Editing Silver City, New Mexico (section)

==Arts and culture==
Silver City is home to many musicians and artists and has a thriving downtown arts district.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitsilvercity.org/arts.html |title=Arts |website=VisitSilverCity.org |access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> The Silco Theater, built in 1923, was renovated and re-opened on February 26, 2016, as a 156-seat community movie house.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://thesilco.com/about-us |title=About Us » The Silco Theater |work=The Silco Theater |access-date=March 13, 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Mimbres Region Arts Council (MRAC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mimbresarts.org |title=Mimbres Region Arts Council – Nurture a creative community |website=www.mimbresarts.org}}</ref> has been named #1 arts council in New Mexico for a decade and is the recipient of the 2013 New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. MRAC presents the Silver City Blues Festival each May and Pickamania—a Bluegrass, Americana, Folk and acoustic festival—each September, in addition to a number of other arts events throughout the year. MRAC's Youth Mural Program has brought school children together with artists and community members to create over 40 public murals throughout the region.

Grant County Community Concert Association presents numerous performance events each fall, winter, and spring.<ref>{{cite web |title=GCCCA Home Page |url=http://www.gcconcerts.org/ |website=Grant County Community Concert Association |access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> The first [https://swwordfiesta.org/ Southwest Festival of the Written Word] was held in 2013, at multiple venues in historic downtown Silver City. Over 50 presenters—fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, bloggers, journalists, lyricists, editors, dramatists, and publishers from throughout the Southwest—were represented.

The Red Paint Pow Wow, Chicano Music Festival, Silver City Clay Festival, Red Dot Studio & Gallery Tours, Chocolate Fantasia, Gila River Festival, Red Hot Children's Fiesta, Tamal Fiesta y Mas and the Silver City Fiber Arts Festival are also held in Silver City.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo opened in 2023 featuring a live-music venue, artist workshops, and plant nursery. Run by two generations of native New Mexico residents with a strong appreciation for community and New Mexico culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scdailypress.com/2022/05/06/plant-nursery-market-just-first-phase-old-school-rehab/ |title=Plant nursery, market just first phase of old school rehab |date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>