music
Free. Part of the Southwest Festival of the Written Word. Legendary playwright and screenwriter Mark Medoff talks about how his career and how his words have traveled throughout the world. He received the Tony and Olivier Awards for "Children of a ...
Location Seedboat Center for the Arts
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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03:30pm - 04:30pm Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Algernon D'Ammassa :: Arts & Music
"Journalism and Theater" Algernon D'Ammassa has been the author of the Deming Headlight's "Desert Sage" opinion column since 2013. He has been a reporter for the Headlight since April, and is an occasional contributor to the Las Cruces Sun News. ...
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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03:30pm - 04:30pm Word Travels Fast: "Blatant Attempts at Understanding" :: Arts & Music
Free. Part of the Southwest Festival of the Written Word.The virus Theater perfoms a series of scenes, monologues, and dramatic sketches that take the audience on an introspective journey, combining a sense of place (the high deserts of NM) with a ...
Location El Sol Theater
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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04:00pm - 05:00pm Silver City Quarterly Review :: Arts & Music
2nd Anniversary Celebration. Our authors will read poetry, short stories and excerpts from longer works.
Location Tranquilbuzz
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04:00pm - 05:00pm Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Maricela Duarte :: Arts & Music
Maricela Duarte, a Mexican-American author who lives in Las Cruces, will read and discuss her book, "Rehilete," an anthology of Hispanic poetry for children and adolescents. The book already has had two successful editions published in Chihuahua, Mexico. Duarte is ...
Location Bayard Public Library
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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05:30pm - 07:00pm Southwest Festival of the Printed Word: Stella Pope Duarte :: Arts & Music
Keynote Event: Stella Pope Duarte, award winning author and Pulitzer Prize nominee. Open to the public free of charge. She is described as a "magical weaver with a sure hand and a pure heart," and praised as an author who "will ...
Location Light Hall Theatre
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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06:30pm Danny & Joe :: Arts & Music
Live music
Location Buckhorn Saloon
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07:00pm Movies at the Light Hall Theater :: Arts & Music
"The Hitman's Bodyguard" (R)
Location Light Hall Theatre
Contact movies.wnmu.edu
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07:30pm Word Travels Fast: "I, Custer" Performed by Marissa Bond :: Arts & Music
Free. Part of the Southwest Festival of the Written Word. Chosen for the 2016 Mark Medoff Directorial Project Award, a one-woman play that deconstructs Custer, his life, and his last stand. Marissa Bond is a regular on the theater stages in Las ...
Location WNMU Parotti Recital Hall
Contact www.swwordfiesta.org
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