Events calendar - March 18

Monday

• Journalism Focus Group — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at KENW-TV, 1500 S. Ave. K, Portales. Journalists, community members and university students majoring in communication are invited to discuss how to meet the news and information needs of New Mexicans. Held by the Rio Grande chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists and New Mexico First. Information: 505-275-1377

Tuesday

• Books and Babies — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Welcome Spring.” Information: 575-356-3940

• Afterschool at the Library — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: DIY paper beads. Information: 575-356-3940

• Clovis Municipal Schools Dance Spectacular — 6 p.m. at the Clovis High School Gymnasium. Featuring competition routines by CMS dance teams. Information: 575-769-4350

Wednesday

• Tiny Tots — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840

• Preschool Storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Spring in Your Step.” Information: 575-356-3940

• United Blood Services Blood Drive — 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris St., Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743

• Stitch Addicts — 6:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Project: Oval baskets. Information: 575-769-7840

Thursday

• United Blood Services Blood Drive — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Sandia Room of the Campus Union Building at Eastern New Mexico University. Information: 575-625-9743

• Preschool Storytime — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840

• Bath Bombs for Teens — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840

• Preschool Storytime — 6 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Spring in Your Step.” Information: 575-356-3940

• Page Turners Book Club — 6:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Book: “Big Fish.” Information: 575-769-7840

Friday

• 19th Annual Cynthia Irwin-Williams Lectureship — 7 p.m. in room 110 of the Art and Anthropology Building at Eastern New Mexico University. Lecture: “Discovering Homo Naledi: The Newest Species in the Human Line” by Juliet Brophy, assistant professor of anthropology at Louisiana State University. Information: 575-562-2206

March 24

• Original Team Roping — 9 a.m. at the Curry County Events Center. Information: 806-499-3584

Ongoing

• Artist of the month — Art from Jon Birdsong will be on exhibit all month at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-762-6359

The events calendar is a daily listing of area events. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-356-4481 or e-mail: [email protected]