Note that the HAHA member meeting is usually held the second Monday of the month, but is sometimes changed to meet volunteers' schedules. Please check this HAHA website (see below) or Facebook page, or send us an email, to confirm the date of any member meeting. Thanks! (HAHA's email is [email protected])
Saturday, January 11, 2025 -- HAHA members gathered for the annual board election and member meeting. The meeting was held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 386 Main Street, Hermosa. Potluck and conversation beginning 11 am, the member meeting commenced at noon.
Anyone interested in volunteering with HAHA is welcome to attend our monthly meetings, whether you would like to help throughout the year or just for an event or two. We'd love to have you join us to help with arts or local history events, or perhaps the Museum open hours, weekly through the summer months. You do not need to be a long-time Hermosa resident to join-- a number of our members are new to the community.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 -- Button Tree Art Class, hosted by Cathy Dahl A small group of participants created colorful button trees on canvas. See below for photos.
Monday, February 10, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting was held at 6:30 pm in the meeting room under the Hermosa Library.
Monday, March 10, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting was held at 6:30 pm in the meeting room under the Hermosa Library.
Thursday, April 17, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting was held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum. This meeting was rescheduled for a Thursday because of members traveling on other dates. We will resume our second-Monday schedule in June.
Thursday, May 1, 2025 -- Deadline for applications for the Museum Operations Coordinator position. (details here)
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum.
Saturday, May 10, 2025 -- Museum cleanup day, starting at 9 am. We'll get the Museum clean and organized for the summer, and decide on a new display for our next events.
Saturday, May 31, 2025 -- The Museum will be open from 4 to 6 pm for a group of bicyclists, who are using Hermosa as their staging ground for cycling trips in the area.
June -- HAHA Museum will be open a few days each week, days and time to be announced.
Saturday, June 7, 2025 -- 3 to 6 pm. HAHA will host a BBQ and Branding Party in front of the Museum (or at the Fairgrounds if the weather is bad). Bring you branding irons and burn your brand on a rustic wood board, supplied by HAHA. For a $20 fee HAHA will get a small plaque engraved and mounted, and the brand boards will join those on our Museum walls. HAHA will serve hamburgers, side dishes, and drinks for a free-will donation. Floyd Gorsuch's band "Lessons Learned" will perform good old cowboy songs, and the Museum will be open. Everyone is welcome!
Monday, June 9, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum.
Saturday, June 21, 2025 -- HAHA will participate in the Hermosa town-wide rummage sale and vendor fair. Stop by and browse through our donated items, and take home some treasures. HAHA will have local history books and booklets for sale. We will also have T-shirts, sweatshirts, and caps with our HAHA logo for sale as a fundraiser.
July -- HAHA Museum will be open a few days each week, days and time to be announced.
Saturday, July 12, 2025 -- Christmas in July! Come to the HAHA Museum to help us make Christmas ornaments (with an "old-time rural schools" theme, materials provided). The ornaments will be hung on a HAHA-sponsored Christmas tree at Custer State Park this December. A fun time crafting. Time to be determined.
Monday, July 14, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum.
August -- HAHA Museum will be open a few days each week, days and time to be announced.
August 7-10, 2025 -- HAHA will have a booth at the Custer County Fair, with the theme to be decided. We are planning a fun fundraiser event. Details to come!
Monday, August 11, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum.
Monday, September 8, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum.
Friday & Saturday, October 3-4, 2025 -- HAHA will host our Second Annual Plein Air "Art Out," including a "Quick Draw" competition -- details and theme to be announced. Monday, October 13, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum.
Friday, October 31, 2025 -- Trick or Treat on the HAHA Museum front porch. Come one, come all. Costumes or street clothes. All ages welcome. Stop by for a candy treat and let us take your photos for posterity.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 -- A Veterans Day event will be scheduled, details to be decided.
Monday, November 10, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 -- HAHA volunteers will join with other community members to set up the Christmas Carnival at the Hermosa School the day before the big event.
Sunday, December 7, 2025 -- The Hermosa Christmas Carnival and Craft Fair will be held at the Hermosa School, details to be announced.
Monday, December 8, 2025 -- HAHA member meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the HAHA Museum or, if it's too cold, in the meeting room under the Hermosa Library.
This class took place at the meeting room under the Library, due to lack of running water at the HAHA Museum. (We were working on getting heat for our water pipes in the crawlspace.)
A small group of participants gathered and enjoyed creating a fun button tree-- canvas and buttons supplied by Cathy Dahl.