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Gila Wilderness Centennial Week calendarof events

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

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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Grant County Community Concert Association May 4, 2024

Grant County Community Concert Association

Saturday May 4

7:00 - 9:00 PM

The last concert of the GCCCA's 2023-24 concert season will feature Chrysalis Chamber Players with trumpeter Mary Bowden.  Launching the CCP’s 12th season, founder Mary Elizabeth Bowden will be performing and touring with the women of the Chrysalis Chamber Players, presenting a recital of works for solo trumpet and string quartet. The program includes outstanding new arrangements and compositions highlighting virtuosic works by Beach, Debussy, Haydn, Bach, Mozart, and more.

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The National Day Of Prayer - May 2, 2024

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"A Burlesque Take on the History of Baseball in SW New Mexico"

BurlesqueBaseballThis photograph of the "Slim Jims" (left) the umpire and the "Fat Fellows" was taken at Yankie and Main Streets, circa 1888. Photo courtesy of the Silver City Museum. Silver City Museum, WILL, Present

"A Burlesque Take on the History of Baseball in SW New Mexico"

Silver City -- For baseball fans, there's nothing like springtime and the start of baseball season. Thursday, April 18, the Silver City Museum and WILL (Western Institute for Lifelong Learning) present "A Burlesque Take on the History of Baseball in Southwest New Mexico," from noon to 1 pm at the Besse-Forward Global Resource Center on the campus of WNMU, at the corner of 12th and Kentucky streets. The event is free, and will be presented by local historian Doug Dinwiddie, PhD.

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Sherry and Bryce Wooton Musicale April 14, 2024

SherryBryceSherry and Bryce Wooton rehearse for The Sunday Afternoon Musicale, along with other vocalists,  keyboardists and the Jubilate Ringers, (hand-bell choir). Sunday, April 14, 3:00pm at the downtown Silver City Episcopal Church. Free admission with reception following. 

Love Your Library Day!! - More Details

Literacy Link-Leamos holds Love Your Library Day at the Silver City Public Library Saturday, April 20

(Silver City, NM) – Literacy Link-Leamos will host Love Your Library Day on Saturday, April 20, 10:00am – 2:00pm at the Silver City Public Library. The event will take place throughout the whole library and outside, featuring many fabulous door prizes, music, tinsel fairy-hair extensions, stories, games, bubbles, snacks, robot demos, and even a fire truck. The Fiddling Friends will play between noon and 1pm, and there will be lotería, crafts, and lots of free books. The NMSU Grant County Extension and other partners will be present.

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WNMU Distinguished Speaker Series ⁠ For April 2024⁠ ⁠

JudithFeinTuesday April 23, 7pm⁠

Light Hall Theater⁠ ⁠ 

Judith Fein is an award-winning travel journalist, inspirational speaker, film/opera/dance reviewer, and blogger who lives to leave. She is the author of three acclaimed books: How to Communicate With the Dead…and How Cultures Do It Around the World (September 2019); Life is a Trip: The Transformative Magic of Travel; and The Spoon From Minkowitz, about the importance of knowing where you come from.⁠ ⁠ 

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