Community Calendar

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

The son of an evangelical minister and a schoolteacher/librarian, Jay Rogers was on track to follow his father to the pulpit. Then he read the Bible … really read it. His study led him to atheism, then humanism. Jay is an Albuquerque resident, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Army, father, husband and friend to anyone who wants to be. Jay will explain his understanding of humanism and why it has become his guiding life philosophy.

“We talk a lot about what humanism is,” Jay says. “But too often it gets defined through the scope of atheism, or as a counterweight to religion. We rarely discuss the broader effects of humanism in practice, or the motivation to practice it as a philosophy.”

Reception for Socorro County Women's Art Showcase

All are invited to attend a free Artists Reception at Macey Center Gallery Friday, March 5th, from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by the hilarious musical "Disenchanted," the untold stories of the Disney Princesses (tickets sold separately on nmt.edu/pas). Artists are welcome to invite their friends and family members to join the public in meeting the artists and learning more about their artwork. Appetizer and drink specials (cash bar) will be available at the reception.

Textiles, paintings, drawings, photography and more will be on display during March for a month-long art show featuring the talents of Socorro County women artists. The fifth annual showcase, sponsored by Macey Center and the New Mexico Tech Performing Arts Series, will be held on the second floor of Macey Center every day of March during the facility’s operating hours in honor of Women's History month.

Women of Socorro County have been invited to exhibit up to two pieces of art during the show, which is open to all mediums, including textiles, oil paintings, jewelry, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, photography and pottery. Participation in the exhibit is free.