ESTES PARK – Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will open at 11 am today, Saturday, May 28. Due to melting snow on the road during the day and freezing temperatures at night, visitors should plan for night closures occurring at 8:00 p.m. until conditions change. Road crews and rangers will reassess conditions … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Former Grateful Dead member Constanten performs at Cover Rock Festival
AVON – Cover Rock Festival debuts on June 25-26 and has confirmed that former Grateful Dead member and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tom Constanten (TC) will be performing with Colorado’s own Shakedown Street along with Dave Herbert, lead guitar & vocals in JGB, in celebration of their 30th anniversary at The Avon Performance … Continue reading
ARISE Music Festival unleashes new lineup additions Elephant Revival, Rising Appalacia, Papadosio and more
LOVELAND – The ARISE Music Festival is unleashing the announcement of 23 new lineup additions including festival headliners Papadosio, Elephant Revival, Rising Appalachia and along with Felabration, The Marcus King Band, Greener Grounds, The PARTY People, Lucid Vision, Homemade Spaceship, HÄANA , Punch Drunk Munky Funk and many more. The three-day festival showcases diverse talent on 7 unique stages across 100 pristine acres … Continue reading
Oskar Blues Fooderies to open new restaurant and music venue in downtown Denver
New 11,000 Square Foot Space in Historic Market Center Will Serve up Burgers, Beer and Live Music in Denver Lyons – Oskar Blues Fooderies, the purveyors of handcrafted food to pair with Oskar Blues Brewery’s handcrafted beer, has announced its third project in 2016, a joint restaurant and music venue in the historic Market Center … Continue reading
Last large, private property inside Rocky Mountain National Park protected
42-Acre Cascade Cottages Property to Be Added Next Year to Park DENVER, Colo. – Land inside Rocky Mountain National Park – including a group of rental cottages that has greeted hundreds of thousands of visitors who enter the park — has been purchased and will eventually be added to the park, The Trust for Public … Continue reading
Smithsonian announces new initiative to document brewing history
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History announced today at the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America in Philadelphia that it will launch a three-year initiative to collect, document and preserve the history of brewing, craft brewers and the beer industry to explore how the beverage and brewing connect to larger themes … Continue reading
COVER STORY: Community gardens provide numerous physical, mental benefits for all ages
By Jeffrey V. Smith FRONT RANGE There are plenty of reasons to participate in a community garden. Benefits range from the physical to mental. Here in the mountains, they provide an opportunity for people with limited space, soil or water rights to grow their own vegetables and flowers while giving an opportunity to meet neighbors … Continue reading
Audio expert opens high-end venue, event center
By Jeffrey V. Smith NEDERLAND Nederland’s rich music scene has been well-known for decades. It’s talented musicians, however, tend to quickly outgrow the town’s bars and restaurants hosting live music. While intimate and authentic, no rooms in Nederland are designed for sound—until now. The Caribou Room, a premier, high-end concert venue and events center, opened … Continue reading
Hotel de Paris ‘most complete’ historic parcel in state
By Jennifer Pund GEORGETOWN Celebrating 50 years as a Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Hotel de Paris opens it’s tour season to the public in May allowing visitors access to more than 5,000 objects original to the site. Through the use of the newly developed “visible storage” in the hotel’s 1878 … Continue reading
‘Yard sale’ assists women starting small businesses
By Jennifer Pund NEDERLAND Looking for great stuff at great prices? Since 1986, Nederland’s Mountain Forum for Peace has been holding its annual yard sale which serves as the group’s main fundraiser. Although the yard sale is June 3-5, the set up begins days before on May 29. Exactly what will be for sale is … Continue reading