Classical Music
April 4
• Estes Park Music Festival: Peggy Lyon & Gregory Dufford – Stanley Hotel Concert Hall (EP)
April 18
• Peak to Peak Concert No. 8: Student Recital – Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church (EP)
April 19
• Estes Park Music Festival: Estes Valley Chamber Singers Season Finale – Stanley Hotel Concert Hall (EP)
Crafts/Sewing/Quilting
April 2
• Adult Craft Group: Mosaics – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT)
• Beginning Knitting – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 3
• Free Friday Projects: Provence Diagonal Market Bag – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 7
• Gilpin County Stitchers – Gilpin Community Center (GC)
• Quirky Quilters – Nederland Community Library (NED)
• Quilting Group – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC)
April 8
• Estes Valley Quilt Guild – Good Samaritan Village (EP)
April 9
• Beginning Crocheting – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 10
• Free Friday Projects: Feather & Fan Plastic Bag Holder – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 11
• Random Acts of Culture: Paint a Piggy Bank for Financial Literacy Month – Estes Valley Library (EP)
• Wild Wallflowers: Altered Hinged Box – Rocky Mountain Memories & Paper Arts Studio (EP)
April 12
• Stella Blu Bohemian Boutique Trunk Show – The Stone Cup (LY)
• Block of the Month Class – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 13
• Adult Craft Group: Mosaics – Idaho Springs Library (GT)
• Origami w/Geoffery Nicosia – Lyons Depot Library (LY)
• Sticks & Strings – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 16
• Beginning Knitting – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 17
• Free Friday Projects: Sipp-A-Roo Water Bottle Cozy – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 18
• Ned Knits – Nederland Community Library (NED)
• Dyeing Fabric ‘n’ Eggs – Walker Ranch Homestead (BC)
April 19
• Simple Lace Scarf Class – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 20
Simple Lace Scarf Class – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 21
Gilpin County Stitchers – Gilpin Community Center (GC)
Quilting Group – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC)
Random Acts of Culture: Make a Bookmark for Library Week – Estes Valley Library (EP)
April 22
Sit-n-Stitch – Idaho Springs Library (IS)
April 23
Estes Park Area Weavers Guild – Estes Valley Library (EP)
Beginning Crocheting – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 24
Free Friday Projects: Scrubby Cloth – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 25
Wild Wallflowers: Believe – Rocky Mountain Memories & Paper Arts Studio (EP)
April 27
Origami w/Geoffery Nicosia – Lyons Depot Library (LY)
Sticks & Strings – Stitcher’s Den (EP)
April 30
Random Acts of Culture: Poem in Your Pocket Day for Poetry Month – Estes Valley Library (EP)
May 1-2
Mountain Artisans Guild Spring Art Show & Sale – CCCIA Hall (CCC)
Film/Photography
April 3
Local Photography Show Opening Night – The Glass Tipi (WD)
Poetry on Film: “Bright Star” – Estes Valley Library (EP)
April 4
Four Mile Film Society – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)
April 4-May 23
Local Photography Show – The Glass Tipi (WD)
April 7
Poetry on Film: “Dead Poets Society” – Estes Valley Library (EP)
April 18
• Four Mile Film Society – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)
• Poetry on Film: “A Fine Madness” – Estes Valley Library (EP)
April 21
• Movie Night – Stage Stop (RV)
April 25
• Movie: “Switch” – Gilpin County Library (GC)
April 30-May 3
• Stanley Film Festival – Stanley Hotel (EP)
May 2
• Four Mile Film Society – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)
Fine Arts
April 1-5
• 27th Annual Women’s History Month Art Exhibit – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)
April 1-May 3
• Rails to Trails Exhibit – Gilpin Arts Showcase Gallery (CC)
April 3
• First Friday Artist Showing – Salto Coffee Works (NED)
• Susan Q. Foster’s “Ecosystem Through an Artist’s Eyes” Exhibit Opening Reception – Nederland Community Library (NED)
• “Dancing Colors” Exhibit Opening – Art Center of Estes Park Gallery (EP)
April 4-May 10
• “Dancing Colors” Exhibit – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)
April 12-26
• “17th Annual Student Expressions” Exhibit – Cultural Art Council (EP)
April 18
• Brushes and Booze – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC)
April 24
• Creations & Libations – Two Brothers Deli/One Door Down (IS)
May 1
• Wild Inspirations w/Kathi Dougherty and Nancy Zoller – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP)
Literary Events/Book Clubs
April 2
• Book Club – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC)
April 5
• Signing/Reading: Darren Roebuck – Blue Owl Books (NED)
April 9
• St. Mary’s Glacier Book Group: “Altitude Adjustment: A Quest for Love, Home, and Meaning in the Tetons” – Alice Schoolhouse (SMG)
April 15
• Financial Book Club – Estes Valley Library (EP)
April 16
• Book Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT)
April 20
• Book Group – Idaho Springs Library (IS)
Museums
April 1-October 4
• Climb On! An Exhibit – Estes Park Museum (EP)
April 18
• Museum Open – James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum
Poetry/Spoken Word/Comedy
April 1
• Wine & Words – Happy Trails Café (NED)
April 11
•  “Hippieman” Novosad, Heath Arthur – Reserve Casino (CC)
April 15
• Prolific Poets of Estes Valley History – Estes Park Museum (EP)
April 24
• Poetry Slam (Middle School) – Coffee of the Rocks (EP)
April 25
• Stand-up Comedian Bag Lady Sue – Stage Stop (RV)
• Poetry Slam (High School) – Coffee of the Rocks (EP)
April 26
• Blue Owl Blue Now Poetry Night w/Burt Rashbaum – Blue Owl Books (NED)
Theater/Dance/Fashion
April 4
• Lithium Girl Fashion Show – Lonigans Bar & Grill (EP)
April 11-12
• Silver Plume Melodrama Dinner Theatre – George Downing Playhouse/Large Town Hall (SP)
April 13
• Swingin’ Peak to Peak Swing Dance – Stage Stop (RV)
April 18
• Allenspark Performing Arts Company Auditions: “Side by Side by Sondheim” – Shepherd of the Mountain Lutheran Church (EP)
April 18-19
• Silver Plume Melodrama Dinner Theatre – George Downing Playhouse/Large Town Hall (SP)
April 24
• CU Department of Theatre and Dance present “Don Quixote: The Awkward Years” – Nederland Community Library (NED)
April 24-25
• It’s Showtime! Variety Show – Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies (EP)
April 25-26
• Silver Plume Melodrama Dinner Theatre – George Downing Playhouse/Large Town Hall (SP)
May 2-3
• Silver Plume Melodrama Dinner Theatre – George Downing Playhouse/Large Town Hall (SP)
Writing
April 14
• Writers Open Mic – Coffee on the Rocks (EP)
April 18
• Read Write Publish – Golden Gate Grange (GGC)

WEEKLY ARTS
Classical Music
Friday
• James Davis Classical Guitar – Twin Owls Steak House (EP)
Crafts/Sewing/Quilting
Monday
• Stitch ‘n Rippers Quilters – New Covenant Church (EP)
Tuesday
• Warped Weavers – Kelley House (AP)
• Trail Ridge Quilters – EP Medical Center (EP)
• Sit & Knit – Stitchin’ Den (EP)
Thursday
• Thursday Evening Clay – Gilpin Community Center (BH)
• Beginning Kitting – Stitchin’ Den (EP)
Friday
• Free Friday Projects – Stitchin’ Den (EP)
• Taste & Create – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP)
Film/Photography
Monday
• NAS Movie Matinee – Backdoor Theater (NED)
Friday
• Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED)
Saturday
• Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED)
Fine Arts
Monday
• Palette Pals Open Art Studio – Estes Park Senior Center (EP)
• Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
Tuesday
• Tuesday Evening Arts for Adults – Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center Eco-Arts Lounge (NED)
Wednesday
• Art Group – Old Gallery
• Nederland Seniors Art & Painting – Location: 303-258-9392 (NED)
• Drop In Artists – Eco-Arts Lounge @ Wild Bear (NED)
• NAS Watercolor Painting – Nederland Community Presbyterian Church (NED)
• Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
Friday
• Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
• Taste & Create – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP)
• Friday Fireplace Flames – Estes Park Senior Center (EP)
Saturday
• Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
Theater/Dance/Fashion
Monday
• International Folk Dancing – Nederland Community Center (NED)
• Swing Dancing Lessons – Appenzell Inn (EP)
Tuesday
• Mountain Players Theater Group, Planet Motion Dance – Nederland Community Center (NED)

Originally published in the April 2015 issue of the MMAC Monthly