Local News Releases

Monday, Mar. 17

Hit and run
Bullard Street
Officer made contact with a female who advised another vehicle crashed into her 2024 Subaru Outback displaying a license number of (redacted) in the downtown area/unknown date and time.

Unwanted subject
Sotol Street
Caller says a homeless male is staying in the shed across the street from him and no one is supposed to be on the premises. Officer had contact with a named male who stated he is renting out the property.

Tuesday, Mar. 18

 Silver City -- The documentary, "Solace, Wisdom of the Dying," will be screened at the March 24 meeting of the "Death Cafe," a free, monthly meeting designed to spark dialogue and conversation about all things death-related, while also offering resources and assistance to help people prepare for their ultimate demise.

Solace was directed by hospice nurse Camille Adair, RN, and filmed in Northern New Mexico. The film grew out of her intimate experiences working with people facing death. Silver City resident, Diego Rose, was featured in the film, and will be present at the cafe to share his experience in the making of the film, as well as his perspectives on facing death.

SANTA FE, NM – New Mexico State Library recently launched its new Bookmobile West providing library resources, print books, audio books, DVDs, and more to residents in the south-western rural areas of the state.

"We are so excited to have the new bookmobile so that we can provide our patrons with the books, materials, and services they deserve in a safe and comfortable environment," says Martin Sedillo, Rural Bookmobile West Manager.

The new bookmobile features 70 feet of shelf space and more than 1,000 books. Patrons can check out everything from Southwest fiction and non-fiction to mysteries, fantasy, romance, children's books, young adult fiction and non-fiction, and many other genres.

Silver City Theatre has brought in New York director Krysta Hibbard to facilitate Theatre Production workshop at the Hearth, 1915 N Swan St., 3/20-3/22. Ms Hibbard is known for her work on the Tony Awards, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and Silver City Theatre's production of Eleemosynary. She will be joined via Zoom in the workshop by University of South Dakota's Theatre Department Scott Mollman, Production Manager, Tyler Micheel, Lighting and Sound, Victor Shonk, Scenic Design, Kristina Shneskoff, Costume Design and our very own Wendy Spurgeon, Director and Acting Coach. This event is both in person and Zoom. Following is the schedule for this event.

Elizabeth Gerdeman poses with one of her artworks in the Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art at WNMU. Her exhibition, "A Weather Eye," will be on display from March 20 to April 10, 2025SILVER CITY, NM – For the first time, the Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art at Western New Mexico University will feature a special exhibition of work by an Artist-in-Residence who has been working in the Department of Expressive Arts this academic year. Elizabeth Gerdeman's solo exhibition "A Weather Eye" is rich with meteorological explorations that are approached with a playful wit, compassion, and sense of wonder.

Gerdeman, who holds a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design and an MFA from the Ohio State University, is best known for examining the often-conflicting ways people conceive of the natural world. Her method is multidisciplinary, working with a range of materials to create mixed-media paintings that are frequently situated as site-based interventions and installations.

GLENWOOD — Actress Van Ann Moore brings to life an amazing 19th century woman for her upcoming Chautauqua performance at Glenwood Community Center at 6 p.m. Saturday March 22. Chautauqua performers take on the persona of historical figures and recount their lives in a personal way and respond to questions in character.

Van Ann's previous program really impressed members of Glenwood Woman's Club, who in cooperation with the New Mexico Humanities Council, are sponsoring this event.

This time around, Van Ann is recreating Jessie Benton Fremont, who, along with her father, Senator Thomas Hart Benton and husband, John Charles Fremont, a famous American explorer known as the great "Pathfinder," helped to make manifest destiny a reality.

Saturday, April 12; 1:00 -- 4:30 PM
Title: Embody Your Vision
a 1/2-day workshop w/ Pamela Morgan
If your vision can live in your body it can live in the world.

Do you have a sense of how the world could be, how you think it should be? Do you long for a different way of living on our planet? Do you move between idealism and cynicism? Embody Your Vision will help us focus on our visions for a good world and balance the light and the dark.

The Western Institute for Lifelong Learning (WILL), best known for offering an eclectic array of learning opportunities for the community, also hosts members with common interests, termed enthusiast groups. Most recently, an international travel group has been inaugurated, joining groups dedicated to writing and fishing.