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Fiesta Latina 2024 June 6-9, 2024

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Published: 03 May 2024 03 May 2024

FiestaLatinaWestern New Mexico University acknowledges the deep roots New Mexico shares with Mexico. The territory of New Mexico gained statehood in 1912, yet the people living in the border regions and beyond continue to be influenced by these roots in all aspects of culture-- art, food, music, language, and customs. As a Hispanic Serving Institution, WNMU and Fiesta Latina aim to highlight those connections by creating fun, engaging, educational experiences for folks living in or visiting the borderlands to enjoy.

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Give Grandly! Give Local! May 4, 2024

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Published: 02 May 2024 02 May 2024

See pdf flyer below for details

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Give Grandly May 4, 2024 Donation Form

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Published: 01 May 2024 01 May 2024

Give Grandly has provided a donation form for your convenience.

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Back and Bigger than Before! 2024 Silver City Blues Festival!

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Published: 01 May 2024 01 May 2024

The 29 th Annual Silver City Blues Festival will take place over Memorial Day weekend May 24-26, at Gough Park in Silver City, NM. This year’s festival will be back to a 3 DAY EVENT starting with our Friday Kick Off at local venues around Silver City and followed by 2 FREE days of Blues at the park! This event is supported by local businesses and individual blues lovers, and especially by donations from attendees!

The festival is pleased to present nine amazing performers including:

Kelli Baker Band: A powerful voice dripping with a haunting sensuality that slips easily into growling old school blues-tones. Kelli and her band's music is an amalgamation of authentic blues/rock and heart-on-her-sleeve singer/songwriter pop with folk/gospel roots.Felix Y Los Gatos is back again to get people dancing with that mix of Zydeco, Tex-Mex, Blues, Gypsy/Jazz, and Swing with a dash of Outlaw Country. Come hear the mesmerizing and mystical sound of Santana-style Latino Soul Blues.Silver City's Own, Illusion Band. A versatile and well-loved local group, playing a variety of music including Tejano, Country, Oldies, and for this event, Blues!

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Give Grandly! Give Local! 65 Southwest New Mexico Nonprofits

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Published: 25 April 2024 25 April 2024

GGBoothsGive Grandly 2023: Give Grandly booths (photo by Bruce Bloy)GIVE GRANDLY! GIVE LOCAL! 65 SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO NONPROFITS SHOWCASED DURING OUR 2024 COMMUNITY DAY OF GIVING

For 11 years Give Grandly! has created space to connect and celebrate community non-profits. This year, 65 nonprofit organizations will participate in our -- live and in-person! -- event Saturday, May 4, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Makers Market in downtown Silver City. Online donations are also available to allow all to contribute and show appreciation for the work being done by these vital organizations. Our online platform opened April 20th at www.givegrandly.org , to inaugurate a month of giving.

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Silver Chorale community concerts

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Published: 23 April 2024 23 April 2024

SilverChoraleBryce Wooton, directs choir members of the Silver Chorale on one of their many “folk song” themed musical selections for their upcoming performances Friday May 3, at Terrazas Funeral Chapel in Santa Clara on 1 Ft. Bayard Road at 7pm and Sunday May 5, at the Silver City Church of Christ in Silver City at 1920 Little Walnut Road at 3pm. Melinda McClanahan will accompany the group on drum, Alexis Shirey and Karen Valentine, both on guitar for the song “Come Ye Ladies and Lairds.” Laurel Brown is the choir’s accompanist. The concerts are free to the public.Silver Chorale, a community mixed choir, is winding up rehearsals for this spring semester’s concerts coming soon. Friday, May 3, the chorale will perform at Terrazas Funeral Chapel at 7pm in Santa Clara at 1 Ft. Bayard Road, and Sunday, May 5 at the Silver City Church of Christ, located at 1920 Little Walnut Road in Silver City at 3pm.  The performances will be about an hour and a half long with intermission. The spring season presents a lighter fair with a “folk song” theme, as the singers will perform some recognizable favorites like “Shenandoah,” “Cindy,” “My Bonnie Lass She Smileth,” “Down in the Valley to Pray,” “Aura Lee,” and seven others, plus two songs in Spanish, “La Martiana” and “La Llorna.”

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Gila Wilderness Centennial Week calendarof events

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Published: 19 April 2024 19 April 2024

See below for full calendar

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Gabriel Ramos to hold dinner-fundraiser for his campaign for State Senator

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Published: 18 April 2024 18 April 2024

New Mexico Senate Candidate Gabriel Ramos to hold dinner/fundraiser for his campaign on April 27. For more information and how to get tickets, see poster below:

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