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FOOD & DRINK

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CULTURE

Premium dispensary grows into new location Page 9

ARTS

MUSIC

Annual melodrama helps fund historic preservation Page 15

Dynamite Days returns with live music, family fun 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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MINING LOCAL HISTORY Tours, museums showcase area’s hard-rock mines

COVER STORY: Mining is a vital part of our region of the state’s history. It’s where the some of the earliest and most substantial gold discoveries were made and why most of the towns in the area were founded. Those wanting to learn more about the region’s mining history, don’t have to dig very deep. Mine tours and museums—found in several high-country towns in Clear Creek, Gilpin and Boulder counties—allow visitors to look below the surface of local history. Colorado’s mines tell the stories of its early settlers and of the origins of the state itself.

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Historic Schoolhouses

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Bunce School Location: Bunce School Road & Hwy. 7 (Peak to Peak Byway) Allenspark, Colorado Date Built: 1888 Info: hilltopguild.com Contact: 303-747-1122 hilltopguild.com/contact

Allenspark-area schoolhouse restored as museum 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.

During the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859, Allenspark’s namesake, Alonzo Nelson Allen, left his family in Columbus,

Wisc., to seek his fortune in the Kansas/ Nebraska Territories that became Colorado. He settled on the St. Vrain River, south of the current city of Longmont.

Allen prospected and ran cattle in Allenspark, and built a cabin there in 1864. Many of the town’s earliest residents hoped to strike veins of gold rumored to run all the way from the town of Ward, eight miles away. An 1897 news report said there were 30 prospects, and the town was filled with stores and hotels. Some of the top-producing mines in the area were Continued on page 12

The Bunce School was built in 1888.

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TAKE NOTE – supporting our community

Volume 9, Issue 10 • October 2016

Learn more about domestic violence issues in October PEAK TO PEAK October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the perfect time to reflect on the disturbing numbers associated with the issue, and how we can ensure our communities can have a zero tolerance towards domestic violence.

Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, threats, and emotional abuse.

The frequency and severity of domestic violence can vary dramatically.

Domestic violence impacts women, men, and children of every age, background, and belief. Nearly 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men in the United States have suffered severe physical violence by an intimate partner. On a typical day, domestic violence hotlines receive approximately 21,000 calls, an average of close to 15 calls every minute.

In 2014, 16,700 people reported one or more domestic violence crimes to Colorado law enforcement and 25 Coloradans were killed by former or current intimate partners. Additionally, about 325,000 Coloradans are stalked during their lifetimes.

If you think you are being abused, you

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can get help. No one ever deserves to be abused. Read about some signs and red flags of abuse. Learn more about different types of abuse. There are places you can contact for support and safety planning steps you may want to consider. Read safety tips about computer and internet use. If you are being abused, you deserve support and safety.

For help and resources, contact The National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800799-SAFE, the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673, the National Dating Abuse Helpline at 866-331-9474 or National Child Abuse Hotline at 800-4-ACHILD. Visit www.ndvh.org, www.rainn. org, www.loveisrespect.org and www. childhelp.org for online information.

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.

NA Meeting – TEENS, Inc., 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 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.

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.

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, 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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MOUNTAIN MIX – the best of all the rest

October 1

October 10

Boulder County Parks & Open Space presents a three-hour journey, Oct. 1 from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., to explore the towns, tools and people of local hard rock mining heritage by visiting mining sites of years gone by. The tour is free and open to ages 10 and up. Some walking required and space is limited. Participants meet at the Nederland Park N’ Ride, 300 Jackson St. For more details, call 303-678-6214, e-mail lcolbenson@bouldercounty. org or visit BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org.

Celebrate the launch of Roots Community School, a place-based education alternative to public schools, in Estes Park, Oct. 10, at Elkins Whisky Distillery, 1825 N. Lake Ave. Drink specials benefiting the school will be available all day from noon-9 p.m. Live music is planned from 5-8 p.m. and a short presentation of Roots takes place at 7 p.m. Visit www.rootscommunityschool.org or www.elkinsdistilling.com to learn more.

Hard Rock Mining Tour

October 1-2, 8-9

Pumpkin Festival Trains

Root Down Estes

October 14

Women’s Wellness Day

October 21-23

The Georgetown Loop Railroad Pumpkin Festival Trains return, Oct. 1-2 and Oct. 8-9. The festival takes place at the Silver Plume car museum, where there will be a bounce castle, pumpkins to decorate and take home, games, face painting, and holiday characters. Tickets include a train ride along with all Pumpkin Festival activities. Guests can just ride the train for $2 less. Pumpkin Festival Train tickets are $27.95 for adults and $19.95 for children ages 3-15. For reservations and information, call 888-456-6777, e-mail info@historicrailadventures.com or visit georgetownlooprr.com.

Clear Creek County Public and Environmental Health’s annual Women’s Wellness Day, Oct. 14, includes important health screenings for early detection of breast cancer in the Saint Joseph Mobile Mammography van on the north side of the Sampler Mill Recreation Center in Idaho Springs. Appointments take as little as 15 minutes. The van offers the most advanced mobile mammography technology in Colorado and award-winning breast screening services. Community partners will also offer a day of health and wellness. Call to schedule a mammogram at 303-670-7539 or visit www.co.clear-creek.co.us for information.

October 1-January 6

October 14-15

Lyons Town Hall Art Show

A new Lyons Town Hall Art Show, “Lyons Art Students Present: Behind the Gradebook; Teachers Gone Real,” opens to the public, Oct. 1, at an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. featuring a community tapas potluck and music by Nancy Thorwardson and Paul Kiteck. Beverages will be available and wine for sale with proceeds benefitting Lyons Arts & Humanities Commission and local arts. The show will hang through Jan. 6. Visit www.townoflyons.com or call 303-823-6622 for additional details.

October 3

CASA Jeffco/Gilpin Volunteer Training

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Jefferson and Gilpin counties needs community members to be a voice for abused or neglected children in court. CASA Jeffco/Gilpin needs help to ensure every child has a safe, permanent home. Volunteers provide courts with information and recommendations to ensure the best interests of child abuse victims are served. Previous experience is not necessary. The next training begins Oct. 3 and continues with 40 hours of training, Oct. 5, 12, 17, 19 and 26. All in-person sessions are at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Golden. For information, visit www.casajeffcogilpin.com or contact Tiffany Schlag at 303-271-6537 or tiffanyschlag@casajeffcogilpin.com.

October 6

History of MacGregor Ranch

Dr. James Pickering will speak at the Estes Park Museum, Oct. 6 from 7-8 p.m., on researching the MacGregors of Black Canyon and the major findings. This program is in conjunction with the temporary exhibit “Drawn to Black Canyon: The History and Beauty of MacGregor Ranch” on display through Oct. 30. Admission for the program for Museum Members is $3 and non-members $5. No reservations are necessary, and payment will be collected upon entrance. For more information on exhibits, events, tours and programs, visit www.estes.org/museum or call 970-586-6256.

32nd Annual Ski & Board Swap

Winter Park Resort hosts its 32nd annual Ski and Snowboard Swap at the new West Portal Station, Oct. 14-15. Ski and snowboard equipment, outerwear, base layers and accessories for all ages and sizes are offered at amazing discounted pricing. Products are provided by individual donors, as well as industry vendors. On Oct. 14, admission is $5 per person or $10 per family from 5-9 p.m.

Entry is free, Oct. 15 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Find gear for the upcoming season or clean out a closet. If interested in selling gently used gear or equipment, information is available online. Visit www.winterparkresort.com or call 800-979-0332 to learn more.

October 15

Estes Park Shred-a-Thon

Estes Park residents can help prevent identity theft and support recycling by having personal documents shredded and recycled, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or until the truck is full, at the Estes Park Rotary Club Shred-a-Thon in the Estes Park Events Complex parking lot. Safely dispose of paperwork, old bank statements, credit card offers, cancelled checks, old medical records, paycheck stubs and anything else with personal information. Clips, staples, and binders do not need to be removed. While there is no charge, donations are appreciated. For more information, call 970-586-3748.

October 15-16

Volunteers will construct up to two miles of a sustainable, multiuse trail connecting the existing trail system, Oct. 15-16, at Hermit Park Open Space. Most of the tasks involved will be moderate in difficulty. Volunteers will be able to camp on-site, and wholesome meals will be provided and cooked by Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado. Find details and registration information at www.voc. org/project/mike-obrien-memorial-project-hermit-park-trailconstruction-family-camping or e-mail Eric Falk at eric@voc.org.

Forestry project, closures begin at Betasso Preserve BOULDER COUNTY A forestry project begins in early October that will reduce hazardous fuels at Betasso Preserve in Western Boulder County. The project is expected to end by March 31, 2017.

Starting Oct. 24, Betasso Preserve will be closed Monday through Friday for tree cutting and aerial operations. Helicopters will be used to air-lift material in the project area.

Aerial operations should be completed in December.

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areas. Significant truck traffic to haul biomass off-site will also occur. Operations will be conducted Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will be weather dependent.

The Betasso Preserve management plan includes thinning of the forest to reduce risk from catastrophic wildfires. Hazardous fuels reduction is also recommended by the Sugarloaf, Four Mile Canyon, and Boulder County Community Wildfire Protection Plans as part of a community-wide effort to reduce risk from wildfire and protect critical infrastructure.

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Creative Colorado TableSettings

Whimsy, tradition, and creativity all come together with seldom used “fancy tableware items” found in the back of closets for a new Estes Park event. The Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation hosts the inaugural Creative Colorado TableSettings event, Oct. 21-23, a theme-related tablescape competition open to individuals, families, groups and children. The contest invites entrants to imagine a menu and design a table setting to match a particular theme. This year’s theme will be “High Country Celebrations: Past and Present.” Creative Colorado TableSettings 2016 takes place at the Willome Building at the YMCA of the Rockies.

Participants will set up their tables on Friday afternoon, and the public will be invited to view the displays on Saturday and Sunday. A panel of local judges will review entries and prizes will be awarded to winners in each category. Complete directions and guidelines for the event, as well as entry forms, are available at the Estes Park Museum, 200 4th St. and online at estesparkmuseumfriends.org/creative-colorado-tablescapes.

October 21-22, 28-29

Haunted Forest Halloween Trains

The Georgetown Loop Railroad presents a new night train event, the Haunted Forest Halloween Train, Oct. 21-22 and Oct. 28-29, for everyone 12 and up. The event features a haunted house full of ghosts of the mining era and the train itself, story tellers relaying spooky tales and candy “for the brave who make it through until the end.” Tickets are $29.95 per person at 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. For reservations and additional information, call 888-456-6777, e-mail info@historicrailadventures.com or visit georgetownlooprr.com.

October 22

Shining Ball

Halloween at The Stanley Hotel includes the “wildly popular,” Shining Ball, in the Concert Hall, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m., featuring a performance by the North Mississippi All Stars. Participants will compete for prizes with imaginative, macabre and daring costumes that will be paraded through the hotel. Festive hors d’oeuvres, delightful drink, dancing and cavorting among the imaginative, Shiningthemed decor will bring new chills to the hottest night of the Halloween season. Tickets are $175 per person or $325 per couple and include access to Shining Ball, gourmet hors d’oeuvres, inclusion in costume contest with $500 cash prize, and two complimentary drink vouchers. Costumes are required and participants must be 21 or older. Visit www.stanleyhotel.com or e-mail tours@stanleyhotel. com for more information.

October 29

Story in the Rocks: Our Changing Landscape

Trail Building Days at Hermit Park

serve will be open on the weekends and major federal holidays.

The felling crew will begin, Oct. 10, and helicopter and processing operations are slated to begin on Oct. 24. There may be some equipment mobilization that occurs before then.

Management activity will be visible throughout much of the park and adjoining areas, including the Bummers Rock, Betasso Link, and Canyon Loop trails. There will be significant operational activity and associated noise directly adjacent to both Betasso Preserve parking areas from the nearby designated staging

Join volunteer naturalists for a 1.3-mile moderate hike at Heil Valley Ranch Open Space, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m.-noon, to learn how this scenic landscape has changed over time. The stories in the rocks span over 200 million years, from ancient sand dunes to tidal flats to riverbeds where dinosaurs roamed. The rocks also determine the landforms and ecology of the present landscape, including the plants and wildlife we find here. For more details, call 303-678-6214, e-mail lcolbenson@bouldercounty.org or visit BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org.

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FOOD & DRINK CALENDAR

October 1 • Tea on the Titanic: Leaves & Waves – Dusty Rose Tea Room (GT)

• Table: Tequila Dinner w/Chef Justin Goerich & Brian Julsen from Zolo – The Lodge at Stanley Hotel (EP) • Pig Fest – Lumpy Ridge Brewing (EP) October 1-2 • Pancake Breakfast for Aspen Leaf-Peeping – Nederland Community Center (NED)

October 2 • Denver Football Kickoff Buffet – Historic Park Theater (EP)

October 3 • Lovin’ Cup Community Kitchen – Deli at 8236’ (NED) October 4 • Soup Night – The Old Gallery (AP) October 5 • Community Cupboard Food Bank – The Old Gallery (AP) October 6 • Open Mic & Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Quick Pickling – Lyons Farmette (LY) October 7 • Nederland Food Pantry – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Art & Whiskey Fling – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP) • Seafood Buffet – The Other Side Restaurant (EP) October 7-8 • Table: Wine Dinner w/Chef Iain Chisholm from Amerigo Restaurant – The Lodge at Stanley Hotel (EP) October 8 • Beer & Brat Train – Georgetown Loop Railroad (GT) • Tasting: Odyssey Beer Works – Mid County Liquors (RV) • Mountain MidLife Social Breakfast – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• 3rd annual Pumpkins & Pilsners – Bond Park (EP) October 9 • Jazz & Wine Spectacular – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Denver Football Kickoff Buffet – Historic Park Theater (EP)

October 12 • Woman’s Club Luncheon: Safety & Community Police Work – Nicky’s Steakhouse (EP) October 13 • Bitters & Cocktails: A Primer – Lyons Farmette (LY) • Denver Football Kickoff Buffet – Historic Park

FOOD & DRINK – restaurants, cafés, bars, breweries and more Distilling company crafting true Colorado whisky

“They will throw corn in there, or fruit for flavoring, but it’s

By Jennifer Pund a really crude form of distillation that usually only needs one ESTES PARK oe Elkins insists you don’t have to be a whisky drinker to distillation and the by-product is rough and really very high enjoy Elkins Whisky. With the help of his two partners, Al- alcohol content,” Elkins said. abama native McShan Walker and Nathan Taylor of North Walker, who developed his love of whisky thanks to a southCarolina, the Georgia native and Associate Professor of Earth ern heritage, agrees it is a spirit for everyone. “Whisky has a wide range of possiSciences at the University of Northern Colbilities. People walk orado-Greeley is crafting a true Colorado in and say, ‘I don’t corn whisky, from Colorado gain, Colorado drink whisky.’ I say, water and distilled at ‘slow down and let’s the front door of Colosee what you like.’ rado’s Rocky MounJust tell me what you tain National Park and like to drink, and we Mississippi watershed. will show you how Elkins describes we can make that with the company’s flag[our] whisky,” he said. ship product as a white According to Elkins, whisky, but is clear it surprises people how it’s not moonshine. adaptable whisky can “I think when people be. “If they like spirsee our product, they Joe Elkins, left, and his partners craft small-batch its, they are probably think it’s moonshine whisky in Estes Park’s first, and only, legal distillery. going to like ours bebecause it’s clear, but Photos by Jeffrey V. Smith cause it’s just really vodka is also clear, and so is rum and white tequila. All distilled spirits are clear to versatile,” he said. “It is also made to the highest ethical stanbegin with,” he said. “We are made with all grain, and we are dards we can afford to have, so we have put a lot of effort into not made with sugar, that makes this different. Our product is making sure our grain supply is not harmful to the environment, and I don’t know of many other whiskys that are like that.” double distilled, which makes it smooth.”

According to the distiller, moonshine is an “act,” a product Some of the credit goes to their handmade still. “We get the where most of the alcohol is from sugar cane from bag sugar.

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Theater (EP)

• EPNRC Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussion – Estes Valley Library (EP)

October 14 • Wine Tasting – Peak Wine & Spirits (NED) October 14-15 • Table: Wine Dinner w/Chef Ricky Meyers from Jax Fish House – The Lodge at the Stanley Hotel (EP) October 15 • Pumpkins & Pilsners Festival – Bond Park (EP) October 15-16 • Oktoberfest Trains – Georgetown Loop Railroad (GT) October 17 Lovin’ Cup Community Kitchen – Deli at 8236’ (NED) October 18 • Allenspark Area Club Dinner and Movement Exercises the Brain w/Joseph Schwartz – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP)

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KNOCK YOUR BOOTS OFF CHILI COOK-OFF & BEER TASTING

The 9th Annual Knock Your Boots Off Chili Cook-Off & Beer Tasting in downtown Golden, Oct. 15 from 1-4 p.m., benefits the Golden Chamber of Commerce’s community projects and St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Tickets include chili samples and more than 30 types of beer. goldenchamber.org • 303-279-3113

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BITTERS & COCKTAILS: A PRIMER

Learn to craft personal bitters for cocktails and how to build great drinks, Oct. 13 from 5:307:30 p.m., at the Lyons Farmette with Nate Camelio of Garnish Mobile Bartending. Participants learn about bitters, how to use them, and will create some to take home. Two Spirit Hound gin cocktails and recipes are included. www.lyonsfarmette.com • 303-746-6266

REDRUM MYSTERY DINNER

The Redrum Mystery Dinner, Oct. 21, at the Stanley Hotel, is a theatrical presentation of murder, suspense and humor. Executive Chef Robert Corey creates a gourmet, four-course dinner in the Victorian-style MacGregor Ballroom as participants are entertained by the investigation unfolding around them. www.stanleyhotel.com • 970-577-4000

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The Barrel opens second location

Great American Beer Festival

Breweries seek exposure at festival

By George Watson DENVER The Great American Beer Festival has been bringing exceptional brewers and beer lovers together since 1982. Evolving with the booming craft beer industry and keeping up with Americans’ desire to tap into indie beer, GABF is now the single largest ticketed beer festival and event with the biggest selection of beers in the U.S. Attendees have an opportunity to try a varied assortment of beers from all corners of the country and experience the eclectic U.S. beer community. Coupled with a private competition and awards ceremony, the overall event showcases the U.S. as the greatest and most diverse brewing destination on the planet.

Not only about sampling quality beer, GABF is also a beer competition— one of the world’s largest and most distinguished. This year is expected to see nearly 7,000 beers from over 1,600 breweries competing in 96 beer style categories for their chance at the coveted gold, silver and bronze medals as named

by GABF’s prestigious beer judges.

Several breweries in the Peak to Peak Region, including Rock Cut, Oskar Blues, Very Nice, Dostal Alley, Tommyknocker and El Rancho Brewing, are attending this year’s event. Many more from nearby Loveland, Boulder, and Golden will be serving at the sold-out event and entering the contest.

Matthew Heiser, co-owner of Rock Cut Brewing, said they are attending the festival for exposure to expand its customer base and to “be a part of the camaraderie and support” the craft beer industry along with the ability to talk to thousands of people about his beer. The brewery will serve its Smoky Brunette, English Porter, Bock and Bitter Librarian Red IPA. All four and a Bohemian Pilsner are being judged.

“We’ve done well to create some buzz outside of Estes Park, and to bring customers up from Boulder, Longmont, Loveland and Fort Collins, but we would like to grow that interest,” he said. “We will look to start distribution outside of Estes here soon, and existing brand recognition in these other communities will certainly

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help that early distribution. While just getting our beer in front of those customers at the festival is a wonderful start, the slim chance of a GABF medal could create a meteoric expansion. Colorado beer drinkers are educated consumers and seeing a GABF medal… has a real meaning.”

Nederland’s Very Nice Brewing is returning this year with its Fuggly & Brown. Logical Fallacy, Royal We IPA and Very Nice Pale Ale for attendees to taste. Brewmaster and co-owner Jeff Green entered his Special Lady Friend Cherry Saison, Dance I Saison, Make It So Early Grey IPA, Logical Fallacy and Fuggly & Brown into the contest.

“Most of the folks attending are from Colorado, and therefore have the opportunity to come to the brewery. We often have folks come in and remark that they found us at GABF. It’s great exposure… and that is really the essence of why we attend.”

Dave Thomas and Buddy Schmalz, the brewers at Dostal Alley Brew Pub in Central City, entered their 2001 Silver Medal Winner Pub Ale, three-time medal winner Shafthouse Stout, Jacob Mack, Summer Wheat Ale and the Central City Sahti in the brand new “Historic Beers: Finnish Sahti” category. “It was a big hit when we launched it at Great Central City Beer Fest,” Thomas said. “Several people said it was the best beer at the fest.”

Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs has been involved with the festival for decades, has a larger “end-cap” booth, sponsors and supplies non-alcoholic sodas to the Designated Driver program. “We have been involved in the GABF from early on and consider it a home town event, and we kind of felt like hosts,” Tommyknocker Brewery Director of Brewery Operations Steve Indrehus said.

The brewery will be pouring and entering into the contest its Colorado IPA Nouveau, Butt Head Bock, Tundrabeary, Mountain City Amber and Imperial Nut Brown. Their Blood Orange IPA will be available to taste only.

By Jennifer Pund BOULDER The Barrel is growing. The popular Estes Park craft beer, wine and spirits garden created from shipping containers is adding a second, similar location in Boulder at the Twenty Ninth Street Mall. Owners Ingrid and Lou Bush are “excited” to get moving on the project and plan to have a similar feel and atmosphere as the mountain location.

The couple didn’t go looking for the new opportunity, it came to them. “It just really happened organically. We didn’t approach them,” Ingrid explained. “They came to us and asked us. We started talking back in August of last year, and started rolling last September.”

According to Ingrid, mall management recognized the success of their Estes Park location and their knowledge of the business. “We just kept talking over the winter and finally pushed ahead about January, and then we got our liquor license approved June 15.” Since then, they’ve just been waiting to open, which is scheduled to occur in October.

“When you look at the plans, we are only a part of it,” Ingrid said. “Behind us they are going to put some big umbrellas and games like corn hole, cowboy golf and a couple other things out there. We are in the front portion of the plaza, so we get more of the view looking out to the foothills.”

The Boulder location will focus on hard-to-find brews. “Pretty much any tourist in Boulder has had a Fat Tire. They’ve had Left Hand Milk Stout,” Ingrid said.

“Those are great beers, but we are looking for the ‘beer geek’ beer like ones that I’ve only heard about, I’ve only read about it.”

At 50 taps, the Boulder location is slightly smaller than Estes Park, but will be more specialized. “We will have a few seasonals so people coming in that just want a beer—a 90 shilling or a Snapshot—we will have one of those on, but a lot of our taps will be dedicated to the higher-end beers… that only come once in a while.”

The couple are opening the Boulder Barrel following the success of their location on Elkhorn Avenue in Estes Park.

“We have been highly successful. People love it,” Ingrid said. “People love the atmosphere. People really enjoy it, and in Colorado you want to be outdoors.

The Boulder location’s atmosphere, like in Estes Park, is open-air with community seating, umbrellas and bar stools.

“High class, but laid back,” Ingrid said.

Unlike in Estes Park, which closes for the season in October, the bar can open any day of the year, even in winter.

“We are excited,” Ingrid said. “I am excited to start bringing in some really beer geeky beers. We want to [bring our customers] the beers that no one else is drinking.”

The Barrel at Twenty Ninth Street Mall is located at 1710 29th St. in Boulder.

Visit www.thebarrel.beer or find them on Facebook for more information.

Visit greatamericanbeerfestival.com for complete details.

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Partners open town’s first legal distillery pride as well. “To be the first distillery makmost flavor out of the pot still, ours is pretty ing a corn whisky from Colorado corn out robust and very smooth,” Elkins explained. of Estes, at the gates of Rocky Mountain The Appalachian-style, 120-gallon still and National Park, and the first use of water in its steam injector and coil were created by a the Mississippi watershed… I don’t know. friend, Matt Thomason, at Angry Iron Met- I like the sound of all that. It’s pretty cool.

It’s a unique product,” Elkins said. “We are alworks in Georgia.

Elkins’ interest in distilling comes from making every drop that we sell right here a place of pride. “Whisky is both authentic in the mountains. We take the craft of it seriously, but we are to where I am from, not whisky snobs. and it’s the AmeriThere is no wrong can spirit,” he said. way to enjoy it.”

He came to Elkins was inColorado in 2008 troduced to distillafter UNC in Greeing years ago while ley conducted a living in the deep nation-wide search South, and found it for a professor peeked his scienand hired him. He tific curiosities. “It again found where was a project that he lived had a conturned on all areas nection to whisky, of my scientific and much more mind. It was some“enterprising” disthing that was new. tilling laws.

I had to build the “There is a very Joe Elkins and McShan Walker are proud to serve their locally made and sourced whisky. equipment, and it natural and obviPhotos by Jeffrey V. Smith involves several asous brand association between whisky and Colorado,” he pects of science, from chemistry to physics explained. “I was interested in the craft to biology, technology and engineering,” of making whisky from grain, as opposed the geologist explained. “So, it was a novel to just making hooch… and in particular thing that was going to be scientific in nausing things that were local. I wanted to ture and the outcome was making booze.”

Although Elkins see if I could tie found reasonable whisky production success distilling to the local terrain. at home, he warns That is why sugar there are no mendidn’t really intors, so you have terest me. On the to teach yourself.

Front Range, it is It is not something really grain counhe would recomtry, so I wanted it mend.

“Every to be tied to that.” step of the way at Elkins Whisky home distillation, is made from 80 The tasting room at Elkins Distilling offers there is nothing percent Colorado numerous way to try their flagship whisky. there to encourcorn from the town of Nunn and 20-percent fossil-free age you. Your first batches are terrible, you might poison yourself and you could blow malted barley.

Opening the first and only legal dis- yourself up. And, if you get caught doing tillery in Estes Park, and being the first to it they can take away your freedom. You use water in the watershed are all points of Continued on page 7 Continued from page 4

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LOCAL AUTHORS

Learn beer pairing tips from pros BOULDER Pair beer and food like a pro with Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros by Julia Herz and Gwen Conley with foreword by Randy Mosher.

Beer has re-claimed its place at the dinner table. Yet unlike wine, there just aren’t many in-depth resources to guide both beginners and beer geeks for pairing beer with food. Herz, who lives in Lyons, and Conley are here to change that.

As you start your journey, you’ll learn all about the effects aroma, taste, preference, and personal experience can have on flavor. Begin with beer styles, start with your favorite foods, or join the authors on a series of wild palate trips. From classics like barbecue ribs with American Brown Ale to unusual matches like pineapple upside-down cake with Imperial India Pale Ale, you’ll learn why some pairings stand the test of time and you’ll find plenty of new ideas as well.

Beer Pairing includes info for planning beer dinners and cooking with beer, science features and tips from industry pros including Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery; Ray Isle, Executive wine editor of Food & Wine Magazine; Dr. Nicole Garneau, Chair of Health Sciences at Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Steve Parkes, Owner of Drop-In Brewery and American Brewers Guild; Fred Bueltmann, Owner of New Holland Brewing Company; Chef Adam Dulye, Executive Chef for the Brewer’s Association and CraftBeer.com; Lucy Saunders, Author and Professor at the Siebel Institute of Technology.

“I suggest you not only read Beer Pair-

ing, but use it like a guide book, a lab manual… Beat it up, wear it out, and fill its margins with notes,” Mosher said in the book’s forward.

Author Julia Herz is the Craft Beer Program Director at the Brewers Association and Publisher of CraftBeer. com. She has been featured by NPR’s Splendid Table, The Food Network’s Unwrapped, CNBC’s Closing Bell, ABC’s Good Morning America Live and numerous other national media outlets.

She also is a BJCP beer judge, Certified Cicerone®, and homebrewer. She tweets about beer as @HerzMuses.

Gwen Conley is the Director of Brewery Production and Quality at Port Brewing/ The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, Calif., one of the most highly regarded and awardwinning breweries in the United States. Previously, she has worked as Quality Assurance and Sensory Director at Flying Dog Brewery and as a Flavor Panel Leader for Ball Packaging Corporation. In a previous life, she was a microbiologist, environmental chemist, and biology teacher. She is a veteran judge at the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival and an instructor for the American Brewer’s Guild and the University of California, San Diego, Brewer’s Certificate Program. She tweets about beer as @SensoryGoddess.

“Talking beer and food with Julia and Gwen is a seriously fun experience--and this book is the next best thing,” New Belgium Brewing’s Lauren Salazar said.

Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros, a 2016 IACP Award finalist, is available wherever books are sold.

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October 19 • Community Cupboard Food Bank – The Old Gallery (AP) October 21 • Mountain MidLife Social Dinner – Nederland Community

• Senior Celebration: Half-Off Food – Mid City Grill/

• Wine Tasting – Peak Wine & Spirits (NED) • RedRum Mystery Dinner – Stanley Hotel (EP) October 22 • Tasting: Hard Cider – Mid County Liquors (RV) • Faith & Grief Brunch – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Closing Day – Glen Haven General Store (GH) October 22-23 • Oktoberfest Trains – Georgetown Loop Railroad (GT) October 23 • Community Vegan Potluck – Estes Valley Library (EP) • Vintage Food, Wine Tasting & Live Auction – Dunraven

• Nederland Area Seniors Lunch – Nederland Community

Center (NED)

Inn (EP)

October 24 • Denver Football Kickoff Buffet – Historic Park Theater (EP) October 27 • Nederland Food Pantry – Nederland Community Center (NED) October 28 • Wine Tasting – Peak Wine & Spirits (NED) October 29-30 • Oktoberfest Trains – Georgetown Loop Railroad (GT) October 30 • Denver Football Kickoff Buffet – Historic Park Theater (EP) November 1 • Soup Night – The Old Gallery (AP) November 2 • Community Cupboard Food Bank – The Old Gallery (AP) WEEKLY FOOD Sunday • Service Industry Sunday – Stage Stop (RV) • Chicken Stir Fry Special – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Brunch & Bloody Mary Bar – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Brunch – Lyons Fork (LY) • Funday Specials – Pizza Bar 66 (EP) • Brunch – Sweet Basilico (EP) • Champagne Brunch – The Other Side Restaurant (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)

• Margarita Mondays (Drink & Pizza Specials) – Rock Creek Tavern Pizzeria (AP)

• Family Style Spaghetti & Meatballs – Lyons Fork (LY) Tuesday • Taco Tuesday – Salto Coffee Works (NED) • Two Dollar Tuesday: Beer, Tacos, Chips & Salsa – Ax & Oar (LY)

• Burger Madness – Cables Pub & Grill (EP) • Tuesday Soup Day – Wheel Bar (EP) • Geeks Who Drinks Trivia Night – The Barrel (EP) Wednesday • $2.25 Pint Night – Dostal Alley Brewpub & Casino (CC)

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• Burger Madness – Sundance Café (NED) • Wednesday Farm Stand w/From Yard Farm – Salto Coffee Works (NED) Center (NED)

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

• Whiskey Wednesday – Pizza Bar 66 (LY) Thursday • Senior Celebration: Half-Off Food – Mid City Grill/ Century Casino (CC)

• Breakfast for Dinner – Sundance Café (NED) • Thursday Lunch Bunch – Highlands Presbyterian Center (AP) • Farmers Market – Bond Park (EP) • Ladies Night – Longians Saloon (EP) Friday • 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

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kind of have to be hard-headed to pursue understanding what’s going on, or really determined to try this,” he explained. “It takes a ridiculous amount of time to make and you are staying up way, way, way late at night… trying to figure this stuff out, at the expense of your personal life. People you are dating don’t get it at all. You can buy it for cheaper at the store all day long.”

The hard part is now over and everyone gets to reap the rewards. Elkins and his partners have developed their distillery with a tasting room, menu and atmosphere all its own. The “quirky” tasting room is fully outfitted with “war-painted taxidermy” and walls of plaid. “We needed to add sound dampening panels, and Joe wanted

to do a ‘buffalo check’ wall,” Walker explained. “The step-brother of one of my very good friends, is president at Woolrich, the clothing company, so he sent me the fabric. The wall is now covered in original ‘buffalo check’ Woolrich fabric.”

Stop in to try the company’s first product, Elkins White Whisky, beginning at noon daily. Parking is ample and the patio has one of the best views in town. The three owners are more than happy to show you how to mix their whisky for maximum enjoyment.

Elkins Distilling Company is located at 1825 N. Lake Ave. in Estes Park.

Call 970-480-1848 or visit www.elkinsdistilling.com for more information.

Church (CCC)

• Burger Madness – Lyons Dairy Bar (LY) • Chef’s Special – Cables Pub & Grill (EP) • Prime Rib Buffet – Longz: A Mountain Grill (EP) • Community Corner Café – Shepherd of the Mountain Lutheran Church (EP)

Saturday • 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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COVER STORY – celebrating the mountain lifestyle

Mine tours, museums safe way to discover what’s below surface

City and Black Hawk. Tours by the Gilpin Tours run daily, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., on FRONT RANGE ining is a vital part of our region County Historical Society are available the hour all year, weather dependant. of the state’s history. It’s where the Labor Day-Memorial Day weekend.

Idaho Springs History Museum some of the earliest and most sub- Edgar Mine - School of Mines The Heritage Visitor Center in Idaho stantial gold discoveries were made and why The Edgar Mine, known as Colorado Springs features a free, fun and informative most of the towns in the area were founded. School of Mines’ Experimental Mine, museum full of unique exhibits of the area’s Those wanting to learn more about the re- produced high-grade silver, gold, lead and mining history, early life, and the important gion’s mining history, don’t have to dig very copper in the late 1870s. Today, as an un- role it played in establishing not only Idaho deep. Mine tours and museums—found in derground laboratory for future engineers, Springs, but the state of Colorado itself. several high-country towns in Clear Creek, it produces valuable experience for those Learn who first discovered gold here, how Gilpin and Boulder counties—allow visitors who are being trained in mining. The the gold was found and the impact of that to look below the surface into local history Edgar Mine is open for public tours for discovery. It is open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. as well as see how equipment worked, spot a small fee. Public hours vary and tours James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum – Wallstreet mineral veins, pan or dig for gold and learn must be booked in advance.

The Assay Office Museum contains about mining characters. Colorado’s mines many tools and implements used in the tell the stories of its early settlers and of the Georgetown Loop Railroad/Mine Tours assaying process, as well as furniture and origins of the state itself.

The Georgetown Loop Railroad was artwork owned by the Bailey family. The While hundreds of abandoned mines one of Colorado’s first visitor attracassay office where prospectors took ore exist throughout the region, it is never tions. Completed in 1884, this spectacular samples to find out whether or not they had safe to explore them stretch of three-foot potentially “struck it rich.” The free museon your own. Most narrow gauge railum in Four Mile Canyon is open the third are on private proproad was considered Saturday of the month from April through erty and hazards like an engineering marOctober from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. unstable soil, unsafe vel for its time. From roofs and ladders, May-September, visi- Nederland Mining Museum deadly gases, poisontors can enhance their The Nederland Mining Museum disous snakes and dantrain ride with an op- plays ores and mine trams, hand and gerous explosives tional tour of a mine. pneumatic drills, steam shovels, pictures, always exist. The The Lebanon Sil- blacksmithing tools, maps and documany tourist mines ver Mine tour goes ments from the 1860s to the present. Walk and museums of- The Nederland Mining Museum houses 500 feet into a mine through exhibits and learn about hard rock fer safe experiences many mining artifacts from the region. tunnel bored in the mining, the tungsten boom, and presentwith knowledgeable 1870s. Guides point day conservation techniques. See the variprofessionals who will outfit you with out rich veins of silver and explain early- ous “tools of the trade” and get a close-up the proper gear and teach more than you day mining. An extended tour goes into look at the lives of the miners. could ever learn by yourself, plus, the ex- the newly re-opened southwest Lebanon The museum is also home to a 1923 periences are one-of-a-kind. access tunnel more than 900 feet into Bucyrus 50B steam shovel—used to dig Leavenworth Mountain. the Panama Canal—whose epic move ARGO Mill & Mine Tour – Idaho Springs

The Everett Mine tour gives visitors a was chronicled on The History Channel’s The Argo Gold Mine and Mill is a former mining and milling property consisting of a sense of a mine when it was brand new Mega Movers. gold mine, gold mill and historic ARGO and in operation in the late 1880s. Guests Share coffee and dessert with the mining Tunnel. The tunnel was built between 1893 also pan for gold, and can take home ev- museum coordinator and discover the adventures and stories behind the building of and 1910 to drain the gold mines in Virginia erything they find.

Although the train continues to run, mining roads and scenic byways in the area, Canyon, Russell Gulch, Quartz Hill, Nemine tours are available May-September.

Oct. 7 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. during “An Evevadaville, and Central City and allow easier ning at the Museum: On the Road Again.” ore removal. When completed, it was the Hidee Mine – Central City largest mill of its type in the world and pro- Visitors to the Hidee Mine are invited The museum is open June through October, Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m-4 p.m. Adcessed more than $100 million of gold. to chip away at a gold vein and keep what mission is free. A short talk titled “Hard Tours of the ARGO include a history they find, providRock Mining, video, demonstration of mining equip- ing a hands-on Hard Work” bement, tour of the Double Eagle ore mine understanding of gins at 1:30 p.m. and tour of the five-story mill. A gold pan- the grueling work during visiting ning lesson follows. undertaken by the hours.

Learn the The attraction is open Wednesday-Mon- hard-rock miners. stories behind day, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first tour is at 10 The Hidee Gold hard rocking mina.m. and the last is at 4 p.m. Beginning Oct. Mine sits in the ing and watch an 19, it will also be closed on Wednesdays. heart of the Glory original stamp Starting on Nov. 7, the site will be open Hole Area, reputmill crush ore.

Thursday-Monday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The first ed to be the richtour is at 11 a.m. and the last is at 2 p.m. est square mile on Phoenix Mine – Idaho Springs Coeur d’Alene Mine Shaft House – Central City Earth. Tours last The Phoenix The Coeur d’Alene Mine Shaft House 90 minutes, half Learn how to pan for gold following the mine mine, originally serves as a reminder of Gilpin County’s of which is spent tour at the Hidee Mine.

Photo by Jeffrey V. Smith discovered in mining heritage. Developed in 1885, the about 135 feet Coeur d’Alene produced ore into the below ground. Extra time is needed to 1871, is operated by Al and Dave Mosch, 1940s. Tours of the building, which is enjoy gold panning, the historic sites, the members of the oldest continuous goldperched on the brow of Academy Hill, al- gift shop or lunch outside the mine. The mining family in Colorado. Included in low visitors to see antique mining equip- mine tour was recently chosen by readers the admission price is a guided tour of the ment, the inner workings of a mine shaft of USA Today as one of the 10 best under- mine and its “lucky bucket” and plenty of mining stories. Gold panning and lessons house, and panoramic views of Central ground attractions in the country.

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are also offered. The mine has been featured in National Geographic and other print media and on television shows including Ghost Hunters, Globe Trekkers and Ghost Adventures.

Mine tours are available daily from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mineral samples and prospecting supplies are also for sale.

School of Mines Geology Museum – Golden The School of Mines Geology Museum, home to one of the state’s two Goodwill moon rocks collected during the Apollo 17 mission, was started in 1874 and displays mineral, fossil, gemstone, meteorite and historic mining artifact exhibits. The museum is also the state repository for mineral heritage.

It is open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m. Identification of specimens is performed Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Admission is free but guided tours have a fee. Guests are requested to make reservations by phone one week in advance.

Virtual Hard Rock Mining Tour This web-based tour explores the history of Boulder County’s hard rock mining through historical and present-day photos, videos, oral histories and an interactive map that includes mining and milling sites, and the Switzerland Trail Railroad line. The virtual tour is meant to be an introduction to hard rock mining in the county and is especially aimed toward beginners like researchers, students, teachers and tourists.

Front Range Mine Tours

ARGO Mill & Mine Tour

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2350 Riverside Dr., Idaho Springs 303-567-2421 • historicargotours.com Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum 1310 Maple St., Golden 303-273-3815 • www.mines.edu/Geology_Museum

Coeur d’Alene Mine Shaft House Academy Street, Central City 303-582-5283 • www.gilpinhistory.org

Edgar Mine - Colorado School of Mines 8th Avenue, Idaho Springs 303-567-2911 • www.mines.edu/EdgarMine

Georgetown Loop Railroad/Mine Tours 646 Loop Dr., Georgetown 888-456-6777 • www.georgetownlooprr.com/

Hidee Mine

1950 Hidee Mine Road, Central City 720-548-0343 • www.hideegoldmine.com

James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum 6352 Fourmile Canyon Dr., Wallstreet 303-678-6200 • www.bouldercounty.org

Nederland Mining Museum

200 N. Bridge St., Nederland 303-678-6200 • www.bouldercounty.org

Phoenix Mine

Trail Creek Road, Idaho Springs 303-567-0422 • www.phoenixmine.com

Virtual Hard Rock Mining Tour

https://bouldercountyopenspace.org/hard-rockmine-tour/mhome.html

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Festivals/Special & Holiday Events October 1 • Jamestown Recycle Day – Elysian Park (JT) October 1-2 • Pumpkin Festival Trains – Georgetown Loop

MOUNTAIN CULTURE – high-country living and activities

Premium dispensary grows into new location

ing on the wall. I’ve been in all kinds of dispensaries across the

By Jennifer Pund state. I haven’t seen anything like that. It’s different and it fits GEORGETOWN ngelo Butierres and Mario Trujillo have built up their the area,” Butierres said. “The biggest thing is I try to pass on Sergeant Green Leaf Wellness Center, a premium medi- the feeling our customers are part of the extended family. They cal and recreation marijuana dispensary in Georgetown, know the quality is always going to be the same. They know by using both successes and obstacles to their advantage. Their the price is going to be consistent—and it’s my price, it’s not up family-owned business is now making a profit, and a new, and down like a roller coaster—and they are comfortable.”

Sergeant Green Leaf is proud of larger location has allowed them its ultra-premium, naturally-grown to expand their house-made line of cannabis and other premium cannaconcentrates. After a long, uphill bis products, including an even largclimb, their future looks bright. er selection of edibles and wide va The two cousins got into the inriety of concentrates made in house. dustry in the first days of Colora“We carry over 25 strains on both do’s legal cannabis industry when the recreational and medical sides. family members presented them an That’s over 50 combined, and no opportunity they couldn’t pass up. less than 15 to choose from at any “We were doing it when nobody given time,” Butierres said. “They really wanted to. It was the Wild are all hand-trimmed and cured 12 West days,” Butierres said. to 14 days prior to hitting the shelf.

Sergeant Green Leaf is not like Each one you open will be differthe metro-area dispensaries. It offers a large selection of high-quality Mario Trujillo and Angelo Butierres of Sergent Green Leaf ent because they were cured in that manner. It’s not going to be wet, it products sold by a knowledgeable Wellness Center in Georgetown.

Photo by Jeffrey V. Smith will be ready for you to consume.” sales staff at reasonable prices in a Trujillo and Butierres started out with a small, 1,800-squarelaid-back, mountain atmosphere. Parking and access to the interstate is easy. Even before entering their extensive product room, foot grow that was “married” to a dispensary. When they began the differences are obvious. From it’s green façade to the colorful to have reservations about the dispensary owner, they decided mural in the lobby, patrons can tell these guys do things differently. to go out on their own. They knew they had a good product, it “When you walk in, it’s a different vibe. It’s a comfortable, was just a matter of finding the right location. “We are young inviting feeling. That’s why I had my best friend do the paintContinued on page 12

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Railroad (GT)

• Elk Fest – Bond Park (EP) October 2 • Saws & Slaws Event – Lyttle Dowdle & Skyline Neighborhoods (CCC)

• Blessing of the Animals for St. Francis Day – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)

October 5 • Queer Night – Stage Stop (RV) October 8 • Dynamite Days Festival – Citizen’s Park (IS) • Saws & Slaws Curbside Chipping – Crescent Park (CCC) • Fall Festival – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP) • Pumpkins & Pilsners – Bond Park (EP) October 8-9 • Pumpkin Festival Trains – Georgetown Loop Railroad (GT)

• Fall Celebration Sidewalk Sale – Various Locations (EP) October 13 • Clear Creek Land Conservancy 30th Anniversary Celebration w/Lookout Mountain Boys – Mount Vernon Country Club (JC)

October 14-15 • Gilpin History’s Creepy Crawl – Century Casino (CC) October 15 • Coal Creek Canyon Community Expo – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Estes Park Rotary Club Shred-a-Thon – Estes Park Events Complex (EP)

October 16 • Official Closing Day – Idaho Springs Community Garden (IS)

• Saws & Slaws Event – Sugarloaf Canyon (BC) October 21-22 • Gilpin History’s Creepy Crawl – Century Casino (CC) • Haunted Forest Halloween Train – Georgetown

Loop Railroad (GT)

October 29 • Family Halloween Party – Golden Gate Grange (GGC) • Paranormal Night at the Museum – Gilpin History Museum (CC)

• Lyons Halloween Spooktacular – Sandstone Park (LY) October 31 • Carousel of Spookiness – Carousel of Happiness (NED) • Jamestown Town Halloween Party – TBD (JT) • Halloween Spooktacular – YMCA of the Rockies (EP)

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October 21-23 • High Country Celebrations: Past and Present Table-Setting Competition – YMCA of the Rockies (EP) October 22 • Saws & Slaws Event – Nederland (NED) • Fall Fest – YMCA of the Rockies (EP) October 28 • 5th Howl At the Moon – Idaho Springs Elk’s Lodge (IS) October 28-29 • Haunted Forest Halloween Train – Georgetown

ELK EXPEDITIONS

View the fall elk rut, which includes bugling, posturing, and herding, Oct. 1-15, from the comfort of a mini-bus or van with a professional educational guide who will discuss elk ecology, interpret activity and answer questions. Antlers, skulls, and fur will be available for participants to see and touch. rmconservancy.org • 970-586-3262

HOWL AT THE MOON

Howl at the Moon, an annual fundrasier for Friends of Charlie’s Place, the Clear Creek/ Gilpin County Animal Shelter, Oct. 28, from 5:30-10:30 p.m. at the Idaho Springs Elks Lodge. Enjoy music by D Double J, appetizers from local restaurants, silent auction, costume contest, raffle and more. Adults only. charliesplaceshelter.org • 303-567-4859

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Lyons Halloween Spooktacular, Oct. 29, features activities including mask making, pumpkin carving, face painting, a costume contest, and all sort of tricks and treats for gouhls and goblins, ending with a parade through town. Immediately following will be the downtown trick or treat event. townoflyons.com • 303-823-6622

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Investigate spirits with professionals

The investigation of the Sauer-McShane

By Jeffrey V. Smith Mercantile building will be on a new TV CENTRAL CITY show, True Ghost Stories. It will air true Gilpin County-based paranormal investigative team, Spirit Realm Investiga- and unscripted investigations from everytive Project, are becoming quite familiar day paranormal investigative teams from with the ghosts of Central City’s historic around the world and Spirit Realm Invesbuildings. The professional, all-girl inves- tigative Project represents Colorado. It tigative team uses scientific and state-of- will first air in Europe. “The TV episode… the-art equipment to search for spirits, and will feature how our Team Historian, Lolli they are usually not disappointed. Spirit Hughes, handles one of her earlier investiactivity in Gilpin County’s mining-era gations with the team. She had not learned as of yet to put her walls up, as we like to buildings and cemeteries is strong.

The group gets such interesting re- call it in the spiritual world. There is a level sults from their investigations, they’ve of protection you must adhere to when investigating the unbeen featured on known. Yes, you do the Travel Chancome across pownel’s Paranormal erful energies, and Challenge U.S.S. some not so nice.”

Hornet episode, and According to Jothe Bio Channel’s nas, in this particuMy Ghost Story lar investigation of where they did an the Sauer-McShane investigation of the building, they ran Old Gilpin County into a “negative” Courthouse and jail. spirit. “We actually An investigation of received a name on the Sauer-McShane Gilpin County Historical Museum our equipment, a Mercantile building in Central City will be featured on an up- name for this spirit that physically attacked Lolli numerous times,” she said. “Like in coming episode of True Ghost Stories.

If television shows are a bit two-di- life there are folks that have a bad reputamensional for your tastes, Spirit Realm tion, and in death—for those who don’t Investigative Project is leading the 2nd cross—they remain the same as they were annual “Paranormal Night with the Spir- in life. As paranormal investigators, we try its” at the Gilpin Historical Society, Oct. to prove, debunk and show what we have 29 from 7-10 p.m., where participants can learned over the years, and with aide of scilearn about and practice ghost hunting for entific equipment. We use that to prove they themselves. Tickets are $45, or $40 per exist.” No matter what they’ve seen, heard person for couples. Proceeds benefit the and felt, Jonas insists the do not “push our beliefs” onto others. Everyone has their own Gilpin County Historical Society.

“This event is to introduce those who are take on those of the afterlife. We just offer interested in the scientific and metaphysical an experience, take it or leave it.”

The Sauer-McShane building investigaaspect of ghost hunting, as we would rather call it paranormal investigating,” lead inves- tion was actually one of Jonas’ most fearful. tigator and Spirit Realm founder LeeAnna The building has had it’s “share of trauma,” Jonas said. “We will first have a mini semi- according to Jonas. It was one of the only nar on such topics, also refreshments and buildings not burned in the 1874 fire and snacks, door prizes and then down to busi- men died building it, as it is made of stone. ness. You will go on an actual paranormal “One of the most notorious occupants from investigation of the Gilpin History Museum, as late as 1946, was Angelo DiBenedetto, an artist who lived in The McShane until his where we have witnessed spirit activity.”

Participants will learn and possibly wit- death in 1992,” Jonas said. “He ran an art ness how to communicate “with those that school on the second floor of the building. haven’t crossed for whatever reason.” Ac- He was well known in town and made mucording to Jonas, it is “mind blowing” for rals for the City of Denver. There was once some. “Those who are skeptics, may not be a man who ran a print shop on the second again,” she said. “[It’s] fun for all and edu- floor after Angelo died. He came back a few cational, also, for this field… it’s interesting times to find the furniture moved up against for those who don’t normally get to see or a wall. He finally left a paper in the middle learn about it.” Last years event was cov- of the floor and asked the spirit to put down ered by Denver’s Channel 2 and Fox News. [its] name. He later came back to find AnThere is very limited space to allow for gelo’s name written on the paper. This paran intimate experience. Call ahead to re- ticular investigation of ours will be featured on the TV show True Ghost Stories because serve space. of the communication we came into contact with that night.”

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MOUNTAIN CULTURE Dispensary’s success took time Continued from page 9

entrepreneurs and we have a good background as far as cultivating.”

To meet state laws, in order to have a grow operation, the two had to open a store.

“We couldn’t grow if we weren’t married somewhere, and we were looking for a turn key operation,” Butierres explained.

The prime locations in Denver were a lot of money, so they started venturing up into the mountain towns along Interstate 70.

“We thought it was cool to have a mountain cabin that people wanted to visit, not some trailer on the side of the road,” he said. “Georgetown was that little spot.

We found one little dispensary here that was available.” It remains the only one in town thanks to limits set by its officials.

Even though locations for growing and selling had been found, financing the venture took some creative thinking. “The landlord at our grow agreed to carry the property for us at a super killer deal that we could do. So, he was our bank, and we were able to start the larger grow,” Butierres explained. “I also got the dispensary for a killer, killer price along with it’s three licenses.”

The business already had a cultivation license and the dispensary came with its own sales licenses, plus two Marijuana Infused Product licenses. With that, the

two found themselves both cultivation operators and dispensary owners.

The cousins understand the mountain community and feel they add to the “landscape” of Georgetown. “It’s different up here. The community and customers kind of look out for us. You don’t get that other places,” Butierres said. “We have a really good report with the town, we have open communication… if I have an issue they are always there to help.”

Butierres thinks town officials were surprised when they bought [the dispensary] because they were so young at the time. “I felt like they thought we were going to be the next ones that were just going to be in and out,” he said. “I think they see now we are not just a taker in the community, we are willing to give back.

If anyone comes for a donation for the community or school, we are always there to help. And we pay a lot of taxes, 27.5 percent on retail is a real figure. I see that every 20th of the month.”

The success of Sergeant Green Leaf has not been without its setbacks, but they have made them stronger and wiser. “We are excited to be moving forward again. We have had these [MIP] licenses for the past four years, and paying to not use them. There have been a couple of other hurdles, like Continued on page 13

Smash pumpkins at composting event IDAHO SPRINGS The Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District and Scraps to Soil team up to host the 8th annual Pumpkin SMASH, Nov. 5 from noon-4 p.m., a free, funfilled day designed to recycle pumpkins and bring awareness to composting and other community-minded sustainability solutions in a fun and engaging setting.

Participants get “hands-on” with tons of techniques for pulverizing pumpkins into pieces including “Gallagher mallets,” Louisville Sluggers, a Trebuchet launcher and the SlingShot. No matter the smash technique, everyone contributes to the “continuance of a community-wide composting crusade.” Bring any spent Jack-o-Lanterns for “smashing fun.” There will also be leftover pumpkins for sale.

Held at the Shelly/Quinn Baseball Field, the free, family-friendly event features several ways to smash pumpkins among other games, contests and activities as well as opportunities to learn about composting and other ways to live more sustainably. There is also

food, drinks and other vendors. Tommyknocker Brewery will be serving its Pumpkin beer and Westbound & Down Brewery will have its SMASH beer.

“The Pumpkin SMASH is our one last hurrah before winter rolls in, and the festivities revolve around smashing jack-o-lanterns and old pumpkins to prepare them for composting and bypass the waste stream,” Scraps-to-Soil board member Brandi Murphy said. “We see the event as a fun and engaging way to bring about awareness to composting, waste issues, and other sustainability solutions to consider on a community scale.”

Pre-register online on Eventbrite to have access to priority check in. More details and information about the event can be found on the group’s website and Facebook page.

The Idaho Springs Baseball Fields are located at 101 Idaho Springs Road. E-mail info@scraps-to-soil. org or visit scraps-to-soil.org for more information.

The Bunce School near Allenspark was restored by the Hilltop Guild in 1990s.

Photo by Jeffrey V. Smith/Inset: Boulder Historical Society

Bunce School restored as museum Continued from page 1 the Snowbank, the Tiger, the Bland, the Black Horse, and the Vulcan.

Residents made plans to build a mill and build the town into one of the largest in the state. Before these plans came about, production at the mines steeply declined, and the town was largely abandoned. Today, the town has a population of about 500.

Built in 1888 by V.H. (Dick) Rowley, the Bunce Schoolhouse was granted an Historic Designation, May 22, 1986, and also has state and county historic designation. The building, one of two log rural schoolhouses remaining in the county when designated, is an example of the early educational structures in the high mountain areas of Colorado in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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settler in the area, it is also recognized by the National Register of Historic Places. The school served the local communities of Raymond, Heathermeade and Peaceful Valley.

The Bunce School remained in use until 1946 when it was consolidated into the Allenspark district.

In the spring of 1996, the members of Hilltop Guild purchased from the Allenspark Fire Protection District, the adjoining property and buildings of the Bunce Schoolhouse. This rejoined property that once belonged to the Kelley family, local red fox breeders.

The schoolhouse is located about four miles southeast of Allenspark off Hwy. 7 near the junction with Bunce School Road, a popular off-road vehicle trail. It is currently serving as a museum and lending library.

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break-ins both at the grow and the old location, and a lot of long hours while having a family,” Butierres said. “Every year we have barely made it. It’s been an uphill battle, and we are finally starting to see our head above water now.”

Sergeant Green Leaf recently moved into a much larger location just east of the original store on Argentine Street. They have more room to provide more of the high-quality products they are known for, like the award winning “Budderface strain” that tests at 27.64 percent THC. “Now that we are in this larger store, I am going to be offering large selections of edibles. Concentrates will be [made] in-house now. We have full control over quality at a great value,” Butierres said. “I don’t carry any products that are cut with anything. If it’s a cannabis oil… it’s propylene glycol free, there are no additives, there’s nothing, it’s pure cannabis oil.”

The new larger location provides the space they need to start their infusions and make use of the valuable MIP licenses.

“When we first opened, everything was still medicinal sales only, and everyone wanted to smoke bud, no one was really eating ed-

ibles,” Butierres said. “It wasn’t until recre- side of the tunnel,” Mario said. “Angelo, ational sales started. People on the rec side who does all the sales, and I, kind of kept haven’t smoked in years, or haven’t tried it, it going. Now we have my other cousins as but feel more comfortable eating a choco- our main extractors. My brother and couslate. We cultivate all the product, so all our in’s brother work down at the grow.” There trim goes into the [infusions,] which is low is just one employee outside the family.

Butierres’ concost. I can pass nection to the that along to herb is strong. the customers. I He spent many am not marking years in hosmy products up pitals fighting 100 to 150 perchildhood cancent like other cer, enduring dispensaries up nine years of here. I am able chemotherapy to pass that savand radiation. ings to the con“It was when sumer. Plus, we cannabis was have a superior illegal, so the product consis- Sergent Green Leaf recently moved into its new benefits of comtent every time.” home in Georgetown.

Photo by Jeffrey V. Smith ing into a store Trujillo, who oversees all infusions, began cultivating in weren’t available. The only thing available 2008 when they first opened, and has hired were some pretty harsh narcotics that were within his family for help. “I work on the horrible to go through,” he said. infused side of the business. We are going to Volunteering at the Ronald McDonald put a little on our shelves, but our main thing House, Butierres saw evidence of what canis to sell it wholesale to other dispensaries, nabis research and treatments can do. “Seemostly down in Denver and on the other ing patients on cannabis, I saw there was

Mountain Events Calendar

October 29 • Yoga 101 for Beginners – CCCIA Hall (CCC) Meetings/Clubs/Groups October 1 • SkyWatchers – CCCIA Hall (CCC) October 3 • Ward Town Meeting – Town Hall (WD) • Jamestown Board of Trustees – Town Hall (JT) • Lyons Board of Trustees – Town Hall (LY) October 4 • Nederland Board of Trustees – Nederland Community

October 13-16 • Inner Power Yoga Immersion – Tadasana Mountain Yoga (NED) October 14 • Women’s Wellness Day & Mammogram Van – Sampler

October 10 • Idaho Springs City Council – Town Hall (IS) October 11 • Spanish Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (IS) • Georgetown Board of Selectmen – Town Hall (GT) October 12 • Commissioner Donnelly Citizen Meeting – Senior

Mill Recreation Center (IS)

October 15 • Full Moon Meditation – The StarHouse (GH) October 18 • Soulful Breathwork – The StarHouse (GH) • Reading is Doctor Recommended: The Sleep Revolution – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 22 • Evening With The Angels: Angels & The Paranormal – Madeline’s Parlour (IS)

October 23 • Beyond Personal Healing: Aligning Into Universal Responsibility Breathwork, Sacred Sound and Toning – The StarHouse (GH)

October 25 • Winter Ready Wellness Series, Nutrition & Supplements for Better Sleep – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 27-30 • Beauty Revealed Retreat – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP)

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October 5 • Estes Valley Model Railroaders: Jim Thompson – Estes Valley Library (EP)

October 6 • Clear Creek County Veterans Coalition – Idaho Springs Elks Lodge (IS)

• The Environmental Group – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Rotary Club of Estes Park: Club Youth Initiatives – Rodeway Inn (EP)

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October 13 • Gilpin County Library Board of Trustees, Friends of the Gilpin County Library – Gilpin Public Library (GC) • Homesteader Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Estes Park Equestrian Club – Estes Valley Library (EP) • Rotary Club of Estes Park: Estes Valley Land Trust – Rodeway Inn (EP)

October 14 • Estes Park Town Budget Study Session – Town Hall (EP) October 17 • Lyons Board of Trustees – Town Hall (LY) October 18 • Nederland Board of Trustees – Nederland Community Center (NED)

Sergeant Green Leaf is located off I-70 exit 228 at 1402 Argentine St. in Georgetown. Visit sergeantgreenleaf.com or call 303-569-0444 to learn more.

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Game Nights October 5 • Euchre Night – Very Nice Brewing (NED) October 8 • Game Night – CCCIA Hall (CCC) October 19 • Euchre Night – Very Nice Brewing (NED) October 20 • Pinball Tournament – Lyons Classic Pinball (LY) Health/Wellbeing October 1 • Evening With the Angels: Navigate Negativity With Archangel Michael – Madeline’s Parlour (IS) • The Eightfold Path of Yoga – The Yoga Room (IS) • CPR/First Aid – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) October 11 • Winter Ready Wellness Series for a Healthier You, Good ZZZs w/Dr. David McCarty – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 13 • Tantric Union Gong Bath w/Richard Rudis – The StarHouse (GH)

something to it,” he said. “I went through chemo for nine years, and seeing some of the benefits [of cannabis] and some of the ailments that it helps ween off [compared] to what I went through, I wouldn’t wish what I had to do on my worst enemy.”

Butierres honors the military and service of his grandfather and great uncle with the businesses name. “Not only did I see what it did for cancer patients, but also for vets. I saw that it’s not necessarily available to them, or they are losing benefits for using, so we decided we are going to employ them,” he said. Active military and veterans with ID also get a 10-percent discount on one item over $30.

When in Georgetown or heading west on the interstate, stop in Georgetown to see what Sergeant Green Leaf has to offer. “You will be welcome when you walk in the door.

And, visitors are going to love it. If it’s the first time you walk in the door, you are going to be the happiest camper that you did.”

• Allenspark Area Club Dinner and Movement Exercises the Brain w/Joseph Schwartz – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP)

• Lyons Regional Library District Board of Trustees – Lyons Regional Library (LY)

• Estes Valley Partners for Commerce Board Meeting – Poppy’s Restaurant (EP)

October 18-19 • Gilpin County 2017 Budget Hearing – Apex Building (GC) October 20 • CCC Watershed Partnership – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Gilpin County Library Board of Trustees, Friends of the Gilpin County Library – Gilpin Public Library (GC) • Rotary Club of Estes Park: Rene Moquin – Rodeway Inn (EP)

• Estes Valley Watershed Coalition – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 21 • Estes Park Town Budget Study Session – Town Hall (EP) October 24 • Idaho Springs City Council – Town Hall (IS) October 25 • Gilpin County 2017 Budget Hearing – Apex Building (GC) October 27 • Rotary Club of Estes Park: Clark Hodge – Rodeway Inn (EP)

November 1 • Nederland Board of Trustees – Nederland Community Center (NED)

November 2 • Estes Valley Model Railroaders: “The 20th Century Limited” w/Rich Luckin – Estes Valley Library (EP) November 3 • Clear Creek County Veterans Coalition – Idaho Springs Elks Lodge (IS)

October 7-9 • Sidewalk Sale – Estes Park Mountain Shop (EP) October 8 • CCMRD Volleyball Tournament – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)

• Family Fishing Clinic – Golden Gate Canyon State Park (GC) • Mountain MidLife Hike – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Oh Deer, Elk and Moose! 3-Mile Hike – Caribou Ranch Open Space (NED)

• Black Diamond, La Sportiva, and Scarpa Demo Day – Estes Park Mountain Shop (EP)

October 11 • CCMRD Hiking Club: Hike with a Shelter Dog – Charlie’s Place (DU)

October 12 • Estes Park Cycling Coalition Board Meeting – Estes Valley Library (EP)

October 14 • 32nd Annual Ski & Board Swap – West Portal Station (WP) October 15 • Bears in Our Backyard 1-Mile Hike – Heil Valley Ranch Open Space (LY)

October 15-16 • Trail Building Days – Hermit Park Open Space (EP) October 16 • Full Moon Hike to St. Mary’s Glacier – Silver Lake Lodge (SMG) October 21 • BIGfoot Hikers – Nederland Community Center (NED) October 22 • Boulder Hiker Chicks: Kickin’ It at Caribou Ranch – Caribou Ranch Open Space (NED)

• The Environmental Group – CCCIA Hall (CCC) Sports/Recreation October 1 • Green Ranch Hike – Golden Gate Canyon State Park (GC) • Quaking Aspen Hike – Mud Lake Open Space (NED) • Rut Run 5K – Bond Park (EP) • Moraine Park Nature Walk – Moraine Park Discovery

• Lions and Abert’s & Bears 1-Mile Hike – Betasso Preserve (BC) October 25 • CCMRD Hiking Club – Square Top Lakes (GT) October 27 • Hike for Seniors – Heil Valley Ranch (BC) October 29 • Story in the Rocks: Our Changing Landscape – Heil

October 2 • Big Fall Ride 2016 – Redstone Cyclery (LY) • Estes Trail Ascent Run – Ravencrest Chalet & Conference

Talks/Tours/Workshops/Classes October 1 • Elk Expeditions – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) • Elk Echoes – Moraine Park Discovery Center Amphitheater (EP) • Skins & Things in RMNP – Kawuneeche Visitor Center (EP) • Elk Ecology Class – YMCA of the Rockies (EP)

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October 5 • Autumn Bird Walk – Upper Beaver Meadows Trailhead (EP)

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Mountain Events Calendar Talks/Tours/Workshops/Classes (cont.)

• High Country Tails – Alpine Visitor Center (EP) • Banding Boreal & Saw-whet Owls: A Service Learning Seminar – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) • Miner Bill & The Blue Mist: Remembering an Estes Park Legend – Historic Fall River Hydroplant (EP) • Estes Park Mayor’s Chat – Good Samaritan Society (EP) October 1-10 • Bear Necessities – Beaver Meadows Visitor Center (EP) October 3 • Elk Expeditions – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) • The Human Library – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 4 • “Before You Seek a Grant” Webinar – Estes Valley Library (EP) • Basic Life Support Class – Estes Park Medical Center (EP) • High Country Tails – Alpine Visitor Center (EP) October 5 • English Conversation Café – Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies (EP)

• The Power of Habit w/Dr. Frank Dumont – Estes Valley Library (EP)

• Estes Park Startup Meetup: Craft Beverage Industry in Estes Park – Via Bicycle Café (EP) October 5-8 • Elk Ecology Class – YMCA of the Rockies (EP) October 6 • Historian Laureate James Pickering: History of MacGregor Ranch – Estes Park Museum (EP) • Basic Life Support Class – Estes Park Medical Center (EP) October 6-8 • Elk Expeditions – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) October 7 • An Evening at the Museum: On the Road Again – Nederland Mining Museum (NED) • iPad & iPhone Basics – Estes Valley Library (EP)

October 7-8 • High Country Tails – Alpine Visitor Center (EP) October 10 • Elk Expeditions – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) October 11 • Selling Your Stuff Online, Aviation Club – Estes Valley

Community Church of the Rockies (EP)

• Basic Life Support Class – Estes Park Medical Center (EP) WEEKLY EVENTS Festivals/Special Events Friday • Date Night – Carousel of Happiness (NED) Saturday • Community Clothing Closet – Nederland Community Center (NED)

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) • Geeks Who Drinks Trivia Night – The Barrel (EP) Wednesday • Trivia Night – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • Game Night – Club Ned (NED) • Juggling Club – The Old Gallery (AP) • Trivia Night – Longz Mountain Grill (EP) • Game Night – Lonigans Pub (EP) Friday • Match 12 Friday Night Dice – Famous Bonanza Casino (CC) • Estes Park Duplicate Bridge Club – United Methodist

Yoga (NED)

• Nia – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) • Master Chen Sermon on Daoism, Community Tai Chi, Qigong Instruction, Community Acupuncture – Dao

Church of the Rockies (EP)

October 12-13 • Elk Ecology Class – YMCA of the Rockies (EP) October 13 • EPNRC Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussion – Estes

House (EP)

• Explore Rocky Mountain Yoga – Performance Park (EP) Monday • Continuing Yoga – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Vinyasa Yoga – The Yoga Room (IS) • Hatha Yoga, Yoga Dance – Gilpin Community Center (GC) • Yoga – Golden Gate Grange (GGC) • Gentle Yoga w/Joelle, Yoga w/Abby – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Yoga – Salida Schoolhouse (SA) • Tai Chi & Qigong, Monday Morning Wellness Series –

Valley Library (EP)

October 13-15 • Elk Expeditions – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP) October 15 • All That Glistens Is Not Gold – Assay Office Museum (BC) October 17 • Emergency Preparedness for Business, School, Organization – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 18 • Inventory Control 101: Understanding Retail Cash Flow – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 19 • English Conversation Café – Presbyterian Community

The Old Gallery (AP) • Nia – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) • Gentle Yoga – Namaste Lyons (LY)

Tuesday • Power Hour – The Yoga Room (IS) • Tai Chi Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Mom & Tot Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) • Vinyasa Flow, Restorative Yoga – Tadasana Mountain

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October 20 • Common Cents Counts Basic Financial Series: Goal Setting & Financial Planning – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 21 • Devil’s Gate History Club: Romance Of Alfred Bierdstadt – Georgetown Community Center (GT) October 22 • Tiny Home Tours – WeeCasa (LY) October 25 • Operational Best Practices, Protecting Your Privacy Online – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 26 • English Conversation Café – Presbyterian Community

• Gentle Yoga, Tai Chi – The Old Gallery (AP) • Women’s Movers & Shakers, Men’s Moaners & Groaners – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Flow & Strengthening Yoga – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) • Gentle Yoga – Namaste Lyons (LY) Wednesday • Beginning Yoga, Continuing Yoga – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)

• Vinyasa Yoga w/Cherie Ebert – The Yoga Room (IS) • Vinyasa Yoga – Gilpin Community Center (GC) • Yoga – Golden Gate Grange (GGC) • Tai Chi Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Moms & Babies Yoga, Vinyasa Flow – Tadasana Mountain

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October 27 • CSU Master Gardeners: Rare Colorado Plants – • Common Cents Counts Basic Financial Series: Key Investment Concepts – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 27-30 • Beauty Revealed Retreat – Peaceful Valley Resort (AP) October 29 • Culturally Modified Trees in Rocky Mountain National Park – Estes Park Museum (EP)

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• Basic Life Support Class – Estes Park Medical Center (EP) November 3 • Make a Lasting Impact: Simple Ways Anyone Can Leave a Legacy for the Estes Valley – Presbyterian

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

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November 1 • “Introduction to Project Budgets” Webinar, How to Engage Your Employees in Profit Growth – Estes Valley

Church (EP)

October 12 • English Conversation Café – Presbyterian Community

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• Tai Chi & Qigong – The Old Gallery (AP) • Adult Tai Chi, Nia – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) • Estes Outreach: Chi Kung – Estes Park High School (EP) • Living Well with Diabetes – Senior Center (EP) Thursday • Women’s Movers & Shakers, Men’s Moaners & Groaners – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Tai Chi – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga – Gilpin Community Center (GC)

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• Thursday Locals Night – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) • Gentle Yoga, Yoga/Pilates Fusion – Tadasana Mountain Yoga (NED)

• Tai Chi & Qigong – The Old Gallery (AP) • Gentle Yoga – Namaste Lyons (LY) • Open Yoga – Estes Park Elementary School (EP) Friday • Vinyasa Yoga – The Yoga Room (IS) • Yoga – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Parent & Tot Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat (RV) • Hatha Yoga, Happy Hour Yoga – Tadasana Mountain Yoga (NED) • Tai Chi & Qigong – The Old Gallery (AP) • Yoga w/Kim – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Nia – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) 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 Tuesday • Tech Tuesday – Nederland Community Library (NED) • Clear Creek County Board of Commissioners – County Courthouse (GT)

• Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary – The Other Side Restaurant (EP) Wednesday • Hilltop Guild – Kelley House (AP) Thursday • Rotary Club of Estes Park Meeting – Rodeway Inn (EP) • Veterans Group – Gilpin County Library (GC) Sports/Recreation Sunday • Sunday Fun Day – Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park (EP) Monday • SilverSneakers Classic, Master Swim, Aqua Zumba, Drop-In Volleyball, Kickball League – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)

• Aquacize, Bootcamp, Swim Lessons – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC)

• Morning & Evening Pickleball, Zumba – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Senior Exercise Group – St. Rita’s Church (NED) • Indian Peaks Running Club – Mud Lake OPen Space (NED) • Monday $1 Specials – Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park (EP) • Adult Pickleball, Adult Open Gym Basketball – Estes Park Middle School Gym (EP)

Tuesday • Women’s Movers & Shakers, Men’s Moaners & Groaners – Georgetown Community Center (GT) • Kickball League, Girls on the Run, Power Up!, Core Conditioning, Water Aerobics, Vortex Class, Drop-In Basketball, Youth: Short Court – Sampler Mill Recreation

• Adult Thursday Basketball League – Lyons Elementary School (LY)

• Adult Open Corn Hole, Adult Open Volleyball – LaVern M. Johnson Park (LY)

• College Night – Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park (EP) • Estes Park Cycling Coalition Thursday After Work Ride – Via Bicycle Café (EP)

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

• Open Gym Adult Basketball – Estes Park Middle School Gym (EP)

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

• Aquacize, Adult Strengthen – Gilpin Recreation Center (BH) • Friday Date Night – Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park (EP) • Tundra to the Trees in Rocky Mountain National Park – Milner Pass Parking Area (EP)

Saturday • Bodyshred – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS) • Bootcamp – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Saturday Morning Tennis Clinic – Nederland Ice & Racquet Park (NED)

• Morning Pickleball – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Estes Park Cycling Coalition Saturday Morning Group Ride – Via Bicycle Café (EP) • Free Pool – Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park (EP) Talks/Tours/Workshops/Classes Sunday • Drawn to Black Canyon: The History and Beauty of MacGregor Ranch – National Park Service Headquarters Building (EP)

Tuesday • Discover the Wonders Of Rocky Mountain National Park – Moraine Park Discovery Center (EP) Wednesday • Discover the Wonders Of Rocky Mountain National Park – Moraine Park Discovery Center (EP) • Birds of Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park – Upper Beaver Meadows Trailhead (EP) • Intro To Programming – 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)

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• Sit and Fit – Idaho Springs Senior Center (IS) • Tai Chi Class, Family Martial Arts – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Quick & Tone, Aquacize, Pickleball, Acrobatics, Tae Kwon Do – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Drop-In Basketball – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Adult Co-Rec Volleyball League – Estes Park Middle School Gym (EP)

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• Adult Movement & Core Balance, Elevate Conditioning Super Circuit Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Morning Pickleball, Planet Motion/Zumba – Nederland Community Center (NED)

• Indian Peaks Running Club – Kelly Dahl Campground (GC) • Adult Volleyball – 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) • Co-Ed Softball League – Shelly/Quinn Baseball Fields (IS) • Bootcamp, Aquacize, Pickleball, Tae Kwon Do – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC)

• Adult Fitness – CCCIA Hall (CCC) • Zumba – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Senior Exercise Class – Allenspark Fire Department (AP)

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Classical Music October 22 • Benefit Concert for Crossroads Ministry – Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies (EP)

Crafts/Sewing/Quilting October 1-2 • Vintage Market Days – Estes Park Event Center (EP) October 3 • Monday Night Sock Club Course Toe-Up Magic Loop – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) • Adult Coloring Club – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 4 • Coal Creek Quilters – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) • Quirky Quilters – Nederland Community Library (NED) October 5 • Braided Beauty Quilt As You Go Class – Lyons Quilting (LY)

October 6 • Adult Craft Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (IS) • Stitcher’s Get Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Beginning to Knit Class – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) October 6-9 • Scrapbooking Weekend – Mojito Creek (GC) October 7 • Free Motion Quilting Part 2 – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 8 • Paradise In Bloom Class – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 9 • Napkins Class – Lyons Quilting (LY) • Building in Color Class – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) October 10 • Adult Craft Group – Idaho Springs Library (IS) • Chips & Dip Class – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 11 • Open Sewing – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 12 • Estes Valley Quilt Guild – Good Samaritan Village (EP) October 13 • Courageous Creators – The Old Gallery (AP) • Shimmering Triangles – Lyons Quilting (LY) • Beginning Crochet, Teegan Sweater, Beginning Quilting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) October 14 • Ospreys Nest Class – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 15 • Arts in the Park – Werlin Park (GT) • Ned Knits – Nederland Community Library (NED) • Alcohol Ink Gourd Jug Class w/Vicki Dyas – The

MOUNTAIN ARTS – galleries, artists and crafts people Annual melodrama helps fund historic preservation

By Jeffrey V. Smith DUMONT et ready to heckle, boo, hiss, laugh and cheer for the actors on stage at the annual Mill Creek Valley Historical Society melodrama. Don’t worry, it’s encouraged.

The group, which formed in the early 1980s to save the Dumont Schoolhouse, has been telling tales of good versus evil to raise money for its preservation work since 1999.

It’s the organization’s biggest fundraiser, and everyone is invited to join in the fun, Oct. 14-16 and Oct. 24-25. A sing-along begins each presentation, and a “boisterous” auctioning of bakery items by the “local ladies” follows each performance.

“We began doing melodramas in the 1990s as a fundraiser, and, except for a couple of years, have done one every year,” Society President and Melodrama Director Larrice Sell said. “This year, being an election year, we decided to do one written by D. Chapelle entitled ‘Peril at the Polls.’ It, of course, centers around a political convention of a party. We have of course added jabs at our currant races and issues, and there is plenty of fodder available.” The melodramas are ultimately fine-tuned with local flavor and local names.

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“For those who have never been to a melodrama, they find they are as important as the cast, and are pulled in and urged to heckle, boo, hiss, and hurrah those on the stage,” Sell said. “Sometimes the actors pull people into the plot. It is not professional acting, so there is plenty to tease about. At times, we even have had to carry the lines on stage because the actor didn’t get his lines learned, but it just adds to the fun.” Walk-ons by actors in character from other performances are also planned, which are always “good for a few chuckles.”

The melodramas are so much fun, many audience members become Ann Hector, Bruce Bell (left) dedicated attendees after and Kris Miller (top, right), their first experience with who perform in this year’s the Mill Valley Players.

Mill Creek Valley Historical “A lot of our audience, Society melodrama, appeared in last year’s fundwho had never been to raising event, too. the play before, come Photos courtesy MCVHS back year after year, after coming once,” Sell explained. “One year, when I wrote the play, one couple came to every performance. Now that is stamina. I always tell people they can do this because no performance is the same. This year, I have been told that some of our members are coming out from Illinois to see the play, their first time.”

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Old Gallery (AP)

• Color For Quilters – Lyons Quilting (LY) • Treasure Tables Arts & Crafts Show – YMCA of the Rockies (EP)

October 16 • Judy Niemeyer Support Group – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 17 • Monday Night Sock Club Course Toe-Up Magic Loop – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) October 18 • The Deconstructed Book: Flowers w/Anne Marie Cannon – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) • Coal Creek Quilters – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC)

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THE HUMAN LIBRARY

Some of the most fascinating “books” are the life stories of others. The Human Library, comprised of local individuals with a compelling, unique, moving, interesting or heartwarming story, hopes to facilitate conversations for greater insight and understanding. The first event is Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at Estes Valley Library. estesvalleylibrary.org • 970-586-8116

FALL BOOK & BAKE SALE

The Friends of Gilpin Library holds its annual Fall Book & Bake Sale, Oct. 14-15, at the Gilpin Public Library. Find “genuine literary gems at bargain-basement prices” and delicious home-made baked goods. Proceeds fund the Summer Reading Program, artist-in-residence program and other non-budgeted programs. www.gilpinlibrary.org • 303-582-5777

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Create art from old or damaged books during “The Deconstructed Book” classes, Oct. 18, Nov. 15 and in December from 6-8 p.m., at the Georgetown Heritage Center. Learn to create three different style flowers from book pages at the first class and 3D art at the second.

Classes are $15 and registration is required. www.georgetowntrust.org • 303.569.0289

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Benefit features singers, entertainers

By Doug Fox ESTES PARK Since the Lawn Lake Flood in 1982, Crossroads Ministry has been there providing housing assistance, utility assistance, help with medical expenses, transportation, and other basic human needs.

Contribute to Crossroads’ mission by enjoying an afternoon of music by some of the finest singers and entertainers in the Estes Valley at the Crossroads Concert, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m., at Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies. The concert is free of charge, but cash donations will be requested to benefit Crossroads Ministry.

A great variety of musical styles and genres, including Broadway, classical, opera and folk are on the program. The performers include The Estes Valley Chamber Singers, Elk Hollow, Uncommon Connection, Nancy Bell, Melissa Westover, Valerie Dascoli, Lori Burnham, Scott Anderson, Bob Gunn, Bert Bergland, and Roger Thorp.

“A few weeks ago Nancy Bell came up with the excellent idea of including some dancers from Ballet Renaissance,” explains show chairman Bob Gunn.

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will be ballet students doing an interpretive dance as part of our duet, ‘The Hills Are Alive,’ from ‘The Sound of Music.’”

Some other musical numbers on the program include “There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight” performed by Uncommon Connection, “Loch Lomond” performed by the Estes Valley Chamber Singers, “I Believe” performed by Lori Burnham, “Sunny Gets Blue” performed by Bert Bergland, “Canto Della Terra” performed by Lori Burnham and Scott Anderson, “Maria” from “West Side Story” performed by Roger Thorp, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” performed by Nancy Bell and much more.

Also, Valerie Dascoli, Elk Hollow, and Chris Wood will be in the concert.

“What a marvelous way to spend a Sunday afternoon: listening to beautiful music while helping to raise money to aid those who don’t have enough,” says Gunn. “I want to thank all of those participating in this concert for volunteering their time and incredible talent for a very worthwhile cause.”

The Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies is located at 1700 Brodie Ave. in Estes Park. Visit crossroadsep.org to learn more.

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Retreat designed for fiber enthusiasts

A blend of knitting and crochet, TuLYONS Immerse yourself in all things wool dur- nisian crochet uses it’s own special hook ing The Lyons Farmette’s “Wool Day: A to create a dense fabric that is perfect for Local Retreat,” Oct. 22 from noon-7p.m. wash cloths and blankets.

Enjoy a “wonderful and fun day for fiber For the second session, participants can enthusiasts,” hosted by Craftsy, Cable 8 De- either choose to make a knit bracelet with crochet steeks signs and Wynne at the “SteekReynolds, including Class” with ing two afternoon Sunne Meyer classes, late afor learn threeternoon cocktails dimensional feltwith Alpacas and ing using barbed an incredible farm needles instead dinner catered by of water “Needle Sugar Pine.

Felting Class” A pair of twowith Wynne hour learning sesReynolds. sions allows par The day also ticipants to choose includes a cockfrom a variety of The Lyons Farmette’s alpacas and other “critters” tail hour and topics most suited are popular with visitors.

Photo by Lyons Farmette time to wander to their interests.

At the first session, choose to learn two the Lyons Farmette gardens and visit with different techniques for dyeing yarn at the the five Nigerian dwarf goats, four Ango“Indigo and Specialty Dyeing Class” with ra goats, four alpacas, and llama. A farm Sunne Meyer of Craftsy; learn how to in- dinner takes place at 6 p.m. sert a motif into knitted fabric while making a chunky beanie hat at the “Intarsia Hat The Lyons Farmette is located at Class” with Louise Fordyce; or make a cot4121 Ute Hwy. in Lyons. Visit www. ton wash cloth with the honeycomb stitch in lyonsfarmette.com or e-mail Betsy@ the “Tunisian Crochet Class” with Wynne LyonsFarmette.com to learn more.

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Mountain ARTS Belly dance classes provide physical, mental benefits I’ve been taking Dawn’s class for over three IDAHO SPRINGS Belly dance is for individuals of any age, months now, and it’s great. Not only is she shape and size. One does not have to be pro- a great teacher, but she’s also amazing at ficient in dance to derive enjoyment from showing women the true definition of beautiful and how to love it’s many benefits. The yourself.” ancient art form is acFor Alley, her “jourtually an effective recney of belly dance and reational activity promotherhood were inviding many physical tertwined and weaved benefits such as body together in a way that awareness, improved changed everything.” flexibility, coordinaWhile healing from an tion, and posture as unplanned cesarean, well as strengthenAlley lost more than ing and toning of core 60 pound, but still felt muscles, arms, back, “a void within myself.” and hips. There are To find “validation” as also many mental and a woman, she chose emotional benefits as belly dance in an effort well as promoting selfto elicit something she confidence, creativity, felt was missing from and community. her life.

Belly dance inIn July, 2010, she bestructor and Clear gan learning to belly Creek County residance under Sheikha, dent Dawn Alley en- Dawn Alley, “Dawn Dancing” who she choose as an lightens women on the many benefits of belly dancing in pri- instructor for her meditative and soulful vate lessons, prenatal workshops and at approach. A year later, after a lot of hard parties, but her eight week sessions at the work to improve her technique, Alley Samper Mill Recreation Center in Idaho joined a class that would eventually beSprings really allows women to immerse come Sheikha’s “Vibrant Vixens Perforthemselves in Alley’s “intuitive approach that brings forth a style that is engaging and encouraging while creating an environment that is positive, relaxed, and fun.”

Upcoming sessions include Wednesdays Oct. 12-Nov. 30 and Dec. 7-Jan 25. Beginning classes take place from 6-7 p.m. and Continuing classes are from 7:158:15 p.m. Each eight-week session is $72.

Alley, known professionally as Dawn Dancing, invites women to “embrace the power of themselves and their bodies.”

She takes belly dance back to it’s roots while inspiring women of all life stages to explore “this journey of creativity and self expression.” She is enthusiastic about helping women find their confidence, get toned, and “feel great while discovering the sisterhood that is belly dance.”

“My intuitive approach is engaging and encouraging while having a focus for grounding and proper technique,” Alley explains. “While keeping the atmosphere relaxed and fun, I drive to produce a practice within my students, creating a musclememory that limits strain and strengthens individuals as a dancer. My goal is to create a sense of self and build confidence within the students which will enrich their lives just as belly dance has done for me. I greatly enjoy seeing my students grow in their new found sense of embodiment as they start seeing themselves in a whole new light.”

“I’ve always wanted to take a belly dance class, so when I found out the local rec center was offering one I was really excited,” class participant Jess Guy said. “Belly dance has taught me a new love for my body and it’s something I look forward to every week.

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mance Troupe.”

Alley became pregnant with her second son in November 2011, and quickly discovered “the true power and purpose of belly dance” which allowed her to have a natural birth using movements her “body has intimately come to know.”

In the Spring of 2014, she started subbing for Sheikha, “awakening a deep desire to spread my knowledge and passion” and allowing her to develop her own style of teaching. The performance troupe parted ways at the end of 2015 allowing Alley to expand her teaching opportunities. She has also taken workshops from many other performers and teachers such as Joynan, Sadie Marquart, Zoe Jakes, and Silvia Salamanca.

“Dawn Dancing” has also trained with and been taught in the use props such as finger cymbals, veil, sword, fans and feather boas. She is also familiar in several styles of belly dance including Egyptian cabaret, tribal, and Spanish gypsy.

The Sampler Mill Recreation Center is located at in Idaho Spring. For more information, visit www.dawndancing.com and www.clearcreekrecreation.com or call 303-567-4822 to register for classes.

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Boulder studio tour includes foothills BOULDER COUNTY The Open Studios Tour takes place the first two weekends of October annually and opens the doors of over 100 Boulder artists—including many in the foothills—to the public. Everyone is invited, Oct. 1-2 and Oct. 8-9, to enjoy the spaces where artists create, learn a bit about their creative process and support the local creative community by purchasing art directly from the artist.

Open Studios is more than just the annual studio tour. Since 1995, the organization has grown to encompass numerous programs and projects designed to raise awareness and appreciation of art in our community.

There are several different options for exploring and finding artist studios.

Browse the website, where each artist is listed under several categories in the artist directory; by media, area, alphabetically and more. There is also a mobile app to access maps and artist info on the go as well as the traditional printed map or the 2016 tour catalog available for $15 at several locations in Boulder.

There are seven studios to explore in the foothills west of Boulder.

David Bahr, a photographer who will be showcasing his intimate botanicals and forest fire etudes, is located at 95 Meadowland Court off Aspen Meadows Dr. between Pine Glade Dr. and C.R. 68.

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Phylleri Ball of Three Sisters Weaving has a passion for the sheep and goats that produced the wool and Mohair which is now expressed through creating rugs and garments from their fiber and yarn. Her studio is located at 206 Aspen Meadows Dr., off Magnolia Road.

Marie Channer’s love for horses and the west gives her inspiration for her oil paintings on canvas of horses and landscapes. She also enjoys painting dancers and recently has completed some Flamenco pieces. Explore her studio at 64 Valleyview Dr. in Nederland.

Leah Simmons and Scott DeCapio are a husband and wife team of ceramic artists. Their studio is on the tour at 7425 Magnolia Road.

Candace Newlove’s metal work and jewelry will be on display in her studio at 276 Aspen Meadows Dr. Bunny Rosenthal Rubin creates abstract, figurative, nature content painted in oil, acrylic and pastel. See her studio at 203 Granite Dr., off Sunshine Canyon Dr. John Woodward makes handmade shoes, boots, belts and buckles. See his work in his studio at 398 Broken Fence Road, off of Sugarloaf Road.

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Exhibition features variety of media

Into Shapes” juried exhibition may not be ESTES PARK The Art Center of Estes Park’s 20th an- submitted. All artwork will be for sale. nual “Line’s Into Shapes” international, ju- The exhibition is co-chaired by Alice ried art exhibition and sale begins, Oct. 29, League and Kristi Elyce. Jeff Legg, named with a reception from 5-7 p.m., and hangs the “Distinguished Artist of 2016” by Oil Painters of America, until Nov. 12. is this year’s juror.

The showcase “Masterful” is a of a diverse word often used to collection of describe the paintthe fine artings of Legg. His works features luminous oils have art in a variety established national of media inrecognition and cluding acrylgarnered numerous ic, ceramics, awards. His work jewelry, fiber, can be seen in dismixed media, tinguished galleries oil, pencil, across the United photography, States. Legg’s paintprintmaking, “Bear Creek,” by Loveland artist Sonny Perschings are highly sculpture, and bacher, won First Place in Mixed Media at last sought after and colwatermedia. year’s Lines into Shapes exhibition. lected in America A variety of categories and monetary awards to- and abroad. Among his long list of collectally more than $4,000 for the first and tors is astronaut Neil Armstrong. second place winners in each category al- The gallery is free and open to the publows for a dynamic selection of works to lic 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily until Nov. 11. be displayed. Line Into Shapes is open to artists residing in the United States who Art Center & Gallery of Estes Park is create original fine art within the limits located at 517 Big Thompson Ave. No. of the categories. Work must be original 245. Call 970-586-5882 or visit www. and executed within the past two years. artcenterofestes.com to learn more.

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Film festival highlights horror genre LONGMONT The team that created the Front Range Film Festival and Lyons Film Festival has a assembled a new festival just for horror fanatics. The Dickens Horror Film Festival presents contemporary and classic horror films, Oct. 21, at the haunted Dickens Opera House in Longmont in conjunction with a short film contest, workshops, paranormal investigators and costume party.

This years festival will showcase independent horror film from around the world in categories ranging from Psychological, Gore and Comedy Horror. This inaugural year for Fear and Film on the Front Range will examine the process’s behind the camera that effectively suspends the audience’s disbelief leaving them only to be terrified.

“As a film maker who has contributed to making horror films , I feel an affinity to the genre and continued curiosity and desire of creating a hour film that brings a strong narrative with the proper amount of horror tactics,” CEO of Colorado Festival Productions Jake Fink said. “Our goal is to present a well executed platform for our hard work-

ing filmmakers in this genre and facilitate the attention they deserve to further progress in the film industry and in the mean while help us develop a name for this festival.”

The festival features a full day of programing as well as workshops like a special makeup effects demonstration by Monster Makeup FX and Kristin Dalleske who will be focusing on creature design and fabrication. Paranormal investigation team, Spirit Trackers, will also accompany the festival, unveiling a paranormal investigation film of the Dickens Opera House. The event will be capped off with an “epic” costume party featuring DJ Omega.

Full-day passes are $35 and tickets to three-film blocks are $12. Workshops are $5 for non-pass/ticket holders. The Halloween Costume Party at 10 p.m. is $15.

The Dickens Opera House is located at 300 Main St. in Longmont. Visit DickensHorrorFilmFestival.com or e-mail jakedhff@gmail.com for more information.

Event features art, jewelry, whiskey IDAHO SPRINGS Artisan’s Jewelry Colorado Mountain Gems hosts Colorado Artist Danial James, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m.-9 p.m., including the viewing and sale of oil paintings, jewelry, precious metal and gemstones. A complimentary bourbon whiskey tasting from Art of the Spirits takes place from 6-9 p.m. The company will be debuting its small batch Bourbon Whiskey pin-up series by James at the event.

Danial James creates awardwinning visual solutions for a wide array of national and international clients. He combines the skill and creativity of traditional illustration with state-of-the-art digital techniques to meet your most demanding image requirements. His client list includes Harley-Davidson, Federal Express, American Express, Coca-Cola, Coors, Sony, Bosch, Napa, General Motors, IBM, Xerox, Brookstone, Samsonite and many other major companies.

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Richard Paul, the founder of Art of the Spirits has put his knowledge, ingenuity skill, and passion into creating and developing the company. He discovered the unique elegance and tastefulness of quality small batch Bourbon Whiskey and limited edition fine art.

The company’s mission is to create pieces of art with renown artists “that will touch the spirits from this world and beyond.” Its small-batch bourbon is sold in small collector’s editions and is offered with a limited edition, numbered canvas giclee print framed and handsigned by the artist.

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and saving the schoolhouse, built in 1909 and used as a school until 1959, several years ago. The building’s oak door frames, arched windows, sideboards and ash wood floor have been restored and are now the setting for the melodramas. It is now listed on the State and National Registry of Historic Sites. The work, however, continues.

The group is currently working to restore the Coburn Cabin given to them by the town of Georgetown in the ’80s. The small cabin was located at one time in the town of Lawson, until the building of Interstate 70 forced it’s removal. Georgetown used the building for a visitor center until a larger one was built and then offered it to the MCVHS. The society’s president at the time, Joan Drury, just happened to be the great-great-granddaughter of the building’s original occupant, Margaret Coburn, so it was an easy building to accept. The cabin was placed in the Dumont Schoolhouse yard and eventually got its own permanent foundation. Work is on-going to return it to it’s original appearance.

In 1989, the Mill City House in Dumont was given to the group. Built in 1858, the building is actually two one and one half story log cabins which were attached and used as a roadhouse in the 1800s. The building has been added to the National Registry but work to restore it is “a daunting and expensive task” for a small community.

The Mill Creek Valley Historical Society is also the “guardian” of the Dumont Cemetery and the Mill Creek Arastra site, one of the very few arastras still preserved in Colorado. Usually placed near water, a horse or mule would walk around a stone to grind rock that would be washed in a sluice in the search for gold.

They also have a chance to save Dumont’s old train depot, but a parcel of land is needed along with the funds to move the building. They have about three years to make it happen or the depot will be lost.

Attending the annual melodrama is not only one of the best ways to support the hard work of the Historical Society, it’s also an entertaining night out and great way to get a few laughs. Tickets are $15 or $10 for seniors and children 12 years and younger. On Oct. 14, 15 and 24, show time is 7 p.m. Matinee performances at 2 p.m. take place Oct. 16 and 25. No reservations are required, but there is very limited room. Audiecne members are encouraged to get there early, “or face being put in the front row, something no one wants as they get harassed by the actors,” according to Sell, “but the more involved the audience the better the performance.”

The Dumont Schoolhouse is located at 150 C.R. 260. Visit mcvhs.org to learn more.

Artisan’s Jewelry Colorado Mountain Gems is located at 1447 Miner Street in Idaho Springs. Visit www. artofthespirits.com and www.danialjamesstudio.com or call 720-5309732 for more information.

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Museum exhibit highlights history, art, photos of MacGregor Ranch ESTES PARK The Estes Park Museum’s current free temporary exhibit, “Drawn to Black Canyon: The History and Beauty of MacGregor Ranch,” is on display for viewing during regular hours through Oct. 30.

The MacGregor family overcame the

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Den (EP)

October 21 • Flower Placemats Class – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 22 • Wool Day: A Local Retreat – Lyons Farmette (LY) • How To Make Your Dragon – Lyons Quilting (LY) • Christmas Ornament – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) October 23 • Block of the Month Class – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) October 26 • Lucky Stars For Beginners – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 27 • Courageous Creators – The Old Gallery (AP) • Open Sewing – Lyons Quilting (LY) • Beginning Crochet, Teegan Sweater, Quilting Beyond Basics – The Stitchin’ Den (EP) October 27-30 • Quilters Open Retreat – Mojito Creek (GC) October 29 • Animal Portraits Class – Lyons Quilting (LY) November 2 • Kaffe Fassett Collective’s Brandon Mably Glorious Color Lecture – Lyons Quilting (LY) November 3 • Stitcher’s Get Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) Film/Photography October 7 • First Friday Film Night: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows” – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) October 15 • Reel Rock 11 – Estes Park Mountain Shop (EP) Fine Art/Painting/Gallery Events Ocotber 1 • Lyons Town Hall Art Show: “Lyons Art Students Present: Behind the Gradebook; Teachers Gone Real” – Town Hall (LY) October 1-2 • Boulder Open Studios Tour – Various Locations (BC) • “Plein Air Rockies 2016” Fall Colors Paint Out – Estes Valley (EP)

October 1-23 • “Shades of Gray, Splashes of Color” Exhibit – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)

October 1-30 • Art Exhibit: Emerging Local Artists – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)

October 1-31 • Autumn Showing – Glass Tipi Gallery (WD) October 4 • Estes Outreach: Oil & Acrylic Painting Class w/Dawn Normali – Estes Park High School (EP) October 7 • First Friday & Baldpate Pie – gallery vii (AP) • Art & Whiskey Fling – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP) • First Friday Art Groove – Various Locations (EP) • “Fall Colors Paint Out” Opening Reception – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)

• Live Jazz w/Max Wagner & Fine Art Show w/Oil Painters Maggie Renner Hellmann & Lou Renner – October 8 • “Day of the Dead Skull: Embossed Metal” w/Vickie Mastron – Art Center of Estes Park (EP) October 8-9 • Boulder Open Studios Tour – Various Locations (BC)

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oil and acrylic paintings, and pastels that all capture different scenes of the treasure.

October 7-23 • “Plein Air Rockies 2016 Fall Colors” – Cultural Arts Council

October 24-25 • Mill Creek Valley Historical Society Melodrama –

October 11 • Estes Outreach: Oil & Acrylic Painting Class w/Dawn Normali – Estes Park High School (EP) October 13 • Meet the Artist: Mary Frankel – gallery vii (AP) October 15 • Wine & Unwind – Idaho Springs Elks Lodge (IS) October 18 • Estes Outreach: Oil & Acrylic Painting Class w/Dawn Normali – Estes Park High School (EP) October 22 • Meet the Artist: Dan D’Amico – gallery vii (AP) October 26-29 • ArtFusion Event – YMCA of the Rockies (EP) October 28-November 27 • Abstract Show – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP) October 29-November 12 • 20th Annual Lines into Shapes – Art Center of Estes Park (EP) Literary Events/Book Clubs October 1 • Meet The Author: Robert Howard, “Unity Tree” – Mac-

October 20 • Ecstatic Dance – The StarHouse (GH) October 22 • ’Til Death Do Us Party Productions Murder Mystery Night – Bluebird Lodge (GH) • Deeper Dances of Universal Peace – The StarHouse (GH) October 29 • ’Til Death Do Us Party Productions Murder Mystery Night – Bluebird Lodge (GH) Writing October 3 • Joy of Writing Skills at Community Center – Nederland

Friday • 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) Museums Monday-Sunday • Museum Open – Estes Park Museum (EP) Friday-Sunday • Museum Open – Nederland Mining Museum (NED) Saturday-Sunday • Museum Open – Hotel de Paris (GT) Theater/Opera/Dance/Fashion Sunday • Beginning Adult Dance – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Monday • International Folk Dancing, Dance Fit Class – Nederland

The Estes Park Museum is located at 200 Fourth St. Call 970-586-6256 or visit www.estes.org to learn more.

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Crafts/Sewing/Quilting (cont.)

October 19 • Bali Wedding Star – Lyons Quilting (LY) October 20 • Stitcher’s Get Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Winter Wonderland Class – Lyons Quilting (LY) • Beginning to Knit Class, Teegan Sweater – The Stitchin’

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which is located north of Estes Park.

The exhibit explores artwork inspired by this rugged, yet enchanting environment, while also conveying the MacGregor’s history in Estes Park. A dozen artists and local collectors contributed their pieces to the exhibit which range from photographs,

odds and operated a successful ranch for three generations; their story of grit inspired Estes Park residents to preserve this landmark and its history. Enduring for nearly 150 years, the narrative of MacGregor Ranch is deeply intertwined with the beautiful landscape in Black Canyon,

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October 6 • Coal Creek Book Club – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) October 9 • Women’s Book Club – The Old Gallery (AP) October 13 • Mountain MidLife Book Group – TBD (NED) October 14-15 • Friends of Gilpin Library Book & Bake Sale – Gilpin Public Library (GC)

October 15 • Meet The Author: Jeff Ryan, “Appalachian Odyssey” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP)

October 17 • Book Group – Idaho Springs Library (IS) October 19 • Financial Book Club – Estes Valley Library (EP) October 20 • Book Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (IS) October 31 • Halloween BookFest – John Tomay Memorial Library (IS) November 3 • Coal Creek Book Club: “My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry” – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) Museums October 3 • Meet Me @ The Museum w/Museum Director – Estes Park Museum (EP)

October 15 • Museum Open – James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum (BC) Poetry/Spoken Word/Comedy October 7 • First Friday Comedy: Don Barnhart – Reserve Casino (CC) • Evening of Spoken Word – Inkwell & Brew (EP) October 19 • Wine & Words: Open Poetry Night – Happy Trails Café (NED) Theater/Opera/Dance/Fashion October 2 • Feldenkrais/Dance – Salina Schoolhouse (SA) October 7-8 • ’Til Death Do Us Party Productions Murder Mystery Night – Bluebird Lodge (GH) October 14-16 • Mill Creek Valley Historical Society Melodrama – Dumont School (DU)

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October 12 • Life Stories Writing Group at Community Center – Nederland Community Center (NED)

October 17 • Joy of Writing Skills at Community Center – Nederland Community Center (NED)

October 18 • Writer’s Circle – Nederland Community Library (NED) October 26 • Life Stories Writing Group at Community Center – Nederland Community Center (NED)

WEEKLY ARTS Classical Music Tuesday-Wednesday • James Davis Classical Guitar – Twin Owls Steak House (EP) Wednesday • Peak to Peak Chorale Rehearsal – Gilpin County Library (GC) Crafts/Sewing/Quilting Monday • Stitch ‘n Rippers Quilters – New Covenant Church (EP) • Monday Artisans Market – Riverside Plaza (EP) Tuesday • Warped Weavers – Kelley House (AP) • Trail Ridge Quilters – Estes Park Medical Center (EP) • Sit & Knit – Stitchin’ Den (EP) Wednesday • Wednesday Morning Pottery – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Chat, Knit, Spin & Weave Any Handwork – Weavers Attic (LY) • Weaving Demos on Vintage Looms – Weavers Attic (EP) Thursday • Thursday Evening Pottery – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Fabric & Thread Arts Group – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC) • Beginning Kitting – Stitchin’ Den (EP) Saturday • Saturday Morning Pottery – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Weaving Demos on Vintage Looms – Weavers Attic (LY) Sunday • Weaving Demos on Vintage Looms – Weavers Attic (EP) Film/Photography Monday • Nederland Area Seniors Movie Matinee Monday – Backdoor Theater (NED)

• Monday Movie Nights – Club Ned (NED) Friday • Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED) Saturday • Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED) Fine Art/Painting/Gallery Events Wednesday • Art Group – The Old Gallery • NAS Watercolor Painting – Nederland Community Presbyterian Church (NED)

Thursday • Watercolor Painting Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC)

Community Center (NED)

• Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) • Acrobatics – Starflower Dance Company (EP) Tuesday • Combination Ballet, Tap & Acro – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Mountain Movers – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Breakin’, Hip Hop, Tap, Musical Theater – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)

Wednesday • Peak to Peak Chorale Rehearsal – Gilpin County Library (GC) • Teen/Adult Ballet-Jazz – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC) • Mountain Movers – Nederland Community Center (NED) • Middle Eastern Belly Dancing – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)

• 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 • Tap, Jazz – Mayama Movement Studio (LY) Saturday • Youth Dance – Gilpin Community Center (GC) Writing Thursday • Screenwriting Class – Estes Park High School (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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October 1 • DJ-Bedz – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Tober – The Train Cars Coffee & Yogurt Company (NED) • George Nelson – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Bonnie & the Clydes – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Music in the Morning w/Ben Knighten – The Stone Cup (LY)

• Ragged Union – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Andrew Wynne – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Great Blue, Tony Arenas – The Barrel (EP) October 2 • Ravin’ Wolf – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • House of Joy, No Bird Ever Flew – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Music in the Morning w/AJ Fullerton – The Stone Cup (LY)

• Follow the Fox – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Romero Unplugged – The Barrel (EP) October 5 • Mountain Town Trio – REI Basecamp @ Stanley Hotel (EP) October 6 • Karaoke – Stage Stop (RV) • Live Music – Pioneer Inn (NED) • The Lonesome Days – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Open Mic & Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) • Jon Pickett – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) October 7 • Andrew Wynne – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) • DJ Mr. Groove – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Magic Beans, Amoramora – Caribou Room (NED) • Electric Red – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Bonnie & the Clydes – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Celia + Whetherman – The StarHouse (GH) • James Cline – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • David Potter – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP) • Max Wagner – Earthwood Collections (EP) • Dahlby & Nadine – The Barrel (EP) October 8 • Dynamite Days Festival w/GoatChz, Bill McKay Trio, Pistols in Petticoats, more – Citizen’s Park (IS) • DJ Mr. Groove – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Between the Ditches – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Wooleye – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Voz Eleven – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Music in the Morning w/Franklin & Friends –

MOUNTAIN MUSIC – sounds from the high country Dynamite Days returns with live music, family fun

originals and covers for all ages. The band claims, “every song IDAHO SPRINGS daho Springs’ fourth annual Dynamite Days celebrates the is danceable and guarantees a good time.” rich mining history and vibrant community of the town with Trouble in the Heartland, Colorado’s first, best, and only Bruce live music and a street dance, roaming entertainment, food, Springsteen tribute band plays at 5:30 p.m. micro-brew beer, arts and crafts, kid’s activities and more. As Pistols in Petticoats, a dynamic group of women musicians, plays originals and bluegrass-inspired songs. Formed in Denusual, it’s expected to be a “blast.”

Dynamite Days Oktoberfest was created for locals and people ver, and currently performing along the Front Range, the band combine melodic harmonies with driving west from Denver on Intera soulful performance for a foot state 70 and anyone who has made stomping good time. The band the drive and had to sit in traffic. It takes the stage at 3:30 p.m. is Idaho Springs Chamber of ComThe McKay Brothers Trio plays merce’s biggest fundraiser of the at 1:30 p.m. The act features Bill year. The event was moved from McKay, who has been part of the summer to fall last year with the Colorado music scene for over added theme of Oktoberfest in an 25 years, and his brother John. effort to bring more people to town Throughout there lives and career, during the slow period between the two have recorded, toured, and summer tourism and ski season. performed together as the McKay The free, family-friendly DynaBrothers. This is a “special and mite Days Oktoberfest takes place meaningful project” that showcases this year on Oct. 8 from noon to Dynamite Days Oktoberfest features live music, beer the songwriting of John, as well as 10 p.m. in and near Citizens Park.

The free “day of fun for the whole family” will be similar Bill’s originals and an assortment of blues, folk and country music. to last year with a focus on music and beer, but with the added Clear Creek County-based GoatChz, a psychedelic bluegrass attraction of roaming street entertainers. A juggler, magician, band that covers everything from the Grateful Dead and Ween to stilt walkers and balloon modelers will be moving throughout traditional songs and originals kicks things off at noon. the event.

HomeSlice, which plays high-energy music with horns, is Citizens Park is located at 16th and Miner streets in Idaho the event’s headliner and performs at 8 p.m. The band performs Springs. Visit idahospringschamber.org for more information. funk, soul, jazz, rock, jump swing, ballads, old school, modern

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• Sean Flynn – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Craig Satterfield Trio, Tony Arenas – The Barrel (EP) October 9 • Black Hawk Jazz & Wine Spectacular w/Marcus Anderson, Euge Groove, Kim Waters & Eric Darius – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Weston Smith Brunch – Stage Stop (RV) • Steepland String Band – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • A Tribute to Bob Dylan w/Gasoline Lollipops, Mary Russell, Bonnie & Taylor Sims, Greg Schochet, Bobs My Uncle and many more; Danny Shafer – Gold Hill Inn (GH)

• Music in the Morning w/Tim Ostdiek – The Stone Cup (LY)

• Ellie Fair – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Erin Dahlby – The Barrel (EP) October 11 • Open Mic Night – Ed’s Cantina (EP)

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BLACK HAWK JAZZ & WINE SPECTACULAR

The Ameristar Casino Resort in Black Hawk welcomes stars from mainstream , fusion and smooth jazz, Oct. 9, for the Black Hawk Jazz & Wine Spectacular. Known for its renowned talent and diverse wine selection, the event delivers a one-of-a-kind, fan-based experience. blackhawkjazz.com • 970-444-2202

A TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN

The Gold Hill Inn hosts a Tribute to Bob Dylan, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. featuring Gasoline Lollipops, Mary Russell, Bonnie & Taylor Sims, Greg Schochet, No Bird Ever Flew, Danny Shafer, Banshee Tree, Billy Shaddox, Todd Adelman, Silent Bear, Kurtis Smith and more. Tickets are $12. All proceeds benefit Hospice Boulder. goldhillinn.com • 303-443-6461

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HALLOWHEN? COSTUME BALL AND BENEFIT

Hallowhen? Costume Ball and Benefit for Way High Radio and Colorado Community Radio Network, Oct. 22 at the Historic Ward Church, includes a silent auction and music by Banshee Tree, Farmer Sisters, OPUS and more. Food, drink and merchandise will also be for sale. wayhighradio.com • 303-459-3031

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Witches Ball headliner ‘entrancing’

By Jeffrey V. Smith NEDERLAND After a two-year break, Five Weird Sisters Productions is returning, Oct. 15, to host Nederland’s third Witches Ball to celebrate the full moon when the “veil between the worlds of the living and the dead” is thinnest. The event, which kicks off at 6 p.m. at The Caribou Room, features a special performance by Xerephine, music

by The Gael and Queen Cake along with a “ritual,” spiral dance and Færy’s Bazaar.

Nederland locals Kimba Stefane, Kim Culver, Nancy Moon, Gail Eddy and Janette Taylor, the five “sisters,” formed their group in 2012. They decided to put on a “Witches Ball” after attending several similar events in other towns and deciding that the Nederland area needed it’s own to allow adults to celebrate Pagan customs as well as the more serious aspects of the season like honoring ancestors and other deceased Xerephine loved ones. They are all “really looking forward to hostessing this year’s ball.”

The Witches Ball is meant to be a celebration of the full moon closest to Samhain, a time when the “veil between the worlds of the living and the dead” is thought to be the thinnest. According to the organizers, the full moon is an ideal time to release “what no longer serves you.” They suggest coming to the ball with intentions for the New Year, and acknowledge what will be released.

A special alter will be set up to remember loved ones who have passed. Everyone is encouraged to come in costume, and, for a small fee, enter a contest with a $50 prize.

Headliner Xerephine is said to have a voice “like no other.” Born and raised in the United Kingdom, she carries Celtic undertones and plays in an array of styles from upbeat ambient dance with deep bass

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to entrancing meditative soundscapes, featuring live harp and bodhran. Her lyrics unfold like fairytales to reveal messages about life here on earth. Activism and a thirst for healing the earth and its inhabitants weaves its way through her lyrical web and lies at the heart of many of her songs.

The Gael is an acoustic ensemble from Nederland and Eldora, playing Celtic, bluegrass and old-time music. The band includes Laura Fisher on hammered dulcimer, Debbie Smiley on fiddle and Bill Ikler on guitar.

Mary Joyce often joins in on fiddle.

“This one is going to be over the top compared to the other ones because we have the beautiful venue to use, and then Xeriphene,” Stefane said. “[She] is putting on the fairy tail experience… a whole production.

She is also doing some aerial. In between her songs, she does fairytale skits. She has dancers. I mean, it’s going to be a big production.

We are also doing our ritual, and the spiral dance we usually do, but this one is going to top all the other ones… It’s going to be a blast.” The ritual takes place last, so those who do not wish to participate can leave, but still enjoy most of the event.

The popular Færy’s Bazaar will be even better this time. It includes clothes, crafts, lotions and medicinal salves, bath products, and many other locally-produced products as well as “readers of various modalities.”

Tickets, available online and at Blue Owl Books, are $15 and include music, Færy’s Bazaar, Spiral Dance, and ritual. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

The Caribou Room is located at 55 Indian Peaks Dr. in Nederland. For more information, visit thecaribouroom.com or e-mail info@thecaribouroom.com.

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Series features acoustic favorites LYONS Planet Bluegrass continues its Wildflower Concert Series in its intimate, allseason Wildflower Pavilion on the banks of the St. Vrain River in Lyons, Oct. 14, with North Carolina bluegrassers Chatham County Line. The three-show series also includes Front Country, Oct. 21, and Taarka, Nov. 11. Tickets to each show, which are on sale now, are $15 in advance and $20 at the door, if available.

The first concert, Oct. 14, features Chatham County Line with support from Moors & McCumber. Based on looks alone, Chatham County Line—characterized by poignant songwriting and inventive arrangements—conjures a sepia-toned timelessness by huddling around a single microphone on stage, playing traditional string band instrumentation while clad in suits and ties. But for nearly two decades, the Raleigh, NC-based outfit has consistently crafted top-notch, original modern acoustic music that draws upon American roots forefathers like bluegrass inventor Bill Monroe and folk innovator John Hartford while acknowledging its own members’ backgrounds in rock ‘n’ roll band.

Front Country and opening act Monocle perform, Oct. 21, for the second show in the series. Front Country formed in 2011 from a monthly gig with friends in San Francisco’s Mission District. They

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quickly found a musical rapport that was open to challenging arrangements, unique covers and original songwriting. The band first made waves with a rare, double band competition win at both the Telluride and Rockygrass music festivals.

The final show of the Wildflower Concert Series, Nov. 11, is headlined by Lyons-based Taarka and special guests. Taarka’s live shows strike a balance between well-crafted songs and spirited instrumentals, expanding on its beginnings as a purely instrumental string band putting a modern spin on Gypsy and Eastern European folk music. Taarka has drawn from wide-ranging influences over the past 10 years. Sophisticated listeners would be able to distill flavors of Western and Eastern folk traditions, jazz, rock, bluegrass, old-time, gypsy, Indian, and Celtic music all in a string band setting.

Wildflower Pavilion shows all begin at 8 p.m. with doors at 7 p.m. Beer, wine, and other drinks are offered as well as convenient, free on-site parking, bonfires and jams by the river after the shows.

The Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass Ranch is located at 500 W. Main Street in Lyons. Visit www.bluegrass.com or call 303-823-0848 for tickets and information.

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BooGrass returns to Rock Inn

Chapter:SOUL

NOLA saxophonist brings new project to mountain venue ROLLINSVILLE Chapter:SOUL is a 4-piece modern funk and soul band, and the newest project from bandleader and saxophonist Calvin Johnson Jr. The band formed after Calvin spent many months of touring with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, trading ideas with sousaphonist Kirk Joseph and realizing it was time for fresh ideas in the New Orleans music scene. Hear what he’s come up with at the Stage Stop in Rollinsville, Oct. 28 at 9 p.m. The band also plays a Halloween show at Appaloosa Grill in Denver, Oct. 31.

Johnson takes New Orleans funk and soul to a new level, with a combination of original compositions and re-imagined soul-jazz classics, spiced up with the raw energy of New Orleans street brass bands, and bounce rhythms.

Johnson has been a sideman in bands led

by Harry Connick Jr., Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Stooges Brass Band, and Big Sam’s Funky Nation. He has also appeared on numerous recordings by artists such as Aaron Neville, Jason Derulo, Mystikal, Cedric Burnside and Corey Henry of Galactic.

He also leads a traditional and contemporary jazz band called Native Son. The Stage Stop is located at 60 Main St. in Rollinsville. Visit www.chaptersoul.com and stagestoprollinsville. com or call 303-258-0649 for more information.

and right back to you.”

ESTES PARK The Rock Inn Tavern hosts its annual The music of Chain Station is wellBooGrass Halloween Party, Oct. 29, fea- steeped in Americana roots. Members’ turing live music by popular bluegrass vocal harmonies are high, lonesome and tight. Their pickband, Chain ing ranges from Station. “Frightlightning-fast to ful fun, dancing mellow. and encouraged Chain Station’s costumes will live shows are ensure a spooky well-known for good time,” acits member’s encording to the ergy and stage venue’s website. antics “that Dress to impress guarantee one as the band will hell of a night be hosting a Halout.” Members loween costume of the band are contest for fun Alex Thoele on prizes.

Chain Chain Station returns to the Rock Inn for anguitar, James Station also other BooGrass Halloween Party, Oct. 29.

Weatherly on plays the Pumpkins & Pilsners Festival in Bond Park, banjo, Jarett Mason on mandolin and Oct. 8 and the Southern Sun in Boulder, Jon Pickett on bass.

Oct. 17 among other Colorado dates.

Chain Station is a four-piece, highThe Rock Inn Tavern is located at energy, “get ‘em out on the dance floor” 1675 Hwy. 66 in Estes Park. Call string band from the Front Range.

970-586-4116 or visit rockinnestes.

They’ve become known for catchy and com and chainstationmountainmulyrically-poignant original songs that sic.com for details. “flow from the mountains, through them

Caribou Room hosts unique concerts NEDERLAND The Caribou Room hosts a pair of unique shows in late October and early November along with nationally touring bluegrass acts in December. The First Annual Firefighters Ball, Oct. 22, features Caribou Mountain Collective and other local pickers to raise money for the Nederland Fire Department, and a special Dia de los Muertos performance, Nov. 5, with Tierro Band and Bridget Law of Elephant Revival is highlighted by a special recreation of the Dance Macabre. The Traveling McCoury’s and Vince Herman visit in December while The Band of Heathens ring in the new year, Dec. 31.

The Firefighters Ball kicks off at 6 p.m. with Jon Gamache, a Winfield Festival flat-picking winner who also plays the didgeridoo. Three members of the NoGo Gilbillies will perform as the NoGo Trilbillies and Jon Ridnell

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plays with his Family Dog Strong Band, which includes his son Miles.

The evening is headlined by Caribou Mountain Collective, a Nederlandbased quartet. The band’s extensive original repertoire channels the rich traditions of both Appalachia and Colorado bluegrass. Its member’s original lyrics and instrumental compositions present unique facets into Americana.

Tickets cost $25 with proceeds supporting the Nederland Fire Department.

All Nederland firefighters are invited to attend for free with their spouse.

The highlight of the Dia de los Muertos show, Nov. 5, is the Tierro Band featuring Elephant Revival’s Law. They will be presenting a re-enactment of the Dance Macabre with the Fractal Tribe and Maqi including an aerial performance. Intuit opens the show.

Tickets are on sale and are $15 in advance or $18 at the door. Enjoy $1 off drinks for Happy Hour & a Half beginning at 7 p.m.

The Travelin’ McCoury’s Bluegrass Ball featuring Pert Near Sandstone comes to the venue, Dec. 9, and A Very Caribou Christmas, Dec. 17, features Vince Herman & Friends. Austin-based The Band of Heathens rolls into the Caribou Room to celebrate the new year, Dec. 31.

The Caribou Room is located at 55 Indian Peaks Dr. in Nederland.

Visit www.thecaribouroom.com for tickets and information.

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Just Crazy Enough SHEL

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omprised of virtuosic sisters Sarah, Hannah, Eva, and Liza Holbrook, Colorado-based indie folk quartet SHEL—an acronym of their first names— cast a unique spell, weaving together folk, rock, Celtic, pop, and just about anything else from their kitchen sink of influences.

The billowing curtains of sound on Just Crazy Enough, the band’s second full length album released in May, are both familiar and far-out to fans of the exciting sister quartet. The classically inspired mandolin, violin and piano are there, along with the band’s glowing vocal harmonies as well as dense, ethereal textures that hover between the digital and the analog.

Grooves are deeper, emboldened with electronic ambience and beatboxing. The overall effect sheds light on their broad collection of influences, from the daring rock bands of the 60s to the contemplative composers of the 18th century, and even the waves of modern electronica. Just Crazy Enough is a masterful move for SHEL. It’s the integral, front-to-back album statement the band has been preparing to make since they began making music.

SHEL music is many things sonically, but its coherence and distinctiveness comes from the sisters’ commitment to making every song an honest fourway collaboration. In recent years they have been working with Eurythmics co-founder and world-renowned electronic music creator Dave Stewart.

SHEL arranged and recorded tracks in Nashville with long-time producer Brent Maher. Then Stewart, in his Los Angeles studio, sculpted sounds and beats to complement each track. The mandate was to uphold the soul of the songs, the acoustic musicality of the sisters as players, the subtlety of Eva’s lead vocals and the colors of the four-way harmonies.

TRACKS 1. Is the Doctor in Today 6. Alternate Universe 2. You Could Be My Baby 7. I Know 8. Enter Sandman 3. Rooftop 9. Moonshine Hill 4. Lost as Anyone 10. Stronger Than My Fears 5. Let Me Do

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Music mixes with healing, visual arts

live gypsy violin for a truly energetic CENTRAL CITY The 7 Healing Stars Oneness Center, and magical live presence.

Colorado Concerts and Feyline once again Kaminanda’s music is designed to take combines the healing arts with the visual listeners on a journey, traversing landarts and live music when Govinda and Ka- scapes that reflect a myriad of diverse minanda perform at The Scarlet in Central influences... a kaleidoscope of warm melodies and twistCity, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. ing, winding composi Govinda is the altertions that evoke a deep ego of Austin based and hypnotic experiproducer and composer ence through ethereal Shane Madden. He besoundscapes. His evgan studying violin and er-evolving sound is a composition at the age playground of original of eight and went on to mid-tempo grooves, study classical violin at tribal rhythms, psythe University of Texas dub, and lush downwhere he fell in love with tempo textures. electronic music producThe event also feation. It was in Madden’s tures food, drink, pursuit of his gypsy roots dancers, a Lumonics that he opened his ears to Light & Sound Galmusic from around the lery Installation by world. From experiences Shane Madden as Govinda Dorothy Tanner and learning violin with mysterious masters on his journeys across the live painting along with healers who globe and his passion for modern design work with massage, Reiki, hypnotism, and technology, the current sound of Gov- meditation, shamanism and yoga. Tickets are $20. inda was born. Call it Gypsy Dubtronica.

The Govinda show is truly a multisensory experience that immerses the The Scarlet is located at 131 Main audience with a textured exotic atmoSt. in Central City. Visit thescarletsphere which features mesmerizing vovenue.com or call 720-333-6209 cals, professional dancer and fire perfor more details. former, Jordan Proper, live projections,

Mountain MUSIC Calendar October 12 • Jon Pickett – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) October 13 • Live Music – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Open Mic Night – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Matt Skinner & Michael O’Connor Trio – Jamestown Mercantile (JT)

October 14 • Govinda, Kaminanda – The Scarlet (CC) • DJ Chonz – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Weston Smith Trio – Stage Stop (RV) • Jubilingo – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Snowbound Hounds – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • The Railsplitters – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Jay Stott – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Cowboy Dave – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Chatham County Line, Moors & McCumber – Wildflower Pavilion @ Planet Bluegrass (LY)

• Tahosa – The Barrel (EP) October 15 • Jerry Barlow – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) • DJ Chonz – Ameristar Casino (BH) • Papa Juke – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Nederland Witches Ball w/Xerephine’s Faerytale Experience – Caribou Room (NED) • Amoramora – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Music in the Morning w/Bethel Steele – The Stone Cup (LY) • Jay Roemer – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Ran Off The Rooster, Elise Fair – The Barrel (EP) October 16 • Laurie Dameron – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Music in the Morning w/Jill Cohn – The Stone Cup (LY) • Neal Whitlock – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Romero Unplugged – The Barrel (EP) October 19 • Jon Pickett – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) October 20 • Karaoke – Stage Stop (RV) • Live Music – Pioneer Inn (NED)

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Amoramora

Band creates improvisational ‘gumbo’ FRONT RANGE Amoramora is a traveling, working, multipurpose rock and jazz fusion quartet from Boulder. The band opens for the Magic Beans at the Caribou Room in Nederland, Oct. 7; plays the Jamestown Mercantile, Oct. 15 and hosts the “Trick of Treat Through the Eighties” event at the Lazy Dog in Boulder, Oct. 27, featuring a costume contest and covers of favorite ’80s tunes.

The band formed after its members crossed paths in 2015, and has been performing and expanding their extensive catalog with original material ever since.

An Amoramora experience is an eclectic mix of improvisational musical gumbo, blending and stirring together integral

aspects of progressive funk, psychedelic rock, African high life, jazz, bluegrass and soul. “Astronomic” compositions take listeners on an engaging journey while whimsical and captivating lyrics “fuel the fire of musical imagery.”

The instrumentation of guitar, bass, percussion, trumpet, and EWI mixed with vocal harmonies add up to original and “endless” musical possibilities, and have been proven to create large dance parties. The quartet, including two formally trained jazz musicians, creates a fresh and different set list every night keeping audiences engaged.

• WIldwood Roots – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Austin Miller – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Tahosa – The Barrel (EP) October 29 • DOWN2FUNK – Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (SC) • Cowgirls Train Set – Stage Stop (RV) • Halloween Meat Market w/PowerLung Rangers & Costume Contest – Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar (NED) • Chris Smith – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Halloween Celebration w/Contraband – Jamestown

• Open Jam – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Folk Bluegrass Pick – The Barrel (EP) • Ladies Night w/Mountain Town Trio – Fajita Rita’s (EP) Friday • Karaoke – Lonigans Pub (EP) Friday-Saturday • Ray Young Jazz Piano – Nicky’s Steakhouse (EP) Saturday • Karaoke – Lonigans Pub (EP) • Live Music – Kind Coffee (EP)

Learn more at amoramoramusic.com

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• Celtic Sessions w/The Gael – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Francis & the Wolf – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Tony Arenas – The Barrel (EP) October 21 • Hymn For Her – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Eric Stone – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • The Delta Sonics – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Pit Folk – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Front Country, Monocle – Wildflower Pavilion @ Planet Bluegrass (LY)

• Romero Unplugged – The Barrel (EP) October 22 • How Can I Keep From Singing? Concert: A Choral Celebration by the Women of Impromptu – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)

• Nederland Firefighter’s Ball w/Caribou Mountain Collective, NoGo Trilbillies, Blackdog Band, more – Caribou Room (NED)

• Four-Year Anniversary Party w/Flash Mountain Flood – Very Nice Brewing (NED)

• Franklin & Friends – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Music in the Morning w/Antonio Lopez – The Stone Cup (LY) • Billy Shaddox – Salina Schoolhouse (SA) • The Pamlico Sound – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Jay Stott – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Greg Miles, Great Blue – The Barrel (EP) October 23 • Benyaro, Acoustic Family Dog – Gold Hill Inn (GH) • Music in the Morning w/Andy Shaw – The Stone Cup (LY) • Follow the Fox – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Ran Off the Rooster – The Barrel (EP) October 26 • Just Jill – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) October 27 • Live Music – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Chris Sheldon and Friends – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) • Open Mic Night – Ed’s Cantina (EP) October 28 • Chapter:SOUL – Stage Stop (RV)

Mercantile (JT)

• Music in the Morning w/Aural Elixir – The Stone Cup (LY) • BooGrass w/Chain Station – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Tony Arenas, Jim Jam Jimmy – The Barrel (EP) October 30 • Music in the Morning w/Tupelo Honey – The Stone Cup (LY) • Chain Station Brunch – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) • Romero Unplugged – The Barrel (EP) October 31 • Halloween Party w/Los Cheesies – Pioneer Inn (NED) WEEKLY MUSIC Sunday • Bluegrass Jam – Brightwood Music (NED) Monday • Open Jovan “Open Mic Jimtown Style” – Jamestown Mercantile (JT)

Tuesday • Open Mic – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Taco Tuesday w/Live Music – Salto Coffee Works (NED) • “A Night at the Goat” Open Mic – KYGT Radio (IS) • Bluegrass Pick – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) • Open Bluegrass Jam – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) Wednesday • Blues Night – Pioneer Inn (NED) • Vinyl Night – Very Nice Brewing (NED) • Open Mic Night w/Justin Faye – Lonigans Pub (EP) Thursday • Acoustic Grumpy Jam – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT)

Celebrating the Colorado Mountain Lifestyle

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 = Gldn. 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.

Contact venues to confirm events.

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