2018 Photos - Silver City's Summer Fun for Adults and Kids

Silver City - Throughout the year, Silver City's many groups and volunteers help bring public programming in art, music, history, science and more to the local park, outdoor stage and School House, with something to appeal to every age group, from toddlers to elders. And the community really puts in the extra effort during the summer. Scroll through the photos below to see summer fun in Silver City 2018.

Sean Laughlin offered a well-attended Thai cooking class at the School House in June.

About 2 dozen kids and their parents attended the annual engineering mini-camp at the Silver City School House again this summer. The camp was led by the Society of Women Engineers, FLL Team VC Silver Bricks, FTC team Cyber Mafia, and F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). This year, the camp focus was on coding robots to move, with competition among each team's robots.

Cortney Bloomer of Healthy Communities led the annual Bicycle Safety Rodeo for ages 5-12 on the Silver City basketball court again this summer.

Jim Barcellos of University Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) taught his annual interactive science classes at the School House again this summer.

The Silver City Volunteer Library had lots of visitors this summer.

Thanks to Robert Elston, PhD for the May- June display at the local post office titled Progress in a Multi-year Archaeological Project. Dr. Elston was among those awarded a National Science Foundation award for the Grass Valley project.

United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra hosted their annual pre-K fun fair for preschoolers and their parents this summer.

Professional floral designer Lynnette Edmondson offered a free floral design class for adults at the School House this summer.

Mylo McCormick offered a free concert in the park this summer.

Lisa Godenick offered a free somatics workshop for adults at the School House.

The Society of Women Engineers, FLL Team VC Silver Bricks, FTC team Cyber Mafia, and F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) offered their annual engineering mini-camp again this summer, with a focus on coding robots to move.