Events

Friday, June 19th through Sunday, June 21st: Join us for Sugarite's annual Bodacious Butterfly and Bird Festival celebrating butterflies and birds! This event includes live birds of prey, the martial art of stalking butterflies, bird walks, cellphone bird identification, arts and crafts, and a "Pollinator Buffet/Climate Cafe" with free snacks! There…

3S Sunday      Join the people of the Springer First United Methodist Church for Supper, Songs & Spirituality on Sunday, June 21st; Sunday, July 19th and Sunday, August 16th at 6 p.m.     We will have grilled burgers & hot dogs, singing, and a short devotional.  Come, let us feed…

Blood Drive, sponsored by the Raton Chamber of Commerce at the Holiday Inn Express, Ponderosa Room. The two-day Blood Drive will start on Wednesday, June 24th  from 2PM - 7PM and will continue on Thursday, June 25th from 8:30AM - 12:30PM. To sign up, call AnaLouisa: 505-918-3335 or visit them at www.bloodhero.com…

Jaws (1975) will be shown on Weds., June 24th, 7PM at El Raton Movie Theatre. FREE! Donations gratefully accepted for Santa Fe Trail School of Performing Arts. Classic Movie Night is sponsored by KRTN, El Raton Theatre and Raton Natural Gas. Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven…

Santa Fe Trail School for the Performing Arts continues its Professional Summer Season with “Into The Woods” on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 25th - 27th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, June 28th at 2:30 pm at the Shuler Theater in Raton.   Into the Woods is a musical with music and…

Award-winning musician R.W. Hampton invites the public to his Clearview Ranch on June 26th and 27th for dinner and music: I'll be singing right here on my own patio with The Haunted Windchimes & Max Gomez... Love their music and if you haven't heard them at a festival you should…

The 14th Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Colfax County will be at Tiger Stadium in Raton from Friday, June 26th at 5 pm through Saturday, June 27th at 10 am. 2013 Relay for Life Survivors lap The Relay For Life of Raton/Colfax County is an incredible and inspiring opportunity…

Join the National Park Service at Soda Pocket Amphitheater to learn about the Raton-Clayton volcanic field, including Capulin Volcano National Monument. Experience a fun foam explosion replication a volcanic event! Rainy weather? Meet at the Mule Barn.

Springer Chamber of Commerce presents its 2015 Summer Music Concert Schedule with Fun & Dancing at Springer Museum Park from 7-9 pm: Sat., June 27th - Country Music Duo Sat., Aug. 15th - Christian Music Group Bring your own lawn chairs. Refreshments available for purchase.  

Fundraiser event to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on Saturday, June 27th. Registration 8:30 am - 9 am (at Frontage Road in South Raton)Bike-A-Thon begins 9 amPicnic at Ripley Park at Noon. Sign-up forms at Phil Long Ford of Raton (445-5282).

Join a State Park Ranger for coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts at Lake Alice Campground. Learn about plants in the area. Rainy weather? Meet at the Mule Barn.

Arthur Johnson Memorial Library in Raton:    We are having our annual "Friends of the Library Book Sale" that will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2015, from 10 am til 2 pm, on the second floor of the library.  We have a variety of books that have been donated…

First Baptist Church in partnership with Pure Flix Movie Ministry are providing a “free” movie matinee for the community, movie flyer attached.    What Movie: "What If" Where: El Raton Movie Theater When: Saturday, June 27th at 2:00 p.m. Donations gratefully accepted for the First Baptist Church:  WMU

"Music From the Ranch and the Open Range", a Chautauqua Presentation, takes place June 27th from 6 pm-8 pm. Cowboy music has evolved from the open range and ranch employees who worked and rode after cattle during the late 19th and early to mid 20th century. These include songs written…

Springer First United Methodist Church will Worship Outside the Walls on three Sundays this summer – June 28th, July 26th and August 23rd.       On those three Sundays, we will have our regular 11 a.m. worship on the front lawn. Come prepared to show the world that Jesus Christ is Lord and…

All volunteers are welcome to join Raton MainStreet members in cleaning (the former) La Mesa Airfield in preparation for the Santa Fe Trail International Balloon Rally. Meet them at 9 am. Bring shovel, hoe, sunscreen, hat. Water will be provided.