Saturday, November 22, 2008

Community Calendar

Thru Sun/Nov. 23

20th Annual Festival of the Cranes — Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. The largest event in Socorro County held each year the week before Thanksgiving. The event has dozens of workshops, birding tours, plant tours, keynote speakers, cowboy breakfast, fine arts show, photography seminars and a holiday crafts show. Many other related activities around town. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 575-835-2077.

Fri-Sat/Nov. 21-22

Anuual Christmas Store Open House — Manzanares Avenue. 575-838-0575.

Fri-Sun/Nov. 21-23

Festival of the Cranes Arts & Crafts Show — Finley Gym Complex on Center Street at McCutcheon. This craft show held during Festival of the Cranes features vendors that sell jewelry, quilts, pictures, pottery etc. 575-835-8927.

Sat/Nov. 22

2nd Annual Festival of the Cranes Art Studio Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Maps and guides are available at the Socorro Chamber of Comemrce. For more info, contact Barbara Szabo, 505-452-6300.

Tech Global Villiage Day, Noon — East Gym. Part of International Week. Everyone is invited!

Festival of the Cranes Keynote Speaker, 8 p.m. — Macey Center. Dr. Peter Raven speaks on "How Many Species Will Survive the 21st Century?" Rates of extinction are increasing. Tickets are $5 each.

Sat-Sun/Nov. 22-23

Arts & Crafts and Food Fair, 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. — San Antonio Elementary Gym. 575-835-1928.

12th Annual Turkey Tune-Up Soccer Tournament — Sedillo Park. AYSO teams compete for trophies and honors. Barbara, 575-838-2525.

Mon/Nov.24

Biology Seminar, 4 pm. — MSEC 105. Dr. Michaelann Tartis speaks on "Targeted Drug Delivery with Ultrasound, a novel method for combining ultrasound energy, ultrasound contrast agens and molecular imaging strategies to acchieve the design of an effective drug delivery strategy.

Air Rifle Practice, 5:30 p.m. — Tech Gym, Basement. Meets every Monday night. Free. Precision air rifles, pellets and targets are provided. For more info, contact Jim at 575-835-5409.

Bingo, 7 p.m. — DAV Hall, 200 N. 5th St. Blackout Bingo, $750 with 55 numbers or less. For more info, contact the DAV, 575-835-0843.

Tue/Nov. 25

Biology and MST Seminar, 4 p.m. — MSEC 101. Jeffrey Bogzevitz presents "A Cold May Only Last Two Days but Herpes is for Life: A mini-review of the significance of dsRNA in viral infection." The public is invited.

Advanced Python Applications, 4 p.m. — Speare 116. Discussion of Python programming methods. Free.

Programming with Python, 5:30 p.m. — MSEC 187. "Numeric and scientific packages." Free.

Wed/Nov. 26

Materials 467 Seminar, 2 pm. — Jones 106. Dr. A.D. Romig Jr., of Sandia National Laboratories, speaks on "Nanotech and the Terawatt Challenge."

Programming with Python, 4 p.m. — Speare 116. "Numeric and scientific packages." Free.

Advanced Python Appli-cations, 5:30 p.m. — Speare 116. Discussion of Python programming methods. Free.

Women's Empowerment Group, 5:30 p.m. — No meeting, Happy Thanksgiving! For more info, call 575-835-1140 or 505-514-5270.

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