Event Calendar

September 2018 Events

September 1 McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council

Monthly meeting on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Red Mesa Center - 2:00pm Contact: Betsy Windisch, betsywindisch@ yahoo.com 505-722-9257 or Gerald O’Hara, gohactivities@aol.com 505-7225142

September 8 ArtsCrawl: On the Wild Side

7:00pm – 9:00pm, Downtown Gallup Wolf dogs, wild flowers and woodworking, oh my! More info: Facebook at ArtsCrawlGallup

Show Opening: Tasha N. Pop-up Show

7:00pm – 9:00pm, ART123 Gallery Tasha N.’s artwork will put a smile on your face. Guaranteed. More info on Facebook at ART123Gallery

Mother Road Bicycle Classic, Lexington Hotel - hosted by Care 66. 8:00am to noon. Four routes are available -10, 20, 40, and 66 miles. Registration is $66 plus raised pledges. Care66.blogspot.com for more information

September 9 A Taizé contemplative candlelight service

will take place at 4:00pm on Sunday, September 9th at Westminster Presbyterian Church-Gallup to provide an opportunity for silence and spiritual refreshment. The theme “Peace” will be explored through music, chant, prayer, quiet time, Scripture and readings of various faith traditions. Spend an hour in prayer for the healing of our broken world and planet. Please join us. The church is located at 151 State Highway 564 (Boardman Drive near Orleans Manor Apartments). Contact: Kathy Mezoff at 505870-6136

September 13

The 39th Annual Run for Fun. Sponsored by Gallup Kiwanis - 6:00pm at the Sports Complex, 925 Park Ave. For more information call John 505-863-3770.

September 15 2nd Annual NorthFest

10:00am – 3:00pm, UNM-Gallup’s North Campus. Music. Art. Storytelling. Family fun! More info: www.galluparts.org/northfest

Squash Blossom Classic Kent Hodges 1/2 marathon, 5K, 10K Trail Running Races. 8:00 am - More information: newmexicosportsonline.com

September 16 Squash Blossom Classic High Desert

Screamer Mountain Bike Race. 9:00am - High Desert Trail System. Register online at www.newmexicosportsonline.com.

September 20 Wine & Painting

6:00pm - 9:00pm, ART123 Gallery Register at www.galluparts.org/wine-andpainting.

September 21-23 Red Rock Motorsports Red Rock 100

Desert Race, OHV/ATV Park.

September 22 Charity Invitational 22 Golf Tournament

The Western Health Foundation Charity Invitational has become an institution lasting 22 years. This year the annual golf tournament returns to the Gallup Fox Run Golf Course with prizes and fun for golfers of all levels. Come join the fun and support a worthy cause. For more information, call 505-863-7287.

September 25

Stage and Screen will be performing at the El Morro Theater beginning at 7:00pm. This concert will kick off the Gallup Community Concert Series for 2018-2019, which is the 75th year of bringing concerts to Gallup. Adult memberships can be purchased for $45.00, students for $20.00, family membership for $100.00 (2 adults + school age children), and there will be a total of six concerts this season. Stage and Screen features international Virtuoso GARY ARBUTHNOT. Come to enjoy an evening of incredible musical themes from contemporary movies, Broadway, and opera. For more information call 505-870-7979 or 505-862-3939. Call to find out how you can earn a free membership. Memberships may be purchased at the door. Join us to help keep the association alive for many more years to come.

September 29

Charity Invitational Gala Dinner at Red Rock Park. The culmination of Charity Invitational is the Gala which will take place at Red Rock Park on Saturday, September 29th, at 6:00pm. Live music by Silver Country Band, an outdoor champagne reception, a delicious dinner prepared by the culinary arts students at Navajo Technical University, dancing, and a live auction of 6-7 specially selected items will all contribute to a fantastic evening celebrating all who have made Charity Invitational 21 a success. For more information or to purchase event tickets, call the Western Health Foundation at 505-863-7287.

McKinley Education Foundation

The McKinley Education Foundation is again offering classroom grants directly to teachers, librarians, and counselors with the Gallup McKinley County Schools. The Foundation is looking to support unique classroom educational projects with these grants. The deadline for applications is October 8, 2018. Grant applications must be made online from the Foundation’s website-McKinleykids.org. Additional details about the grants are also available on the website. The foundation is looking forward to awarding grants to the school’s educational staff.

On September 21st, A Soup & Salad Supper will be held at the Community Pantry from 4:30pm - 7:00pm. Come and enjoy a smorgasbord of soups and salad fixings (many from the pantry’s Hope Gardens) for a suggested donation of $5. The pantry is located at 1130 Hasler Valley Road - across from the Gallup Community Service Center. The supper is a fund-raiser for the annual CROP Hunger Walk to be held on Sunday, October 21st. CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) raises awareness about local and global food insecurity. A percentage of the funds stays in our community to support the work and programs of the Community Pantry. Come and enjoy a great supper, support your local community pantry, learn more about needs worldwide and how you can help to alleviate some of the suffering from natural disasters and the violence of war. For more information contact Betsy at betsywindisch@yahoo.com or Hilda at 505-726-8068.

Save the Date!

The Zuni Pueblo Artwalk organization has an event on October 13 and 14, 2018, in the Zuni Pueblo, NM. This event provides the opportunity for visitors to directly engage with artists and experience demonstrations in person for the dates posted. Come meet a variety of Zuni artists from Fetish carvers to silversmiths. More information: zunipuebloart.org

“STAGE AND SCREEN” Tuesday September 25, 2018

International Virtuoso GARY ARBUTHNOT presents a show that will thrill and delight all audiences. Now seen by a million people worldwide, his show “STAGE AND SCREEN” highlights incredible musical scores from contemporary movies, Broadway, and opera to some of the biggest rock and pop groups of the modern era.

ENMU JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Sunday October 28, 2018

The ENMU Jazz Ensemble is the premier jazz organization at Eastern. The ensemble is open, by audition, to those students who wish to perform and develop an appreciation for the jazz ensemble/big band literature. Repertoire covers a wide degree of jazz styles. The jazz ensemble performs throughout the fall and spring semesters for University and civic events, including the annual ENMU Jazz Fest.

“THE FUNNIEST NIGHT” Monday February 25, 2019

TODD OLIVER - comedian, ventriloquist, musician - brings his friends, Irving, Todd’s talking dog, and Pops, Miss Lilly, and Joey –Todd’s suitcase family, to the stage to perform hilarious fun and frolic as he leads the audience through a range of hilarity from canine conversations with Irving, to the amazing ventriloquism featuring Pops, Miss Lilly, and Joey, his lively suitcase family. Todd Oliver and Friends have been a feature on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late show with Craig Ferguson, The Today Show, a couple episodes of Walker Texas Ranger, and in 2012 they were a semi-finalist on America’s Got Talent.

7TH AVE Friday March 29, 2019

7th AVE is a group of four singers, two women and two men, brought together in 2016 by Chris Rupp, the founder and musical director of the country vocal band HOME FREE for 15 years . Chris is now taking his skills and talents to his latest and greatest project, 7th AVE, which is aiming to reinvent and up root the standard definitions of vocal music, combining elements of pop, swing, rockabilly, country and much more. 7th AVE is ready to forge a new identity in the music world.

PETER AND WILL ANDERSON TRIO

Thursday April 11, 2019

LADIES LIBERTY SHOW TROUPE

Thursday May 23, 2019

”Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone,” (New York Times) Peter and Will Anderson are one of the most extraordinary set of brothers performing music today. They have headlined at The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, and Jazz Festivals throughout the country. Their ensemble has performed in over 40 U.S. States, toured Japan, and featured four times in NYC’s famed “Highlights in Jazz. ” From deep within the heart of TEXAS, Ladies Liberty is a modern-retro SHOW TROUPE whose patriotic performers passionately promote the spirit of AMERICAN PRIDE through the songs of today and yesterday. Ladies Liberty’s endeavor is to encourage appreciation for our NATION’S HEROES and spark to the HEARTS OF ALL AMERICANS near and far!

On-going Events:

Mondays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics

Sacred Heart Cathedral Family Center 555 South Woodrow Dr., Gallup, NM. 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Tuesdays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics

One Day At A Time Club, next to Catholic Church, Ft. Defiance, Az. 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Wednesdays

Gallup Solar is hosting community conversations about all things solar Wednesdays from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at 113 E. Logan. Call 505-728-9246 for info on topics and directions.

Thursdays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics

Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Dr., Gallup, NM 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Saturdays Habitat for Humanity Fundraising Yard Sales

every Saturday, 9:00am to noon. Volunteers needed for home construction. Call Bill Bright at 505-7224226 for details and directions.

First Monday of Each Month

The City of Gallup’s Sustainable Gallup Board meets the first Monday of each month from 3:30pm to 5:00pm at the Octavia Fellin Library. Community members concerned about environmental issues are welcome. Call Bill Bright at 505-722-0039 for information.

Second Wednesday of Each Month

The McKinley County Health Alliance convenes from 11:00am to 1:00pm at the New Mexico Cancer Center across from UNM-Gallup. All are welcome to attend to engage in discussions about health, education, economic, and environmental inequities to help facilitate change in those systems. For more information call 505-870-9239.

Interested in Building Trails?

The New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors is an all-volunteer, non-political 501(c)3, non-profit organization dedicated to improving trails and outdoor recreation facilities throughout the state. We work mostly on public lands ranging from ABQ Open Space to NM State Parks to the federal lands managed by USFS, BLM, NPS, and USFWS. For more information: NMVFO.org