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Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"The Ghost in the Shell" (TBC) 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
02:00pm Movies at the Light Hall Theater :: Arts & Music
"The LEGO Batman Movie" (PG)
Location Light Hall Theatre
Contact movies.wnmu.edu
Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"The Ghost in the Shell" (TBC) 4:00 & 7:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
10:00am - 03:00pm Helping Seniors Stay Healthy :: Health & Wellness
Gila, Mimbres, Santa Clara & Silver City Senior Centers. WNMU nursing students offer monthly health screenings, at no charge, to seniors in the comfort of their local senior centers through a partnership with WNMU School of Nursing and Grant County.
Location Silver City Senior Center
Contact 575-956-3225
12:05pm - 01:00pm New Hope Al-Anon Family Group :: Health & Wellness
Al-Anon Family Groups are for family and friends of alcoholics. This is an Open Meeting of Al-Anon.
Location First Presbyterian Church
Contact Jerry 575-534-4866 or Diana 575-574-2311
02:00pm Historic Downtown Streetlight Dedication :: Social Events
Officials from the MainStreet Project will be on hand to to thank the Town of Silver City for the assistance in the continued development of downtown Silver City.
Location Home Furniture Store
07:00pm Open Mic with Peter Dahl-Bredine :: Arts & Music
Location Buckhorn Saloon
Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"The Ghost in the Shell" (TBC) 4:00 & 7:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
10:30am Storytime :: Kids' Activity
Join us for stories, songs and rhymes, movement, and simple crafts. Storytimes are designed for children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Free, no registration necessary.
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact 575-538-3672 or
01:30pm - 02:30pm Feldenkrais with Dixie Dexter :: Health & Wellness
Cost: $5 Drop-in Attend one, some, or all six classes. Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons consist of verbally directed, sophisticated movement sequences designed to create the conditions for improved daily functioning--such as reaching, turning, walking and even breathing. Sensory-motor ...
Location Lotus Center
04:00pm Book Talk and Signing with Beth Randolph :: Arts & Music
Author Beth Randolph will speak about her new social-political science fiction novel on interstellar diplomacy, entitled "Retrograde." Come chat, eat some treats, and enter a drawing for space-themed prizes!
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact 575-538-3672 or
05:30pm Weight Watchers :: Health & Wellness
In the Annex.
Location First Presbyterian Church
06:00pm Celebrate Recovery :: Health & Wellness
A safe place to go for dealing with hurts, habits, hang-ups, addictions and life set backs. Our meetings are with dinner. 7 PM - worship and short lesson. 8 PM- confidential sharing. All are welcome.
Location New Hope Fellowship Church
Contact 575-654-6564 or 575-654-0963
06:00pm Silver City Town Council Meeting :: Legal Notices
1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE2. CEREMONIES3. PROCLAMATIONS - "Give Grandly! Give Local Day! - May 6, 2017"Child Abuse Prevention Month in Silver City" - April 20174. PUBLIC INPUT5. COUNCIL COMMENTS6. CHANGES TO AGENDA7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES• Regular ...
Location Grant County Administration Center
Contact www.townofsilvercity.org
Curbside Consulting :: Education
FREE! Help for non-profits or those considering one. Every Wednesday, by appointment only.
Location College Plaza Suite #16
Contact 575-597-0035 or email
Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"The Ghost in the Shell" (TBC) 4:00 & 7:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
08:00am SASS: Review of the 6th Jucicial District's Sexual Assault & Child Abuse Protocal :: Education
Three separate 2-hour sessions available. 8 - 10 a.m. or 11:3 0 a.m. - 1:30 pm., or 5 -7 p.m., Each session includes a presentation from invested agencies on their role followed by a question & answer period.
Location 411 Silver Heights Blvd.
Contact 575-313-6203
10:00am Cemetery Board Meeting :: Legal Notices
The complete agenda is available on the Town's website at www.townofsilvercity.org or at City Hall, 101 W. Broadway, Silver City. If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter or any other ...
Location Public Works Department Administrative Office
Contact www.townofsilvercity.org or 575-534-6346
10:00am - 03:00pm Helping Seniors Stay Healthy Encore Visit :: Health & Wellness
WNMU nursing students offer monthly health screenings, at no charge, to seniors in the comfort of their local senior centers through a partnership with WNMU School of Nursing and Grant County.
Location Gila Senior Center
Contact 575-956-3225
10:30am Babytime, Sing & Play :: Kids' Activity
Join us for stories, songs and rhymes, and movement for infants 0-12 months and their caregivers. Free, no registration necessary.
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact 575-538-3672 or
10:30am - 01:30pm Farmer's Market at Ace Hardware :: Social Events
Location Ace Hardware
01:00pm Gin Rummy :: Social Events
Beginners welcome, experts challenged.
Location Tranquil Buzz Coffee House
Contact 575-534-9355
04:00pm - 05:00pm Future Engineers :: Kids' Activity
Creative construction fun with Lego, K'NEX, and Strawbees! This activity is geared toward children ages 6-12. Free, no registration necessary.
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact 575-538-3672 or
04:00pm - 06:00pm Grant County Food Pantry Distribution :: Health & Wellness
For eligible Silver City residents only.
Location The Volunteer Center
Contact Call 575-388-2988 or email
05:00pm "Georgetown NM Mining and the Mimbres Mills" :: Social Events
Enjoy a late afternoon history talk and power point presentation by David Mercer, who is interning with the Imogen F. Wilson Education Foundation at the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site. A Master's Degree student at NMSU, Mercer lives in the Mimbres ...
Location Mimbres Roundup Lodge
Contact 575-202-9984
06:00pm - 07:00pm Al-Anon Family Group :: Health & Wellness
This is an open meeting.
Location Arenas Valley Church of Christ
Contact 575-313-7891
06:00pm Spaghetti Night With Byron Trammell :: Arts & Music
Location Buckhorn Saloon
07:00pm Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro Live Performance :: Arts & Music
Seating is limited. Tickets are $25 per person. Interpreting "son" Cuba’s national music genre, Septeto Nacional was founded by the late Ignacio Piñeiro, considered the father of this quintessential Cuban style. The seven-member group is now directed by Francisco Oropeza, ...
Location Light Hall Theatre
Contact For tickets call 575-538-6469 or visit wnmn.edu/culture
07:00pm - 09:00pm Silver City Sister Circle Worldwide New Moon Gathering :: Spiritual
A women-only gathering devoted to creating a new world with sisterhood, kindness, radical self-responsibility, and soulful authenticity. If possible, please bring a small donation for the use of the space. The theme for this new moon is: "Cherished Body: I Honor my ...
Location The Volunteer Center
Contact Wendy 575-297-7851
Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"The Ghost in the Shell" (TBC) 4:00 & 7:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
10:30am - 11:30pm Little Artist Club :: Kids' Activity
Creative fun for children ages 5 and under! Free, no registration necessary.
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact 575-538-3672 or
12:00pm - 01:00pm Grant County in the Great War :: Social Events
In Grant County, hundreds of men enlisted or were drafted into the military during WWI. Forty of them were killed in action, drowned at sea, or died of disease. This talk will focus on a few of these men, as ...
Location Silver City Museum Annex
Contact 575-538-5921 or
04:00pm - 05:25pm Makerstate Initiative Pop-up Makerspace :: Kids' Activity
The Silver City Public Library will host a Pop-up Makerspace with science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities, led by the Makerstate Initiative. There will be a limit of 20 participants at this event. For more information about the Makerstate ...
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact 575-538-3672 or
04:30pm Silver City Museum Board Meeting :: Legal Notices
The public is invited to attend. The complete agenda is available on the Town's website at www.townofsilvercity.org, and at City Hall, 101 W. Broadway. If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language ...
Location Silver City Museum Annex
Contact www,townofsilvercity.org or 57-534-6346
05:00pm WILL (Western Institute for Lifelong Learning) Annual Meeting :: Education
Members can sign up for summer classes.
Location WNMU Global Resource Center
Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"Get Out" (R) 3:30 & 7:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
09:00am - 04:30pm "The Disappearing Mining Landscape of Grant County" Exhibit Opening :: Education
The exhibit will be on view from April 28 to September 4, and will consist of McMahon’s photographic prints, and a collection of minerals from three of nineteen mining districts in Grant County courtesy of Andrew Lindlof. It includes work ...
Location Silver City Museum
Contact 575-538-5921 or
09:00am - 04:00pm CDT Trail Days - Seminars at the Seedboat Gallery :: Social Events
Speakers will cover a broad range of topics, targeted towards everyone from the novice outdoorsperson to experienced long-distance hikers. This year’s lineup tackles social and political issues as well as survival basics and trail stories. Among the more salient topics ...
Location Seedboat Center for the Arts
Contact www.continentaldividetrail.org.
09:00am - 07:00pm Popcorn Fridays at Silver City Food Co-Op :: Social Events
Sample freshly popped organic corn, along with a selection of other delicious food samples. Come by and see what new food there is to try. You might have a delightful surprise for your tastebuds!
Location Silver City Food Co-op
10:00am - 02:00pm SASS Sexual Assault Awareness Month Initiate the Flag :: Public Meetings
White flags will be placed in the ground as a symbol of each person Silver Regional Sexual Assault Support Services has served in Grant and Hidalgo County in the past year. We ask that you wear the color Teal to ...
Location Gough Park
Contact 575-313-6203
11:00am - 12:00pm Poetry Reading with Raven Drake :: Arts & Music
Poet Raven Drake will read from his extensive corpus of verse, published in a series of volumes as well as in the Silver City Quarterly Review: scquarterlyreview.wordpress.com/noctune-and-other-poems.
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact 575-538-3672 or
04:00pm - 06:00pm CDT Trail Days - Gear Raffle and Happy Hour :: Social Events
Location Little Toad Creek Brewery
Contact www.continentaldividetrail.org.
04:00pm - 05:15pm Dance Elemental :: Health & Wellness
Free Introductory Class on Friday, April 28. Attend one, some, or all six classes. Cost: $10 Drop-in, or $8 w/ a TLC Class Card. Six Consecutive Fridays Beginning on May 5. this is a contemporary movement choice for body awakening ...
Location Lotus Center
04:00pm - 06:00pm Grant County Art Guild Member's Opening Reception :: Arts & Music
The gallery will be open for the summer on Fridays, Saturday's, Sundays and holiday Mondays until mid October. The guild has over 25 members working in a variety of mediums and all items at the gallery are for sale. All who ...
Location Pinos Altos Art Gallery
05:30pm - 06:30pm Women Embracing Recovery :: Health & Wellness
This meeting is limited to female Al-Anon members and prospective members. Park on Ridge Loop; walk around building to side entrance to lower level.
Location La Clinica Health & Birth Center
Contact Karen 575-313-7094 or Hosana 575-313-1032
06:00pm "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" Staged Reading :: Arts & Music
The event will start at 6:00 PM with a fish fry and pulled pork dinner, followed by the staged reading at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20.00, include the dinner and play reading and should be bought in advance. Tickets will be available ...
Location Silver City Woman's Club
Contact 575-519-8375 or
06:30pm Scott van Linge :: Arts & Music
Blues, folk, country and rock 'n' roll oldies.
Location Buckhorn Saloon
07:00pm Movies at the Light Hall Theater :: Arts & Music
"CHIPS" (R)
Location Light Hall Theatre
Contact movies.wnmu.edu
Now Showing at the Silco Theatre :: Arts & Music
"Get Out" (R) 3:30 & 7:00pm
Location Silco Theatre
Contact www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185
08:00am CDT Trail Days - Youth Mural Walk :: Kids' Activity
Meets at Javalina Coffee House and ends at Murray Ryan Visitor’s Center.
Location Javalina Coffee Shop
Contact www.continentaldividetrail.org.
08:00am - 11:00am Upper Mimbres Volunteer Fire and Rescue Annual Pancake Breakfast and Bake Sale :: Fundraiser
For $5, breakfast includes freshly made pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, and juice. A variety of baked goods will be available for sale as well. The event takes place in the Main Station at Mile 5 on Highway 35.
Location Mimbres Valley Main Station
Contact
09:00am - 04:00pm CDT Trail Days - Seminars at the Seedboat Gallery :: Social Events
Speakers will cover a broad range of topics, targeted towards everyone from the novice outdoorsperson to experienced long-distance hikers. This year’s lineup tackles social and political issues as well as survival basics and trail stories. Among the more salient topics ...
Location Seedboat Center for the Arts
Contact www.continentaldividetrail.org.
09:30am Walking Tours of Historic Ft. Bayard :: Tours
The Fort Bayard Museum, located in Officer's Quarters #26, on the west side of the parade ground at Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark, will be open on every Saturday from 9:15 - 12:30 and Monday from 10 - 2. Special tours ...
Location Fort Bayard Museum
Contact 575-956-3294, 575-574-8779 or 970-222-2433.
10:00am - 01:00pm 50th Annual Great Race Celebration :: Social Events
The free, community event will include live music, food vendors, carnival games, and the opportunity to experience the Great Race competition. Teams will be competing on a route that circles the university campus three times with the start line at ...
Location WNMU Old James Stadium
Contact To register contact Amanda Moffett Lane at
10:00am - 02:00pm Big Ditch Park Celebration :: Social Events
On Saturday at the Kelly Street Entrance to the Park the Mimres Region Arts Council will be working on the mural that depicts the history of the floods in the early 1900's that created the Big Ditch. The Big Ditch ...
Location Big Ditch Park
Contact 575-534-1700 or silvercitymainstreet.com
10:00am - 03:00pm CDT Trail Days - "Base Camp" :: Social Events
“Base Camp,” complete with live music, food trucks, and vendors from premier outdoor gear companies. Afterwards, a parade will commence at the Seedboat and proceed to Little Toad Creek.
Location Morning Star Sports
Contact www.continentaldividetrail.org.
10:30am - 12:00pm Dia de los Niños at the Silver City Public Library :: Kids' Activity
This is a holiday to celebrate children of different cultures and traditions. In honor of the holiday we will have a bilingual Storytime at 10:30 AM followed by a craft. Children will have the opportunity to break a Pinata for ...
Location Silver City Public Library
Contact Chris at 575-538-3672 or
12:00pm - 02:00pm Freedom From Pain Workshop :: Health & Wellness
Join Corri Broner for this 3-session workshop which. Learn practical, effective mind-body therapies that empower people to find greater comfort and well-being in daily life. Attend one, two, or all three sessions. $24 per session or $60 for all three.
Location Lotus Center
Contact www.LotusCenterSC.org/events or 575-388-4647
03:00pm - 05:00pm End of the Road Ranch Benefit Art Show :: Fundraiser
Exhibit dates: April 29 - May 6. Featuring horse and western themed art by over 30 local artists. Raffle featuring "Cowhocked Carl" by Victoria Chick and additonal prizes. Raffle tickets are $10 and can be purchased at The Place.
Location The Place at the Palace
06:00pm "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" Staged Reading :: Arts & Music
The event will start at 6:00 PM with a fish fry and pulled pork dinner, followed by the staged reading at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20.00, include the dinner and play reading and should be bought in advance. Tickets will be available ...
Location Silver City Woman's Club
Contact 575-519-8375 or
06:30pm Tiffany Christopher :: Arts & Music
Location Buckhorn Saloon
07:00pm Movies at the Light Hall Theater :: Arts & Music
"CHIPS" (R)
Location Light Hall Theatre
Contact movies.wnmu.edu
07:30pm Third Annual Trail Days - The Story of a Winter Hike :: Social Events
Hikers and community members will gather at the Murray Ballroom for the keynote address, a dramatic re-telling of Shawn Forry’s milestone attempt to travel from Canada to Mexico on the Pacific Crest Trail – in the dead of winter.
Location Murray Hotel
Contact www.continentaldividetrail.org.
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