Local Events
Local tourist information and events.
Glenwood’s the place to be in April
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 23 March 2024 23 March 2024
Kites of all shapes and sizes show up for this annual event in Glenwood. Photo by Cheryl Thornburg
Spring is a busy time in Glenwood. With the warmer weather, everyone’s looking forward to spending time in the Great Outdoors. April features two of tGlenwood’s biggest local events – the Whitewater Mesa Kite Flying Picnic and the annual Dutch Oven Gathering.
This year on Saturday April 6th, 100 Kites are expected to fly at the 18th annual Whitewater Mesa Kite Flying Picnic in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Gila National Wilderness. The event features a multitude of kites of all colors, shapes and sizes against the backdrop of the Gila.
Fashion Show Fundraiser includes Gift Basket Raffle!
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 21 March 2024 21 March 2024
Photo credit: Chrys MasudaThe Tapestry of Talent Fiber Art Fashion show, a fundraiser for the SW Women's Fiber Arts Collective (SWFAC) features wearable fiber art and accessories. The fiber art fashions made by members of SWFAC showcase one-of-a-kind designs constructed especially for the event. The show will be held Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 2 pm at the historic Silco Theater located at 311 N. Bullard St. in downtown Silver City. Funds raised by the event will go to support classes, outreach to the community, and sales events.
Last year, in addition to the fabulous fashions for sale after the show, a gift basket raffle was held that was very successful. “We are grateful to the SWFAC members and community businesses that have donated this year,” states Chrys Masuda of the basket committee. “We have five wonderful baskets valued from $365 to $680. Tickets are available only to those attending the fashion show with the drawing held immediately after the fashion show and attendees must be present to win.”
‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ - SC Community Theatre
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 21 March 2024 21 March 2024
Three performances for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’are scheduled for this weekend. A spokeswoman said; "Response to this delightfully funny show has been wonderful."
Celebrate 100 years of the Gila Wilderness at Mogollon Cemetery
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 15 March 2024 15 March 2024
Event planners seek RSVP for May 25 event commemorating historic milestone
SILVER CITY, NM, March 15, 2024 – On Saturday, May 25, 2024, residents of the Town of Mogollon will host an event at the historic Mogollon Cemetery to celebrate 100 years since the Gila Wilderness was established. Located in the historic mining/ghost town of Mogollon, in Catron County, New Mexico, the cemetery is an ideal site in which to commemorate this historic milestone.
“The Mogollon Cemetery memorializes the miners, their families, and other residents of the Town of Mogollon before and after the turn of the 20th century. It contains histories told and untold, with one family plot notably illustrating the devastating effects of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 to 1920,” said Gila National Forest Supervisor Camille Howes. “Due to its small size, limited parking, and the sensitive nature of the cemetery, we would like to gauge interest ahead of time from members of the public who would like to participate in this event.”
Gila Earth Day and Continental Divide Trail Days Festival
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 13 March 2024 13 March 2024
Save the Date for Gila Earth Day and Continental Divide Trail Days Festival set for April 20th in Gough Park
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 20th,
10 am -2 pm at Gough Park in Silver City.
For the third consecutive year, Gila Earth Day is partnering with Continental Divide Trail Days for an even grander celebration of the environment and our public lands. Over 50 organizations and businesses will gather to showcase their missions and offer planet-friendly products and services.
The National Day Of Prayer - Gough Park May 2, 2024
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 12 March 2024 12 March 2024
THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
Gough Park in Silver City, NM
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Noon to 1:00 PM
You are invited to the 73rd National Day of Prayer. Tell your friends about this special event and bring the whole family!
For more information, email john3.16ndp@proton.me
Note: Seating will be available; however, we are expecting a large attendance. Please consider bringing your own chair.
Fashion Show Fundraiser offers Unique Fashions and Accessories
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 11 March 2024 11 March 2024
Pictured are the model dressers with more than 100 fashions and accessories!The Tapestry of Talent Fiber Art Fashion show, a fundraiser for the SW Women's Fiber Arts Collective (SWFAC) features wearable fiber art and accessories. The fiber art fashions made by members of SWFAC showcase one-of-a-kind designs constructed especially for the event. The show will be held Saturday, April 6, 2024 with doors opening at 1:30 pm at the historic Silco Theater located at 311 N. Bullard St. in downtown Silver City. Funds raised by the event will go to support classes, outreach to the community, and sales events.
GC Archaeological Society Event March 20, 2024
- Category: Local Events Local Events
- Published: 09 March 2024 09 March 2024
The Grant County Archaeological Society Will Hold a Special March 20, 2024, Event at the WNMU Museum
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 5:00PM (Mountain Daylight Saving Time, 4:00PM Arizona Time): the GCAS transforms our regular monthly meeting into a special hybrid in-person and online Zoom event to be held at the Western New Mexico University Museum at Fleming Hall in support of their curation of the Museum's historic documents and photo archives.
Our Featured Speaker is historian, award-winning author, and GCAS member Carolyn O’Bagy Davis. Carolyn, a fourth-generation descendant of Utah pioneers, has written 16 books on topics ranging from the history of archaeology to Southwestern history to quilting. Her book Hopi Summer was selected as OneBookArizona for 2011, and Desert Trader: The Life and Quilts of Goldie Tracy Richmond, was named one of the Best Books of the Southwest 2012. Carolyn is an inducted member of the Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame and the Society of Women Geographers; she was the founding president of the Tucson Quilters Guild and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. An accomplished public speaker, she has appeared on HGTV, PBS, and Lifetime programs, and has curated many traveling museum exhibits including the current show: Willard Page: Artist on the Southwest Road, at the Fred Harvey Museum in Belen, New Mexico. Please join us as Carolyn introduces us to Hopi Quilts and Textiles as Cultural Artforms: