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Scratch offers quick, fresh homemade deli options Page 4

CULTURE

‘Yard sale’ assists women starting small businesses Page 9

ARTS

Hotel de Paris ‘most complete’ historic parcel in state Page 15

MUSIC

Audio expert opens high-end venue, event center Page 23

SILVER PLUME • GEORGETOWN • EMPIRE • IDAHO SPRINGS • CENTRAL CITY • BLACK HAWK • GOLDEN GATE • ROLLINSVILLE • COAL CREEK • NEDERLAND • GOLD HILL • WARD • JAMESTOWN • ALLENSPARK • LYONS • ESTES PARK

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Gardens

COVER STORY: There are plenty of reasons to participate in your local community garden. Benefits range from the physical to mental. Here in the mountains, they provide an opportunity for people with limited space, soil or water rights to grow their own vegetables and flowers while providing an opportunity to meet neighbors and increase community ownership.

Page 22 Carlson Elementary class visits the Idaho Springs Community Garden with Scraps-to-Soil Founder George Marlin and Preschool Teacher Margie Marlin

Historic Schoolhouses

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Thorn Lake School Location: Tolland Rd. at Rollinsville Date Built: 1896 Info: www.co.gilpin.co.us

Tolland School Location: Tolland Date Built: 1902

Rural school buildings no longer have community use PEAK TO PEAK Historic rural schoolhouses can be found all over Colorado, including most Front Range mountain towns. Several of them have been lovingly restored and have found new ways to serve the public.

Each month this year, the MMAC Monthly takes a town by town look at the restored and repurposed historic schoolhouses in the mountain communities of Clear Creek, Gilpin, Boulder and Larimer counties.

Gilpin County north of Central City and Black Hawk is far more rural, but also saw its share of hard rock mining activity. While

the county is small, thanks to discoveries of gold, it was home to thousands of people. Fifteen school districts were ultimately created throughout the county with Black Hawk, Central City, Russell Gulch, Nevadaville and Rollinsville being the first. Districts like Gilpin, East Portal, Apex, Lake Gulch, Bay State, Mountain House, Hughesville, Quartz Valley, Tolland and Thorn Lake were later formed all over the country near larger mining camps and ranches.

The Thorn Lake schoolhouse in Rollinsville is the last surviving one-room school The Tolland School and its setting still Continued on page 10 look much as they did 100 years ago.

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Set aside Memorial Day to remember fallen soldiers PEAK TO PEAK The month of May is a busy one for special observances. There’s May Day, Star Wars Day, Cinco de Mayo, National Teachers Day, Mother’s Day, Armed Forces Day and others. It’s ALS Awareness Month, National Bike Month and National Barbecue Month among numerous other designations.

May also hosts the Kentucky Derby, Indy 500 and Daytona, all known for ush-

ering in summer activities.

Of all the special days, Memorial Day is the most poignant. While Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start to summer, it is more importantly a time to remember those soldiers we have lost in service to our country.

The day was originally set aside to honor the Northern Civil War soldiers that died. Today, Memorial Day celebrates fallen soldiers of any war. Whether you

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honor the fallen by putting flowers on their graves, wearing a poppy, flying a flag or participating in a local ceremony makes no difference. It is a day to remember ancestors, family members, loved ones or any of the 1.8 million that have given their life for America since 1775.

In addition to remembrance, Memorial Day can also be a time to honor those who made it home. Be sure to honor anyone you know who has served on this special day. They deserve more, but most thoughts of appreciation are welcomed.

Look for Memorial Day observances near you and take a few moments to participate and consider the sacrifices both the fallen and living veterans have made for you without regard to politics.

Addiction Recovery Groups Sunday Gilpin County H.A.L.T. – St. Paul’s Church, Central City, 2 p.m.

Fall River Group AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon Monday Clear Creek Road Runners – United Church of Idaho Springs, 2 p.m.

Al-Anon – Allenspark Fire Department, 5 p.m.

Early Worms Group AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River Group AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon St. Vrain Group AA Meeting – IOOF Hall, Lyons, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday AA Meeting – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland 5:30 & 7 p.m.

Clear Creek Road Runners 2 – Georgetown Community Center, 7 p.m.

St. Vrain Group AA Meeting – IOOF Hall, Lyons, 7:30 p.m.

AA Meeting – Golden Gate Grange Community Center, 2 p.m.

Christians in Recovery – Riverplace Facility, Estes Park, 6 p.m.

Early Worms Group AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Women’s AA Group – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 6 p.m.

Fall River Group AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Wednesday Gilpin County H.A.L.T. – St. Paul’s Church, Central City, 2 p.m.

Morning Group AA Meeting – Nederland Veterinary Hospital (Back Office), 8 a.m.

Canyon Group AA Meeting – Coal Creek Canyon United Power Offices., 7:30 p.m.

AA Meeting – Allenspark Fire Station, 5 p.m.

Early Worms Group AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River Group AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Thursday Morning Group AA Meeting – Nederland Veterinary Hospital (Back Office), 8 a.m.

Clear Creek Road Runners – United Church of Idaho Springs, 2 p.m.

Early Worms Group AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River Group AA Meeting, New Horizons Group NA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Friday Free at Last Group NA Meeting – Harmony Foundation, Estes Park, 7:30 p.m.

Clear Creek Road Runners – United Church of Idaho Springs, 2 p.m.

Wild Basin Book Study – New Covenant Church, Allenspark, 6:30 p.m.

AA Meeting – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland, 7 p.m.

Early Worms Group AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River Group AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Estes Park Al-Anon – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland, 7 p.m.

Saturday Early Worms Group AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal,

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May 5

May 9

All community members are welcome to attend a free workshop on “How to Prepare for Anything”, May 5 from 4-8 p.m. at Estes Park Town Hall, 170 MacGregor Ave. The workshop will feature preparation for disturbances and not disasters, coping strategies and solutions, short- and long-term planning, personalized preparedness plan, personalized gap analysis, framework for continued family and neighborhood discussions. E-mail hodgeslr@ co.larimer.co.us or call 970-498-7147 to RSVP.

Desiree Culver was struck by a car in a hit and run accident the day after Thanksgiving. A fundraiser for Culver takes place at Troia’s Café, 51 Rose St. in Georgetown, May 9 from 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door and include an all-you-can-eat pasta buffet. There will also be cash bar and live entertainment. A silent auction will be held full of local goods and services as well as a 50/50 raffle. The goal of this fundraiser is to raise enough money to build Desiree a safe entrance to her home and to update her personal areas so they are more accessible. Call 303-569-5014 for more information.

How to Prepare for Anything Workshop

May 6

Floods: Going to Extremes

Living in Colorado, it’s very dry, which puts us at greater risk of floods when things like heavy rains occur, or dams break. Learn more about floods and the impact these natural disasters have on both the environment and human communities by joining Dr. Ellen Wohl for “Floods: Going to Extremes,” May 6 at the Rocky Mountain Conservancy. This course studies floods along Colorado’s Front Range and includes basic concepts such as flood recurrence intervals and the physical and ecological importance of floods. Recent floods in Estes Park will be discussed, and participants will visit the Lawn Lake Alluvial Fan in Rocky Mountain National Park and Fish Creek in Estes Park, sites affected by the floods of 1982 and 2013.

Sign up for this class at RMConservancy.org or call 970-586-3262.

Celebrating 100 Years of Colorado’s National Parks & Monuments

John Fielder, a nationally renowned photographer, publisher, teacher, and environmentalist hikes and skis hundreds of miles in Colorado alone each year in order to record on film its most sublime natural places. This benefit for the Rocky Mountain Conservancy, May 6 at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., takes viewers by boat, raft, and foot to navigate the deep canyons of the Colorado, Yampa, Green, Arkansas, and Gunnison Rivers and Colorado’s National Parks & Monuments. Fielder’s commentary about his life in the wilderness, the challenges and techniques of wilderness photography, and beautiful music behind the images will keep the audience enthralled. Meet John Fielder, learn about The Next Generation Fund, silent auction bidding, raffle tickets for live auction, visit sponsors, enjoy live music and complimentary hors d’oeuvres along with a cash bar. There will also be a live auction and raffle drawing. Tickets are $15 in advance and $17.50 at the door for this all ages show. Fielder will be on hand before and after the event to sign all of his books. Visit www.myrockymountainpark.com/100-years and www.bouldertheater. com or call 303-786-7030 to learn more or purchase tickets.

Fundraiser for Desiree Culver

May 12, 19 & 26

Conservation Workshops

Let the Estes Park Museum assist you with ensuring family keepsakes are preserved at its Conservation Workshops. Learn practical ways to care for keepsakes in a three-part series, May 12, 19 and 26 from 9:30-11 a.m. Curator of Collections Naomi Gerakios and Curator of Education Alicia Rochambeau from the Estes Park Museum will lead the hands-on workshops. The focus on May 12 is on textiles. Through a variety of simple, cost effective steps, participants will learn steps to safely store and clean old textiles such as dresses, uniforms, quilts, and stuffed animals. On May 19, students will work with paper and learn the best ways to slow down deterioration of these fragile archives. The May 26 class focuses on photographs. Rochambeau leads a discussion on the importance of eliminating excess photographs and explains methods for organizing physical photos and resources for organizing digital images. Cost is $12 for members and $15 for non-members for each session or $35 for all three. To register, call Alicia Rochambeau at 970-577-3762 or e-mail at arochambeau@estes.org.

May 13-15 Vintage Market Days: Springtime in the Rockies, May 13-15 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Estes Park Events Complex, 1125 Rooftop Way, is an upscale vintage-inspired indoor and outdoor market featuring original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, handmade treasures, home décor, outdoor furnishings, consumable yummies, seasonal plantings and more. Tickets are $5 a day or $10 for a three day pass. Admission for children under 12 is free. Vintage Market Days events are much more than a flea market. The juried event accepts vendors based on variety, originality, and quality of goods sold. Vendor selection is designed to provide customers with not only the highest quality of vendors but a collection of vendors who compliment one another in such a way to create the vintage experience. Visit vintagemarketdays.com to lean more.

May 20-22

On Saturdays, May 7, June 4 and July 2, join volunteer naturalist John Moyer for an exclusive tour of the Green Ranch property at Golden Gate Canyon State Park; an area that is closed to the public the majority of the year. Moyer will share information on the flora, fauna, and history of the area while seeing the breath-taking views. Visit cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/GoldenGateCanyon for more information or RSVP by calling 303-582-3707.

The 6th annual Golden Games, May 20-22, is a three day weekend of fun that hosts a variety of sporting events, live music, free demos, free clinics, and more. Established in 2011, The Golden Games was created to celebrate the beginning of the warm Colorado summer. The weekend highlights the outdoor lifestyle and recreation many of us cherish. The Golden Games is geared to be enjoyable for everyone including families, spectators, and competitors. Sports to be highlighted are kayaking, stand up paddle, fly fishing slacklining, and river surfing. From a newbie to a seasoned

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Boulder County forestry sort yards open for season NEDERLAND/ALLENSPARK The Boulder County Community Sort Yard program, a free log and slash disposal service for mountain residents, will open for the 2016 collection season on May 4. County residents can drop off tree branches, logs, and pine needles free of charge at either sort yard location.

The Nederland Area Sort Yard, 291 Ridge Road, is open May 4-Oct. 15, Wednesday-Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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9 a.m.-5 p.m.

For more information about the sort yards and what materials are accepted, visit the Boulder County Community Forestry Sort Yards web page or contact Wayne Harrington at 303-678-6368 or wharrington@ bouldercounty.org.

Volunteer Community Forestry Sort Yard Hosts are needed at the Meeker Park and Nederland Community Sort Yards.

Volunteers help make sure that sort yards continue to be a local hub of community-based forestry information. Volunteer Sort Yard Hosts

will greet people as they enter the yard, collect data on the material they are delivering, and provide information about forest ecology, bark beetles, and wildfire mitigation.

Volunteers will not be responsible for helping unload materials. Volunteers will commit to four-hour shifts and 12 hours per month.

For more information, visit www.bouldercounty.org/jobs/ volweb or contact Shane Milne at smilne@bouldercounty.org or 303-678-6089.

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Estes Park Safety Fair

The 2016 Estes Park Safety Fair takes place May 21 from 10 a.m.2 p.m. at the Estes Park Fairgrounds, 1209 Manford Ave. The goal of this event is to create a fun and active learning environment to educate the youth of Northern Colorado on the topics of alcohol and drug awareness, bicycle safety, fire safety, career opportunities and emergency services technology. Stop by the LETA booth to visit with Cell Phone Sally with the kids and register for free emergency alerts. Phone simulators will also be available for kids to practice calling 9-1-1. Visit www.estes.org to learn more.

May 28-30

Memorial Day Art Market

Kick start your summer of fun at the annual Estes Park Art Market on Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30. Sponsored by the Art Center of Estes Park, see a wide variety of fine arts and crafts from almost 100 juried artists from all over Colorado presenting one-of-a-kind art.

Check out the artists providing fine works in the areas of; stained glass, pottery, ceramics, water color paintings, leather, oil paintings, wood, fiber, photography, jewelry and more. Food and live music are available throughout the weekend. Also stop over to the Art Center of Estes Park located in the Stanley Village between the Safeway and the Subway stores to enjoy even more fine art from Front Range artists. Visit artcenterofestes.com, call 970-586-5882 or e-mail info@artcenterofestes.com for more information.

June 2-4

“Painting Outside and In” with Larry DeGraff

Vintage Market Days

May 7

Green Ranch Hike at Golden Gate Canyon State Park

pro, The Golden Games has the schedule to educate, inspire and keep you moving. Volunteers are always needed. If you have a couple of free hours, volunteer to help with the event. Visit www. racedirectorsolutions.com/Public/Volunteer/130 for more details.

Do you love how plein air paintings can capture the light of a scene while remaining loose and fresh? Painting the landscape from life is ideal, but it’s not always an option. In this workshop at the Masters Easel, 1757 N. Lake Ave. in estes Park, students learn how to make the best of both worlds. Through demos, discussions and one-on-one instruction, learn how to maximize outdoor painting experience and gain new tools for making better paintings indoors. Larry DeGraff is a nationally recognized artist who’s work has been exhibited in some of the top shows in the country. Look for the workshop, “The Conceptual Still Life” with Jeff Legg July 6-9. To reserve your spot and receive a materials list, visit www.jefflegg.com or call 970-239-1811

June 3-4

High Country Auxiliary Flea Market

Come shop the High Country Auxiliary Flea Market, June 3-4 at the Gilpin County Fairgrounds. For great bargains, stop by early on May 3 or anytime from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. On May 4, the sale resumes from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. To donate gently used items, drop them off, June 2, or call Diane 303-570-2949 to make arrangements. No pickup is available. Outdoor vendor space is available upon a first-come, first-served basis. Pick a location anywhere on the fairgrounds, set up your booth and the fairgrounds coordinator will be by at some point with a liability waiver required of all vendors. The Hardy Mountain Plant Sale will also take place, June 4 from 9 a.m. until sold out.

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FOOD & DRINK CALENDAR

May 1 • One Year Anniversary Food & Drink Specials – Vintage Moose Tavern (IS)

May 3 • Idaho Springs Farmer’s Market Opening Day – Courtney Riley-Cooper Park (IS)

• Five-Course, Hop-Focused Beer Dinner – Backcountry Pizza (NED)

• Soup Night – The Old Gallery (AP) May 4 • Coffee with the Nederland Marshal – New Moon Bakery (NED)

• Glendi Potluck, Music & Dance – Salina Schoolhouse (SA) • Community Cupboard Food Bank – The Old Gallery (AP) May 5 • Cinco De Mayo Celebration & Live Mariachi – Azteca Restaurant (IS)

• Food Pantry – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Open Mic & Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Open for Season – The Barrel (EP) May 6 • Season Opening Day – Mountain Tiki Bar (EP) • Seafood Buffet – Other Side Restaurant (EP) • Mother’s Day Luncheon – Fourth Street Café @ Senior Center (EP)

May 6-8 • Mothers Day Victorian High Tea – Dusty Rose Tea Room (GT)

May 7 • Pancake Breakfast – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • 20th Anniversary Celebration Banquet – Big Red of the Rockies (EP)

• Open for the Season – Mountain Tiki Bar (EP) May 7-8 • Mother’s Day Weekend Afternoon Tea – Silver Plume Tea Room (SP)

May 8 • Mother’s Day Breakfast – Elks Lodge (CC) • Brunch w/Weston Smith – Stage Stop (RV) • All-You-Can-Eat Mother’s Day Brunch – Wondervu Café (CCC)

FOOD & DRINK – restaurants, cafés, bars, breweries and more Scratch offers quick, fresh homemade deli options

that I could get folks in and out pretty quickly, so a sandwich

By Jennifer Pund counter seemed perfect. From there it just steadily grew based ESTES PARK hen looking for a homemade breakfast or lunch in Es- on being the best sandwich in town. No buying convenience tes Park without the hassle of making it at home—or products, all real, scratch made, house recipe foods.” parking downtown—head to Scratch Deli and Bakery. Once Shantz settled on the sandwich counter concept, he spent months perfecting the menu and recipes, The sandwich-counter-type deli, which has been open less than including the deli meats, he serves. The a year, came about by combining the limitations of the location whole idea at Scratch is everything is with Chef and Owner Cru Shantz’s created from scratch. “This was somelove for creative, fresh food and a thing I knew from experience, no one desire to have the best sandwich in else in town was attempting to do. town. He makes everything he can at Everything we can do in-house, we Scratch in-house, and spent months do in-house starting with high qualperfecting the recipes that have been ity, unprocessed ingredients,” he said. getting great reviews since he opened.

“The process took months of menu de With no microwave or freezer in sign and recipe experimentation. I was the building, you can guarantee evbrining briskets nine months before erything is fresh, made that day and we opened,” he said. “Our briskets to order. The menu contains a wide brine for almost a month, so tweakrange of options for breakfast and ing the recipe was tricky. I’d change lunch, both savory and sweet to satScratch offers homemade breakfast and lunch opsomething a little bit and wait a month isfy most everyone’s tastes. Situated tions near the Beaver Meadows Entrance to Rocky before I could try it, then repeat the close to the Beaver Meadows EnMountain National Park . process until I got the perfect recipe.” trance to Rocky Mountain National Park, Scratch is the perfect option for a easy grab-and-go meal Working in kitchens since he was 14 years old, Shantz received formal training at the Scottsdale Culinary Institute in to take on a day hike or picnic in the park.

The idea for Scratch was formed by Shantz with this par- Arizona where he earned his degree. Although he grew up in ticular location in mind. The building on Moraine Ave., where Washington D.C., he and his family moved to Boulder right Marys Lake Road meets High Drive, used to be home to Dom- before he entered high school. “One day I wrote my resume ino’s Pizza. “The concept was partially created to suit the loca- and realized it was all I really knew, figured I’d embrace it tion. [It’s] close to the Park, very little in-house seating and a and get the education to match the work experience,” he said. poor parking situation,” Shantz said. “I needed to do something Continued on page 8

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• Mother’s Day Specials – Wild Mountain Smokehouse (NED) • Mothers Day Brunch – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP) • Secrets of the Perfect Pie – Lyons Farmette (LY) • Mother’s Day Brunch – Stanley Hotel (EP) • Mother’s Day Buffet – Nicky’s Steakhouse (EP) May 9 • Desiree Culver Benefit & All-You-Can-Eat Pasta Buffet – Troia’s Café (GT) May 11 • Estes Park Woman’s Club Luncheon & The Mountainaires – The Presbyterian Church of the Rockies (EP)

• Drink Beer, Fight Hunger! Estes Park Education Association Fundraiser – Rock Cut Brewery (EP) May 12 • 5-Course Beer Pairing Event – Claire’s Restaurant (EP) • EPNRC Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussion – Estes Valley Library (EP)

May 13 • Meet the Brewery: Verboten Brewery – The Barrel (EP)

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BACKCOUNTRY BEER DINNER

Backcountry Pizza & Subs in Nederland hosts a beer dinner, May 3, featuring a five-course/sixbeer menu created by Chef Eric Shouse and handpicked beers from Cannonball Creek, Comrade, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Melvin, Funkwerks and Station 26. Tickets are $50 and must be purchased in advance at the restaurant.

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MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH

Treat mom to a mountain getaway when Peaceful Valley Resort hosts a Mother’s Day Brunch, May 8. Le Cordon Bleu-trained Chef Ben Archibald and the resort’s culinary team will provide a large spread of “fantastic” food for three seatings at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Reservations are requested.

AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEK

The Brewers Association has declared May 16-22 American Craft Beer Week, a nationwide celebration of U.S. small and independent craft brewers.

The week-long tribute provides an opportunity for craft brewers to share their diversity, creativity and passion for the beverage they love with the greater craft beer community.

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Burning Can celebrates beer, music during Outdoor Games LYONS The Oskar Blues Burning Can Fest, the country’s original active beer festival and CAN’d Aid Fundraiser, returns to celebrate canned craft beer, beats and bikes in the brewery’s hometown of Lyons, June 4. The all-day festival is part of Lyons Outdoor Games and includes 60+ craft breweries— more than 200 beers in all—outdoor activities including The Beer Relay and live tunes from Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

The Burning Can beer fest takes place from 4-7 p.m. General admission tickets are $45 and include unlimited four-ounce samples, entry into the Lyons Outdoor Games and live music. VIP tickets are $60 and include a souvenir drinking glass, entry to the beer fest at 3 p.m. and a VIP badge. Visit the festival website for a list of the more than 60 breweries, information and a link to purchase tickets.

Lyons Outdoor Games features participant and spectator sport competitions including The Beer Relay, a team-trail running and beer-drinking event. This four-hour competition is run in teams of two or four. Runners will complete as many 5K laps as possible within the fourhour time period. If they choose to drink an Oskar Blues beer prior to their lap, they get two-minutes deducted from their lap time. The team with the most laps wins.

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ticipate can watch world-class athletes competing in both open and professional competitions. The day’s line-up includes Outlaws of Dirt BMX/Dirt Jump competitions, the class IV+ Adam Barron Memorial Creek Race, the Freestyle Kayak Competition and Slalom Kayak Competition. Watch three-time National Champion mountain bike freeriding and trials rider, Jeff Lenosky, perform jaw-dropping, notto-be-missed demos. In addition there will also be an Open Cornhole Tournament and slackline demos with Slackline Industries.

Camping will be available on Saturday

night in Bohn Park. Camping spaces are currently being sold through the Lyons Outdoor Games website.

The event raises money for Can’d Aid Foundation while collaborating with the Lyons Outdoor Games to raise funds for the Lyons Parks & Recreation Department.

Visit burningcan.com or e-mail Sharon@adventurefit.com to learn more.

For a full schedule of events, visit www.lyonsoutdoorgames.com/eventsschedule.html.

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Casino honors veterans, military with complementary buffet meals BLACK HAWK Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk will honor veterans and active duty military personnel by offering complimentary meals at the Centennial Buffet on the first Wednesday of every month. The Hometown Heroes promotion is a show of gratitude for service.

The complimentary meals are offered the first Wednesday of every month at the Centennial Buffet for lunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. or dinner from 4 p.m.-9 p.m.

A veteran’s card or valid military ID

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should be presented to the buffet cashier to qualify for the one complimentary meal per person. It is not valid with any other offers and alcohol is not included.

Centennial Buffet offers multiple exhibition-style serving stations of American, Italian and Asian favorites with fresh seafood, crab legs and desserts.

For more information, visit www. facebook.com/ameristar.casino.bh or call 720-946-4000

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Ski area’s beer fest largest party of year

SUMMIT COUNTY Join Arapahoe Basin Ski Area—which is still open for the season—on May 29 from noon-4 p.m. for the 15th Annual Festival of the Brewpubs, its largest party of the year. Spend the day sampling beer from breweries from Summit County and Colorado and enjoying the music of Jakarta and outdoor food stations. This is a spring-time party not to be missed.

A $30 ticket gets 21 and older participants beer samplings from 14 breweries and a commemorative mug. Participating breweries include Pug Ryans, Ska Brewing, Lefthand Brewing, Elevation Beer Company, Oskar Blues, Deschutes Brewery, Upslope Brewing, Colorado Native, Breckenridge Brewery, Dillon Dam Brewery, Odell Brewing Company, Avery Brewing Company, Sierra Nevada and Great Divide.

Food stations include BBQ pork sandwich or BBQ pork sandwich platter with baked beans and corn on the cob, Colorado native beer brats with kraut or a brat platter with German potato salad and dill cucumber salad, pretzels with mustard, water and Gatorade.

A special VIP tasting with small batch brews is also planned. Join select brewers in a more intimate setting outside on the 6th Alley Bar and Grill’s Perch for some beer tasting, beer talk and food like

chicken skewers with peanut sauce, roasted corn and crab dip with flat bread and veggies, pork sliders with fried onions and pickle brat sliders. This special VIP tasting also includes entrance into the Festival of the Brewpubs and sampling from more Colorado Breweries for $55.

Jakarta plays live from 1-4 p.m. in the Base Area Plaza. The band, featuring Isaac Points, is Denver’s “hottest, oldschool, funk and R&B band.” The act performs a variety of music from disco, soul and hip-hop to soft rock.

For the past 35 years, Isaac Points has “created the groove that gets people on the dance floor.” Whether opening for Stanley Clark and Herbie Hancock, playing bass with Chuck Berry or Tony Bennett, performing USO tours with Joe Clemons, singing with the Platters or playing amusement parks with Tom Slick and Jinx Jones, his expertise of funk has been proven time and time again.

Don’t drink and drive. The free Summit Stage bus runs from Keystone to ABasin. It leaves River Run in Keystone at :55 after the hour until 4:55 p.m. The last bus will leave A-Basin at 5:10 p.m. to go back to Keystone.

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Local tea rooms offer opportunity for elegant Mother’s Day experience FRONT RANGE Every Mother’s Day, it is common for moms across the country to be lavished with presents and special attention from families, friends and loved ones. Although the modern holiday became officially rec-

ognized in the U.S. in 1914, mothers have been revered and celebrated throughout time around the world. One tradition that has developed since the founding of the national holiday is celebrating the company of one’s mother with afternoon tea.

FOOD & DRINK CALENDAR May 13-14 • Wine Dinner w/Root Down – Table @ Stanley Hotel (EP) May 14 • 75th Annual Clear Creek-Gilpin County Metal Mining Association George A. Jackson Sowbelly Dinner & Awards – Elks Lodge (IS) • Wine Tasting: Stonewood Collection – Mid-County Liquors (RV)

• Mountain MidLife Social Breakfast – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Fermentation with Ozuké – Lyons Farmette (LY) May 15 • Official Opening Day & Potluck – Idaho Springs Community Garden (IS)

• Mountain MidLife Potluck Brunch – TBD (NED) • Open for Season – The Lazy B Ranch Chuck Wagon Supper & Western Show (EP)

May 17 • Food Bank of Rockies Distribution – Gold Mountain Village (CC)

• Allenspark Area Club Dinner – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP) May 18 • Community Cupboard Food Bank – The Old Gallery (AP) May 20 • Mexican Buffet – Other Side Restaurant (EP) • Meet the Brewery: Green Flash Brewing – The Barrel (EP) May 20-21 • Wine Dinner w/John Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe Vineyards – Table @ Stanley Hotel (EP)

May 21 • Elemental: Four Artists Exhibit Reception – Gilpin Arts’ Visitor Center Showcase Gallery (CC)

May 22 • Brunch w/Foggy Tops – Stage Stop (RV) May 26 • Food Pantry – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Meet the Brewery: Elevation Brewing – The Barrel (EP) May 27 • Mountain MidLife Social Dinner – Nederland Community Center (NED)

May 27-28 • Wine Dinner w/Chef Frank Bonanno of Mizuna – Table @ Stanley Hotel (EP)

May 27-31 • Grand Opening Celebration – The Lazy B Ranch Chuck Wagon Supper & Western Show (EP)

May 28 • Mike’s Hard Lemonade Tasting – Mid-County Liquors (RV) • Folk Music Potluck – The Old Gallery (AP) May 29 • 15th Annual Festival of Brewpubs – Arapahoe Basin (SC) • 3rd Anniversary Pig Roast – Stage Stop (RV) June 1 • Coffee w/Nederland Marshal – Happy Trails Café (NED) • Community Cupboard Food Bank – The Old Gallery (AP) • Meet the Brewery: Full Sail Brewing – The Barrel (EP) June 2 • Food Pantry – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Open Mic & Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) June 3 • Nick Willis Band – Stage Stop (RV) • Seafood Buffet – Other Side Restaurant (EP) June 3-4 • Whiskey University – Table @ Stanley Hotel (EP) June 4 • Beer Relay – Bohn Park (LY) WEEKLY FOOD Sunday • Tasting Room Open for Cocktails – Dram Apothecary (SP) • Service Industry Sunday – Stage Stop (RV) • Chicken Stir Fry Special – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Brunch & Bloody Mary Bar – Oskar Blues (LY) • Brunch – Lyons Fork (LY)

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• Funday Specials – Pizza Bar 66 (EP) • Brunch – Sweet Basilico (EP) • Champagne Brunch – The Other Side (EP) • Brunch Buffet w/Amanda Valley – Waterfront Grille @ Estes Park Resort (EP)

Monday • Charity Night – Lucha Cantina (GT) • Pastor’s Pantry Food Distribution – Whispering Pines Church (CCC)

• Maggie’s Marvelous Meatloaf Special – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Nederland Area Seniors Lunch – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Family Style Spaghetti & Meatballs – Lyons Fork (LY) Tuesday • Taco Tuesday – Mothers Saloon (GT) • 1st Street Special Menu – Stage Stop (RV) • Tacos on the Patio – Salto Coffee Works (NED) • Burger Madness – Cables Pub & Grill (EP) • Tuesday Soup Day – Wheel Bar (EP) Wednesday • Burger Madness – Sundance Café (NED) • Nederland Area Seniors Lunch – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Pastor’s Pantry Food Distribution – Whispering Pines Church (CCC)

• Whiskey Wednesday – Pizza Bar 66 (LY) Thursday • Breakfast for Dinner – Sundance Café (NED) • Thursday Lunch Bunch – Highlands Presbyterian Center (AP) Friday • Tasting Room Open for Cocktails – Dram Apothecary (SP) • All You Can Eat Taco Night – Elks Lodge (IS) • Chef’s Specials – Stage Stop (RV) • Ribeye Steak Special – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Pastor’s Pantry Food Distribution – Whispering Pines

While there are numerous places to order a cup of tea, three tea rooms in the mountain communities from Clear Creek to Estes Park specialize in teas and emphasize its traditions, etiquette and proper service.

The Silver Plume Tea Room and Tea Company calls itself “Colorado’s Best Kept Secret,” but locals and its loyal patrons know when open for the season, the tea room is a wonderful place to enjoy breakfast, lunch, baked goods and afternoon tea.

Located in the National Historic District of Silver Plume, the tea room and antique store are housed in what was originally a mercantile and later “The Miner’s Saloon.” The building was built in 1889 of Silver Plume granite after the fire of 1884. The tea room opens for the summer season in early May, and offers Mother’s Day Weekend Afternoon Tea, May 7-8 at noon and 1:30 p.m. Call 303-355-7221 or 303-569-2368 to make reservations.

The Dusty Rose Tea Room in downtown Georgetown offers a charming, Victorian experience. Located in a building constructed in 1875, the business claims it will “present you with a completely different tea experience than any other tea room in the world” thanks to its “amazing” food baked from scratch including special items that can only be found at the tea room. It offers 30 varieties of teas.

This Mother’s Day, treat mom to High Tea, served May 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

It includes a choice of soup or fruit, a variety of savories, baked goods and sweets.

Choose from a tea, or enjoy, coffee, hot chocolate or a soda. Every mother will also receive a special, hand-made gift. For more information or to make reservations, call 303-569-3100.

In Estes Park, Moon Kats Tea Shoppe is owned and run by Rob and Staci Leavitt, a certified executive chef and pastry chef respectively. The elegant, French-style tea room serves tea, chai, pastries, sandwiches, salads, coffee, high teas along with offering a great selection of retail teas, accessories and gifts.

Moon Kats is located in the historic Prospect Inn building overlooking Bond Park that dates back to the early 1900s and started serving afternoon teas in 1914.

Its owners take pride in serving tea and “strive to provide the highest quality tea experience offering service elements only a tea house can provide.”

In addition to its daily breakfast, lunch and bakery offerings, Moon Kats also now serves Sunday Brunch, which is another perfect way to treat mom. They make all pastries, sauces, soups and food in house from scratch and are made to order. Call 303-437-9514 for information, reservations or to order gluten-free and vegetarian options in advance.

While too late for Mother’s Day, Gilpin Historical Society presents its popular High Tea at the Stroehle House in Black Hawk, June 11 and Sept. 10. The teas always sell out early, so call 303-582-5283 to save a place now.

Church (CCC)

• Burger Madness – Lyons Dairy Bar (LY) • Brunch – Lyons Fork (LY) • Chef’s Special – Cables Pub & Grill (EP) • Community Corner Café – Shepherd of the Mountain Lutheran Church (EP)

• Taste & Create – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP) Saturday • Tasting Room Open for Cocktails – Dram Apothecary (SP) • Dinner Specials – Da Rivuh Fish & BBQ Company (IS) • Chef’s Specials – Stage Stop (RV) • Ribeye Steak Special – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Food Pantry – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Brunch – Lyons Fork (LY) • Prime Rib Dinner Special – Other Side Restaurant (EP) AP = Allenspark BC = Boulder County BH = Black Hawk CC = Central City CCC= Coal Creek Canyon EM = Empire EP = Estes Park GC = Gilpin County GRC = Grand County GGC = Golden Gate Canyon GH = Gold Hill GT = Georgetown IS = Idaho Springs

JT = Jamestown LC = Larimer County LV = Loveland LY = Lyons NED = Nederland RV = Rollinsville SA = Salina SMG = St. Mary’s Glacier SP = Silver Plume SC = Summit County WD = Ward WP = Winter Park

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Deli cures, brines meat in-house for ‘monster’ sandwiches leave without a bag in hand.”

“I came to Estes in 2002 after finishing All meats are cured and brined in school in Arizona. I needed to do an in- house, including turkey breast, corned ternship, and had a friend that got me on beef and pastrami. “I smoke turkey breast at a local restaurant.” Shantz has worked four days, the corned beef is just shy of in local kitchens at The Dunnraven and brining for a month,” he said. “I supHanger Restaurant, and was the food ser- posed if I had to pick, I am most proud vice director at the Highlands Presbyte- of our pastrami. By the time it goes on your sandwich rian Camp and there is well over Retreat Center in a month of prepAllenspark. aration into it.”

Back in Arizo Breakfast burna, Shantz spent ritos and sandseveral years wiches are made making wedto order daily. ding cakes and “We don’t even more for a caterhave a microing company he wave or freezer owned. It made in the building,” offering specialhe said. “We order cakes at Scratch Deli & Bakery Chef-Owner Cru Shantz bake all our own Scratch a “no brainer.” If his handmade gingerbread bread and have cinnamon rolls and sticky version of the St. Malo Chapel on the buns every morning.”

Rocks he created for the holidays is any If you don’t see something on the indication—its fully covered with choco- menu of specialty sandwiches—like the late covered raisins for rocks and melted Italian with Genoa and Cotto salami, gummies for the stained glass windows— Copicola, provolone tapenade and house he has the creativity to make something made Italian dressing served on home made focaccia bread or the Black and unique for any occasion.

There is no skimping on portions at Blue with cajun blackened roast beef Scratch either. Each sandwich has a half and blue cheese on french bread—order pound of in-house-made meats with gener- from the “Make Your Own” menu and ous amounts of cheese and veggies. “They pick the bread, meats, cheeses, toppings are monsters,” Shantz said. “Few people and spreads to have it just as you want Continued from page 4

it. Look for specials like the Caprese Sandwich, perfect for the veggie lover, which includes tomatoes, fresh basil, roasted garlic and provolone drizzled with balsamic served on fresh focaccia bread. Everyone loves a grilled cheese sandwich, and Shantz takes his to the next level with cheddar, pepper jack and cream cheese on french bread. Sides like coleslaw, Italian or pesto pasta salad, and classic or loaded potato salad are available for only a little more. Round out the meal to make a perfect picnic with any number of assorted pastries like lemon bars, carrot cake, German chocolate cake and, of course, chocolate chip cookies.

Everything is baked fresh each day.

Shantz said he is pleased with his staff and is looking forward to working more with a new baker he recently brought on board. “I lucked out with my staff. All really good people, very friendly, nice and customer service oriented,” he said. “We also just brought on Jessica [to bake]. She’s been awesome and fits right in with the rest of the staff. We’ve only got rock stars.”

Stop in on your way to to explore Rocky Mountain National Park, or just to take back to work to home, either way, you will be able to taste the difference of food made by- and from - Scratch.

Scratch Deli & Bakery is located at 911 Moraine Ave. in Estes Park.

Call 970-586-8383 or find them on Facebook at Scratch-Deli-Bakery.

Beer garden hosts brewers

ESTES PARK The Barrel, an outdoor beer garden, with 64 taps—two wine, two cider, two mead and 57 craft beer with four rotating Nitro taps—focuses on craft beer, mead, cider, high-end distilled spirits and wines. It offers guests a friendly, social atmosphere.

This season, The Barrel hosts numerous afternoon “Meet the Brewery” events.

Visiting breweries include Verboten Brewing, May 13; Green Flash Brewing, May 20; Elevation Brewing, May 26; Full Sail Brewing, June 1; River North Brewery, June 8; Boston Beer Company, June 15; Ninkasi Brewing, June 22; Big Sky Brewing, June 29; Snowbank Brewing, July 6; Grimm Brother Brewhouse, July 13; Left Hand Brewing, July 20; Strange Brewing, July 27; Ska Brewing, Aug. 3; Great Divide Brewing, Aug. 10; Upslope Brewing, Aug. 17; Odell Brewing, Aug. 24; Fort Collins Brewery, Aug. 31; High Hops Brewery, Sept. 7; Epic Brewing, Sept. 14; Dogfish Head Brewery, Sept.

21; Destihl Brewery, Sept. 28.

The Barrel also hosts Geeks Who Drink trivia nights every Tuesday starting May 31 from 6-8 p.m.

The Barrel is located at 116 East Elkhorn Ave. in Estes Park. Call 970616-2090 or visit www.thebarrel. beer for more information

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Mountain EVENTS CALENDAR

Festivals/Special Events May 1 • Open for Season – Eagle Plume’s Trading Post (BC) May 3 • Timberline Fire Protection District Election – TFPD Station No. 7 (GC)

May 4 • Open for Season – Nederland Area Sort Yard (NED) May 5 • Cinco de Mayo – Estes Park High School (EP) May 6-7 • Crossroads Community Garage Sale – Estes Park Events Complex (EP)

May 7 • Mother Hubbard Mother’s Day Celebration – Planet Bluegrass (LY)

• Lyons PTO Casino Night – Ax & Oar (LY) • 28th Annual Estes Park Duck Race Festival – Nicky’s Steakhouse/Downtown Riverwalk (EP)

• Downtown Duck Hunt – Downtown Estes Park (EP) May 7-8 • Roses & Chocolates for Mom – Georgetown Loop (GT) • Surprise Sidewalk Sale – Elkhorn Avenue (EP) May 8 • Mom’s Ride Free – Carousel of Happiness (NED) May 9 • Desiree Culver Benefit w/Pasta Buffet, Live Music & Silent Auction – Troia’s Café (GT) May 13-15 • Vintage Market Days of North Central Colorado: Springtime in Rockies – Estes Park Event Complex (EP) May 15 • Opening Day & Potluck – Idaho Springs Community Garden (IS)

• Open House – Lyons Farmette (LY) • Open House – River Bend (LY) May 18 • Open for Season – Allenspark Area Sort Yard (AP) May 21 • Mill Creek Valley Historical Society Old Fashioned Sock Hop – Dumont School (DU) • Community-Wide Garage Sale – Sandstone Park (LY) • Estes Park Safety Fair – Estes Park Fairgrounds (EP) May 22 • Lyons Area Clean-Up Day – Bohn Park (LY) May 21-22 • Slash Collection – Coal Creek Canyon Fire Station 2 (CCC) May 27 • Open for Season – Guanella Pass Road (GT) • Open for Season – Mt. Evans Road (IS) May 27-28 • Rummage Sale – Golden Gate Grange (GGC) • Re-Opening for 60th Anniversary Season – Brownfield’s Souvenir & Outdoor Store (EP)

May 28 • 2th Annual Historic Georgetown Railroad & Mining Days Pack Burro Race – Sixth Street (GT) • 30th Anniversary Customer Appreciation Day – Estes Park Mountain Shop (EP)

May 30 • Memorial Day Veterans Ceremony – Carousel of Happiness (NED)

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‘Yard sale’ assists women starting small businesses

event] when people bring in boxes and bags of everything. We

By Jennifer Pund have a whole room dedicated to clothing and shoes, as well as a NEDERLAND ooking for great stuff at great prices? Since 1986, Neder- whole hallway for kid’s clothing and toys,” Board Member Tealand’s Mountain Forum for Peace has been holding its an- gen Blakey said. “There is a room stacked almost floor to ceiling nual yard sale which serves as the group’s main fundraiser. with books, along with some CDs, DVDs and, yes, VHS tapes Although the yard sale is June 3-5, the set up begins days before too. The other main hallway is always devoted to kitchen supplies from plates and bowls to mixing supplies and containers.” on May 29. Exactly what will be for There is always a large selection sale is always a surprise, not only for of furniture including tables, chairs buyers, but for the all-volunteer staff, and couches. Sporting goods, holitoo. The group also sees the sale as a day and craft items, picture frames, community service by allowing peotools, jewelry and much more are ple to donate their unwanted items. also plentiful. New and more expenIt’s a great time to spring clean and sive items are also included. “Folks donate to help the Mountain forum should look forward to the opporfor Peace. Like the past 30 years, tunity to do a bit of spring cleaning the group will use the raised funds and pass off items in good condition to sponsor and support organizations to a place not far from home.” that concentrate on assisting women On June 3-5, stop in to the Nedto begin their own small businesses. erland Community Center to shop.

“The first Mountain Forum for The Mountain Forum for Peace Yard Sale takes place “Come in to browse a great collecPeace yard sale was held in a found- throughout the Nederland Community Center. tion of items you’ve been looking ing member’s yard. I remember Sally Grahn telling me they made about $25,” member Dianne for, but haven’t gotten around to getting, or that one thing that catches your eye. We have so many clothes, they are one paper Fleming said. “Wow, how we’ve grown.”

In the more recent years, the annual sale is held at the Neder- bag for $5. Gently used items are such a great deal. They’re land Community Center, and takes up a majority of the building. still in great condition, but so much cheaper than at a store,” Although the group doesn’t exactly know what they will have for Blakey said. sale, after many years of experience, members know how to di- New this year, the group will only accept electronics that are vide areas of the Nederland Community Center. “We never really from 2014 and newer. “[This]cuts down on the mass of cords know quite what we will have at the sale until the week of [the Continued on page 12

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CANINE ON THE CREEK 5K

Grab your “best friend” and running shoes and head to Dumont to raise awareness of Charlie’s Place, the Clear Creek/Gilpin County Animal Shelter. Canine on the Creek, May 14 from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., is a fun, fast and scenic 5K along Clear Creek. Runners are allowed to run or walk with one well-behaved canine.

Find information at www.clearcreekrecreation.com.

BOULDER MOUNTAIN MARATHON

Run a marathon or challenge yourself with the 10mile Ascent up Four Mile Canyon, May 15 at 7 a.m.

The Ascent begins at the Adventure Lodge at the base of Fourmile Canyon and ends in Gold Hill. The marathon starts and finishes at the historic Gold Hill Inn. All proceeds benefit the Fourmile Fire Protection District. Register online at raceroster.com.

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The Dirty 30, June 4, is a 50K mountain ultramarathon on a meandering single-track through groves of aspen, green meadows and thick pine forests at Golden Gate Canyon State Park. The event benefits Gilpin County School Athletics and features cash prizes for the top five male and female 50K racers.

Sign up at dirty30.org/golden-gate.

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Free compost workshops offered

Wilderness camping permits available

LYONS The Boulder County Resource Conservation Division is sponsoring seven compost workshops in various locations throughout Boulder County including Lyons. The event is free and open to the public, though registration is required, as space is limited. Registration can be completed at online. The Lyons event, May 7 from 10 a.m.-noon, takes place at Red Fox Outdoor Equipment, 424 Main St. SoilSaver compost bins will be sold for $55.

Participants will learn how to start

PEAK TO PEAK Indian Peaks Wilderness Area is one of the most highly visited wilderness areas in the nation. To preserve the wilderness experience, camping permits are required between June 1 and Sept. 15, with limited spots available for each zone. The most popular sites and weekends often book up more than a month in advance and some areas are already close to selling out so get your application in early. Overnight camping permits are $5 for each trip reservation.

To apply for a permit, google “Roosevelt National Forest Indian Peaks Wilderness,” and choose the US Forest Service website.

Use the backcountry zone map and trails information on that page to research your route and top choices for camping.

When planning your trip, expect deep snow to linger on most trails through mid-July due to the high elevation. Roads to some trailheads don’t open until mid-

and maintain a highly efficient backyard compost system by learning what to feed a compost pile, appropriate bins and methods for our geographic area, tips and troubleshooting, and much more. This free workshop is taught by Melanie Nehls Burow, a Master Composter in Colorado.

For more information, visit www.

BoulderCountyRecycles.org, call 720564-2226 or e-mail bhentkowski@ bouldercounty.org.

June. In high alpine areas, winter conditions can occur suddenly and unexpectedly year-round, so be sure you are prepared with proper gear and footwear. Afternoon thunderstorms are common. Plan your trip to be off of exposed areas before noon.

Once you’ve determined your preferred route, the best way to receive a permit for your top choice is to download, print and complete the form and mail it with a check to one of the addresses listed on the application form well in advance of your trip. Allow two weeks to receive permits by mail.

If you choose to deliver an application in person, note that the Boulder Ranger District is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Visit www.fs.usda.gov/goto/arp/indian peaks for more information.

Former school declared landmark

County Landmark on April 3, 2007. It in Gilpin County and has been declared was then moved again. a Gilpin County Landmark. The 1896 The Tolland School House, located schoolhouse has been moved five times on Tolland Road near East Portal Road and now sits on a trailer along Tolland was built in 1902. The single-story, verRoad in Rollinsville. Its current site nacular, clapboard-sided structure sits will become the school houses’ perma- on a stone foundation and has a blue metal roof. On nent home. top of the roof The one-story sits an open bell frame building tower and brick has a moderately chimney. Locatpitched front gaed in a meadow ble roof, simple along South horizontal lap Boulder Creek, siding with corthe school has ner boards. been owned The building was and maintained moved to Rolfor decades by linsville in 1960 The Thorn Lake Schoolhouse is currently siting the Toll famto serve as a on the side of Tolland Road in Rollinsville. ily of Denver. volunteer fire department station. A door was cut into one It was the first schoolhouse to service end of the building for the fire engine at the children not only in the township of that time. The building moved again in Tolland, but also those of Baltimore and 1967 to Gap Road—near where it was more rural places. The building exemfirst built—to serve as another volunteer plifies the significant social change in fire department building, but deteriorated these communities from mining camps into a storage building. It was donated to more permanent developments more to the county, who declared it a Gilpin accommodating to family life.

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and electronics in the back that you wonder, ‘Does this actually work?’ What few electronics we do offer will be high quality,” Blakey said.

What began as a group of women having coffee who decided to take an active stand in the world against nuclear proliferation has continued for over 30 years, and still continues to grow. “Just as it began, Mountain Forum for Peace is still based in our mountain community, has many members who have been dedicated to [the group] for more than a decade, but we are always looking for new members with fresh ideas,” Blakey said.

The funds raised from this year’s sale will continue to financially support organizations that help women begin their own businesses in developing countries as well contribute to seniors and students in Nederland. Returning to its roots, the group also has a big event planned for September when speaker Paul Chappell presents talks and a two-day workshop on peace and leadership.

“It’s all more than just an idea due in large part to the funds raised at the sale,” she said.

Each year, the annual sale is an all volunteer event. “Not a single person is paid for their time, yet for eight hour days, there are volunteers helping to unload cars, disperse items to the right hallways, sort, organize and price the thousands of items

that are brought to us,” Blakey explained.

“On the last day the entire community center is returned to it’s previously empty, clean condition in just a few hours.”

The group would like to have as little waste as possible after the event, so be sure to look for treasures in the parking lot on Sunday. “If there is something you’re just not quite sold on, you also have the oppor-

Mountain Events Calendar Festivals/Special Events (cont.)

May 30 (cont.)

• Lyons Outdoor Games/Burning Can Festival – Bohn Park (LY)

June 3-4 • High Country Auxiliary Flea Market – Gilpin County Fairgrounds (GC)

June 3-5 • Mountain Forum for Peace Yard Sale – Nederland Community Center (NED)

June 4 • 8th Annual Summer Kick-Off – Citizens Park (IS) • CSU Extension: Mountain Plant Sale – Gilpin County Fairgrounds (GC)

• Annual Nederland Firewise Town Clean-up Day – Boulder County Road & Bridge Yard (NED) • Canyon Clean-Up – CCCIA Hall (CCC)

• Estes Park Pet Association Yard Sale – Animal Medical Center (EP)

Game Nights May 2 • Chess Fun w/Aaron Caplan – Lyons Regional Library (LY) May 5 • Chess/Board Game Club – Nederland Community Library (NED) May 12 • Chess/Board Game Club – Nederland Community Library (NED) May 14 • Game Night – CCCIA Hall (CCC) May 27 • Trivia Night – Salto Coffee Works (NED) May 27-28 • 12th Annual Lyons Spring Classic Pinball Tournament – Lyons Classic Pinball (LY)

May 31 • Geeks Who Drink – The Barrel (EP) Health/Wellbeing May 2 • Self Care Massage Group – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 3 • Basic Life Support Class – Estes Park Medical Center (EP) May 4 • One-on-One Appointments w/Larimer Health Connect – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 5 • Mindfulness for Inner Peace Workshop – The Yoga Room (IS)

• New Moon Sisterhood – The StarHouse (GH) • Basic Life Support Class, Heartsavers CPR Class – Estes Park Medical Center (EP)

May 6-8 • Living in Spirit: Whole in Self, At One with Dao – Dao House (EP)

May 7 • Healing Arts Fundraiser & Silent Auction – Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center (NED)

• Healing Waters Foundation – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 12 • CPR Course – Golden Gate Grange (GGC) May 12-15 • Dao of Enlightenment – Dao House (EP) May 17 • Yoga for Runners Workshop – Lyons Yoga & Wellness (LY) May 18 • One-on-One Appointments w/Larimer Health Connect – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 21 • Rise of Sophia Full Moon – The StarHouse (GH)

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tunity to pick it up for half price or possibly free on Sunday,” she said. “We are making a bigger effort to tell people about the free stuff that is either not worth our effort, or left over at the end of the event, will be outside. We want everyone to be aware of the decent items down in the parking lot.”

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sense of accomplishment and purpose when they step back and see what they’ve helped do in just a few short days.

The Nederland Community Center is located at 750 Hwy. 72 N. For more information or membership opportunities, visit www.mountainforumforpeace.org.

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May 22-27 • Yoga Arts Camp – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) May 25 • Free Hearing Screening/Hearing Aid Servicing – Estes

May 16 • St. Mary’s Glacier Water & Sanitation Board – Alice

May 25-29 • Awakening Inner Spirit: Undertake a Healing Journey w/ Herbs, Essential Oils & Internal Alchemy – Dao House (EP) Meetings/Clubs/Groups May 2 • Community Meeting w/Nederland Police Department & Business Leaders – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Ward Town Meeting – Town Hall (WD) • Jamestown Board of Trustees – Town Hall (JT) • Lyons Board of Trustees – Town Hall (LY) • Sprague Lake Dam Repairs Public Meeting – Estes

• Lyons Board of Trustees – Town Hall (LY) May 17 • Mill Creek Valley Historical Society – Dumont

Valley Library (EP)

Valley Library (EP)

May 3 • Central City Council – Town Hall (CC) • Nederland Board of Trustees – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Lyons Arts & Humanities Commission – Town Hall (LY) • Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary: Estes Valley Recreation & Park District – Other Side Restaurant (EP) • Great Decisions Discussion Group, Noon Rotary Board, Kiwanis Club Board – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 4 • Idaho Springs Chamber of Commerce – Majestic Building (IS)

• Estes Valley Model Railroaders – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 5 • Clear Creek County Veterans Coalition – Elks Lodge (IS) • Gilpin County Republicans – Gilpin County Library (GC) • The Environmental Group – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Lyons Watershed Board – Town Hall (LY) • Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 7 • SkyWatchers – CCCIA Hall (CCC) May 8 • St. Mary’s Glacier POA – Alice Schoolhouse (SMG) May 9 • Silver Plume Town Board – Town Hall (SP) • Idaho Springs City Council – Town Hall (IS) • Jamestown Board of Trustees Workshop – Town Hall (JT) • Estes Park Garden Club, Library Friends & Foundation Board, Families for Estes Board – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 10 • Georgetown Board of Selectmen – Town Hall (GT) • Spanish Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT) • Lyons Holistic Networking Group – Lyons Yoga & Wellness (LY)

• Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary: Team Meetings – Other Side Restaurant (EP)

• Aviation Internationale of Estes – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 11 • Clear Creek Fire Authority Board – CCFA Station 1 (DU) • Idaho Springs Chamber of Commerce Mixer – Majestic Building (IS)

• Clear Creek County Open Space Meeting – Town Hall (IS) • Black Hawk City Council – Town Hall (BH) • Gilpin Senior Living Board – Gilpin County School (GC) • Estes Park Women’s Club Luncheon w/Mountainaires – Presbyterian Church of the Rockies (EP)

• Larimer Commissioner Donnelly Citizen Meeting – Senior Center (EP)

May 12 • Upper Clear Creek Watershed – Town Hall (IS) • Estes Park Equestrian Club, Estes Park Genealogical Society – Estes Valley Library (EP)

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• Timberline Fire Protection District Meeting – Station No. 7 (GC)

Schoolhouse (DU)

• Central City Council – Town Hall (CC) • Nederland Board of Trustees – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Allenspark Area Club Dinner and “Growing Food in Outer Space” – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP) • Lyons Regional Library District Board of Trustees – Lyons Regional Library (LY)

• Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary: Navy & Marine Intelligence in the Cold War w/Dick Life – Other Side Restaurant (EP) May 18 • Clear Creek Fire Authority Board – CCFA Station One (DU) • Nederland Downtown Development Authority – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Estes Park Cycling Coalition – Via Bicycle Café (EP) • Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center Board, Estes Park Pet Association – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 19 • Gilpin County Democrats – Gilpin County Library (GC) • Business After Hours – Outdoor Adventure Park (EP) May 23 • Silver Plume Town Board – Town Hall (SP) • Idaho Springs City Council – Town Hall (IS) May 24 • Spanish Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT) • Friends of the Lyons Regional Library District Board Meeting – Lyons Regional Library (LY) • Lyons Business Networking Group – Lyons Yoga & Wellness (LY)

• Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary: Rotary Exchange Student – Other Side Restaurant (EP)

• Downtown Business Partners – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 25 • Black Hawk City Council – Town Hall (BH) • Nederland Community Library District Board – Nederland Community Library (NED)

May 26 • Coal Creek Canyon Watershed Partnership – CCCIA Hall (CCC)

June 1 • Idaho Springs Chamber of Commerce – Majestic Building (IS) • Estes Park Car Club Meet & Greet – Bond Park (EP) • Estes Valley Model Railroaders – Estes Valley Library (EP) June 2 • Clear Creek County Veterans Coalition – Elks Lodge (IS) • Gilpin County Republicans – Gilpin County Library (GC) • The Environmental Group – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Lyons Watershed Board – Town Hall (LY) • Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary – Estes Valley Library (EP) Sports/Recreation May 1 • Lifeguard Certification Class – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) May 3 • Clear Creek Recreation Hiking Club: Canine on the Creek – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) May 7 • Mary Jane’s Closing Day – Winter Park Resort (GC) • Green Ranch Hike – Golden Gate Canyon State Park (GC) • Duck Waddle 5K – Bond Park (EP) • Big Red of the Rockies 20th Anniversary Banquet – Estes Park Convention Center (EP)

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May 8 • Closing Day – Loveland Ski Area (GT) May 10 • Free Climbing Clinic: Gym to Crag – Red Fox North America (LY) May 14 • Canine on the Creek 5K Run/Walk – Charlie’s Place Animal Shelter (DU)

• Mountain MidLife Hike – Nederland Community Center (NED) May 15 • Peak to Peak Rotary Club Charity Poker Tournament – Isle Casino (BH)

• Boulder Mountain Marathon & 10-Mile Ascent – Four Mile Canyon Adventure Lodge (BC)

May 17 • Clear Creek Recreation Hiking Club: South Valley Park – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)

May 19-22 • Active at Altitude Trail Running Camp w/Nancy Hobbs – Estes Park (EP)

May 21 • Colorado’s Largest Swimwear Parade On Skis –

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• CSU Extension Gilpin County: Ask a Master Gardener – Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center (NED)

May 14-15 • Saws & Slaws Chainsaw Safety Class – Camp Granite Lake (CCC) May 16 • Building a Website – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 17 • Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center Spring Conference: “Making Magic Happen” – Stanley Hotel (EP) May 18 • The Power of the Magdalene – Lyons Regional Library (LY) • Communicate to Connect: Business Communication Workshop with Margaret Repath – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 19 • Money Matters Part 1 – Estes Valley Library (EP) • Conservation Workshop: Paper – Estes Park Museum (EP) May 20 • Devil’s Gate History Club Presentation: “The Romance of Alfred Bierstadt” – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Active Adult 50+ Basic Computer Skills Class – Lyons Regional Library (LY)

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May 21 • Homebuyer Class – Town Hall (IS) • CSU Extension Gilpin County: Ask a Master Gardener –

Sports (NED)

• Beavers, Orienteering for Beginners: Map & Compass Basics in RMNP – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) May 23 • Larimer Business Resources Spring Class Series: “Managing a Diverse Workforce” – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 24 • Proposal Budgeting Basics – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 25 • Nonprofit Self Study: Making it Work for your Organization, Selling Your Stuff Online – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 26 • CSU Master Gardeners: Invasive Species – Georgetown

• Full Moon Hike to St. Mary’s Glacier – Silver Lake Lodge (SMG) May 22 • Seek & Enjoy Ride & Demo w/Josh Harrod – Tin Shed May 28 • 30th Anniversary Customer Appreciation Day – Estes Park Mountain Shop (EP)

May 27 • Open for Season – Guanella Pass Road (GT) • Open for Season – Mount Evans Road (IS) May 27-28 • Lyons Pinball Spring Classic – Lyons Classic Pinball (LY) May 27-29 • Paragon Dressage I – Estes Park Events Complex (EP) May 28 • Wildflower Hike – Bald Mountain Scenic Area (BC) • Junior Ranger Adventures Summer Challenge –

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Heritage Center (GT)

Betasso Preserve (BC)

• Birds at Twilight – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) • Money Matters Part 2 – Estes Valley Library (EP) • Conservation Workshop: Photographs – Estes Park

Mountain Conservancy (EP)

June 4 • Falcons, Technology of Your Ancestors: Primitive Survival Skills – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) WEEKLY EVENTS Festivals/Special Events Friday • Date Night – Carousel of Happiness (NED) Saturday • Community Clothing Closet – Nederland Community

June 4 • Green Ranch Hike – Golden Gate Canyon State Park (GC) • Beer Relay – Bohn Park (LY) Talks/Tours/Workshops/Classes May 2 • 100 Years of Environmental Change in RMNP – Rocky • Meet Me @ The Museum: Gallery Tour – Estes Park Museum (EP)

May 3 • Soil Health Presentation w/Jean Reeder – Senior Center (EP) May 4 • CSU Extension: Native Plant Landscaping – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC)

• Small Business Resources 101 – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 5 • Native Plants in Restoring Landscape – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • How to Prepare for Anything Workshop – Town Hall (EP) May 6 • Floods: Going to Extremes – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) May 7 • Rocky Mountain Compassionate Communication Network: Non-Violent Communication Skills – Clear Creek High School (IS)

• CSU Extension: Vegetable Gardening for Mountains, Composting for Mountains – Gilpin Exhibit Barn (GC) • Backyard Compost Workshop – Red Fox Outdoor Equipment (LY)

• Floral Displays w/Keri Kelly, Archaeology in the Estes Park Area w/Heidi Short – Estes Park Museum (EP) May 9 • Army Corp of Engineers Building Flood Vulnerability Assessment Educational Meeting – Town Hall (EP) • Customizing Resumé & Cover Letter – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 11 • Business & Nonprofit Resource Open House, Tech Makes Travel Easier – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 12 • Homesteader Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Hawks in Flight – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) • Conservation Workshop: Textiles – Estes Park Museum (EP) May 13 • Behind the Scenes at RMNP, Life Signs: Tracking the Invisible – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) May 14 • CSU Master Gardeners Mountain Garden Workshop – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)

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Game Nights Monday • Monday Night Trivia – Pizza Bar 66 (LY) • Chess Fun w/Aaron Caplan – Lyons Regional Library (LY) • Estes Park Duplicate Bridge Club – United Methodist Church (EP)

Tuesday • Lego Night – Club Ned (NED) Wednesday • Trivia Night – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • Game Night – Club Ned (NED) • Juggling Club – The Old Gallery (AP) • Texas Hold’em Poker – Ax & Oar (LY) • Pool League – Lonigans Bar & Grill (EP) • Trivia Night – Longz Mountain Grill (EP) Thursday • Free Pool – Lonigans Bar & Grill (EP) Friday • Match 12 Friday Night Dice – Famous Bonanza Casino (CC) • Estes Park Duplicate Bridge Club – United Methodist Church (EP)

Health/Wellbeing Sunday • Sunday Community Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) • Maya Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Yoga – Tadasana Mountain Yoga (NED)

• Mat Pilates w/Nicole – Yoga Room Idaho Springs (IS) • Master Chen Sermon on Daoism, Tai Chi, Qigong Instruction, Community Acupuncture – Dao House (EP) Monday • Continuing Yoga – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Gentle Yoga w/Joelle, Yoga w/Abby – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Hatha Yoga, Yoga Dance – Gilpin Community Center (GC) • Kid’s Tai Chi – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Yoga – Salida Schoolhouse (SA) • Yoga w/Peggy, Tai Chi & Qigong: Meditative Movement – The Old Gallery (AP)

• Yoga – Golden Gate Grange (GGC) • Vinyasa Yoga – The Yoga Room (IS) Tuesday • Tai Chi Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Yoga, Tai Chi & Qigong: Meditative Movement – The

Wednesday • SilverSneakers Cardio, Drop-In Pickleball, Aqua Zumba – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Aquacize, Fire Fitness, Guts & Glutes, Adult Strengthen, Adult Volleyball, Swim Lessons – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Adult Fitness, Family Martial Arts – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Pickleball, Mountain Movers, Planet Motion/Zumba – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Senior Exercise Group – St. Rita’s Church (NED) • Juggling Club – The Old Gallery (AP) • Open Gym Adult Basketball – Estes Park Middle School Gym (EP) Thursday • Women’s Movers & Shakers, Men’s Moaners & Groaners – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Girls on the Run, Core Conditioning, Water Aerobics, Vortex Class – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • CCMRD Loveland Ski/Ride Group – Sampler Mill

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• Power Hour w/Jeannine Dietz – The Yoga Room (IS) • Women’s Movers & Shakers, Men’s Moaners & Groaners – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Vinyasa Flow, Restorative Yoga – Tadasana Mountain Yoga (NED)

• Adult Tai Chi – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Mom & Tot Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) • Kundalini Yoga – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Wednesday • Beginning Yoga, Continuing Yoga – Sampler Mill

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Recreation Center (IS)

• Adult Fitness – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Bootcamp, Aquacize, Pickleball, Tae Kwon Do – Gilpin

Yoga (NED)

• Basketball – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Senior Exercise Class – Allenspark Fire Department (AP) • Adult Basketball League – Lyons Elementary School (LY) • Local’s Night – Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park (EP) • Estes Park Cycling Coalition Thursday After Work Ride

• Mindful Meditation – Location: 303-642-0428 (CCC) • Vinyasa Yoga – Gilpin Community Center (GC) • Yoga – Golden Gate Grange (GGC) • Vinyasa Yoga w/Cherie Ebert – The Yoga Room (IS) • Moms & Babies Yoga, Vinyasa Flow – Tadasana Mountain • Tai Chi & Qigong: Meditative Movement – The Old Gallery (AP) • Adult Tai Chi – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Thursday • Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga – Gilpin Community Center (GC) • Thursday Locals Night – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) • Women’s Movers & Shakers, Men’s Moaners & Groaners – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Tai Chi – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Adult Tai Chi, Fundamentals of Tai Chi and Qigong – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Gentle Yoga, Yoga/Pilates Fusion – Tadasana Mountain Yoga (NED)

• Tai Chi & Qigong: Meditative Movement – The Old Gallery (AP) Friday • Vinyasa Yoga – The Yoga Room (IS) • Yoga – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Tai Chi & Qigong: Meditative Movement – The Old Gallery (AP) • Parent & Tot Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) • Yoga – CCCIA Hall (CCC) Saturday • Vinyasa Yoga – The Yoga Room (IS) • Nia – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Community Clothing Closet – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Restorative Flow Yoga – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Meetings/Clubs/Groups Monday • Rotary of Estes Park – National Park Village Theater (EP) Tuesday • Tech Tuesday – Nederland Community Library (NED) • Clear Creek County Board of Commissioners – County Courthouse (GT)

Wednesday • Hilltop Guild – Kelley House (AP) Thursday • Rotary Club of Estes Park – National Park Village Theater (EP) • Veterans Group – Gilpin County Library (GC) Sports/Recreation Monday • SilverSneakers Classic, Master Swim, Aqua Zumba, Drop-In Volleyball – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Aquacize, Bootcamp, Swim Lessons – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC)

• Pickleball, Dance Fit Class – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Senior Exercise Group – St. Rita’s Church (NED) • Adult Pickleball – Estes Park Middle School Gym (EP) Tuesday • Women’s Movers & Shakers, Men’s Moaners & Groaners – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Girls on the Run, Power Up!, Core Conditioning, Water Aerobics, Vortex Class, Drop-In Basketball, Youth: Short Court – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Sit and Fit – Idaho Springs Senior Center (IS) • Tai Chi Class, Family Martial Arts – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Quick & Tone, Aquacize, Pickleball, Tae Kwon Do – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC)

• Mountain Movers – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Adult Co-Rec Volleyball League – Estes Park Middle School Gym (EP)

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– Via Bicycle Café (EP)

• N’ Balance Class – Senior Center (EP) • Estes Outreach: Boot Camp w/Julie Bunton – Estes Park High School (EP)

Friday • SilverSneakers Cardio, Bootcamp – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)

• Aquacize, Adult Strengthen – Gilpin Recreation Center (BH) • Women’s Cardio Sculpt – Nederland Community Center (NED) Saturday • Bodyshred – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Bootcamp, Swim Lessons – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Pickleball – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Estes Park Cycling Coalition Saturday Morning Group Ride – Via Bicycle Café (EP) Talks/Tours/Workshops/Classes Sunday • Drawn to Black Canyon: The History and Beauty of MacGregor Ranch – National Park Service Headquarters Building (EP)

• Springing to Life Activity Table – Beaver Meadows Visitor Center (EP)

Monday • Intermediate Spanish – Estes Park High School (EP) Tuesday • Beginner Spanish – Estes Park High School (EP) Wednesday • Advanced Spanish – Estes Park High School (EP) Thursday • Becoming Tobacco-Free – Gilpin Public Health (GC) • Becoming Tobacco-Free – St. Paul’s Parish Hall (IS) Friday • Drawn to Black Canyon: The History and Beauty of MacGregor Ranch – National Park Service Headquarters Building (EP)

Saturday • Drawn to Black Canyon: The History and Beauty of MacGregor Ranch – National Park Service Headquarters Building (EP)

• Springing to Life Activity Table – Beaver Meadows Visitor Center (EP)

AP = Allenspark BC = Boulder County BH = Black Hawk CC = Central City CCC= Coal Creek Canyon EM = Empire EP = Estes Park GC = Gilpin County GRC = Grand County GGC = Golden Gate Canyon GH = Gold Hill GT = Georgetown IS = Idaho Springs

JT = Jamestown LC = Larimer County LV = Loveland LY = Lyons NED = Nederland RV = Rollinsville SA = Salina SMG = St. Mary’s Glacier SP = Silver Plume SC = Summit County WD = Ward WP = Winter Park

Submit mountain events and activities for free listing in the Mountain Events Calendar to: MMACeditor@gmail.com All listings/dates subject to change.

Contact venues to confirm events.

• N’ Balance Class – Senior Center (EP) • Free 5K Group Run – Stanley Hotel (EP)

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Plan ahead for 2016 Gilpin County Fair GILPIN COUNTY Mark your calendars and get ready for the 24th annual Gilpin County Fair, Aug. 20-21. The fair welcomes a new coordinator in 2016 as well as several new and refreshed events, rides and attractions.

While many popular aspects of the fair—like the bonfire and pancake breakfast—will return, be sure to check out new events like Bulls & Broncs, Aug. 20. Traditional bull riding, ranch bronc riding, mutton bustin’ and a sheep scramble are all included. The new Barrel Racing Jackpot also takes place, Aug. 20.

Also new in 2016, enjoy water walkers in the Gilpin Recreation Center pools or try to reach the top of the climbing wall. Don’t forget your utility or sport ATV for the new ATV Rodeo, May 21.

Don’t miss the Blizzard & Boo Long-

horn Show. See the longhorn steer perform tricks, then meet him and take a selfie. The Gilpin Archwood 4-H’s Celebrity Archery Shoot will feature the county’s most influential people testing their archery skills.

Another new addition is a Local Brew Tent featuring beer from area breweries.

The Gilpin County Fair takes place at the Gilpin County Fairgrounds, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Aug. 21 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements about this year’s many contests and how to enter.

The Gilpin County Fairgrounds is located at 230 Norton Dr. north of Black Hawk. Visit www.gilpincountyfair.com or search for Gilpin County Fair on Facebook.

Duck Race includes day of activities ESTES PARK The 2016 Estes Park Rotary Duck Race, May 7, will keep visitors entertained from early morning until late afternoon in so many places that it will be impossible to miss the fun. Most events are free of charge. Here’s a schedule of the entertainers and activities during the event.

Bond Park in downtown Estes Park hosts a pancake breakfast sponsored by Longs Peak Rotary Foundation and Kiwanis Club from 8-10 a.m. Pancakes, sausage, juice or coffee will be for sale for $5 per person.

The Duck Waddle 5K foot race departs from Bond Park at 9 a.m. and follows a route that features views of Fall River and Rocky Mountain National Park. Register online at epmarathon.org. Fees include a duck adoption and race shirt. The fees increase by $5 after May 2.

Enjoy a beer garden, food vendors, photo booth, live music, and interactive games sponsored by 15 duck race charities from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Entertainment includes Shake Your Tail Feather Music, Steve Smersh, Will Thomas, Ran Off the Rooster, Brad Fitch and Bayou Folk.

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part in the Duck Hunt at 10 a.m. Visit 20 listed businesses, find hidden ducks, collect stickers and return for a prize drawing.

Duck cartoons will also be showing at the Reel Mountain Theater from 10 a.m.-noon.

At Nicky’s Steakhouse, enjoy music by the Riverside Ramblers. The Duck Squat raffle is at 11 a.m. and Lucky, the Duck Race mascot, arrives at 11:30 a.m. The Estes Park Singers perform at noon and ducks drop into Fall River at 1 p.m.

The George Hix Riverside Plaza hosts the Highland Brass Quintet from 11 a.m.12:45 p.m., Great Blue from 1-2:45 p.m., Ran Off the Rooster from 3-5 p.m. Another Duck Squat raffle is at 1 p.m. and Face Painting is from noon-4 p.m. Enjoy a balloon artist, caricature artist and the Estes Park Band Boosters from 1-4 p.m.

There will also be a special appearance by Bruiser the Big Dog from 1-2:30 p.m.

Estes Park will provide shuttle service to and from several locations from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Visit www.epduckrace.org/ for additional information and to adopt a duck online.

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Classical Music May 28-June 1 • Adult Piano Seminar – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP) May 31 • Adult Piano Seminar 1 Student Recital – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)

Crafts/Sewing/Quilting May 2 • Monday Night Sock Club Course: Top Down Double Pointed Needles – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) May 3 • Coal Creek Quilters – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) • Quirky Quilters – Nederland Community Center (NED) May 4 • Adventures in Textures Workshop – The Stitchin’Den (EP) May 5 • Adult Craft Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT) • Millinery Basics – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) • Stitchers Get-Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Beginning Knitting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) May 7 • 3D Print Class – Idaho Springs Library (IS) • Adventures in Techniques: Drop Spindle, Tatting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)

May 9 • Adult Craft Group – Idaho Springs Library (GT) • Sticks & Strings – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) May 10 • Sock Yarn Shawl Class – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) May 11 • Courageous Creators Art Group – The Old Gallery (AP) • Estes Valley Quilt Guild – Good Samaritan Village (EP) May 12 • Millinery Basics – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) • Beginning Crocheting, Beginning Quilting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)

May 16 • Monday Night Sock Club Course: Top Down Double Pointed Needles – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) May 17 • Coal Creek Quilters – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) May 18 • Fun Junkies – Cables Restaurant and Bar (EP) • Adventures in Textures Workshop – The Stitchin’Den (EP) May 19 • Millinery Basics – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) • Stitchers Get-Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Beginning Knitting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) May 21 • Create An Artistic Travel Journal With Mixed Media w/Virginia Unseld – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) • Ned Knits – Nederland Community Center (NED) May 22-27 • Yoga Arts Camp – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) May 23 • The Artisans Market – Riverside Plaza (EP) • Sticks & Strings – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) May 25 • Courageous Creators Art Group – The Old Gallery (AP) May 26 • Millinery Basics – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)

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MOUNTAIN ARTS – galleries, artists and crafts people Hotel de Paris ‘most complete’ historic parcel in state

out of sight in a secured archives. The expanded exhibit of the

By Jennifer Pund GEORGETOWN collections’ items is allowing us to better illustrate the expeelebrating 50 years as a Site of the National Trust for His- riences of our key and secondary historical figures,” Kuharic toric Preservation, the Hotel de Paris opens it’s tour sea- explained. Visitors marvel at the abundance of objects original son to the public in May allowing visitors access to more to the site in 1901. than 5,000 objects original to the site. Through the use of the Older than Colorado itself, the Hotel de Paris, located at 409 6th newly developed “visible storage” in the hotel’s 1878 commer- St. in Georgetown, began in 1875 and offered a first-class French cial kitchen, visitors can view hand-panted French restaurant, showrooms for tableware, common kitchen tools, and pressed traveling salesmen and luxglassware that was once stored away and hidden urious lodging. It catered to from pubic view. These items the wealthy businessmen, contribute to convey the drarailroad tycoons, mining matic tale of Louis Dupuy investors, and outdoor adand his rise from a cook at a venture seekers during the hard working labor camp to “Gilded Age.” At the time, celebrated chef and renowned the hotel entertained many restaurateur. noble guests from George “When the unpacked furand Jay Gould – father nishings are seen by the puband son railroad execuRebranded in 1875 as “Hotel de Paris,” lic, they will easily discover tives- and more celebrated proprietor Louis Dupuy offered a firstwhy Hotel de Paris has been figures like Countess Magri class French restaurant and luxury guest described as the most com– born Mercy Lavinia Warrooms. His philosophical interest in plete historic parcel in Colothe relationship between food, health ren Bump—wife of Italian rado,” the museum’s Execuand productivity resulted in him being Count Primo Magri and tive Director Kevin Kuharic dubbed the “Father of Domestic Science.” widow of the late General said. “My favorite part of this Tom Thumb. year’s programming is maintaining the theme of unpacking, After the ‘Silver Panic’ of 1893, Hotel de Paris began a steady much like a traveler. The museum staff and volunteers have decline. In 1954, it was purchased and opened as a museum. been unpacking stories about people who worked, dined and Restored period rooms showcase the site’s original furnishings, slept [at the hotel]. Then it dawned on us that we could also which are faithfully arranged. Visitors are immersed in a setting unpack portions of the artifact collection that have been in kept Continued on page 16

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CAPTURING THE LIGHT

The Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, 423 W. Elkhorn Ave., presents its 5th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition “Capturing the Light,” May 6-30.

Free. A free, opening reception is May 6 from 5-8 p.m. Photographers include Derek Regensburger, Rich Vorinski, Erik Stensland, Mike Berenson, TienChien Chen, David Kignham and James Frank.

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ART AT THE REDSTONE MUSEUM

Experience the history of Lyons through its artists. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., has collected a significant number of works by local artists. The free Art at the Redstone Museum exhibit, opening on weekends beginning May 7, showcases the artwork of more than a dozen artists and over 50 pieces from its collection.

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GILPIN LIBRARY FILM SERIES

Highly engaging and knowledgeable film critic Walter Chaw returns to the Gilpin County Library, 15131 Hwy. 119, to introduce and discuss five films, May 7, 14, 21 and 28. This series features films of “The Archers,” the name used by collaborators Michael Powell and Emeric Press-Burger , who made some of the finest films in history.

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Museum ‘place of second chances’

Silver Plume National Historic Landmark of authenticity, which provides a fasci- District designation. Anne Marie Cannon, nating window into the lives of the ho- Director of Museum Collections with Histel’s proprietors, workers, builders, and toric Georgetown said, “Keep an eye out for all the different ways guests.

Georgetown and Silver Hotel de Paris is a Plume will be telling the place of second chances, story of this important Kuharic said, and he is designation and celebratstill amazed by what ing throughout the year.” they are finding. “In the The Hotel de Paris 1950s, CBS TV execuis open daily May 28 tives found our story of through Sept. 30 and reinvention so compelon weekends Oct. 1 ling they developed a through Dec. 11. GenWestern series titled, eral Admission is $7.

“Hotel de Paree.” No Look for discounts for matter who you are, you youths, seniors, active will most likely be able military and their famito see yourself in our Visitors marvel at the abunlies, AAA and members stories of human foibles dance of objects original to of the National Trust for and successes,” he said. the site in 1901. Unopened Historic Preservation.

“The biggest surprise [is bottles of mineral water from The Hotel de Paris that] we have not nearly New York show an interest in Museum is owned and exhausted our under- health and good living. operated by The Nastanding of the site, even tional Society of The Colonial Dames of after 62 years of scholarly research.”

The cellar is an area of the hotel not to America in the State of Colorado. Free be missed, according to Kuharic. “You can parking is available next to the museum. still spy in the mortar handprints of Chinese laborers who excavated and built the For more information, visit www.hohotel’s 1882 and 1889 additions.” teldeparismuseum.org or call 303 This year marks the 50-year “Golden 569-2311.

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Detail of “Upward Aspen” by Brent Hollingsead

Impressionist artist inspired by nature LYONS Brent Hollingsead is a Lyons-based impressionist artist who’s multitude of works play with texture, layering, abstraction and spontaneity. A graduate of Wittenberg University’s Fine Arts program, he has translated his lifelong passion for art into his professional career as a graphic designer which is often reflected back in the dimensionality of each painting. From serenity to wrath, all expressions of nature inspire the core of Brent’s work. The artist is exhibiting his work through June at The Stone Cup, 442 High St. in Lyons.

Visit brenthollingsead.com and www. thestonecup.com or call 303-8232345 for more information.

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Film festival expands to three days LYONS The second annual Lyons Film Festival, June 3-5, has expanded to three days, is working in partnership with the Lyons Outdoor Games and has added Planet Bluegrass as the opening night venue. This year’s focus on film, music and art includes film makers from all over Colorado, local musicians and workshops discussing many aspects of the film-making process.

The film festival, which will screen film blocks in seven different venues, takes place concurrently with the 15th Lyons Outdoor Games, June 3-4. The film festival will have a tent screening films at the event. It is also sponsoring a performance by Android Jones at the event.

The festival also features art vendors, June 4, at the Ax and Oar. The films and schedule are still being finalized, but some details have been teased.

Red Fox Outdoor Equipment is screening “The Rider and the Wolf,” a film exploring the life and disappearance of mountain bike pioneer Mike Rust.

“Rodeo Dog,” a film about rodeo, the modern American West, and the only known dog in the country who works in the live arena herding bulls, is also part of the program.

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larch as he clones some of the world’s most ancient and largest living things— California’s coastal redwoods—and replants them in Oregon.

“Rolling Papers: A Documentary Film,” will also be screened. It is a feature documentary on cannabis culture in Colorado as told through The Denver Post and its The Cannabist.

Opening Night, June 3, features live music from The Railsplitters and WadiRum at Planet Bluegrass from 7-10 p.m.

There will be music, vendors, food and, of course, films. There will also be a “College Block.” University film students from across the state were invited to participate.

Lee Ross and Pamela Cuming will present a writer’s workshop during the festival. Ross recently won Best Screenwriting Award at the Tribeca Manhattan Film festival in April and co-wrote the screenplay to “Downloading Nancy” along with Cuming.

The film will be screened at the festival.

Advance tickets for $60 are available at The Stone Cup, Oskar Blues, Red Canyon Art, Red Fox Outdoor Equipment and the Ax and Oar in Lyons and online.

For more information, visit www. lyonsfilmfestival.com or e-mail jake lyonsfilmfestival@gmail.com.

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Artists display works inspired by elements CENTRAL CITY The latest show at the Gilpin Arts’ Showcase Gallery in the Central City Visitor Center, “Elemental: Four Artists” includes work

by Virginia Unseld, Nancy Welter, Gail Watson and Gabrielle Gerwirtz. The exhibit will be on display, May 6-July 3, with an Artists’ Reception, May 21 from 1-3 p.m.

U n s e l d ’s favorite medium is pastel on archival suede board.

She strives for pastel paintings that look fresh and rich with color and markmaking.

Welter paints landscapes and still life, from life and photos.

The scenes she picks excite her with light, composition, hue, shapes, a story, or “an ancient whisper that reaches her senses.”

Watson believes that bookmaking is a perfect format for communicating ideas and imagery in a very intimate way. She feels holding a book starts a physical, tactile connection with art that allows the images and words full access to your senses.

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Gerwirtz’s work focuses on combining hand-built and wheel thrown techniques to create vibrant, rich pieces, with movement & harmony, whether functional, sculptural or 2D. All of her pieces reflect the material in which they were made.

Ger Unseld, wirtz and Watson are all Gilpin County residents.

All three have been active in the Gilpin Art Studio Tour and will be on the 2016 tour.

The four artists Vase by Gabriwork with earth elle Gewirtz and fire and wind and pastel by and water and Virginia Unseld that suggested the title for the exhibit. Unseld and Welter are both officers on the board of the Pastel Society of Colorado where they met. Both are showing pastel paintings of western landscapes.

The Showcase Gallery is located in the Central City Visitor’s Center at 103 Eureka St. Visit gilpinarts.org or find Gilpin County Arts Association on Facebook for more information.

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Mountain ARTS Learn to create travel journals GEORGETOWN Learn to create an artistic travel journal with mixed media with local artist Virginia Unseld, May 21, at the Georgetown Heritage Center. If you ever long for those days in the art room surrounded by art supplies, this workshop is for you.

Summer trips are just around the corner.

Whether a solo hike, sightseeing through Europe, or rafting down a river, create and keep a travel journal so you and your family can re-live your adventures. Participants will learn various inexpensive ways to make and use travel journals, pros and cons of various blank book styles and essential tools.

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simply just creating. Unseld, a landscape painter who taught art for 30 years, will share examples of travel journals with ideas for creating interesting pages, embellishments and covers.

The $40 class, which includes all material, is suitable for those 12 years and older and is great for families. Participants will leave with a blank journal, a start to their journal, materials for future use, handouts, and new skills.

The Georgetown Heritage Center is located at 809 Taos St. Visit www. georgetowntrust.org or call 303-5690289 for more information.

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Show, sale features top Western art ESTES PARK The 2016 Windows to the West Art Show and Sale convenes more than 50 of the country’s top contemporary Western heritage artists in one of the most beautiful mountain settings in America at the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park.

The three-day sale and exhibition, June 3-5 at the Estes Park Events Complex, showcases more than 200 new pieces of art, with rich opportunities to meet the artists and discuss their unique depictions of Western landscapes, wildlife and traditional Western American life. Artwork may be

purchased on a first-come basis.

Tickets are purchased at the gate for $5 per person. Children under 12 are free.

In 2016, the new Art & Whiskey Gathering will allow patrons to view art in the show gallery, mix with the artists and enjoy a delicious buffet accompanied by flights of whiskey tastings.

The Estes Park Events Complex is located at 1125 Rooftop Way. Visit windowswestart.com or call 970231-1738 to learn more.

Exhibition features cutting-edge art

Griffin of Los Angeles; “My Your Our WaSUMMIT COUNTY Breckenridge Creative Arts hosts ter,” by Erin V. Sotak of Scottsdale, AZ; WAVE: Light + Water + Sound, an exhibi- “LightScapes,” by Denver-based Collin tion of cutting-edge works of contemporary Parson; and “Temporal Currents,” by Vera public art, June 2–5. The free, four-night Amaya of Los Angeles, CA. Art revelers festival takes place in and around the Blue can also enjoy collaborative presentations throughout the night River Plaza in heart by the National Repof downtown Breckertory Orchestra, Freenridge, transforming quent Flyers Aerial the river, bridges and Dance and Breckenwaterfront areas into ridge Film Festival, canvases, stages and along with a variety exhibition spaces. of pop-up perforFeaturing interacmances, artist talks, tive artworks curated workshops and latearound the themes of night experiments. light, water and sound, “There is a burgeonWAVE offers a variety “Light Origami” by KAZ Shirane of Tokyo ing creative moveof temporary installations, musical performances, screenings, ment in Breckenridge, and the WAVE festival supports those efforts as well as our digital art and eye candy of all sizes.

Set amid the backdrop of the Tenmile organization’s commitment to programs Range in one of Colorado’s most historic that focus on environmental and place-based and scenic mountain towns, WAVE runs relevancy,” President and CEO of Breckenfrom 5-11 p.m. each night and features ridge Creative Arts Robb Woulfe, said. dazzling, innovative artworks by local and international artists, including, “The Pool,” For the most up to date information

by Boulder’s Jen Lewin; “Light Origami,” and schedule, visit www.breckcreate.

by Tokyo’s KAZ Shirane; “Projected Viorg/wave. sions at the Blue River” by Ryan Patrick

Meet artists at First Friday events ESTES PARK The Aspen and Evergreen Gallery is a unique shopping experience for visitors and locals in love with one-of-a kind art.

Located in the heart of downtown Estes Park, Colorado, the gallery is open all year and is ever changing with a bounty of local art. The gallery is home to more than 60 Estes Park and Colorado artists show-

casing the fine-art photography of James Frank, as well as pottery, jewelry, blown glass, fused glass, woodwork, handmade furniture, textile art, gourd art, leather work, and more. It is continually receiving new pieces from their artists, making each visit delightfully new.

The gallery hosts Meet Our Artists” events on the first Friday of the month all summer and fall. All events run from 5-8 p.m. and feature live music.

On May 6, kick off the season by relaxing by the river, meeting “amazing,” local artists and enjoying music by David Potter.

Enjoy a river side party with local artists and music by Estes Park’s Mountain Town Trio on June 3, July 1, Aug. 5 and Sept. 2.

The “Meet Our Artists” event on Oct. 7 also includes a sampling of various whiskeys and the music of David Potter. On Dec. 2, its the annual Holiday Party. It’s a great way to start the holidays and features plenty of new art for gift-giving, along with festive food and drink and the music of Estes Park’s Mountain Town Trio.

Visit aspenandevergreen.com or call 970-586-4355 for more information.

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Crafts/Sewing/Quilting (cont.)

May 26 (cont.)

• Beginning Crocheting, Quilting Beyond Basics – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)

May 30 • The Artisans Market – Riverside Plaza (EP) June 1 • Adventures in Textures Workshop – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) June 2 • Adult Craft Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT) • Stitchers Get-Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Beginning Knitting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) June 3 • First Friday: “Fiber Inspirations” Opening Reception –

May 26 • Last Thursdays in Lyons Art Walk – Lyons (LY) May 27 • Canvas & Cannabis – Club Ned (NED) May 28-30 • Memorial Day Weekend Art Market – Bond Park (EP) May 29 • Figure Drawing from Life with Chrystal DeCoster –

• First Friday Art Walk – Downtown Estes Park (EP) • First Friday Art Groove Social – Earthwood Collections (EP) June 3-4 • “Painting Dramatic Skies in Watercolor” w/Lorraine Watry – Art Center of Estes Park (EP) June 3-5 • “Windows to the West” Art Show & Sale – Estes Park

May 21-22 • Open: Lyons History Month – Lyons Redstone Museum (LY) May 28 • Open for Season – Hotel De Paris Museum (GT) May 28-29 • Open: Lyons History Month – Lyons Redstone Museum (LY) May 29 • Open for Season – Gilpin History Museum (CC) • Open for Season – Coeur d’Alene Mine Shaft House (CC) May 30 • Open for Season – Hamill House Museum (GT) • Open for Season – Alpine Hose No. 2 Museum (GT) May 31 • Opening Day & F.O. Stanley: A Life Well-Lived Reenactment – Historic Fall River Hydroplant (EP) June 1 • Open for Season – Lyons Redstone Museum (LY) • Open for Season – Gillaspie House Museum (NED) June 3 • Open for Season – Nederland Mining Museum (NED) Poetry/Spoken Word/Comedy May 6 • Spoken Word/Poetry Slam – Riverside Plaza (EP) May 22 • Open Mic Readings for Writers, Poets & Storytellers –

June 3-26 • “Fiber Inspirations” Fiber Invitational Show – Cultural

May 29 • Blue Owl Blue Now Poetry Night w/Shayna Lara –

Western Stars Gallery & Studio (LY)

May 30 • Art Market – Art Center of Estes Park (EP) June 2-4 • “Painting Outside and In” Workshop w/Larry DeGraff – The Masters Easel Art Academy (EP)

Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)

June 3 • First Friday Artist Reception w/NoGo Gilbillies – Salto

Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)

• Meet Our Artists First Friday w/Mountain Town Trio –

June 3-26 • “Fiber Inspirations” Fiber Invitational Show – Cultural

Coffee Works (NED)

Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP)

Film/Photography May 1-29 • “Capturing the Light” – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP) May 6 • First Friday Movie Night: “Star Wars 7 The Force Awakens” – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) May 6-30 • 5th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition: “Capturing the Light” – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP) May 8 • Meet Photographer James Frank – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP)

May 10 • Raising of America Film Discussion – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 10-11 • National Park Night Skies Photography Workshops: Rocky Mountain National Park – YMCA of the Rockies (EP) May 15 • Sunday Movie Classic: “Maltese Falcon” – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)

June 3 • Movie in the Mountains – Performance Park (EP) June 3-5 • Lyons Film Festival – Downtown Lyons (LY) Fine Art/Painting/Gallery Events May 1 • Figure Drawing from Life with Chrystal DeCoster – Western Stars Gallery & Studio (LY)

• Julie Bender & Robert Caldwell Rocky Mountain Artist 2016 Spring Retreat – Valhalla Resort (EP) May 1-5 • 19th Annual Student Expressions K-12 Art Show – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)

May 1-8 • “It’s Just Red, Yellow & Blue” Exhibit – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)

Events Complex (EP)

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Literary Events/Book Clubs May 2 • Daytime Newcomers Book Club – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 5 • Coal Creek Book Club: “The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy” – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) May 9 • Daytime Newcomers Book Club – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 12 • Mountain MidLife Book Group – TBD (NED) May 13 • Women’s Book Group: “Kitchen Daughter” – The Old Gallery (AP)

May 16 • Book Discussion Group – Idaho Springs Library (IS) May 17 • Reading is Doctor Recommended: “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation” – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 18 • Financial Book Club – Estes Valley Library (EP) May 19 • Book Discussion Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT) • Survive! The Book Club: “Into Think Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster” – Lyons Regional Library (LY)

May 1-June 30 • Town Hall Art Show: Betsy Hubner’s “Birds of Spring”

• Seniors Read Book Club – Walt Self Senior Center (LY) • Equestrian Club: Author Meet and Greet – Estes Valley

May 6 • First Friday Art Walk – Downtown Estes Park (EP) • Meet Our Artists First Friday w/David Potter – Aspen &

May 20 • Legendary Locals (Part V of V): Book Signing – Estes

– Town Hall (LY)

Evergreen Gallery (EP)

• First Friday Art Groove Social – Earthwood Collections (EP) May 6-July 3 • Elemental: Four Artists Exhibit – Gilpin Arts’ Visitor Center Showcase Gallery (CC)

May 7 • Trunk Show w/Leah DeCapio & Carol Heeden Simmons – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP)

May 13 • Canvas & Cannabis – Club Ned (NED) May 13-June 19 • “In Search of Charles Partridge Adams” & Works by Jenifer Cline – Art Center of Estes Park (EP) May 15 • Canvas & Cocktails – Stage Stop (RV) • Figure Drawing from Life with Chrystal DeCoster – Western Stars Gallery & Studio (LY)

May 21 • Wine & Unwind Painting Class – Elks Lodge (IS) • Elemental: Four Artists Exhibit Reception – Gilpin Arts’ Visitor Center Showcase Gallery (CC)

• “Spring Flower Watercolor” w/Vickie Mastron – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)

May 22 • Centennial Student Art Exhibit – Fall River Visitor Center (EP)

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Park Museum (EP)

May 21 • Meet the Authors: Ren and Helen Davis - “Landscapes For People: George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of National Park Service” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP) May 25 • Lyons Library Book Club: “One Step Too Far: A Novel” – Lyons Regional Library (LY)

• Author Peter Kageyama: “For the Love of Cities” – Estes Park Museum (EP)

May 27 • Meet the Author: Walt Borneman “Macarthur At War” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP)

Museums May 1 • Open: Lyons History Month – Lyons Redstone Museum (LY) May 1-October 30 • “Drawn to Black Canyon: The History and Beauty of MacGregor Ranch” Exhibit – Estes Park Museum (EP) May 7-8 • Open: Lyons History Month – Lyons Redstone Museum (LY) May 14-15 • Open: Lyons History Month – Lyons Redstone Museum (LY) May 21 • Museum Open – James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum (BC)

Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) Riverside Plaza (EP)

June 3 • Spoken Word/Poetry Slam – Riverside Plaza (EP) Theater/Opera/Dance/Fashion May 1 • Peak to Peak Chorale: “Deep Waters: The Story of the Stroehle Family” – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Feldenkrais/Dance – Salina Schoolhouse (SA) May 4 • Peak to Peak Chorale: “Deep Waters: The Story of the Stroehle Family” – Black Forest Restaurant (NED) • Glendi Potluck, Music & Dance – Salina Schoolhouse (SA) • Senior Improv – Senior Center (EP) May 7 • Peak to Peak Chorale: “Deep Waters: The Story of the Stroehle Family” – Elk’s Lodge (CC) May 11 • Senior Improv – Senior Center (EP) • Woolly Wonder Fashion Show – Estes Park Convention Ctr. (EP) May 14 • Dances of Universal Peace – The StarHouse (GH) May 15 • Your 10 Minutes of Fame – Historic Park Theater (EP) May 18 • Senior Improv – Senior Center (EP) May 21 • Colorado’s Largest Swimwear Parade On Skis – Arapahoe Basin (SC)

May 25 • Senior Improv – Senior Center (EP) May 31 • F.O. Stanley: A Life Well-Lived Reenactment – Historic Fall River Hydroplant (EP)

Writing May 2 • Writing Skills – Nederland Community Center (NED) May 3 • Writer’s Circle – Nederland Community Center (NED) May 11 • Writing Life Stories – Nederland Community Center (NED) May 16 • Writing Skills – Nederland Community Center (NED) May 25 • Writing Life Stories – Nederland Community Center (NED) WEEKLY ARTS Classical Music Tuesday-Wednesday • James Davis Classical Guitar – Twin Owls Steak House (EP) Crafts/Sewing/Quilting Monday • Adult Coloring Night – Club Ned (NED) • Stitch ‘n Rippers Quilters – New Covenant Church (EP) Tuesday • Warped Weavers – Kelley House (AP) • Trail Ridge Quilters – Estes Park Medical Center (EP) • Sit & Knit – Stitchin’ Den (EP)

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Wednesday • Chat, Knit, Spin & Weave Any Handwork – Weavers Attic (LY) Thursday • Fabric & Thread Arts Group – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) Saturday-Sunday • Weaving Demonstrations on Vintage Looms – Weavers Attic (LY)

Taste & Create – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP) Film/Photography Monday • NAS Movie Matinee – Backdoor Theater (NED) • Monday Movie Nights – Club Ned (NED) Friday • Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED) Saturday • Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED) Fine Art/Painting/Gallery Events Monday • Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP) Wednesday • Art Group – Old Gallery • Nederland Seniors Art & Painting – Location: 303-2589392 (NED)

• NAS Watercolor Painting – Nederland Community Presbyterian Church (NED)

• Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP) • Drawing w/Peter Gaustad – Estes Park High School (EP) Thursday • Water Color Painting Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC) Friday • Taste & Create – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP) • Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP) Saturday • Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP) Literary Events/Book Clubs Wednesday • All Ages Story Time – Lyons Regional Library (LY) Theater/Opera/Dance/Fashion Sunday • Nia, Beginning Adult Dance – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Monday • International Folk Dancing, Dance Fit Class – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Nia, Jazz, Ballet – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) • Acrobatics – Starflower Dance Company (EP) Tuesday • Mountain Movers – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Breakin’, Hip Hop, Tap, Musical Theater – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)

Wednesday • Mountain Movers – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Middle Eastern Belly Dancing – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)

• Nia, Pre Ballet, Creative Movement, Jazz – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)

• Hip-Hop – Starflower Dance Company (EP) Thursday • Breakin’, Hip Hop, Ballet – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Friday • Nia, Tap, Jazz – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Saturday • Youth Dance – Gilpin Community Center (GC) AP = Allenspark BC = Boulder County BH = Black Hawk CC = Central City CCC= Coal Creek Canyon EM = Empire EP = Estes Park GC = Gilpin County GRC = Grand County GGC = Golden Gate Canyon GH = Gold Hill GT = Georgetown IS = Idaho Springs

JT = Jamestown LC = Larimer County LV = Loveland LY = Lyons NED = Nederland RV = Rollinsville SA = Salina SMG = St. Mary’s Glacier SP = Silver Plume SC = Summit County WD = Ward WP = Winter Park

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Community gardens provide numerous physical, mental benefits for all ages

By Jeffrey V. Smith FRONT RANGE here are plenty of reasons to participate in a community garden. Benefits range from the physical to mental. Here in the mountains, they provide an opportunity for people with limited space, soil or water rights to grow their own vegetables and flowers while giving an opportunity to meet neighbors and increasing community ownership and stewardship.

Creating a space protected from local, voracious wildlife is another motivation for area gardeners to work together while learning from others how to grow a special variety of vegetable or distinct bloom in a difficult growing region is yet another perk.

Several residents in mountain communities throughout the Peak to Peak Region and Clear Creek County have banded together to create community gardens in their towns.

Idaho Springs, Gilpin County, Nederland and Estes Park all have working community gardens this summer—some even still have a few plots available. Lyons gardeners recently lost their community space, but pledge to return soon.

“I like community gardening over individual gardening because I enjoy the interaction between gardeners,” Vice President of Scraps-to-Soil Ursula Cruzalegui said.

“I like the sense of shared abundance that comes with trading a surplus in carrots to your neighbor for a share in their abundant tomatoes. I like to hear cooking ideas and gardening techniques. Some of my best friends were made at the [garden]; they are the best gift the garden can give.” Cruzalegui, who helps run the Idaho Springs garden, also finds community gardening offers light exercise, improved eating habits and an increased awareness of, and appreciation for, fresh food. “Gardening is an activity that can improve lives.”

Idaho Springs benefits from having a community garden in a number of ways, according to Cruzalegui. Most importantly to her—and the mission of Scraps-to-Soil— the garden provides a space for people to learn to love and benefit from gardening.

She also sees many “very meaningful” benefits for the entire community. “The garden makes Idaho Springs look and feel better to locals and visitors alike,” she explained. “It is a symbol of local community activism that contributes to a sense of community pride. Pride affects communities from reduced vandalism and disregard to increased cohesiveness and participation.”

The Scraps-to-Soil co-founder and her partner Cameron Marlin saw some weedinfested land at 2225 Miner St. in June 2010 and were inspired to plant a garden.

By fall, an all-volunteer group began construction on an expanded community garden that was completed the following May. The Idaho Springs Community Garden now provides 34 plots for $50 to residents of Clear Creek County. Two plots are raised beds designed within ADA guidelines and three others are intended for educational

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use by the Kids Day Program. Now in its Local gardeners have been “working behind sixth season, the garden includes a shaded the scenes” since fall of 2015 to reopen the area for education, a tool shed, tools for garden by June 1. The town’s board agreed garden users, an automatic irrigation sys- to waive water fees and gave $350 for facility repair. When the snow subsides and tem and protection from wildlife.

The official opening day for the garden clean-up gets under way—a work session is is May 15. Gardeners will be preparing it planned for May 7 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.— for the 2016 season and all Clear Creek organizers hope to have 25 plots to rent. residents are invited to take part in a pot- A community garden is also located at the luck and barbecue. The 8th Annual Sum- Gilpin County Fairgrounds, 230 Norton Dr. mer Kick-Off, June 4 from 11 a.m.-noon north of Black Hawk. Plot applications are in Idaho Springs’ Citizen’s Park, supports due by May 6 and participants are required Scraps-To-Soil and includes a parade and to attend a meeting, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. The site of the garden is also home to Gilpin free barbecue.

Floyd Wright, an Estes Valley Commu- County’s CSU Extension office and three nity Garden board member, shares many of demonstration gardens. Affordable workthe same ideas as Cruzalegui. He believes shops and classes are held all year, including gardening provides an outlet for physi- “Vegetable Gardening for the Mountains,” cal activity, fresh vegetables, an enhanced May 7 at 2 p.m. Learn what vegetable grows best in the mounknowledge of what tains, with tips for it takes to grow wildlife, insects food and a sense and more. Get a of pride from the jump on the growaccomplishment of ing season with the successfully grow“Mountain Plant ing a garden. “A Sale,” June 4 at 9 community garden a.m.. Watch for adis about much more ditional gardeningthan just individual related classes all gardens,” he said. summer.

“It is also about Community garbuilding a greater dening is popular sense of communifor a wide range of ty within a town.” A community garden can help beautify a town. age groups. “GarHe also points out, few people garden in Estes Park because dening can be great for a diverse group of people,” Cruzalegui said. “Most age and anything outdoors is eaten by wildlife.

Estes Park’s community garden, locat- ability groups can handle the physical deed on the corner of Manford Avenue and mands. I believe that everyone should conCommunity Drive in Stanley Park, begins sider getting into gardening. It can be espeits first season this summer after breaking cially beneficial to people who are looking ground last November. The idea for a com- for positive social forums. The garden is a munity garden grew out of book studies on great way to create the kinds of lasting reenvironment and sustainability issues that lationships that make life sweet.” began more than seven years ago. When Community gardens can also serve as the idea for a community garden came up, an outdoor classroom where youth can the group discovered high-altitude gardens learn skills, like practical math, commuin Vail, Aspen, Steamboat, Summit County nication, responsibility and cooperation. and Grand County were successful, so they They also provide the opportunity to learn moved ahead for one in Estes Park. Plots about the importance of community, stewhave now been awarded to 58 gardeners ardship and environmental responsibility.

Every person who gardens has their own and at least 13 more are on a waiting list.

“The people who have come together motives, according to Wright. “Common to accomplish the community garden have reasons are to get out and enjoy the sundone so because they believe in the ben- shine, to feel the dirt under your feet and efits of gardens to a community,” Wright on your hands, experience the satisfaction explained. The beauty of plants and gar- of physical work, enjoy the satisfaction of dens, the “value of gaining and sharing seeing the fruits of your labors, meeting the the knowledge of how to grow food,” the people of your community and enjoying a culinary aspect of growing fresh food, as fine meal with ingredients from the garden,” well as growing items not available com- he said. “A community garden is a place to mercially are among those benefits. “Also, gain knowledge and encouragement about the sharing of horticultural knowledge and how to grow and use the food you grow.” skill is valuable to any people and commu- A community garden is not intended nity. There is a strong interest in gardening to compete in the commercial food chain, Wright explained. “The purpose… is more in this town, but few outlets.”

Nederland’s Community Garden, lo- about expanding horticulture knowledge cated at 34 East First St., has seen a few within a community, providing learning seasons, but is being reorganized this year opportunities for people of all ages—espeunder the guidance of Elizabeth Allen and cially children—in subjects like biology, the town’s Sustainability Advisory Board. horticulture, soil science, entomology and

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culinary arts. [It’s also about] getting people outdoors for meaningful activity, and bringing people of all ages and backgrounds together for a greater sense of community participation and connection,” he said.

If interested, keep in mind each has its own rules, fees, and requirements of service. Some sell out in advance of opening day, while others still have opportunities to take advantage of the current season. Additionally, garden clubs, gardening classes and garden projects exist throughout the region.

Upcoming classes include “Habitat Hero Gardens for the Mountains,” June 11 from 10 a.m.-noon at Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center, 20 Lakeview Dr. in Nederland.

Learn to create a garden designed to attract and benefit songbirds and pollinators.

The center also hosts Master Gardeners from the Colorado State University Extension Program to answer questions about high altitude gardening. The free “Ask a Master Gardener” days take place May 14, May 21, June 11, June 18 and June 25.

A “Mountain Garden Workshop” presented by CSU Master Gardeners takes place at the Georgetown Heritage Center, 809 Taos St., May 14 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Join Clear Creek County Master Gardeners for a day-long workshop on a variety of high-altitude gardening topics including vegetables and ornamentals. Both sessions are $25, or $15 each. Another Master Gardeners class, “Invasive Species,” takes place May 26 at 6 p.m. Find out about those nasty weeds and plants that tend to take over and how to control them at the free class.

Estes Park in Bloom, a communitywide effort involving businesses, residents and government to promote the beautification of town, presents its fourth educational program, “Painting the Landscape with Floral Displays,” May 7 from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Estes Park Museum.

Parks Worker Keri Kelly presents a free program on creating and maintaining floral displays, how to prepare garden sites, designing floral displays, plant selection, maintenance and commonly used plants on town properties. For more information or to become involved in the Estes Park in Bloom project for 2016, contact Kelly at 970-577-3782 or kkelly@estes.org.

COMMUNITY GARDENS Idaho Springs Community Garden/ Scraps-To- Soil 2225 Miner St., Idaho Springs • 303-949- 0980 scraps-to-soil.org Estes Valley Community Garden Manford Avenue and Community Drive, Estes Park www.evcg.org Gilpin Community Garden/CSU Extension Office 230 Norton Dr., Black Hawk • 303-582- 9106 www.extension.colostate.edu/gilpin Nederland Community Garden 34 E. First St. • 303-258-3266 www.facebook.com/nederlandcommunitygarden Lyons Community Garden www.facebook.com groups/197094777105912/

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Mountain MUSIC CALENDAR

May 1 • Boo Daddy – Loveland Ski Area (GT) • Cabin Fever Party & Potluck w/That Captain Band – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • David Williams & Ellie Brown – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Greg Schochet & Katie Glassman – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY)

• Just Jill – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) May 4 • Carter Sampson & Erik the Viking Acoustic Duo – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP)

• Matthew Gurnsey “The Kilted Man” – Mary’s Lake Lodge (EP)

May 5 • Tacos on the Patio w/NoGo Gilbillies – Salto Coffee Works (NED)

• Sean Farley – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Cinco de Mayo Open Mic & Mexican-themed Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Danny Shafer Duo – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) May 6 • DJ Rock Star Aaron – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Torbin Hadlock – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Kevin Dooley – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Arthur Lee Land – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Jay Roemer – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Meet Our Artists First Friday w/David Potter – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP)

• Steve Smersh – The Barrel (EP) May 7 • Spring Concert Series: Robby Wicks Band – Arapahoe Basin (SC)

• Whitewater Ramble Trio – Loveland Ski Area (GT) • Solomon Cook – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) • Jimmy Lewis – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • DJ Rock Star Aaron – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Maus Nomdequerre – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Jah Kings Funky Roots Reggae Band – Jamestown Mercantile (JT)

• Music in the Morning: James Faulk – Stone Cup (LY) • Spring Fever Bluegrass – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) • Duck Race Concert w/Cowboy Brad – Bond Park (EP) • Keeping Bears in Mind w/Brad Fitch & TropiCowboy Band – Estes Park Event Center (EP) • David Potter – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Dahlby & Nadine – The Barrel (EP) May 8 • Closing Day Celebration w/Funky Johnson –

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self in the Colorado music scene in the late 90s with his talBy Jeffrey V. Smith ented guitar work in Runaway Truck Ramp, while at the same NEDERLAND ederland’s rich music scene has been well-known for de- time his production and sound design work has earned him a cades. It’s talented musicians, however, tend to quickly reputation as an expert. Arriving in Colorado in 1988 to take outgrow the town’s bars and restaurants hosting live music. music technology courses at University of Colorado Boulder, While intimate and authentic, no rooms in Nederland are designed Fiori quickly started playing live and doing production for other bands out of Gold Hill. for sound—until now. The Caribou Room, a “It wasn’t until the end premier, high-end concert venue and events of the ’90s that I got into center, opened in Nederland a couple of months [Runaway Truck Ramp] ago and has raised the where we were going to bar for local live music try really hard because [we experiences to the top. thought we were] awe The state-of-thesome—we were completeart venue—which has ly wrong about that. We passed local scrutiny had fun,” Fiori said. “We with enthusiastic redidn’t enjoy the success we views—is actually an needed to keep going. So, after-thought of owner when that ended, I went Peter Fiori after he right in to Sweetwave Audecided to move his Peter Fiori (left) recently opened The Caribou dio.” It’s what he had been main business, SweetRoom in Nederland after relocating his Sweetdoing from the age of 15 wave Audio, back to wave Audio business back to the mountains. when he borrowed money Photos by Jeffrey V. Smith town. Now he’s creatto buy a mixing consul, so ing “the nicest” control room in Colorado to capitalize on the trend of streaming it only made sense when he stopped “trying to be a rock star.” live concerts on the internet while continuing to offer event When his business grew large enough, Fiori moved out of production, backline, sound reinforcement and installations. his garage and into a 6,000 square foot warehouse and showUltimately, it’s culminated in Fiori being able to bring his room in Louisville when he couldn’t find suitable space in Nedmulti-faceted skills and talents together in one place while al- erland. Thirteen years of commuting from Nederland to Louisville, however, took a toll. lowing a life-long dream to come true.

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• Brunch w/Weston Smith – Stage Stop (RV) • Johnny Long – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) • Music in the Morning: Follow the Fox – Stone Cup (LY)

• Ellie Fair – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Nadine – The Barrel (EP) May 10 • Open Mic Night – Ed’s Cantina (EP) May 11 • Carter Sampson & Erik the Viking Acoustic Duo – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP)

May 12 • Open Mic – Very Nice Brewing (NED)

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KEEPING BEARS IN MIND CONCERT

Starring Brad Fitch and the TropiCowboy Band, the Keeping Bears in Mind concert, May 7 from 6-9 p.m. in the Estes PArk Events Center, supports education and awareness to residents and guests of Estes Park and surrounding areas, to help save bears lives. It is supported by the Estes Valley Bear Education Task Force Team.

THIRD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Help the current ownership of the Stage Stop in Rollinsville celebrate their third anniversary, May 27-29. On May 27, its Roosevelt Collier’s Colorado Get Down with Billy Nershi of String Cheese Incident. On, May 28, enjoy a burlesque show and live music from Dragondeer. Finish the weekend with a pig roast and live music, May 29 .

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MEMORIAL DAY MOUNTAIN MUSIC FEST & BARBECUE

The Gold Hill Inn hosts its annual Memorial Day Mountain Music Fest and BBQ, May 30 from noon5 p.m. The event features music by The Drunken Hearts, Mollie O’Brien and the Hamkickers, Moors & McCumber and A.J. Fullerton and a barbecue with smoked salmon and apple cider brisket.

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MOUNTAIN MUSIC Red Rocks celebrates 75 years

rubs off on the audience in a way that makes GOLDEN Red Rocks Amphitheatre is a sacred every Red Rocks show special. place for musical moments. And now it’s And like the artists who spend a lifetime having its own moment by celebrating its developing their craft, Red Rocks as a mu75th anniversary with spectacular concerts sic venue came about slowly. Its sandstone throughout 2016. The naturally formed, walls rose from a prehistoric ocean floor world-famous outdoor music venue west of 300 million years ago. From then on, it was shaped by eons of Denver is the only freezing and thawnaturally occurring, ing, rain and wind. acoustically perfect The amphitheater amphitheatre in the is anchored by two world. Throughout mighty monoliths, 2016, the amphitheShip Rock to the ater is celebrating south and Creation its anniversary with Rock to the north, special concerts and perched in the events. Red Rocks foothills beneath is recognized for its the Continental star-studded conDivide. cert roster, natural Red Rocks consistently ranks as one of the The free Visiacoustics and ambi- best music venues in the world. tor Center at Red ence, as well as its Rocks also features interactive educationawe inspiring hiking and biking trails.

Recently named to the National His- al displays, a short film on the geologic toric Register and celebrating its 75th an- and musical history of Red Rocks and niversary in 2016, Red Rocks is a world- delicious food at Ship Rock Grille. The famous outdoor concert and recreation park is open daily. The extensive Sumvenue some 300 million years in the mak- mer Concert Series, Film on the Rocks ing. Every artist who makes it to Red Rocks and event schedules can be found online. knows that they’re on hallowed ground as they pass through a secret tunnel, smattered Visit redrocksonline.com or call 720with signatures of those who proceeded 865-2494 for more information. them, beneath the stage. And that energy

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“About three years ago, before I bought this property, I was starting to not go down the hill,” Fiori explained. “I was getting that sick of the drive—45 minutes each way. I was wearing out, and this company was really turning into an out-of-house production company and internet sales. It was evident to me that we didn’t need to have a prime location. We could be out in the middle of anywhere and do sales.”

When Fiori finally found a building large enough to house Sweetwave Audio to purchase in Nederland, it wasn’t long before his imagination got the best of him.

“I saw the potential for the room to have a stage, and in my mind it was still going to be very much a Sweetwave Audio stage,” he said. “It was going to be a great place to demo and have shoot outs with speaker stacks. Then, I decided to apply all the different types of expertise that I’ve got, which is all sides of the microphone from being a player, being in management, being in production and being in systems design. It was the natural progression for me to move forward and actually apply all the knowledge that I’ve gotten from all the different things that I have done, to a venue. Now, I’ve over-designed the fuck out of this room, and we’ve got way too nice of a room.”

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Although Fiori saw a need for a 500+ person venue like his in the foothills, he says it takes all of his ventures to make it work. “If I was just going to be a venue, I probably wouldn’t make it,” he said. “But the fact that I am doing designs right now and selling stuff during the day makes it happen.” A multi-use permit from the town helps him run the two businesses from the same building which satisfies the sustainability goals of both Nederland and Fiori.

“Sustainability is something I am very passionate about, and recycling a building is a very sustainable thing to do,” Fiori explained. “Then to actually put more than one business in a building is also a sustainable practice.” Despite the upfront expense, Fiori sees the long-term benefits of having sustainable practices. He’s using reclaimed storage containers for extra warehouse space, solar panels on the roof will eventually power “most things,” the toilets and fixtures are all low-flow and everything patrons get in the venue is either recyclable or compostable. “That’s a big deal. Our waste stations are recycling bins and compost bins,” he said. “We are not going to a land fill with anything.”

Even the “very high end” HVAC system recycles the heat from the kitchen’s hood to heat the whole room.

Although Fiori enjoyed “diving into the venue” and at every turn made decisions to “do things right,” the numbers told him the place wouldn’t pay for it’s self for 20 years. It was then he made the “very conscience decision” to go towards “Couch Tour”—a term used to describe the experience of staying at home and watching a live performance on the internet.

“Couch Tour is really what we are about.

What Nederland has seen is just the live venue,” Fiori explained. “But, what’s behind that wall is the nicest control room in Colorado. It’s going to be mainly for broadcast, and some recording. And, when we get the bandwidth, we will be able to send video of six camera angles with our audio feed—which will be independently mixed—at the same time.”

Fiori envisions an app where fans will be able to choose what ever camera angle they want with an audio feed. “That is the revenue I am hoping we spark. That’s really how we are going to make a 500 seat room work in Nederland,” he said. He explained that since mid-level musicians no longer can make money form recorded music thanks to file sharing and pirating on the internet, live performances have become their main revenue source. This has in turn created a huge demand from fans. “That’s really what I am headed towards, because I think Couch Tour is the future.” It is hoped everything will be operational within three months.

To have the product he wants, Fiori doesn’t just need an audience, he wants a sold-out show. “If I’m going to be selling a live feed that is going to go to 5,000 or 10,000 people, the feed is what matters.

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So, part of that is a sold out room. That translates to Nederland getting cheaper tickets than normal, because I’ve got to fill the room. To make the broadcast look and sound great, I’ve got to have a full packed room. If this doesn’t work, we are just going to be another music venue with regular ticket prices, and that’s what you’ll see in the immediate future until we get the internet thing working.”

Although he’s still working on the venue and control room, Fiori says he “forced the room open before the studio was completed,” and has already hosted a couple of large shows and other events. “We had spent two years working on it, and I was loosing my patience. So it was like, ‘let’s do some shows,’” he said. “Since that’s what we do, it’s very easy for us to make shows happen.”

Those that have been to an event has given the venue “five star” reviews. “Everybody is psyched, and how can you not be psyched?,” Fiori said. “It’s all state-ofthe-art when it comes to equipment.” Everything from the stage, sound and lights to the taps and kitchen are the highest quality. “The kitchen was an after-thought that turned out to be a very expensive afterthought, but if I was actually making an event center, I’d have to have a kitchen.

That’s what this is. It’s not just a venue.

It’s an event center. That’s the idea: have a clean, doesn’t-stink-like-beer room with state-of-the-art equipment. You can go get married in the aspen grove then come over here and rage and get a four-star meal.”

Bringing Sweetwave Audio to town and creating The Caribou Room has allowed Fiori to bring jobs to town as well. The “core team” that works with Fiori incudes Lauren Kreeger, his “right hand gal” for events and Sweetwave Audio and production manager Phil Chappell, his “right hand guy when it come to all things production.”

Tristen Fox is a former intern who’s become an important part of the team. To do a show, an additional 16 people are hired.

Most are local to keep things cost effective and sustainable. “It’s not a minor thing when we do a show,” he said. “Our overhead is almost $3,000 to open the doors.

We hire eight security, two parking lot attendants, a coat check person, a box office person, five bartenders, a house manger, a general manger, two sound guys, a lighting guy. Its not like doing a show at a bar. It’s just not. It’s a venue and it’s the real deal.”

Overall, Fiori is really happy with his new situation. “I’ve got a facility where I can record… we’ve got that great control room… and then I have the live side of things where we can offer a great party atmosphere,” he said. “And, we’re running Sweetwave. It’s a dream come true.”

The Caribou Room and Sweetwave Audio are located at 55 Indian Peaks Dr. in Nederland. Visit www.thecaribouroom. com and www.sweetwaveaudio.com or call 303-258-0563 to learn more.

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Petals

Elephant Revival • May 22: Red Rocks Amphitheater w/Josh Ritter & Royal City Band, Rising Appalachia

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lephant Revival’s is the music of connection and the message of Petals, its most intimate album to date, is not how life is about loss, but how much life there is in loss. The album embodies a deepening, as the quintet dives into themes of loss and rebirth, time and memory, love unbound by body or farewell. But the album is not about despair or darkness; it’s a thanksgiving and a prayer for what endures and returns.

A new band member and the introduction of instruments like the pedal steel and the cello into their treasure trove of strings and percussion are just the beginning. The death of a close friend having left its indelible mark on the band, many of the songs on Petals represent what guitarist Daniel Rodriguez calls “an honoring and a coping.” But this is not an album about despair or darkness; it’s a thanksgiving and a prayer for what endures and returns.

“This record has a lot of space and grit—an honoring of silence juxtaposed with some really intense moments,” Rodriguez said. “Recording Petals was all about breaking musical patterns and sonic recipes that we have been using for our previous records. Sam Kassirer helped us hear sounds and arrangements that we might not have heard if left to our own devices. It was really about broadening our tool kit.

Petals is an adventurous album, where we went places we’ve never been before, which is exactly what an artist yearns for.”

Petals was produced by Sam Kassirer mixed by Brian Deck and recorded at the Great North Sound Society in Parsonsfield, ME and The Studio at eTown Hall in Boulder.

1) Hello You Who 2) Peace Tonight 3) Petals 4) On and On 5) Raindrops 6) Season Song

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Mountain MUSIC Celebrate springtime in mountains with skiing, free live music SUMMIT COUNTY With longer days, sunnier skies, and great snow conditions there is no better way to celebrate springtime in the Rockies than at A-Basin with live music on the new stage in the Base Area Plaza. Saturday concerts are always a free, family friendly and a great time. Bands play from 1-4 p.m.

The Robby Wicks Band from Denver takes the stage, May 7. The band plays soul rock with a sound created from intricate musicianship and soulful lyrics.

Members’ musical camaraderie shows with their ability to put soulful, original songs together with energy and precision.

Bonnie and The Clydes perform May 14. The band, spearheaded by Bonnie Sims, has been making waves on the Colorado and national music scene since 2010. It features strong song writing, dynamic three-part harmonies, and “rippin’ electric guitar solos,” as well as Bonnie Sims’ powerful and unique vocal style.

The Railsplitters come to the Basin On May 28, the band 80’s Rock New on May 21 on a day that also features Sensation will get people grooving. The “Colorado’s Largest Swimwear Parade band transports its audiences back to the days of MTV On Skis.” Stay and mullets. All tuned for more the fun of those information on “video days” are this event that will brought back with bring bikinis and a performance of swim trunks to the this exciting band. slopes of A-Basin The 15th Annual in an attempt to Festival of the break a record.

Brewpubs, May Colorado na29, features music tives, The Railfrom Jakarta. The splitters, is fresh Isaac Points-led off the success of act plays a variety its first album and of music from distaking first place co, soul and hipin the Rockygrass Arapahoe Basin’s new stage hop to soft rock.

Best New Band The final Shakin at the Basin weekend, Competition. Though operating with the instrumentation of a bluegrass band, the act June 4, features Whitewater Ramble. The Colorado quintet combines the elements is making music unlimited by tradition.

Mountain MUSIC Calendar

May 21 • Spring Concert Series: The Railsplitters – Arapahoe Basin (SC) • Tony Rosario – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • Quiet Riot – Reserve Casino (CC) • DJ EJ – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Tony & José – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Tacos N Tunes: Cisco & Mudbear –Blue Owl Books (NED) • The Dendrites – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Music in the Morning: James Faulk – Stone Cup (LY) • Bonnie & Taylor Simms – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Blue Canyon Boys – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Jay Stott – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Katie Glassman & Snapshot – The Lazy B Ranch Chuck

• Gasoline Lollipops – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Feral Heart – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Atomga – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Chain Station – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Steve Ertl – The Barrel (EP) May 28 • Spring Concert Series: 80s Rock New Sensation –

• Jay Roemer – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) June 4-5 • Mali Llama – Stage Stop (RV) • Estes Park Jazz Festival – Performance Park (EP) WEEKLY MUSIC Sunday • Bluegrass Jam – Brightwood Music (NED) Monday • Open Jovan “Open Mic Jimtown Style” – Jamestown

May 20 • DJ EJ – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Mike Pedersen – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Caribou Mountain Collective – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Tyler Rennix Duo, Trevor Reichmann – Jamestown

• Keith Synnestvedt – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • Dueling Pianos – Reserve Casino (CC) • DJ Bedz – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Strangebyrds – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Folk Music Potluck w/Great Blue – The Old Gallery (AP) • DeadSet – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Ravin Wolf – Ax & Oar (LY) • Chain Station – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Soloman Cook Trio – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY)

Tuesday • Open Mic – Pioneer Inn (NED) • “A Night at the Goat” Open Mic – KYGT Radio (IS) • Bluegrass Pick – Oskar Blues (LY) • James Davis – Twin Owls Steakhouse (EP) Wednesday • Blues Night – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Vinyl Night – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Open Bluegrass Pick – Jamestown Mercantile (JT)

Mercantile (JT)

• Holdon Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY)

• Dahlby & Nadine – The Barrel (EP)

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• Ran Off the Rooster – The Barrel (EP) May 22 • Brunch w/Foggy Tops – Stage Stop (RV) • Wildwood Roots – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Ostevetto Jazz Trio – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Music in the Morning: Ran Off the Rooster – Stone Cup (LY) • The Bakersfield Band – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) • Shower Me Blue – Ax & Oar (LY) • Jon Pickett – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Stave Smersh – The Barrel (EP) May 25 • Jimmy Haber Concert Project DVD Filming – Performance Park Amphitheater (EP)

May 26 • Chris Sheldon & Friends – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Bonnie & Taylor Simms – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) May 27 • David Booker – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • DJ Bedz – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Roosevelt Collier’s Colorado Get Down w/Bill Nershi – Stage Stop (RV)

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For more information call 970-4680718 or visit arapahoebasin.com.

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• Them Raggedy Bones – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Open Stage – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) May 13 • Jack Yoder – Troia’s Café (GT) • DJ Bedz – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Burn it Blue – Stage Stop (RV) • Eric Stone – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Bonnie & the Clydes – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Paul Kimbris – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Katie Glassman & Snapshot – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Arthur Lee Land – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Tyler T – The Barrel (EP) May 14 • Spring Concert Series: Bonnie & Clydes – Arapahoe Basin (SC) • Andrew Wynne – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • DJ Bedz – Ameristar Casino (BH) • The Snowbound Hounds – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Tacos N Tunes: Juilane Stratton –Blue Owl Books (NED) • Skean Dubh – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Erik The Viking – Ax and Oar (LY) • Chain Station – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) • Magpie Zero – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Music in the Morning: Brokedown Shake, Ben Knighten – Stone Cup (LY) • Sean Flynn – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Ty Bray – The Barrel (EP) May 15 • Flash Mountain Flood – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Songwriter’s Pick –Blue Owl Books (NED) • Family Dog – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Music in the Morning: Billy Shaddox – Stone Cup (LY) • Laser Bunny – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) • Neal Whitlock – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Open Mic w/John Pickett – The Barrel (EP) May 18 • Live Music – The Barrel (EP) • Matthew Gurnsey “The Kilted Man” – Mary’s Lake Lodge (EP) May 19 • Celtic Session w/The Gael – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Western Skyline – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Complete Unknowns – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Katie Glassman & Snapshot – The Lazy B Ranch Chuck Wagon (EP)

of mandolin, fiddle, acoustic guitar, upright bass, drums and vocals to explore the musical boundaries of multiple genres and to fuel their mixture of original music and innovative cover song interpretations.

One last party is planned for June 5 when Summit County’s High 5 performs.

The four-piece ensemble co-creates new harmonic atmospheres every time it plays.

Each experience is inspired and musically different from every other show. However, one thing that never changes is the general feeling of “good times with good friends.”

The Summit Stage bus runs from Keystone to A-Basin Saturdays and Sundays through May 29. The free bus leaves River Run, in Keystone, at :55 after the hour until 4:55 p.m. The last bus leaves ABasin at 5:10 p.m. to go back to Keystone.

• Dahlby & Nadine – The Barrel (EP) May 29 • Festival of Brewpubs w/Jakarta – Arapahoe Basin (SC) • AJ Fullerton – Da Rivuh BBQ and Fish Company (IS) • ONDA – Millsite Inn (WD) • Music in the Morning – Stone Cup (LY) • Rusty 44 – Oskar Blues Grill &Brew (LY) • Jon Pickett – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Denny Driscoll, Open Mic w/Jon Pickett – The Barrel (EP) May 30 • Memorial Day Mountain Music Fest & BBQ w/The Drunken Hearts, Mollie O’Brien & the Hamkickers – Gold Hill Inn (GH)

• Tyler T – The Barrel (EP) • Katie Glassman & Snapshot – The Lazy B Ranch Chuck Wagon (EP)

June 1 • Cowboy Brad Campfire – YMCA of the Rockies (EP) • Matthew Gurnsey “The Kilted Man” – Mary’s Lake Lodge (EP) June 2 • Dave Tamkin – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Open Mic & Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Just Jill – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) June 3 • First Friday Artist Reception w/NoGo Gilbillies – Salto Coffee Works (NED)

• Banshee Tree – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Katie Glassman & Snapshot – The Lazy B Ranch Chuck Wagon (EP)

• Ponder the Albatross – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) June 4 • Spring Concert Series: Whitewater Ramble – Arapahoe Basin (SC)

Mercantile (JT)

Celebrating the Colorado Mountain Lifestyle

MAY 2016

• Open Stage w/Michael Roe – Lonigans Saloon Nightclub & Grill (EP)

• James Davis – Twin Owls Steakhouse (EP) Thursday • Grumpy’s Acoustic Jam – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • Boogie Nights Open Jam – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Jazz w/Jon Ridnell & “Pump” Solzberg – Wild Mountain Smokehouse (NED)

• Open Mic – Spirit Hound Distillery (LY) • Ladies Night w/Mountain Town Rockers – Estes Park Resort (EP)

• Bob Smallwood – View Restaurant @ Crags Lodge (EP) • Folk/Bluegrass Pic – The Barrel (EP) Friday • Lady’s Night: Live Music by Joseph Lingenfelter – Rock Creek Tavern Pizzeria (AP)

• Ray Young – Nicky’s Restaurant (EP) • Will Thomas – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP) • James Davis – Twin Owls Steakhouse (EP) • Karaoke (Theme Night) – Lonigans Saloon Nightclub & Grill (EP)

• Open Mic – Elk Meadow Lodge (EP) • Bob Smallwood – View Restaurant @ Crags Lodge (EP) Saturday • Karaoke (Prize Night) – Lonigans Saloon Nightclub & Grill (EP) • Bob Smallwood – View Restaurant @ Crags Lodge (EP) • Live Music – Kind Coffee (EP) • Mountain Town Trio – Tavern and Brewery at Mary’s Lake Lodge (EP)

AP = Allenspark BC = Boulder County BH = Black Hawk CC = Central City CCC= Coal Creek Canyon EM = Empire EP = Estes Park GC = Gilpin County GRC = Grand County GGC = Golden Gate Canyon GH = Gold Hill GT = Georgetown IS = Idaho Springs

JT = Jamestown LC = Larimer County LV = Loveland LY = Lyons NED = Nederland RV = Rollinsville SA = Salina SMG = St. Mary’s Glacier SP = Silver Plume SC = Summit County WD = Ward WP = Winter Park

Submit music-related events for free listing in the Mountain Music Calendar to: MMACeditor@gmail.com All listings/dates subject to change.

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