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Silver City Woman's Club Meeting :: Social Events
2nd Fridays.
Location Silver City Woman's Club
Contact 575-538-3452
Audubon Society Field Trip :: Social Events
We will head to Lake Roberts, hoping that wintering duck are continuing to use the lake despite the reduction in water level.Meet at the Fine Arts Center parking lot for carpooling. Bring suitable clothing, lunch, and drinks.We expect to be back in Silver ...
Location WNMU Fine Arts Center
Contact 388-4210
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Service: "Immigration" :: Social Events
We will hold a conversation with ourselves on Immigration. There are so many questions. We will address as many as we can and try to come up with some answers - please come to listen and share your thoughts. Rev. ...
AARP Widowed Persons Service :: Social Events
Monthly, 2nd Mondays. All singles are welcome.Cost for lunch is $12.
Location Glad Tidings Church
Contact 537-3643
WILL Sign Up Social :: Social Events
The public is invited free of charge to Western Institute for Lifelong Learning's (WILL) Spring Semester Sign-up Social.An overview meeting about the benefits of a $75 annual WILL membership takes place at 5:30 pm, and course registration begins at 6:00 ...
Location WNMU Besse-Forward Global Resource Center
Contact 538-6835
Gila Native Plant Society Meeting :: Social Events
FREE and open to the public.Richard Felger of the University of Arizona Herbarium and Sky Island Alliance will give a presentation, New Food Crops: Half a Century of Botanical Adventures.Refreshments will be served after the program.
Location WNMU Harlan Hall
Contact (240) 463-0107
Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society Membership Dinner :: Social Events
Following dinner, guest speaker Liz Mikols will present her research on Chaplain Allen Allensworth. Allenworth, born into slavery in 1842, escaped to serve in the Union Army, later became a Baptist minister and educator. and was appointed as a chaplain ...
Location Silver City Woman's Club
Contact 388-4477
Martin Luther King Day Celebration :: Social Events
FREE and open to the public.The theme for this year's event is education. More than 200 students from elementary, middle, and high schools in Grant County submitted essays for the event entitled "The Dream: What It Means To Me." The ...
Location WNMU Dining Hall
Contact 538-6336
Lotus Center Opening Celebration :: Social Events
FREE and open to the public.Much of the day will consist of short (as in, a half-hour or so) "sampler" courses. Thus, folks will have an opportunity try out different practices of various forms of moving arts and mindfulness practices. Reception ...
Audubon Society Field Trip :: Social Events
We will undertake the popular Animas/Bootheel trip. This is a long, full dayof birding, mostly from the roadside. We will start birding at the Animas turn off of I-10 and continue all the way to Cloverdale by the Mexican border.Meet ...
Location WNMU Fine Arts Center
Contact 388-4210
"Is There Hope for Public Education in Silver City" Presentation :: Social Events
Educator Justin Wecks, retired Human Resources professional Frances Vasquez and retired elementary school teacher Fred Baca will join in a forum to ask, "Is there hope in Silver City for our right to public education with justice, equity and compassion?"The program is ...
Silver City Photo Club :: Social Events
Photography demonstration each month. Members are encouraged to bring 3-4 images based on a monthly theme. Contact Sonnie.Sussillo@gmail.com to be added to the Photo Club's mail list for each month's activities and theme.
Audubon Society Field Trip :: Social Events
This SWNM Audubon Field Trip will be to Axle Canyon Reserve.We will leave Silver City from the south parking lot of WNMU Fine Arts Center at 8:00am, returning at 1:00pm. Bring your lunch, drinks and sturdy shoes to walk. Expect ...
Location WNMU Fine Arts Center
Contact 388-2386
Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County :: Social Events
2nd Mondays. Cost for lunch is $12. All singles are welcome.
Location Glad Tidings Church
Contact 575-537-3643
Black History Month Lunch :: Social Events
Western New Mexico University is commemorating Black History Month with several events celebrating the history and culture of Black America during the month of February.Black History Month Lunch costs $8.00 plus tax for non-students.
Location WNMU Dining Hall
Contact 538-6336
WNMU 122nd Birthday Celebration! :: Social Events
Western New Mexico University will host a Founders Day celebration in honor of the university's 122nd birthday.Visitors are welcome to enjoy birthday cake and live music at the University Museum. The musical talents of WNMU international students will entertain guests.
Location WNMU Museum
Contact 538-6336
Gila Back Country Horseperson's Association Meeting :: Social Events
2nd Wednesdays.Guests and interested parties welcome! Presentations on subjects related to horseback trail riding and packing in the Gila.
Location Gila Regional Medical Center
Silver City Woman's Club Meeting :: Social Events
2nd Fridays.
Location Silver City Woman's Club
Contact 575-538-3452
WWII - Iwo Jima Honorees Luncheon :: Social Events
The 'League' will honor 3 local Marines who 'hit the beaches' on Iwo Jima February19, 1945. Just think, 70 years ago. Those 'brothers' are: Curtis Maxwell, Eugene Lewis and Felipe Ortego.Luncheon will be catered by WNMU. The cost is $12 per ...
Location Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center
Contact 574-0361
Holiday Inn Express Grand Re-Opening Reception :: Social Events
The public is invited to witness the community's top movers and shakers dive into the hotel's new salt-water pool and get soaked to the bone in potentially wintry conditions.A Silver City/Grant County Chamber Of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place ...
Location Holiday Inn Express
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