CALENDAR OF EVENTS
November 2011
CURRENT EXHIBITS
THE FLOOD SEASON: How Silver City's Main Street Became the Big Ditch
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
JOURNEY TO ENCHANTMENT: Celebrating New Mexico's Statehood
LINES IN THE SAND: Maps of Territorial New Mexico
TALES, TRAILS & HISTORIAS: Reflections of a Territory
Friday, November 4 Museum Open Until 7 pm!
FIRST FRIDAY
5-7 pm On the Museum's Sidewalk: Make Your Own Dia de los Muertos mask before the First Friday Street Dance.
Inside the Museum Visit the community Dia de los Muertos Altar
Saturday, November 5 at the Museum Annex, 302 West Broadway
10 am-12 pm Children's State Symbol Craft Activity Program
Zia: State Flag and Cookie Making Class: Make a tissue paper flag and decorate a sugar cookie with the zia symbol.
2-3 pm Staged Play Reading of Blue Willow * FOR MATURE AUDIENCES *
This is the fourth of fifteen one act plays of the New Mexico Ghost Play Cycle by Victoria Tester www.nmghostplaycycle.com
Sunday, November 6 at the Silver City Woman's Club, 1715 Silver Heights Blvd.
1 pm Museum Society Annual Meeting
2:30 pm Special Presentation: "Looking at New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood through Political Cartoons," with Dr. Richard Melzer
$5 for the public, FREE to Museum Society members. The day's events will include a "Dr. Melzer Look-alike Contest," the winner of which will receive an autographed copy of one of Dr. Melzer's books. Copies of Dr. Melzer's books will be available for sale at the event, and he will sign copies after the presentation.
Thursday, November 10, 12 pm at the Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway
Special Brown Bag Lunch Presentation: The Spanish Jews in Nueva España: Unlocking the Past with Elsie Galaz Roman
Monday, November 14, 12 pm at the Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway
STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL Brown Bag Lunch Series: Surrounded by Sheep: Angoras in 1912 with Tom Hester
Saturday, November 19, 2pm at the Museum
Reading and Book Signing: Our Gal Someday by Frank Juszczyk
Silver City Museum November Calendar of Events
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