Local News Releases
These releases come from other sources than the Grant County Beat. This category will include events in and news releases from Grant, Catron, Hidalgo and Luna counties.
Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter – Sept. 18 through Sept. 21, 2023
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- Published: 22 September 2023 22 September 2023
Monday, Sept. 18
Welfare check
Little Walnut Road
Caller advising he heard a gunshot coming from the area of his parents' house and heard his nephew's voice and his mom crying. Caller resides down the hill and said everything echoes and that's how he heard it. Advised his parents are always having trouble with his nephew who resides with them. Deputy advised everything is okay.
Welfare check
S. Highway 90 – Grant County
Caller advising her named friend texted her advising "Call 911. I am hurt." Deputy requested ambulance to location/possibly broken knee/struck right cheek/fingers are bleeding/44-year-old male. Deputy advised one in investigative detention. EMS1 advised to page in 2.
WNMU Cultural Affairs October events
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- Published: 21 September 2023 21 September 2023
October 3- President’s Chamber Music Series
Nomad Ensemble-Piano Trio
Light Hall Theater
7pm - $15
Tickets wnmu.edu/culture
Featuring musicians from the NM Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, and Santa Fe ProMusica.
Repertoire for the program titled ‘Spirit and the Maiden’
Horatio Parker – Suite, op. 35
Carl Nielsen – Piano Trio, CNW 68
Elena Kats-Chernin – Spirit and the Maiden
Robert Fuchs – Piano Trio, op. 72
October 19- Sona Jobarteh
Gambian Kora virtuoso
Light Hall Theater
7pm - $15
Tickets and info at wnmu.edu
“Sona Jobarteh is Africa’s first female griot kora virtuoso, and also a fine singer and composer, blending traditional music, blues and Afropop to impressive effect” –Robin Denselow, The Guardian
The spirit of Sona Jobarteh’s musical work stands on the mighty shoulders of The West African Griot Tradition; she is a living archive of the Gambian people. With one ear on the family’s historic reputation, one on the all-important future legacy and her heart in both places, she is preparing a place today for the next generation. Her singing and Kora playing while fronting her band, spring directly from this tradition. The extent of her recognition today is evidenced by more than 23 + million watchers on YouTube and considerable numbers on other digital platforms. All this despite singing in her native languages and keeping to her own path within the music industry.
Sona Jobarteh’s Live performances and speaking engagements zoomed to 52 performances with 12 sell outs during 2019 and post-pandemic to 67 in 2022; she completed 15 dates in USA from the Hollywood Bowl in LA to Symphony Space in NYC; she added WOMAD Australia and New Zealand. Sona has increased her audiences in London to sell out 1200 seats at The Barbican, 2,000 in Cologne’s Philharmonie, when playing Paris for the second time at Seine Musicale it sold out all 1200 places. These band performances are under-pinned by her skills as a composer arising from early days at London’s RCM and Purcell School of Music. She scored the film Motherland in 2010 and by 2022 was scoring some of the Hollywood blockbuster “Beast” starring Idris Elba, co-writing a track on LL Cool J’s latest with Q Tip and filming several of her live shows for CBS’ “60 minutes”.
Library Hosts Silver City Jazz Trio at the Silco
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- Published: 21 September 2023 21 September 2023
The Silver City Public Library is pleased to host a free concert featuring the Silver City Jazz Trio at the Silco Theater Monday, October 2 at 4:00 PM. The concert is free thanks to the generous support of the Friends of the Library!
Join us while the Silver City Jazz Trio performs their own twist on classics by the Masters of Jazz! This terrific trio focuses on spontaneous improvisation while keeping the past in mind for a new spin on classic jazz. Listeners can expect to be treated to new takes on songs from some the greatest jazz musicians including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and many others. The Silver City Jazz Trio includes John Tank on tenor saxophone, John D. Mitchell on keyboard, and Robert Daniel Ojinaga on drums. Come and enjoy an evening of good company and great music.
For more information call the library at (575) 538-3672 or email at programs@silvercitypubliclibrary.org. programs@silvercitypubliclibrary.org. The Silver City Public Library is located at 515 W. College Avenue and online at silvercitypubliclibrary.org.
200 Silver City Children to Participate in NDI New Mexico Residency Program
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- Published: 21 September 2023 21 September 2023
More than 200 Silver City Children to Participate in
NDI New Mexico Residency Program
Three-Week Program Marks the 30th Anniversary of Organization’s Partnership
with Silver City Community
Culminates in Live Performances of “Reach Out! Sweet Sounds of Motown”
SANTA FE, N.M. (September 21, 2023) National Dance Institute (NDI) New Mexico today announced its residency dance program for more than 200 local students. The program, which runs Sept. 25 through Oct. 12, will culminate in live performances of “Reach Out! Sweet Sounds of Motown” on Oct. 12.
Participants include students from the Harrison Schmitt, Central, GW Stout, and Jose Barrios elementary schools, as well students from Guadalupe Montessori, Aldo Leopold Charter, La Plata Middle School, Pecos Cyber Academy and Snell Middle School. Students who are members of NDI New Mexico’s Super Wonderful Advanced Team and Celebration Team will participate in the program, as well local kindergarteners, parents, and schoolteachers.
Awesome Teen and Children Programs at the Silver City Public Library- October
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- Published: 21 September 2023 21 September 2023
Silver City –We are back in Fall. And with Fall, we have a bunch of great programming, perfect for the spooky season.
The Teen and Children’s programming is made possible by the Friends of the Library.
We have most of our programming on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Right away we have Robots. This is where you build and program robots. You build from LEGO Mindstorms and program using block coding. This is on October 3, at 4pm.
Silver City seeking to fill one volunteer for Trails and Open Space Advisory Committee
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- Published: 21 September 2023 21 September 2023
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Mayor of the Town of Silver City is accepting
applications to fill one (1) volunteer position on the
Trails and Open Space Advisory Committee.
This position is for a volunteer that is a resident
of the Town of Silver City or owner of a business located in Silver City.
Appointments shall be two-year terms, and appointees are eligible for
reappointment.
The Committee members will be appointed by the Mayor, with consensus
of the Town Council. A Committee chairperson will be chosen by the
Committee members at their initial meeting. The chairperson will also
serve as a liaison between the Town staff and the public.
Gila Wilderness Centennial anniversary poster contest
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- Published: 20 September 2023 20 September 2023
Gila National Forest accepts submissions now through December 1
MIMBRES, NM, September 20, 2023 – Calling all artists! The Gila National Forest invites you to submit your artwork for inclusion in Gila Wilderness Centennial posters. The winning contributors’ artwork will be used as part of an outreach campaign happening next year in celebration of 100 years of the Gila Wilderness.
“The designation of the Gila Wilderness on June 3, 1924, was a major milestone in American history, becoming the world’s first designated Wilderness Area,” said Wilderness District Ranger Henry Provencio. “Centennial celebrations in 2024 will incorporate our communities, art, music, food, theatre, and so much more. This poster contest is the primer, incorporating artwork by members of the public into educational and outreach materials that will be used throughout next year.”
Mechanical and hand thinning to resume in Litte Walnut area
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- Published: 20 September 2023 20 September 2023
Project continues this fall and winter to reduce wildfire threat in high risk areas near Silver City, New Mexico
SILVER CITY, NM, Sept 20, 2023 – The Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District plans to resume thinning with heavy machinery and chainsaws in the Little Walnut area this fall and winter. The work continues the Joint Chiefs’ Bear Creek to Signal Peak Collaborative Restoration project, a joint U.S. Department of Agriculture effort between the Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Forest Service. The New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division, Socorro District, is a key partner, assisting with project assessment and subcontracting with local forestry contractors to complete the work.