Area events - Jan. 7

Today

*Karaoke Sunday and potluck – 1-4 p.m., La Casa Senior Center, 1120 Cameo St., Clovis. Featuring Super Dave Lopez. Cost $5 at the door. Chicken salad sandwiches provided; please bring a side dish or dessert. Information: 575-762-8110

Monday

*Affordable housing plan town hall – 6-7:30 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Open discussion of housing needs in Clovis; facilitated by Consensus Planning. Information: email Claire Burroughes at [email protected] or Jackie Fishman at [email protected]

Tuesday

*Books and Babies: “Toasty Toes” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open ages 0-3. Information: 575-356-3940

Afterschool S.T.R.E.A.M. (Science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, math): Snow friend crafts — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to kindergarten-sixth grade. Information: 575-356-3940

Wednesday

*Clovis-Carver Public Library Page Turners book club — 10 a.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

*Tiny Tots storytime: Letter B – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*Preschool storytime: “Playful Penguins” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

*Teens and Tweens book discussion of “The 5th Wave” by Rick Yancey – 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to ages 9-18. Copies available in the YA room for checkout. Information: 575-356-3940

Thursday

*Preschool storytime: Letter B – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*Preschool storytime: “Playful Penguins” — 6 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

*Clovis-Carver Public Library Page Turners book club: “What are you reading?: — 6:30 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

Friday

*Coffee and conversation with Clovis Mayor Mike Morris – 7:30 a.m., Blackwater Coffee Co., 301 Llano Estacado St., Clovis. Public opportunity to visit with the mayor. Information: 575-769-7828

*Blood drive — 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Bloodmobile, Curry County Offices, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825

Saturday

*33rd annual scholarship breakfast for the Clovis Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission – 9 a.m., Clovis High School cafeteria, 1900 N. Thornton St., Clovis. Tickets $15. Information: call Joyce Pollard at 575-762-2752 or Yvette Gardner Pickett at 575-749-4529, or email [email protected]

*Anime Club Watch Day — 11 a.m., craft room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

Jan. 15

*Martin Luther King Jr. Day

*Martin Luther King Jr. symbolic walk and rally – 9 a.m., Potter’s Park, 501 Upsilon Street, Clovis. March proceeds to Legacy Life Church, 622 Main St., Clovis. Rally speaker: Pastor David Lombrano. Information: call Joyce Pollard at 575-762-2752 or Yvette Gardner Pickett at 575-749-4529, or email [email protected]

*Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorative march and celebration – 5 p.m., meet on the Dallan Sanders patio north of ENMU Campus Union Building and walk to Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. 6 p.m., celebration at Memorial Building. Sponsored by ENMU, the Office of Campus Life, and the city of Portales Cultural Affairs Committee; open to all. Information: 575-562-2108

Jan. 16

*Afterschool S.T.R.E.A.M. (Science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, math): Floating polar bears — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to kindergarten-sixth grade. Information: 575-356-3940

Jan. 17

*Clovis-Carver Public Library Page Turners book club — 10 a.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

*Tiny Tots storytime: Letter C – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*Preschool storytime: “Crafty Cardinals” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

*Stitch Addicts stitch group – 1:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

Jan. 18

*Blood drive — 9 a.m.-2 p.m., library, Portales High School, 201 S. Knoxville St., Portales. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825

*Preschool storytime: Letter C – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*Teens and Tweens Movie Madness: “Iron Will” (1994, PG, 109 minutes) – 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to ages 9-18. Information: 575-356-3940

*City of Portales Town Hall water meeting – 5 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Water efficiency plan update on water. Meeting will be livestreamed on Facebook and available on the city YouTube channel on Jan. 19. Information: 575-356-6662

*Preschool storytime: “Crafty Cardinals” — 6 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

Jan. 19

*El Desayuno Kiwanis Chili Dinner – 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-7 p.m., Parkland Baptist Church, 921 Parkland, Clovis. Tickets: $10 adults; $5 for children under 10.

*Blood drive — noon-4 p.m., Bloodmobile, Calibers Shooters Sports Centers, LLC, 1654 US 60/84 West, Clovis. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825

*Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

Jan. 20

*Genealogy workshop with Beverly Duncan – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

*Anime Club Discussion Day — 11 a.m., craft room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

Jan. 23

*Blood drive — 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Bloodmobile, Wheatfields Estates, 4701 N. Prince St., Clovis. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825

*Books and Babies: “Snug as a Bug” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open ages 0-3. Information: 575-356-3940

*Afterschool S.T.R.E.A.M. (Science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, math): Outrageous Oculus/Mario Mania — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to kindergarten-sixth grade. Information: 575-356-3940

*New Year Bunco — 5:30 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. $25 per person, includes buffet dinner and game. Information: http://www.clovisciviccenter.com or 575-935-5000

Jan. 24

*Tiny Tots storytime: Letter D – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*Preschool storytime: “Polar Pals” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

*Teens and Tweens programming: Library Shelfie: Shelfie scavenger hunt – 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to ages 9-18. Information: 575-356-3940

Ongoing

*Pintores Art League artist display for January at Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis, is Holly Vineyard with acrylics. Information: 575-921-7965

*Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) provides regular food distributions to Clovis and Portales. Income eligibility requirements apply. Information: http://www.fbenm.org or 575-763-6130

To place an item on the events calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: [email protected]