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Silver City, Nevada-For a town of less than 200 souls, the historic community of Silver City offers a remarkably rich variety of free, public events for all ages. Below are photos of some of the events that have been offered June through July 2016. Watch for announcements about future events at the bulletin board at the Post Office in Silver City, on the bulletin boards at the Silver City School House, and in Northern Nevada Newspapers and Silver City groups Facebook pages.

A summer full of free events kicked off with the Silver City Arts group hosting a reading by Shaun Griffin from his new memoir Anthem for a Burnished Land. Shaun is not only one of the West's highly admired poets, he's also been a great friend to rural communities across Nevada through his work as director of the social justice agency Community Chest Inc. He'll be reading from his memoir, a vivid record of his life in Nevada that describes the state's spectacular scenic beauty, and efforts by he and his wife Deborah Loesch Griffin to bring about social change.

Silver City Arts hosts acoustic music jam sessions on the 4th Saturday of each month from 3pm-5pm. This summer, the dates are June 25, July 23 and August 27. If you like to sing, or you play a musical instrument, or if you simply enjoy music, come to the Silver City School House.

In June, Mylo McCormick offered slide guitar demo for adults and teens. Now living in Carson City, emerging artist Mylo McCormick was born in Silver City, Nevada. Today he's lead guitarist with Mo'z Motley Blues, a Tahoe/ Carson Valley/Reno area "rockin' bluesy funky dance band" that performs everything from originals to covers of Jimi Hendrix, Patsy Cline, Elle King, Dwight Yoakam, James Brown, Meghan Trainor, Prince, Van Morrison, etc.

As part of the Resident Artist Program in Silver City's support for young emerging artists, 16 year old Mylo McCormick facilitated a music seminar for teens in June. Youths from Northern Nevada were selected for merit-based scholarships to attend the 3-day seminar at McCormick House. Participants shared their favorite music, including their own, and discussed issues connected with trends and compositional techniques over dinner. With instruments available at the seminar, plus their own, they had a chance to try free improvisation. The end product was a collaborative creation of an original composition.

On July 6th Silver City Arts presented Karen Kreyeksi's The Women's Project: The Gift at the Silver City School House. Kreyeski's exhibition featured paintings of women from Lyon and Storey communities.

London-based artist Claire Scully's well-attended illustration workshop in July focused on visual semantics and semiology, the signs and symbols people use to visually communicate an idea. Scully is a senior lecturer at Brighton University in London who has also been working as a freelance illustrator since graduating with a Masters in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins in 2006, with an ever expanding client list including the New York Times, The Guardian, penguin books, Random House, National Maritime Museum, Adidas, etc. Some of her incredible drawings are on view at an exhibition at University of Nevada Reno Galleries July through September 2016. Visit the Sheppard Contemporary gallery at UNR Monday through Thursday 1pm-4pm to see her work.

Jessica Sanford offered dance lessons and progressive relaxation exercises in July. She studied dance and social work at Indiana State University and teaches dance at Earlham College Wellness Center in Richmond, Indiana. With a Masters in Social Work from Indiana University, Sanford is also Director of Earlham College Counseling Services.