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November 10, 2019 - November 16, 2019
November 10, 2019 - November 16, 2019
  • Now Showing at the Silco Theater  ::  Arts & Music

    "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" (PG) 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00pm   

    Location  Silco Theater

    Contact  www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185

  • 10:00am - 11:00am  "Seeking a Path to Honor Commitment, Not War"   ::  Spiritual

    Karen Benediktson has considered how to approach Veterans Day from a path of seeking peace. She will share parts of her journey, provide a place to honor veterans close to your heart and hold space for your own questioning. You ...   

    Contact  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or www.uufsc.com

  • 02:00pm  Movies at the Light Hall Theater  ::  Arts & Music

    "Judy" (PG-13)   

    Location  Light Hall Theatre

    Contact  movies.wnmu.edu

  • 02:00pm - 03:30pm  “The 19th Amendment and Diversity: What it Means for Us Today”   ::  Education

    The Silver City/Southwest New Mexico Branch of AAUW will present this program. Marie Johnson will talk about the Centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the struggle for women’s right to vote which is more than ever critical in our ...   

    Contact  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 06:00pm - 11:59pm  244th Marine Corps Birthday Ball.  ::  Social Events

    Pre-event tickets can be purchased for $30 single, $55 couple; at the door the cost is $35 single, $60 couple. Early ticket deadline is Nov. 8. Checks can be sent to P.O.Box 2251,SCNM,.88062. Dinner is a choice of prime rib or ...   

    Location  WNMU Cafeteria

  • Gila National Forest Offices Closed on Veterans Day  ::  Legal Notices

    Gila National Forest offices and ranger stations will be closed on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day and in honor of Americans who have served in the armed forces. Regular business hours will resume Tuesday, November 12. Day-use ...   

    Location  Gila National Forest Supervisor's Office

  • Silver City Public Library Closed For Veterans Day  ::  Legal Notices

    Regular Library hours will resume Tuesday, November 12. Library hours are: Monday - Thursday, 9:00am - 6:00pm; Friday, 10:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday, 10:00am - 2:00pm; Closed Sunday.   

    Location  Silver City Public Library

    Contact  575-538-3672 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 10:00am  Babytime, Sing and Play  ::  Kids' Activity

    Join us for stories, songs and rhymes, and movement for infants 0-24 months and their caregivers. Free, no registration necessary.   

    Location  Silver City Public Library

    Contact  575-538-3672 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 10:00am  Veterans' Day ceremony at Fort Bayard National Cemetery  ::  Public Meetings

    The annual Veterans' Day ceremony will take place at Fort Bayard National Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 at 10 a.m.   

    Location  Fort Bayard National Cemetery

  • 10:30am - 02:30pm  Santa Clara/Historic Fort Bayard Visitors Center  ::  Social Events

    Winter schedule, open Mondays and Fridays.   

    Location  Santa Clara Armory

  • 10:30am  Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County Meeting  ::  Social Events

    Entertainment will be about Children, Youth and Families and Foster homes. Speaker to be announced. Cost for lunch is $12. All singles are welcome.   

    Location  Cross Point Assembly of God Church

    Contact  575-537-3643

  • 11:00am  Laughter Yoga  ::  Health & Wellness

    Use the physical act of laughter to enhance your health. No jokes are used, but lots of breathing, laughing and clapping. Free.   

    Location  Lotus Center

    Contact  Mary Ann Finn: 575-388-0243

  • 12:00pm - 12:55pm  Zumba Gold  ::  Health & Wellness

    Based on the international Zumba Fitness Format, this class is designed for beginners and/or older adults. We use Rock n Roll, Latin and International music to move and have fun. Class suitable for all levels. Wear loose, comfortable clothing. First ...   

    Location  Silver City Recreation Center

    Contact  Liz Mikols 575-313-6883 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 12:05pm - 01:00pm  New Hope Al-Anon Family Group   ::  Health & Wellness

    Al Anon Family Groups are for family and friends of alcoholics. This is an Open Meeting of Al-Anon.   

    Location  First Presbyterian Church

    Contact  575-313-7891

  • 05:45pm  Zumba in Hurley  ::  Health & Wellness

    Monday thru Thursdays at 5:45 pm, at the Hurley Community Center. Zumba Fitness is a moderate-high intensity aerobic fitness class moving to Zumba choreography and inspired Latin music. All classes cost $3/class.   

    Location  Hurley Community Center

  • 07:30pm  Virus Theater Presents Commedia Dell’arte Play, "The Green Bird"  ::  Arts & Music

    Tickets are $12 for adults/$6 for students and are available at the El Sol box office or in advance at Vintage Fantasies. "The Green Bird" presents a story full of humor and fairy tale, of commoners versus the elite, of ...   

    Location  El Sol Theater

    Contact  575-654-7357 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 12:00pm - 01:00pm  Freeport-McMoran’s Reclamation Manager Discusses Local Mining at Rotary Meeting  ::  Social Events

    Thomas Shelley, Freeport-McMoran’s Reclamation Manager for New Mexico Operations, will talk about mining and legislative changes affecting mining. There is no charge to attend the meeting and presentation, but guests are asked to contribute $10 if they wish to join the ...   

    Location  WNMU Sunset Room, 2nd Floor Cafeteria

  • 01:00pm - 03:00pm  Gilawriters Expressive Writing Group   ::  Arts & Music

    The Gilawriters Expressive Writing Group welcomes writers of all levels to participate. All writing is done during the session. Free. Endorsed by the Southwest Festival of the Written Word at www.swwordfiesta.org   

    Location  Murray Ryan Visitor Center

    Contact  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 575-534-0207

  • 04:00pm - 05:00pm  Minecraft Club  ::  Kids' Activity

    Kids ages 6-12 are invited to play and explore collaboratively with Minecraft in a social setting. If you have a Minecraft account, bring your login information. If you do not, the library will provide a log-in for you. Free, no ...   

    Location  Silver City Public Library

    Contact  575-538-3672 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 05:00pm - 06:00pm  Yoga for Veterans   ::  Health & Wellness

    FREE (active duty and military families as well). Every Tuesday Beginners level, very gentle. Held at the American Legion Hall 409 College Ave. Silver City. Park in the back and enter from that door. Sponsored by the Lotus Center, a ...   

    Location  American Legion Post 18

  • 05:45pm  Zumba in Hurley  ::  Health & Wellness

    Monday thru Thursdays at 5:45 pm, at the Hurley Community Center. Zumba Fitness is a moderate-high intensity aerobic fitness class moving to Zumba choreography and inspired Latin music. All classes cost $3/class.   

    Location  Hurley Community Center

  • 07:30pm  Virus Theater Presents Commedia Dell’arte Play, "The Green Bird"  ::  Arts & Music

    Tickets are $12 for adults/$6 for students and are available at the El Sol box office or in advance at Vintage Fantasies. "The Green Bird" presents a story full of humor and fairy tale, of commoners versus the elite, of ...   

    Location  El Sol Theater

    Contact  575-654-7357 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 10:00am - 11:15am  Ballet for Adults; Body and Spirit with Sallyann "Sam" Mulcahy  ::  Health & Wellness

    For more information on the class, please visit:http://www.lotuscentersc.org/classes-moving-arts/   

    Location  Lotus Center

    Contact  http://www.lotuscentersc.org/classes-moving-arts/

  • 10:30am  Storytime  ::  Kids' Activity

    Join us for stories, songs and rhymes, movement, and simple crafts. Storytimes are designed for children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Free, no registration necessary.   

    Location  Silver City Public Library

    Contact  575-538-3672 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 11:00am  Ribbon Cutting for the Kelly Street Project   ::  Social Events

    At the corner of Kelly and Bullard Streets. So much work by so many to get this project completed. Please help us celebrate with a ribbon cutting!   

    Location  Silver City, New Mexico

  • 01:00pm  Gin Rummy at Tranquilbuzz Coffee House   ::  Social Events

    Beginners welcome, experts challenged.    

    Location  Tranquil Buzz Coffee House

    Contact  575-534-9355

  • 04:00pm - 05:00pm  Future Engineers  ::  Kids' Activity

    Creative construction and experimenting fun with LEGO® bricks, K'NEX®, Strawbees, and more! This activity is geared toward children ages 6-12. Free, no registration necessary.   

    Location  Silver City Public Library

    Contact  575-538-3672 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 05:45pm  Zumba in Hurley  ::  Health & Wellness

    Monday thru Thursdays at 5:45 pm, at the Hurley Community Center. Zumba Fitness is a moderate-high intensity aerobic fitness class moving to Zumba choreography and inspired Latin music. All classes cost $3/class.   

    Location  Hurley Community Center

  • 06:00pm - 07:00pm  Al-Anon Family Group   ::  Health & Wellness

    This is an Open meeting.   

    Location  Arenas Valley Church of Christ

    Contact  575-313-7891

  • 06:30pm  Spaghetti Night with Byron Trammel  ::  Arts & Music

    Live music   

    Location  Buckhorn Saloon

  • 07:30pm  Virus Theater Presents Commedia Dell’arte Play, "The Green Bird"  ::  Arts & Music

    Tickets are $12 for adults/$6 for students and are available at the El Sol box office or in advance at Vintage Fantasies. "The Green Bird" presents a story full of humor and fairy tale, of commoners versus the elite, of ...   

    Location  El Sol Theater

    Contact  575-654-7357 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • Now Showing at the Silco Theater  ::  Arts & Music

    "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" (PG) 4:00pm; "Zombieland: Double Tap" (R) 7:00pm   

    Location  Silco Theater

    Contact  www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185

  • WildWorks CANCELLED Thursday, November 14.   ::  Kids' Activity

    WildWorks is cancelled on November 14.   

    Location  Silver City Public Library

    Contact  575-538-3672 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 12:00pm - 01:00pm  Lyons-Campbell Ranch with Alex Ocheltree  ::  Education

    The Lyons-Campbell Ranch was at its peak a one-million acre ranch owned by Englishmen Tom Lyons and Scottish prospector Angus Campbell. They created an empire that was one of the truly great ranches of the West until the still-unsolved murder ...   

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    Location  Silver City Museum Annex

  • 01:00pm - 04:00pm  Building Personal Resilience Through Self-Care Workshop  ::  Health & Wellness

    $25 per participant. RSVP is required due to the workshop’s interactive nature. Learn how to manage "second hand trauma", a risk for nonprofit workers. For more information on the workshop or the Nonprofit Resource Group call 575-597-0035 or email: NRG@frontierus.org ...   

    Location  Western New Mexico University

    Contact  575-597-0035 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or http://frontierus.org/what-we-do-nonprofit-resource-group

  • 05:00pm  TOPS# 0288 Chapter (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)  ::  Health & Wellness

    Weigh in from 5:00 to 5:30 pm and our meeting starts at 5:30 pm at First Presbyterian Church (use side door). Come meet the members, get tips on getting started and think about joining us to make your life healthy.   

    Location  First Presbyterian Church

    Contact  John Pace at 505-934-1182 or Jan Embree-Bever at 303-902-8236

  • 05:45pm  Zumba in Hurley  ::  Health & Wellness

    Monday thru Thursdays at 5:45 pm, at the Hurley Community Center. Zumba Fitness is a moderate-high intensity aerobic fitness class moving to Zumba choreography and inspired Latin music. All classes cost $3/class.   

    Location  Hurley Community Center

  • 07:00pm  Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole   ::  Arts & Music

    Admission: $15 Cajun, Creole and Zydeco (Louisiana French) music. Tickets available online at www.wnmu.edu/culture   

    Location  Light Hall Theatre

    Contact  www.wnmu.edu/culture or 575-538-6469 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 07:30pm  Virus Theater Presents Commedia Dell’arte Play, "The Green Bird"  ::  Arts & Music

    Tickets are $12 for adults/$6 for students and are available at the El Sol box office or in advance at Vintage Fantasies. "The Green Bird" presents a story full of humor and fairy tale, of commoners versus the elite, of ...   

    Location  El Sol Theater

    Contact  575-654-7357 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • Now Showing at the Silco Theater  ::  Arts & Music

    "Zombieland: Double Tap" (R) 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00pm   

    Location  Silco Theater

    Contact  www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185

  • 10:30am - 02:30pm  Santa Clara/Historic Fort Bayard Visitors Center  ::  Social Events

    Winter schedule, open Mondays and Fridays.   

    Location  Santa Clara Armory

  • 01:00pm - 05:00pm  Fire Cider Day  ::  Social Events

    Fire Cider is a long-time traditional herbal remedy. Come and taste delicious Fire Cider appetizers! Try Desert Woman’s new, limited edition, “Campfire Cider”: smoky, intriguing, and mysterious, (approved by Smokey the Bear). There will be readings and book signing of the new ...   

    Location  Bear Creek Herbs

    Contact  575-388-5035

  • 05:00pm - 07:00pm  Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography Opening Reception  ::  Arts & Music

    This is an exhibition of the pinhole photography and assemblages of Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner who have worked individually and collaboratively for decades. Images from many bodies of work will be exhibited, both black and white and color.  The exhibit will ...   

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    Location  Light Art Space

  • 05:30pm - 06:30pm  Women's Al-Anon Meeting: Women Embracing Recovery   ::  Health & Wellness

    At La Clinica Health and Birth Center, We-R Group (a Women’s feelings meeting). Park on Ridge Loop; walk around the building to enter via side entrance to lower level. This meeting is limited to female Al-Anon members and prospective members.   

    Location  La Clinica Health & Birth Center

    Contact  Contact:575-313-7891

  • 07:00pm  Gila Native Plant Society Monthly Meeting  ::  Social Events

    Patrice Mutchnick will talk on “Gila Wilderness Canyon Flora: Natives and the Riparian Invasion.” This past summer, with help from a grant from the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, the Heart of the Gila organization held four canyon stewardship days and executed a five-day ...   

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    Location  WNMU Harlan Hall

    Contact  www.gilanps.org/events/programs/

  • 07:00pm  Movies at the Light Hall Theater  ::  Arts & Music

    "Rambo Last Blood" (R)   

    Location  Light Hall Theatre

    Contact  movies.wnmu.edu

  • 07:30pm  Virus Theater Presents Commedia Dell’arte Play, "The Green Bird"  ::  Arts & Music

    Tickets are $12 for adults/$6 for students and are available at the El Sol box office or in advance at Vintage Fantasies. "The Green Bird" presents a story full of humor and fairy tale, of commoners versus the elite, of ...   

    Location  El Sol Theater

    Contact  575-654-7357 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • Now Showing at the Silco Theater  ::  Arts & Music

    "Zombieland: Double Tap" (R) 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00pm   

    Location  Silco Theater

    Contact  www.thesilco.com or 575-956-6185

  • 09:00am - 03:00pm  Holiday Craft Show in Lordsburg  ::  Rural Roads

    Handmade jewelry, crafts, baked goods, woodworks, crochet and knit items, jelliies and jams and much more. Sponsored by Lordsburg-Hidalgo Chamber of Commerce.   

    Location  Central Elementary School

    Contact  575-542-9864

  • 09:00am - 01:00pm  NRA 'Refuse To Be A Victim' Class   ::  Education

    Grant County Federated Republican Women is co-sponsoring the NRA 'Refuse To Be A Victim' class with Gila Tactical. This class is free to women in Grant County, but class size is limited. Please call 575-313-7997 to reserve your space.   

    Location  Cross Point Assembly of God Church

    Contact  575-313-7997

  • 10:00am - 02:00pm  Autumn Abundance Celebration  ::  Social Events

    Mesquite Milling - $4/gallon to mill your mesquite pods into flour 10am - 2pm. Don't have pods? please come anyway to learn and interact! Wild and Local Foods Potluck Brunch - mesquite pancakes & coffee provdied 10am-noon. bring a dish to ...   

    Location  The Commons

  • 10:00am - 02:00pm  Silver City Farmers' Market  ::  Social Events

    Saturday market to remain open in temporary location with new hours. Fresh produce, food and fun.   

    Location  Temporary Farmers Market

  • 10:30am - 02:30pm  Fort Bayard Museum Winter Hours  ::  Social Events

    The Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society has announced that effective November 2, the Museum, located in the historic Hospital Commander’s house at Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark, will be open Saturdays only, from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Special hours and tours of the ...   

    Location  Fort Bayard Museum

  • 12:15pm - 12:45pm  Fiddling Friends  ::  Arts & Music

    Dancing, music, and joy from the Fiddling Friends. Toe-tapping, finger snapping, heart happy, never sappy, dance music of the world. All ages, free, no registration necessary.   

    Location  Silver City Public Library

    Contact  575-538-3672 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • 07:00pm  Movies at the Light Hall Theater  ::  Arts & Music

    "Rambo Last Blood" (R)   

    Location  Light Hall Theatre

    Contact  movies.wnmu.edu

  • 07:30pm  Virus Theater Presents Commedia Dell’arte Play, "The Green Bird"  ::  Arts & Music

    Tickets are $12 for adults/$6 for students and are available at the El Sol box office or in advance at Vintage Fantasies. "The Green Bird" presents a story full of humor and fairy tale, of commoners versus the elite, of ...   

    Location  El Sol Theater

    Contact  575-654-7357 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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