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April Fools Community Dance and Costume Ball, with the Big Ditch Crickets
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- Published: 26 March 2023 26 March 2023
April 1 at the Murray Ballroom, Murray Hotel in Downtown Silver City, 200 West Broadway, Silver City, NM
From 6:30pm to 9pm
$10.00 suggested donation with children 10 and under free. Dance is a benefit for Mimbres Community radio, KURU and will include a silent auction.
A lively, fun, family friendly event! All dances taught or just come enjoy the band!
12th Annual Clay Festival to take place July 10-16,2023
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- Published: 24 March 2023 24 March 2023
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SAVE THE DATE: July 10-16, 2023 Founded in 2011 by Lee Gruber, the Silver city CLAY Festival celebrates and explores interpretations of clay, mud, and earth as the common ground of New Mexico's culture and history. CLAY Festival gathers artists, collectors, educators, and families for a week-long series of events to explore clay in its many forms as well as its impact on our history, present, and future. Each year, internationally acclaimed artists are invited to contribute to the dialogue of clay craft, host workshops, lectures, and jury the International CLAY Juried Exhibition, this year titled GRACE. |
High-flying Fun at Kite Picnic in Glenwood
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- Published: 23 March 2023 23 March 2023
By Cheryl Thornburg
The wide open spaces of Whitewater Mesa are perfect for kite enthusiasts. (Photo by David Thornburg)GLENWOOD -- If you’re looking for some family fun in the great outdoors, head for Glenwood on Saturday April 1 when the annual Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic returns to the wide open spaces on the mesa north of town. Hundreds people of all ages participate in this colorful, family-friendly event. It is sanctioned by the American Kitefliers Association so kite-fliers come from all around the state and the country to show off their spectacular creations.
Last year 168 people participated. There is plenty of space without fences to tangle your kite strings, and room to park for your tailgate picnic.
The event is not just for pros - - everyone from toddlers to senior citizens test their kite-flying skills.
SCHEDULE FIXED: Historical Society of New Mexico annual conference to take place in Silver City March 30-April 1
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- Published: 23 March 2023 23 March 2023
The Historical Society of New Mexico will hold its annual conference in Silver City from March 30 through April 1. Full schedule below in PDF format.
Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a Silver City native, will give a special presentation, "Roots of Dysfunction in the U. S. Congress" on March 31 at 7 p.m. in the Global Resource Center at Western New Mexico University.
And Professor Michelle Hall Kells, of UNM, will make a keynote presentation, "The Public Memory of 'Salt of the Earth,'" on March 30 at 5 p.m. at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Conference and Business Center.
The three-day conference features 35 sessions, the society's largest number ever. More than 90 presenters will explore events, cultures, stories, and perspectives of New Mexico history, from the earliest inhabitants to the recent past.