SILVER CITY SPECIAL EVENTS - 2008

JULY 2008:
July – Sept. 28: Exhibit ‘Glitter & Chalk: Carnival Prize Caricatures, 1915-1960’: The exhibit features a large number of carnival chalkware statues loaned from the collection of Eric Renner, along with Renner’s one-of-a-kind photographic “portraits” of individual chalkware figures.  Each image resulted from ten-to-thirty-minute time exposures using a pinhole camera and Polaroid 809 color film. Exhibit runs until Sept. 28^th, at the Silver City Museum. Read more.
July 4: 4th of July Parade & Festival: A wonderful parade made up of floats. After the parade everyone shows up in Gough Park  to celebrate with food, arts & crafts and booths of all kinds. Gough Park, Silver City, NM. Tel: (575) 538-3785, Web: www.SilverCityMuseum.org
July 4-5: Independence Day Celebration: Parades, fireworks and an old-time Ice Cream Social are highlights during Silver City's annual Independence Day festivities. Independence Day activities will span two days, Friday, July 4 & Saturday, July 5. Come join in for the fun! July 4 activities take place throughout Grant County, with its traditional parades, plus there will also be music, games, arts & crafts, food, and tug of war between the municipalities. Silver City's July 4 Parade features riders and groups celebrating Grant County's Western heritage: Many participants are mounted on horseback, adding to the Old West appeal of downtown Silver City. Enjoy a fun-filled weekend, ending with fireworks on Saturday, July 5 at dusk. It's a weekend you don't want to miss! For more information – Click here.
July 26-27: 15th Annual San Vincente Fiesta & 1st Annual Bike Run: Gough Park, Silver City. Info: (575) 538-9373

AUGUST:
July – Sept. 28: Exhibit ‘Glitter & Chalk: Carnival Prize Caricatures, 1915-1960’: The exhibit features a large number of carnival chalkware statues loaned from the collection of Eric Renner, along with Renner’s one-of-a-kind photographic “portraits” of individual chalkware figures.  Each image resulted from ten-to-thirty-minute time exposures using a pinhole camera and Polaroid 809 color film. Exhibit runs until Sept. 28^th, at the Silver City Museum. Read more.
Aug. 15-17: 17th Annual Run to Copper Country Car Show: Gough Park, Silver City
Aug. 23: Silver City Health Fair: 9am to Noon. Silver’s Knights of Columbus. Info: (575) 388-1198 x 10
August 28: Alpine Cowboy Poet Gathering - Mike Moutoux performs. Alpine, AZ  contact Evelyn Williams at 928 339-4925
Aug. 30-31: 15^th Annual San Vicente Artists Art Fair: The Fifteenth Annual San Vicente Art Fair features over 50 local and out-of-town artists and crafters showing and selling their wares at Big Ditch Park, located in the historic downtown area of Silver City. Be sure to leave time to visit the many art galleries that line Bullard, Broadway and Yankie streets as well as those located a bit off the beaten path. At the Silver City/Grant County Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center on Hudson Street, you can obtain a copy of SVA's "Artists Guide" which contains maps for ongoing Self-Guided Art Walks. For more information –  Click here.
Aug. 30-Sept. 1: 25^th Annual Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Show: The Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Show, a Labor Day Weekend tradition in Grant County, is celebrating twenty five years of showing high quality gems, minerals and jewelry. Thousands of visitors who leave their hot humid lowlands to travel to our cool clean mountain environment this year will enjoy the great diversity of material presented by over 50 vendors from all around the Southwestern United States, Mexico and more. Quantities of "rough" stones are available for cutting and polishing work. Equipment and supplies for these endeavors are available. The Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Club will also conduct a silent auction ending every 30 minutes throughout the show, with many fine mineral specimens, fossils, petrified wood, and cut slabs in each round of the auction. For more information – Click here.
 

SEPTEMBER:
Sept 1 – Sept. 28: Exhibit ‘Glitter & Chalk: Carnival Prize Caricatures, 1915-1960’: The exhibit features a large number of carnival chalkware statues loaned from the collection of Eric Renner, along with Renner’s one-of-a-kind photographic “portraits” of individual chalkware figures.  Each image resulted from ten-to-thirty-minute time exposures using a pinhole camera and Polaroid 809 color film. Exhibit runs until Sept. 28^th, at the Silver City Museum. Read more.