Christina Nealson was recognized by Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith on May 26 as the new Poet Laureate of Silver City and Grant County. She is the latest honoree in a long line of distinguished poets beginning in 2012. Christina will serve from 2026-2028, and has exciting ideas to bring poetry into the community. Nealson is the […]
In celebration of National Poetry Month, for the second year, poet laureate Heather Frankland has curated the Poetry Long Weekend, working with other poets, libraries, and businesses to co-organize the event. The Poetry Long Weekend is a series of interconnected poetry events coordinated to be on the same weekend in order to showcase our vibrant […]
Grant County author Elizabeth Randolph, writing as EJ Randolph, will present the next workshop in The Write Stuff writing series:A 1½-hour craft talk titled:Going Deeper: Deep POV for writers of all forms of fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction Workshop DetailsSaturday, June 71:30–3:00 PMUnitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City3845 N. Swan St, Silver City, NM What […]
This April, the Bayard Public Library is proud to celebrate National Poetry Month by welcoming New Mexico poet Michelle Otero for a weekend of workshops and community gathering. With support from Southwest Word Fiesta and LULAC Silver City Council 8003, these events are designed to bring people together through the shared experience of poetry. On […]
Long before the “Acid Western” had a name, The Devil’s Mistress was redefining the genre. Shot in 1965 by NMSU professor Orville “Buddy” Wanzer with a cast of Las Cruces locals, this trailblazing indie film put Southern New Mexico on the cinematic map. Now, after years in obscurity, it returns in a newly restored version […]
Silver City, NM – Celebrate the power of words and community at the Winter Poetry Challenge Finale on January 31, 2025, hosted by the Silver City Public Library and Grant County Poet Laureate Heather Frankland. This free event invites poets, writers, and creatives of all ages to collaborate on a unique place-based poetry collage, blending individual voices into a collective masterpiece. Event […]
We respectfully acknowledge that the entirety of southwestern New Mexico is the traditional territory, since time immemorial, of the Chis-Nde, also known as the people of the Chiricahua Apache Nation. The Chiricahua Apache Nation is recognized as a sovereign Native Nation by the United States in the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Friendship of 1 July 1852 (10 Stat. 979) (Treaty of Santa Fe ratified 23 March 1853 and proclaimed by President Franklin Pierce 25 March 1853).
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