There's plenty to do this week

By Aimee Staten
Managing Editor
Published on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:47 AM MST

Wow! If you have been moping about town looking for something to do lately, mope no more. This week is chock-full of local events that honor and memorialize everything from national events to local people.

There are announcements for all of these events, but we thought it would help you keep track if we listed them together. So get out your calendar and mark down these events.

• “Making Do with Less: Arizona Women and the Great Depression” will be presented March 26, 7 p.m., in the Phelps Dodge room at the Safford City-Graham County Library. All are invited to this free program.

• Arizona Opera presents selections from “The Magic Flute” and “La Traviata” on March 27, 7:30 p.m., at EAC’s Lee Little Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults and $3 for students and can be purchased in advance at Richards Music and the Chamber of Commerce or at the door the night of the performance.

• The Graham County Spring Fair is Thursday, March 27, through Sunday, March 30, and features rides, a biker and ATV rodeo, a cowboy rodeo, singing, fiddle and dance contests and a horse sale.

• “Fiddler on the Roof” is March 28, 29, 31 and April 4, 5 and 7, at 7:30 p.m. in EAC’s Fine Arts Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and can be purchased at the EAC Ticket Office.

• The Graham-Greenlee Special Olympics Track and Field Meet is March 29, 9 a.m., at Safford High School. Safford Lions will provide lunch.

• The Vietnam Memorial Wall arrives in Safford on March 29 and will be set up in Firth Park until April 6. About 2,000 motorcycle riders have been invited to escort the wall from Duncan to Safford. A reception will be held at the Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot, 755 S. 20th Ave., Safford, at noon. As part of the tribute to American military veterans, the Graham County Chamber of Commerce will host a book signing by Chaplain William Bell, who will sign his book, “Peace in the Valley.” The book is a memoir of the Safford native’s experiences as a U.S. Army chaplain in World War II.

• A Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Fair is March 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., in the Wal-Mart parking lot.

Comments

1 comment(s)

    reptilist wrote on Apr 2, 2008 9:11 AM:

    " You omitted one of the most popular events for our area...The XCFC Amateur Cage Fighting event "Manos de Guerra"!
    Several mixed martial arts practicioners from Graham and Greenlee County will be competing!
    The show will be this Saturday, April 5th, at North Park in Lordsburg. The gate opens at 5, fights start at 7. General admission is $20 (SRO). "

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